City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good morning, everyone, and thank you all for being here for what I call my annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, where we come together to uplift and honor Chicano leaders and reclaim the significance of this holiday.

Cinco de Mayo has been traditionally been seen and confused as being Mexican Independence Day, but it's not. Historically, what it is, it's a symbolic day that was born here in the United States. to showcase the winning of the Battle of Puebla, which shows the resiliency of a very small Mexican army that beat a very well-funded French army. So over the years of history, it has been turned into a very commercialized way to cater to the Mexican market. But what we want to do is show that we're more than just that. We're not just the consumers. for some corporations to shoot for, but we really do contribute to the fabric of what is the American story.

And that is why we are doing this today. Today, we brought together a diverse and dynamic group of honorees. Marcos Reynoso, he is the owner to Chonsi Chorizo.

I just really wanna serve really good food to my community and really good pricing so everybody can enjoy, not just the one person or the people that have money. I want everybody to enjoy.

The chorizo that he makes is something that I've never seen before. What he puts in the chorizo is something that actually you can't really find anywhere unless you go closer to the border or actually cross.

It's really important to celebrate Cinco de Mayo because you always need to remember where you come from, where your tradition is, what to truly celebrate.

Congratulations. Thank you for being part of helping us redefine Cinco de Mayo. Daniel Duno Lopez. He is a content creator, podcaster, and comedian who proudly represents his Mexican heritage and Echo Park roots. Today, he's touring the country and selling out shows. We are proud to celebrate his success and his voice.

I grew up down the street, literally on first, in between Temple. I grew up... Walking distance, I used to walk through here, I would have never in 100 years thought that I'd be here. I'm 26 years old, I'm living life, I'm amazed. Thank you guys for supporting and shout out the city of Los Angeles. I love you guys so much, thank you.

The Chicano movement here in Los Angeles is thriving. It's probably the biggest and best it's ever been. And, you know, there's areas that we could be in a little bit more, like in the movie industry. We got the music on lock, we got art on lock, we got food on lock, and the only place I don't see us shining to our full potential is in the movie industry.

He is an internationally celebrated photographer, director, and urban lifestyle entrepreneur whose work has captured the essence of who we are.

I represent the city to the fullest and take it with me on my back everywhere I go. And thank you very much.

Can I have Dr. Amada Armenta and Jose Loya join me? Dr. Armada Armenta is an associate professor of urban planning at UCLA and the director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Mexican-Americans and Chicanos have been part of LA before LA was even part of the United States. And so we are leaders in every sector from art to entrepreneurship to academia to universities where I work. Our schools are full of amazing Mexican-American students, leaders, Latinos, and of all groups who are going to grow up and make a difference.

And Dr. Jose Loya is, as I mentioned, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, whose research examines inequality in housing and home ownership, particularly within Latino communities.

The Latino culture is part of the American culture. And so Latinos inspire, integrate, and often are mixing our culture with the American culture. And it's a beautiful thing to see and be a part of.

So more than 50% of the Los Angeles population identifies as being from immigration descent, many of them being Latinos and Chicanos. So what I'm hoping to do is to emphasize that our stories are complex and they're beautiful and very much part of the American fabric. And it's here in Los Angeles where we set the tone to what that identity is.

The battleship Iowa is a remarkable feat of engineering, stretching nearly three football fields long and measuring 108 feet across. Today, from its home in the Port of Los Angeles, this historic vessel welcomes visitors from throughout Southern California, connecting new generations to stories that helped shape our nation. but the Iowa is more than a museum. It has become a gathering place for the community, serving as a living link between Los Angeles' maritime past and its vibrant future. That spirit of connection was also on display as the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 100th anniversary by offering free harbor boat tours giving Angelenos a rare opportunity to experience the nation's busiest port from the water and see firsthand the scale of the waterfront that powers so much of the region's economy.

We're turning 100 years old, and as part of that celebration, the Port of Los Angeles is very proud to be hosting free harbor boat tours to the general public. Good morning.

I'm here for the Free Harbor Boat Tour from the Port of Los Angeles. My favorite part about it is that they give us so much history. The speaker on the boat tells us so much about the shipping terminals and about all the trade that goes on from different countries. It all comes in through the Port of Los Angeles.

It's a great family event. It's very safe. I actually work at the port, so it's just nice to see it from this point of view.

It's great to be among community because I think it gives us a great opportunity for us to connect and the community to learn how every day the Port of LA impacts us, both through economy, through the environment, and just learning about the great things that we do every day.

We especially invite the public to join us on these harbor tours because what they will get to see is an active port. Whether we have cranes that are in movement, we have barges that are happening, we have just a whole slew of things that they get to be in front of, they get to hear about. Somebody on the boat is talking about the important role that the Port of Los Angeles plays in our country's movement of commerce.

I think it is very important for both the community and Port of Los Angeles to get involved with each other. And part of this is this maritime park that shows how community can benefit from collaboration with the Port of Los Angeles.

It's just a fun activity to do, to show my son how the ports operate here. Hopefully we continue to have these yearly because they're just a great experience.

This tour is the most fun I've ever been on in Los Angeles. The water is so calm. You really just feel like you're on a gentle cruise, and it's really a nice family event. We look forward to coming again next year.

Good morning. On behalf of the United States Navy, I want to extend thank you to the City of Los Angeles for welcoming our Navy into port for Fleet Week LA.

To everyone here in uniform this morning, thank you for your service to our country. We are incredibly grateful for your sacrifice, your discipline, and your willingness to serve something greater than yourselves.

We welcome you to the city of Los Angeles. We thank you for the sacrifice of your service. But more importantly, we thank you for your incredible dedication to preserving everything that this country represents for approaching now 250 years. God bless you all, and thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman. And now we have a very special performance brought to us by Matthew Gordon and the Navy Southwest Band.

So I'm with Navy Band Southwest, and we are supporting the 10th annual Los Angeles Fleet Week this week in Los Angeles. This is the best part of our job, and we just love connecting with audiences around the Southwest region.

We're looking to just play music, have a great time, talk to people, hear their stories and share our stories and just celebrate our Navy tradition.

