So I'm 56.

That's a long time of dodging history.

It's a family thing, right?

Like my grandpa on my dad's side, he worked with the team for a couple years back in the 70s.

My dad, born and raised here, he just passed down the fandom to me.

Like I remember being a kid, him telling me about Kurt Gibson's walk-off.

Like I remember coming to games back in the like 2000s, 2010s.

Like Matt Kemp was my guy.

Audrey Ethier was my guy.

Uh this man right here, my favorite player of all time.

Thank you for 18 years.

Thank you for showing up and watching us play for the last 18 years.

Thank you for being here for me and my family.

And so supporting us.

And thank you for all you guys.

Thank you.

My teammates.

You guys are the best in the world.

It's just like a lifelong thing for me.

Oh, this just feels like it's been years in the making.

This greatness.

This is a dynasty now.

It's a family thing.

I love it.

I feel like we're winning for all my past generations, and they could see more Dodgers Championships.

That's what I'm hoping for.

Everybody's been asking questions about a dynasty.

How about three and six years?

How about a gods of that?

Yes!

Repeat would be pretty nice to see here in Los Angeles.

I'm ready to get uh another ring.

Job in 2024 done.

Job in 2025 done.

Job in 2026 starts now.

Welcome to the Los Angeles Central Library, a cultural gem at the heart of downtown Los Angeles, and the flagship of the Los Angeles public library system.

For the last century, this remarkable institution has been a beacon of learning, creativity, and community for Angelinos and visitors alike.

Every day, the Central Library connects people, providing a vital space to engage in the present.

Learn from the past and dream of the future.

Whether you're visiting the city or viewing from home, welcome to LA this week.

Opened in 1926, the Los Angeles Central Library is an architectural landmark inspired by ancient civilizations and Spanish colonial revival styles.

By the mid-1960s, the building faced calls for demolition.

But preservation efforts prevailed.

A major renovation saved the library, doubled its size, and introduced new landscaping.

Now in 2026, LA's public library invites everyone to celebrate 100 years of the Central Library and its lasting impact on the city.

We are in the magnificent Central Library here in downtown Los Angeles, and we are celebrating the 100th birthday of this incredible building.

Just as importantly, all of the incredible things that happen inside it and have happened uh over the last 100 years.

For the centennial, we dug out our time capsule that was placed on May 3rd, 1925, and we're gonna be revealing what we found in that copper box.

Yeah, it was not a simple or straightforward process to figure out how we were gonna get the actual time capsule out of the middle of our wall from a hundred years ago.

There were structural integrity concerns, there were historic resource concerns.

The actual cornerstone itself is beautifully inscribed with the name and the seal of the library, and we couldn't damage or destroy that.

So long story short, we were able to come through the inside of the building, which happens to be the men's restroom, bust through the inside layer of the outer wall and the cornerstone itself to finally reach the capsule and pull it out and uh be able to finally open it and share the contents today.

I would just encourage people to come down and see it.

The time capsule especially is kind of fun.

Because as kids we used to do time capsules in our backyard, no one probably ever dug them up, but in this case, you know, it was a very formal thing, and they even found a time capsule inside of time capsule, which was cool.

So you can see all the contents of that.

It's neat.

There were some things that we knew had been placed in the time capsule through minutes of library board meetings.

But as with almost all time capsules, there are inevitably surprises.

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 uh 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, and that's something we have here that we never would have expected.

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 proved 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.

A lot of great things to be proud of of this library.

I think it's the greatest place where any Angelino can come and feel at home, read, and just feel at peace, knowing that they can have access to any great knowledge as I have.

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, ando que duramos esperando para que llegara, así que les invitamos a todos ustedes at 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 um and get all kinds of information.

If they go to that 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.

So 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 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're an alpha organization based in Los Angeles, where we create green spaces for students in the community.

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

Today we're doing five bouquets where they'll be arranging 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.

Up next on City Beat.

Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles City Council have approved the 2028 cultural program for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Led by the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, the program will bring the creative energy of Los Angeles to the world stage.

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.la City.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, Labria Tarpits, and LA Galaxy to the Music Center and so much more.

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.

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.

You know, 26 different clearinets 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 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 um where we're able to show the world what America is like, and it's true for truest reforms 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.

We're going to be able to hand out their IDs after they completed the academy and talk about issues and the direction that they're going to be going.

Today is our badge ceremony, so we are building a board which is helping our Native American and Indigenous community of Los Angeles.

So this is a wonderful day of firsts.

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.

We believe one of the factors impacting that reduction is taking more guns off the street.

I want to be clear that progress in one area does not mean that our work is done.

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.

The stats being shared today are so incredibly important because to me, they show something that I have known uh for a long time that when we invest in our law enforcement, we see safer neighborhoods and real results.

In my district, the work coming out of LAPD's Devonshire and Topenga division shows exactly why focused policing and strong investigative work matter.

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.

As part of its 100 year celebration, a time capsule buried in the library's cornerstone in 1925 was recently opened, revealing early staff records, a scrapbook of library buildings, and newspaper in multiple languages that reflect Los Angeles' rich diversity.

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

That same spirit is reflected in this year's centennial African American Heritage Month, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of African Americans through civic and cultural events, including the official kickoff at LA City Hall.

We are excited and thrilled to see black women leaders take over City Hall from the bridge to council chambers.

We have so many powerhouses in a number of industries.

Being part of this cadre of Black women leaders during Black History Month is like super exciting.

That's a lot of star power right there in that rotunda.

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 the 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.

And this month's exhibition is entitled Black Women Lead.

There is some spectacular women there.

Every single woman on that, that wall from sweet Alice who is 92 to the youngest person, which 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, can 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.

Black women were here when this city started.

Black women have been here through every struggle and every triumph, every setback, every tragedy, and continue to be here ten toes down, building the kind of city that we all deserve to live in.

Here in Council District 12, we're having a wildfire safety and resource fair today.

So where we invite the community out to learn a little bit more about not only how to harden their own homes, but also to harden our community.

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

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.

Go ahead and assess them to me.

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 gap 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.

We know it's really hard to navigate for seniors, and we want to make sure that we are available resource to them to try to see if we can help them.

And now coming up on things to do.

Every year, LA's Chinatown hosts the annual Golden Dragon Parade to mark the lunar new year.

In 2026, the 127th parade will celebrate strength, energy, and freedom for the year of the fire horse with live performances featuring lion and dragon dancers, floats, movies, and television personalities.

Head to Chinatown for the parade from Hill Street at Temple, onto Bernard, then Broadway, and back around towards Temple.

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.

Its 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.

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Sudden.

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

Today is Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of February in the year 2026.

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

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

Yes, sir.

Bloomenville, Harris Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Herado, Lee, McCosker, Nazarian, Padilla, Park, Price, Rahman, Rodriguez, Soto Martinez, Ravaslavski, 11 members present in corn, Mr.

President.

All right, first order of business.

Approval the minutes of February 20, 2026.

All right, Councilmember Soda Martinez moves.

Councilmember Park seconds.

What's next?

Commendatory resolutions for approval.

Councilmember Nazarian moves.

Councilmember Judato seconds.

What's next?

Uh Mr.

President, today is Tuesday.

It's time for the flag salute.

All right.

I will ask everyone in the chamber to rise face the flag and follow along with the councilmember of the one five, Mr.

Timothy McCosker.

Oh, thank you very much, Mr.

President.

Please place our face our flag.

Place your right hand over your heart and repeat after me.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Items one through 24 are items notice for public hearing.

Uh the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety recommends to confirm the liens for items two, three, six, nine through seventeen, and nineteen.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, let me start again.

Uh to confirm the liens for two, three, six, nine through fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, and twenty-three to receive and file the liens for one, four, seven, eight, fifteen, eighteen, and twenty, and as much as the liens are paid, and to continue uh item 21 to March.

To March 10, 2026, and to continue item five to April 22nd, 2026, and finally to continue item 31 to March 3rd, 2026.

Items 25 through 35 are items which public hearings have been held.

Item 36 through 49 are items which public hearings have not been held.

For item 47, the salary for fire chief Jamie Moore is 473,600 and 16 cents effective November 14, 2025.

10 votes are required for consideration.

All right, without objection, those items are now before us.

We have a number of specials on the queue, beginning with Council Member Padilla.

Yes, I'd like to um call item 31 special for a friendly amendment.

And on behalf of Mr.

Kern Price, I also item seven as a receive and file.

Is there a second to Ms.

Padilla's motion for Mr.

Price?

Thank you.

Alright, and my screen just went blank.

So councilmember Rodriguez.

Thank you.

I'd like to call item 25 for a separate vote.

And items 48 and 49 for an amendment.

Okay.

All right.

Uh Councilmember Blumenfield.

Um, she corrected it, so we're good.

Okay.

Councilmember Hernandez.

I'd like to call item 48 special for comments.

All right.

Councilmember Judato.

I'd like to continue item 22 to March 10th and move to approve the lien for item two.

All right.

Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much.

I like to call item 46 special.

I do understand that it requires another public hearing here.

