2026-10-16 - City Council

00:14Pa beautiful new playground set

00:17that is Ada accessible. I'm

00:19honored to be here with you

00:21today to celebrate the grand

00:22reopening of Chaco Canyon Park

00:24Playground. This project is

00:27about far more than just

00:29installing equipment, it's about

00:30fostering a safe, more vibrant,

00:33accessible environment where our

00:34community's children can grow,

00:37connect, and thrive. This park

00:41is absolutely gorgeous. We

00:42really needed an upgrade to this

00:44park. We've been in this

00:46neighborhood for many years. Our

00:47kids have grown up in this park

00:49and we're excited to see this

00:50new development. I believe that

00:54families are still recovering

00:56from the Covid days where the

00:58children couldn't play outside

01:00with other kids and such, and

01:02this is going to research a lot

01:04of that interaction for

01:05children. It's going to give

01:06them a safe place to go toda la

01:09comunidad de aqui. Lakeview

01:10Terrace cu este este magnifico

01:13para Los ninos. Es un excelente

01:15ciudad muy privada. We are so

01:18excited for this new playground

01:20, and we hope that everybody can

01:21enjoy it for many years. It's

01:23important that everyone

01:24remembers. It's a shared

01:26responsibility to maintain and

01:27protect our public spaces. We

01:30appreciate everybody picking up

01:31after themselves and making sure

01:33that if there is anything wrong

01:34with the play structure that

01:35they report it right away so it

01:37can be addressed. Yes, this

01:39llegamos aqui a labio terrace, a

01:41gusanos con Los ninos, pues es

01:43un parque renovado muy excelente

01:46para mi. From the fourth floor

01:52of the rotunda in City Hall,

01:53where I'm standing right now,

01:55you can see the rotunda floor

01:56made with more than 45 types of

01:59marble. In the center is a

02:02bronze Spanish ship representing

02:02the early Pacific explorers and

02:06if you look up, you'll see

02:07figures in the dome representing

02:09things like government,

02:11education and protection. And

02:12when it comes to protection,

02:14this fire season, Los Angeles

02:17brought in some experts of its

02:19own for the 33rd year in a row,

02:21the government of Quebec has

02:22sent two super scooper planes to

02:25Van Nuys Airport, along with

02:27pilots and mechanics, giving

02:29firefighters a powerful tool

02:30from the air. To. On behalf of

02:38the Los Angeles Board of Airport

02:41Commissioners and Los Angeles

02:43World Airports Lawa, I am proud

02:45to welcome the return of the two

02:48Canadair CL 415 Super Scoopers

02:51to their Southern California

02:53home at Van Nuys Airport. These

02:58two super Scoopers behind me

02:59protect all of the 88 cities in

03:02the county of Los Angeles. In

03:04addition to our neighboring

03:05counties, these CL 400 F-15s

03:07have fought fire in Ventura and

03:09Orange counties and they're a

03:11valuable resource for us. For 33

03:18years, Quebec has provided our

03:19county with these aircraft,

03:22along with the skilled pilots

03:24and mechanics who operate and

03:25maintain them during peak fire

03:27season here in Los Angeles

03:29County. These aircrafts give our

03:32firefighters a powerful tool.

03:34But equipment alone cannot keep

03:35our communities safe. Wildfire

03:38safety requires all of us to do

03:41our part. So we're we're happy

03:49to be here every year. And also

03:52for our Quebec pilots, it's a

03:53way to gain specialized

03:56expertise in training in a

03:57terrain that's that's certainly

03:58very different from Quebec. So

04:02every year, the aircraft and the

04:06crews come to support Los

04:07Angeles County Fire Department

04:09in their firefighting efforts

04:11during the busiest firefighting

04:13season in the year. These are

04:17really model examples of our

04:20governments that are working

04:21together to protect our

04:23communities.

04:3825 years ago today, I was part

04:41of a Los Angeles Fire Department

04:45Urban Search and rescue team

04:46that was deployed to ground Zero

04:49right after theine over 11

04:52attacks.

05:03We are here to remember the

05:06incidents of nine over 11. The

05:07lives that were lost, the people

05:09that were lost, but to also

05:12remember how we came together as

05:13a country. They were our

05:15neighbors at that moment and we

05:16helped them. They went because

05:20people were trapped. They went

05:23because they recognized that

05:25people needed help and they went

05:28because they were firefighters.

05:33There was a terrible sense of

05:35helplessness watching what was

05:37happening. 3000 miles away,

05:39wondering about people you cared

05:41about while knowing that police

05:43officers, firefighters,

05:45paramedics. And so many others

05:46were running directly toward

05:49something the rest of the world

05:50was watching in horror. Today

05:56we're here at the Franco-chinese

05:57Training Center, commemorating

05:58the 25th anniversary of the nine

06:02over 11 attacks on the twin

06:04Towers. We're uplifting and

06:06remembering all of the first

06:08responders, all of the people

06:10who stepped up to be brave, to

06:11save people's lives and to

06:14remind the generations that have

06:16come after the attack of what

06:17occurred. So that we never, ever

06:20forget what bravery looks like

06:21in this country and what it

06:22looks like for people to step up

06:24to save people. Nine over 11

06:282001 was a very sad day. It was

06:31a terrible day in the history of

06:34our country and the history of

06:35the world. So we're here to

06:37thank everyone. We're here to

06:39honor everyone and we're here to

06:42say we don't want this to happen

06:44again. We can't let this happen

06:46again in the city. Now we go on

06:49thousands of calls every day. We

06:50know that we're doing this to

06:53provide a service for the for

06:56our community. So as we're

06:58experiencing crises, as we're

06:59experiencing different horrors

07:01that intend to divide us, we

07:02must follow the steps of people

07:04from nine over 11. And what they

07:06did and stick together and

07:07protect our communities. Oh, say

07:12, can you see by the dawn's

07:17early light, what so proudly we

07:23hailed at the twilight's last

07:27gleaming. We are the city of Los

07:34Angeles with the Mayor's Office

07:35of Economic Opportunity, and we

07:36are here today to celebrate the

07:39kick off of the Angelino Court

07:40program for the 2026 2027 year.

07:42The Angelino Courts program is a

07:45ten month internship program.

07:46All 300 Angelenos who are here

07:49today are ages 18 to 30, who

07:51receive work experience for ten

07:53months in one of the six sectors

07:54that we offer a majority of the

07:56Angelenos that are enrolled into

07:58our program are in school. So

07:59it's hard, you know, sometimes a

08:01lot of workplaces ask you to

08:04have 2 or 3 years worth of

08:06experience. So the Angelino

08:08Corps members program is

08:09awesome. They're learning hands

08:11on right there. And then we are

08:12able to balance those working

08:15hours for them to still get work

08:16experience and being able to

08:18develop skills and add it to

08:19their resume. They're going to

08:21receive professional development

08:23. They're going to receive

08:24stipends, monthly stipends for

08:25all of the work that they're

08:26doing for the city and for the

08:28communities and the place that

08:29they call home. I'm one of the

08:31successful stories I have

08:32completed with the program. The

08:34ten month program, and the

08:36current employment Sccap. I do

08:37have big plans. I'm actually

08:39going to get my master's in

08:42education, so hopefully in five

08:44years I'll be a school counselor

08:46myself. I was a Boyle High

08:47Technology User Center

08:49participant during my early

08:50years. It was difficult to get

08:52that work experience while being

08:54in school. But now for the last

08:56three years, I've been a full

08:57time case manager under the

08:58Angelino Court program. Our hope

09:00is that by students

09:01participating in the Angelino

09:02court program, that they're

09:03going to be able to set

09:05themselves up for the future.

09:06It's going to be important that

09:07you just come willing to learn.

09:09You're going to have a mentor

09:10that's going to set you up for

09:11success and work with you over

09:12the next ten months. Coming in,

09:13we know you already have

09:14something within you that's

09:16really pushing you. We tell

09:17everybody, take every single

09:19advantage of everything you can

09:20learn and just really, you know,

09:22explore it. Maybe you think you

09:23don't have a skill or an

09:25expertise yet, but once you're

09:27there, you actually learn that

09:28you do have some expertise.

09:30We're here to really help you

09:31grow those skills and just be

09:33able to be whatever it is you

09:34want to be. And wherever your

09:36goals take you, we're really

09:38there to support you. Anthony

09:40Abad on the 26th floor is the

09:43Hall of Mayors, featuring

09:46portraits of former Los Angeles

09:47mayors, including Tom Bradley,

09:50who was the city's first black

09:51mayor, and its longest serving

09:54holding office from. 1973 to

09:581993. Now, this hall is just one

10:01of the many places in LA that

10:02honors people from the monuments

10:03in MacArthur Park and the

10:05memorials in Grant Park to the

10:08Hollywood Walk of Fame and the

10:09Grammy Museum. Recently, the

10:11iconic Mexican group Los Angeles

10:13Azules were honored for their

10:15decades of telling their stories

10:17to the music of cumbia, and

10:19council member Imelda Padilla

10:21and others celebrated the group

10:22and their rich connection to the

10:24San Fernando Valley community.

10:29Today, in the community of

10:30Panorama City, we welcomed one

10:33of the most globally recognized

10:35cumbia groups from Mexico, Los

10:36Angeles Azules, to name Van Nuys

10:39Boulevard and Chase Street after

10:41them. There is no group as big

10:44as Grande with beautiful songs

10:46and lyrics like Los Angeles

10:48Azules and Here We Are today,

10:52soy fan de Los Angeles Azules y

10:53desde muy tempranito estoy aqui

10:56esperando llegaron ya Los ve ya

10:58grave mucho y me voy muy

10:59contento de este evento. Nos

11:02estoy aqui super contenta porque

11:05Los Angeles azules vienen de

11:06ixtapalapa. Qué es donde vive mi

11:08familia y pues super orgullosa

11:10el talento de mi gente y podria

11:13porque esta aqui en mi ciudad Q

11:16vamos a esta ciudad van Nuys.

11:17Pues imaginate cada vez. Qué

11:19pasa por aqui. Me VA a ser

11:20recordar a mi a mi gente de Ella

11:24. This feels like a very full

11:25circle moment for me. But more

11:27than anything, it's a full

11:28circle moment for this community

11:30because we made sure that

11:31communities like Panorama City

11:33and Arleta were at the table

11:35about what they wanted in Van

11:36Nuys Boulevard and what we want

11:39are businesses that were happy

11:41to go shopping to. We want

11:42pocket parks that we can

11:44utilize. We want restaurants

11:46where we know we're going to be

11:48able to have a good time and be

11:50safe. Our community wants to

11:52come outside and celebrate our

11:54differences more than fight over

11:56them. Pedro de Los Angeles

12:00Azules igual ustedes van

12:01creciendo poca poquito yo voy a

12:04estar reconocimiento nos

12:05emociona mucho. Porque estamos

12:08aqui con todos ustedes cada uno

12:10de ustedes. Sabe de alguna

12:13cancion de Los Angeles azules.

12:14Aqui en su Corazon.

12:27We are in the heart of the

12:28harbor. Wilmington California.

12:30Part of the one five. And we are

12:32celebrating Labor Day. We have

12:34the 47th annual Labor Day Parade

12:37, rally and picnic right here in

12:39Banning Park. And besides

12:47advocating for workers in the

12:48workplace, we're also having a

12:50lot of fun. I am here

12:58celebrating with all the unions,

12:59which is extremely important.

13:02And that is to recognize our

13:03labor Day every year. I tell

13:06everybody the unions have done

13:08an amazing job when it comes to

13:10working for working class people

13:12, and that is what is important

13:13is that we make these people go

13:14to work every day, and for them

13:16to have someone to fight for

13:18them every day, that is truly a

13:19blessing. This is an event where

13:21we're allowed to represent and

13:25to recognize the different

13:26organizations, the different the

13:28over 200 local unions that

13:31create the opportunities here in

13:32the harbor area that employ

13:35people that keep our community

13:36driving forward and are the

13:38economic drivers of everything

13:39that happened here in the harbor

13:42area. We have to honor all those

13:44who fought for our rights from

13:48the beginning. That's why we're

13:50here. It's because all those who

13:52fought for us, they got it done

13:53and we're going to keep on

13:55getting it done and happy Labor

13:58Day to all all the labor unions,

13:59all the trade unions, everybody.

14:02Let's do this unity in the

14:04community. Well, the labor

14:06movement has been so important

14:08to the development of this

14:09country. The labor movement

14:10brought us the 40 hour workweek.

14:12It brought many folks health

14:14benefits. It has brought folks

14:15safety in the workplace. And so

14:17it's really important for us to

14:18make sure that we hang on to

14:21those values. My district has

14:22been watch to the Waterfront and

14:24here in the harbor area, we

14:28provide 1 in 9 jobs in the

14:29entire LA county. And so what's

14:31important for folks who have

14:32those jobs is to make sure we

14:34keep those jobs. So we're here

14:43at MacArthur Park tonight is the

14:45first fall Friday nights of the

14:46year. The biggest goal and

14:48motivation for fall Friday

14:50nights is really to bring

14:51families to the park. Fall

14:52Friday nights is a part of our

14:53comprehensive strategy to

14:54improve neighborhood safety here

14:56in the MacArthur Park corridor

14:59and the Westlake community.

15:00There's lots of negative

15:01narratives about this community,

15:03but really, people have a sense

15:04of pride where they live. I

15:07think we need more events like

15:08this. We need the city to be

15:10involved a little more so that

15:11the people can feel safe. You

15:13know, that they can have

15:14something to come to, and not

15:15just the park that has

15:16challenges. We understand that

15:18there is a lot of need. We

15:20understand that kids just went

15:21back to school, that we're not

15:23only looking for activities for

15:24kids after school, but we're

15:25also just trying to assist

15:27families that are working hard

15:29to make it day by day. Keep our

15:31family source center has joined

15:34us to bring many more resources

15:35to this community, along with

15:37public health resources, food

15:39giveaways, recreation

15:40activities. We're just having a

15:42great time here in MacArthur

15:43Park and it's so important

15:45because we really want to show

15:47how many families are here at

15:48the park. They're playing

15:49soccer, they're having lunch

15:51here, they're bringing their

15:52families. The more that we can

15:53supplement that by saying, hey,

15:55let's do a soccer clinic with

15:56you, let's do some breakdancing,

15:57which is what's happening

15:58tonight. Tommy Junio is also

16:00going to be doing some food

16:01distribution. We're going to

16:02have some events coming up in

16:04October, you know, encourage the

16:05community to come out and have

16:06some fun. We're going to be

16:07having a Halloween event that is

16:09hosted by Recreation and Parks

16:10here on October 31st. We're

16:12going to be looking into hosting

16:14something for Dia de Los Muertos

16:15as well. So there's going to be

16:17a lot more events like this. And

16:19we're really excited to take

16:19part in them and to show the

16:22community that we're here with

16:23them. They can always call our

16:24office with any questions or any

16:25assistance that you might need.

16:27We're here to help. We're

16:28excited about families returning

16:29to MacArthur Park and more

16:31importantly, about activating

16:32the park differently. The goal

16:34is to have 1000 families every

16:37Friday. A fall Friday night.

16:38Looking forward to seeing you

16:39here. This is city Hall's

16:47observation deck on the 27th

16:49floor. What a sight. And right

16:51above us is the Lindbergh Beacon

16:54. Now, when City Hall opened in

16:561928, President Calvin Coolidge

16:58turned it on from the white

16:59House and today, it only lights

17:01up for special occasions.

17:04Recently, in historic

17:05Filipinotown, there was a

17:07special occasion worth gathering

17:08for the hi fi fall Festival

17:11celebrated its one year

17:12anniversary, filled with music,

17:15local food vendors and the joy

17:17of people coming together. Today

17:23we are at Concert Corner at

17:26Hi-Fi Unidad Park. We are

17:29celebrating our one year

17:30anniversary of our event. What

17:31you can find is that it's just

17:33an all inclusive community event

17:36. Part of the reason we put this

17:37event on was because we wanted

17:38visibility for our culture. If

17:40you're here for the first time,

17:42you're going to get a dose of

17:45Filipino music. Filipino art.

17:47This is one of the best ways to

17:49support local businesses,

17:51especially as we are facing

17:52gentrification and displacement

17:54in this community. You're going

17:56to hear several different

17:57languages that are not often

17:58represented in these systems,

18:01because we're taught to learn

18:03English from a young age, even

18:04in the Philippines. But here

18:06you're going to get to hear

18:07Tagalog spoken, maybe even

18:09Ilokano. What I found so

18:10appealing with cancer Corner is

18:12that it touches all of my

18:14interests, community, give back

18:16along with working with local

18:17Los Angeles nonprofits as well

18:19as small businesses for example,

18:22LA Clinica. They are local to

18:24this area, Echo Park, so not too

18:27far. The Filipino Worker Center

18:28is here. My place here is today.

18:30They're offering free services

18:32to the community. We also offer

18:33mutual aid, where we partnered

18:35with Vicente Family Farms and

18:37Temple Seafood Market. They have

18:39provided free groceries to the

18:41community members here. So while

18:43supplies last, we have free

18:44groceries. A lot of our

18:48performers have either

18:50connections in historic Filipino

18:51town are either brand new or

18:53they are local. Today is fall

18:55Fest. We just had Summerfest in

18:57July and Spring Fest in April,

19:00and then we'll have again in

19:01winter sometime in December. I

19:02hope you get to come next time,

19:05because a lot of these systems

19:07in place want us to be by

19:09ourselves. And here you actually

19:11get to be with each other, even

19:14connect with a part of yourself

19:15that you can't experience

19:16anywhere else. These events are

19:17very important for our community

19:19because we need spaces where we

19:20can really celebrate each other

19:23, feel safe amongst each other,

19:23connect with each other,

19:25especially with the current

19:26climate of how things are. This

19:28is a community of made of

19:29immigrants. So we have this

19:31space here because we want to

19:33make sure that people feel seen

19:35and safe and heard. Everyone,

19:37please, I hope to see you soon

19:39here at the next Concert Corner

19:40Festival here in Historic

19:42Filipino Town mga kababayan kita

19:44kita po tayo dito sa Kanto

19:45corner. It's a historic Filipino

19:46town in Unidad Park. Come out

19:56and join us today at the

19:57Caribbean Heritage Festival. We

19:59are here and we're all bringing

20:00our special contents like our

20:01music, our food. There's

20:04clothing, so it's so important

20:05to come and connect and network

20:07with all the other countries

20:08here today. God's things for the

20:10kids to its amazing, amazing day

20:13and I'm glad to see all the

20:14representation. So I'm

20:16representing Belize, but we also

20:17got all the different countries

20:18in the Caribbean here. You know

20:20Trini, we got Barbados, we got

20:23Haiti, we got everybody Los

20:24Angeles is a big home to lots of

20:26people from the Caribbean, right

20:27here in the heart of the African

20:29American community. It's so

20:30important to have this

20:31celebration. So many of us come

20:32from the African continent and

20:34went through slavery. Some

20:36people went to the Caribbean and

20:37they came here. And so we're

20:38excited to celebrate the

20:39culture, the music, the fight,

20:41the struggle that's present here

20:43in Los Angeles. I'll make sure

20:45that you incorporate all your

20:46friends into our community,

20:47because we kind of really need

20:49that in the LA area. It's always

20:50great to see us come together

20:53and celebrate one another. And

20:54again see that there's other

20:56people like us out here as well.

20:58We do this every year, and we're

21:00going to continue to do it

21:02because the people call for it.

21:03South LA is where people want to

21:04be, where the Caribbean

21:05community wants to be.

21:06Eventually, we're going to have

21:07carnival here like they do in

21:09Toronto and New York City and

21:10other places around the globe.

21:12Los Angeles is a home to a

21:14powerful Caribbean community,

21:17Caribbean people. We're very

21:18warm. We're very we integrate a

21:20lot of people together. It's all

21:23about the food and the dancing

21:24and the music and just having a

21:25good time. We love everybody.

21:27It's a great day to come

21:30celebrate. Today is the Saint

21:37Joseph Center Fall Connect Day.

21:40We have a host of different

21:43activities and resources from

21:44the county, from the city, from

21:47across Los Angeles. Really

21:49dedicated to helping folks who

21:51are experiencing homelessness,

21:52housing insecurity and folks who

21:55just need to make sure that they

21:56have information available to

21:58them. We basically invited tons

22:00of families and communities for

22:03resources that we have available

22:05here today. We have DPS, we have

22:08Department of Mental Health. We

22:09also have Cd11, T-Mobile, and we

22:11also have a few barbers who

22:14dedicated their time to be here

22:15today as well. So ahorita Estén

22:18Dando juguetes ropa y comida

22:22para las personas corte de pelo

22:24y para las comida no tienen pues

22:27ahorita este es muy buena idea

22:28de lo Q obtuvieron para hacer

22:30este este dia saint Joseph

22:35Center is one of the largest

22:36homeless services and housing

22:38organizations in the entire

22:39county. It's totally open to the

22:41community and free, and we're

22:43expecting hundreds of people to

22:44come through today. We'd like to

22:46say thank you to Saint Joseph

22:48Center, all the great work they

22:49do in the community. We have a

22:51long standing partnership with

22:52them, so, you know, anytime that

22:54we can help support what their

22:57efforts are for the community,

22:58we want to do that. Right. So we

23:00help them out with all their

23:01communications and everything

23:02else. The networking. And again,

23:04we're just here to support we

23:06value their partnership and all

23:07the great things they do. People

23:12don't realize that in LA County,

23:14there are 1.1 million people who

23:16identify as having a physical

23:18disability. That's 10% of our

23:21county. The CTP, the

23:25self-evaluation and transition

23:26plan is something that the Ada

23:28requires of all city and county

23:30governments across the nation.

23:32The city of Los Angeles did one

23:34back in 2000. We decided rather

23:36than just try and update it,

23:38that there's quite frankly, so

23:39much work to be done that we're

23:41going to take a self-evaluation

23:41from the beginning. We've got

23:43thousands of facilities to look

23:44at and programs the city

23:47department on Disability really

23:48understands how frustrating it

23:50can be when somebody runs into

23:52noncompliance, whether that's a

23:54sidewalk, a park, a library, an

23:56arts event. I represent blind

24:01people from San Diego to

24:02Humboldt, and I'm here to thank

24:04you, first of all, for meeting.

24:05But you need to start changing

24:07things. The comments are very

24:11impassioned and a lot of

24:15frustration. We really need to

24:17make sure that it works for the

24:19people who are going to be

24:21serviced by it, and we really

24:23want to change the framework

24:25from kind of an afterthought to

24:28something that's more proactive

24:30. When my grandmother, um, had

24:33lung cancer, they had to sever

24:34nerves in her spine and

24:37overnight she could never walk

24:38again. She acquired her

24:40disabilities overnight, and that

24:41was before Ada watching my

24:44grandmother have to navigate a

24:46world that was really hostile at

24:49the time. Um, just makes me want

24:51to make sure that we break down

24:53those barriers for everyone so

24:54that they never have to feel

24:56like the world no longer wants

24:57them around. I had a spinal cord

25:01injury at the age of 21. Over 50

25:03years ago, and it introduced me

25:05to the community and the

25:06oppression that we live with and

25:09experience on a daily basis of

25:11lack of opportunities to

25:15interact or go into a building

25:16or participate in employment. I

25:20decided that I wanted to

25:23influence a way for all of us to

25:26be able to really live our best

25:27lives without feeling like we

25:31can't be a part of something,

25:33come to these meetings and make

25:35your voice heard because that's

25:38a critical part. We're looking

25:40at accessibility from the big

25:41picture. We're putting a lot of

25:43resources, energy and expertise

25:45to it. And it's something that,

25:46quite frankly, is the DoD's. The

25:47Department of Disabilities top

25:49priority. We're getting answers

25:50that we know that the Department

25:52of Disabilities and the mayor

25:55and the council are going to act

25:56on, and that's really exciting.

25:58We've put a survey out there you

25:59can find on our website

26:01disability dot, L.A. city Dot

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26:11you know, people are going to do

26:13something about it. From the

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26:20you can see neighborhoods in

26:21every direction. Each one of

26:24them filled with cultural joy,

26:26vibrant history, and a bit of

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38:34.

38:34Thank.

39:10You.

43:21For

43:21Everybody I want toCouncil Pres

43:23EVERYBODY, I WANT TO THANK

43:28HERNANDEZ, HUTT, RAMAN AND

43:30RODRIGUEZ FOR BEING PART OF THE

43:33ON-TIME CAUCUS.

43:34WE NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE

43:36MEMBER TO MEET QUORUM BUT

43:38BEFORE WE ARE FREE TO MAKE

43:40PRESENTATIONS.

43:41AND WE'VE GOT NOT EXCITING

43:43MORNING OF PRESENTATIONS.

43:44SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR

43:45OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE FROM THE

43:49SECOND COUNCIL DISTRICT,

43:50COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN.

44:05>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU,

44:07COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

44:08COLLEAGUES TODAY WE CELEBRATE

44:10THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF THE

44:12HOOVER DAM.

44:13WE CELEBRATE A MILESTONE THAT

44:15IS NOT JUST PART OF THE DWP'S

44:18HISTORY BUT A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN

44:21SHAPING THE MODERN HISTORY OF

44:22THE SEE OF LOS ANGELES.

44:24MOST OF US, HAVE AT LEAST A

44:27BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE

44:31RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACCU

44:35DUCT AND THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.

44:38HOWEVER VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW

44:41HOW INSTRUMENTAL DWP WAS TO

44:44BUILD HOOVER DAM AND THE

44:45ENGINEERING WORK THAT WAS

44:47INVOLVED IN DELIVERING THIS

44:49CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE HOUR TO

44:49LOS ANGELES.

44:52LIKEWISE, THE LIKE THE WATER

44:54DELIVERED FROM THE EASTERN

44:56SIERRA THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES

45:01AQUEDUCT, THE POWER GENERATED,

45:07WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE BOLDER

45:13DAM, TRANSFORMED DWP'S BOULDER

45:15TRANSMISSION FOREVER SHAPED LOS

45:16ANGELES.

45:17THESE TWO ENGINEERS MARVELS

45:20HAVE MAIN AIND NOT INCREDIBLE

45:22RECORD OF PROSPERITY AND

45:25RELIABILITY OVER THE LAST 90

45:28YEARS.

45:30AT 7:36 P.M. IN 136, THE FIRST

45:35POWER FROM HAON DOOM WAS

45:36BROUGHT TO LOS ANGELES AND

45:37SERVED OVER THE 266 MILES OF

45:41THE HIGHAGE VOLTAGE

45:43TRANSMISSION LINE.

