Our priorities, be it equity, um uh uh ensuring that our um uh most vulnerable communities are most vulnerable to heat, um, that they that they benefit from where those shelters are located.

In our 2324 fiscal year budget, the mayor dedicated um eight million dollars from the general fund and then an additional thirty million dollars on loan from our public works fund to roll out those shelters or to accelerate their um uh their installation, and that's what's been that's what's been happening.

Um, and again, we've got to uh ensure that the rule of those shoulder of those shelters is in tandem with the major events that are coming.

Um and just to drill down one little step further, uh we know that our first last mile connections, so the the places that people go from a station or uh bus stop to other major hubs, um you know, around around the kind of the radius around those those areas is a is is is critical.

Meaning that those areas ensuring that they're more walkable, more bikeable, that folks feel more comfortable getting there uh on their two feet or on their bikes.

That's what we want to want to look at especially closely.

Well, Randall, thank you so much for joining us today.

So glad to have you on.

Do you have a couple websites you'd like to share with folks at home?

I do, I do, and thank you again.

Uh so first the mayor's website, where you can learn more all about the mayor's activities, press releases, what what we're up to across the city.

That's mayor.lacity.gov.

Um, and then second, the recovery.

Uh uh folks can look at the movement of debris, how quickly folks are rebuilding, um, and just are tracking our progress as well as resources, resources for those impacted by uh the fires, um, uh both today and looking into the future, and that is uh recovery.lacity.gov.

Very good.

We uh have those up for folks to see and access again.

Thanks, Randall, for coming in.

Really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

And that does it for LA Currents.

I Man Police, thank you for joining us.

We'll see you next time, and the new Amazon is a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit.

Marking ovarian cancer awareness month.

This is a cancer with symptoms that are underrecognized.

Council member Nithya Raman met with survivors and family members who came together to promote a better understanding of this particular cancer.

Today we're here in LA City Hall in Council Chambers to mark ovarian cancer awareness month.

This is a disease that impacts a large number of women.

Research on it is underfunded, and awareness of the symptoms which can often resemble UTIs or fatigue, are really underrecognized as being symptoms of something far more serious.

And so we want to make sure and get the word out.

Ovarian cancer very much exists.

And we also want to make sure that we're lifting up the work of the ovarian cancer circle.

This cause is very important to me because my daughter at 16 complained about symptoms, which we didn't know what they were.

The gynecologist didn't know what they were either.

He didn't take it seriously because of her young age.

And by the time she was diagnosed, she had stage three ovarian cancer.

So she lost her life to the disease.

So I've decided to shine a light on her memory and give her a legacy.

So I founded the ovarian cancer circle inspired by Robin Babini.

I would like every woman to know about the signs and symptoms associated with ovarian cancer, and I will review those.

If you have any of these symptoms, I want those women to go and see their physicians and to think about ovarian cancer as a possible diagnosis.

I am a survivor of ovarian cancer.

I was very lucky.

I found my ovarian cancer at an early stage.

Most women do not, stage three or four.

That's a very different situation.

There is no early detection test for ovarian cancer.

There is no early detection test for ovarian cancer, which is another reason why women get diagnosed late.

I think the next steps is women, we just have to push forward.

As a woman who's a surgeon and a scientist who really focuses on this disease, I'm not gonna give up until we make major progress, and we're committed to doing so.

Access to sport is vital for LA's youth.

At Nickerson Gardens, the latest edition completes a sports trifecta.

They have football fields, basketball courts, and now an LA Dodgers Dream Field will have youth stepping up to the plate and knocking it out of the park.

It's opportunity.

It's a point of pride.

Looks beautiful.

It's in combination with the Rams field and with the Lakers basketball courts, it's phenomenal.

But it would also bring programming and opportunity for young boys and girls to play baseball and softball and maybe pursue some dreams.

Yeah, you know, I just can't believe when I showed up this morning and saw this field final.

Uh it is incredible.

It is the most beautiful ball field I think I've seen in a community anywhere.

This is a place where we'll be talking 20 years from now or 15 years from now that many of the players in the uh the NBA in the National Football League and the Major League Baseball.

They'll be saying when they're interviewed, I got my start on these fields here.

At the Housing Authority, we believe that it is important to create affordable housing opportunities, but also to enrich our communities with places like the dream field here at Nickerson Gardens.

We know that children that are active, children that are playing sports grow up to be healthy and strong and smart.

And so these fields are about these children and these young people and giving them the opportunity to thrive.

I'm very excited with the investments being made that's pouring into this community, and I'm very grateful as a leader here.

We want to say thank you very much to the Dodger Foundation to all the foundations who are poured into our community.

We're very grateful.

From that dream feel to the real field, let's go future Dodgers.

LA Civil Rights visited Cal State LA for a know your rights fair.

The department's new We Belong campaign and resources.

Let the students know their rights and let everyone know they are part of LA in these challenging times.

Today we are at my beloved alma mater Cal State LA to launch the We Belong campaign in partnership with CIFD and the entire city family.

We know Mayor Bass wants us to share the word that we have an inclusive city, and today we have a resource fair on the campus of Cal State LA at the University Student Union to send a strong message that we stand with all Angelinos as we declare Los Angeles is for everyone.

And that message is that we belong.

We all belong.

And this campaign is more than a brand.

It is really elevating the inclusivity and the commitment of the city to be inclusive, regardless of where someone was born.

We know that in Los Angeles, one out of every five households has a person that is a mixed status household.

And so our department, the community investment for families department, is really proud of the fact that our resources are available to everyone, regardless of their immigration status.

What we care most about is that we want to make sure that we connect people to resources that cause Los Angeles home.

Um by the federal government.

And so getting that information out is really what's important.

And so that's why, you know, campaigns like this are so critical to the community.

I feel that they will be very excited that the LA County LA City is here to support.

So in case that they don't know about some of the service that they're in their community, they can reach out to the office of civil rights and also be able to get a vision on support in their communities.

I think that the students will know that we belong to LA, that LA is for everybody, and that they should not be afraid of anything leading in LA.

Going green is good for business, and it is also supported by the city.

LA Sanitation held a networking event to highlight the incentives and grants they have for businesses getting certified as sustainable and green.

Today we are at the Green Business Certification Networking event.

So everybody who's here is either green business certified or looking to become green business certified through the city of Los Angeles.

So we have our newly certified and formally certified businesses coming together.

They're gonna get information on our compliances, our uh plastics program, our uh recycler program, different grants and incentives for any businesses that want to become green business certified.

Check our website.

Um, you can click on there, it will direct you exactly uh to the coordinator where they can work walk with you through the process.

And that's what the city has done.

They they're not asking you to do it by yourself.

We have set aside uh staff members to come out and walk you through it.

We gotta be at the global stage, and it's very important for us in the city of Los Angeles to show all the sustainability programs that the mayor and the council has implemented over the years.

Our mission again in the city of Los Angeles is really help businesses and open the door for them to a wider stage in the state of California and beyond to other states.

All this could be done free of charge.

There is no cost to the business.

Everything is done through a state or city grants that's available to them to be able.

Today even was so excited to talk about electrification for small businesses who want to be now move into electrification.

They have less than 100 employees, they can tap into this program for free.

So just help businesses to grow and hopefully multiply in the city of Los Angeles.

As a business owner, I have everybody else's back, and I just want somebody to have mine, and the city has mine.

That's really cool.

The City of Los Angeles welcomes a new city clerk.

The council approves convention center upgrades, and an agreement is reached to avert LA City civil service layoffs.

The stories up next on City Beat.

LA City Council has confirmed Patrice Lattimore as the new city clerk of Los Angeles.

As chief management analyst in the city clerk's office, Lattimore is credited with implementing a comprehensive legislative management system and improved language inclusion.

According to Mayor Bass, Lattimore will provide dynamic leadership, including administering the ongoing city charter reform commission and next year's elections.

The work of the LA City Clerk's Office includes retaining and managing all official city records, archives, council proceedings, and the administration of city elections.

For more information, visit clerk.lacity.gov.

Los Angeles City Council has voted to move forward with renovations and upgrades to the LA Convention Center.

The 2.6 billion dollar project passed council 11 votes to two, with council members Yaroslavsky and Raman citing concerns about the cost when voting no.

The project includes connecting the existing South and West Halls and adding 190,000 square feet of exhibit space.

Construction will create thousands of jobs through a project labor agreement that guarantees 50% local hire.

For more information, visit LA Convention Center.com.

Mayor Karen Bass announced that an agreement has been reached to avert all remaining city of Los Angeles civil service layoffs in the current fiscal year.

According to Bass, the city sought solutions to preserve the workforce and avoid 1,600 layoffs, which were contained in the budget for 2025 to 2026.

Following negotiations with labor unions and the city, the agreement reached includes the transfer of some employees to key departments with funded and specially funded positions.

According to the city administrative officer, the deficit was closed, and they are projecting structural balance into the next fiscal year.

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

Community gathered with the Los Angeles Police Department to honor Latino Heritage Month.

Council member Monica Rodriguez, City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto, and LEPD officers were recognized as proud representatives of their culture year-round.

Today we're inside police headquarters with that Los Angeles Police Department.

We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Really honoring our history, our culture, our values.

And we're here with our community, our friends, our family, distinguished guests.

Latino Heritage Month is uh something I practice and exercise every day.

I don't get to erase my family history.

I carry that with me very proudly each and every day.

And I'm here to be the very best representation of what my community is.

We like to issue you this clock in gratitude and appreciation for your strength, your courage, your perseverance, and how strong-willed you are in fulfilling your purpose.

Although we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, this event is attended by all of the officers and employees of the city.

The diversity of this department reflects the demographics of our city, which is primarily Latino, and it's important for all of the members of the department to be recognized and celebrated for their contributions to our city.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

We're just celebrating the past accomplishments and the future accomplishments that we are dedicated and committed to accomplishing.

When I look around at this courtyard today, I'm reminded that our department is stronger because of the diversity of the people who make it up, both sworn and civilian.

Unity is our goal.

We are always arcing toward a more perfect union with all of our communities and all of the beautiful parts of our city and our culture and our communities represented.

The Los Angeles Sparks basketball team is working with LA City's Department of Aging to uplift senior citizens.

First, the LA Sparks took the seniors to a basketball game, but then it was the seniors' turn to show their moves to the team and Sparky the mascot.

We are at the WLCAC Southwestern Multipurpose Senior Center site.

Yes, so excited with this collaboration with the LA Sparks.

On August 26th, we had an awesome time at the Sparks game.

For a lot of our seniors, it was their first time at a WNBA game or really just any basketball game.

We had over a hundred seniors and their families there.

And so now the Sparks and their staff and their awesome mascot Sparky are visiting some of our multi-purpose seniors that just throughout the city, and this is one of the visits.

Otherwise, then we'd be sitting at home watching TV.

So these activities make us feel younger.

And we fellowship.

We fellowship with everybody down here.

They always have something for us to do.

What we do, it's a lot about health and wellness, right?

Health and wellness.

As we age, we focus on the mind, the body, and the spirit.

So what you're seeing back here right now is the spirit part of it, right?

But earlier, that exercise program that the LA Sparks did for us, it was wonderful just seeing everyone stretching their arms, moving their torsos, stretching their legs.

That's what leads to movement.

Seeing the enjoyment, the camaraderie.

It's just an amazing experience, and we're so thankful that they were able to join us today.

The famous Central Avenue Jazz Festival is now in its 30th year.

Council Member Kern Price hosts this annual celebration, which brings the community out to feel the vibes and connect with live jazz music along Central Avenue.

Well, we're here on the streets of South LA in the 9th district, but we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Circle Avenue Jazz Festival.

It's an annual celebration, a chance to come together.

We have food, uh yeah, community services, uh, we have resources available.

It's a really big game is a family reality event.

Oh, it's very important for us to have this festival because people are getting along, they're enjoying themselves.

And since the deception of this, which I helped start along with the community, it's been just lovely for everybody.

And it's growing and growing and growing, and people should get together like this more and show love for each other.

I love seeing the people perform.

This is my second year coming here, and it's so cool because I play music and it's like such a big inspiration to see people play.

It's definitely worth it.

It's so cool to see music and be exposed to new things.

I live in the neighborhood, and I've been meaning to come for a long time.

So I'm really happy to be here.

I really love it.

It's uh reminds me of New Orleans.

The bands were fantastic, and uh it's a great mix of people.

There's a lot here to enjoy, so I would definitely recommend it.

Well, one thing I found about this beautiful festival is that for the city, I think this festival brings people out from multiple cultures.

I'm really loving, you know, the vibe of just all the citizens in the community.

And honestly, you know, I'm really enjoying, you know, the festival as a whole.

So I think for the community is a definite yes.

I would think that everyone that sees this or that hears about the Central Avenue Festival, Jazz Festival, should come.

It's enlightening, it's history, and it's edifying.

Revitalizing the Vision Theater.

This gem of community connection in LaMerd Park has just been carefully renovated.

While there are state-of-the-art upgrades inside, there's also attention to detail in the restoration of original features, there's a uh Saint, his name is Rumi.

He said, Be the soul of the place you inhabit.

This theater has so you can feel it.

The spirit is strong in this place.

The Vision Theater is located in the heart of Lamert Park.

Lamert Park is the Mecca of black arts, entertainment, and culture.

It is a very, very highly regarded neighborhood and is world renowned.

The Vision Theater is a Spanish Art Deco theater.

It was designed in 1931 and opened on April 21st, 1932.

This year would celebrate its 93rd anniversary.

When you come into the theater, it has been completely uh restored.

All of the colors from 1932 when it was first opened, completely restored the exact same vibrant colors.

It has a new chandelier.

It's five rings.

It's very futuristic, Afrofuturistic.

Extending out into the street under the marquee is the Tarazo, which we just restored.

It's the original Tarazo.

It's quite beautiful, quite stunning.

And above that, of course, is the marquee.

It is a neon marquee.

It is uh totally renovated.

And above that is the Vision Tower.

Now that is an Art Deco structure that was originally there.

So at night, when it's lit up, you see the marquee and the tower is lit.

It's just absolutely gorgeous.

This is a world-class state of the art facility.

We qualify as a Broadway house, so that's very exciting when you think of having musicals here.

The kind of programming that we plan to have at the Vision Theater is very exciting.

The three pillars of the performing arts, of course, dance, music, and theater.

Um, the local artists will have the opportunity to present their work here.

We want our artists, our local artist people to tell their stories.

It'll be affordable for local artists to be here and present their work, which is very exciting.

Also, I want to mention uh there'll be uh community end gathering, meetings, convenings.

This place is accessible and able to uh serve the community in that way.

That's very important.

The arts are a product of culture, and culture is a product of place.

So this is our place.

This is our home.

So we hope that that's the feeling that the community will have that it's theirs to enjoy and experience and learn and grow.

For more information about the Vision Theater, you can go to culture.lacity.gov.

In this week's Things to do, join the LA Nature Quest.

Celebrate Latino Heritage in South Central, and take to some car-free city streets for Cyclavia.

All the stuff next on things to do.

Discover the rich biodiversity of the city on a guided hike as part of LA Nature Quest on Saturday, October 11th.

Join LA Nature Quest to explore the natural world in your neighborhood and help gather valuable information about LA's biodiversity.

Participants on the hike will be guided by junior ecologist Ryan Kinzel and get to explore nature, learn about local species, and document findings using the iNaturalist app.

Download the app onto your mobile device and head to Augustus Hawkins Nature Park for LA Nature Quest Hike and Biodiversity Data Collection on Saturday, October 11th, beginning at 10 a.m.

For more information, visit the Instagram account of LA City Parks.

On Saturday, October 11th, join Council Member Curran Price for the first ever Latino Carnival.

Bringing the community together for Latino Heritage Month with a day of music, food, culture, and community pride.

Enjoy the original Banda El Limon.

Council Member Price will be presenting the band with a proclamation recognizing their six decades of music.

Enjoy 20 musical acts on two stages.

And there will also be a Ferris Wheel, Carnival Games, Bounce Houses, and DJs all day.

Join Councilmember Kern Price in the community for the first ever Latino Carnival in South Central on Saturday, October 11th from 1 p.m.

to 10 p.m.

For more information, visit CD9.lacity.gov.

It's time to get back in the saddle for Cyclovia, heart of the city.

On Sunday, October 12th, join Cyclavia for another day of car-free streets across Los Angeles.

This Cyclavia connects West Lake, Downtown LA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Arts District, and Boyle Heights, with over seven miles of streets dedicated to people and pedal power.

Whether you walk, jog, bike, roller skate, or spectate, enjoy local amenities at a different pace.

All ages and abilities are welcome.

Enjoy the 63rd open streets event at Cyclavia, Heart of the City.

On Sunday, October 12th from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit Cyclavia.org.

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

And from all of us here at LA this week, thank you so much for joining us.

Remember that you can watch us online anytime at LACDV.org, and we're also on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube.

See you next time for more LA this week.

All right, good morning, and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles City Council.

Today is Tuesday, the seventh day of October in the year twenty twenty-five.

Yes, sir.

Blumenville, Harris Dawson, Hernandez, Hut, Hierado, Lee, McCosker, Nazarian, Padilla, Park, Christ, Ramon, Rodriguez, Soto Martina, Staroslavski, twelve members present in corn, Mr.

President.

All right, first order business.

Approval, the minutes of October third, twenty twenty-five.

Councilmember Hernandez moves, Councilmember Rodriguez, seconds.

What's next?

Commendatory resolutions for approval.

Councilmember Park moves, Councilmember Juado seconds.

What's next?

Mr.

President, today is Tuesday.

It's time for an apply excellent.

All right, I'll ask everyone in the chamber to rise, face the flag and join Council President Pro Tim Bob Blumenfield in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Okay, if you could face the flag, place your right hand over your heart.

Ready, begin.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

All right, Madam Clerk, let's run through our agenda.

Yes, Mr.

President.

Given the upcoming recess, Council Recess, would council like all items to go forthwith today?

Without objection, that will be the orders.

Items one through five are items noticed for public hearing.

For item number five, the solid resource rate adjustment for there to be a majority protest, valid written protests associated with 370,622 parcels must have been received by September 30th, 2025.

6,0687 valid written protests were submitted on or before September 30th, 2025.

The majority protest threshold was not met, and council may proceed with the pro solid resource rate adjustment.

Also for item five, the multifamily bulky item rate adjustment, for there to be a majority protest, valid written protests associated with 294,170 parcels must have been received by September 30th, 2025.

