Another really interesting thing to me was from the 1881 time capsule from the normal school that was on this site before the library, and that capsule was actually inside of ours.

We didn't have any idea what that was going to contain, but among the really interesting things was a sort of memento of black morning cloth and dried moss from the funeral of President Garfield who had been assassinated just a couple months prior, and somebody who was at that memorial celebration in uh Cleveland brought that and felt that it was important to represent that moment in American history and put it in the time capsule.

I've walked around and looked at the artifacts, which is amazing how well they survived.

They don't look like they sat in the box for a hundred years.

But the building itself proves that LA does have a history.

We are not just this whole new city.

We do have a history here, and we like to celebrate our history.

I don't know what anyone would be if we didn't learn from history, learn from the lessons of life.

Then we have exhibitions sobre la historia, el arte, la architectura de la biblioteca y también sobre los services que ofrecen.

It's a fecha que duramos si quieres invitamos atrás to celebrar con nosotros.

Even though we're celebrating Central Library, we're going to be having programming at our branches throughout the entire year.

So people can go and get all kinds of information if they go to the Los Angeles Public Library website, lapl.org, backslash Central 100, and everything will be posted there, and we're gonna be adding information as the year goes on.

We're so excited to celebrate this incredible landmark building and to have the public celebrate with us.

Today's event is called Plant Day at the library.

I came in one day with my sister and saw that they had a sign for planting.

And I was like, oh, this seems really interesting.

We should come in and join like the workshop that they have.

And she was like, okay, so we decided to come in.

It's just a way for people to get together and celebrate plants and the people will love them.

This one is called Donkey's Tale.

We've gathered a number of different uh experts in horticulture, flower arrangements, sustainability, composting.

I love how you're adding just a little bit of stuff.

Propagation and repotting to teach the public how to work with plants, veggie trays in case they want to grow veggies at home.

It's for drainage.

So people are walking away with knowledge of how to work with plants, some plants themselves, and then also connections to community agencies that are working to make LA greener and more sustainable.

They like my design.

I do.

It's very creative.

I felt really proud of my idea and expressing who I am as a person, which I feel like I was able to do with the rainbow.

We've been invited by the Central Library for Plant Day.

Today we're doing five bouquets where they're revengeing flowers.

Yes, yes, yes.

I think that uh nature brings something out in us, right?

We live in a natural world.

At the end of the day, we come from nature, and it's important for us to be able to connect with and learn in that sort of way.

Uh doing something with your hands is really important too, not only for kids but also for everybody.

Thank you.

And that's what we're here to do today.

Starting this year, the city will engage artists and cultural organizations in all 15 city council districts.

The official launch will take place in 2027 with events taking place across Los Angeles in 2028.

Learn more at culture.lacity.gov.

Hey Angelinos want to check out some amazing museums and cool spots.

Your Los Angeles public library card is the key to it all.

From the zoo, Labrea Tarpits, and LA Galaxy to the Music Center and so much more.

Log into Discover and Go to reserve free or low-cost passes to tons of awesome attractions.

Learn more at LAPL.org slash explore LA.

We're at the Central Library, the largest public library in California, and one of the biggest in the nation.

This has long been home to millions of books, photographs, maps, films, and archival materials.

Some dating back to the city's earliest days, reflecting the shared history of Los Angeles.

That same sense of connection is being echoed in soccer.

The beautiful game.

As LA hosts this year's World Cup with fan festivals, watch parties, and community events unfolding across the city.

The excitement is building fast.

Whether you're new to the game, a casual fan, or a devoted player, there are countless ways to experience the World Cup spirit throughout Los Angeles together.

One, two, and three.

We're right at the doorstep of the World Cup.

We're all coming together to bring together our communities and to celebrate the sport of soccer.

It gives me great joy that we get to share our city with the world.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and to have eight matches hosted in Inglewood is bigger than a dream come true for the city.

It puts us on the map as an international city.

One of the things when we talk about uh the World Cups, there's always the question of what's the legacy gonna be?

What are you gonna leave behind?

And these clinics are gonna be part of it.

And there are 26 different clear units around the county of Los Angeles, making sure that young kids can come out, experience the game, you know, the way it's supposed to be, and you know, and have a good time and learn about the sport.

The clinics are all about um sharing that that love of soccer with our community, but also uh just spending time with the young people and letting them know that they matter and that this game can unite us in ways that not a lot of things can.

I think my legacy program is the coolest because I get the party bus.

It's called Kick It With Us Mobile Bus Tour.

It's a mobile pop-up tour that begins on March 3rd, and it will literally cruise around the county for 100 days.

They're gonna stop, they're gonna give out merch.

So the kick it with us mobile tour is a great way to inspire, which we care deeply about, grassroots participation, and we'll be able to unite all the passionate fans and the broader community.

We've been working on for months trying to create opportunities for more residents to participate and be able to enjoy uh the World Cup excitement.

And so we are very excited to have announced not just our fan festival, which will kick off the tournament here at the Coliseum, but nine additional official fan zones throughout the region that'll be open for people to participate and enjoy matches.

There'll be like many fan festivals, and it's a great opportunity to bring your family.

I want this to be a joyful celebration, right?

I want this to be where we're able to show the world what America is like and its true truistic forms that we're kind and we're compassionate and we're loving, and we're gonna bring the world together in a really great way, and no better way to do it than through the beautiful game of soccer.

The library's rare books room holds more than 22,000 rare monographs, dating as far back as the 15th century, with strengths in California and Mexican history, natural history, costume voyages, and travels.

Both the Central Library and the LAPD serve as pillars of the community, one inspiring through knowledge and culture, the other safeguarding the city.

The LAPD's focus on community policing and collaborative partnerships has helped reduce crime and build trust, as reflected in 2025 data.

Like the library, its success depends on engaging the community.

Highlighted by initiatives such as the inaugural Native American Community Police Advisory Board.

Today is a very exciting day for Los Angeles Police Department.

For one, you're here at the Los Angeles Police Academy where we have a lot of tradition and a lot of first.

And today we're having our first Native American Community Police Advisory Board meeting.

Today is our badge ceremony.

So we are building a board which is helping our Native American and Indigenous community of Los Angeles.

The CPAB is what we call the Community Police Advisory Board, CPAB.

We'll be able to go out into the community and talk about what they've learned through the police.

They'll be able to educate our officers and dealing with the different cultures and the different folks in the Native American community.

And we're just going to have that resource.

Today we're releasing the LAPD's end-of-year crime data, as detailed in our 2025 annual review of crime and initiatives.

This is the lowest number of homicides since 1966.

Other violent crime categories show mixed results, and property crime and quality of life issues remain real concerns for many Angelinos.

We're not minimizing those challenges, and we're certainly not ignoring them.

That when we invest in our law enforcement, we see safer neighborhoods and real results.

As chair of the city's committee on public safety, my responsibility is to make sure that this progress lasts.

So the success we are seeing in my community can be experienced across the city of Los Angeles.

These artifacts remind us that preserving history means honoring all communities that shared the city.

Today we have the first of many presentations for Black History Month.

Here in the city of Los Angeles is always such a moving and vibrant celebration of the African American community in this city.

And this year we especially focus on the story of resistance and the role women have played in leading that story.

I think it's a game changer when you're recognized by the city of Los Angeles with your peers, other black women who lead throughout the city.

You just feel grateful.

It says everything that people are paying attention to the work that we're doing in the community.

Enjoy at the same time.

So to be part of that group and to be recognized for that is super exciting.

This is important because it is the celebration of 100 years of black history commemorations from 1926 to 2026, started by the father of black history, Carter G.

Woodson.

And we have to keep it going at a time that they're trying to erase it.

Not just for black people, but for everyone else that they're trying to take it away.

Black history is American history.

They say once a black community is free, then everybody will be free.

And that's something that we just always have to continue.

Remember because they try to erase that.

They try to erase the decades of struggle and sacrifice and success.

The black and African American community has undertaken in this country.

When there are other forces, other people who say that we shouldn't be celebrating our diversity.

We celebrate our diversity.

We honor black Americans for what black Angelinos have brought to our city.

But today we are specifically focused on the great women leaders in our black community.

So the Department of Cultural Affairs manages the bridge gallery.

This month's exhibition is entitled Black Women Lead.

There is some spectacular women there.

Every single woman on that that wild from sweet Alice who is 92 to the youngest person, this is not me, are still active.

They are still laying it down.

They are still getting up every day doing something.

It means to me that we get to celebrate those trailblazers.

I'm a civil rights lawyer by training.

And those trailblazing lawyers who open doors so that little black girls like me could go to schools like Harvard Law School, could practice civil law.

This month means everything.

It means that we are moving forward to make certain that our grandchildren and our children's children have something to stand on.

And we won't turn around.

So a hundred years and for a hundred more, we've got to continue to make a difference.

And not having a plan for dealing with a wildfire emergency is giving uh the you know the universe the chance to decide our fate.

If you come into my booth right over there and sign up your home, my safe LA will actually come and do an assessment to make sure that your house is prepared as possible.

This is Southern California.

We we are open to a lot of a lot of potential for emergencies.

So as a community, attending events like this and the city participating in events like this is key to educate members of the public to increase their resiliency.

So many different people that I've spoken to that were affected by the fires in the Palisades have told me the same thing.

I wish I would have grabbed this, or it would have been important if I grabbed this piece of paper to help me through my insurance process.

They wish they were a little bit more prepared in like what exactly, if you have five minutes, you have 10 minutes, you have 20 minutes.

What is it that you need to gather within your home that's so important to you?

I would highly recommend, as John had mentioned, maybe to photograph a lot of the items in your house.

So if you can for insurance purposes, do take photographs, put that in a safe place somewhere so that you have that available.

Public safety, resiliency.

It's not something that the LAPD or the fire department can do on their own, or you as a community can do on your own.

It's a group effort, it's a team.

The goal of Senior Service Day is really to bring different resources across different city departments and across different community organizations here in the area to inform our residents of what's available to them.

This is something we put together once a year with the collaboration of the City Attorney's Office to learn a little bit more about these programs and how to keep our seniors safe.

We have from the Department of Aging to the City Clerk's Office to the Council District Office, many, many different services here today.

It's a day set aside for seniors providing services, resources, knowledge, and information for them, their caregivers, and the community at large.

I'll have an outreach table and you can actually get grab materials and all that.

