Everybody's here to celebrate our city and to count down for the amazing events that are going to come to us.

So hearing from the mayor at this critical time is super important.

And at the same time, we're getting prepared for the World Cup.

We're getting prepared for the Olympics.

We've got a ton of infrastructure going all around the city.

And we've got an excited city.

It is so exciting to see and hear what she's going to share,

the great accomplishments that we've been able to do as a city,

and the way that we're facing many of the upcoming challenges.

This is a moment where the city comes together

to learn how we can work together shoulder to shoulder

to lift a better Los Angeles, a Los Angeles that is truly for everyone.

And as we prepare for the U.S. Women's Open, the FIFA World Cup,

and soon after the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games in history,

we will continue to focus on the fundamentals.

So here is our path forward.

We will continue to resolve encampments and housed Angelenos

through Inside Safe and other programs.

We will intensify our efforts on focusing on housing veterans

and making housing affordable.

We will accelerate beautification efforts along major city corridors

from our new Clean Corridors initiative.

And we will continue installing solar lights

in neighborhoods across the city.

As these big events come in,

people, they want to know, you know,

what the city's doing, right?

And as the controller,

it's my job to provide that transparency.

So I'm happy to collaborate with the mayor,

especially on the budget and the city's finances.

So that way, everyone can get the services

that they need and deserve.

From the World Cup to the NBA All-Star Game

to the Super Bowl and then the 34th Olympiad to be held here in Los Angeles

with six events down at the Port of L.A. alone on the sailing side of our business.

It's going to help drive local businesses, local employment,

as well as for the world to see how important it is to continue their investment in global Los Angeles.

Angelenos, let's get to work. Let's keep building.

Let's keep lifting people up as the world comes here once again.

Let's show the nation and the world.

Let's show the nation and the world.

We are the greatest city on earth.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Los Angeles.

We're in the home of Los Angeles.

This is Exposition Park.

It's a 160-acre state property that has four museums,

four stadiums, two schools.

We're here to celebrate that over $100 million has been invested into Exposition Park, and

we are excited that we are going to be ready to host the world, and we're going to deliver

projects that will create 300 jobs and prepare us for the Olympic Games.

We know the power of being able to lock arms with our local, state, and federal leaders,

and that's what we see today.

So, you know, we have some critical changes and repairs that need to be made.

That's a first, right?

And we have not had that kind of investment for that many years.

In 1984, that is a long time ago.

And so we recognize we have to do the work to ensure accessibility, ensure safety, ensure

security because we don't want to be an afterthought.

We want to be a part of that development process now.

This investment is exciting for the community because it will create 300 family-sustaining

jobs, jobs that CRCD, the city, and the community has been preparing for through our partnership

with the LAOC Building Construction Trades.

We look forward at connecting the community to these jobs,

continuing to provide training,

and ensuring that we have a lasting benefit beyond 2028.

The fact that we're here to talk about a $100 million

investment is a really big deal.

This park is a jewel.

It is a bridge.

It connects some of our most diverse communities

with our downtown area.

And it is a place where the state is on exhibition.

In California, we've done a lot to make sure that there is an ADA compliance, that everyone,

whether you're a senior, someone with disabilities, or a world-class athlete, can be able to get to all corners of this great park.

And so the $100 million today is a down payment on that.

It will allow us to do the necessary work and to start it now so that we're ready to buy those games.

It's a team effort here at Exposition Park.

We are always engaging in partnerships with our city, with our state, with our federal, our community partners, our labor partners.

All of the work that we do here is to benefit the community for the long term.

Exposition Park has been here for over 100 years and it will be here for another 100 years.

So what we do today is going to impact and support generations to come.

We're at City Hall, the heart of local government and one of the city's most recognizable landmonds.

Inside, painted tiles honor the indigenous Tongva, Chumash, and Tatavian peoples,

who lived on this land long before a Spanish settlement.

In 1781, just down the road, 44 settlers established the Pueblo de Los Angeles,

the start of what would become the second largest city in the nation.

From these earliest reads to the young people shaping LA's future today,

we turn to youth development across the city,

beginning with a warm welcome back for Palisades Charter High School

as students return to campus after last year's devastating fires.

We're here this morning at Palisades Charter High School back in the Palisades.

who are really excited to be back on campus,

back in my old classes, like on the field.

It's been such a long struggle to be back

after such a hard year.

Gratitude and excitement.

I'm a freshman.

This is like my real first time being on campus.

We are here in front of our school

as we watch our parents and buses

and students roll in for the first day back at our campus

here in the Palisades.

I'm here to cheer on all the students

who are returning back to campus today.

Our families have been through so much,

and for them to be able to come back

to a restored and refreshed campus on such a beautiful day

is just, I think, really moving and emotional

to be able to see that.

So it's a bit of a delivery on a promise that we've made

that if we were able to stick together

through all of these multiple phases,

that we would ultimately be back here on our campus.

And here we are.

And today is the day our students are finally returning to their home campus.

Just over a year after the devastation and destruction across this community, this is

an incredible moment in our recovery and frankly the best day we've had so far.

I understand things aren't going to be perfect on the first day.

It's been a quick move.

We anticipated that we'd have a little more time to do this, but we ended up making a full move from Santa Monica in three days.

So things are coming and they will be in place.

But initially, just understand we're all re-acclimating and let's support each other and have some grace as we recommit to our community.

But just know that things will be in order and running smoothly very soon.

The classrooms are all done and open.

and they're still putting a couple of little finishing touches out on the football field,

but homecoming is going to be on campus in just another week or so.

Go Pally, go Dolphins!

Make a splash, Dolphins!

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Funding the Next Generation has brought together folks from Long Beach, from LA, from Pomona,

from Oakland, to talk about how city government can work with nonprofits and how we can do

more around children and youth services and what that looks like.

I'm here to provide a youth perspective on what we hope to see in the future of the city

of Los Angeles.

I think what I want to take away from today's meeting is the perspectives from all of these

different leaders, what they're doing in their own cities and also what we may be in Los

Angeles lack and could improve on.

And it is such an important strategy to support young people to have an infrastructure, an

office inside city government that keeps the vision of what's good for kids in focus and

constantly raises issues, brings people together, comes up with creative ideas about what to

do for young people.

Serving professionals in youth development from up and down the state of California

is such a great benefit because we get to hear the perspectives of not only the work

that is happening in their cities and learn from them, share our ideas, our work that

we do here in Los Angeles, but also find how we can align with the different strategies

that are serving young people.

And quite frankly, we're learning that young people up and down the state of California

are facing the same challenges that young people face here in Los Angeles.

Something that I would like to mention is how important having youth voices in these spaces

is because when we have all of these executive directors talking about

youth and the programs and funding that they put there, having the youth explain what this

actually looks like in practice and the constraints that we face and also the good things that we

have with these like opportunities that they're providing us, it's very important to have these

these youth voices because then they actually understand in practice what

they're doing behind the scenes looks like.

We want to see young people engaged in every aspect of what a city does and to

have their voices heard so I'm hoping that young people here will feel

inspired and learn enough about what else is happening around the state so

they have the confidence and ideas to participate in city government.

So these are big problems that are not easily solved and by bringing folks from across the state together

To share how they're addressing these challenges. It's just so beneficial the youth development department is an amazing department

I've worked with all their staff and and they continue to really elevate youth voices and include youth

I think this is a great example of a convening where you bring together youth leaders

It's something that I don't think has been done before and I hope to see things just like it

And I'll be graduating this year, but I'm sure that the work will continue and will stay true to our cause.

Youth development is alive and strong in the city of Los Angeles.

We're looking forward to the consolidation of youth development,

which will now be the new Office of Youth Development under the new Community Investment Department.

And we're working on those transition plans, and we're really excited for the future.

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LA City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and LA County District

Attorney Nathan Hoffman launched an anti-trafficking

initiative on Western Avenue corridor.

This partnership with the nonprofit Journey Out

combines law enforcement and social services.

The program aims to hold both traffickers and the buyers

of sex accountable.

The initiative's primary goal is to ensure that those committing

these crimes are brought to justice.

For more on this story, go to cityattorney.lacity.gov.

L.A. City Sanitation is calling for new or gently used clothing

to be donated.

Donations are a part of L.A.

Sanitation's annual clothing drive running through Friday, March 6th.

Clothing items go to city organizations and programs helping those in need.

Donation drop-offs can be made at six public locations Monday to Friday from

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more at sanitation.lacity.gov.

LA City Hall's cornerstone was laid in 1927 and when the 452-foot tower was completed a year later, it was the tallest building downtown.

Its foundation even includes sand from every county in California, a symbol of a growing state.

Today, that focus on the land continues in new ways, from tree planting efforts that

help cool our neighborhoods, to a major Metro project now approved to connect the East San

Fernando Valley to the west side, offering a long-awaited alternative to sitting in traffic.

Metro board meeting, the first one of the year, and we have a lively meeting I expect

today and I'm so happy to see everybody here today.

Today we are at the Metro board meeting where board members have finally approved modified

alternative 5 which the community has been very excited to finally see come into fruition

After many years of research, we're finally moving forward

with a plan that's going to connect the west side

to the San Fernando Valley.

As a UCB student from the San Fernando Valley,

I know the struggle personally of trying to get to school

from the Valley right now.

I mean, the only real way is the 405,

which is perfectly congested.

It's not accessible.

It's not easy for students, it's not affordable.

And UCB students deserve other ways to get around.

This is my second time coming to a board meeting.

This is my first time, though, giving public comment.

It was 30 seconds, but I felt like it was very necessary to do it, share my story.

I am a low-income commuter student, so I think it's just very important to show how much

more accessible higher education would be if there is, like, a line, like a fast rail

line.

Modified Alternative 5 emphasizes that this goes all the way into the Van Nuys community

where it borders the community of Van Nuys and Panorama City, and it also connects UCLA

students and other major regions of the west side. For a long time, the San Fernando Valley,

especially the East San Fernando Valley, hasn't been getting its fair share of metro resources,

but now we're going to have the community of Van Nuys and Pacoima finally be able to connect

to the greater system. I hope to see this built one day and know that, you know, I had a piece in

and for future students, again, to have more accessibility,

it makes me really happy.

Projects become so much better when you reach out

to your elected officials, when you come to board meetings,

when you come to council meetings,

when the community is willing to make that phone call

or write that email.

It only makes us better at serving and visualizing

what should come next.

Today, we're here with the partnership

to expand the tree canopy and increase the shade

in this community, but also providing resources

through the 10th Street street closure.

This is a part of our city that doesn't have

as much tree canopy as other parts of the city.

And so we were able to partner with Streets LA

and KYCC and Urban Forestry.

The community's out today to celebrate that.

And it's exciting to be able to see these trees go in.

And in a couple of years, they're gonna be big

and then providing shade and make the neighborhood

and the community much more walkable

and pedestrian friendly, so it's exciting.

The role for Urban Forestry Division Streets LA

is to provide tree planting permits

for our nonprofit planting partners

so that they can increase urban canopy

in the city of Los Angeles.

So for this particular project,

we worked very closely with KYCC

and we were able to identify all the tree planting locations

and approve the tree stocks they selected,

California native trees, coast live oak, and desert willows.