866 valid written protests were submitted on or before September 30th, 2025.

The majority protest threshold was not met, and council may proceed with the proposed multifamily bulky item rate adjustment.

Item six through 24 are items which public hearings have been held for items seven and eight.

Without objection, those items are now before us.

Let's uh go to specials now, Mr.

McCosker.

Uh thank you very much, Mr.

President.

I'd like to uh receive and file item number one as the invoice has been paid in full and DBS is satisfied on item 16.

Uh I move that we adopt both options on the agenda.

The rules committee report, the resolution, and the motion.

And I would like to call that item special, of course, and hold it for remarks.

All right.

Um is there a second to Mr.

McCosker's motion for item one and sixteen?

Uh uh councilmember Sonomartinez.

Thank you.

All right, uh, Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

I would like to call item 24 for comments and a separate vote and items 41 and 56, separate for a separate for a separate separate for uh votes, a different vote.

Call special for a separate vote.

I think is what you're going for.

Yes, call special for a separate vote.

Thank you.

Right on.

That tongue twisted there for a second.

Uh and I'd like to refer to item uh and I'd like to refer item number 37 of public works, and I have a substitution for item 41.

All right, thank you.

Just to recap, substitute.

Um council member Hernandez 24 is uh special for comments, separate vote.

Uh 41 56 uh just separate votes.

Uh there is a request to send 37 back uh to public works committee and is there a second to this it's items 40 and 56 for a separate vote.

Oh pardon me 40 and 56 for a separate vote.

37 is referred to public works committee, and 41 is a substitute uh motion.

Yes, thank you perfect.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, uh councilmember boomenfield.

Uh like to ask that we uh hold 22 for a separate vote and for questions.

Uh 25 for questions and 30 for an amendment, which has been circulated.

All right.

Uh and just to recap, Mr.

Bloomfield, 22 separate vote and questions, 25 questions, and 30 amendments, sir.

22 separate vote and questions, 25 questions, and 30 amendments, sir.

Yes.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh Councilmember Lee.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I'd like to ask if we can call item nine, special for comments.

All right.

All right.

Uh seeing no more on that side, Councilmember Yaroslavsky.

Uh thank you, Council President.

I'd like um to move uh item 18's budget and finance report.

Uh, and also 19 uh to move the budget and finance report for item 19.

All right, I'll second both of those.

Uh Councilmember Rodriguez.

I uh Mr.

Bloomyfield, you call 22 for a separate vote, correct?

Okay.

Okay, and then uh I'd like to move on item 12, adopting the personal and hiring committee report.

All right, seconded by Mr.

McCosker.

Uh Councilmember Raman.

Um, I'd like to call item 16 for a separate vote.

Okay.

Any other specials members?

All right, Councilmember Raman.

To make brief uh remarks before we voted on item 15.

And wanted to confirm that we're calling 25 special for a discussion or questions.

I think it was called special for comments by someone.

25 minutes.

Mr.

Council Hamber Bloomenfield called 25 special for questions.

I have questions as well.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Any other specials members?

All right.

Uh Mr.

Nazarian.

I'm not sure if five was called out now, but five for a separate vote, please.

All right.

Which items are before us at this time.

Just gonna take a second.

Uh while we do that, uh, I want to take a second and do a special introduction.

We have uh joining us uh the esteemed Dr.

Regina Freer and the Los Angeles politics class from Occidental College.

If you all can just stand up and wave at us in the back.

Thank you all for being with us.

Do you want to get presentation first?

All right, we will uh while we get settled up, we'll go to uh presentations.

We have a very special uh presentation today that will be led by Councilmember Hernandez of Council District One.

So I just want to make sure my phone's on my node because I think it's got thank you.

Good morning, hi doing.

Thanks for coming.

If you want to give your stickers on, welcome, welcome, hi.

Good morning.

Hi, Don.

Good to see you.

You can go around.

Wonderful.

We are now um we're now gonna welcome the wild horse Native American male drummers to open up the space for us, eh?

Good morning, relatives and family members, those of you in the council, those of you primary chambers, welcome you all this morning.

My name is So Richard Yanis.

I'm a Ani from Towering House Clan of Standing Rock, New Mexico.

I'm grateful to stand before you to my right, my brother Jorge Lechuga.

To my left, my nephew Tyler Nota.

We represent an organization that's been based in the South Bay for generations now.

Through the help of our community and our love for our singing, our dancing, our spiritual advising.

I like to say Hora here is a graduate of excuse me.

Bishop Amont, Bishop Montgomery.

Bishop Montgomery out of San Pedro.

And Redondo Union High School out of Redondo.

Myself, I did not take the same venture, but our culture and our our lives brought us back together in a meaningful way.

So I say thank you and good morning to you all.

I say talk to my tungle relative, my California relative permission to continue.

We may all be native, but you guys took care of this land before we didn't say thank you.

Out of respect for our families that come here.

So today we want to share two songs with you.

First, a prayer song on our language.

It talks about all of us here as a people.

As you proceed today, as you proceed with the people behind us, our indigenous families, all the different indigenous relatives from all across the LA County area that have come to share the knowledge and their words with you today that you keep an open mind.

The second song is referred to as a round dance to keep a good space to keep that momentous thinking.

Open mindedness and love for one another and for all of our ways of thinking today.

What can I say?

Thank you so much, everyone.

Another huge round of applause for the wild horse Native American male drummers for opening up our celebration and for inviting our ancestors to join us.

Good morning, everyone.

It's a pleasure to welcome you all as we gather here in chambers to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day here in the city of Los Angeles.

Before we get started with our presentation, it's important that we recognize the land on which we stand.

To lead us in that land acknowledgement, please welcome Ellie Morales Ricaldi of the San Cambrill Band of Mission Indians, Gabriel Tongva Youth Council, and the Hello Mihanane, Ellie Morales Ricalde, Dancing Spirit Walker.

I'm a youth leader for the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, Gabrielino Ton Tongva, joined today with Chief Anthony Morales.

I would like to thank Council Member Hernandez and LA City Council for honoring and acknowledging Indigenous Peoples Day.

Let's give that a short round of applause.

In our language, we say equashem, which means we are here.

And that is why we are here is because of our resilience and us acknowledging that we are here.

This is a responsibility that I keep deep in my heart.

Being Gabriel Tongba means that I carry the strength of my ancestors throughout my culture and tradition.

Even though our history includes pain and loss, it also holds stories of survival, wisdom, and connection to the land that we we call home.

I've learned that resilience is about standing tall.

I'm part of a story that of resilience that honors my ancestors by learning, listening, and never forgetting who I am.

Today we welcome you to Bongar.

Thank you so much for your time.

Oh, and this answer is going to speak down.

Again, I'd like to thank the city of Los Angeles City Council for acknowledging today is uh indigenous people's day.

Uh I just want to sing a song with my son.

It's a it's an ancestor song.

And um, we ask our ancestors to protect all of us, all of us that are indigenous people because of their political climate is going on on our ancestral land.

Um this song is uh the interpretation of this song is all my ancestors, all my ancestors, listen to my heart, all my ancestors, here is my heart, uh no carnish, na ha qua nation, na ha nessun na ha qua ni show na ha qua nu, kai show ne show ne show na ha qua he na ha qua ne sho na ha qua ta yeh nuka in the memory of all our ancestors, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, thank you, Ellie.

Uh, today we recognize and thank you, um, Chief Anthony Morales and your loved ones for also bringing in the ancestors.

Thank you so much.

Um, today we recognize the first peoples of this land whose stories, languages, and traditions continue to breathe life into the city.

I want to thank our elders, our youth, and the community leaders who carry the songs of generations before us, um, and who's who are planting the new seeds for the generations to come.

This morning I want to uplift and recognize that we're joined by members of the Los Angeles City and County Native American and Indian Commission.

Chief Anthony Morales, who just sang is with the Sankabrell Band of Mission Indians, Gamberlino Tongva.

We have President Bertha Freri of the Cherokee Nation, Native American and Indigenous Community Police Advisory Board.

Marco Pacheco, President of Casa de la Cultura Maya, is also here with us today.

Los Angeles is home to more than 327 indigenous people who identify as Native Americans or California Indian.

Los Angeles is home to 30 different unique indigenous communities from Meiko and Central America as well.

While these numbers may seem high, we know the U.S.

Census historically undercounts for our indigenous communities.

As we celebrate, we must also be honest about the moment we're living in.

Across this country, history and the truth itself are under attack.

We see the federal administration punishing diversity and culture.

Ice agents are kidnapping people from uh for how they look, uh how they speak and where they come from.

That violence echoes the past, the boarding schools, the forced removals, the erasure.

But indigenous peoples have turned survival into resistance, have given us examples of what it means to survive and thrive, armored with ancestral spirits and knowledge that no government can penetrate.

And I'm grateful that they have you know illuminated that for the communities that are struggling right now and give us something to look to and aspire to.

Here in Los Angeles, there's unfinished work to create a citywide land acknowledgement policy.

It's long overdue and it's an important step.

And as that work continues, we must make sure that the people whose land we stand on are a part of the conversation and the decision making.

And as we talk about land, we can't ignore what's happening just a few blocks from here at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in my district.

The proposed gondola project reminds us of the need to be stewards of the land and to protect it, especially sacred land.

We need to approach uh we need to oppose unchecked development that threatens open spaces with rich indigenous history and sacredness.

If we are serious about honoring indigenous peoples, we must act on our values and throw down for them and with them every single day.

Um, I now would like to introduce our next speaker.

Um who's here to join us, Mark Villa Senhor.

Um Mark Villa Senor is the tribal vice president of the Fernandeño Tatavian Band of Mission Indians and Vice Chair of the Los Angeles City County Native American Indian Commission.

Uh, I'd like to thank Councilwoman Hernandez for inviting us out here today.

Uh currently I am the vice chair for the Los Angeles City and County Native American Indian Commission.

Uh, this commission is uh very unique.

It was created back in 1976 in order to address the historic disparity of representation with the Native American people with that reside within LA County.

It's unique in the fact that it contains uh appointees from the county, also uh community voted members, and also city appointed members as well, which I am also a city appointed by Mayor Bass.

Um just wanted to say that back in 2017 when the city council approved to change the day of Christopher Columbus to Indigenous People's Day.

Uh our commission supported that effort by being able to understand the history and the the community that's here in Los Angeles that is able to show the richness and vibrancy of this Native American community here.

Uh, this commission is also uh interested in continuing to work with the city council as it moves forward in um uh promoting Native American uh uh sovereignty and as well as participation within the local governance structure as well.

Uh, I just like to say that in closing, uh, I'm here with some of my fellow commissioners here, Denise Escoto and our past Commissioner Tracy Perez and Mona Morales for Calday here.

I just like to say thank you again for all the work that you've been doing, and we look forward to working with you in the future as well.

And once again, thank you, uh, Councilwoman Hernandez.

Thank you.

I'd now like to invite Senator Joe Bodil, Elder of the Fernandinho Titavian Band of Mission Indians to say a few words with us.

Hello, my name is Joe Bodle.

I'm here to speak on uh behalf of our tribe, the Fernandino Tatavian Band of Mission Indians.

Um, our ancestral lands are the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Antelope Valleys and part of Simi Valley.

I personally descend from the leadership of the village of Tahonga in the San Fernando Valley.

So I take pride in saying I'm from the valley when people ask.

Um I stand here along with our Gabrielano relatives as the prayers of our relatives that survived the missions and survived the genocide that happened in this state.

And I take pride in being here, knowing that we're taken to our tribe to another level.

We've survived and now we're pushing forward.

Our tribe alone has several uh for-profit uh entities as well as nonprofits, benefiting the community, not only our our native community, but the community in general.

And it's just an honor to be here and speak on behalf of them, and uh thank you for your time.

Uh Councilwoman Hernandez, thank you for allowing us to be here.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for joining us.

This is your house.

Next, we'll hear from Eric Angen, youth representative of the Maya Purepeche community.

Thank you for joining us today.

Yeah, of course.

Good morning to all.

Thank you for allowing us to be here and express our gratitude and observation of Indigenous People's Day on this day.

My name is Eric Angel, and I am a first generation Purebecha descendant, born in the bustling streets of Compton, California, as a descendant member of the indigenous community.

Historia is woven from threads of land and its people.

On Indigenous People's Day and beyond, Eric stands not only as a stranger to the stories of this land, but as someone rooted deeply in its diverse heritage.

His grandparents left the vibrant hills of Michoacan for a promise of California.

His grandfather worked in the fields of the Brasero, and little by little the family established their roots in the United States, carrying with them the Purebacha language, traditions, and values.

Eric grew up surrounded by three voices.

Spanish and Burebacha from his parents, Burebacha from his grandmother, and English at school.

Education was the foundation of his life.

Guided by his family and inspired by his brother's footsteps, Eric slated digital diligently and graduated from UCR Vine with a degree in economics and mining project management.

That's right.

After college, after college Eric began his career as a data analyst in the renewable energy sector, contributing to the development of solar and battery projects.

Eventually he realized his true calling lay elsewhere and transition to real estate, seeking a career that aligned with his passions and desire for independence.

Throughout his journey, Eric has remained deeply rooted in his heritage to participation in cultural events, community organization, and especially with Sabor de Michoacan, a taste of Michoacan.

He has helped keep what everything is alive in the US for those who cannot always return home.

Eric's journey is defined by carrying forward the sacrifices of those before him and building something new with the tools they gave him.

Hard work, education, culture, and pride in his indigenous heritage.

Today on October 7th, we not only celebrate our history, but we also affirm that we are still here, present and thriving in the quiet revolution of daily life.

As a Purepache raised in the Los Angeles diaspora, I embody resistance not with shouts, but by weaving our blood, culture, and background into every thread of my existence.

Every meal I cook with traditional ingredients, every story I share about our heritage, becomes an act of remembrance and resistance.

Through community gatherings, language classes, and cultural events, we ensure traditions are not lost, but instead flourish in new soil.

For me, resistance not only about looking back, it's about moving forward.

It is about living every day in a way that honors my Purebecha roots.

It means carrying my grandmother's voice in the Purebecha language, sharing her lullabies and proverbs with younger generations.

It means working with my community to organize vibrant festivals where we sh where we share our food, our dances, our music, and our art.

Each event, a living bridge of Inchwakan.

Even if people cannot return to our ancestor and homeland, they can still feel at home through these shared experiences, finding comfort and connection in our collective memory.

For me, that is also resistance, showing that being indigenous is not a barrier, but a source of strength.

Whether mentoring students, advocating for indigenous representation at work, or launching initiatives that support our youth, I am driven by a sense of duty to break barriers and uplift others in my community.

My identity motivates me every day to turn obstacles into opportunities for growth and solidarity.

To keep gatherings such as this one, to keep remembering where we come from.

Challenges to new opportunities, thereby threaten strengthening our identity and community.

Thank you for allowing me to share my story and for sending us as we continue to keep our roots alive.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Thank you, everybody.

Thank you so much.

Now we are gonna we're going to conclude with something really incredible.

We have Marco Ballasia who will grace us with the Mayan ancestral flute performance.

Thank you so much.

Um thank you, Chief Anthony Morales.

Thank you so much for always being here.

Vice President Mark Villa Senor, thank you.

Senator, thank you.

Mona Ellie, thank you for always inspiring me every day all the time for your leadership and bravery.

Um thank you, colleagues, and to one of my favorites here who make sure that we're steady and on and going in the right direction always.

Thank you.

Thank you, Hector.

Thank you, colleagues.

Let today stand as a commitment to honor indigenous communities history and protect indigenous people.

On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, I'm pleased to present this resolution to the City of Los Angeles City and County Native American Indian Commission, officially recognizing October 13th, 2025 as Indigenous People's Day in Los Angeles.

Please join me in recognizing them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And if it's okay, Elliot, I'd like to present it to you to hold.

The items open for public comment on the agenda are items one through five and items 25 through 56.

So again, the items for that are open for public comment on the agenda are items one through five and items 25 through 56.

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 other items or anything else in the city's subject matter jurisdiction.

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

So item 16 is not open for public comment, but you can speak to it during general.

So we have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

No, so no, you can you have one minute for general and you can speak to item sixteen for that one minute.

Go ahead.

And you know, uh I've been working with community and labor groups for a long time.

I'm an environmentalist myself, but you you have to ensure you know the largest driver of uh climate change is poverty.

So if we're gonna move on climate change, we need to make sure we're bringing workers with us.

Please vote yes on 16 and SB34.

Next speaker good morning.

Good morning.

You have three minutes for the items and one minute for general.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Um I actually like Mr.

Lee's uh, you know, in the end about the helping with the plants and stuff, but I'm gonna ask the council president and the city attorney to please put all his items on hold until I receive my apology.

Um he has yet to apologize to me for his rudeness.

And after he apologizes, I will gladly support his items because they are they were good.

Okay, so that being said, um start with uh number thirty.

Oh, Bob, this is one of yours, Bob.

Okay, um like I don't understand why you're trying to not have the permit process, go through the appropriate process.

And Bob should be listening, he's about to owe me an apology if he doesn't quit it.

This is his item.

Okay, thank you, Bob.

But um why because see that's what Scientology does, right?

They try to put things through illegal or skip the system, and that's what you're doing here.

And I'm sure that the one night public dance, uh, I mean, the Rosita Rising Art Walk is a lovely, you know, wonderful thing, and they deserve to have their night of dance.

But why not let it run through the proper process, right?

Like, I have to, like, I want to get a permit, I'm applying for one, but right to protest.

But why but are you gonna Bob?

Are you gonna give me ask for me to can you put it on the agenda for me to bypass this?

Um, the process of the police, you know, and valuation of it, because I would appreciate it.

Because I would love to have that bypass.

I would love to have that one minute on it.

Is that my one minute's up on that one?

Okay, then the other one I want to go to is I think 41.

Yes.

Um, this is Ms.

Hernandez, and lovely.

Thank you for the lovely presentation this morning, Ms.

Hernandez.

Um, and I do agree with getting software that you guys can finally inventory and assess the you know, the right of way in the public easements and public streets.

You need that.

I can't believe this is a city that doesn't know what you have.

Okay, and I'm gonna bring something on that, and this is why that program is needed on El Ron Hubbard Way.

Okay, Kendrick Moxon is pretending or he showed some weird letter that the city gave them no perm, no parking, okay, by an engineer.

Is you know, get this uh regular level engineer gave them a no parking for indefinite, which we know is not true.