I would like the opportunity to say a few words before public comment, especially since we have so many one-five residents here.

They may not be able to stay for the whole hearing.

Got it.

Okay.

Mr.

Nazarena.

Thank you, Council President.

I believe the clerk already read items 20 and 15 to be received and filed, but I just wanted to verify that.

Second, uh item 36 hold on desk for a sub-motion that's going to be circulating.

4 6.

3 6.

3-6.

Okay.

Is there a second to Councilmember Nazarian's receive and file for 15 and 20?

Oh, thank you.

All right.

Any other specials members?

This screen isn't quite screening today.

Alright.

Seeing no other specials, Madam Clerk, what items are before us and available for a vote.

Just to clarify, Councilmember Padilla, you had a an amendment for 31 and 31 is continued to March to March 3rd next Tuesday.

So the amendment should be held until next Tuesday because that's continued.

So at this time, Council may now vote on uh 26 through 30, 32, 33, uh, 34 and 35, sir.

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

Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

11 ayes, and please note the uh ordinances for items 26, 27, 32, 34, and uh 35 are carried over for one week to March 3rd unless reconsidered uh with 12 members present.

All right, what's next?

Next, uh council may go into public comment, sir.

So we're gonna hear uh Mr.

McCosker on item number 46.

Thank you very much.

I know that we will have a complete hearing and we will hear item 46 after public comment, uh, but I wanted to say a few words about Yolanda Regalado, who is being recommended has been recommended uh by the mayor to be a fire commissioner.

I've known Yolanda for a lot of years, and she has been a an institution in the harbor area as president of the business improvement district, as a business person of sirens, uh which is a restaurant that pays, I mean a uh coffee shop that pays homage to first responders, um, and before that in her life, she was a LA County Sheriff.

She comes from a family of first responders, uh, Benny and Mike and Mario, all committed to the fire agency.

Mari was here with us today.

It's great to see you, and I do want to um remember the ultimate sacrifice that Benny Pennell made um at the Proud Bird Fire in the 1980s.

It was a gigantic fire.

A lot of companies responded, and Benny, Yolanda's brother, Mike's brother, Mario's brother, lost his life in that fire.

And this family has remained committed to the fire service, to the first responders, to the police service, and they have continually given back to our community and have held up the honor of first responders, but particularly the fire service.

I really appreciate that.

And it has really come full circle that a young woman who grew up to um to be a sheriff and then uh worked with her brothers and I'm sure competed with her brothers who are firefighters, who saw the cost that this job could have for some individuals now is at this stage in her life after so many professional experiences giving back to the fire agency.

And so I'm just very appreciative of Yolanda.

I'm also appreciative of Ray Regalado, who's a commissioner himself and is here and is a great supporter of his spouse.

And I'm particularly grateful to the community members who come out uh to support one of our own.

Uh, the one five really is committed to city service.

I'm grateful to all of you.

I'm quite sure that you will pass unanimously, but I think it is important for us to hear all of the public comment and to give our colleagues an opportunity to also weigh in.

But I wanted to say thank you, especially if if members of the community uh need to leave and get back to their day jobs.

So thank you to the mayor, and thank you, Yolanda, for your willingness to serve.

Thank you so much.

Congratulations.

We appreciate you being here.

And uh with that, Mr.

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

Yes, Mr.

President.

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

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

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

The items open for public comment on the agenda are items one through four, six through twenty, twenty-three and twenty-four, and thirty-six through forty-nine.

So again, the items open for public comment on the agenda are items one through four, six through twenty, twenty-three and twenty-four, and thirty-six through forty-nine.

Items five, twenty-one, twenty-two, and item thirty-one have all been continued.

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.

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

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

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

Additionally, if you've made an accommodation request with the clerk's office pursuant to the ADA, in order to make use of the wireless handheld microphone, or if you would like to use the wireless handheld microphone because of an ADA-related issue, please, once you hear the name that you signed up under, raise your hand so the sergeants know to bring you the wireless microphone once it's your turn to speak.

Finally, the order in which we call names is at random, that is to say, it is randomly generated.

So, in order to help us accommodate as many people as possible, we would ask that you please wait until you hear the name that you signed up under before lining up to speak or before raising your hand for the wireless microphone.

Thank you.

I'd like to begin by calling Sarah Johnson, Shakira Julian, Joanna Esquil, Jasmine Lopez, and Sandra Pacheco.

Okay.

Well, we're waiting for the wireless microphone.

Can we please let the next speaker go?

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Check, check, check.

Hold on.

I will remind you, you've already been warned.

So you are eligible for removal if you get another warning.

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

Hold on.

Go ahead.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chick, check, chick.

We're live in Los Angeles, and we're gonna talk about.

Hold on a second.

Let me get my glasses.

I can't read the fucking print.

So, yeah, um, item 46 for the fucking public record here, motherfuckers regarding public safety.

We got some fires, uh, commissioners uh pointed to this fucked up position, as we already know that Palestine and Palisades have burned just like they're burning fucking Mexico.

But Yolanda Regalado.

Fucking bitch, know anything about fires?

Because I know how to start a fire, but I just don't know how to turn it off.

That's what the mayor did.

That's on item 46 for the record.

Fuck item 46, bitch.

Then, I go to item 47 regarding um, is that um Jamie or Jimmy Moore?

Because according to James, no, I meant to say Jimmy Morrison of the doors.

Let the fire burn, motherfucker, because we don't need no water, let it burn.

So we hired this new fucking dickhead by the name of Mr.

Moore, for 473,000 dollars to watch fires burn, right?

That's close to half a million dollars, and you just sit here listening to this shit while half a Malubu burn.

Because the white people there don't have water in their own.

You've exhausted your one minute on that item.

Please move on to another item.

Uh, you want to push me around like that?

Let's go to item number one.

How much time I got?

I got about a minute.

You had a minute and fourteen, thirteen, twelve.

Um, yeah.

Look at item number four.

Is that on the record?

Go ahead.

Yeah, motherfuckers.

Caesar E.

Chavez, the man who formally took my Brooklyn Avenue away from me, because I'm a white motherfucker, too.

What have you done in protest and appeals for the objections of these motherfucking abatements in which this city takes your home away from you all due to money?

Money thieving criminal motherfuckers.

That's what they are.

And you sit here and let them escort you out of the building.

Talk to you outside when they're regulating.

This is not on the agenda.

This is your only warning.

Stick to the agenda items.

We're going to move you to general public comment.

Hey, motherfucker.

Now, to my non-agenda public.

You have one minute, go ahead.

40 to USC 1983 politely.

Ladies, gentlemen, and children of this court.

You young folks have to understand that this is a public building.

And in a public, Mr.

Herman, you know the rules.

You are to address this body, not the audience.

I understand, Mr.

But this is your only warning.

Address this body and not the audience, or you will forfeit your time.

You know the rules.

I've explained this to you dozens of times.

So, politely, asshole, attorney, groat.

As I said, this is a public building.

I'm in a public building.

I'm in a public area.

I'm in a public retundra.

So I have every right to protest a white piece of shit like you, dog eating Korean.

Fuck you.

So long as I'm here as they say, so long, asshole, and God bless Donald J.

Trump.

Fuck you, grow.

And your time has expired.

I know we have uh some guests here.

We have a lot of people who are not here on a regular basis.

Um, we do apologize.

We appreciate your patience.

Uh, for I believe there's a group of students in the front.

Uh eat your vegetables, go to bed early, do your homework, uh, and everything will be okay.

Good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Hi, good morning.

I'm here for general comment.

You have one minute, go ahead.

Hi, so good morning.

My name is Joanna Esquivel.

Um, I'm a resident of CD 14, and I'm the program manager for State House LA.

Um, here to urge you to vote yes next Tuesday on approving the execution of the United uh to House LA Homeless Program Um service contracts.

Signing these contracts will allow us to continue to provide vendors with critical services.

I'm here to reiterate how much documentation State House LA provides as part of our invoice each month.

To our partners at LEHD.

That packet includes timesheets, general ledgers, payroll registers, along with monthly case reporting.

Secondly, I want to remind City Council that this is a cost reimbursement contract.

So we do not receive any payments until our partners at LEHD thoroughly review those invoices, extensive backup, and data reporting that is provided every month.

We um therefore, thank you.

And again, so if you run out of time to speak or if we run out of time and we cannot call your name, so you don't have the opportunity to speak today, you can always provide additional written public comment at LA Council Comment.com.

Again, that's LA Council Comment.com.

You can find that at the top of every uh meeting agenda.

You can also do a quick Google search, and it should be one of the first things that comes up.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

I will be speaking on general comment.

Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

Thank you.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Jasmine Lopez.

I work in District 10.

I am here to speak in support to the TGI wellness and equity initiative, a four million dollar investment over two years into transgender, gender expansive and intersect community-based organizations.

The Translatina Coalition, alongside community members, has repeatedly asked the city of Los Angeles to make meaningful investments in the lives of transgender expansive and intersex people throughout the city with uh with dwindling federal funding for services and programs flagged as DEI initiatives.