And because of that close coordination, we were able to turn around 38 tree planting permits

within five to six days so that this project can move forward without delay.

Right now, we're in an early stage. We call it tree establishment. So we'll take a bit of two

to three years for them to be fully kind of teenage phase and to produce more benefits for the

community. But yeah, so this is a long-term investment. We're really excited though,

because these trees will grow strong, big,

and produce really large canopies for the community.

We should definitely keep planting,

especially in the city of Los Angeles.

We need to make sure that there's shade for everybody,

that there's cooling,

and that greenery is great for mental health,

and we need that more now, more than ever.

For me, being able to show what it means

to make our neighborhoods in Los Angeles

more climate-friendly, more livable,

is really important to me,

and so when I get to do events like this,

and community can come out and see tangibly

what that means to have a healthy urban forest.

It's really exciting.

Inside City Hall's main elevator lobby,

decorative panels tell the story of 20th century Los Angeles.

From aviation and oil to the film industry

depicted in a classical Greek style.

From the council chambers to the observation deck above,

City Hall remains a place where city services

connect communities across LA. That includes Culture LA previewing Lunar New Year celebrations

happening across the city, welcoming the year of the horse and the values of strength, perseverance,

and renewal.

So one of the great aspects of what we do as a department is we provide opportunities for

learning about different cultures. So it is really a wonderful opportunity as you look at Lunar New

year, while Lunar New Year may not be the holiday that you celebrate, it's a great

opportunity for you to learn about some of those traditions.

So the Lunar New Year celebration has been celebrated for several thousand years in the

Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures.

So we as the city of Los Angeles, we want to uplift that celebration.

The Chinese astrology pairs 12 animals with the five elements to celebrate each year.

So this year is the year of the horse, but it's actually the year of the fire horse.

And what that means, it's a year to celebrate energy and passion and new and innovative

projects and new and innovative thinking.

This year we have a lot of exciting events happening for Lunar New Year.

We have the Lancashire Boulevard Block Party in North Hollywood, where we'll be welcoming

several thousand people to be able to celebrate.

We'll also have events in Northridge at a community park with Councilmember Lee.

We have the Koreatown Night Market with Councilmember Hutt.

But we also have the annual Golden Dragon Parade happening in Chinatown.

The Port of LA hosts a celebration as well.

So there is no shortage of opportunity for you to be able to go celebrate the Lunar New

Year.

Our events at DCA are free and open to the public.

I encourage you to come look at our website at culture.lacity.gov to learn more.

And there we have a listing of all of the events that both DCA hosts as well as our community

partners.

You will see several dozen Lunar New Year events, and we encourage you to come and learn and let us know about how you've enjoyed it and what you've learned.

So anybody that is interested or curious or wants to see, feel free to come on by. We hope you can join us.

Hi, I'm Justin Kosrabati. I'm the public relations specialist with L.A. Animal Services.

We're here at our East Valley Animal Services Center, which is one of our six locations

in LA City.

And we're here to talk about fostering, which is one of the services we provide.

So the fostering program is a great way to help animals in the shelter.

It gets dogs and cats out of the shelter environment and into home life.

The commitment is anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, so whatever you're comfortable

with.

What you can do through fostering is network these pets and help them get adopted.

We really support our fosters, whether it's providing supplies to make that transition

into the home easy for the pet or giving them opportunities to help network their pet at

on-site adoption events.

So all you really need to do is be a resident within LA City and have a valid government

ID and fill out some paperwork. It's available on our website at the fostering section. Become

an approved foster, then you can start fostering right away. As long as you're willing to make

space in your home for one of our pets, we have a pet for you. So, for additional information

about fostering or just all the services we provide, you can visit LAanimalservices.com,

You can find us on social media, Facebook and Instagram.

It's at LA Animal Services and X is at LA City Pets.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Passion of the Cut Sleeve

in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

The show Galloping into the New Year takes place on February 13th and will feature queer and trans Chinese folklore told through music, theater, poetry and performance art.

Experience the joy of the new year in an 80 minute show with a live band playing traditional Chinese instruments.

Head to Plaza de la Raza for Galloping into the New Year on Friday, February 13th at 7 p.m.

Learn more by searching for Lunar New Year at culture.lacity.gov.

Join the Los Angeles Public Library at one of its events to mark African American History Month.

On Saturday, February 14th, enjoy a talk from author Glenda Armand as she tours food history to take you from awful to delicious on a short journey down an African American foodway.

For African-Americans, food has been more than nourishment.

It has been tradition, income, and a means of resistance.

Armand highlights the stories of George Washington's enslaved cook,

the ice cream entrepreneur Augustus Jackson,

and Georgia Gilmore, whose cooking sustained the Montgomery bus boycott.

Head to the Central Library for Glenda Armand

from Awful to Delicious on Saturday, February 14th at 1030 a.m.

For more details, go to lapl.org slash events.

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society invites you to a guided tour of the reserve on the second Saturday of February.

The walk will take in the many birds and other wildlife at Hanson Dam and is for the beginner bird watchers, families, and anyone who wants to visit the wildlife reserve.

The emphasis of each tour will vary with participants' interests.

meet at the small amphitheater on the southeast of Woodley Park.

Hanson Dam Bird Walk takes place on Saturday, February 14th at 9 a.m.

Check out this and other bird watching events at sfvaudubon.org.

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

Our thanks to everyone at City Hall,

especially Project Restorer, whose work preserves the building's rich cultural and historic details,

while sharing them with the world.

As the mayor and the city prepare Los Angeles for this year's World Cup

and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games,

City Hall stands ready to welcome the world.

And the best part?

This historic building is open to the public, inviting visitors to explore it firsthand.

Be sure to take in the breathtaking views from the observation deck on the 27th floor.

A chance to see the whole city from above like never before.

From all of us at LA City, thank you so much for joining us.

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

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

The LAX theme building is a modern icon and recognized worldwide as the space age landmark

of one of the world's youngest and most influential cities.

Designed by architectural firm Piera and Luckman, the building was completed in 1961 and features

an observation deck in the Bob Hope USO.

The spider-like appearance of the building is a playful and futuristic design illusion

created by topping four steel reinforced concrete legs with stucco.

The building received cultural historic status from the City of Los Angeles for its distinguishing

characteristics which are valuable to the study of that period's style and method of

construction.

It is also an example of mid-century modern Googie architecture.

The LAX theme building serves as the symbolic gateway to Los Angeles and the futuristic

design is intended to convey new prosperity and the embrace of technological innovation.

It has been and continues to be a constant reminder of Los Angeles' drive to being the

city of tomorrow.

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day of February in the year 2026.

Public comment for this morning's meeting

will be taken in person in this chamber.

Madam Clerk, let's begin our proceedings

by calling the roll.

Blumenfeld, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez,

Hutt, Gerardo, Lee, McCosker, Nazarian, Padilla,

Park, Price, Rahman, Rodriguez, Soto Martinez,

Yaroslavsky, 11 members present

and a quorum, Mr. President.

All right, first order of business.

Approval of the minutes of February 6, 2026.

Councilmember Blumenfield moves.

Councilmember Lee seconds.

What's next?

Commendatory resolutions for approval.

Councilmember Jurado moves.

Councilmember Hernandez seconds.

What's next?

Mr. President, today is Tuesday, and it's time for the flag salute.

All right, we'll ask everyone in the chambers to rise, face the flag,

and follow along with Councilmember Blumenfield.

Okay, place your right hand over your heart.

Ready, begin.

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

one nation under God

Indivisible with liberty and justice for all

All right, madam clerk, let's run through our agenda for this morning

Thank you items one through eight are items noticed for public hearing items nine through twenty five or items for which public hearings

have been held for item number 16 a corrected government operations committee

report has been circulated and posted to council file 26-0020 to remove the word

estimate from instruction 3 items 26 through 37 are items for which public

hearings have not been held there is a technical correction for items 35 through

37 the time limit and last day for council to act on these items is

February 11th 2026 item 38 is a closed session item for which public hearing has

not been held 10 votes are required for consideration all right without

objection those items are now before us do we have any specials members I see

councilmember Rodriguez on the queue thank you on item 2 I'd like to confirm

the lien item 29 for comments and 35 and 37 for a separate vote all right you

you got that madam clerk just to confirm that's item 29 for comments and is

there a second to the motion to confirm the lien for number two second thank you

all right councilmember Hernandez yes council president can I get items 21 22

and 23 23 for what separate votes no comments all right any other specials

members on my left on my right going once twice three times all right

madam clerk what items are available for consideration at this time the

council may now vote on items 9 through 20 and 24 through 25 all right let's

open the roll on those items close the roll tabulate the vote 12 eyes all right

what's next would the council like to move on to presentations all right we

will move on to presentations I first got a comment from this councilmember

Thank you. I'd like to call item 37 special for discussion.

37 for comments? All right. Any other specials before we go to committees?

We didn't vote on that, Madam Clerk, did we?

No, we did not.

Okay, good. All right. This morning we've got a very, very special presentation.

As folks know, this is an internationally recognized and celebrated event being held here in Los Angeles.

this week, the National Basketball Association All-Star Game and Festivities, where the world

that watches the best basketball players in the country or in the world come to see.

They are with us all week with the game culminating on Sunday.

This morning, we have a special presentation brought to us by Councilmember Hutt of the

10th District to kick off that week-long celebration.

Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning, colleagues. As our city gears up for the energy of All-Star Weekend, I'm honored to welcome the Legends of Basketball, formerly known as the National Basketball Retired Players Association. I'm happy to welcome them to our council.

Founded in 1992 by the NBA legend David, I'm going to say it wrong, Dubusher, thank you, Dave Brang, Archie Clark, Dave Collins, and Oscar Robinson,

Legends of Basketball is a non-profit association of former professional basketball players of the NBA, the ABA, the WNBA, and the Harlem Globetrotters.

They are the only alumni association directly supported by the NBA and the Players Association.

Their mission is twofold, supporting players in their life after the game and using their massive influence to give back to communities that cheered them on.

While the world watches the All-Star Game, we're working with the legends to ensure festivities leave a lasting footprint in our neighborhoods.

We're bridging the gap between professional sports and local empowerment.

I'm proud to announce that through the partnership this weekend, we'll deliver over $70,000 in direct investment to the nonprofits and small businesses in CD10.

We've packed a weekend of events designed to uplift South LA, which includes a basketball clinic by the Harlem Globetrotters NBA and WNBA legends for over 200 of our local children.

A community health and resource fair with over 25 vendors providing free screenings,

and that's on Saturday, so that's Valentine's Day, so love yourself and get some screenings.

And a neighborhood cleanup which will show our locals how much we love our community.

These events kick off at 11 a.m. at Obama Sports Complex and are free for everyone.

For more information, you can go to legendsofbasketball.com.

Our goal is to make sure that when the event is over, the resources stay.

Through strategic partnerships, we're working with Dollar General to secure $25,000 for Cienega Elementary School

to make sure our fourth and fifth graders have the reading tools that they need.

They're giving out $60,000 in advertising, marketing, and brand support with partnership

from Spectrum.

This grant will provide $15,000 of marketing for four local businesses.

