2026-10-14 - City Council

00:01Los Angeles Board of Airport

00:03Commissioners and Los Angeles

00:05World Airports Lawa, I am proud

00:08to welcome the return of the two

00:10Canadair CL 415 Super Scoopers

00:14to their Southern California

00:15home at Van Nuys Airport. These

00:20two super Scoopers behind me

00:22protect all of the 88 cities in

00:24the county of Los Angeles in

00:27addition to our neighboring

00:28counties. These CL 415 have

00:30fought fire in Ventura and

00:32Orange counties and they're a

00:34valuable resource for us. For 33

00:40years, Quebec has provided our

00:42county with these aircraft,

00:45along with the skilled pilots

00:46and mechanics who operate and

00:48maintain them during peak fire

00:49season here in Los Angeles

00:51County. These aircrafts give our

00:55firefighters a powerful tool,

00:56but equipment alone cannot keep

00:58our communities safe. Wildfire

01:00safety requires all of us to do

01:03our part. So we're we're happy

01:13to be here every year and also

01:15for our Quebec pilots, it's a

01:16way to gain specialized

01:18expertise in training in a

01:20terrain that's that's certainly

01:21very different from Quebec. So

01:25every year, the aircraft and the

01:28crews come to support Los

01:30Angeles County Fire Department

01:31in their firefighting efforts

01:34during the busiest firefighting

01:35season in the year. These are

01:40really model examples of our

01:42governments that are working

01:43together to protect our

01:45communities.

02:0125 years ago today, I was part

02:04of a Los Angeles fire Department

02:07urban search and rescue team

02:09that was deployed to Ground Zero

02:12right after the nine over 11

02:15attacks.

02:24We are here to remember the

02:28incidents of nine over 11. The

02:30lives that were lost, the people

02:32that were lost. But to also

02:34remember how we came together as

02:36a country, they were our

02:37neighbors at that moment and we

02:39helped them. They went because

02:42people were trapped. They went

02:45because they recognized that

02:47people needed help and they went

02:51because they were firefighters.

02:55There was a terrible sense of

02:57helplessness watching what was

02:59happening. 3000 miles away,

03:02wondering about people you cared

03:03about while knowing that police

03:05officers, firefighters,

03:07paramedics. And so many others

03:09were running directly toward

03:11something the rest of the world

03:13was watching in horror. Today

03:18we're here at the Franco-chinese

03:19Training Center, commemorating

03:21the 25th anniversary of the nine

03:24over 11 attacks on the twin

03:26Towers. We're uplifting and

03:28remembering all of the first

03:31responders, all of the people

03:32who stepped up to be brave to

03:34save people's lives and to

03:36remind the generations that have

03:38come after the attack of what

03:39occurred, so that we never, ever

03:42forget what bravery looks like

03:44in this country and what it

03:46looks like for people to step up

03:48to save people. Nine over 11

03:502001 was a very sad day. It was

03:53a terrible day in the history of

03:56our country and the history of

03:57the world. So we're here to

03:59thank everyone. We're here to

04:02honor everyone, and we're here

04:04to say we don't want this to

04:06happen again. We can't let this

04:08happen again in the city. Now we

04:10go on thousands of calls every

04:13day. We know that we're doing

04:15this to provide a service for

04:17the for our community. So as

04:20we're experiencing crises, as

04:22we're experiencing different

04:23horrors that intend to divide

04:24us, we must follow the steps of

04:26people from nine over 11 and

04:28what they did and stick together

04:30and protect our communities. Oh,

04:33say, can you see by the dawn's

04:39early light, what so proudly we

04:45hailed at the twilight's last

04:50gleaming. We are the city of Los

04:56Angeles with the Mayor's Office

04:58of Economic Opportunity, and we

04:59are here today to celebrate the

05:01kickoff of the Angelino Court

05:02program for the 2026, 2027 year.

05:05The Angelino Courts program is a

05:08ten month internship program.

05:09All 300 Angelenos who are here

05:12today are ages 18 to 30, who

05:14receive work experience for ten

05:15months in one of the six sectors

05:17that we offer, a majority of the

05:20Angelenos that are enrolled into

05:20our program are in school. So

05:22it's hard, you know, sometimes a

05:24lot of workplaces ask you to

05:26have 2 or 3 years worth of

05:29experience. So the Angelino

05:29Corps members program is

05:32awesome. They're learning hands

05:33on right there. And then we are

05:35able to balance those working

05:37hours for them to still get work

05:39experience and being able to

05:40develop skills and add it to

05:42their resume. They're going to

05:43receive professional

05:45development. They're going to

05:46receive stipends monthly

05:47stipends for all of the work

05:49that they're doing for the city.

05:50And for the communities and the

05:52place that they call home. I'm

05:54one of the successful stories I

05:55have completed with the program.

05:56The ten month program and the

05:59current employment account. I do

06:00have big plans. I'm actually

06:02going to get my master's in

06:04education, so hopefully in five

06:06years I'll be a school counselor

06:08myself. I was at Boyle High

06:10Technology User Center

06:11participant during my early

06:12years. It was difficult to get

06:15that work experience while being

06:17in school. But now for the last

06:18three years, I've been a full

06:20time case manager under the

06:22Angelino court program. Our hope

06:22is that by students

06:24participating in the Angelino

06:25court program that they're going

06:27to be able to set themselves up

06:28for the future. It's going to be

06:30important that you just come

06:31willing to learn. You're going

06:33to have a mentor that's going to

06:35set you up for success and work

06:36with you over the next ten

06:38months. Comingn. We know you

06:39already have something within

06:41you that's really pushing you.

06:41We tell everybody, take every

06:43single advantage of everything

06:44you can learn and just really,

06:45you know, explore it. Maybe you

06:47think you don't have a skill or

06:48an expertise yet, but once

06:50you're there, you actually learn

06:51that you do have some expertise.

06:53We're here to really help you

06:54grow those skills and just be

06:56able to be whatever it is you

06:57want to be. And wherever your

06:59goals take you. We're really

07:00there to support you. Anthony

07:03Abad on the 26th floor is the

07:07Hall of Mayors, featuring

07:08portraits of former Los Angeles

07:10mayors including Tom Bradley,

07:12who was the city's first black

07:14mayor, and its longest serving

07:15holding office from 1973 to

07:201993. Now this hall is just one

07:23of the many places in LA that

07:25honors people from the monuments

07:26in MacArthur Park and the

07:28memorials in Grant Park to the

07:30Hollywood Walk of Fame and the

07:31Grammy Museum. Recently, the

07:33iconic Mexican group Los Angeles

07:36Azules were honored for their

07:38decades of telling their stories

07:40through the music of Cumbia and

07:41Council member Imelda Padilla

07:43and others celebrated the group

07:45and their rich connection to the

07:47San Fernando Valley community.

07:51Today, in the community of

07:53Panorama City, we welcomed one

07:56of the most globally recognized

07:57cumbia groups from Mexico, Los

07:59Angeles Azules, to name Van Nuys

08:01Boulevard and Chase Street.

08:03After them. There is no group as

08:07big as Grande with beautiful

08:09songs and lyrics like Los

08:10Angeles Azules and Here We Are

08:12today, estoy fan de Los Angeles

08:15Azules y desde muy tempranito

08:17estoy aqui, esperando llegaron

08:20ya Los v ya grave mucho y me voy

08:22muy contenta de este evento. Nos

08:24estoy aqui super contenta porque

08:27Los Angeles azules vienen de

08:29ixtapalapa. Qué es donde vive mi

08:30familia y pues super orgullosa

08:33el talento de mi gente y podria

08:36porque esta aqui en mi ciudad.

08:38Vamos a esta ciudad. Van Nuys.

08:40Pues imaginate cada vez. Qué

08:42pasa por aqui. Me VA a ser

08:44recordar a mi a mi gente de Ella

08:46. This feels like a very full

08:48circle moment for me. But more

08:50than anything, it's a full

08:51circle moment for this community

08:52because we made sure that

08:54communities like Panorama City

08:55and Arleta were at the table

08:58about what they wanted in Van

08:59Nuys Boulevard and what we want

09:01are businesses that were happy

09:04to go shopping to. We want

09:05pocket parks that we can

09:07utilize. We want restaurants

09:09where we know we're going to be

09:11able to have a good time and be

09:13safe. Our community wants to

09:15come outside and celebrate our

09:17differences more than fight over

09:19them. You know, Los Angeles

09:23Azules igual ustedes van

09:24creciendo a poco poquito yo este

09:27reconocimiento nos emociona

09:29mucho. Porque estamos aqui con

09:32todos ustedes cada uno de

09:33ustedes. Saben de alguna cancion

09:35de Los Angeles azules. Aqui en

09:37su Corazon.

09:49We are in the heart of the

09:51harbor. Wilmington California.

09:53Part of the 1.5. And we are

09:55celebrating Labor Day. We have

09:56the 47th annual Labor Day Parade

10:00, rally and picnic right here in

10:03Banning Park. And besides

10:10advocating for workers in the

10:11workplace, we're also having a

10:12lot of fun. I am here

10:20celebrating with all the unions

10:22, which is extremely important.

10:24And that is to recognize our

10:27Labor Day every year. I tell

10:28everybody the unions have done

10:30an amazing job when it comes to

10:32looking for working class people

10:34, and that is what is important

10:36is that we make these people go

10:37to work every day, and for them

10:39to have someone to fight for

10:41them every day, that is truly a

10:42blessing. This is an event where

10:44we're allowed to represent and

10:47to recognize the different

10:48organizations. The different the

10:51over 200 local unions that

10:53create the opportunities here in

10:55the harbor area that employ

10:57people that keep our community

10:58driving forward and are the

11:00economic drivers of everything

11:03that happened here in the harbor

11:04area. We have to honor all those

11:08who fought for our rights from

11:10the beginning. That's why we're

11:12here. It's because all those who

11:15fought for us, they got it done

11:16and we're going to keep on

11:18getting it done. And happy labor

11:20Day to all, all the labor

11:22unions, all the trade unions,

11:24everybody. Let's do this unity

11:26in the community. Well, the

11:28labor movement has been so

11:30important to the development of

11:31this country. The labor movement

11:33brought us the 40 hour workweek.

11:35It brought many folks health

11:37benefits. It has brought folks

11:38safety in the workplace and so

11:40it's really important for us to

11:41make sure that we hang on to

11:43those values. My district is

11:45from Watts to the waterfront and

11:47here in the harbor area, we

11:50provide 1 in 9 jobs in the

11:52entire LA county. And so what's

11:54important for folks who have

11:55those jobs is to make sure we

11:57keep those jobs. So we're here

12:05at MacArthur Park tonight. It's

12:07the first fall Friday nights of

12:08the year. The biggest goal and

12:11motivation for fall Friday

12:12nights is really to bring

12:13families to the park. Fall

12:15Friday nights is a part of our

12:16comprehensive strategy to

12:17improve neighborhood safety here

12:19in the MacArthur Park corridor

12:21and the Westlake Community,

12:23there's lots of negative

12:24narratives about this community,

12:25but really, people have a sense

12:28of pride where they live. I

12:30think we need more events like

12:31this. We need the city to be

12:33involved a little more so that

12:34the people can feel safe. You

12:36know that they can have

12:37something to come to, and not

12:39just the park that has

12:40challenges. We understand that

12:41there's a lot of need. We

12:42understand that kids just went

12:45back to school, that we're not

12:46only looking for activities for

12:47kids after school, but we're

12:49also just trying to assist

12:50families that are working hard

12:52to make it day by day. Keep our

12:54family source Center has joined

12:57us to bring many more resources

12:58to this community, along with

12:59public health resources, food

13:02giveaways, recreation

13:03activities. We're just having a

13:04great time here in MacArthur

13:06Park, and it's so important

13:08because we really want to show

13:09how many families are here at

13:11the park. They're playing

13:12soccer, they're having lunch

13:13here, they're bringing their

13:15families. The more that we can

13:16supplement that by saying, hey,

13:17let's do a soccer clinic with

13:19you. Let's do some breakdancing,

13:21which is what's happening

13:22tonight. Tommy Junior is also

13:23going to be doing some food

13:24distribution. We're going to

13:25have some events coming up in

13:27October, you know, encourage the

13:29community to come out and have

13:30some fun. We're going to be

13:31having a Halloween event that is

13:33hosted by Recreation and Parks

13:34here on October 31st. We're

13:35going to be looking into hosting

13:37something for Dia de Los Muertos

13:38as well. So there's going to be

13:40a lot more events like this. And

13:43we're really excited to take

13:43part in them and to show the

13:45community that we're here with

13:46them. They can always call our

13:48office with any questions and

13:49any assistance that you might

13:51need. We're here to help. We're

13:51excited about families returning

13:52to MacArthur Park and more

13:54importantly, about activating

13:55the park differently. The goal

13:57is to have 1000 families every

13:59Friday, a fall Friday night.

14:01Looking forward to seeing you

14:02here. This is City Hall's

14:09observation deck on the 27th

14:12floor. What a sight. And right

14:14above us is the Lindbergh

14:16Beacon. Now, when City Hall

14:18opened in 1928, President Calvin

14:20Coolidge turned it on from the

14:22white House and today, it only

14:24lights up for special occasions

14:26. Recently, an historic Filipino

14:28town there was a special

14:29occasion worth gathering for the

14:32hi fi fall Festival celebrated

14:34its one year anniversary, filled

14:36with music, local food vendors

14:39and the joy of people coming

14:40together. Today, we are at

14:47Concert Corner at Hi-Fi in

14:49Unidad Park. We are celebrating

14:52our one year anniversary of our

14:54event. What you can find is that

14:55it's just an all inclusive

14:57community event. Part of the

14:58reason we put this event on was

15:00because we wanted visibility for

15:02our culture. You're here for the

15:05first time. You're going to get

15:05a dose of Filipino music,

15:09Filipino art. This is one of the

15:12best ways to support local

15:13businesses, especially as we are

15:15facing gentrification and

15:17displacement in this community.

15:18You're going to hear several

15:19different languages that are not

15:21often represented in these

15:22systems, because we're taught to

15:25learn English from a young age,

15:27even in the Philippines. But

15:28here you're going to get to hear

15:31Tagalog spoken, maybe even

15:31Ilokano. What I found so

15:33appealing with Cancer Corner is

15:34that it touches all of my

15:36interests, community, give back

15:38along with working with local

15:39Los Angeles nonprofits as well

15:42as small businesses for example,

15:45La Cocina. They are local to

15:47this area, Echo Park, so not too

15:49far. The Filipino worker Center

15:51is here. My place here is today.

15:52They're offering free services

15:54to the community. We also offer

15:56mutual aid where we partnered

15:58with Vicente Family Farms and

16:01Temple Seafood Market. They have

16:02provided free groceries to the

16:04community members here. So while

16:06supplies last, we have free

16:07groceries. A lot of our

16:10performers have either

16:12connections in historic Filipino

16:14town or either brand new, or

16:15they are local. Today is Fall

16:17Fest. We just had Summerfest in

16:20July and spring Fest in April,

16:22and then we'll have again in

16:24winter sometime in December. I

16:25hope you get to come next time,

16:27because a lot of these systems

16:30in place want us to be by

16:32ourselves and here you actually

16:33get to be with each other, even

16:35connect with a part of yourself

16:37that you can't experience

16:38anywhere else. These events are

16:40very important for our community

16:42because we need spaces where we

16:43can really celebrate each other,

16:45feel safe amongst each other,

16:46connect with each other,

16:47especially with the current

16:49climate of how things are. This

16:50is a community of made of

16:53immigrants. So we have this

16:54space here because we want to

16:56make sure people feel seen and

16:57safe and heard. Everyone please,

17:00I hope to see you soon here at

17:02the next Concert Corner Festival

17:03here in Historic Filipino Town.

17:05Mga kababayan kita po tayo dito

17:08sa kanto Corners, a historic

17:09Filipino town in Unidad Park.

17:17Come out and join us today at

17:19the Caribbean Heritage Festival.

17:20We are here and we're all

17:22bringing our special contents

17:24like our music, our food.

17:25There's clothing, so it's so

17:28important to come and connect

17:29and network with all the other

17:31countries here today. God's

17:32things for the kids too. It's

17:34amazing. An amazing day. And I'm

17:36glad to see all the

17:37representation. So I'm

17:38representing Belize, but we also

17:40got all the different countries

17:41in the Caribbean here. You know

17:43Trini, we got Barbados, we got

17:44Haiti, we got everybody Los

17:47Angeles is a big home to lots of

17:49people from the Caribbean, right

17:50here in the heart of the African

17:52American community. It's so

17:53important to have this

17:54celebration. So many of us come

17:55from the African continent and

17:57went through slavery. Some

17:57people went to the Caribbean and

18:00they came here. And so we're

18:00excited to celebrate the

18:01culture, the music, the fight,

18:04the struggle. That's present

18:05here in Los Angeles. Make sure

18:07that you incorporate all your

18:09friends into our community,

18:10because we kind of really need

18:12that in the LA area. It's always

18:13great to see us come together

18:15and celebrate one another. And

18:17again see that there's other

18:19people like us out here as well.

18:21We do this every year and we're

18:23going to continue to do it

18:24because the people call for it.

18:26South LA is where people want to

18:28be, where the Caribbean

18:28community wants to be.

18:29Eventually, we're going to have

18:31Carnival here like they do in

18:32Toronto and New York City, and

18:34other places around the globe.

18:35Los Angeles is a home to a

18:37powerful Caribbean community.

18:39Caribbean people, we're very

18:41warm. We're very we integrate a

18:43lot of people together. It's all

18:45about the food and the dancing

18:47and the music and just having a

18:49good time. We love everybody.

18:50It's a great day to come

18:53celebrate. Today is the Saint

18:59Joseph's Center fall connect

19:02day. We have a host of different

19:05activities and resources from

19:07the county, from the city, from

19:09across Los Angeles. Really

19:12dedicated to helping folks who

19:13are experiencing homelessness,

19:15housing insecurity, and folks

19:17who just need to make sure that

19:19they have information available

19:21to them. We basically invited

19:23tons of families and communities

19:25for resources that we have

19:27available here today. We have

19:28DPS, we have Department of

19:30Mental Health. We also have Cd11

19:33, T-Mobile, and we also have a

19:35few barbers who dedicated their

19:36time to be here today as well.

19:39So ahorita estan dando juguetes

19:42ropa y comida para las personas

19:45corte de pelo y para las comida.

19:48No tienen pues ahorita este es

19:50muy buena idea de lo Q

19:52obtuvieron para hacer este este

19:55dia. Saint Joseph Center is one

19:58of the largest homeless services

19:59and housing organizations in the

20:02entire county. It's totally open

20:03to the community and free, and

20:05we're expecting hundreds of

20:06people to come through today.

20:08We'd like to say thank you to

20:10Saint Joseph Center, all the

20:11great work they do in the

20:13community. We have a long

20:15standing partnership with them.

20:15So, you know, anytime that we

20:17can help support what their

20:18efforts are for the community,

20:20we want to do that, right. So we

20:22help them out with all their

20:24communications and everything

20:24else. The networking. And again,

20:26we're just here to support we

20:29value their partnership and all

20:29the great things they do. For

20:34people don't realize that in LA

20:36County there are 1.1 million

20:38people who identify as having a

20:40physical disability. That's 10%

20:43of our county. The CTP, the

20:47self-evaluation, and transition

20:48plan is something that the Ada

20:51requires of all city and county

20:53governments across the nation.

20:54The city of Los Angeles did one

20:56back in 2000. We decided rather

20:58than just try and update it,

21:00that there's quite frankly, so

21:01much work to be done that we're

21:03going to take a self-evaluation

21:04from the beginning. We've got

21:06thousands of facilities to look

21:08at and programs the city

21:10department on disability really

21:11understands how frustrating it

21:13can be when somebody runs into

21:15noncompliance, whether that's a

21:16sidewalk, a park, a library, an

21:19arts event. I represent blind

21:22people from San Diego to

21:25Humboldt, and I'm here to thank

21:27you, first of all, for meeting.

21:29But you need to start changing

21:31things. The comments are very

21:33impassioned and a lot of

21:38frustration. We really need to

21:39make sure that it works for the

21:42people who are going to be

21:44serviced by it, and we really

21:45want to change the framework

21:47from kind of a afterthought to

21:51something that's more proactive.

21:53When my grandmother, um, had

21:54lung cancer, they had to sever

21:57nerves in her spine and

21:59overnight she could never walk

22:01again. She acquired her

22:03disabilities overnight. And that

22:05was before Ada. Watching my

22:07grandmother have to navigate a

22:09world that was really hostile at

22:10the time. Um, just makes me want

22:14to make sure that we break down

22:15those barriers for everyone so

22:16that they never have to feel

22:19like the world no longer wants

22:20them around. I had a spinal cord

22:23injury at the age of 21, over 50

22:25years ago, and it introduced me

22:27to the community and the

22:29oppression that we live with and

22:32experience on a daily basis of

22:33lack of opportunities to

22:36interact or go into a building

22:39or participate in employment. I

22:43decided that I wanted to

22:46influence a way for all of us to

22:48be able to really live our best

22:50lives without feeling like we

22:54can't be a part of something.

22:55Come to these meetings and make

22:58your voice heard, because that's

23:01a critical part. We're looking

23:02at accessibility from the big

23:03picture. We're putting a lot of

23:05resources, energy and expertise

23:07to it. And it's something that,

23:08quite frankly, is the DoD's. The

23:10Department of Disabilities top

23:11priority. We're getting answers

23:13that we know that the Department

23:16of Disabilities and the mayor

23:17and the council are going to act

23:19on, and that's really exciting.

23:21We've put a survey out there you

23:22can find on our website

23:24disability LA City Gov. Complete

23:27the survey through October 15th.

23:28That questionnaire allows people

23:30to really talk about what

23:31barriers they've run into. Take

23:33the survey because, you know,

23:34people are going to do something

23:37about it. From the observation

23:41deck at City Hall, you can see

23:44neighborhoods in every

23:45direction. Each one of them

23:47filled with cultural joy,

23:48vibrant history, and a bit of

23:51that la la land magic. Thanks in

23:52part to the civic leaders who

23:55work at a place built for the

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33:45Hi Hello

34:26.

34:26Your Los Angeles city council.

34:28Today isUR LOS

34:29ANGELES CITY COUNCIL.

34:29TODAY IS TUESDAY, THE 14th DAY

34:32OF OCTOBER, 2026.

34:33PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN

34:35IN-PERSON IN THIS JOHN FERRARO

34:37CITY HALL CHAMBERS.

34:39PUBLIC COMMENT WILL ALSO BE

34:43TAKEN TELEPHONICALLY OVER ZOOM.

34:46MR. CLERK, PLEASE LET'S BEGIN

34:48BY CALLING THE ROLL.

34:49>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

34:49HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

34:50JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

34:50PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

34:52RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

34:52YAROSLAVSKY.

34:53TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR.

34:54PRESIDENT.

34:55>> Council President: FIRST

34:56ORDER OF BUSINESS.

34:57>> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES

34:58OF OCTOBER 13, 2026.

35:00>> Council President:

35:01COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MOVES

35:02COUNCILMEMBER PRICE SECONDS,

35:02WHAT'S NEXT.

35:03>> Clerk: COMMENDATORY

35:05RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL.

35:07>> Council President:

35:07COUNCILMEMBER LEE MOVES

35:09COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ

35:12SECONDS, LET'S RUN THROUGH OUR

35:13AGENDA.

35:14>> Clerk: 2 THROUGH 6 ARE ITEMS

35:16FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE

35:17BEEN HELD.

35:18FOR 2 AND 3 NO ACTION WILL BE

35:21TAKEN AS THESE ITEMS WERE TAKEN

35:23IN COMMITTEE AND REFERRED BACK

35:24TO COMMITTEE.

35:281721 THROUGH 30 ARE CLOSE

35:30SESSION FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS

35:32HAVE NOT BEEN HELD.

35:35TEN VOTES ARE NEEDED FOR

35:38CONSIDERATION.

35:39>> Council President: ALL

35:39RIGHT, THIS IS TIME FOR

35:40SPECIALS.

35:42I'LL LOOK TO MR. LEE'S SIDE.

35:44MR. LEE, YOU HAD A SPECIAL.

35:45>> J. Lee: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO

35:48CALL ITEM 16 FOR A SUBSTITUTE

35:49MOTION.

35:52>> Council President: WHICH IS

35:53BEING CIRCULATED?

35:54>> J. Lee: YES.

35:56>> Council President: ALL

35:58RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON

35:59THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE, MR.

36:01McOSKER, NO?

36:02OKAY.

36:04YOU DO, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE

36:05LOOK I WAS GETTING.

36:09>> T. McOsker: DRAMATIC PAUSE.

36:13I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 30

36:16SPECIAL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

36:17>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.

36:18>> T. McOsker: THANK YOU.

36:19>> Council President: 3-0.

36:20COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

36:21>> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, AND

36:23THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.

36:24I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE

36:28CONTINUE ITEM 1 UNTIL OCTOBER

36:2930th.

36:30>> Council President: ALL

36:33RIGHT, OCTOBER 30, ITEM 1.

36:34>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU.

36:36>> Council President: WITHOUT

36:37OBJECTION.

36:38COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.

36:38>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU

36:41COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE

36:43TO CALL 5 FOR SEPARATE VOTE AND

36:46NOTE AND FILE FOR 8.

36:48>> Council President: NOTE AND

36:48FILE FOR 8.

36:50WE NEED A SECOND FOR NOTE AND

36:51FILE.

36:51>> Clerk: CORRECT.

36:52>> Council President:

36:54COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS.

36:54ALL RIGHT.

36:57COUNCILMEMBER JURADO?

36:58>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU,

37:00COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE

37:03TO CALL ITEM 5 FOR A SEPARATE

37:05VOTE AND ITEM 15 FOR AN

37:06AMENDMENT THAT SHOULD BE

37:08CIRCULATING SHORTLY.

37:09>> Council President: ALL

37:09RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS ON

37:10THIS SIDE?

37:12MR. BLUMENFIELD, MR. NAZARIAN.

37:15COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY?

37:17>> K. Yaroslavsky: THANK YOU, I

37:18WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM 10 FOR

37:19AN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING

37:22CIRCULATED AND ALSO ON 30, I

37:23WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO CLOSED

37:26FOR THAT, PLEASE.

37:27>> Council President: ALL

37:28RIGHT, THANK YOU.

37:29ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS

37:33ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE?

37:35ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

37:36>> H. Hutt: I'M SORRY, I MADE

37:38AN ERROR, I WOULD LIKE ITEM 2

37:42TO BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 30th.

37:45>> Council President: AND ITEM

37:46TO 1.

37:47>> H. Hutt: ITEM 1 TO STAY, YES.

37:50>> Council President: GOT IT,

37:51OKAY.

37:53MR. CLERK, WHERE DOES THAT

37:55LEAVE US.

37:56>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE

37:59ITEMS 4 AND 6.

38:00>> Council President: ALL

38:00RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE

38:02ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

38:03JAOT 12 AYES.

38:05>> Council President: ALL

38:06RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

38:08>> Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE

38:10ON TO PRESENTATIONS.

38:12>> Council President: EXCITING

38:15MORNING FOR PRESENTATIONS,

38:15WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR

38:17OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE.

38:24FROM STUDIO CITY COUNCIL

38:25DISTRICT, MR. NAZARIAN.

38:43>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU,

38:45COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND

38:46COLLEAGUES.

38:47IN A MOMENT I'M GOING TO ASK

38:49OUR GUEST.

38:54I'M EXTREMELY HONORED TODAY TO

38:57RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS ARMENIAN

38:59HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF

39:00LOS ANGELES.

39:02OCTOBER HOLDS DEEP SIGNIFICANCE

39:06FOR ARMENIANS AROUND THE WORLD.

39:07IT'S A TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR

39:09HISTORY, CULTURE AND IDENTITY

39:10AND TO REFLECT ON WHAT ALLOWS A

39:15NATION'S HERITAGE TO ENDURE

39:21ACROSS GENERATIONS.

39:23THIS MONTH WE HONOR HOLY

39:29TRANSLATORS, WHO ESTABLISHED

39:32THEIR ARMENIAN ALPHABET MORE

39:33THAN 1600 YEARS AGO IN THE 5th

39:35CENTURY.

39:36THEIR WORK BEGAN WITH THE

39:38TRANSITION OF THE BIBLE INTO

39:41ARMENIAN BUT IT OPENED THE DOOR

39:42TO THE ARMENIAN GOLDEN AGE.

39:46THE GOLDEN AGE THAT FLOURISHED

39:50INTO LITERATURE, EDUCATION,

39:53SCHOLARSHIP AND PRESERVED MOST

39:54IMPORTANTLY THE STORIES AND FOR

39:57THE PEOPLE FOR GENERATION TO

39:58SEE COME.

39:59THE GENERATIONS LIVES IN THE

40:01WORDS THE PEOPLE SPEAK, THE

40:03STORIES THEY TELL, THE MUSIC

40:05THEY COMPOSE AND THE ART THEY

40:06CREATE, THESE ARE THE THINGS

40:09THAT ALLOW A CULTURE TO SURVIVE

40:11EVEN WHEN GENERATIONS ARE

40:13SEPARATED BY GEOGRAPHY,

40:16DISPLACEMENT, OR CHALLENGES OF

40:16HISTORY.

40:18IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO

40:19LANGUAGE AND ART.

40:22TODAY, WE CELEBRATE BOTH THE

40:24RICH LEGACY OF ARMENIAN LEGACY

40:27MONTH AND THE POWER OF ARTS TO

40:30CARRY THAT LEGACY FORWARD.

40:32IT IS A REMINDER THAT OUR

40:34HERITAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE

40:35CONTINUE TO BUILD, EXPRESS AND

40:38SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE

40:38WORLD.

40:39AND IT IS A WONDERFUL

40:42COINCIDENCE THAT THIS SAME

40:44MONTH A MAN WHO'S ARMENIAN

40:46IDENTITY HAS SHAPED ITS PATH IS

40:49BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER HERE IN

40:52LOS ANGELES, OF PEOPLE WHO'S

40:54IDENTITY HAS BEEN CARRIED

40:55THROUGH LANGUAGE AND MUSIC FOR

40:59OVER TWO MILLENNIA.

41:02NOW SEES ONE OF HIS OWN AT THE

41:04L.A. OPERA.

41:06TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO WELCOME

41:10DOMINGO, THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR

41:12OF L.A. OPERA TO CITY HALL.

41:17BORN IN CARACAS ARMENIAN

41:26VENEZUELAAN, BEGAN IN

41:29VENEZUELA'S RENOWNED MUSIC AND

41:30WENT ON TO OWN HIS MASTERS

41:32DEGREE AT THE GENEVA UNIVERSITY

41:35OF MUSIC.

41:38HIS HERITAGE PLAYED A PART IN

41:41HIS CAREER AFTER MEATING AT A

41:44REHEARSAL IN LUCERN.