We look towards our local government officials to support these already un underfunded services and programs.

The TGI community has long faced criminalization and decriminalization now, and all we ask is for you guys to just go ahead and make it equal throughout the city of Los Angeles.

Thank you again.

Thank you, next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up a few more names.

Byron Jose B, Roxy Navarro, Dernus Ousu, and Pablo.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Hello, I'm Shakira Julian.

Hello, my name is Shakira Julian, and I work in District 10.

And I'm here to express my support for the TGI uh equality initiative.

Excuse me, interpreter correction, uh equality and wellness initiative, and I think that an that an investment in four million dollars would be a great help.

Adelante.

Yeah, okay.

But organization is communitaria, and community organizations like the one I work with, like the coalition tanto como para non-binary trans woman i'm here to advocate for the the support that uh we need in our communities and especially in my communidad tanto como algo que ser humano and that's something that we really need uh I can say especially in my community but also just as human beings organizations and organizations like Translatina Coalition have given us so much support and assistance can us and can usapoy and bringing this support and I think it is a vital importance that you help us that you assist us and that you give us a support so you can do the educarme because I'm an example of what it means to learn every day to educate yourself every day and that's what I think you get from the Translatina Coalition.

Good morning what would you like to speak to I would like to make a general public comment okay so you have one minute go ahead.

Good morning my name is Dennis 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 stable and predicting schedule is essential for all fast food workers right now we do not get enough notice or say in our schedules shifts can change at the last minute and often we're forced to work the closing shifts followed by the opening shift just five hours later or else we'll be scheduled for less and less hours we deserve predictable schedules and the ability to say no to major changes or unmanageable shifts without fear or losing hours employers like Starbucks shouldn't have to rely on us not knowing what our future looks like advanced notice protection from retaliation and stable scheduling would allow us to plan our lives and thrive at work we urge you members of the committee to support and ensure the fast food fair work ordinance is passed without delay thank you thank you next speaker before the next speaker begins I'd like to call a few more names Terry J, Pamela Moeda, Miranda Garcia, Za Harris, Adriano or Jonah and Speaker before you begin just so I know we have a lot of people here and I think to keep things flowing if you want to enter on your left hand side and on your left hand side and then you can exit on your right hand side we'll just keep people coming in and out for public comment.

Good morning what would you like to speak to?

Good morning my name is B Curiel I'm speaking for General Public Comment today.

So you have one minute go ahead and I lead the Fierce Policy department of the Translatino Coalition I'm here with my community to advocate for the four million dollar investment in our community that will span over two years.

With this initiative the TGI wellness initiative the city has the opportunity to be on the right side of history to stand out in a time where it is undesirably undesirable to be on our side of history we know the city faces some difficult hardships of ahead with the defunding of public programs but yet in the grand scheme of the budget what we're asking for is a fraction of crumb and a seed let us show you what can be done let us show you how our community has always made magic of the opportunities we get no matter how small we must integrate TGI people in the fabric of our systems beyond HIV.

We must support the leaders and organizations that serve as havens these organizations are often under resourced and underfunded yet they are integral to the livelihood of our community we look forward to a meeting with some of your offices next Friday for our advocacy day.

Thank you, Speaker.

Your time has expired.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh good morning, item 30, 39, and general public comment.

Okay, so you'll have two minutes for the items.

That's 30 and 39, and then you'll have one minute of general public comment.

Go ahead.

Yeah, thank you.

Um item 30.

As we look at the homelessness report, and as we begin to look at what what we're spending can we hold this time I'm so sorry.

So item 30 is not open for public comment.

But you can speak to it in general.

Um, you do have one minute for item 39.

Okay.

So can we hold on?

Apologies.

Okay, thank you.

Go ahead.

Um item 39.

As we look at the repair lights, as we prioritize care for our communities, safety in terms of light functioning infrastructure, sidewise where people are not tripping and increasing their liability.

We want to make sure that we are prioritizing that instead of just funding the LEPD time and time again and finding different sources and processes and monies to throw at the LAPD outside of the budget process.

So while we appreciate this work, we definitely want to see that from the council members that are pushing this initiative as we look at care and services for all residents.

Uh general public comments one minute.

We support the workers, uh, our Starbucks workers are here today.

We are definitely supporting ULA and making sure that we're advancing housing priorities for all our communities.

When we look at this report, whether it's um housing data, how the money is being spent, how transgender, gender expansive and intersex communities are not being serviced, are not being prioritized and continue to be allowed to fall through the gaps.

We want to make sure that the city truly invests in care for our communities and not in the LAPD that continues to increase your liability and continue to kill uh transgender women, specifically black trans women and Latino trans women.

So as we continue working with the city council as we approach transgender day of disability, we really look forward to all of you introduce a motion establishing the TGI wellness and equity initiative, an investment in the lives of our communities to make sure that communities are succeeding and thriving in the city.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Next speaker, good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, my brothers and sisters.

Namahe Renkeo.

TGI and Translatina colonization organization was promised four million, but no show of the funds.

Uh come here to send positive vibes and good energy to my brothers and sisters up here in this stance.

To please keep their word as it was promised to it like if it was prom like if it was promised, God hurt the universe and also the higher powers.

And our ancestors heard your promises.

So keep it, please.

We are all victims of pain and generational trauma.

Let's chant for world peace and for what is right for the next generation to come.

Porca aquí está la resistencia trans.

Thank you.

And remember, the higher powers are watching.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comments.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Terry J.

I reside in the city of Los Angeles in District 1 in support of the Translatino Coalition of the TGI Wellness and Equity Initiative.

I have four million investment over the next two years with into the transgender, gender expansive and community-based organization.

The Trans Latina Coalition alongside community members has repeatedly asked the city of Los Angeles to make meaningful investments in the lives of transgender, gender expansive intersex people throughout the city with dwindling federal funding in for services and programs flagged in ICE initiatives.

And indeed financial services and programs at the local um state and international level, TGI people continue to experience disapportionate areas of homelessness, violence, and a lack of access and to essential services funding TGI people.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Um a public um comment.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Ja Harris, and I work at Starbucks here in Los Angeles.

I'm here to talk about the need to pass the fast food fare work or just stable and predictable scheduling is essential for all fast food workers.

I've worked in the fast food industry for 25 years.

I need a stable schedule to be able to pay for bills and plan out my life.

Normal my schedule here of time will benefit me by making sure I have the power to choose when to pick up ships.

I shouldn't have to rely on a manager to maybe schedule me the hours I need.

All of my co-workers at Starbucks are deserving of a fair and a consistent schedule.

We deserve predictable schedules and the ability to say no to major changes and unmanageable shifts without fear of losing hours.

We urge your members of the committee to support and ensure the fast food, fair work, ordinance.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

What would you like to speak to?

Oh, okay.

So I appreciate certainly appreciate everybody's enthusiasm, but we need to be able to hear what people would like to speak to.

So good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Um public comment item 45 and 46.

Okay, so you have two minutes for the items 45 and 46, and then you'll get one minute afterwards for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Good morning, uh, and thank you so much for the opportunity to be here today.

Uh my name is Bambi Salcedo, and I do have the privilege to be the president and the CEO of the Translatinal Coalition, which is the biggest translator organization in the United States.

We are here to once again demand requests uh plea to invest in the livelihood of transgender expansive and intersex communities.

All of the council members know that we have been going through this for several years.

We have been asking and asking, and last year we were really close to uh to make it happen.

We made it to the budget.

Well, this is this is public safety.

So that's exactly what I'm talking about.

But it needs to be connected to the specifics of the item.

If you'd like, you can certainly continue during general public comment.

But as you've seen from the other speakers that we've had earlier, um, if we give you wider latitude, we also have to give sir then again.

I'm connecting the dots.

Okay, so I'm gonna give you about 10 more seconds to connect the dots.

If not, I'm gonna move to general public comment.

Okay, go ahead.

Well, okay.

Well, trans people, gender expansive and intersex people continue to be not criminalized simply because of who we are.

Obviously, LAPD, uh the sheriffs, all law enforcement, including IS continues to target our community simply because of who we are.

At least 10 people from who are our clients have been detained by Ice and are shipped to our different uh estates.

So that's just an example of like why it's important that we invest in the livelihood of our community.

And we need all of you to support this initiative.

We have and that is the time thing.

Is that my one minute for our funding?

All right, I mean, rather than everyone, here's the way you can.

Okay, so that was all the announcements.

Okay, so you've exhausted your one minute on item 45.

That was the unarmed model of crisis response pilot program.

Item 46, you can still speak to it, but it is specific to the Board of Fire Commissioners appointment.

So if you'd like to speak to that, you can.

Otherwise, you can continue during general public comment if you'd like.

Sure.

Well, I want to ask all the council members to obviously consider trans people to also be appointed to uh different commissions, right?

We are building the power of our community.

And as you can see, we have a program that is specifically, you know, support members of our community to be uplifted and develop their leadership.

And again, we want to ask for people to uh reach out to us and include members to be part of different commissions.

Um just, you know, to close my last minute, I wanna I want to let you know that we are going to be here.