And they're providing two new laptops to a digital tech lab in the district, as well

as donating essentials to a women's shelter in the 10th.

At the end of the day, these major global events come to Los Angeles.

They bring more than just flash and cameras.

They bring people, and our community should benefit from that exposure.

Through these events, we're creating an entry point for our local businesses to scale,

our nonprofits to grow, and our families to thrive.

This partnership is proof that we can enjoy the big game energy while making sure the

home court advantage actually belongs to the people that live here every single day.

All-Star Weekend can be an opportunity for LA to make sure that when the world comes

to LA, our community doesn't just watch from the sidelines, we win.

I want to thank Antonio Davis, the president of the Legends of the Basketball Association,

for determining that CD10 is where they want to be.

And I want to bring up now Antonio Davis, the president of the Legends of Basketball,

he could give us a few words.

So honored to be here and thank you for your time.

As we thought about coming to LA and having an impact on the city and the community, we

were blessed to be introduced to Councilwoman Heather Hutt in District 10.

So we wanted to make sure that we collaborated with her to understand how we can come in

and not just come and go, but how can we impact this community.

And I love everything that she's doing, so it was vital that I grabbed my team and brought

them out here and showed all this wonderful work.

But we're excited about the weekend.

The NBA brings a multitude of things to every community that come in.

We just want to make sure we come here and we establish for our local legends.

We have a lot of LA legends here and we want to on behalf of them to honor them by honoring

their city and their communities.

So thank you Heather for having us.

We appreciate you.

And now you're here a few words from our board chair, Charles True Smith.

Good morning, everyone.

We're just honored and blessed.

Thank you, Councilman Hutt, for allowing us to be a part of your family.

On behalf of the legends of basketball, we're just here to serve and give back for a game that's been so good to us as a kid.

And just being able to understand that we have to raise up the next generation.

So it's about us collaborating, partnering, and doing things that can uplift our communities.

So we're just honored to be here.

All of our legends are going to be boots on the ground, just enjoying themselves and having fun with our young people and all the citizens of District 10.

We thank you all, appreciate you allowing us to be here, and we love you from the bottom of our heart.

Thank you.

And now I would like to bring up Lorian Finley, who made everything gel together.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

Good morning to the Council.

Council President, thank you for having us.

Very simply, we're coming to Los Angeles to party with a purpose, and the purpose is really our North Star.

And in talking with Councilwoman Hutt and her team, it was critical that we really impact District 10.

And the two things that we focused on were the businesses on West Adams, where we could have economic impact.

So we're going to put our main fundraising event on the block of 5200 West Adams to do an activation on Friday.

And then more importantly, how do we impact Synega Elementary School and things in areas where resources are needed around reading comprehension?

So we partner with Dollar General. We're going to reward them with 25,000 and begin creating a reading lounge at Cienega where our kids can come, learn, and have a good time in a safe, welcoming space.

And again, party with the purpose. The purpose is our North Star.

So we want to thank you, Councilwoman Hutt, because this is your focus.

You gave us a North Star, and we just want to come in and be good stewards of the league, of the legends, and more importantly, represent District 10 the way they should be.

So again, thank you for having us.

We really appreciate it, and we look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Now I have some certificates of recognition.

In recognition of your outstanding dedication and invaluable contribution to the city of Los Angeles community,

your commitment to excellence and selfless service has made a profound impact on the lives of our citizens.

We honor your spirit of volunteerism and thank you for helping make our city a better place to live, work, and grow.

And this is for Antonio Davis.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that.

And Chu Smith.

And Lorraine Sanders.

You can take some pictures.

All right. While you all are taking pictures, Councilwoman, we've got a speaker on the queue.

councilmember Jurado from the 14th district thank you councilmember hut

for recognizing the NBA legends we're heading to an excellent weekend it was

nice to meet them and they're so so tall and a councilmember hut thank you for

doing this you've been championing a lot of presentations but girl if heaven had

a height you would be that tall so thank you for doing this thank you so much

Councilmember Padilla.

I just want to, you know, as Mr. Brumafield says, join this chorus.

I know I'm a shorty, but basketball is actually the only game that I'm actually really good at.

So I'm excited that you guys came and, you know, pushing the concept of teamwork.

Los Angeles is a city where teamwork gets the work done.

Not a feeling that I really felt this weekend, but thank you, Ms. Hutt, for bringing it to council today.

Thank you.

Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Councilwoman Huff for bringing in this presentation, for bringing these icons,

these legends, these athletes that have been doing this for a long time, uplifting the

culture during Black History Month.

This is a beautiful thing to witness and to be a part of, and just always grateful for

your leadership.

Thank you so much for joining us and blessing us with your presence here in City Hall.

And I just want to say, Councilmember Padilla, if you're good at basketball, you know, we

We do a tournament sometimes with a different council office to play basketball.

We're not as good as y'all, but we play.

So I welcome you all to join us.

Thank you.

Challenge.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman Hutt, and thank you to the legends.

We really, really appreciate your work.

And the work that you're doing here for this weekend and that will last this week and this

year and generations to come, but also in the work of lifting up the role of retired

NBA players in every city, but especially here in Los Angeles. I mean, you know, in the Crenshaw

district, we only have a theater in our community because a retired basketball player said, we're

going to get it done. Starbucks only came to our community because a retired NBA basketball player

said, Starbucks is coming to South LA. And that, you know, goes on. I mean, I can name names, but

there are generations of folks that have been part of the pillars that hold up our community

and make super special contributions and so we thank you for centering that work and lifting up

that work so that everybody can see that there is life after you take off the jersey and you can

continue to make a contribution to making each and every NBA city a great place to live and

a city of champions and I see a little bit of bling up there which we're very accustomed to

here in the city of Los Angeles.

That is a ring that Cliff Levingston has.

Where is it?

It's with the Bulls?

He's got his two, he has two, second champion.

He got two rings.

That wasn't in 91 with the Bulls, was it?

No, that wasn't the year we beat you guys.

All right.

As long as it wasn't against the Lakers.

Council Member Rodriguez.

Did you say that's when you beat us?

He didn't say nothing.

Well, I wanted to echo Councilwoman Fadilla.

apparently the Los Angeles City Council spud web for her comments because now I think we're going

to have an actual game. But I want to thank you, Council Member Hutt, for bringing you all in

and for your contributions. I think it's incredibly important that, you know, even when you're retired

from the game, you still have a tremendous role to play in each of our communities in helping to

make sure young people are engaged and understanding the work that goes in to being the best.

There is no shortcuts. There's no falsehoods. You've got to do the work.

And I think it's important, and that transcends every field. It doesn't matter whether it's in

politics, whether it's on the court. It's important for everyone to buckle down and do the work

that helps to make them the success

and bring the level of greatness that everyone aspires to have

because it's not easy and you can't just throw it at the wall.

So I just want to thank you for being here

and thank you for bringing them in.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Hutt.

Thank you.

Just to close, I'm looking forward to all the things

that will happen in the 10th District with the students,

the clinic at Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex

and our Valentine's, like, check on your health,

the health fair at Rancho Park.

So looking forward to it.

Thank you so much, colleagues, for indulging us in this moment.

Appreciate you.

Thank you so much.

Another big round of applause for our NBA legends.

All right.

City Attorney, Madam Clerk, let's go into public comment.

Yes, Mr. President.

To people providing public…

To people providing public comment, when it's your turn to speak, please state which

of the 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.

We will tell you when your time is up.

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 are 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 1 through 8 and items 26 through

38.

So again, the items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items 1 through

8 and items 26 through 38.

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.

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If you require a Spanish language interpreter, please make sure to pause every few sentences

so the interpreters can interpret.

Don't worry.

We will pause your time while the interpreters are interpreting,

so you will get the same amount of time as everyone else.

Thank you.

Additionally, if you've made an accommodation request with the clerk's office under the ADA,

or if you would like to, in order to make use of the wireless handheld microphone,

please let the sergeants know once your name is called and it is your turn to speak,

so that they can provide you with the wireless handheld microphone.

Finally, the order in which we call names is at random.

That is to say, it is randomly generated.

So in order to help us accommodate

as many people as possible,

we would ask that you please wait

until you hear the name that you signed up under,

called aloud before lining up

on your left-hand side of the room to speak.

Thank you.

We will now begin calling the next few names.

Claudia A, Nella M, Brian J,

Bonnie B., and Abraham L.

Good morning.

Yes, go ahead.

You can come to the podium.

Good morning.

Which of the items would you like to speak to?

I'm just hearing a general comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Claudia.

My pronouns are she, her, ella.

I'm here as part of the Trans-Latina Coalition in support of the trans community.

I'm also part of the Angels of Change.

We are a group of leaders that want to give a voice for the trans wellness and empowering of our lives.

I'm here asking for your support of the wellness and equality, equity initiative that gives the Trans-Latina Coalition $4 million into investment in our wellness, on the wellness of trans lives.

Thank you very much for your attention and time.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

item 37 and general public comment please okay so you have one minute for the item and one minute

for general go ahead thank you Nella McCosker with Central City Association LA's hotels rank

23rd in the top 25 markets nationally on post pandemic recovery we're experiencing double

digit declines in demand so what does that mean 20 million in lost tax revenue every year

And instead of improving this problem, we're choosing to impose more burdens on the same shrinking base.

Currently, LA's total taxes and assessments fall somewhere in the middle range of those top 25.

If we move forward with Option A's 4 and 2 proposal, we're going to rank as the highest total cost in the nation.

Let's stop and ask ourselves if that's appropriate based on the experience we're providing visitors.

Multiple instances of LA having safety concerns and visitors who are attacked.

The industry is feeling as though this is too difficult to pursue new hotel projects in Los Angeles.

Do we need to increase revenue? Yes.

But aggressive TOT hikes are not going to solve this problem.

they're going to compound them. Thank you. Before the next speaker begins I'll be

calling the next few names. Pamela M, Jessica E, Renee Ocampo Montez, Mark S, and

Jazlyn Johnson. Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to? I'm doing public comment.

That was so beautiful that y'all do legends like a legend like I am to those

basketball players that's beautiful that y'all do that because legends should be

recognized because one day they're here one day they're not and it's good to

give them their flowers when they're living okay my comment is that we we

have problems in our transgender community that we have to fix y'all we

come here all the time and the salt marty I tell you I'm glad you listening

today because sometimes you don't I give you respect I know you got people like

like them over there cutting up.

I come with respect and I come with honor

to make sure that jobs can be done.

Martin, Ugo and Miss Heather and Miss,

oh, I forget her name.

See that, I'm old.

But anyway, I'm here to make sure that y'all can deliver

and make the right choices that y'all can make.

Our children are dying on the streets

And it's sad to see people, homelessness, and going through what they're going through.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Don't listen to this.

Good morning, speaker.

And before you begin, I'd like to give you your first and only warning to not disrupt this meeting.

Multiple witnesses observed you signing up multiple times at the kiosk this morning,

and multiple names you signed up under were read aloud.

So when you do that, not only do you take away time because we have to read in extra names for people who are not here

But importantly you take away the opportunity for other people in the room to speak

So I would ask that you and anybody else who does that please do not do that moving forward

Thank you. You have three minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment. Go ahead

Good morning. Thank you very much council member transgender Latina. Let's start with item number 26

Number 26 is about the Figueroa Street vacation proceedings.