45:45AGAIN, ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS

45:48AGO, 266 MILES.

45:52THAT'S AMAZING FEAT AND LOS

45:55ANGELES WAS RESPONSIBLE.

45:57L.A.'S LEAP OF FAITH QUICKLY

46:00PAID OFF AS THE TRANSMISSION

46:02LINES REACHED THEIR FULL

46:04CAPACITY IN LESS THAN A YEAR

46:06PROMPTING THE NEED FOR A

46:08THIGHEDER LINE.

46:10FULLY COMPLETED IN MAY 1930,

46:15SPANS 258 MILES FWR HOOVER DAM,

46:19TERMINATING AT RECEIVER STATION

46:21E, NON OTHER THAN NORTH

46:24HOLLYWOOD EASTERN SAN FERNANDO

46:26VALLEY, MY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

46:28THIS POWER ARRIVED JUST IN TIME

46:31TO SUPPLY THE NEW INDUSTRIES.

46:33COUPLED WITH POWER FROM THE

46:38L.A. AQUEDUCT, HOOVER DAM TO

46:40REACH ITS 2035 GOALS OF 100

46:43PERCENT CARBON FREE ENERGY,

46:45NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.

46:49IN EARLY 1936.

46:51IN THE 1940s HOOVER DAM

46:52SUPPLIED AS MUCH AS 97 PERCENT

46:55OF THE CITY'S POWER DURING PEEK

46:58DEMAND.

46:59THE LOW COST SERVED AS INAT

47:01THAT PA* DOES FOR THE DWP

47:05BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION

47:06CAMPAIGN VERY SIMILAR TO THE

47:07POLICY GOALS AND LEGISLATIVE

47:10EFFORTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

47:12TODAY.

47:14THE ARRIVAL POWER OF HOOVER

47:17DPAM MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A

47:19NEW ELECTRICAL AGE BUT FEW

47:21REALIZES, THE YEARS OF PLANNING

47:24LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY,

47:26INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND

47:27DEDICATION ON THE PART OF DWP

47:29AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES,

47:31THAT WENT INTO BRINGING HOOVER

47:33DAM AND THE BOULDER

47:39TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

47:40THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION

47:41TO THIS.

47:42THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE ITEMS

47:44THAT IS SEXY NOR GETS

47:46ATTENTION, BUT IT'S WHAT ALLOWS

47:47US TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.

47:52IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE

47:54INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE HERE

47:55TODAY, A CITY OF 4 MILLION

47:58PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, THESE

48:01PROJECTS EXCITE ME BECAUSE YOU

48:03THEN THINK ABOUT THE LIMITLESS

48:06OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN BE

48:07DOING HERE IN ORDER TO INVEST

48:08IN THE CITY AND ALLOW THE CITY

48:10TO HAVE AN AMAZING FUTURE,

48:18AMAZING FORTITUDE INTO THE

48:20FUTURE NOT JUST THAT BUT ALSO

48:23EXPORT THE VALUE TECHNOLOGY

48:24THAT WE HOME GROAN AND GROW

48:26HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

48:28BY THE WAY IF YOU HADN'T HAD

48:30THE A CHANCE TO CANOE DOWN THE

48:34COLORADO RIVER AND SEE HOOVER

48:36DAM, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

48:38I DID IT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND

48:40IT'S AMAZING.

48:41I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DOING

48:44THAT.

48:45COLLEAGUES IT'S MY PRESSURE TO

48:47INTRODUCE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF

48:49DWP POWER SYSTEM, JASON RANDU

48:53TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

48:54COME ON UP.

48:54>> Speaker: THANK YOU,

48:57COUNCILMAN NAZARIAN AND THANK

48:57YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR PAYING

49:00ATTENTION TO AS AN ENGINEER

49:03WHAT I THINK IS A VERY SEXY

49:06TOPIC BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND

49:08THAT NOT EVERYBODY DOES.

49:10HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE L.A.

49:14CITY COUNCIL, LADWP IS EXCITE

49:17TODAY JOIN YOU IN OUR LEGACY OF

49:19PUBLIC POWER THAT CONTINUES TO

49:20SHAPE LOS ANGELES.

49:22THE SUPPORT OF YOUR

49:25PREDECESSORS FOR THE EVOLUTION

49:26IS DIRECTLY TIED TO LOS ANGELES

49:28BECOMING THE NATION'S SECOND

49:30LARGEST CITY, OUR SHARED

49:33HISTORY DEMONSTRATE WHAT IS

49:34POSSIBLE WHEN THE CITY INVEST

49:36IN ITS OWN CAPACITY TO PLAN,

49:38OPERATE AND MAIN AIN ESSENTIAL

49:40INFRASTRUCTURE.

49:41A LEGACY THAT DWP FIERCELY

49:47DEFENDS TODAY SO THIS CITY

49:49COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY TO

49:51SHAPE THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF OUR

49:53ORGANIZATION.

49:55SCATTERED THE LEADING CHAMPION

49:56OF PUBLIC POWER AND MUNICIPALLY

50:00OWNED PRIORITIES AND SERVED AS

50:03ITS FIRST ELECTRIC ENGINEER AND

50:08GENERAL MANAGER.

50:08HIS VISION HELPED ESTABLISH THE

50:09MODEL THAT STILL BENEFITS LOS

50:10ANGELES TODAY.

50:15THE NEXT DECADE FOR WHAT WOULD

50:17BE THE HOOVER DAM.

50:20COMPLETED IN 1936, AND SPANNING

50:22266 MILES FROM HOOVER DAM TO

50:27RECEDING STATION B IN WHAT IS

50:31NOW COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, SET

50:33A WORLD RECORD FOR HIGHEST

50:42VOLTAGE AT 270,500 VOLKSWAGON.

50:43THIS IS THE DISTINCTION THAT

50:44LOS ANGELES HELD FOR 16 YEARS

50:45AFTER THA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

50:47SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL A VERY

50:50IMPORTANT PIECE OF INNOVATION

50:53THAT STILL IS SERVING LOS

50:56ANGELES TODAY.

50:57THIS NEW VOLTAGE WAS ACHIEVED

50:58AFTER FOUR YEARS OF EXTENSIVE

51:01RESEARCH BY ENGINEERS AND

51:04STANFORD UNIVERSITY AFTER

51:06TESTING SIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF

51:11TABLE, PICKED A CABLE KNOWN AS

51:13HHH, THIS WAS MANUFACTURED HERE

51:15IN LOS ANGELES.

51:16THE GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION

51:18BUILT A NEW FACTORY AT 3600

51:22EAST BOULEVARD FOR THE SPECIFIC

51:24PURPOSE OF PRODUCING THIS WORLD

51:27SETTING RECORD SETTING

51:30TRANSMISSION CABLE.

51:30AND AGAIN, THIS IS STILL

51:31SERVING LOS ANGELES TODAY.

51:32I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT TO JOHN

51:36GREGORY AND DESPITE HIS BEST

51:39EFFORT SOMEBODY WHO IS BECOMING

51:41A LOS ANGELES HISTORIAN TO

51:42ROUND THIS OUT FOR THIS

51:44PRESENTATION.

51:48>> Speaker: THANK YOU, JASON,

51:51THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR

51:53HONORING ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT

51:56HISTORY.

51:56THERE WAS OVER 1600 PEEK STAFF

51:59OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE

52:01YEARS WHO WORKED IN VERY HARSH

52:05CONDITIONS THAT DROPPED BELOW

52:07ZERO AT TIMES.

52:09THIS HAPPENED DURING THE GREAT

52:11DEPRESSION.

52:12SO JOBS WERE SCARCE AND THIS

52:14WAS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER NOT

52:15ONLY FOR LOS ANGELES BUT FOR

52:17THE NATION.

52:20SCATTER GOOD, HIS TEAM, THEY

52:23NOT ONLY DESIGNED AND BUILT THE

52:26HOOVER DAM POWER PLANT BUT THEY

52:29OPERATED IT FOR 50 YEARS, FROM

52:341936 TO 1987 AND KEEPING WITH

52:37THE BUILDING BIGGER OVERTIME

52:40ADDED CAME WITH SCATTER GOOD,

52:43HE INSISTED THAT THINGS BE

52:46BUILT BIGGER AND HEAVIER,

52:48HARDEST UNITS BUILT IN THE

52:52WORLD.

52:52AND FOR 50 YEARS, THEY OPERATED

52:5490 PERCENT OF THE OUTPUT FROM

52:56THAT POWER PLANT.

52:58SO OUR HISTORY, AS YOU CAN TELL

53:00IN OUR WORKFORCE, WE HAVE OVER

53:0313,000 EMPLOYEES WHO EMBRACE

53:05OUR MODEL WHICH IS TO OPERATE

53:07OUR GENERATION, AND THE

53:09DISTRIBUTION WHICH IS A VERY

53:12RARE, CHARACTERISTIC OF

53:13UTILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY.

53:26LOS ANGELES BECAME THE CENTER

53:26OF THE WORLD.

53:29AND DURING WWII ONE IN FOUR

53:31PLANES WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE

53:32LOS ANGELES AREA AND IT WAS

53:34BOULDER POWER P HOOVER DAM

53:36POWER THAT ENABLED THAT TO

53:38HAPPEN.

53:38SO WHAT HOOVER DAM ALSO DID IN

53:41THE TRANSMISSION LINE, L.A.

53:42USED TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT

53:44POWER COMPANIES AND THIS

53:46ENABLED, THIS NEW POWER ENABLED

53:51THEM TO ACQUIRE THE LAST

53:53COMPANY.

53:53SO IT WAS A 25-YEAR BATTLE AND

53:56THIS CULT MATED IT.

53:58SUCCESS OF THE LINE, WE

54:02INCREASED POPULATION DOUBLED

54:03THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AND

54:05DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF LOAD

54:08ELECTRICITY CONSUMED.

54:10IT WAS SO AFFORDABLE THAT WE

54:12WENT 36 YEARS WITHOUT A RATE

54:15INCREASE.

54:15AND THEN WE HAD 12 SUCCESSFUL

54:20DECREASES.

54:20SO, TO KIND OF CLOSE THIS OUT,

54:22I'M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO

54:23JASON TO PUT A BOW ON THIS AND

54:26WRAP THIS.

54:27>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL AGAIN.

54:30JUST TO UNDERSCORE, THE LEGACY

54:32OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION, THE

54:34LEGACY OF OWNING AND

54:36CONTROLLING OUR GENERATION, OUR

54:38ASSETS IS SOMETHING THAT WE

54:40FIERCELY DEFEND BECAUSE IT

54:42ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITIES TO SHAPE

54:43THE FUTURE OF THIS DEPARTMENT

54:46AS WE HAVE EMBARK AS FULL

54:51DECARBONIZATION BY 2035.

54:52IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HELPED

54:54THIS CITY TO RIDE THROUGH, THE

54:56FAILURE *F LATE 1990s, AND

54:59SOMETHING THAT WE INTEND TO

55:00CONTINUE.

55:01THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

55:02TO SHARE THIS PIECE OF HISTORY

55:03THAT HAS VERY IMPORTANT LESSONS

55:05FOR US GOING FORWARD.

55:06THANK YOU.

55:10[APPLAUSE]

55:10>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

55:12COUNCIL PRESIDENT?

55:14>> Council President: YES FOR

55:15THE TOPIC THAT IS NOT SEXY,

55:18YOU'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.

55:20BEGIN WITHING COUNCILMEMBER

55:21McOSKER.

55:22>> T. McOsker: THANK YOU SO

55:23MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION,

55:25REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

55:26CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY

55:28BIRTHDAY.

55:28BUT I JUST THOUGHT SOMEBODY

55:31NEEDED TO CHANNEL TOM LABONGE

55:32HERE TODAY.

55:33[APPLAUSE]

55:35WHO WOULD SAY THAT WAS A DAM

55:37FINE PRESENTATION.

55:37THANK YOU.

55:40>> Council President:

55:41COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA?

55:42>> I. Padilla: COUNCILMEMBER

55:45NAZARIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

55:47BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION.

55:48I KNOW I RECENTLY WAS ABLE TO

55:51VISIT THE DAM AND HAD A REALLY

55:53GREAT TIME BEING REMINDED OF

55:55ALL THE HISTORY AND INTENTIONAL

55:58THAT WAS PUT BEHIND BUILDING

55:59THE DAM AND JUST HOW MUCH IT IS

56:02TIED TO LOS ANGELES'S HISTORY

56:05AND HOW MUCH THE DEPARTMENT OF

56:09WATER AND POWER IS TIED TO THE

56:11HISTORY AND IT'S PART OF WHAT

56:13MAKES US A GREAT AND DIFFERENT

56:16CITY.

56:16SO TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE

56:20WORKS, DAY-TO-DAY, TO MAKE SURE

56:21THAT WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO

56:23JUST WAKE UP AND TURN ON THE

56:25FAUCET AND THE WATER IS THERE,

56:27SWITCH THE LIGHT AND THE LIGHT

56:30IS THERE, WITHOUT HAVING TO

56:32THINK ABOUT WHAT IS MY

56:34GOVERNMENT DOING TODAY?

56:35, THAT'S POWERFUL.

56:36THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR

56:38REMINDING US OF OUR HISTORY

56:39BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE

56:41YOU'RE GOING UNTIL YOU KNOW

56:43WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.

56:43THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

56:46>> Council President: THANK YOU

56:46VERY MUCH.

56:48COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

56:49>> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU

56:54COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN.

56:54I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT

56:57COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER STOLE MY

56:59LINE.

56:59I TOO WANTED TO BRING TOM

57:03LABONGE INTO THE CHAT.

57:05HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS

57:06MORNING AND SO MANY PEOPLE

57:08DON'T KNOW OUR DAM HISTORY IN

57:09THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

57:10THIS IS A REMINDER THAT YES, AS

57:14COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA SAID, LOS

57:16ANGELES WOULDN'T EXIST HAD IT

57:18NOT BEEN FOR THE INNOVATIONS

57:22FROM WILLIAM MULHOLLAND TO THIS

57:26WORK OF HOOVER DAM, EVERYTHING

57:28COMES FROM OUR ABILITY TO BRING

57:30IN WATER AND POWER INTO THE

57:31CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AND AS

57:35MUCH AS PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED

57:38BY THE COST OF DOING THAT, I

57:40APPRECIATE THE REFERENCE TO THE

57:42HISTORY THAT SO OFTEN PEOPLE

57:44FORGET ABOUT WHEN EVERYBODY

57:46THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO

57:51PRIVATIZE OUR POWER SYSTEMS.

57:54MANY FOLKS GOT LEFT HOLDING THE

57:55BAGS AND SO MANY FAMILIES LOST

57:58A LOT AS A RESULT OF THAT.

57:59IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AND IT'S

58:01REALLY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART

58:03OF OUR HISTORY AS A MUNICIPALLY

58:08POWER SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO

58:10BETTER REGULATE AND SUSTAIN

58:11SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

58:12AND I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING.

58:14PEOPLE ONLY RECOGNIZE THAT YOU

58:16EXIST WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK.

58:18BUT MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S

58:20WORKING AND YOU ALL ARE WORKING

58:26TO INNOVATE CONTINUOUSLY SO

58:30WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT A GRID

58:32AND CONTINUING TO INVEST IN A

58:35LOT OF THOSE CONSERVATION

58:36EFFORTS.

58:37I KNOW THAT IN THE CAN CERTAIN

58:40VALLEY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TO

58:42BECOME A MORE RESILIENT CITY.

58:45THAT IS THE COLLABORATION BOTH

58:48WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER

58:49AND POWER AND SANITATION.

58:52THAT WORK CONTINUES TO ENSURE

58:53THAT LOS ANGELES CAN CONTINUE

58:55TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE POWER AND

58:59WATER SOURCE IN LOS ANGELES.

59:01HATS OFF TO YOU FOR 100 YEAR OF

59:04DAM HISTORY.

59:05THANK YOU.

59:05>> Council President: AND I

59:07JUST WANT TO JOIN THE CHORUS TO

59:11THANK YOU MR. NAZARIAN AND ALL

59:14THE ENGINEERS THAT GAVE A

59:17PRESENTATION THAT WAS BOTH A

59:19GOOD LESSON IN ENGINEERING AND

59:23INFRASTRUCTURE SCIENCE BUT ALSO

59:24A GOOD POLITICAL SCIENCE LESSON.

59:27ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK FOR ME, IT

59:30WAS MEANINGFUL THAT YOU ALL OF

59:32YOU STANDING UP THERE KNOW THE

59:34HISTORY AND YOU CAN RECITE THE

59:38HISTORY AND YOU CAN COMMUTE IT

59:40IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO

59:43RECEIVE.

59:44THERE IS A FEW THIPGZ THAN

59:46PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP IN THIS SIGH

59:49AND FEEL THEY JUST FELL OUT OF

59:56THE SKY.

59:56THIS CITY WAS BUILT, PEOPLE

1:00:00TOOK RISKS, PEOPLE MADE

1:00:03INVESTMENTS, PEOPLE DID SMINGZ

1:00:05THAT WERE BIG BEFORE THEY

1:00:07PENCILED OUT.

1:00:09THEY SAID WE THINK ENOUGH ABOUT

1:00:14THE PRIVATE FUTURE.

1:00:15WE'RE GOING TO HIRE OUR NUMBER

1:00:19AND OUR FRIENDS, RECUTE THE

1:00:23BEST POSSIBLE PROJ EDMONTON AND

1:00:24THE RESULTS SPEAKS FOR

1:00:26THEMSELVES.

1:00:27LOS ANGELES LEAD THE WORLD AND

1:00:28CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WORLD AND

1:00:29I COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF WHAT

1:00:33WE HAVE DONE BUT ALSO THAT WE

1:00:36HAVE RETAINED A HISTORY AND

1:00:38THAT WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OUR

1:00:42NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS SO THANK

1:00:43YOU SO MUCH.

1:00:44MR. NAZARIAN.

1:00:46>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU, AND

1:00:47I'LL TAKE A BRIEF TWENTY-SECOND

1:00:51DETOWER AND ALSO SHARE WITH YOU.

1:00:53GREGORY MADE A WONDERFUL POINT

1:00:55AND TALK ABOUT HOW 830 YEARS

1:00:57AGO, ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR

1:01:00PLANES WAS BEING BUILT HERE IN

1:01:02LOS ANGELES BASIN AREA.

1:01:03WELL IT WAS A TIME OF HIGH, OF

1:01:09LIKELIHOOD OF NO REGULATION.

1:01:12THE LACK OF REGULATION ALLOWED

1:01:15FOR A LOT OF DAMAGING RESIDUE

1:01:18FROM THESE MANUFACTURING TO

1:01:20SEEP DOWN INTO OUR AQUAFER,

1:01:24THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN

1:01:25ABLE TO USE OUR WATER.

1:01:27AND RIGHT NOW, THIS AGENCY IS

1:01:31COLLECTING ALL THE STORM

1:01:35CAPTURE TO CLEAN ALL OF THIS

1:01:39IAR AND UNLOW THAT'S BEEN GOING

1:01:43DOWN GOING BACK TO 70-70 YEARS

1:01:48AGO.

1:01:49NOW THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP TO

1:01:51BE PUT BACK TO USE.

1:01:52THAT WILL BE ANOTHER

1:01:54PRESENTATION WITH A PEOPLE WITH

1:01:56YOUR OTHER SIDE OF EN JEERING.

1:02:00THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT

1:02:02TOUGH DONE AND THIS IS AN

1:02:06ENORMOUS BLRJ FRAMED PRESENT

1:02:10ABESING.

1:02:12THANK YOU.

1:02:13>> Council President: THANK YOU.

1:02:14[APPLAUSE]

1:02:15>> Council President: A BIG

1:02:16ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

1:02:20FOR LIGHT AND WATER.

1:02:36>> Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE

1:02:39WE START THE NEXT PRESENTATION,

1:02:40WE DO HAVE QUORUM, WOULD YOU

1:02:41LIKE ME TO CALL THE ROLL.

1:02:42>> Council President: PLEASE

1:02:43CALL THE ROLL.

1:02:44>> Clerk: THANK YOU, MR.

1:02:46PRESIDENT.

1:02:46BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON,

1:02:47HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE,

1:02:47MCOSKER, NAZARIAN, PADILLA,

1:02:48PARK, PRICE, RAMAN, RODRIGUEZ,

1:02:50SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY, 11

1:02:54MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MR.

1:02:55PRESIDENT.

1:02:56>> Council President: ALL

1:03:01RIGHT.

1:03:01>> Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

1:03:03>> Council President: WHAT'S

1:03:04NEXT?

1:03:04>> Clerk: COMMENDATORY

1:03:06RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL.

1:03:10>> Council President:

1:03:12COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ MOVED

1:03:14COUNCILMEMBER JURADO SECONDS.

1:03:15WHAT'S NEXT.

1:03:17>> Clerk: ITEMS FOR WHICH

1:03:19PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD.

1:03:20>> Council President: THOSE

1:03:22ITEMS ARE BEFORE US.

1:03:23BEFORE WE TAKE VOTES AND I WANT

1:03:26TO RESUME OUR PRESENTATIONS.

1:03:28SO THAT THE PROCESS GOES

1:03:31UNBROKEN.

1:03:32WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS

1:03:34OKAY, MR. CLERK.

1:03:35>> Clerk: THAT IS FINE, MR.

1:03:37PRESIDENT.

1:03:37THANK YOU.

1:03:45>> Council President: ALL

1:03:47RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION I

1:03:49WANT TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO OUR

1:03:52COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FROM THE

1:03:534th DISTRICT, WE HAVE FOLKS

1:03:56COMING IN TO WE'LL GIVE TIME TO

1:03:59TRICKLE IN.

1:04:20>> N. Raman: GOOD MORNING,

1:04:22EVERYONE.

1:04:23TODAY I'M SO PROUD TO HONOR THE

1:04:27LOS ANGELES FEED COUNCIL AND

1:04:29LEAD THE 15th GOOD FOOD DAY

1:04:31CELEBRATION HERE IN THE LOS

1:04:32ANGELES.

1:04:34FOOD DAY IS A NATIONAL

1:04:35INITIATIVE WITH A SIMPLE BUT

1:04:37POWERFUL GOAL TO INSPIRE

1:04:39AMERICANS TO CHANGE OUR FOOD

1:04:40POLICIES.

1:04:42EVERY OCTOBER THOUSANDS OF

1:04:44EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

1:04:46BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS TO

1:04:49CELEBRATE AND ENJOY GOOD FOOD

1:04:51AND TO PUSH FOR A FOOD SYSTEM

1:04:53THAT IS BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

1:04:55HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THAT WORK

1:04:58IS CARRIED FORWARD BY THE FOOD

1:05:00POLICY COUNCIL AND THAT'S BEEN

1:05:01FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

1:05:03THAT'S 15 YEARS OF ORGANIZING,

1:05:06CONVENING AND ADVOCATING FOR

1:05:07THE IDEA THAT HEALTHY FOOD

1:05:08SHOULD NOT BE A PRIVILEGE, IT

1:05:10SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT EVERY

1:05:12ANGELINO CAN COUNT ON.

1:05:14THIS YEAR'S THEME IS COMMUNITY

1:05:17ROOTED, GOOD FOOD FOR ALL

1:05:20MOVEMENT.

1:05:21ACCESS TO RELEVANT FOOD IS NOT

1:05:22A SIDE ISSUE IT'S TIED TO THE

1:05:24HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES, THE

1:05:26STRENGTH OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY

1:05:28AND THE DIGNITY OF OUR

1:05:28NEIGHBORS.

1:05:31TOO MANY ANGELINOS STILL LIVE

1:05:33IN COMMUNITIES WHERE FRESH

1:05:35AFFORDABLE FOOD IS HARD TO FIND

1:05:36AND WHERE IT DOES NOT REFLECT

1:05:39THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO

1:05:40WORK THERE AND THE WORK IS

1:05:41ABOUT BREAKING DOWN THE

1:05:44BARRIERS AND BUILDING BRIDGENS

1:05:49SO THAT NUTRITIOUS FOOD REACHES

1:05:50EVERY COMMUNITY.

1:05:52PART OF THE ANSWER IS

1:05:53PLAYBINGING OUR FOOD SYSTEM

1:05:54LOCAL WHEN WE SUPPORT

1:05:57FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES, AND

1:05:59FARMERS WHO GROW FOOD IN AND

1:06:01AROUND OUR REGION, WE KEEP

1:06:04DOLLARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:06:05WE SHORTEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN

1:06:06THE FIELD AND THE TABLE AND

1:06:08MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE

1:06:10RESILIENT.

1:06:11TT ABOUT HAVING A FOOD SYSTEM

1:06:13THAT IS CLOSE TO HOME THAT WE

1:06:14CAN RELY ON WHEN TIMES GET HARD

1:06:17AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO DO THAT

1:06:19IN LOS ANGELES, THE GREATEST

1:06:21FOOD CITY IN THE WORLD.

1:06:22THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ONE QUEUE

1:06:25SEEN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE

1:06:27PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THEIR

1:06:30TRADITIONS FROM EVERY CORNER OF

1:06:33THE GLOBE.

1:06:35SO MUCH WAS BUILT BY

1:06:43IMMIGRANTS, THE TACKTAQUERIA,

1:06:45THEIR WORK HAS FED ALL OF US

1:06:47AND HELPED THE IDENTITY OF THE

1:06:51CITY.

1:06:51FOOD IS ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT

1:06:53UNITES US ACROSS THE CITY, NO

1:06:55ONE AGREES ON EVERYTHING BUT

1:06:57ALMOST EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND

1:06:58WHAT IT MEANS TO SIT DOWN

1:07:00TOGETHER AND SHARE A MEAL.

1:07:01I WANT TO THANK ALL THE

1:07:03ORGANIZATIONS AT THE POLICY

1:07:05COUNCIL FOR 15 YEARS OF THIS

1:07:07WORK.

1:07:08FOR BRINGING GROWERS,

1:07:09BUSINESSES, ADVOCATES AND

1:07:10NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AND FOR

1:07:12KEEPING US FOCUSED ON A VISION

1:07:14OF GOOD FOOD FOR ALL.

1:07:16AND WITH THAT, IT'S MY PRESSURE

1:07:22TO INVITE ALBA VELASQEZ TO

1:07:35SAY A FEW WORDS.

