I want everybody to remain safe.

Ensure that you have your emergency supply kit, ensure that you have enough items in your kit to sustain your family for three days.

You have pets.

Make sure that you're also accounting for them.

Right now we're standing inside the Big Shaker Earthquake Simulator.

The simulator simulates a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

So the whole goal of this is to make sure that family and friends are prepared at home if an earthquake were to happen.

So top heavy furniture, TVs, any items that can turn into projectiles, especially glass, as we want to make sure we're securing those.

People need to be self-sufficient to begin with.

So we want people to be prepared at home.

It starts with you and your family.

You know, do you have your furniture secured?

Do you have an emergency kit?

Do you have a family communication plan?

And when an earthquake actually does happen, remember the three things.

It's drop cover and hold on that you need to do.

What you should do is get down on the ground.

That's what we call drop.

Cover your head and neck.

And if you can get under a table for additional shelter, that's going to protect you from what causes the most injuries, which is falling or flying objects.

You can have your earthquake drill any day of the year.

So if you haven't already registered at ShakeOut.org to be counted in the annual total or to find out a lot of the guidance materials we have.

Go to ShakeOut.org and join us, and that way you also get notified for next year when we'll be doing this again.

Today we are in Westchester and City Eleven of Los Angeles City, and the city attorney's office is hosting an event that gathers different government organizations and small nonprofits to share their services and what kind of outreach options they have for senior citizens in this area.

We offer free minor home repair and accessibility improvements.

So please, please reach out to us.

We have providers from across the city and government agencies that work very closely with our seniors to meet their needs in our community.

You really need all the information you can get, and we all have questions.

We definitely feel like senior citizens are sort of an underappreciated, underreached demographic that we want to share this information with them.

They're all here giving information to all the seniors here about their services.

And we're just kind of trying to find out what's available.

And I found out there's lots of interesting things available for us.

I never realized.

So this is great.

Well, we have a rocking senior center, and there's something for everyone.

So I have a lot of fun here.

Sometimes a lot of seniors get lonely or bored at home.

So I think they should just come down here and just interact with their own peers and everything.

That's what I like.

Just being around with other people.gov.

You ladies have any questions for me?

They should sign up for my newsletter at CD11.la City.gov and follow me on social media at Councilwoman Tracy Park.

The LA Found program is a countywide initiative that can connect caregivers whenever those they care for wander or go missing.

The program gives both help and information that can really provide peace of mind for caregivers.

Thank you all for joining us here at Grand Park for this very special day, LA Found Day.

One of my constituents went missing, and unfortunately, she was never found alive.

And that prompted me to say we in Los Angeles County need to do better.

And we launched the Bring Our Loved Ones Home Task Force.

Today we're launching a new GPS watch where caregivers and family members and loved ones can keep track of their loved one who has Alzheimer's or child who has autism so that they never wander too far from home.

This is why we're here today to really feel like there's a better coordinated effort in Los Angeles to address the needs for people who wander.

Having this on Jordan is such a relief because we know we can find her quickly if she wanders off.

So this is a Theora GPS watch.

So what this watch is, gives its live GPS location every 15 minutes or so.

As long as Jordan's wearing it, caregivers can be able to track this watch.

With this watch, we can also set a what's called a geo fence, which is a electronic fence around any property.

And if the watch leaves that geofence or enters the geofence, the caregivers will get an alert as well.

So make the first call to see what resources are available to see how we can support you and who we can link you up to.

And ultimately, if your family member does need that bracelet, we will provide a free bracelet to your loved one to support you through that.

And as we expand on our technologies, it might be a different technology.

Today we've demonstrated theora care and Project Life Saver is still a foundational piece within this program, but there are other technologies out there too.

It was actually really super good.

I always wanted to watch it like this, and just to do some touch screen, can you stuff?

The stories we heard today were really inspiring from family members who first struggled with one of their loved ones going missing and then the joy they found when they realized that LA Found existed and they enrolled in the program, got the bracelet, which gives them tremendous peace of mind to keep their loved ones near.

LA's community investment for families department gathered with advocates and survivors to mark domestic violence awareness month.

The city of LA recognizes the unique challenges these survivors face, not only during this month, but year-round.

And for us, this is not just a month-long campaign.

This is a year-round commitment to continue to advocate for additional resources.

This council has chosen to make historic and unprecedented investments in supporting survivors and their families.

In 2024, we secured and have continued to sustain the single largest increase in survivor services in the city's history, adding 188 new domestic violence shelter beds to our system.

Over the past decade, the city's investment in services for survivors has grown from two million to 18 million dollars.

This growth represents more than just a financial investment.

It's a moral one.

Today we're here to uplift the unprecedented historic investments that we've made into programs such as Survivors First, which is a housing first program for survivors.

18 million dollars have been invested in these resources to give people a landing place.

Oftentimes survivors of domestic violence need to flee from their home that they've been used to so that they don't fall victim to the same forms of abuse.

The community investment for families department is proud to partner with now 16 service providers, and they're offering emergency shelter, transitional shelter.

They are connecting survivors to permanent housing through our Survivors First program.

Giving people an opportunity to escape violence that they're experiencing is one of the best solutions to these situations because we know that you know restraining orders are a piece of paper, and that doesn't stop harm from happening.

But a new home, a safe home, can prevent harm and violence from happening in the future.

So that's why I'm here and throwing down for these resources and these investments, and I'll continue to do so.

For more information or to connect survivors to resources, please visit our website.

Mayor Karen Bass recently announced a new no-cost program through LA's Department of Water and Power, which is designed to help Angelinos save money on their water bills.

The new landscape efficiency assistance program, or LEAP, is funded by a 14.6 million dollar grant from the California Department of Water Resources.

According to the mayor, the LEAP program aims to convert over a million square feet of turf into water-wise gardens and is projected to save more than 85 million gallons of water annually.

Customers within disadvantaged communities may qualify for free services to replace traditional lawns with a drought tolerant landscape.

For more information, search for LEAP at LADWP.com.

LA Sanitation and Environments City Facilities Recycling Program is holding its annual condiment and utensils drive.

LA Sanitation is collecting sealed unused utensil and condiment packets through November 7th.

Help keep these packets out of the landfill by donating them at one of six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

The donated items are provided to local shelters and nonprofits for use in their meal services.

For more information, see the education tab at Sanitation.lacity.gov.

With a growing Latino community in South Central LA, it was time to celebrate with the first ever local Latino Carnival.

Council President Marquis Harris Dawson joined the community to mark Latino Heritage Month with an impressive lineup of musical acts.

We have La Banda Limon, La Original, we have La Banda Maguey, we have Capaz de la Sierra.

We have over 30,000 people who have showed up and is building.

And for them to have a festival here on Avalon at South Park is a big deal and the first of many.

We're gonna bring our vibe to all of you guys.

Thank you so much.

We love you.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, sorry!

Thank you guys for coming out to South LA.

There's so many beautiful faces out there.

Everybody was singing the words.

So amazing in so many ways.

It's hard to even pinpoint it.

So yeah, it was a beautiful event.

On behalf of our office at the city of LA, we got your back.

We're here.

We're gonna keep having events faces community.

Go to our offices.

You are not alone.

You are never alone.

We're gonna keep reclaiming spaces, reclaiming our joy, and making sure that our safety is what we have at the forefront of our community.

From the high cuisine of France to the food truck scene of LA, a recent culinary heritage event proved that food has a connecting power.

The celebration honored French and Mexican food traditions as part of the Olympic handover from Paris to LA.

Welcome to La Plaza.

And for those of you coming back, welcome back.

So tonight we are actually featuring James Beard winning Michelin starred owned restauranteers chefs, talking about the culinary heritage between France and Mexico.

We come from Indigenous Roots.

It's a really wonderful event here at La Plaza de Culture Artes that's focused around the Columbus Exchange, which is kind of a fascinating part of history, as expressed by four incredibly wonderful local chefs.

So tonight we get to celebrate culinary arts as part of living cultures and the flavors and the techniques and the cultural heritage that they represent.

Tonight, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is collaborating with La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, where we are now, to present a special evening highlighting food as culture.

The event is called LA Culinary Heritage, Mexico and France, as we are featuring four incredible chefs from LA that uplift Mexican traditions, but sometimes with a twist or with French techniques.

Last year, we partnered as part of the Paris 24 Olympics and sent one of our partner chefs to participate in a culminating event as part of the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

And one of the things we've learned is that there's actually a rod of regard between both cultures and a recognition of those similarities.

And so in the experience last year in Paris, there were so many really interesting ways in which people connected the similar ingredients, but how they uh manifested differently.

And so we wanted to do a similar thing here in Los Angeles.

And here we are tonight, as you can see, with a crowd filled with people excited and hungry to learn about the culinary connections between Mexico and France.

And we invite everybody to come and experience everything from walking through our galleries to our summer of salsa programs to our Cinco de Mayo family days, and to be part of learning and experiencing all that makes Latinos in Los Angeles such an important part of our community.

Getting in the groove and keeping joy on tap are vital experiences in these tense times.

It was good vibes only at a concert in the park for Latino Heritage, where the community gathered to enjoy some Latin jazz sounds.

Today we had a concert in Sherman Oaks Park to celebrate the end of Latin American Heritage Month.

So we had Adelaide Pilar doing a Latin jazz performance.

This is the first time when our office started doing these.

The first time that we've started doing events here regularly, and it's been an exciting way to bring the community together.

Our guitar players from Mexico.