These sailors and Marines, they do represent the very best that our country has to offer. We are fortunate to have them here in Port Los Angeles. Many of their colleagues are deployed overseas right now in very challenging times and they soon will be deployed. This is an opportunity for us to thank them and also for us to extend our thanks to the citizens in Los Angeles. Many of these sailors and marines are the sons and daughters of Angelenos. We just want to celebrate those tight connections.

Planning that goes into Fleet Week starts 364 days before the actual events. And Wednesday night, the Rear Admiral welcomed us to the USS Essex at the Port of Los Angeles. We were greeted by the Pacific Southwest Band, who also played today at Los Angeles City Council, bringing the spirit and talent of the arts to the USC services and the city of Los Angeles. Such a great day.

on behalf of a very grateful and proud city of Los Angeles. Congratulations.

When the battleship Iowa was in active service, it functioned as a floating city at sea, complete with its own bakery, baker shop, tailor shop, and more, supporting thousands of sailors living and working aboard this 45,000-ton warship. Today, docked at the Port of Los Angeles, it continues its legacy in a different way, welcoming visitors year-round and serving as a dynamic centerpiece of the San Pedro waterfront. During Fleet Week, the Iowa comes alive again as a gathering point for service members and the public. One of the highlights is the Spirited Galleys at Sea cooking competition, where Navy chefs showcase their skills in fast-paced culinary battles right on the pier, turning the historic ship and surrounding waterfront into an interactive celebration of service and tradition. The same harbor also plays host to one of the largest public waterfront celebrations in the region, drawing crowds to experience military demonstrations, ship tours, and hands-on exhibits that connect the community directly with today's active duty forces. It's a powerful reminder that here in Los Angeles, history isn't just preserved, it's still actively being made along the waterfront.

The LA Jazz Festival is here. It's happening and it's on its way.

Jazz has been alive in L.A. almost since jazz was created. This is the first time, however, that we've been able to find a way, both economically, structurally, to create an international jazz festival that goes citywide, just as you experience in New Orleans and Montreal and Montreux. Those cities have been doing that for decades, and L.A. has just been behind. But our time is now, and so we're really excited about it.

I reside in California. I reside in Van Nuys. And I'm so glad to be here. I am so psyched at all of those performances and all those different venues. And I'm so excited for the country and the county of LA for doing this, because it's huge.

This is a wonderful thing, especially now today, especially with jazz. It's America's original art form. And I think more people should be getting exposed to some world-class musicians, many of them that live here in Los Angeles. With all these different artists from across the world, you get a taste of everything. We're from jazz, New Orleans. You got people from Cuba, Indonesia.

I'm looking more forward to going to the different places. Like they said, it's gonna be on the beach. It's gonna be after dark. There's gonna be the carnival festival in the streets.

We're at the Inkwell. The Inkwell is a location that we obviously were intentional about choosing for the announcement today. This is a location where predominantly black and brown families were literally forced to bring their families to this passageway if they just simply wanted to have a day on the beach. So we thought it was important to come full circle and announce this historic festival that really does have at its core the human rights narrative of precolonized Africans. Are we going down? brought to America in bondage, come to Congo Square, New Orleans, and through bondage and terror, create this incredible sound called jazz and where it has now impacted the entire world.

Like Quincy Jones said, jazz is the only form of music endemic to this country, the United States of America. So it should be worshipped, especially because of the history from it, how it developed. You know, we had spirit shows. The slaves developed the spirit just to help them through their hard times. All of our ancestors went through such bitter hardship against them. We need to really put this on a high, high pedestal in the world of music and in our lives because we can learn so much from it. And it helps us when we go through hard times as well. And it inspires us when we have those happy times. And it's never done the same twice. That's the thing about jazz, you know, you can improvise, you can put whatever you're feeling in that moment on stage into what you show the audience and you hit them in their heart.

And I'm gonna wrap it with this. I'm gonna say that 75% of our tickets are free. 75% of our tickets are free. Go to our website, www.lajazzfestival.com. Janelle Monae, John Legend, Raphael Sidi, Charlie Wilson. We've got artists from 13 nations. Everyone on our stage are Grammy Award winners. They're very international, and we're gonna keep building from here. 13 Nations and Climbing. Go to our website, get tickets now. So, are you ready?

We are on the beautiful grounds of Banning Museum, and we are celebrating, as part of Fleet Week, the Wilmington reception. We are welcoming our sailors and our Marines to Wilmington. We have food and games and entertainment for them, and just saying thank you for the service.

This is my first time in LA, but I'm stationed in San Diego, so I like the environment. It's real laid back and chill.

They got free food, drinks, all for it. Navy pride, Navy day. Ready to go.

While we're here, we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. An awesome celebration. We're glad that we could take that celebration and do that as part of the 10th anniversary of LA Fleet Week. These are great, great anniversaries. A lot of fun. Have a great time.

Well, I am so happy to see that we have everyone here at Banning Museum, the home of Phineas Banning. And we are excited as a community to celebrate and again thank them for the sacrifices that they do for us so that we can enjoy liberties like today.

It means a lot truly for me to be performing around all these people because I especially grew up in the Los Angeles area. So getting to play music growing up here and now doing it full time as a profession is amazing and truly a blessing.

We appreciate their sacrifice, their family sacrifice. Everybody contributes in the service that these people provide. And we just want to take a moment to say thank you to them.

We should thank them every single day. But this particular week is a week where we celebrate them and we thank them and we give them some food and we welcome them into the community here in Wilmington and San Pedro.

Built to withstand some of the most hazardous conditions at sea, the Battleship Iowa stands as a powerful reminder of the precision, discipline, and preparation required to operate safely in extreme environments. Commissioned in 1943 during World War II, the Battleship Iowa is more than 80 years old and remains one of the most iconic battleships ever built. He was once among the fastest and most powerful battleships in the world, capable of reaching speeds over 30 knots. And today, permanently docked at the Port of Los Angeles, it continues to draw visitors from across the region as part of the LA Waterfront experience. The harbor itself is one of the busiest in the nation, where massive cargo ships and cruise vessels move alongside museums, parks and public walkways that welcome millions of visitors each year. That connection between history, industry and community is especially visible during Fleet Week when the waterfront transforms into a citywide destination. Service members, active duty members, and thousands of guests gather along the port for ship tourist demonstrations and public events, making the harbor and the battleship Iowa one of the largest celebrations of maritime service on the West Coast.