41:51BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG

41:53MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE

41:54MIDDLE EAST.

41:57SINCE THEN, DOMINGO HAS LEAD

41:58SOME OF THE GREAT ENSEMBLE AND

42:01OPERA HOUSES, INCLUDING THE

42:03VIENNA STATE OPERA SOMETHING

42:06THAT--HE DIDN'T DO WHEN HE

42:08LIVED IN VIENNA FOR TEN YEARS.

42:10HE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL GUEST OF

42:13THE POLISH ORCHESTRA AND

42:16APPOINTED CHIEF CONDUCTER OF

42:19THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL

42:22PHILHARMONIC AND THIS JULY HE

42:23OFFICIALLY TOOK ON THE BATON AT

42:26L.A. OPERA.

42:27WHAT EXCITES ME IS HIS FUTURE

42:29FOR THE FUTURE OF OPERA, MAKING

42:31THE ART FORM MORE ACCESSIBLE,

42:34REACHING YOUNGER AUDIENCES AND

42:40WELCOMING PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE

42:42NEVER EXPERIENCED OPERA BEFORE.

42:44THAT IS A PERFECT FIT FOR LOS

42:46ANGELES, A CITY SHAPED BY

42:48CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND STORIES

42:50FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

42:53OUR ARTS INSTITUTIONS ARE

42:54STRONGEST WHEN THEY REFLECTED

42:57DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

42:59AND INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO SEE

43:01THEMSELVES IN OUR CULTURAL LIFE.

43:05HIS PERFORMANCE AS MUSIC

43:07DIRECTOR TAKE PLACE THIS MONTH

43:10WITH KARMAN ONE OF THE MOST

43:14BELOVED WORKS IN OPERA AND WITH

43:15THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

43:19INVITE CHRISTOPHER, THE

43:20PRESIDENT OF THE L.A. OPERA TO

43:22THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

43:24CHRISTOPHER IF YOU CAN JOIN US.

43:34>> Speaker: THANK YOU FOR THAT

43:35WARM INTRODUCTION AND TO THE

43:36LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL FOR

43:40THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION OF

43:42ARMENIAN HERITAGE AND THE

43:43ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS.

43:45WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THE CITY

43:46IN BUILDING THE CULTURAL LIFE

43:48OF LOS ANGELES AND ALSO

43:50GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER

43:51JURADO FOR HER STRONG

43:53CONSTITUENT SUPPORT.

43:55IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE

43:59HERE TO CELEBRATE DOMINGO

44:05HINDOYAN.

44:07WHAT MOST EXCITES ME IS NOT

44:14ONLY HIS EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC

44:17SHIP BUT WHAT HE BRINGS

44:19CURIOSITY TO EVERYTHING HE DOES

44:21ALONG WITH GENEROSITY TO SPIRIT

44:25GENUINELY EXCEPTIONAL.

44:26I KNOW TO THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL

44:29THAT DOMINGO IS THE RIGHT

44:30LEADER AT THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR

44:33L.A. OPERA AND ALL OF LOS

44:34ANGELES.

44:34AND THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY

44:37EXCITING MOMENT FOR CLASSICAL

44:38MUSIC IN OUR CITY WITH A NEW

44:41GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP TAKING

44:42SHAPE NOT ONLY AT L.A. OPERA

44:45BUT AT THE L.A. PHIL.

44:51WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

44:53REIMAGINE THE MUSIC IN A CITY

44:57AS DYNAMIC AS OURS.

44:58OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS

45:01INSEPARABLE TO OUR BELIEF THAT

45:03OPERA BELONGS TO EVERYONE.

45:06WE BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE

45:08TRANSFORMATION AL POWER AND OUR

45:10RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT

45:11ALL ANGELINOS HAVE THE

45:13OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT.

45:17OUR AMBITION IS TO CREATE

45:21EXPIRES THE EXTRAORDINARY

45:22COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

45:25DOMINGO SERVES THAT CONVICTION,

45:29HIS OWN JOURNEY AND MUSIC POWER

45:31TO CONNECT PEOPLE MAKING

45:34WELL-SUITED TO LEAD IN LOS

45:34ANGELES.

45:35AS WE CELEBRATE LOS ANGELES

45:37OPERA'S 40th ANNIVERSARY AND

45:39LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2028

45:42OLYMPIC AND PARAOLYMPIC GAMES,

45:44THERE IS A SYMMETRY, OUR

45:47COUNTRY WAS BORN IN THE CAKE OF

45:5084 ARTS FESTIVAL AND NOW AS LOS

45:52ANGELES PREPARES TO WELCOME THE

45:53WORLD, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

45:55TO HELP SHAPE THE CITY'S NEXT

45:57CULTURAL CHAPTER.

46:00AND THAT CHAPTER BEGINS IN JUST

46:02FOUR DAYS WHEN DOMINGO OPENS

46:04OUR SEASON WITH KARMAN SEASON.

46:09COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, THANK

46:10YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING

46:13DOMINGO AND CELEBRATING THE

46:14EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF

46:17THE ARMENIAN ARTIST TO OUR CITY.

46:20DOMINGO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD

46:21OF WELCOMING YOU AND I COULD

46:24NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT

46:25WE'RE ABOUT TO ACCOMPLISH

46:26TOGETHER.

46:27THANK YOU SO MUCH.

46:27[APPLAUSE]

46:29>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU VERY

46:32MUCH, PRESIDENT KELCH FOR YOUR

46:36LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING WORLD

46:40CLASS ARTISTRY TO OUR CITY.

46:42I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY

46:45WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE JURADO WHO

46:46IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING

46:49AND I KNOW SHE IS GOING TO WANT

46:51TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS.

46:53SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE A BRIEF

46:58MOMENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK

46:59NOW?

46:59OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK

47:01LATER?

47:01>> Y. Jurado: YES,

47:04COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR

47:05BRINGING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

47:07CELEBRATION TO CITY HALL.

47:10OCTOBER HERE IS SO FULL OF OUR

47:12CULTURE HISTORY AND SO GLAD

47:13THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE COUNCIL

47:17TO REFLECT AND FOR YOU LEADING

47:19THIS, YOU BRING SOME OF THE

47:21MOST INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS.

47:22AND I WANT TO ESPECIALLY

47:25RECOGNIZE DOMINGO AND WELCOME

47:26HIM TO THE OPERA AS DOROTHY

47:29PAVILLION AND A LITTLE BIT OF A

47:31OPERA GEEK, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE

47:32COMING HERE, THIS IS AN

47:37EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR

47:38JOINING US.

47:40IT WAS NOT ONLY EMOTIONAL

47:43PERFORMANCE LAST APRIL BUT IT

47:45WAS THE CULTURE IT HERITAGE

47:46THAT DOWNTOWN HAS AND HONORED

47:48TO HOUSE ON THE ARTS AVENUE

47:51CORRIDOR.

47:51I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT

47:53DOWNTOWN IS WHERE THE SPIRIT OF

47:55L.A. LIVES WHERE BOTH RESIDENTS

47:57CAN SEE THE GREAT CITY AND THAT

47:59L.A. OPERA HAS BEEN KEY PART OF

48:02THAT AMAZING LEGACY.

48:04SO BRINGING WORLD CLASS

48:06PERFORMANCES, BEING AN

48:07INTUITION HERE IN THE CITY AND

48:08BEING SO ICONIC, IF I HAD MY

48:11WAY, THE CIVIC CENTER WOULD

48:15MATCH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE

48:16HALL YOU'LL BE WORKING IN.

48:18I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING

48:20OUR HERITAGE ALIVE AND MAKING

48:22SURE THAT L.A. IS KNOWN AROUND

48:23THE WORLD AND GIVING ANGELINO

48:25FZ MEMORIES THAT WE WILL NEVER

48:26FORGET.

48:27AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR

48:29DEBUT SHOWS.

48:30SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

48:34COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN AND

48:35WELCOME TO L.A.

48:38MOBUHAI.

48:41>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU SO

48:46MUCH COUNCILWOMAN.

48:48I WOULD LIKE NOW IF WE CAN PLAY

48:51A SHORT VIDEO OF MAESTRO

49:04HINDOYAN.

49:06LOS ANGELES OF VOICES THAT

49:08BLEND INTO SOMETHING

49:09EXTRAORDINARY.

49:12[OPERA MUSIC]

49:14I SPENT MY LIFE LISTENING TO

49:17AUDIENCES AND MUSIC THAT

49:18CONNECTS US ALL.

49:19BUT NOW, I AM HERE TO LISTEN TO

49:20YOU.

49:22EVERY STREET CORNER HAS A

49:26MELODY, EVERY FACE TELLS A

49:28STORY, OPERA IS NOT JUST ABOUT

49:30WHAT HAPPENS ON STAGE, IT'S

49:37ABOUT PASSION, EMOTION,

49:39CONNECTIONS.

49:40THE SAME THINGS THAT MAKE LOS

49:41ANGELES COME ALIVE.

50:28>> I'M DOMINGO HINDOYAN AND

50:37I'M HONORED TO BE YOUR NEW

50:39MUSIC DIRECTOR OPERA.

50:41>> A. Nazarian: COME WELCOME

50:46TO LOS ANGELES MAESTRO.

50:51TAKE THE PODIUM.

50:52>> Speaker: THANK YOU,

50:54COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN.

50:55AND THANK YOU TO THE LOS

50:56ANGELES CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS

50:57SPECIAL HONOR AND FOR WELCOMING

51:00ME SO WARMLY THIS MORNING TO

51:02THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

51:03LOS ANGELES IS AN EXTRAORDINARY

51:07CITY, A PLACE FULL OF

51:10CREATIVITY, AND IMAGINATION,

51:11AND A HAOEM TO PEOPLE FROM SO

51:14MANY DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS.

51:16AND I'M THRILLED TO BEGIN THIS

51:18NEW CHAPTER AND CONTRIBUTE TO

51:21THE CITY'S RICH CULTURE LIFE.

51:25AND IT'S OF COURSE VERY SPECIAL

51:28AND MEANINGFUL TO RECEIVE THIS

51:31RECOGNITION DURING ARMENIAN

51:32HERITAGE MONTH AS WE CELEBRATE

51:34THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARMENIAN

51:36ARTIST AND RICHNESS OF ARMENIAN

51:38CULTURE HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

51:40THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL

51:42ABOUT CELEBRATING CULTURE

51:44THROUGH ITS ART, MUSIC, DANCE,

51:46AND STORYTELLING ARE AMONG THE

51:49WAYS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR

51:50HERITAGE AND WE TRANSMIT IT

51:52FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

51:53AND WE CALL THEM TRADITIONS.

51:57I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN

52:03KARACAS VENEZUELA, I'M SON OF

52:07VAIO --VIOLIN PLAYER AND LAWYER.

52:16IT HAS SHAPED BOTH MY LIFE AND

52:18JOURNEY AS AN ARTIST AND TODAY

52:20IT'S EVEN BIGGER BECAUSE I

52:22MARRIED WITH BULGARIAN BUT I

52:33ALWAYS GO BACK TO MY VENEZUELAN

52:37ROOTS AND ARMENIAN ROOTS.

52:40THE WARMTH OF ARMENIAN

52:43COMMUNITY HERE, MADELY FEEL

52:44ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE CITY.

52:48YOU KNOW, I FELT PART OF THE

52:50FAMILY EVEN BEFORE ARRIVING

52:51HERE.

52:56AND AS A NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERA,

52:59I FEEL EXCITEMENT AND

53:00RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMES TO

53:01COME.

53:02DEPOTER ME ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE

53:05IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND

53:06ESSENTIAL.

53:07BUT THE PURPOSE EXTENDS MORE

53:10THAN THAN WHAT HAPPENS ON STAGE

53:13WITH THE CHORUS AND SINGERS AND

53:16UNDER PAVILION, IT GOES TO

53:19CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY OF

53:20THE PEOPLE AND TO BE PART OF

53:22THE RICH CULTURE LIFE OF THE

53:25CITY AND TO BRING US MORE NEW

53:28PEOPLE AND NEW YOUNG OR ANY AGE

53:33TO THE PAVILION TO ATTEND OUR

53:38PERFORMANCE SXZ FEEL WHAT THE

53:39OPERA HAS TO GIVE FOR THE CITY

53:40AND THE WORLD.

53:43WHETHER WE ENCOUNTER OPERA IN

53:51THE THEATER OR OUT OF THE

53:53COMMUNITY, MY HOPE IS YOU LEAVE

53:57FEELING SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.

53:59ESPECIALLY FOR KARMAN, I HOPE

54:03THAT PEOPLE LEAVE MOVED TO

54:04TEARS.

54:05MUSIC HAVE THE ONLY MAGIC OF

54:08CRYING AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN

54:10BE HAPPY.

54:11THIS IS PARTICULARLY FROM MUSIC

54:14THAT WE CAN HAVE EXTREME

54:16EMOTIONS AT THE SAME TIME AND

54:19WE LIVE FEEL AND HAPPY AS A

54:23HUMAN BEINGS, IS A MEAN OF

54:25EXPRESSION OF TAKING CARE OF

54:30OUR HERITAGE, ARMENIAN HERITAGE

54:35AND THROUGH THE ARTS WE CAN BE

54:37BETTER HUMAN BEINGS AND CITIZEN.

54:39THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS

54:40SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND I'M

54:42PROUD OF MY ARMENIAN HERITAGE

54:46AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS

54:49CELEBRATION AND THE WAY LOS

54:50ANGELES WELCOMED ME.

54:51I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS

54:53CITY MY NEW ARTISTIC HOME.

54:54THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

54:55[APPLAUSE]

55:03>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU,

55:07MAESTRO.

55:08TODAY WE CELEBRATE ART THE WAY

55:11OUR TRADITIONS CONTINUE TO

55:12INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

55:21AND NOTHING CAP TIRE MORE THAN

55:24DOMINGO A YOUNG MUSICIAN FROM

55:27CARACAS, YOUR APPOINTMENT IS A

55:29REMINDER THAT ARMENIAN CULTURE

55:31CONTINUES TO ENRICH THE GLOBAL

55:34ARTS COMMUNITY AND WE COULD NOT

55:36BE PROUDER TO HAVE YOU IN OUR

55:38CITY.

55:39ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOS

55:41ANGELES, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO

55:43PRESENT A CER TIFICATE AS NEW

55:51DIRECTOR OF L.A. OPERA.

55:53CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

56:02[APPLAUSE]

56:16>> A. Nazarian: I MAY HAVE DONE

56:20THAT MAYBE PREMATURELY, I DON'T

56:21KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYONE ON

56:22QUEUE, MR. PRESIDENT.

56:23SO.

56:23>> Council President: WE GOT

56:25COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

56:27>> M. Rodriguez: YOU KNOW I

56:29COULDN'T MISS A MOMENT ON THIS

56:32MR. NAZARIAN.

56:32THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

56:35WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

56:38DOMINGO, WELCOME TO LOS

56:40ANGELES, I'M PROUD TO HAVE A

56:41RICH AND DIVERSE DISTRICT HERE

56:42IN LOS ANGELES MUCH OF WHOM

56:44MANY MEMBERS OF THE ARMENIAN

56:46COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT BUT

56:48WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS NEW

56:53FOUND ENTHUSIASM THAT IS COMING

56:55WITH YOUR A APPOINTMENT OF

56:57MUSIC DIRECTOR, IT REMINDED ME

56:58THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN IN A WHILE

57:00SO I'M GOING TO GO BECAUSE IT'S

57:03BEEN DONE.

57:04BUT WHAT THE HELL DOES TIMOTHY

57:11TH ADA E KNOW, YOU'LL BE

57:13INTRODUCING IT TO A NEW

57:15GENERATION BUT REMINDING

57:17EVERYONE HOW WONDERFUL DIVERSE

57:20MUSIC CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

57:22WITH YOUR HISTORY AND YOUR

57:24PRESENCE HERE IN LOS ANGELES, I

57:25KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

57:27BRIDGE THAT DIVIDE AND WELCOME

57:29MORE NEW AUDIENCE THAT'S

57:31PERHAPS HAVEN'T BEEN INTRODUCED

57:32YET.

57:33SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS

57:35WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AND I

57:36THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR

57:38HELPING TO REMIND EVERYBODY HOW

57:40LOS ANGELES REALLY IS IN FACT

57:44THE CULTURE CAPITAL OF THE

57:47WORLD.

57:48WELCOME TO L.A.

57:51>> Council President: ALL

57:51RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

57:53THANK YOU AGAIN MAESTRO.

57:55WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE

57:57PRESENTATION.

58:01I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT

58:05HERITAGE ENDURES ALSO THROUGH

58:06THE PLACES AND STORIES WE

58:08CHOOSE TO PROTECT.

58:09I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN

58:11IMPORTANT EFFORT UNDER WAY HERE

58:13IN LOS ANGELES, THE LOS ANGELES

58:17ARMENIAN AMERICAN HISTORIC

58:18CONTEXT STATEMENT.

58:21THIS TWO-YEAR PROJECT SUPPORTED

58:22BY MY OFFICE AND PREVIOUSLY

58:24HAVING STARTED BY COUNCILMEMBER

58:26PAUL KREKORIAN IS A

58:29COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOS

58:30ANGELES CITY PLANNING, THE USC

58:32INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES

58:35AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

58:36ASSOCIATES.

58:38ITS PURPOSE IS TO TELL THE

58:40STORY OF ARMENIAN AMERICANS IN

58:43LOS ANGELES THROUGH POLITICAL

58:44AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF

58:46THE COMMUNITY AND THE

58:47INSTITUTIONS WE'VE BUILT HERE.

58:49THE PROJECT WILL CREATE A

58:51FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND

58:53PRESERVING THE PLACES THAT

58:54MATTER TO THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN

58:57EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY AND FOR

59:02RECOGNIZING THE GROUPS AND

59:05ORGANIZATION THAT'S HELP SHAPE

59:06IT.

59:07I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO

59:09HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WORK

59:11ESPECIALLY OUR PARTNERS AT USC

59:15AND ESA AND THE COMMUNITY

59:16MEMBERS WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR

59:17KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY.

59:18TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS

59:20PROJECT.

59:20IS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR

59:23VERY OWN KEN BERNSTEIN, CITY

59:29PLANNER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

59:31CITY PLANNING TO THE PODIUM.

59:32WELCOME.

59:33>> Speaker: THANK YOU

59:35COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN.

59:36IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE

59:38TODAY AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU

59:41AS WELLS YOUR PREDECESSOR PAUL

59:45KREKORIAN FOR FUNDING TO MAKE

59:47THIS POSSIBLE AND WE WANTED

59:49THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE AS YOU

59:50DID OUR PARTNERS AT CONSULTANT

59:54OF ESA AND USC INSTITUTE OF

1:00:00ARMENIAN STUDIES WHICH HAS BEEN

1:00:01A PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT BOTH

1:00:05FOR THE ARCHIVAL AS WELL AS

1:00:08WHAT YOU BRING TO THIS WORK.

1:00:10I'M ALSO JOINED BY MY

1:00:12COLLEAGUES, MARISSA AND ERIC

1:00:13BRANBRAOEN.

1:00:15I'M VERY HONORED IN CITY

1:00:19PLANNING TO DEVELOPING THIS

1:00:21HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT FOR

1:00:22THE CITY, FOR THE

1:00:26ARMENIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

1:00:27THE HISTORIC STATEMENT IS

1:00:29ESSENTIALLY A FRAMEWORK FOR

1:00:31HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN A CITY

1:00:33TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE

1:00:35THE PLACES THAT MATTER TO THE

1:00:38ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN LOS

1:00:38ANGELES.

1:00:39AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS

1:00:42BREAKING NEW GROUND AS FAR AS

1:00:43WE KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST

1:00:47CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT

1:00:49STATEMENT PREPARED FOR AND

1:00:51SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON

1:00:53ARMENIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE IN

1:00:55ANY U.S. CITY.

1:00:56SO LOS ANGELES IS PAVING THE

1:00:57WAY THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

1:00:58AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT HOW WE

1:01:01PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

1:01:03WE ARE AN EVER-CHANGING DYNAMIC

1:01:06CITY.

1:01:07BUT IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT

1:01:09WE ANCHOR OURSELVES BY

1:01:10UPLIFTING AND HELPING TO

1:01:12PRESERVE THOSE PLACE THAT'S WE

1:01:15CHERISH, THE PLACES THAT MAKE

1:01:17LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES AND IN

1:01:18THIS CASE THE ONES THAT HAVE

1:01:21DEFINED THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN

1:01:28COMMUNITY.

1:01:31LEGACY BUSINESSES, SUCH AS

1:01:34RESTAURANTS, BAKERIES OR BOOK

1:01:36STORES, IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL

1:01:38INSTITUTIONS, PLACE THAT'S

1:01:40REFLECTED THE AMERICAN

1:01:42CONTRIBUTIONS TO FILM,

1:01:43TELEVISION, MUSIC AND MORE,

1:01:45ARTS ORGANIZATION AND KEY

1:01:48KOIFPZ AND RELIGIOUS

1:01:49INSTITUTIONS.

1:01:49WE HOPE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THAT.

1:01:52AND THIS IMPORTANT WORK STANDS

1:01:55ALONGSIDE OTHER IMPORTANT WORK

1:01:56AND MAJOR ISSUES IN THE OFFICE

1:01:58OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AS

1:02:01COUNCILMEMBER JURADO MENTIONED

1:02:02WE'RE A CITY THAT HAS SO MANY

1:02:05DIVERSITY HERITAGE TO CELEBRATE.

1:02:08WE JOINED WITH COUNCILMEMBER

1:02:09JURADO JUST LAST WEEK ON OUR

1:02:12HISTORIC PLACES, L.A., REVEAL

1:02:13PROJECT WHICH IS A HISTORIC

1:02:16MARKER PROGRAM INSTALLING 140

1:02:20COLORFUL MARKERS ON STREET

1:02:22LANDS REFLECTING LATINO

1:02:24HERITAGE ACROSS LOS ANGELES.

1:02:25AND MANY OF YOU HAVE JOINED

1:02:27WITH OUR AFRICAN HISTORIC WITH

1:02:32THE GETTY CONSERVATION

1:02:33INSTITUTE TO ADVANCE ADDITIONAL

1:02:35HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, TO

1:02:37EXPAND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN

1:02:40HISTORY CONTEXT AND TO WORK

1:02:43INTENSIVELY IN COMMUNITIES IN

1:02:46VENICE OAK WOOD, IN CD11 IN

1:02:50PACOIMA, AND IN CD7 AND JAZZ

1:02:55CORRIDOR OF CD9 AND SO MUCH

1:02:56MORE.

1:02:56WE HAVE A SLIDE UP ON THE

1:03:00SCREEN HERE, ENCOURAGING

1:03:01PARTICIPATION IN THIS

1:03:07ARMENIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE

1:03:07PROJECT.

1:03:09WE WANT TO HAVE YOU JOIN US

1:03:11IDENTIFYING THE ARMENIAN

1:03:13HERITAGE ESPECIALLY PLACE

1:03:14THAT'S MAY NOT BE SO OBVIOUS,

1:03:17HIDDEN HISTORIES, LESSER TOLD

1:03:19STORIES, WE HAVE A SURVEY

1:03:21ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE WITH A QR

1:03:23CODE, YOU CAN CLICK ON.

1:03:25TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR OWN

1:03:27INFORMATION AND TELL YOUR OWN

1:03:29STORIES ABOUT ARMENIAN HERITAGE

1:03:31IN THE CITY.

1:03:32AND WE INVITE YOU TO

1:03:33PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON WITH US.

1:03:35OUR NEXT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON

1:03:38THIS PROJECT WILL BE SUNDAY

1:03:42OCTOBER 25th FROM 2:00 TO 4:00

1:03:47P.M. AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH

1:03:51COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ'S

1:03:52OFFICE IN CD13 ON THAT EVENT.

1:03:54SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

1:03:56COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN FOR YOUR

1:03:57LEADERSHIP IN THIS ISSUE AND

1:03:59FOR THE CELEBRATION TODAY AND

1:04:00MANY THANKS TO YOU ON THE

1:04:02COUNCIL FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP

1:04:03US TELL THE STORIES OF ALL OF

1:04:05OUR COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES.

1:04:06THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:04:07>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU.

1:04:08THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:04:11THANK YOU, KEN FOR YOUR

1:04:12LEADERSHIP AND FOR HELPING

1:04:14ENSURE THAT THE ARMENIAN

1:04:15HERITAGE IN LOS ANGELES IS

1:04:18DOCUMENTED AND PROTECTED FOR

1:04:19GENERATIONS TO COME.

1:04:22MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE

1:04:23HEART OF THE ARMENIAN CULTURE

1:04:28IDENTITY, CARRYING THE STORIES,

1:04:30FAITH AND TRADITION SXZ

1:04:31COLLECTIVE MEMORIES OF OUR

1:04:34PEOPLE AND CONTINENTS.

1:04:35LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE

1:04:37LARK MUSIC SOCIETY PLAY A ROLE

1:04:39IN THAT LEGACY, THEY'RE

1:04:41DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND

1:04:43SHARING ARMENIAN MUSIC AND

1:04:45INTRODUCING ITS BEAUTY TO WIDER

1:04:47AUDIENCES.

1:04:49THROUGH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND

1:04:50PROGRAMS, THEY ENSURE THAT THE

1:04:53MELODIES PASSED DOWN THROUGH

1:04:54GENERATIONS CONTINUE TO

1:04:59RESONATE TODAY.

1:05:00IT MUST BE PRACTICED, NURTURED

1:05:02AND HANDED ON TO THE NEXT

1:05:04GENERATION.

1:05:04SO WITH THAT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN

1:05:13WELCOMING ALAN DECHECIKIAN WHO

1:05:14WILL BE PERFORMING NUMBER 19

1:05:18AND G MINOR BY EDWARD.

1:05:22[APPLAUSE]

1:05:28[MUSIC]

1:08:00[MUSIC]

1:08:20[APPLAUSE]

1:08:33>> A. Nazarian: THAT WAS

1:08:35PHENOMENAL.

1:08:36THANK YOU, ALAN, THANK YOU FOR

1:08:37BEING HERE AND FOR THAT

1:08:40WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.

1:08:41A CULTURE STRENGTH IS ALSO

1:08:44CARRIED IN MOVEMENT PASSED DOWN

1:08:45THROUGH GENERATIONS IN EVERY

1:08:47STEP AND GESTURE.

1:08:49ARMENIAN FOLK DANCE IS ANOTHER

1:08:51EXAMPLE IN STEPS RHYTHMS AND

1:08:54FORMATION, THESE DANCES

1:08:57PRESERVE THE CUSTOMS, MEMORY

1:08:58AND THE SPIRIT OF ITS PEOPLE.

1:09:02PLEASE JOIN ME THE DANCE GROUP

1:09:06WHICH KEEPS THESE TRADITIONS

1:09:08ALIVE BY SHARING THE DANCE AND

1:09:13CULTURE BY SHARING THE DANCE

1:09:14WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

1:09:15[APPLAUSE]

1:09:47[MUSIC]

1:10:00[ARMENIAN MUSIC]

1:10:47[ARMENIAN MUSIC]

1:11:24[ARMENIAN MUSIC]

1:11:59[ARMENIAN MUSIC]

1:13:17?O*Z THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

1:13:20SHARING YOUR INCREDIBLE TALENT

1:13:22WITH US OVER THE HISTORY, THE

1:13:24FLAG COLORS HAVE CHANGED BUT

1:13:25THE MUSIC, THE DANCE, THE

1:13:27PERFORMANCE, AND THE SPIRIT HAS

1:13:28NOT.

1:13:29THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING

1:13:31THAT WITH ALL OF US.

1:13:33THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:13:34AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

1:13:35>> Council President: THANK YOU

1:13:37SO MUCH MR. NAZARIAN AND ALL OF

1:13:40OUR HONORED GUESTS OUR PIANIST,

1:13:46OUR DANCERS AND OUR ARMENIAN

1:13:48COMMUNITY.

1:13:50MR. CLERK WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE

1:13:51US.

1:13:52>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW

1:13:54MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:13:55>> Council President: ALL

1:13:55RIGHT, IF WE CAN PREPARE FOR

1:13:56PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:13:57>> Clerk: THANK YOU, AS

1:13:58INDICATED ON THE JEAN MEMBERS

1:13:59OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO GO OFFER

1:14:01PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD CALL TOLL

1:14:04FREE.

1:14:371631179426 ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS

1:14:38THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION

1:14:40PRESS STAR 9 TO WITH REPUBLIC

1:14:41TO SPEAK.

1:14:42WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK AN

1:14:44AUTO MAIM THE PROMPT WILL ASK

1:14:46YOU TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.

1:15:19>> Council President: ALL

1:15:20RIGHT, WE HAD ONE SEPARATE VOTE

1:15:22ITEM THAT WE'RE HERE AT THIS

1:15:24MOMENT WHILE WE TRACK DOWN MR.

1:15:26GROAT TO READ US THE

1:15:27INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:15:29MR. CLERK?

1:15:30>> Clerk: AND THAT'S GOING TO

1:15:31BE ITEM 5 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE

1:15:33CALLED SPECIAL BY HERNANDEZ AND

1:15:36JURADO.

1:15:37>> Council President: ALL RIGHT

1:15:38WE ARE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER 5

1:15:40CALLED SPECIAL BY HERNANDEZ AND

1:15:42JURADO FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

1:15:48HE SHALL CALLED SPECIAL, DO YOU

1:15:50HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS

1:15:51COUNCILMEMBER PARK OR SOMETHING

1:15:52ELSE?

1:15:52SOMETHING ELSE, ALL RIGHT.

1:15:53LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE

1:15:55ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

1:15:59>> Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES.

1:16:02>> Council President: ALL

1:16:03RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK.

1:16:04>> T. Park: COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:16:06ITEM 3 CAN WE SEND THAT BACK TO

1:16:08COMMITTEE, PLEASE.

1:16:09>> Council President: TO WHAT

1:16:11COMMITTEE?

1:16:12PLANNING AND LAND USE, ALL

1:16:15RIGHT, ITEM 3 REFERRED BACK TO

1:16:16PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE

1:16:18WITHOUT OBJECTION.

1:16:19ALL RIGHT, MR. GROAT.

1:16:24>> City Attorney: MEMBERS OF

1:16:26THE PUBLIC WISHING TO PROVIDE

1:16:27PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A

1:16:29SLIGHTLY NEW PROCEDURE IN LIGHT

1:16:32OF SB707, WOULD I ASK THAT YOU

1:16:35PLEASE LISTEN SEPARATELY AND I

1:16:37HAVE A SEPARATE SET OF

1:16:38INSTRUCTIONS THAT I WILL READ

1:16:39IN BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO VIRTUAL

1:16:41PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:16:43WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA

1:16:44ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC.