And I find this item is very racist.

Why, city attorney?

It's because the Figueroa Street is the only street that for a transgender prostitute like me to have a safe location to work.

But right now, if you are using the law enforcement and then including the city attorney's office with the LAPD are trying to clear the street, clear the area, we have nowhere to work anymore.

Speaker, this has nothing to do with the street vacation. Speaker, pause this time. Speaker, if you interrupt me again, you will force the rest of your speaking time. I'm trying to give you instructions. So item 26, to which you're trying to speak to, is the initiation of a street vacation. So you need to speak to the item, or if not, then I'm going to move you to general public comment. Go ahead.

Yes, I'm going to continue to talk about the vacation proceedings because this vacation

proceedings is illegal by nature.

Why?

Because this is the city.

Every single council member is elected by the people, meaning they represent the will

of the people.

If the will of the people on Figueroa Street decline this vacation proceeding, then you

have no right to do so.

You've exhausted your time on item 26.

Please move on to another item.

Yes, no problem.

Now, let's move on to item number 32.

Thank you for the city attorney for disrupting and then thank you very much

If you continue to disrupting my public comment, I will forfeit the rest of your time

So number item number 32 is about the LGBTQ crosswalk

And I am here to support the LGBTQ crosswalk because as a transgender Latina

Myself and I have already said this a million times already

We need to make sure every single crosswalk in the city of Los Angeles are

are LGBTQ certified.

I said that one year ago, two years ago, three years ago.

I also said that every single street,

Boulevard, Avenue, road, whatever,

it must be has a LGBT badge on it.

I said that one year ago, two years ago, three years ago,

nobody listened to me.

Just because I'm a transgender Latina,

just because I'm not a Caucasian,

just because I'm not black enough,

it does not give you the right

to discriminate my public comment.

Now let's move on to another item, city attorney.

If you continue to disrupt public comment,

I will forfeit the rest of your time.

Item number 34 is about the homeless shelter

services agreement.

This is nothing new because every time we are talking

about homeless shelter services,

transgender Latina population like me

were always forgotten, always ignored.

How many times transgender Latina coalition

send a request letter to the office of Blue Mandingo

and asking for transgender housing,

transgender Latina affordable housing,

and how many emails did we respond as a response?

Absolutely zero.

Every time we are talking about transgender Latina

homeless shelter services,

you only provide Caucasian services,

black services, and then whatever services.

All of every single transgender Latina

are completely forgotten.

That is a racist, racist city attorney and the city council.

For my general public comment is that election month, June, is just around the corner.

And I want to emphasize that every member of the smoking scan, family members, that our council member, Wayne Spindler, will be on the ballot.

Remember, we are having a lot of tough competitions in the council district one.

So we need to make sure every single smoking scam members are trying to put the words out to make sure we have a council member with integrity.

We have a council member with justice to represent everyone in the council district one.

If you are tired of those kind of nonsense, woke agenda, DEI, if you are tired of those soft-armed crime, then you need a tough, tough council member to give you, to give us a safe community.

That means criminals will have consequence and accountability.

Council District 1, Spindler, let's go.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning to the board council members.

My name is Pamela Mollera.

I advocate for TGI Wellness and Equity 2026.

By my own experience, I suffer discrimination when I try to get a job in education.

I decided back to school to be a part of the society.

Thanks to Translatinga Coalition who provide me the tools

with different programs like Diamonds.

Diamonds is a program to the senior people who encourage

and give you the information to be enrolled in school

or get whatever we need.

Angels are changed and many more to have a better life.

I ask consider TransLatina to help my trust community. Thank you.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

Good morning. My name is Jaslyn Giselle Johnson.

as part of the community, the LGBTQ one.

I am part of Angeles del Cambio.

Thank you for the opportunity that we're given

and also as a reminder as trans women we're pretty vulnerable in this society.

Somos una sociedad la cual dia con dia viene luchando por discriminacion.

We are part of a society that on a daily basis we fight against discrimination.

Además dia con dia pues venimos esforzándonos por ser unos mejores seres humanos

and take into account in society.

Also, on a daily basis, we make an effort to be better as human beings

and for us to be considered as part of this society.

We have the greater risk of discrimination and vulnerability

against society, which, as humans as a human being,

we have the same rights as any person.

We are at a larger risk of vulnerability and discrimination in this society, and we have the same right as everyone else.

Thank you for taking us into account.

As human beings, we have the same rights we can change.

Thank you so much.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

A general comment.

Okay, so you have one minute. Go ahead.

Every year the Los Angeles Police Department asks this body for more funding, yet the city

continues to absorb millions in avoidable costs from broken internal processes. One

of those clearest examples is the concealed carry permitting process. The Los Angeles

Police Department or Sheriff's Department was recently sued over unconstitutional CCW

delays and those same lawsuits are now being filed against LAPD. These cases are predictable,

expensive, and entirely avoidable. This matters because all constitutional amendments carry equal

weight. When one right is delayed or diminished through bureaucracy, it sets a dangerous precedent.

If we treat one amendment as optional, which comes next? Our freedom of speech, due process,

protection from illegal search and seizure or women's rights to votes.

By restricting lawful concealed carry, the city is not increasing public safety.

It's disarming law-abiding residents, especially in vulnerable communities.

Many of them are here today.

If you call...

Okay, next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I'll be calling the next few names.

Loretta L, Polia P. V., Craig Jones, Mike G., and I, initial IA.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

Good morning. I am here to make a public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute for general. Go ahead.

Awesome. Okay. My name is Jessica Orazul.

I am also an angel of change through the Trans-Latina Coalition.

I want you to please consider supporting us as we navigate the daily struggles of human life.

We are often punished for being human, for embracing all parts of us.

Do you know about gender theory, about our struggles, and the violence that we face?

Please, please consider allocating funds to meeting our needs.

Please uplift our communities with your support.

Remember, there are trans immigrants, there are trans black immigrants.

we are all deserving of your support thank you

good morning which items would you like to speak good morning yes I'm call I'm

coming here to talk about the housing situation okay so you have one minute

for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Yes, good morning everyone.

My name is Carmen Close and I'm going to situation

as I have an emergency voucher

and now they want to cut it off and I am disabled.

I have four surgeries in my leg.

I also just lost my husband and I'm alone

and I just need some help because they want to cut my house

I slept in my car for almost two years.

I don't want to go back to sleep in my car anymore.

So I need you guys to please help me.

I'm a very good person.

I do my best.

I worked for the government for many years,

and I cannot work anymore due to my disability.

So I come here to please ask you to help me.

Thank you so very much.

and speaker so you don't need to answer this now but when you get over to the

right-hand side of the council chambers can you just let the sergeants know

which district you're residing in currently and then just wait over at the

side please thank you thank you

good morning comment a general comment please good morning you have one minute

Go ahead.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Nick Casey, and I'm a resident and registered voter in District 10, a business owner,

LA Pride board member, founder of Equality Fashion Week, and member of the Angels of Change Leadership Academy.

Since last year, TGI community members like myself have been coming to City Hall to advocate

for the TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative, a community-built proposal ready for implementation.

TGI WE is a two-year, $4 million pilot that invests in multiple TGI-led organizations

and coordinates affirming care citywide in investment in care.

Our request today is clear and timely.

Place the TGI Wellness Equity Initiative on the City Council agenda so it can be discussed

and voted on during the budget cycle.

The proposal is ready, the community is ready, and in honor of teamwork, as you said earlier,

time is now thank you

before the next speaker begins I'll be calling the next few names Mia Khalifa

Lauren R James Finney colon Carmen clobbs and mark Kisa B good morning

which items oh Craig Jones number 32 hey mr. Karen price I haven't seen current

price i've been here since one minute i'm 32. item 32 lgbtq sidewalks a public comment i get both

right um hey mr price i was looking to see the council president telling his craig jones i'm 59

years old i remember when you guys was begging on the street i see the process to go on the streets

once you get inside the job you're no longer paying attention to the constituents i've watched

y'all and these people have come up pleading to y'all to help them as the city council i remember

all you guys when they had the incubators go way back to Dr. Daniel Morgan and Fawcett Crenshaw,

Ruth Golanth, Boba Boudreaux, Sidney Thompson, when y'all now you beg, after you done beg,

Mr. Kern Price, y'all used to beg on the street for the votes, remember? Even the council president,

Mr. Dawson, uh, Marquise, used to beg on the street before they had these incubators, what

they called the, uh, resource centers. Mr. J, Ms. Jan Peller and the mayor Karen Bass used to walk

down 89th street begging on the street you folks are not paying these folks no

attention I remember when y'all begged on the street I'm Craig Jones they gave me

outstanding citizenship item number 32 is LGBTQ according to California law

each constituent including myself when I have on my tight clothes I have to be

safe and secure I feel safe and secure but I remember when y'all used to beg on

the street good morning which items would you like to speak to general public comment and item 37

okay so you have one minute for the item and one minute for general please begin with the item go

ahead good morning council president and council members my name is james finney conlin and i am

here on behalf of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce to speak on item 25 and item 37. Item 25 would

introduce a great deal of confusion in a critical intersection of environmental policy and global

trade and endorse the practice of inserting government into what should be the province

of a collective bargaining process. Furthermore, the language limiting the use of public funds for

automated processes would put our ports at a competitive disadvantage at a time when we

are already seeing businesses relocating to other ports.

I urge you to express concern on item 25.

With regards to item 37, I ask for you to vote no on the proposed ballot measures calling

for an increased TOT for various online travel companies who make up and greatly support

the global tourism industry.

So I believe you did general first,

but you can speak to the item.

I know you're still talking about it.

So you have one minute for item 37.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

I ask for you to vote no on the proposed ballot measures

calling for an increased TOT

for various online travel companies

who make up and greatly support

the global tourism industry

that LA relies on for its revenue.

We are concerned these taxes will fall onto potential tourists

who are looking to come to our great city

and discourage them from visiting the city of LA

and contributing to our economy.

Please consider the ramifications of this tax increase

and vote no on item 37.

Thank you so much for your time.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Maya Daniels.

Daniels, my pronouns are they, them, and I'm here representing the Transatina Coalition.

I live and work in District 10. I want to say thank you to the Civil Rights Committee, especially

the chair, Councilmember Soto Martinez, for having us, and Councilmembers Gerardo and Nazarian for

their great conversation, and for the ability to speak in a public manner on the state of the

advocacy efforts of our organization and the transgender community as a whole. I'm here to

urge the council to consider the TGI Wellness and Equity

Initiative and investment into five separate TGI-led

organizations within the city of Los Angeles.

Today, we have members of our Angels of Change program

where we teach members of our community

about our local government and the budgetary process

so that when discussions happen about the transgender

community, which they will, our community

will be in those spaces.

We are planning an advocacy day on March 6th

where our angels will be meeting with council members

and being led by founders of transgender,

gender expansive, and intersex-led organizations

located in different areas across the city.

Thank you.

Good morning, which items would you like to speak to?

Hi, I'm speaking on general public comment.