I feel like people don't think about when they flip on the light switch what really goes on on the other end of it.

Nobody knows what we do. I think we're a victim of our own success because the electricity just flows and it works. People flip on the light switches and they enjoy necessities and conveniences and nobody really focuses on how we get that electricity there. Well, these are the folks that get it there. So we're here today to celebrate the electrical line workers, our linemen. This is our 34th line worker rodeo. We have 10 teams from the department that are here competing.

We have four different events to show the kids and the wives what we do.

Well, I think it's really important to celebrate the work that they do and actually see what it takes to run a power grid and keep it reliable and keep it delivering energy to the citizens of Los Angeles.

This is my first rodeo, about a couple more weeks and then I'll be having my climbing certificate and then hopefully getting a job at LADWP or any of the other utilities. I wanted to learn a skill that couldn't be taken away from me. I feel like nowadays a lot of things are going towards AI and being in alignment is something that I could have a long career with. It's hard work, but it's definitely a fulfilling job to have.

We get extreme events and when that happens, these are the folks that are out there immediately restoring power so that we can all get back to our day-to-day lives.

There's a bunch of different events that relate to the work they have to do. There's one where they have to rescue somebody from up on the line. There's another one that's about speed and precision. And it's just an incredible showcase of the skill that our workforce has. And it's honestly amazing to witness.

My favorite event is definitely Hurt Man, which is simulating rescuing an injured guy on a pole.

The work that they do is so high hazard. It really takes special training, special skills. We're very proud of what we do.

We're very proud of our employees, and we love to showcase that.

I've met people here who they worked for DWP, they've retired, and now their kids work for DWP. You know, people bring their kids, their grandkids.

You're looking at probably three or four generations of electrical line workers that are here. The little babies in the strollers are going to end up climbing these poles in the next 25 years.

Today, all 104 of our 106 fire stations are open to the public, celebrating Fire Service Day. We also have community events happening throughout the city where we invite the public to come meet their firefighters and get to know their fire stations.

So not only does it bring the community together, it brings them a little knowledge of what the fire department does and what it has to offer. And it incites, it gets kids excited about being firefighters and policemen and learning.

I'm the Recruitment Unit Commander for the LAFD. So my specific job is community outreach, try and gather that next generation of firefighter. Fire Service Day is a great opportunity for that because we're able to touch with the youth and the younger children, as well as adults 18 years of older that are actually are looking to pursue a career in the fire service. So here at Fire Station 112, we have the largest boat that LAFD has to offer.

We have four honorary fire chiefs that we recognize today, one for each one of our geographic bureaus.

We have organizations here represented, such as LA Port Police. We have the CERT team, which is a community response team. We also have JoinLFD.org, which is our own recruitment office that helps kids in the community become firefighters for the Los Angeles Fire Department.

We have all of our apparatus, our fire engines, our fire trucks, our ambulances. Climb on board, touch things, get to ask questions.

You know the most important thing that I'm looking for from my young firefighters is passion. It's passion and that community service aspect.

Always support local and you can't go wrong.

Fire stations are in every single community here in Los Angeles and this is the time where we actually celebrate the partnerships, the friendships, and just all the hard work that our firefighters do to serve our community here in Los Angeles.

Fleet Week isn't the only thing making waves here in San Pedro. The port of Los Angeles, America's busiest seaport, spans more than 7,500 acres of waterfront and handles thousands of cargo ships each year, serving as a critical gateway connecting Los Angeles to the global economy. Anchored in the heart of it all is the battleship Iowa, one of only four Iowa-class battleships ever built for the U.S. Navy. And at its peak, the ship carried nearly 2,700 sailors and officers, operating as a fully self-contained floating city complete with its own onboard support systems designed for long deployment at sea. It was also armed with nine 16-inch naval guns, among the most powerful ever installed on a battleship, built for long-range precision and unmatched firepower in its era. Today, the battleship Iowa serves as a floating museum at the LA waterfront, welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors and standing as one of the harbor's most iconic landmarks. Together, the ship and the port reflect a unique intersection of history, industry, and public access, where global commerce and maritime heritage share the same shoreline. As Los Angeles continues to evolve, the harbor remains a reminder that what's anchored here continues to move the entire city forward. Thanks for joining us and thanks for watching another episode of LA This Week. Catch these stories and more on channel 35 or at lacity.gov forward slash tv and follow LA City on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube. Until next time, step aboard, set sail, and enjoy everything that Los Angeles has to offer.