Yeah, it's important that we go out in the community and go meet the seniors where they are and provide the resources what they need and they are able to ask questions in real time and get answers.

Lots of people engage seniors via cell phone, email.

It's important that we provide them with information and support.

They're able to report this financial abuse to adult protective services, and we're there to guide them along the way.

And now coming up on things to do.

Join the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in LA's Chinatown for the 127th Golden Dragon Parade.

On Saturday, February 21st, beginning at 1 p.m.

Learn more at LA Chinese Chamber.org.

On Saturday, February 21st, join El Pueblo de Los Angeles for an event to honor African American Heritage Month.

This music celebration afternoon will include exhibits, cultural conversation, and food trucks.

Head to El Pueblo, the birthplace of Los Angeles for the Black History Month celebration on Saturday, February 21st, beginning at 12 p.m.

Get more details on this and other cultural events by following El Pueblo LA on Instagram.

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

For nearly a century, the Los Angeles Central Library has been a cultural treasure and research hub.

It's nine subject departments cover everything from science to international languages, while special collections feature rare books, historic travel posters, menus, fashion plates, and over 116,000 photographs documenting the city's past.

Visitors can enjoy docent tours or take part in programs ranging from citizenship classes to borrowing hiking gear or musical instruments to podcasting.

Truly a multitude of ways for Angelinos to explore and learn.

From all of us at LA City, you can watch these stories and more on Channel 35 or anytime at LACity.gov slash TV and follow us at LA City on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube.

Until next time, explore and enjoy all that Los Angeles has to offer, hey, hey.

The regularly scheduled meeting of your Los Angeles City Council.

Today is Friday, the twentieth day of February in the year twenty twenty-six.

Madam Clerk, if we can begin our proceedings by calling the role just for everybody present.

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

Madam Clerk.

Yes, sir.

Bloominville, Harris Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Hirado, Lee, McCosker, Nazarene, and Padilla, Park, Price, Rahman, Rodriguez Soto Martinez, Yaroslavsky, eleven members present and of course, Mr.

President.

All right.

Councilmember Raman moves.

Councilmember Soto Martinez seconds.

Can we run through our agenda?

Yes, sir.

Items one through seventeen are items for which public hearings have been held.

Items eighteen through twenty are items for which public hearing has not been held.

For item number twenty, the budget and finance committee report has been submitted and is available online under a council file number two six-0189.

Ten votes are required for consideration.

Thank you.

Mr.

Madam Clerk, if you let us know if that's a technical amendment where we can vote before public comment or not.

Any other specials members?

Councilmember Yaroslavski.

Uh thank you, Council President.

I have questions on item five and nine, five for the CAO, nine for Rack and Parts.

Um, hopefully after presentations.

Okay, thank you.

After presentations or before public comment.

Uh after presentations.

Okay.

All right.

Any other special members?

All right.

What's next?

Or what's what items are available for votes at this time?

Mr.

Price.

Oh, okay.

Um, Mr.

President.

Council may now vote on items one, two, four, six through eight, ten through seventeen, sir.

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

11 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Uh next would be uh would council like to go to presentations, sir.

Yes, uh, we have many great presentations this morning.

Uh we will begin uh by yielding the floor to Councilmember Hutt of the 10th Council District.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Colleagues, today I just would like to introduce some people from Ahana City, South Korea.

Uh Yogi Lee, Lee Han Earl, and Wu Don Wan.

They are here looking at Los Angeles, California because we're the entertaining entertainment capital of the world, and they are building a K-pop 50,000 seat complex in Huna.

So welcome our guests.

Thank you so much.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

People of Los Angeles are very happy to have you here and uh proud to show you what we've learned uh and what we haven't learned.

So thank you so much for being here.

Uh, we have another announcement by uh Councilmember Park of the 11th Council District.

Thank you, Council President and colleagues.

Today it is a real pleasure to welcome some very special guests to our John Ferraro Council Chambers, the incredible students from Open Magnet Charter School.

Open Magnets was actually founded by a dedicated group of parents and teachers as LA Unified's first magnet school, and they've built something really special in their project-based thematic approach that actually encourages students to think creatively and tackle real world challenges.

So check this out.

Every year, Miss Denise's class plans, designs, and builds a small-scale city set a hundred years in the future.

They imagine solutions to the problems they see today, and that kind of forward thinking is exactly what we need in LA's future leaders.

They run their classroom like a real city with a mayor, assistant mayor, city clerk, and city attorney leading daily meetings.

Each student also serves on a commission from building and safety to environmental to imagination.

And they take their role really seriously.

They even earn pay based on how well they do their jobs.

Now that's accountability at an early age.

My office invited them here today to see city government up close to learn how it works and even to watch it in action.

So you all are the future leaders here in Los Angeles.

You are innovators, you are problem solvers, and we are super excited to have you here with us.

Thank you, Council President.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Park, and welcome, welcome, welcome to our guests.

Our next uh presentation will be brought to us by Councilmember Blumenfield of the third district.

You might as well stand up here.

You bring greatness here to council.

You want to be surrounded by the greatness.

Come on, come on up.

Podium.

I haven't read your legs email yet.

All right.

All right, are we here?

Perfect.

Colleagues.

Fifty years ago, that's a half century for anyone counting.

Uh 12 women gathered in a living room with an idea that by coming together they could strengthen our local library and their community.

Today, we celebrate the remarkable legacy of that idea.

I stand here with members of the Woodland Hills Library Friends Group, including uh president and members and someone who you might recognize who's been around this chamber before.

He's on the executive uh committee.

This is Mr.

Dennis Zine, former city council member, my predecessor, uh, and member of the executive board of the library friends of the library.

It's an amazing group in the district.

And by the way, they talk the talk, they walk the walk, they took public transit to get here today.

Uh and taking public transit from Woodland Hills uh is a long way.

Uh, I mean, I made the drive, it takes me you know an hour and fifteen minutes.

You take public transit, it takes a lot longer.

I've done it, and I respect that you've done it, that you you did it to get here today.

So the initial purpose of this organization was to enhance the cultural life of our community through the encouragement of gifts, endowments, and memorials for the Woodland Hills branch library, and to provide the library with special and unusual items of great benefit, which cannot be purchased with the library's budget.

The Friends very first book sale.

You want to guess how much it raised?

1975, $400 in 1975, but that was a big deal back then.

Uh and they bought a cassette recorder.

And while we don't see a lot of cassette recorders anymore these days, we can still look around us and see all the incredible ways that the Friends have all the incredible things and ways that the Friends have brought life to the Woodland Hills Library.

From preserving the parking lot trees during reconstruction to funding security systems and providing world-class programming, including weekly yoga, the garden club, Shakespeare's program, Regency Dance Programs, and the No Ruse program.

The Woodland Hills Library is a very special place.

It's where my kids learn to read.

Friends of the Woodland Hills Library stepped in sometimes when we in government can't, whether it's here locally or across the nation.

They helped out libraries in New Orleans after the hurricanes.

So before I say anything else, I want to introduce Lena Dunn, who is the president, uh, and I want to give her a few moments to speak.

So, Lena.

Thank you.

Thank you, everyone.

It definitely is an honor uh to have all of you here to help us celebrate our 50th.

We are very proud of the five decades of accomplishments, but we are also mindful of the responsibility to carry this legacy into our next half century.

Through each of the decades and into this one, we have served our community with a combination of fundamental qualities needed for success.

We like to say that the friends have it.

It being innovation, tenacity, inclusion, and transparency.

The aprons that we wear proudly, and you see the pictures there, symbolize our services that we provide.

We sponsor a diversity of programs, offering a diverse buffet of programs.

Our quarterly book sales provide a genre banquet of books to please book lovers of all ages, tastes, and needs.

In response to the devastating impact of Prop 13 in 1978, our friends came up with a program that became a cookie cutter template for all other branches in which we were able to continue to provide best sellers to our libraries.

As of last year, we recognize the growing number of young student volunteers that have come to help us in our quarterly book sales.

They are adding enthusiasm, they are adding new ideas, and they are bringing unforetold energy into that whole event.

They wear their aprons proud.

They feel encouraged, they feel engaged, and they feel as if they belong.

To all of you here in this room, to City Council in particular, you too have it.

The innovation, the tenacity, the inclusion, and the transparency, providing a top shelf menu of services from programs to plans to leadership, and you serve it well to the people of this city of angels.

So the friends here as we stand before you would like to celebrate, in fact, all of you.

And to you, Mr.

Bloom and Field.

We would like to take you as the top shelf of this five-star service and first of all make you an honorary member of the Woodland Hills friends.

But also, we would like to present to you one of our aprons as a gift.

May you wear it well.

May you serve up continued success and joy.

And by the way, we'll see you at the book sale next week.

Thank you very much.

Well, I was not expecting to receive anything, but this I will wear this very proudly.

But I would like to share something with you and to give you all something that's not just from me, but it is from the entire city council.

This is a certificate.

Calligraphy, it's very nice.

It's signed by the mayor and all the council members.

So if you would please accept this small token of appreciation on behalf of all of us for the friends of the library.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Bloomfield, and another big round of applause for the Friends of Woodland Hills Library.

Uh, brought to us by Councilmember Monica Rodriguez of the Seventh Council District.

Thank you very much.

Good morning, colleagues.

Uh this is Valley Pride Day.

Thank you, Mr.

Bloom and Field for helping to kick us off.

And so, as a proud mighty tiger from our proud Northeast San Fernando Valley, I am really honored to bring in once again to the chambers here at the John Ferrero Chambers, another championship team.

It was back in 2017 that I first uh when I first took office that I was able to bring in the mighty tigers of San Fernando High School and their football team after winning their uh first championship.

I believe it was against Dorsey.

Uh and so now they made they did it again.

And so today it is my distinct honor to welcome the 2025 CIF City Champions, the San Fernando High School Tigers, to the players, the coaching staff, and the families, all the Tiger supporters in the audience here and at home.

Welcome to your Los Angeles City Hall.

But before we go any further, I'd like to open us up with the celebration with a performance from the none other than the Tiger Marching Band Cheer and Drill Team!

What?

You know, one of the greatest parts about being an LA City Council member and representing your alma mater, and the district that you've called home your entire life.

You know, the the chambers has been graced by San Fernando High School many, many times.