So you have one minute, go ahead.

Okay.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Sebastian Brock and I use he, him pronouns.

I live in District 8.

I'm here today finding myself disappointed

by a lack of leadership, accountability,

responsibility, inclusion efforts from this council.

There are people on Broadway Boulevard

and Adams Boulevard and wooden box shelters

due to a lack of emergency housing vouchers in Los Angeles.

There's a rise in gang violence in District 8,

ISIS terrorizing immigrant communities

because LAPD refuses to hold them accountable.

The TGI community faces hate crimes, sexual assault crimes, discrimination,

and continued gender violence and inequality.

I see no changes being made as U.S. citizens to protect us.

I don't feel safe in my district.

I am asking for change because I am underrepresented in my own district.

I urge you to fund the TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative,

placing $4 million towards TGI-led organizations

in an effort to continue making California a safe and inclusive environment for TGI2

LGBTQIA communities in an effort to promote inclusion. Thank you.

Next speaker. Before the next speaker begins, I'll be calling next few names. Tom H. B. Mike J.

Sebastian B, Dana, and Thomas J.

Yeah, good morning everybody. I want to do a general public comment.

My name is Herminia Cruz. I work at McDonald's in Los Angeles.

I'm here to ask for you to support the Fair Work Ordinance so that more workers like me

can know their rights in the workplace.

Yes, I unfortunately was not aware of these rights, and I suffered a lot of bullying,

and then I was able to be able to surpass this.

I faced a lot of harassment, but now that I know my rights, I was able to overcome this

situation.

Unfortunately, there are many other workers who are dealing with this situation still.

And that's why I ask that you support the Fair Fast Food Work Ordinance.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Buenos dias.

Quiero hacer un comentario público.

Good morning.

Public comment, please.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Mi nombre es Florinda.

Trabajo en McDonald's in Los Angeles.

My name is Florinda.

I work in McDonald's in Los Angeles.

I'm here to work about the Fast Food Fair Work Ordinance.

This ordinance would allow us fast food workers to have a week off.

medicas porque tengo diabetes in my case it's it's hard to make medical

appointments because I suffer from diabetes

y muchas veces después de tener que faltar porque me cambiaron mi horario y yo ya

tenía cita con el doctor y falto el trabajo me castigan y quitándome horas o días

and many times when I miss work because I wanted to make an appointment to visit

doctor and I had to miss work because they changed my schedule in the last

minute, they would punish me by either taking away hours or taking away my days.

Conocer mis derechos me ha ayudado a defenderme de esas injusticias.

And knowing my rights helps me defend against those injustices.

Por eso les pido que apoyen a la ordenanza de trabajo justo en comida rápida sin demora.

That is why I ask for you to support the Fast Food Fair Work Ordinance without further delay.

Gracias.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

On all of them.

Okay, so that would be items one through eight

and items 26 through 38.

You have three minutes for the items

and one minute for, I assume general.

So please begin with the items, go ahead.

Okay.

People need a vote in CD1 for Red Bull Claris.

We need somebody in our district who is gonna do the work.

So, I need you to, hold on.

I need you to speak to the items first

or you can move to general.

Would you like to move to general?

Okay, I'll do general.

Okay, go ahead, you have one minute.

Okay, vote for the roll,

Claros and CD one council district one.

We need somebody who actually does the work,

who has boots on the ground,

who knows all the areas,

who will do something for our district.

We'll clean up the zombies down in MacArthur Park,

which is really heartbreaking

because you can't imagine what it is

Until you've been down there in the middle of the night

and you've seen people that are leaned over,

doing drugs, shooting up, sleeping on the streets,

so out of it, this is heartbreaking.

You cannot describe it unless you've been there.

And I'm not talking about just a homeless camp.

We need somebody in our district

who's gonna actually do some work.

And Hernandez has gotta go.

We've got homeless everywhere,

we've got trash and dirt everywhere.

And now she's starting to clean things up

because she's up for a vote.

I'm asking for a word, we'll clear us in CD1.

He knows the area and he's growing up there.

Next speaker.

Okay, so your time has expired.

I'm gonna ask that you please vacate the podium.

You're currently disrupting this meeting.

So this is your first and only formal warning.

Please do not disrupt this meeting.

We need to move on to the next speaker, okay?

Okay, and Mr. President, the next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, we'll be calling the next few names.

Nick K, Elliot, Roxy G, and C.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General of the comments.

Oh, and if you could move the microphone up.

Sorry, you said general?

I want to subscribe to what Councilmember Soto Martinez says to oppose ICE, but intelligence

services are prohibiting me or impeding my ability to do this like always.

Gracias. Pagina 99, the transhuman genocide.

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translate this page. Las armas más avanzadas que se encuentran incluyen la

The specialized advanced weapons included in this have advanced technology to be able

to transport?

Tunnel.

Oh, for the tunnel.

Teleportar.

For teleportation from the tunnel.

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I'm sorry, the interpreter is unable to understand.

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For unaccessible areas.

I want to speak about Renee Pittman.

I hope that you guys can read her book.

I hope that you guys can read her book.

You are not my older brother.

Again, with Ron Johnson.

No.

again with Ron Johnson thank you good morning which items would you like to

speak to I'd like to speak on 634 and public comment okay so you have two

minutes for the items and one minute for general please begin with the items go

ahead yeah so six relates to street lighting program you know you look

around this city it's dark as hell that hurts public safety but at the same time

over the last three years you guys on the City Council have cut street lighting

by seven point five million dollars and why and it's not the only services that

you cut you know you cut street services by 61 million sanitation by 11 million

you guys cut the aging programs you know take care of old people by five point

eight million dollars so speaker you're welcome to speak to this during general

but I'm going to ask you to stick to the items for now.

I'm talking about street lighting.

I'm talking about, in general, how you guys have mismanaged it

and hurt all of these programs.

And you guys, you know, what are you guys doing about it?

Are you guys trying to recover some of these funds?

Instead, you guys voted on the convention center upgrade,

costing us $100 million a year for the next 30 years.

That could have been restoring street lighting.

So I understand, but you're going to need to speak to this during general.

Moving on to 34, relating to homelessness.

You know, what a joke.

You guys have sat around while we had this Inside Safe program.

It's kind of administered through LASA, where we spent $350 million on it and only permanently housed 1,342 people.

What an abject failure.

Very few have spoken up.

I think Monica's spoken up.

I think Tracy Park has spoken up.

The rest of you guys really haven't said anything.

You know, Hugo goes along with it because, you know, he's in the business of doing Bass's bidding.

but what an abject failure that is.

That's why we're getting nothing done.

And quite honestly, that's why you guys don't need to,

you know, Karen Bass doesn't need to be reelected.

We need to get her out of here.

Now moving on to public comment.

Talking about the after action report

related to the Palisades fire.

I haven't heard anybody criticize Karen Bass

for covering that up.

I've seen, actually, Monica, you have,

but Monica's been on top of this since the beginning.

You know, if Monica was mayor during this whole time,

Or if you guys listen to her, I have a feeling that there's been a lot less destruction and lives saved.

But where are the rest of you people?

Karen Bass is covering up this corruption and you guys just say nothing?

Tracy, you were doing that campaign thing with her yesterday.

That's your district. You don't have anything to say about that?

You're not bothered by that?

You're fine with her covering up the after-action report?

What is wrong with you?

And why should your constituents be behind you as you're sitting there holding her hand,

running for re-election, and not saying anything about that?

Where are all of you?

And going back to the convention center, you know, the only two people voted against that.

That was Nithya and Katie.

Good for them for that, because that thing's broke our finances.

Enjoy your day.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute. Go ahead.

Hello, yes, good morning. My name is Adriana. I'm representing the Trans-Latina Co-Colid

coalition and the transgender community as well.

I want there to be awareness that we are humans, that we are people that need

public help. We need help from the public.

We want us to be protected and taken,

accounted for with everything including in equity.

We need to include in the medical services, migration, and the home health.

And we need us to be included in medical services, immigration services,

and well-being in place of residence.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay. So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

My name is Roxy Gutierrez. Good afternoon, my brothers and sisters. I wanted to thank God for

allowing me to be up here in this stand speaking with smart souls that want the best for this world.

I would like to say that God makes no mistakes and that he loves all his children. TGI and Angels

of Change and Trans Latina has done so much for our brothers and sisters in trying their best

to heal one another little by little.

We will chant our way to world peace

and healing our family and ancestors' pains.

Let's do what's right and heal one another

because God is watching.

Thank you.

May God bless you all.

Thank you.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute. Go ahead.

I'm Eddie. I've seen that some of you are taking action to fight fashion, fascism.

Even you, Tracy, that's crazy.

Can we start working together in protecting election integrity?

The idea of having ICE at polling stations in November should push all of you into action right now.

If elections are not protected, we the people, including you all, should be gearing up for a sustained general strike.

We need to set those systems up now.

Some of you are running for re-election, and the spotlight is extra bright.

Nithya, I'm sure all of you have heard the LAPD chief of police, Jim McDonnell,

said he wouldn't enforce laws that prohibit ICE from wearing masks.

The public is learning that city council can vote to remove the chief of police with a two-thirds vote.

Why don't you ever hold Jim McDonnell accountable?

You need to stop approving unlimited funds.

stop approving donations to LAPD.

Nathya Raman, your voting record speaks volumes on this issue.

Los Angeles has the power to remove them.

You guys have that power.

Do it.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

36 and 37, please.

You said 36 and 37?

Okay, so you have two minutes for the items.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Jackie Fila, and I am President and CO

of the Hotel Association of Los Angeles, representing LA's hotels, large and small.

And I am here today to oppose items 36 and 37.

Right now is not the time for an increase in TOT.

Increasing the hotel bed tax risks undermining Los Angeles' ability to fully capitalize

on global events such as the World Cup and the 2028 Olympics

by making accommodations outside city limits more competitive.

A tax spike in Los Angeles right before major events directed at guests coming for these major events will make existing room block agreements in neighboring cities more affordable and more attractive, particularly at a 4% rate, which would make Los Angeles by and large the most expensive TOT in the country.

While these events will be temporary, any tax increase would be permanent, further undermining the city's ability to compete for budget-conscious conventions and family travelers.

Los Angeles tourism numbers already underperform much of the region and the nation, and they consistently underperform city TOT projections.

To maximize long-term transient occupancy tax revenues, the city should pursue policies that strengthen the hotel industry's ability to attract visitors, support higher room rates, and encourage new hotel investment and construction, rather than policies that constrain demand or shift visitation elsewhere.

Policies that weaken hotel competitiveness, risk reducing, not increasing, long-term city revenues.

Thank you.

We will now be calling the next few names.

Jackie Phila, Harriet Elliott, Laura F.M., and Taylor S.

Hi, good morning.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Okay, so I'm here.

I want to just, again, make everybody aware I will be here probably for the rest of my life,

warning you about the harmful infiltration of Scientology and the programs that they have,

that they use as fake drug programs or housing programs for the homeless or whatever thing that

they feel is necessary, like the volunteer ministers. These are all front groups of

Scientology and Scientology is a manipulative human trafficking cult.