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Good morning, this is our regular opening of the Municipal Council. Today is Tuesday, June 9th, 2026. You will accept a public comment here in this chamber. Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Jurado, Hutt, Lee, McOsker, Nazarian, Lee, Park, Price, Raven, Soto-Martinez, Jaroslawski. Eleven members present and a quorum. The first order of the day, approve the acts of June 5th, 2026. Motion, Price. Second, Hutt. Luego, las resoluciones para aprobarse. Moción Mecosco, Park, segunda. Hoy es martes, tenemos que jurar ante la bandera. Así que, por favor, pónganse de pie y seguir el paso del aconsejado Rodríguez. Gracias, pónganse de pie. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to separate number 5 to give some comments. Councilor Blumenfield. Number 10 for a technical modification. Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to postpone number 6 for a week until Tuesday, June 16. Okay, on June 16, Tuesday. That's fine. Councilor Padilla. Now I would like to separate number 8 to ask some questions. Councilor Rodriguez. We have 22 to present an amendment. Okay, that's fine. Any other special points? OK, muy bien. Dado todo esto, ¿en qué podemos votar, señora secretaria? Se puede votar en los puntos 1 a 4 y 7. OK, vamos a empezar la votación y el conteo de votos. 11 votos a favor. Muy bien, ¿qué sigue? Ahora podemos continuar el comentario público. Bien, entonces el comentario público, pero antes que esto, quiero dar la palabra a la concejal Park del Distrito 11. Gracias, señor presidente y colegas. Es un honor y privilegio dar la bienvenida esta mañana a unos invitados especiales. Es el equipo asesor de YMCA increíble del Pacific Palaces. Estas son las personas líderes del futuro que van a provocar un cambio en Los Angeles. Y nos da muchísimo gusto tenerles a ustedes aquí en el Palacio Municipal Como ustedes saben, el pasado año y medio ha sido bastante duro para el Pacific Palisade y esas personas no presentan ninguna excepción. Han asumido este rol durante un momento tan difícil para poder contar sus perspectivas y aportar ideas de programas en YMCA. Como saben que se perdió El YMCA por los Encendios y han estado inventando nuevos programas particularmente para los jóvenes. Es una colaboración entre el YMCA Metropolitano y otras organizaciones comunitarias como Team Palisades que han creado esta oportunidad increíble para estos estudiantes. Entonces, bienvenidos y muchísimas gracias por su liderazgo continuo. Ustedes me inspiran a mí y el trabajo que yo hago a diario. Así que gracias por venir. Muy bien. Gracias a la Consejo Park y bienvenidos a su ayuntamiento. Ahora tiene la palabra el fiscal municipal. Thank you, Mr. President. Those who want to give a public comment, when you are ready to speak, indicate what points you want to give your comment. You will have one minute for each point, up to a maximum of three minutes for the points available to give a public comment. We will let you know when your time is up. When you are talking about the topics, you have to focus on the topic, as our objective is to hear as many comments as possible. Si no está centrado en el tema o si no lo podemos determinar, el presidente o yo le vamos a amonestar. A partir de ahí, tiene que volver a centrarse en el tema de inmediato. Si no lo hace o si vuelve a desviar del tema, tiene que ceder el resto de su tiempo y tenemos que continuar al siguiente comentario público. Los puntos en que se puede dar un comentario son los puntos 9 a 22. Nuevamente, los puntos en que se puede dar un comentario son los puntos 9 a 22. También el público puede dar un comentario general. Durante ese comentario general, el público puede comentar en cualquier tema o cualquier asunto dentro de la jurisdicción del municipio. Ahora tenemos un anuncio de parte de la intérprete. Si requiere la interpretación de su comentario de español a inglés, no se olvide de dar una pausa después de cada frase para permitir la interpretación. No se preocupe, va a tener la misma cantidad de tiempo como vamos a pausar el tiempo durante la interpretación, así que tendrá la misma cantidad de tiempo para su comentario que los demás. Gracias. Además, si ustedes solicitó alguna adopción según la ley de capacidades para poder usar el micrófono inalámbrico, cuando sea su turno de comentar, por favor, levante la mano para avisar a los policías que quiere usar su micrófono inalámbrico. También para poder escuchar a tantos comentarios públicos como sea posible y ser eficaces en este plazo, Por favor, espere hasta que escuches tu nombre en la bocina para poder hacer fila. Llamamos los nombres al azar. Así que nuevamente, por favor, espere hasta que escuches tu nombre en la bocina para hacer fila. Okay, ahora vamos a llamar algunos nombres. Sam Brown, Denora Alvarado, Luis Morales, Cajo, Gloria Martinez, y Ariana. Buenos dias, en que quiere comentar? Buenos dias, el cinco. Bien. Pues no se puede comentar en el cinco, pero puede dar un comentario general. Un minuto. Gracias. Buenos dias, me llamo Cajo Mayra y soy abogada de Public Council. Somos una organización sin fines de lucro de representación letrada y ofrecemos estos servicios. a las personas de bajos ingresos, y muchas de esas personas son empresarios pequeños. Gracias al jurado Hernández-Sehat por presentar la moción para crear una ordenanza anti-acoso y invitar que los otros concejales les ayuden. Apoyamos muchos negocios pequeños en Los Ángeles y vemos cuántas personas enfrentan el acoso por sus propietarios comerciales sin ningún recurso. these owners have to make repairs and many times threaten to raise the rent. So it's impossible that these business owners can continue their business. On the contrary, the residential tenants, these commercial tenants don't have any protection. So thanks again to Judge Hernandez and HUD for presenting this motion to protect commercial tenants. Thank you. Next. Good morning. What do you want to comment on? Samuel Brown-Vasquez, General Comment. One minute. I'm here because I'm worried lo que es una competencia por siempre porque no es una prioridad para la ciudad de Los Angeles. Sin embargo, nos afecta a nosotros. ¿Por qué nos importan estos animales si somos de una cultura que valora y depende de trabajar en la tierra? En espíritu de Emiliano Zapata, los revolucionarios que... Thank you. Next person. Good morning. What do you want to comment? General comment. Muy bien. Pues pueden mover el micrófono y empezar. Un minuto. Perfecto. Hola a todos. Me llamo Arianna. quisiera que el comité de artes y parques pongan en la agenda esta prohibición de brodio y una vez que estén tratando este asunto quiero que apoyen esta prohibición de brodio y con las realidades de ICE tenemos que estar pendientes de todo esto como todos somos seres humanos el dolor es universal mi propia cultura abusa de los animales y explotan a estas personas Thank you. Next. Good morning. What do you want to comment? Comentario general, un minuto. Hola a todos, me llamo Gloria Martinez y soy uno de los oficiales de UTLA. Estamos aquí porque UTLA está a favor de 36 0638 para explorar una futura ordenanza como recipientes de DACA y las personas que tienen tarjetas verdes para poder votar en las elecciones del Consejo Municipal y de la Junta Escolar. How do we represent 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles? It is time that all families have a voice in the elections. Many of our students are from immigrant families and they contribute to Thank you. Next. Hi, my name is Dina. I would like to make a general public comment. Un minuto, adelante. Tiene un minuto, adelante.