1:07:37>> Speaker: HELLO I'M PART OF

1:07:39THE LARGEST FOOD COUNCIL IN THE

1:07:40NATION.

1:07:42300 ORGANIZATIONS AND

1:07:43BUSINESSES AND STAKEHOLDERS

1:07:44THAT ARE ADVANCING FOOD EQUITY.

1:07:48AND SINCE 2011, WILL APC HAS

1:07:50BROUGHT THIS TO THIS ROOM,

1:07:53PROVIDING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

1:07:54FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE

1:07:56A BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION,

1:07:57COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT IS

1:07:58WORKING ON FOOD EQUITY WITHIN

1:08:00THEIR DISTRICT.

1:08:01LE I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY

1:08:04IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NITHYA

1:08:06RAMAN.

1:08:06OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS YEAR'S

1:08:09FOOD DAY RESOLUTION, THANK YOU

1:08:10COUNCILMEMBER.

1:08:11AND THANK YOU TO THE EACH

1:08:15COUNCILMEMBER BEFORE NOMINATED

1:08:18A GOOD FOOD CHAMPION AND

1:08:21RECOGNIZING THOSE PUTTING THE

1:08:23COMMITMENT INTO PRACTICE.

1:08:24BUT I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION

1:08:26TO THE URGENCY OF FOOD EQUITY

1:08:28AND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR

1:08:30DEALERSHIP.

1:08:33IN 2035, THEY PASSED A FEDERAL

1:08:35BUDGET THAT IS PROJECTED TO CUT

1:08:3886 MILLION IN FUNDING

1:08:41NATIONWIDE THROUGH 2034.

1:08:43THIS YEAR, LOS ANGELES HAS SEEN

1:08:45THE IMPACT OF THOSE CUTS WITH

1:08:48ENTIRE COMMUNITIES BEING

1:08:50ELIMINATED AS CAL FRESH

1:08:52ELIGIBLE WHILE OTHERS ARE

1:08:53SEEING A DEEP RELUX IN THEIR

1:08:56ELIGIBILITY.

1:08:56THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO

1:08:59CANCELED 47 MILLION AWARDED TO

1:09:01CALIFORNIA TO HELP FARMERS

1:09:04SUPPLY, FOODBANKS AND SCHOOLS

1:09:06AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY

1:09:08BETTER.

1:09:09FOR A FAMILY IN LOS ANGELES,

1:09:11THESE CUTS MEAN HARDER CHOICES.

1:09:14BUYING FEWER GROCERY AT HIGHER

1:09:16PRICE APPROXIMATES, PUTTING OFF

1:09:18ANOTHER BILL OR TURNING TO AN

1:09:22ALREADY STRETCHED PANTRY AND

1:09:25THE IMPACT SPREADS NEIGHBORHOOD

1:09:26MARKETS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT

1:09:29WHILE FARMERS MARKETS ARE ALSO

1:09:31SEEING A LOSS IN SALES AND FOOD

1:09:35PANTRIES ARE MORE PEOPLE TO

1:09:38FEED WITH FEWER RESOURCES.

1:09:40WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WORKER

1:09:45JUSTICE, HOUSING JUSTICE,

1:09:46JUSTICE FOR THE UNHOUSED,

1:09:48IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AND

1:09:50ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

1:09:52THESE STRUGGLES ARE CONNECTED

1:09:53AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM

1:09:56TOGETHER.

1:09:56FOOD IS AN ESSENTIAL

1:09:59INFRASTRUCTURE.

1:10:00WE ASK FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO

1:10:04RESIL YENT FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH

1:10:06CITY POLICIES, FUNDING AND

1:10:08PARTNERSHIPS THAT PROTECT FOOD

1:10:09ACCESS, SUPPORT WORKERS AND

1:10:12BUSINESSES AND ADVANCE

1:10:14ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

1:10:16OUR UPDATED GOOD FOOD FOR ALL

1:10:19AGENDA PROVIDES THAT ROAD

1:10:21MAPPED, DEVELOPED WITH

1:10:23COMMUNITY PARTNERS IT

1:10:25IDENTIFIED REGIONAL PRIORITIES,

1:10:28WE INVITE EACH COUNCILMEMBERS

1:10:29TO WORK WITH US TO TURN THOSE

1:10:32PRIORITIES WITHIN ACTION WITHIN

1:10:33THE DISTRICT.

1:10:35TODAY'S GOOD FOOD CHAMPIONS ARE

1:10:37ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS

1:10:40VISION, FEEDING NEIGHBORS,

1:10:43SUPPORTING LIVELIHOOD, GROWING

1:10:44FOOD, REDUCING WASTE, BUILDING

1:10:46COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZING THEIR

1:10:48WORK ALSO MEANS SUPPORTING

1:10:50THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE.

1:10:54AND NOW, IT'S MY HONOR TO

1:10:57INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S GOOD IFED

1:11:02CHAMPIONS.

1:11:02FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, WE HAVE

1:11:06MULA FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

1:11:08MULAF IS A GRASS ROOTS LEAD

1:11:12COMMUNITY LEAD ORGANIZATION

1:11:14ROOTED IN NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES.

1:11:15THEIR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE

1:11:18FOOD SECURITY AND SUPPORTING TO

1:11:19FAMILIES IN NEED BY COLLECTING,

1:11:21AND DELIVERING FOOD DIRECTLY TO

1:11:24THEIR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING

1:11:25FAMILIES, SENIORS AND

1:11:27INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING

1:11:28HARDSHIP.

1:11:29THEY BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES

1:11:30ACCESS TO FOOD, DIGNITY AND

1:11:34COMMUNITY THAT CARES.

1:11:36COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, L.A. VALLEY

1:11:38COLLEGE BASIC NEEDS CENTER.

1:11:39[APPLAUSE]

1:11:43THE BASIC NEEDS CENTER AT LOS

1:11:45ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE OFFERS

1:11:46AN EXPANSION OF BASIC NEED

1:11:48SERVICES THAT INCLUDE SUPPORT

1:11:50FOR FOOD, HOUSING AND MUCH MORE.

1:11:54THEY CURRENTLY OFFER SERVICES

1:11:57TO PROVIDE FOOD SECURITY, WARM

1:12:02MEAL WEDNESDAY, FOOD

1:12:05DISTRIBUTION, EVERY THURSDAY

1:12:06EMERGENCY FOOD CARTS, THEY AIM

1:12:08TO FIGHT FOOD AND SECURITY AND

1:12:11ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE

1:12:13ACCESS TO NUTRITIONAL AND

1:12:15HEALTHY FOODS.

1:12:18COUNCIL DISTRICT 3, BRIDGE

1:12:22COLLEGE BAMA BODEGA.

1:12:23[APPLAUSE] THE BASIC NEEDS

1:12:24PROGRAM AT PIERCE COLLEGE WHICH

1:12:28INCLUDES THE BODEGA PROVIDES

1:12:30STUDENTS TO FOOD SUPPORT,

1:12:32HOUSING NAVIGATION REPORT AND

1:12:34REFERS TO AGENTS THAT ARE

1:12:40DESIGNED TO INCLUDING

1:12:43PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL AND

1:12:44ECONOMIC NEEDS.

1:12:46HELPING STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL

1:12:48IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND.

1:12:50COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, EVERY DAY

1:12:52ACTION.

1:12:56[APPLAUSE]

1:12:57EVERY DAY ACTION SAFELY AND

1:13:01LEGALLY RECUES THE LEFT OVER

1:13:03GORE TAI MEALS FROM TV SETS,

1:13:06SELECT GROCERY STORES,

1:13:07CORPORATE EVENTS, FOOD

1:13:08FESTIVALS AND MORE AND DELIVERS

1:13:10THEM TO THOSE IN NEED, OUR

1:13:13LOCAL UNHOUSED AND LOCAL

1:13:15COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES,

1:13:17STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY.

1:13:19EVERY DAY ACTION IS FAST

1:13:22BECOMING THE FILM INDUSTRY

1:13:26WHILE HELPING ERADICATE RIGHT

1:13:30HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

1:13:32COUNCIL DISTRICT 6, BEHIND THE

1:13:34BEAT.

1:13:34[APPLAUSE]

1:13:41BEHIND THE BEAT IS A NONPROFIT

1:13:45ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES

1:13:46HEALTHY LIVING THROUGH

1:13:48GARDENING INITIATIVES AND

1:13:50WELLNESS WORKSHOPS.

1:13:51THEY AIM TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS

1:13:54TO FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THEIR

1:13:59FOOD WHILE A VIBRANT CENTERS.

1:14:05COUNCIL DISTRICT 7.

1:14:06[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1:14:08IGNITE THE LIGHT OF HOPE NO

1:14:10FOUNDATION.

1:14:12IGNITE THE LIGHT OF HOPE

1:14:17FOUNDATION PROVIDES FRESH FOOD

1:14:21AND ACCESS TO GOOD FOOD IS

1:14:27NOT--SHOULD BE A RIGHT AND

1:14:32PROVIDE SUB STAN ANS, THEIR

1:14:36ORGANIZATION AIDS THOUSANDS TO

1:14:38PROVIDE ESSENTIAL ITEMS DURING

1:14:39CHALLENGING TIMES.

1:14:41COUNCIL DISTRICT 8, SUPERMARKET.

1:14:43[APPLAUSE]

1:14:52SUPERMARKET IS A BLACK GROSS OR

1:14:55ON A MISSION TO MAKE FOOD

1:14:57DESERTS A THING IN THE PAST AND

1:14:59PROVIDE THE BEST HEALING FOOD

1:15:03AND HERBS, PROVIDE EDUCATION

1:15:05AND PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT

1:15:06THEIR COMMUNITY AND CREATING

1:15:09LIFELONG HEALTHIER HABITS.

1:15:12COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, HURTING AND

1:15:16HUNGRY CHARITIES.

1:15:17[APPLAUSE]

1:15:20HURT ANDING HUNGRY CHAIR SITS A

1:15:23GRASS ROOT COMMUNITY

1:15:24ORGANIZATION BASED IN LOS

1:15:26ANGELES THAT PROVIDES FOOD AND

1:15:29SUPPORTS LOW INCOME FAMILY,

1:15:31VESH PRODUCE AND SUR FOR THE

1:15:37HOLIDAY SEASON AND BACK TO

1:15:40SCHOOL.

1:15:42THEY KLAB WITH UNIT.

1:15:50COUNCIL DISTRICT 40.

1:15:53PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH AND WE

1:15:55GROW L.A.

1:15:57PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH WAS

1:15:59ESTABLISHED JUST TO BUILD

1:16:02SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY

1:16:02WELLNESS AND TO ADDRESS CORE

1:16:05NEEDS VITAL TO QUALITY OF LIFE,

1:16:07SUCH AS FOOD ACCESS, JOB,

1:16:10PRIMARY EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND

1:16:14WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

1:16:18I MOVED TO SCALE BY INVESTING

1:16:24IN LOCAL ARMS.

1:16:28AND AND SUPPORTING HEALTHY

1:16:29LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

1:16:31WE ALSO HAVE WE GROW L.A.

1:16:32[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1:16:38WE GROW L.A.'S DEDICATED TO MER

1:16:43TOURING BY INVESTING IN YOUTH

1:16:45AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH

1:16:48DISTRIBUTION, EXTRACURRICULAR

1:16:51PROGRAM SAFE SPACE EVENTS AND

1:16:56ONE ON.

1:17:02EQUIPING THEM WITH PAOUT AND

1:17:07PROSPEROUS AND COMMUNITY GOOD

1:17:10PANTRIES TO SUPPORT AK WITH.

1:17:13COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, EMERSON

1:17:16AVENUE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

1:17:19[APPLAUSE]

1:17:22EMERSON AVENUE COMMUNITY GARDEN

1:17:23IS A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON

1:17:26EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

1:17:28BUILDING.

1:17:31THEY RECOGNIZE AND PER MAKE

1:17:36THEIR ORGANIZATION AND

1:17:38COMMUNITY STRONGER.

1:17:39THEIR ORGANIZATION IS RUN

1:17:41ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS, WORKING

1:17:45TO INTO A SUSTAINABLE AN I CAN

1:17:53FOOD BARRED EN FOR THE PURPOSE

1:17:55PF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SIT

1:18:00SLG.

1:18:05DISTRICT 15, ACCESS L.A.

1:18:08FOOD ACCESS L.A. A NONPROFIT

1:18:10ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO BUILD

1:18:14SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

1:18:17SUSTAINABLE THAT YOU HAVE

1:18:20ACCESS.

1:18:21EACH SUPPORT AGRICULTURE AND

1:18:26FOOD AND BEVERAGES TRAOURS

1:18:30--ENTREPRENEURS.

1:18:32THEY SUCCESSFUL COORDINATE

1:18:33COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

1:18:35LIKE MARKET MATCH AND WICK WILL

1:18:42AND LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

1:18:47ALSO OFFERS AND PLATFORM THAT

1:18:51ENHANCES ACCESS TO FOOD

1:18:56ASSISTANCE.

1:18:58COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, BARRIO

1:18:59ACTION.

1:19:03FOR THE LAST YEARLY 50 YEARS,

1:19:10BARRIO ACTION YOUTH HAS

1:19:13EMPOWERED YOUNG PEOPLE TO IS TO

1:19:20IMPROVE THEIR THEIR FAMILY

1:19:23SUPPORTS SERVICES INCLUDING

1:19:25VARIOUS SOURCES, MENTAL HEATHER

1:19:28SUPPORT AND FOOD SANT REESE A

1:19:30FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND MUCH MORE

1:19:32FOOTED IN EL SERENO THESE

1:19:37EFFORTS HELP ENSURE THAT LOCAL

1:19:40FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO

1:19:43NUTRITIONAL FOOD SO THEY CAN

1:19:45LEARN ON SOMETHING ELSE.

1:19:48COUNCIL DISTRICT 15, WHAT LABOR

1:19:52COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE.

1:19:58WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY CITY

1:20:00FAMILY CENTER HAS SERVED THE 60

1:20:07YEARS, OFFERING LITTLE THEY

1:20:09SERVE MORE THAN 4,000 DELAY

1:20:14HE'S EACH YEAR INCLUDING

1:20:18HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS.

1:20:25WHAT'S LOCAL SUPERMARKETS AND

1:20:29OTHER PARTNERS TO OFFER A FULLY

1:20:32SOCKED PANTRY.

1:20:33THIS HELP ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY

1:20:35MEMBERS FROM THOSE LIVING

1:20:40PAYCHECK TO KHB HAVE ACCESS TO

1:20:43HEALTHY NUTRITION FOOD.

1:20:46CON GLAS TO ALL GOOD MOIM OF

1:20:52GOOD FOOD L.A.

1:20:53[APPLAUSE]

1:20:57>> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH

1:21:01TO EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED WITH

1:21:04THESE INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS

1:21:05ACROSS THE ENTIRE STIE.

1:21:07WE'RE OFFERING FROM COMMUNITY

1:21:10GARDENERS TO FREE FOOD GRAM TO

1:21:16GROCERY.

1:21:23THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE

1:21:25RECONNECT WITH FOOD IN WAYS

1:21:27THAT THEY WEREN'T BEFORE AND

1:21:28IT'S REMARKABLE TO SEE HOW THE

1:21:31CITY IS BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER

1:21:33THROUGH YOUR SERVICE.

1:21:34SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FROM

1:21:36THE LOS ANGELES FOOD POLICY

1:21:38COUNCIL WHO ARE ENSURING THAT

1:21:40THIS ISSUE IS AT THE FOREFRONT

1:21:42OF THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY

1:21:44AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

1:21:44AND WITH THAT?

1:21:46>> Council President: THERE ARE

1:21:47MANY ON THE QUEUES, AS YOU CAN

1:21:50IMAGINE.

1:21:50THIS IS LIKE A FOOD FAMILY

1:21:52REUNION, THERE IS GOING TO BE

1:21:56SPEAKERS BEGIN WITHING THE TIM

1:22:00McOSKER.

1:22:00>> T. McOsker: THE FIRST

1:22:02SHALLING LAST AND THE FIRST

1:22:04SHALL BE LAST.

1:22:05I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

1:22:09HONORING WATER DLC.

1:22:11I'VE SAID IN THIS SPACE BEFORE,

1:22:14IT'S HARD TO BAEB.

1:22:19FROM BABIES BUT I ALSO WANT TO

1:22:22ALL OUT FOR THIS.

1:22:28MUD TOM FARMS, THEY HAD A

1:22:31VISION OF BRINGING BACK, LOCAL

1:22:33FARMERS AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

1:22:36FACILITY.

1:22:40I WOULD IT'S A FARM OASIS IN

1:22:46THE MIDDLE OF WATTS.

1:22:48IT'S GOT TWO AND A HALF ACRES,

1:22:51A BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS BUT ALSO

1:22:54SOME BEAUTIFUL RICH DIRT,

1:22:57BRINGING THE COMMUNITY BACK TO

1:22:58ITS ROOTS WHEN WATTS WAS

1:22:59FOUNDED WHEN WITH THE COMMUNITY

1:23:01BEGAN SETTLING.

1:23:02THEY WERE LIKE A LOT OF

1:23:04AMERICANS, GROWING THEIR OWN

1:23:05FOOD.

1:23:06SO IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR

1:23:08EQUITY AND FOR HEALTH.

1:23:09SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND

1:23:12BLESS YOU AND YOUR WORK.

1:23:14>> THANK YOU.

1:23:16>> Council President:

1:23:17COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN.

1:23:18?*Z THANK YOU, COUNCIL

1:23:20PRESIDENT.

1:23:23THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR

1:23:24BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT

1:23:27PRESENTATION.

1:23:27I APPRECIATE IT ALL THE WORKS

1:23:29THAT I'VE HAD TO DO WITH YOU

1:23:31WHEN I I WAS IN THE

1:23:35LEGISLATURE AND ALSO IN COUNCIL

1:23:37AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH

1:23:38EVERYTHING.

1:23:39I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE

1:23:41AGAIN TO GIVE A VOUT OUT TO

1:23:46VALLEY COLLEGE AND A FRAM THAT

1:23:50THEY HAVE BECAUSE NO STUDENTS

1:23:52SHOULD HAVE GO THROUGH THEIR

1:23:54COLLEGE EXPERIENCE HAVING TO

1:23:55DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO

1:23:57EAT OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO

1:23:59DO SOMETHING ELD IN ORDER TO

1:24:03TAKE TIME AWAY FROM FOCUS ON

1:24:08THEIR ANGER.

1:24:14DR STUDENTS GET FED, WHO NEED

1:24:17THE FOOD SOURCE AND STUDENTS

1:24:18ALSO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY

1:24:20CAN BRING THEIR FAMILIES.

1:24:24THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER IS

1:24:27THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS

1:24:29RECOGNIZE ITION AND THANK YOU

1:24:31JOHN AND LIEU SEE A FOR WHAT

1:24:33YOU DO.

1:24:33>> THANK YOU.

1:24:35>> Council President: THANK

1:24:38YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.

1:24:39>> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I

1:24:40TOO WANT TO RAISE AND CELEBRATE

1:24:44ALL THE WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION

1:24:44THAT'S PEOPLE MAKE.

1:24:48SADLY, THIS IS SOME OF THE

1:24:50GROUPS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING.

1:24:51BUT IT'S A REFLEX WHETHER

1:24:58YOU'RE A OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

1:25:01LIKE LO CANE THAT SEE A FEED

1:25:06AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL

1:25:10ABOUT.

1:25:12YOU KNOW, WE IN OUR OF WORK

1:25:18BEING DID I REALLY EXCITED THAT

1:25:21NO I WANT TO EVERYBODY TO COME

1:25:24OUT TO NUESTRA.

1:25:38AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT, I'M THANKFUL

1:25:40AND LAMB SAT END TO SOME AGREE

1:25:45TO SHAY.

1:25:47BUT IT'S AS A RESULT OF THE

1:25:51GOOD IP SECURITY THAT FAMILIES

1:25:55ARE EXPERIENCING.

1:25:57WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT

1:25:59SOME OF OUR ACCESS PROPERTY TO

1:26:04HELP PEOPLE I WE MADE SURE IT

1:26:07WAS WITH HERB TALKING ABOUT THE

1:26:10ABILITY TO PLANT FRUIT QUAOEZ

1:26:13IN THE CURVE DADE *. THAT'S

1:26:19OKAY, WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS.

1:26:21SO LET'S CONTINUE TO BE PART OF

1:26:22THE SOLUTION TOGETHER HERE IN

1:26:23LOS ANGELES.

1:26:24BUT MY HATS OFF TO LORRAINE AND

1:26:26EVERYBODY THAT IS BEING HONORED

1:26:28TODAY FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK.

1:26:30THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOURSELF

1:26:32OUT NR AND HELPING TO BE PART

1:26:33OF THE SOLUTION.

1:26:33THANK YOU.

1:26:34>> Council President: THANK YOU

1:26:35SO MUCH.

1:26:36COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ?

1:26:38>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU,

1:26:39COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU

1:26:41COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR BEING

1:26:42THE SPONSOR OF 60th ANNUAL GOOD

1:26:46FOOD DAY AND FOR FOOD PARTERS

1:26:50NER FOR UPLIFTING THIS.

1:26:56VANY ARIAS ONES OUR FOOD

1:26:57DISTRIBUTION.

1:26:59THIS YEAR'S THEME IS COMMUNITY

1:27:01ROOTED.

1:27:02AS A SINGLE MOM KNOWS FIRSTHAND

1:27:04HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE ENDS

1:27:08MEET AND TO CARE FOR YOUR

1:27:10FAMILY AS EVERYBODY GETS MORE

1:27:12EXPENSIVE.

1:27:13WHAT STARTED WITH VANY HOLDING

1:27:20CARDBOARD SIGNS, HAS GROWN INTO

1:27:21A DISTRIBUTION.

1:27:24WHO'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE

1:27:26FOOD SECURITY AND SUPPORT

1:27:28PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP.

1:27:30TODAY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS

1:27:33DELIVERS FRESH GROCERY DIRECTLY

1:27:35TO THE DOORSTEP T.EVERY WEEK

1:27:38END, REACHING INDIVIDUALS,

1:27:39SENIORS AND FAMILIES.

1:27:42AND IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, WE

1:27:44DISTRIBUTED BECAUSE WE KNOW ICE

1:27:46RAIDS HAVE MADE INSECURITY FOOD

1:27:49WORSE.

1:27:50WE NEED TRUSTED PASSENGERS,

1:27:52PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS

1:27:55AND BUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO

1:27:56SEE GET TO THE FOOD TO THOSE

1:27:58THAT NEED IT MOST.

1:28:01AND EVERY MONTH, WE WORK

1:28:02TOGETHER, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE

1:28:03CLOSEST TO OUR COMMUNITY KNOW

1:28:05HOW TO BEST CARE FOR THEM.

1:28:07THANK YOU VANI FOR YOU AND YOUR

1:28:11VOLUNTEERS FOR FEEDING FAMILIES

1:28:13IN EAST L.A. AND BEYOND AND TO

1:28:16KNOW WHAT IT IS TO MUTUAL AID.

1:28:18THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:28:20[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1:28:20>> Council President: THANK YOU

1:28:22SO MUCH.

1:28:23COUNCILMEMBER JAOUR DO.

1:28:24>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO

1:28:25MUCH RAMAN AND THANK YOU FOR

1:28:29L.A. GOOD FOOD POLICY COUNCIL

1:28:31PUTTING THIS OGT.

1:28:32I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST

1:28:34STARTED.

1:28:35I REMEMBER WHEN EBT WAS GETTING

1:28:39ACCEPTED AT FARMERS MARKET AND

1:28:40HOW THAT CHANGED BEING A PARENT

1:28:43FOR ME WHEN I CAN TURN THAT OUT

1:28:45AND WHEN IT TURNED INTO DEBIT

1:28:54CARD IT WAS THE SHAME OUT

1:28:57OUTSIDE AND.

1:28:59I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO

1:29:02CD14 THEY REALLY SHOWED UP

1:29:05DURING THE ICE RAIDS.

1:29:12WHEN THE FIRES FROM THE EAT ON

1:29:14FIRE AND THE BOYLE FIRE POPPED

1:29:18UP, YOU OPENED YOUR SPACES.

1:29:19THEY HAVE AN INDOOR BASKETBALL

1:29:21COURT THAT SERVES AS OUR

1:29:24AUDITORIUM, OUR MEETING

1:29:28SOMEPLACE, A PLACE WHERE YOU

1:29:30CAN GATHER SAFETY.

1:29:31THIS IS ONE ASPECT OF WHAT YOU

1:29:33DO, BUT THANK YOU FOR NEARLY 50

1:29:34YEARS OF SERVICE FOR MAKING

1:29:36SURE THIS COMMUNITY IS SEEN AND

1:29:38HEARD AND FEEL SAFE AT TIMES

1:29:40WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE

1:29:42NOT BEEN FEELING THAT.

1:29:43YOU'RE THE TRUSTED INSTITUTION

1:29:45EVEN MORE SO THAN GOVERNMENT SO

1:29:48BEING A PARTNER WITH YOU IS SO

1:29:49ATTORNEY.

1:29:49THANK YOU.

1:29:50>> THANK YOU.

1:29:52>> Council President:

1:29:53COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.

1:29:54>> I. Padilla: GOOD MORNING,

1:29:56COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW I WANT TO

1:29:58THANK L.A. FOOD POLICY COUNCIL

1:30:00FOR CONTINUING TO COME EACH AND

1:30:02EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

1:30:06ARE, COGNIZANT AND INTENTIONAL

1:30:07ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE

1:30:09RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE WHO ARE

1:30:11FIGHTING FOR FOOD JUSTICE ARE

1:30:13EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND EQUALLY

1:30:14PART OF THE BATTLE TO IMPROVE

1:30:16OUR COMMUNITY.

1:30:18I APPRECIATE HOW YOU MENTION

1:30:19THAT THIS IS PART OF THE SOCIAL

1:30:21JUSTICE CONVERSATION, THIS IS

1:30:21PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL

1:30:23JUSTICE CONVERSATION.

1:30:24AND AS WE LOOK AT THE

1:30:25ORGANIZATION WHO'S ARE HERE

1:30:27DOING WORK, I THANK YOU AND I

1:30:29CONGRATULATE YOU, BECAUSE

1:30:30YOU'RE NOT JUST DOING THAT,

1:30:33YOU'RE DOING THINGS LIKE

1:30:35STUDENT JUSTICE, RIGHT.