This is deeply intertwined with the city and has been for so long that some

people in the back may be talking over while I'm doing my public comment,

but it is very important to be aware of the different infiltrated front groups

of Scientology.

A lot of them are the Way to Happiness, Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics,

Foundation for a Drug-Free World, WISE,

Hubbard College of Administration, IAS International,

CCHR Volunteer Ministers, and many others.

So please keep your eyes open for that.

You're gonna all get these pamphlets soon.

Next speaker.

Good morning, which items would you like to speak to?

Good morning, I'm gonna do general public comment

as well as comment on item 32 and 34,

but I would like to start with general public comment if that's okay.

So we need to enforce rules of the equation.

32, 34, then general.

Let's do it that way then.

Go ahead.

You have two minutes and then you'll see, once it expires, you'll see one minute pop up.

Go ahead.

Amazing.

Thank you.

All right.

So on item number two, I first and foremost want to thank the council for uplifting the

LGBTQ plus visibility and for recognizing the importance of creating public spaces where

communities can feel seen.

Symbolic gestures do matter.

They affirm our existence.

they signal belonging and they remind LGBTQ plus and TGI people that this city acknowledges our presence and our contributions

For communities who have been erased or targeted

Symbolism can be healing and powerful at the same time symbolism must be paired with substance visibility alone cannot house people

It cannot feed our people or keep our people safe

Well, we deeply appreciate the effort behind this item

We also need the city to match that symbolism with genuine investment in the lives of LGBT and TGI Angelenos

especially black and brown, trans women, TGI immigrants,

and others who continue to face the highest rates

of homelessness, violence, and economic exclusion.

If the city invests in symbols, it can invest in services.

It can invest in housing, it can invest in safety,

and can invest in the infrastructure

that allows our communities not to just be seen,

but to survive and thrive.

So we thank you for the gesture, and we urge you to pair it

with real material commitments to LGBT

and TGI people across Los Angeles.

On item 34, I want to uplift the urgent need

for TGI inclusive staffing and safety protocols.

This for safe parking in LA.

Because this program is not just about parking.

For many trans, gender non-conforming and intersex people,

especially immigrants, trans veterans, black and brown system

impacted people and others who have been pushed to the margins,

safe parking is the last remaining form of shelter

where every other or other door has been closed.

TGI people are far more likely to experience homelessness

than the general population.

And many are pushed into living in their cars

because shelters are unsafe, discriminatory,

or simply inaccessible.

But we also have to name the larger truth.

Our government has let our communities down.

Rents are too damn high.

Food and basic necessities keep rising.

People who have invested in the city,

including trans veterans, immigrant workers,

and black and brown system impacted community members,

are being pushed into homelessness

through no fault of their own.

All right, let's go for general public comments.

So I want to, as we honor Black History Month, I want to uplift the black, trans, and gender expansive Angelenos who are part of our community

and who continue to lead, survive, and build despite facing some of the most harshest conditions in the city.

TLC proudly serves black TGI people every day, and their safety and wellness must be centered in every conversation about equity.

I also want to thank the Civil Rights Committee, especially its chair, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez,

for giving us the space to present the TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative.

That committee showed what it looks like when the city listens to the people most impacted

by violence, homelessness, and system neglect.

Now we need the full council to match that leadership.

TGI people, especially black and brown, trans women, and immigrants, are facing a crisis

of survival in the city.

We cannot wait.

We need the TGI WE initiative introduced as a motion so that it can move forward, spark

the necessary discussion, and build the infrastructure our community urgently needs.

Los Angeles has the opportunity to lead the nation by investing in the safety, wellness,

and dignity of TGI people.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

All right, good morning council members.

My name is Kaina Elliott.

My pronouns are he and them,

and I am a 22 year old transgender man

and a proud Angeleno.

I'm able to speak before you because of programs

funded by initiatives like TGI WE.

When I could not see a path ahead,

TGI affirming community-led services provided me

with the right support and the need and the care

that I desperately needed.

Los Angeles speaks proudly of its inclusivity,

but many gender expansive and intersex people

are still struggling to survive every day in this city.

The TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative puts resources

directly into the hands of TGI-led organizations

that know how to care for us.

This is about investing in the future of the people,

not punishment, and about making sure that other TGI youth

like me have a future in this city.

Thank you so much.

Before the next speaker begins,

I'll be calling next few names.

Florinda Cruz, Alex S, Adriana A, William G.

Good morning, which item would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

Hello, my name is Angel, my pronouns are they he.

I am here both as a TGI person residing in this city,

as well as a member of the Trans-Latina Coalition.

As trans people undergo subjugation in the public arena,

strengthening local funding streams

is the most direct avenue of connecting TGI people

with material and relational resources.

The county has recognized this.

TGI-led community orgs are the central entity

that connects TGI people with the resources

being pooled at the funding level, at the federal level.

Decisions made at this juncture on the local level

have lasting implications for the city as a whole

and more pointedly for the quality of life

of those facing the intentional targeting

of the federal administration.

Fund the TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative

and fund trans-led and trans-serving

community organizations.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Alex.

I'm here speaking public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

I am a member of the TELATINA Coalition, and my personal experience, I was an addict,

and they helped me recover.

I've been sober for 10 years.

So please keep funding TELATINA Coalition.

they've been helping us the community and to feel safe secure and welcome and

so many lives will be helped to find hope in meaning to God thank you before

the next picket begins of the call next few names Angel J Susan R Greg B and

and Eddie.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

My name is Katie Laffoon.

I'm really here just to put it on the record.

None of you guys listen to us.

It's very clear.

People come in week after week,

and we tell you what the LAPD is doing.

Last week, they shot kids.

They shot kids. They shot kids. They didn't even pause. They're kids. And I'm saying that,

and none of you are even pausing your fucking conversations. The LAPD shot kids on the streets

of LA, a half a block from where the mayor was giving a speech. That is the city that we live in.

and you guys hold these meetings and you give us 60 seconds and it's dog and

fucking pony show acting like you are gonna do anything and we know you're not

we know you're not gonna be a good mayor either you're gonna bow down to the

fucking LAPD all of this is a show and we're tired of it we need someone to

help us and if none of you are gonna stand up you can't get angry at us for

non-violently protesting.

I'll be calling the last few names.

Mark S. Maya Daniels, G. H. Hermana Cruz,

and Miranda Garcia.

And I see at least one person coming up.

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

Quiero hacer un comentario. Buenos días.

I want to make a comment. Good morning.

So you have one minute. Go ahead.

Tiene un minuto adelante.

Buenos días, miembro del Consejo. Estoy esta mañana aquí en representación de Translatina Coalition

para poder hablar y seguir levantando nuestra voz en tiempos tan difíciles.

as vulnerable communities.

We were here the last week.

We were here representing the TransLatina Coalition.

We are going through very difficult times and we are very vulnerable today.

I am here or this morning in representation of the TransLatina Coalition and my trans community.

I'm here this morning representing the coalition TransLatina and the transgender people.

Para seguir levantando nuestra voz en tiempos tan difíciles y como comunidad vulnerable,

estamos ahora mismo siendo atacadas nuevamente.

Esto hace que tengamos que reunirnos más constantemente.

We're here to raise our voices because we're going through difficult times.

We're very vulnerable and we're being attacked,

so we have to get together more often, constantly.

I'm asking that the programs for our community continue to be active and you have the ability

as authorities to cover that part, to fulfill the status of help for us.

We're asking, I'm asking here to, for these programs to remain active and for you as authorities

to make sure you cover those things so we can get that help.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name's Jerriann Hubbard.

I'm in the 2nd District, and I'm a mom-and-pop owner.

I'd like to speak to the upcoming consideration of 90 days for an eviction.

I'd like to just share my perspective.

I'm in the game for about 30 years now, and change is coming.

Change has come.

I'm hanging with it, literally hanging between the insurance.

And by the way, I am a property taxpayer.

I would just like to know that you understand that in processing a rental application,

I don't know who this person is.

They can say where they've been.

There's really not 100% way to prove it.

You have to know that.

Eviction records are sealed.

You don't know who's telling the truth.

So that's where we are, the mom and pops of Los Angeles County.

That's where we are.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, go ahead.

You have one minute.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Lauren.

I am here representing the Trans-Latinal Coalition.

I reside in council district number 10, and I am here today with our Angels of Change Leadership Academy,

Academy and we are advocating for the TGI wellness and equity initiative it is

at a time where the federal administration is attacking our TGI

communities as well as our immigrant communities we ask for your support and

we ask that the LA City Council continues their legacy of being a safe

and inclusionary place for everyone in the city of Los Angeles thank you

Good morning. Which items would you like to speak to?

General public comment, please.

Okay, so you have one minute. Go ahead.

My name is Eric. I'm a photographer who's been documenting LA's response to ice since June.

I've spoken to you guys a number of times, including last Friday when I came to let you know that I took a picture of somebody dressed as a boogaloo boy working as an ice agent, sitting on the back of an LAPD car while they arrested somebody on his behalf.

I'm here today just to let you know that I was over at the police commission meeting

and Jim McDonnell wasn't there.

Assistant Chief Harrelson in his report to the police commission straight up lied to

everybody's faces.

He said that on Wednesday at the student walkout the LAPD monitored the crowd and did not move

to a crowd control posture.

That is a lie.

I witnessed an officer shoot a less lethal into that crowd.

I witnessed people, children, teenagers being chased by LAPD through the streets.

I witnessed them hitting journalists with batons on purpose.

It is a straight up lie to say that the LAPD

did nothing wrong on Wednesday.

And you all need to know that Assistant Chief Harrelson

just told the police commission

that the LAPD merely monitored on Wednesday.

That is a lie.

That is the end of public comment.

Okay, public comment is closed.

what's next on our agenda the council may now take a vote on items three to

eight twenty six through twenty eight thirty through thirty four and thirty

six okay do any members wish to be heard on those items seeing no members on the

queue let's open the roll close the roll tally the votes

say nice okay what's next the council may now move on to item 38 that's a

closed session item yes councilmember yours

asking council member yourself good Thank You chair colleagues budget and

finance committee waived item 38 due to high interest costs that are accumulating

daily I recommend that we approve this judgment on consent and don't go into

closed session okay and here are two two different reports I move to approve the

recommendations in the two confidential reports from the city attorney okay I'll

second that is there any discussion that councilwoman Hernandez

councilwoman Hernandez is your button pressed a motion for item one to accept

the lien or accept the

Yes, so we'll take the vote on this item as advised by the council budget committee chair.

So let's open the roll on that item.

Close the roll.

Tabulate the vote.

15 ayes.

All right.

Council Member Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

I would like to move forward the lien on item number one.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Is there a second on the motion to confirm the lien?

Thank you, Council Member.

The council may now take a vote on item number one

Thank you

Council may now take a vote on item one. All right. Let's open the roll an item number one close the roll tabulate the vote

15 eyes

All right, what's next?

And mr. President since council approved item number 38 and it was waived out of BNF

I will read in the public, well, I'll read in the instructions.