We are here to let you know that we want to work with you and we appreciate all of you who stand with us and we and uh are willing to work with us and are willing to pass this through.

But we need all of you to really do this, right?

Two or three people cannot do this alone.

And so we are going to ask you, and we're going to continue to be here.

We can we're gonna continue to show up, we're gonna continue to uh make sure that you understand who we are as people and that you actually invest in the livelihood of our community.

Right now, trans people continue to be targeted by the federal government more than any other population.

Trans people continue to be at the bottom of the bottom of the totem pole, social and social conditions.

So I'm asking for you to invest a minimal investment from the budget to our community.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh good morning.

My name is Chichi Navarro.

I would like to provide uh general public comment.

I would also like to speak on items one through four, six through 20, and 36 through 49.

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

Go ahead.

Okay, perfect.

Uh council members, several items before you today directly affect the safety, stability, and long-term well-being of transgender, gender expansive and intersex angelinos.

Items 45, 48, and 49, the unarmed crisis response items are especially important because they shape whether our community can access crisis support without fear.

For TGI people, particularly black and brown trans women, calling 911 has historically resulted in harm, misgendering, or criminalization.

In some cases, worse, death.

A care first, unarmed crisis response system is essential to ensuring that people in crisis receive support instead of punishment.

As you consider these items, I urge you to prioritize community-based responders.

TGI-specific training and protections for undocumented people.

The system must remain truly unarmed, culturally competent, and safe for all.

Consolidation should not dilute care first principles or open the door to police involvement.

It should strengthen the city's commitment to non-punitive trauma-informed crisis response.

Additionally, items one through 20, the uh nuisance amendment liens, have real implications for housing stability.

While item while these items may appear administrative, punitive code enforcement often accelerates displacement for low-income renters, including TGI people who already face discrimination in the housing market.

When enforcement focuses on punishment rather than support, it pushes people further into housing insecurity and increases the likelihood of homelessness.

I urge the council to ensure that enforcement practices prioritize habitability, tenant protections, and non-punitive pathways for compliance.

These decisions determine whether TGI people can remain housed, connected to community and safe be safe in the city.

When the city leads with equity and care, it strengthens the foundation that allows TGI led organizations and the people we serve to move towards long-term stability and self-sufficiency.

Moving on to uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Council members, Los Angeles has the responsibility to finally build the infrastructure that transgender gender expansive and intersex people need to survive.

The TGI wellness and equity initiative is not symbolic.

It is a community built plan for safety, housing access, economic stability, and dignity for people who have been excluded from every major system in the city.

A core goal of the TGI initiative is to strengthen TGI led organizations so that over time we can become become self-sustaining.

But we are not there yet.

Right now, our organizations are doing life-saving work with limited resources, and we need the city's partnership and investment to build towards that long-term sustainability.

I urge the council to move the TJI initiative forward with urgency and in real collaboration with TGI led organizations like the Nasatina Coalition.

Our community cannot wait any longer for the systems that should have existed years ago.

Our lives literally depend on you.

So we ask you today to please move forward with the TGI initiative.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is Yolanda Garcia.

I'm from District 10, and I'm here to express my support.

I understand that there is a four million dollar investment that could be given to our communities.

And so we're in a time where our voice are being silenced cruelly by this administration, and so we come to our local government to ask for support.

And so we're here to ask for your support, and we thank you to those who have been supporting us, and we ask for everyone else to please listen from our community and to be specific and clear in the type of help that you can provide.

And our voices will never be silenced.

We will continue to fight.

Yeah.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay.

So you speak one more time, I want to make sure the microphone's working.

I'm ready.

Okay, go ahead.

You have one minute.

Good morning, board council members.

My name is Pamela Moyeda.

I have okay for the GIWE.

The Translatina Coalition play an important role in my life with different programs that they provide to my trans community like angels of change, Diamonds and Rosa project.

Diamond is the program provides assistance to the senior trans women's community.

The program give me the tools to realize my needs, for example, back to school to be able to learn a trade.

I got my certification on building and ground, and this happened because the Translatina Coalition helped me to complete my course.

I used to apply for the jobs to be successful and get a better life of quality.

All these problems help to my community.

Please consider Translatina Coalition to continue helping my trans community.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Um, public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Adriana and I live in District 10.

Stoyaki para expressarmi appoying initiativa de Bienestar y Equidad TJI.

And I am here to express my support for the TGI wellness and equity initiative.

Una inversion of dollars durante dos anjos destinada organizations communitarias.

And this would be a four million dollar investment for community organizations within two years.

That work with the trans and gender expansive community.

I am here as part of the Translatina Coalition and we need to be represented in this community.

And it's important for us to be taken into account when we're talking about services like housing, health health care and mental health care.

The trans community is important both to this community and the country.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute before you begin if you want to adjust the microphone, just so we can hear what you're saying.

Go ahead.

Hello, my name is Reneo Campo and I'm a resident of District 10.

And I am here to show my support for the TGI wellness and equity initiative.

And this would be a four million dollar investment that would be going to community organizations in an amount of two years that work with the transgender, gender and gender expansive and intersex communities.

And even more so now with the attacks coming down on people's on gender inclusion and gender expression.

We need to protect our fundamental liberties and be in solidarity consciously.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you do?

My name is Liliana Garcia.

Hello all and here for public commentary.

My name is Liliana Garcia.

And I am here to ask for support for the Fair Fast Food Ordinance.

I worked at Subway.

And I was fired after asking for a day off because of the death of my husband.

First I was suspended, then I was let go for not having shown up to work.

I wasn't even given a day.

I wasn't even given a day to bury him.

I asked, and it was denied to me.

I was fired, I haven't even been paid for my last day of work, and I and I haven't even been given my tax paperwork.

And to be honest, I don't really know what I'm gonna do now.

I don't have work and I haven't been paid.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Wouldn't I be giving general comment?

Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Andrew Gillespie.

I work at Starbucks in District Five here in Los Angeles.

I am once again 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.

Billion dollar 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 we feel our rights are being violated.

At Starbucks, this has led to hundreds of unfair labor practice charges, which is why we have 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 the city are fully aware of their rights and that we know what to do when those rights are being denied or abused.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Go ahead.

A financial investment into transgender, gender expansive, and intersex communities through strengthening organizational services and programs to improve our everyday quality of life.

TGI youth and aging populations are vulnerable to harassment and exclusion, causing events leading to negative health outcomes, involvement in the juvenile justice system, and especially homelessness.

These similar stories echo throughout our community and are felt at an alarmingly young age for many of us.

We are grateful to those individuals within the city that see the equity for LGBTQIA plus communities and our fight for racial justice, immigration justice, and bodily autonomy and women's rights are all connected.

I implore you as government officials to invest into these communities so that we can prevent further struggle.

Other members of TLC and I implore you to help us break these cycles of erasure and improve the lives of TGI people throughout the city and in turn improve upon the future budget by addressing issues at their core.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning.

My name is Anna Maria Gonzalez.

I live war and go to school in District 10.

Today I'm here to ask for your support for the TGI Wellness Equity Initiative.

For the past four years, I had the opportunity to work at the Translatina Coalition.

That is something that not all of my trans sisters can say.

I've been able to have a dignified job to serve my community and to grow as a leader.

But the reality is that many of the TGI people in district 10 and across our city are still facing.

Sorry.

First in unemployment, housing instability, limited access to health care, and economic exclusion.

We need more support.

We need more resources, and we need real sustained investment.

Invest in TGI people, please.

I'm in.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Hello, my name is Shannon Axe.

I am a proud, out, openly transgender woman.

I am 25 years old, and I stand before you today, asking that you would protect transgender women across this city, especially black trans women and trans immigrant women and trans kids who are moved, targeted, and left unprotected.

Trans women are crying out for justice.

We are crying to be heard.

We are asking you to do your job and protect the most vulnerable among us.

We are not statistics, we are human beings.

We are daughters, we are sisters, we are created with dignity.

We are children of God.

We are children of light.

Hello, my name is Carolina Bueller.

I'm actually a candidate for governor of California.

Um I am non-binary and I stand here with my brothers, sisters, cousins, family, uh, transgender community.

I urge you to carve out meaningful time and use your power to unanimously vote together to pass this initiative.

Four million dollars is nothing compared to how much LAPD costs you just in lawsuits.

When we support the transgender community, we not only honor, love, listen, and support them, but we also change society.

Historically, before this continent was colonized, we looked up to the transgender community members, and we got it, and we listened to them and we honor them, and when we did, we all won.

Speaker, your time has expired.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good morning, council members.

My name is Giselle Basera, and I work in District 10.

I am here to advocate for the TGI wellness and equity initiative with $4 million dollars to keep organizations like ours to keep going.

I currently work on the violence prevention program where we are seeing increasing numbers of transgender, gender expansive, and intersex individuals getting hate crimes and experiencing violence.

And we need people from the community to serve them.

There have been numerous accounts of clients of ours trying to report instances like this, where they are misgendered, overlooked, and in some cases not even believed.

This is why we need community advocates like us to help them and guide them.