So I always say we're like the Latino consulate, right?

We just make great music together that we want to share with everyone here, get them up, dancing, celebrating our heritage, our culture, all the things that we're proud of.

I think events like this in neighborhoods like this is just everything that you need.

Obviously, the community that it creates and just the it's it's such a great environment.

You know, anything we can do to bring people together like this is you know, 10 out of 10 in my book.

We love to provide an opportunity for people to get out here and hear some music and dance in a free environment in a park that's in their neighborhood.

We've been doing these for a few years now, and we think that this was a really great time to celebrate uh Los Angeles' Latino community.

This summer has been an interesting season for concerts in the parks.

Um we play a lot a number of Latino neighborhoods, and the turnout has been hit or miss.

There's a lot of tension definitely going around the Latino community.

So please keep on coming supporting live music.

It means the world to us.

You can find more information about what CD4 is doing at our website.

In this week's feature story, we take a look at the Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center.

Based in the oldest of LA suburbs, this is a place where the local youth step into the theater spotlight and learn all about stagecraft.

Lincoln Heights is the oldest suburb of Los Angeles.

This building is, as you can maybe tell, um, with the beautiful stained glass windows.

This was a building built in the 1930s as a church.

And something that I really truly love about our center's history is that people constantly comment to us that it still feels like a sanctuary.

It still feels like we are doing the work of healing people, coming together, finding joy, finding connection, and that is absolutely what still happens here today.

We got our start as a music center, as a music education center.

And since then we've been really, really fortunate to grow our education programming into cross-disciplinary arts education.

So now we offer musical theater, branching out out of music.

We also have a dance program.

We also have classes in the media art.

We also have a poetry program.

Our teachers are masters in their craft, a world-class pianist or a world-class phenomenal hip hop dancer.

We did a performance.

It was really nice.

That's pretty much the essence.

We want people to feel strong, accepted, and find their voices here through the arts and culture.

We are so so proud of Rosalio Munoz.

He's a lifelong activist that we are so fortunate to call our own here.

It's U.S.

history, Chicano Stala.

So he has amassed a great amount of archives, photos, newspaper clippings, the history not only of the Chicano movement, but specifically the rise of the Mexican American people here in Los Angeles.

The Chicano movement, the Mexican American movement.

The way we built the movement was on an ocean of culture.

And we curated about 99 pieces that we felt would tell the story that we were trying to get across, which is that we see a lot of similarities between the problems and the issues that our people are confronting today with issues that we were bet we were facing back in the 60s.

We're gonna start organizing in our own neighborhoods to start helping build here in Los Angeles, the largest concentration of Mexican Americans to start a civil rights movement.

That spirit of activism is still very much alive today in Lincoln Heights.

Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2017 signed his executive directive number 20 here.

Basically, it planted the seeds to create Los Angeles as a sanctuary city.

That history happened right here, so we're really proud of that.

It is imperative that the Department of Cultural Affairs and the City of Los Angeles continue to create spaces and fight for spaces such as the Lincoln Heights Youth Art Center.

It's possible to choose the arts.

It's possible not only to choose a career in the arts, but to be successful in the arts.

We need that.

We need more people of all colors, but especially people of color to know that this is possible.

That is so so important that that continues.lh, and that's really where we post all of our upcoming activities, our events that we have, our classes that we have.

In this week's things to do, creeping it real for Halloween at St.

Andrew's Wreck.

Smash it at the Great Pumpkin Bash.

And gather to celebrate on Dia de los Muertos.

All this up next on Things to Do.

The spookiest night of the year is here, and LA City Department of Recreation and Parks has scares a plenty across the city.

Join Wreck and Parks and Council President Marquis Harris Dawson as they present a frightful Halloween at St.

Andrew's Rec Center.

Along with a haunted house, there'll be costume contests, carnival games, arts and crafts, snacks, and more.

Head to St.

Andrew's Place for a truly haunted Halloween at St.

Andrew's Rec on Friday, October 31st, beginning at 4 30 p.m.

For more details, see the Instagram for the Rec Center at St.

Andrew's Rec.

The Great Pumpkin Bash is back.

The annual Bash is hosted by Councilwoman Katie Yaroslavsky, who says, smash it, don't trash it.

After the jack-o-lanterns have burned out, take your pumpkin to the third annual Great Pumpkin Bash on Saturday, November 1st.

Take your swing in the pumpkin smash zone and then compost those jack-o-lanterns.

There'll also be a kids' costume parade, games, prizes, pumpkin themed treats, and a special activation by the Discovery Cube.

Head to Pan Pacific Park for the Great Pumpkin Bash on Saturday, November 1st at 11 a.m.

For more information, visit the newsletter section at CD5.la City.gov.

Join the 24th Street Theater for their annual Dia de los Muertos celebration.

This year marks the 20th year of this community event.

On Sunday, November 2nd, enjoy live music, dance performances, artisan and food vendors, altars, a Ferris wheel, and much more.

Is that Council President Marquis Harris Dawson and Councilmember Ulysses Hernandez in their Calavetta makeup?

You never know who you'll meet in this festive crowd.

Head to University Park for Dia de los Muertos at 24th Street Theater on Sunday, November 2nd, beginning at 6 p.m.

For more information, check out 24thstreet.org.

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

And that's all for this week.

I'm Susan Huckle, and from all of us here at LA This Week, thank you so much for joining us.

Remember that you can watch us online anytime at LACityview.org.

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 twenty-eighth day of October in the year twenty twenty-five.

Public comment for this morning's meeting will be taken in person in these council chambers.

Mr.

Clerk, let's begin our proceedings by calling the roll.

Yes, Ms.

President.

First order of business.

Approval of the minutes of October twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-five.

Councilmember McCosker moves, Councilmember Hutt, seconds.

What's next?

Coming into resolutions for approval.

Councilmember Lee moves, Councilmember Rodriguez.

What's next?

Mr.

President, today is Tuesday, and it's time for the flags.

Alright, I'll ask everyone in the chambers to rise, face the flag, and follow along with Councilmember Lee.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

If everyone can face our flag, put your right hand over your heart.

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

Yes, Mr.

President.

Item one is an item notice for public hearing.

Items two through twenty-one are items for which public hearings have been held.

Items twenty-two through thirty-eight are items for which public hearings have not been held.

Items thirty-nine through forty-six are closed session items considered by the budget and finance committee.

Items forty-seven through forty-nine are closed session items for which public hearings have not been held.

Councilmember Rodriguez.

Yes, I'd like to call item 17 special for comments.

Item 18, I'd like to request we continue to October 31st.

And for item 38, I'd like to hold for comments, please.

Okay.

Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much.

I'd like to um ask we receive and file item number 10.

Is there a second to this motion?

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh and I will uh I'd like to call special items number 15 and 16 and move to adopt the recommendations contained in the Transportation Committee report for those items.

Is there a second to this motion?

Thank you.

All right.

Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

I would like to call 1516 and 21 special for a separate vote.

And I have a substitute motion for item 27.

And I have an amendment and comments for item 30.

All right.

For clarification, council member, uh, you would like a separate vote on items 15 and 16.

And 21.

And 21, thank you.

And uh which other items did you call special?

I have a substitute motion for item 27.

And I have an amendment and comments for item 30.

Thank you.

All right, any other specials members, Mr.

Soto Martinez?

Council President.

Uh, item number 19.

Can we just hold that till after public comment, please?

After public comment, yes.

Okay.

All right.

Any other special members?

All right.

Mr.

Clerk, uh, what items are available for votes at this time, Mr.

President.

There's a request to continue item 11 to once the October 29, 2025.

All right.

Without objection, we need to vote on that.

There's also a request to hold item 21 for public comment.

There is the council may now vote on items two through nine, 12, 13, and 14.

And 20.

Is that a commitment?

All right, and uh for the record that would be items two through nine, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen, and twenty.

I think it's nine was just held on the desk by C D 13.

Council District.

Uh 19, 19, okay.

All right.

All right.

Uh, I'm sorry, Mr.

Clerk.

One more time.

Can you read out those items?

Yes, Mr.

President.

The council may now vote on items two through nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and item twenty.

All right, those items are now before us.

Let's open the roll, close the roll.

Tab you like to vote, I think it's held on the desk.

11 ayes.

Uh Mr.

President, uh, for clarification, there's a request to hold item nine on the desk.

And those items that were voted on, I are items two through eight, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and twenty.

And for the record, the ordinance for item three will be held over to Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for second consideration, unless we consider with 12 members present.

Are you still holding 19 members and 12?

Yes, all right.

What's next, Mr.

Clerk?

What's next, Mr.

Clerk?

The council may now consider items 39 through 46.

Considered by the budget and finance committee.

All right, those items are now before us.

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

Mr.

President, and if I may read the settlement amounts for the record, yes.

And does the committee chair of the budget and finance committee wish to make any comments on these items?

These are items 39 through 46.

Councilmember Yarosowski.

Uh, thank you.

The budget and finance committee considered and approved items 39 through 46 in committee on October 21st.

Uh, I recommend we approve these items.

All right.

Uh Mr.

Clark, you want to read the uh details into the record?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

For item 39 in the case relative to UMG Latin Music LLC, there's a recommendation to refund the overpayment of 193,597.51 cents as settlement.

For item 40 in the case entitled Gaynell Walker et al.

versus City of Los Angeles et al.

There's a recommendation to reject the plaintiff's offer of settlement.

For item 41 in the case entitled Alan Barrahona versus City of Los Angeles at all.