So it says, subject to the approval of the mayor,

one, authorize the city attorney's office to,

A, expend up to $2,015,185.46 that includes accrued interest

through February 28th, 2026 to pay the judgment and cost

$1,740,954.64 judgment and $133,776.71 costs and $140,454.10 for accrued interest in the

settlement of the above entitled matter, that is Sherrilyn Hernandez et al. via the City of Los

Angelas at all superior court case number 20 st

CV 4 3 5 8 2

B expend up to one hundred and forty thousand dollars in settlement of the above above entitled matter to

authorize the controller's office to a

transfer up to two million fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty five dollars and forty six cents from the liability

claims fund number 100 59 account number 009798 miscellaneous liability payouts to fund number

100 59 account number 009795 public works street services liability payouts b transfer 140 000

$3,000 from the liability claims fund number 100

59 account number

009798

Miscellaneous liability payouts to fund number 100

59 account number

009795 public works street services liability payouts and

three

Authorize the city attorney to a draw demands from fund number 100 slash 59 account number

009795 public works street services liability payouts payable as follows.

$886,796.91 to BD&J PC client trust account.

Two, $140,678.12 to BDNJPC for cost granted inclusive of interest.

Three, $854,157.74 to MetLife Assignment Company, Inc., FBO Alejandro Nieves Jr. to fund future periodic payments.

Four, up to $133,552.69 to be deposited in a blocked account, FBO, Alejandro Nieves Jr.

This amount represents the accrued interest on the judgment through February 28, 2026.

B, draw demands from fund number 100-59, account number 009795,

public works street services liability payouts payable as follows,

$89,421.94 to BD&J PC client trust account.

Two, $14,864.40 to Pacific Life and Annuity Services Incorporated, FBO, Destiny Leyva, to fund future periodic payments.

Three, $35,713.66 to Pacific Life and Annuity Services Incorporated, FBO, Sherilyn Hernandez, to fund future periodic payments.

and four authorize a city attorney or designee to make necessary technical

adjustments subject to the approval of the city administrative officer and

authorize the controller to implement the instructions and this matter was

already approved thank you all right madam clerk what's next thank you if we

can please confirm for the record who is a second to that Yaroslavsky motion

councilmember Hernandez thank you thank you the council may now move on to item

And that is motion Rodriguez Harris Dawson to confirm the lien. All right, let's open the roll in that item close the roll tabulate to vote

15 eyes. All right, what's next?

The council may now move on to items 21 through 23 together called for a separate vote by councilmember Hernandez

All right, let's open the roll in those items close the roll tabulate to vote

13 eyes to know what's next?

just to clarify that's going to be 12 eyes and three no's council member

Hernandez is also a no all right what's next thank you the council may now move

on to item number 29 called special by council member Rodriguez council member

Rodriguez colleagues I am very thrilled to and I want to thank give deep

gratitude to Mayor Bass for this nominee that we are considering to be appointed to the Department

of Water and Power Commission. Chairman Rudy Ortega is a dear friend and someone who is

a representative of the first Californian native to serve on the Department of Water

and Power Commission. And it's, I mean, this is a very important commission for the work that it

does in helping to be a steward on our water and power systems. But for the Northeast San Fernando

Valley in particular, it is incredibly important. The work that is currently being done on

undergrounding the utility lines in our community along Van Nuys Boulevard with such an antiquated

utility system is important for the equitable distribution of resources and investments that

come into our neighborhoods. I couldn't be more proud to have you serve on this commission. I know

you're going to be an excellent steward and guide for what the public needs in our advocacy to

protect taxpayers, but more importantly to make sure that the investments and the distribution

of resources that occur in the city of Los Angeles are meeting each of our communities

with the level of dignity and the level of attention to equitable distribution of the

resources that we deserve.

As someone who comes from making, as someone who has been so involved for so many years,

helping to advocate and be a strong steward of making sure that this government writes

the wrongs I'm really excited that you're going to be now joining in this

role and I know it's it couldn't be a more perfect time so my gratitude to

mayor bass and colleagues I urge your aye vote thank you thank you council

member Rodriguez council member of Blumenfield great thank you chairman

Ortega Rudy I've known you for many many years probably almost 30 since back when

I worked for Howard Berman we first worked on a couple of issues and I've

I've just seen you do amazing things over these last decades.

I love that you're working, you're chairing the conservancy and organization I used to work for,

and we share these values, environmental values.

And so I'm just thrilled that you're going to be part of DWP to make it better and stronger.

I've got things I'm working with them on, on ground-mounted solar and some other initiatives in terms of solarizing some of the West Valley sites,

which I know you will be a great advocate for.

And I just appreciate all you've done for Native American communities,

but really for the valley and for the city over all these years.

And I'm just pleased and honored that you will grace us

and continue to work on behalf of the city moving forward

with the Department of Water and Power.

So I strongly urge an aye vote, and I thank you for your service.

Thank you so much, Mr. Bloomfield.

Councilmember Padilla Rudy I'm when I saw that it was you who was going to take

the seat I couldn't have been happier because I know your work and your

passion for things related to water the increase of tree canopy everything

related to environmental justice and I think your role in creating a new

conservation corps specifically for the San Fernando Valley just kind of is a

testament to why you belong here so congratulations and I look forward to

working together thank you so much members and congratulations mr. chair

madam clerk let's open the roll close the roll tabulate the vote 15 ayes all

right thank you so much what's next the council may now move on to item 35 called

special for a separate vote by council member Rodriguez all right yeah don't go

too far council member Rodriguez let's it's thank you 35 yeah we have 35 so it's

35 for a separate voter discussion discussion or separate vote all right

let's open the roll on 35 close the roll tabulate the vote 14 eyes 1 no all

All right, now we are at 37.

So 37 comes out of our budget committee.

We have several amendments before us today.

We can begin our discussion with Council Member Rodriguez.

No?

No, I was just for a separate vote.

Oh, just for a separate vote?

Okay.

All right.

Madam Clerk, what is before us?

I know there are a number of amendments.

There is only one amendment for us at this time 37 a council member introduced by council member Hernandez seconded by council member

Blumenfield and that is to adopt recommendation a as amended and the amendment is to change recommendation a to amend the ballot resolution

documents and ordinance dated February 5 2026 to increase the transient occupancy tax by 2%

permanently with no additional temporary increase all right

let's council member Hernandez

I just want to say that with this change

I put the amendment forward because

one when you put a ballot initiative that has changes in it where you're starting

at 2% and going down to one it could cause confusion with voters making it

something that perhaps is not as digestible I put this amendment forward

to keep it at 2% flat because we need consistency as well in the city where

after the Olympics, we don't know what the market could look like, and we have the convention center

payment to deal with, and we're talking about several million dollars that would be difference

of the 2% and 1%. Also, there's polling that's been done, and 2% was a number that fell in the

approval ratings in moving this forward. And also, by the time the Olympics come and go,

and we still don't see a better market,

we can just put an ordinance to put it down to 1%.

We only need to put things on the ballot

when we're increasing taxes,

not when we're reducing taxes.

And so I think in 2028, things could look differently.

And if they don't look so well, we can reduce it.

And if not, and the market could handle the 2%,

then we can keep it.

But we won't have to go to the ballot again

to put it at the 2%.

So I think it's a simple change.

I know colleagues are experiencing

a lot of different types of pressure.

I just, I'm looking towards the future

when we will have to start taking on that convention center vote that's all

got it thank you councilmember Nazarian thank you council president and thank

you very much for this conversation and to my colleague from council district 1

I would like to move to adopt draft ordinance B and resolution B I think

it's important for us to heed the advice of our staff who have come up with

diligent recommendations and for us to given how many different measures there

are on the ballot I would hate to see us have a failed attempt of gaining

something that we can potentially be having the voters on our side for so I

would very much love to adopt draft ordinance B and resolution B well I

move to adopt draft ordinance B and resolution B is there a second to that

motion seconded by councilmember Hutt council member thank you council

member Nazarian council member Rodriguez thank you I just wanted to go

on the record I thank you all for the conversations and the amendments on this

unfortunately what I still struggle with and it's why I advanced a motion on

applying this to short-term rentals so that we could actually incent more of

individuals taking advantage of our hotel industry and our hotel room nights

and disincenting all of the the use of homes that should be further dedicated

for people that live and work in Los Angeles to be able to have access to

that residential housing stock we need to create some disincentive for the

expansion of short-term rentals but when it comes to all of the extra hurdles

that were adopted and advanced by many of you on the council it's already caused

a great instability for the hotel industry and now we're going to tack on

more added costs I think it creates a situation where frankly even if you're

talking about a couple of percent difference people have options in

Burbank and other neighboring cities for their hotel nights.

And I think that's part of the challenge and concerns that I have about all of these issues,

not the least of which is the fact that we still haven't had a conversation about how

we're going to actually identify some cost savings in the expenditures around homelessness.

You can't ask people to pay more when you haven't even done the work to claw back on

the expenses that you've had that have clearly repeatedly demonstrated

misappropriation and abuse of public and misuse of public funds so I will

continue to be a no vote on this but I also want to urge you all and I want to

thank councilmember Soto Martinez who would have thought that you and I would

have been on that motion together to advance this conversation about what

what are we talking about folks you're talking about the poorest people in this

city you talk about affordability and you can't talk and now you're talking

about proposing new tax increases but not applying it to address the housing

stock that's being used to provide vacation rentals for people that are

visiting Los Angeles our housing stock needs to be prioritized and protected

for the people who live and work in Los Angeles so I urge you to continue to

reconsider that but at this juncture I'm going to remain a no vote on this

proposal thank you so much councilmember Rodriguez councilmember McCoster

thank you very much mr. president I just I want to preface this by saying I was

the maker of the amendment that brought us option a option a as a proposal for a

four percent increase through the Olympics going down to a two percent

increase I think it is really beneficial for us to have all of our options

available here today because we are too used to that circumstance where we come

up with a decision and find out it has to go back to staff so I'm glad to see

the four two I'm glad to see the two one and I really appreciate councilmember

Hernandez's recommendation or motion seconded by mr. Blumenfield for a two

percent across the board and I also appreciate that we could do a two

percent across the board through the Olympics and after and we would have the

authority to reduce it to down to one if we so chose although on balance what I

would like to say is that I support today I will support the motion by

Nazarian to adopt option B to go to two percent now by the will of the voters

through the Olympics down to 1%.

I do think that there is a logic that we can explain

to the electorate and to ourselves

that the Olympics create an opportunity

and that that opportunity is going to add some jet fuel

to our visitors, our visitor-serving community,

and then bring it back down to 1%

because, in fact, 2% is a pretty significant jump,

but it's a jump that's justified by the Olympics.

I think on balance, the best thing to do is to have a 2%, 1%

that is across the board through our entire jurisdiction,

through the entirety of Los Angeles.

And I think it's protective of our downtown environment.

I think it's protective of our west side environment

where folks have suffered a little more.

I appreciate the entire discussion.

I do think we need to come to home sharing

and make sure that home sharing is doing its part.

but I just want to say for the record today I will be supportive of the Nazarian

motion to adopt B as drafted. Thank you so much Mr. McCosker seeing no other

members on the queue. Madam Clerk can you tell us what's before us and in what

order? Thank you the current order for the vote on item 37 would be to start

with motion Nazarian-Hutt to move recommendation B.

The second vote will be to take up motion,

amending motion Hernandez-Blumenfield 37A.

