OCB.org.

We have a calendar of events, and people can just take a look and see what's going on in their neighborhoods and come out and enjoy the fun and make a difference in their neighborhoods.

Anyone can be that angel in LA and request help and services through the My LA 311 app.

Neighborhood events like Donuts and Coffee with the Deputy Chief are closing the gap between the perception of LA's police department and the reality.

This kind of direct networking can help dispel some myths and build up community trust.

Right now we're in front of a restaurant called 3030 Mexico, and we're just here to invite the community, right?

Uh we want the community to see us in a different light than actually a radio calls or stops.

This is a restaurant where a lot of people patron to come and have breakfast, and we're just here to offer uh any questions and answers that people may want.

When we say community policing, it's events like coffee with the cop.

It's us being out in the community, networking with our businesses, networking with folks that live and work in this community, and just sharing dialogue over a cup of coffee.

We're taking this as a great opportunity to engage with the public and close that gap and build that bridge between community member and also police officer and explain to them what it is that we do in regards to immigration.

And go ahead and brief them on our policy and at the same time to give them information.

We have them in English and in Spanish, these booklets that states with the policy of the Los Angeles Police Department with respect to immigration, and we also have a QR code where that information can be downloaded on the cell phone.

We don't participate in civil immigration enforcement.

One of the things that we like here is that people are coming in in their own environment.

This isn't a radio call, this is an enforcement action, this is just having coffee.

The past couple of months have been the little bit of a strain, but by us doing these events frequently, it gives us the opportunity to go ahead and speak to the community member so they know not to be in fear of the police department and let them know that we are here to support them, but at the same time educate them so they understand what the role of law enforcement is with respect to immigration instead of listening to the false narratives that keep getting past.

Exiting homelessness is never easy, but a new community is easing the path.

Atlas apartments in South LA are new, affordable, and already helping.

But more than that, every time you do one of these buildings, you talk to someone who has a story.

Seeing people have hope who've been at their lowest points is absolutely by far the best part of these buildings.

Being homeless, living in a shelter, recovering from making bad decisions and what have you.

And this is like a big relief from roughly 2005.

Jack, right now.

I was home.

I'm so grateful to the whole organization for all that they're doing.

Do you know, I'm just eternally forever be grateful.

The Housing Authority of the City of LA provides affordable housing to Angelinos across our city.

So 110 vouchers have been committed to this site, and that will allow uh individuals that are extremely low income to be able to live here.

Across the city, we have about 38 projects that will come online in 2025.

About 2,000 units.

And this is how we will continue to end homelessness in our city.

Well, you know, in Council District A, we're very excited.

We are confronting the housing crisis head on.

We're building as much or more housing than anywhere else.

But we're also trying to do it in a way that makes our neighborhoods even more livable than they are.

So traffic and safety improvements, making sure we do things like bring in new grocery stores and many, many other amenities for the neighborhood.

That makes this a whole place where we can all, one, first and foremost, live indoors, but secondly, have a good quality of life.

The opportunities are limitless.

Any obstacles that's in front of me, I plan the face to head on.

Delivering hope as well as homes in South LA.

Learning more even before starting school with the Los Angeles Public Library.

The library has thought of everything.

Their programs are for everyone, and that means all Los Angeles families and children, including preschoolers.

At the Los Angeles Public Library, we have resources for we like to say birth through Infinity, but in terms of back to school specifically, we have a program for pre-kindergarten little ones called Get Ready for Kindergarten.

We also have story times to help support early literacy across our 72 branch locations as well as at our central library.

Each one is different depending on the children's librarian who's hosting it.

Sometimes there's a song.

If you're wearing reading, please stand up.

There's definitely reading of picture books, and usually there's a theme.

Maybe it's numbers, maybe it's letters, maybe it's colors to help little ones just get used to talking, reading, singing, playing, all of those early literacy skills that will help them with reading in the future.

One of our mottos is the library welcomes everyone.

We really encourage all families, all students of any background to come to the library to take advantage of our resources.