Not just because of the championships that our high school has helped bring home.

And I grew up at a time when our banded drill team, and I know uh where's uh Mr.

Perez, uh, this is a legacy, folks.

This is so beyond a generational event.

From the elected officials that graduated from San Fernando High School to the legacy instructors that were originally part of the championship banded drill team competitions back when I was in high school, there's a reason why I continue to sport my jacket.

And that is because Tiger Pride is palpable in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, and we are bringing it again here to the John Ferraro Chamber.

So I want to thank you all because you're keeping the spirit alive from the Northeast Valley.

So I want to thank and congratulate you all.

Thank you.

So for those of you unfamiliar with the history of the San Fernando High School story, it was established in 1896.

It's one of the oldest high schools in the San Fernando Valley.

It is also recognized as one of the oldest high schools in LA Unified.

San Fernando High School has produced extraordinary alumni, including, as many of you know, our Senator Alex Padilla, uh the mayor of Oakland, some of you don't know, Barbara Lee, former congresswoman, uh, and a number of other elected officials, including our current congresswoman, Luz Rivas, myself, uh I was the baby of the bunch bringing up the back end.

But um, you know, it's there's athletes, actors, musicians that have all had, they draw on the experiences of this incredible school.

We often say there's something in the water at San Fernando High School, and that is the truth.

San Fernando High School has a historic football program, winners of nine LA City section championships in 1937, 1953, 1967, 1974, 1975, 2012, 2013, 2017, and now 2025.

The team was led by Varsity head coach Charles Burnley and his coaching staff who guided the Tigers to their first city championship since 2017, defeating Cleveland High School in the championship game with a final score of 2114.

And this season was extra special because uh Coach Burnley was also nominated for the LA Rams High School Football Coach of the Year.

And as a nominee, he received a game ball and a thousand dollar equipment grant for the football program.

And this is in addition to a remarkable rivalry great rivalry game when we had uh a game between Silmar High School in San Fernando, where San Fernando won that game at the LA Memorial Coliseum, too.

And that was a real good time.

To the coaching staff, thank you for all of your work and your extra extra volunteer time and effort that you put to making this a championship team.

Um, you know, coaches are more than instructor, instructors of sport.

They are the mentors, the role models, and the builders of our community.

They teach our young people how to lead, how to follow, how to persevere, and how to win with humility and how to lose with grace.

To the players, your teammates, all with all next to you, these are the teammates that you're gonna remember for the rest of your life.

Those moments, uh who was the one reminds I got a I forget who it was who turned the course of uh the game in uh at the Coliseum.

Who was it that flipped the script there?

I'm telling you, that game, we were kind of getting swept by Silmar.

Well, well no, we weren't kind of getting swept, we were getting swept by Silmar.

And then all of a sudden, after the half, they come back from halftime, and in one move, turn that game around ultimately to win.

And I felt the energy shift from that.

So, congratulations to you.

I know it's a moment you'll never forget.

The work ethic that is developed, not just by these players through the competition in sport, but the same is true to the band and the drill team and cheer.

You work hard as a team to make it all work, to all come together to be the best representation of who we are as a community and who we are as a high school.

And you bring it every day.

You bring it at every game to the parents that go cheer it on, all the fans.

There's a reason why the mighty tiger spirit lives on very strong.

But that work ethic and that commitment is something that you're gonna, it's gonna carry you for the rest of your life.

It's carried me.

And so I'm really excited to have you all here in council chambers again today to get the well-deserved recognition and celebration that you all deserve.

So whether you go on to play at a professional level, you're gonna take all the tools that you garnered in these experiences, and it's gonna carry you through for the rest of your life.

It takes work, sacrifice, and dedication.

And this success and this ring that you all have earned is really something that I know is gonna live with you for the rest of your life.

So to the families for all the carpooling and all the support that you give every part of this operation, I want to say thank you and congratulations to you, because it wouldn't have been impossible without your support.

And so uh so now I'd like to uh hand the mic over to uh principal meia to say a few words.

Thank you.

Thank you, uh Ms.

Rodriguez and um council members, uh staff, uh members of law enforcement, parents, staff at the school site, and mighty tigers.

Bueno, yes, good morning.

My name is Mr.

Mejia, I'm the proud principal of San Fernando High School, and I say that because I have to pinch myself a lot of times because I I'm I'm excited to be there, and I'm excited to be part of this community and this institution.

As was mentioned, the school was founded in 1896.

That's over a hundred years.

That's a long time.

One of the strongest features of San Fernando High School is our legacy, right?

And you can't fabricate that, you can't create that.

And as our council member just mentioned, mentioned all the the folks that came out of San Fernando.

I also want to acknowledge Las Mamas, Las Tillas, the dads, the uncles that come from San Fernando High School, because they're also part of that legacy.

The first day of school, this is my second year, but the first day of school, I still remember that.

I was greeted with this energy.

I had a big welcome with the big tiger head, and I hope everybody in here felt that energy, right?

And since then, the folks that I've met have told me what San Fernando's all about, right?

And that's what I want everybody here to feel.

Our cheer squad has had the taste of championship victory, right?

Our drilling team, drill uh abandoned drill.

This past year, we had eight members in the world famous Rolls Parade, marching five miles.

I think it's a little longer than five miles, right?

Mr.

Pettis.

But we had eight members, which is the most we've had, and then our football team was able to win the championship and go into state playoffs.

And these three forces combined, played in the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

That's a big deal.

Yes, let's get that big round of applause.

Yes, and we beat some more, okay?

But with all that said, I I hope you can feel my enthusiasm when I describe San Fernando High School and what it's all about, right?

So I I also want to take this opportunity to invite folks from the east side, from the south, south central, northeast Mela, right?

The valley, the West Side Valley.

I want to invite you to the neighborhoods of Mission Hills and Pacoima, specifically San Fernando High School.

I want you to see what it is that we're doing there.

I'm I'm excited that our kids got a chance to come over here, but I want you, City Hall, to come over there.

I want to see what we're doing out there, and you're always welcome, okay?

Because the Tigers, we roar proud, we roar loud, and we roar forever.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Principal Mejia.

And so, uh Mr.

Harris Dawson, pending no uh good.

So uh again, I want to thank you all for being here today.

This is another very special moment that we get to celebrate the great energy and talent coming out of the Northeast San Fernando Valley.

Uh, to the players, thank you for bringing it again.

It's it's one of the greatest moments of pride for me to continue to support my black and goal, and remind everybody in the city of Los Angeles where it's at.

So thank you so much.

Congratulations, Tigers, and uh I have a certificate that uh we're gonna be doing we're gonna be doing a formal presentation on the steps.

But uh colleagues and everyone in the crowd and to all the families, this championship wasn't achieved alone.

It was everybody.

Congratulations, mighty tigers, you make us proud.

Marching band and football team.

Uh before we go to public comment, Madam Clark, I believe we have a few items uh that we can take up at this time.

Uh Mr.

President, uh items five and nine.

Uh Councilmember Yar Slowski had questions, so I'm not sure if those questions were answered, but otherwise I have to wait until after public comment, sir.

We're ready to go.

After okay, all right, so we'll move to public comment.

And Mr.

President, before I read the instructions for public comment, uh Mr.

Herman, I don't oh, you're in the back.

Mr.

Herman, this is your first and only formal warning.

I noticed that you disrupted the principal when he was giving his speech during the presentation.

You are here every day.

You are welcome to be here, but you are not allowed to interrupt the presentations or the proceedings of this body.

This is your first and only formal warning.

If you interrupt or disrupt this proceedings again, you'll be subject to removal pursuant to rule seven and rule twelve.

With that, I will read the instructions to people providing public comment.

When it's your turn to speak, please state which of the agenda items you'd like to speak to.

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

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 were on topic, you will get one brief warning from me or the council president.

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

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

The items open for public comment on the agenda are items eighteen through twenty.

So again, the items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items eighteen through twenty.

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.

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

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 under the ADA in order to make use of the wireless handheld microphone, once you hear the name that you signed up under, called allowed to speak, please raise your hand and let the sergeants know at either side of the council chambers that you would like to make use of the wireless handheld mic.

One final announcement.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

All right.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Martin Barrera, and I am the workforce equity coordinator for jobs to move America as Western States team.

As an advocate for high road jobs and workers' rights, the city and county has a responsibility to not just invest in the necessary infrastructure and transportation to host these upcoming global sporting events, but to mitigate the well documented harms these events bring to our communities.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Andrew Gillispi, Taylor Swifty, Jesus Jesus Rojas, Mike Code Bayan, and Fatima Murieta.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

People are well aware that the police are turning a blind eye to violence and threatened violence.

You each need to issue public statements asking the governor to do a military level investigation of extreme police misconduct.

If you're unwilling to take this no cost action, then please explain to residents why you don't think they deserve this highest level of police oversight.

Mr.

Herman, I'm going to ask that based on the accommodation request that you submitted to the clerk's office that you please wait and tell the officers provide you with the wireless handheld microphone.

So we're going to move on to the next speaker.

But if your name was called, then let the sergeants know so that you can use the wireless microphone.

This is the only time I'm going to ask you, so please wait until they provide the wireless microphone.

And I would remind that you've already been warned for disrupting this meeting.

Next speaker.

I know, but he needs the he has made an accommodation request to make use of the wireless microphone formally with the clerk's office.

So I have warned you before that if we are happy to abide by your accommodation request.

But for right now, can we please move on to the next speaker?

Okay.

Mr.

Herman, this is the final warning at future meetings.

Again, we are doing our best to abide by your accommodation request that you submitted.

But you cannot play games and come and line up.

When you hear the name that you sign up and are called aloud, please let the sergeants know so they can, like everybody else, bring you the wireless handheld microphone.

And I would note that we've had to waste time to explain this to you multiple times.

We're not going to continue to play games.

Hey asshole, can you please re report the numbers by speaking?

Please start the time.

Please start the time.

Um economic bullshit.

There are no jobs in California, let alone there are no jobs in Los Angeles.

The recommendations is this.

If you want a good paying job, don't come to California because it's a fucked up state.

Um 25-0893 for the record, asshole.

None to number five.

The items that are open for public comment are 18 through 20.

That's what I asked you earlier.

Stick to the items.

You would have heard if you would have been listening earlier.

Stick to the items.

We're gonna move you to general public comment.

I got all the time in the world here, bro.