Okay, but you don't even know like where your no parking streets are, what's legit, what's not legit.

I'm not sure which item you're speaking to.

Uh 41 about because you're trying to get software, right?

So you can keep track of all your streets.

Regardless, you've exhausted your one minute on item 41.

Go ahead.

Okay, that's good.

And then the other ones is for all the street vacations.

No, no, and no, because again, I don't want Scientology getting the idea that you guys are quick to pass out street vacations.

We need Elvon Hubbard way open so victims who want to leave can leave, and so that the public who wants to go use the beautiful street can use it.

Thank you.

Okay, public comment.

Shout out, uh, shout out to Smoking Scan.

Oh, I get three minute public comment.

I'll take it.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Um, and you know, and so I want to talk about what happened on Sunday.

Okay, randomly uh somebody came across and it was a Scientology film permit.

He they had the proper permit from the police, apparently.

And what they did is they had a bunch of people, they're people who mind you make slave wages, they don't make human regular wages, they make 47 a week, had to stand still for four hours.

They were not given a bathroom breaks, we're not given uh drinks or water or anything.

They had to stand still even though no one was filming.

How stupid do you look as a city to allow that to happen on our city streets?

And then they lied and said they only had the street um permit, but they lied and told the police, oh no, that they want to cut off the sidewalk, and the and the police officer went along with it.

You guys are looking stupid.

These people are abusing um you know their wages and their earners, and and yeah, and they're going after me too hard.

Like I'm gonna actually fear for my safety because of certain people in there.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

You have three minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment.

Please begin.

So look what we got here.

I got myself my own very own council rule.

So if I get out thrown out of one meeting, I get disposed of the rest of the whole day, plus the next business day.

Let's see, Isabel Giorato's in a lawyer.

Let's give the city a hand for getting sued for three million dollars instead of two.

Yeah, you see, you're ramping it up, and who sponsored it?

Hugo Soto Stalin.

You little bitch.

You're turning into a little little Jewish own little bitch.

I'm gonna bring you a yarmulca.

You little asshole.

Fucking little turd.

I can't believe what a little bit.

These are the agenda items of movie to general.

I get it.

I'm talking about.

Also, you've exhausted your one minute on 48.

It's my time.

You get your fucking time.

Yeah, so I was seen.

Number 49, the dog eating festival.

Yes, sir.

We're gonna be taking buses down to CD 10.

And head the hood, gonna be serving us up some nice lamb chops made of dogs.

Let's get right hand.

Yeah.

Mm-mm.

Nothing better when I go down to Cape Town celebrations with pumpkin head and I eat dog.

You should try Buckethead.

It's delicious with all of that delicious sauce.

Now we get graffiti services from staff of B, the FBI former target.

$30,000 to remove graffiti.

Then he gets another 75,000 for trees.

What?

Man, look at this.

It pays to be an FBI snitch, doesn't it?

Then we got other shit here.

Look at that.

Heather Hutt again.

She's gonna stop sitting and sleeping lights.

In other words, she's gonna make people get the fuck off of her streets, so then we can kick it and push all the homeless over to Madam Sniffles over there at CD6.

Oh, he's got her nose, finger to nose, always having allergies.

And then over there at CD1, the revolutionary hamburger Hernandez.

So you see, hamburger, you're fucked up in the fucking head.

You understand?

You can't have a land acknowledgement.

The Jews own all the goddamn land.

You understand?

Not the Indians.

Indians got defeated in 1823.

Back when that president General Jackson became president, he pushed him off the fucking land.

Get it smart.

Only the Jew owns a land.

General my general comment.

As you know, yesterday in federal court, we had the chief of homeland security, Deputy Brian K.

Williams, Deputy Mayor, bomb threat the entire city hall.

Facing up to 10 years of federal prison.

What happens, Amelda?

He gets a $5,000 fine, no jail time and probation.

Why?

Isn't it a fucking shame that it's September 23?

He filed sealed documents.

I hope it didn't leak.

That's right.

I hope there wasn't a leak.

Ah, man.

Ah.

I smell snitches.

I smell them.

They're all over this fucking room.

That's right, Amelda.

It's right.

You're snipping in the snitches.

See, the year is not gonna go out.

What I heard yesterday without a new council member being indicted.

So anyway, you take that and shove it up your fat ass niggas.

Make it and we're we're waiting for the next speaker to come up.

I don't know if the guests from Occidental College are still here, but everything you just heard is on the exam, so I hope you took notes.

Uh good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Yes, good morning.

Uh Chris Chavez, Coalition for Clean Air, speaking on item 16.

Uh, we are opposed to items.

One minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Yes, uh, Chris Chavez, we're opposed to item 16, uh, as well as SB 34.

SB 34 seeks to constrain South Coast Air Quality Management District's ability to reduce pollution from the ports.

It's worth noting that South Coast has already capitulated to the pressure from the Los Angeles and Long Beach Mayors, the shipping industry, industry, and uh from labor, and is elected to pursue a voluntary agreement.

Uh a voluntary agreement that we oppose.

But SB 34 sends a message that California will protect the largest source of smog forming pollutants in the smoggiest air basin in the nation.

It also sends a message that the state and local governments will work against the decades of efforts by uh environmental justice, environmental, public health, and community advocates.

1,500 Southern Californians die prematurely every year due to our inability to meet uh air qual clean air standards.

SC-34 would move Los Angeles even further in the wrong direction.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Carla Martinez, Greg, Cash Patel, Pancake, and surprise.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

I'm not only public comment.

Okay, and before you begin, feel free to move the microphone if you'd like.

Go ahead.

Uh the I'm gonna read Senator uh Johnson's uh uh book called Transhuman Genocide.

I uh Ron, I write to Ron Johnson.

I'm uh uh asking everybody else to help me.

Here's one of my letters.

Ron Johnson, we would like to invite you on Zoom to our LA City Council right now or any Tuesday.

You must ask the president if you can speak for 10 minutes.

Okay.

Uh here we go.

These weapons are positions as notes on a mesh.

We're talking about ELF Westband's network in a grid-like pattern.

These weapons are you artificial intelligence, use artificial for targeting, can pick up victims from a crowd in a way that is similar to facial recognition software.

Okay, I'm just gonna say one of my friends, what I feel very uh Soul sister in Palmdale last week.

We heard of her, and I'm gonna talk about her.

She's a religious, so I feel she's on the right, just like Ron Johnson is on the right.

He's more right wing than Trump.

I'll have to get around next week.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

You have three minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

So to those of you who are suppressed by the chill of speech, as you exercise your first amendment to understand which item are you speaking to?

Motherfucker, I'm a 48 big head, pumpkin head.

Why do you have to interrupt me?

Every motherfucking time I'm talking about the time.

Item 48, you're welcome to continue this term general if you'd like.

Who says, oh, rule 77, the first paragraph, we have to change it to amend because we don't want to have critical criticism against us cool but you cry babies, wham.

Well, fuck you.

42 1983 and 1842 and 45 section.

Unconstitutional prior restraint on my free speech.

Well, guess what, ladies and gentlemen, the crowd?

Fuck you.

Straight out.

That's my constitutional belief.

A little lying bitch like you have to cry about changing rules.

Weren't they good enough?

Weren't they better than what we had before?

Time's expired on item number 48.

Please move on to another item.

Asshole.

Why is it that on 45 dickhead that we're changing the name to Juniper Street off 102nd Street when we should call it Nickerson Garden Street, where all the little Knick Garden children can know the name of the real street?

What about the 103rd Street showdown exhibit where the watchtowers are?

Let's let's put a flag on it, representing the dumbass attorney up there who's trying to figure out what number I'm on.

45 asshole.

You got it?

Okay, believe you hold this time for a moment.

Yeah, yeah, hold my time.

Use the n-word.

I made reference to Nickerson Garden, asshole.

Okay, well, Nickerson Garden is a location in LA by Watts.

Okay, stop for a second.

Uh it's a violation of Rule 7.

This is your only warning using that word or any of its variations as described in Rule 7.

May not be used again in this council meeting or any future council meetings.

If you violate rule seven again and use the N-word, you will forfeit your speaking time and could be subject to removal and will be subject to removal pursuant to rule 7 and 12.

Uh, you can resume your time.

I would like clarity on that name, sir, because you're you're using an offensive word that you made a rule for, and now you're saying I made a statement to that.

Mr.

Herman, I need you to stick to the agenda items.

I'm gonna move you to general public comment.

Wow.

Wow, look at this.

Roscoe, where the juju money trees at in Woodman Square.

They want to put a Kawapa Square.

Well, let me translate that as S-A-W-A-S-T-I-K-A square.

What is this spell?

Does my spelling have any offense to anyone here?

Does anybody want a rebuttal about my clarity of words?

My sympathy for the goddamn KaWapa.

Well, you know what I think of Kawapa shit.

It's the same fucking bullshit I've always said on the record.

You're full of shit, Bob.

You married a black woman, and that's why you're too ignorant to understand English.

Now until my non-agenda public comment.

Cohen versus California.

Baghdazarian versus the United States.

Whitney versus California.

United States Supreme Court versus the city of Los Angeles and our first amendment.

Why is that?

Why?

Because today you heard on item number bullshit 48.

The goddam fat bald idiots here.

And I'm making reference to all the illegal assholes that support that shit, right?

Padilla.

Right?

Little wet back.

Go back to your country when you come to mine.

Because I didn't have to cross any borders.

I was born and raised here.

Not like that pussy up there, Soto.

Another wet back.

So as far as I'm concerned, fat burger, put the cheese in your mouth and shut the fuck up.

Thank you.

Okay.

Next speaker.

I apologize to everyone.

We have incredibly offensive folks who come here and waste our time, but we do have to uh listen to them pursuant to the Brown Act.

So apologies for folks who had to hear that.

Next speaker.

Um my name's Adam.

AKA surprise.

Just uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Great.

Yeah, my name's Adam from LA Cannes Human and Civil Rights Committee.

During outreach in nearly two dozen former Skid Row Housing Trust buildings sold to Leo Postilkinoff.

I have witnessed so many issues with regard to habitability and tenant safety.

Since he took over, security went missing, and in some buildings like the produce, mail access did as well.

While people that work for Leo asked us not to bring these things up at City Council, we think it's important for the stories of community members from Skid Row to find their way to elected officials to make sure you all know what is going on and certainly what isn't.

The city signed off on the sale of these buildings.

What is the city's responsibility to make sure that these buildings are livable?

What is the city's responsibility in the sale of these buildings to make sure that tenants are safe?

While LAPD expand criminalization of Skid Row residents through the bids revive DTLA plan, what few resources we have continue to be pulled, shower trucks, bathrooms, etc.

In the 21 buildings the city allowed Leo to buy as soon as the purchase was complete, security in every building was pulled, whether housed or hun housed, whether housed or unhoused in Skid Row, the city doesn't seem to care about residents' well-being.

You should start.

Hi, I'm Greg with LA Can, speaking on general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

I've lived at the Produce Hotel in Skid Row for nearly two years now.

During that time I've seen a precipitous decline in the cleanliness, safety, and general uh services that are required for a dignified living environment.

Since Leo Pustilnikov of Hope for an Affordable LA purchased our building, he immediately cut security, drastically increasing the instances of violent crimes and thefts.

Our mail was cut off for nine months straight, and now that it has resumed its intermittent and entirely unreliable.

I find it highly unfair that Leo leverages our suffering in our pain for his uh to finance his more glamorous, more high profile projects.

While the city celebrates the reopening of the pantry, our building pantries are overrun with roaches, maggots, and rats.

As it is under your collective purview to provide for the safety of LA's most vulnerable citizens, I implore you to remind our landlords of their responsibility to provide safe inhabitable residences.

Thank you.

Hello.

Good morning.

Yes.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Uh, this is gonna be general public comment.

Okay, so we have one minute.

Go ahead.

Okay, great.

So hello, my name is Carla Martinez, and I'm here representing the Keep LA House Coalition and Inner City Struggle, but really CD 14 and other Angelinos in the greater LA area.

We need Larso to pass.

It is not a want, but a need.

We deserve dignified, affordable, and safe housing.

We deserve council members that actually vote in the best interest of the people and not corporations or greedy people and agendas.

And we deserve Larso to pass now.

We've been waiting for this for nearly two years, and we cannot wait any longer.

I don't know if they're actually.

Okay, we cannot wait any longer.

Um, the city of LA says that they want to deal with homelessness.

Well, this is how you can actually help stop it.

Not incarcerating people or criminalizing poverty, but by actually helping people in need and giving them a chance to be housed or to not lose their current housing by capping the rent at 3%.

Rent keeps going up while our salaries stay the same.

And the very people that create LA and make LA run cannot afford to live here.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Andrew Grabener, Maria Chavez, Drew Gutierrez, Ade LA, and Gary Herrera.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Good morning.

Which items?

Oh, general public comment by me.

One minute, go ahead.

All right, we're good.

My name is Mr.

Pancake.

Housing organizing with Los Angeles Community Action Network.

Just wanted to speak on observations during outreach in various buildings.

So to Leo Pusino call.

I have witnessed so many issues with regard to habitability and public safety.

There was a tenant in one of the buildings that was assaulted because of lack of security in one of his buildings.

Since he took over security went missing, and in some buildings like the produce, male access was compromised.

Well, people that work for Leo asked us not to bring these things up to City Council.

We think it's important for community members from Skid Row to come and tell their elected officials what is going on.

The city signed off on the sale of these buildings.

What's the city's responsibility that these buildings are living?

All right.

Housing is a human right.

Okay.

All right.

Today I will speak to one, two, three, four, five, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-five.

Okay.

So not all those items are open public comment, but I'll give you three minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment.

Uh, all items in general.

25 is related to retaining the services of the former city controller, Ron Galperin, for audits of the LA Alliance lawsuit.

Why not use the services of the current duly elected city controller Kenneth Mejia for those audits?

He was elected city controller.

Why isn't his team doing these audits?

It seems like maybe we should use the services of the guy who was elected a couple years ago to serve as city controller to do these audits.

This seems like a good idea.

So we have 26, which is related to the mayor's emergency declaration related to the wildfires.

So what we're seeing is a lot of not actually prioritizing rebuilding communities.

We're seeing a lot of prioritizing just rebuilding the areas around the Olympics because that's all you seem to care about at this point.

And so we should make sure that the rebuilding efforts do particularly prioritize the communities because that is that is what needs to be rebuilt first and foremost.

So 2032 is related to harm reduction and overdose prevention in the MacArthur Park area and CD1.

It's good if there's services that are being done as an alternative to policing because policing is not the appropriate response to this.

Things to help help people rather than criminalizing drugs.

Okay, so we're kind of moving out towards item 48.

So at the minute now.

So 48.

The council is desperately trying to mislead people a little bit with this item.

So they want they want the public to think that this item is specifically to target a couple people who come to these meetings to say offensive things during their comments.

But um, but this rule has a history.

So previous so this rule as originally done was regularly has been regularly used to target black, brown activists who come here and talk fight for racial justice.

This was used frequently while this council web council protected Kevin DeLeon for two years, a racist, anti-black, anti-poor, anti-indigenous former council member.

They regularly use this rule to target people who came to protest that.

So this rule is not really just a you know, let's target the racists or whatever.

This is targeting the people who come here to fight against racism.

And it's basic and it's a brown act violation.

If if someone sued, the city would absolutely lose, almost certainly.

And it's shame on it.

Maybe you should wonder why people are disrupting your meetings so much.

It's mostly not I mean, you can ex I mean a lot of it's not people just trying to come and be offensive or anything.

A lot of it's people who are upset that this council spit people have to come down here.

The council president eliminated call and comment.

So they have to come down here at 10 a.m.

on a weekday to maybe get their comment heard.

And it's not like any of this council pays any attention.

We have crisis in this country right now, and the city is not fighting the fascist in the White House at all, really.

So I mean, you know.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Good morning, item 16.

So you'll have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Good morning, city council.

My name is Drew Gutierrez, and I'm a member of ILWU Local 94.

Born and raised in the port of LA.

Been in the longshore industry for over 30 years.

I'm here today.

In favor of SB 34.

This bill will help us to keep our work here and not lose our jobs to a rule that will have a cargo volume be diverted to other ports.

This is econ 101.

The city's lease agreement with the terminal operators is based on the volume of containers that flow through the port.

We must protect the jobs that sustain one of the biggest economic engines.

Yes, I'm item 16 and SB34.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Danny Velisich Sabra Elorgia, Adam Smith, Mickey Chavez, and Dana BBC.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Item 16.

Okay.

So you have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Gary Herrera.

I am president of the International Longshore Warehouse Union, local 13.

I represent close to 16,000 workers.

I'm here to tell you I'm in support of SB 34 for numerous reasons.

It does not stop the AQMD from implementing a rule to reach their goal of clean and zero emissions.

But what SB34 does is it has safeguards for workers.

It protects workers from losing their job to when cargo is diverted, and it also doesn't allow for public money to get rid of the taxpayers uh dollar while they lose a job.

So the false narrative that the AQMD cannot implement a rule is wrong.

They can.

But workers have a right to have a job.

They have protections in SB 34.

And that's why voting yes on this resolution is imperative, not to the men and women of the IOW, but every worker, a carpenter, a trucker, a warehouseman or lady.

But we must protect jobs, and that's what this city is supposed to stand its ground on.

Thank you.

It's okay.

Good morning.

You have three minutes for the items and one minute for general.

Go ahead.

Thank you very much, CT attorney.

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Your Goal Should Be To Make Sure We are Housed and Safe, Not Tormented In Displaced.

I also wanted to Address the Fact That Landlords Lia are Literally Neglecting Their Tenets, Tenants Who Pay Rent, But even if they Didn't Be Poor Their Buildings Are Maintained.

We The People Will Understand.

It's Then We Start Holding Thords Accountable For their Neglect and The Lack of Consideration That They Have For their Tenets.

Thank you.

Good Morning.

Which Items Would You Like To Speak to?

Item 16 SB 34.

Okay, So you've One Minute For General Public Comment.

Go ahead.

Hello, My Name is Danny Vilcich.

I'm Currently The President of ILW Local 63.

SB34 is a Balance.

It's Protecting Good Union Jobs While Continuing California's Strong Record on Clean Air.

The Ports have Already Achieved Huge Air Quality Gains.

92% Diesel Pollution.

Providing Collaboration Works.

Overregulation Here will push cargo to other states and other countries with weaker environmental standards.

The ILW members are the backbone of our port and our local communities.