1:16:46OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS

1:16:47MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN.

1:16:48IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF

1:16:51WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER WE'RE ON

1:16:53TOPIC, YOU WILL GET A BRIEF

1:16:54WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL

1:16:55PRESIDENT.

1:16:56AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET

1:16:57IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON

1:16:58TOPIC.

1:16:59IF YOU DO NOT DO SO OR STRAY

1:17:01OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE

1:17:03REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND

1:17:04WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

1:17:06SPEAKER.

1:17:07THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC

1:17:08COMMENT ON THE AGENDA TODAY,

1:17:09ARE ITEMS 1 AND 7 THROUGH 30.

1:17:12SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE

1:17:13OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE

1:17:15AGENDA TODAY, ARE ITEMS 1, AND

1:17:17ITEMS 7 THROUGH 30.

1:17:18I WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS ALSO

1:17:20A SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA, AND

1:17:21THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE PERIOD

1:17:23FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT

1:17:26SPECIAL MEETING LATER ON TODAY.

1:17:27MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO

1:17:29SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR

1:17:31GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:17:32DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,

1:17:33MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK

1:17:34TO ANY OF THE ITEMS, OR

1:17:36ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY

1:17:38SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.

1:17:40WE WILL TELL WHEN YOU YOUR TIME

1:17:41IS UP.

1:17:42A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I

1:17:44CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE

1:17:45THIS ALLOWED TO THE ROOM.

1:17:46IF YOU REQUIRE A FOREIGN

1:17:49LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE

1:17:50MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW

1:17:52SENTENCES TO THE INTERPRET

1:17:53ACRES INTERPRET.

1:17:54>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

1:17:55SPANISH]

1:18:06>> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY,

1:18:09WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME, SO YOU

1:18:13GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

1:18:16>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

1:18:17SPANISH]

1:18:22>> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY

1:18:24IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION

1:18:25REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE

1:18:29PURSUANT TO ADA OR IF WOULD YOU

1:18:31LIKE TO DO SO TO USE THE

1:18:35WIRELESS MICROPHONE, WHEN IT'S

1:18:36YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE

1:18:37PROCEED TO THE CENTER AISLE NOT

1:18:39THE PODIUM AND RAISE YOUR HAND

1:18:40TO THE SERGEANT KNOW TO PROVIDE

1:18:42WITH YOU THAT WIRELESS

1:18:43MICROPHONE.

1:18:44FINALLY IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN

1:18:46AN EFFICIENT COMMENT PERIOD, WE

1:18:48WOULD ASK IF YOU WOULD PLEASE

1:18:52WAIT BEFORE LINING UP ON ANY

1:18:54ORDER ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF

1:18:56THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SPEAK.

1:18:57THANK YOU.

1:18:58>> Clerk: I WILL BEGIN PUBLIC

1:19:00COMMENT BY CALLING THE

1:19:01FOLLOWING NAMES TO LINE UP,

1:19:04DANIEL GUS, RODNEY KING, LOVE

1:19:07DANE A BABY FACE, WORD, JOHN

1:19:11GOATS, SIN FOR DANE AS, GODDESS

1:19:14DANE A YOU LIGHT UP MY WORLD

1:19:16LIKE NOBODY ELSE.

1:19:17>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:19:18YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:19:19ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR

1:19:21GENERAL.

1:19:21>> Speaker: START WITH ITEM

1:19:24NUMBER 11.

1:19:27[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:20:03NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM

1:20:04NUMBER 12.

1:20:23[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:20:52[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1:21:14ITEM NUMBER 125.

1:21:16ITEM NUMBER 151 ABOUT A

1:21:18TRANSGENDER REMEMBRANCE DAY.

1:21:20YESTERDAY I REMEMBER

1:21:22HARRIS-DAWSON AND OUR CITY

1:21:23ATTORNEY CUT ME OFF BECAUSE I

1:21:25WAS TALKING ABOUT TRANSGENDER

1:21:27GENDER CARE, I WAS TALKING

1:21:29ABOUT TRANSGENDER MEDICAL CARE,

1:21:30I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL

1:21:35DISCRIMINATION TREATMENT I

1:21:35EXPERIENCE IN THE LOS ANGELES

1:21:37HOSPITAL CITY ATTORNEY SAID

1:21:39THAT'S OUT OF TOPIC.

1:21:42HARRIS-DAWSON SAID THAT'S NOT

1:21:45UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF LOS

1:21:47ANGELES.

1:21:47I AM HERE AGAIN TO INFORM THE

1:21:50CITY ATTORNEY AND INFORM THE

1:21:54COUNCIL PRESIDENT MANDINGO THAT

1:21:58TRANSGENDER, WE DESERVE TO BE

1:21:59TREATED NO DIFFERENT THAN THE

1:22:01CITY ATTORNEY AND BLOMANDINGO

1:22:04AND WE DESERVE EVERY MEDICAL

1:22:07AND GENDER CARE REGARDLESS OUR

1:22:10NATIONALITY, REGARDLESS OF OUR

1:22:13SIZE, REGARDLESS IF WE HAVE 5

1:22:16INCH OR 24 INCH.

1:22:17SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DENY ME

1:22:19THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BUT I

1:22:21AM ALWAYS HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR

1:22:23THE TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE.

1:22:26>> City Attorney: GENERAL

1:22:27PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:22:28>> Speaker: NOW LET'S MOVE ON

1:22:29TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:22:31I WILL CONTINUE TO ITEM NUMBER

1:22:3215.

1:22:33THE TRANSGENDER DAY, THE REASON

1:22:35WHY THIS DAY IS SO IMPORTANT, I

1:22:38AM STILL EXPERIENCING THE GANG

1:22:41BANGING TREATMENT IN McARTHUR

1:22:45PARK FOR BEING TRANSGENDER IN

1:22:47THE FIGUEROA AND 77th, THE

1:22:49TRANSGENDER DOES NOT HAVE

1:22:51DIGNITY IN THE CITY OF LOS

1:22:52ANGELES, WHENEVER WE GO TO THE

1:22:54HOSPITAL, THE HOSPITAL REFUSE

1:22:55TO PROVIDE US WITH OUR

1:22:58TRANSGENDER TAMPON AND THEN

1:23:00WHENEVER, WE GO TO OUR,

1:23:02WHENEVER WE COME HERE TO THE

1:23:05CITY HALL, TRYING TO SPEAK IN

1:23:06FRONT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN

1:23:08FRONT OF THE COUNCILMEMBER BLOW

1:23:13MANDINGO, EVERYBODY DENY THE

1:23:15TRANSGENDER THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

1:23:16SO RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO

1:23:18MAKING SURE THAT TRANSGENDER

1:23:20HAS A VOICE, I AM THE VOICE FOR

1:23:23TRANSGENDER.

1:23:23AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I LOVE

1:23:25YOU, GODDESS, DANA.

1:23:27THANK YOU, GODDESS DANA.

1:23:28>> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS

1:23:29EXPIRED.

1:23:29NEXT SPEAKER.

1:23:32>> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAK

1:23:33PER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FEW

1:23:39MORE NAMES, COLIEN, GOATY

1:23:46GARCIA INITIALS VD, INITIALS

1:23:50F.A., JERRY.

1:23:51>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:23:53MR. SPRIND LER, YOU HAVE THREE

1:23:55MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE

1:23:57FOR GENERAL.

1:23:57>> Speaker: SO LET'S GET TO

1:24:00NUMBER 9, NUMBER 9 IS LAKE

1:24:03BALBOA PROJECT.

1:24:04THE PROBLEM IS IMELDA PADILLA

1:24:06IS NOT HERE, SHE BE HELPING

1:24:09DRUG SELLERS IN BALBOA, THERE

1:24:11IS NO STREETLIGHTS IN BALBOA

1:24:14BOULEVARD AND NO STREETLIGHTS

1:24:16ON BURBANK BOULEVARD OR, THEY

1:24:19JUST PARK THEIR RVs ALL DAY AND

1:24:21ALL NIGHT, AND THE CARS AND

1:24:23SELL ALL OF FENTANYL AND METH

1:24:32AMPHETAMINE THEY WANT.

1:24:34AND IT'S OH MARQUEECE'S FAULT

1:24:39THAT HE DROVE IN TT DRUG

1:24:41DEALERS IN THE IS SEPULVEDA

1:24:42BASIN.

1:24:43NOW YOU GET TO NUMBER 10, YOU

1:24:46WANT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, FUCK

1:24:48THAT SHIT, AIN'T NOTHING GOING

1:24:50TO SAVE THIS CITY.

1:24:52IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE

1:24:55DUMPSTER, THEN YOU HAVE THE

1:24:58FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER I'M

1:25:00SALARY, WHAT'S WRONG UNISSES?

1:25:03YOU DON'T ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE

1:25:07GOD DAMN MONEY FOR THE FIRE

1:25:09DEPARTMENT, WHY DON'T YOU CLEAN

1:25:12UP THE ENCAMPMENTS AND STOP THE

1:25:15FIRE AND YOU BOB BLOWMAN DINGO

1:25:18SAME SHIT FOR YOU AND THAT

1:25:21MEANS LESS OVERTIME FOR LAFD

1:25:24MEANS LESS MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

1:25:26BUT BOB LIKES TO DUMP HOMELESS

1:25:29IN CD3 AND RESEDA AND IN THAT

1:25:32FUCKEN WEST PART OF TAMPA, YOU

1:25:37FUCKEN PIECE OF SHIT.

1:25:38>> City Attorney: SO CONNECT IT

1:25:40BACK OR I'LL MOVE TO YOU

1:25:41GENERAL.

1:25:41>> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT.

1:25:44GOD DAMN OVERTIME PUTTING OUT

1:25:48FIRES IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

1:25:52GIVE ME MY TIME BACK, YOU

1:25:53ROBBING ME.

1:25:54THEN WE GET HERE TO THAT LITTLE

1:25:59S.O.B., KATY YAROSLAVSKY WHAT

1:26:01IS DOING AVENUE THE STARS?

1:26:03AVENUE OF THE STARS AIN'T SHIT,

1:26:07EVERYBODY OUT THERE SHITING AND

1:26:10PISSING AND BARFING ALL OVER

1:26:13THE STARS, IT NEEDS A GOOD

1:26:15POWER WASHING.

1:26:16AND THEN WE HAVE ILLUMINATION

1:26:18FOR WHAT?

1:26:20TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ALL

1:26:21OF THE TRANS PEOPLE HAVE DIED

1:26:24ON OUR STREETS OF OVERDOSE,

1:26:27THANKS TO UNISSES HERNANDEZ AND

1:26:36LOUISA PADILLA, BECAUSE YOU

1:26:37CAN'T STOP SELLING IS THE

1:26:39FENTANYL.

1:26:41ALL THE HOMELESS DYING ON THE

1:26:42STREETS.

1:26:43WHEN YOU GOING TO STOP THAT

1:26:44SHIT.

1:26:46THEN WE GET ANOTHER SHIT SAID R

1:26:50RECESS SCHEDULE.

1:26:51GOD DAMN COUNCIL IS GOING TO

1:26:53TAKE 24 FUCKEN DAYS IN DECEMBER.

1:26:56NOW FOR THE GENERAL COMMENT.

1:26:59I SUSPECT THERE WAS A BLACK

1:27:05DUMB ASS THAT CUT ME OFF

1:27:09YESTERDAY WITHOUT A WARNING,

1:27:14GETTING THE CITY SUED AGAIN.

1:27:16THEY GOT ANOTHER LAWSUIT.

1:27:18AND YOU GOT CURREN PRICE OVER

1:27:22HERE, SPENDING THOSE BENJAMIN,

1:27:25THAT'S RIGHT NICKI RAMAN NOODLE

1:27:26GETS UP AND GETS AWAY FROM THAT

1:27:30FELON SUSPECT, LET'S GIVE NICKI

1:27:32RAMAN NOODLE AGAIN, SHE HAS WON

1:27:35THE MAYOR'S RACE, LET'S GIVE

1:27:36HER A HAND.

1:27:36THAT'S RIGHT.

1:27:38AND THEN CURREN PRICE WON

1:27:40SOMETHING TOO, A FOUR-YEAR

1:27:42PRISON TERM TO COCHRAN STATE

1:27:44PRISON, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND.

1:27:46AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO BE

1:27:48COMING AFTER SOME MORE

1:27:49COUNCILMEMBERS TO GET READY

1:27:51THERE JOHN LEE FOR NOT PAYING

1:27:52THAT FINE.

1:27:54I HEARD THAT AGENT CIVILIAN IS

1:27:55WORKING ON THAT CASE FILE AGAIN.

1:27:57WE'LL SEE YOU SOON IN FEDERAL

1:27:59COURT.

1:28:03>> City Attorney: OKAY, GOOD

1:28:05MORNING, MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE

1:28:06THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND

1:28:07ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL.

1:28:08PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.

1:28:09GO AHEAD.

1:28:11>> Speaker: CD14, SMOKING CAN,

1:28:17MR. GROAT WITH THAT FUCKED UP

1:28:22HAIRCUT, EAST NROERSELL AVENUE,

1:28:23FUCK YOUR SEWER SYSTEM AND FUCK

1:28:26YOU L.A.

1:28:27THANK YOU JURADO.

1:28:31BUT, HEAR ABOUT THE TRANS

1:28:37FAGOTS RIGHT?

1:28:38IT'S A DAY OF RECKONING WHEN

1:28:41WITH THE TRUE GOD YAHWEH, STEPS

1:28:48IN.

1:28:48>> Council President: WHAT

1:28:49TOPIC ARE YOU ON MR. HERMAN?

1:28:51>> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT

1:28:55ITEM 19, IVAN VERSUS PHELPS,

1:28:59YOU DAM MONKEY, PAY ATTENTION.

1:29:01SO GOING BACK TO THIS ISSUE ON

1:29:0414 OBSERVATION ON TRANS DAY,

1:29:08FAGGOT, THAT'S THE NUMBER I'M

1:29:10ON, RIGHT SUB STACK, THANK YOU

1:29:13DANIEL GUS.

1:29:14FOR I FOUND OUT THAT ON TRANS

1:29:19DAY, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO

1:29:21PROVIDE THE HERITAGE FAGS ONE

1:29:25MONTH OF 138 DOLLARS ICE CUBE.

1:29:29>> City Attorney: YOU'VE

1:29:31EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE MINUTE ON

1:29:34THAT ITEM, MOVE ON.

1:29:34>> Speaker: YEAH, YEAH, I

1:29:36THOUGHT YOU WOULD SEE THAT,

1:29:37ASSHOLE.

1:29:38THANK YOU SMOKING SCAN.

1:29:40SO YOU, LISTEN IT IS, 25 DAYS

1:29:44OF COUNCIL MOTHER RECESS SUB

1:29:46STACK, SO THEY CAN HIDE ALL THE

1:29:54GOVERNMENT RACKETEERING

1:29:55CORRUPTION.

1:29:55SO WE KNOW THAT, MILK DUD,

1:30:01YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE,

1:30:03I'M TALKING TO ITEM 18.

1:30:05SO GOING BACK TO THAT SMOKING

1:30:08SCAN, FUCK WINTER RECESS, FUCK

1:30:10THE PAGAN HOLIDAY.

1:30:12NOBODY HAS MONEY, YOU CAN'T

1:30:14SPEND ON CHRISTMAS, 42 USC,

1:30:181983, GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP

1:30:19FUCK YOU ON ITEM 18.

1:30:23THEN, STUPID ASSHOLE WITH THE

1:30:29BAD HAIRCUT, YEAH.

1:30:30LET ME GET THERE.

1:30:3320!

1:30:35I GOT 30 SECONDS TO TALK ABOUT

1:30:38DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, GROAT.

1:30:40YOU IN THAT FUCKEN COCKROACH

1:30:44BANDINGO THERE, TALK ABOUT

1:30:46TAKING MEDICATION FOR MENTAL

1:30:48HEALTH AND IT'S NOT PART OF A

1:30:49BUDGET.

1:30:50>> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT

1:30:51PART OF THE ITEM.

1:30:53>> Speaker: PEOPLE FROM

1:30:54VIOLENCE SUFFER FROM MENTAL

1:30:56HEALTH AND THEY'RE ENTITLED TO

1:30:59DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.

1:31:02SO I'M MAKING LOS ANGELES,

1:31:04SMOKING SCAN AND SUB STACK AND

1:31:06ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT TELL

1:31:10DAMIAN, TO TELL THE CITY

1:31:11ATTORNEY TO COMB THAT FUCKEN

1:31:13HAIR.

1:31:14>> City Attorney: GENERAL.

1:31:18>> Speaker: YO ICE CUBE, I GOT

1:31:19THE FLOW.

1:31:20I HEARD THE LOS ANGELES SAY

1:31:22THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

1:31:26LISTEN TO YOU ANYMORE ICE CUBE,

1:31:29YOU USE NC WORDS, BUT MOTHER

1:31:31FUCKER HERE IS GOING TO SPEAK

1:31:33ON BEHALF OF YOU IN COMPTON, WE

1:31:35KNOW THE WORDS, WE SAY THE

1:31:37WORDS, WE PRACTICE THE WORDS IN

1:31:40OUR ART.

1:31:43WE ARE MUSICIANS, WE ARE RAPERS.

1:31:47AND WE ARE PRAYERS, RIGHT?

1:31:5224-INCH DUARTE IN THE GARAGE

1:31:54WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

1:31:55THEY HAVE TO DO WITH CITY

1:31:58GOVERNMENT ISSUES, I'M TALKING

1:31:59ABOUT.

1:31:59>> City Attorney: THEN CONNECT

1:32:00IT.

1:32:01>> Speaker: I'M TRYING BUT I

1:32:03GOT MENTAL HEALTH FROM YOU,

1:32:04ASSHOLE SO WE LAX.

1:32:07--RELAX.

1:32:08SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I HATE

1:32:10TO SAY IT, A DIRTY NIGGER.

1:32:20>> City Attorney: I'M SORRY

1:32:22BEFORE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND

1:32:24COME UP, IT'S OKAY.

1:32:26ALTHOUGH LET MR. HERMAN GET OUT

1:32:28OF THE WAY.

1:32:29MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE

1:32:30HERE IN PERSON OR LISTENING

1:32:32REMOTELY.

1:32:33WE DO APOLOGIZE, THE COMMENT

1:32:35THAT'S WERE MADE DO NOT REFLECT

1:32:37THE VIEWS OF THE BODY OR STAFF

1:32:39HERE INDIVIDUALLY.

1:32:40MR. HERMAN IS ABLE TO MAKE HIS

1:32:42PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE

1:32:44APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.

1:32:47I'M SORRY, SPEAKER GO AHEAD,

1:32:48WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:32:49>> Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT.

1:32:50>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE

1:32:52MINUTE, GO AHEAD.

1:32:53>> Speaker: I'M CHRISTINA

1:32:55TALKING ABOUT UWS AND ATHENS.

1:32:57I WOULD LIKE TO YOU TO TALK TO

1:33:01YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

1:33:03ABOUT HOW MANY COMBUSTION

1:33:10EVENTS HAVE HAPPENED.

1:33:12I BROUGHT A PICTURE OF MY

1:33:14TEMPERATURE READING, IT'S 117,

1:33:17IT GETS UP TO 110 THROUGHOUT

1:33:21THE SUMMER WHICH IS WHAT LEADS

1:33:29TO SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, THIS

1:33:32IS MY NEIGHBOR, SHE IS IN HER

1:33:35LATE 70s, SHE LOST HER HOME TWO

1:33:37YEARS AGO, SHE IS HANDICAP, ALL

1:33:40OF HER PETS DIED AND SHE BARELY

1:33:44GOT OUT ALIVE, BECAUSE OF A

1:33:49MULCH COMBUSTION EVENT.

1:33:50WE WOULD LIKE IT CLEANED UP

1:33:52PLEASE.

1:33:53I THINK THAT'S IT, I'LL BRING

1:33:55THE REST NEXT WEEK.

1:33:55>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:33:56NEXT SPEAKER.

1:34:08>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING.

1:34:10>> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK TO ALL

1:34:11ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

1:34:12COMMENT.

1:34:12>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:34:13HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:34:14ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL.

1:34:16>> Speaker: ITEM 10 IS THE

1:34:18GRANT CLOSE OUT AND ALLOCATION

1:34:21OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING

1:34:24ARPA.

1:34:25SO THE CITY WOULD NOT GET ALL

1:34:27THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY.

1:34:29YOU DECIDED INSTEAD OF GIVING

1:34:31IT TOWARDS THINGS THAT ACTUALLY

1:34:33HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE

1:34:34PANDEMIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT,

1:34:37YOU INSTEAD DECIDE TODAY GIVE

1:34:38IT ALL TO THE LAPD.

1:34:41CAN WE NOT PASS THINGS OUT

1:34:44WHILE I'M GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:34:45I WOULD LIKE THEM TO PAY

1:34:46ATTENTION TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:34:49GRANT CLOSE OUT FOR ARPA

1:34:50FUNDING.

1:34:52SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY

1:34:54OBVIOUS THAT YOU DON'T WANTED

1:34:57TO GIVE THAT MONEY TO THINGS

1:35:00THAT ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE AND

1:35:00THINGS.

1:35:01YOU GAVE IT ALL TO THE LAPD

1:35:04AGAIN.

1:35:04WHY?

1:35:06WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSE TO DO?

1:35:08THAT GAVE MORE MONEY FOR LAPD

1:35:10VIOLENCE.

1:35:12SO LET'S MOVE ON, WE HAVE,

1:35:15LET'S SEE.

1:35:18IT HAPPENS WITH THE STAR STUFF,

1:35:19WE HAVE ITEM 14 WHICH IS THE

1:35:22INVESTMENT POLICY.

1:35:23SO WHERE IS THIS MONEY BEING

1:35:25INVESTED?

1:35:26THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

1:35:27IT WILL BE NICE IF THE MONEY

1:35:29CAN BE INVESTED IN THE

1:35:31COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THINGS,

1:35:33AGAIN PASSING OUT DOCUMENTS,

1:35:35PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET

1:35:37OUR ATTENTION FOR PUBLIC

1:35:37COMMENT.

1:35:39DO THAT WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T

1:35:40SPEAKING.

1:35:42BUT ITEM 14 IS AGAIN THE

1:35:44INVESTMENT POLICY.

1:35:47SO I MEAN, IS IT BEING INVESTED

1:35:50IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS,

1:35:51COMMUNITY RESOURCES?

1:35:53COMMUNITY EVENTS, THINGS LIKE

1:35:54THAT?

1:35:54OR IS IT BEING INVESTED IN

1:35:59ISRAELI GENOCIDE, ISRAEL, DOING

1:36:00A GENOCIDE ON GAZA AND

1:36:04PALESTINE?

1:36:04WHAT IS IT GOING TO?

1:36:06I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT

1:36:07MONEY IS BEING INVESTED TO.

1:36:10SO WE HAVE SOME MOTION TO SEE

1:36:12LIGHT UP CITY HALL, WE HAVE,

1:36:16ITEM--SO WE HAVE SOMETHING

1:36:18RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

1:36:20AWARENESS MONTH.

1:36:21AS A REMINDER WHAT IS IT 40

1:36:23PERCENT OF COPS BEAT UP THEIR

1:36:26WIVES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

1:36:27BUT YOU WANT TO HIRE FOR COPS

1:36:31INSTEAD OF DEFUNDING THE LAPD

1:36:33LIKE PEOPLE ASKED FOR.

1:36:34AND OF COURSE WHEN PEOPLE CALL

1:36:36FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

1:36:37INCIDENTS, HALF THE TIME THE

1:36:38LAPD SHOWS UP AND THEN GOES

1:36:41AFTER WHOEVER CALLED THE

1:36:43DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTS

1:36:46THE PERSON WHO WAS COMMITTING

1:36:49THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THAT'S

1:36:51THE LAPD MA ME SAG NIS TICK

1:37:00LIKE THAT.

1:37:01AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND

1:37:06KILLED BY LAULD.

1:37:07I WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER ALL

1:37:08THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO

1:37:12COMMIT TRANS ATHLETES WHO MAY

1:37:14BE COMMITTING SUICIDE BECAUSE

1:37:15OF THE RIDICULOUS

1:37:18DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS

1:37:19ATHLETES AT THE LA28 THAT NONE

1:37:22OF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SAY

1:37:24ABOUT DESPITE CITY ANTI

1:37:26DISCRIMINATION LAWS SUPPOSEDLY

1:37:29BANNING THAT.

1:37:30SO AREN'T YOU ENFORCING THE

1:37:33ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS THE

1:37:34CITY ALREADY HAS ON LA28 AND

1:37:37YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THE LA28

1:37:42WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO

1:37:45DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS

1:37:46ATHLETES ON A CITY EVENT THAT

1:37:49USES RESOURCES AND MONEY.

1:37:53SO, AGAIN, IT WILL BE NICE IF

1:37:56NITHYA WOULD ACTUALLY GET CLEAR

1:37:58ON THIS ON FIRING McDONNELL,

1:38:02CAUSE McDONNELL NEEDS TO BE

1:38:03FIRED.

1:38:04YOU ALL CAN DO THAT NOW.

1:38:07JIM McDONNELL IS A FASCIST, AS

1:38:11IT'S OBVIOUS, HE'S REPEATEDLY

1:38:13ASSISTING ICE, LYING ABOUT IT.

1:38:15NONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO

1:38:17SAY THAT.

1:38:18LET'S FIRE McDONNELL, GET THE

1:38:21MOVING BACKGROUND, OFF THE LIVE

1:38:24STREAM, IT'S GIVING PEOPLE

1:38:25HEADACHES.

1:38:25>> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER.

1:38:30GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU

1:38:31LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:38:32>> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PLEASE.

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

1:38:35MINUTE.

1:38:35GO AHEAD.

1:38:36>> Speaker: TODAY IS THURSDAY,

1:38:40OCTOBER 15, I'M A VICTIM OF

1:38:45INTERNATIONAL CHILD

1:38:47TRAFFICKING, DECLARED UNDER

1:38:50PENALTY OF PERJURY.

1:38:52NUMBER ONE, THIS ADMINISTRATION

1:38:55IS UNDER DICTATORSHIP AND RUN

1:38:57BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST

1:39:00INTERNATIONAL CULT AND FREE

1:39:01MASONS.

1:39:02NUMBER TWO, MODERN SLAVERY IS

1:39:03TAKING PLACE WHERE HUNDREDS OF

1:39:06THOUSANDS OF OUR MOST

1:39:08VULNERABLE EX CONVICT SPECIAL

1:39:09NEEDS ET CETERA ARE ENSLAVED,

1:39:14EXPLOITED AND ASSETS BY USING

1:39:16THEIR IDENTITY.

1:39:17NUMBER 3, WEAPONS ARE BEING

1:39:21USED FOR TORTURING.

1:39:23PROPAGANDA IS BEING USED FOR

1:39:25SELF-CONTROL.

1:39:26BLOCKBUSTERS.

1:39:29I'M AN EXAMPLE.

1:39:30NUMBER SIX, YOU'RE ALL

1:39:31CRIMINALS AND WILL BE ARRESTED.

1:39:34NUMBER 7, WHILE WELCOME HOUSING

1:39:39PROGRAMS USED AS BROTHELS.

1:39:40>> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER,

1:39:42YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:39:44NEXT SPEAKER.

1:39:51GOOD MORNING WHAT WOULD YOU

1:39:52LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:39:53>> Speaker: ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.

1:39:54>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:39:55HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL.

1:39:56GO AHEAD.

1:40:01>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:40:04LANGUAGE]

1:40:05>> Interpreter: CURRENT LAWS

1:40:06ARE ALWAYS UNIVERSAL.

1:40:12>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:40:18LANGUAGE]

1:40:18>> Interpreter: THIS UNIVERSAL

1:40:21LAW IS DEFINED BY BALANCE.

1:40:24>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:40:26LANGUAGE]

1:40:30>> Interpreter: APPLE EDUCATION

1:40:33PRESENTED US WITH THE MAIN

1:40:34THING THEY HAD.

1:40:36OUR CONSTITUTION.

1:40:39>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:40:41LANGUAGE]

1:40:42>> Interpreter: WE ARE YOUNG

1:40:44COUNTRY.

1:40:47>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:40:52LANGUAGE]

1:40:55>> Interpreter: AND I

1:41:00UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO

1:41:02LEARN MUSIC AS A LESSON.

1:41:05>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:06LANGUAGE]

1:41:06>> Interpreter: THIS IS A

1:41:08SPECIFICS OF YOUTH WHICH ARE

1:41:11VERY GREEK RUNNING.

1:41:16>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:18LANGUAGE]

1:41:19>> Interpreter: NATION WITH A

1:41:22CONSTITUTION OF SUCH DEEPNESS

1:41:26AND MEAN.

1:41:29>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:30LANGUAGE]

1:41:31>> Interpreter: ENJOY FOR YEARS

1:41:34OF SOUNDS OF SUCH MUSIC.

1:41:38>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:39LANGUAGE]

1:41:40>> Interpreter: THIS POLIFANY

1:41:44IS A CONSTITUTION, IS THAT WHAT

1:41:46UNITES US.

1:41:48>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:49LANGUAGE]

1:41:50>> Interpreter: BECAUSE OTHER

1:41:52NATIONS ARE LISTENING TO US.

1:41:55>> Speaker: [SPEAKING FOREIGN

1:41:56LANGUAGE]

1:42:01>> Interpreter: THEY'RE

1:42:02LISTENING NOT SEPARATE SOUNDS

1:42:03BUT THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA THE

1:42:08HOLES POLIPHANY.

1:42:08THANK YOU.

1:42:09>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL

1:42:11NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR

1:42:13IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:42:13>> City Attorney: MR.

1:42:14PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

1:42:16MOVE TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:42:18I WILL NOW READ IN THE

1:42:20PROCEDURE FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC

1:42:20COMMENT.

1:42:22CALLERS, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT

1:42:23TO RAISE YOUR HAND UNTIL I'M

1:42:25FINISHED EXPLAINING THE

1:42:26PROCEDURE.

1:42:26AFTER I FINISH EXPLAINING THE

1:42:28PROCEDURE, I WILL ASK STAFF TO

1:42:30THEN ENABLE THE RAISED HAND

1:42:32FUNCTION AT WHICH POINT, YOU

1:42:35CAN PRESS STAR 9 TO REQUEST TO

1:42:36SPEAK.

1:42:37AFTER YOU REQUEST TO SPEAK BY

1:42:40PRESSING STAR 9, YOU SHOULD

1:42:41HEAR AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM

1:42:44ZOOM STATE THATING YOUR HAND

1:42:46HAS BEEN RAISED.