I'd like to comment about fast food. I am a fast food worker. I've been working at Carl's Jr. for the last three years as a cook. And I'm here to ask for your support in supporting more than the 50,000 fast food workers in LA to provide Know Your Rights trainings. We ask that this training be mandatory and that it's in person so that we can know our rights. Because these trainings have helped me to know my rights at the workplace.

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And I've also been able to advocate for myself since I do know my rights when my boss wasn't allowing me any sick days. Because whether it were for my kids who were sick or some other sick relative, my boss told me that I could not get paid sick days.

Muchas gracias. Se le acabó su tiempo, pero tenemos otro anuncio de intérprete. Eso es para el último ponente, cualquier otra persona. Es un anuncio de parte de la interpretación para aquellos que van a dar su comentario en el futuro y se les acabó el tiempo de su comentario. If you would like to be an additional member of the public comment, you can do so at lacouncilcomment.com. Y se puede encontrar este enlace en la página principal de la agenda. Y también puede buscar esta página web en Google. Este es el siguiente comentarista. Quisiera llamar unos nombres más. Carlos Madrid, Rita Berengones, Javier Sanchez, Joseph Rondo, Cy Campbell, y Dean Michael. Buenos días. ¿En qué quiere comentar? Comentario general. Un minuto. Sofía Quiñones de Eastwell Heights Coalition. Pido que el Consejo Municipal de Los Angeles se oponga al fascismo que está destrozando las familias y los negocios pequeños. que ha estado desapareciendo. Y eso es porque tenemos ese sistema de riqueza que elimina las protecciones y las separaciones entre los bancos comerciales y de inversionistas. Pedimos que el Consejo Municipal apoye la ordenanza de Tajo. También estoy aquí en solidaridad y me opongo a cualquier prohibición de rollo. La verdad es que es una competencia de tierras. Miramos a estos caballos y sus caminos. Estas son cooperaciones internacionales que quieren destrozar los raíces de Los Ángeles. Estoy aquí para apoyar a todos los vaqueros aquí en Los Ángeles. Gracias. Siguiente. Buenos días. ¿En qué quiere comentar? Comentario general. Un minuto. Buenos días. Me llamo Sam Carlin. And I'm a representative of the Loco 952 syndicate. I'm here in solidarity with all the fast food workers at Starbucks in Los Angeles. It shouldn't matter in which industry we have jobs. All the workers deserve basic rights. We have to put on the agenda this fast food ordinance with the Economic Committee. y pasar al Consejo Pleno. Esos trabajadores merecen una vida estable sin resquicios legales. Así que esta ordenanza de la comida rápida es clave para todos los trabajadores. Esto es básico. Póngalo en la agenda para que sigamos adelante.

Hello, good morning. What can I say? Good morning, General of the Republic of California. Good morning. I have a message and it is clear. Modify your ways in California. Understand your ways of being Los Angeles. And return to God, the Almighty. I am a retired firefighter. I came here to give a prayer, to pray the El Señor le da gracia que lo levanta y que le dé paz. Shalom, shalom. Pondrán mi nombre a los hijos de Israel y yo los voy a bendecir. Digo de parte, para este estado de California, mienten su manera desviada, vuelven a Jesucristo. y jesucristo y que dios los bendiga y que su luz eterna los ilumine un minuto para generar si se quiere acercar el micrófono para que la podamos oír un minuto adelante yo soy sykes I've been an ally at Starbucks for seven years to talk about the need for fast food. Knowing my schedule in advance and giving additional hours gives me the ability to plan my life by changing schedules. I don't have the confidence that anyone who needs rest and that they have. Starbucks always talks about its good benefits, but too many don't meet this need. to access the benefits, not because we don't want to work, but because Starbucks manipulates our working hours. We don't have a guarantee of what hours they have. With that constantly changing, it's difficult to plan, take care of children, schools, work, to be able to live here in Los Angeles. I encourage you to stand next to the fast food workers. They are the engine of the economy. Support the fast food order without further delay. Thank you. Good day, what do you want to talk about? General comment, a minute ahead. Hello, I'm Joseph Rundu, speaking on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the people who treat animals with ethics. Los Angeles is a progressive city. I saw the Haripeos and... Animals being pushed, forced to stressful situations, painful for entertainment. Haripios have practices that cause fear and damage and electric shocks with the ties. The use of animals in circuses has been accepted, but today most agree that it does not take place in a compassionate city. public comment

Yes, I wanted to say thank you to all the people that are here present to defend our culture, but I'm also a little bit disappointed with how much time has passed for this to be put into place. This shows a lack of interest to fix things, and we are here in good faith. I would like to say that we are lovers of our own culture and of horses, and we are protectors of such. And we also understand the emotional component in the topic of animal cruelty. And for those reasons, we also have veterinarians and caretakers for the animals in place during these events. Whether you like it or not, any contact sport has general consequences that could cause harm.

Thank you.

such as other sports like American football, for example, where there are plenty of injuries from the participants of such sports. And we've also faced this in our sport as well, but these sports allow the communities emotional peace, and the horses also give us emotional peace.

Gracias. General comment.

Yes, my name is Javier Sanchez. I am here for the motion 260638, which allows the residents of Los Angeles to vote for our elected representatives. Yeah, because I have been living in Los Angeles for 36 years. My daughter is DACA, and we do not have the right to vote. So I would like that motion to be approved so that we would have the right to vote as residents of Los Angeles. I would also like to speak about the Tahoe law. for that motion for small business to be approved, for the law to be put in effect so that we do not face harassment from the owners. That is it. Thank you.

Buenos dias. Siguiente comentarista. Buenos dias. ¿Qué quiere comentar? Partipa 5 y comentario general. One minute for the General. Go ahead. Do you have question number five? Question number five is not open for public comment because we already satisfied public comment in the committee, but I could mention it in general. You have one minute for the General. Go ahead. I am Memphis Perez. a small business owner, a member of SAGE. We went to each community to hear the cries of the small businesses. They are flooding, but they are looking for you for help, and you see yourselves flooding. And even though I want to help you, I don't have the tools to save you. I come to the conclusion that we need better owners because there are so few good ones. We encourage the body to be reasonable to the small communities because when we leave, they cannot replace our authenticity or recreate memories of children. They have to act quickly to protect them because we are praying in the shadows. We encourage you to please talk to small business owners and to have a heart-to-heart with the owners. And that there is help coming. Tell them that they will not allow them to die and that we will find solutions. We are almost there. Thank you. Next speaker. Before the next speaker, we are going to call more names. Manuel Nolasco, Matt Russell, Ramia Siai, and Goat Puppet. What do you want to talk about?