So you have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

And I strongly urge you to support this resolution in support of Senate Bill 34.

I'd like to thank Councilmember McOscar for bringing this resolution.

We need this bill signed by Governor Newsom in order to stop the South Coast AQMD from considering the implementation of cargo caps that would decimate not only longshore jobs but many others.

Our district council represents the 16 ILW locals and affiliates in Southern California, and not all are longshore.

And they too would also be affected by these cargo caps, as well as most Angelinos.

Our inland boatman uh without cargo, the funding of our port police would be in jeopardy.

They're the first line of defense to protecting our ports and cruise industry from terrorist attacks.

The W and the ILW is our warehouse division.

There are warehouses all over Los Angeles that would be affected by this.

I ask that you please stand with workers and families in support of this resolution.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

My name is Brady Collins.

I'm the director of research and policy at Kiwa.

Kiwa co-founded the Restaurant Equity Alliance with the UCLA Labor Center, the Little Tokyo Service Center, and Inclusive Action for the City, uh, which are with me today.

I'm here today to speak on in support of two motions that will help make the restaurant industry in Los Angeles a more just sector for workers and small business owners.

The restaurant equity alliance was founded out of recognition that despite having one of the most sought-after dining scenes in the world, Los Angeles' restaurant industry is plagued by economic insecurity.

Workers face stagnant wages and wage theft, and small business owners, many of whom are immigrant entrepreneurs, struggle to compete with larger chains and franchises.

By bringing together worker centers, labor unions, community development corporations, and CDFIs, our coalition aims to create a restaurant industry defined by cultural diversity, dignified employment, and economic resiliency.

We're proud to have worked with council members Hutt, Sota Martinez, and Gerardo on these two motions introduced today that will make the city's wrestling industry a more just and equitable place.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Um, I'm here today to give general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

All right, thank you.

Hello, my name is Eliza Analco.

I'm here to give general public comment.

I am a community member of CD 14, and I am here to once again remind you that more than half of LA renters are rent-burdened, paying more than 30% of their income on rent, with many being just one rent hike away from losing their home.

Many of your constituents have to choose between keeping the lights on, feeding their children, going to the doctor, or keeping a roof over their heads.

And because of this, I urge the city council to adopt keep LA House Demands for Larso, which includes a cap of 3% with no floor or rent increases based on 60% CPI, whichever is lower, no bumps for utilities and additional occupants, and no rent banking.

Tell me how many more state of emergencies do Angelinos need to go through for all of you to finally support an ordinance that will help your constituents live.

Strengthen Larso and adopt keep LA house demands.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Duarte Graciano, Alicia Goldines, Jorge Quintero, Dennis Clark, and Damon Henyard.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Um item 24, please.

You said you said 44?

24, so general comment.

Okay, you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Okay.

My name is Carrie Martin.

I'm a law fellow at Public Council.

On October 3rd, the city received a letter of inquiry from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, requesting information about actions taken to significantly delay and effectively deny the Venice Del project.

This letter alleges that these actions could result in the city's housing element being found out of compliance and the revocation of the city's pro housing designation for failure to meet its obligations to affirmatively further fair housing.

We have submitted a public comment attached to item 24 with this letter for your review.

Parking lot 731 is the site of the Venistale project.

A council and coastal commission approved 100% affordable housing development that was just awarded 42 million dollars from the state's multifamily housing program on September 18th.

The city's actions regarding the Venistel project have led to four separate lawsuits concerning 731 and the Board of Transportations Commission's decision in December 2024 to not transfer the ground lease from the city to the developers.

Instead of wasting funds on a feasibility study for a non-viable replacement option, we urge the city to prioritize using its resources to build Venice Dell.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Hottie Katie, Irma Cervantes, Henry Sakjan, Leanne, Big Amy, and Meg Karen.

So you have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Good morning, Consul President and Council members.

My name is Jorge Quintero, and I'm here on behalf of the Western States Director of Council of Carpenters representing thousands of skilled union carpenters who build and maintain the bio infrastructure that keeps Los Angeles moving.

Our members believe that clean air good jobs can go hand by hand.

In investing in cleaner technologies and use in skilled labor, we could continue to reduce emissions while protecting family sustaining careers.

Venice Dell for uh the Venice Dell project.

You guys have the power to make this happen, so I ask you, please with all my heart pass this because we do not want to see any more families on the street.

Thank you so much.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Okay, classic.

I am here representing inner city struggle.

I come here in the name of representing all the people who are struggling and who have been evicted and who have uh lost their homes and are struggling.

Yeah, I want to express my rights since I live within Los Angeles County.

To be heard.

Yeah, as a as an adult person, I have already survived the pandemic and due to the high cost of living.

And I have recently lost my roommate and to be able to maintain my house.

More than three percent.

Please keep LA with good rent.

That's all I'm I'm asking for you, and uh to to approve the rent stabilization ordinance.

Muchas gracias.

Yeah, thank you so much.

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

Thank you to everybody who came out to have input this morning.

Madam Clerk, uh, what's before us at this time?

Mr.

President, there is a request to continue item two to November 5th, 2025, sir.

Without objection, that'll be the order.

Uh council may now vote on items number one, three, four, twenty six through twenty nine, thirty-one through thirty-six, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, as well as 42 through 55, sir.

All right, let's open the roll on those items.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

49.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item nine, and that was called special by council member Lee for comments.

All right.

Uh let's go to let's go to item number 15.

Uh item 15 was called special by council member Raman for comments.

Councilmember Rahman.

Item 15.

Sorry.

Thank you so much.

Sorry, that took me a moment.

Um, I just wanted to colleagues draw your attention to what we're doing today in this report.

Uh, when my staff and I visited our jail facilities a few months ago, we realized that changes we made in the budget process would have resulted in the closure of two out of our three medical care facilities across our our jail system, which provide much needed health services for people who are um being held by our law enforcement um agencies.

This would mean the closure of these would mean a that people who are being arrested would not get the urgent medical care that they needed, which is uh uh I think a dereliction of our duty to keep people safe who are in our custody.

It would have also necessitated that the people who needed medical care would have required officers to accompany them to a nearby hospital for that care, or to bring them to the one place where we were keeping that care ongoing.

What this motion does today, or what this report does today, is to identify funding, uh ask the CAO to identify funding to keep all three facilities open, honoring I think our commitments to keeping people who are in our custody safe and healthy, um, and hopefully ensuring that our system can um function smoothly going forward.

And I want to thank Councilmember Lee for his support in moving this forward very quickly through the public safety committee and for all the members who supported it there and ensured that additional funding would be secured for these.

So thank you very much, Councilmember Lee.

Um, and I encourage everyone uh to vote aye.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Raman.

All right, let's open the enroll on item number 15.

Close the roll.

Tabulate to vote.

149.

All right.

Can we go to item number nine?

Yes, sir.

All right, Mr.

Lee, item number nine.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Colleagues, I urge you in joining me uh in opposing the state board of forestry zone zone zero recommendations.

While I know that we all share the same concerns uh and goals of reducing wildfire risk, I believe this one size fits all approach will do more harm than good.

Uh the Board of Forestry has crafted regulations that disregard our local input, ignore the practical realities of Southern California's fire landscape, and impose thousands of dollars in costs on residents who can least afford them.

We we need policies uh that reflect the reality of the Los Angeles climate, uh not blanket policies that risk the health and stability of our city and our environment.

I urge all of us today to stand with our local fire experts and residents in calling for a more thoughtful locally informed approach.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Lee.

Councilmember Yarosowski.

Okay.

Uh thank you, Council President, and thank you, Councilmember Lee, for introducing this motion and hearing the item in public safety.

I want to acknowledge the community forest advisory committee for supporting this report, including our CD5 appointee Charles Miller, who is very active in the process.

Um, colleagues, both the state legislative and executive branches have made it clear that Ember resistant zone rules are needed in high fire risk areas.

That's certainly inescapable.

We know that the climate crisis is bearing down on our already fire prone communities, and we do need to act.

But how we respond is is more complicated.

My office reached out to the state agency overseeing this process earlier this year as the Zone Zero rule process was underway.

That conversation, along with feedback from many leaders across Southern California, including several of us on the council led for a call, led to a call for deeper engagement in LA, which we know is necessary.

The state should have come to us first, but they didn't.

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state with arguably more acreage of high fire severity zones than any other city in California.

But if you look at the photos from the early stages of the workshopping process, you'll see that Sacramento was once again stuck in a sacramental mindset.

They were thinking about suburban and rural places like South Lake Tahoe and Santa Rosa, not Westwood or Chinatown.

Our context is far more urban than many of the communities that shape the initial rules, which uh is a giant red flag.

Since we engaged the draft rules have shifted in a better direction, LA voices made the case that ignoring protected trees is a mistake.

Using science rooted in Northern California ecosystems is a mistake.

Losing large swaths of our tree canopy would harm our communities and biodiversity, and that is a mistake.

Uh, for heat resilience, but more importantly, in this context for fire resilience.

Many of our native plant species are naturally fire resistant and actually help protect structures from fire, a fact that the initial rules completely ignored.

The shift we've seen shows the value of local input.

If that's the state had started by engaging with LA, the draft would already reflect the priorities of our communities, including one exempting healthy, hydrated and well maintained vegetation that is not likely to be ignited by embers, two, prioritizing fire adaptive native plants, protected native trees and shrubs, and three, protecting historic and heritage trees.

My main concern, colleagues, is that regulators can't focus on one issue in isolation.

The state must consider unintended consequences and externalities.

So thank you, Councilmember Lee for this.

Appreciate the time.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, Councilmember Yarosowski.

Councilmember Park.

Thank you, Council President.

I just wanted to also add my thanks to the Community Forest Advisory Committee for their advocacy and attention to this issue.

We did have a robust discussion about this in public safety committee, and we dived deep into the proposed rules coming down from the state.

My team also has been heavily involved in this issue from engaging with CFAC to attending the Zone Zero workshops, even in Pasadena, just this last month.

We've been sharing our concerns about it.

And more than anyone, I understand the importance of mitigating fire risk and properly hardening homes and maintaining vegetation.

And that's why we do need to take a methodical approach that is informed by research and local ecology, economics, and best practices.

I think that in their current form, these rules missed that mark.

That said, we will continue to engage and advocate on this issue on this issue, and I look forward to the fire department reporting back on how we can implement some of these recommendations.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Parks.

Close the roll, tabulate to vote.

149.

All right.

Item 16 was called special by Councilmember Rahman for a separate vote.

All right.

Councilmember Raman.

Thank you so much.

Colleagues, I did want to draw your attention to what we're voting on today because this impacts the jurisdiction of the air quality management district, which I sit on and the city's rep for it.

And I just wanted to clarify some of the facts that are, I think, maybe a little bit misunderstood here.

Right now, what is before the AQMD for consideration in terms of their engagement with the ports is not even a rule.

It is a cooperative agreement to make a plan for zero emissions infrastructure at the ports.

So it is a cooperative agreement to make a plan to later build zero emissions infrastructure.

And nowhere in the history of this process was there a discussion of a rule that would involve anything that resembled cargo caps.

AQMD has actually in the past been criticized for being too friendly to business.

But you know, over and over has underscored that its regulatory intervention at the ports would not reduce economic activity at the ports.

It would merely support the ports to move towards lowering emissions around that area.

What SB 34 does is to restrict the ability of our local air quality regulatory agency to regulate air quality in our region.

And it specifically does it in the only part of this region where cancer rates from air pollutants are higher, significantly higher than in other areas.

This is a place that needs clean air.

It needs cleaner air than it has had.

And I think that the approach of the AQMD, which has been deeply engaged with community and with our stakeholders and other partners, has been respectful of so much of the work that happens and the economic activity that happens there, but it does allow us to take action on an extraordinarily important issue.

And I urge you, colleagues, to vote against this resolution because we are here to make sure that we are fighting for the health and wellness of our residents, including those who are around the ports and suffering from some of these air quality issues.

So as your representative to the air quality management district, I wanted to encourage you to vote against this resolution, which takes away our power to regulate clean air in Los Angeles.

Thank you.

Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much, members.

Let's go back in time.

AQMD has an important role, and what the one of the ways it enforces its important role is through rules.

It proposed a rule one rule ago, about a year and a half ago, that actually had very little, very few words, but all of us, especially the folks who spoke in this room, remember that that rule was described as having an enforcement mechanism that was called cargo diversion.

Cargo diversion is a cargo cap.

And that was when the ears of labor and the community and business all perked up.

Now let's fast forward and describe exactly where we are today.

AQMD issued a proposed subsequent rule, and I will say it was a very weak rule.

And the board of the AQMD fortunately said, while that rule is pending for consideration, let's consider a cooperative agreement.

Let's see whether or not we can sit down with the San Pedro Bay ports of Long Beach and LA and the AQMD and work up a cooperative agreement.

The reality today is that we are very close to a cooperative agreement.

It is an agreement that is described by AQMD staff in meetings in public as giving up no authority whatsoever by AQMD.

It is also described by AQMD staff as going farther than the proposed rule.

And I will say that the ports have both described the proposed agreement as being clean air action plan or CAP plus.

It goes beyond where we are with the clean air action plan.

The agreement itself, which I expect will be in front of the board in November, actually has the grants the ability to either party to get out within 90 days.

90-day notice.

Either party can get out.

SB 34 does two things, but in the big picture, what it does is it takes the words that AQMD told us in private when we were negotiating.

AQMD said two things.

They said we do not want caps, even though we wrote that word, even though we said cargo diversion, we don't mean we want caps, we don't want caps.

Also, AQMD said in private, we don't want to fund automated positions that take away jobs.

What SB34 does is says in law that AQMD will have full authority to implement any rule that it has under its statutory author uh statutory entitlement, but it will take away two things.

It will not allow cargo caps, and it will not allow a rule that requires public investment in robots that take away human jobs.

Why would cargo cap be a stupid thing to do?

It would be a stupid thing to do because it harms the environment.

Doesn't just destroy the economy of Los Angeles, doesn't just destroy the economy of California, it actually harms the environment.

And so this false argument that SB 34 harms the environment is absolutely the opposite is true.

If you were to say in the real world, well, real adults do logistics, if you tell an international shipping company that there might be a cap on trade in the port of Los Angeles, you know what a shipping company does?

They move the cargo on day one.

This is not like a this is not like an Uber driver who looks at his looks at his phone to decide whether or not, oh, I'm halfway to Los Angeles, I'm gonna go to Seattle now because they just closed Los Angeles.

No.

In 2025, if there's the potential of a cargo cab in 2028, guess what happens?

Cargo moves.

And you know where it moves?

It moves to a port in America that has fewer environmental regulations than the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.

You know which ports those are every single other one.

We are the clean, we are not clean yet.

We are gonna get to zero.

If AQMD will get out of the way, we'll get to zero.

But we are far closer than anyone else in the country.

And that those goods are not gonna move to some other country.

Those goods are coming to America because we're the ones that spends a whole bunch of money on stuff we don't need.

It's either coming through Los Angeles or it's coming through somewhere else.

If it comes through somewhere else, it will be more environmental damage.

That's why a cargo cap is stupid.

Secondly, I'm just wondering in what world, in what world, in what universe, in what public policy milieu would anybody think it makes sense to invest public money, US public money, in automated equipment so that foreign companies can make more money.

What is it about?

What is it about our obligation as a trustee for the Port of Los Angeles that would require us to disinvest in jobs to make somebody rich in Europe or Asia?

We have an obligation as trustees to protect the jobs and the economy as well as the environment.

All SB 34 does, all it does is walks that tightrope.

And to say that the AQMD is opposed to this for some other reasons than I have described would be a lie.

I have Wayne Nostri's letter, Wayne Nastry's letter, the executive officer of August 22, 2025, and he describes two reasons why he's opposed to SB34.

Two reasons and two reasons only.

One, for the next five years, we would not be able to impose a cap on cargo throughput or cruise ship passengers at the ports.

So if you're for a cap on cargo and destroying the environment of other parts of the country, you're going to vote no today.

If you're for our local economy, and if you're for the environment, you're gonna vote yes today.

Secondly, Wayne, in his infinite wisdom as a public policy expert, says I would be unable to use funds to require incentivize, encourage, or otherwise promote the use of automated or remotely operated equipment.

If you are for investing American dollars paid for by our taxpayers into equipment that takes away jobs from Americans and gives richer profits to foreign companies, you're gonna vote no today.

But if you are for the environment and if you are for the worker, you're gonna vote yes.

So I'm gonna urge you to vote yes on this measure and urge the governor to sign this bill.

Councilmember Rahman.

I again I've met with Councilmember McCosker in the past on uh AQMD issues, and I've met with many members of our uh labor partners on these issues, and I would just say I I don't agree with the way in which you've characterized uh the opposition to SB 34.

I was in the legislative committee meeting that discussed this issue.

I'm not sure what letter you're referring to from Wayne, but I do just want to say that I have been, and the board has been repeatedly uh clear about the need to work with labor to make sure jobs are preserved.

That is not what AQMD's opposition to this is about.

I don't really need to have an extensive back and forth about this.

I hear you.

We're not gonna agree on this, that's fine.

But I I did want to correct the record and just say that is not what the board of the AQMD has said in repeated meetings.

That is not what our legislative committee discussions have been about in repeated meetings.

And um, and I think people are gonna vote how they vote, and I imagine that your resolution will carry the day, council member, but I I think it's it's doing the work that we're doing at the board a little bit of an injustice to claim that that's that's what we're doing.

So thank you very much.

Um I think the AQMD's pathway forward on this is a good one.

It has the support of a lot of people.

Uh I don't think we need uh uh regulation from the governor or from the state, limiting our ability to clean the air for the residents of Los Angeles.

It's I don't think that's appropriate.

Thank you.

Councilmember McCosker.

Call the question and ask for the matter before it to the mayor forthwith.

All right.

Seeing no other speakers on the queue, this item is before us.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll.

Tabulate to vote.

Tom Rice, two knows.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item.

22.

I'm sorry, Mr.

President.

Next would be item 22, and that was called special by council member Bloomenfield for questions as well as a separate vote.

Mr.

Blumenfield.

Great.

I'd like to ask uh CAO's office to come forward.

So, colleagues, um I called this special, not not to relitigate the the vote that we had with the the convention center, but uh was concerned about some new developments I wanted to raise to see if there are protections that we can put in place.

Um recently there was an article about the LAX people mover uh that was supposed to open in 2023, got pushed back, it got pushed back again.

