The homeless council is important because it gives us insight into homelessness across the county.

And that provides policymakers with the information they need in order to create better policies for addressing homelessness, getting our unhoused neighbors off the streets in interim housing, and hopefully in a permanent house.

Super easy to sign up.

You just have to, you don't even have to have a car.

You can be like one of the people who ride or one of the people who walk.

And everything is online and it's simple.

People who want to help as well.

I know that every year that we stand here and every day that we work to get Angelinos housed and work to end homelessness.

This is an important evening because it will allow us to see progress made and how much more needs to be done.

When it came to keeping this long-standing tribute to Martin Luther King going, city leaders and community members took a wildfire delay in their stride and didn't miss a beat.

Today we're out on Crenshaw doing our annual MLK Day parade.

We're doing it in the month of February because in Martin Luther King's birthday, we had the fires in Al Tadina and the Pacific Palisades.

And so we're out here today.

We didn't forget.

We want to remind the whole world.

We remember the struggle.

We remember the legacy.

We remember the dream.

And most importantly, we remember our commitment to justice.

Coming together as a community and knowing that we are our brothers keeping.

We know that we've got some issues and problems in our community, but we can't be divided.

We can't be separated.

We can't be eroded.

Celebration Day means celebrating the human spirit, the human values, but also celebrating the importance of working together and knowing that we can be successful when we do that.

I do believe that there are people out here, not only in community, but at our schools and also on the council and in our local government, sharing some of the same values and uplifting some of the same values as Dr.

King, making sure that we don't leave community behind, that we're not putting up barriers for other community members, and that we all fight together.

And that's the kind of work that we're doing here today and uplifting.

I can tell you one thing for sure is we're stronger when you're we're together and when we're united.

That's what our firefighters are living by every single day, and we're here to connect and serve our community.

I've been coming to this parade every year for the last 20 years, and it's just amazing how it's grown and the community comes together.

I'm just so enthused to come out here and celebrate with everybody.

But Dr.

Martin Luther King, I know my parents used to march with Dr.

Luther King, and it's just an honor and a privilege for me to do the same.

Welcome everybody.

It doesn't matter what your nationality is, is that we do this so all people can come together as one people with one voice.

I'm here because I want to make sure I show my daughter her culture, the importance of our culture, and this is a year tradition, and I want to make sure that she know what she's a part of so she can keep the tradition for her own children.

If Dr.

King was alive, he would be right here with us today, making sure we hold up the light and make sure we provide a vision for peace, justice, and equality in our time.

When so many Angelinos rely on a nearby space, it's great to keep it looking good and fit for purpose.

Council Member Eunicis Hernandez and the Department of Recreation and Parks unveil the revived Hope and Peace Park.

Today we're here in the Westlake neighborhood in Council District One to reopen the Hope and Peace Park.

The Westlake neighborhood, which is one of the densest neighborhoods in the entire West Coast.

Literally, there are 20,000 people that live just a half a mile radius of this park.

And most of these people are renters living in apartment buildings.

This is their front yard.

This is their backyard.

This is where they can bring their kids and family to play to enjoy some green space and some fun activities.

So that's why it's important that we've done this work to reopen Hope and Peace Park here in Westlake.

It is the only area with grass until we hit MacArthur Park, which is a few blocks down.

It is an opportunity for families to come out on a hot summer day to use the green space, have a picnic, as well as being able to just have fun and enjoy the playground and the play structure.

Over 400,000 of LA County Measure A money was used to refurbish this park.

And so it's incredibly important that everybody plays their part in maintaining the current conditions of the park.

So the families of Westlake, so the people of Westlake that are going to be using the park.

If you see something that's broken, if you see graffiti, if you see bulky items, trash, call 311 or call our office and call recreation and park so we can get moving on the repairs, the pickup of the trash, and the graffiti removal.

So that this park stays in really great condition for the over 20,000 people in the half a mile radius are going to be using it.

For more information about activities and events happening in Council District 1, you can visit CD1.la City.

This is the first space, and it's going to be 47 units of housing, and it's going to be the first place where we begin this total renovation of Rancho San Pedro.

It's really wonderful to see the level of resident participation coupled with city departments, coupled with private sector funders like Wells Fargle, coupled of course also with the development team that will be guiding the revitalization of this area.

This development will take many years and it's going to proceed piece by piece, and it will be a mixed-use development.