They are by the city, for the city.

Why not?

Because it's made for everyone.

So we have both in-person and online programming too, depending on how people prefer to access our resources.

That's really important to us too.

That it's not only in person, it's not only online.

We're always looking to make our resources more available to more people.

The best place to go for more information is your local library, but also online.

Our website is lapl.org.

And for littler ones, the website that has the children's resources is LAPL.org slash kidspath.

And the city attorney settles short-term rental and party house lawsuits.

These stories up next on City Beat.

According to Bass, Kang's deep knowledge of city's infrastructure and permitting will help improve local film processes and experiences for the entertainment industry.

Kang is the official who oversees the city's contract with Film LA, balancing film industry needs with community impact.

Kang said filming is vital to the city's economy and city departments must prioritize their success.

For more information, visit mayor.lacity.gov/slash press.

September is National Preparedness Month.

An LA City's emergency management department has advice to follow if you haven't yet made an emergency plan.

According to the department, steps include making a family emergency plan, building a kit, preparing for disasters, and teaching youth about preparedness.

Sign up for Notify LA to get City Alerts or Ready LA County for emergency notifications across the Greater Los Angeles area.

LA City Emergency Management Department has disaster and emergency preparedness resources available online.

For more information, visit Emergency.la City.gov.

LA City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto announced her office has settled lawsuits involving violations of the city's short-term rental and party house ordinances.

Since late 2020, illegal short-term rentals were facilitated at one complex for over 3,000 nights, resulting in increased nuisance activity and complaints from neighbors.

This housing falls under the LA rent stabilization ordinance, which bars it from the city's home-sharing ordinance.

As part of the settlement, the litigants are to pay civil penalties and are prohibited from violating the home sharing ordinance at any properties they manage or own.

For more information, click the news tab at CityAttorney.lacity.gov.

The Department of Cultural Affairs runs art centers throughout Los Angeles.

But wait, there's more.

They also support three multidisciplinary artists who connect even more directly with the communities, bringing ideas to life through art.

What is the outreach and engagement for DCA?

Community Arts has been active for a long time with our art centers all across Los Angeles.

Community engagement has been, I would say, augmented by our community engagement outreach team.

We have three art instructors.

They are amazing, talented, creative, multidisciplinary artists who go out into the community and are providing true, meaningful arts activities with the community.

What inspired me to become a teaching artist for DCA was uh number one their mission.

I loved DCA's mission as far as giving back to my community.

I love the idea of spreading out going throughout LA and going to all the different communities and giving them opportunities, grants, all sorts of amazing things that we offer.

It really aligned with my morals as an artist.

When I heard about DCA and I saw the opportunity of them having this outreach team that was going straight to the community, it felt like a perfect place for me to give back and to share what art is to me.

But I like to think that me as a person, I can be an example.

You know, I'd rather be an example more than an impact, I suppose.

And what I mean by that is like while I'm working with the community, while I'm teaching, while I'm talking, sharing ideas, exploring ideas through the medium of art.

I like to think that maybe somewhere out there, like while I'm working on the field, I'm able to interact with somebody, and that me being an example to them opens up their mind to like other possibilities in their lives and in their community.

As we know, Los Angeles is huge, and a lot of folks do not have that access.

And so we really want to make sure that we're bringing that arts access as far reaching as possible to as many people as possible, regardless of age, background.

We're really trying to have people participate in activities that they might not be used to that might be interesting and engaging for them, getting people to think about the arts in different ways, and um just bringing it to as many people as we can.

The library is so much more than a building.

It's a community hub.

So when the Venice Branch Library is celebrating 30 years, they feature the 30 community members who've helped the Venice Branch become the unique place it is today.

We are here at the Venice Branch Library, and we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of this beautiful branch library, this beautiful building.

This library is such a hub to the community.

We wanted to honor a lot of people in the Venice community who've kind of made this place what it is.

We selected 30 of the most influential people for the Venice 30th, and we've had several people from this Helster.

They are here today to help us celebrate.