Um it also ended up costing another 880 million dollars.

And there was a grand jury report points to the issues with the contractor, Linux that came out with recommendations and suggestions to avoid the same issues and delays happening with the convention center.

And I was horrified when I read that article and very worried that we are in a very similar dynamic with the convention center.

And what are the recommendations?

They had a couple of recommendations.

One was do not publicly commit to completion times.

They were saying that is one of the biggest things that you need to do to prevent all these cost overruns.

Well, obviously that cat's out of the bag.

We have an Olympic deadline, and that um so we can't hide that deadline.

Uh so I don't know what to do about that.

But the other one had to do with dispute resolution processes and improving the coordination because as I understand it, again, that was also a public-private partnership, it was also design bill.

Uh sort of identical structures, but part of the problem why all these cost overruns happened was because we had deadlines, the dispute resolution basically gave them all the leverage, and then the only way we could meet the deadlines was by increasing and increasing and increasing the cost.

So, my question is do we have different protections in place for the convention center than we did than the failed protections that were in the people mover project?

And if not, can we is it too late for us to get some additional protections put into this MOU?

Which I don't know if it's been signed.

I guess part of the question is has that been signed yet?

Is there any more leverage points for us to improve our dispute resolution processes so that we don't basically follow what looks like a blueprint from the people mover of how we are going to get worked and how the cost of the convention center is going to triple and quadruple over the next few years?

Um Hato um from the CAO office.

I I want to note that the project has construction risk and high construction risks, and that uh was explained, and it still still exists.

But in terms of your question on protection, um the project agreement, which was executed a week ago on September 30, includes contingency measures and control mechanisms to keep the schedule on track.

And so some of those control mechanisms include where the developer has to provide monthly updates to the baseline schedule and provide any recovery plans if there are any delays.

In addition, if the developer believes that we will not meet an Olympic readiness, then there needs to be uh a contingency contingency plan activated so that we could meet Olympic readiness.

Um also there are certain key progress checkpoints uh to check on the schedule, and that's um at 24, 18, and 12 months prior to Olympic readiness.

Um so those are the control mechanisms we have in place in their project agreement.

Also, once we put in that control what the if if they decide we're not gonna have Olympic readiness and they put a contingency plan, then that also pushes back the substantial completion date, correct?

Yes, that could be a good idea.

And then and then if the substantial completion date gets pushed back, then our bond obligations balloon because we no longer have those revenues by those dates.

Is that not true?

Uh our debt service are will be fixed rate, so upon issuance of the bonds, the the debt service the debt service payments uh amount does not change.

Um what will change is the time when we receive our projected revenues, uh which includes events, parking, signage.

But but any projected revenue that's not received has to be made up somewhere, so it ends up being made up by more money out of the general fund.

Yes, it will be additional general fund impact.

Right.

Of a very high magnitude.

So that's a huge concern, but now the question is you you mentioned all of these things that are in there.

Didn't we have all of that for the for the Lawa project?

I mean, uh all of the things that you mentioned sound pretty standard.

Did you read?

I mean, you I hope you're familiar with the article about the um the concerns about the cost overruns and what this grand jury report came out with about the uh dispute resolution.

So do we have any different type of dispute resolution or can we is it too late for us to try to insert something that would protect us more?

The project agreement also includes a process for dispute resolution.

Um it includes a project neutral, which uh the city needs to identify a project neutral within 30 days after project agreement execution, which is at the end of about the end of this month.

Is that different than the people mover?

They they also had a dispute resolution, but I don't know the details of their process.

Okay, I my fear is that we're not getting any additional protections from what has just proven to be a uh colossal increase in in cost, and we're getting the warning, you know, we we want to learn from that mistake.

How can we learn from that mistake and apply it here?

Uh council member, this is a this is a a different struct.

This is a different structure.

Um what we're looking at is is work streams that lead to Olympic readiness, work streams that lead to substantial completion and and final completion.

Uh the project agreement is designed to ensure to the greatest extent possible that the Olympic readiness date is met.

If the Olympic readiness date is met and the other work streams uh don't encounter uh other issues, we we should be on track for substantial completion.

Um there were a number of issues that in the last week um we were working with uh the developer and uh the Department of Water and Power to ensure that the substantial completion date uh would still be met.

Um but as um as my colleague said there there are built into the project agreement which is signed.

The we we reached commercial close uh on Tuesday the 30th, uh the deal is done, the work is proceeding.

Um but there are several measures that ensure uh contingency plans um are executed in order to keep uh on on track to the greatest extent possible.

Okay.

Well, I don't want to belabor it, I I just I'm gonna vote no on this because I do fear I mean I had concerns before, but reading that report um just doubled my my fears in terms of uh how these costs are gonna get out of hand very quickly, but I'll I'll leave it at that.

Thank you, Mr.

Bloomfield.

Uh seeing no other speakers on uh this item.

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

Council member Yarosovsky, I think wants to be recorded as a no.

Yes, please.

All right.

So for the record, the final vote on this item is 10 ayes and four no's.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item 30, and that was called special for amendment and motion.

Bloom and field park has been submitted and circulated and is now item 30 is before council.

All right, item 30 is amended by Bloom and Field Park is before us.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item 37, and that was called special because uh the council member Hernandez requested that this matter be referred to public works committee, and this uh referral to public works committee is before council now.

All right, if there's no objection to this, we can refer it to commit committee, madam clerk.

Yes, Mr.

President.

All right, without objection, what's next?

Item 40 was called special by council member Hernandez for a separate vote.

All right, let's open the roll on 40, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Nine ayes, five no's.

This motion passes.

All right, what's next?

Item 41 was called special.

There is a substitute motion on this matter.

Uh this requires two votes.

The first vote is uh question whether to substitute.

All right, let's open the roll on substitution, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

14 ayes.

All right.

The next vote on item 42 is the substitute motion.

Hernandez Yaroslowski.

All right, let's open the roll on that item, close the roll, tabulate to vote.

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next is item 56, and that was called special by council member Hernandez for a separate vote.

All right, let's open the roll on that item, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

All right, what's next?

And for the record, item 56 uh passes.

Uh next would be item five, and that was called special by council member Nizarian for a separate vote.

All right, I got uh Mr.

McCosker on the queue.

Sorry, I thought that was gonna be the last item.

Um I just want to go back to item 43 and ask that I be recorded as a no vote.

It will not change the uh the action on the matter, but for item 43 McCosker as a no on the clean harbors contract.

Thank you.

Okay, and that uh item 43.

Then uh with Mr.

McCosker voting no, the uh uh vote is now 13 ayes and one no.

All right, uh that takes us to item number five.

Let's open the roll on this item.

Close the roll.

Tabulate the vote.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item 24, and that was called special by council member Hernandez for comments as well as a separate vote.

Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

Colleagues, Los Angeles is short a quarter of a million affordable housing units, and for decades it has been low-income communities of color who have shouldered that burden.

When you look at my district, you can look at MacArthur Park, Pico Union, Westlake, as some of the places that have been um overly developed, particularly um with permanent supportive housing and other types of of interim housing sites, and we welcome that and and this the entire city should too.

At the same time, more than 43,000 Angelinos are unhoused on any given night.

These two crises, the housing shortage and the homelessness emergency, are one and the same.

And the only way we turn this around is if every single district steps up and does their part.

Council District was has Council District 1 has increased our affordable housing stock by 699% in the last four years.

We're doing our part, but we can't do this alone.

We will not solve a citywide emergency by opting out when the solution happens to be in a wealthy zip code.

The Venice Dell project is fully entitled, fully approved, and 68 of the 120 units are permanent supportive housing units that can and should be going towards the city's alliance goals.

The city is already facing multiple active lawsuits over the delays and obstruction here.

Losing those cases or forcing more of them means more legal fees, more damages, and more time our constituents spend on the sidewalk.

And let's just state the obvious here.

We're really broke.

The state has put 42 million dollars on the table to help this build this project.

Funding that again can be going to the alliance.

Goals when we're scrambling to find money to meet our court obligated goals.

Turning that down in a year when we just barely survived one of the toughest budget seasons in our city's history is fiscal malpractice.

Colleagues, we all say we want solutions to homelessness.

Well, here it is.

Housing with services approved and funded by the state.

What I would give for the state of California to give my council district 42 million dollars to build permanent and affordable housing.

And this project is ready to build.

The only way we solve this crisis is if every district gets on board and stops cherry picking, well, affordable housing belongs.

We don't get to say no to housing just because it's politically uncomfortable.

Colleagues, I'll be voting no on this motion, and I hope you'll join me as well.

Thank you.

Councilmember Raman.

Um, colleagues, I just wanted to ask that for this item we move the um housing and homelessness committee report, uh, which has one additional recommendation from the one that came out of the transportation committee.

And I'm actually gonna request that we make an amendment to that um to that additional request.

So the additional request has said request the city attorney to provide updates to council on the status of the legal suits related to LA DOT's parking lot 731.

And uh I'm gonna uh amend that to say that we request also the city attorney department of city planning and the housing department to report back to council on how they're responding to the housing HCD's inquiry letter, which came in yesterday.

So just for um clarification, we received a letter from the housing and uh from the state HCD.

Um about the Venice Dell project, which this motion is not directly related to, but it is parallel to, um, which also asks that the city respond within 30 days uh and asks eight questions to the city.

Failure to take this matter seriously, I think could have serious consequences for the city, including potential loss of state funds at a time when we're also losing some state uh some federal funds, uh, and potentially imposing uh a builder's remedy on the city, which would mean all of our local planning regulations would be obsolete and we could build whatever we wanted.

And so I'm not saying that we don't consider uh Councilmember Park's request for this uh parking lot, but just that we move forward in a way that we're fully informed of all of the other um issues that are at play in this site because they do impact the rest of the city, and I request your uh support for that.

Thank you.

Is there a second to Council Member Ramin's uh Council Member Park?

Park.

Thank you, Councilmember Park.

Uh Councilmember Soto Martinez.

Thank you so much, Council President.

Uh I will also be voting no on this item today.

Um, I understand that this motion is about creating a mobility hub on a site where there is already entitled permanent supportive housing project, which is lot 731.

But we I have learned that uh the state recently awarded this project an additional 42 million dollars, and I don't think as a city we should be in the business of turning down money to build permanent supportive housing sites, knowing that we desperately need this.

I think now I'm I appreciate the exploration of the different lot to look look for more affordable housing, but that doesn't mean we need to pick one against the other if we have visibility to if we can build on both of them, let's build on both of them.

This is something we need for the the city's desperately needs right now.

And I just want to sort of uh for those of been here since as long as I have, I've seen this issue come up over and over and over again.

We've gotten sued, they've come back and asked for more money.

The state is now asking questions.

Uh, Councilmember Raman describes sort of the risk that we face if we continue down this path.

And I just think we have to we should have to take a moment and reflect what we're actually doing here.

I know I have a I'm pretty sure we're gonna get sued.

I'm pretty sure it's gonna make it more difficult.

So I think we should just take a moment and pause and think about what we're actually doing here.

And so I hope folks vote no, but I know I might be in the minority, but I will say it right here.

This is not the last time this issue is gonna come up again.

And I will continue to say those words whenever this issue comes up.

Thank you so much, Council Member Soto Martinez.

Thank you.

Councilmember Park.

Thank you, Council President, um, and my apologies in advance for the length, but these comments have been a long time coming.

Colleagues, LA DOT parking lot 731 serves as a critical gateway to LA's coastline.

It provides parking adjacent to the historic Venice canals on a federal estuary in a FEMA designated flood and tsunami zone, one block from the world famous Venice boardwalk, right next to Abbott Kinney's original Grand Canal, in one of the city's most dense and parking challenged neighborhoods, which sees a daily inflow of about 30,000 visitors.

Increasing coastal access through adequate parking has been a mandate of the Coastal Act since 1976, and lot 731 has been central to that obligation, planning and economic development in Venice for decades.

That's why on December 10th of last year, the Board of Transportation Commissioners unanimously agreed in a binding decision that lot 731 in Venice was not feasible for housing development.

Instead, the board proposed relocating affordable housing units to lot 701, about 25 feet away, directly across the street, and converting lot 731 into a desperately needed mobility hub.

Why lot 701 for housing?

Lot 701 is actually underutilized, almost always chained off from the public.

It generates far less revenue, and it is already zoned for and partially developed with housing.

Why lot 731 for the mobility hub?

Well, as the board stated, and I quote, it is situated in a prime location with excellent connectivity to transportation corridors, bike paths, and pedestrian-friendly streets.

It offers a rare opportunity to integrate multiple modes of transportation into a cohesive mobility hub.

Its size, accessibility, and proximity to transit make it ideal for implementing a multimodal transit center that will advance a sustainable green future for Venice.

Basically, what the board recommended and what we are excited to move today is everything Venice needs and what the community has been requesting for nearly the last decade.

It is supported by the neighborhood council and the community at large, and the mayor and I look forward to getting started immediately.

Since I've been in office, 65 projects have been approved for nearly 5,800 new housing units, 1900 of which are affordable.

I have another 30 in the pipeline for another 3,400 units, including 1,800 affordable units.

That is for a total that we are on track to deliver of over 90 projects for nearly 9,500 new units, nearly 40% of which is affordable.

We are doing housing in CD 11.

Let me also use this as an opportunity to talk about the now defunct project, the Venice Dell, a project that was mired in controversy and litigation for nearly a decade.

A project that was voted down more than half a dozen times by the Venice neighborhood council, where more than a thousand Venice locals took time to submit their written oppositions to this project.

Never mind the countless hours of public comment that have gone on over the eight last eight years asking for an alternative.

This was never about homelessness or creating truly affordable housing.

It was about a developer who didn't think the rules should apply to them, and a project that from the beginning was deceptive, a waste of taxpayer dollars, and a bad idea.

First, the developers of the former project intended to tear down existing rent stabilized housing and evict our current low-income and disabled households who have lived there for decades.

Some of you have met them as they've come here over the years begging not to lose their homes.

The city shouldn't be in the eviction business, and we shouldn't be destroying our own RSO housing.

We don't have to do that.

We have alternatives, and the alternative we are moving today delivers housing, coastal protection and access, economic development and economic readiness, and the mobility and tourism infrastructure Venice and our city need for the next century.

And in the rush to jam this through, concerns by DOT about the feasibility of the site were ignored.

The developer decided to skip the Transportation Commission, which has the charter vested authority to decide whether or not to convey a city parking lot for housing development.

In fact, they only got around to it after another court pointed out that necessary step.

It took 16 zoning changes, specific plan amendments, and other sleights of hand to support a project that never could have been legally built on this site.

A hideous, massive prison structure, the largest structure ever built in Venice on our last open space, our literal floodplain protecting our fragile canals.

It looks like a damn cruise ship crashed into the neighborhood.

Zero regard for coastal access, zero environmental review, and less than zero regard for community concerns, constant disrespect demonstrated by this developer, name-calling, gaslighting, and endless lying.

This project is one of the most egregious wastes of taxpayer dollars I've ever seen.

Why?

Because we are literally giving away one of our most valuable lands assets worth many tens of millions of dollars for free to a politically connected developer for a plan to build 430 square foot micro units of housing at an obscene price point.

Nearly 2500 a square foot.

Most of our own city employees could not afford a home at that price.

It explains exactly why this developer will literally stop at nothing to get their hands on our land.

It explains why they keep up the divisive, dishonest behavior even after the commission told them there was no land to build on.

Planting misleading stories in the press, calling me and the mayor and the city attorney names, making political threats, and now filing multiple frivolous lawsuits, trying to shake the city and taxpayers down just to push a defunct project that literally makes no sense.

Demanding members pushing their agenda, they are literally like a bad boyfriend that won't go away after a breakup.

Colleagues, do you even know why the project was called the Venice Dell?

Because it used to be named the Reese Davison, but eventually became so hated by the community that Arthur Reese's granddaughter demanded that the Reese family name be removed from it.

And in case you don't know who Arthur Reese is, he was a businessman who arrived from New Orleans in 1905 and worked shoulder to shoulder with Abbott Kinney to build Venice.

He became the head of the first black family to live and work in California.

And he and in Venice, California.

And he and his legacy are revered in Venice to this day.

And his granddaughter, Sonia Reese Greenland, who is also the family historian and trustee, sent a demand letter to the developers asking that their family name be removed, asking for an apology to Venice and to the city of Los Angeles, and to I quote, all who have learned of this ill-conceived project.

The Venice Dell has been the poster child for bureaucratic arrogance.

Ignoring mandated city procedures, dismissing valid concerns, and silencing opposition with threats.

Enough, colleagues.

Venice isn't a playground for politics.

It is a living, breathing community of families and small business owners, artists, and workers.

It deserves to be treated with respect.

Today, let's move forward with a real project that meets all of our goals.

Much needed affordable housing, investment in our tourism and mobility infrastructure, and let's deliver a project that our entire city will be proud of for generations to come.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Park.

Uh, seeing no other speakers, let's open the roll on this item.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Eleven eyes, three no.

All right, what's next?

Next would be there is a request to uh item 40.

It's a request to reconsider item 40.

Um, for the purposes of the council president changing his vote.

Is there a second to the council president's request?

Uh, Miss Hernandez, thank you.

So this is to reconsider, sir.

All right, let's open the roll and reconsideration.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Twelve eyes, two nose.

All right.

Let's uh open the roll on the item uh 40.

Okay.

No, it's okay.

Can we open the roll on item 40?

All right, close the roll.

Tabulate to vote.

Six eyes, eight nose.

This motion fails.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item 25, and that was called special by Councilmember Bloomingfield for questions.

All right, this is a closed session item, so I'll ask uh everybody to prepare the room for closed sessions.

Uh folks in the gallery.

Uh, this is you'll have to exit for the closed session.

This will be limited to city staff, council staff, uh the mayor, controller, city attorney.

And once we're ready, the city attorney will give instruction.

The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding.

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Keep steady pressure until help arrives.

Hi, I'm Eric Scott, Captain and Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

Often people ask us really what is brush clearance and why is it important?

So simply put, brush fires continue to threaten life and property in the very high fire hazard severity zone.

So that means areas that are prone to wildfires.

And having brush clearance provides us the defensible space to save those lives and property.

So particularly when you're clearing all of those ground fuels or the lower vegetation, that really helps us because it'll present what is called the fire ladder.

And that's when the fire starts off low on the ground and it starts to climb upward to where it gets spread by winds.

So what you might see is an ember would land on the ground, it would ignite our the grass that is there are what we call as light flashy fuel.