So the sitting attorney up there has asked me, the chief legislative analyst, Armando Herman for the record, to announce that I am authorizing not the mayor, but I, the new mayor, not Roman Noodle who's running for mayor, but I am the new legislative body of Los Angeles.

Vote for me.

This is not on the agenda.

I'm gonna move to general.

You have one minute for general public comment.

What's that?

I said you have been warned.

I can't on the agenda.

So I'm not sure.

You have one minute for general.

Your time is running.

All right, dickhead.

Under the case, BS162859, the city of Los Angeles versus Michael Hunt, Carol Bose Goodson, put on record that with people yelling and screaming, they care a lot about the issues, growth, you dick.

Countless F bombs, the court soul.

He cursed you.

Oh, Farrell said, Yes, Your Honor.

Did he say fuck you?

That kind of thing?

Yes, Your Honor.

So in council chambers?

No, it was outside council and the rotunda with children.

So there are no fucking children in here.

And I'm gonna get loud.

Mr.

Herman, address the body, not the audience.

40 GSC 1983.

And your time has expired.

If we hear you again and you disrupt this meeting, you'll be subject to removal.

You've been warned prior.

I don't know if you heard that warning, but to be clear, you have been warned.

And by the way, Mr.

Herman, as I've told you numerous times at the mic and privately, if you abide by the rules here, you will get your full time at public comment like everybody else.

But you cannot disrupt this meeting.

I'm sorry, speaker.

Which I what would you like to speak to?

Good morning.

This is regarding about housing emergency household voucher.

I was here last week.

Okay, good.

You have one minute for general public comment, but afterwards I'm gonna ask if you could wait at the side as well.

Go ahead.

Yes, my name is Carmen Klose, and uh I have emergency butchered what they told the city they sent me a letter telling me the expire in August.

I handicap on I have four surgeries in my leg.

I'm gonna have one more surgery next month.

Please do not cut the budget.

This is supposed to be cut in 2030, anyways.

So why they tried to kick us out?

I already slipped in my car.

I was in the shelter for five months and a half.

Please help us.

We need the roof in our head.

I cannot be a homeless again.

It's very difficult for me.

Being handicapped, and now the city, they just told us that we had to aggregate.

This is not possible.

Please, I ask you, please help us.

We need your help.

God bless you.

Thank you so much for your kind work.

Thank you.

Thank you, Speaker.

And again, if you could just wait at the side just so they can get a little more information from you.

We'd appreciate it.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh general public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Fatima Morieta.

I'm a senior organizer with jobs to America, and I'm a resident of CD4.

At JMA, we organize alongside workers, labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizations nationwide to create real accountability when public dollars are spent.

As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 World Olympic Games and heavily invests in public infrastructure and transportation.

It is critical that lawmakers and public agencies have strong tools to promote transparency and accountability and respect for human rights throughout its supply chains.

Over the last few years, JMA has conducted research into Hyundai.

It's a and it's official sponsor of FIFA, a long-standing member.

Our leisure shows that companies in Hyundai K US supply chain have been linked to child labor, exploitative migrant prison labor practices, and serious environmental abuses.

Thank you.

And I know we have some new faces here, so for people who are new, um, or if you just forgot, if you run out of time and you'd like to provide additional public comment, you can always do so in writing at LA Council.com.

Again, that's la council.com.

You can find that URL at the top of every council agenda, or you can do a quick Google search.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh my name is Mai Kodbian.

Good morning, city councils.

Um, I have uh the same problem with the lady spoke before.

Okay, so one minute for general and then uh I just guys want to get the help from you, please.

I can't leave my information anything, any representative from the city hall, city council, and have a contact with me because we have a big problem.

We have another five months, and after five months, we're gonna get out.

We're gonna stay in outside.

I need just help from you guys from LA County, and I'm ready to just I can wait in the outside.

Anybody can come representative and I can introduce myself and have a talk about it, please.

Thank you.

Thank you, speaker.

Same thing.

If you could just wait at the the right hand side of the and then I believe if I could ask the sergeants to ask the same questions and get that information to see if we can provide some assistance.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh general public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Hi, my name is Casus Rojas for the Apartment Association or Great Los Angeles.

Aglas strongly opposes the proposed requirement being placed on rental housing providers to post immigration right materials for the city.

Rental housing providers are private businesses and not paid outreach contractors for the city.

In fact, the city is already paying many contractors to do such outreach and education work, including Sage and various community organizations as part to as part of State House LA.

If the city wants to hire rental housing providers to distribute the materials as well, then they should equally be paid for such work.

It is not right that the city is asking the housing providers for help when they don't help the housing providers.

In addition, the city should utilize LAWP's existing resources, a monthly building statements to include a link to these new materials on the city's website.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Kelly C, Lara, Ebony Goodwin, Harriet Elliott, CJ Matis, John R.

Carmen Clues, and Rin Rada J.

Good morning.

Assume all items in general public comment?

Good morning, sir.

Yes, all items and general comments.

And that would be items 18 through 20 plus general.

So you have three minutes and then one minute after that.

All right.

Okay, let's go through 18 to 20.

Listen, I was excited.

I woke up and Miss Hunt was talking about coupons.

And I said, it's 8 o'clock.

I don't want to go to council.

Can we put it on the colour?

I'm gonna go, Miss you, Ms.

Hunt for Mr.

Candido.

Get me, but we can't go back.

We gotta go forward.

Mr.

Candido, I'm pausing your time.

So hold on.

Okay.

Um the items that are open for public comment are 18 through 20.

So I'm gonna ask that you stick to those items 18 through 20.

Correct.

Go ahead.

I was very excited about.

I want to hear what Miss Raman, I want to hear more from Miss Raman and Miss Raman, thank you for challenging.

Thank you for making this city better because you're willing to challenge.

And I look forward to hearing from you and the mayor.

And uh we will all make our Mr.

Kendido.

This is your final warning.

You this sounds like general public comment.

1819.

No, you stick to 18, 19, and 20, or you can move to general and you can continue if you'd like.

Okay.

Well, let's go to general uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Uh Miss uh Ms.

Rodriguez, uh, you know, San Fernando High School.

You know, that's a gem out there.

That's a goal mine out the talent that comes from that.

If you look at Alex Padilla, if you look at others who have come from that uh school, uh we really need to do more to nurture that school.

Uh but we need to nurture them in in good and kind and not in corruption.

And there are elements that are corrupt.

And so let's please, please, let's do everything to make sure sure that these children from San Fernando become leaders and not criminals.

And uh again, Miss Rodriguez, uh, thank you for that.

Uh, you know, uh sir, I I do have to make a comment as my health gets worse.

If I want to use the microphone, can I have that choice?

If I want to use this, can I have it?

If you based on my health, understood.

Okay, but I I'm not asking you to say anything, and this goes for everybody.

So I your comments done, I assume.

Hold my just as a as a general announcement.

If you'd like to make an accommodation request, as we include in the instructions, you're always welcome to do so.

You can file a formal one with the clerk's office, or you can let the sergeants know at this meeting.

But but of course, I mean, we will take that under consideration.

I have five seconds.

Uh, Mr.

Bloomfield, your staff, Miss Elizabeth uh so kind, put up with me.

She was very kind and uh appreciate her her help.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

General public comment.

Good morning.

You have one minute.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Uh Boya traduce La Pagina 500 201 de uh Ron Johnson.

I'm gonna translate the page 521 from Ron Johnson.

El Senador de Wisconsin, it's gonna be our own libro.

Say ama transhuman genocide.

The Senator Wisconsin uh wrote a book.

Uh, it's called Transhuman Genocide.

And layo Teoria de Quanta, que it is your quantum.

And the quantum theory, it means quantum.

On the electromagneticas.

Lo qua lo que es significas.

Pagetes individuales que equivale a quanta de arenia.

Um electromagnetic waves.

Uh they look like uh pulses.

They entered here.

See, cut up photon.

Each package is called a photo uh phone call.

Uh Cambio de Autor a creyented um uh Renee Pittman.

Uh change from author to believer, Ray Renee Pittman.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh General Comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Hello, my name is Ebony Goodwin, and I'm a survivor of human trafficking and the harp and the founder of Harbor of Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors on their journey to healing independence and freedom from trafficking related trauma.

While there is often discussion about arresting traffickers and buyers, we must also address what happens after the rescue.

Survivors need stable housing, mental health care, and long-term support to truly heal and remain free.

Harbor of Hope stands on rescue alone is not recovery.

We are ready to partner with the city by providing survivor-led outreach, trauma-informed so support services, and community education to ensure those impacted have immediate access to resources.

Behind every policy is a real person waiting to heal, a life waiting to be rebuilt, and a survivor wondering if their community truly sees them.

I am living proof that recovery is possible, but even when our community chooses to act together, we ensure real path.

Speaker, your time has expired.

That's it's okay.

Next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Robert M.

Valerie Lissarga, Emma has Bobby, and Nick Stewart Block.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Um for a general comment.

Okay, go ahead.

You have one minute.

Good morning, council members.

Um, my name is Renora Jong Thomas Hid.

I work with Thai Committee Development Center as a legal representative.

Uh serving immigrants' communities and trafficking survivors in Los Angeles.

LA has a responsibility to prevent human trafficking, especially labor trafficking around major spotting events.

The World Cup is less than six months away, but the required human rights plan has not been released.

The deadline to submit it to the city was December 31st, 2025.

Transparency is critical, especially in today's anti-immigrant crime awaivers and winnerable workers need to know what protections are in place.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Morning, it'll be general comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Uh good morning.

My name is Andrew Gillespie, and I work at Starbucks here in Los Angeles.

I'm here to talk about the need to pass the fast food fair work ordinance, specifically the need for know your rights training for all new hires.

Corporations like Starbucks rely on workers like me not knowing the rights that the state of California affords me.

They exploit that lack of knowledge in order to drive profits at the expense of our well-being.

They rely on us feeling like we can't speak up when our rights are violated.

At Starbucks, this led to hundreds of unfair to labor practice charges, which is why we've been on strike since November.

But most fast food workers are not yet organized as a union, and the corporations will keep on taking advantage of our communities as long as we don't know our rights.

That is why it is imperative that the fast food fair work ordinance passes, which will ensure that all fast food workers in this city are fully aware of their rights and that we know what to do when those rights are being denied or abused.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call up Stephanie Richard, Alex Chavez, Joe C.