There's a recommendation to expend up to 1 million dollars in settlement.

For item 42 in the case entitled Anarquin versus City of Los Angeles at all, there's a recommendation to expand up to 150,000 in settlement.

For item 43 in the case entitled Baker Electric and Renewables LLC versus City of Los Angeles, there's a recommendation to expend up to $665,000 in settlement.

For item 44 in the case entitled Los Angeles Times Communications LLC versus City of Los Angeles.

There is a recommendation to expend up to 203,624.80 cents in settlement.

For item 45 in the case entitled Florenza San Juan versus LAC MTA et al.

There's a recommendation to expend up to $375,000 in settlement.

And for item 46 in the case entitled Robin Freedman versus City of Los Angeles at all.

There is a recommendation to expend up to $200,000 in settlement.

Alright, those items are before us.

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

12 eyes.

Alright, what's next?

Mr.

President, the council may now reconsider item 12 with 12 members present if the council wishes to do so.

All right.

Let's open the roll on items.

Yeah, let's open the roll on reconsideration of item 12.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

12 eyes.

Alright.

And let's open the roll on item number 12.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

12 eyes.

Alright, what's next?

The council may now proceed to public comment.

Alright, uh, we have a few presentations.

Uh, this morning, we're gonna begin uh with council member Nazarin of the second council district.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, colleagues also for this opportunity.

Uh gives me immense honor and pleasure to invite Catholicos Aram I to Los Angeles City Hall into our chambers.

Um I wanted to speak a little bit about uh his holiness and tell you a few points about his accomplishments for the Armenian community worldwide.

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Silicia is the spiritual leader of Armenian Orthodox Christians in communities throughout the Middle East and the United States.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, he pursued his theological and academic studies in Beirut, in Geneva, at Oxford, and in the United States, earning multiple degrees in divinity and sacred theology.

He led the Armenian Orthodox community of Lebanon through the agonizing years of the Lebanese civil war.

Thirty years ago, he was elected Catholicos of the Holy See of Silicia by an electoral assembly composed of clergy and lay representatives from Armenian communities from throughout the world.

Over the past three decades, his holiness has transformed the Holy See of Silicia into a thriving center of faith, learning, and service, founding museums, archives, seminaries, youth centers, and cultural institutions to preserve Armenian heritage and advance Christian education, scholarship, and social outreach.

As head of the church, he has established orphanages, homes for the elderly and the blind, schools for the disabled, housing initiatives for low-income families, embodying the church's calling to serve those in need.

He has also been a pioneering figure in the international ecumenical movement.

He was the first Orthodox priest and the youngest person ever elected to serve as moderator of the World Council of Churches, leading global dialogue to strengthen unity among Christian denominations and deepen interreligious understanding.

An outspoken defender of human rights, he has worked to secure recognition of the Armenian genocide and has convened international conferences on justice and reparation.

As the Armenian community and the faithful of the Holy See of Silesia mark the 30th anniversary of his pontificate, the city of Los Angeles joins in honoring His Holiness Aram I to faith, scholarship, global peace, and the enduring strength of the Armenian people.

I'd also like to take a moment to welcome a group of 20 religious leaders and lay representatives who have joined our Catholicos in his visit to City Hall today.

And we were just recently joined by former council member and council president Paul Pricorian here as well.

Thank you all for being here.

Before I ask the Catholicos to say a few words at the desk, Council President and colleagues, I just want to speak to you very briefly about the importance of the Armenian religious leader leadership.

Don't forget that this has been a country that has been constantly in a warring state, whether having all the way starting from the Greek to the Roman to the Persian to the Arab empires coming through the region.

So while kings and leaders have either been dethroned, abdicated, killed in war, you've always had the continuity of church.

You've always had the continuity of education and guidance.

Everywhere from the local villages all the way to the main city hubs for centuries on end for millennia.

Over the course of the last hundred years, 150 years, after the very violent uh violent sentiments of the Ottoman, the residue of the Ottoman Empire and the new Turkish state towards Armenians in the region, when the massacres happened, when the genocide happened in 1915, you literally had a country of orphans left behind.

If it wasn't for the churches leading the missions, collaborating with relief organizations here in the United States, there wouldn't be an Armenia today.

The Soviet Union, as it was establishing after the First World War, came over and grabbed what was left of Armenian lands and these orphans that were left behind.

And under that yoke of the Soviet era, again, you couldn't have your own leadership.

And the church was quite muted as well in that process.

So what ended up happening was we had a lot of the church leaders acting as guiders of the Armenian community of Armenian Armenians in Armenia and Armenians in the diaspora.

And so that's the lineage that the Catholicos brings for me.

That's the heritage that he brings for me and what he's done to preserve the community, the language, and its uh uh and its characteristics that make Armenians what they are today.

So, with that, it gives me great honor and pleasure to welcome Catholicos to the City Hall chambers.

Thank you for being here.

I look forward to another 30 years of your service, or as long as you want to continue serving, uh, and I would be honored if you would take you would say a few words to our dais uh to our body from the desk.

Please.

Your Excellency, dear members of the council, I'm very glad that once again I am in this city of angels.

You are surrounded with angels, and really I believe that the presence of angels strengthen your sense of responsibility and commitment to serve the people of Los Angeles.

I believe that this council is not only a center of authority, but also a source of responsibility.

Not only a center of decision making, but also a challenge, a reminder of people-oriented service.

We are nothing without a people.

You see, what we should do.

And I believe that the sense of responsibility should become the driving force of our reflection and action, and our decision, which should always become people-oriented decision.

Looking around me, I see young faces, Your Excellency.

The presence of young people in this council, and in all our communities and councils and structures and committees and governments and administrations.

In other words, in the society, I think it's of crucial importance.

Speaking about our youth, I always remind them and remind us, belonging to all generations, that the youth doesn't belong to the future.

They belong to the presence.

And as such, our youth are called to play an active role in all spheres and at all levels of our society life.

I cannot imagine a dynamic, vibrant, forward-looking society without the active presence of youth.

So I really greet the presence of youth in this council, and I believe that they are playing an important role in all your reflections and actions.

America is a country of opportunities, indeed.

America is also a country of values, freedom, liberty, justice, human rights, and people-oriented, people-oriented action sustained by responsibility and a sense of togetherness.

We are together in the United States of America and also in Los Angeles.

We belong from different religions, ethnicities, we have different backgrounds, but we are one in this city.

This is the city of coherent diversities, and these diversities I believe, are concretely expressed in this council.

A council which has one goal to serve the people of Los Angeles with the profound sense of responsibility.

Therefore, I greet you in this spirit, and God bless you all, and God bless the city of Los Angeles.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Nazarin, and thank you, His Holiness, for gracing us with your presence.

I think this is my second time being in your presence since being on this council.

And so we count it a privilege that you find what is happening here in the city of Los Angeles important enough to stop by the people's house of this city.

So thank you so much for being here, and you are always, always, always welcome.

Thank you very much, Council President.

I very much appreciate all of uh uh all of your support in this short timeline also to make sure that this appropriate recognition and our house was opened uh to his holiness.

Thank you very much all.

Thank you.

All right, and we'll let his holiness and party exit, and then after that, we will go to Mr.

Blumenfield.

Okay, Mr.

Blumenfield.

Thank you.

Colleagues, I'm here today to share another difficult story of what has been happening around our country and city with the ice raids and the violations of human rights.

Last week I had some folks actually lined up who had wit who were had witnessed their car wash co-workers being abducted, leaving behind minor children who were not U.S.

citizens, but as they were undocumented themselves, understandably they got concerned about coming in today.

Today I have a slightly different kind of abduction story, which is important to recognize, equally as heartbreaking, but not as talked about as much.

I'm referring to the horrible way that this federal government has been treated, treating documented asylum seekers.

Two people who had been abducted by ICE, despite explaining that they were legally here on political asylum.

Their very lives would be at risk if they were sent back to Russia.

When they were taken, also, like in many of these stories, their teenage child was left behind at home unattended.

They reiterated what we have heard so often about the awful conditions of their confinement, being cold, sleeping on the floor, being refused medication, being denied contact with the outside world.

They were shackled, degraded, and repeatedly questioned in a language they could barely understand, despite asking for translators.

And while we've been there, we receive a message about uh Russian police uh sent someone uh summons for irrigation us uh according our political opinion and uh attitude towards the bar.

Uh we were fighting in this situation, decided to stay temporary in the US and after we received uh one more message about that we decided to apply for political asylum.

We contacted an attorney to help us uh to fill a form of 589 and after 150 days uh since our case had not yet been adjudicated, we submitted form I-765 and received employee authorization uh and began uh looking for jobs.

Uh I went uh to work a car detailing studio, my wife found a job like a house manager responsible for household uh oversight and assistance uh to homeowners.

Our son enrolled at a local high school uh we just uh awaiting our interview with immigration services.

Um but uh on August 21 2025, uh around 7 a.m.

I went uh out for my usual walk with our dog.

Suddenly a car without any ITFK marks stopped in front of me when men go out.

His first question was uh are you entered and second one uh are you Russian citizen?

I nodded.

Uh next he immediately said you under arrest, you overstayed your visa.

Uh two other men approached from uh behind one grabbed my phone, other put handcuffs on me.

I said I had documents providing I was legal to live and work in US and that I could show them.

They said it didn't matter.

You always stay to visa, you under arrest, you come with us.

They uh they placed me in the car in handcuffs on the front seat.