1:30:36FEEDING FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN

1:30:38IMPACTED BY ICE BRINGING

1:30:40JUSTICE TO THEM, BECAUSE AT THE

1:30:42END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY EATS.

1:30:44I KNOW I WAS ASKED TO DO THIS

1:30:47THIS YEAR, AND I SAID I CAN'T

1:30:50NOT DO THIS, I'M IN CHARGE OF

1:30:53THE EL GRITO, I'M GLAD YOU

1:30:56FOUND SOMEBODY IN COUNCIL.

1:30:57WE NEED TO THINK OF OUR FOOD

1:30:59SYSTEMS.

1:30:59I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO

1:31:02BEHIND THE BEAT IN MY DISTRICT,

1:31:04THEY BRING SO MUCH ENERGY TO

1:31:07HELPING FAMILIES AS WELL AS

1:31:08YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE

1:31:106th DISTRICT, JUST KNOW THAT IT

1:31:11IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO GROW OUR

1:31:14OWN FOODS, COOK OUR OWN FOODS

1:31:16AND BRING ACCESS.

1:31:17THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR

1:31:19WORK AND TO THE FOOD POLICY

1:31:21COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE

1:31:23THIS IMPORTANT NEED OF A

1:31:24PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

1:31:25THANK YOU.

1:31:26[APPLAUSE]

1:31:27>> Council President:

1:31:28COUNCILMEMBER PARK?

1:31:29>> T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL

1:31:32PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU

1:31:35COUNCILWOMAN RAMAN FOR DOING

1:31:36AND LEADING TODAY'S

1:31:38PRESENTATION.

1:31:38IT'S DAYS LIKE THIS WHEN I

1:31:40REALLY GET A SENSE OF THE

1:31:43INCREDIBLE WORK THAT IS DONE

1:31:45ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES.

1:31:46AND TO ALL HONOR'S HERE TODAY,

1:31:51THANK YOU FOR FEELING THE NEED.

1:31:54THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK.

1:31:56I'M GLAD TO BE HERE WITH

1:32:01COMMUNITY HARDEN CLUB.

1:32:03THEY HAVE CREATED A ONE-ACRES

1:32:07GARDEN IN WESTCHESTER RIGHT

1:32:11HERE L.A. LAX.

1:32:13THIS IS MORE THAN A CLASSROOM

1:32:15AND EDUCATIONAL LAB WHERE YOUNG

1:32:19PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO

1:32:21PLANT AND TAKE CARE OF THE SIEL

1:32:23AND WHERE FOOD COMES FROM.

1:32:25THEY ALSO DO LABS ON BEE

1:32:27KEEPING AND COMPOSTING AND

1:32:35EDIBLE LANDSCAPING AND OTHER

1:32:36COMMUNITIES.

1:32:37SO THEY'VE BEAUTIFULLY WEAVED

1:32:38IN THEIR WORK ON A LOCAL

1:32:40ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS AND

1:32:43CREATED AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY

1:32:45HUB ALL ABOUT NUTRITION AND

1:32:47FOOD SOURCES.

1:32:48THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

1:32:50>> Council President:

1:32:51COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ.

1:32:51>> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU

1:32:54SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN

1:32:56FOR THIS REALLY INSPIRING

1:32:57PRESENTATION.

1:32:58YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO

1:33:00SEE ALL THE AMAZING WORK

1:33:01HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.

1:33:03BUZZ I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT

1:33:05FOOD ACCESS L.A., HONORING

1:33:08CD13, NOT ONLY DO THEY RUN THE

1:33:11FARMERS MARKET WHICH EVERYBODY

1:33:13KNOWS AND LOVES IT'S BEEN

1:33:14AROUND FOR 35 YEARS.

1:33:15THANK YOU TO MICHAEL WU FOR

1:33:19MAKE THATING HAPPEN MANY YEARS

1:33:21AGO AND THEY HAVE ONE @ WATER

1:33:25AND THEY ALSO GO ON CENTRAL

1:33:29AVENUE BLACK SOUTH CENTRAL.

1:33:30THEY DO A LOT LF INCREDIBLE

1:33:32WORK AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A

1:33:34BIG THANKS TO ALL THE WORK YOU

1:33:35DO TO JENNIFER AND ELYSE AND

1:33:37ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS A

1:33:39PARTNER.

1:33:39>> Council President: THANK YOU

1:33:40VERY MUCH.

1:33:41COUNCILMEMBER HUTT?

1:33:42>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, COUNCIL

1:33:44PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU

1:33:46COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN FOR

1:33:48BRINGING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT.

1:33:53ALL OF THESE FOOD CHAMPIONS

1:33:55LIVE IN A BIG CITY BUT THEY

1:33:57HAVE A SMALL TOWN HEART WHEN

1:33:59THEY'RE LOOKERING AT FOLKS IN

1:34:00THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND

1:34:02UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEED IS.

1:34:03SO FOR ALL THE CHAMPIONS TODAY

1:34:05AND FOR YEARS GONE BY, I JUST

1:34:07WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE

1:34:08YOU KNEE WHAT THE NEED IS, YOU

1:34:11UNDERSTAND OUR MOST VULNERABLE

1:34:15NEED.

1:34:15AND TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR

1:34:17PUTTING TOGETHER AN

1:34:18ORGANIZATION THAT SAYS HEY

1:34:19LISTEN, WE CAN HELP, WE CAN BE

1:34:21ORGANIZED, WE CAN MOVE

1:34:24MOUNTAINS WITH JUST HELPING

1:34:25EACH OTHER, ONE ORGANIZATION AT

1:34:26A TIME.

1:34:27SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WANT

1:34:30TO THANK MY TWO CHAMPIONS TODAY

1:34:34LAUREN BRAZIL FROM WE GROW L.A.

1:34:37AND PASTOR EDDIE ANDERSON FROM

1:34:39GROWTH L.A.

1:34:41AND THEY, [APPLAUSE]

1:34:43NOT ONLY ARE THEY IN MY

1:34:44DISTRICT BUT THEY WORK TOGETHER

1:34:46ACROSS SOUTH L.A. BECAUSE THEY

1:34:48UNDERSTAND.

1:34:49>> Council President: SLAUSON

1:34:52SWAPMEET.

1:34:53>> City Attorney: THANK --

1:34:56>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:34:57>> Council President: THANK YOU

1:34:58COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

1:35:00AND TO CLOSE, I WANT TO THANK

1:35:02ALL THE HONOREES, THIS IS SO

1:35:04INSPIRING TO HEAR WHAT IS

1:35:07HAPPENING IN EACH NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:35:08ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATION

1:35:09THAT'S STARTED IN THE

1:35:10NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE ALL

1:35:11OVER THE CITY DOING ALL SORTS

1:35:12OF THINGS FROM OUR FARMERS

1:35:14NARKTS TO OUR FOOD

1:35:23DISTRIBUTIONS, WLC O.C., MR.

1:35:25McOSKER IS RIGHT, THERE IS

1:35:27NOTHING THEY CAN'T DO.

1:35:29THE TWO HONOREE THAT I'M

1:35:31REPRESENTING FOR COUNCILMEMBER

1:35:32PRICE HURTING AND HUNGRY

1:35:34CHARITY SINCE THE 80s WHEN THE

1:35:38HOMELESSNESS CRISIS SORT OF

1:35:39BEGAN TO FORM IN DOWNTOWN AND

1:35:43SUPERMARKET, OUR OWN ORGANIC

1:35:47SUPERMARKET IN NIPSEY HUSTLE

1:35:49SQUARE.

1:35:50AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD

1:35:52POLICY COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO

1:35:53THANK YOU ALL.

1:35:55I WAS JUST TALKING TO O

1:36:01--OLYMPIAN.

1:36:03HER ORGANIZATION STARTED AROUND

1:36:052016, THAT'S WHEN YOU ALL GOT

1:36:08THE POLICY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

1:36:10EBT HAD TO BE ACCEPTED AT

1:36:12FARMERS MARKET.

1:36:13SHE SAYS WE DON'T MAKE IT

1:36:15WITHOUT THAT PROVISION AND

1:36:16WITHOUT THAT LAW.

1:36:17SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE

1:36:20BASIS FOR A LOT OF OUR FOLKS TO

1:36:22DO THE WORK AND AGAIN SINCE I'M

1:36:25IN A HISTORY KICK THIS WEEK,

1:36:27ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO

1:36:29POINT OUT IS, THE REASON WE

1:36:31NEED THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL

1:36:33AND A LOT OF THESE

1:36:35ORGANIZATIONS SOMEWHERE AROUND

1:36:37THE LATE 70S AND 80s, WE TURNED

1:36:40FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO

1:36:42CORPORATIONS.

1:36:42SOME OF US, AND I'M NOT GOING

1:36:44TO NAME ANY NAMES, MR. McOSKER,

1:36:46SOME OF US ARE OLD ENOUGH TO

1:36:49REMEMBER, MY GRANDMOTHER HAD

1:36:50CHICKENS IN THE BACK YARD.

1:36:52COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND MY NEXT

1:36:55DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD CORN STOCKS

1:36:56GROWING.

1:36:57SO IF THE CORPORATIONS DIDN'T

1:37:01DLIEFR FOOD, IT DIDN'T MATTER,

1:37:06BECAUSE WE HAD OUR OWN FOOD.

1:37:10MY AUNTS AND UNCLES USED MAKE

1:37:13FUN, WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT BUT

1:37:15THAT WENT AWAY.

1:37:16I THINK THAT DESERVES A BIG

1:37:18ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND A BIG

1:37:21RECOGNITION FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

1:37:22AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT

1:37:23BACK OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER

1:37:24RAMAN.

1:37:26>> N. Raman: AND SINCE

1:37:29EVERYBODY LIFTED UP THEIR

1:37:35HONOREE, COUNCILMEMBER

1:37:37BLUMENFIELD, RON AND SERVE

1:37:38ISING THE PIERCE BROTHER

1:37:39COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE

1:37:40YOU WENT OFF TO.

1:37:41I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A

1:37:43BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, THEY'RE

1:37:46ALSO SERVING STUDENTS AND

1:37:48HONOREES FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT

1:37:494 FROM EVERY DAY ACTION,

1:37:52HILLARY AND SAMANTHA THAT TOOK

1:37:56FILM LEFT OVER AT FILM SETS AND

1:37:58MADE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T GO TO

1:38:00WASTE.

1:38:01AND MAKING SURE THAT THOUSANDS

1:38:02AND THOUSANDS OF MEALS DIDN'T

1:38:04GO INTO THE LANDFILL.

1:38:06I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM AS

1:38:08WELL.

1:38:10AND WITH THAT, ONE MORE ROUND

1:38:13OF APPLAUSE FOR ALBA VAWL*

1:38:31ASQUEZ AND TO DECLARE TODAY

1:38:35GOOD FOOD DAY IN THE CITY OF

1:38:36LOS ANGELES.

1:38:37[APPLAUSE]

1:38:48>> THANK YOU.

1:38:49THANK YOU.

1:38:49>> N. Raman: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:38:52ONE MORE, SORRY.

1:38:53WE'LL LEAVE IN A MINUTE.

1:38:54SORRY ABOUT THAT.

1:39:24>> Council P■resident: ALL

1:39:25RIGHT, OUR NEXT EXCITE ING

1:39:28PRESENTATION AS FOLKS ARE

1:39:29DEPARTING TO THE PRESS ROOM,

1:39:31WE'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER

1:39:33JURADO OF THE 14th DISTRICT

1:39:54.

1:39:54>> Y. Jurado: AMUHAI.

1:39:58YEAH

1:40:18.

1:40:18>> Y. Jurado: I'M HAPPY TO LEAD

1:40:22YOU FILIPINO HISTORY MONTH, NOT

1:40:26JUST BECAUSE AND NOT JUST

1:40:28BECAUSE FILIPINOS ARE

1:40:32INSEPARATEDABLE PART OF

1:40:33CULTURE, AND YES ESPECIALLY,

1:40:35OUR STYLE.

1:40:38BUT TODAY, WE HAVE OUR STYLE.

1:40:54TODAY UH CULTURE AND IDENTITY

1:40:56AND ENSURE THAT HISTORIES

1:40:59CONTINUES TODAY MADE IN FRONT

1:41:00OF US.

1:41:01IT'S NOT JUST ON REFLECKING

1:41:05WHAT WE ARE BUT LIKE MANY OF

1:41:10THOSE WITH ME, ONLY THROUGH THE

1:41:11SUPPORT OF THE DRIVING FILIPINO

1:41:14FORCES MIZ TWO LA LAs MY 7

1:41:17AUNTS, MY IMMIGRANT PARENTS AND

1:41:21MENTORS AND PEERS FROM SIPA THE

1:41:25PEOPLE I'VE ORGANIZED WITH AND

1:41:26FOUGHT ALONG WITH, I'VE GOT TO

1:41:28GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO

1:41:31HISTORIC FILL MY NO TOWN

1:41:33COALITION, WHO I WORKED WITH IN

1:41:35THE PAST, THEY TAUGHT ME WHAT

1:41:36IT MEANS TO BE ROOTED IN

1:41:38COMMUNITY TO LEAVE OUR PEOPLE

1:41:40HAVE A POWERFUL VOICE TO BE

1:41:42HEARD, HOW OUR CONTRIBUTIONS

1:41:44INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY

1:41:46SHOULD NOT BE LOST IN HISTORY

1:41:48BUT CELEBRATED AS BOND

1:41:49CONNECTING US.

1:41:49I ALSO HAVE TO GIFP A SHOUT OUT

1:41:54TO NACALAN ASSOCIATION OF

1:41:55FILIPINOS WHICH IS WHERE MY MOM

1:41:57IS FROM.

1:41:58AND ALSO SHOUT OUT TO DEL NORTE

1:42:01WHICH IS ANY DAD'S ORGANIZATION

1:42:03WHERE THESE FROM.

1:42:04AND ALSO PHIL AM, CULTURAL

1:42:07DANCING WHERE I DID LIKE MANY

1:42:09YOUNG GIRLS, DID FILIPINO DANCE

1:42:13WITHING MY BARE FEET AND YOU'LL

1:42:15PROBABLY SEE SOME TODAY.

1:42:18THAT SHAPED ME INTO WHO I AM

1:42:20TODAY.

1:42:20FOR ME, BEING THE FIRST AND

1:42:24ONLY FILIPINO MEMBER, LONG

1:42:26DESERVED RECOGNITION BUT MAKING

1:42:28SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS

1:42:31COMMUNITY NOW.

1:42:31CREATING PATHWAYS FOR THEM TO

1:42:34GO THAN EVER BEFORE.

1:42:36SO I'M HERE TO STAND WITH THE

1:42:37CELEBRATION OF OUR HISTORY AND

1:42:40THE CULTURE MOVET WE'RE

1:42:42CONTINUE TO GO BUILD.

1:42:43WITH THAT T I'LL INVITE YOU TO

1:42:46JOIN US IN SHARED PRIDE AS WE

1:42:50WELCOME THE TALENTED KIANA FOR

1:42:54PERFORMANCE OF FILIPINO

1:42:58NATIONAL ANTHEM.

1:42:59KIANA?

1:43:00WHERE ARE YOU?

1:43:01[APPLAUS

1:43:23E]

1:43:24[SINGING IN TAGALOG

1:43:56]

1:43:57[SINGING IN TAGALO

1:44:19G]

1:44:19[TAGALOGAN NATIONAL ANTHEM]

1:44:20[APPLAUSE]

1:44:26>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, KIANA,

1:44:29I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S ONE OF

1:44:30THE MOST NA MA* JESS TICK

1:44:33NATIONAL ANTHEM OUT THERE.

1:44:37OUR HOUSE PARTIES MEANT THAT

1:44:38THE HOUSE WAS THE LOUDEST

1:44:41HOUSE, IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE A

1:44:44BIRTHDAY BUT IT NEEDED TO BE

1:44:45FRIDAY, THE END OF THE WEEK.

1:44:47AND YOU KNOW THE PARTY DOES NOT

1:44:49GET STARTED UNTIL THE KAREOKE

1:44:52COMES OUT.

1:44:53OUR NEXT GUEST USED IT TO

1:44:55CREATE A COMMUNITY A LOCAL POP

1:44:58UP CHOIR WHERE ALL ARE WELCOMED

1:45:00WITH NO AUDITION.

1:45:02PLEASE WELCOME BOUND SOUN

1:46:14IC]

1:46:30[SINGING

1:47:24]

1:47:24[SINGING

1:49:07]

1:49:07[SINGING]

1:49:09[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1:49:17>> HELLO EVERYBODY, WE ARE

1:49:18FOUND SOUND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL

1:49:22TO BE INVITED TODAY AT CITY

1:49:23HALL FOR FILIPINO HISTORY MONTH.

1:49:26WE ACTUALLY HAVE COUPLE OF

1:49:28EVENTS OF THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO

1:49:29TELL YOU ABOUT.

1:49:30>> YES, BECAUSE IT'S FILIPINO

1:49:34HISTORY MONTH, THIS SUNDAY

1:49:36WE'LL BE SINGING, AS A

1:49:38BACKGROUND VOCALIST AND ON THE

1:49:40FIRST WE'RE DRIVER'S LICENSE BY

1:49:44RODRIGO.

1:49:44>> AND FOUND SOUND IS AN EVENT

1:49:46SO EVERYBODY IS WELCOME, IF YOU

1:49:47WANT TO COME AND SING WITH US

1:49:50TODAY, WE HAVE THE TWO EVENTS.

1:49:57AND NEXT WE'RE GOING TO SING

1:50:03AMERICAN QUERI M*U WE'RE GLAD

1:50:05TO BE HERE AND PARTICIPATING OF

1:50:08AS CITIZENS OF L.A.

1:50:09THANK YOU VERY MUC

1:50:30H.

1:50:30>> [SINGING]

1:50:32[SINGING

1:51:01]

1:51:01[SINGING

1:51:23]

1:51:24[SINGING

1:52:36We tend some to pretend now is

1:52:40the time to let love. To let

1:52:43love in. Together can we stand

1:52:48for love. My heart shall wish on

1:52:54. You to hear you say what your

1:52:58country to country. Said I

1:53:01wasn't country enough. That I

1:53:03wouldn't settle. Oh oh oh oh,

1:53:08darling. Country Tell me what is

1:53:13where. My wet feet on solid

1:53:14ground for years. They don't.

1:53:18Don't know how hard I had to

1:53:20fight for this. When I sing my

1:53:25song. Let us presentation

1:53:30musical on]

1:53:35[SINGING]

1:53:39OOH, OOH.

1:53:40OOH.

1:53:47[SINGING

1:54:19]

1:54:19[SINGING

1:54:42]

1:54:42[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

1:54:48>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU SO

1:54:50MUCH, FOUND SOUND THAT WAS

1:54:54ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL RENDITION.

1:54:56YOU KNOW, WANT TO GO HEAR THAT

1:54:57LIVE AND PERSON AND CHORAL

1:54:59GROUP, I THINK THAT'S A LUXURY

1:55:01THAT WE GET TO HAVE SO THANK

1:55:03YOU.

1:55:04AND NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO

1:55:07INTRODUCE A TRAILBLAZER, THE

1:55:10FIRST FILIPINO AS A CITYWIDE

1:55:14OFFICIAL, CITY CONTROLLER

1:55:16KENNETH MEJIA.

1:55:16[APPLAUSE]

1:55:18>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

1:55:19EVERYBODY.

1:55:22WOW, THAT WAS AN AMAZING

1:55:24PERFORMANCE, I THINK I'M GOING

1:55:26TO GO WATCH FOR GOENT ISLAND

1:55:28AFTER THIS T I HAVE NOT SEEN T

1:55:30CHECK IT OUT.

1:55:35HAPPY FILIPINO HISTORY MONTH.

1:55:38THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER

1:55:40JURADO, AND TO THE LOS ANGELES

1:55:45FILIPINO ASSOCIATION OF CITY

1:55:47EMPLOYEES, MAKE SOME NOISE FOR

1:55:50LA FACE.

1:55:51WE MAKE A HUGE AMOUNT OF

1:55:55OFFICE, ESPECIALLY IN

1:55:55CONTROLLERS.

1:55:56THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER

1:55:59DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO CAN BE

1:56:00HERE.

1:56:01AS WE CELEBRATE FILIPINO

1:56:04HISTORY MONTH AND THE

1:56:06CONTRIBUTION TO SEE MANY

1:56:08ANCESTORS BEFORE US, LET US

1:56:10CONTINUE TO REFLECT AND

1:56:12CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO SEE IF

1:56:13ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE

1:56:14BEEN LEFT OUT OR UNDER

1:56:16REPRESENTED.

1:56:17THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR

1:56:20FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

1:56:22IS BEYOND THE MARGINS, CENTER

1:56:26FILIPINO HISTORIES, LET US

1:56:33RECOGNIZIZE THE LGBTQ

1:56:35COMMUNITY, WOMEN, MOTOS AND

1:56:38MUSLIN FILIPINO APPROXIMATES,

1:56:42INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE WITH

1:56:43DISABILITY AND THOSE WHO FEEL

1:56:45LIKE THEY DON'T BELONG.

1:56:49AS FILIPINO-AMERICANS HAD LET

1:56:51US PROVIDE SAFE PLACE TO SEE

1:56:53LET THEM FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART

1:56:54OF OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY

1:56:55DURING A TIME WHEN MANY OF

1:56:57THESE SAME PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR.

1:57:00IN THE SPIRIT OF CAPA, HAPPY

1:57:06FILIPINO-AMERICAN MONTH,

1:57:06EVERYBODY.

1:57:06THANK YOU.

1:57:08[APPLAUSE]

1:57:08>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU,

1:57:10CONTROLLERS.

1:57:10AND NOW IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO

1:57:13INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S

1:57:18FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY

1:57:19HONOREES, NOT ONLY GAVE US

1:57:21DECADES OF HIT AND PIONEER AND

1:57:28ENTIRE GENRE BUT HAS GIVEN SO

1:57:31MUCH TO TO THE COMMUNITY.

1:57:33GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE ON PATHWAY

1:57:34TO SEE GREATER SUCCESS, YOU

1:57:36MIGHT KNOW HIM AS AT KING OF

1:57:41LATIN SOUL, PLEASE WELCOME OUR

1:57:46HONOREE.

1:57:46[APPLAUSE]

1:57:48>> Speaker: I GUESS I'M ON THE

1:57:51MIC.

1:57:51>> Y. Jurado: YES.

1:57:52>> Speaker: WELL IT ALL STARTED

1:57:55LONG AGO, ON A RAINY SUNDAY

1:58:00MORNING IN 1942, THAT'S WHEN I

1:58:01WAS BORN.

1:58:03MY MOTHER WAS BLESSED WITH A

1:58:07SON WHO WAS YOUNG GIFTED AND

1:58:08BROWN.

1:58:10I LIKE TO TAKE THAT AS A

1:58:12YOUNGSTER GROWING UP IN NEW

1:58:13YORK CITY, THERE WERE ONLY TWO

1:58:16FILIPINO IN THE BLOCK, AND SOME

1:58:19OF US DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE

1:58:21FILIPINO.

1:58:21IT'S A GREAT HONOR BECAUSE MY

1:58:23ONLY MISSION IN LIFE AS A

1:58:25YOUNGSTER WAS TO WRITE MUSIC

1:58:27AND I WANTED TO IMPART GOODNESS

1:58:29TO THE WORLD.

1:58:30SO WITHOUT THE BIG BOSS GUIDING

1:58:34ME THROUGH MY JOURNEY, THIS

1:58:35MOMENT WOULD NOT BE HERE.

1:58:37I'M SO HAPPY.

1:58:38MY FATHER THANKS YOU, MY MOTHER

1:58:40THANKS YOU AND MY FAMILY THANKS

1:58:43YOU.

1:58:43FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

1:58:44GOD BLESS YOU.

1:58:46[APPLAUSE]

1:58:48>> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, JOE.

1:58:51HOLD ON, I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU

1:58:53SOMETHING.

1:58:58AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF

1:59:00LOS ANGELES, WE RECOGNIZE YOUR

1:59:01CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND

1:59:03TO FILIPINO-AMERICANS.

1:59:07>> THANK YO

1:59:35U.

1:59:35OKAY, PERFECT.

1:59:40HE WAS A HEADLINER IN BARRIO IN

1:59:47COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ'S

1:59:48THIS PAST YEAR.

1:59:49OUR NEXT HONOREE IS SOMEBODY

1:59:51WHO HAS GAINED INTERNATIONAL

1:59:53RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE

1:59:54EMERGING ARTIST.

1:59:56BLENDS HER SOUNDS OF

2:00:05NORWEGIAN-FILIPINO, HER LOYAL

2:00:06CLIMBED TO 30 MOST SHAZAAM

2:00:08SONGS.

2:00:09PLEASE WELCOME OUR HONOREE,

2:00:12HILLARY, PLEASE COME UP.

2:00:16[APPLAUSE]

2:00:18>> Speaker: THANK YOU, SO SO

2:00:22MUCH.

2:00:22THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

2:00:24RECOGNITION.

2:00:25I'M FEELING SUPER, SUPER

2:00:29HUMBLED, WHAT AN HONOR TO BE

2:00:31HERE.

2:00:31I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH

2:00:34TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR

2:00:37NOT ONLY RECOGNIZING ANY WORK

2:00:39BUT THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT.

2:00:41AND SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK

2:00:42MY MOM AND DAD AND FAMILY FOR

2:00:45SUPPORTING ME ALL THIS WAY.

2:00:46AND MY MOM IS HERE IN LOS

2:00:48ANGELES FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH

2:00:49ME.

2:00:49[APPLAUSE]

2:00:52AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO THANK

2:00:55MY TEAM AS WELL FOR ENCOURAGING

2:00:57ME AND PUSHING ME THIS FAR AND

2:01:00MOST IMPORTANTLY TO GLOEED GO*D

2:01:01AS WELL FOR GIVING ME THIS

2:01:02OPPORTUNITY.

2:01:03AND LASTLY, I JUST HOPE THAT

2:01:07WHERE EVER MY VOICE TAKES ME I

2:01:08PRAY THAT IT CONTINUES TO BRING

2:01:11HOPE AND PEACE AND MOST

2:01:13IMPORTANTLY THAT IT POINTS US

2:01:16TOWARDS SOMETHING NA IS GREATER

2:01:17THAN JUST US.

2:01:18SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:01:19[APPLAUSE]

2:01:24>> Y. Jurado: HERE YOU GO.

