The Los Angeles City Council convened on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at 10:00 AM (approximate start time) with 14 members present and a quorum. The meeting addressed a broad agenda including the establishment of multiple Business Improvement Districts, a major appeal regarding the Scattergood Modernization Project, and various other items. Public comment was heated, with significant discussion on police accountability, the Scattergood project, and homelessness policies.
People do pack some sort of go kit, which includes their medications, identifying information of their pets if they have them in case they're separated. If you live in an apartment building, please make yourself aware of where the fire extinguishers are in your building. Please make sure you keep your fire alarms functioning, which also monitor for gas. And you know, reach out to your landlord to ask them to engage in safety measures for the entire building, which also might lower their insurance costs if they engage safely on how to protect themselves. All these things are what we're here to teach today in a way that hopefully people can deal with in an affordable and viable way so that they don't feel overwhelmed like there's so much to do, I just won't do anything. We want them to do something, do one thing, do three things. Over time, and over time they're gonna get in a better position to withstand a wildfire, and we know they're coming, unfortunately. Henson M Aquatics Center is very different. It means the largest municipal pool in the United States. It's 1.5 acres, just one way, it's 153 yards. Capacity is over 3,000, zero depth entry, so that means I it's safe for old family, the middle kids. It's 1.5 million gallons of water with two beautiful water slides and the obstacle course in the middle of the pool. So in the city of LA, we have over 50 swimming pools. So there's a pool near your house from San Pedro to Sill Mark, Is LA, West LA, we have a pool. Not only we have a pool with well trained life course, but we have amazing programs. We do over 25,000 lessons, swim lessons in the city of LA every year. We have over 800 kids in our Junior Life Co program, and over 6,000 kids are part of our swim team, water polo, artistic swimming, springboat diving. So we have an aquatics program for all of Angelino. So anytime you're on water, if you're at the lake, you're at the beach, you're at the pool, anywhere, always swim near a lifeguard. It's critical that you kids are supervised at all times, anytime they're close to the water, you know, kids can drown in like a few inches of water, so never never leave your kids unattended. During the summertime, you know, there's a lot of friends, family, they they have pool parties. It's a lot of drownings that happen in dark care pools. So as a parent, there's a lot of things that you can do at home to make sure you pools are safe. First, you gotta have a fence. Make sure you have a fence with a gate that you can lock. You gotta have an alarm. It's good to have equipment in case you know somebody goes in the water and whoever's watching them doesn't know how to swim. Make sure you have a ring buoy. A ring buoy can make a big difference on saving somebody's life where anybody can see it, grab it, and throw it to whoever's in the water struggling, whoever needs help. Knowing how to use it, how to throw it to make a big difference. Also a body hook. You put on the wall next to the ring buoy so you can reach and hook the body and bring them in. Or have somebody hold on to it by struggle in the water and bring them in. By having those two pieces of equipment can make a big, big difference. So each facility, you know, we have a safety plan. By having well-trained life course at all of our 50 plus facilities in the city of LA. Uh, our job is to educate the public in water safety. So when you come in, you have a good safe experience. So this summer, make it a point to visit our pools and take a swim lesson. Give us a shot. Try us out. Four, three, two, one! We are in the community of Panorama City, the 91402, celebrating the re-grand opening of the splash pad at Panorama City Park, a park whose flash pad was closed for over seven summers. We're excited to see all of the kids here who live in a very high-dense community. Sometimes don't have a front yard, sometimes don't have a backyard. So the park is really their only place to play. It's been amazing. I mean, look at the smiles, they're priceless, the sound. It brings me back to my childhood. My sister was even teary-eyed because growing up in a community where you know you need a little bit more resources.