Then it's going to jump to those lower hanging limbs or those branches and starts to climb up the tree, ignites that heavier fuel, and that just exasperates the problem.

So this requirement does not apply to your healthy fruit trees or privacy hedges or ornamental shrubbery.

As long as that's all well maintained, meaning that it's free of all dead and dry material.

Also, people ask, well, what are the basic brush clearance requirements?

So your basic requirements are this.

You want to trim the weeds and the grass down to three inches.

You need to trim the bottom third of a bush, the bottom six feet of a tree.

Now around your home, you'd want to maintain five feet clearance from the roof line.

So if you're five foot tall and you're walking the perimeter of your roof, nothing should hit you in the head.

And then you want to double that to ten feet from the chimney, fences, and roadways.

So it's those areas that need to be clear in order to limit the spread of fire and to provide the defensible space for us firefighters to safely operate.

So simply put, we'll provide the offense if you provide the defense.

So here's your basic inspection process.

It begins with the owner's self-inspection.

So you want to compare your native brush and your landscape vegetation on your property with the information that you're gonna find in the mailer and also on the LAFD.org slash brush website.

Now, if you have difficulties and you're not able to do that yourself, you can hire a professional who can both understand the information and then apply it to the property that you own.

But you want to clear your property as required prior to May 1st this year.

And that way you're gonna pass the fire department's inspection and your avoid a $33 non-compliance fee and also a time-consuming second inspection, which comes with a costly six hundred and sixty-eight dollar non-compliance fee.

So it's important to note too that there's no need to call for an inspection at any time.

You don't need to call for an inspection.

We're gonna do that automatically.

Our computer system tracks all the properties that are due for an inspection.

So then we'll have an appropriate inspector.

They're gonna be notified that your property is due, and they're gonna come in and inspect and or reinspect if needed.

Now for the first inspection.

That first inspection is done by us, the fire department.

And it is in May 1st and it continues until June 30th.

However, we want people to know that it is a year-round requirement to have brush clearance.

And all parcels that are within that very high fire hazard severity zone, they will be initially inspected.

Those parcels that are found in violation are going to be issued a notice of violation.

And they'll be assessed, and that's when you get that $33 noncompliance fee.

Then the homeowner has about 30 days to comply with that notice of violation.

And the owner can check the status of their property by registering an account at VMS3.org.

So now when we come to the second inspection, that means that you as a homeowner were issued a notice of violation on the first inspection.

So then you're going to be inspected a second time after that 30-day period.

That gives you that grace period of 30 days to correct the violation.

Then owners can check the status of their property again by registering your account at VMS3.org.

Now, if the property is not fully in compliance upon initial inspection, that owner is going to be notified via mail or email if you registered within that website that we mentioned.

So it's important to also say there's no need to call the LEFD brush unit when you're ready for your reinspection.

That reinspection will be automatically scheduled as appropriate with their time frames.

That's all computerized.

So if your property remains in noncompliance after a failed reinspection, then it's going to be cleared by city contractors.

And the property owner or you will be invoiced a non-compliance fee of $668 plus an administrative fee of $1,498 on top of the contractor's fee.

So you certainly want to avoid this.

We get asked a lot of questions.

Here is your top seven most frequently asked questions and the answers.

So number one is how can I check the brush status of my own property?

Again, that's that important website that we're driving home, the VMS3.org.

You could register a new brush clearance account there and check the status.

Now use your APM or the assessor parcel number as well as a PIN, which is your personal identification number.

It's going to be printed on the bottom of the owner notification that was mailed to you annually in March.

Often we get asked, well, what is the best way to contact the brush unit?

Simply put, the best way is to send an email.

You send it to LAFD brush at LACity.org.

Now if you incorporate your APN and a brief description of the issue or the problem that you would like to discuss, that greatly assists us determining who you are and what the issue is.

And then a member of our brush unit will respond to you within 48 hours.

Also, you could feel free to call if the number is 1800-9944.

But we do ask for your patience in advance because it's very busy and there's a minimal inspectors, so we have a limited resources to take your call.

But the office hours are from 7 a.m.

until 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

So what if you received a notice of noncompliance in the mail?

What are you supposed to do then?

Well, start by reading that notice very carefully.

Identify the actual violations that were mentioned on your property.

See what was cited there.

And then you could follow the steps in the frequently asked questions, the first one there to see photos that was taken by the inspector of your property and where the problem is.

Then you want to correct those violations by the due date.

So look at that due date.

It'll be located at the top right corner of your notice.

Here's another question we get.

Okay, you were issued a notice of noncompliance.

And now you did the right thing.

You finished clearing your property of the violations that you were cited.

Now what?

What's next?

Well, truthfully, you don't have to do anything at this point.

After the allotted 30-day period, a fire inspector is going to re-inspect your property.

And if your property is still in non-compliance, then you get that second notice to abate the fire hazard.

That'll be mailed to you.

Now the city will start the process to have your property cleared by a contractor at your expense.

So you want to avoid that.

Some ask if there is a particular contractor that should be used to clear your property.

Well, simply put, the city does not provide a recommendation, nor do we endorse any contractor.

So really it's you as the property owner.

It's your responsibility to request the current proof of insurance, if they're bonded, if they have a license, and obtain any other relevant information about that contract.

But we do try to help.

So there is a brush clearance contractor list on the website.

So what do you do if you feel that the inspector is wrong and that your property is in compliance?

And can you file an appeal?

Well, the answer is yes.

Yes, you can.org.

We understand that many people might be worried about their neighbors' property and that they might have a fire hazard because of some overgrown brush.

And how would you report that?

So, first off, we want you to know that the fire department wants to hear your concerns so we can provide the clearance necessary for our firefighters to protect your property and your neighborhood.

So you can report a brush fire hazard by email to LAFD Brush at LACity.org.

Now please make sure that you include the exact location of the brush hazards, the address.

If you have the APN, that would be even better.

But of course, you need to put a brief description of what the hazards are and where those hazards are on the property.

And of course, it's best not to go looking at those hazards on that neighbor's property without permission.

You also can make your complaint by phone.

That same phone number we provided before to our brush clearance unit is 1-800-994-4444.

And again, we welcome your complaint, but remember too that we have limited resources to take your call, and those hours are from 7 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

We're tucked in a corner between the Barnstall Junior Art Center, and then on our other side is the LA Municipal Art Gallery.

And that is the greatest thing we can hear is knowing that we're gonna have Angelina's come back, visit our space, share our space, and enjoy everything that we have to offer here.

We're primarily a rental facility.

So we try and make everyone's dreams come true.

It is incredibly popular with different arts centers and different arts groups, community theaters, professional theaters, we have dance companies who do their concerts, we have local colleges and high schools and elementary schools that do their graduations and their culminations.

We do film screenings, young artists, emerging artists, groups with very small budgets are treated and welcomed the same way as big commercial productions.

What's super exciting about the Barnesdale Gallery Theater is that everybody has an opportunity to be on the stage.

But you can be a very seasoned veteran and come in here and feel like you're having a wonderful intimate conversation with the audience.

You can be a four-year-old with your first recital and being able to feel like this is your stage, and it's sort of sized for someone little, someone big, whatever you're looking for.

It's perfect.

So many people have told us the Barnstall Gallery Theater, or we call it BGT.

Feels like home to them.

And that BGT is where they always go.

It's a go-to space for their annual event.

And I think that kind of relationship in a community is so important these days.

The performing arts are intrinsic to the quality of life for Angelinos, and it's invaluable to have the opportunity to be able to elevate and support the communities in which we are based, who are creating a legacy of artwork that will enrich the city of Los Angeles and its cultural identity in terms of performing arts.

We offer music and visual arts classes to youth in the area, mostly from 6 to 17.

However, we also have pre-K classes to introduce young children to music.

We are located in a historic building off of Sherman Way.

After the building was abandoned by the phone company, it fell into disrepair.

It was restored because Proposition K allocated funds to provide programming for youth.

So this is a dedicated youth arts center.

The importance of arts education, I don't think can be overstated.

I think by now hopefully everybody knows that arts education helps children to work together in groups.

It helps them to focus, critically think.

Self-expression is also incredibly important.

Creativity, and also it could be a path to a career for many young people.

For example, all of the staff here are involved in the arts in their art form outside of teaching here.

They come back.

So we see how the arts is shaping these kids.

Having a healthy societies, having healthy uh investment in the arts.

We have uh several ways of getting into contact with us.

We have an Instagram page at Canoga Park Youth Arts.

We have a Facebook page, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center.

Bye everyone.

I'll see you next week.

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LA City Council has confirmed Patrice Lattimore as the new City Clerk of Los Angeles.

As Chief Management Analyst in the City Clerk's office, Lattimore is credited with implementing a comprehensive legislative management system and improved language inclusion.

According to Mayor Bass, Lattimore will provide dynamic leadership, including administering the ongoing City Charter Reform Commission and next year's elections.

The work of the LA City Clerk's Office includes retaining and managing all official city records, archives, council proceedings, and the administration of city elections.

For more information, visit clerk.lacity.gov.

Los Angeles City Council has voted to move forward with renovations and upgrades to the LA Convention Center.

The 2.6 billion dollar project passed Council 11 votes to two, with council members Yaroslavsky and Raman citing concerns about the cost when voting no.

The project includes connecting the existing South and West Halls and adding 190,000 square feet of exhibit space.

For more information, visit LA Convention Center.com.

Mayor Karen Bass announced that an agreement has been reached to avert all remaining City of Los Angeles civil service layoffs in the current fiscal year.

According to Bass, the city sought solutions to preserve the workforce and avoid 1,600 layoffs, which were contained in the budget for 2025 to 2026.

Following negotiations with labor unions and the city, the agreement reached includes the transfer of some employees to key departments with funded and specially funded positions.

According to the city administrative officer, the deficit was closed, and they are projecting structural balance into the next fiscal year.

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

Join LA Nature Quest to explore the natural world in your neighborhood and help gather valuable information about LA's biodiversity.

Participants on the hike will be guided by junior ecologist Ryan Kinzel and get to explore nature, learn about local species, and document findings using the iNaturalist app.

Download the app onto your mobile device and head to Augustus Hawkins Nature Park for LA Nature Quest Hike and Biodiversity Data Collection on Saturday, October 11th, beginning at 10 a.m.

For more information, visit the Instagram account of LA City Parks.

Enjoy La Original Bonda El Lamone.

Council Member Price will be presenting the band with a proclamation recognizing their six decades of music.

Enjoy 20 musical acts on two stages, and there will also be a Ferris Wheel, Carnival Games, Bounce Houses, and DJs all day.

Join Council Member Curren Price and the community for the first ever Latino Carnival in South Central on Saturday, October 11th from 1 p.m.

to 10 p.m.

For more information, visit CD9.lacity.gov.

It's time to get back in the saddle for Cyclavia, heart of the city.

On Sunday, October 12th, join Cyclia for another day of car-free streets across Los Angeles.

This Cyclave connects West Lake, Downtown LA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Arts District, and Boyle Heights, with over seven miles of streets dedicated to people and pedal power.

Whether you walk, jog, bike, roller skate, or spectate, enjoy local amenities at a different pace.

All ages and abilities are welcome.

Enjoy the 63rd Open Streets event at Cyclavia, heart of the city.

On Sunday, October 12th from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit Cyclavia.org.

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

Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive directive to accelerate the hiring of more officers for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The directive will establish new protocols between the LAPD and the LA City personnel department with the aim of completing officer selection within one hundred and eighty days.gov slash press.

Currently, the LAPD has over 8,000 officers, around two officers for every 1,000 Los Angeles residents.

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

Councilwoman Heather Hutt announced that a portion of Coliseum Place from Victoria Avenue to Crinshaw Boulevard will be co-named as Diane Watson Corridor.

Diane Watson is a retired Congresswoman whose legacy led to significant advancement in civil rights, health care, education, and humanitarian efforts.

Watson was the first African American woman elected to the California State Senate, and later she represented the 32nd and 33rd California congressional districts.

Though retired, Watson continues to advocate on behalf of vulnerable communities, with her next focus being to protect seniors from financial exploitation and fraud.

For more information, visit CD10.gov.

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez announced that she has secured funding to replenish the grant relief program for those impacted by ice rates in her district.

According to Rodriguez, the relief program is for individuals and families she represents who have faced financial hardship due to current immigration activity.gov.

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This is LA Currents.

And no matter what our city faces, LA never ever gives up.

Minutes count, and your LAFD thanks you for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs.

If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood, bleeding that won't stop, or loss of any part of an arm or leg, you need to act quickly.

The first step is A for alert.

Have someone called 911.

The next step is B for bleeding.

Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury.

The final step is C for compress.

Use any clean cloth.

Apply the dressing directly to the wound and press down hard.

Push down on top of the wound with both hands as hard as you can.

If blood soaks through the dressing, do not remove it.

Add another dressing on top and continue applying steady pressure.

Do not release the pressure to check the wound.

Keep steady pressure until help arrives, hi, I'm Eric Scott, Captain and Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

Often people ask us really what is brush clearance and why is it important?

So simply put, brush fires continue to threaten life and property in the very high fire hazard severity zone.

So that means areas that are prone to wildfires.

And having brush clearance provides us the defensible space to save those lives and property.

So particularly when you're clearing all of those ground fuels or the lower vegetation, that really helps us because it'll present what is called the fire ladder.

And that's when the fire starts off low on the ground and it starts to climb upward to where it gets spread by winds.

So what you might see is an ember would land on the ground, it would ignite our the grass that is there, or what we call as light flashy fuel.

Then it's going to jump to those lower hanging limbs or those branches and starts to climb up the tree, ignites that heavier fuel, and that just exasperates the problem.

So this requirement does not apply to your healthy fruit trees or privacy hedges or ornamental shrubbery.

As long as that's all well maintained, meaning that it's free of all dead and dry material.

Also, people ask, well, what are the basic brush clearance requirements?

So your basic requirements are this.

You want to trim the weeds and the grass down to three inches.

You need to trim the bottom third of a bush, the bottom six feet of a tree.

Now around your home, you'd want to maintain five feet clearance from the roof line.

So if you're five foot tall and you're walking the perimeter of your roof, nothing should hit you in the head.

And then you want to double that to ten feet from the chimney fences and roadways.

So it's those areas that need to be clear in order to limit the spread of fire and to provide the defensible space for us firefighters to safely operate.

So simply put, we'll provide the offense if you provide the defense.

So here's your basic inspection process.

It begins with the owner's self-inspection.

So you want to compare your native brush and your landscape vegetation on your property with the information that you're going to find in the mailer and also on the lafd.org slash brush website.

Now, if you have difficulties and you're not able to do that yourself, you can hire a professional who can both understand the information and then apply it to the property that you own.

But you want to clear your property as required prior to May 1st this year.

And that way you're going to pass the fire department's inspection and your avoid a $33 noncompliance fee and also a time consuming second inspection, which comes with a costly $668 noncompliance fee.

So it's important to note too that there's no need to call for an inspection at any time.

You don't need to call for an inspection.

We're going to do that automatically.

Our computer system tracks all the properties that are due for an inspection.

So then we'll have an appropriate inspector.

They're going to be notified that your property is due and they're going to come in and inspect and or reinspect if needed.

Now for the first inspection.

That first inspection is done by us, the fire department.

And it is in May 1st and it continues until June 30th.

However, we want people to know that it is a year-round requirement to have brush clearance.

And all parcels that are within that very high fire hazard severity zone, they will be initially inspected.

Those parcels that are found in violation are going to be issued a notice of violation.

And they'll be assessed, and that's when you get that $33 noncompliance fee.

Then the homeowner has about 30 days to comply with that notice of violation.

And the owner can check the status of their property by registering an account at VMS3.org.

So now when we come to the second inspection, that means that you, as a homeowner, were issued a notice of violation on the first inspection.

So then you're going to be inspected a second time after that 30-day period.

That gives you that grace period of 30 days to correct the violation.

Then owners can check the status of their property again by registering your account at VMS3.org.

Now, if the property is not fully in compliance upon initial inspection, that owner is going to be notified via mail or email if it registered within that website that we mentioned.

So it's important to also say there's no need to call the LEFD brush unit when you're ready for your reinspection.

That reinspection will be automatically scheduled as appropriate with their time frames.

That's all computerized.

So if your property remains in noncompliance after a failed reinspection, then it's going to be cleared by city contractors.

And the property owner or you will be invoiced a non-compliance fee of $668 plus an administrative fee of $1,498 on top of the contractor's fee.

So you certainly want to avoid this.

We get asked a lot of questions.

Here is your top seven most frequently asked questions and the answers.

So number one is how can I check the brush status of my own property?

Again, that's that important website that we're driving home, the VMS3.lefd.org.

You could register a new brush clearance account there and check the status.

Now use your APM or the assessor parcel number as well as a PIN, which is your personal identification number.

It's going to be printed on the bottom of the owner notification that was mailed to you annually in March.

Often we get asked, well, what is the best way to contact the brush unit?

Simply put, the best way is to send an email.

You send it to LAFD brush at lacity.org.

Now if you incorporate your APN and a brief description of the issue or the problem that you would like to discuss, that greatly assists us determining who you are and what the issue is.

And then a member of our brush unit will respond to you within 48 hours.

Also, you could feel free to call if the number is 1800-9944.

But we do ask for your patience in advance because it's very busy and there's minimal inspectors, so we have a limited resources to take your call.

But the office hours are from 7 a.m.

until 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

So what if you received a notice of noncompliance in the mail?

What are you supposed to do then?

Well, start by reading that notice very carefully.

Identify the actual violations that were mentioned on your property.

See what was cited there.

And then you could follow the steps in the frequently asked questions, the first one there to see photos that was taken by the inspector of your property and where the problem is.

The first one there to see photos that was taken by the inspector of your property and where the problem is.

Then you want to correct those violations by the due date.

So look at that due date.

It'll be located at the top right corner of your notice.

Okay, you were issued a notice of noncompliance.

And now you did the right thing, you finished clearing your property of the violations that you were cited.

Now what?

What's next?

Well, truthfully, you don't have to do anything at this point.

After the allotted 30 day period, a fire inspector is going to reinspect your property.

And if your property is still in noncompliance, then you get that second notice to abate the fire hazard.

That'll be mailed to you.

Now the city will start the process to have your property cleared by a contractor at your expense.

So you want to avoid that.

Some ask if there is a particular contractor that should be used to clear your property.