Yes, hello, I'm Janet Martinez, member of Community Coalition, volunteer. I've lived in Los Angeles for 20 years and I brought my daughter here when she was very little to this country. I would like to ask for your support in approving the ordinance that would give the right to undocumented people to be able to vote. For local elections, for the represented leaders, and also for school boards. For more than two decades, my daughter has a green card, and she is now, as of three years, in the process of becoming a citizen. But it's expensive, you know, due to the costs increases and the lack of employment, uh, and how the high cost of rent, it's very, it's very difficult to, to be able to obtain it. For that reason, I asked the council to fight for my interests, for the interests of the community. because there is thousands of people that are in the same situation as me. And due to fear of the current political climate, they do not express what they need. Thank you.

Gracias, siguiente orador. Buenos dias, de que quiere comentar? Buenos dias, de que, cuales temas quiere comentar?

for I'm with Sage.

I'm with Sage.

Yes, good. Yes, hello. I am with SAGE. I first would like to say thank you to all the representatives who have supported us. I hope that that support continues in the second term as well. It's not fair that these small businesses who serve the community so much and that serve the families as well, that we are intimidated by the owners. I am asking for more support in the second term. And I am also here to voice my support for all the rodeo participants because it's a very important part of our culture. And I hope that you also take into consideration this and support our communities and our culture because you saw all the parades that happened with the rodeo riders. And it's very nice to see all the kids participating. And from the bottom of my heart, please, I ask for your support in our cultural tradition for our family. Thank you.

Good morning. What do you want to comment on? Hi, I'm Naomi for Comentario Público. One minute ahead. I've spent a decade of my life working in fast food as a barista at Starbucks, an organized bar. with Starbucks Workers United, talking about the need to approve the fast food order, approving this so that workers can receive crucial training. Being a barista requires more than food security and services. Workers in Los Angeles require extreme interaction and violence and mental health and overdose crisis. I met baristas last night. a few blocks away, with two deaths at work since August, without support from the employer. As the councilors know how violence affects our city, workers often are on the front lines of this violence and they see it every day. Workers cannot stop the emergency, but you, as the council, have the opportunity to arm them with training to deal with these crises. Please approve the ordinance of the Economic Development Committee immediately. Thank you. Before the next speaker, we will call other names. Horacio Diaz, Luis Magallanes, Teoreno Timaluna, Rogelio Martinez, Patty Shanker and Karen Ramirez. Before we start, Mr. Herman, I know we have a lot of new people. I want to let you all know that maybe, I'm not sure, that maybe you're going to hear things that are racist. Congratulations, Mr. Spener. Your first warning, although it has just arrived, does not interrupt the meeting and my intention of giving instructions. As I said, I suspect that we are going to hear some things that are very offensive, possibly racist or with gender violence. If you have children, maybe you want to implement... Good morning fucking clowns.

This morning I would like to talk about the fucking lawyers for this meeting. Number 16, please. So Miss says she would like to put on the fucking lights to see the fucking streets. But you know, we know that those fucking lawyers' interest the meeting of fags so for the fucking word that does not exist in Spanish 7th of June 2026 for the meeting fucking bitch So here for Blumenfield and the other fucking flea that won by a percentage of votes.

We're going to have a level of practice for topic number 19. the renovations of Madrid, as it is called, because we have to have the renovations. At the moment, with the budget of the city and the crisis of the lack of housing, it does not actually comply with this motion of criteria. And, Mr. Attorney General, because I say it here, number 19, I am speaking in Spanish, I am not mentioning it. Down there, Blumenfield. Y bajo esa, la pinche pulga ramen noodle. 19, cabeza de pija. Los tres minutos para mi comité repúblico en la agenda. Oh, a la mierda. Rodríguez, para el tema número 22, cabeza de pija. ¿Quiere el número? ¿Se tiene que centrar? De vuelta, señor Herman. We are going to transfer $148,500 in the funds, the purposes of the city. I call it a fund of money for Jews. What the hell is a fund for Jews? It's when the urban gardens of Culeros, District 7, do business for graffiti collectors and the Board of Public Works to do what? La misma puta mierda. La gente viviendo en la calle. La gente dejando mierda en la calle. Eso no es bellecimiento. ¿Dónde está la alcaldesa? ¿Dónde está la alcaldesa? Ustedes votaron para esta pinche gente y ellos no valen la pena. No valen nada. Un minuto para el general. Ahora. Smoking scan. Reven que... Yo soy un blanco, este puto retrasado, con un corte de pelo feo, con un grano, que es el John Stone Grove, número 377217 para el acta. Y luego el culero que trata de acosar al señor Spindler por venir a una reunión pública, haciendo que la restricción anterior es la misma mierda de restricción previa, Bob, pero ustedes... They don't give a fuck about 15 different things. They don't care about the bullies or the horses. They are racists against Mexicans. They are men who walk on horses and who don't act like dogs. So the day I come back here with my bull from Texas, I'm going to tell the bullcrap that they are, from 1983, to fuck off. Thank you for your patience.

With that, we move on to the next speaker.

Good morning, LA City Council. My name is Rosa Miranda. I'm an organizer with Community Power Collective. I'm here to support for giving people, LA residents, the right to vote. Many of us as immigrants have to go through a long journey to be able to get through our full immigration status. And that is why we cannot use our voices and have them heard through the elections in Los Angeles. By this motion, we would have a voice and a say and be heard to be able to vote on what's happening in Los Angeles. I've been living here in this city for 27 years almost, and I have contributed very much to this area.

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And so this motion, I have the hope of being able to use my voice in support of things like mental health support and the conditions of our streets. So because for some things you still want our tax money, but then you come around and you deny our voices.