All right.

That's it.

And provided they both pass, what happens?

City attorney would like to speak to that.

So assuming they both pass, it's going to be

whichever one is approved last will be the one

that controls. So members, whichever one passes last is the one that holds, and we are going in

the order of B, Nazarian Hutt, then A, Hernandez-Bloomenfield. All right? All right, so let's open the

roll on 37B. Close the roll. Tabulate the vote. 14 ayes, 1 no. All right. And let's open the roll on 37A, Hernandez-Bloomenfield. Close the roll. Tabulate the vote.

7 ayes, 8 no.

All right.

37, excuse me, motion Nazarian-Hutt

passes and motion Hernandez-Blumenfeld

fails. All right, and the entire matter as amended.

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

Hold on, hold on.

There's huddling. Thank you. Just to clarify,

clarify 37 the motion that was adopted was Nazarian had to move recommendation

B so that is what is adopted today all right sorry yes 37 B all right let's

open the roll on that item close the roll tabulate the vote 13 ayes 2 no's

all right what's next the council has motions for posting and referral they

They are, hold on one second.

All right, they're posted and referred.

Announcements, members?

Announcements?

All right.

I believe Council Member Hernandez had a birthday.

So I think Councilwoman HUD is going to sing the Stevie Wonder version of happy birthday.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Yeah, don't ask me to sing.

Councilmember Hutt. I said I'm a better dancer than

I'm going to say thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Point of personal privilege announcements.

I just want to let everybody on the floor and all the team members know,

many of you worked very closely with my senior advisor, Rachel Brazier,

who left us to work in the mayor's office.

We brought in a new senior advisor who some of you have known for many years

who's been around the building.

Schlagerter is with us. So I want to introduce him to some and reintroduce him to others. And

I've been saying him and Albie Zael together make up about 75% of Rachel. So we should be good to go.

With that, I'll ask everyone in the chamber to rise for adjourning motions.

and we have an adjourning motion from council member McCosker thank you so much mr. president

colleagues I rise to adjourn today's meeting in memory of William Howard Euler who passed away

on February 4th, 2026 at the age of 84. Born June 2nd, 1941 in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles at a

very young age. He attended University High School in West LA and later UCLA, where he ran track

and he met the love of his life, Mitsuyi Mitsi Hayashi. Howard earned a BA in History from UCLA

followed by a Master of Arts in History.

I did not know that.

But I also did know that he had a Master of Social Work.

He dedicated his professional life to service,

spending decades as director of Toberman Settlement House in San Pedro,

working tirelessly on behalf of underserved members of our community.

A little side note, when Howard was at UCLA,

he was one of the probably one of the first academic references in his work

there to LTO license to operate and I know that folks have leaned in on

license to operate but he actually put in his master's thesis and analysis of

what it was to have a license to operate in the community his life's passion was

helping young people leave gang life behind, a mission he continued even after retiring

in 2007.

He briefly got bored of retirement.

He actually tried real estate and he said, no, that's not for me.

He returned to the work that he loved most.

Howard's greatest joy was his family.

His wife, Mitzi, was a long-time teacher at Victor Elementary School in Torrance, California.

Together they raised two sons, Jeffrey and Matthew,

and he spent many years coaching youth soccer and basketball

and mentoring countless local children along the way.

He was an avid fly fisherman.

He was a devoted member of the Long Beach Casting Club

where he formed lifelong friendships

and helped organize spay casting tournaments

that grew to attract international participants.

He was also a member of the congregation

at Temple Beth El in San Pedro,

and that kippah was a gift from Howard that I cherish.

Now, Howard is survived by his sons, Jeffrey, Matthew,

his granddaughter Mia, sister Nancy,

and many beloved extended family members.

He will be remembered for his warmth,

his tireless pursuit of social justice,

his leadership in San Pedro,

his unwavering devotion to UCLA,

his unconditional love for family and friends.

He was a mentor to so many people.

He mentored so many individuals who were in the work,

the tireless, dangerous, important, life-saving work of intervention.

And we have a number of interventionists and members of the program here today

who I'm sure Howard touched their lives in so many ways.

He touched mine.

The fact that all of us could consider Howard a mentor in our own way

is really a tribute to how one person

can change the course of our lives

and the lives of all the people that you touch.

And I want to thank you, ladies and gentlemen,

for being here today to honor Howard Euler.

May he rest in peace and power,

and may his work continue ceaselessly

from this day forward.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr. McCosker.

And thank you all for being with us and your work alongside Mr. Uller.

Any other adjourning motions this morning?

All right, seeing none, we're adjourned.

See everybody tomorrow.

Thank you.

This is LA Currents.

Well, in May of 2025, our guest today made history by becoming the first Asian American

to lead the commissioners with the Board of Public Works.

I'm delighted to be joined by Stephen Kang.

So nice to have you here.

Thank you for being here.

I'm delighted to join you today.

For someone who's not familiar,

the Board of Public Works impacts a swath of the city.

What are some of the areas

that the commission actually has oversight on?

Sure, we're a five-member body,

all appointed by the mayor,

with confirmation by the city council.

What makes us so unique is that we're all full-time.

We're the only full-time commission body in the city.

We meet three times a week, similar to City Council, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

So we hold over 150 public meetings.

And the role of the board is really to provide that oversight, transparency, public accountability,

and that governance to five of the most critical infrastructure core building blocks of our city.

So we oversee the Bureau of Sanitation, Lights, Streets, Contracts, and Engineering

that basically works on pretty much all the public right-of-ways from your streets to your sidewalks,

to your trees, to your sewers, to new construction projects, and then leading up to the Olympics as well.

Right now we're in sort of that growing pains phase where you're seeing a lot of construction in different parts of town,

but you're not seeing those headlines and you're not seeing sort of the final ribbon-cutting projects that are coming to life.

But what I tell them is that our city has been working on this for many years before

because a lot of the infrastructure projects are not just city standalone,

but it is a partnership with Metro, with Caltrans,

with all the other government entities that help manage the city of Los Angeles.

So, for example, there's a brand new Purple Line that's been an underground Metro project

that is a partnership with the city that connecting from the Wilton Theater in Koreatown,

Wilshire and Western to UCLA. So which stops once that's open way in before the Olympics?

That's an 18 minute one way. Those things are going to be opening up. I know the people mover

system at LAX. There's going to be other underground construction projects and also

many of the sidewalks and the trees and the streets are now being prepped for the games ahead

of time. Most recently, along with the City Council, the Mayor, the Board of Public Works

also approved the construction contract for the LA Convention Center Expansion and Modernization

Project. So that is a very robust project that will expand the size of the Convention Center.

We felt that the urgency of the moment in terms of revitalizing downtown LA to where it needs to be

could not wait another three years because you know a lot of these public infrastructure projects

take many years to develop and complete and we didn't want to wait until after the olympics

to get started on this project and also you know time is money and every day that we wait you know

construction costs will rise even further and i know there are concerns about the budget and cost

overruns so yes there has been some delays unfortunately because of the fires and recently

the ice raids those things are not helping to move projects along but i have hope that you know and

i have firm belief that when we have a firm deadline and we do have a firm deadline because

we can't push back the olympics so our staff and our construction partners and the labor partners

are well aware of that timeline we can get it done on time i have to ask you about the 105 freeway

Sure, that is a Caltrans and a metro joint project, although because it impacts our cities right away, it is a partnership.

It is led by Caltrans because freeways are within the jurisdiction of the state of California under Caltrans.

However, because it runs within the city of Los Angeles, it is a partnership.

So 105 Freeway Project is what we're essentially doing.

We've already started the phase one earlier of 2025 is to convert.

sort of the carpool lanes into the fast track lane.

So two lanes of fast track on each side of the freeway.

And that should be completed within three years in advance of the Olympics

to ensure that we have drivers and people moving from point A to point B for the Olympic Games.

In terms of all the things that make a city run, in particular in Los Angeles,

the film industry has become kind of one of those conversation cornerstones a lot.

And you now, from the mayor's office, have the position of oversight in that regard, too.

Are you a film buff?

And what's going on with what's happening in filming in L.A.?

I think I was chosen for this role not because I'm a Hollywood expert per se, but I'm a problem solver.

I know how the city works.

I know which levers to press to get things done.

And the film industry have had some struggles over the years.

of course the pandemic and you've seen headlines about production leaving California for um

different financial reasons right so it might be cheaper to film in other states or other countries

so what my job is and why I as president of the board is tasked with this responsibility is that

we're very much intertwined my job is to lure production back into Los Angeles by streamlining

many of its old archaic processes and making our city a friendly, open for business in

terms of production.

So we now have a detailed list of landmarks, popular neighborhoods, streets that are very

much in demand by our filming industry, whether it's major blockbuster films or there are

TV shows.

But one of the other areas that I'm working on is that even if this particular location

is a very desirable location for Hollywood,

sometimes the neighbors are not as receptive

to the things that are associated with production

coming into their street.

So I'm also working with our neighborhood council leaders,

our city council partners, and our mayor's team

to really kind of set that tone, set that expectation,

and explain to our residents,

what are some of the benefits?

Yes, some of the street parking might be taken up

by production crews for a limited number of days,

But that really translates to thousands, sometimes millions of dollars to the local economy that benefits everybody.

Recently, Sacramento passed a very historic film tax credit.

It builds upon what Mayor Bass helped pass in Sacramento when she was in the state legislature.

So that is helping to bring some of that production back.

But what I'm focused on is really taking an equity lens into the film permitting process,

where different permits incur different levels of cost.

So we're looking at ways to, okay, if major, not only just major blockbuster,

but small, low-impact filming also happens in Los Angeles quite frequently.

And why don't we lower the barrier in terms of the threshold

so that we don't charge you the same amount of money for a major blockbuster film

versus a student-run or a nonprofit film.

So we're looking at a tiered pricing model to implement here in L.A.

so that we welcome all different sizes of production back.

So we contract out our permitting services right now with an entity called Film LA, which is a nonprofit.

And yes, they were recently awarded a five-year extension with the city of LA.

They serve as sort of that one-stop shop.

Yes, there are issues related to the filming process,

and we're having some extensive dialogue with Film LA to make some major amendments to that, including tiered pricing.

but that's your go-to first entry.

And then if there are issues, people can contact me directly.

But to give you an example, here, we're inside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

City Hall is the people's building, and it is free to film.

That doesn't mean all of your costs get covered,

but at least to reserve this building, there is no added cost, right?

However, you know, the security, janitorial, things will add up.

But this is a very desirable landmark that people have shot courtrooms in,

our different types of law enforcement productions and others.

Well, there is so much happening in this,

and we've rarely scratched the surface of everything that the Board of Public Works does.

So if somebody wants to learn about what current priorities are

or what's happening in the city or plans for the Olympics,

what's the best way for them to find out?

Sure, you can go to our main website, which is DPW, Department of Public Works, dot LAC.gov.

You'll find pictures of all the five commissioners, including myself, what we do, our background,

our assignments, and also links to all of our social media pages so that you'll get the latest

information about, you know, Shine LA, other mayoral priorities, other priorities that we're

working on, and then updates related to the Convention Center and so much more.

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