1:42:47WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,

1:42:50AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE WILL

1:42:52PROMPT YOU TO PRESS STAR OF 6

1:42:54TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

1:42:55IF YOU DON'T DO SO S COUNCIL

1:42:57STAFF WILL PROMPT ONCE MORE, AT

1:42:58THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO UNMUTE

1:43:01YOURSELF OR UNFORTUNATELY

1:43:02YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING

1:43:04TIME AND WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE ON

1:43:06TO THE NEXT CALLER.

1:43:11ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE OF TIME

1:43:12DELAY, TWO THINGS ARE

1:43:14IMPORTANT, WHILE WAITING FOR

1:43:15YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP

1:43:16AN EAR TO THE PHONE SO YOU KNOW

1:43:18WHEN IT'S TURN IN REALTIME.

1:43:19SECOND IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO

1:43:21THIS MEETING ON ANOTHER DEVICE,

1:43:23PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON

1:43:25THAT DEVICE IMMEDIATELY WHEN

1:43:26IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.

1:43:28BETWEEN FEEDBACK AND THE TIME

1:43:29DELAY, IT WILL CAUSE A GREAT

1:43:31DEAL OF CONFUSION IF YOU

1:43:32CONTINUE TO LISTEN ON YOUR

1:43:34OTHER DEVICES.

1:43:35AS A REMINDER, THISEs A STILL A

1:43:37REGULAR MEET ING AS SUCH THE

1:43:39ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,

1:43:41ARE ITEMS 1 AND ITEMS 7 THROUGH

1:43:4330.

1:43:43AND WITH THAT, STAFF CAN WE

1:43:46PLEASE ENABLE THE RAISED HAND

1:43:48FUNCTION?

1:43:51>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER PLEASE

1:43:53UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

1:43:54NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

1:43:55LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:44:01>> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS

1:44:03JASON I'M A SMOKE ISING SCAN

1:44:04VIEWER.

1:44:05>> City Attorney: CALLER YOU

1:44:06KNOW THE RULES, PLEASE IDENTIFY

1:44:08THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO

1:44:10SPEAK TO AND STAY ON TOPIC.

1:44:11GO AHEAD.

1:44:13>> Speaker: MIGHTY WHITEY

1:44:15PUMPKIN HEAD AND BYWAY, YOUR

1:44:18HAIRCUT IS NOT BAD IT'S YOUR

1:44:20HEAD.

1:44:20>> City Attorney: YOU'RE

1:44:21WELCOME TO SPEAK TO THAT IN

1:44:22GENERAL.

1:44:23THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, GO

1:44:25AHEAD.

1:44:26>> Speaker: NOTED.

1:44:26NOTED.

1:44:27I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

1:44:30TRANSGENDER, HAVING A LITTLE

1:44:32DAY OR WEEK FOR THEM.

1:44:33I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A REAL IDEA.

1:44:36TRANS GENDERS IS A PROBLEM.

1:44:37THE NEXT TIME I SPEND MY FIVE

1:44:41DOLLARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A

1:44:42PROBLEM.

1:44:44THE TRANSGENDER IS NOT LETTING

1:44:46PEOPLE THAT I'M SPENDING MY

1:44:47MONEY AND IF WE'RE GOING TO

1:44:49CELEBRATE, THEY THAOED TO TO*

1:44:52DO THINGS APPROPRIATELY, THEY

1:44:53NEED TO WEAR A WRISTBAND OR

1:44:59T-SHIRT, I'M NOT INTO BOYS NO

1:45:03MO, THAT'S NOT A THING SO IF

1:45:05WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL

1:45:08CELEBRATION, RAINBOW PARTY A

1:45:09LOT OF BABY OIL AND LUBRICATION

1:45:12AND A LOT OF CENTIPEDE ACTION.

1:45:18>> City Attorney: YOU'VE

1:45:20EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME ON THAT

1:45:21ITEM, PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE

1:45:23ANOTHER ITEM.

1:45:23>> Speaker: I WANT IT TALK

1:45:25ABOUT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

1:45:28DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A ISSUE WE

1:45:29HAVE?

1:45:31BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS A LOT

1:45:33OF THESE FEMALES, THEY GOT TO

1:45:35UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT THAT

1:45:36DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF

1:45:37SITUATION, YOU CAN BRING IT

1:45:38DOWN, IF YOU JUST LEARN TO YOU

1:45:40TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND MAKE A

1:45:42SANDWICH, YOU CAN GET THE THING

1:45:46OUT OF DOMESTIC SITUATIONS.

1:45:49AND ALSO MAKE PUT SOME TRAINING

1:45:51INTO THESE FEMALES LIKE THE

1:45:52ONES ON FIGUEROA, THEY KNOW HOW

1:45:54TO TAKE A SHOT TO THE MOUTH.

1:45:56A LOT OF THESE CHICKS, THEY,

1:46:00YOU HIT THEM AND THEY COME BACK

1:46:01AT YOU.

1:46:03NOW WITH A GOOD SHOT AND SHE'S

1:46:06DOWN ON ONE KNEE, JUST DOWN

1:46:09HERE, BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC

1:46:10VIOLENCE THERE.

1:46:11AND NOW, AND THEN WE SAY BAD

1:46:14ABOUT THE GUYS, WELL YOU KNOW.

1:46:15>> City Attorney: YOU'VE

1:46:17EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON THIS

1:46:20ITEM, PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER

1:46:21ITEM.

1:46:22>>

1:46:25>> Speaker: OKAY, THANK YOU

1:46:26THERE PUMPKIN HEAD.

1:46:27I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES,

1:46:30WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPEED

1:46:33BUMPS, THAT'S PART PERIOD OF

1:46:34TIME ISSUE IN THE SAME AREA.

1:46:36>> City Attorney: OKAY, THIS IS

1:46:37NOT ON THE ISSUE TODAY.

1:46:39YOU FAILED TO STAY ON TOPIC,

1:46:43YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL.

1:46:45>> Speaker: THAT'S MIGHTY

1:46:46WHITEY THERE.

1:46:47I JUST WANT TO SAY A LOT OF

1:46:50ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH

1:46:52HERE TODAY, THEY CAN ALL BE

1:46:54SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD,

1:46:57BASICALLY BULLSHIT.

1:46:58THERE IS A LOT OF BULLSHIT

1:46:59GOING ON HERE TODAY, PUMPKIN

1:47:02HEAD TODAY, WITH Y'ALL HAVING

1:47:06LIKE A DANCING BITCHES THAT WE

1:47:09HAD.

1:47:14AND PIANO EARLIER.

1:47:16LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE

1:47:17SPEAKING THE WORDS AND SPEAKING

1:47:19TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN

1:47:20UNDERSTAND AND HAVE THAT BALD

1:47:28HEADED NEGRO INTERJECTING AND

1:47:29TRYING TO TALK OVER PEOPLE.

1:47:31YOU'RE NOT REALLY PAYING

1:47:33ATTENTION BUT HE HAS SOMETHING

1:47:35TO SAY.

1:47:35NIGGER IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE

1:47:37HERE, BE HERE IF NOT, SHUT THE

1:47:41FUCK UP AND LET US DO OUR THING.

1:47:43YOU ALL HAVE IT GOOD.

1:47:44>> City Attorney: YOUR TIME, IS

1:47:47EXPIRED.

1:47:51AT THE--SOUND LIKE A RECORD, WE

1:47:55APOLOGIZE FOR THE DISGUSTING

1:47:57COMMENTS JUST MADE.

1:47:59CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

1:48:00CALLER.

1:48:01>> Clerk: PLEASE UNMUTE

1:48:06YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME

1:48:07AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

1:48:08SPEAK TO.

1:48:10>> Speaker: DANIEL GUS.

1:48:10>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE

1:48:11THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND

1:48:13WUP FOR GENERAL.

1:48:14PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE GENERAL.

1:48:16>> Speaker: GREAT, ITEM 29, YOU

1:48:22MFERS LOST A MULTI MILLION

1:48:23DOLLARS LAWSUIT FOR THE CITY OF

1:48:26LOS ANGELES, 25 PERCENT LIABLE

1:48:29FOR ONE OF YOUR RESCUE GROUPS.

1:48:3287 AND A HALF LIABILITY BECAUSE

1:48:35YOU GUYS KEPT LYING TO THE

1:48:37PUBLIC ABOUT CONDITIONS AT

1:48:38ANIMAL SERVICES.

1:48:41THE MAYOR'S OFFICE KEPT LYING.

1:48:43THE MEDIA RELATION KEPT LYING

1:48:44TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE NEWS

1:48:49MEDIA, YOU YOU HAVE PAUL KORETZ

1:48:52OF ANIMAL SERVICES AND YOU LOST

1:48:56A MULTI MILLION DOLLARS

1:48:59LIABILITY TO A WOMEN WHO HAD

1:49:02SIX SURGERIES AND COUNTING AND

1:49:04YOU IGNORED IT AND NOW YOU WANT

1:49:07TO SQUAUNTDER MORE MONEY TO

1:49:08APPEAL, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE

1:49:09MORE AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE

1:49:13MORE UPCOMING LAWSUITS AGAINST

1:49:14ALL THE SHIT THAT I WARNED YOU

1:49:16ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES.

1:49:17>> City Attorney: YOU'VE

1:49:21EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON THAT

1:49:21ITEM.

1:49:22MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM.

1:49:25>> Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 23.

1:49:29DOMESTIC AWARENESS MONTH BUT

1:49:31YOU KEEP HAVING THIS MORONIC

1:49:34BLUE JEANS DAY BUT NEVER

1:49:36APPLIED THE STANDARDS TO THE

1:49:38LAPD AND LAFD RIGHT THROUGH THE

1:49:41DAILY MALE, YOU HAVE A

1:49:44MURDER-SUICIDE THREAT BY A HIGH

1:49:46RANKING OF LAFD WHO WAS ALSO

1:49:49INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC ISSUE AT

1:49:51THE LAPD WHERE THEY OPENED OLD

1:49:53CASE TO SEE HIDE PUBLIC RECORDS.

1:49:56SPARE THE BULLSHIT ABOUT

1:49:59DOMESTIC AWARENESS MONTH, YOU

1:50:00DON'T HAVE THE CAHONES TO STAND

1:50:05UP TO IT AT THE LAPD AND

1:50:07SOMEHOW YOU GIVE A WINK, WINK

1:50:12TO NATHAN HOCHMAN TO NOT

1:50:13INVESTIGATE AND YOUR STUPID

1:50:15BLUE JEAN CHERADE.

1:50:30>> City Attorney: YOU'RE

1:50:31WELCOME TO SPEAK TO THAT IN

1:50:33GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:50:34WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING

1:50:35ABOUT?

1:50:35>> Speaker: NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT

1:50:37TO GIVE ME BACK MY TIME.

1:50:39I'M RESPONDING TO THE COMMENTS

1:50:41OF HERMAN AND SPINDLER.

1:50:42>> City Attorney: THIS IS YOUR

1:50:44LAST WARNING.

1:50:45STICK TO THE ITEMS OR YOU'RE

1:50:47GOING TO MOVE TO GENERAL.

1:50:48>> Speaker: I'M COMMENTING

1:50:49ABOUT THE SAME ITEMS THAT JASON

1:50:52JUST SPOKE ABOUT, OKAY.

1:50:54NOT GENERAL, I'M COMMENTING

1:50:55ABOUT THE SAME ITEM THAT JASON

1:50:58WAS SPEAKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE

1:51:01HOSTILITY AND THE COMMENTS WERE

1:51:05CULTIVATED WHILE YOUR

1:51:05INTOLERANCE OF THE FIRST

1:51:06AMENDMENT.

1:51:07>> City Attorney: I'M SORRY,

1:51:08THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

1:51:10YOU HAVE A MINUTE FOR GENERAL

1:51:11PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:51:12GO AHEAD.

1:51:12>> Speaker: GREAT, SO YESTERDAY

1:51:15I PROPROSED THAT NITHYA RAMAN

1:51:17SHOULD HAVE DRAWN IN HUNDREDS

1:51:19IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS

1:51:21IF SHE DECIDED TO ANNOUNCE THAT

1:51:25JOEY TUCCIO, NOT MYSELF,

1:51:30CANNEDIDO, BAFOON, THAT IF

1:51:32NITHYA ANNOUNCED THAT JOEY

1:51:35TUCCIO WOULD HAVE A CONTRACT AS

1:51:38DEPUTY MAYOR IN THE CITY FOR

1:51:39ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THE ZOO FOR

1:51:42SKID ROW FOR ALL ACROSS THE

1:51:44CITY, SHE COULD HAVE BROUGHT

1:51:47OVER HUNDREDS NOT THOUSANDS OF

1:51:49SUPPORTERS NOT MY OEFL BUT YOU

1:51:52LET THIS OLD BAFOON NAMED

1:51:58CANNEDIDO MARES HE'S ADMITTED

1:52:00THAT HE'S ONE OF THE WORSE

1:52:02FATHERS THAT I WAS ASKING FOR

1:52:06SOMETHING FOR MYSELF, I WASN'T.

1:52:08SO THIS OLD LONELY BAFOON,

1:52:10WORSE FATHER IN L.A. HISTORY

1:52:12ACCORD TO GO HIMSELF, AND

1:52:14NITHYA YOU REALLY HAD A CHANCE.

1:52:15>> City Attorney: THANK YOU

1:52:17YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:52:18NEXT CALLER.

1:52:19>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:52:23FOUR DIGITS, 1335, PLEASE

1:52:25UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE THE

1:52:26ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK

1:52:27TO.

1:52:28>> Speaker: HI, AUDIT L.A.,

1:52:38SHOUT TO SMOKING SCAN.

1:52:40WE'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THAT

1:52:43SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING, WHETHER

1:52:44IT'S AN EMAIL OR CHECKING ON

1:52:46PERMITS THAT SCIENTOLOGY IS NOT

1:52:48GETTING ANY STREET PERMITS

1:52:50WHATSOEVER BECAUSE THEY'RE

1:52:51USING THEM TO RECRUIT CHILDREN

1:52:54AND HUMAN TRAFFIC THE CURRENT

1:52:56MEMBERS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT

1:52:57NOW.

1:52:58I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS BORN

1:53:00AND RAISED IN THE SEA

1:53:04ORGANIZATION CULT OF

1:53:05SCIENTOLOGY AND MY PARENTS, MY

1:53:08MOM AND DAD ARE STILL IN IT.

1:53:10THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS

1:53:12PROTESTING IN THE SHRINE AWED

1:53:15UDITORIUM, NOT THE BEAUTIFUL

1:53:19SHRINE.

1:53:20SINCE THEN THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN

1:53:22ALL THE STREETS.

1:53:23I SAW MY FATHER.

1:53:24DO NOT LET THEM.

1:53:27DON'T LET USC FEEL THAT THEY

1:53:29HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE STREETS.

1:53:31THEY DON'T.

1:53:31THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO

1:53:34THAT FOR PERSONAL FAVORS AND TO

1:53:36MAKE SURE.

1:53:36>> City Attorney: CALLER YOUR

1:53:38TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:53:40>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:53:43FOUR DIGITS, 7533, PLEASE

1:53:45UNMUTE YOURSELF STATE YOUR NAME

1:53:46AND THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO

1:53:47SPEAK TO.

1:53:48>> Speaker: MY NAME IS AUDIT

1:53:50L.A., LOVE SMOKING SCAN.

1:53:51>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:53:51YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:53:52ITEMS AND ONE ANYONE FOR

1:53:54GENERAL.

1:53:54PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.

1:53:56>> Speaker: JUST GIVE ME PUBLIC

1:53:58COMMENT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO

1:54:01DO PUBLIC WORKS TOO.

1:54:02PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW SCIENTOLOGY

1:54:05WITH THEIR SERVICES TO HAVE THE

1:54:07GREEN ROOM THIS YEAR.

1:54:09IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS

1:54:11THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW WITH ALL

1:54:13THE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD, WITH

1:54:14ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT WE'RE

1:54:16BRINGING FORWARD OF ALL THE

1:54:19ABUSES OF PEOPLE, DON'T DO IT.

1:54:20I'VE GOT TO GO TO PUBLIC WORKS,

1:54:24BYE.

1:54:24>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:54:25NEXT CALLER.

1:54:28>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:54:32FOUR DIGITS, 1881, PLEASE

1:54:33UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

1:54:34NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

1:54:36LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

1:54:37>> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING.

1:54:38>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

1:54:39WE CAN HEAR YOU WHAT WOULD YOU

1:54:40LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

1:54:42>> Speaker: YES, THANK YOU.

1:54:44ITEM 1 OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

1:54:52ISSUE.

1:54:54ITEM 14, INVESTMENTED AND THEN

1:54:56PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:54:56>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:54:57HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE

1:54:58ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL.

1:55:00PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS, GO

1:55:01AHEAD.

1:55:02>> Speaker: THANK YOU, MR.

1:55:03GROAT, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

1:55:06ITEM 1 HAS TO DO WITH SEWAGE

1:55:08AND SEWAGE COMES IN MANY FORMS

1:55:11AND THINGS HAVING WITH OUR

1:55:13SEWAGE SYSTEM WHICH IS CAUSING

1:55:14A --COSTING A LOT OF PEOPLE

1:55:18MONEY.

1:55:21ONE IS THE NONSENSE THAT COMES

1:55:26OUT OF JASON AND HIS FELLOW

1:55:28FRIENDS.

1:55:28SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

1:55:33CONTROL OUR SEWAGE AND WE HAVE

1:55:36PEOPLE LIKE JASON, WHEN IF

1:55:37COMES TO VOLUME, IT'S THE KNOB

1:55:41THAT STARTS WITH V AND GO AHEAD

1:55:43AND DO THAT.

1:55:44RIGHT NOW, SOME OF SOMEBODY IS

1:55:46CALLING ME, IT'S PROBABLY JASON.

1:55:49SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM

1:55:5314.

1:55:54>> City Attorney: OKAY.

1:55:57>> Speaker: ITEM 14 IS

1:55:59INVESTMENTS.

1:55:59YOU KNOW WHEN WE DO INVEST, WE

1:56:02WANT IT MAKE SURE WE USE THE

1:56:04MOST PERSON THAT IS THE BEST AT

1:56:07INVESTMENT.

1:56:09AND MR. DANIEL GUS CAN SAY

1:56:12EVERYTHING ABOUT ME BUT I'M

1:56:16COMPARE MY NEW YORK.

1:56:17>> City Attorney: IT'S REAL

1:56:18HARD.

1:56:20YOUR AUDIO IS IN AND OUT TODAY

1:56:22TO THE EXTENT ABOUT ANOTHER

1:56:25COMMENTER, NOT TRYING TO START

1:56:27A CAGE FIGHT BETWEEN OTHER

1:56:28SPEAKERS.

1:56:29IF YOU CAN CONNECT IT TO AN

1:56:31ITEM, PLEASE DO SO.

1:56:32>> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT

1:56:33INVESTMENT.

1:56:35AND WHEN YOU INVEST YOU WANT TO

1:56:36HAVE THE BEST.

1:56:37AND WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT

1:56:40SAYS HE KNOWS IT ALL AND HE

1:56:42CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T

1:56:45EVEN AFFORD TO BUY HIS OWN

1:56:47MILK, THAT'S WHO YOU WANT TO

1:56:48INVEST IN.

1:56:49GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

1:56:50>> City Attorney: AND AGAIN, I

1:56:52DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ADJUST

1:56:54YOUR AWED YO, IT'S REAL ECHOY

1:56:59BUT YOU HAVE A MINUTE.

1:57:01>> Speaker: THAT'S BECAUSE

1:57:05JASON THEY'RE BLOCKING MIGNON.

1:57:06I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR MR.

1:57:09McDONNELL, I WAS THERE TO

1:57:10ENDORSE YOU WHEN YOU WERE

1:57:13CHOSEN AND I HAVE A QUESTION,

1:57:15YOU'RE THE BEST QUALIFIED

1:57:16PERSON TO HOLD THAT JOB.

1:57:18BUT I ASK, DO YOU

1:57:25WANT--[INDISCERNIBLE] WATCHING

1:57:26EVERYTHING THAT IS TAKING PLACE

1:57:27IN THIS COUNTRY AND WATCHING

1:57:29PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE

1:57:31LIKE--ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY

1:57:35THE ONES [INDISCERNIBLE] AND

1:57:36YOU SAY YOU'RE LAW AND ORDER,

1:57:39PROVE THAT YOU'RE A GOOD MAN

1:57:40AND YOU WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT

1:57:42FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY

1:57:44BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW

1:57:45IS WRONG AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

1:57:53IF YOU'VE--[INDISCERNIBLE]

1:57:55AND DO NOTHING, YOU HAVE TO

1:57:57STEP.

1:57:59TO DO MORE.

1:57:59>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

1:58:01CALLER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

1:58:02>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

1:58:06FOUR DIGITS, 3483, PLEASE

1:58:08UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE THE

1:58:09ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK

1:58:10TO.

1:58:11>> City Attorney: CALLER WITH

1:58:12THE LAST FOUR DIGITS, 3483,

1:58:15THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY

1:58:16TO SPEAK.

1:58:18PLEASE PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE.

1:58:22OKAY.

1:58:23SO IF THEY'RE NOT UNMUTED AT

1:58:25THIS POINT, WE NEED TO MOVE ON

1:58:27TO THE NEXT CALLER.

1:58:31>> Clerk: CALLER WITH LAST FOUR

1:58:35DIGITS, 9519, PLEASE UNMUTE

1:58:36YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND

1:58:38THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

1:58:39SPEAK TO.

1:58:40>> Speaker: I'M HERE FOR

1:58:42THE-->> City Attorney: OKAY, SO

1:58:43THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING, DO

1:58:46NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING, YOU

1:58:47HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED PUBLIC

1:58:48COMMENT.

1:58:49IF YOU DISRUPT THIS MEETING

1:58:51AGAIN YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO

1:58:52REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION PURSUANT

1:58:57TO RULE 7 AND 12.

1:59:00>> Clerk: CALLER UNMUTE

1:59:01YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME

1:59:02AND ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO

1:59:04SPEAK TO.

1:59:04>> Speaker: THIS IS DAVID, I

1:59:06JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO PUBLIC

1:59:07COMMENT.

1:59:07>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

1:59:09HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD.

1:59:10>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

1:59:12SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN

1:59:15ISSUE TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO.

1:59:16I LIVE IN THE METROPOLIS

1:59:20COMPLEX, COVERAGE ON THE CRISIS

1:59:23THAT WE'RE FACING FINANCIAL AND

1:59:24OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

1:59:28I'VE EMAILED COUNCILMEMBERS

1:59:30OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES TO ASK TO

1:59:33TAKE ACTION AND I HAVE NOT

1:59:35RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE.

1:59:36I JUPT WANTED TO CALL AGAIN ON

1:59:39THE RECORD, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT

1:59:42THAT CITY COUNCIL BE SURE THAT

1:59:46THE SITUATION LIKE OCEAN WIDE

1:59:49AND METROPOLIS IS ONE OF THE

1:59:52LARGEST AREAS IN LOS ANGELES.

1:59:57SHE HAS MY EMAIL ADDRESS, SO

1:59:59PLEASE WE NEED HELP.

2:00:01I IMPLORE YOU.

2:00:02THANK YOU, THAT'S IT.

2:00:13>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

2:00:16FOUR DIGITS, 4335, PLEASE

2:00:17UNMUTE YOURSELF AND THE ITEMS

2:00:18YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

2:00:25PRIVATE CALLER PLEASE UNMUTE

2:00:27YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND

2:00:28THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

2:00:29SPEAK TO.

2:00:30>> City Attorney: OKAY, SO IF

2:00:32THEY HAVE NOT UNMUTED.

2:00:34OKAY, YES, PRIVATE CALLER?

2:00:40>> City Attorney: I HAVE A

2:00:42HUNCH THIS IS MR. SPINDLER, BUT

2:00:49I WILL NOT WARN HIM.

2:00:50NEXT CALLER.

2:00:51>> Clerk: PLEASE UNMUTE

2:00:53YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND

2:00:54THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

2:00:55SPEAK TO.

2:00:58>> City Attorney: CALLER WITH

2:00:59THE LAST FOUR DIGITS, 1403,

2:01:02THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY

2:01:03TO SPEAK.

2:01:05PLEASE PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE.

2:01:09OKAY, CAN WE PLEASE MOVE ON TO

2:01:11THE NEXT CALLER.

2:01:12>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

2:01:15FOUR DIGITS, 5335, PLEASE

2:01:16UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR

2:01:17NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

2:01:18LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

2:01:21>> Speaker: HELLO I WANTED TO

2:01:23SPEAK ON THE DOMESTIC AWARENESS

2:01:26PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS PUBLIC

2:01:27COMMENT.

2:01:27>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

2:01:28HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH.

2:01:29GO AHEAD.

2:01:30>> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, THANK

2:01:30YOU VERY MUCH.

2:01:32SO FIRST, ON THE DOMESTIC

2:01:34VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

2:01:35THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING

2:01:37AWARENESS FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT

2:01:42PART OF OUR SOCIETY THAT IS

2:01:45STILL OVERLOOKED AND STILL

2:01:50UNDER REGULATED AS WELL AS

2:01:56ENCOURAGED IN MANY AREAS TO

2:01:58RACISM AND SEXISM.

2:02:01IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALSO

2:02:03ADD IN ABOUT DOMESTIC ABUSE,

2:02:08ALSO WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IT

2:02:11WILL PERTAIN TO IN HOME AND

2:02:14ONLY FROM THE SPOUSE OR A LOVER

2:02:17OR PARTNER OF THE VICTIM BUT

2:02:21ALSO DOMESTIC ABUSE OUTSIDE OF

2:02:23THE HOUSEHOLD THAT INCLUDES

2:02:24MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT WE HOPE

2:02:27THAT ALSO BECOMES MORE

2:02:30REPORTABLE WITHIN THE AREA OF

2:02:30LOS ANGELES.

2:02:33SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING

2:02:35AWARENESS AND ADDITIONAL

2:02:36RESOURCES AND RECOGNITION BUT

2:02:39ALSO AN EXTENSION OF CROSS OF

2:02:42ADDING IN DOMESTIC ABUSE OR

2:02:47INCLUDING RESOURCES PROVIDED TO

2:02:48VICTIMS.

2:02:49AND I CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC

2:02:50COMMENT.

2:02:50>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

2:02:52HAVE ONE MINUTE.

2:02:54>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

2:02:56SO GOOD MORNING,

2:02:57COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS--SHE

2:02:59HER, AND FROM WASHINGTON

2:03:05[INDISCERNIBLE], CALLING TO

2:03:08INFORM YOU SEXIST GROUP IN LOS

2:03:10ANGELES.

2:03:16PARTNER FROM ROSTERS.

2:03:18ASSOCIATED WITH W GLOBAL

2:03:21DOMINATED AS WE TRY TO MAKE

2:03:24UNIVERSE AND SURVEILLANCE

2:03:28[INDISCERNIBLE]

2:03:28NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RING

2:03:32OPERATIONS OF VIOLENCE.

2:03:37WOMEN AND RESTRAINTS AND

2:03:40COLORS, WHILE BEING SEXUALLY

2:03:44ASSAULTED.

2:03:45AND LIVE DOUBLE LIVES.

2:03:48PLEASE TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE

2:03:51ACCOUNTS AND LEGAL VISION OF

2:03:53RESENT SLAVERY.

2:03:55IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR

2:03:57PUBLIC SAFETY.

2:03:58>> City Attorney: CALLER YOUR

2:04:00TIME IS EXPIRED.

2:04:01>> Clerk: CALLER PLEASE UNMUTE

2:04:03YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME

2:04:04AND THE ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO

2:04:06SPEAK TO.

2:04:06>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING.

2:04:07>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

2:04:08WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?

2:04:09>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC

2:04:10COMMENT.

2:04:10>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

2:04:12HAVE ONE MINUTE.

2:04:12GO AHEAD.

2:04:13>> Speaker: MY NAME IS ASH LIN

2:04:15AND I CALLED IN YESTERDAY TO

2:04:18STAND WITH CHRISTINA BROWN

2:04:19REGARDING THE MASS ILLEGAL

2:04:22DUMPING IN ANTELOPE VALLEY.

2:04:24THESE COMPANIES HAVE PROFITED

2:04:27ON THE BLAF OF COMMUNITY OF

2:04:30LIVES.

2:04:35BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

2:04:37BIENERS, DUST CONTROL, STORM

2:04:39WATER MANAGEMENT AND OTHER

2:04:41CONTROL, JUST OVER 500 FEET

2:04:43AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY WATER

2:04:44WELL.

2:04:46JUST YESTERDAY, A FIRE WAS

2:04:48REPORTED NEAR THAT SITE.

2:04:51THIS IS NO WAY FOR ANYONE TO

2:04:52LIVE.

2:04:54CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN AIR ARE

2:04:56HUMAN RIGHTS.

2:04:57AND I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO

2:05:00INVESTIGATE WHAT THESE

2:05:00COMPANIES HAVE DONE TO OUR

2:05:02COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE THAT

2:05:04THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

2:05:05THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

2:05:06>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

2:05:11FOUR DIGITS, 1172, PLEASE

2:05:12UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR

2:05:13NAME AND THE ITEMS WOULD YOU

2:05:14LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

2:05:18>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

2:05:23FOUR DIGITS, 1172.

2:05:24>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE

2:05:25MINUTE GO AHEAD.

2:05:30>> Speaker: YEAH, THE GUY WHAT

2:05:34DO YOU CALL, THOSE BOYS READY

2:05:39FOR WHOEVER CALLS YOU KNOW.

2:05:43[INDISCERNIBLE]

2:05:49.

2:05:50>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT

2:05:51THAT IS ALL THE CALLERS FOR

2:05:54VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:05:55>> Council President: OKAY, NOW

2:05:58THAT WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:05:59I'M CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT ON

2:06:01ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC

2:06:02COMMENT.

2:06:03MR. CLERK, WHAT CAN WE VOTE ON.

2:06:05>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE 1,

2:06:087, 9, 11 THROUGH 14, 17 THROUGH

2:06:1120.

2:06:12>> Council President: CAN YOU

2:06:13PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE

2:06:15ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE

2:06:16THE VOTE.

2:06:18>> Clerk: 13 AYES.

2:06:22>> Clerk: AND MR. PRESIDENT,

2:06:23THERE IS A REQUEST FOR ITEM 11

2:06:27TO GO FORTHWITH.

2:06:28>> Council President: WITHOUT

2:06:29OBJECTION.

2:06:29>> Clerk: AND NOW BEFORE

2:06:31COUNCIL IS NUMBER 8, MOTION TO

2:06:33NOTE AND FILE HERNANDEZ JURADO.

2:06:35>> Council President: THAT WILL

2:06:37BE NOTE AND FILED.

2:06:46>> Clerk: COULD YOU LIKE US TO

2:06:47OPEN THE ROLL, MR. PRESIDENT.

2:06:48>> Council President: YES, I

2:06:49APOLOGIZE.