Well, simply put, the city does not provide a recommendation, nor do we endorse any contractor.

So really it's you as the property owner, it's your responsibility to request the current proof of insurance, if they're bonded, if they have a license, and obtain any other relevant information about that contract.

But we do try to help.

So there is a brush clearance contractor list on the website.

So what do you do if you feel that the inspector is wrong and that your property is in compliance?

And can you file an appeal?

Well, the answer is yes, yes, you can.

However, note that a failed inspection will subject you as the owner to fees that continue to increase with each failed inspection.

All billing is conducted through the city's accounting services section.

So if you have questions about that concerning your fees or your invoices or any fees that even could be attached to a tax bill, you should direct those to the source.

That's accounting.

So you can either call them at two one three nine seven eight three four two four or you can send an email to lafd dot brush ACCTG at LACity.org.

And how would you report that?

So first off, we want you to know that the fire department wants to hear your concerns so we can provide the clearance necessary for our firefighters to protect your property and your neighborhood.

So you can report a brush fire hazard by email to LAFD brush at LACity.org.

Now please make sure that you include the exact location of the brush hazards, the address.

If you have the APN, that would be even better.

But of course, you need to put a brief description of what the hazards are and where those hazards are on the property.

And of course, it's best not to go looking at those hazards on that neighbor's property without permission.

You also can make your complaint by phone.

That same phone number we provided before to our brush clearance unit is one eight hundred nine nine four four four four four four.

And again, we welcome your complaint, but remember too that we have limited resources to take your call, and those hours are from 7 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday 2020.

The Barnstall Gallery Theater is a 300 seat performing arts space located as part of the Barnstall Art Park here in East Hollywood.

We're tucked in a corner between the Barnstall Junior Art Center, and then on our other side is the LA Municipal Art Gallery.

So often we hear, I didn't even know this was here.

I'm gonna come back.

And that is the greatest thing we can hear is knowing that we're gonna have Angelinos come back, visit our space, share our space, and enjoy everything that we have to offer here.

We're primarily a rental facility.

So we try and make everyone's dreams come true.

It is incredibly popular with different arts centers and different arts groups, community theaters, professional theaters.

We have dance companies who do their concerts.

We have local colleges and high schools and elementary schools that do their graduations and their culminations.

We do film screenings, young artists, emerging artists, groups with very small budgets are treated and welcomed the same way as big commercial productions.

What's super exciting about the Barnesdow Gallery Theater is that everybody has an opportunity to be on the stage.

But you can be a very seasoned veteran and come in here and feel like you're having a wonderful intimate conversation with the audience.

You can be a four-year-old with your first recital and being able to feel like this is your stage, and it's sort of sized for someone little, someone big, whatever you're looking for, it's perfect.

So many people have told us the Barnstall Gallery Theater, or we call it BGT, feels like home to them.

And that BGT is where they always go.

It's a go-to space for their annual event.

And I think that kind of relationship in a community is so important these days.

I think by now hopefully everybody knows that arts education helps children to work together in groups.

It helps them to focus, critically think, self-expression is also incredibly important.

Creativity, and also it could be a path to uh a career for many uh young people.

For example, all of the staff here are involved in the arts in their art form outside of uh teaching here.

Um, and they they have good memories, they come back.

So we see how the arts is shaping these kids.

Having on healthy societies, having healthy uh investment in the arts.

We have an Instagram page at Canoga Park Youth Arts.

We have a Facebook page, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center.

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Okay.

The Canoga Park Youth Arts Center is an after-school music and art program operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles.

We offer music and visual arts classes to youth in the area, mostly from 6 to 17.

However, we also have pre-K classes to introduce young children to music.

All the teachers here have been involved in the arts their whole lives.

We are located in a historic building off of Sherman Way.

So this historic building was first built in 1929 as the first operator-assisted phone company in the San Fernando Valley.

After the building was abandoned by the phone company, it fell into disrepair.

Self-expression is also incredibly important.

Creativity, and also it could be a path to a career for many young people.

For example, all of the staff here are involved in the arts in their art form outside of teaching here.gov.6 billion dollar project passed council 11 votes to two, with council members Yaroslavsky and Rahman citing concerns about the cost when voting no.com.

According to Bass, the city sought solutions to preserve the workforce and avoid 1,600 layoffs, which were contained in the budget for 2025 to 2026.

Following negotiations with labor unions and the city, the agreement reached includes the transfer of some employees to key departments with funded and specially funded positions.

According to the city administrative officer, the deficit was closed, and they are projecting structural balance into the next fiscal year.

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

Join LA Nature Quest to explore the natural world in your neighborhood and help gather valuable information about LA's biodiversity.

Participants on the hike will be guided by junior ecologist Ryan Kinzel and get to explore nature, learn about local species, and document findings using the iNaturalist app.

Download the app onto your mobile device and head to Augustus Hawkins Nature Park for LA Nature Quest Hike and Biodiversity Data Collection on Saturday, October 11th, beginning at 10 a.m.

For more information, visit the Instagram account of LA City Parks.

On Saturday, October 11th, join Council Member Curran Price for the first ever Latino Carnival, bringing the community together for Latino Heritage Month with a day of music, food, culture, and community pride.

Enjoy the original Bonda El Limon.

Council Member Price will be presenting the band with a proclamation recognizing their six decades of music.

Enjoy 20 musical acts on two stages.

And there will also be a Ferris Wheel, Carnival Games, bounce houses, and DJs all day.

Join Council Member Curran Price in the community for the first ever Latino Carnival in South Central on Saturday, October 11th from 1 p.m.

to 10 p.m.

For more information, visit CD9.lacity.gov.

It's time to get back in the saddle for Ciclovia, heart of the city.

On Sunday, October 12th, join Cyclavia for another day of car-free streets across Los Angeles.

This Cyclave connects Westlake, downtown LA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Arts District, and Boyle Heights, with over seven miles of streets dedicated to people and pedal power.

Whether you walk, jog, bike, roller skate, or spectate, enjoy local amenities at a different pace.

All ages and abilities are welcome.

Enjoy the 63rd Open Streets event at Cyclavia, heart of the city, on Sunday, October 12th from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit Cyclavia.org.

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

Every day, over one hundred Americans die from second hand smoke.

Second hand smoke in children can cause asthma.

Learn how you can protect your home from second hand smoke.

Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive directive to accelerate the hiring of more officers for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The directive will establish new protocols between the LAPD and the LA City Personnel Department with the aim of completing officer selection within one hundred and eighty days.

Councilmember John Lee, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, said the directive will ensure efficiencies in LAPD hiring and aligned with commitments to a safe city.

Currently, the LAPD has over eight thousand officers, around two officers for every one thousand Los Angeles residents.

For more information, visit Mayor.gov slash press.

Diane Watson is a retired Congresswoman whose legacy led to significant advancement in civil rights, health care, education, and humanitarian efforts.

The grants will be awarded on a first come, first served basis for as long as funds allow.

For more information, visit the social media links at cd7.lacity.gov.

Here's what's happening in LA this week.

This is LA Currents.

This is about all of us.

It's about choosing to believe in our city again and proving it with action.

And no matter what our city faces, LA never gives up.

Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes.

Minutes count, and your LAFD thanks you for learning how to stop the bleed by following the ABCs.

If someone has an injury with blood spurting out of the wound, clothing soaked in blood, bleeding that won't stop, or loss of any part of an arm or leg, you need to act quickly.

The first step is A for alert.

Have someone called 911.

The next step is B for bleeding.

Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury.

Use any clean cloth.

Apply the dressing directly to the wound and press down hard.

Push down on top of the wound with both hands as hard as you can.

If blood soaks through the dressing, do not remove it.

Add another dressing on top and continue applying steady pressure.

Do not release the pressure to check the wound.

Keep steady pressure until help arrives.

Okay, so as uh if council would like to take role or the clerk would like to take role first.

Bloomingfield, Harris Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Hirano, Lee, Mikosker, Nazarian, Padilla, Park, Price, Rahmen, Rodriguez, Soto Martinez Ravosovsky, 14 members present in the corn, Mr.

President.

All right.

And Mr.

President, there is nothing to report out of close session.

All right, and I'm gonna move that the item be referred to housing and homelessness committee.

Without objection.

And also, Mr.

President, there's uh a few announcements.

For item five, the ordinances will be held over to October 14, 2025, and also for item 48, pursuant to council rule 77.

Item, this item is held over one week to October 14, 2025 before it can be adopted.

And that clears uh council has motions for posting and referral, sir.

Okay, without objection, they're posted and referred.

That clears the test, sir.

Okay, colleagues, announcements.

Looking to my left, Mr.

McCosker.

Thank you very much.

Colleagues and all Angelinos.

Please join us this Saturday, October 11th in the 1-5 for our biggest annual event, the Festa Italiana.

This is a free family-friendly festival organized by the Little Italy Association of Los Angeles.

The Festa Italiana celebrates the start of Italian American Heritage Month by highlighting Italian culture with amazing food, desserts, music, and local vendors.

The Festa Italiana draws massive crowds to downtown San Pedro's Little Italy district on 6th Street, and this year will be no different.

The event, again, I said free, opens at 11 a.m.

and does not end until 10 p.m.

So you have plenty of time to join the festivities.

We hope to see you and your family at Festa Italiana this Saturday.

Bring your appetite and help us celebrate Italian culture.

Thank you.

Mr.

Nazario.

Thank you, Council President.

After you visited San Pedro, trek over to the San Fernando Valley.

Come to Council District too because fall is around the corner.

And celebrate fall festival with us, October 11th, Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m.

at the North Hollywood Recreation Center.

Bring your kids to the designated kids area and enjoy pumpkin painting, a claw machine, dog adoptions, and more.

Also featuring the new romantics, a Taylor Swift tribute band for all the Swifties out there.

Hope to see you there.

And then trek back over to San Pedro and finish the night over there.

Thank you.

Okay, other announcements.

Another announcement.

Budget committee will be with scheduled for two.

Obviously, this meeting is continuing, so that meeting will start at 2 30.

Budget will be at 2 30.

Okay, uh any additional announcements.

If not, let's all rise for adjourning motions.

Everyone is uh welcome to rise for adjourning motions.

Colleagues, anyone on my left for an adjourning motion?

Looking to my left, seeing no colleagues, anyone on the right, adjourning motions.

Council member Park.

Colleagues, it is with deep sadness and profound respect that I ask that we adjourn today in memory of Neo Maroque.

It's with deep sorrow that we announce Neo's passing, a beloved son, brother, cousin, and friend, who tragically lost his life on his 23rd birthday, September 20th, 2025, in a tragic hit and run accident at Lincoln and Washington Boulevards in Venice Beach.

Born on September 20th, 2002, Neil was a bright light in the lives of everyone who knew him.

From an early age, he demonstrated exceptional character, warmth, and intelligence.

He was known for his kindness, humor, and dedication.

A young man who often made others laugh and feel seen.

Neo attended Charnock Road Elementary School in Palms, where he stood out both as a student and a leader, being elected to class president in the fifth grade.

He continued his academic journey at Venice High School, where he excelled both in the classroom and on the field.

A talented athlete, Neil played flag football, basketball, and varsity football throughout his high school years.

His sense of community extended far beyond his school.

He frequently volunteered to help those in need and participated in local beach cleanups.

He was always giving us time and energy to make the world a better place.

He had dreams and ambitions that were cut tragically short.

Neil was deeply loved by his family, including its devoted parents and siblings, uncle, aunt, and grandmother, who will forever remember and cherish his memory.

Neil will be remembered as a kind, funny, loving, and caring young man, a person who brought joy, inspiration, and love into the lives of so many.

His loss leaves a void that can't be filled, but his legacy of compassion and excellence will live on.

And they're offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver.

Rest in peace, Neo.

You will be missed, but never forgotten.

May you rest in peace.

Today, we mark the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7th terror attacks in Israel.

And I hope you will join me in adjourning in the memory of the $1,195 people who were ruthlessly murdered by Hamas on that day.

As reports came out about what happened at the concert, uh, it happened at the concert goers at the Nova Music Festival and throughout Israel that day.

Thousands breached Israel's border with one goal kill as many Jews as possible.

The details are horrifying.

Civilians, committed countless rapes and act of sexual violence, dragged away hundreds to captivity to use as hostages, unknown what their fate would be.

All for the crime of going to a music festival and being in Israel.

About a year ago, I welcomed family members of victims and hostages being held by Hamas to City Hall, and their pain was a bond beyond imagination.

They shared stories about their loved ones held hostage by Hamas, whom they believed at the time were still alive.

We know at least one of those has been recently murdered in the times since.

We don't know their condition, but we know that for over 700 days they have been kept in inhumane and unimaginable conditions.

And I hope and pray that soon they will be able to see their loved ones again.

I hope and pray that soon we will have peace in the region.

The Middle East and the world remain at a precarious crossroads, but I hope for today everyone can join me in honoring the lives that were lost on this tragic day two years ago.

May their memories be a blessing.

Seeing no additional adjourning motions, uh Councilwoman Parker.

Council President, if I could be added to that adjournment as well.

Absolutely.

Seeing no other adjourning motions, go out and serve the city.

This meeting is adjourned.

For large animals, small animals, as well as as people if they need to go to them.

So thank you for that, as well as the ADA compliance.

Excellent.

Thank you.

So now, Jennifer, we're going to turn it back over to you.

You know, during a wildfire or really any significant natural disaster, how is the emergency operations center activated and what functions does that EOC perform?

So the fire department, the police department, and the mayor's office can all request the activation of the emergency operations center when an incident gets beyond the scope of any one department's normal emergency response functions.

And that has happened for everything from the COVID pandemic to even when we have a large special event like the Super Bowl or the LA Marathon, because this becomes the brain of the city, a place where all of the departments can come together, coordinate with each other, make sure they have the resources they need, and that they're communicating really freely about the current information.

So we most recently activated for the hurricane and earthquake, the earthquake part was a surprise, but uh for Tropical Storm Hillary, we were able to activate the EOC to level two, that's our medium level, and bring together all of the departments that had an active response role to make sure that we were well coordinated and we're communicating effectively.

We go to a lower level, a level three for something like a planted event.

And if we had a major destructive wildfire or a major earthquake in LA, we would level activate to level one, which could be more than 80 people in our emergency operation center all working together to make sure that the city is responding effectively.

Yeah, it's such a key coordination central hub where we might have a lot of spokes of other city agencies that come together.

Now, under one building, one roof, you have all these decision makers that can give us quick situational awareness, but also helps us to mitigate the problem because we have the people all in one room.

So thank you for being a part of that critical role.

Pleasure.

Right now we're in the process of updating our local hazard mitigation plan.

Wildfire is a key element of that plan.

We've got a survey out there that we're really asking everyone you live, work, or play in LA, please fill out the survey.

You can find it at emergency.lacity.org to tell us what hazards you're most worried about and what projects you want the city to work on to address those hazards.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Good points.

And David, we're gonna turn it back over to you for a minute.

Now, we know that LA has wildfires all year round now.

And weather plays such a critical role in how we fight them and how people need to be prepared.

So, how are you teaching participants in the Wildfire Resilience Alliance about weather and how it would impact wildfires in them?

So the first step is probably to define the wildfire resilience alliance.

So that's a partnership between my Safe LA and the Los Angeles City Fire Department, and it's designed to create multiple layers of activity that trains, creates awareness, and also stipulates how things are changing.

What's going on in weather, of course, is one of the most important things that is changing.

We're seeing things occur.

Hillary is an example that we haven't experienced, at least not in 80 to 100 years.

The source of it is another conversation.

But the fact is it is changing.

And so we have longer periods of heat when we have these wonderful rainy seasons like we had at the beginning of this year.

Everyone was so excited, so all the hillsides are beautiful and everything looks great, and there's a lot of moisture around.

All I see is fuel.

Right?

Because all of this stuff is growing and becomes fuel.

And what people may not recognize is because of how our canyons are aligned, either with the sun from the east or from the west, that in or out of alignment on those hillsides can dry out vegetation.

It's simply a matter of moments.

So understanding not only your property, not only your building, but also what's happening with nature.

It's a huge part of it.

We're building a community wildfire protection plan for the city of Los Angeles.

There are some that are around.

So the Santa Monica Conservancy has one, LA County has one, but they stop at the city's border, right?

So the hazard plan that EMD is developing, the CWPP that we're building, those kinds of things need to interact with each other and need to be available to everyone.

It's a community plan.

It's not a fire plan per se or a police plan.

Everyone's involved.

But it's really for the community to be able to say, I'm interested, and I want to know what's going on and why it's going on.

I think the most significant things to share about weather is that it's dramatically different than it was even five or ten years ago.

And we need to think about that.

When it's raining, we think, or when it's cloudy and it might rain, we think about what are those things.

I need to have a raincoat, I need to have an umbrella.

We want people to think about kind of the my three things if there's wildfire weather.

So if the moisture level is very low, if the temperature, it could even be cool, but typically it's going to be hot, and if it's blowing wind, what are those things?

Turn your car around so that the it's facing out of your driveway, make sure it has more than half a tank of gas.

Think about those things that you would do, and if you don't need to do them, well, it's it's repetitive work, it's like a drill.

And as that happens more and more, you'll become more comfortable with being able to take action when something really does take place.

Yeah, very excellent points about really keeping cognizant of the weather, what it's doing, and how that can affect disasters.

And you brought up uh the recent rain, and yeah, we do see that increase in grass crop, and that we're seeing that kind of slightly delay some of our wildfires.

Um, but like you mentioned, it's a it's it's fuel, and that's a light, flashy fuel, very susceptible to a spark, and soon enough it's gonna be all cured and dried, and then we're gonna see that.

And uh the southwest facing aspects is really where it's even more dry.

You can look, it's way more sparse and thin branches compared to uh the other side, the the northeast.

Um yeah, very good points that you bring up, uh practical application.

We we appreciate that.

It's really when you get the increased temperatures, the low relative humidity, and the wind.

The wind, the wind, the wind is our main concern.

We've reviewed a lot of information here today.

We want to make sure that you and the public have access to all of it.

So if you need additional information, please visit these important sites.

It's LAFD.orgslash wildfire, lapdonline.org, emergency.gov, and my safe LA.org.

So again, thank you all for being here.

We really appreciate your input as subject matter experts, and you've really shared some potentially life-saving information.

And together, we are one team, and we really want Angelinos to be part of our team.

That's why we're sincerely asking you to please heed these warnings and be prepared.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

Commissioners, Chief McDonnell, Madam Secretary, Inspector General Matthew Barragán, Mr.