Sergeant Gunny, get Devin Blacks, and Ty D.

Forrest Foreman.

Good morning.

What items would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Thank you.

Hello, my name is Nick Stewart Block, and I'm here representing Lane and the Fair Games Coalition, which has been demanding that mega events like the Olympics and World Cup benefit our city and its working people.

We're here today with several community groups to remind you that Los Angeles has a responsibility to address human and labor trafficking, particularly at mega events where evidence shows they increase.

And we are calling on these issues to be addressed in both the human rights reports for the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games, and that both of these reports be released immediately.

They are both long overdue, and the and public review is essential to making sure this process is transparent.

The Fair Games Coalition has recently been joined by a chorus of elected officials and public figures calling for Casey Wallsmer to resign.

So we're also demanding that Angelinos get a transparent and inclusive process to like select the next leader of the games.

The decision to lead this cannot be made behind closed doors.

Workers, community leaders, and elected officials must have a real voice.

The games belong to the working people of Los Angeles, and their leadership must reflect our city's values of transparency, accountability, and respect for working families.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I would like to call the last three names on the list Dennis Owee Jr.

and Cal Kent.

General comment.

Good morning.

You have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Valerie Lizaraga.

I am the assistant director of policy and organizing for jobs to move America.

I am also here to urge the city council to immediately release the draft FIFA human rights plan.

And for the plan to be put on the full council agenda for review, our city and county is investing heavily in these major international sporting events, and it is critical that measures are taken to ensure transparency, accountability, and respect for human rights throughout supply chains.

The World Cup is less than six months away.

The required human rights plan has still not been released to the public.

There are well documented human rights concerns involving companies in the supply chain of one of FIFA's major sponsors, Hyundai Kia.

We are asking for the immediate release of the draft FIFA human rights plan and for the council to also follow through with its commitments to review the LA 28 human rights plan, which it promised to do in February.

We stand with community partners, including the Sunita Jain Antitrafficking Initiative in calling for the plans to be released in advance of the meeting to allow for meaningful community review and follow-up and input.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Hello, my name is Professor Stephanie Richard, the director of the Sunita Jane Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Loyola Law School.

I'm here to urge the city council to immediately release the draft human rights plan from FIFA and LA 28.

Advocates and experts cannot provide meaningful guidance if we are shut out of this process.

At a time when our federal government is adopting policies that make immigrant communities more vulnerable to exploitation, cities like Los Angeles must lead.

Transparency is one of the few tools we have to ensure real protections for workers, immigrants, and those most at risk of human trafficking.

For human trafficking advocates, these human rights plans are historic.

For the first time, both FIFA and LA 28 are required to include anti-trafficking measures.

And this is long overdue.

So I urge you today to release the human rights plan.

And I stand here to ask where are they and when will the public be allowed to review it?

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh it's a public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Alexander Chavez.

I'm a student advocate with the Cenita Jane Anti-Trafficking Initiative with Loyola Law School.

Um I want to speak about FIFA and the upcoming Super Bowl.

And I wanted to talk about how Los Angeles has the responsibility to prevent both sex and labor trafficking in the upcoming Super Bowl and the major sporting events.

And especially focus on labor trafficking as it often goes undermined.

But data shows that it actually increases during major sporting events.

FIFA and LA 28 were required to submit their human rights plans December 31st of last year.

It's already February and it's nowhere to be found.

It's less than six months away from the World Cup, and we have no idea how FIFA plans to address the increased labor and sex trafficking at these major sporting events that we're going to bring to LA.

Given the anti-immigration climate, many Angelina workers are left vulnerable, and the city should immediately release the draft report to place human rights human rights plan and the full council agenda for review in February as promised.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh public comment.

I understand you're buying things, but what a receipts are the big over here.

Some of y'all making millions and millions and millions of dollars.

I'm looking if you buy something and you're buying it for the people of LA, what a receipts.

I guess that may be right.

You know why it's right though?

Because y'all don't need no receipts.

But if I took some money and was working for your whatever, and I brought something that's for the company and also for the city, I would be arrested if I didn't come back with uh with the receipts.

A lot of y'all are doing it on different levels.

County, state, city.

All thieves.

You never saw this much money in your life before.

And I'm looking at it like this, though.

A lot of people coming out of the houses.

What are we gonna do about that?

And then not being evicted by the sheriff, then being evicted by managers and uh of the landlord.

This is uh barocacy.

Y'all are thank you, and I'll talk to you another time.

Y'all are full of shit.

Next speaker.

I don't know if I could follow there, but uh, good morning.

What would you good morning?

What would you like to speak to?

Um, yes.

Um, so Michelle Hopewalker, uh political scientist, civil rights leader, justice for black women.

Okay, so what you have one minute for general.

I gotta start my time again because you asked.

Hold on.

I know, but what would you like to speak to?

Oh, it's uh general public comment, and then the other one was about the civil rights.

Uh so I didn't get a chance to get the number on it.

Uh so I'm not saying anything.

Okay, let's so it'll be one minute for general.

Go ahead.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

First of all, I came here today to the meeting during Black History Month to say thank you to my councilwoman, Heather Hutt, and all of the other Black Council people here, and also all of the Black leaders.

This is Black History Month.

And then I also want to say thank you and honor all the city council people and all the put politicians and political leaders here who helped to support black people policies, policies that help black people.

Um, and a most definitely our mayor, Karen Bass.

Uh, thank you for Karen Bass, um, our mayor, and I just will say if y'all could just stop the racism against Karen Bass.

I've never seen them uh as Malcolm X say disrespect and unprotective black woman, then they do our black mayor.

Um and anyway, so my key thing is again racism against black women.

Let's stop that.

But my key point was coming to say thank you for all that you do us Black History Month, and I want to thank you.

I'm your girl, Michelle Hopewalker.

Thank you.

Council President, that's all the speakers for public comment.

All right, uh, before we uh end public comment for this morning, want to hear from Councilmember Hernandez.

Yes, thank you, Councilman.

I have a motion that I've introduced uh under Rule 23, and I have some comments.

Uh colleagues, I rise today because we're facing a manufactured catastrophe by the President of the United States.

I'm co-introducing a resolution to oppose the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, verification of eligible status.

The city did something similar six years ago.

This rule would mandate aggressive uh citizenship verification for every member of a household, effectively barring mixed status families from federal housing assistance, even if one family member has an ineligible immigrant stat uh immigration status.

It is a direct threat to the stability of working class families, a strike against mixed status households where U.S.

citizens and green card holders are already struggling to stay housed.

We must look at the numbers and understand what this is.

Nationwide, 96% of those affected are people of color, 86% are Latinx, nearly half, 46 46% are children.

And in Los Angeles, this rule would put an estimated 1,700 families at risk of eviction.

I know a handful of us have public housing in our districts, and Council District 1, 14, 5, and others.

And uh 15, I mean.

Uh sorry, apologies.

Uh 15 would also be impacted.

And I believe even Council District 11.

Uh, and council district three.

So this impacts a majority of our city, and we stood against this uh and I dent this identical injustice back in 2019, so about six years ago.

And but this time it is different.

The third Tangelinos became immediate the moment this rule was posted.

This is why we're invoking Rule 23 today.

The need for this resolution, the need to stand up for these families is urgent.

Thank you, Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, Councilmember Isabah Jurado, and Councilmember Tim McCosker uh for supporting and throwing down with this.

Uh and as we've seen from this unhinged federal administration, chaos is the name of the game.

This is a calculated act of systemic cruelty, a policy that weaponizes yet another department to achieve a political end.

We cannot, we must not allow this to happen.

Colleagues, I urge every one of you to vote in support of this resolution and to stand up for mixed status families.

In Los Angeles, we don't evict families because of their immigration status.

We protect our own.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, colleagues.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Hernandez.

Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much, Mr.

President.

Thank you very much, Councilmember.

I rise in support of the resolution and opposition to the proposed rule, which will go through in normal times, would go through a rulemaking process.

I think it's important for us to act now because we do not know what rules apply in this administration.

I want to be very clear.

This is not a rule that is designed to protect taxpayers or designed to protect close a loophole.

Those are both false arguments by the administration.

There are no undocumented immigrants who are being subsidized.

Actually, this is if this rule were to be implemented, and there's a lot of reasons that the council member just described why this rule should be opposed.

But if this rule were to be implemented, it would be very bad for federal taxpayers and very bad for local taxpayers.

This is a harmful rule because folks pay actually additional amounts if they have a mixed status family, and we would be basically reducing the overall income of the housing department, which again is not the rule, the not the argument I would want to lead with, but it just shows the falsity of the arguments being presented.

But also putting out hundreds and hundreds of families onto the street would be increasing poverty, increasing homelessness, and that is also bad for the local taxpayers.

Again, not the argument I want to lead with, but I just want to show that this is at best, this is bad public policy.

At worst, which I suspect, this is cruelty, just masquerading as governance.

So I stand in support of the motion.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

McCosker, Mr.

Dezarian.

Thank you.

Uh Councilman uh Hernandez for introducing this.

If it wasn't for the restrictions of the Brown Act requirements, I would have been honored to also second it and join you in this effort.

Uh and and as my colleague from the 1-5 said, the insincerity of this administration, the constant disguising, this is the exact response back that we need to be providing.

So thank you for taking the leadership on doing this.

All right, thank you, members.

Uh, Madam Clerk, what's before us on this item?

Um, present now, uh, it would be best for the council to vote on the findings or justification just provided by council member Hernandez.

And then uh following that, uh there needs to be an opportunity for the public to make comment on it, and then finally the vote.

But at this point, how about the findings, sir?

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

12 eyes.

All right, and now we'll open up public comment for this item only.

So if you want to speak on this item only, go ahead and line up on the side and we'll just bring you up as you come.

Thank you, sir.

Gentlemen.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I appreciate that.

And I appreciate Mr.

McClosker, Mr.

Zarian, uh, Ms.

Hernandez.

You guys are always fighting uh for those in Los Angeles who need someone to have them, you know, to fight for them.

Uh I appreciate that, but again, here I was really hoping to hear from Ms.

Rahman.

I hope that she'll make some comments.

Uh, but again, uh, this is one city, one people, and uh, you know, I fight with you guys all the time because I want to see the best of you.

I want to see the best.