Before the next speaker begins, I'm gonna call a few more names.

Paul Hennessey, Linda Ortega, Chris Sodi, Julieta Garcia, Jonathan Basil.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

My name is Sarah Johnson, and my comment today is on today's commendatory resolution for the City of LA to officially recognize International Long COVID awareness day.

I'm one of two hundred and sixty-eight thousand Angelinos with long COVID, and among the sixty-four thousand who are significantly limited by this illness.

It took a lot of effort planning and pacing to get here today.

That's why this is such an important moment for the long COVID community.

An illness that has over 200 documented symptoms is not invisible.

And today the city of Los Angeles decides to reflect long COVID's reality and its impact on the people of the city.

So along with 23 organizations, 350 signatures, and all 268,000 Angelinos with long COVID, I submit this petition to support the annual recognition of International Long COVID awareness day on March 15th, and the lighting of City Hall in Teal, the symbolic color of long COVID.

Thank you.

Next speaker, good morning.

Which items would you like to speak to?

Uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

I'm commenting in support of the commendatory resolution to recognize March 15th as Long COVID awareness day and annually light city hall teal.

I'm here today speaking as an ally for all those who are homebound with this horrific condition for which despite having over 200 symptoms, there are still no treatments, no social support, and no education from institutions like LA Public Health.

Even mild cases of COVID are linked to immune system damage, diabetes, blood clots, strokes, heart attack, dementia, and even cancer.

And long COVID has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic health problem for children.

This is a growing problem today for the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike, and disproportionately affects the trans community.

The general public and healthcare workers choose to ignore the prevalence of airborne transmission and the horrors of long COVID to their own detriment.

This symbolic gesture by the city is a great first step in acknowledging this crisis, and LA will be joining many other cities across the globe to light up for long COVID.

The pandemic isn't over.

And I am here with my friends and co-workers.

We're here standing in front of you, and we are here to ask you a favor.

We're here to ask for you to support the fast food ordinance.

Now that we are at risk as workers of the fast food industry.

The franchise owners are now lying, saying that a pastor that is supportive of civil rights.

That he is in favor of the industry when that's a complete lie, and he is here today.

These companies know no limits.

And they are truly capable of anything.

So we need your support, please.

Good morning.

Do you make sure the microphones working before perfect?

What would you like to speak to?

General public comment, please.

Okay, go ahead.

You have one minute.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Sebastian Brock.

I use he him pronouns, and I live in District 8.

I'm here today finding myself disgusted by the lack of leadership, responsibility, accountability, and inclusion efforts from this council.

There are people in wooden box shelters in District 8.

There is gang violence in District 8.

I is still terrorizing our immigrant community as Eric Swalwell, a Democrat up for reelection in the midterms was named in the Epstein Files as an active pedophile.

Yet somehow Rob Bonta is investigating him for those actions.

Make that make sense.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Good morning.

Um I don't want to speak to anything, but the reality is it's it's big general public comment.

Okay.

So we have one minute.

Go ahead.

You know who I am, and you know that I would have never, never supported owners over labor.

I am a member of a union.

I am the pastor James Thomas that they're referring to, whose name was signed to this fraudulent letter.

If you will recall, I was here in Council Chambers when those people showed up.

They acted more like thugs and uh than uh than owners.

I if you recall, I even talked to a police officer about having shoved a woman into the door.

These were the people that went in the back room and spoke with you all.

And so what I'm saying is is that whatever my name is attached to, it will always be in solidarity with the people.

And Mr.

City Attorney, I know you know that.

So I'm coming to make the record clear.

Remove the letter that is attached to my name that is considered a public document because I did not sign that letter.

I do not support owners, I support labor.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

If you have documents, you can provide them to the sergeant.

Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins.

On behalf of Translatina Coalition, I'm from District 10.

And what would actually hold on?

I think they're gonna read a few names, and then after if you could just let us know what you'd like to speak to.

Yes.

Tina Salcedo.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Hello, this is Reza Islam on I'm from District 10.

On behalf of Translatina Coalition, I'm here, and we are here for our existence.

Our existence cannot be erased.

We are here for our rights.

Please help us.

This is a moment that we get harassed every day, every second.

If we look at the TGA community, on every ground we have been harassed and bullied, all we want is peace.

We want to exist here in this world, and that's a crime here.

We want support.

We want more programs in our community so that our community sisters and brothers don't go outside and get beaten, get bullied every day.

We want support.

On behalf of TGI community here, I want, I ask for support.

And our existence matters.

We are here to stay.

We cannot be erased.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Good morning.

My name is Jonathan, and I'd like to speak for general public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

And I would request for all council members to look up from their phones and pay attention because you have not done the decency for the rest of the people that have spoken today.

So for three years, our community has waited for the city of Los Angeles to improve beyond symbolic gestures and take real action to support the well-being of transgender, gender expansive, and intersex angelinos.

The TGI wellness and iniquity initiative is a long overdue step towards meaningful investment to equity, safety, and the dignity for some of our city's most marginalized community members.

Historically, TGI serving community-based organizations have carried the responsibility of providing life-saving services, often to with little or no institutional support.

The initiative offers a concrete way for the city to Los Angeles to allocate tangible resources for our community during a time where we're facing unprecedented economic and social barriers.

Please, I beg you join us in demanding that our city leaders invest in the lives of TGI people here and all across Los Angeles County.

Thank you.

Thank you, next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up Angel Haimez, Nicholas Rodello, Harriet Elliott, and Reza Islam.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Hello, Council.

My name is Kirchhood, and I'm a junior attending Shamrod High School.

And I'd like to shout out John Lee and his Lee 12 leadership program, which is giving me the opportunity today to speak to you guys.

Los Angeles is full of talented, passionate, and creative young people.

We have ideas about public safety, community, mental health, and many more.

But too often we are seen as recipients of policy instead of contributors to it.

If we want a stronger city, we need to create more opportunities for youth to actively participate in shaping it.

This means expanding youth advisory councils, creating more city-sponsored leadership and internship programs, funding community spaces where young people can gather and collaborate and build mentorship networks that connect students with civic leaders.

It means giving the underprivileged youth not just support but a platform to express their ideas.

When young people are given real opportunities to speak, lead and serve, they rise to the occasion.

Investing in youth involvement is not just about empowering the next generation, it's about empowering Los Angeles right now.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Ah, public comment.

Good morning, Council members.

Go ahead, you have one minute.

Can we start from the top, please?

Hi, my name is Joanna Wallace, and I work in district 10.

I'm here to speak in support of the TGI Community Wellness and Equality Initiative.

A four million dollars in business over two years in intertrangender, gender expensive, and intersex community-based and organization.

The Translatina Coalition, alongside the community members have repeatedly asked the Los Angeles city to make a meaningful investment into the lives of the transgender, gender expensive and intersex people.

Throughout the older city within taking uh federal founding to uh serving programs flatted in TEI initiatives.

We look forward to local governments and officials to support this already on funding services and programs.

The TGI community is a long face criminalization and discrimination.

And now more than ever, in light of the escalated federal funding.

Okay, next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Uh general public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

My name is Nicholas Rodello.

Um, I've lived for the past four years with long COVID.

I got fully vaccinated.

I was told I didn't have to worry about it, and I still caught it.

Got sick, and now live with long-term health issues.

I'm here with many friends and close colleagues today to speak on the commendatory resolution that the city council is going to pass today, recognizing uh International Long Covenant Awareness Day.

Um while we are very, very happy that this is happening.

I can only say that we need so much more.

So much more needs to happen.

I meet new people every single day in my work, uh in my friend groups, uh at parties, whatever it may be.

People who tell me, oh, I caught a COVID infection and then now I have pots, or I can't sleep properly, or I have migraines.

There are so many issues that are being caused by this disease that is still happening, maybe not as much as it was before, but people are still catching COVID, people are still getting long COVID.

And for that, thank you for recognizing International On COVID aware state.

Thank you, Councilmember Soto Martinez.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up Sarah Johnson, KPC Tower, Bambi Salcedo, and Laura Cornejo.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Okay, so we have one minute, go ahead.

Perfect.

My name is Angel.

My pronouns are the he, I work in C D 10, and I live in CD 14.

I'm here to speak on the TGI we initiative.

When TGI people struggle with housing, employment, and basic safety, it is our TGI community organizations that keep us safe.

When TGI people of color experience criminalization and violence in their own cities, state sanctioned violence, it is our organizations that are there.

Next speaker.

Before the next speaker begins, I'll call up De Haney Morales, Candida Mason, L.

Seibert, Andrew Gillespie, and Renee Ocampo.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Senator de Wisconsin.

The entire world is violated by this uh beast like uh process in the worst way.

Pajina uh, page 120.

Uh caros nuevos con LED están armados.

Each new LED is armed.

Con Diodes microondos incrustados and loss de luz.

With encrusted microwaves in their lighting system.

SSR must say the con exactitude a todo velocidad.

These uh these weapons are able to be used with um high precision.

Um, the software framework is configured to be able to use cars as targets.