Also they asked uh is your wife is home.

Uh late uh came her uh come here to take the dog.

Uh when Tanya came out uh they immediately handcuffed her and said she was under arrest too for staying visa.

I tried once again to explain that we had all documents allowing us to remain legally in United States and also we had a lawyer work permits, real IDs, it was other uh doesn't matter.

For them, I was wearing athletic shots and t-shirt.

My wife's was in her pyjamas.

They handcuffed her, left the dog in our backyard and took us to ICE facility in downtown Los Angeles.

I was placed in holding cell without uh with uh about fifty other men.

They were two open toilets and sink in middle of the uh thousand square feet room.

Whites will never turn turning off, uh, making it possible to tell the time.

There was no GDM, uh no access to toothbrush at all.

It was extremely cold uh around fifty five sixty degrees Fahrenheit with uh air conditioning constantly on.

Uh and I was called for questioning by uh CBP officers, and the first question was when you did you cross the border illegally first time.

I replied I never crossed illegally.

I came with a lead visa, filled uh form for asylum and I have employee authorization and I have a form uh they say that I may remain in US while my case painting uh they seemed uh surprised and sent me back to holding sale when I asked the IR ICE officer why I was arrested when I had all legal documents one of them said you are illegal immigrant we plan to deport you uh after I was transferred by bus to detention center in San Diego my hands uh were cuffed legs uh schlecked shaked and chain was placed around my waist connecting the two up on a real in the detention center I was given a uniform.

I spent another 26 days there it's not easy to recall this time but they were approximately 130 other men in detention cell on September 22 I was released on 6500 bones and uncle bracelet on my leg.

My wife Tanya also was released uh with 15 hundred uh bones without any bracelets and uh today's day I we cannot understand why we were arrested and we still don't understand how it was possible to leave minor child at home without parental care and I never thought such a thing could happen in this country thank you for this opportunity for us my channel good morning everyone the first things I'm apologize for my English pronunciation but I try to clearly uh the Thursday August 21 it was my day off I woke up like usually at 7 30 take my pills and fall uh asleep again when I woke and pick up my phone I saw about a five missed uh calls for my husband who would uh who was uh out walk with our dog I called him back and he said Tanya I have been arrested I'm uh with officer you need to do uh something with our dog and in the background I heard a man voice and speaking in English saying your wife she should come and pick up dog I jump off the bed wearing my pajamas put off my slippers and told our son that has been arrested no worries I'm right I'll be right back lock the door and uh don't let anyone in and then I ran out our house outside I saw a two uh unmarked cars and four men's in a pain clothes and then was sitting in the front seat uh on the car with the his hands uh handcuffed behind his back.

Rana was a man who was holding Kawa dog.

I approached them.

They asked I to Tiana, I asked answered yes.

And that moment uh they one man took my phone, and another twist my arm behind my back and uh put my hand on put hangups on me and said what I was under arrested.

I asked them why.

He told me uh you are on legal here, you're um, uh overstate visa.

I tried to explain that him uh it's uh some mistake because we have all documents and uh we can't stay here because uh our husband case is still pending, but uh they uh don't care about my answer, and um then I was I'm sorry, it's very you're doing great.

You're doing great.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay, it's okay, done great.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

But these shocking stories are happening all over the country, our community here is no exception.

What she was describing is how they left her son in the house and the conditions that she had to be under.

Yes, as Joan's pointed out, there are many Russian couples who are here who would potentially be killed if they were sent back to Russia and they're in this situation.

So many people who have been calling Los Angeles their home for decades, and people who are here on asylum as well.

Um, this administration is harming our communities and seems to be throwing our constitutional rights out of the window.

This is America, this is not Russia.

Sadly, the stories we hear today make it seem like we increasingly have more in common with Russia than we ever had, and for all the wrong reasons.

So we need to do what we're doing here, we need to do so much more, and I thank you, Council President, for for having these meetings here where we are we are collecting the receipts, we are documenting these stories.

We are bringing brave people like Tatiana and Anton and all the other folks who have come forward here to speak their their truth, to speak it publicly here, which is no small feat.

As I mentioned earlier, I had numerous other people coming at different times who couldn't who pulled out of the last minute out of fear.

This is a crisis that we are in in this country.

Uh we need to uphold the American values.

You know, at the beginning of this meeting, we pledged allegiance to the flag of the republic for which it stands.

What does it stand for anymore?

And we want to make sure that it stands for for human rights and for all of our rights.

So that's why we're doing this.

And Council President, thank you for allowing us to start this meeting with this presentation, as you have on so many other occasions, and their story is sadly one of so many, but thank you all for listening to it.

Uh, and thank you for Joe for bringing them in and Anton and Tatiana where you are.

Thank you for for coming forward.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Bloomfield.

Councilmember Rodriguez.

Thank you.

Um Mr.

Bloomenfield, I I know they were just so overcome and overwhelmed with uh the trauma that has been inflicted on them, and I just wanted to thank them for having the courage to come speak.

I know it takes a lot for these families to really reconcile with what's being done to them.

But I just wanted to remind everybody, because the false narratives that are being projected.

This is a couple and a family that was told to do things the right way.

And what the right way represents no longer stands.

It's been completely destroyed by this administration, as continued to levy their assaults on people that thought they were protected for having done it the right way.

And it's clear that it is becoming more and more indiscriminate about who's being targeted, how they're being targeted.

And it's uh sadly just a reminder for for me as as uh I find myself continue to be torn by being celebratory around other activities that are happening in this city at a moment in time when this continue this assault continues to be levied about around people in our communities, and it's a reminder for everybody to use your discretionary dollars in such a way that doesn't continue to uphold and celebrate individuals that don't stand with us, and I'm gonna say that over and over again because while everyone likes to tweet and celebrate all these false narratives for organizations that don't stand with us, it's a reminder that as these assaults continue to inflict harm, irreparable harm on our communities, that we have to really challenge ourselves with what we stand for and who we stand with and whether or not these individuals stand with us.

So again, my uh my thanks for you to bring them in, uh, and uh for them to have the courage to speak, and I hope this council will have the courage to stand with people like them in the wake of some of the other activities that are happening.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Rodriguez, and again, um we want to thank the family that came in to testify today, and Mr.

Balloonville for bringing them.

And just so that the record is crystal clear as I heard it, her husband was arrested walking the dog.

He got instructions and permission to call his wife to come get the dog, which was just a trap for her to walk out of her house, at which time she was arrested.

So, just so we're clear about what's happening here in our city.

So, again, thank you so much uh for that.

And uh Mr.

Bulloinville's exactly right.

We're trying to keep the receipts because we know what's happening today is not gonna last always, and we don't ever one want it to be forgotten, and two, uh, at some point we want to come back for justice.

All right, Mr.

Clerk, what's next?

The council may not proceed to public comments.

And Mr.

President, before I read out the instructions, I want to warn Mr.

Herman.

To be clear, this is not because of you dancing in the middle of the aisle as distracting as it might be.

This is not because you continue to flip us off.

This warning is because you interrupted Councilmember Blumenfield when he was trying to introduce the speakers during the presentation.

I heard you yell out F you, and while you're welcome to do so during general public comment, you cannot do so when you're not at the podium and while a council member is giving a presentation.

We cannot require you to be a decent human being, but we can require you to abide by the rules of the decorum in this room and the Brown Act.

So this is your first and only formal warning.

Do not disrupt this meeting.

If you do so again, you'll be subject to removal and exclusion pursuant to rule seven and rule twelve.

That I will read the instructions, Mr.

City Attorney.

Before you read the instructions for public comment, I want to call on Councilmember Hernandez around item 30 at this time.

Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

Please, please join me here.

Uh, colleagues, my motion instructs DOT to fabricate and install a ceremonial sign at the intersection of West 7th Street and South Park View Street, as Kent Wong Square, the champion of worker justice and immigrant rights.

The UCLA Labor Center uh in MacArthur Park is a symbolic location where Kent spent over 32 years building up his work.

His advocacy was the was what secured the 15 million from the state to actually purchase that building and make it an icon and a landing place for many of our communities, many campaigns.

He was the founder of many organizations that make an impact still today in the city, such as Lane, Sage, um, and we just want to make sure that everybody that comes to that neighborhood and comes to the area remembers forever the work that Kent Wong has done to impact our city forever.

And that's why we have done this, and um, I welcome any colleagues if you all want to add.

But I wanna I want to thank his family for being here.

We have Jalen Wong, his wife, Ryan Wong, his son.

Um, we also is uh brother is not present with us.

I believe, today, but Marshall Wong was here uh the other day, and then we have friends here with labor that are also joining in support, and um thank you so much to Councilmember Hugo Soto Martinez for seconding my motion.

May uh Kent Wong be resting in the warm and brace of our ancestors, and may Los Angeles remember him and his work and his love for the city and the people forever.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Hernandez, and and uh thank you to the Wong family for being with us, and thank you for the gift of uh Kent Wong.

Brian, good morning, Council members.

My name is Ryan Lee Wong.

I'm Kent Douglas Wong's older son, and I want to offer greetings on behalf of my mother, J.

Lee Wong.

Thank you for considering this motion.

Uh today we're mourning not only a labor leader and visionary for the city of Los Angeles, but also my father and a loving husband.

My father who uh despite his busy schedule, took time to pack me lunch every single day of my school life.

A father who tried to break a lot of the gender norms that um cause injustice within the family.

So we care not only for social justice, but personal interpersonal justice.