I've been here for 30 something years, and I've seen the best and the worst.

So I'm looking forward to seeing the best of you.

Thank you.

All right, that concludes public comment on this item.

Uh, Madam Clerk, what's before us?

All right, we can vote on this one.

I got uh council member Hernandez on the queue again.

All right, all right.

So let's uh open the roll on special one, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Twelve eyes.

All right, what's next?

Forthwith.

All right.

Uh next uh council has items 18 through 20, sir.

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

12 eyes.

All right, what's next?

Next would be item three, and that was uh uh called special for amendment motion hut soda martinez, which has been circulated now, sir.

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

Twelve eyes.

All right, what's next?

Next are items five and nine, and that was called special by Council Member Yaroslavsky.

All right, let's go with item number five.

Councilmember Yarosovsky.

Um, thank you very much.

I have a couple questions for the CAO, Mr.

Zabo.

Thank you, Mr.

Zabo.

Um, thank you, Council President.

Uh colleagues, I pulled this item because going through the report.

Um there were some alarm bells going off in my head.

Uh we didn't hear this item in budget and finance.

Uh so I have a couple few questions for Mr.

Zabo uh to help us understand the implications of the amendment.

Um so just a few questions.

So this contract began as a three-year two million dollar agreement in 2019.

Uh with this amendment, the contract rises to 42 million.

Uh can you walk us through how the scope evolved from the original contract is something more than 20 times its initial size?

Uh, and at what point the city determined this was still appropriately handled through amendments rather than a new procurement, including for subs.

Okay, sure.

Um Matt Zabo, City Administrative Officer.

So this is um uh uh to be clear, this is a uh uh recommendation to extend the terms of the contract uh that we have with Ernston Young and multiple uh sub uh consultants.

Um this so to your first question this uh why did this not go to budget and finance?

This was uh contemplated and included in the project budget that was approved by the the full council um uh earlier this year or late last year.

Uh the um EY has been with us since 2019.

Um they were selected through a uh open procurement process.

The uh subconsultants that are in the report today uh were also uh largely uh selected through uh a uh uh RFP um and and just for the full council's benefit.

Um Ernston Young Um is providing project management support that is uh essential to the success of the project.

There they work for us, right?

There's we we spent um multiple meetings, multiple hours talking about our relationship with APCLA.

Um EY and the subconsultants are are there to support the city to protect the city.

Um so they will be their their uh role um has necessarily evolved from when we want from the conceptual phase to the project management phase.

So for example, the EY also produced the economic impact study that was considered by this body before we took the uh and net next steps on the early works agreement before we made the larger decision.

So they did that work to support those decisions.

Now they will be working on project management and specifically they'll be uh monitoring the project schedule, design review, quality assurance, uh reviewing completion milestones and occupancy readiness, reviewing and advising on project changes and relief events, and providing uh support uh for uh dispute resolution.

Um the subconsultants will provide uh technical uh support.

And let me just get you a list of those.

Um we have um Mott McDonald, which is included, um they're our technical and subject matter expert.

Uh we have an independent cost estimator involved.

We have um uh sign value, which is our subject matter expert on signage.

Um each of those were selected uh either with the initial RFP in 2019 or separate RF uh separate procurements.

So Mott McDonald was uh was selected through a separate uh RFP subsequent to uh to EY.

Um our cost estimator was uh selected in 2023 uh through a separate RFP as well.

Um so it's uh the the nature of the work is evolving and it is uh they're providing the critical support, and and BOE is here also to address the support that uh these consultants provide to the Bureau of Engineering on a daily basis, uh, as we are now fully within the uh construction phase of the project.

Thank you.

Uh so construction is expected to continue through 2029.

Um this extension takes us through June of next year.

Um should we anticipate additional amendments to beyond this 42 million dollars?

And I know that we have an overall consultant amount that we've budgeted of 70 million, which doesn't just include this contract, but it includes people like Jennifer Halstedt and potentially others.

Do we think still that with um what we have to do left on this contract and all the other contractors that we have separate from this agreement, like Jennifer, that we're gonna stay within the 70 million dollar cap that's in the budget?

That's certainly the plan.

I mean, that's certainly the the goal, that is the budget.

Um we think we have uh we proposed uh a substantial budget for city retain costs given the uh given the high level of risk with this project.

Um we did not want to um short the city on its capacity to properly uh manage this uh this project.

I fully expect that we'll be back for uh another amendment.

Um I I do expect that we will uh exhaust the 70.6 million, which was uh contemplated in the uh uh in the final council action, uh but we're recommending this uh interim step uh currently because they have uh the contracts uh have been exhausted as of uh as of December.

So the work that's been happening since December has basically been at risk.

Uh so we do need to uh pay these consultants for the work that they've done and authorize their work for the uh uh for the immediate future.

Okay, great.

Um, just a few more questions.

So Ernst and Young is working, as you mentioned, with several subcontractors who are providing um technical and subject matter expertise.

And I'm wondering what mechanisms are in place to make sure that the subs um are doing what they're supposed to be doing, that they're following timelines.

I mean, you and I were just talking, we had a conversation about where it is in all of the contracts and the contracts with the subs where we've built in protections to make sure that this project is delivered on time and on schedule.

And you noted that APCLA, there are provisions built into that contract that incentivize and or punish uh for compliance for finishing early or for finishing late.

And um if there's an opportunity for us through this contract amendment or subsequent agreements with EY to build in incentives or punish or or penalties for not finishing the project on time and on budget.

Um my understanding is that it's it's fairly common to include those sorts of provisions.

And just want to make sure we're doing everything we can using whatever leverage we have, in this case, a doubling of the contract from 20 ish million to 42 million to build in some protections so that our team is incentivized to move with all haste and diligence to deliver the project on time and on schedule.

And so the question is whether or not we can build into this amendment or some sort of subsequent agreement an incentive structure to encourage Ernston Young and their subs to deliver the project on time on a budget.

And that would also extend to Jennifer Halstead, who's our I guess owner's rep of sorts.

But uh for future amendments, we can certainly look at that.

I just I just would like to clarify and emphasize that these consultants are here to protect the city.

They are not responsible for delivering the project.

That is APCLA, and we and they are they are there to help us hold APCLA and the joint venture accountable for what they committed to delivering in the project agreement.

Um they are there for due diligence.

There, they are not there to deliver the project.

So I just would want to create that distinction between holding uh a consultant that is responsible for advising the city and providing support to the city accountable for what we're asking them to do.

We need to hold APCLA accountable for for what they are committed to doing, and these consultants provide the essential support to the city to BOE and to the project executive to give us the tools to do that.

Um but we certainly can explore that.

Understood.

Um the last thing I just want to ask for is that whether it's to committee to budget and finance a monthly update on where we are with change orders, with staying on time and on budget.

I think that's really important.

Um and I also want transparent accounting on where we are from Jennifer from the Ernst and Young team.

If we are over budget, I want them to say so.

Protecting the city means telling the truth and doing it in a public way so that we all can make good decisions as the policymakers.

So they they need to tell the truth, they need to come and tell us where we are and not try and gussy it up, put lipstick on a pig.

We need to know where we are.

Um, and that's something that I think this body in the city and our taxpayer, the taxpayers of the city deserve.

So I'm expecting that level of transparency from them as we move through this and try and keep this thing on time and on budget.

So thank you.

Understood, thank you.

Thank you so much, uh, Councilwoman Yarosovsky.

Councilmember Rahman.

Oh, I just had a follow-up question to Councilmember Yaroslavsky, which is uh somewhat similar to her last question, uh, which is where are these delivery outcomes being tracked?

So, in addition to the reporting, is there an internal tracker of delivery outcomes and costs being spent, as well as increases that our staff can refer to between you know publicly facing reports.

Uh yes, so we will be providing our our first status report on all of the timelines, all of the deliverables, all of the costs where we are on each of the uh areas of expenditure the first week of March.

And then as Councilmember Yarazowski had mentioned, we will then have monthly updates to that with with public hearings moving forward until project completion.

So you'll you'll have the first uh the first report on on all of those uh within uh within two weeks.

And those monthly updates are being provided in which forum?

In in the budget and finance committee?

At the council's pleasure, uh full council, budget and finance uh uh economic development committee, um, all three uh as the council wishes.

But every council member will get a copy when you release it.

Certainly will, and and as is always the case, um, we're happy to provide uh briefings to to any council member, uh whether you're on the committee or not uh on on the status uh on a monthly basis.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Rahman.

Thank you, uh Mr.

Zable.

Uh all right, that's item five is before us.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Twelve eyes.

All right.

Okay, it's next.

Thank you.

Last item would be item nine, and that is called special by Councilmember Yawaslavsky.

Councilmember Yarosovsky, item nine.

Golf courses, I think.

Yep.

Sorry, just a couple questions for rap.

Good morning.

Good morning, council member.

Um so I just have a couple questions about how the program and other uh how this program works and some other aspects of the original motion.

So we brought this motion three years ago.

Um, and the intent really was to address the issue of third parties um or bots monopolizing tea times at our city golf courses and then reselling them at a huge markup, meaning that Angelinas couldn't get a reservation.

Um so I'm encouraged by the decreases in cancellations between 23 and 24.

Um, but I don't see anything in the report to address the core issue which we had, which is how do we make sure people aren't like scalpers aren't coming on reserving tea times and then marking up and reselling.

Um I'm guessing that the same brokers are just building the cost of a cancellation or transfer fee into their cost of doing business.

So, do you have any data on whether brokers are still snatching up and reselling tea times?

Um thank you, uh council member for that question.

Jimmy Kim General Manager.

Um, so the data in the report that reflects the uh 95% decrease in cancellations since the uh deposits have been uh implemented, that really reflects um the practice of brokering has really almost completely eliminated.

Um the the system in the past already had a um uh parameters in place to control like bots from going in, but we further um strengthened that by putting in the cap the capsta system.

Um so the manipulation was really happening from brokers purchasing the times and then canceling and then rebooking.

And so we in the back end can see um like when there's excessive cancellations, and so those have eliminated.

So by by seeing that um if there's like uh let's say a booker that books and cancels too many times, we will reach out to them and uh get them out of the system.

Um and so we feel that that has um uh rectified and corrected the issue of um illegal brokerage of of purchasing tea times.