2:01:28LET'S TAKE A PHOT

2:01:52O.

2:01:52>> Y. Jurado: CONGRATULATIONS.

2:01:57NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE

2:01:59SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS ON BEHALF

2:02:01OF OUR HOMELAND, WOULD I LIKE

2:02:03TO INVITE OUR PHILIPPINE CONSUL

2:02:16MALIAN.

2:02:16>> Speaker: HONORABLE COUNCIL

2:02:19PRESIDENT, HARRIS-DAWSON,

2:02:20COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO,

2:02:22DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE

2:02:22LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL,

2:02:26COMMUNITY LEADERS, FRIENDS,

2:02:40[SPEAKING AT THAT--TAGALOG]

2:02:41THANK YOU FOR THE WARMTH THIS

2:02:42CITY HAS ALWAYS SHOWN OUR

2:02:44PEOPLE.

2:02:45IN OCTOBER 15, 1587 BOARD A

2:02:51MONTH RO BAY JUST UP THE COAST

2:02:54FROM HERE.

2:02:54AMONG THE FIRST ASIAN TO SET IN

2:02:57WHAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES.

2:02:59TODAY, MORE THAN 4 MILLION

2:03:01AMERICANS TRACE THEIR ROOTS TO

2:03:03THE PHILIPPINES IN CALIFORNIA,

2:03:06IS HOME TO THE LARGEST CHAIR OF

2:03:08THEM.

2:03:11FILIPINO-AMERICANS HAVE HELPED

2:03:12BUILD THIS COUNTRY AND

2:03:15PHILIPPINE WORKERS BEYOND THE

2:03:18STRIKE, THE FARMWORKERS.

2:03:22FILIPINO NURSES HAVE CARED FOR

2:03:24GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN

2:03:25PATIENTS AND DURING THE

2:03:27PANDEMIC MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES

2:03:30ON FRONTLINES.

2:03:34MORE THAN 250 FILIPINO FOUGHT

2:03:38AND IN THE SPORTS, MEDICINE,

2:03:41LAW, MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY AND

2:03:44BUSINESS, FILIPINO-AMERICANS

2:03:45CONTINUE TO LEAD AND TO SERVE

2:03:47AND THEY BROUGHT RHYTHM, THE

2:03:51SPIRIT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, LIFTING

2:03:54ONE ANOTHER ALONG WITH OUR

2:03:55FAITH, OUR LOVE OF FAMILY, OUR

2:03:58FOOD AND OUR HOSPITALITY.

2:04:04THE COMMUNITY CONSUL JENNA

2:04:06CROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

2:04:08NEVADA AND ARIZONA WE SERVE 1.3

2:04:11MILLION FILIPINO AND PROVIDE

2:04:13COUNCIL SERVICES TO ANYONE IN

2:04:15NEED.

2:04:15WE STAND UP WITH OUR RIGHTS AND

2:04:16DIGNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE

2:04:19WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT,

2:04:20LABOR AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY

2:04:22ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTECT

2:04:24FILIPINOS FROM ABUSE, FROM

2:04:25FRAUD AND FROM HATE.

2:04:27AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR

2:04:34THIS COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY OF

2:04:35LOS ANGELES FOR BEING A PARTNER

2:04:37IN THAT WORK.

2:04:38ALL OF THIS REST ON A

2:04:39FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO NATIONS,

2:04:41THIS YEAR IS A ESPECIALLY

2:04:44SIGNIFICANT AS PHILIPPINES OF

2:04:45THE UNITED STATES MARK 808

2:04:46YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

2:04:51AND 75 YEARS OF DEFENSE, BUT

2:04:54OUR STRONGEST BOND LIVES IN THE

2:04:56PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING

2:04:58FILIPINO-AMERICAN IS A LIVING

2:05:00BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS,

2:05:03OUR TWO COMMUNITY.

2:05:04A BOY IN LOS ANGELES, [SPEAKING

2:05:16TAGALOG] AND HAPPY FILIPINO

2:05:18MONTH.

2:05:19>> THANK YOU.

2:05:20>> Y. Jurado: AND TO THE HEART

2:05:23AT THE CELEBRATION, LA FACE,

2:05:24LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR LAFACE.

2:05:28WHO'S DEDICATION AND SERVICE

2:05:31HAVE UPISTED AND UNITED

2:05:34FILIPINO-AMERICANS FOR DECADES.

2:05:36PLEASE WELCOME JENEL PARA, THE

2:05:39PRESIDENT OF LAFACE.

2:05:44[APPLAUSE]

2:05:47>> Speaker: MABUHAI.

2:05:50GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL

2:05:52PRESIDENT, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF

2:05:53THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL.

2:05:57DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND

2:05:58COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

2:05:59MY NAME IS JENEL AND I'M

2:06:01HONORED TO BE HERE AS PRESIDENT

2:06:03OF THE FILIPINO ASSOCIATION OF

2:06:05CITY EMPLOYEES.

2:06:06ON BEHALF OF LAFACE, I EXTEND

2:06:11OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO

2:06:13COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO AND

2:06:14THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

2:06:16FOR RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS THE

2:06:20FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

2:06:21AND CELEBRATING THE

2:06:22CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE

2:06:24FILIPINO-AMERICANS TO OUR CITY.

2:06:26FOR 44 YEARS, LAFACE HAS

2:06:32SUPPORTED CITY THROUGH CAREER

2:06:35ADVANCEMENT, CULTURAL AWARENESS

2:06:36AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

2:06:38TODAY WE CONTINUE THAT MISSION

2:06:40BY ADVOCATING FOR AND

2:06:43CONNECTING NEARLY 3000

2:06:45FILIPINO-AMERICANS EMPLOYEES

2:06:46ACROSS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

2:06:47[APPLAUSE]

2:06:51EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE PROUDLY

2:06:53KICKED OFF FILIPINO-AMERICAN

2:06:57HISTORY MONTH ALONGSIDE

2:06:59COUNCILMEMBERS PADILLA AND

2:07:00COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO

2:07:01WITH A DEDICATION OF COPWA

2:07:05SQUARE AT THE ROSS ROW

2:07:08BOULEVARD AND WOODMAN AVENUE IN

2:07:10PANORAMA CITY.

2:07:11[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

2:07:13THE FILIPINO WORD CAPLA

2:07:17REPRESENTS OUR SHARED COMMUNITY

2:07:18AND BELIEF THAT WE'RE ALL

2:07:20CONNECTED, THAT DEDICATION

2:07:21SERVES AS A LASTING RECOGNITION

2:07:23OF THE FILIPINO HISTORY,

2:07:26CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE SENSE OF

2:07:28BELONGING HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

2:07:30AS WE CELEBRATE

2:07:32FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY

2:07:33MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE

2:07:35GENERATIONS WHO CAME BEFORE US,

2:07:37HONOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO

2:07:39SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, AND

2:07:42INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF

2:07:46FILIPINO-AMERICAN LEADERS.

2:07:46OUR HISTORY, IS AMERICAN

2:07:48HISTORY AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS

2:07:50ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS

2:07:52CITY.

2:07:53THANK YOU SO COUNCILMEMBER

2:07:56JURADO, PADILLA, HUGO

2:07:58SOTO-MARTINEZ AND THE ENTIRE

2:08:00CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER

2:08:02McOSKER, I SEE YOU'RE WEARING

2:08:08OUR BARANTGALA, THANK YOU FOR

2:08:09THAT, I RECOGNIZE IT.

2:08:16MADAM, AND FILIPINO COMMUNITY

2:08:20AND TODAY, SWITCHING TO ANOTHER

2:08:23ROLE, WE ALSO HAVE THE

2:08:25PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING A

2:08:27DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF OUR

2:08:32FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,

2:08:35DR. FATIMA P.SHE EMBODIES WHAT

2:08:39WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY, RIGHT.

2:08:43BEING THE MARGINS.

2:08:46OUR CITY CONTROLLER SAID

2:08:49EARLIER, AND REMEMBER, WHO WE

2:08:50ARE, WHO WE WERE AND WHO CAN

2:08:53BECOME BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE

2:08:55INDIVIDUALS WHO'S LAIPZ

2:09:00--LEADERSHIPS, ACCOMPLISHMENT

2:09:02CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OTHERS.

2:09:04EXEMPLIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF

2:09:06REPRESENTATION, LEADERSHIP AND

2:09:07GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES

2:09:09THROUGH HER WORK AND

2:09:11DEDICATION, SHE REMINDS US THAT

2:09:14OUR INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CAN

2:09:15CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS

2:09:17AND HELP STRENGTHEN THE

2:09:19COMMUNITIES WE SERVE,

2:09:21ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG

2:09:22GENERATIONS.

2:09:23IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR

2:09:29FILIPINO HONOREE, DR. FATIMA,

2:09:34PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME DR.

2:09:38FATIMA JOY TO SHARE A FEW

2:09:39REMARKS.

2:09:39>> Speaker: THANK YOU.

2:09:41OOH, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

2:09:48LAFACE, PRESIDENT JANELLE PARA

2:09:50FOR THIS AND FOR OUR

2:09:54COUNCILWOMAN JURADO AND OUR

2:09:55ESTEEMED COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK

2:09:56YOU SO MUCH.

2:09:59I WANT TO START WITH A FILIPINO

2:10:04SAYING THAT SAYS [SPEAKING

2:10:09TAGALOG] WHAT WE PLANT, WE WILL

2:10:12ONE DAY HARVEST AND I CHOSE

2:10:14THIS QUOTE BECAUSE IT IS SO

2:10:16SYMBOLIC OF WHY I AM HERE TODAY.

2:10:19I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING

2:10:24LAFACE AND JANELLE IN 2015, I

2:10:28WAS ASKED TO CONDUCT LUNCH TIME

2:10:33WORKSHOPS ON BRAIN EDUCATION.

2:10:37UNBEE KNOWN--BEKNOWN TO ME,

2:10:46THOSE WERE SEEDS.

2:10:47YEARS LATER, I RECONNECTED WITH

2:10:50JANELLE FOR A PROGRAM CALLED

2:10:55DEAR ANOK.

2:10:59IMAGINE MORE, LETTERS TO THE

2:11:02YOUTH TO COIMAGINE THE FUTURE

2:11:04AND JANELLE WAS SO KIND TO SAY

2:11:07YES, NOT ONLY DID SHE SAY YES,

2:11:10BUT SHE ALSO BROUGHT HER

2:11:12BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AMANDA TO BE

2:11:14PART OF THE YOUTH.

2:11:16SO WITH THAT, WE'RE PLANTING

2:11:17NEW SEEDS AGAIN FOR THE NEW

2:11:19GENERATION.

2:11:21AND I ALSO THINK ANOTHER SEED

2:11:24PLANTED MANY YEARS AGO, LIKE SO

2:11:28MANY FILIPINOS WHO CAME TO

2:11:30AMERICA, I ARRIVED WITH A DREAM

2:11:31TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR

2:11:34MYSELF AND FOR MYSELF AND I

2:11:36CAME TO LOS ANGELES SHORTLY

2:11:39AFTER COLLEGE, WITH NO

2:11:41RELATIVES, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE

2:11:43THERE WERE A LOT OF HARDSHIPS.

2:11:48A LOT OF LONELY MEMBERS

2:11:51AND--MOMENTS AND MANY MANY

2:11:52TEARS.

2:11:53BUT THERE WERE ALSO PEOPLE WHO

2:11:55OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES

2:11:56TO ME AND THEY HELPED ME GROUND

2:11:59MYSELF IN A NEW COUNTRY.

2:12:01AND AS I LOOK BACK, THEY

2:12:03PLANTED SEEDS OF COURAGE, OF

2:12:07PERSEVERANCE AND HOPE.

2:12:13AS I REFLECT ON THIS AWARD,

2:12:16GIVEN DURING OUR

2:12:20FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY

2:12:21MONTH, PERHAPS HISTORY IS ALSO

2:12:23ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE SEEDS OUR

2:12:26ANCESTORS PLANTED IN US AND

2:12:28ASKING US NOW IN TURN, WHAT ARE

2:12:31WE PLANTING FOR THOSE WHO WILL

2:12:33COME AFTER US?

2:12:35WE CAME HERE CARRYING DREAMS,

2:12:39SACRIFICES, COURAGE AND HOPE,

2:12:41WE WORKED HARD TO UPLIFT OUR

2:12:44FAMILIES AND WE HAVE DONE THAT

2:12:46AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

2:12:48BUT I BELIEVE, WE CARRY

2:12:51SOMETHING EVEN GREATER, WE

2:12:54CARRY OUR ANCESTORS DREAMS, A

2:12:59MERITAGE WORTH REMEMBERING, A

2:13:04AND A RESPONSIBLE WORTH

2:13:05UPHOLDING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY

2:13:09AND THE NEXT GENERATION KNOW

2:13:11THE GREATNESS OF WHO THEY ARE.

2:13:14SO THIS AWARD MEANS A LOT TO ME.

2:13:17VERY MUCH SO AND I HELP THIS

2:13:22AWARD WITH UTMOST HUMILITY AND

2:13:25DEEPEST GRATITUDE.

2:13:26THANK YOU AGAIN, LA FACE AND

2:13:29JANELLE AND COUNCILMEMBER

2:13:30JURADO.

2:13:30AND IF I MAY EXPRESS ONE WISH,

2:13:33MAY I EXPRESS ONE WISH MAY I

2:13:36CONTINUE TO BE A COORDINATOR

2:13:41WITH ALL OF YOU SO WE CAN

2:13:43CONTINUE TO PLANT SEEDS, PLANT

2:13:45SEEDS OF HOPE, CULTURAL PRIDE,

2:13:49CONTRIBUTION AND POSSIBILITY

2:13:51FOR OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE

2:13:52GENERATIONS.

2:13:55[APPLAUS

2:14:38E]

2:14:39>> I CAN HELP YOU.

2:14:39>> OKAY.

2:14:40>> Y. Jurado: [SPEAKING TAGALOG]

2:14:45YOU'RE WELCOME.

2:14:48I JUST TOLD HER THAT WHAT SHE

2:14:50SAID WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, THANK

2:14:52YOU COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING US

2:14:53IN CELEBRATING.

2:14:54OH.

2:14:55>> Council President: WE HAVE A

2:14:57SPEAKER ON THE QUEUE.

2:14:58COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.

2:14:59>> I. Padilla: YES, I WANT TO

2:15:01SPEAK TODAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT

2:15:02TO START OFF BY SAYING,

2:15:07COUNCILWOMAN, YSABEL JURADO, I

2:15:08WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO

2:15:11CONGRATULATE YOU,

2:15:11CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE

2:15:14FIRST FILIPINA AMERICAN ON THE

2:15:18CITY COUNCIL.

2:15:18YOU'RE NOW IN THE HISTORY

2:15:20BOOKS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

2:15:21[APPLAUSE]

2:15:22CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR

2:15:24CONTINUING TO BE AN ADVOCATE TO

2:15:27ELEVATE YOUR COMMUNITY AND I

2:15:29WANT TO THANK YOU IN BEING A

2:15:34PARTNER IN CREATING THE SQUARE.

2:15:36A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED WHY DO

2:15:37YOU WANT TO DO THIS, AND MY

2:15:40ANSWER, I HAD A LOT OF

2:15:44DIFFERENT FILIPINO

2:15:45ORGANIZATIONS ASK ME WHAT I WAS

2:15:46GOING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY

2:15:48AND WHAT I REALIZE, IS THEY

2:15:49HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AND

2:15:51NEEDS AND DESIRES AS EVERYONE

2:15:52IN LOS ANGELES.

2:15:53WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS MAKE

2:15:56SURE THAT I ELEVATED THEIR

2:15:58VISIBILITY AND WITH CAPA SQUARE

2:16:02THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO.

2:16:07TO THIS DAY, I HAVE FRIENDS

2:16:09THAT SAY, WHY ARE MY PARENTS

2:16:11SAYING, THEY SAW YOU ON TV, I

2:16:14INVITED YOU AND I TALKED HOW

2:16:16EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY SIBLING,

2:16:18WE CAN LIST THE TWO TO FIVE

2:16:20PEOPLE THAT ARE OUR BEST

2:16:22FRIENDS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT

2:16:25OF FILIPINO-AMERICANS IN THE

2:16:26SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.

2:16:27THANK YOU FOR BEING MY PARTNER.

2:16:31IT TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH

2:16:34GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED.

2:16:35WE MADE JOKES ABOUT THE

2:16:39COMMUNITY TIED TO KAISER, CITY,

2:16:45AND LECON AND CARNITA, MY NAME,

2:16:51PASSION PLANNERS.

2:16:52I WANT TODAY THANK EVERYBODY

2:16:53WHO WAS PART OF THAT.

2:16:58SAN FERNANDO CONSTITUENTS ARE

2:17:00STILL VERY HAPPY.

2:17:00I WANT TO ALSO MENTION, YOU

2:17:03KNOW, MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE

2:17:05REACTION FROM YOUNG PEOPLE.

2:17:07IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT THERE

2:17:08WAS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO

2:17:12DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE

2:17:13SPACES OF UNITY AND SOCIAL

2:17:17JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS RELATED

2:17:18TO THE STORY AND STORY OF

2:17:20FILIPINO.

2:17:21WHEN I SAW THE YOUNG PEOPLE

2:17:23LEARN ABOUT THE FILIPINO CENTER.

2:17:25THAT THEY SAW THERE WAS A

2:17:26CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

2:17:28THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES OF

2:17:31INCLUSIVITY AND OF BEING

2:17:33ELEVATED IS ONE THAT I WILL

2:17:35NEVER FORGET.

2:17:35SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING

2:17:38TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE

2:17:40NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE KAPPA

2:17:44SQUARE ON WOODMAN AND ROSCOE,

2:17:47ALWAYS REMIND US TO SEE ONESELF

2:17:50IN ANOTHER AND RECOGNIZE THE

2:17:52SHARED IDENTITY.

2:17:53THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

2:17:56HAPPY FILIPINO-AMERICAN

2:17:57HERITAGE MONTH.

2:17:58>> THANK YOU.

2:17:58[APPLAUSE]

2:17:59>> Council President:

2:18:02COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ

2:18:04FROM COUNCIL FILIPINO TOWN.

2:18:06>> H. Soto-Martinez: MABUHAY.

2:18:11>> MABUHAY.

2:18:12>> H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU

2:18:14FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I'M VERY

2:18:16PROUD TO REPRESENT FILIPINO

2:18:18TOWN AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY

2:18:20FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO

2:18:22KNOW THE ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE

2:18:24THE FOOD, THE CULTURE WONDERFUL

2:18:28FROM DWC TO AND COUNT THE

2:18:31CORNER AND HAVING CELEBRATIONS.

2:18:35>> THAT'S RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER

2:18:36HUGO.

2:18:37>> H. Soto-Martinez: AND OF

2:18:39COURSE WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE

2:18:42DAY LATER THIS MONTH.

2:18:43AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE

2:18:45CONTRIBUTIONS OF

2:18:47FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

2:18:48WILL NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED,

2:18:51THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN JURADO

2:18:53AND CONTROLLER MEJIA WHO IS

2:18:56BACK THERE, HEY WHAT'S UP MAN?

2:18:58THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS

2:19:01CELEBRATION AND LOOKING FORWARD

2:19:03TO TODAY'S LUNCH ON AND LATER

2:19:04ON WHEN WE LIGHT UP THE CITY

2:19:06HALL.

2:19:06THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:19:07>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:19:08VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

2:19:10>> H. Hutt: I'M TRYING TO GET

2:19:13THIS RIGHT, HELP ME OUT

2:19:18CONTROLLER, MABUHAY!

2:19:19[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

2:19:20THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK

2:19:21YOU MR. PRESIDENT.

2:19:22AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN

2:19:25JURADO FOR REMINDING US ABOUT

2:19:27WHAT THIS AT TAPESTRY IS ALL

2:19:32ABOUT.

2:19:34THE BEAUTIFUL VOICES THAT JUST

2:19:38UPLIFTED OUR SPIRITS EVERY DAY,

2:19:39THAT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

2:19:41AND I APPRECIATE YOU CALMING

2:19:44OUR SPIRITS WITH THAT.

2:19:45SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:19:47THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN

2:19:49INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT

2:19:51THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY STAYS

2:19:53HERE AND IS STRONG, THANK YOU

2:19:55FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR

2:19:59COUNCILMEMBER HUGO PARTNERS WHO

2:20:01IS THE, THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR

2:20:09THE AREA IN LOS ANGELES THAT IS

2:20:12KNOWN FOR FILL PI NO. ONCE UPON

2:20:15A TIME I WORKED IN THE CARSON

2:20:17AREA, WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF

2:20:19POPULATION, THAT'S WHERE I

2:20:20LEARNED ALL THE FOOD BUT I

2:20:21DIDN'T LEARN ANY LANGUAGE.

2:20:23SO HOPEFULLY MY SEAT MATE WILL

2:20:27TEACH ME NOR.

2:20:27--MORE.

2:20:27THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING

2:20:30US CELEBRATE WITH YOU, I LOOK

2:20:33FORWARD WITH THIS EVENING AND

2:20:37ALL THE FUN WE'RE GO TO GO HAVE.

2:20:38THANK YOU.

2:20:40[APPLAUSE]

2:20:40>> Council President:

2:20:41COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.

2:20:41>> N. Raman: I WANT TODAY

2:20:43BRIEFLY ECHO THE WORDS OF MY

2:20:44COLLEAGUES.

2:20:45TUZ COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR

2:20:46BRINGING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

2:20:48PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU

2:20:53CONTROLLER MEJIA, THE MUSIC WAS

2:20:54REALLY BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.

2:20:56THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT

2:20:59MUSIC INTO OUR CHAMBERS AND I'M

2:21:01NOT SURE WHERE YOUR HONOREES,

2:21:05AND YOUR WORDS WERE REALLY MEAN

2:21:07ING.

2:21:08: THANK YOU TO ETCHER FOR BEING

2:21:10HERE.

2:21:10>> Council President: THANK YOU.

2:21:12COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.

2:21:14>> E. Hernandez: MOBUHAY.

2:21:18THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU

2:21:21COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT THANK YOU

2:21:22COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR

2:21:24BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION.

2:21:25THANK YOU FOR ZION ATTENDING AS

2:21:28WELL, ONE OF OUR SUPER

2:21:31VOLUNTEERS, HE ATTENDS ALL THE

2:21:32EVENTS.

2:21:33I WANTED TO UPLIFT ONE OF THE

2:21:37RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU GET A

2:21:40DELICIOUS SANDWICH ARE AWESOME

2:21:44LATTE AND OAT FOOD.

2:21:48THANK YOU FOR BEING SO AND FOR

2:21:53TAKING UP SPACE HERE IN CITY

2:21:54HALL.

2:21:54THANK YOU.

2:21:56>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:21:57SO MUCH.

2:21:58COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.

2:21:59>> I. Padilla: ONE LAST THING,

2:22:01ONE THING THAT I WAS ASKED ONE

2:22:02OF THE REPORTERS ASKED ME WHAT

2:22:05IS YOUR FAVORITE FILIPINO FOOD,

2:22:08AND I SAID LECON BECAUSE IT'S

2:22:13LIKE CAR NITAS AND I LOVE

2:22:27CARNITAs AND BEEF AND BROCCOLI

2:22:33OYSTER SAUCE.

2:22:33THAT IS MY FAVORITE FOOD, IT IS

2:22:36ALWAYS IN MY BRIDGE TORE.

2:22:38>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:22:40SO MUCH.

2:22:41COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.

2:22:42SORRY WE DID YOU.

2:22:43COUNCILMEMBER JURADO.

2:22:45I'M SORRY, MR. NAZARIAN.

2:22:47WITH YOU SPEAKING?

2:22:48>> A. Nazarian: SURE, I'LL JUST

2:22:50SAYS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM

2:22:52THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART

2:22:55COUNCILMEMBER JURADO THANK YOU

2:22:56FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT

2:22:58TRADITION BEFORE US.

2:22:58YOU ARE PART OF THE LOS ANGELES

2:23:00AT THAT PEST RE.

2:23:03... TAPESTRY.

2:23:06WE JUST CELEBRATED ARMENIAN

2:23:09HERITAGE MONTH, JUST A FEW

2:23:11DAYS, THIS IS ALL BECAUSE LOS

2:23:13ANGELES IS WHERE IT'S AT.

2:23:15KEEP YOUR TRADITION AND HISTORY

2:23:17ALIVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

2:23:19CELEBRATING THANK YOU, ALWAYS.

2:23:20THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:23:21>> Council President:

2:23:22COUNCILMEMBER JURADO?

2:23:23>> THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY,

2:23:26I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY

2:23:28THAT OUT HERE, CONTROLLER

2:23:32MEJIA, LAFACE, ALL OF OUR

2:23:36HONOREES, I'M SO JOYFUL AND

2:23:38HAPPY WHEN WHICH MAKE IT FEEL

2:23:40LIKE HOME AND JUST ANOTHER

2:23:42SATURDAY NIGHT BUT WITH THIS

2:23:44BUILDING AND GET TO BRING YOU

2:23:46ALL WITH ME.

2:23:48IT BRINGS ME SOY AND TO YOUR

2:23:51POINT, THINKING ABOUT MY

2:23:54ANCESTORS, ALL OF MY LOLAs AND

2:23:57MY TITA, ALL OF MY FOUR-FOOT

2:24:01SOLDIERS THERE, A LOT HAVE

2:24:02PASSED AWAY, FOR ME TO BE ABLE

2:24:04TO CELEBRATE AT THE DAIS WITH

2:24:07ALL OF YOU IS A TRIBUTE TO THEM.

2:24:09TT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

2:24:12THINGS.

2:24:12THANK YOU, HAPPY FILIPINO

2:24:16HISTORY MONTH.

2:24:18MABUHAY!

2:24:21MABUHAY!

2:24:24>> Council President: ALL

2:24:26RIGHT, AND AS THEY'RE MAKING

2:24:27THEIR WAY TO THE PRETS ROOM FOR

2:24:28PHOTOS, I'M GOING TO CALL ON

2:24:30COUNCILMEMBER HUTT OF THE 10th

2:24:34COUNCIL DISTRICT.

2:25:42>> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING, WE'RE

2:25:45STILL MORNING RIGHT.

2:25:46>> Council President: TWO

2:25:47MINUTES.