And it's been a wonderful day of celebration.

We have B.

Coleman unveiling of her artwork, which is in the children's section.

We're doing swing dancing, we're doing a zine program today.

It brings in an incredibly diverse population.

You know, people who really need the services, and then people who like a little extra.

The extra is also where the friends of the Venice Library come in because we fund, I'd say about 98% of the programs that happen at the library.

This is much more than just a place to go to get your book or to be on the computer for a bit.

This is a real community place, and it is an honor to serve it and honor the people who serve the community.

I think what we're really celebrating are the people, the people in this community who have benefited from this library all of these years, the incredible city staff who work for the library department and the LA Public Library, who provide outstanding service at this library, and all of the lives that are changed, whether it's a young person who develops a lifelong love of reading by coming to Story Times and craft programs here at this library, whether it's a senior that comes to a book club here or someone who comes to explore our collections and just make use of this incredible space to our wonderful friends of the library who are signing new members up today and who are providing extra treats for a reception.

And it's just a very celebratory day, and it's a reminder of how important libraries are.

From the neighborhood block where it began to a city rooftop, the Lamert Park Jazz Festival is now in its sixth year.

While rooted in the Black Cultural Hub of Lamert Park, the festival encompasses the best jazz in the country.

It started in a neighborhood, and look what it's grown to.

We're right here at Baldwin Crenta Plaza, upstairs on the Pike Plat.

It's been transformed into a festival with folks that are selling hats and rings, earrings, clothes, and we also have all these food vendors.

It is really wonderful.

Top notch musicians are playing, and even we have our local drums that are all women that come from Lamarck Park Village.

Music, joy, beautiful handcrafted goods, artwork, lots of booths from your city departments, and a sense of community.

We are rooted here in LaVert Park, but people are coming from all over the city because the jazz is hot.

One of the nice things about this event is this isn't the idea of the city or the mayor or the department of cultural affairs or the council members.

This is the idea of the community.

They did the work, they came to us for help.

We helped, and here you see what we have.

Well, every year it gets bigger and bigger, but what it does is it anchors our community as one of the jazz centers, not just in Southern California, California, but in the country.

This is the black cultural hub of Los Angeles, Lamert Park.

And that's what they'll walk away knowing for sure.

That black aspirants lives here.

Shutting down Los Angeles and Main Street in the heart of downtown isn't normally a cause for celebration.

But when it comes to a classic car show, El Pueblo got some traffic stopping models and celebrated the pride of lowrider culture.

We're happy to have the third annual El Pueblo de Los Angeles car show here at El Pueblo Historical Monument.

We're really lucky to have this for the third year where we shut down Los Angeles and Main Street here in the heart of downtown LA to have show cards on display.

For us, it's more like a religion.

You know, we like to bring the Chicano South back to Los Angeles and especially Alberta Street.

It is an art.

And it's very difficult.

It takes thousands and thousands of dollars to keep these cars to look original and classic and original look.

They love coming out here seeing the cars and one day they're gonna want to build a car themselves, or we just hand our cars down to our kids.

They love it.

Well, I loved it growing up as a kid too, watching my dad driving his low rider.

El Pueblo is really special because we always pride ourselves on having our museums free and also most of our programming free as well.

So having a third annual car show just shows support to the community and to draw more visitors and to celebrate the history of Los Angeles and low riding culture.

An LA car show wouldn't be complete without going low and slow with the lowriders.

Well, it's a win-win.

Take a senior to the game is our first um initiative of working with the department of aging.

The game is just the first step, but we will be out visiting the seniors at their facility and just giving them an opportunity just to have some fun and to be on the move.

When the seniors found out about it, they're super excited to have a night out and um enjoy this WNBA game.

So we're really excited.

For the department of aging to put on an event like this is really means a lot to us.

They always take us on different events, and now we're here at the crypto.com to see the spikes, and they're gonna give us a win.

I'm very, very excited.

I can't wait to for the game to start.

I could be jumping up and down for the spots.