2:06:50OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,

2:06:52TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:06:53>> Clerk: 13 AYES.

2:06:57>> Clerk: AND BEFORE COUNCIL

2:06:58ARE THE BUDGET AND FINANCE

2:07:02COMMITTEE ITEMS 21 THROUGH 29.

2:07:03>> Council President: ALL

2:07:04RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE

2:07:06CLOSE SESSION ITEMS.

2:07:09DOES OUR BUDGET CHAIR HAVE

2:07:10ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE ITEMS?

2:07:13>> Clerk: THANK YOU, COUNCIL

2:07:15PRESIDENT.

2:07:18ITEMS 21 THROUGH 29 WERE

2:07:19CONSIDERED BY THE BUDGET

2:07:26COMMITTEE.

2:07:28I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

2:07:29>> Clerk: WE NEED TO READ IN

2:07:32THE TITLE GOOGLE INC.

2:07:35RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.

2:07:37FOR 22 INTERNATIONAL LEASE

2:07:38CORPORATION VERSUS CITY OF LOS

2:07:39ANGELES, THERE IS A

2:07:41RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE

2:07:43RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN

2:07:44THE CITY REPORT.

2:07:45FOR ITEM 23 ESSENCE MEDIA COME

2:07:48LLC THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION

2:07:50TO APPROVE THE WAIVER PENALTIES

2:07:54OF 141,133.11.

2:07:56FOR ITEM 24 ONE SOURCE MARKET

2:08:01LLC REFUND PAYMENT 121,000 PLUS

2:08:04ACCRUED INTEREST.

2:08:06FOR ITEM 25 IN THE CASE MINUTA

2:08:09SHEIK VERSUS COUNTY OF LOS

2:08:12ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A

2:08:13RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO

2:08:17120,000 IN SETTLEMENT.

2:08:19FOR ITEM 26 MON RECOMMENDATION

2:08:22EXPEND 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT.

2:08:24FOR ITEM 27 IN THE CASE

2:08:28ENTITLED ANTHONY, ESENCIO

2:08:30VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES,

2:08:33EXPEND UP TO $150,000.

2:08:38IN 28 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION

2:08:40TO EXPEND UP TO 1.6 MILLION

2:08:43DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENT.

2:08:44FOR ITEM 29 IN THE CASE JANISSE

2:08:48HUERTA VERSUS CITY OF LOS

2:08:51ANGELES 3 MILLION, PLUS

2:08:59APPLICABLE INTEREST AND

2:08:59JUDGMENT.

2:09:02WE MAY NOW VOTE ON THESE ITEMS.

2:09:06>> Council President: OKAY,

2:09:07LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE

2:09:08ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:09:10>> Clerk: 13 AYES.

2:09:11>> Council President: ALL

2:09:12RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

2:09:12>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS

2:09:15ITEM 10 AN AMENDING 10 A

2:09:18YAROSLAVSKY BLUMENFIELD IF

2:09:19THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE

2:09:21COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON THIS ITEM

2:09:23AS AMENDED.

2:09:24>> Council President: OKAY,

2:09:25OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,

2:09:27TABULATE THE VOTE JAO. 12 AYES.

2:09:291 NO.

2:09:29>> Council President: WHAT'S

2:09:30NEXT.

2:09:31>> Clerk: ITEM 15 AND 15 A

2:09:34JURADO HUTT, IF THERE IS NO

2:09:36OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE

2:09:37ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED.

2:09:38>> Council President: OKAY

2:09:40ACTION OPEN THE ROLL ON THIS

2:09:41ITEM AS AMENDED.

2:09:43CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE

2:09:44VOTE JAO. 13 AYES.

2:09:45>> Council President: WHAT'S

2:09:46NEXT.

2:09:47>> Clerk: 16, TWO VOTES AND

2:09:49FIRST VOTE WOULD BE QUESTION TO

2:09:50SUBSTITUTE.

2:09:51>> Council President: ALL

2:09:52RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON

2:09:53SUBSTITUTE, CLOSE THE ROLL,

2:09:55TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:09:56>> Clerk: 13 AYES.

2:09:57>> Council President: ALL

2:09:59RIGHT, LET'S OPEN ROLL ON

2:10:00SUBSTITUTED ITEM, CLOSE THE

2:10:02ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:10:03>> Clerk: 13 AYES.

2:10:04>> Council President: ALL

2:10:05RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

2:10:06>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS

2:10:07ITEM 30 THE CLOSE SESSION ITEM

2:10:09CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER

2:10:12YAROSLAVSKY AND McOSKER.

2:10:14>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.

2:10:20ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A REQUEST

2:10:21TO GO INTO CLOSE ON THIS ITEM,

2:10:24SO I'LL ASK THE SERGEANTS TO

2:10:27PREPARE THE CHAMBERS FOR CLOSE

2:10:29SESSION.

2:10:30MR. GROAT?

2:10:33PARDON ME?

2:10:42YEAH, WE'LL DO IT AT THE END OF

2:10:44THE MEETING.

2:10:46CLOSE SESSION, THAT MEANS

2:10:47MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE

2:10:49CITY ATTORNEY, STAFF,

2:10:51CONTROLLER, CITY ATTORNEY,

2:10:53MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NO ONE ELSE.

2:10:57CLA AND CAO.

2:11:06[COUNCIL IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE

2:11:10SESSION]

2:12:22You go to Mexico. Viva, viva

2:12:28Mexico! Viva.

2:12:43God bless you and all. Viva

2:12:49Mexico! Mucho Los Angeles! Qué

2:12:55viva Mexico. Okay. Well, the

2:13:04Japanese American National

2:13:05Museum has been an institution

2:13:06here in Little Tokyo for a long

2:13:08time. And so we always seek to

2:13:10partner with other organizations

2:13:11around the neighborhood. In this

2:13:12case, being able to host our

2:13:14Natsu Matsuri festival, which we

2:13:16hold each summer here at the

2:13:18Budokan, is an exciting

2:13:19opportunity for us to bring both

2:13:20audiences together and to invite

2:13:21the community to participate in

2:13:23some of the programs that Janam

2:13:24has brought here, as well as

2:13:26collaborating with the Budokan

2:13:27to share the space here in

2:13:28Little Tokyo. It's an annual

2:13:32festival and we are here to

2:13:34celebrate the summer and Nisei

2:13:35Week as a part of our activities

2:13:37that are happening throughout

2:13:39Little Tokyo. Most of our

2:13:41audience, you know, isn't

2:13:42Japanese, American for these

2:13:43kinds of festivals. So it's a

2:13:45really new opportunity to learn

2:13:47about a new culture and new

2:13:47tradition. So yeah, that's why

2:13:49we just wanted people to come in

2:13:50and celebrate with us. We're

2:13:53hosting a variety of activities

2:13:54today, from Obon, dancing to our

2:13:58volunteer band, a program that I

2:14:00work in, particularly the

2:14:02Democracy Center, specializes in

2:14:04programing that engages

2:14:05audiences of all ages and civic

2:14:07dialog. Arts and culture, and

2:14:09the ways those two fields

2:14:11interact with one another. We

2:14:13particularly want to engage

2:14:14younger audiences, and being

2:14:15more civically involved because

2:14:16it's so crucial that young

2:14:18people are involved in the

2:14:20infrastructure and the building

2:14:22of their future. So we're closed

2:14:25for renovation right now, but we

2:14:27are still actively doing

2:14:28programing. And even when we

2:14:29were open, this was really a

2:14:31good opportunity for us to get a

2:14:32lot of people in the door,

2:14:34especially new audiences, young

2:14:35families, new generations in the

2:14:37door to learn about Janam, learn

2:14:38about Japanese, American history

2:14:40and culture. Japanese American

2:14:41history is very extensive and

2:14:43Janam is the largest collection

2:14:46of material objects of the

2:14:47Japanese American story and

2:14:48history. And so for us, it's

2:14:50really a great opportunity. Just

2:14:51like with Natsu Matsuri, to

2:14:52connect with multiple

2:14:53generations of families to come

2:14:55that are not only Japanese

2:14:57American, but of many other

2:14:59cultures to be a part of this

2:15:00festival together. In 1997,

2:15:04during the construction of the

2:15:06Metro B-Line subway, the

2:15:08foundation of the original Adobe

2:15:10was unearthed beneath Lankershim

2:15:11Boulevard. To ensure its legacy,

2:15:14a recreation of the foundation

2:15:16is available for viewing. While

2:15:17the footprint under the street

2:15:19and sidewalk is marked by

2:15:21decorative pavement. In South

2:15:22Los Angeles, another historic

2:15:24landmark is being preserved that

2:15:27celebrates arts and culture. The

2:15:28city of Los Angeles has

2:15:30completed a major investment in

2:15:32Leimert Parks historic vision

2:15:34Theater, transforming the venue

2:15:36into a vibrant gathering place

2:15:37for the entire community. The

2:15:44city has made an investment

2:15:45right here in Leimert Park for

2:15:46the vision Theater. We're so

2:15:49excited about what this means in

2:15:51South Los Angeles, what it means

2:15:53to artists, what it means to

2:15:55community. And we can't wait for

2:16:00the doors to be open to see our

2:16:04. First program. The community

2:16:09is at the heart of what the

2:16:10Department of Cultural Affairs

2:16:11does. We know that Leimert Park

2:16:13is a space where artists thrive

2:16:16, where we have visual and

2:16:17performing artists, the theater

2:16:19is here to help lift up our

2:16:21artists and our partners here in

2:16:22Leimert Park, and help carry

2:16:23forward the Leimert Park legacy

2:16:25of what this is going to be.

2:16:29It's a great thing to see this,

2:16:32this theater open and it's like

2:16:34a jewel. This is like a jewel of

2:16:36this community, and it's so

2:16:38promising. All the attention

2:16:39given by the city of Los Angeles

2:16:41to this neighborhood. The first

2:16:44thing I noticed was the sound

2:16:48impeccable. The acoustics. I'm a

2:16:50musician. I'm an actor, a

2:16:52singer, all of that other stuff,

2:16:53you know, I'm a performer. And

2:16:55the acoustics was what got me. I

2:16:58sing, oh, so I want to be on

2:17:02stage. Like I say, it's a jewel.

2:17:09It's really from this community.

2:17:11And it celebrates this

2:17:12community. And it's a place

2:17:13where people can gather until

2:17:16such time as we have opened this

2:17:18beautiful, grand vision theater

2:17:20, we've had to find ourselves

2:17:22going out of our community in

2:17:23order to enjoy the arts, music,

2:17:26dance. And now we can stay home

2:17:29. I think every detail was

2:17:33intentional, and I'm excited for

2:17:35the world to see it.

2:17:51We're here today in the lovely

2:17:54Winnetka area, here in the West

2:17:55San Fernando Valley on 818.

2:17:56We're here at Cupid's Hot Dogs,

2:17:57hosting their love letter to the

2:17:59Valley event. So we've been here

2:18:09for 80 years. My grandparents

2:18:11started Cupid, so we're third

2:18:11generation owners. And yeah,

2:18:13we've just been a part of the

2:18:15Valley for generations now, and

2:18:16it's really been our mission to

2:18:18kind of keep our store the same.

2:18:20We haven't changed a lot. We've

2:18:21got bands playing here, we've

2:18:23got vendors and all kinds of fun

2:18:25things going on. Tell me when

2:18:30everybody plays. Really our

2:18:39motivation behind a love letter

2:18:41to the Valley was a way for us

2:18:44to bring community together, to

2:18:45show love, to one another. We

2:18:47brought a variety of

2:18:49organizations, nonprofits, pop

2:18:51up vendors and musicians to all

2:18:54come together in this family

2:18:55friendly event. So that we could

2:18:58not only show love to one

2:19:00another, but feel that love from

2:19:04one another. I think it's just

2:19:07good to get in. You know, IRL,

2:19:09as the kids say, get back into

2:19:10real life and let's see what's

2:19:12going on. You know, in the

2:19:13community, in person, than

2:19:14whatever is going on online. You

2:19:16know, there could be a little

2:19:17misconstrued sometimes on there.

2:19:18So let's get back out and do

2:19:20some fun stuff in public. You

2:19:21know, events like this is what I

2:19:25love about this job. Councilman

2:19:26Bob Bloomfield loves to keep our

2:19:28local mom and pop style

2:19:29businesses as healthy and

2:19:31thriving as he can. And so

2:19:34through our support and our

2:19:35fellow government offices,

2:19:36making sure that these legacy

2:19:37businesses stay afloat is super

2:19:39important.

2:19:54This is one of the last events

2:19:56that we have for the summer,

2:19:57culminating a great summer. We

2:19:59had pool parties all over the

2:20:02city. We had a great attendance

2:20:05. People from all over the city

2:20:07came out to enjoy our pool

2:20:08parties. The summer was really

2:20:12successful for Vienna, so we had

2:20:14a lot of programs, a lot of

2:20:16teams, for example, like water

2:20:17polo, artistic swimming, swim

2:20:18team, junior lifeguards. Also,

2:20:19kids learn how to swim. Going

2:20:21from, you know, our tiny tots

2:20:22and preschool all the way up to

2:20:24even like level four and just

2:20:26being in the water during

2:20:27summertime because we know it's

2:20:28super hot outside. My kids use

2:20:31this club for two years. We love

2:20:34it. I'm really appreciate for

2:20:36L.A. city. You know, it's a good

2:20:38facility for the kids. What I

2:20:43found out is like the free pool

2:20:45party I got so excited and I

2:20:47told my kids it's actually like

2:20:50our first time here in Van Nuys

2:20:52. You know, the pool is big, and

2:20:54it's really a nice pool. I love

2:20:56it. This pool party is amazing.

2:21:01And bringing all the community

2:21:02together, the kids are enjoying

2:21:04it. We've been coming to this

2:21:06park for many years. My son is

2:21:08in a swimming team and a water

2:21:10polo team in this park. Every

2:21:12single day. The council office

2:21:17is also here and they're going

2:21:18to have a few different games

2:21:20for the kids. Being a lifeguard

2:21:25, I really find a lot of joy and

2:21:27fulfillment in teaching kids how

2:21:28to swim. You know, being more

2:21:30confident in the water just

2:21:31learning that it's not something

2:21:33to be scared of or fearful of.

2:21:34When you think of the waters,

2:21:36you think of having a good time,

2:21:37you know, having fun. Obviously,

2:21:42swimming is a life skill that

2:21:43everybody should know, and we

2:21:45have a great program here at

2:21:46Benicia and all over the city

2:21:49where we teach kids and adults

2:21:50how to swim. Here at Vienna. So

2:21:55we are a year round pool. So we

2:21:57offer lessons as well as team

2:21:58sports throughout the whole

2:22:00year. So not just the

2:22:02summertime. So currently after

2:22:03the Labor Day pool party, we

2:22:05will kick off our off season.

2:22:07And so essentially what that

2:22:07means is we do offer our lessons

2:22:10and teams during the fall and

2:22:11winter months. You know, stop on

2:22:12by, see what we have going on.

2:22:19From its early beginnings, when

2:22:20the Adobe was a ranch house to a

2:22:23stagecoach mail service, to a

2:22:25union troop campsite during the

2:22:26Civil War, and today, Los

2:22:28Angeles Historical Monument

2:22:29number 29, Campo de Cahuenga

2:22:31will always hold importance to

2:22:33the people and history it

2:22:34represents in Venice Beach.

2:22:37Another important landmark is

2:22:38being preserved after fears it

2:22:40would go away, the Venice Beach

2:22:41skate park is back. The restored

2:22:43park was designed with input

2:22:45from skaters and an emphasis on

2:22:47being a place to bring people

2:22:48together. Councilwoman Tracy

2:22:49Park was at the ribbon cutting

2:22:51ceremony with the Venice Beach

2:22:53community to celebrate the

2:22:54return of the skate park. So I'm

2:23:01so excited about it. Like it's

2:23:03amazing. It was obviously done

2:23:05by skaters. It's so smooth,

2:23:07especially the ground, and the

2:23:09vibe is so nice. We are out here

2:23:11at Venice Beach where we just

2:23:13cut the ribbon on our

2:23:16restoration of the historic OG

2:23:20little skate park right here,

2:23:22and we have worked with the

2:23:24community to restore some of

2:23:25these historic elements. When

2:23:28they took out the last one, a

2:23:29lot of us local skaters were

2:23:31really sad because we didn't

2:23:32know that they were going to

2:23:34build it soon, and we honestly

2:23:35thought they were just going to

2:23:37take it away. So like, we were

2:23:38kind of heartbroken. So just to

2:23:41see like all the effort and work

2:23:42they put into it and to make it

2:23:44so nice, it's like we really

2:23:45feel like Venice is back. I

2:23:47think it's sick. It's a sick,

2:23:49sick setup. Should have had this

2:23:49like 20 years ago. It's amazing.

2:23:51And I'm so grateful. Hallelujah

2:23:54Thank you God. Thank you

2:23:55everybody that made this happen.

2:23:57You know what I'm saying? I'm

2:23:58grateful. I think for the

2:24:01community, it's a great place.

2:24:03Venice already is a skate Mecca

2:24:05. I feel like people come from

2:24:06all over the world to skate

2:24:08here. Now. The community is

2:24:09going to be able to come here

2:24:11and learn. Hopefully we'll start

2:24:12doing some skate classes with

2:24:14the recreation center. So

2:24:15offering some more programs for

2:24:16everybody locally and around the

2:24:17world. And this is of course

2:24:19adjacent to one of the most

2:24:23iconic skate parks in the entire

2:24:25world. We are also going to be

2:24:28bringing back the legendary

2:24:31historic Venice pit. It brings

2:24:40unity. It brings family. There

2:24:43are people from all over Los

2:24:44Angeles and beyond out here in

2:24:47Venice today. Dude, right now

2:24:56the city is doing such a good

2:24:57job. Venice and Santa Monica has

2:24:59been coming to life with all the

2:25:02events. There's been so much

2:25:03happiness even with FIFA just

2:25:05happening too. It's been like

2:25:07maybe like seven years since

2:25:09I've seen Venice this bright and

2:25:11happy. I think there's going to

2:25:15be more people because I'm going

2:25:16to start skating more, because

2:25:17this setup is way doper. I'm

2:25:19about the street spots. It's got

2:25:20the new street benches and stuff

2:25:22, so I'm stoked. Maybe doing

2:25:24some intro to skating, getting

2:25:25some of our local legends.

2:25:27Venice Beach is full of legends

2:25:29who are OG skateboarders that

2:25:31grew up here, that learned to

2:25:32skate here. So hopefully they'll

2:25:34come back and they'll want to do

2:25:35some some good for the community

2:25:37and give back to the kids. We

2:25:39are super excited with LA 28 and

2:25:41the Olympics on the horizon as

2:25:42we're getting our footprint here

2:25:45in Venice ready for the world to

2:25:48arrive. We're not done yet, but

2:25:50we're going to be camera ready

2:25:51by 2028. Come by Venice Beach,

2:25:53bring your skateboard and learn

2:25:55to skate out here. This is a

2:25:56blessing for everybody that

2:25:57skates out here. This is dope.

2:26:10We are happy today to be here to

2:26:13reopen the lovely Wilshire

2:26:15Branch Library. They have done a

2:26:17lot of work on making their

2:26:19spaces to be more sensory

2:26:21friendly and welcoming and

2:26:22inclusive for young Angelenos.

2:26:24So we're very excited to be here

2:26:27. We are the biggest fans of

2:26:29this library, this library is

2:26:31one of the most special places

2:26:32in Los Angeles to make this

2:26:34space accessible for everyone.

2:26:36Nicole is always putting on fun

2:26:38events, sensory spaces for kids

2:26:40and teens means dampening the

2:26:41sound, lowering the lights,

2:26:44making the lights softer. So to

2:26:47speak, which we did with some

2:26:49different cellophane and making

2:26:50more accessible seating.

2:26:51Basically making it more of an

2:26:54inclusive space. We actually

2:26:57have a sensory forecast that

2:26:59allows patrons to anticipate

2:27:02when there will be sensory

2:27:03friendly hours in the library,

2:27:05which are Mondays, Wednesdays,

2:27:08Fridays, Saturdays for the first

2:27:09two hours of service and for the

2:27:11patrons that have lower light

2:27:12needs. We have lights that they

2:27:14can actually check out at the

2:27:16library. It's been amazing being

2:27:18here and as you can see, there's

2:27:20just so much going on around and

2:27:22we've always been welcomed to be

2:27:24here. And I think that if

2:27:26there's anybody in the community

2:27:27who's looking for a space to do

2:27:29that, to be able to come and be

2:27:31themselves, and this is a great

2:27:33place to be. I think the

2:27:34activity that we do here is

2:27:36probably like Legos, because you

2:27:38can like, go here on like a Lego

2:27:41day and you can make anything

2:27:43you want. This is our eighth

2:27:45location to undergo these

2:27:46changes to make this space more

2:27:48sensory friendly and inclusive

2:27:49for children. And teens. Over 40

2:27:52of our locations now have

2:27:53sensory kits, so even if they

2:27:54don't have the complete space,

2:27:56they do have tools available to

2:27:58help make the library more

2:28:00accessible. LA will host the

2:28:05largest event this nation has

2:28:07ever hosted, and the question

2:28:09that determines whether it works

2:28:11is not just about the readiness

2:28:12of the particular venues. It's

2:28:13not just about the athletes

2:28:15themselves. It's about whether

2:28:17people can get to and around Los

2:28:18Angeles safely, affordably and

2:28:21in a way that makes them feel

2:28:24good about their experience here

2:28:26in Los Angeles. So I hosted a

2:28:28panel discussion here today with

2:28:29some of the agencies that are

2:28:31going to be responsible for

2:28:32mobility around the upcoming

2:28:33Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2:28:38Whether you plan to go to the

2:28:40games or not, you're going to be

2:28:42impacted by an increase in

2:28:43traffic and an increase in

2:28:44visitors. Really? La metro is

2:28:48the largest agency that's

2:28:50coordinating these efforts.

2:28:56During the summer's World Cup,

2:28:58Los Angeles showed the world

2:28:59what we can accomplish. More

2:29:01than 212,000 rides were taken on

2:29:03Metro's enhanced bus service on

2:29:05one match day alone. Ridership

2:29:07on the line increased by 41, and

2:29:10on the C line by 23. Well we

2:29:14wanted to talk about what went

2:29:15right during the World Cup so

2:29:17that we could build on that

2:29:18experience to make sure that the

2:29:20games that are coming in 2008

2:29:22are as seamless as possible, and

2:29:24that we can have mobility for

2:29:25the tens of thousands of

2:29:26visitors who are coming to Los

2:29:28Angeles without negatively

2:29:29impacting the residents of Los

2:29:31Angeles. We also want to make

2:29:39this so good for transit

2:35:45.

2:35:46The Science Center provides an

2:35:47opportunity for children and

2:35:49visitors of all ages to

2:35:51participate in science, and not

2:35:53just read about it. So this is

2:35:54where you can do science. This

2:35:56is where you can do engineering

2:35:57. This is where you can explore

2:35:59phenomena. My name is Gretchen

2:36:02Bozzella. I'm the deputy

2:36:03director here at the California

2:36:04Science, for which a member

2:36:05wanted to change their vote. I'm

2:36:08sorry, Mr. City attorney is

2:36:11there anything to report out of

2:36:12closed sessionY MR.

2:36:13CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE

2:36:15ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN REPORT ON

2:36:16CLOSED SESSION.

2:36:17ALL RIGHT, WE WANT TO CALL THE

2:36:19ROLL FIRST.

2:36:20>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

2:36:20HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

2:36:21JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

2:36:22PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

2:36:22RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

2:36:23YAROSLAVSKY.

2:36:2813Z MEMBERS AND A QUALMER MR.

2:36:29PRESIDENT.

2:36:29>> Council President: ALL

2:36:32RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY IS

2:36:33THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF

2:36:34CLOSED SESSION.

2:36:35>> City Attorney: NOTHING TO

2:36:36REPORT.

2:36:37>> Council President: I BELIEVE

2:36:38WE HAVE AN ITEM WHERE SOMEBODY

2:36:40WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE A VOTE.

2:36:43>> Clerk: YES, ITEM 10

2:36:46COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER WAS A NO

2:36:50BUT MEANT TO BE A YES.

2:36:53>> Council President: WHAT IS

2:36:53NEXT.

2:36:54JAOT DESK IS CLEAR FOR THE

2:36:56REGULAR MEETING, WOULD YOU LIKE

2:37:01TO RECESS THE REGULAR AND MOVE

2:37:02TO SPECIAL.

2:37:03>> Council President: YES.

2:37:05CALL THE ROLL.

2:37:06>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

2:37:07HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

2:37:07JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

2:37:08PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

2:37:08RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

2:37:09YAROSLAVSKY 13 MEMBERS AND A

2:37:10QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT.

2:37:10>> Council President: ALL

2:37:11RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?

2:37:11>> Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO

2:37:13RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA?

2:37:16>> Council President: SURE.

2:37:17>> Clerk: 1 AND 2 ARE ITEMS FOR

2:37:20WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT

2:37:21BEEN HELD.

2:37:21>> Council President: WITHOUT

2:37:23OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE

2:37:23BEFORE US.

2:37:25>> Clerk: IF THERE IS NO

2:37:27SPECIALS, THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE

2:37:28ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:37:29>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.

2:37:34LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON

2:37:35ITEMS 1 AND 2 OF THE SPECIAL.

2:37:37>> Clerk: THANK YOU MR.

2:37:38PRESIDENT.

2:37:38AS INDICATED ON THE AGENDA

2:37:40MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING

2:37:41TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT, SHOULD

2:37:44CALL.

2:37:50THEN PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN

2:37:52PROMPTED FOR PARTICIPATE ID.

2:37:55ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS PUBLIC

2:37:56COMMENT, PRESS STAR 9 TO

2:37:58REQUEST TO SPEAK.

2:37:59THANK YOU.

2:38:01>> City Attorney: TO MEMBERS OF

2:38:04THE PUBLIC WISHING TO PROVIDE

2:38:05PUBLIC COMMENT FOR IN-PERSON

2:38:08SPEAKERS, YOU CAN SIGN UP NOW

2:38:10TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE NOT

2:38:11DONE SO ALREADY.

2:38:12THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE

2:38:14AGENDA SO YOU'LL HAVE UP TO TWO

2:38:16MINUTES THAT'S UP TO ONE MINUTE

2:38:20PER ITEM.

2:38:20THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:38:22BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR VIRTUAL

2:38:25PUBLIC COMMENTERS I WILL REREAD

2:38:28THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR

2:38:30RAISING YOUR HAND.

2:38:31WITH THAT, WE CAN BEGIN CALLING

2:38:33NAMES FOR THE IN-PERSON

2:38:34SPEAKERS.

2:38:47>> Clerk: I'LL BEGIN PUBLIC

2:38:49COMMENT BY CALLING THE

2:38:50FOLLOWING NAMES TO PLEASE LINE

2:38:51UP.

2:38:54JERRY D, FISHES, F.A., BABY

2:38:57FACE, JOHN GOATS AND PUPPET

2:39:00SIDE 2.

2:39:06>> Speaker: ONE, TWO, I GUESS.

2:39:08>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO

2:39:09MINUTES.

2:39:09>> Speaker: OKAY, SO ITEM 1 IS

2:39:12THE CITY OF L.A. APPLYING TO BE

2:39:14THE LEAD ON THE HOMELESSNESS

2:39:17MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

2:39:19DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE CITY OF

2:39:20L.A. SHOULD BE THE LEAD ON

2:39:22ANYTHING RELATED TO

2:39:25HOMELESSNESS SINCE YOUR

2:39:27STRATEGY IS TO CRIMINALIZE

2:39:29HOMELESSNESS AND TO TERRORIZE

2:39:32UNHOUSED PEOPLE WITH CONTINUOUS

2:39:35SWEEPS YOU'RE NOW TRYING TO

2:39:36EXPAND THAT WITH A MASSIVE 4118

2:39:39MOTION YOU'RE DISCUSSING.

2:39:41INSTEAD OF PROVIDING HOUSING

2:39:42AND SERVICES TO UNHOUSED PEOPLE.

2:39:45SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE

2:39:49PROPOSAL HERE, A A DRIN WOULD

2:39:56BE TO LEADING THE CAUSE ON

2:39:58MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO

2:40:00TREAT UNHOUSED PEOPLE SINCE

2:40:01THIS CITY DOES A REALLY BAD JOB

2:40:04OF DOING IT.

2:40:05LET'S ALL PAY ATTENTION TO

2:40:07PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.

2:40:08LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2.

2:40:11ANOTHER EXPLANATION OF ALL OF

2:40:14THESE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING

2:40:14OFF THE SIDE.

2:40:16YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE

2:40:17DOING, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO

2:40:19ANYTHING.

2:40:20SO NOW YOU HAVE THIS THREAT OF

2:40:23LITIGATION THAT YOU DON'T

2:40:24DESCRIBE HERE AT ALL, SO I

2:40:25DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

2:40:27BUT THE CITY IS GOING OVER

2:40:29BUDGET ON LIABILITY PAY OUTS

2:40:32BECAUSE THE CITY, JUST

2:40:38MISMANAGING EVERYTHING.

2:40:39RIGHT HEATHER?

2:40:40SO YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE TRIP

2:40:43AND FALL LAWSUITS, BECAUSE YOU

2:40:44DON'T REPAIR THE SIDEWALKS,

2:40:46YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE PAY

2:40:48OUTS FROM THE LAPD VIOLENCE

2:40:51BECAUSE YOU HAVE HIRED ONE OF

2:40:52THE MOST RACIST AND CORRUPT

2:40:55POLICE CHIEFS IN THE COUNTRY

2:40:56AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT

2:40:58HIM OR FIRE HIM, EVEN THOUGH

2:41:00COMMUNITIES NEVER CALLED FOR

2:41:02HIM TO BE APPOINTED.

2:41:05YOU KEEP GIVING THE LAPD 3.6

2:41:07BILLION DOLLARS AND YOU WILL

2:41:09NOT REPAIR THE SIDEWALKS.

2:41:12SO PROBABLY MORE LIABILITY PAY

2:41:14OUTS.

2:41:14>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

2:41:16>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL

2:41:18NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR

2:41:19IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:41:20>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

2:41:21HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS.

2:41:22GO AHEAD.

2:41:24>> Speaker: REGARDING THE

2:41:29HOMELESS FUCKEN MANAGEMENT,

2:41:32FUCKEN INFORMATION, IT'S KNOWN

2:41:36AS HMIS.

2:41:37ARE YOU FUCKEN LISTENING

2:41:40COCONUT UP THERE?

2:41:46N.H.I. S., MILK DUD.