My father's vision for the UCLA UCLA Labor Center, now the James Lawson Junior Worker Justice Center, was for it to be a crossroads, uh, a place to extend UCLA into the immigrant and working communities near MacArthur Park.

He imagined a place where immigrants, organizers, public servants, and scholars can come together to envision a better future for this city.

And I want to thank Councilmember Hernandez for putting forth this idea of renaming the square in front, Ken Douglas Wong Square.

My dad was a humble person, and he wouldn't be interested necessarily in the name, uh carrying his name, but what he stood for.

So my hope is that this square serves as a testament to what he believed for and fought for his entire life.

I hope this square serves as a welcome to everyone who walks through it to join in what he stood for.

Creative, nonviolent, people-driven movements to reshape our city and world.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

And I could see that the spirit and energy of Cant Wong lives on.

Thank you so much.

Uh Councilmember Hernandez, if there's nothing else, we'll go to public comment.

All right.

Yes, Mr.

President.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The items open for public comment on the agenda are items number one, items twenty-one, items twenty-two through thirty-eight, and items forty-seven through forty-nine.

So again, let me repeat.

The items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items one, twenty-one, twenty-two through thirty-eight, and forty-seven through forty-nine.

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

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

I have a couple more announcements if I could have the interpreters make this first one aloud to the room, please.

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

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

Thank you.

And don't you recibirá la misma cantidad de tiempo que las otras personas?

Gracias.

Additionally, in order to help us run an efficient public comment period and accommodate as many people as possible, we would ask that you please wait until you hear the name that you signed up under before lining up on your left-hand side of the council chambers to speak.

The order in which the names are called at random, that is to say that it is randomly generated.

One final announcement.

If you are requesting an accommodation or if you have requested accommodation under the ADA, please let the sergeants know so that we can do so.

And if you would like the handheld mic because of one of those accommodation requests, please wait until your name is called and then let the sergeants know so they can provide you with the handheld microphone.

Thank you.

Can begin calling names.

I will begin by calling the following names.

Goddess Dana, Mark Merrick, Lily Phillips, Ryan Lee Wong, and Estella Flores.

All right, before our first speaker, I want to call on Mr.

Nazarian.

We got a verbal amendment.

It's a friendly amendment.

Resolve to adopt pursuant to charter section 242B, a change to the jurisdictions of the Transportation Committee and Energy and Environment Committee to include electric vehicles and electric vehicle chargers.

Thank you very much.

Is there a second to this motion?

All right, second.

Thank you.

Mr.

Clerk, you got that?

Yes, sir.

All right.

Now we can go to call names and have public comment.

Let them know that you're doing public comment.

Okay.

Yes, council members.

Good morning, Council members.

It's an honor and a privilege to be here as a person with disabilities in the city of Los Angeles.

And Speaker, which items are which items are you here to speak on?

He's going to speak on general public comment.

I live at uh triangles or apartments in Los Angeles, California, and I'm a member of the Los Angeles LGBT center in Los Angeles as well.

And I've been there for about two.

I moved in in September of 2023.

I'm originally from Illinois.

And I'm very surprised with Los Angeles and their uh approach towards people with disabilities as well as uh LGPT people with disabilities, which are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Um where I live at triangles or apartments, there's no accessibility to uh doors, um, where I live at uh for people with disabilities, for people with uh mobility issues as well as uh people in wheelchairs.

I'm uh appealing, please, have someone go out there and uh take a look.

And we we need some assistance, real assistance, and I've been hearing uh since I've been at the Los Angeles LGBT center, there's a problem with funding uh for these uh projects.

So I'm appealing to the Los Angeles County as well as the members here to you need to be your last time and all the so just let them go on the this is what I'm requesting, and thank you so much.

Okay.

Thank you.

Next speaker, before the next speaker begins, I would like to call Vanessa B.

Harriet Elliott, BBC, Sabra, Size Queen, and Michael Ackerman.

Good morning.

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

Please begin with the items.

Thank you very much, City Attorney Smoking Scan for providing the previous speaker extra five minutes of speaking time after his time expired.

Starting with item number 23, Sergeant Arturo, is about the shared housing uh typologies.

So I'm here to reject this item because all of my homies on Figaroa Street, we don't want a shared housing because shared housing meaning that I have to share my room with HIV, which is nobody in the city of Los Angeles wants to agree with item number 23.

I want to ask our city council member, I want to ask our city attorney, would you like to share your room with an HIV Figaroa gangbangers?

So now let's move on to item number 24.

Item number 24 is about the graffiti busters program.

Uh I am here to support this uh graffiti buster.

Uh on top of that, I am here to support a gang banging bastards as well.

Because right now, once you clear up a graffiti, the second day, you know, our city attorney brings his Black Lives Matter and then draw another graffiti.

And then we're gonna clean up the graffiti again, and then our city attorney get his Black Lives Matter D graffiti all over again.

It's but basically this is a debt cycle.

It's never gonna get any better.

Now let's move on to item number 25.

Item 25 is about the Friday meeting will be held in Van Night City Council.

I think that our uh city attorney is trying to deny me the opportunity to speak on Friday, is because that our city attorney understand that I will never be able to get to one night city hall to speak.

That's the reason why our city attorney continue to move uh from the uh downtown LA to all the way down to Van Night in order to speak this item number 25, which is a very racist resist item number 25 to continue to do that in the Van Night.

Now let's move on to item number 26.

Uh, it's about sanitation services in council district nine.

I am here to support in this item number 26.

It's because I advocated so many times that we need to clean up the Figaroa Street, so that's why those girls they can have a safe street, they can have a clean street to provide their head services on the street of Figaroa.

But the thing is uh uh we continue to allow feces and then urine on the street in council district nine without any sanitation services.

That's the reason why there's no more Figaroa girls want to provide services anymore.

So we definitely need a clean-up street, uh, definitely need more sanitation services on council district nine.

Now let's move on to uh item number 27.

It's about street lighting on the Lincoln Heights.

Uh yes, Lincoln Heights girls need street lighting because if they cannot see, then they don't know.

I don't even know if I'm getting services from a male or female publicity.

There's no street lighting.

I don't know who is giving me services, male or female.

So I need street lighting.

General public comment.

Um, I am here to support uh uh to uh denounce the ICE raid because one of my beloved community member Miss Guadalupe was recently kidnapped by ICE.

So right now, every morning we do no longer have a burrito taco services anymore in our neighborhood because they took away Miss Hernandez, and then right now in other uh people of the community, whenever they do not have access to head services, we always go to Miss Hernandez, but right now ICE uh took our community uh head services provider, Miss Hernandez.

We no longer nobody nobody can get any head in the city of Los Angeles anymore.

Especially when Dana told me that she does not uh do anything with the three inch sides.

So we love Miss Hernandez, we love Miss Guadalupe.

We make sure I see you release Miss Guadalupe so we can have community hide a services whenever Dana denies me.

Thank you.

Speaker, your time has expired.

Next speaker, Harriet Elliott.

I am what's gonna speak on one, and all I have to say about it is no proliferation of liquor stores, okay.

Okay, number 22.

I am totally on the side of young people finding uh youth for housing and homelessness for youth.

Okay, the I'm so glad that we're doing that.

I uh want to mention that you somebody thought we liked Putin.

Someone liked Putin.

Down with Putin.

Okay, I don't think anyone likes Putin.

An autocrat.

Uh my other thing about this morning is that um the um in the library, there's a uh thing about Armenia, and it's something the center will not hold.

And anyway, I I urge people to see that.

It's very nice.

Okay, the entire world, this is uh a very, very right winger.

Speaker, which item are you speaking to?

Uh, public comment.

I'm moving in.

You have one minute for general public comment.

Uh this guy is a very uh more right wing than Trump, and I hope you guys call him.

I've left his phone number and his email, etc.

And it's up to you to call him because I don't agree with anything he says, almost anything.

The entire world is going to be raped by this beast system.

He's talking about directed energy, and the worst possible that's the only thing I agree with this guy, and the worst possible ways.

And so if you're really determined to fight this new world order in the future, you need to start building EMF bunkers in armor right now.

Having all this ready to go can take up to a year, and it's time you start.

The system has already begun applying financial pressures against pay and listen to this guy.

You can tell where he's coming from.

Patriots, pure ruts, truthers, and conservatives as a demographic.

I also want to bring up the woman uh Renee Pidman, and I'll bring her thing next week.

I already have it, it's about silent sound that goes uh into your ear, it avoids the ears.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Duarte, BBC, Jerome Cohen, William Good, Bonnie Blue, Graciano Clark, and George Spokanegra.

Speaker, which item would you like to speak to?

Uh, General Public Comment.

You'll have one minute.

Thank you.

Um, good morning, council members.

My name is Vanessa Bautista.

I am the community relations strategist for Best Friends Animal Society here in LA.

I'd like to invite everyone to join us for our annual super adoption event happening uh this Saturday, November 1st and 2nd at the Rose Bowl.

This is Los Angeles' largest adoption event featuring hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats from LA Animal Services and our local rescue partners.

It's a fun family-friendly weekend where Angelinas can make a life-saving difference and maybe even meet their new best friend.

Events like this help reduce shelter overcrowding, support our city's efforts, and connect the community with vital pet care uh resources.

Thank you for your time and for your continued partnership in helping LA make LA a model for compassionate life-saving communities.

Thank you.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

General comment.

You'll have one minute.

Good morning, my neighbors.