Gracias, se le acabó su tiempo. Siguiente.

Bueno, si ese que quiere comentar.

General public comment. Un minuto adelante.

Buenos dias a todos. Mi nombre es Elisa Hernandez.

Soy propietaria de un pequeño negocio ubicado en la ciudad de Nicaragua. Desde aquí agradeciendo a nuestros concejales por el apoyo a la ordenanza TAPU, ya que esto representa para todo pequeño negocio una esperanza muy grande.

Good morning, everyone. My name is Celida Hernandez. I am a small business owner out of Lincoln Heights, and I am here to thank all of the council members for your support on the Tahoe ordinance for commercial tenants. This has been a source of hope for many of us as small business owners and tenants.

Adelante.

I want to wish my family the best of hope, because right now I'm going through this struggle, this desperation, from the property where my business is, which is on sale, the uncertainty, that I don't know what's going to happen. They have me very sad, because from there I depend on To keep my children, my family, and if my business is not doing well, my place is not doing well either.

And so personally, this shows a lot of hope for my family because at this time, I am personally going through a harassment case with my landlord. Right now, the property that I currently work at is on sale, and there is a lot of uncertainty about what could possibly happen with this property where I have my building or my business, excuse me. And so this is important because I use that money from my business to be able to support my family and my kids. And honestly, if my business doesn't go well, my household doesn't go well either.

Gracias. Siguiente oradora. Antes del siguiente ponente, voy a llamar unos nombres más. Tyree Lacey, Larry Hughes, Yolanda Davidson, Cynthia Billingsley, and Tiffany Brunelli. Buenos días. ¿Qué quiere comentar? Buenos días. Es un comentario general. Un minuto. ¿Está en inglés y en español? Bueno, entonces, cuando hable en español, por favor, dé una pausa a cada frase para permitir la interpretación. Un minuto. Me llamo Rogelio Martinez y soy inmigrante orgulloso nacido de México en el capital. Venía acá cuando era niño y de 1996 a 2001 estaba siguiendo el proceso de inmigración para naturalizarme como ciudadano. Entonces, como presidente de este gran país, no creo que los inmigrantes deban tener el derecho de votar. I repeat, immigrants should not have the faculty to vote. Because in this way, va a diluir cómo se debería arreglar el problema en su país original. Y si seguimos dándoles derechos a los inmigrantes, vamos a tener más importación masiva de otros países a los Estados Unidos. Tenemos un problema de personas. Tenemos demasiadas personas aquí en ese país. Así que simplemente bajar esta posibilidad no va a estar bien. Y se me acabó el tiempo. Okay. Okay. El comentario público es una oportunidad para que la gente pueda expresar sus voces. Cada persona tiene una opinión distinta. Se espera que no vayamos a estar de acuerdo con todas las opiniones expresadas, pero por favor, no aplaudan ni digan boo hasta el final. Gracias por esperar hasta el final para el pasado comentarista, pero tenemos que escuchar todos los comentarios. ¿En qué quiere comentar? Sí, quiero hablar del cinco. Thank you. for the commercial residents. I'm a small African-American businessman, so I ask for your support in this motion. Small businesses are the basis of the Los Angeles economy, and I'm currently facing exactly what this ordinance wants to prevent. I have a request with my Thank you. Buenos dias, que quiere comentar? Comentario general. Un minuto, adelante. Buenos dias, me llamo Manuel Velasco y he sido trabajador de Starbucks durante los pasados ocho años. Quiero hablar de la ordenanza de comida rápida, especialmente la parte de la capacitación de conocer sus derechos. Eso es importante para los trabajadores como yo porque nuestros empleadores no quieren que sepamos nuestros derechos. nos quieren usar y obligarnos a trabajar en malas condiciones en varias ocasiones he tenido que trabajar y mantener la tienda abierta cuando estaba saliendo aguas residuales o sin agua caliente y por temor de represalias no negamos estas condiciones laborales sentimos que tenemos que seguir trabajando así que por favor ayuden a los más de 50 mil Trabajadores de Comida Rápida de Los Ángeles y que pongan esta ordenanza en la agenda de inmediato. Gracias.

Gracias. Siguiente.

Antes del siguiente comentarista, un anuncio breve. Para cuestiones de seguridad y la eficacia del comentario público, si no escuchó su nombre, por favor no hagan fila a la izquierda. Gracias. Bueno, si es que quiere comentar, comentario general sobre el cinco. Un minuto, adelante. Gracias. Me llamo Ramia Sinha y soy abogada de Bet Stetics Development Team. Estoy aquí a favor de la moción de la consejera jurado para crear una ordenanza anti-acoso de los inquilinos comerciales en la ciudad de Los Angeles. In Beth Zedek, our work is to represent these small businesses that are facing harassment. And this includes interruption of services, breach of the agreement of the leasing, and there is no legal resource. These businesses represent an anchor in their neighborhoods. Gracias. Siguiente. Bueno, si ese que quiere comentar, comentario general, un minuto. Hola, me llamo Matt Rosel, soy gerente de campañas para el Fondo de Defensa de Animales. Los rodeos corporativos, como las personas que usan los toros profesionalmente, quieren aterrar a los animales que resulta en ligamentos descarados y muertes de estos animales. Hay muy pocas protecciones y estas lesiones son crónicas y no hay muchos reportajes. Y el consejero ha escuchado sobre todo esto en la cultura hispana y es por eso que se presentaron enmiendas. Había una lesión en uno de los toros que uno de los espectadores había, se sorprendieron, pero no había ningún informe sobre este toro. Good morning. Who wants to comment? General comment, please. One minute. Go ahead. Me llamo Julie Van Winkle y soy vice presidenta de United Teachers Los Angeles. Y estoy aquí para hablar como maestra y decirles que no es equitativo que algunos de los estudiantes puedan votar en la junta escolar y algunos no. Los padres que no son ciudadanos están igual de comprometidos en nuestras escuelas locales que las familias que son ciudadanos. Deberíamos permitir que todos los residentes de Los Ángeles voten en las elecciones. No podemos decir que apoyamos a los inmigrantes si no les permitimos votar en las elecciones. Trump y Maga quieren limitar la votación y tenemos que ampliarla para que todos nuestros vecinos tengan las mismas facultades con nosotros. Así que gracias al concejal Soto Martínez por presentar esta ordenanza y espero que todos la apoyen. Hi, good morning. I'm here to make a general public comment.

