The Los Angeles City Council convened on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at approximately 9:28 AM. Eleven members were present initially, forming a quorum, with additional members joining later. The meeting covered consent items, separate votes on agenda items, public comment on multiple topics, and approval of several lawsuit settlements. Key actions included approval of a resolution supporting state film tax credits, passage of some items and defeat of others, and approval of over $3.5 million in settlement payouts.
Protect habitat for wildlife. And I hope to keep doing the good work in shutting down party houses, in protecting our consumers from dangerous products. We had a case with baby formula that had poison in it effectively, and we shut down six pharmacies over that. We had a case, well, I think you know this, where we sued the hosting platform for party houses in the Hollywood Hills. And we try to bring the matters that benefit the people of the city of Los Angeles without infringing on the financial matters that would find lawyers in private practice. We work to take the cases that should be brought where there is no money for private solutions. And if people want to keep up on all of this and find out what the office is doing, what's the best way? Go to my website. Everything you could need is there. There's a resources tab, there's a place to sign up for our newsletter and subscribe, and I would encourage you to do that. Um we also have a phone number for our community law car core, C O R P S. Happy to report they've solved 2,000 uh complaints from residents in their first year of operation with very limited resources. So that uh phone line is 213-978-7878. Well, thank you so much. It's been really wonderful to have a chance to chat with you again and look forward to talking to you again. Thank you. It's lovely to be here. And that's a wrap on this LA Currents. The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count got underway after a necessary postponement due to the LA wildfires. These three nights of volunteers counting in LA communities are vital to assess the service needs of those without shelter. We're at El Real Community School, and we are kicking off the 2025 homeless count. Today's press conference is here to bring awareness to what's going on. We're here at this particular site because this is the epicenter in terms of density of homelessness and discipline. 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 uh better policies for addressing homelessness, getting our unhoused neighbors off the streets, an interim housing, and hopefully in a permanent house. 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. You just have to count and it's cool to actually meet new 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. The Kingdom Day Parade stepped off on a different day. 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 Crunchhaw 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 Altadina 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. So 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.