Um I will note that this system um has been so successful that um our partners over at the county has now implemented the system and uh municipal golf courses across the nation um are referencing what we're doing to also implement the same type of system in their reservation system to eliminate um I mean obviously there's always going to be people that are gonna try to cheat the system, but at least to curtail the practice of broker uh bookers uh brokering these these tea times.

Okay, well, I have some additional questions, but I'll maybe we can follow up offline and just chat about it.

I want to make sure it's um actually doing what the original intent was, which it sounds like it is.

So thank you so much.

No more questions, Councilmember.

Thank you, uh, Councilmember Yarosovsky.

Just a quick question on this brokering issue.

Um, is it in the case that you catch someone, is there a penalty?

Uh uh I'm sorry, can you in the case that you catch someone selling tea times to public courses?

So is there a penalty?

We do remove them from our system, and they're not able to uh get back in.

I I'm not sure about like the duration, but definitely they are removed and they can't book through our system.

All right, that might be something we want to take a look at.

Yep, we'll do.

I mean, there's a fine.

I mean, there's uh I lifetime ban.

I don't I don't know if we have that policy in place, but that's a that's a very good question, and uh we'll we'll see if that's that's in there.

I could definitely come back and provide an update on that.

Councilmember Yarsowski.

Yeah, um can you as part of this report back to us on some options for what a disincentivized fee structure penalty would look like to get people off the system who were taking advantage of this?

Absolutely.

And I I did want to make note that the individuals that uh were identified as as uh doing the broker, like doing the uh selling of the tea times were prosecuted by the IRS.

Um, and so uh they are serving uh they were prosecuted.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um we can join up with the IRS if they've caught them red-handed.

I'm not sure why we wouldn't do something too.

All right, thank you so much.

Uh this item uh item number nine is now before us.

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

Twelve eyes.

All right, what's next?

Council has motions or posting referral.

They are posted and referred announcements members.

Councilmember Raman.

And thank you, Councilmembers Hernandez, McCosker, Rodriguez, and Jorado for introducing the motion on public housing and the changes that the Trump administration is planning.

This is really part of a number of changes, including we heard from a public speaker one of the commenters today that her EHV voucher is being ended by the end of this year.

That's also part of the broader kind of attacks on Section 8 public housing overall from the Trump administration, leaving us with some pretty major issues.

Colleagues, I wanted to make two announcements today.

If you'll indulge me, yesterday was a very important day in our national history.

On February 19th, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 following the attack on Pearl Harbor, authorizing authorizing the US military to uproot 125,000 Japanese Americans from their homes, businesses, and communities to forcibly relocate them to concentration camps against their will without trial and without charges during World War II.

At that time, our government cited national security and used growing anti-Japanese sentiment to justify their activities, even though these actions clearly violated people's most basic constitutional and civil civil rights.

Some 1,600 prisoners died during this incarceration, and many permanently lost homes and property that they were forced to abandon.

And one of these detention sites was actually located right in Griffith Park, where travel town now exists today.

And it was one of three incarceration sites in Southern California, and the only one operated by the U.S.

Army.

Over the course of a year from 1942 to 1943, 101 Japanese people, 21 German people, and four Italian people were interned there.

Some were detained there just for one night, and some for several months.

But for all of them, the course of their lives was forever changed.

In 2023, my office worked to install educational signage to mark this site in Griffith Park.

And I was honored to meet two descendants of families who were detained there.

Dr.

Sigrid Toye, whose father was arrested the night after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and held there, and Kathy Masaoka, whose grandfather was interned in the camp.

And it was a stark reminder of how our past is our past and must be recognized, but doesn't feel so distant today.

On this day of remembrance, as we honor the memory of those who endured deep prejudice, I am struck by horrifically history repeats itself here in our current federal administration, who is incurring daily violence and terror against immigrant communities.

Today's manufactured climate of fear is neither normal nor moral.

And I like we have in this chamber, we must continue to collectively speak out against fear mongering and xenophobia.

And I also want to thank the Japanese American community and institutions like the Japanese American National Museum right here, who continue to show us the importance of memory keeping and the resilience of the human spirit.

And I want to also just, if I could make one more announcement.

Councilmember Nazarian, thank you so much for recognizing Ramadan last week in these chambers.

And I also wanted to rise and recognize this sacred month for Muslim communities in Los Angeles and around the world.

And tonight, in partnership with MPAC, uh City Hall will be lit green in honor of Ramadan, a color that symbolizes peace and renewal.

And we look forward to sharing the images with all of you.

Ramadan is not only a time of fasting and prayer, but a time of compassion and generosity.

And LA is home to one of the most diverse Muslim communities in the country.

And Ramadan, I think, is a useful moment to remember how deeply Muslim Angelinos contribute to our city.

This season also comes at a time when many Muslim families are facing grief and fear and uncertainty.

But I want the Muslim community to know that this city stands with you.

So I want to thank everybody who supported the lighting and thank MPAC for partnering.

And I wish everyone who is observing this holy holiday a meaningful and peaceful month.

So thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Raman, for both of those uh very important announcements.

Councilmember Hurado.

Yes, thank you, Councilmember Raman, for uh recognizing the day of remembrance.

I too rise uh colleagues to acknowledge the day of remembrance, where more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them American citizens, uh, were incarcerated.

Families were torn apart, businesses were shuttered, homes and land were taken.

Nearly 2,000 people died behind barbed wires, lives that should never be lost.

The damage to the Japanese American community was profound, and its impact is still felt generations later.

It can't be lost on all of us that the dispossession of Japanese owned businesses and land and their homes was something that they still reel from today, that the criminalization of Asian Americans, uh and Americans, citizens who have made their livelihood was at that moment.

And so the day of remembrance is not only about looking back, it's also about accountability, vigilance, about making sure fear never again overrides our constitution and prejudice never again overrides our humanity.

And yet this year, this history doesn't feel distant.

And here in Los Angeles and across the country, we're witnessing that happen right where Janum sits, is where they were taken on buses to go to concentration camps, and we've reclaimed that city-owned land to put up the Japanese American National Museum and to put up affordable housing and to have MOCA that has a reclamation of our monuments there.

And so, you know, we stand together and we dishonor that history if we don't, if we pretend we can't see the parallels that are happening today.

And then Little Tokyo, that connection is clear.

And if we believe in civil rights, if we believe in due process, if we believe that no one should be targeted because of their race or national origin or what language they speak first, then we must speak up now.

And we stand with the immigrant communities today, just as we wish more people would have stood with the Japanese Americans in 1942.

So I invite everyone to attend tomorrow's Day of Remembrance program from 2 to 4 p.m.

at the Los Angeles Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo.

It's Hompa Hung Wanji.

This year's theme is the power of action.

Silence today, injustice tomorrow, is a warning.

Silence is a fear of injustice, is not neutral.

It's a it's a choice and it carries consequences, and we honor those who have suffered, not with words alone, but with courage.

So again, tomorrow's ceremony is a day of remembrance program from 2 to 4 p.m.

at the Los Angeles Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Uh Councilmember Hurado and again, Councilmember Rahman.

I just want to add to the course on the National Day of Remembrance, because there's a very special story that I think is such an LA story that took place in South LA.

Many of you know the Crenshaw district was a almost all Japanese uh neighborhood.

And uh people from that neighborhood uh were rousted from their houses.

Most of that neighborhood's in the 10th district, some of it's in the 8th, and most of them were incarcerated on city property, by the way, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park.

So that's you know, when we put forward that motion the other day to say ICE can't use city property, that's not a small thing because there's a historical basis uh for the federal government to use locally owned property to do so.

But the LA part of the story and the part of the story that I think is always important for us to lift up is there is a room at first AME Church, which many of you were at this past Sunday for Black History Month celebration.

There's a room that they can take you to that they will show you.

That deacons from First AME Church went to the houses as people were being incarcerated and pulled out of their houses, gathered their belongings, put them in boxes, and stored them at the church and marked them with the address.

And African Americans could look those people in the face, look at Japanese people in the face and say, we're gonna save your stuff because you're going to survive this.

We've seen the government do this before.

We're watching them do it to you.

You're going to survive, so we're gonna look out for you.

And we've been working for some time with Little Tokyo Service Center to do a memorial at First AME Church to mark the story.

Because that's the LA story.

That's the story that I think we gotta lift up, like we lift up the peace patrols and all the others.

We gotta list lift up the stories when neighbors stand with each other and for each other and go out of their way to make sure uh that we all live the quality of life that we deserve.

So uh with that, thank you so much, Councilmembers Raman and Hurato, and Councilmember Park, you're on the queue.

Thank you for that, Council President.

And um, it's hard to pivot from such a somber topic to something a bit more joyful.

I wanted to share with everyone that uh this week, Baywatch held its first open casting call right in Marina Delray.

And I I just I wanted to rise to celebrate the moment because this has been over a year and a half of really hard work and diligence behind the scenes to make this incredible opportunity happen.

Um, I was approached by the original creators of Bay Watch uh about a year and a half ago, and when they brought the idea of a modern reboot to be filmed right on the beach in Venice, it was an obvious yes for all the reasons.

Um, our entertainment economy has been through so much over these last five years, we are losing so many jobs, and we were actually at risk of losing this iconic LA brand to South Africa or Australia.

And we were actually at risk of losing this iconic LA brand to South Africa or Australia.

And so we sprang into action and coordinated with the county and their departments, the mayor and her team, as well as our own city departments, so that we would be in a position to say yes when this opportunity came to fruition.

Baywatch production is now moving into the lifeguard headquarters right on the sand in Venice Beach.

If you get a chance to go out there and take a look, the rehab and the work that we're doing on that historic iconic building is just fantastic.

Shooting actually starts in the next couple of weeks.

And yes, or this week, when we were out at the casting hall, there were thousands of people who came out to participate, to audition and to be a part of this really historic opportunity to bring this um iconic brand back and to have a 200 person live action television production happening right in public, right on the sand at our most iconic destination in all of Los Angeles, is just a huge win for our city, and it is a huge win for our entertainment economy.

And Councilmember Nazarian, I just wanted to say thank you for your leadership and your diligence.

Um the policies that you're at the helm leading and trying to move in the city result in opportunities like we are seeing come to fruition right now.

And I really want to give it up to everybody who worked so hard to get the tax credits that we needed to Governor Newsom for his support.