2:25:47>> H. Hutt: GOOD MORNING.

2:25:50AND THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.

2:25:52AS THE CITY RECOGNIZES DOMESTIC

2:25:56VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH THIS

2:25:58OCTOBER, I'M HONORED TO WELCOME

2:26:01OUR GENERAL MANAGER ABIGAIL

2:26:04MARQUEZ FROM. COMMUNITY

2:26:06INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT ALONGSIDE

2:26:07LEADERS FROM THE FRONTLINE

2:26:10ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CENTER FOR

2:26:13PACIFIC ASIAN FAMILIES, RAINBOW

2:26:15SERVICES, THE DOWNTOWN WOMEN

2:26:18CENTER INK, HAVEN HILLS, FAMILY

2:26:20SERVICES, THE GENESIS AND THE

2:26:27FAMILY SERVICES OF LOS ANGELES.

2:26:29ACROSS OUR NATION, NEARLY 20

2:26:33PEOPLE EVERY MINUTE ARE ABUSED

2:26:35BY A PARTNER.

2:26:37EVERY MINUTE 24 PEOPLE

2:26:42EXPERIENCE RAPE, PHYSICAL

2:26:43VIOLENCE OR STOCKING BY

2:26:44INTIMATE PARTNER.

2:26:46ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE IN

2:26:49FOUR MEN WILL EXPERIENCE

2:26:51PARTNER IN A LIFETIME.

2:26:54THAT MEANS EVERYONE KNOWS

2:26:56SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED THROUGH

2:26:57IT, WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR

2:26:59NOT, THAT INCLUDES THE PEOPLE

2:27:00THAT WE SERVE IN CITY HALL

2:27:02WITH, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK

2:27:04RIGHT HERE FOR THIS CITY.

2:27:08DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOUCHES EVERY

2:27:10SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS OUR

2:27:10CITY.

2:27:12IT IMPACTS HOUSING, JOB

2:27:14STABILITY AND FAMILIES.

2:27:15AND WHEN A SURVIVOR REACHES OUT

2:27:18TO HELP TO LEAVE AN UNSAFE

2:27:20SITUATION, HAVING THE RIGHT

2:27:23SUPPORT CAN TRULY SAFE LIVES.

2:27:26CITY EMPLOYEES INTERACT WITH

2:27:29ANGELINOS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND

2:27:30THEY SHOULD HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE

2:27:32AND THE TOOLS TO RECOGNIZE WHEN

2:27:34SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP.

2:27:36RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND

2:27:38CONNECT WITH THEM TO SERVICES.

2:27:41THEY ALSO DESERVE SUPPORT WHEN

2:27:42THEY NEED PROTECTIONS.

2:27:44THAT'S WHY I INTRODUCED A

2:27:46MOTION DIRECTING THE PERSONNEL

2:27:49DEPARTMENT, LAPD, AND THE

2:27:51COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT

2:27:52TO WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN

2:27:54DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE

2:27:59VIOLENCE TRAINING FOR CITY

2:28:00EMPLOYEES AND FOR MANAGERS.

2:28:02WITH A TARGET LAUNCH SET FOR

2:28:04BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 27-28,

2:28:07I LOOK FORWARD TO DELIVERING

2:28:10EXPANDED EDUCATION AND

2:28:12HEIGHTENED AWARENESS ACROSS OUR

2:28:14CITY.

2:28:14I WANT TO THANK MY PARTNER IN

2:28:19WHAT DO I WANT TO CALL IT,

2:28:21DOING THE RIGHT THING?

2:28:22[LAUGHTER]

2:28:26COUNCIL RAMAN, UNISSES

2:28:28HERNANDEZ WHO DIDN'T HESITATE

2:28:31TO CO-AUTHOR THIS MOTION.

2:28:33THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:28:37THIS IS ONLY OUR FIRST STEP TO

2:28:40BRING MORE AWARENESS AND

2:28:42RESOURCE TO SEE DOMESTIC

2:28:44VIOLENCE.

2:28:45THE CITY MUST COMMIT THAT WE

2:28:47STRENGTHEN OUR SHELTERS AND

2:28:49LOUSING SYSTEMS, SUPPORT OUR

2:28:51COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS

2:28:53AND INVEST IN SERVICES THAT

2:28:56SURVIVORS NEED TO MOVE FROM

2:28:57CRISIS TO SAFETY AND TO

2:28:58STABILITY.

2:29:00THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS

2:29:03MONTH, THIS DOMESTIC AWARENESS

2:29:05MONTH, WE NEED TO TURN

2:29:07AWARENESS INTO ACTION, BECAUSE

2:29:09IN A FEW MINUTES I'VE BEEN

2:29:12STANDING HERE, NEARLY 100

2:29:15PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WERE

2:29:16HURT BY SOMEBODY THAT THEY WERE

2:29:18SUPPOSE TO LOVE.

2:29:20LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE.

2:29:24UNLESS WE TAKE ACTION THIS WILL

2:29:25CONTINUE AND WE CANNOT WAIT.

2:29:28SO I WANT TO JUST LET ALL OF

2:29:31THAT SINK IN, SO YOU KNOW THE

2:29:34CITY HAS CHANGED AND WE'VE

2:29:36LEARNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO

2:29:39HAVE RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE

2:29:40THAT WORKS FOR OUR CITY, NOT

2:29:43JUST THE HORSESHOE, NOT JUST

2:29:45THE BUILDING, SAN FACING,

2:29:48STREET SERVICES, FIRE, LAPD,

2:29:51LAFD, DWP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

2:29:53SERVICES.

2:29:53NO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A

2:29:57GENERAL MANAGER, CID, ABIGAIL

2:30:00MARQUEZ.

2:30:03>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

2:30:04EVERYONE.

2:30:05THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT,

2:30:06THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

2:30:08FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, FOR

2:30:11CONTINUING TO LEAD WITH AN

2:30:14INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON UPLIFTING

2:30:16OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND I WANT

2:30:23TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER

2:30:24HERNANDEZ WHO JOINED US EARLIER

2:30:26AT THE SOUTH LAWN AND TO THANK

2:30:28THIS COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING TO

2:30:30SUPPORT THE WORK THAT OUR

2:30:32SURVIVOR COMMUNITY DOES EVERY

2:30:34DAY.

2:30:34EVERY DAY, WE ARE RISKING THEIR

2:30:36OWN LIVES IN SUPPORTING

2:30:39SURVIVOR THE INTIMATE INNER

2:30:41VIOLENCE, THEY DO THIS WITH

2:30:43CARE AND HUGE COMPASSION.

2:30:45SO I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:30:47AND RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS

2:30:49AGENCIES THAT WE'RE SO

2:30:51FORTUNATE TO PARTNER WITH.

2:30:52I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM,

2:30:55THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TEAM,

2:30:56WE HAVE A SURVIVOR SERVICES

2:31:00UNIT WITHIN C ID AND IT'S A

2:31:03UNIT THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO

2:31:05DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN

2:31:07TRAFFICKING.

2:31:07WE ARE AMONG THE ONLY CITY IN

2:31:09THE NATION THAT ALSO HAS A

2:31:11HOUSE HOG FOR SURVIVORS OF

2:31:14HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SOMETHING WE

2:31:15SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF AND THE

2:31:17WORK THAT THIS WORK AND MAYOR

2:31:21HAVE INVESTED IN: REALLY WANT

2:31:23TO FOCUS ON ONE OF YOUR

2:31:27THAT'SER THAT IS A HOMELESSNESS

2:31:32PREVENT PROGRAM.

2:31:32IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE SAW WHEN

2:31:34WE SAW AN OVER MANYING IMAGINE

2:31:42BEING QUARANTINED WITH YOUR

2:31:45ABUSER DURING COVID, THAT

2:31:47PROGRAM ALLOWED FOR US TO

2:31:50CREATE A PERMANENT PROGRAM THAT

2:31:52IS PROVIDING FUNDING TO

2:31:55SURVIVORS WHO MEET THEM WHERE

2:31:56THEY ARE, AND IT'S BECOME A

2:31:58NATIONAL MONTHED MELL, IT'S THE

2:31:59ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE

2:32:03REGION.

2:32:03THAT PROGRAM HAS A 97 PERCENT

2:32:07RATE AT KEEPING SURVIVORS

2:32:10HOUSED AFTER THEY LEAVE THE

2:32:12SHELTER.

2:32:13AND PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE

2:32:16SERVICE FROM HEALTH TO JOB

2:32:18COUNSELING TO MANY OTHER

2:32:22SERVICES THAT WE'RE CONNECTING

2:32:24SURVIVORS TO.

2:32:25IT'S WHEN THE GOVERNMENT

2:32:27CENTERS FIRST LISTENING TO THE

2:32:29FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED,

2:32:32MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING

2:32:34INTENTIONAL AND MEETING

2:32:37SURVIVORS HOW THEY WERE.

2:32:39I WANT TO UP WE ARE LEADING IN

2:32:44OUR SUPPORT TO SUR ARRIVORS,

2:32:51THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES--AND

2:32:54THAT IS A TESTAMENT OF YOUR

2:32:56LEADERSHIP.

2:32:57I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:32:58AND LITCH THE THIS ENTIRE

2:33:00COUNCIL BECAUSE WE HAVE COME

2:33:01BEFORE YOU YEAR AFTER YEAR, I

2:33:04HAVE IDENTIFIED THE GAPS AND WE

2:33:05STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

2:33:07AND WE KNOW THAT THE CITY

2:33:10BUDGET CANNOT TAKE CARE OF ALL

2:33:11THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS.

2:33:12IF YOU THINK OF TOTAL NUMBER OF

2:33:15BEDS, IT'S LESS THAN 1500

2:33:20FEETED.

2:33:23THAT'S 88 CITIES WITH 9 MILLION

2:33:25PEOPLE AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH

2:33:31INTIMATE VIOLENCE IMPACTS AND

2:33:34IT IMPACTS COMMUNITIES AS A

2:33:34WHOLE.

2:33:35SO AGAIN, I WANT TODAY LIFT UP

2:33:39PARK FOR INTERESTING A MOTION

2:33:41IF I MAY.

2:33:44LAST YEAR, I WAS ONE OF OUR

2:33:49ZONE, A THE WORKS THAT WE DO

2:33:52BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY BUT THE

2:33:52WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN

2:33:54CITY HALL SO MAKE SURE THAT IN

2:33:58ALL OF OUR DRAINING.

2:34:02THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OURSELVES

2:34:05AND OUR WORK WARS FROM VIOLENCE

2:34:08IS CAEL' REALLY CRITICAL.

2:34:10THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

2:34:14TIME AND AND I WILL TURN IT

2:34:16BACK OVER TO YOU.

2:34:18>> THANK YOU.

2:34:19[APPLAUSE]

2:34:22>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, AND

2:34:24MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO

2:34:26MUCH MORE WORK TO DO BUT THAT'S

2:34:28JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE

2:34:30THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

2:34:32TODAY, BEHIND US, WE HAVE

2:34:35SERVICE PROVIDERS, THIS MORNING

2:34:37WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND

2:34:41SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RESOURCES

2:34:45GIVING FOLKS SOMETHING, JUST A

2:34:49LIGHT TOUCH ON WITH YOU WE NEED

2:34:51TO BE HELPFUL.

2:34:52IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO HAS

2:34:55SUFFERED PARTNER VIOLENCE

2:35:01ORNESS DICK DON'T DON'T BE

2:35:03ASHAMED.

2:35:03DON'T AB SHAMED.

2:35:04GO GET SOME HELP.

2:35:06GET IT QUIETLY IF YOU NEED TO.

2:35:08MAKE SURE YOU STAY SHAVE WHILE

2:35:10YOU'RE DOING YOUR RESEARCH BUT

2:35:11GO GET HELP.

2:35:13DON'T LIVE THROUGH THAT.

2:35:15THERE IS A BETTER LIFE.

2:35:18I'M A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

2:35:20SUFFERER, MINE WAS NOT PHYSICAL

2:35:23CAUSE YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS, IT

2:35:27WAS FINANCIAL.

2:35:29AND CONTROL IS A PART OF

2:35:33DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

2:35:34AND ONCE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT

2:35:36OF THAT, MY WHOLE LIFE CHANGED

2:35:38AND I STARTED TO FEEL BETTER

2:35:41ABOUT MYSELF AND WHAT I CAN DO

2:35:42AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO

2:35:44ANYTHING.

2:35:45AND I THINK PEOPLE DESERVE TO

2:35:48HAVE FEELING ABOUT THEMSELVES.

2:35:51SO, OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT

2:35:53ARE HERE.

2:35:53[APPLAUSE]

2:36:00AND I'M NOT, HOW ABOUT THAT

2:36:02PART?

2:36:02I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M NOT CRYING.

2:36:16IT'S A CITY COMMISSION

2:36:20DEDICATED AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS

2:36:21AND STRENGTH ZEN COMMUNITY

2:36:23AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.

2:36:36MY NEXT ONE IS FOR BRIANNA

2:36:41FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2:36:43OF VOICES BEYOND RESULT AND

2:36:46RECIPIENT OF 2026, DR. MARJORY.

2:36:55DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING AND

2:36:57SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS AND

2:36:59STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH

2:37:00COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP

2:37:01ACROSS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

2:37:02[APPLAUSE]

2:37:09AND THE NEXT ONE IS A

2:37:11RESOLUTION FOR OUR GENERAL

2:37:13MANAGER OF C ID, WHEN YOU HAVE

2:37:19A COMPASSIONATE LEADER THAT

2:37:21RUNS DEPARTMENT IT MAKES ALL

2:37:22THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

2:37:23SO THIS IS FOR GENERAL MANAGER,

2:37:27MARQUEZ.

2:37:28>> THANK YOU.

2:37:33>> Council President: THANK

2:37:34YOU, MR. CHAIR.

2:37:35>> Council President: ALL RIGHT.

2:37:42WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE

2:37:45START WITHING COUNCILMEMBER

2:37:45NAZARIAN.

2:37:46>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU,

2:37:48THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS

2:37:50FORWARD.

2:37:50I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO DAY IN

2:37:51AND DAY OUT AND I APPRECIATE

2:37:52YOUR WORDS TODAY BECAUSE MANY

2:37:54PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING, ARE

2:37:57BEING EMPOWERED BY YOUR

2:37:58EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'RE

2:38:00TALKING ABOUT.

2:38:01I WANT TO SHARE A QUICK

2:38:04ANTIDOTAL STORY WITH YOU.

2:38:05I WANT TODAY GO TO LAW SCHOOL,

2:38:08SO I THOUGHT MY FIRST SUMMER,

2:38:13OF COLLEGE, I DECIDED TO JOIN

2:38:16THE SAN FERNANDO DOMESTIC

2:38:20CLINIC AND START FILLING OUT

2:38:22PAPERWORK AND HELPING OUT.

2:38:24LITTLE DID I KNOW AS AN

2:38:2618-YEAR-OLD THEY WERE GOING TO

2:38:27PUT ME IN THE FRONTLINE, MONDAY

2:38:30MORNINGS AND START INTERVIEWING

2:38:32INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE COMING IN

2:38:33TO GET A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

2:38:36ORDER.

2:38:38AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NEVER

2:38:40WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND I

2:38:42PURSUED PUBLIC SERVICE.

2:38:44THAT WAS ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES

2:38:46THAT I HAD HAVING COME FROM A,

2:38:49I DON'T WANT TO SAY SHELTERED

2:38:53ENVIRONMENT BUT IN AN

2:38:55ENVIRONMENT THAT DIDN'T SEE MY

2:38:58EXPERIENCE THAT COMPROMISED

2:39:00FILLING AND OUT RESTRAINING

2:39:03ORDERS AFTER RESTRAINING

2:39:04ORDERS, CHANGED MY VIEW AND

2:39:06MADE ME REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT

2:39:08THESE SERVICES ARE TO BE ABLE

2:39:10TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T

2:39:11KNOW WHERE TO GO.

2:39:13THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS.

2:39:14THANK YOU TO ALL THE SERVICE

2:39:17PROVIDERS AND MANY FRIENDS THAT

2:39:19I'M SEEING AMONG YOU, THANK YOU

2:39:20FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

2:39:21THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.

2:39:22>> Council President: THANK

2:39:23YOU, MR. NAZARIAN.

2:39:25COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ?

2:39:25>> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU SO

2:39:27MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR

2:39:29YOUR WORDS ESPECIALLY.

2:39:30I THINK RIGHT NOW SO OFTEN YOU

2:39:32KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT THE

2:39:34PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BUT WE DON'T

2:39:36THINK HOW PARTNERS ARE

2:39:39INCAPACITIED BY WIELDING THE

2:39:43FINANCIAL STRONGHOLD AND YOU

2:39:46KNOW, IT'S, YOU JUST ENLIGHTEN

2:39:48ME AS TO WHY THE FINANCIAL

2:39:51LITERACY WORK WAS SO IMPORTANT,

2:39:53NOT JUST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IT'S

2:39:55REALLY IMPORTANT BUT SO WOMEN

2:39:59WOMEN HAVE OFTEN RELEGATED

2:40:02THAT, ANY INSIDE AND HOLE AND

2:40:08YOU KNOW BUT IT'S ONE OF THE

2:40:11MOST IMPORTANT EMPOWERMENT

2:40:12TOOLS TO GIVE SOMEBODY IS IS

2:40:14THE ABILITY TO LEARN HOW TO BE

2:40:19SELF SUSTAINING.

2:40:19I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, WE

2:40:21HAVE IS THE SUMA HEALTH IT'S

2:40:24ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE

2:40:26FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO LEARN,

2:40:28ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IS

2:40:30INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO NOT

2:40:32HAVE ANYBODY YIELD THAT CONTROL

2:40:36BUT SO OFTEN WE FORGET THAT.

2:40:40WHEN WE SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW,

2:40:44IT'S ESPECIALLY WHEN THE

2:40:46PARTNERS HAVE MANAGED TO

2:40:48SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE

2:40:50PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, IT'S AN

2:40:53IMPORTANT TOOL THAT THEY KNOW

2:40:54HOW TO GO INTO SURVIVAL MODE

2:40:57FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR

2:40:58FAMILIES.

2:40:58BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE

2:41:00INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO.

2:41:02YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER

2:41:03THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT

2:41:05HAVING, I THINK 70 PERCENT THAT

2:41:07WE'RE FUNDING, 70 PERCENT OF

2:41:08THE BEDS.

2:41:10AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY,

2:41:13SADLY IT'S A TRAGEDY BECAUSE

2:41:15WE'RE PICK ING UP AND CLOSING

2:41:16THE GAPS FOR THE FAILURE FOR

2:41:19THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND

2:41:20STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE

2:41:21THESE FUNDS THAT'S WHERE OUR

2:41:2517-YEAR GAP IN TRIMMING TREES

2:41:27AND WE'RE FILLING IN THE HOLES

2:41:29OF WHAT IS BEING CREATED BY THE

2:41:34WITHHOLDING OF CRITICAL DOLLARS

2:41:35THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY

2:41:39RELIED ON TO PROVIDE THESE

2:41:40IMPORTANT SERVICES.

2:41:44IT'S PART OF THE COOL IN ORDER

2:41:50TO MITIGATE.

2:41:51WE WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE SAFE.

2:41:54THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT

2:41:56PRESENTATION AND FOR UPLIFTING

2:41:57THAT AND FOR THAT REMINDER,

2:41:58THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK

2:42:00THAT YOU DO.

2:42:01THANK YOU, GOD BLESS.

2:42:01>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:42:02SO MUCH.

2:42:03COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN?

2:42:04>> N. Raman: THANK YOU

2:42:06COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING

2:42:09THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD.

2:42:10AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERY

2:42:14ORGANIZATION BEING RECOGNIZED

2:42:15TODAY AND OUR GENERAL MANAGER

2:42:17AND OUR DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF

2:42:18THE WORK THAT YOU DO, WE KNOW I

2:42:22HAVE IITIED, SHELTERS IN THE

2:42:25DISTRICT, AND MET WITH MOSTLY

2:42:27WOMEN IN THIS CASE, WHO HAVE

2:42:30BEEN DELG WITH THIS ISSUE, I

2:42:33KNOW TTSZ NOT WOMEN TO WOMEN.

2:42:36AND SEEING HOW INTEGRAL IS, HOW

2:42:42SCARE THE RESOURCE RIGHT SIDE.

2:42:43HOW MUCH THE CARE THAT YOU ALL

2:42:45PROVIDE IS VALUED AND I JUST

2:42:46WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR

2:42:48DOING THAT WORK, IT'S

2:42:51INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING, IT CAN

2:42:52BE DANGEROUS BUT IT IS SO, SO

2:42:54ESSENTIAL AND THANK YOU

2:42:55ESPECIALLY FOR THE SURVIVORS

2:42:59FIRST PROGRAM, IT'S A REALLY

2:43:01REMARKABLE PROGRAM AND I'M VERY

2:43:02PROUD OF IT.

2:43:03AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY,

2:43:07EXPANDED THE RESOURCES THAT WE

2:43:10HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THIS

2:43:12COMMUNITY.

2:43:12THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

2:43:14COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

2:43:14>> Council President: THANK

2:43:15YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.

2:43:15>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU

2:43:16COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR BRINGING

2:43:18THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD AND

2:43:18FOR SHARING AND BEING BRAVE AND

2:43:21LETTING US KNOW SO OTHERS CAN

2:43:24SEE THEMSELVES IN YOU.

2:43:25THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY

2:43:29CANNOT FEEL OR MOVE.

2:43:34AND THANK YOU FOR BEING CLEAR

2:43:37AND A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.

2:43:38TUZ TO ABBY AND YOUR TEAM TO

2:43:41ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS STANDING

2:43:42HERE TODAY, TRUE AND TALL.

2:43:44AND IT'S TAI POLITICAL CHOICE

2:43:47WHERE OUR BUDGET GOES.

2:43:50WE CAN CHOOSE TO BUY A

2:43:51HELICOPTER OR TO DOUBLE UP ON

2:43:53THE SERVICES.

2:43:55I HOPE WHEN DOUBLE COMES TO

2:44:01INVEST IN THESE SERVICES.

2:44:02SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

2:44:04HERE.

2:44:04THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN.

2:44:05>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:44:06SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

2:44:06>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

2:44:09MY PERSONAL STORY WAS NOT IN MY

2:44:11TALKING POINTS AND MY TEAM IS

2:44:14LIKE OH LORD, I FEEL IT'S

2:44:16IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW.

2:44:20WE BUT WE GOING TO GO TO A

2:44:22BETTER PLACES TOGETHER.

2:44:23THANK YOU.

2:44:25>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:44:26SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

2:44:27AND ALL OF OUR HONOREES TODAY.

2:44:30MR. CLERK, WHERE ARE WE?

2:44:32>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE

2:44:34ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7.

2:44:35>> Council President: ALL

2:44:36RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON

2:44:38THOSE--COUNCILMEMBER PARK?

2:44:40>> T. Park: SEPARATE VOTE FOR 7.

2:44:45>> Council President: OKAY, 1

2:44:46THROUGH 6.

2:44:47>> Clerk: AND ACTUALLY MR.

2:44:48PRESIDENT, THERE IS AN

2:44:50AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 6 SO WE CAN

2:44:52CURRENTLY VOTE ON 1 THROUGH 5.

2:44:53>> Council President: ALL

2:44:55RIGHT, THROUGH 5.

2:44:56COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.

2:44:57SORRY, MEMBERS, I DIDN'T CALL

2:44:59FOR SPECIALS, I GOT TWISTED UP,

2:45:03I SHOULD CALL FOR SPECIALS.

2:45:04STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER

2:45:05PADILLA.

2:45:05>> I. Padilla: 3 TO GO

2:45:08FORTHWITH.

2:45:08PLEASE.

2:45:09>> Council President: 3

2:45:10FORTHWITH, OKAY, ANY OTHER

2:45:12SPECIALS ON COUNCILMEMBER

2:45:15PADILLA SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE.

2:45:17>> E. Hernandez: ON AMENDMENT

2:45:20FOR 7 PLEASE.

2:45:21>> Council President: OKAY,

2:45:23WE'LL HOLD 7 FOR AN AMENDMENT.

2:45:25COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER?

2:45:26>> NO.

2:45:30NIB NO, OKAY, MAKE SURE THERE

2:45:34ARE NO SPECIALS.

2:45:35I WANT TO WIF OH YEAH, IT TURNS

2:45:42OUT I HAVE A SPECIAL.

2:45:46I'M CALLING ITEM 6 SPECIAL.

2:45:47ALL RIGHT.

2:45:48FOR AN AMENDMENT.

2:45:50COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN?

2:45:51>>

2:45:52>> A. Nazarian: SINCE WE WANT

2:45:53TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS

2:45:55HEARD, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY,

2:45:57THAT ITEMS 1 AND 2 TO GO

2:46:00FORTHWITH AS WELL.

2:46:00>> Council President: GOT IT,

2:46:03WITHOUT OBJECTION.

2:46:05>> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU SOFM.

2:46:07--SO MUCH.

2:46:08>> Council President:

2:46:09COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ?

2:46:10>>

2:46:10>> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU,

2:46:12THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THANK

2:46:13YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:46:14TODAY THE CITY IS PROUD TO

2:46:16WELCOME THE DELEGATION OF

2:46:24FUNDICION INSOMNI MY COLLEAGUE

2:46:25WELCOMED THESE GROUPS AND I'M

2:46:27HAPPY TO WELCOME THEM ON HIS

2:46:28BEHALF.

2:46:33PROVIDING VITAL CYCLE SOCIAL

2:46:36CARE AND INTEGRATION FOR

2:46:39DEPORTED INDIVIDUALS.

2:46:39AT A CRITICAL MOMENT WHERE

2:46:45DEPORTATION NUMBERS AND PATHWAY

2:46:49WAY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

2:46:53THEIR WHEN SOMEBODY SYSTEMS

2:46:58FALL SHORT, GRASS ROOTS

2:47:00ORGANIZATION STEP IN TO HOLDS A

2:47:07DEEP MRAOE SPECIAL PLACE FOR EL

2:47:12RESCATE.

2:47:13MAX 45 YEARS OF LEGAL DEFENSE

2:47:15AND SANCTUARY, WE ALSO

2:47:18RECOGNIZE THEIR LONG TIME

2:47:20LEADER SALVADOR WHO CANNOT BE

2:47:22WITH US TODAY FOR HIS DECADES

2:47:24OF SERVICE.