I'm not a fan of bad words or even the First Amendment in particular particular, but I am a fan of the law.

And if you continue to shirk your responsibility to ask for the highest level of law enforcement oversight, you should expect to hear bad words.

And I'm not talking about anything that happened at the No Kings rally, I'm talking about police deliberately ignoring violent extortionists for a very long time.

The city attorney shouldn't waste time by giving warnings at every meeting.

So I suggest you place a big red sign outside the city council chambers, which says, attention, sissies, city council is a designated public forum, which means the public is allowed to use naughty words.

If you don't like it, we humbly suggest you move to North Korea.

Sincerely, your city council.

Go believe it, go blue jays.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

All motherfucking items.

You'll have three minutes for the items.

Um, ladies and gentlemen, your honor and assholes of CD 13 regarding this convenience for necessity and more alcohol.

Have we not learned what happened when that illegal immigrant drove his semi into vehicles without one fucking break on and killed three people?

And yet we grandstand about these illegal immigrants who are afraid of Donald J.

Trump, our hero, our only president, 45-47, who's against overindulging with a bad haircut like that jackass attorney over there.

God bless Donald J.

Trump.

Yes.

My recommendations for off-site consumption is fuck you, Dawson.

No more fucking alcohol.

Thank you, smoke and scan for the shout out and the scream.

Smoke and scan again.

We don't need illegal immigrants driving on our freeways, killing innocent people because they're so fucked up, drunk, fucked up on drugs, and fucked up like dog dog dogs in up there with that fat girl.

Then you go to item 23 regarding housing, fuck housing in Los Angeles.

It does not support any veteran, any American, any individual in here because of these racist, indespicable piece of shit local government called lawbreakers.

Criminal corruption.

Just like in the days of Noah's Ark, corruption and criminal lifestyles that they love.

That's item 23 for the record, dickhead with a bad haircut, grow.

Then smoking scan.

I go into Harris Dogson and that little little beady beady parrot from uh Pacoima.

Yeah, they're having a meeting in Bad Nyes on Friday.

Halloween.

The only Halloween I'm gonna grab are these ones here, like Michael Jackson.

Because that's the only belief I have in Halloween, your fucking pagan holidays.

This society is really going to the fucking dogs.

Woof, roof, roof.

And the only hero besides smoking scan in his audience is Donald J.

Trump.

Vote no one 50.

Fuck you, Dawson, because you're not listening.

Item 25, the Juju Bloomfield and his illegal immigrants on ice.

Fuck you too on item 26.

Thank you, smoke and scan.

Then item number 31, Bloom and Field, and that fucking criminal from CD14 who allows our community to be run down by your illegal, inappropriate actions against ICE, against our government, and against Donald J.

Trump.

Now into my public comment.

You have one minute.

As you've heard, ladies and gentlemen, our society has become a criminal government.

And I'll read into the record this case under case number 24 STCV 16690.

Abraham Cruz versus the city of industry.

Now illegals come in here and they get everything fucking free, right?

Smoke and scan?

No.

Fuck local government.

It's not free.

I, an American citizen, I aka Batman, know that goddamn America is doomed.

So in this case, everybody, why is it after five years of service in the city of industry?

This fucking government is giving these motherfuckers five years of lifetime insurance.

Daniel Sosa, Corey Industry, Damon Stink, Batman, Ray Lawson, and Pete Escalera.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

Yeah, 24, 27, and public comment.

Okay, you'll have two minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment.

Please start with the items.

So you guys are seeking supplemental money to cover up for the cuts that you guys have made to our services.

I mean, you last two years, you cut street services by sixty-one million dollars.

You cut general services by 51 million, you cut public works by 8.4 million, you cut street lighting by 7.5 million, you cut aging by 5.8 million, you guys are gonna go to hell for that one.

You guys made these cuts, and rather than restore them, you say, you know what?

We are going to spend a hundred million dollars a year on that vanity project over at the convention center that we did not need.

Somehow taking care of the unions was a priority.

Somehow taking care of the real estate developers was a priority while our streets are dark, while our sidewalks are falling apart, while our roads have potholes everywhere, and you guys didn't find out a priority.

So again, fuck you guys for that.

I'm gonna go on to public comment.

Last one minute the LAPD tried to go to court to remove the restraining order and injunction that stops them from beating the hell out of press.

They violated 409.7, and you guys said nothing.

They violated the restraining order, you guys said nothing.

They violated the injunction, you guys said nothing, but finally last week you guys stood up and said, you know what, we're not gonna stand up for this anymore.

And then that very next day the LAPD went out there and started shooting journalists.

And once again, you are saying nothing.

Shame on all of you for that.

Now, I'm actually gonna say something good about somebody here, Monica Rodriguez.

Monica, I recognized what you did leading up to the fires for two years, warning about how the fire department was being defunded, how equipment wasn't being replaced.

And you know what?

No one listened to you.

Seems like they all fought against you, and definitely the mayor did.

I recognize what you did.

If they had listened to you, I think lives would have been saved, properties would have been saved.

Enjoy your day.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

I'm sorry, the interpreter has uh had a problem with the headset and was unable to hear what the person was saying.

Yes, hello, my name is Estella Flores.

I'm a fast food worker.

I'm here supporting my co-workers so that you can approve the ordinance.

Yeah, because us the workers, we suffer a lot of workplace violence and a lot of physical violence at the hand of our employers.

Incluso violencia criminal, yeah.

I was a victim of a criminal violence because of the employers.

No valoran nuestra vida.

They didn't take us into account.

They don't value our lives at all.

They don't really care if anything happens to us.

That is why we hope that you'll listen to our voices so that you approve the new ordinance.

Speaker, sorry, your time is up.

So that we can know our rights and so that we can defend ourselves.

Thank you very much.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

General comment.

You'll have one minute.

My name is Daniel Sosa.

I'm on Friday, about 30 members of the public came to the council meeting to tell you about the violence that we experienced at the hands of LAPD again on No King's Day on October 18th, and to demand the removal of Chief McDonnell.

The public felt very dismissed last meeting when the meeting was abruptly ended and several members of the public were denied the opportunity to speak.

We didn't show up to give you guys a hard time.

Which, by the way, is breaking the city's budget.

Thank you.

Good morning, uh council members.

My name is Ray Lawson.

I'm a member of the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters.

Uh we're here to speak on item 20.

I, along with dozens of my colleagues in attendance today, want to express our deep gratitude to the council for its unanimous support of this critical study to establish a residential construction worker minimum wage.

This study goes right at the heart of the biggest issue facing our city.

Who builds the housing we need?

A residential construction minimum wage is about building a reliable workforce so LA can finally solve its high housing crisis.

This study needs to happen and happen quickly.

It's time for action now.

And thank you for your time.

Speaker, which item would you like to speak to?

Um item number 20.

Okay, you'll have one minute for general public comment.

Thank you.

My name is Cory Crockerham.

Um, a member of the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters.

Um, I want to thank you the council today for passing this motion to do this study, but also to implore this body to continue to fight, to fight like our Dodgers for 18 innings last night, because the fight cannot stop here.

A residential construction worker minimum wage is a simple moral commitment.

If you help build Los Angeles, you should be able to live in Los Angeles.

Fair wages will not drive up housing costs of construction.

Only 14% of construction costs goes to labor.

A minimum wage will not only ensure more liberal wages for thousands of Angelinos, it's it'll strengthen our housing workforce and ensure we can build the housing LA desperately needs now and for the future.

I again thank the council for supporting this critical step and urge you to support the residential construction worker minimum wage in the coming months.

Our workers can't wait, and Angelinos are depending on you.

Thank you.

Council President, all the names having called for public comment.

All right, thank you so much, everybody who came to give public comment for today's meeting.

Uh we've got a meety list of items for today for votes.

Mr.

Clerk.

Uh what items are available at this time.

Mr.

President, the council may now vote on items one, 19, 22 through 26, 28, 29, 31 through 37.

Alright, let's open the roll on those items, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Thirteen eyes.

All right.

The council may now vote on item 10.

And this is there was a request to see it receive and file this.

Does that need a vote?

Yes, sir.

It's for the motion.

McOscar Rodriguez to reinc receive and file item 10.

Alright, let's open the roll on that item.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes.

There we go.

Alright, what's next?

The council may now vote on.

Councilmember Hernandez.

And I'd like to be recorded as a no, please.

Thank you.

Item 10.

All right, let's uh and for the record that would be 12.

We're sure.

All right, how about you, Councilmember Jurado?

I'm fine, thank you.

All right.

All right, Mr.

Clerk, what's next?

The council may now consider items 15 and 16 for which motion Harris Thassen Ploomfield was introduced to adopt the recommendations of the transportation committee reports and also called special by Councilmember Hernanes for a separate vote.

All right, so it's it's my motion that you want to have a no vote on.

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

All right, what's next?

The council may now consider items 17 and 38, call special by Councilmember Rodriguez for comments.

Councilmember Rodriguez.

Colleagues, today we're taking a big and very important and long overdue step in adopting the city's land acknowledgement.

And it feels especially meaningful during this time that we're living through.

Particularly as at the federal level, they're attempting to rewrite the history and truth about our country.

Here in Los Angeles, we are choosing a very distinct and different path, one that is rooted in truth, recognition, and respect for the first peoples of this land.

I want to thank Councilmember Soda Martinez for moving this through committee.