Tan pronto como estén cerca, as soon as they're close enough.

El Blanco Target, same pression, okay.

Todo el mundo le está siguiendo.

This target gives us the impression that every the entire world is following us.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Yes, good morning, public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

And I'm here because we need this ordinance to be passed.

This is the fair fast food workers ordinance.

And we're in critical times.

I'll never forget when there was an ice rate that was happening just a few blocks away from my store.

And my friends and my customers, we cried out of fear.

And thank thanks to be knowing my own rights, I was able to stay calm and to protect everyone else.

Nowadays that fear still lingers in many of many of our friends.

And these are the same people who are missing work just out of fear of being ripped away from their families.

It's not right for us to live this way and have no support from our businesses.

And that's why we are demanding know your rights trainings outside of the stores.

And that's where we can learn to advocate and defend our rights without being intimidated by them.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Hi, good morning, public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

I work at Taco Bell.

I'm here to ask for you to uh to post the the report on the fair uh the fair workers ordinance.

In comida rapida porque los trabajadores como yo estamos cansados de ser abusados.

As fast food workers like myself, we are tired of being abused.

Durante mas de un anno los jefes ignoraron nuestras quejas sobre las goteras del techo cuando yo.

For over a year, our bosses have been ignoring our complaints about leaks that have been happening during the rains.

And we felt that they weren't gonna do anything about it until the roof actually fell on top of us.

But after a strike and uh complaining with Cal OSHA.

Things started to change.

And nowadays, when I tell my bosses that there's a leak.

They take action to fix it instead of ignoring it.

And know your knowing your rights is what's going to help us to be able to make sure that our bosses are not ignoring our complaints.

Let's make this happen at all restaurants.

Thank you.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Good.

I don't think we can hear.

Can you lift the microphone up just a little bit?

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

General public comment.

Perfect.

You have one minute.

Go ahead.

Good afternoon, council members.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today.

It is an honor.

My name is El Seaver, and I'm here on behalf of Got Long COVID, a PSA campaign on the COVID-Long COVID crisis.

I speak as a patient, community organizer, and public health consultant for clients, including NIH Recover.

I'm here today in support of the motion and resolution to declare international long COVID awareness day on March 15th.

Long COVID is a disabling chronic condition that can disable people of all ages and health backgrounds, from children to Olympic athletes.

Long COVID has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic condition in children.

It is a health justice issue.

Low-income BIPOC and frontline communities experience higher occupational exposure to COVID with fewer resources for recovery.

It is a labor issue.

Loss of employment or reduced ability to work affects 29.9% of people with long COVID.

It is also a housing issue.

Long COVID leads to increased ADA housing needs, rent insecurity, housing instability, evictions, and mortgage defaults.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Hello.

General public comment.

Okay.

So you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Uh Councilmember Herado, I would like to address you, so if you wouldn't mind, please.

My name is Eric.

I'm a photographer who's been documenting LA's response to ICE since June.

Um Councilmember, uh, Councilmember Rodriguez uh told some friends of mine on Instagram that we should talk to you if anything happens at the Metro Detention Center since that's your district.

So here I am.

Um on February 13th, you praised the student walk out and said you're glad that another was happening that day.

I want to tell you that when those kids went to the MDC to protest, they sent out the same ICE agent I've I've addressed you all about several times, who I saw dressed like a Boogaloo boy at the first student walkout.

This time he was sent out to scare the students away with an M4 and bear mace.

Last week you previewed an event you titled The Power of Action, Silence Today, Injustice Tomorrow.

You said we're standing together not just with words, but with courage.

I would like courage to lead to action.

I am very frustrated, and I think a lot of people are afraid, as am I, that these things keep happening, and we keep talking about talking about them instead of doing something.

So please please help.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Um item 31 and general comment.

Good morning.

Item 31 is not open for public comment, but you can speak to it during general.

So you have one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Okay.

So my name is Georgina Serrano, community organizer.

Um the initiative ULA is helping with the prevention homelessness.

I received tons of calls from all the city, people really afraid to lose the house, and really frustrated with no help for helping with rain, especially with the ice activity, they they really terrify and to lose that roof.

So this initiative is providing the money to provide the services to thousands of people.

So we need to work together.

We invited all of you to sign the contracts between the city, you have the money in your hands, and we need to do the war for the community.

So we need to continue working together.

All these people heat in the room need a roof on the head.

So thank you for the voting yes.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Good morning.

What would you like to speak to?

Good morning.

My name is Jamila Bellino or Jamie Lee, and I'm just gonna make a public comment.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead.

Well, the first thing I'd like to say is that being an LGBT person is not a choice.

It is our right since birth.

The second thing I want to say is that everyone came up here today and they yelled at you.

They told you what they wanted, they chanted, they gave you that train of energy.

But now I'm just gonna give you some calm energy.

And I just want to explain to you a day in the Translatina Coalition.

So when I walk into that building, I'm greeted by a hundred people with smiles on their faces, and they're ready for a new day.

I walk in and I also see people in the front who are smiling at me and they're asking me how I am.

I go back into the office as I am an employee there.

I did start off as someone who was homeless and they helped me.

I started off as someone who had nothing and they helped me.

I came from Mexico and they helped me.

Just because I'm white doesn't let that fool you.

I am a proud Puerto Rican woman.

I am a Latina.

So when I went into that building, I go in and I see someone who instantly wants to show me that they care.

And also I know their time is out, but just give them your money.

Give them the things that they need.

Speaker, your time has expired.

Next speaker.

Hello, hello.

Yep, we can hear you.

I assume all items of general public comment.

You assume correctly, sir.

And I I know you came in a little late.

So the items, and it's been a long meeting.

So the items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items one through four, six through twenty, twenty-three and twenty-four, and thirty-six through forty-nine.

So you have three minutes for those items and one minute for general.

Go ahead.

Okay, okay.

Um, yes, I'm gonna start off with number 40, and I wanna um be I'm concerned.

Well, Mr.

Lee still owes me an apology.

Miss Herado also on this, does not because she's always very sweet and kind, so I'm very supportive of what she's put, you know, if for her.

But I want her to be warned.

I want you all to be warned because you're asking about different um community programs.

I want to make sure now, Miss uh Laura FM's gonna be handing out for the part of my public record, um, all the different front groups of Scientology.

Okay, that yes, it is on topic.

The community uh, stop like seriously, okay, because these are community groups that will be trying to get money for all this stuff within your community, and including like Narcanon, okay, which you know how they deal with drug dealing with drug addiction and removal.

They put you on a lot of vitamins and stick you in a um a sauna for hours a day for weeks on end.

That's how they do drug withdrawal, and then you have to go into session and figure out what you did to bring it on yourself.

If that's what you want for you know, for anyone to go through, then you know what?

Then you're on your own.

Item are you speaking to?

That was number 40, okay, community.

Exhausted your minute on that.

I exhausted my minute, okay.

Well, okay, my next one is um the Ramadan lights, and I want to say happy Ramadan to all who celebrate.

And I appreciate that we are multicultural in this city.

But when it comes to different things like the lights and just different things that you guys put out, why can't we try to get because you guys are so broke, you know, and we want to give these fine people, you know, the you know fair wages and all that stuff, right?

But where's the money coming from?

It's coming from the taxpayer.

So why don't you try to do something like get organizations to help contribute to different things that are decorative or you know, just different things that they can help out.

You know, like I don't know, some entity can pay for the lights.

Every you can have them sponsor a light per day, because you do this daily, and that's another thing you can do.

Um, for when it comes to youth development, okay.

I'm very all for youth development, but again, I am want to warn you about the different youth um Scientology programs within the community, okay?

Uh, you know, like their drug-free world, okay?

They make kids sign a promise and sign up to sign promises that they'll never do drugs, but all that is is for them to get their parents all their information to recruit.

It's just recruiting tactics.

They don't do anything because they don't really care.

I'm gonna ask you, stick to the agenda.

Number 41.

Yes, youth development department.

That's what I'm saying.

Yes, the youth development department.

Right.

They're talking about I'm talking about youth, okay?

Your development, it's gotta be about the department.

Otherwise, you can speak to it during general if you don'd like to.

Okay, uh, well, I thought that's all can connected.

So, um okay, and okay, we'll just switch it to call it.

So one minute for general public comment.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Okay, I'm here.

I guess why I'm talking about today, right?

We're gonna talk about Scientology and the fact that we passed out a book to you okay a while ago from uh Jamie Mustard and his story of the crimes against him as a child here in Los Angeles.

And Ms.

Raman, if you're gonna be running for mayor, I hope you will look into the different crimes of different people.

There's so many people have come forward and discussing the crimes of Scientology, crimes against children.

You know what Jamie Mustard said yesterday on it?

He feels like that he was erased as a human being as a child.

His mind was erased because that's how what they do, and the law feels the same way.

Many people have come forward within the city.

When is it gonna stop?

Like when are they, you know, like you know, why are they on your boards?

Why are you taking money from them?

And I want to give a shout out to Smoke and Scan because I appreciate that they listen over there.