2:41:49SO THE ENTER SYSTEM KNOWN AS

2:41:55CES, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT

2:41:57THE FUCKEN APPLICATION AND THE

2:41:58FUCKEN PROCESS AND THE FUCKEN

2:42:02DONE, THOSE ATTORNEYS, WE'RE

2:42:03TALKING ABOUT WITH THE

2:42:06HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT, HAVE

2:42:07DEALT WITH THE CITY FOR SO LONG

2:42:10THAT I BELIEVE THEY'RE FUCKEN

2:42:14DIRTY, JUST LIKE THOSE KOREANS

2:42:17THAT EAT DOG.

2:42:17>> City Attorney: YOU NEED TO

2:42:20STAY ON TOPIC OR YOU'LL FORFEIT

2:42:22YOUR TIME.

2:42:24>> Speaker: I'M ON TOPIC.

2:42:25>> City Attorney: SO STOIK

2:42:27NUMBER 2.

2:42:28>> Speaker: LET ME GET THERE,

2:42:29RELAX.

2:42:30THIS CASE HERE, THIS FUCKEN

2:42:38CASE, CASENO. NUMBER IN

2:42:43PARENTHESIS DEALING WITH

2:42:48226CV-1199 IS A LITIGATION FOR

2:42:51LITIGANTS TO LITIGATE ON THE

2:42:53SECTION OF THE BROWN ACT, THE

2:43:00BROWN ACT 5495.9 HERE WITH THE

2:43:02LETTER D IN PA PA

2:43:27PARENTHESIS, SAM BO UP THERE

2:43:28SAY NIGGER.

2:43:29>> City Attorney: AND ALL NAMES

2:43:31HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT FOR

2:43:33IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

2:43:33AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY LINED

2:43:35UP.

2:43:35WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO THE

2:43:36PHONES.

2:43:37>> Council President: YES,

2:43:38PLEASE.

2:43:38>> City Attorney: TO OUR

2:43:40VIRTUAL COMMENTERS FOR THIS

2:43:42VIRTUAL MEETING.

2:43:43I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THE

2:43:45PROCEDURE FOR OUR PUBLIC

2:43:46COMMENT.

2:43:47PLEASE DON'T ATTEMPT TO RAISE

2:43:49YOUR HAND UNTIL I HAVE

2:43:50EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURE.

2:43:51I WILL THEN ASK STAFF TO ENABLE

2:43:54THE VAIZED HAND FUNCTION.

2:43:56AFTER WHICH CALLERS CAN PRESS

2:43:57STAR 9 TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.

2:43:59ONCE YOU PRESS STAR 9 TO

2:44:00REQUEST TO SPEAK, YOU SHOULD

2:44:02HEAR AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM

2:44:05ZOOM ALERTING YOU THAT YOUR

2:44:06HAND HAS BEEN RAISED.

2:44:07WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,

2:44:10AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM ZOOM

2:44:12WILL PROMPT YOU TO PRESS STAR 6

2:44:16TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

2:44:18AT WHICH POINT, YOU NEED TO

2:44:20IMMEDIATELY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

2:44:21IF AGAIN, YOU DON'T UNMUTE

2:44:24YOURSELF AT THAT POINT, YOU

2:44:25WILL FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME

2:44:26AND WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE ONTO

2:44:28THE NEXT CALLER.

2:44:29AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

2:44:32NUMBERS.

2:44:32>> Council President: AND

2:44:34BEFORE THAT, MR. HERMAN, I WANT

2:44:36TO GO TO RECORD INDICATING THAT

2:44:39YOU USED TWO OF THE BANNED

2:44:40WORDS FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL IN

2:44:43VIOLATION OF RULE 7, THIS IS

2:44:47YOUR LAST WARNING.

2:44:48AND IF YOU DO SO AGAIN, YOU'LL

2:44:50BE DISMISSED FROM OUR MEETINGS

2:44:53AND FUTURE MEETINGS.

2:44:54ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO PHONES.

2:44:58>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER PLEASE

2:45:00UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

2:45:01NAME AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD

2:45:03LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

2:45:04>> Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS

2:45:06JASON I'M A SMOKING SCAN VIEWER.

2:45:09>> City Attorney: CALLER YOU

2:45:10HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS.

2:45:11GO AHEAD.

2:45:11>> Speaker: THANK YOU THERE,

2:45:13THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:45:14AND WHY IS THIS NIGGER OVER

2:45:16HERE.

2:45:17>> Council President: THIS

2:45:20IS--NEXT CALLER.

2:45:21>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

2:45:24FOUR DIGITS 1403, PLEASE UNMUTE

2:45:26YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME

2:45:27AND THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO

2:45:28SPEAK TO.

2:45:31>> Speaker: JOHN KNOWN AS

2:45:37McCONNELL.

2:45:38>> City Attorney: TWO MINUTES

2:45:39FOR THE ITEMS.

2:45:39>> Speaker: ALL RIGHT.

2:45:43HOMELESS ASSHOLES AND ALL OVER

2:45:45THE PLACE LIKE RINGO THAT'S

2:45:49WHAT THEY CALL THEM IN THE

2:45:51CAROLINAS.

2:45:53WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, YOU GET

2:45:55THE MONEY FROM US, FROM

2:45:57CONGRESS WHICH WE APPROPRIATE

2:45:59AND THEN OVER IN THE CITY

2:46:01COUNCIL FOUGHT FOR MONEY AND

2:46:02YOU STEAL IT FROM THE TAXPAYERS

2:46:04AND THEN YOU LAUNDER IT THROUGH

2:46:06NONPROFIT.

2:46:07NOW YOU WANT SOME FANCY SYSTEM,

2:46:11WELL YOU GOT ME YOU ALREADY

2:46:14LAUNDERED THE MONEY, THE MONEY

2:46:16IS ALREADY STALLED.

2:46:20>> Council President: THIS

2:46:22REALLY SOUNDS LIKE MR. SPINDLER.

2:46:24>> Speaker: WHAT?

2:46:26YEAH, IT IS MILK DUD.

2:46:28MILK DUD.

2:46:30I'M HERE FOR YOU.

2:46:34MILK DUD, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

2:46:37MILK DUD.

2:46:39BALD HEAD.

2:46:40>> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU

2:46:41NEED TO STICK TO THE AGENDA

2:46:44ITEMS OR YOU'LL FORFEIT YOUR

2:46:46TIME.

2:46:47YOU EXHAUSTED THE ONE MINUTE ON

2:46:49THE FIRST ITEM.

2:46:49>> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, ALL

2:46:51RIGHT, NOW WE GET TO NUMBER 2.

2:46:55GETTING IT TUP THE ASSHOLE, YOU

2:46:58GOT YOURSELF A BIG LARGE

2:47:06LITIGATION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE

2:47:11[INDISCERNIBLE] A BIG LAWYER IS

2:47:12GOING TO GET 700 AN HOUR.

2:47:15NOW WHAT IS THIS LITIGATION,

2:47:17YOU'RE NOT EVEN GIVING US ONE

2:47:19CLUE.

2:47:20NOW IT'S ABOUT NOT THE "N" WORD

2:47:22OR THE "C" WORD BECAUSE THEY'RE

2:47:29ENFORCED IT JUST NOW AGAINST

2:47:31THE BLACK MAN AND A LATINO.

2:47:34SO CAN I USE THE "N" WORD,

2:47:36THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD.

2:47:37AND I CAN'T GET AN ANSWER SO

2:47:40I'M JUST ASKING YOU.

2:47:40>> Council President: THIS IS

2:47:42NOT ON TOPIC AND WE'LL GO TO

2:47:44OUR NEXT CALLER.

2:47:45>> City Attorney: THIS WILL BE

2:47:47OUR LAST CALLER.

2:47:48>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE FOUR

2:47:52DIGITS, 9419, PLEASE STATE YOUR

2:47:53NAME AND THE ITEM YOU WOULD

2:47:54LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

2:47:55>> Speaker: MY NAME IS JASON,

2:47:57AND THAT NIGGER BEHIND YOU,--.

2:48:00>> Council President: THAT IS

2:48:01THE END OF.

2:48:03>> Speaker: HOW ABOUT THE

2:48:04PROBLEMS THERE.

2:48:05>> Council President: THIS CALL

2:48:07IS DONE.

2:48:07THAT'S THE END OF MOBILE

2:48:08COMMENT, WHAT IS NEXT MR. CLERK.

2:48:10>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS

2:48:11ITEM 1.

2:48:12>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.

2:48:14MEMBERS LET'S PREPARE FOR ITEM

2:48:18NUMBER ONE, I'LL ASK OUR TEAM

2:48:19TO COME TO THE TABLE AND BEGIN

2:48:21OUR REPORT.

2:48:33WE HAVE THE CAO AND C LA.

2:49:06>> Council President: ALL

2:49:08RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING

2:49:09TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

2:49:12COUNCILMEMBER JURADO, IF YOU

2:49:12CAN TEE UP THE CONVERSATION

2:49:14THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RIGHT

2:49:15NOW.

2:49:15>>

2:49:17>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU,

2:49:19COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:49:20WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT WE

2:49:23CALL IS HOMELESSNESS

2:49:25GOVERNANCE, AS WE TRANSITION

2:49:27OURSELVES FROM A LAHSALESS

2:49:29WORLD.

2:49:30WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE COC

2:49:32APPLICATION WHICH IS THE GRANT

2:49:35FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH GIVES US

2:49:36MONEY FOR THE HOMELESSNESS

2:49:38SYSTEM, IT'S FOR SERVICES,

2:49:40PRODUCTIONS IS WHAT KEEPS US

2:49:40GOING.

2:49:42IN THE PAST CUP OF DAYS, THE

2:49:45KOUPT' HAVE I AT C O.C. BOARD

2:49:47THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE THE

2:49:49COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT IN THE

2:49:5327 APPLICATION AND THEY'LL BE

2:49:54IN CHARGE OF THE PIT COUNT.

2:49:56AT THIS TIME, THE CONVERSATION

2:49:58IS FOCUSED AROUND WHO IS GOING

2:50:00TO MANAGE THE DATA WHICH IS

2:50:03HIMS AND WHO IS GOING TO

2:50:05STEWARD THE MATCHING PROGRAM.

2:50:06SO IS THE CAO AND CLA HAVE BEEN

2:50:11IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY

2:50:12TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AN

2:50:13ARRANGEMENT THAT WORKS BEST FOR

2:50:15OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SO THE CAO

2:50:18IS AND THE CLA WILL BRIEF US ON

2:50:22WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT

2:50:24THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN THUS

2:50:26FAR.

2:50:26THANK YOU.

2:50:29>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

2:50:31MR. PRESIDENT AND MADAM CHAIR,

2:50:33MATT SZABO HERE WITH ASSISTANT

2:50:36CAO MARK AND JOHN WICK'EM OF

2:50:40THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST

2:50:41OFFICE.

2:50:42AS THE CHAIR STATED, WHAT WE

2:50:44WANT TO WALK THROUGH TODAY,

2:50:46NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE

2:50:47AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS WHERE

2:50:49WE ARE ON THE C O.C.'S CROSS

2:50:53FOR AWARDING THE LEADS FOR

2:50:56THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS AND THE

2:50:57TIMELINE AS THE CHAIR STATED,

2:50:59THE C O.C. BOARD AND THE

2:51:01GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ALREADY

2:51:03AWARDED THE COUNTY OF LOS

2:51:05ANGELES AS THE LEAD FOR THE AS

2:51:09THE COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT FOR

2:51:11FEDERAL FUNDS AND FOR THE PIT

2:51:13COUNT.

2:51:14YET TO BE DETERMINED ARE HMIS

2:51:18LEADS AND THE COORDINATED ENTRY

2:51:20SYSTEM LEADS.

2:51:22THE BOARD HAS MADE

2:51:24RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL

2:51:25MEMBERSHIP THAT THE COUNTY BE

2:51:27THE LEADS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AS

2:51:29WELL.

2:51:30AND THERE WILL BE A GENERAL

2:51:34MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO VOTE ON

2:51:37THAT RECOMMENDATION AT A TIME

2:51:38YET TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO

2:51:42TECHNICAL ISSUES AT THE BOARD.

2:51:59THOSE OMTIONS CAN INCLUDE AND

2:52:01ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE BUZZ WOULD

2:52:04EXCLUDE NEGOTIATING WITH THE

2:52:05COUNTY TO TRY TO ACHIEVE

2:52:08COLEADERSHIP AGREEMENTS FOR

2:52:09EACH OF THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

2:52:12IT COULD INCLUDE TAKING STEPS

2:52:15TO TAKE CONTROL OVER OF WHAT WE

2:52:18CAN, WE CAN TAKE CONTROL OF

2:52:21PORTIONS OF SOME OF THOSE

2:52:22PROGRAMS.

2:52:29IT COULD CLUE AS WE DISCUSSED

2:52:31FULLY SEPARATING FROM THE

2:52:32COUNTY BY FORMING A CITY ONLY C

2:52:35O.C., AND THOSE T THOSE OPTIONS

2:52:40ALSO INCLUDE LITIGATION,

2:52:41LITIGATION ON THE PROCESS THAT

2:52:44HAS IS ON GOING AT THE

2:52:48CONTINUUM OF AIR BOARD AND

2:52:49LITIGATION ON A BROADER SENSE.

2:52:51>> Council President: LET ME

2:52:52STOP YOU THERE, MR. CAO, CAUSE

2:52:55YOU RANG THE BELL WHEN YOU SAID

2:52:58LITIGATION.

2:53:00SO WE OBSERVED THE C O.C.

2:53:02PROCESS A WEEK AGO, I KNOW THAT

2:53:05THERE IS SEVERAL LEGAL

2:53:06QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

2:53:08WHICH COULD RESULT IN

2:53:09LITIGATION.

2:53:10HOW LIKELY ARE THE COMMENTS

2:53:14TODAY OR THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY

2:53:16TO COME UP IN YOUR ESTIMATION

2:53:22IN THE ALLIANCE LAWSUIT WITH

2:53:23JUDGE CARTER?

2:53:25>> IN MY ESTIMATE, GUARANTEED.

2:53:26>> Council President:

2:53:28GUARANTEED OKAY.

2:53:28AND ALSO THE ADDITIONAL LAWSUIT

2:53:31BETWEEN HUD AND PARTIES IN LOS

2:53:32ANGELES.

2:53:36MEMBERS GIVEN THE NEXUS TO ON

2:53:39GOING AND POTENTIAL LITIGATION

2:53:40ON THIS MATTER, I'M GOING TO

2:53:41PUT US IN CLOSE SESSION FOR

2:53:45THIS ITEM.

2:53:46AND SO THAT WILL INCLUDE THE

2:53:51COUNCILMEMBERS, THEIR STAFF,

2:53:53CAO, CLA, MAYOR CITY ATTORNEY

2:53:55AND OUR CONTROLLERS.

2:53:57SERGEANTS IF YOU CAN PREPARE US

2:53:59FOR CLOSED SESSION.

2:54:20[CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION]

2:55:33Around in southern California.

2:55:34Well, I think the most popular

2:55:36location for rattlesnakes in LA

2:55:38is right here at the LA zoo. We

2:55:40have a really diverse

2:55:41rattlesnake collection on

2:55:42display, but if we're talking

2:55:43about how commonly rattlesnakes

2:55:45are encountered, the thing is,

2:55:47with rattlesnakes, they are shy,

2:55:49secretive creatures with simple

2:55:51needs. If they have food, water

2:55:53and shelter, they can make just

2:55:54about any place home. Snakes are

2:55:56going to go wherever they find

2:55:58food. One of the best ways you

2:56:00can avoid having snakes come

2:56:02onto your property or into your

2:56:03home is to ensure that if you

2:56:05have any garbage or refuse, you

2:56:06put it in the appropriate cans.

2:56:08Because if there's garbage

2:56:08outside of the cans or outside

2:56:10of your home, those are going to

2:56:12attract rodents. And naturally,

2:56:13rodents are going to attract

2:56:14snakes. In addition to that, you

2:56:16can ensure that you don't have

2:56:17any openings or closings at your

2:56:19foundation or in your attic.

2:56:21Spacing making sure you can

2:56:22clear those up. Make sure you

2:56:23patch them up. Snakes can fit

2:56:25into holes. The size of a

2:56:27quarter, so you know,

2:56:28rattlesnakes are known for their

2:56:31rattle at the end of their tail,

2:56:32right? The sound that they make.

2:56:34But we can't rely on the sound

2:56:36of a rattle to alert you of its

2:56:38presence. Rattlesnakes don't

2:56:39always rattle, you know, if they

2:56:41think they haven't been spotted,

2:56:43they'll often stay quiet. If you

2:56:44see a rattlesnake while you're

2:56:45hiking, walking your dog, or

2:56:47playing in your backyard, or if

2:56:48you hear a rattlesnake, what you

2:56:50want to do is you want to freeze

2:56:52right on your tracks and make

2:56:53sure that you can identify where

2:56:55that snake is at or where that

2:56:57rattle is coming from. Once

2:56:58you've identified where that

2:56:59snake is at, you want to back

2:57:01away slowly to avoid getting

2:57:02bitten. It's important to

2:57:03understand that snakes are only

2:57:04going to strike when they feel

2:57:06threatened and typically they're

2:57:07going to want to get away from

2:57:08you just as much as you want to

2:57:10get away from them. They can

2:57:12strike anywhere from one and a

2:57:13half to two thirds of their body

2:57:15length. So effectively, if you

2:57:16have a three foot snake, they

2:57:18can strike it one and a half to

2:57:20two feet of their length with

2:57:21children, you want to make sure

2:57:23that you keep them at least at

2:57:25arm's length distance from you,

2:57:26ensuring that you're able to

2:57:27grab them and pull them to

2:57:29safety. When it comes to pets,

2:57:30specifically dogs, while you're

2:57:31hiking on trails, it's important

2:57:32to keep them on a very short

2:57:34leash. Oftentimes, Angelenos

2:57:35like to use the retractable

2:57:37leashes, and those leashes give

2:57:37the dogs a lot of freedom. But

2:57:39they also allow them to get into

2:57:41areas that have been unexplored,

2:57:43effectively putting them in an

2:57:43area where they may be bitten by

2:57:45a rattlesnake. Can rattlesnakes

2:57:46deliver dry bites? Yes So a dry

2:57:48bite is a bite from a venomous

2:57:51snake that does not result in

2:57:52envenomation. That means no

2:57:54venom is delivered through the

2:57:56hollow fangs of the rattlesnake,

2:57:57and it does happen. It's

2:57:59estimated that somewhere between

2:58:0220 to 40% of wild rattlesnake

2:58:03bites are dry bites. But the

2:58:05fact of the matter is, you can't

2:58:08tell just by looking at the

2:58:10bite. If it's a dry bite or not.

2:58:12So every venomous snake bite is

2:58:14a serious medical emergency that

2:58:15needs prompt attention. It is

2:58:19rare that rattlesnakes cause

2:58:20fatalities, but every venomous

2:58:22snake bite is a serious medical

2:58:23emergency, and the only

2:58:25treatment for envenomation is

2:58:26antivenom and that's

2:58:28administered at a hospital. The

2:58:30first and most important step

2:58:32that you should take if you're

2:58:33bitten by a rattlesnake, is to

2:58:35call 911 immediately. There's

2:58:37been a lot of misconceptions

2:58:38when it comes to rattlesnake

2:58:39bites. You do not want to put

2:58:41pressure. You do not want to cut

2:58:43the bite and suck out the venom.

2:58:45Like many people seen on movies

2:58:46and you don't want to put any

2:58:49tourniquet on that effective

2:58:51limb. What you want to do is you

2:58:53want to get the person to try

2:58:54and calm down, try and relax, to

2:58:56keep their heart rate down,

2:58:57because that's going to

2:58:58effectively keep the venom from

2:59:00not spreading as fast. We never

2:59:01treat any strike as a dry bite.

2:59:03We always treat it as an actual

2:59:05bite, and we call 911

2:59:07immediately because that's the

2:59:08best thing you could possibly do

2:59:09. So allow your Los Angeles City

2:59:11firefighters and paramedics to

2:59:12arrive on scene, treat that

2:59:13patient and get them to the

2:59:15hospital, or get them to

2:59:16definitive care

2:59:36.

2:59:36Vegetation management here in

2:59:37the Sepulveda Basin has been

2:59:39ongoing. What we've been doing

2:59:40is looking at areas that might

2:59:43have a higher impact of fire

2:59:45spread during high wind events.

2:59:47Any areas that might be

2:59:49connected to brush fire danger

2:59:51and we're taking a look at that

2:59:54and managing the fuel by using

2:59:55our crews, our heavy equipment

2:59:58and goats. Fire grazers. We're a

3:00:06company that mow the lawns of

3:00:09several places all throughout

3:00:11the Los Angeles area, and we use

3:00:13goats. We clear fire, hazardous

3:00:18vegetation. Once they're out

3:00:21here, we've got three guard dogs

3:00:23in there. Now Okay, cool. We're

3:00:24going to protect them and take

3:00:26care of them there. That's how

3:00:27it worked. When I first became a

3:00:29council member and I noticed and

3:00:31caught that every year I had to

3:00:32use some of my discretionary

3:00:34funds to clear the brush here to

3:00:35avoid the fires. I was hoping

3:00:37that we were going to be able to

3:00:39get some goals here and here. We

3:00:42are. And look how beautiful they

3:00:43look, how happy they look. Oh

3:00:44thank you. Everyone is super

3:00:48excited to finally see our city

3:00:50thinking outside the box for

3:00:51something that we know works.

3:00:58They are definitely helping

3:01:00supplement our work. They're

3:01:02consuming the fuel and what it's

3:01:04going to do is it's going to

3:01:05limit the large fire breakout in

3:01:06the summertime by limiting the

3:01:08fuel. Now it's going to help us

3:01:10later. Can I give it a kiss?

3:01:18Yeah. Me too, me. Too. What

3:01:24these guys are going to do is

3:01:26they're going to devour all the

3:01:28weeds in the area that will turn

3:01:31into flashy fuels later in the

3:01:33season, after they dry out. It's

3:01:35not an invasive procedure. You

3:01:37don't have tractors driving

3:01:40around and we're just very, very

3:01:43, very excited that we're able

3:01:46to support this project. I'm

3:01:49looking to get the goats into my

3:01:51district. We have some hillsides

3:01:53that are tough to clear for

3:01:56humans, but for goats, they'll

3:01:57be a breeze. The goats, their

3:01:59pay is what they eat, and what

3:02:01they eat is what they're

3:02:02supposed to do. So it's all it's

3:02:04a win win scenario, you know,

3:02:05it's it makes sense. I could I

3:02:07could see having some some LA

3:02:08goats become, you know, regular

3:02:10city employees

3:03:22.

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3:07:41The Lankershim Arts Center was

3:07:42constructed. In 1939 when it was

3:07:48opened in 1939, it was

3:07:49originally a la Department of

3:07:52Water and Power Building. The

3:07:57city of L.A. became the owner of

3:07:59the Lankershim Arts Center when

3:08:00it was declared as a historical,

3:08:03cultural monument on the plaque,

3:08:07its purpose was that it is an

3:08:08example of adaptive reuse. The

3:08:12front building is actually an

3:08:15example of streamline modern

3:08:17design. And then if you come

3:08:22here after, I think it's like 5

3:08:26or 6:00, there's like lighting

3:08:28panels that will turn on and

3:08:31then you get to see the full

3:08:33kind of marquee of the

3:08:34Lankershim Arts Center. We host

3:08:37a bevy of productions, be it

3:08:41dance productions, music

3:08:43productions. Sometimes we'll

3:08:45have a film screening, uh, art.

3:08:47I think that sort of flexibility

3:08:49is something that brings me back

3:08:51every time the theater is very

3:08:53intimate here. It really feels

3:08:56like you're just right up in

3:08:58front of the talent. When you

3:09:00come watch a show here. We also

3:09:03do youth programing here. We

3:09:06work with a different local

3:09:08artist to be able to provide

3:09:10free programing for children, to

3:09:11learn how to. So we have a

3:09:14fashion class. We have music

3:09:17classes specifically for

3:09:18percussion and drums. We also

3:09:21have another music class for

3:09:22piano, and then we also have a

3:09:25dance studio. It's in our

3:09:27mezzanine that is for our dance

3:09:29class that we have here. Our

3:09:33mission here is just to grow the

3:09:36performing arts, really. So

3:09:39whether it be someone trying to

3:09:40bring out their own original

3:09:43productions or like sometimes we

3:09:45even have different groups come

3:09:47in to teach after school classes

3:09:49being able to grow the

3:09:51performing arts in a community

3:09:52is what makes Lankershim Art

3:09:54center stand out in the city.

3:09:59Investing into places like this

3:10:01is because it gives a place for

3:10:03people that were not as

3:10:06confident. The ability to

3:10:07express themselves and give a

3:10:09space for people that are a

3:10:12little bit different. Another

3:10:13space to play because being able

3:10:17to play is so important. Just

3:10:20for our mental health as well as

3:10:22for like the health of the

3:10:24community. And it just makes a

3:10:26world a better place. We look

3:10:29forward to having you here at

3:10:31Lankershim Arts Center. Whether

3:10:32it be taking part in our free

3:10:34programing as well as being able

3:10:36to come and just watch a movie

3:10:38or watch a show, we look forward

3:10:40to having you over here on

3:10:42Instagram. Our Instagram handle

3:10:43is DCA underscore lnk. You can

3:10:47also find out more about us on

3:10:49Culture Dot, L.A. city gov.

3:10:51That's our website.

3:11:36The Tosco theater is located in

3:11:37Canoga Park. There is so much

3:11:42already here to offer cultural

3:11:45events, performances, folks do

3:11:47annual Dia de Los Muertos

3:11:49festivals. There is art walks,

3:11:50there's musical events, there's

3:11:52jazz, and I feel like we have

3:11:55the privilege to be added in

3:11:59that offering. The space had

3:12:04been left a little bit weary.

3:12:07And so when the city came in to

3:12:09renovate the space, it was

3:12:11offered another chance to

3:12:13breathe new life into the arts.

3:12:14Here. The Tosco Theater is here

3:12:21for everyone. It is here for

3:12:23young artists who are just

3:12:25starting out to the professional

3:12:27artists who are here to dream up

3:12:29their new vision. And we're here

3:12:31for the community at large and

3:12:33all of our community events. One

3:12:37of our signature events is

3:12:39called walking in our Light.

3:12:40This idea of how do we help

3:12:43people to encourage them to

3:12:45think about the light that they

3:12:47bring and to show appreciation

3:12:50for those who help to nurture

3:12:51that light. So from that idea,

3:12:53we thought, well, let's let's

3:12:56walk in our light. Let us have a

3:12:59stories along the way where

3:13:00people can stop and hear

3:13:02performances and storytelling of

3:13:03other people saying, this is my

3:13:05light, this is how I shine it.

3:13:07And these are the people I want

3:13:08to show appreciation to. So we

3:13:10do this walk around the block

3:13:12and then we end up with a little

3:13:14gathering and performances

3:13:14inside and lots of time to just

3:13:17reflect on. Yeah this is my

3:13:19life, you know? And these are

3:13:21the people who've helped me get

3:13:23there. Our communities don't

3:13:26always see what the City of Los

3:13:29Angeles provides them, providing

3:13:31access to the arts, says to me,

3:13:33that's a city that's proud of

3:13:35the stories. It wants to tell.

3:13:36The people who want to tell them

3:13:39, and the ways that they want to

3:13:41tell them. A space like this

3:13:45gives opportunity for folks of

3:13:47all ages, cultures, experience

3:13:52to say, I can be seen. I can be

3:13:56heard and I'm walking in these

3:13:58doors and it feels welcoming. It

3:14:00feels nurturing, and people are

3:14:03excited to listen to me and to

3:14:05hear me. We don't have that all

3:14:06the time. So it's a it's a live

3:14:10space that's here to welcome and

3:14:13nurture those sparks of

3:14:15inspiration and vision. There's

3:14:19a few ways to find us. We are

3:14:22always on social media, so we

3:14:24are on Instagram. We have a

3:14:26Facebook page you can go to the

3:14:28Department of Cultural Affairs.

3:14:30There website, you'll find the

3:14:31Tosco theater may take a few

3:14:33clicks here and there, but we

3:14:34try to stay present in any way

3:14:36that we can

3:15:38.

3:15:38Tucked away in a quaint park

3:15:41between the 101 and Universal

3:15:43Studios Hollywood is Campo de

3:15:43Cahuenga, a place that holds an

3:15:46important historical moment in

3:15:48California's history. On January

3:15:4913th, 1847, General Andrés Pico,

3:15:52commanding Californio forces

3:15:53from Mexico and Lieutenant

3:15:55Colonel John C Fremont,

3:15:57representing the American Army,

3:15:58signed the Treaty of Cahuenga,

3:16:00also known as the Articles of

3:16:02Capitulation of Cahuenga, which

3:16:04ended the organized fighting in

3:16:05California during the

3:16:07Mexican-American War in Los

3:16:09Angeles. There's always

3:16:10something new and exciting to

3:16:12discover, rich in history, worth

3:16:14exploring whether you are just

3:16:15visiting or arriving from across

3:16:17the globe. Welcome to LA

3:16:45.

3:16:45The word Adobe comes to English

3:16:46through Spanish, reflecting

3:16:48building traditions that have

3:16:50been used around the world for

3:16:51thousands of years. Where I'm

3:16:53standing is a recreation of the

3:16:55original Adobe at Campo de

3:16:56Cahuenga. The original Adobe

3:16:58structure was demolished around

3:17:001900, and its current structure

3:17:01came to life in 1950. A

3:17:04potpourri of culture and history

3:17:06is worth celebrating, and no one

3:17:08does this like El Grito,

3:17:09honoring the history and

3:17:11diversity of Los Angeles Latino

3:17:12communities and bringing

3:17:14Angelenos together at the heart

3:17:16of Los Angeles City Hall. Viva

3:17:20Mexico. Mexico Tonight we're

3:17:32celebrating a special tradition.

3:17:33El grito de Dolores. It's the

3:17:35fiestas Patrias celebrating

3:17:38Mexican independence. This

3:17:40tradition has been going on for

3:17:41decades, and I find that it

3:17:44comes at an especially critical

3:17:46time when our community has been

3:17:49so under assault. The meaning

3:17:52for me, El grito, it means like,

3:17:54you know, when we started our

3:17:56independence, you know, and this

3:17:57is it, this is hey, that's it.

3:18:05It is a way of celebrating

3:18:08Mexican independence Day. But in

3:18:10a way where we recognize, we

3:18:13emphasize that we are a

3:18:15neighbor. We are a community of

3:18:18Mexican Americans. Everyone is

3:18:20invited to our party. What? It's

3:18:23about the history. And again,

3:18:25being a woman and a family of

3:18:28men, it's showing us to be

3:18:30strong and stand up for what we

3:18:32believe in. We are. We are a

3:18:35city that has a majority Latino

3:18:37population, the largest

3:18:40concentration of Mexicans

3:18:40outside of Mexico City. The true

3:18:43meaning of El Grito. It was how

3:18:45ordinary people came together to

3:18:46fight for their independence.