Obviously, these are the benefactors, right?

Our older adults.

They need to know that we're a very active community.

Uh, we get involved in all sorts of community events, and they love to have a lot of fun.

It's not just sitting around playing games and stuff all day.

We like to get out and move.

So we don't want to be sitting at home, you know, maybe watching TV or whatever.

Them providing outside activities for us is great for us because you know, we don't want to just be sitting around.

These are our golden gears, and we would like to keep them golden exactly and very active.

We are fighting for a playoff spot.

So I hope they are ready to cheer loud.

I hope they're ready to catch some t-shirts, but we're gonna spotlight them.

So the department of aging is our community spotlight for tonight.

We will put the camera on them in their seats, you know, just catch them having fun.

It just shows how the Los Angeles Sparks and the Department of Aging, how we're bringing the community together, no matter the age.

You know, everybody can have fun.

In this week's things to do, get to Central Avenue for the Jazz Festival.

Head to San Pedro for its festival of the arts, and pull some strings for Puppets in the Park at Hollyhawk House.

All this up next on Things to Do.

Thousands of toes will be tapping throughout the day on Saturday, September 20th.

Celebrating its 30th year with four pavilions and three stages of live music.

It's the Central Avenue Jazz Festival.

The festival is presented by Council Member Curran Price and pays tribute to Jazz Greats while also shining a spotlight on emerging artists.

Enjoy hot, cool, and swinging jazz sounds with over a dozen performances taking place along Central Avenue from MLK Boulevard to Vernon Avenue.

Central Avenue Jazz Festival is on Saturday, September 20th from 11 a.m.

to 7 p.m.

For more details, visit CentralAvjazzfest.com.

On September 20th, Los Angeles choreographers and dancers present the San Pedro Festival of the Arts in the heart of the harbor.

Enjoy performances from 19 vibrant dance companies to mark the 19th year of the festival.

There'll also be interactive performances and free family fun.

Bring a picnic and get set to join in.

Try a Bollywood step or a flamenco turn, or simply enjoy the mix of dance performances by local companies.

Head to the Upper Green at Peck Park for the San Pedro Festival of the Arts on Saturday, September 20th, beginning at 1 p.m.

For more details, visit TriArtSP.com.

Bring a blanket, sing along, and make art at Puppets in the Park.

Puppets in the Park is presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Bob Barker Marionette Theater.

On Sunday, September 21st, enjoy two performances of Fiesta.

There will also be art activities led by Barnesdall Junior Art Center instructors.

Gates open at 9 a.m.

Each performance will be followed by art activities.

It's all happening on the West Lawn outside Hollyhawk House.

Head to Barnesdall Park for Puppets in the Park on Sunday, September 21st, with performances at 9 30 a.m.

and 11 a.m.

For more information, visit Hollyhawk House.org.

And that's a look at some things to do.

And that's all for this week.

I'm Susan Huckle, and from all of us here at LA this week.

Thank you so much for joining us.

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You're arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in beautiful Southern California.

One of the first things you will see as you're landing is the ever-iconic LAX Theme.

The LAX Theme Building is a modern icon and recognized worldwide as the Space Age landmark of one of the world's youngest and most influential cities.

Designed by architectural firmware Pierre and Welcome.

The building was completed in 1961.

It features an observation deck in the Bob Hope USO.

The spider-like appearance of the building is a playful and futuristic design illusion created by topping four steel reinforced concrete legs with stucco.

And the futuristic design is intended to convey New Prosperity in the embrace of technological innovation.

It has been and continues to be a constant reminder of Los Angeles' stride to be the city of tomorrow.

Well, I'm not sorry, I'm sorry.

All right, good morning, everyone, and welcome to the regular schedule meeting of your Los Angeles City Council.

Today is Wednesday, the 17th day of September, the year 2025.

Public comment for this morning's meeting will be taken in person in this chamber.

Madam Clerk, if we could begin our proceedings by calling the roll.

Yes, sir.