City Attorney Carlos Eraguera, and members of the public.

It is 9:30 a.m.

This is a regular meeting of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners.

Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

Good morning.

Please let the record reflect that.

Commissioners Sanchez, Gordon, Southers, and SHILTER present, and we have a quorum.

Madam President.

Thank you.

We welcome everyone attending this morning.

All public comment will be heard during item three on the agenda.

We will dedicate a total of 45 minutes to public comment.

Members of the public will have one minute per agenda item for a maximum of two minutes total.

At the request of the speaker, the speaker will be given one additional minute for general public comment for a maximum of three minutes total.

Members of the public, if you choose to participate in the public comment portion of the agenda, you can participate in this meeting in a number of ways outlined on the agenda.

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Public comment is your opportunity to address the board.

So you are free to express your opinion on matters before the board and to generally express when you disagree with other opinions expressed.

However, directing your comments to other individuals who have spoken or attacking others who have expressed their opinions shall be deemed off topic, and your public comment period will be concluded.

Message for those attending the meeting in person.

These meetings are regular meetings between the board, the department, and key stakehakeholders.

Meetings of the Board of Police Commissioners are open to the public.

The state's Ralph M.

Brown Act affords the public the opportunity to be present at the meetings, hear the presentations and dialogue in real time, and provide feedback via the public comment period.

During these meetings, there is a need for the board to carry out the public business expeditiously without delays or disruptions.

Members of the audience shall not engage in any conduct which causes an actual disruption of the meeting.

Those attending in person are reminded that disruptive behavior behavior will be caused for removal.

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If you disrupt this meeting, you will be provided with only one warning to cease disruptive behavior.

If you fail to seize such behavior, you will be removed from the meeting.

All attendees must be seated.

Failure to follow this rule will result in a warning and or removal from the meeting.

I want to note that item number 5A, the department's reporting regarding increased detail for the Board of Rights hearings conducted in 2024 will be continued to the October 28th, 2025 meeting.

With that, we will move to item one, the report of the Chief of Police.

Chief McDonald.

Good morning, and thank you, President Sanchez Gordon, Vice President Southers, Commissioners, Inspector General Barragon, City Attorney Delegera, and Executive Director Sibley, who's not with us yet today.

Today I'll be covering key and uh key events from the past week, share our latest crime trends, and provide an update on our staffing level.

Year to date, we remain at 35 officer involved shootings compared to 23 this time last year.

On that topic, there was an OIS uh yesterday, October 6th, at about uh 3.23 in the afternoon.

A central area supervisor observed a shooting in progress in the 400 block of South Main Street.

The suspect fled on foot, and a help help call was broadcast.

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Responding officers contained the suspect during which uh which time multiple 40 millimeter rounds were deployed, and an officer involved shooting occurred.

The suspect was not struck and was taken into custody.

The victim of the initial shooting was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Force investigation division responded, is conducting the officer-involved shooting investigation.

Robbery Homicide Division is conducting the homicide investigation.

On October 3rd, officers in central area responded to a suspicious vehicle that had driven across traffic and onto the sidewalk, colliding with the steps of City Hall.

To drive a troll, the driver told officers he needed help and didn't want to harm anyone.

However, he refused to exit his vehicle.

Officers observed what appeared to be a metal oxygen cylinder inside the vehicle.

Out of an abundance of caution, the area was cordoned off.

City Hall was evacuated, and SWAT and Bombs Guard were called in.

Ultimately, the subject complied and was taken into custody without further incident.

The bomb squad cleared the vehicle and determined that the tank was a medical oxygen device and determined there was nothing in the vehicle to indicate any kind of terrorist attack.

The subject was placed to Westerlay Veterans Administration Hospital for further care.

This incident was widely covered in the media, and I want to highlight that because of the unknown contents of the tank, our airship could not fly directly overhead.

However, we deployed our department drone as the first responder, which was able to see it to the vehicle and provide our ground units with critical information to safely resolve the incident.

On Thursday, October 2nd, our commercial crime division's cargo theft unit working in partnership with Union Pacific Railroad Police, the Port Police, Airport Police, and District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant in the City of Santa Monica.

During this operation, our detectives recovered an estimated half a million dollars in stolen train cargo, which included unreleased Nike shoes and clothing products.

Inside the location, more than 2100 pairs of stolen shoes and 150 cartons of apparel were seized.

One suspect identified as the owner of the resale business, Cool Kicks, was taken into custody and booked for receiving stolen property.

This case is a great example of the results we achieved when agencies work together.

Because of the teamwork in this case, we were able to cut off a major outlet for stolen goods.

The investigation is still ongoing, and we expect there may be additional arrests pending.

On Saturday, September 27th, Newton Division deployed a party car team to address the ongoing issue of illegal warehouse and rooftop parties within the division.

These events continue to draw hundreds of people, often with amplified music, alcohol sales, armed security, and they pose serious safety threats for everyone involved.

Following is a brief summary of the various events that officers responded to.

Just after 11 p.m., officers responded to a warehouse party on East 15th Street, where over 100 people had gathered.

Officers are observed to stage multiple food vendors, an illegal bar, and amplified music that could be heard blocks away.

The party was safely cleared without incident.

Shortly after midnight, officers responded to another warehouse party in the same quarter.

This time party goers initially refused to leave.

Once cleared, officers conducted a walkthrough and recovered three firearms inside the location, which included a short barreled rifle with a 30-round magazine, a ghost handgun with a 10-round magazine, and a handgun equipped with a laser and flashlight attachment.

Around 2 a.m.

officers checked additional known hotspots on Wall Street.

Event staff quickly locked down the location as police arrived, preventing entry.

Although music was clearly audible from about 50 yards away, officers were unable to make contact with staff and left the area.

Soon after, officers located a large rooftop at 1012 Crocker Street.

Armed security was found in the alleyway and was detained and disarmed until their status could be verified.

With the support of additional units in an airship, officers facilitated the safe dispersal of approximately five to seven hundred individuals.

This is just one weekend a snapshot, but it demonstrates the scale of what our officers are facing.

Over the past four weeks, overall crime in Los Angeles is down 11.8%.

Both violent crime and property crime have decreased citywide.

Homicides continue to remain at a decrease and are down 22%, which means 53 fewer lives lost.

Victims shot are down 29.5% in the past month and a 7.3% year to date decrease.

Aggravated assaults are down just under 14%.

Robberies, however, are up almost 6% citywide, which equates to 31 more crimes.

More than half are strong arm robberies, but robberies involving firearms are up almost 27%.

The good news is firearm recoveries are also up over 14% this year.

Burglaries are down 5.5% overall, with residential burglaries down 3%, and non-residential down 8.3.

Motor vehicle thefts are down almost 6% citywide.

And the bottom line is overall crime, homicides, and shooting are trending down, which reflects on the hard work our officers and continued support from our community.

At the same time, we're staying focused on robbery trends in divisions where crime has recently increased.

Overall sworn personnel as of October 6th is 8,667.

Civilian personnel staffing is 2,543, and we have 344 reserve officers.

That concludes my uh my report to the commission this morning, Madam President.

Thank you, Chief.

Let's um move to our commissioners.

Commissioner Commissioner Shields, any questions, please?

Thank you, President.

Um, thank you, Chief, for the report.

Um with regards to the officer-involved shootings.

I know we have you know continue to have concern of the increase that we've had seen this year.

Um, but when you hear that, you know, an officer is seeing a shooting in progress.

It's hard to see what actions they're supposed to take in response to that.

And so, you know, one thing I want to make sure that the officers themselves we are seeing more suspects, you know, being being both armed with firearms and shooting officers.

What are you, you know, doing to make sure that the officers are, you know, operating properly in terms of when they do see someone with a firearm and they're running from them, you know, the more you run after them, the more likely you are to be shot or a shooting result.

And so there's the difference between keynote tracking someone versus trying to catch them.

Um you talk a little bit about how you try to balance that.

You have someone who's now just killed someone.

What are officers trained to do in that type of scenario?

Yeah, you clearly got somebody who's a threat to the community.

If you don't chase them, they're gonna potentially hurt or kill someone else.

That's a critical uh situation.

Uh our officers will try and maintain sight, set up a perimeter, use the air unit to do four-point containment, bring in a canine, and try and resolve it peacefully that way.

Uh if the suspect becomes barricaded, then we request additional resources from SWAT.

They'll come in, uh, replace the inner perimeter officers with SWAT officers, and then attempt to negotiate using all of the tools that we use there.

Uh our psychologist mental evaluation, try and de-escalate the situation uh to the degree possible and try and get the suspect in custody without anybody getting hurt.

Thank you.

And thankfully, no officers or other civilians were impacted by this shooting, including the suspect themselves.

Um thank you for the update regarding the um suspicious vehicle in City Hall.

And it was good to hear that uh the drone as a first responder was actually doing as it should, you know, was intended to do, provide more visibility and insight and information to officers on the ground when you know helicopters and other things are not um available.

Um so thank you for the report.

I have no additional questions.

Thank you.

Thanks, Mr.

Thank you, Commissioner Shields.

Commissioner Southers.

Thank you, President.

Uh Chief, I want to pivot back to uh the issue of our senior lead officers, and again, we're looking at the numbers of the department decreasing.

And I just want to ensure the public that the senior lead officer program is still in place and that those officers are still available and in those divisions being able to work with people closely as they have done over the past several years.

Yeah, thank you, Commissioner.

The uh senior lead officer program is very strong, very much alive, and uh something that's fully supported by the department.

The uh to use a sports analogy, the senior lead officer is kind of the quarterback for that piece of real estate 24-7.

They coordinate the activities of the officers who work around the clock.

They look at problem solving efforts and look at the root causes of crime and disorder uh as opposed to dealing with the symptom, the radio call.

And uh their focus is to be able to ensure that we don't continue to go back to the same locations over and over and that they deal with the root causes to be able to prevent that.

Thank you, Chief.

And on the matter that you brought up about the illegal parties, uh, we've got parties that are popping up where people are actually building stages, inviting people, charging admission, and we've got a pretty unsafe situation going out across the city looking for a potential stage collapse, people being trampled in a as a stampede leaves.

Who works with the police department as it relates to monitoring those locations and those parties that are being offered to people to attend?

No, thank you for that.

Uh our officers will use in the senior lead officer as an example.

They'll coordinate the efforts for that area, work with the party car that we deploy in Newton division in particular, central division, uh, to be able to look at are we going back to the same locations over and over again?

Who owns the location to be able to bring in building and safety for the fire department once we're there to be able to see if they can play a role in ensuring that we don't continue to have these parties or when we have them to be able to disperse them based on uh the fire marshal's weigh-in on those issues.

And so we we try and avail ourselves to whatever city uh and other um entities can weigh in on the problem, uh, but it is something that is it's a moneymaker for those that put it on at the expense of those who attend.

Uh they're unregulated, although they have security there.

We see them when we take them down, uh guns are left behind, and some of them pretty significant uh weapons that could do a lot of damage there.

We have had shootings at these parties, and so it certainly is a threat to the community.

Okay, thank you, Chief.

Madam President, I have no additional questions.

Thank you.

Umer Southers.

Uh Chief, I do want to just follow up on um a concern that was raised by Commissioner Shields as to the officer-involved shootings, and uh the report states that um and you reported it as of uh to date, year to date.

We have uh 27 as compared to 16.

That's uh almost a 69 percent increase.

So the issue of training of officers, um whether they're operating properly.

Um I uh would like to revisit that, especially when on those areas that you mentioned, the canine use, the SWAT team, the psycho psychological assistance.

I think that perhaps uh we we can hear a little bit more about what type of training they're getting uh since last year, if anything has changed as to better practices, better tactics, so that we can begin to see that number uh of officer-involved shootings decrease for the next year.

Yeah, Commissioner, we're happy to show you all the training that we do, the de-escalation efforts that we take, but the reality is, and you get to see it as as I do as the use of forces are investigated.

They come through.

There's nobody else in the world that does the uh after after after action investigations that we do.

The level of accountability is unprecedented anywhere, and it's replicated across the nation at least, uh, based on the system we have in place as we see.

Each one is critically reviewed, and uh when we look at numbers alone, they don't tell the story.

The analysis of each one uh is uh and nobody knows better than the commission here with the time you spend on reviewing these that the officers are are uh uh evaluated based on uh their tactics, the drawing exhibiting, and the use of force itself uh at a level that is uh I think the any community would be very proud of.

Uh the numbers, the numbers don't tell the uh the full story, the actual looking at the incident certainly do.

And so I'm proud of the work being done out there by our folks.

They put themselves in harm's way.

They're coming across more situations where they have to do that, put themselves between a threat and the public.

And uh, as we've seen an increase uh this year, it's resulted in a uh additional lots of involved shootings.

That's the real number.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you.

All right, uh we are going to move on to the report of the inspector general.

Inspector General Barogan.

Good morning.

I have a number of items to share since my last report.

First, I participated in a number of department affinity group meetings.

The groups with whom I've met this far include the Latin American Law Enforcement Association, the Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation, the Law Enforcement Association of Asian Pacifics, and the Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association, a national group, which has approximately 50% of its membership from LAPD.

I'm hoping to meet with remaining affinity groups in the coming days.

I've also attended a variety of community meetings, uh, a community meeting to introduce myself and the role of my office with certain stakeholders in the Central Bureau, along with Commission President Sanchez Gordon and Central Bureau Chief Hurtado, in addition to meeting with Commission Vice President Southers and West Bureau stakeholders.

I attended a Pacific Area Community Police Advisory Board meeting.

I also recently attended a leadership training uh institute organized by FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association.

Audit section staff in my team has observed the department's two-day training on small and manned aircraft system deployment consistent with past practices involving the OIG's assessment of how new technology equipment is being used by the department.

Staff has also sat in to observe a RIPA Comstat meeting to ensure that the department is addressing any issues identified with traffic and pedestrian stops.

With regard to the complaint section, the OIG has had two meetings with the department regarding its actions during the most recent protests relating to ICE enforcement.

Specifically, the OIG's complaint section is continually monitoring internal affairs division's actions and investigations into allegations of misconduct by its employees during the protests.

The OIG has access to all aspects of the investigation and has received information and access without delay.

To date, there are over a hundred complaints relating to the protest-related incidents.

Close to 90% of those complaints include allegations relating to use of force.

This number includes complaints from third parties, anonymous sources, and members of the public who are part of the protests, or you saw the incidents on the news and or social media.

My office's use of force section also has a number of updates.

As previously mentioned, this section has received uh updates from the department's internal task force regarding its efforts to investigate and assess allegations of misconduct and uses of force, including categorical uses of force related to the ICE protests.

The use of force section is also tracking force investigation division's assessment of the delayed interviewed pilot program.

The six-month pilot period concludes on October 23rd, and the department plans to report back to the police commission in November on the program's status and impact.

Last, the use of force section continues to participate in the monthly tactics training review committee meetings, where department officials and the OIG discuss critical issues related to use of force and training and commission priorities, including de-escalation, intermediate force, and tactical disengagement.

This concludes my report.

Thank you very much.

No, thank you.

Thank you.

Um Inspector General.

Um it's great to hear that you're meeting with a number of the affinity groups within the department.

Um I think those they are a great resource for um the employees and are very impactful, I think, um, in the work that the department does.

Um, and thank you for all of your outreach efforts with the community and and giving them a sense of what your role is and what the uh um your office's role is.

Um, and thank you for tracking all of those complaints.

And I know that I I rely on you as a resource, and I will continue to look forward to working with you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner Southers, any questions?

Thank you, Madam President.

Mr.

Inspector General, again, thank you.

I'd like to reiterate the comments made by Commissioner Shields regarding your office's accessibility and making yourself available.

You've done an excellent job since you've been appointed to educate people and make them more aware of what the OIG does, how to contact you, and how to be more accessible.

So appreciate you are attending those meetings with us.

Uh the public has been really supportive of you letting them know what you do and how you you can be they can be helpful in your efforts to hold us accountable.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you again, Inspector General Baragan, for your report.

We move on now to the public comment period, 45 minutes on all items, Madam Madam Secretary.

First up, we have Lisa Albert.

Hi, good morning.

Um my question realistically is going to be under a minute, so I won't take much of your time.

Um, basically, I've lived in the historic car for over 10 years, and I've seen a lot of destruction last 10 years, especially since the last five years.

Uh my question is the um property damage for graffiti.

Are we doing anything regarding um damages for graffiti?

Is there any commissioner or police officer I could speak to regarding it?

Whistler restitution for the amount of graffiti.

I've just noticed in the last five years, this is becoming a lot, especially in the historic core of our buildings and destruction.

Of course, we know the the towers.

Is there anything that's being done regarding this for these graffiti people?

I wouldn't say artists, but just in general.

Um, is there anything going on?

Restitutions or arrest or anything?

Who would I address this to Richard?

Perfect.

Do you have your mind?

Yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Um, we're going to have one of the officers speak to you and address some of your concerns.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary.

Next up, we have uh Jill Jill.

Hi again.

I um thanks for taking my call all.

And I hope you take more Zoom calls on the platform because you seem to also always um neglect the people that are waiting.

Um, and that hasn't been discussed.

However, I just want to know what in the cult is going on with the LAPD because on Sunday there was an event, a permanent event for filming with within the cult of Scientology had a film permit, and they were on the street at like four in the morning, and they thought they owned the whole neighborhood.

Uh, and one of and they were caught um trying to take over the sidewalks where the permit said it was only for the streets.

And one person was on the sidewalk telling them that they said they were asking to see the permit, which they wouldn't provide the permit for them to see the permit, and then when they were they wouldn't get off the sidewalks because that's a public sidewalk.

The officer that was off duty happened to push that person.

Her name is Laura FM.

She was pushed by an off-dirty duty police officer, and they think that they work for a cult.

And that's inappropriate.

They had people on the street without that were actors not getting any breaks for three hours, standing in unnatural positions for extended periods of time with no water, food, or bathroom breaks.

It's absolutely disgusting that you stand by a cult, a child trafficking cult that I called you out on last week because I I addressed you as enablers of a cult, and that you're you're just going along with the program.

You need to stop giving them permits to abuse people.

They do not belong on the street doing these uh per these events if they are not going to follow the permit and they and not show the permit, and they need to follow the law.

And you need to get these permits on the internet.

So when people see what's going on and they're then you don't produce the permit, you and they can't even look up what's going on.

It's absolute sheer abuse.

And and