And I also want to take a moment to thank uh the original author of this motion, our former colleague, Councilmember Mitchell Farrell, the first Native American ever elected to serve on the Los Angeles City Council and a proud member of the Wyandot Nation.

Today's vote is not just about words on paper, it's about acknowledging truth and committing to accountability and action.

The CAO report that accompanies this item calls for an updated MOU with the commission that addresses the city's lack of involvement in the past.

That honest reflection paired with a plan for meaningful partnership is the kind of follow-through this moment deserves.

This land acknowledgement also provides an opportunity to deepen public understanding, and it reminds us that honoring that honoring history is not symbolic, but an essential step toward reconciliation and cultural preservation.

And so as we look ahead, let's continue to remember the past, make sure our actions match our words, and I respectfully ask for your I vote as we adopt this land acknowledgement and begin a new chapter here in the city of Los Angeles, one grounded in truth, partnership, and respect for those that came before us.

And of course, my very special thanks and gratitude to uh the tribe and the commission, all the tribes and the commission that were so instrumental in helping us refine this statement uh that is now before all of us today.

And I ask you for your I vote.

All right, thank you so much, Councilmember Rodriguez.

If there are no other comments on this item, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

And this items and this item will go forth with, according to council members' request.

Mr.

President, there's also a request to send item 22 forthwith.

All right, without objection, Councilmember Rodriguez.

Oh, well, item 38.

That's correct.

Okay.

Thank you.

Colleagues, uh, the item before you today is an interim control ordinance that will temporarily pause the issuance of new permits for RV parks under section 14 of the public benefit code.

Our municipal code has specific definitions that clearly defines, or well, for what defines a mobile for what a mobile home park is and what an RV park is.

Sadly, we know those are very different and distinct uh definitions of what homes are, but sadly uh the corresponding requirements and how it's been interpreted has frankly caused some significant problems, and so our effort in working with uh both our planning department and the city attorney's office.

We now have before you uh this proposed interim control ordinance to ensure that section 14 of the public benefit code uses terms seemingly interchangeably, uh opening up nearly every zone citywide to confusion and hazards to health and safety as a result, limiting and further defining what that code means and what it explicitly says, limited and inadequate performance standards fail to address cleanliness, occupancy, and site requirements, sewage and trust disposal, water, electrical distribution systems, landscaping, and screening, drainage, grading, utilities systems, circulation, fire protection, evacuation, emergency preparedness, security and lighting, graffiti abatement, restrooms, and accessibility.

My district and others like Mr.

McCosker have seen an uptick in applications using this gray area, exploiting what is not explicitly being defined.

And while we all know what it means, this gray area is being exploited by individuals that we need to ensure we better more clearly define to ensure procedurally we are addressing the use concerns that are having the potential adverse impacts to many of our neighborhoods.

It is imperative to pause the issuance of further permits until these current conditions are corrected, and the planning department has already been directed to work on these code updates through a companion motion, and I'm hopeful that this work will be completed in a timely manner to ensure that our communities can help to move forward in a manner that is transparent, clear, and protects all of our neighborhoods for clarity and use of these uh permits that it's not further exploited.

So I want to thank the city attorney's office.

I want to thank you, Mr.

McCosker, for signing on to this uh ICO, and I look forward to working together with the city family to protect more of our neighborhoods, ensure that the health, welfare uh of these neighborhoods is protected.

Thank you.

And I ask you for your I vote.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Rodriguez.

Seeing no other comments on this item, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes.

Alright, and this item goes forthwith.

I'd actually like to move it, go forward urgent forthwith if we could please call a vote on that.

Councilmember Jurado.

Uh, can I be recorded as a no vote on this?

It doesn't change the outcome, so actually, uh, so the for the record the vote would be 12 ayes and one no.

And so the ordinance will be held over for one week to Tuesday November 4, 2025.

It holds our all right.

What's next?

The council may now consider item nine as amended by motion Nazarene Hairston.

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

Thirteen ayes.

All right, what's next?

The council may not consider item 27 for which call special by council member Hernandez for which substitute motion 27 has been introduced, circulated and posted on the bulletin board.

Please note two votes are required if the first vote is to vote on the question on whether to substitute.

All right, let's open the roll and substitution.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes.

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

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes.

All right, what's next?

The council may now consider item 30, call special by council member Hernandez for which amending motion 30A Hernandez has been introduced, circulated and posted on the bulletin board.

All right.

Let's open the roll on this item.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes.

All right.

What's next?

The council may now consider item twenty-one, call special by council member Hernandez for a separate vote.

All right.

Let's open the roll on this item.

Close the roll, tabulate to vote.

11 ayes, two no's.

Alright, what's next?

Mr.

President, items forty seven, forty-eight, and forty nine are closed session items for which public hearings have not been held.

All right.

So we'll prepare the room for close session for the remaining three items on our agenda.

That means uh we clear the room.

Uh, except for staff of uh members of the council, city department, or uh other citywide elected offices.

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Stuk, It is a Mayor Karen Bass recently announced a new no cost program through LA's Department of Water and Power, which is designed to help Angelinos save money on their water bills.

The new landscape efficiency assistance program, or LEAP, is funded by a fourteen point six million dollar grant from the California Department of Water Resources.

According to the mayor, the leap program aims to convert over a million square feet of turf into water wise gardens and is projected to save more than eighty-five million gallons of water annually.

Customers within disadvantaged communities may qualify for free services to replace traditional lawns with a drought tolerant landscape.

For more information, search for Leap at LADWP.com.

LA Sanitation is collecting sealed unused utensil and condiment packets through November seventh.

Help keep these packets out of the landfill by donating them at one of six public locations Monday to Friday from nine AM to four PM.

The donated items are provided to local shelters and nonprofits for use in their meal services.

And no matter what our city faces, LA never gives up.

The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding.

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.

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 fueled 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, 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.

It's important to note that these requirements are all within 200 feet of any structure or home, regardless if that structure or home is on your property or adjoining properties like your neighbors.

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 non-compliance 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 re-inspection, then it's going to be cleared by city contractors.

And the property owner or you will be invoiced a noncompliance 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 answer.

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 can register a new brush clearance account there and check the status.

Now use your APN 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 1800-994-4444, 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.

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 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.

Visit the LEFD brush website to view the detailed inspection process, and that includes appeals.

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 could either call them at two one three nine seven eight three four two four, or you can send an email to LAFD.brush, ACCTG at LACity.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 one-eight hundred-nine nine 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.

The Barnstall Gallery Theater is a three hundred 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 going to come back.

And that is the greatest thing we can hear.

Is knowing that we're going to 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 Barneslaw 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.

You can always find out information about the Barnstall Gallery Theater by going to our website, and that is the best way to find out more information about who to contact and how to get more information, the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center is an afterschool 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.

The city did purchase the building.

It was restored because Proposition K allocated funds to provide programming for youth.

So this is a dedicated youth arts center.

During the year, local schools walk to us during their school day to supplement or to include an arts program, which they may not be able to receive at their school.

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.

We have a lot of kids that come here as you know, six-year-olds and then they go all the way through the program until they they age out of it.

Um, and they have good memories.

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.

Download the My LA three one one app from the app store or Google Play.

Select the service need either by typing a topic in the new request search box or select from the most popular service requests like street pavement issues or potholes.

Answer a few questions.

You can add a comment or even upload a picture.

Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user.

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The spookiest night of the year is here, and LA City Department of Recreation and Parks has scares a plenty across the city.

Join Wreck and Parks and Council President Marquise Harris Dawson as they present a frightful Halloween at St.

Andrew's Rec Center.

Along with the Haunted House, there'll be costume contests, carnival games, arts and crafts, snacks, and more.

Take your swing in the pumpkin smash zone and then compost those jack-o-lanterns.

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Mayor Karen Bass recently announced a new no cost program through LA's Department of Water and Power, which is designed to help Angelinos save money on their water bills.

The new landscape efficiency assistance program, or LEAP, is funded by a fourteen point six million dollar grant from the California Department of Water Resources.

According to the mayor, the LEAP program aims to convert over a million square feet of turf into water wise gardens and is projected to save more than eighty-five million gallons of water annually.

Customers within disadvantaged communities may qualify for free services to replace traditional lawns with a drought tolerant landscape.

For more information, search for LEAP at LADWP.com.

LA Sanitation is collecting sealed unused utensil and condiment packets through November seventh.

Help keep these packets out of the landfill by donating them at one of six public locations Monday to Friday from nine AM to four p.m.

The donated items are provided to local shelters and nonprofits for use in their meal services.

For more information, see the education tab at Sanitation.gov.

Here's what's happening in LA this week.

This is LA Current.

And no matter what our city faces, LA never gives up.

The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding.

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.

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.

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, 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.

It's important to note that these requirements are all within 200 feet of any structure or home.

Regardless if that structure or home is on your property or adjoining properties like your neighbors.

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 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 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's 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.lafd.org.

You can 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 1800-994-4444.

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.

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 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 contractor.

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.

Visit the LEFD brush website to view the detailed inspection process and that includes appeals.

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 213 978-3424 or you can send an email to LAFD.brush, ACCTG at LACity.org.

We understand that many people might be worried about their neighbor's 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've provided before to our brush clearance unit is one-eight hundred nine nine 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.

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 going to come back.

And that is the greatest thing we can hear, is knowing that we're going to have Angelina's come back, visit our space, share our space, and enjoy everything that we have to offer here.

We're primarily present 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 Barnes Gallery Theater is that everybody has an opportunity to be on the stage.

That 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 Barnstock 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.