Bloomenville, Harris Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Hierado, Lee, McCoscar, Nazarian, Patilla, Park, Price, Raman, Rodriguez, Soto Martinez, Yaroslavsky, 13 members present in the core, Mr.

President.

All right, first order of business.

Approval, the minutes of September 16, 2025.

Councilmember McCosker moves, Councilmember Hernandez, seconds.

What's next?

Commendatory resolutions for approval.

Councilmember Price moves council member Lee seconds.

Can we run through our agenda?

Yes, sir.

Item one is an item notes for public hearing.

Items two through thirty-seven are items which public hearings have been held.

For item 35, the budget and finance committee report has been submitted and is available online under council file number two zero-0263-s three.

Items thirty-eight through forty-nine are items which public hearings have not been held.

10 votes required for consideration.

All right.

Without objection, those items are now before us.

Do we have specials members?

I see council member Hernandez on the board.

Yes, Council President.

I'd like to call item 12 and 13 special for a separate vote.

And for item 15, I move that we adopt the public works committee report.

All right.

Is there a second to council members' uh motion?

Councilmember Soto Martinez.

All right.

Uh, got council member Coskar.

Uh thank you very much, Mr.

President.

I would like to call item 35 for a special for a separate vote.

I would like to call item 46 for comments.

And on item 28, I'm not going to call it special, but I'm going to say that Yolanda Regalado is here, and she is fantastic, and I know that she will pass on consent.

All right, Councilmember Nazarian.

My colleague already got it for me.

All right.

Yes, sir.

I would like to call items two and four special for comments.

All right, two and four.

Councilmember Soto Martinez.

So much, Mr.

Chair.

I'd like to call item number 22 for an amendment, please.

Hopefully that'll be friendly, but it's being circulated right now.

All right.

Alright, any other specials members?

Uh Councilmember Price.

Nothing.

All right.

One last thing, sir.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry that uh I just want to be clarify or be sure that um item number one is continued to Tuesday, October 21st.

Yes, sir.

All right, without objection.

All right.

Um Madam Clerk, what's before us?

Uh, just a quick question.

Um, Council Member Soto Martinez.

It's 22 is the amendment, correct?

That is correct, Madam Clerk.

Okay.

Uh, Mr.

President, Council may.

Uh, Mr.

President, sorry.

Uh, council may now vote on items two through eleven.

14 through 21.

23.

Through 34.

36 as well as 37, sir.

I'm sorry, uh, let me start again, sir.

Yes.

Um, council may now vote on items three, five through eleven.

Fourteen through twenty-one.

Twenty-three through thirty-four.

Thirty-six and thirty-seven, sir.

Alright.

Those items are now before us.

Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

39.

Alright, what's next?

Sir.

Congratulations to our new commissioner.

If uh council can now go into public comment, sir.

Alright.

Alright, uh, we're scheduled to hear 35 later in the meeting, but I wanted to ask our budget share.

And we discussed item 35 in uh committee, and where we were prepared, where was the committee prepare with a recommendation?

Thank you.

Uh Council President.

So budget and finance committee considered uh amended and approved item 35 in committee uh last night, September 17th.

Um we came up with what we thought was a reasonable solution.

Um I recommend we approve these items, but also there I know that there um have been a lot of questions on this, so if if it's the body's will to go into closed session, that might make sense too.

All right.

Uh if we can do a temperature check, Councilmember Rahman.

Because uh the meeting just completed yesterday, I'd love a chance to just review the budget committee's recommendations.

If we could just hold this to your public comment.

Got it.

Okay, all right.

All right, thank you so much, everybody.

Uh Mr.

City Attorney, Madam Clerk, if you can prepare us for uh public comment.

We will go um with public comment until 11 o'clock or until all the speakers are exhausted.

Whichever comes first, so please be mindful, get to the mic as quickly as you can, and when you are warned excuse, please leave expeditiously.

Thank you.

To people providing public comment, when it's your turn to speak, please state which of the agenda items you'd like to speak to.

You will have one minute per item, up to three minutes total for the items open for public comment.