My team and I personally flew up to San Francisco last week to get the coastal development permits we needed, and to just see everybody working across jurisdictions to make this happen has been really remarkable.

So thank you for all of that.

We're super excited.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Park.

That means so much uh to our city.

Uh Councilmember McCosker.

Council members, two announcements.

I rise to first quell the rumor that Adrine and I have been cast in Baywatch.

Yeah.

It's not true.

We've turned down the offers.

Um, apropos to shifting to joy, but also highlighting our great uh Asian culture here in Los Angeles.

I want to uh remind everyone that the 12th annual Port of Los Angeles Lunar New Year Festival will be held uh this weekend.

Tomorrow, from 3 p.m.

to 7 p.m., the port puts on a beautiful uh lunar festival, and it will be at Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles.

Crafted is also a really unique spot.

It's on 22nd Street down at the far end, close to the water.

It's a series of warehouses that are have been adaptively reused, and in between the warehouses, beautiful festival with music and arts and food.

And so I invite everyone to come down to celebrate uh lunar new year.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

McCosker.

Other announcements, members?

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

Look to my right for adjourning motions.

Look to my left, Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

Today we remember Martha Francis Benedict, a beloved Montecito Heights resident and a true pillar of Council District One.

For decades, Martha poured her energy into Northeast Los Angeles.

She helped secure funding to acquire Flat Top Park, served as vice president and treasurer of the Montecito Heights Improvement Association, and gave her time to the Royal Seco Neighborhood Council, Ernest E.

Debs Park Advisory Board, La Casita Verde Preschool, the historic Highland Park Heritage Trust, and so many other institutions that shape our community.

Through a photography, she documented the life of the Arroyo for nearly 20 years, capturing everything from preschool graduations to sunset that defined our hills.

Her work preserved the story of CD1 in images that will outlive us all.

Martha passed on January 22nd at the age of 74, leaving behind a legacy of civic pride, generosity, and love for this district.

In Montecito Heights and across Northeast LA, her impact is lasting.

Tonight there will be a celebration of life scheduled for 6 p.m.

at the Four Square Church on 4328 North Figaroa in Sycamore Grove.

The public is welcome to attend.

We are grateful for all that she did for our communities, and may she be resting in the warm embrace of our ancestors.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Other attorney motions, Mr.

McCosker.

Thank you very much.

Um Council President.

Colleagues, I rise to adjourn today's meeting in memory of Alice Sandoval, a lifelong resident of San Pedro, known for her generosity, her faith, and her commitment to helping others.

Alice was born February 18th, 1937 in San Pedro to her parents, Jesus Sandoval and Trecalina Navarro.

Unfortunately, Alice's parents uh passed away early in her life.

She showed incredible strength and resolve to grow up and accomplish her goals.

Alice began her professional career at Northrop Aircraft, where she worked for 25 years, and her colleagues greatly admired her for her creativity and her dedication to the company.

In addition, she became a mother and she raised her two children, Joseph and Rebecca.

But what Alice and our community will be most remembered for is her incredible commitment to the youth and to the underserved families of San Pedro, where she volunteered for over 60 years.

Service was a defining characteristic of Alice's life, and it began at Holy Trinity Church.

She began as a coordinator and she taught religious education to young children.

That's a lot of kids over decades.

She went on to serve also as the Pony League Baseball Director.

That's some range.

C C D and Pony League Baseball at Block Field, where she worked alongside the YMCA to manage the field.

She also became a board member at San Pedro Youth Coalition, an organization that has promoted and supported youth activity, particularly sports since 1988.

Alice led the Holy Trinity Queen of Angels blanket ministry, where they would teach volunteers to cut and iron and sew handmade quilt blankets that would be distributed to nonprofits and directly to individuals in need.

Throughout the various roles that Alice held in her community, her objective was always the same to provide for people in need and to give young people a safe place to grow and learn.

Alice was known for speaking her mind.

I was a recipient of that from time to time.

But staying rooted in her beliefs, she was a true leader who led with honesty, grace, and compassion.

Alice passed away on February 6th, 2026, surrounded by her loved ones and her fellow parishioners, including Connie and I had an opportunity to visit her.

Just two weeks shy of her 89th birthday.

She's survived by her children, Joseph and Rebecca, her grandchildren, Lizette, Adrian, Audrey, Sierra, Mia, Dylan, and she's survived by her beloved German Shepherd Rambo.

She will be deeply missed by the San Pedro community, by the Holy Trinity community.

May she rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon her.

Thank you so much, Mr.

McCosker.

Any other adjourney motions?

All right.

Councilmember Hutt.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Colleagues, I'd like to adjourn council today in honor of the extraordinary life and legacy of Reverend Jesse Jackson.

A man whose commitment to justice has shaped our nation for over five decades.

A champion of the civil rights, Reverend Jackson's journey began alongside Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr., where he learned that true leadership means standing with the marginalized and fighting for those whose voices have been silenced.

From Selma to Chicago, from the pulpit to the presidential campaign trail, he has never wavered in the pursuit of equality.

When Reverend Jackson ran for president in 1984 and 1988, he became just the second black person to make a bid for a nomination by a major party after Shirley Chisholm.

Although he fell short of the general election, he expanded the very definition of what was possible for people of color in America.

His rainbow coalition showed us that our diversity is our strength, bringing together communities across racial, economic, and geographical lines.

Here in Los Angeles, we witnessed Reverend Jackson's leadership during our most challenging moments, addressing police brutality, advocating for economic justice, or supporting our immigrant communities.

He has consistently shown up for Angelinos when we needed him most.

Reverend Jackson's life reminds us that progress requires persistence and unshakable belief in justice.

His work continues to inspire new generations of leadership, including those of us serving now, to keep pushing forward, to keep fighting, and to never accept injustice as the inevitable.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Hutt.

Councilmember Nazari.

Thank you, Council President.

I thank you very much, Councilwoman Hutt, for doing this.

If you don't mind, I'd be honored to be at it, and I'd love to share a very quick story.

It takes a certain type of a very special individual who is aware enough about history and life and humanity around them to be Reverend Jesse Jackson, to be like him.

This man at a time when Armenia was under the yoke of Soviet era, and I say this as not just the council member from CD2, but as a representative of and a voice of one of the smallest ethnic communities in Los Angeles.

This man at a time when no one would hear about Armenia or its history because it was under the curtain of behind the curtain of the Soviet Union.

When the earthquake struck in 1980, December of 1988 and killed over 25,000 individuals, he was very quick at stepping up and meeting with the clergy of our uh uh uh representatives from Armenia and Diaspora to lend support.

Uh it's not forgotten by the Armenian community.

It certainly isn't forgotten by those of us who also grew up to appreciate how a voiceless community could have a champion like him.

So very thank you very much.

I'd be honored to be at it.

Thank you so much.

Councilmember Price.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I too want to join uh in this uh uh recognition.

Uh you know, Justin Jackson was an inspiration for many, many of us, many generations.

Certainly was an inspiration to me uh in uh 84 and 88.

Uh and I ran for office in in 92 initially, uh, but inspired by the uh by the excitement, by the enthusiasm, by the hope, by the promise that uh that he gave to a whole as I said, not just one generation, but several generations.

So uh he will be missed and honored and remembered for his contribution.

Thank you, Ms.

President.

Thank you so much.

And uh thank you, Councilmember Hutt.

I'd also like to be uh added uh to this uh adjourney motion.

Uh the mayor sent a note to make sure everybody knows that we're flying flags at half staff uh today in honor of uh Reverend Jackson.

And there's there's a lot to say about Reverend Jackson, but standing here in this chamber and looking out on it, um uh after such a long life, there is an important breakthrough that he leaves with all of us, and I think leaves his fingerprint on our work.

There had been in the history of this country's politics activists who run for governor, you know, or for office.

Upton Sinclair out of the harbor, Carlotta Bass out of South LA.

But those campaigns weren't quite, if you read the history, they weren't ever quite taken like this person can win.

Um Jesse Jackson in the 80s came out of a social justice organization.

At a certain point, people were like, wait a minute, this guy could win.

Um, and um he of course ultimately was not successful, but as Mr.

Price pointed out, started a whole movement that we live with in this city.

Um, you know, Mayor Antonio Vierragosa left a union to run for office.

Mayor Karen Bass left a community organization to run for office, Councilmember Hernandez, Councilmember Soto Martinez, like that didn't happen in the way that it does now before Jesse Jackson.

And and when you leave the social justice movement to run, you are taken seriously.

Uh and it's because of the work that he did in in both of his campaigns, and there are a bunch of other contributions, but I think it he means so much to the world, but so much to the city of Los Angeles, and I can still remember uh being in middle school right out on those front steps, about 15,000 people uh during his 84 campaign in the rally opening up uh opening up his race for the count to win the California primary.

It was the biggest action I had ever seen with my own eyes uh was right out here in front of this building led by Reverend Jesse Jackson's campaign.

Uh and so with that uh I'll ask uh all members, all members, all right.

Excellent.

Okay, thank you so much.

And with that, we're all adjourned.

Thank you.

Yes, Bob Bob was talking.

Bob, oh Bob, oh, sorry, Mr.

Blumenfield.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

There are people on the I'm terribly sorry, Mr.

Bloomfield.

Okay, well I just wanted to uh to add my voice, be part of that and um conditioner what everyone said.

I I had a the good fortune, I was able to talk with him probably three or four times throughout my life.

Um the first time was actually the most uh impactful was in in 1984 during the convention.

I was a youth reporter uh for Children's Express, and I got to sit down with him for for a while, and it was it was uh it was inspirational because he was very different than the other folks that we spoke with, uh the youth reporters, and and not only was he gracious with his time, but uh the passion for change inspired me at that point.

And and the other few times that I had occasion to speak with him, I reminisced on that time when I was a kid.

Uh you know, I haven't always agreed with everything that he's had to say, uh, but I really love the passion with which he says it uh and the and the way that he has helped forge and change our democracy.

So I'll just be brief and end by saying keep hope alive.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Boomenfield.

Couldn't end it without a keep hope alive.

Councilmember Raman.

I just wanted to be added to this adjournment.

I wish I'd had the privilege of meeting him, but he was um an inspiration and and and a light.

So thank you, Councilmember Hutt for bringing this forward.

Thank you so much, everybody.

All right.

Signor more adjourning motions that adjourns our meeting.

See you next week.