3:18:48And one, you know, I think it's

3:18:50very important to just keep the

3:18:51roots and keep the culture

3:18:52alive. It's very important to

3:18:54just know and be proud of who we

3:18:56are as Latinos, as our parents

3:18:57who made such sacrifices to be

3:18:59in this country, who worked

3:19:01their butts off to be here and

3:19:03to let people know in higher

3:19:05power that we are not leaving

3:19:06anytime soon, and that we were

3:19:08here first. We have been here

3:19:10and we are going nowhere. Make

3:19:11some noise. If you are planning

3:19:13to go anywhere. It's going to be

3:19:19in Mexico, near Mexico. Viva,

3:19:25viva Mexico! Viva.

3:19:42God bless you and. Viva Mexico.

3:19:51Escucho Los Angeles! Qué viva

3:19:54Mexico. Look in! The Japanese

3:20:03American National Museum has

3:20:04been an institution here in

3:20:05Little Tokyo for a long time.

3:20:07And so we always seek to partner

3:20:08with other organizations around

3:20:10the neighborhood. In this case,

3:20:11being able to host our Natsu

3:20:13Matsuri festival, which we hold

3:20:14each summer here at the Budokan,

3:20:16is an exciting opportunity for

3:20:17us to bring both audiences

3:20:18together and to invite the

3:20:20community to participate in some

3:20:21of the programs that Janam has

3:20:23brought here, as well as

3:20:24collaborating with the Budokan

3:20:26to share the space here in

3:20:27Little Tokyo. It's an annual

3:20:30festival and we are here to

3:20:32celebrate the summer and Nisei

3:20:33Week as a part of our activities

3:20:35that are happening throughout

3:20:37Little Tokyo. Most of our

3:20:39audience, you know, isn't

3:20:40Japanese, American for these

3:20:41kinds of festivals. So it's a

3:20:43really new opportunity to learn

3:20:44about a new culture and new

3:20:45tradition. So yeah, that's why

3:20:47we just wanted people to come in

3:20:48and celebrate with us. We're

3:20:51hosting a variety of activities

3:20:52today, from Obon, dancing to our

3:20:56volunteer band, a program that I

3:20:58work in, particularly the

3:21:00Democracy Center, specializes in

3:21:02programing that engages

3:21:03audiences of all ages and civic

3:21:05dialog, arts and culture, and

3:21:08the ways those two fields

3:21:09interact with one another. We

3:21:11particularly want to engage

3:21:12younger audiences, and being

3:21:13more civically involved because

3:21:14it's so crucial that young

3:21:16people are involved in the

3:21:18infrastructure and the building

3:21:20of their future. So we're closed

3:21:23for renovation right now, but we

3:21:25are still actively doing

3:21:26programing. And even when we

3:21:27were open, this was a really a

3:21:29good opportunity for us to get a

3:21:31lot of people in the door,

3:21:32especially new audiences, young

3:21:33families, new generations in the

3:21:35door to learn about Janam, learn

3:21:36about Japanese, American history

3:21:38and culture. Japanese American

3:21:39history is very extensive and

3:21:41Janam is the largest collection

3:21:44of material objects of the

3:21:45Japanese American story and

3:21:46history. And so for us, it's

3:21:48really a great opportunity. Just

3:21:49like with Natsu Matsuri, to

3:21:50connect with multiple

3:21:51generations of families to come

3:21:53that are not only Japanese

3:21:55American, but of many other

3:21:56cultures to be a part of this

3:21:58festival together. In 1997,

3:22:02during the construction of the

3:22:04Metro B-Line subway, the

3:22:06foundation of the original Adobe

3:22:08was unearthed beneath Lankershim

3:22:09Boulevard to ensure its legacy,

3:22:12a recreation of the foundation

3:22:14is available for viewing, while

3:22:16the footprint under the street

3:22:17and sidewalk is marked by

3:22:19decorative pavement. In South

3:22:20Los Angeles, another historic

3:22:22landmark is being preserved that

3:22:25celebrates arts and culture. The

3:22:26city of Los Angeles has

3:22:28completed a major investment in

3:22:29Leimert Park's historic vision

3:22:32Theater, transforming the venue

3:22:34into a vibrant gathering place

3:22:35for the entire community. The

3:22:42city has made an investment

3:22:43right here in Leimert Park for

3:22:45the vision Theater. We're so

3:22:47excited about what this means in

3:22:49South Los Angeles, what it means

3:22:51to artists, what it means to

3:22:53community. And we can't wait for

3:22:59the doors to be open to see our

3:23:03first program. The community is

3:23:07at the heart of what the

3:23:08Department of Cultural Affairs

3:23:09does. We know that Leimert Park

3:23:11is a space where artists thrive

3:23:14, where we have visual and

3:23:15performing artists, the theater

3:23:17is here to help lift up our

3:23:19artists and our partners here in

3:23:20Leimert Park, and help carry

3:23:21forward the Leimert Park legacy

3:23:23of what this is going to be.

3:23:29It's a great thing to see this,

3:23:30this theater open and it's like

3:23:32a jewel. This is like a jewel of

3:23:34this community. And it's so

3:23:36promising. All the attention

3:23:37given by the city of Los Angeles

3:23:39to this neighborhood, the first

3:23:42thing I noticed was the sound

3:23:46impeccable. The acoustics. I'm a

3:23:48musician. I'm an actor, a

3:23:50singer, all of that other stuff,

3:23:51you know, I'm a performer. And

3:23:53the acoustics was what got me. I

3:23:56sing, oh, so I want to be on

3:24:00stage. Like I say, it's a jewel.

3:24:07It's really from this community.

3:24:09And it celebrates this

3:24:10community. And it's a place

3:24:11where people can gather until

3:24:14such time as we have opened this

3:24:16beautiful, grand vision theater

3:24:18, we've had to find ourselves

3:24:20going out of our community in

3:24:21order to enjoy the arts, music,

3:24:24dance. And now we can stay home

3:24:27. I think every detail was

3:24:31intentional, and I'm excited for

3:24:33the world to see it.

3:24:49We're here today in the lovely

3:24:52Winnetka area, here in the West

3:24:53San Fernando Valley on 818.

3:24:55We're here at Cupid's Hot Dogs,

3:24:56hosting their love letters to

3:24:58the Valley event. So we've been

3:25:06here for 80 years. My

3:25:08grandparents started Cupid, so

3:25:09we're third generation owners.

3:25:11And yeah, we've just been a part

3:25:12of the Valley for generations

3:25:14now, and it's really been our

3:25:15mission to kind of keep our

3:25:17store the same. We haven't

3:25:18changed a lot. We've got bands

3:25:19playing here, we've got vendors

3:25:22and all kinds of fun things

3:25:23going on. Tell me when everybody

3:25:28knows. You really are.

3:25:37Motivation behind a love letter

3:25:39to the Valley was a way for us

3:25:42to bring community together to

3:25:44show love to one another. We

3:25:46brought a variety of

3:25:47organizations, nonprofits, pop

3:25:49up vendors and musicians to all

3:25:52come together in this family

3:25:53friendly event. So that we could

3:25:56not only show love to one

3:25:58another, but feel that love for

3:26:02one another. I think it's just

3:26:05good to get in. You know, IRL,

3:26:07as the kids say, get back into

3:26:08real life and let's see what's

3:26:10going on. You know, in the

3:26:11community, in person than

3:26:12whatever's going on online. You

3:26:13know, there could be a little

3:26:15misconstrued sometimes on there.

3:26:16So let's get back out and do

3:26:18some fun stuff in public. You

3:26:19know, events like this is what I

3:26:22love about this job. Councilman

3:26:24Bob Bloomfield loves to keep our

3:26:26local mom and pop style

3:26:27businesses as healthy and

3:26:29thriving as he can. And so,

3:26:32through our support and our

3:26:33fellow government offices,

3:26:34making sure that these legacy

3:26:35businesses stay afloat is super

3:26:37important.

3:26:52This is one of the last events

3:26:54that we have for the summer,

3:26:56culminating a great summer. We

3:26:57had pool parties all over the

3:27:00city. We had a great attendance

3:27:03. People from all over the city

3:27:05came out to enjoy our pool

3:27:06parties. The summer was really

3:27:10successful for Vienna, so we had

3:27:12a lot of programs, a lot of

3:27:14teams, for example, like water

3:27:15polo, artistic swimming, swim

3:27:16team, junior lifeguards. Also,

3:27:17kids learn how to swim, going

3:27:19from, you know, our tiny tots

3:27:21and preschool all the way up to

3:27:22even like level four and just

3:27:24being in the water during

3:27:25summertime because we know it's

3:27:26super hot outside. My kids use

3:27:29this club for two years. We love

3:27:32it. I'm really appreciate for

3:27:34L.A. city. You know, it's a good

3:27:36facility for the kids. What I

3:27:41found out, it's like a free pool

3:27:43party. I got so excited and I

3:27:45told my kids it's actually like

3:27:48our first time here in Van Nuys

3:27:50. You know, the pool is big, and

3:27:52it's really a nice pool. I love

3:27:54it. This pool party is amazing.

3:27:59And bringing all community

3:28:00together. The kids are enjoying

3:28:02it. We've been coming to this

3:28:04park for many years. My son is

3:28:06in a swimming team and a water

3:28:08polo team in this park. Every

3:28:10single day. The council office

3:28:15is also here and they're going

3:28:16to have a few different games

3:28:18for the kids. Being a lifeguard

3:28:23, I really find a lot of joy and

3:28:25fulfillment in teaching kids how

3:28:26to swim. You know, being more

3:28:28confident in the water just

3:28:29learning that it's not something

3:28:31to be scared of or fearful of.

3:28:32When you think of the water, you

3:28:34should be thinking of having a

3:28:35good time. You know, having fun

3:28:39. Obviously, swimming is a life

3:28:41skill that everybody should

3:28:42know, and we have a great

3:28:44program here at Brown and all

3:28:45over the city where we teach

3:28:47kids and adults how to swim.

3:28:52Here at Vienna. So we are a year

3:28:54round pool. So we offer lessons

3:28:55as well as team sports

3:28:58throughout the whole year. So

3:28:59not just the summertime. So

3:29:01currently after the Labor Day

3:29:02pool party, we will kick off our

3:29:04off season. And so essentially

3:29:05what that means is we do offer

3:29:07our lessons and teams during the

3:29:08fall and winter months. You know

3:29:10, stop on by, see what we have

3:29:11going on. From its early

3:29:18beginnings, when the Adobe was a

3:29:20ranch house to a stagecoach mail

3:29:22service, to a union troop

3:29:23campsite during the Civil War,

3:29:25and today, Los Angeles

3:29:26Historical Monument number 29,

3:29:28Campo de Cahuenga will always

3:29:29hold importance to the people

3:29:31and history it represents in

3:29:33Venice Beach. Another important

3:29:35landmark is being preserved

3:29:37after fears it would go away,

3:29:38the Venice Beach skate park is

3:29:40back. The restored park was

3:29:42designed with input from skaters

3:29:44and an emphasis on being a place

3:29:45to bring people together.

3:29:47Councilwoman Tracy Park was at

3:29:48the ribbon cutting ceremony with

3:29:49the Venice Beach community to

3:29:51celebrate the return of the

3:29:52skate park. So I'm so excited

3:30:00about it. Like it's amazing. It

3:30:02was obviously done by skaters.

3:30:03It's so smooth, especially the

3:30:05ground, and the vibe is so nice

3:30:08. We are out here at Venice

3:30:10Beach where we just cut the

3:30:12ribbon on our restoration of the

3:30:16historic OG little skate park

3:30:18right here, and we have worked

3:30:21with the community to restore

3:30:22some of these historic elements.

3:30:24When they took out the last one,

3:30:27a lot of us local skaters were

3:30:29really sad because we didn't

3:30:30know that they were going to

3:30:31build it soon, and we honestly

3:30:33thought they were just going to

3:30:35take it away. So like, we were

3:30:36kind of heartbroken. So just to

3:30:37see like all the effort and work

3:30:40they put into it and to make it

3:30:42so nice, it's like we really

3:30:43feel like Venice is back. I

3:30:45think it's sick. It's a sick,

3:30:46sick setup. Should have had this

3:30:48like 20 years ago. It's amazing.

3:30:49And I'm so grateful. Hallelujah

3:30:52Thank you God. Thank you

3:30:53everybody that made this happen.

3:30:55You know what I'm saying? I'm

3:30:56grateful. I think for the

3:30:59community, it's a great place.

3:31:01Venice already is a skate Mecca

3:31:03. I feel like people come from

3:31:04all over the world to skate

3:31:05here. Now. The community is

3:31:07going to be able to come here

3:31:09and learn. Hopefully we'll start

3:31:10doing some skate classes with

3:31:12the recreation center. So

3:31:13offering some more programs for

3:31:14everybody locally and around the

3:31:15world. And this is of course

3:31:17adjacent to one of the most

3:31:21iconic skate parks in the entire

3:31:23world. We are also going to be

3:31:26bringing back the legendary

3:31:29historic Venice pit. It brings

3:31:38unity. It brings family. There

3:31:41are people from all over Los

3:31:42Angeles and beyond out here in

3:31:45Venice today. Dude, right now

3:31:54the city is doing such a good

3:31:55job. Venice and Santa Monica has

3:31:57been coming to life with all the

3:32:00events. There's been so much

3:32:01happiness even with FIFA just

3:32:03happening too. It's been like

3:32:06maybe like seven years since

3:32:07I've seen Venice this bright and

3:32:09happy. I think there's going to

3:32:13be more people because I'm going

3:32:14to start skating more, because

3:32:15this setup is way doper. I'm

3:32:17about the street spots. It's got

3:32:18the new street benches and stuff

3:32:20, so I'm stoked. Maybe doing

3:32:22some intro to skating, getting

3:32:23some of our local legends.

3:32:25Venice Beach is full of legends

3:32:27who are OG skateboarders that

3:32:29grew up here, that learned to

3:32:30skate here. So hopefully they'll

3:32:32come back and they'll want to do

3:32:33some some good for the community

3:32:35and give back to the kids. We

3:32:37are super excited with LA 28 and

3:32:38the Olympics on the horizon as

3:32:40we're getting our footprint here

3:32:43in Venice ready for the world to

3:32:45arrive. We're not done yet, but

3:32:48we're going to be camera ready

3:32:49by 2028. Come by Venice Beach,

3:32:51bring your skateboard and learn

3:32:53to skate out here. This is a

3:32:55blessing for everybody that

3:32:56skates out here. This is dope.

3:33:08We are happy today to be here to

3:33:11reopen the lovely Wilshire

3:33:12branch Library. They have done a

3:33:15lot of work on making their

3:33:17spaces to be more sensory

3:33:19friendly and welcoming and

3:33:20inclusive for young Angelenos.

3:33:23So we're very excited to be here

3:33:25. We are the biggest fans of

3:33:27this library, this library is

3:33:28one of the most special places

3:33:30in Los Angeles to make this

3:33:32space accessible for everyone.

3:33:34Nicole is always putting on fun

3:33:36events, sensory spaces for kids

3:33:38and teens means dampening the

3:33:39sound, lowering the lights,

3:33:42making the lights softer. So to

3:33:45speak, which we did with some

3:33:47different cellophane and making

3:33:48more accessible seating.

3:33:49Basically making it more of an

3:33:52inclusive space. We actually

3:33:55have a sensory forecast that

3:33:57allows patrons to anticipate

3:34:00when there will be sensory

3:34:01friendly hours in the library,

3:34:03which are Mondays, Wednesdays,

3:34:06Fridays, Saturdays for the first

3:34:07two hours of service and for the

3:34:09patrons that have lower light

3:34:10needs. We have lights that they

3:34:12can actually check out at the

3:34:14library. It's been amazing being

3:34:16here and as you can see, there's

3:34:18just so much going on around and

3:34:20we've always been welcomed to be

3:34:22here. And I think that if

3:34:24there's anybody in the community

3:34:25who's looking for a space to do

3:34:27that, to be able to come and be

3:34:29themselves, and this is a great

3:34:31place to be. My favorite

3:34:32activity that we do here is

3:34:34probably like Legos, because you

3:34:36can like, go here on like a Lego

3:34:39day and you can make anything

3:34:41you want. This is our eighth

3:34:43location to undergo these

3:34:44changes to make the space more

3:34:46sensory friendly and inclusive

3:34:47for children and teens. Over 40

3:34:49of our locations now have

3:34:51sensory kits, so even if they

3:34:53don't have the complete space,

3:34:54they do have tools available to

3:34:56help make the library more

3:34:57accessible. LA will host the

3:35:03largest event this nation has

3:35:05ever hosted, and the question

3:35:07that determines whether it works

3:35:08is not just about the readiness

3:35:10of the particular venues. It's

3:35:11not just about the athletes

3:35:13themselves. It's about whether

3:35:15people can get to and around Los

3:35:16Angeles safely, affordably and

3:35:19in a way that makes them feel

3:35:22good about their experience here

3:35:24in Los Angeles. So I hosted a

3:35:26panel discussion here today with

3:35:27some of the agencies that are

3:35:29going to be responsible for

3:35:30mobility around the upcoming

3:35:31Olympic and Paralympic Games.

3:35:35Whether you plan to go to the

3:35:38games or not, you're going to be

3:35:40impacted by an increase in

3:35:41traffic and an increase in

3:35:42visitors. Really, LA metro is

3:35:46the largest agency that's

3:35:48coordinating these efforts.

3:35:54During the summer's World Cup,

3:35:55Los Angeles showed the world

3:35:57what we can accomplish. More

3:35:59than 212,000 rides were taken on

3:36:01Metro's enhanced bus service on

3:36:03one match day alone. Ridership

3:36:05on the line increased by 41, and

3:36:07on the C line by 23. Well we

3:36:12wanted to talk about what went

3:36:13right during the World Cup so

3:36:15that we could build on that

3:36:16experience to make sure that the

3:36:18games that are coming in 28 are

3:36:20as seamless as possible, and

3:36:22that we can have mobility for

3:36:23the tens of thousands of

3:36:24visitors who are coming to Los

3:36:26Angeles without negatively

3:36:27impacting the residents of Los

3:36:29Angeles. We also want to make

3:36:37this so good for transit

3:40:20.

3:40:21And.

3:40:52For

3:40:52The

3:42:43.

3:42:43The science center provides an

3:42:45opportunity for children and

3:42:47visitors of all ages to

3:42:48participate in science and not

3:42:51just read about it. So this is

3:42:53where you can do science. This

3:42:54is where you can do engineering.

3:42:56This is where you can explore

3:42:57phenomena. My name is Gretchen

3:43:00Bozzella. I'm the deputy

3:43:01director here at the California

3:43:03Science Center. And I'm so

3:43:04excited to invite you down to

3:43:06the science center. We have so

3:43:09many different zones where

3:43:11visitors can experience

3:43:11different environments,

3:43:13different ecosystems, and they

3:43:14can learn how those ecosystems

3:43:16are interconnected. We have

3:43:18desert zone. We have the polar

3:43:20zone, we have the kelp zone. We

3:43:22have the intertidal zone. We

3:43:24have 188,000 gallon saltwater

3:43:26tank where we have fish and kelp

3:43:29forests. Just as it is off the

3:43:31coast of California. Here And so

3:43:32it allows visitors to have that

3:43:34perspective of being in the

3:43:35water with the fish being in the

3:43:37water with the kelp. In

3:43:38addition, they can go up to the

3:43:40top of the tank. They can look

3:43:41down from the top of the tank

3:43:43and see what it's like from that

3:43:45perspective. And finally, they

3:43:46can also go to a touch tank

3:43:48where they can actually get up

3:43:49close and personal with some of

3:43:51these animals and be able to

3:43:52touch and learn more about them.

3:43:54So we hope that visitors take

3:43:55away the interconnectedness of

3:43:57all ecosystems and how changing

3:44:00one part of an ecosystem can

3:44:02affect another part of an

3:44:03ecosystem. We also hope that

3:44:04they take away the beauty and

3:44:06the inspiration behind these

3:44:07ecosystems. What it's like to

3:44:09experience them, what it's like

3:44:10to visit them, and what it's

3:44:12like to want to protect them and

3:44:14want to learn more about them. A

3:44:21lot of people think of mummies

3:44:23primarily as Egyptian, but this

3:44:26is mummies of the world in

3:44:28mummies of the world, we have on

3:44:30display intentionally mummified

3:44:32and naturally mummified animals

3:44:35and people from South America,

3:44:37from Europe, and from ancient

3:44:40Egypt, including we have a

3:44:43selection of mummies that have

3:44:44never before been seen in Los

3:44:46Angeles and we have CT scans of

3:44:49the full body mummies that let

3:44:51you look beneath the surface.

3:44:56Mummies of the world is being

3:44:57shown in a science center, not

3:44:59in a cultural history center. So

3:45:01we tend to look at this through

3:45:04the lens of science and through

3:45:05the lens of science. We're able

3:45:08to study more about the history

3:45:10of human health. We're able to

3:45:12study the process of

3:45:13mummification and learn that

3:45:17mummification preserves

3:45:18biological and cultural evidence

3:45:20that let us know much more about

3:45:23our human history.

3:45:33So we balance fun and learning

3:45:35by using hands on, inquiry based

3:45:37science. So that is really the

3:45:38inspiration behind the whole

3:45:39science center. And here at the

3:45:42game on exhibit, our visitors

3:45:44are actually able to participate

3:45:45in sports and experience the

3:45:48sport. So the visitors are

3:45:50encouraged to play, to kick, to

3:45:52throw, to bat. And this is

3:45:54really an opportunity to not

3:45:56just be reading about science or

3:45:58reading about physics, but to be

3:45:59doing science and doing physics

3:46:02. So we'll be here through the

3:46:042028 Olympics and Paralympics.

3:46:06So I think it's an incredible

3:46:07opportunity as we prepare for

3:46:08the Olympics to visit Los

3:46:09Angeles for children and

3:46:11visitors of all ages to come

3:46:12down and get an experience of

3:46:14science behind sport. So the

3:46:17general admission to the science

3:46:19center is always free. So we're

3:46:20very proud of that and we invite

3:46:22all of our Angelenos and all of

3:46:24our visitors across California

3:46:25and the US to come down, not

3:46:27just to game on, but to the

3:46:29science center. We have hands on

3:46:30exhibits throughout where you

3:46:31can participate in your own

3:46:32learning, have active

3:46:34investigations, opportunities to

3:46:35see live animals, opportunities

3:46:38to see space. And I just would

3:46:39encourage all Angelenos to come

3:46:41down and check us out and spend

3:46:42some time here

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3:48:12There is a big network of

3:48:15communications that most of us

3:48:16don't realize. We usually ignore

3:48:17a radio tower, a radio towers,

3:48:23provide, radio communications.

3:48:24If you've ever seen a police

3:48:26officer or firefighter, they're

3:48:27carrying a radio on their body

3:48:29and they have radios in their

3:48:30vehicles. The radio

3:48:31communications is how police and

3:48:33fire do their job. 0584 we have

3:48:4033 different radio sites with 31

3:48:42radio towers. And these are

3:48:45critical 911 dispatch utilizes

3:48:47radio communications to ensure

3:48:49that vehicles, officers,

3:48:50firefighters and other agencies

3:48:52can all interact with each other

3:48:54during an emergency. The

3:48:58pressure is really high, always

3:49:0024 over seven. The radio that

3:49:02they use is their lifeline. It's

3:49:04a matter of life and death. So

3:49:07it's very critical that we

3:49:08maintain it and it's working all

3:49:10the time. All right. Good

3:49:19morning. Morning morning morning

3:49:20. All right. So today we're

3:49:21going to go ahead and change the

3:49:24bulbs at the top of the beacon.

3:49:33That will fall to Mike and

3:49:35Roberto while we're going up.

3:49:37We're also going to be adding

3:49:38some cables that might need

3:49:40weatherproofing. So if you look

3:49:43at these bulbs they're special

3:49:44type of bulbs because they're a

3:49:46little extra large.

3:50:00One of the things I'm most proud

3:50:01of, we have not had an incident

3:50:03since I've been here. Um,

3:50:04everybody goes home at night.

3:50:06Communications keep working, and

3:50:08goals are met. So right here,

3:50:10it's okay because it's a ladder

3:50:12. With the ladder, you have your

3:50:13safety guide wire. This piece

3:50:16attaches to that. So you're safe

3:50:18going straight up the ladder.

3:50:19Once you get to the very top

3:50:21where we're going to be, it's a

3:50:23monopole. So after you get off

3:50:24the ladder, you won't be able to

3:50:26use this no more. So you're

3:50:28going to be using a positioning

3:50:29lanyard. Let's go. Safety will

3:50:31be the primary thing on my mind.

3:50:35One foot in front of the other.

3:50:37One hand in front of the other,

3:50:39ensuring that I make it home

3:50:40safe

3:50:56.

3:50:56I would say 4 to 6 hours. If

3:50:59it's just a bulb that needs to

3:51:01be replaced. This one probably

3:51:02takes a little longer just

3:51:03because it's the biggest tower

3:51:04that we have here at the city.

3:51:06Oh it's bad. The connector. Yeah

3:51:10Hey, Stevo. Yeah. Go ahead. That

3:51:14connector on the LAPD completely

3:51:18exposed weatherproofing first.

3:51:21Yeah. Weatherproofing first. We

3:51:26are weatherproofing some of

3:51:27these antennas over here. Okay

3:51:29so what causes the equipment on

3:51:32the towers to malfunction? Can

3:51:33be weather moisture. High winds

3:51:36simply the age of the antennas

3:51:39or the connectors. So the

3:51:40ongoing maintenance of radio

3:51:43towers. It is an ongoing job.

3:51:45That's good. Yeah.

3:51:58Our last stop will be the beacon

3:52:00bulbs up at the very top. Here,

3:52:06crucial flybys from LAPD need to

3:52:11know that there's a tower right

3:52:12underneath them. Awesome views.

3:52:23It's a view that only tower

3:52:25climbers would see. Mount Lee's

3:52:31pretty awesome, right? Because

3:52:32it's kind of like dead center

3:52:34for the city communications and

3:52:35operations. Every city entity

3:52:37comes through Mountain lead. If

3:52:39you knew what the frequency

3:52:40hopping frequency stand by 1848

3:52:44for Metro Officer needs help.

3:52:48For what reason? Uh, let's

3:52:49coordinate our efforts for 16.

3:52:52All resources. Hold the channel

3:52:56frequencies clear. What we do is

3:52:58important. It keeps fire and PD

3:53:00moving all the time. All right,

3:53:07that's it. This location is one

3:53:10of a kind. But what else can we

3:53:12say? It's iconic because you got

3:53:13the Hollywood sign down below.

3:53:15You see it in movies all the

3:53:17time. They span out and you see

3:53:19the tower and, you know, people

3:53:20never really question what goes

3:53:22on. On that tower. The suspect

3:53:23is in custody. All right, Roger

3:53:25that. Great job guys

3:54:56.

3:54:56If you live or visiting southern

3:55:00California, this is probably one

3:55:02of the best places you could

3:55:04choose because it's accessible

3:55:05if you do run into any kind of

3:55:08trouble, there's going to be

3:55:10people around. If you're new to

3:55:11hiking, it's a very safe place

3:55:13to start. I would say if you

3:55:16want to choose Griffith Park,

3:55:18the reason you would do it is

3:55:19because you're getting history.

3:55:20You can see the Hollywood sign,

3:55:22you can see the Griffith Park

3:55:24Observatory and if it's a clear

3:55:27day, you can see downtown LA

3:55:28Century City out to the ocean at

3:55:30times, they've even got down

3:55:32below. There's a cave that they

3:55:35filmed, the Batman car. And you

3:55:37know, when it drove out for the

3:55:39Batman movie. So you can just if

3:55:41you want something short, you

3:55:42can park there and just walk up

3:55:44and be like, hey, this is where

3:55:46a movie was made. So super fun.

3:55:52One of the basic do's is you

3:55:53definitely want to stay on

3:55:55trail. These trails are

3:55:56maintained so there's a less

3:55:57likelihood of you getting hurt

3:55:58on the trails as opposed to off

3:56:01the trail. So you can see the

3:56:03path right here. There's a

3:56:04signposted caution rattlesnakes

3:56:04and the little no footpath sign.

3:56:06This is actually an animal path.

3:56:08So the animals form this path

3:56:09and over time people start

3:56:11walking over to that. Those

3:56:12paths. We do not maintain them.

3:56:14They're very uneven. And you're

3:56:15also stepping into basically the

3:56:18homes of the animal wildlife in

3:56:19here. So we're trying to keep

3:56:20people on the trails and off of

3:56:22the animal paths, because you're

3:56:24starting to basically invade the

3:56:25animals territory, disturbing

3:56:26their their homes. And there's a

3:56:28higher likelihood of you getting

3:56:30lost or getting injured off the

3:56:32designated trails. You do

3:56:36sometimes see a snake and I'm

3:56:38never afraid of them. They're

3:56:40always at the side of the road.

3:56:42They don't like me. They hear me

3:56:44stomping along. So they just

3:56:46head off into the bushes. If you

3:56:50encounter wildlife in the park,

3:56:52you have to be mindful that

3:56:53you're in their home. This is

3:56:55their habitat. We're the ones

3:56:56that are visiting. So if you see

3:56:58any wildlife, just let them be.

3:56:59Let them do their thing. Bring

3:57:02your dogs. Just make sure that

3:57:03they're on leash. The last thing

3:57:05we want for them to do is to see

3:57:07a squirrel running across, or a

3:57:09coyote, and try to chase after

3:57:10them, and then they're lost and

3:57:12also be mindful of the weather

3:57:13conditions. If it's really hot

3:57:15and you're going to take them

3:57:16hiking on a trail, the floor is

3:57:18a lot hotter on the trails than

3:57:19it is on grass or anything else.

3:57:21And so there is the possibility

3:57:23that you're going to end up

3:57:25burning your poor animal's paws.

3:57:25Then they overheat. Get

3:57:26dehydrated. So just be mindful

3:57:28of the weather conditions and

3:57:29just make sure that your animals

3:57:30are hydrated and they're on the

3:57:32leash. Because the weather is so

3:57:40beautiful in Los Angeles and we

3:57:41have people hitting these trails

3:57:44seven days a week, oftentimes

3:57:45even off into the evenings, it

3:57:47keeps your lAFD pretty busy, but

3:57:48you can rest assured that the

3:57:50Los Angeles City Fire Department

3:57:52is very well prepared and ready

3:57:54to assist anybody that may

3:57:55become sick or injured on one of

3:57:57these trails. Anywhere from

3:57:59airborne assets like our

3:58:00helicopter rescue teams to

3:58:02ground assets like brush

3:58:03patrols, fire engines and

3:58:05firefighters. So typically what

3:58:06we'll do is we'll have

3:58:08firefighters come on foot and

3:58:09they'll coordinate rescues with

3:58:10helicopters to assist in

3:58:12rescuing anybody that may be

3:58:14hurt or injured or sick on that

3:58:16trail. So if you find yourself

3:58:22having a little bit of

3:58:23difficulty in the middle of the

3:58:25hike and you know it's going to

3:58:27complicate your ability to get

3:58:28off of that trail and make it

3:58:30back to your vehicle safely,

3:58:31there's an acronym that's called

3:58:32Stop, right. You want to stay

3:58:34put, you want to think, you want

3:58:36to observe, and you want to plan

3:58:38. So stay put. Don't move.