When speaking on the agenda items, you must be on topic.

Our goal is to get through as many speakers as we can.

If you are not on topic, or if we cannot tell whether you're on topic, you will get one brief warning from me or the council president.

At that point, you need to get immediately and clearly on topic.

If you do not do so, or if you again stray off topic, you will forfeit the rest of your speaking time, and we will move on to the next speaker.

The items open for public comment on the agenda are items 38 through 49.

So again, the items open for public comment on the agenda are items 38 through 49.

Item number one has been continued and is not open for public comment.

Members of the public may also speak for up to one minute for general public comment.

During general public comment, members of the public may speak to any of the items or anything else in the city's subject matter jurisdiction.

If one more announcement, if I could have the interpreters make this aloud to the room, please.

If you require a Spanish language interpreter, please make sure to pause every few sentences so the interpreters can interpret.

Don't worry, we will pause your time while the interpreters are interpreting, so you will get the same amount of time as everyone else.

Thank you.

The police are not doing their jobs here and elsewhere.

They are refusing to make required records and they are refusing to do serious investigations.

I believe that only the highest level of oversight can solve the problem.

So I'd like each of the council members to individually write letters to the governor and ask him to send a handful of investigators from the National Guard to look into police misconduct.

If you are unwilling to take this no cost action, please explain why you think we aren't entitled to this highest level of oversight.

Thank you.

All the names have been called for public comment.

All right, that uh concludes public comment for this morning's meetings.

Uh Madam uh Clerk, what item is there before us, uh Mr.

President, uh.

Council may now vote on items uh, hold on.

Two and three called special by council member Padilla for comments.

Councilmember Padilla.

Two and four, not two and three, I think.

Correct.

Thank you.

Uh no problem.

Good morning, colleagues.

Today I rise um for your support on these two motions that will lead to the creation of long overdue resources in the 6th district.

One of them is for the Sapovida Basin.

It's a 2,000 acre green gem, a vital recreation and environmental resource that is not just for the San Fernando Valley, but for all of Los Angeles.

It's a multi-generational space that offers incredible variety of activities and attractions from the swans at Baboa Park and the Japanese gardens to the wildfire uh wildlife reserve.

Feels like a wildfire location uh reserve sometimes.

Um, even our tree and so many more things uh to enjoy there.

But yet there's very little information about this uh out there for the public.

So what this motion does is it gives city departments uh the direction to create a dedicated website modeled after Griffith Parks that will serve as a centralized information hub where residents and visitors can access live updates, explore activities, and plan their visits.

With the Olympics around the corner, Los Angeles will soon be on the world stage.

With major events coming, we need to make sure the world and our residents can access all of these ecological treasures and recreational uh opportunities.

So I ask for your support to bring equity, vision, and opportunity to one of the city's greatest assets.

In addition, I wanted to say a little bit about item four, because it's important to me that we restore and deliver two vital resources in my district splash pads at Panorama Recreation Park and the soon-to-be built-out Allegheny Park.

Valley summers are hotter than ever, and across Southern California, the impact of rising heat is becoming more severe.

Therefore, public cooling spaces are not a luxury, they are a necessity.

These splash pads provide local and accessible recreation for our children and families, yet this past summer families were left without them and many people inquiring.

At Panorama Rec Center, the splash pad has been out of service since 2000 2019.

Although it was briefly reactivated, it broke down again after two days.

And at Allegheny Park, a new splash pad has been planned and permits are already in place, yet construction has stalled due to preventable delays.

Um taken care of as well.

Our families deserve access to these resources, and it is up to us to ensure that by next summer these facilities are up and running.

So this motion calls for clear timelines, cost estimates, and a report back so we can finally move these projects forward.

Colleagues, again, this is about equity, access, and protecting the health of our families during extreme heat.

I respectfully urge your yes vote.

Thank you, Councilmember Padilla.

Okay, Madam Clerk.

Uh, what items are available to vote on?

Uh council can now vote on items two, four, as well as 38 through 45, and 47 through 49, sir.