I even have people calling in and coming into different meetings, agreeing.

Why are you allowing this?

It's horrific human trafficking and abuse.

Make it stop.

Thank you.

Speaker, your time has expired.

That is all the time for public comment.

Okay, what's next before us?

Uh, Mr.

McCosker.

Thank you very much.

Mr.

Chair, I'd like to uh continue item 11, which is a lien at 1829 East 97th Street to April 21st, please.

Okay, without objection, we'll continue that.

And while we're talking about it on number eight, that lien uh I'm gonna request that we note and file it as it has been paid.

So without objection on that, or do I need a second?

Um let's see.

Uh, I'm sorry, someone's talking.

Hold on, can you before?

So I'm sorry.

So the speaker that normally goes by audit LA, so we I can't hear what the clerk's saying, and she's sitting right next to me.

Um so you are disrupting this meeting.

I'm gonna ask that whatever you're doing now, please do not disrupt this meeting.

You know you're welcome to record, but you but if you disrupt this meeting again, uh you'll be subject to removal pursuant to rule seven and rule twelve.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, go ahead, City Claire.

Uh so Mr.

President, there it uh you made a motion to receive and file the lien for number eight.

Is there a second?

Uh Mr.

McCosker.

Thank you.

Um, and at this point, Mr.

President, since there are 12 members, it's best to reconsider the ordinances, and that would be item 26, 27, 32, 34, as well as 35, sir.

Okay, those are now before us.

I mean any members which speak on those items.

Seeing no members on the queue, let's.

Could you repeat the items?

Uh to reconsider the ordinances that were previously approved, and that would be 26, 27, 32, 34, as well as uh 35.

Okay.

Seeing no members on the queue.

Uh let's open the roll on those.

Close the roll, tally the votes.

12 eyes.

Okay, those measures are agreed to.

Uh what's next?

Uh next, uh, Ms.

Rodriguez.

Actually, I'll call on Miss Rodriguez.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You just tell me what items are next.

I just wanted to uh recommend receiving and filing item four.

I didn't Sharon, I don't know if we got that one previously.

Okay, and is there a second to Miss Rodriguez?

I'll second that.

Mr.

Bloomingfield.

And also um Ms.

Hernandez.

Hernandez on the queue.

Go ahead.

Yes, sir.

Um, for council district 10.

Can I receive and file item one and eighteen, please?

Item one and eighteen.

Is there a second to the receive and file?

Uh Ms.

Hernado.

Okay.

And at this point, uh, Mr.

President, uh, council may now vote on items one through four, eight through ten, twelve through twenty, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-seven through forty-five, forty-seven, as well as twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-two, thirty-four, and thirty-five, sir.

Okay, I think you inadvertently added number eight, which we had said would be no.

Uh yes.

Uh that eight is to um what council is voting on now is uh the motion to receive and file eight.

Okay, okay.

So those items are now before us.

Uh let's uh open the roll.

Close the roll.

Tally the votes.

12 eyes.

Okay, those measures are those agreed to, as described.

And now we'll move on, I believe, to number 25.

Is that right?

Uh, yes.

And that was called special by Ms.

Rodriguez for a separate vote.

Okay, does anyone wish to speak to this item?

Seeing no members on the queue, let's open the roll.

Close the roll and tally the votes.

10 ayes, two no's.

Okay.

What does that take us next to?

Uh, next would be item 36, and this was called special uh due to a substitute motion, and two votes are required.

The first vote is uh question whether to substitute, okay.

That vote is before us.

No members on the queue.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll, tally vote.

12 eyes.

Okay.

Next is uh item 36, and that is substitute motion for Raman.

Uh seconded by Councilmember Yaroslavsky.

Okay, seeing no members on the queue.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll, tally the vote.

12 eyes.

Okay.

Uh next would be uh item 46, and that was called special by Mr.

McCosker.

Okay, item 46 is before us, Mr.

McCosker.

Can I just say no more discussion needed?

We had a great discussion, but I want to thank Sean Carnes from Congresswoman Annette Bettergan's office for being here.

Congresswoman Bettergan is a big supporter of Yolanda Regalado.

Okay.

That being said, any uh any other comments?

No other members on the queue.

Let's open the roll.

Close the roll, tally the votes.

12 eyes.

Next would be item 48, and that was called special uh for an amendment.

That's motion Rodriguez Padilla as well as Council Member Hernandez had comments on 48.

Okay, let's uh let's consider item 48, and we'll start with Council Member Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President.

Colleagues, the time has come to stop treating unarmed model of crisis response as a pilot and start treating it as the permanent infrastructure Los Angeles deserves.

Long before I stepped into this horseshoe, I spent my career in the community fighting for care first programs, alternatives to incarceration, and crisis response alternatives.

My work then and now is driven by a desire to keep community members alive and to meet them where they are with the resources to keep them alive.

And when someone is going through a mental health crisis, food, water, or friendly face can make all the difference.

For too long, black and brown and working class communities have been told that LAPD violence, armed responses, trauma, and too often death is the cost of safety.

And that's utterly false.

Ecosystem.

Since 2024, unarmed crisis Response has responded to more than 18,733 calls, and 96% of those calls were resolved without police involvement.

We need a spectrum of care for of varying levels of acuity, and by treating public health and public safety as interconnected, unarmed crisis response has proven its ability to connect Angelinos in distress with housing, mental health care, and peer support.

In the face of a mountain mounting budget crisis, investing in unarmed crisis response is a matter of both operational efficiency and fiscal responsibility.

We must reserve our most expensive and specialized uh resources such as the fire in the police department for the most dire and serious emergencies.

It costs roughly $85 uh per hour to deploy LAPD officers, whereas the same response from an unarmed crisis response team costs $35 per hour.

By scaling this model from 6 to 21 divisions, we can divert up to 25 and over 25,000 calls per year away from LAPD and the fire department to free them up to do more serious work.

We can't keep deploying armed officers to handle mental health crisis calls because the outcome is Angelinos paying with loss of life and millions of their tax dollars for legal settlements in 2023.

35% of LEPD officer involved shootings involve someone in a mental health crisis.

Think about that.

More than one out of every three times an LAPD officer pulled the trigger, they were standing across someone who needed professional medical help.

Full citywide coverage of unarmed crisis response would cost about 40 million annually.

That is significantly less than the 56 million paid out in just seven recent LAPD liability settlements.

As budget conversations unfold, I do not want to hear that unarmed crisis response is on the chopping block.

If you're serious about fiscal prudence and public safety, prove it today with your vote.

Throw down to adopt for unarmed crisis response on a permanent basis.

Throw down to get a status update on the Department of Community Safety that was outlined in our 2025 2026 budget.

Throw down to create the crisis response dispatch working group and move to more streamlined efficient dispatching system and throw it down to involve Angelinos, neighborhood councils, labor partners, and service providers in this transition and make sure this care first framework serves all Angelinos.

Thank you to Councilmember Blumenfield for your leadership on this issue and for co-introducing this motion with me.

Thank you to Council President Marquis Sares Dawson for seconding this motion and to every Angelino who organized, testified, marched, and dared to dream of unarmed alternatives in our city.

Colleagues, there's no better time to move this forward.

Let's do the work and show Angelinos that you choose fiscal responsibility and common sense public safety.

Colleagues, I ask for your support in making care first responses standard for all Angelinos here in the city.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Councilwoman Hernandez, for your comments, but also thank you again for co-chairing this sub this committee with me and moving forward.

LA is a complex city.

We need a complex response, and we want to be cutting edge, and this is this is the way that we get there.

So thank you.

And I also urge an eye.

Next we have Councilmember or Council President Marquis Harris Tawson and Councilman Hudson.

Thank you so much, Mr.

President.

Thank you, Councilmember Hernandez, and thank you, Councilmember Blumenfield, for bringing this uh effort to the stage where we can take a vote this morning.

Uh, folks, this is one of those things for which there should not be much disagreement at all.

The data is incontrovertible and unassailable.

Uh, we've done the work.

It's it is beyond there was a stage at which this was an ideological struggle about armed enforcement versus unarmed intervention.

We've done the work now, and we show that the two can exist side by side, and when appropriate, either can show up.

And the one that we need to build out and need more of is the unarmed crisis response.

And so every time we come in contact with a person, uh Councilmember Bloomfield Hernandez who says, I'm glad you all sent someone to get me off the street before I hurt someone or hurt myself.

Uh, is the kind of miracle that we can create in the city and the kind of safety that we can build in the city in going forward so that again we deal with the issues and the people before something happens instead of waiting until uh something happens.

So I couldn't be happier about this, and it's uh such a great outcome of standing up this uh the unarmed crisis Response committee.

So thank you all both so much.

Thank you.

Seeing no other speakers on the queue, we do have uh an amending motion as well.

We could we can take this up as amended.

Is that right?

Or do we need to vote on separately?

Uh no, it uh it's uh this item can be voted together uh with the amendments so 48 and 48A.

Okay, so we will take this item up as amended, unless there's anyone objecting, which I don't see.

So that is the call, and let's open the roll.