You can always find that information about the Barton Stall Gallery Theater by going to our website, and that is the best way to find out more information about who to contact and how to get more information.

We offer music and visual arts classes to youth in the area, mostly from 6 to 17.

However, we also have free K classes to introduce young children to music.

All the teachers here have been involved in the arts their whole lives.

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.

The city did purchase the building.

It was restored because Proposition K allocated funds to provide programming for youth.

So this is a dedicated youth arts center.

During the year, local schools walk to us during their school day to supplement or to include an arts program, which they may not be able to receive at their school.

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 uh young people.

For example, all of the staff here are involved in the arts in their art form outside of uh teaching here.

We have a lot of kids that come here as you know, six-year-olds and then they go all the way through the program until they they age out of it, um, and they they have good memories, they come back.

So we see how the arts is shaping these kids.

Having a healthy society is 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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Select the service need, either by typing a topic in the new request search box, or select from the most popular service requests, like street pavement issues or potholes.

Answer a few questions, you can add a comment or even upload a picture.

Keep track of your request via email, text, or create an Angelino account to become a registered user.

Using My LA 311 keeps our city safe and clean.

So if I only look at this, what it was about.

The spookiest night of the year is here, and LA City Department of Recreation and Parks has scares a plenty across the city.

Join Wreck and Parks and Council President Marquise Harris Dawson as they present a frightful Halloween at St.

Andrew's Wreck Center.

Along with a haunted house, there'll be costume contests, carnival games, arts and crafts, snacks, and more.

Head to St.

Andrew's Place for a truly haunted Halloween at Saint Andrew's Wreck on Friday, October Thirty First, beginning at four thirty PM.

For more details, see the Instagram for the Rec Center at Saint Andrew's Wreck.

The Great Pumpkin Bash is back.lacity.

Every day, over one hundred Americans die from second hand smoke.

Learn how you can protect your home from second hand smoke.

Mayor Karen Bass recently announced a new no cost program through LA's Department of Water and Power, which is designed to help Angelinos save money on their water bills.

The new landscape efficiency assistance program, or LEAP, is funded by a fourteen point six million dollar grant from the California Department of Water Resources.

To convert over a million square feet of turf into water wise gardens and is projected to save more than eighty five million gallons of water annually.

Customers within disadvantaged communities may qualify for free services to replace traditional lawns with a drought tolerant landscape.

For more information, search for LEAP at LADWP.com.

LA Sanitation and Environments City Facilities Recycling Program is holding its annual condiment and utensils drive.

LA Sanitation is collecting sealed unused utensil and condiment packets through November 7th.

Help keep these packets out of the landfill by donating them at one of six public locations Monday to Friday from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

The donated items are provided to local shelters and nonprofits for use in their meal services.

For more information, see the Education tab at Sanitation.la City dot government, your regularly scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council.

Here's what's happening in LA this week.

This is LA Currents.

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.

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Locate the bleeding injury and remove any clothing covering the area so you can see the injury.

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Use any clean cloth.

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If blood soaks through the dressing, do not remove it.

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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, 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.

It's important to note that these requirements are all within 200 feet of any structure or home.

Regardless if that structure or home is on your property.

Twelve members, Mr.

President.

All right.

Anything to report out of closed session, Mr.

City Attorney.

And Mr.

President, no, there is nothing to announce out of the closed session.

All right.

Forty s uh, and just for the public, we continue.

We are continuing items uh forty-seven and forty-eight until November fifth.

Uh next, Mr.

Clerk, I believe we have a reconsideration of thirty-eight to consider.

Yes, sir.

And if there could be a motion to reconsider item 38, sir.

And a second.

Miss Councilmember Rodriguez is making motion.

Councilmember Jorado's seconding.

Then can we open the roll on reconsideration?

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Twelve eyes.

All right.

And Councilmember.

I'd like to request 38.

Go urgent forthwith.

Alright, we got a vote on it, but yes.

Uh let's open the roll on thirty-eight.

Close the roll.

Tabulate the vote.

Twelve eyes.

Alright, not item to go urgent forthwith.

For the record, sir, uh the ordinance is adopted uh today and will not be held over for one week.

Right on.

What's uh next, Ms.

Clark?

Council has motions for posting and referral.

They are posted and referred.

Mr.

City Attorney.

Mr.

President, there's a request uh for item 49.

There's a request to refer the matter back to the housing and homelessness committee, sir.

Housing and homelessness committee.

All right, without objection, that'll be the order.

Uh announcements members.

Any announcements?

All right, I'll ask everyone in the chamber to rise for adjourning motions.

Any adjourning motions to my left?

Adjourney motions to my right.

Alright, we're adjourned.

See you all in the morning.

Last night really knocked me back pretty hard.

Um I'm struggling, honestly, I'm not.

I'm just not in a good place.

I'm not sure if I'm gonna make it through tonight.

I want to carry this thing through, but on the other hand, I'm like, uh I I don't know if I'm mentally tough enough.

I just don't know.

Um we'll find out tonight.

I can't envision anything good about tonight.

I'm a pretty positive guy normally, something's changed in the last night really affected me.

I really want this to end now so I can get blankets because I feel like don't you all realize we need F blankets?

So we thought, well, let's go to the thrift store, but we couldn't find any blankets in there.

We reached out to people in the parking lot, told them what our needs were.

We need a blankets.

We just don't have any blankets.

I was just wondering if you had any blankets at all.

No, no.

Okay, I understand.

Thank you so much.

I was wondering if you had any blankets in the back of your car or something.

Just something to stop me from freezing.

Uh, if there's one in there, I'll get it for you.

That'd be incredible.

Thank you so much.

These guys like went like above and beyond.

I mean, they bought us blankets.

There really are some good people in this world.

You guys are definitely one of them.

So thank you so much.

This really highlights really the best of humanity and the angels of Los Angeles.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That's incredible.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The generosity of people sometimes is very remarkable.

So I think this is probably one of the more humiliating things I've done so far.

I'm sitting in a narrow bridge, and I'm pulling all the blankets that I've got.

Everything I know now because I've got a pack probably.

And I'm looking at Asian rolls.

This is what I've got to do.

This is what I gotta do.

Right now, we need to find where we're gonna hunt about.

That's not not everything.

I thought it was gonna be.

Everywhere is blocked off.

Everywhere is shut down.

Nobody wants a homeless person sleeping on their stuff.

This might be the perfect place.

Right here.

Yeah, I get it.

It's pretty isolated, though.

We lay everything down.

Now we go try to find cardboard.

Okay.

You're gonna stay with the bags.

Nice.

Yeah, and it's all broken apart.

See?

And it's even got bubble wrap.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

You okay?

Getting a little worried about you.

You now have a styrofoam mattress bed.

Yes, 3 a.m.

It is definitely cold.

And uh, other than kind of shivering through, I'm not sure what else to do.

It's a hard place to sleep.

The bed's really good.

It's got us off the ground.

We're not as cold.

I've just got the worst headache.

Um so tired.

And the thing next to us is moving.

Well, that was a unplanned early on you wake up for us.

You know, the first night I wouldn't have slept more than 40 45 minutes.

Last night I probably got about three hours of sleep.

The lack of sleep uh affects my ability to think coherently sometimes.

Um I'm bouncing around mentally between things.

I'm not sure if I make it tonight.

This is one of the problems.

It is nearly impossible to find bathrooms.

I brushed my teeth on uh yesterday in the taco bell.

Oh gosh, look how much toothpaste you have.

I'm not playing around.

This is uh where the journey the 100 hours began, right here.

Uh two nights ago.

One of the benefits of Southern California.

A lot of fruit trees.

Same thing.

Pretty pretty hot.

Yeah.

Oh crap.

We use that gift card.

And I think we can get sleeping bags.

That's it.

That's the one we gotta get.

Twenty dollars.

Doesn't feel that good.

I'm a little nervous about the tent.

Like laying inside something and not being able to see someone coming at you.

That kind of makes me have a bit of anxiety.

I like when I open my eyes, I can immediately look around and see what's there.

This is something we need to do for a bit.

Just relax.

Oh man, that sun is really good.

You wanna get your trail mix out?

Hey, hey, hey.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

How nice is this?

This is usual.

Yeah, there's been some things that happened today that that really upset.

Um the way people treated me.

You get the call from the higher ups, you don't want to hire up to.

And I wanted to fight back and and you know, and say, you know, you don't I'm not even homeless.

I shop at this barn.

Yeah, no, no, I spend my money.

I know.

I have I I shop at five.

I have to see my pride.

I mean, that's back now.

At that point, I I kind of lost it.

You know, and I said, you don't even know who I am.

You thought I was homeless.

No, sir.

Yes, sir.

You're wrong.

I said, I'm the CEO of Hope of the Valley.

Oh, well, I give the Hope of the Valley.

I said, well then don't treat people this way.

I said, the reason you treated me this way is because you thought I was homeless.

You're exactly the reason why I do what I do.

No, because of people like you think that you're better than I.

No, no, no, sir.

It's one of the reasons that I wanted to come out here.

And, you know, to have that empathy and and to um, it just kind of caught me off guard because I I didn't expect it at that moment.

So I think the biggest thing we've got to do is get ready for tonight.

This thing is stupid as it looks.

I'm wearing this again.

Yeah, you looked really cute in that last night.

I did look cute.

My wife would kill me if she saw me folding sheets like this.

I'm ready to go.

Let's go.

We can uh dollar stores over here.

Oh look