2:47:26TOGETHER IN SO MANYI AND

2:47:29RESCATE SHOWS ENDURING POWER

2:47:32ACROSS BOARDS.

2:47:34GRACIAS FOR YOU INCAN SA BLE.

2:47:38>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:47:39VERY MUCH, AND WELCOME.

2:47:41WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME,

2:47:41THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

2:47:43ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO GO TO

2:47:46COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER FOR AN

2:47:51ANNOUNCEMENT.

2:47:51>> THANK YOU, I HAVE A

2:47:54ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE A

2:47:56RUNNING, RUNNING, ROAD RUNNING

2:47:58FESTIVAL FEATURING SOUTH KOREA

2:48:01ICONIC VARIETY SHOW, INPHA

2:48:05NATURE CHALLENGE WITH THOSE

2:48:07UNFAMILY WITH THE PROGRAM, IS

2:48:10ONE OF THOSE TORE I CAN'T IT

2:48:12WAS ON THE AIR FOR 13 YEARS

2:48:16FROM 2005 TO 208.

2:48:21ON THE NETWORK, NEARLY 30 YEARS

2:48:25OF ALL IS ISER TO IP FA

2:48:35COMBINED HUMOROUS GAMES SEEN IN

2:48:38OTHER KOREAN SHOWS WITH THE

2:48:40FILM STYLE OF REALITY TV.

2:48:42THE LEGACY OF THE SHOW REMAINS

2:48:45ALIVE AND WELL WITH INTER FAT

2:48:50CHALLENGE RUN.

2:48:51IT'S A FAMILY FWRENDLY EVENT

2:48:53WITH THEMED RUNNING CHALLENGES

2:48:55BASED ON THE SHOW.

2:48:56THE LEGACY OF THE SHOW REMAINS

2:49:00ALIVE AND WIFE HOSTED WITH NBC

2:49:04AMERICAN.

2:49:06IT'S INCREDIBLE SUCCESSFUL

2:49:10EVENTS.

2:49:11SOLD WITHIN MINUTES WITHOUT WE

2:49:17ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND

2:49:19GRATEFUL THAT SAN PEDRO WAS

2:49:22SELECTED AS A FIRST LOCATION

2:49:23AND WE HOPE TO KEEP THIS

2:49:26MOMENTUM GOING.

2:49:27TAKING PLACE TOMORROW AT THE

2:49:29WEST HARBOR, DEVELOPMENT

2:49:31PARTICIPANTS CAN CHOOSE A OR A

2:49:42TEN-CASE AND WHACKERING AND

2:49:46BASED ON THE SHOW INFINITE

2:49:52CHALLENGES.

2:49:52THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CONCERT

2:49:56FEATURING PREVIOUSLY MEMBERS

2:49:57AND K-POP ARTIST.

2:49:58FOR TICKETS AND MORE

2:49:59INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT,

2:50:03PLEASE VISIT M B.C./AMERICA.COM.

2:50:06I'M JOINED TO BE JOINED BY

2:50:14PRESIDENT OF MD PRESIDENT OF

2:50:16THE KOREAN BELL FRIENDSHIP

2:50:17FOUNDATION AND ALSO WE HAVE

2:50:20SARAH LEE WHO IS ONLINE

2:50:25EXPECTERER FOR THANK YOU FOR

2:50:27BRINGING SUCH A WON TO

2:50:34CELEBRATE TO SHARE KOREAN

2:50:36CULTURE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

2:50:38CONTINUES TO RUN THE

2:50:40CELEBRATING OF THEIR 250.

2:50:47I'M GOING TO KEEP STAYING THAT,

2:50:51CENTENNIAL, THE 50th AN VERSE'

2:50:55OF BELL OF FRIENDSHIP, WHICH

2:50:57WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE IN SAN

2:51:00PEDRO.

2:51:01WE HOPE YOU JOIN US TOMORROW.

2:51:03I WILL BE THERE TO HELP US

2:51:06KICKOFF THE EVENT.

2:51:07THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND

2:51:08CONGRATULATIONS.

2:51:09>> Council President: THANK YOU

2:51:09SO MUCH MR. McOSKER.

2:51:12ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER SPECIALS,

2:51:14MEMBERS?

2:51:14ALL RIGHT.

2:51:16SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, HAD

2:51:20WHAT ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE.

2:51:21>> Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL 1

2:51:23THROUGH 5.

2:51:24>> Council President: OPEN THE

2:51:26ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE

2:51:28THE VOTE.

2:51:33>>.

2:51:34>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE

2:51:37ON THIS ITEM AS AMENDED.

2:51:39>> Council President: AND ITEM

2:51:416 WAS CALLED SPECIAL FOR

2:51:43AMENDMENT.

2:51:43>> Clerk: THAT'S CORRECT, MR.

2:51:44PRESIDENT.

2:51:45>> Council President: CLOSE THE

2:51:48ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.

2:51:49>> Clerk: 11 AYES.

2:51:51>> Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 11 CALLED

2:51:57MAY VOTE ON THE A ITEM AS

2:51:59AMENDED.

2:52:00>> Council President: OKAY,

2:52:02THIS IS MARKED READ FOR A

2:52:03SEPARATE SPROAT.

2:52:05LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, TABULATE

2:52:09THE.

2:52:12TEN AYES ONE MONTH.

2:52:13>> Council President: ALL

2:52:14RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT.

2:52:14>> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY NOW

2:52:16MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:52:17>> Council President: OKAY,

2:52:18PREPARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

2:52:19>> Clerk: AS INDICATED ON THE

2:52:21JEND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

2:52:24WISHING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT

2:52:28MAY CALL.

2:52:44LET ME REPEAT CALL TOLL FREE

2:52:50833-4854720 AND USE MEETING ID

2:52:52NUMBER, AND THEN PRESS FOUND.

2:52:54PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED

2:52:57FOR PARTICIPANT ID.

2:52:59ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS THE PUBLIC

2:53:01PORTION OF THE MEETING, PRESS

2:53:06RAISE HAND.

2:53:07THANK YOU.

2:53:09>> City Attorney: TO MEMBERS OF

2:53:11THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO

2:53:13PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER

2:53:14IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.

2:53:17PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY AS I

2:53:18HAVE A NEW LIST OF

2:53:21INTRODUCTIONS BASED ON SB707,

2:53:23AND I'LL HAVE A SEPARATE SET OF

2:53:27INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEFORE THE

2:53:29CALLERS.

2:53:29THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE

2:53:31AGENDA THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC

2:53:33COMMENT AS PUBLIC COMMENT WAS

2:53:34SATISFIED AT THE COMMITTEE

2:53:35MEETINGS.

2:53:36THERE IS OF COURSE GENERAL

2:53:37PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS

2:53:38REGULAR MEETING.

2:53:41THERE WILL BE BE AN OPPORTUNITY

2:53:44DURING THE SFESH MEETING ON

2:53:45THAT ONE.

2:53:46SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME

2:53:51CALLED ALOUD, ON YOUR LEFT-HAND

2:53:52SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO

2:53:54SPEAK.

2:53:55YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE AND YOU

2:53:56CAN BEGIN AS SOON AS YOU GET TO

2:53:57THE PODIUM.

2:53:59IF I CAN ALSO HAVE THE FOREIGN

2:54:02LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS

2:54:04ANNOUNCEMENT ALLOWED TO THE

2:54:04ROOM.

2:54:05IF YOU REQUIRE A FOREIGN

2:54:09LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE

2:54:09MAKE SURE TO CAUSE SO THE

2:54:11INTERPRET ACRES INTERPRET.

2:54:12>> --

2:54:17>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

2:54:20SPANISH]

2:54:20>> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY,

2:54:21WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE

2:54:23THE INTERPRET RESIDENTER

2:54:24INTERPRETING, SO YOU WILL GET

2:54:25THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS

2:54:26EVERYONE ELSE.

2:54:27THANK YOU.

2:54:28>> Interpreter: [SPEAKING

2:54:29SPANISH]

2:54:37>> City Attorney: ADDITIONLY IF

2:54:45YOU'VE MADE A DISABILITY

2:54:46REQUEST FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT

2:54:47OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO,

2:54:49ONCE YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU

2:54:52SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD,

2:54:54PLEASE PROCEED TO THE CENTER

2:54:56AISLE, NOT THE PODIUM AND RAISE

2:54:57YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANTS KNOW

2:54:59THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE

2:55:02THROUGH WIRELESS MICROPHONE.

2:55:04FINALLY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS

2:55:05GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE

2:55:07SCOPE IS QUITE BROAD, PLEASE

2:55:08KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR COMMENTS

2:55:11DO NEED TO BE RELATED AND

2:55:13CONNECTED TO SOMETHING WITHIN

2:55:15THE JURISDICTION.

2:55:16SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING

2:55:20THAT THE WITH THAT, WE CAN

2:55:22BEGIN CALLING NAMES FOR OUR

2:55:27IN-PERSON PUBLIC.

2:55:30DR. DOOMS, RALPH CRUZ, SEA WARD

2:55:33AND GENERAL PERCENTING.

2:55:43>> Speaker: HI, COUNCIL.

2:55:45>> City Attorney: OKAY ONE

2:55:46MINUTE FOR GENERAL, GO AHEAD.

2:55:48>> Speaker: YES, I WOULD LIKE

2:55:49TO GENERAL AND THEN THE OTHER

2:55:51TWO, SO GENERAL TODAY WILL BE

2:55:55OBVIOUSLY LA28.

2:55:55I'M NOBODY IN THIS CITY, I'M

2:55:58NOT FAMOUS I'M NOBODY YET.

2:55:59BUT MY NAME IS BRANEN ATALANO

2:56:07TORRES AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING

2:56:08IN L.A.

2:56:09WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ASKED

2:56:11COUNCIL TODAY TO LISTEN TO MY

2:56:1436 SECONDS THAT I HAVE LEFT

2:56:17WITHOUT EATING, PLEASE.

2:56:18I AM TWO ONE OF THE RATHER GOOD.

2:56:21WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.

2:56:24RAMAN IS GOING TO BE THE MAYOR,

2:56:26WE KNOW THAT.

2:56:27LA28 IS COMING TO THIS POOR

2:56:33SIT' TOWN, EXCUSE MY CHECK,

2:56:37IT'S DIS GETTING.

2:56:41I WANT CAN I DO NUMBER ONE OR

2:56:43NUMBER TWO?

2:56:44THIS IS REAL GUYS?

2:56:46AMERICA THIS IS REAL.

2:56:49SEND IT TO FAME.

2:56:52>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

2:56:53NEXT SPEAKER.

2:56:55SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

2:56:58AS DESCRIBER THERE IS ONLY

2:57:00GENERAL COMMENT TODAY.

2:57:01SO YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR ONE

2:57:02MINUTE.

2:57:04THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

2:57:12GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

2:57:13>> Speaker: HELLO I'M A INCOME

2:57:15TAXER I'M TALKING ABOUT

2:57:17DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I REALIZE

2:57:19IT'S PART OF THE MONTH P BUT

2:57:21IT'S PRETTY MUCH A WASTE, EVERY

2:57:24DOMESTIC CENTER THAT I HAVE

2:57:26CONTACTED WITH ME TODAY.

2:57:31I'M BECAUSE MY MON IS OUT OF

2:57:38THE DIET I WAS PUSHTD WITH MY

2:57:40SON IN MY ARM AND A FRATERNAL I

2:57:50WITH MY SON AND EVERY VISIT IS

2:57:53MY SON STILL DOES NOT SAY THE

2:57:56WORD B, SO THEY DO NOT TEACH

2:57:58HIM WHEN I'M NOT IN VISIT,

2:58:00EVERY SOCIAL WORKER AND

2:58:03CASEWORKER THAT SAYS THEY'RE

2:58:04INVOLVED OR NOT, THERE IS A

2:58:06LACK OF DATA SHARING BETWEEN

2:58:08SOCIAL WORKERS AND MUNICIPAL

2:58:09POLICE OFFICERS AND KOUPT'

2:58:11SERVE AND SUPERIOR COURT.

2:58:13THANK YOU, I'M OLIVIA FITS

2:58:16SIMMONS.

2:58:22>> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,

2:58:23YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

2:58:24>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING,

2:58:25COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU SO

2:58:26MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK

2:58:28YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:58:31YOU ALREADY PASSED THING I CAME

2:58:32TO SPEAK ABOUT, ITEM NUMBER 4.

2:58:34SO I JUST WANT TO SAYS THANK

2:58:36YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND

2:58:37THANK YOU FOR PASSING ITEM

2:58:39NUMBER FOUR AND THANK YOU

2:58:43COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT FOR

2:58:44YOUR SUPPORT.

2:58:46SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE

2:58:48NEIGHBORS IN THAT COUNCIL AND

2:58:52PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:58:53THANK YOU, I LOVE THIS CITY.

2:58:55THIS IS MY ADVERTISER SO THANK

2:58:59YOU FOR THE TIME, THE AND THE

2:59:04WORK THAT YOU PUT IN TO MAKE

2:59:06THISING CITY WORK AND EVEN

2:59:08BETTER.

2:59:08SO THANK YOU.

2:59:16>> City Attorney: OKAY, IF WE

2:59:17CAN PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

2:59:18SPEAKER.

2:59:19AND IF IF THE NEXT SPEAKER IS

2:59:21NOT READY WE CAN MOVE TO THE

2:59:23NEXT ONE AFTER THAT.

2:59:32GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

2:59:34>> Speaker: MY NAME IS RALPH

2:59:37CRUZ, I LIVE FOR 19 YEARS

2:59:39LOCATED IN DISTRICT 10.

2:59:41I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE

2:59:44PREMATURE REMOVAL OF MY

2:59:46APARTMENT.

2:59:46I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER

2:59:4922, 2026 WHICH MY COUNCIL

2:59:53REPRESENTATIVE HEATHER HUTT WAS

2:59:54ABSENT.

2:59:57AN AUGUST 10, AN DOCUMENT WAS

3:00:00SUBMITTED FOR MY REMOVAL AND

3:00:03STATED THE PROPERTY HAD MET

3:00:06THROUGH MISS CODE 162O8.

3:00:11YESTERDAY OCTOBER 15th THEY

3:00:12WERE WORKING ON THE PLUMBING

3:00:14ISSUES, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY

3:00:17THE CITY LAW.

3:00:19DURING THE REAP, THEY FILED

3:00:22CASE OZ ON JULY 7th AND JULY 3,

3:00:28BOTH DISMISSED.

3:00:29AND SHE DID A BRUNT ORDER, YOU

3:00:33WERE LIED TO WITH CONCLUSION

3:00:35WITH THE LANDLORD.

3:00:38I NEED HELP.

3:00:39>> City Attorney: EXIT TO YOUR

3:00:41RIGHT-HAND SIDE, BUZZ IF YOU

3:00:43CAN LET THE SERGEANT KNOW WHICH

3:00:45DISTRICT YOU'RE IN, THAT WOULD

3:00:46BE HELPFUL.

3:00:47WITH THAT YOU'LL MOVE ON TO THE

3:00:50NEXT SPEAKER.

3:00:51GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

3:00:52>> Speaker: HELLO WHAT IS UP

3:00:54LOS ANGELES?

3:00:57I'VE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING GEN C

3:01:04AND NEVER GO OUTSIDE WITH

3:01:06SOCIAL MEDIA BUT ALSO DOOM IS

3:01:10LITTLE BIT WITH A LITTLE BIT

3:01:12LONELY, NOBODY IS AROUND TO

3:01:14LISTEN TO DR. LAOM'S.

3:01:16>> City Attorney: SPEAKER, I

3:01:17KNOW THIS IS YOUR TIME IN THE

3:01:20COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YOU'RE

3:01:23WELCOME TO PROVIDE PUBLIC

3:01:24COMMENT.

3:01:25I NEED TO YOU TIE IT TO

3:01:26JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.

3:01:28IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU HAVE

3:01:32ULT HAVE TO FORFEIT YOUR TIME.

3:01:35SO YOU'LL HAVE TO CONNECT IT TO

3:01:37THE CITY.

3:01:38>> Speaker: CAN I RESTART?

3:01:41>> City Attorney: YOU CAN

3:01:43RESTART.

3:01:44WITH NO ONE IS AROUND TO LISTEN

3:01:52WHERE ARE THE PARKS?

3:01:55THE GAZEBOS FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.

3:01:57THE CLOSEST THING IS CITY

3:01:59COUNCIL.

3:02:00SO I COME TO PROPOSE SFAOE

3:02:05COUNCIL, GUK GUK-GOOSE

3:02:07TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AND SEE

3:02:08WHAT THEY CAN DO THEMSELVES.

3:02:10I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE

3:02:13ATTENDANCE THANK YOU.

3:02:14>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:02:16AND SEE YOU IN DECEMBER VICTOR.

3:02:24>> BEFORE THE NEXT, I WOULD

3:02:27LIKE TO CALL A FEW MORE NAMES.

3:02:31>> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU

3:02:32HAVE ONE MINUTE.

3:02:33>> Speaker: HI, GOOD AFTERNOON,

3:02:37COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M GRACE HUT

3:02:40I'M WITH STRATEGIC ACTIONS IN

3:02:41JUST ECONOMY AND I'M HERE

3:02:43BECAUSE IT'S MID-OCTOBER AND

3:02:46WE'RE EXPERIENCING ANOTHER HEAT

3:02:50WAVE MEANWHILE WE'RE WILL AND

3:02:57EVERY DAY THIS EFFORTS

3:03:00INVOLVES, IT'S A WAY THAT WE

3:03:03HAVE A POLICY THAT COULD

3:03:06BELIEVE LIFE SAVING RELIEF FROM

3:03:08THE INDOOR AND I WANT TO

3:03:11ENCOURAGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO

3:03:12DO ALL WE CAN TO CONDITION

3:03:14PROGRESS ON THIS MOTION AND GET

3:03:17THOSE REPORT BACKS DONE.

3:03:19SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

3:03:22APPRECIATE IT.

3:03:22>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:03:24NEXT SPEAKER?

3:03:34GO AHEAD YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

3:03:36>> Speaker: AUTHORITY GRANTED

3:03:38TO GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS TO

3:03:40DECIDE WHETHER TO CRIMINALLY

3:03:42CHARGE SOMEBODY.

3:03:43IN PRACTICE IT MEANS THAT IF A

3:03:47INTEREST BE HOLDEN TO A

3:03:48CRIMINAL ALL OF HIS GRAON HE'S

3:03:53YOU HAVE A FEW PAST.

3:03:56ONE OF THE HORRIFIC PEOPLE TELL

3:04:00YOU ABOUT AT ANY MEETING.

3:04:03FIEM FOR YOU'RE NOT BEING

3:04:06REGULATED OR CONSIDERED.

3:04:08YOU ALSO KNOW THE NO COST

3:04:10SOLUTION ASK THE GOVERNOR TO

3:04:14INVESTIGATE PUBLIC CORRUPTION

3:04:16ABOUT FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU

3:04:18WOULD RATHER ACCEPT THAT THINGS

3:04:20ARE UNDER CONTROL AND TO CAUSE

3:04:22PEOPLE TO BE VICTIMIZED

3:04:25NEEDLESSLY.

3:04:26THINGS ARE NOT UNDER CONTROL.

3:04:28>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:04:30NEXT SPEAKER.

3:04:34>> Speaker: WHAT A PRIVATE

3:04:38EVENT PRIVILEGE AT THIS NO.

3:04:43I APPROPRIATE HERE AS A AND

3:04:49REGARDING A LOCATE AND ROBERT

3:04:52LUNA PUT ON MY DOOR.

3:04:56YESTERDAY MORNING, TWO LAPD

3:04:59COPS, NELSON AND ANDERSON, CAME

3:05:02INTO MY HOME WITH FORCE.

3:05:06THEY PUNCHED MY ON THE FLOOR

3:05:09AND THEY ARRESTED ME.

3:05:11EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DESTROY,

3:05:13THEY ASKED THE SEE THEM I WAS

3:05:19NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A PHONE

3:05:21CALL.

3:05:22I WAS SITTING FOR FOUR HOURS AT

3:05:25THE HOLLYWOOD STATION,

3:05:26HANDCUFFS FACE ITING THE WALL

3:05:29BY EACH OTHER CAME BY AND

3:05:34HUMILIATED UH.

3:05:37I SLEPT ON.

3:05:39>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:05:42NEXT SPEAKER.

3:05:49>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALL

3:05:51SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN FOR PUBLIC

3:05:52COMMENT.

3:05:53>> City Attorney: WOULD YOU

3:05:54LIKE TO MOVE ON TO VIRTUAL

3:05:56PUBLIC COMMENT.

3:05:58>> Council President: YES,

3:05:59PLEASE, THANK YOU.

3:06:00>> City Attorney: TO MEMBERS

3:06:01WISH TO GO PROVIDE PUBLIC

3:06:03COMMENT, I WILL READ THE

3:06:05PROCEDURE FOR OUR VIRTUAL

3:06:08CALLERS.

3:06:09PLEASE DO NOT A 'EM PT AFTER I

3:06:17HAVE PLEATED AFTER, YOU CAN

3:06:21THEN PRESS STAR UNTIL YOU CAN.

3:06:25WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,

3:06:28AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM ZOOM

3:06:29WILL PROMPT YOU TO PRESS STAR 6

3:06:32TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

3:06:33IF YOU DON'T DO SO S COUNCIL

3:06:35STAFF WILL PROMPT YOU ONCE MORE.

3:06:37AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO

3:06:39UNMEET YOURSELF OR

3:06:45UNFORTUNATELY WUL AS STATED

3:06:46EARLIER, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS

3:06:48BEEN SATISFIED AT COMMITTEE.

3:06:48SO THE OM THING THAT IS OPEN

3:06:51DURING THIS REGULAR MEETING IS

3:06:52THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

3:06:53SO AS SOON AS YOU ARE UNMUTE

3:06:59YOU WILL HAVE ONE TO ONE MINUTE.

3:07:02I WILL NOT NOW WE CAN BEGIN

3:07:08CALLING NUMBERS.

3:07:09>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER NUMBER

3:07:115, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

3:07:12STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS

3:07:13YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO.

3:07:18>> Speaker: YES, HI NAME IS

3:07:20JASON, I'M A SMOKING SCAN

3:07:22VIEWER.

3:07:22>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

3:07:22MINUTE.

3:07:23GO AHEAD.

3:07:25>> Speaker: HEY, I WANT TO TALK

3:07:28ABOUT GENERAL COMMENT.

3:07:29SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THESE I

3:07:38THINK WE SHOULD S I HAVE A AN

3:07:41ISSUE CELEBRATING QUAOERZ AND

3:07:44FAGGOTS.

3:07:45I THINK A GUY DOING ANOTHER GUY

3:07:48IN THE BOOTY IS ICKY TO ME.

3:07:52I DON'T THINK KIDS NEED TO BE

3:07:54KNOWING ABOUT GUY ON GUY AND

3:07:57HOT SENT PAOED ACTION.

3:07:59I WOULD SAY NO ON THAT.

3:08:02AND ALSO ABOUT THE ANIMALS, WE

3:08:04HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WITH THE

3:08:06ANIMALS GETTING LOST IN THE

3:08:07SHELTERS AND STUFF THERE.

3:08:09LIKE I SAID, WE GOT TO DO

3:08:11SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PUPPIES,

3:08:13IT'S ROUGH BECAUSE YOU KNOW,

3:08:17THE COYOTES AND OTHER PEOPLE

3:08:20SCOOPING THEM UP.

3:08:21>> City Attorney: ALL RIGHT,

3:08:22YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

3:08:24>> Speaker: HAVE A GOOD ONE

3:08:28THERE.

3:08:32>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

3:08:35FOUR DIGITS, 1881, PLEASE

3:08:36UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

3:08:38NAME.

3:08:39>> City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU

3:08:40HAVE ONE MINUTE.

3:08:41>> Speaker: YES, GOOD MORNING.

3:08:44DON'T START MY TIME YET.

3:08:48PUBLIC COMMENT >> City

3:08:48Attorney: YES, GO AHEAD.

3:08:50THE ONLY THING OPEN IS PUBLIC

3:08:51COMMENT SO GO AHEAD.

3:08:55>> THANK YOU.

3:09:02MRS. YOU'RE DO WONDERFUL

3:09:05PRESENTATION, I'M BEING BLOCKED

3:09:11BY SOME IN THE VALLEY THERE IS

3:09:14THE, THE FILIPINO GROUP THAT

3:09:20JUST SANG NENOVE, I HOPE THAT

3:09:26MRS. PADILLA WILL HONOR THEM

3:09:28ONE DAY.

3:09:30WE BROUGHT THEM TO THE A

3:09:32INTENTION.

3:09:37AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

3:09:40FEEDING OUR CITY, THANK YOU FOR

3:09:41WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU TREELY

3:09:47ARE TAME MADAM PRESIDENT.

3:09:50>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:09:51NEXT CALLER.

3:09:53>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER NUMBER

3:09:54ONE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

3:09:56STATE YOUR NAME.

3:09:59>> City Attorney: CALLER?

3:10:01PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.

3:10:04>> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, GOOD

3:10:06AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.

3:10:07>> City Attorney: GOOD

3:10:08AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE A MINUTE.

3:10:09>> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC

3:10:10COMMENT, PLEASE.

3:10:11I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, FILIPINO

3:10:17COMMUNITY, THE GENERALET FROM

3:10:20LAFACE.

3:10:20I WOULD LIKE TO CON I ALSO LIKE

3:10:32TO SAY THAT HAVING THE CENTER

3:10:35AISLE.

3:10:36THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO

3:10:39IMPLEMENT THESE STORMS TO TOERM

3:10:44WATER OR THE FREQUENCY OF WAYS

3:10:52INCREASE AND THEY'RE ACROSS THE

3:10:53CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

3:10:57AND THANK YOU LAPD FOR HELPING

3:11:00OUR COMMUNITY.

3:11:01WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOR OF THESE

3:11:03PROJECTS.

3:11:04I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT

3:11:10>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:11:12NEXT CALLER.

3:11:13>> Speaker: THANK YOU, POWER TO

3:11:15THE PEOPLE.

3:11:16>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

3:11:18FOUR DIGITS, 9857.

3:11:20PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

3:11:21STATE YOUR NAME.

3:11:23>> City Attorney: CALLER?