All right, those items are now before us.

Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13.

All right, what's next?

Next would be items 12 and 13, and that was called special by council member Hernandez for a separate vote.

All right, let's open the roll on items 12 and 13.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Eleven nines, two no's.

All right, what's next?

Um can someone turn on Councilmember Herado's uh mic, please.

Yes, I work here as well.

Thank you.

Um excuse me, Council President.

I'd like to be recorded as a no vote on this.

Doesn't change the outcome.

And that is for the record.

Items 12 and 13.

Yes, the vote is now 10 to 3.

Thank you.

Oh, thank you, madam.

All right, what's next?

Uh next, sir, is item forty-six, and that was called special by council member McCosker for comments.

Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much.

Uh item 46 is an amendment to an existing file, uh, something that we on the original motion we put in a little over a year and a half ago.

A year and a half ago, we had asked for um an analysis of the various places that code enforcement is contained within our municipal code and our administrative code and our policies of our departments.

And we find ourselves then arguing, again, a year and a half ago, that there are different processes for how we address nuisance properties, and we seem to be reinventing the wheel every single time, and it's a great frustration because it is a disservice to the public.

It's also a misuse of our resources to reinvent the wheel every single time.

And a year and a half ago, we had asked for that analysis, whether it's in CNAP or in ACE or in the public works provisions of the code or the various other places it exists.

As recently as yesterday, I did yet another one-off motion about a nuisance property, and I just think it is unsustainable.

I'm gonna thank Councilmember Yaroslavsky and I for together saying get this file back to us in seven days.

18 months is long enough to wait.

Get this file back to us in seven days.

I'm just asking, it's typically in a motion if you say get back to us in seven days, it's kind of unfair because nothing moves in seven days, but we're talking about 18 months in seven days.

Get the file back to us because we owe our constituents a clear response every time we have code enforcement matters that affect entire neighborhoods, and we also owe it to our family, our our city family, to have efficient processes so we're not again reinventing the wheel every single time we do this.

So I'm just urging an I vote members.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Councilmember Raman.

Um, just wanted to rise in support of this motion and to thank uh both of you, Councilmembers Yaroslavsky and McCosker for moving this forward and for the urgency behind it.

This is an issue that we face in our district all the time, and it sometimes leads to national headlines that are embarrassing for the city beyond being a huge public safety risk for the neighbors who are around it.

It is a solvable problem, and rather than having staff work on each facility on a one-off basis, taking huge amounts of time.

I think there is a citywide solution, but we have to craft it, and then we have to pass it, and we have to get departments to implement it.

And it is high time that we do this.

So thank you both for your attention to this.

It's it's an it's a major issue, and I was glad to see your motion 18 months ago, and I was glad to see your motion a couple days ago.

Yes, uh, thank you to everybody that's uh been a part of it.

Our nuisance abatement process is among the most confusing and contradictory uh process process we processes we have in the city.

So let's open the roll on this item, close the roll, tabulate to vote.

All right, what's next?

Mr.

President, uh we're still waiting council is still waiting on the amendment for item 22.

So the only thing left is item 35, and that's the uh called special by Mr.

McCosker for a separate vote.

All right.

Okay, all right, all right.

So let's open the roll.

This is special for call special for Mr.

McCosker.

Uh let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Do you know?

All right, what's next?

That would be item 22, and that is uh council is still waiting for the amendment.

All right, do we have announcements?

Members, all right.

I I'm uh Madam Clerk, I'm looking at amendment 22a by Council Member Hugo Soto Martinez, seconded by council member.

I mean, co-presented by Soto Martinez and Raman seconded by Council Member Yaroslavski.

This is the one?

Yeah.

Apparently I'm the problem.

I haven't signed it.

All right.

My apologies.

The amendment has now been circulated and is before council announcer.

All right.

Mr.

Soto Martinez.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I just I my apologies for we try to get in as soon as possible.

We didn't have a lot of public comment to give us more time.