3:58:40Because when you move, it makes

3:58:42it difficult for rescuers to be

3:58:44able to access where you're at.

3:58:45You want to think about where

3:58:47you're at and how to articulate

3:58:49that information. Observe your

3:58:50area before it starts to get

3:58:53dark on you. So if you have any

3:58:55landmarks, you can communicate

3:58:56that to potential rescuers and

3:58:57then start coming up with a plan

3:58:59right? If you need to maybe come

3:59:00up a cliff or you need to assist

3:59:02yourself in helping get rescued,

3:59:04come up with the plan. So that's

3:59:05an acronym we like people to try

3:59:07and memorize. If they find

3:59:08themselves in a precarious

3:59:09situation. You want to make sure

3:59:14if you're going to be hiking in

3:59:16peak season, like in the spring

3:59:17or summertime, consider hiking

3:59:18in the morning when the weather

3:59:20is a lot cooler, or in the

3:59:21afternoons when it's not as

3:59:23warm. If you're going to be

3:59:24hiking in the fall or winter, be

3:59:25assured that it's not going to

3:59:27be raining on you at some point

3:59:29when you're on that trail,

3:59:30because that brings a whole

3:59:32other element to your ability to

3:59:33get on and off that trail, such

3:59:35as water, rock and debris flows

3:59:36, making the trails a lot

3:59:38slipperier sometimes being

3:59:39washed out. So those are some

3:59:40things to consider depending on

3:59:41the climate and the weather,

3:59:43you're going to be experiencing

3:59:48. I would look at my weather app

3:59:49anytime you're going to hike to

3:59:51make sure I know if it's going

3:59:52to rain or if it's going to be

3:59:55super hot. That impacts when I

3:59:56go and what I bring with me

3:59:58wearing a hat is really

3:59:59important. The shield from the

4:00:00sun and the sunscreen. Doing a

4:00:09little bit of research. What the

4:00:11weather is going to be doing

4:00:12that day. Are we going to be in

4:00:14a red flag day? Are we going to

4:00:16be having a high heat advisory?

4:00:18Is it going to be raining? All

4:00:20these things are going to affect

4:00:21your ability to be able to stay

4:00:23safe and have a good time while

4:00:25you're hiking on the trails?

4:00:27It's my passion. I love being

4:00:29outdoors. I love the fresh air.

4:00:32I love the nature. I love

4:00:36breaking a sweat and getting the

4:00:37exercise. Getting away from the

4:00:40city and kind of in a quiet

4:00:42place. I feel more centered.

4:00:43It's a stress release just gives

4:00:47you that space for yourself and

4:00:50for your brain to have a rest

4:00:51from all the things that are

4:00:53going on in the world, and to

4:00:55just look up and see, you know,

4:00:56the trees and the view

4:02:06.

4:02:06Well, snakes are part of the

4:02:08natural landscape of Los

4:02:10Angeles. And when activity

4:02:11levels increase, then the chance

4:02:13of human and animal interaction

4:02:15increases as well. So

4:02:17rattlesnakes can be encountered

4:02:18pretty much anywhere throughout

4:02:19the greater Los Angeles area.

4:02:21Rattlesnakes tend to be less

4:02:23active in the fall and winter,

4:02:26and more active in the spring

4:02:28and summer. But the thing to

4:02:30remember is that rattlesnakes

4:02:31are always around in southern

4:02:32California. Well, I think the

4:02:33most popular location for

4:02:35rattlesnakes in LA is right here

4:02:37at the LA zoo. We have a really

4:02:39diverse rattlesnake collection

4:02:40on display, but if we're talking

4:02:42about how commonly rattlesnakes

4:02:43are encountered, the thing is,

4:02:45with rattlesnakes, they are shy,

4:02:47secretive creatures with simple

4:02:48needs. If they have food, water

4:02:51and shelter, they can make just

4:02:52about any place home. Snakes are

4:02:54going to go wherever they find

4:02:56food. One of the best ways you

4:02:58can avoid having snakes come

4:02:60onto your property or into your

4:03:01home is to ensure that if you

4:03:03have any garbage or refuse, you

4:03:04put it in the appropriate cans.

4:03:05Because if there's garbage

4:03:06outside of the cans or outside

4:03:08of your home, those are going to

4:03:10attract rodents. And naturally,

4:03:11rodents are going to attract

4:03:12snakes in addition to that, you

4:03:14can ensure that you don't have

4:03:16any openings or closings at your

4:03:17foundation or in your attic

4:03:18spacing, making sure you can

4:03:20clear those up. Make sure you

4:03:21patch them up. Snakes can fit

4:03:23into holes the size of a quarter

4:03:25, so you know, rattlesnakes are

4:03:26known for their rattle at the

4:03:29end of their tail, right? The

4:03:31sound that they make. But we

4:03:32can't rely on the sound of a

4:03:34rattle to alert you of its

4:03:36presence. Rattlesnakes don't

4:03:37always rattle, you know. If they

4:03:39think they haven't been spotted,

4:03:40they'll often stay quiet. If you

4:03:42see a rattlesnake while you're

4:03:43hiking, walking your dog, or

4:03:45playing in your backyard, or if

4:03:46you hear a rattlesnake, what you

4:03:48want to do is you want to freeze

4:03:50right on your tracks and make

4:03:51sure that you can identify where

4:03:53that snake is at or where that

4:03:55rattle is coming from. Once

4:03:56you've identified where that

4:03:57snake is at, you want to back

4:03:59away slowly to avoid getting

4:04:00bitten. It's important to

4:04:01understand that snakes are only

4:04:02going to strike when they feel

4:04:04threatened, and typically

4:04:04they're going to want to get

4:04:06away from you just as much as

4:04:08you want to get away from them.

4:04:09They can strike anywhere from

4:04:11one and a half to two thirds of

4:04:13their body length. So

4:04:14effectively, if you have a three

4:04:15foot snake, they can strike it

4:04:17one and a half to two feet of

4:04:18their length with children, you

4:04:20want to make sure that you keep

4:04:22them, at least at arm's length

4:04:23distance from you, ensuring that

4:04:24you're able to grab them and

4:04:26pull them to safety. When it

4:04:28comes to pets, specifically

4:04:29dogs, while you're hiking on

4:04:30trails, it's important to keep

4:04:31them on a very short leash.

4:04:32Oftentimes, Angelinos like to

4:04:33use the retractable leashes, and

4:04:35those leashes give the dogs a

4:04:36lot of freedom. But they also

4:04:37allow them to get into areas

4:04:39that have been unexplored,

4:04:40effectively putting them in an

4:04:41area where they may be bitten by

4:04:43a rattlesnake. Can rattlesnakes

4:04:45deliver dry bites? Yes So a dry

4:04:46bite is a bite from a venomous

4:04:49snake that does not result in

4:04:51envenomation. That means no

4:04:52venom is delivered through the

4:04:54hollow fangs of the rattlesnake,

4:04:55and it does happen. It's

4:04:56estimated that somewhere between

4:04:5920 to 40% of wild rattlesnake

4:05:01bites are dry bites, but the

4:05:04fact of the matter is, you can't

4:05:06tell just by looking at the

4:05:08bite. If it's a dry bite or not.

4:05:10So every venomous snake bite is

4:05:11a serious medical emergency that

4:05:13needs prompt attention. It is

4:05:16rare that rattlesnakes cause

4:05:18fatalities, but every venomous

4:05:20snake bite is a serious medical

4:05:21emergency, and the only

4:05:23treatment for envenomation is

4:05:24antivenom and that's

4:05:26administered at a hospital. The

4:05:28first and most important step

4:05:30that you should take if you're

4:05:31bitten by a rattlesnake is to

4:05:32call 911 immediately. There's

4:05:34been a lot of misconceptions

4:05:35when it comes to rattlesnake

4:05:37bites. You do not want to put

4:05:39pressure. You do not want to cut

4:05:41the bite and suck out the venom.

4:05:43Like many people have seen on

4:05:44movies and you don't want to put

4:05:47any tourniquet on that affected

4:05:48limb. What you want to do is you

4:05:51want to get the person to try

4:05:53and calm down, try and relax, to

4:05:54keep their heart rate down

4:05:56because that's going to

4:05:56effectively keep the venom from

4:05:57not spreading as fast. We never

4:05:59treat any strike as a drive

4:06:01bite. We always treat it as an

4:06:03actual bite, and we call 911

4:06:05immediately because that's the

4:06:06best thing you could possibly

4:06:07do. So allow your Los Angeles

4:06:08City firefighters and paramedics

4:06:10to arrive on scene. Treat that

4:06:11patient and get into the

4:06:13hospital and get them to

4:06:14definitive care

4:06:34.

4:06:34Vegetation management here in

4:06:35the Sepulveda Basin has been

4:06:37ongoing. What we've been doing

4:06:39is looking at areas that might

4:06:40have a higher impact of fire

4:06:43spread during high wind events.

4:06:44Any areas that might be

4:06:47connected to brush fire danger

4:06:49and we're taking a look at that

4:06:51and managing the fuel by using

4:06:53our crews, our heavy equipment

4:06:56and goats. Fire grazers. We're a

4:07:04company that mow the lawns of

4:07:07several places all throughout

4:07:09the Los Angeles area, and we use

4:07:11goats. We clear fire, hazardous

4:07:16vegetation. Once they're out

4:07:19here, we've got three guard dogs

4:07:21in there. Now Okay, cool. We're

4:07:22going to protect them and take

4:07:24care of them there. That's how

4:07:25it worked. When I first became a

4:07:27council member and I noticed and

4:07:29caught that every year I had to

4:07:30use some of my discretionary

4:07:32funds to clear the brush here to

4:07:34avoid the fires. I was hoping

4:07:35that we were going to be able to

4:07:37get some goats here and here. We

4:07:40are. And look how beautiful they

4:07:41look, how happy they look. Oh

4:07:42thank you. Everyone is super

4:07:46excited to finally see our city

4:07:48thinking outside the box for

4:07:49something that we know works.

4:07:56They are definitely helping

4:07:58supplement our work. They're

4:07:59consuming the fuel and what it's

4:08:01going to do is it's going to

4:08:03limit the large fire breakout in

4:08:04the summertime by limiting the

4:08:06fuel. Now it's going to help us

4:08:08later. Can I give it a kiss?

4:08:16Yeah Me too, me. Too What these

4:08:22guys are going to do is they're

4:08:24going to devour all the weeds in

4:08:27the area that will turn into

4:08:29flashy fuels later in the

4:08:31season, after they dry out. It's

4:08:33not an invasive procedure. You

4:08:35don't have tractors driving

4:08:38around and we're just very, very

4:08:41, very excited that we're able

4:08:44to support this project. I'm

4:08:47looking to get the goats into my

4:08:49district. We have some hillsides

4:08:51that are tough to clear for

4:08:53humans, but for goats, they'll

4:08:55be a breeze. The goats, their

4:08:57pay is what they eat, and what

4:08:58they eat is what they're

4:09:00supposed to do. So it's all it's

4:09:01a win win scenario. You know,

4:09:03it's it makes sense. I could I

4:09:05could see having some some LA

4:09:06goats become you know, regular

4:09:07city employees

4:10:19.

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4:14:38The Lankershim Arts Center was

4:14:40constructed. In 1939 when it was

4:14:46opened in 1939, it was

4:14:47originally a la Department of

4:14:50Water and Power Building. The

4:14:55city of L.A. became the owner of

4:14:57the Lankershim Arts Center when

4:14:58it was declared as a historical,

4:15:01cultural monument on the plaque,

4:15:04its purpose was that it is an

4:15:06example of adaptive reuse. The

4:15:11front building is actually an

4:15:13example of streamline modern

4:15:15design. And then if you come

4:15:20here after I think it's like 5

4:15:24or 6:00, there's like lighting

4:15:26panels that will turn on and

4:15:29then you get to see the full

4:15:31kind of marquee of the

4:15:32Lancashire Arts Center. We host

4:15:35a bevy of productions, be it

4:15:39dance productions, music

4:15:41productions. Sometimes we'll

4:15:43have a film screening, uh, art.

4:15:45I think that sort of flexibility

4:15:47is something that brings me back

4:15:48every time the theater is very

4:15:51intimate here. It really feels

4:15:54like you're just right up in

4:15:56front of the talent when you

4:15:58come and watch a show here. We

4:16:01also do youth programing here.

4:16:04We work with a different local

4:16:05artists to be able to provide

4:16:08free programing for children, to

4:16:10learn how to. So we have a

4:16:12fashion class. We have music

4:16:15classes specifically for

4:16:16percussion and drums. We also

4:16:19have another music class for

4:16:20piano. And then we also have a

4:16:23dance studio. It's in our

4:16:25mezzanine that is for our dance

4:16:27class that we have here. Our

4:16:31mission here is just to grow the

4:16:34performing arts, really. So

4:16:37whether it be someone trying to

4:16:38bring out their own original

4:16:41productions or like sometimes we

4:16:43even have different groups come

4:16:45in to teach after school classes

4:16:47being able to grow the

4:16:49performing arts in a community

4:16:50is what makes Lankershim art

4:16:52center stand out. The city

4:16:57investing into places like this

4:16:59is because it gives a place for

4:17:01people that were not as

4:17:03confident. The ability to

4:17:05express themselves and give a

4:17:07space for people that are a

4:17:10little bit different. Another

4:17:11space to play because being able

4:17:15to play is so important. Just

4:17:17for our mental health as well as

4:17:20for like the health of the

4:17:21community. And it just makes the

4:17:23world a better place. We look

4:17:27forward to having you here at

4:17:29Lankershim Arts Center. Whether

4:17:30it be taking part in our free

4:17:32programing as well as being able

4:17:35to come and just watch a movie

4:17:36or watch a show, we look forward

4:17:38to having you over here on

4:17:40Instagram. Our Instagram handle

4:17:41is DCA underscore lnk. You can

4:17:45also find out more about us on

4:17:47Cultureless. City dot gov.

4:17:49That's our website

4:18:34.

4:18:34The Tosco theater is located in

4:18:35Canoga Park. There is so much

4:18:40already here to offer cultural

4:18:43events, performances, folks do

4:18:45annual Los Muertos festivals.

4:18:47There is art walks, there is

4:18:49musical events, there's jazz and

4:18:51I feel like we have the

4:18:53privilege to be added in that

4:18:57offering. The space had been

4:19:02left a little bit weary. And so

4:19:05when the city came in to

4:19:07renovate the space, it was

4:19:09offered another chance to

4:19:11breathe new life into the arts.

4:19:12Here. The Tosco Theater is here

4:19:19for everyone. It is here for

4:19:20young artists who are just

4:19:23starting out to the professional

4:19:25artists who are here to dream up

4:19:27their new vision. And we're here

4:19:29for the community at large and

4:19:31all of our community events. One

4:19:35of our signature events is

4:19:37called walking in our Light.

4:19:38This idea of how we help people

4:19:42to encourage them to think about

4:19:43the light that they bring and to

4:19:46show appreciation for those who

4:19:48help to nurture that light. So

4:19:50from that idea, we thought, well

4:19:52, let's let's walk in our light

4:19:55. Let us have a stories along

4:19:57the way where people can stop

4:19:59and hear performances and

4:20:01storytelling of other people

4:20:02saying, this is my light, this

4:20:03is how I shine it. And these are

4:20:05the people I want to show

4:20:07appreciation to. So we do this

4:20:09walk around the block and then

4:20:10we end up with a little

4:20:12gathering and performances

4:20:12inside and lots of time to just

4:20:15reflect on. Yeah this is my

4:20:17life, you know? And these are

4:20:19the people who've helped me get

4:20:20there. Our communities don't

4:20:24always see what the City of Los

4:20:27Angeles provides them, providing

4:20:29access to the arts, says to me,

4:20:31that's a city that's proud of

4:20:33the stories. It wants to tell.

4:20:34The people who want to tell them

4:20:37, and the ways that they want to

4:20:39tell them. A space like this

4:20:42gives opportunity for folks of

4:20:45all ages, cultures, experience

4:20:50to say, I can be seen. I can be

4:20:53heard, and I'm walking in these

4:20:56doors and it feels welcoming. It

4:20:58feels nurturing, and people are

4:21:01excited to listen to me and to

4:21:03hear me. We don't have that all

4:21:04the time. So it's a it's a live

4:21:07space that's here to welcome and

4:21:11nurture those sparks of

4:21:13inspiration and vision. There's

4:21:17a few ways to find us. We are

4:21:20always on social media, so we

4:21:22are on Instagram. We have a

4:21:23Facebook page. You can go to the

4:21:26Department of Cultural Affairs.

4:21:28There website, you'll find the

4:21:29Tosco theater may take a few

4:21:31clicks here and there, but we

4:21:32try to stay present in any way

4:21:34that we can

4:22:36.

4:22:36Tucked away in a quaint park

4:22:39between the 101 and Universal

4:22:40Studios Hollywood is Campo de

4:22:41Cahuenga, a place that holds an

4:22:44important historical moment in

4:22:45California's history. On January

4:22:4713th, 1847, General Andrés Pico,

4:22:50commanding Californio forces

4:22:51from Mexico and Lieutenant

4:22:53Colonel John C Frémont,

4:22:55representing the American army,

4:22:56signed the Treaty of Cahuenga,

4:22:57also known as the Articles of

4:23:00Capitulation of Cahuenga, which

4:23:02ended the organized fighting in

4:23:04California during the

4:23:05Mexican-American War. In Los

4:23:06Angeles, there's always

4:23:08something new and exciting to

4:23:09discover. Rich in history worth

4:23:11exploring whether you are just

4:23:13visiting or arriving from across

4:23:15the globe. Welcome to LA

4:23:42.

4:23:42The word Adobe comes to English

4:23:44through Spanish, reflecting

4:23:46building traditions that have

4:23:47been used around the world for

4:23:49thousands of years. Where I'm

4:23:50standing is a recreation of the

4:23:52original Adobe at Campo de

4:23:54Cahuenga. The original Adobe

4:23:56structure was demolished around

4:23:581900, and its current structure

4:23:59came to life in 1950. A

4:24:02potpourri of culture and history

4:24:04is worth celebrating, and no one

4:24:06does this like El Grito,

4:24:07honoring the history and

4:24:09diversity of Los Angeles Latino

4:24:10communities and bringing

4:24:12Angelenos together at the heart

4:24:13of Los Angeles City Hall. Viva

4:24:18Mexico. Mexico Tonight we're

4:24:29celebrating a special tradition.

4:24:31El grito de Dolores. It's the

4:24:33fiestas Patrias celebrating

4:24:36Mexican independence. This

4:24:38tradition has been going on for

4:24:39decades, and I find that it

4:24:42comes at an especially critical

4:24:44time when our community has been

4:24:47so under assault. The meaning

4:24:50for me, El grito, it means like,

4:24:52you know, when we start our

4:24:54independence, you know, and this

4:24:55is it. This is hey, that's it.

4:25:03It is a way of celebrating

4:25:06Mexican independence Day. But in

4:25:08a way where we recognize, we

4:25:11emphasize that we are a

4:25:13neighbor. We are a community of

4:25:16Mexican Americans. Everyone is

4:25:18invited to our party. What? It's

4:25:21about the history. And again,

4:25:23being a woman and a family of

4:25:25men, it's showing us to be

4:25:27strong and stand up for what we

4:25:30believe in. We are a city that

4:25:33has a majority Latino population

4:25:37. The largest concentration of

4:25:38Mexicans outside of Mexico City.

4:25:40The true meaning of El Grito. It

4:25:42was how ordinary people came

4:25:44together to fight for their

4:25:46independence and one, you know,

4:25:47I think it's very important to

4:25:48just keep the roots and keep the

4:25:50culture alive. It's very

4:25:51important to just know and be

4:25:53proud of who we are as Latinos

4:25:54as our parents who made such

4:25:56sacrifices to be in this

4:25:58country, who work their butts

4:25:59off to be here and to let people

4:26:02know in higher power that we are

4:26:04not leaving anytime soon, and

4:26:05that we were here first. We have

4:26:07been here and we are going

4:26:08nowhere. Make some noise. If you

4:26:10are planning to go anywhere. So

4:26:17Viva Mexico! We're open

4:26:23electronically and we're open

4:26:24physically, so we're back in LA

4:26:29AbiertaPresident: WE'RE

4:26:31OPEN ELECTRONICALLY AND

4:26:31IN-PERSON.

4:26:32MR. CLERK.

4:26:33>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

4:26:34HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

4:26:34JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

4:26:35PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

4:26:35RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

4:26:36YAROSLAVSKY.

4:26:3612 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR.

4:26:37PRESIDENT.

4:26:38>> Council President: ALL

4:26:39RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

4:26:40>> City Attorney: THERE IS

4:26:41NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE OUT OF

4:26:42CLOSED SESSION, MR. PRESIDENT.

4:26:44>> Council President: ALL

4:26:45RIGHT, MR. SZABO?

4:26:50>> SO MR. PRESIDENT, WERE YOU

4:26:52GOING TO?

4:26:54>> Council President: YES, SO

4:26:55OUT OF OUR DISCUSSION, WE WANT

4:26:59TO THIS BODY IS FORMALLY

4:27:01REQUESTING THAT THE CITY

4:27:05ATTORNEY DEVELOP OPTIONS FOR

4:27:08LITIGATION TO PROTECT THE CITY

4:27:09AND TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS

4:27:11BOTH HOUSED AND HOMELESS AND DO

4:27:14SO IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING

4:27:17SCHEDULED IN JUDGE CARTER'S

4:27:19COURT ON THE 27th.

4:27:26AS A STRATEGY TO HAVE A

4:27:29DIFFERENT OPTION THAN THAT

4:27:31LAWSUIT WE ASK THE CAO TO

4:27:34CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE

4:27:36COUNTY, THEIR SPECIFIC

4:27:37INSTRUCTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER

4:27:39JURADO PUT FORWARD.

4:27:46AND THIRD, THAT WE ASK OUR CAO

4:27:49AND CLA TO REVISIT PAST MOTIONS

4:27:54REGARDING STANDING UP A CAO AND

4:27:57OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND COC

4:28:01AND/OR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

4:28:03IN A SPEEDY MANNER.

4:28:07MR. CAO?

4:28:09>> OKAY, SO JUST TO REITERATE,

4:28:12MR. PRESIDENT, SO THAT THE

4:28:17INSTRUCTION, EXCUSE ME.

4:28:19THE INSTRUCTION WOULD BE THAT

4:28:21AS AN ALTERNATIVE POTENTIAL

4:28:26ALTERNATIVE TO THE INITIATION

4:28:28OF LITIGATION, THAT THE CAO/CLA

4:28:34AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT WOULD

4:28:35NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY

4:28:38POTENTIAL TERMS FOR

4:28:41COMANAGEMENT OF THE COC

4:28:44PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE

4:28:47CITY LEADERSHIP OF HMIS AND/OR

4:28:50CIS.

4:28:51>> Council President: YES,

4:28:52THANK YOU.

4:28:53COUNCILMEMBER JURADO?

4:28:54>> Y. Jurado: THIS IS JUST TO

4:28:56LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT

4:28:58HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTH WILL BE

4:29:03STARTING AT 2:30.

4:29:04>> Council President: MR. CITY

4:29:06CLERK, AND CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE

4:29:08NEED A VOTE.

4:29:09>> Clerk: THERE IS NO VOTE

4:29:11NECESSARY, MR. PRESIDENT.

4:29:12>> Council President: ALL

4:29:13RIGHT, SO WOO IS BEFORE US.

4:29:15JAOT DESK IS CLEAR FOR SPECIAL

4:29:19MEETING.

4:29:20WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN THE

4:29:22MEETING AND RECONVENE THE

4:29:23REGULAR.

4:29:24>> Council President: RECONVENE

4:29:25THE REGULAR.

4:29:26>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

4:29:26HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

4:29:27JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

4:29:27PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

4:29:28RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

4:29:28YAROSLAVSKY.

4:29:2912 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR.

4:29:30PRESIDENT.

4:29:30>> Council President: ALL

4:29:31RIGHT, WHAT IS BEFORE US.

4:29:33>> Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONS

4:29:35FOR POSTED AND REFERRAL.

4:29:36>> Council President: THEY ARE

4:29:37POSTED AND REFERRED.

4:29:39ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS?

4:29:40COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN?

4:29:41>> N. Raman: COLLEAGUES I RISE

4:29:44TODAY WITH A HEAVY HEART TO

4:29:46SHARE NEWS ABOUT THE TRAGIC

4:29:49LOSS OF PHILIP COHEN WHO WAS

4:29:57KILLED LAST MONTH.

4:29:59RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE THROUGH

4:30:01THE INTERSECTION OF VENTURA AND

4:30:03CARPENTER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY

4:30:08A BLUE HONDA ODYSSEY.

4:30:10THE DRIVER DID NOT STOP.

4:30:12PHILIP WAS A LONG BEACH

4:30:14RESIDENT AND JUST 36 YEARS OLD.

4:30:16AND A FRIEND SHARED THAT PHILIP

4:30:20HAD ADVENTURE BUG FROM

4:30:24SNOWBOARDING TO TRAVEL TO

4:30:26KICKBOXING BUT ALWAYS MADE HIS

4:30:29WAY TO JI JIT SUE.

4:30:32I'M RISING TODAY BECAUSE

4:30:34PHILIP'S FAMILY IN LAPD IS

4:30:36ASKING FOR THE FAMILY'S HELP IN

4:30:38IDENTIFYING THE DRIVER

4:30:39RESPONSIBLE.

4:30:39SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION,

4:30:43PLEASE CONTACT DETECTIVE

4:30:45ANDERSON OF LAPD TRAFFIC VALLEY

4:30:53DIVISION 818-644-8036 AND YOU

4:30:54CAN ALSO SHARE INFORMATION

4:30:59ANONYMOUSLY AT L.A.CRIME

4:31:03STOPPERS.ORG.

4:31:04NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT

4:31:06FOR INFORMATION LIKE THIS.

4:31:07SO IF YOU SAW ANYTHING, PLEASE

4:31:09DO COME FORWARD.

4:31:10THANK YOU.

4:31:12>> Council President: THANK YOU.

4:31:14COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA?

4:31:14>> I. Padilla: WAS THAT AN

4:31:16ANNOUNCEMENT OR ADJOURNING

4:31:17MOTIONS BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED.

4:31:19>> Council President: I THINK

4:31:20IT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HELP.

4:31:31>> Council President: I ASKED

4:31:33FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS SO I'M

4:31:36ASSUMING IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

4:31:39I LOOK TO MR. NAZARIAN SIDE OF

4:31:42THE HORSESHOE AND THEN LOOK TO

4:31:44COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S SIDE.

4:31:45ALL RIGHT.

4:31:46WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

4:31:49HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTH AT 2:30

4:31:51AND OTHER COMMITTEES MOVED

4:31:54ACCORDINGLY.

4:33:07One source to get those messages

4:33:08. Excellent point. The more the

4:33:10merrier, especially when it

4:33:11comes to life saving

4:33:13information. So it's not just

4:33:14about individually being

4:33:17prepared, but it's also

4:33:18important to be prepared

4:33:19collectively as a community. And

4:33:21so that's where David Barrett

4:33:23from my safe LA comes in. Can

4:33:25you talk a little bit about your

4:33:27neighborhood education? Sure

4:33:29You've been talking about the

4:33:32collaboration. In a response

4:33:33model. So fire police, EMT, Red

4:33:36cross, other people who would

4:33:38participate when there's an

4:33:39incident and people have to

4:33:41respond to that. Our job is to

4:33:43help people understand what

4:33:44their role collectively, not

4:33:45just their home, but their

4:33:47neighbors, their homeowners

4:33:48association, even a neighborhood

4:33:49council. What their role is long

4:33:52before anything would occur and

4:33:55there's a tremendous amount of

4:33:58apathy that exists amongst

4:34:00homeowners that haven't had to

4:34:02deal with anything for some

4:34:03period of time. So for example,

4:34:05this year, the wildfire incident

4:34:07numbers in southern California

4:34:09are lower than they've been in

4:34:11recent years. So a lot of people

4:34:13think, oh, it's not a problem.

4:34:14Well, this is the time when you

4:34:16can take advantage of that to

4:34:18make sure that the things we're

4:34:19all talking about, hardening

4:34:21your home, defensible space,

4:34:23understanding evacuation, that

4:34:24those things are taken care of

4:34:26in advance long before you need

4:34:28to worry about them. So one of

4:34:31the things that we are really

4:34:32focused on is helping a

4:34:34homeowners association organize

4:34:37themselves to have a consistent

4:34:39, ongoing presence with their

4:34:42homeowners, whether it's a

4:34:43voluntary association or a

4:34:46membership association, to know

4:34:47what's happening on a monthly or

4:34:49at least bi monthly basis,

4:34:51what's the weather going to be?

4:34:53What are we dealing with in

4:34:55terms of a safety fair? What's

4:34:56happening with regard to recent

4:34:59fires or things that might

4:35:01affect us? So for example, we've

4:35:03been talking about Maui a little

4:35:05bit in terms of what happened in

4:35:06Lahaina, but other parts, Kullu

4:35:08and other places on the island.

4:35:09The island is not really very

4:35:11well protected in terms of

4:35:13prevention here. We have so many

4:35:15tools. We need people to be able

4:35:17to take advantage of them. It's

4:35:18true with earthquakes. True.

4:35:19Right. So when we have an

4:35:21earthquake here, everyone freaks

4:35:22out and says, okay, I'm going to

4:35:23get all of these different kinds

4:35:25of things to protect my family

4:35:27and home. And they think about

4:35:28that very seriously. For about

4:35:30three weeks. So we have the same

4:35:31kind of a thing going on

4:35:32relative to wildfire. So we're

4:35:34trying to kind of poke the bear

4:35:37, so to speak. We're trying to

4:35:38get them to say, oh, I should do

4:35:41something about this. And

4:35:42there's a couple of triggers

4:35:44that get them to respond other

4:35:46than an actual fire. When we

4:35:48explain, hey, if your home can't

4:35:53burn, if there isn't anything to

4:35:54ignite, then it's not likely to

4:35:57burn. The same thing is true of

4:35:59your property. If you've said it

4:36:00doesn't mean you have to have a

4:36:02landscape that is barren, like

4:36:03like the moon, it means that you

4:36:06have to be thoughtful about it

4:36:07from the ground up, six feet,

4:36:09not to have any