3:11:26>> Speaker: CALLER FM, GENERAL

3:11:29PUBLIC COMMENT.

3:11:32HI, I'M ASKING IF YOU GUYS

3:11:34SPECIFICALLY CAN MAKE SURE THAT

3:11:36THE SCIENTOLOGY SHRINE EVENT

3:11:38THAT HAPPENED EVERY YEAR, THEY

3:11:41DON'T CLOSE DOWN THE STREET AND

3:11:44THEY DON'T CLOSE DOWN.

3:11:49IDING STUDENTS WHICH IS A TOTAL

3:11:50VIOLATION OF THE PERM AT AND

3:11:54IT'S TOTALLY ILLEGAL AND THEY

3:11:56ONLY SET UP THE STREET LINES

3:11:59BECAUSE I SAW MY DAD TREE YEARS

3:12:03AGO, SO THEY'RE TELLING ME A

3:12:08PROTESTERS.

3:12:10THEY COURT CASES GOING AROUND

3:12:13WITH SCIENCE ABUSE OR SHOULD

3:12:19THIS NOT AND GET RID OF THEIR

3:12:22L.A. RON HUBBARD WAY, DO NOT

3:12:24GIVE THEM NO MORE STREET

3:12:27CLOSURES AND DON'T LET THE

3:12:31SECURITY GUARDS RUN THE STREETS

3:12:33AROUND SCIENTOLOGY.

3:12:34>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:12:35CALLER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

3:12:39>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

3:12:44FOUR DIGITS, 3714.

3:12:45STATE YOUR NAME.

3:12:47>> Speaker: FIVE HOURS OF

3:12:49PRESENTATIONS, JUST WASTE

3:12:51WITHING EVERYONE'S TIME.

3:12:52NO ONE IS APPARENTLY ABLE TO

3:12:54SPEAK ON ANY OF THE AGENDA

3:12:55ITEMS, PEOPLE WERE DENIED

3:12:59CALL-IN COMMENT COMPLETELY FOR

3:13:01THOSE ITEMS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE

3:13:05TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT DESPITE

3:13:0807.

3:13:08YOU KEEP HAVING THIS BACKGROUND

3:13:11ON THE LIVE STREAMS THAT MAKES

3:13:17IT INACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH

3:13:19ISSUES WITH WITH THE MOVING

3:13:20BACKGROUND.

3:13:21AND THE ONE ON THERE RIGHT NOW,

3:13:24CHANNEL 35, YOU KNOW WHICH ONE

3:13:25I'M TALKING ABOUT.

3:13:31AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIRE JIM

3:13:34McDONNELL TODAY, YOU ABSOLUTELY

3:13:36REFUSE TO DO IT AND YOU'RE

3:13:38ALLOWING HIM TO ASSISTING ICE,

3:13:42AND JUST LAPD VIOLENCE IS

3:13:45SKYROCKETED, AND YOU HAVE

3:13:46NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT

3:13:49WHATSOEVER.

3:13:52ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUSNESS.

3:13:53>> City Attorney: THANK YOU,

3:13:54NEXT CALLER.

3:13:56>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER NUMBER

3:13:582, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

3:13:59STATE YOUR NAME.

3:14:06>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE

3:14:07MINUTE.

3:14:08>> Speaker: BEFORE THE COUNCIL

3:14:13HERE, THE SHIT AYE ATTORNEY

3:14:16HEIDI HIDE A CHILD PREDATOR AND

3:14:19WITH FOUNDATION OF L.A. WHICH

3:14:21MANY OF YOU VOTED ON THIS, DID

3:14:26THE SHITY ATTORNEY COUNSEL YOU

3:14:27PROPER BECAUSE THAT IS IN

3:14:29CARTER'S COURT.

3:14:31DID TT SHITY ATTORNEY WHO SET

3:14:33YOU GUYS UP, ALL OF YOU DID SHE

3:14:35SET ALL OF YOU UP TO FUCKEN

3:14:38FALL ON THIS SWARD SO THAT SHE

3:14:39CAN HAVE A GETAWAY CARD AS TO

3:14:45HIRES GIBSON AND NOT MENTION

3:14:47THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT

3:14:49THEY HAVE A GUY ON THE INSIDE

3:14:54WORKING ON--DID SHE WANT TO YOU

3:14:55SEE THIS AT 4:00 P.M.

3:14:58FBI OPEN UP.

3:14:59I WONDER.

3:15:01WHEN THE F BIBSINGER, DOES

3:15:03KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, YOU THINK

3:15:06OF ME ALL OF YOU CAN FUCK

3:15:08YOURSELF, YOU PIECE

3:15:09APPROXIMATES OF SHIT.

3:15:11>> City Attorney: YOUR TIME HAS

3:15:13EXPIRED.

3:15:14>> Clerk: CALL HAD IN NUMBER

3:15:199519, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF

3:15:20AND STATE YOUR NAME.

3:15:22>> City Attorney: CALLER WITH

3:15:24THE LAST FOUR DIGITS, 9519,

3:15:29YOU'RE UNMUTED.

3:15:29YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE GO AHEAD.

3:15:34YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOUR

3:15:35PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU CALL IT,

3:15:36THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND ONLY

3:15:38WARNING.

3:15:39DO NOT DISRUPT THIS MEETING.

3:15:41HANG UP ON THIS CALLER.

3:15:43>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

3:15:46FOUR DIGITS, 7533, PLEASE

3:15:48UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

3:15:50NAME.

3:15:51>> Speaker: HELLO GOOD

3:15:52AFTERNOON, THIS IS AUDIT L.A.,

3:15:54SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN.

3:15:55>> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A

3:15:57MINUTE.

3:15:57>> Speaker: YES, I WANT TO SAY

3:15:59A BACK UP LAURA FM, I JUST PUT

3:16:10MY AUDIT SUB STACK AND YOU CAN

3:16:13SEE HOW EMBARRASSING IT IS FOR

3:16:15THE CITY TO HAVE EN DENTURE

3:16:18SERVICE DOING A CHECKPOINT.

3:16:20AND LOOKING AT IDs, IT'S SO

3:16:24EMBARRASSING FOR THE CITY.

3:16:26IT'S ILLEGAL AND YOU'VE GOT TO

3:16:28KEEP DOING.

3:16:32AND SCIENTOLOGY NOT HAVING AN A

3:16:34PERMIT IN MAY OR MARCH, THEY

3:16:36STILL HAD IT EVEN THOUGH THEY

3:16:37WERE DENY A PERMIT.

3:16:39AND HOW ABOUT FOR CHRISTMAS,

3:16:41THE HOLIDAY?

3:16:42ARE YOU STILL GOING TO USE

3:16:44THEIR GREEN ROOM IN SPITE OF

3:16:47THREE YEARS BEING TOLD ABOUT

3:16:49THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING?

3:16:50I HAVE A PODCAST AND IT'S

3:16:56DOUBLE DEGRADED ON YOUTUBE.

3:16:59JUST WATCH.

3:16:59>> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS

3:17:02EXPIRED.

3:17:03>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER NUMBER

3:17:057, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND

3:17:06STATE YOUR NAME.

3:17:14>> City Attorney: PRIVATE

3:17:16CALLER NUMBER 7.

3:17:18>> Speaker: CAN YOU HELP ME.

3:17:22I'M HAVING WITHDRAWAL, AND I

3:17:26NEED A DRUG, CAN YOU TELL ME

3:17:29THE BEST PLACE TO BUY SOME

3:17:31DRUGS IN THE CITY?

3:17:32>> City Attorney: OKAY, SO I

3:17:34NEED TO YOU STICK TO SOMETHING

3:17:36WITHIN THE CITY JURISDICTION

3:17:38OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

3:17:40ON.

3:17:45>> Speaker: [INDISCERNIBLE] I

3:17:46WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR ECONOMY,

3:17:48WHERE CAN I BUY IN DRUGS.

3:17:49>> City Attorney: PLEASE MOVE

3:17:51ON.

3:17:52>> Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENTS

3:17:53ALL SPEAKERS FOR DIGITAL PUBLIC

3:17:55COMMENT HAVE BEEN CALLED.

3:17:56>> Council President: THANK

3:17:56YOU, LET'S RECESS THE REGULAR

3:17:58MEETING AND BEGIN THE SPECIAL

3:18:01MEETING, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL

3:18:02THE ROLL.

3:18:03>> Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,

3:18:04HARRIS-DAWSON, HERNANDEZ, HUTT,

3:18:04JURADO, LEE, MCOSKER, NAZARIAN,

3:18:05PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, RAMAN,

3:18:07RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,

3:18:07YAROSLAVSKY.

3:18:11TEN MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MADAM

3:18:13PRESIDENT.

3:18:13>> Council President: THANK

3:18:14YOU, IF HE CAN PLEASE RUN

3:18:16THROUGH THE AGENDA.

3:18:18>> Clerk: ITEM 1 IS A HEARING

3:18:20FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE

3:18:22NOT BEEN HELD.

3:18:23>> Council President: ALL

3:18:24RIGHT, THE ITEM IS BEFORE US,

3:18:26DO ANY MEMBERS, JUST THE ONE

3:18:28ITEM.

3:18:28SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO INTO

3:18:33PUBLIC COMMENT.

3:18:34>> Clerk: THANK YOU, MADAM

3:18:35PRESIDENT.

3:18:41>> City Attorney: WE WANT WE'RE

3:18:44NOW IN THE SPECIAL MEET ING

3:18:46AGENDA IS ANYBODY HERE ON

3:18:48PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ONLY

3:18:49ITEM.

3:18:50IF SO PLEASE LINE UP ON THE

3:18:53LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL

3:18:58CHAMBERS.

3:19:01AGAIN, FOR CALL-IN SPEAKERS, WE

3:19:03WILL RESTATE.

3:19:05GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

3:19:07OKAY, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO NOT

3:19:08SEE ANYBODY HERE FOR IN-PERSON

3:19:10COMMENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE

3:19:13ON VIRTUAL.

3:19:14>> Council President: MR.

3:19:15NAZARIAN, YOU HAVE YOUR BUTTON

3:19:17PRESSED.

3:19:17>> A. Nazarian: I DO, I WAS

3:19:19GOING TO MAKE A QUICK

3:19:22ANNOUNCEMENT, WE AD HOC THAT IS

3:19:23SUPPOSE TO START AT 1:00 WE'LL

3:19:26BUT WE'LL KEEP IT TO 15 MINUTES

3:19:29AFTER COUNCIL AND SPECIAL

3:19:30COUNCIL ENDS.

3:19:31SO IF IT ENDS AT 1, WE'LL START

3:19:36AT 1:15.

3:19:37>> Council President: THANK YOU.

3:19:41IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC

3:19:42COMMENT IN PESH?

3:19:44--IN-PERSON?

3:19:45SEEING NONE.

3:19:46WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO

3:19:49VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.

3:19:51>> City Attorney: YES, MADAM

3:19:54PRESIDENT, FOR OUR VIRTUAL

3:19:55CALLERS, THERE IS ONLY ONE ITEM

3:19:57AND IT HAS TO BE RELATED TO

3:19:59THAT ITEM, I WILL NOW ASK STAFF

3:20:01TO PLEASE ENABLE THE RAISED

3:20:03HAND FUNCTION, YOU CAN PRESS

3:20:05STAR 9 TO SPEAK TO SPEAK NOW

3:20:07AND WE CAN BEGIN CALLING

3:20:09NUMBERS.

3:20:09ONCE YOU HEAR THE AUTOMATED

3:20:12MESSAGE FROM ZOOM TELLING YOU

3:20:13THAT IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,

3:20:16YOU CAN PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.

3:20:22>> Clerk: PRIVATE CALLER NUMBER

3:20:285, PUN MUTE.

3:20:30>> City Attorney: PRIVATE

3:20:31CALLER NUMBER 5.

3:20:32>> Speaker: THIS IS JASON I'M A

3:20:34SMOKING SCAN VIEWER.

3:20:34>> City Attorney: SUFFICIENT

3:20:36ONE MINUTE FOR THE ONLY AGENDA.

3:20:38>> Speaker: SHOUT OUT TO

3:20:40SMOKING COMMUNITY.

3:20:42HEY, I THINK, WE THE WAY YOU'RE

3:20:45DOING WITH THE YOU'LL EXTEND

3:20:48THIS TO A FIGUEROA A LITTLE BIT.

3:20:53[INDISCERNIBLE]

3:20:54>> City Attorney: THIS IS NOT

3:20:56RELATED TO THE ITEM YOU HAVE

3:20:58ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON

3:21:01TOPIC OR WISE WE'RE GOING TO

3:21:02MOVE ON TO THE SUBJECT.

3:21:04>> Speaker: I'M TALKING ABOUT

3:21:06THESE BITCHES OUT HERE.

3:21:06YOU KNOW.

3:21:07IF IF I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU

3:21:09KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY

3:21:11RUNNING AROUND AND--.

3:21:12>> City Attorney: NO, NEXT

3:21:14CALLER PLEASE.

3:21:15>> Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST

3:21:19FOUR DIGITS, 1859, PLEASE

3:21:21UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR

3:21:22NAME.

3:21:22>> City Attorney: CALLER WITH

3:21:24THE LAST FOUR DIGITS, 9519,

3:21:29PLEASE PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE.

3:21:31YOU HAVE A MINUTE, GO AHEAD.

3:21:36NO?

3:21:37OKAY.

3:21:38NEXT CALLER.

3:21:41>> Clerk: ALL THE SPEAKERS HAVE

3:21:43BEEN CALLED.

3:21:44>> Council President: OKAY.

3:21:46THE ITEM IS NOW BEFORE US.

3:21:49ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK?

3:21:52SEEING NONE.

3:21:54LET'S PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL,

3:21:56CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE

3:21:58VOTE.

3:21:59>> Clerk: 10 AYES.

3:22:03THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THIS

3:22:05ITEM TO FORTHWITH TODAY.

3:22:06>> Council President: OKAY,

3:22:08SEND IT FORTHWITH.

3:22:09AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THE

3:22:11REGULAR MEETING.

3:22:12>> Clerk: THANK YOU, MADAM

3:22:15PRESIDENT.

3:22:15WOULD THE SPECIAL MEETING

3:22:16ADJOURNED, I WILL CALL THE ROLL

3:22:17FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

3:22:19BLUMENFIELD, HARRIS-DAWSON,

3:22:19HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE,

3:22:20MCOSKER, NAZARIAN, PADILLA,

3:22:20PARK, PRICE, RAMAN, RODRIGUEZ,

3:22:21SOTO-MARTINEZ, YAROSLAVSKY.

3:22:2410 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM MADAM

3:22:26PRESIDENT.

3:22:27>> Council President: OKAY, I

3:22:28BELIEVE OUR DESK IS CLEAR?

3:22:30>> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR,

3:22:32COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTED

3:22:33AND REFERRAL.

3:22:34>> Council President: THEY ARE

3:22:35POSTED AND REFERRED.

3:22:37MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?

3:22:42YES, COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.

3:22:42>> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MADAM

3:22:45CHAIR.

3:22:45GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY?

3:22:47IT'S THE WEEKEND OF TASTE OF

3:22:50SEOUL.

3:22:53THAT'S RIGHT!

3:22:54COME OUT TO TASTE OF SEOUL,

3:22:56IT'S AN CRENSHAW BOULEVARD FROM

3:22:59OBAMA TO STOCKER, FROM 10:00 AM

3:23:05TO 7:00 P.M., GREAT FOOD,

3:23:07MUSIC, LOTS OF RESOURCES.

3:23:10IT'S IN THE 10th DISTRICT AND

3:23:13THE 8th DISTRICT 3 MILES OF

3:23:16FAMILY FUN, COME AND JOIN US.

3:23:17THANK YOU.

3:23:19>> Council President: THANK YOU

3:23:20VERY MUCH.

3:23:21MEMBERS ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?

3:23:23SEEING NONE, PLEASE RISE FOR

3:23:25ADD JAOURPING MOTIONS.

3:23:28LOOKING TO MY LEFT?

3:23:31COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ SIDE?

3:23:32SEEING NONE.

3:23:34ON MY RIGHT?

3:23:35OKAY.

3:23:37THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, WE ARE

3:23:38ADJOURNED.

3:24:50Come celebrate. Today is the

3:24:56Saint Joseph's Center fall

3:25:00connect day. We have a host of

3:25:01different activities and

3:25:04resources from the county, from

3:25:06the city, from across Los

3:25:08Angeles. Really dedicated to

3:25:10helping folks who are

3:25:11experiencing homelessness,

3:25:12housing insecurity and folks who

3:25:15just need to make sure that they

3:25:18have information available to

3:25:19them. We basically invited tons

3:25:21of families and communities for

3:25:23resources that we have available

3:25:25here today. We have DPS, we have

3:25:28Department of Mental Health. We

3:25:29also have Cd11, T-Mobile, and we

3:25:32also have a few barbers who

3:25:34dedicated their time to be here

3:25:35today as well. Ahorita estan

3:25:39dando juguetes ropa y comida

3:25:41para las personas. Corte de pelo

3:25:44y para las comida no tiene pues

3:25:47ahorita este es muy buena idea

3:25:49de lo Q obtuvieron para hacer

3:25:50este este dia. Saint Joseph

3:25:55Center is one of the largest

3:25:57homeless services and housing

3:25:58organizations in the entire

3:26:00county. It's totally open to the

3:26:01community and free, and we're

3:26:03expecting hundreds of people to

3:26:04come through today. We'd like to

3:26:06say thank you to Saint Joseph

3:26:08Center, all the great work they

3:26:10do in the community. We have a

3:26:11long standing partnership with

3:26:13them. So, you know, anytime that

3:26:14we can help support what their

3:26:17efforts are for the community,

3:26:18we want to do that. Right. So we

3:26:20help them out with all their

3:26:21communications and everything

3:26:22else. The networking and again,

3:26:25we're just here to support we

3:26:26value their partnership and all

3:26:27the great things they do. People

3:26:32don't realize that in LA County

3:26:35there are 1.1 million people who

3:26:37identify as having a physical

3:26:39disability. That's 10% of our

3:26:42county. The Citp, the Self

3:26:45Evaluation and Transition plan

3:26:47is something that the Ada

3:26:48requires of all city and county

3:26:51governments across the nation.

3:26:52The city of Los Angeles did one

3:26:54back in 2000. We decided rather

3:26:56than just try and update it,

3:26:58that there's quite frankly, so

3:26:59much work to be done that we're

3:27:02going to take a self-evaluation

3:27:03from the beginning. We've got

3:27:04thousands of facilities to look

3:27:05at and programs. The city

3:27:07Department of Disability really

3:27:09understands how frustrating it

3:27:10can be when somebody runs into

3:27:13noncompliance, whether that's a

3:27:14sidewalk, a park, a library, an

3:27:16arts event. I represent blind

3:27:20people from San Diego to

3:27:22Humboldt, and I'm here to thank

3:27:24you, first of all for meeting.

3:27:26But you need to start changing

3:27:28things. The comments are very

3:27:31impassioned and a lot of

3:27:35frustration. We really need to

3:27:38make sure that it works for the

3:27:40people who are going to be

3:27:41serviced by it, and we really

3:27:43want to change the framework

3:27:45from kind of an afterthought to

3:27:48something that's more proactive.

3:27:50When my grandmother, um, had

3:27:53lung cancer, they had to sever

3:27:55nerves in her spine and

3:27:57overnight she could never walk

3:27:59again. She acquired her

3:28:00disabilities overnight. And that

3:28:02was before Ada. Watching my

3:28:04grandmother have to navigate a

3:28:06world that was really hostile at

3:28:09the time. Um, just makes me want

3:28:12to make sure that we break down

3:28:13those barriers for everyone so

3:28:15that they never have to feel

3:28:16like the world no longer wants

3:28:18them around. I had a spinal cord

3:28:21injury at the age of 21, over 50

3:28:23years ago, and it introduced me

3:28:25to the community and the

3:28:27oppression that we live with and

3:28:30experience on a daily basis of

3:28:31lack of opportunities to

3:28:35interact or go into a building

3:28:37or participate in employment. I

3:28:41decided that I wanted to

3:28:43influence a way for all of us to

3:28:46be able to really live our best

3:28:48lives without feeling like we

3:28:52can't be a part of something.

3:28:53Come to these meetings and make

3:28:55your voice heard, because that's

3:28:58a critical part. We're looking

3:29:00at accessibility from the big

3:29:01picture. We're putting a lot of

3:29:04resources, energy and expertise

3:29:05to it. And it's something that,

3:29:07quite frankly, is the DoD's. The

3:29:08Department of Disabilities top

3:29:09priority. We're getting answers

3:29:11that we know that the Department

3:29:14of Disabilities and the mayor

3:29:16and the council are going to act

3:29:17on, and that's really exciting.

3:29:19We've put a survey out there you

3:29:21can find on our website

3:29:22disability dot, L.A. city Dot

3:29:24gov. Complete the survey through

3:29:26October 15th. That questionnaire

3:29:27allows people to really talk

3:29:29about what barriers they've run

3:29:30into. Take the survey because,

3:29:32you know, people are going to do

3:29:33something about it. From the

3:29:38observation deck at City Hall,

3:29:41you can see neighborhoods in

3:29:42every direction, each one of

3:29:44them filled with cultural joy,

3:29:46vibrant history, and a bit of

3:29:49that la La Land magic. Thanks in

3:29:51part to the civic leaders who

3:29:52work at a place built for the

3:29:55people. Los Angeles City Hall.

3:29:57Thank you all for joining us.

3:29:58Watch these stories and more

3:30:00anytime at LA City dot gov

3:30:01forward slash TV. And don't

3:30:03forget to follow us at LA city

3:30:05on Instagram, Facebook and

3:30:07YouTube. We'll see you next time

3:31:31.

3:31:31So I definitely take great pride

3:31:33in wearing both uniforms. I

3:31:34didn't think I would still be in

3:31:37the Marine Corps after 24 years.

3:31:39There aren't very many of us on

3:31:40the fire department that are

3:31:41still actively in the reserves

3:31:43and Marine Corps. I'm Master

3:31:44Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Darcy.

3:31:46I've been in the Marines for 24

3:31:48years now. Did five years active

3:31:51duty, been in the reserves ever

3:31:53since, and then on the fire

3:31:55department, it's firefighter

3:31:56paramedic, and I've been on the

3:31:57fire department since 2007. So

3:31:59about almost going on 19 years.

3:32:01My name is David Arellano, an

3:32:04inspector with the Los Angeles

3:32:06City Fire Department. I've been

3:32:08on the fire department for 22

3:32:10years. I'm also in the United

3:32:12States Marines Reserves. I hold

3:32:14the rank of master gunnery

3:32:16sergeant. I've been faithfully

3:32:17serving for the past 28 years. I

3:32:21was born in East LA. My dad was

3:32:24LAPD, so kind of a hard

3:32:26individual. His dad, my grandpa,

3:32:30was a World War Two marine who

3:32:32was a Purple Heart recipient

3:32:33during the battle of the Pacific

3:32:36, and specifically on the island

3:32:37of Guadalcanal. So he was

3:32:40brought up by a marine and he

3:32:42pretty much volun told my

3:32:44brother and I that we were going

3:32:47to be going into the marine

3:32:48Corps after we graduated from

3:32:49high school. My name is Jason

3:32:51Noll. I'm a master gunnery

3:32:53sergeant, retired in the United

3:32:55States Marine Corps. I did 29

3:32:57years of service with the Marine

3:32:58Corps. I've been with the Los

3:32:59Angeles Fire Department for

3:33:00about 17 years at this point. I

3:33:03was born in Torrance, raised in

3:33:05Hermosa Beach. When I was in

3:33:06high school, there was a marine

3:33:09Corps ROTC program. I found out

3:33:10I wanted to join the Marine

3:33:11Corps, mostly because I got to

3:33:13see the Marines that were

3:33:13running the program there. I

3:33:16grew up in Castaic, a little

3:33:16town outside of Santa Clarita,

3:33:18and being outside as much as I

3:33:20did kind of gave me the reason

3:33:22why I wanted to become a marine

3:33:23. So I default to Operation

3:33:25Iraqi Freedom because that's

3:33:27most memorable of my

3:33:29deployments. Obviously, going to

3:33:30Iraq and Iraq. We were doing

3:33:32convoys a lot of convoys. We

3:33:34were doing a lot of protection

3:33:35of diplomats. The ambassador,

3:33:37you know, generals, stuff like

3:33:39that through Iraqi freedom,

3:33:41enduring freedom. Our other

3:33:42missions that we did was ship

3:33:44boarding. We probably boarded a

3:33:45dozen ships that were suspected

3:33:47al Qaeda ships, and we would

3:33:49search them with other branches

3:33:50of the military and deem who was

3:33:53a terrorist and who wasn't, and

3:33:54then just escorting ships

3:33:56through very dangerous waters as

3:33:59far as how it impacted me, I

3:34:00would say it gave me a great

3:34:02appreciation and deeper love for

3:34:03our nation, our military, and

3:34:06deep down, pride of what I was

3:34:08doing and, you know, helping

3:34:09people. When I was in Iraq, we

3:34:14were in Kuwait. We were like

3:34:16living in a large tent city, and

3:34:18there was an electrical fire,

3:34:20and it burned down all of our

3:34:21tents, all of our equipment

3:34:23burned down all of our personal

3:34:25belongings burned down. We all

3:34:25tried to put it out with the

3:34:28fire extinguishers, but none of

3:34:29us had any, like, formal

3:34:30training on how to extinguish a

3:34:32fire at that point, I started to

3:34:33have the desire to know what to

3:34:35do in that situation. So then I

3:34:37started pursuing fire tech

3:34:38classes and that's what kind of

3:34:40set me on the path to end up

3:34:41being a firefighter. While I was

3:34:43in the Marine Corps, the

3:34:44decision to look towards the

3:34:49lAFD was not really a decision

3:34:50that I made growing up in the in

3:34:54the 90s, everyone wanted to be a

3:34:56firefighter, and I didn't think

3:34:57that it was something that that

3:34:59was really possible for me to

3:35:01do. Not because I wasn't strong

3:35:03enough, but I just didn't know

3:35:06anything about it. And so I went

3:35:08into the Marine Corps kind of

3:35:09found my voice, but I still

3:35:11didn't have any direction

3:35:12towards the fire department. My

3:35:14mom, God bless her soul, she

3:35:17worked in the city and she was

3:35:19like, come downtown with me to a

3:35:22fire. And police expo and

3:35:25hesitantly, I, I just honored

3:35:26her and went downtown and filled