Close the roll.

Tell you the votes.

Twelve eyes.

Okay, this measure is adopted as amended.

With without objection, um urgent forthwith requires another vote.

Uh, but if you would like to do so, but forthwith is right after the meeting, and this meeting is about to end.

Fourth with is fine.

Oh, thank you.

It's about a seven-minute difference, I think.

You know, so don't worry about it.

Uh so this will move without objection, forthwith.

Okay.

What's next?

49.

Uh, final item is 49, and that one has an amendment.

Motion Rodriguez Padilla.

Okay, any members wish to speak to 49.

Any objection to voting as amended?

Seeing none, let's uh open the roll on 49 as amended.

Close the roll, tally the votes.

12 eyes.

Okay, that measure is adopted.

What's next?

Uh, council has motions or posting a referral.

Without objection, they are posted and referred.

The desk is clear, sir.

All right, desk is clear.

Let's move to amendments.

Or not amendments, announcements.

How about that?

Or you can amend your announcements if you like.

Uh Mr.

Soto Martinez.

Yes, thank you so much, Council President.

Um, uh, today this body took an important step by introducing a commendatory resolution recognizing long COVID awareness day for the first time in the city of Los Angeles.

Since the start of the pandemic, too many Angelinos have had their lives profoundly disrupted by long COVID.

I think all of us know, family member or friends that it continues to be affected by uh what happened in 2020.

And six years later, they're still searching for answers, facing barriers to care treatment, and even just recognizing that it's that it exists.

But I like to thank the members of the Los Angeles long COVID community who came out today to share their stories, and I especially want to recognize Sarah Johnson and Nick Rodello who worked with my office on this effort.

On March 15th, when City Hall is lit in Teal, I hope it serves as a reminder that we cannot leave behind the Angelinos who are still living and hurting due to long COVID.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Are there any other announcements, colleagues?

Okay, just are there any adjourning motions?

Looking to my left for adjourning motions.

Looking to my right for adjourning motions.

Seeing no adjourning motions, uh, go forth and serve the city, do good work.

This meeting is adjourned.

We've already started the phase one earlier of 2025, is to convert sort of the carpal lanes into the fast track lane.

So two lanes of fast track on each side of the freeway, and that should be completed within three years in advance of the Olympics to ensure that we have drivers and people moving from point A to point B for the Olympic games.

In terms of all the things that make a city run, in particular in Los Angeles, the film industry has become kind of one of those conversation cornerstones a lot.

And you now from the mayor's office have the position of oversight in that regard, too.

Are you a film buff and what's going on with what's happening in filming in LA?

I think I was chosen for this role, not because I'm a Hollywood expert per se, but I'm a you know problem solver.

I know how the city works, I know which levers to press to get things done.

And the film industry have had some struggles over the years.

Of course, the pandemic, and you've seen headlines about production leaving California for different reasons.

Financial reasons, right?

So it might be cheaper to film in other states or other countries.

So what my job is and why I, as president of the board, is tasked with this responsibility is that we're very much intertwined.

My job is to lure production back into Los Angeles by streamlining many of its old archaic processes and making our city a friendly, open for business in terms of production.

So we now have a detailed list of uh landmarks, popular neighborhoods, streets that are uh very much in demand by our filming industry, whether it's you know major blockbuster films or their TV shows.

But one of the other areas that I'm working on is that even if this particular location is a very desirable location for Hollywood, sometimes the neighbors are not as receptive to the things that are associated with production coming into their street.

So I'm also working with our neighborhoun leaders, our city council partners, and our mayor's team to really kind of set that tone, set that expectation, and explain to our residents what are some of the benefits.

Yes, some of the street parking might be taken up by production crews for a limited number of days, but that really translates to, you know, thousands, sometimes millions of dollars to the local economy that benefits everybody.

Recently, Sacramento passed a very historic film tax credit.

Uh it builds upon what Mayor Bass helped passed uh in Sacramento when she was in the state legislature.

So that is helping to bring some of that production back.

But what I'm focused on is really taking an equity lens into the film uh permitting process where different permits incur different levels of cost.

So we're looking at ways to okay, if major not only just major blockbuster, but small, low impact filming also happens in Los Angeles quite frequently.

And why don't we lower the barrier in terms of threshold so that we don't charge you the same amount of money for a major blockbuster film versus a student run or a nonprofit film?

So we're looking at a tiered pricing model to implement here in LA so that we welcome all different sizes of production back.

So we contract out our permitting services right now with an entity called Film LA, which is a nonprofit, and yes, uh they were recently uh awarded a five-year extension with the city of LA.

Uh they serve as sort of that one-stop shop.

Yes, there are uh issues related to the filming process, and we're having some extensive dialogue with Film LA to make some major amendments to that, including tiered pricing, but that's your go-to first entry.

And then if there are issues, people can contact me directly.

But to give you an example, here we're inside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

City Hall is the people's building, and it is free to film.

That doesn't mean all of your costs get covered, but um at least to reserve this building, there is no added cost, right?

However, you know, the security, janitorial things will add up, but this is a very desirable landmark that people have shot, you know, courtrooms in, or uh different types of law enforcement productions and others.

Well, there's so much happening in this, and we rarely scratch the surface of everything that the Board of Public Works does.

So if somebody wants to learn about what current priorities are or what's happening in the city, your plans for the Olympics, what's the best way for them to find out?

Sure, you can go to our main website, which is DPW, Department of Public Works.gov.

You'll find pictures of all the five commissioners, including myself and what we do, our background, our assignments, and also links to all of our social media pages so that you'll get the latest information about you know Shine LA and then updates related to the convention center and so much more.

It was the first ever African American labor organization, born of the trains which connected the country.

LA City Council commemorated the brotherhood of Sleeping car porters and maids and acknowledged how instrumental they were in the fight for civil rights.

We are at the Los Angeles City Hall and proudly able to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids.

It's significant because this is the first African American union formed in the country.

What they had to endure, what they agreed to go through for the betterment of their children for the betterment of people that they would never know, was just uh so incredibly selfless.

They were able to plot the course or improvement of an entire community, an entire race of people.

They were the on-ramp to the black middle class.

They were the ones that took news across the country.

I think about how the Pullman Porters would wear these really nice suits and the hats and everything.

They were always very dignified, very respectful.

But at home they were struggling.

They did a lot behind the scenes, sometimes not really respected by the people they were serving, but they still did their best to be honorable.

People don't understand what these men and women, you find out the women were in on it too.

They did the best of everything.

They served, they cooked, they shined many times without sleep because they wanted to present the right image for people to understand respect, not calling like they did everybody George.

Hey, George, do this, George, do that.

It was just easy to call everybody George because they did not respect them enough of being called by a first name.

In fact, there's a film out by Robert Townsend.

It's 10,000 men named George.

A lot of people, until they read the byline, don't know that's about the Pullman Porters.

But that respect never left them for whoever they were working for, taking care of the children for, ironing clothes for, fixing food for.

The porters, when Mr.

Pullman brought them on, they had terrible working conditions.

It was just my ancestors tell me how bad the working conditions were.

So the union was called together to give us some rights.

So it was really a pivotal part for black people.

So what most people don't understand is it was A.

Philip Randolph, who was the architect behind the March on Washington, who actually organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Carporters.

A Philip Randolph came together with King and the SELC people and said, hey, labor and civil rights matter and they're the same.

They're the same issue.

We're pushing for the same thing.

And so the great merger then took place.

They became like a conduit to African American communities because they traveled on trains across the country.

And so out of that, many of their children and offspring became mayors and leaders and congress members and all those representatives.

And so that was a springboard to the civil rights movement.

If it was not for A.

Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Carporters, I would not be in my position I am in today.

What I believe the contribution of the Pullman Porters organization was over the decades, not only to civil rights, but to the wider society.

Well, it did a couple of things.

The first thing it did was show black people amazingly that we can organize and get something accomplished that's worthwhile for the betterment of the entire society.

And I just mean it was a wonderful betterment opportunity for black people, but it also in any time everyone is doing well, it enriches the entire society.

So if black people are doing better, then everyone is gonna do better.

And so I think that was the greatest contribution.

And it showed black people that we could do it, that we didn't have to be scared.

They showed that we could have courage and with courage, we could accomplish great things.

Every year, our national organization, the Association for the Study of Life and History, they give us our national Black History theme.

So our theme this year was African Americans in labor.

So we decided that we wanted to focus on the untold stories of just everyday people that have labored to make this country great.

So along with Mac Enterprises, we decided that we would reach out and offer the opportunity for people to submit profiles, 75 words, and a photo of key people in their lives that have done something incredible, whether they were a maid, whether they were Pullman Porter, whether they were architects, you know, but stories of people that have built this country.

And so our book, African Americans in Labor, The Roads We've Traveled, it's incredible because you see all these stories, black police officers, nurses, doctors, and then also we have stories of the Pullman Porters.

We have stories about the first black seafarers, we have the first black surfer.

There's some incredible stories that are in there.

And so uh things that people never knew about.

So many people don't realize the value of their own family stories.