Um, so I just want to say that um, you know, I appreciate Councilmember's Hutts uh, you know, intent on this on trying to look at how bike lanes and emergency vehicles are able to move and traverse uh throughout the city.

Um and I know this is just a report, and I want to add a little bit more to that report because I think there would what the original motion intends to do is to look at widening or making it more accessible for vehicles to go uh to access the bike lanes that we use.

Uh now, as someone who who bikes, um and uh part of the purpose of having uh that sort of demarcation between cars and bikes is so that uh there is no competition and people can feel safe.

Um, however, I do know that there are models where uh bike lanes are are bigger.

Uh you know, if you you know different cities have bigger bike lanes.

Uh and so I what I'm trying to get to by adding this amendment is uh looking at other different uh data and reports, looking at other municipalities and see how they do that.

Um, and so I want to sort of broaden the scope of this report um without sacrificing the safety of uh you know folks that take bikes and move around uh how it impacts uh measure HLA, you know, a project um mobility 2035 and things like that.

So um I hope councilwoman um uh it's okay with it, um, but that's sort of the intent that I'm trying to get at.

Got it.

Councilmember Raman.

Yeah, just wanted to uh echo those uh questions, and I do just want to say that I think the um the original motion and its concern with the movement of safety vehicles around the city is is really important.

We have to make sure that our first responders are able to get where they need to go on time.

Uh I also do want to ensure, though, that we're making decisions about changes in lane width based on evidence about whether bike lanes slow down first responders.

And we just are not looking at that evidence as part before we are making these changes.

Um and so that is really what this amendment is doing.

We just want to make sure that as we are moving forward with decision making about the width of bike lanes, um, that we're also looking at whether changing these widths will actually impact travel times of first responders.

We have evidence from a number of cities across America, as well as our own, to look at those impacts, and we have to consider them.

And I also just want to underscore HLA was a uh citizen approved measure.

We are mandated to follow it.

And the combination of having HLA plus this regulation may lead to unintended consequences that significantly slow down traffic, not just for first responders, but for all kinds of vehicles.

Um, and we just have not considered that before we move forward.

So I want to make sure those two things are considered, and that's what this amendment is doing is just making sure we're looking at the evidence base for travel times for first responders, as well as making sure that we're considering how this would play in parallel to HLA, which is a mandate that we have to follow.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

All right, let's open the roll on this item.

Close the roll, tabulate to vote.

All right, what's next?

Uh council has motions for posting a referral.

They're posted and referred.

Desk is clear, sir.

All right, announcements members.

Uh, any announcements?

The second round of announcements.

All right, seeing no announcements, I'll ask everybody in the chamber to rise for adjourning motions.

Ask if there are any adjourning motions to my left.

Are we are we good to go, madam clerk?

Mr.

President, just to clarify for item 35, uh, what council approved is the budget and finance committee report.

And that was um that was submitted and posted online on uh council file two zero-0263 S3.

So that's just to clarify, sir.

Okay, thank you for the clarification.

Adjourning motions to my left.

All right, I see none of your motions to my right.

All right, no adjourning motions today.

We're adjourned.

Thank you so much, everybody.

This beautiful board members here.

Here we go, Suzanne.

Thank you so much.

Uh, we have Jill, who I think is out there in Michael Kuhlblock.

We um, in case, oh, there you are.

Uh also we have um many members.

If the board members can't stand up, so we can give you a quick uh shout out and a quick applause.

Or, we, in case you didn't know, or if you're interested, uh, we have a board of members that help us identify and help us keep us uh with our main focus, which is cleaning and beautifying our city.

So, Jill and many of other folks here have been part of our board for a very long time, and we're very happy to have you here as well.

Okay, so with that said, I am gonna move us along now because I think everybody just wants to go hear all the fun stuff.

Please stay tuned for our panels that are gonna happen in this room.

We're gonna have panels today, and today's panel, we're having one that starts after we're all done speaking.

It's called the power of community.

So, if you want to hear on ways that you can connect with other members, please stay in this room