Good morning to the distinguished city council. My name is Lorena Cepeda, and I am originally from El Salvador. And I am an organizer at Caressen LA, and I am a mother of two citizens who are my children. I've lived in Los Angeles for over three decades. At this moment, as a beneficiary of TPS, my immigration status remains in limbo. In the city of Los Angeles, there are 1.35 million immigrants who live here. And as residents of Los Angeles, we have contributed culturally, folklorically and also to the economic growth of this city. And I'm here today because I am proud to live in Los Angeles. And I am thankful for the opportunities that I have had in this country.

I'm here to use my voice and to also thank the council members

as a resident of Los Angeles.

Gracias. Siguiente orador. Buenos dias. Que quiere comentar? General public. Okay, un momento, señora. Permita la interpretación y luego pueden continuar.

Hi, good morning. My name is Maria de Rosario. I have been living in Echo Park as a resident for 30 years. I am an immigrant from Mexico, and I'm here to support as a community member Hugo Soto Martinez's motion, and I'm here to ask that all the other council members support it. Adelante. And I'm here to ask you all to support this motion because it is incredibly beneficial to us and to the community. Thank you.

Don Leonardo Lopez, Jonathan Bogardo, Lisa Vaca, George Magallanes, Sam Brown, and Fidel Vasquez. Bueno, si ese que quiere comentar. Comentario general, por favor, un minuto. En cuanto a la prohibición del brodio, quiero reconocer el trabajo importante de los oficiales del control de animales y los veterinarios. Ellos supervisan la atención de estos animales y tienen que corregir estos problemas. Hay estos profesionales que están supervisando los brodios, pero estamos siguiendo los estándares. Tenemos la responsabilidad y preocupación por los animales participantes. Y una cosa muy chistoso. hace dos años no se aprobó la prohibición y dejamos la puerta abierta para que estas otras partes trabajen con nosotros para mejorar el bienestar de los animales y saben que ni una llamada ni una comunicación y ahora esperan dos años por algo que este suma importancia si estuvieran tan preocupados por eso hubieran estado con nosotros el siguiente día para trabajar juntos Y saber qué podemos hacer para tratar mejor a nuestros animales. Y ya pasaron dos años y van a seguir haciendo esto una y otra vez. Y la mitad de su equipo son abogados. Gracias. Siguiente. Bueno, si ese que quiere comentar, comentario general. Hello, everyone. My name is Karen Ramirez. I'm also from DACA, and I'm here in favor of the DACA amendments and our amendments. I'm also the organizer of SAGE, and I'm from the Coalition for the Business Alliance for Businesses. Thank you. y no les alcanza dinero para pagar estos incrementos de renta. Por medio de Tahoe permite que estos negocios se queden en sus lugares que son estos negocios que tienen más de 20 años en operación en nuestros vecindarios. Pagan más de los impuestos, hacen más que las corporaciones y invierten en nuestras comunidades y esfuerzos a raíz de la comunidad. Gracias por su tiempo. Good morning. What do you want to comment on? Number five, general comment. One minute. Go ahead. Thank you. Good morning. My name is Amy Chang, and I represent Inclusive Action for the City. This is in favor of investing in local people and creating an economy for the good of all. Thank you to Director Hernandez and HUD for their leadership in advancing this anti-harassment ordinance. is Thank you.

Bueno, vamos ahora. Gustavo, el número 20. Vamos una mano. Sí, ahora el número 20, así cuando tiene un negocio. Le abren las puertas al público. La gente rompe aquí. Las tiendas lo golpean la cabeza y alguien saca el teléfono mientras su empleado le dijeron a los nombres. Que comienza con C, por ejemplo. Bueno, Ross, lo golpearon con 120,000 dólares de fondos de derechos civiles. Le damos al comunista Hugo una mano. Stalin estaría orgulloso, mi hijo. ¿Qué tan orgulloso de usted? ¿De dónde va el dinero? La víctima le da 20.000 dólares. Pasó todos esos 100.000, Hugo, para ser continuado. Bueno, ¿a quién estamos cogiendo hoy? Número 18, LGBT. Vamos a gastar 438 dólares. Es un gran rato. ¿Para hacer qué? Para iluminar al ayuntamiento el 7 de junio. Mira mi calendario. Well, it's the 9th of June. So it means that Tracy Park already spent this money lighting up the town hall two days ago. And Tracy Park didn't have the money before. Emela Luisa Padilla spent $438 on Friday. They could have called a special motion to do that. But that would have given me... A minute extra to talk at the Friday meeting. And Mel knows that that's not going to happen. Number 19. The Teatro de Madrid. Look at this. Horrible District 3. It's Reseda. It used to be a beautiful place. Business, boxing events, Elton John. He played in the theater. They had boxing fights. Elton John. And now he's here with people without housing, urine, garbage, needles, poop. All the things that Monica O'Connery hates. So, obviously, $57,000 is not going to do it. It needs millions of dollars. 57,000. Yes, pumpkin heads. I know what you're thinking. So today we're going to thank... How do you say it in my public comment? Nicea Roman. Nicea did it. I told everyone on Friday that Spencer Pratt was going to be fucked on the second side. We gave him fraud or a voter, a hand. The sales taxes have also increased. They are going to pay half a percentage more for all the damn things that they pay for the families. Let's give a round of applause for voter fraud. We want more fraud for voters. More voter fraud. Come on, fraud. Come on, fraud. At this moment, it is in the repetitive. Come on, fraud. He's going to lose a lot of his time if he keeps being repetitive. I'm not a good loser. Come on, voter fraud. Come on, fraud. A Brown law doesn't allow him to do that. Let's go now with the next commentator. Next commentator, please. Good morning, this is the General Public Committee for the prohibition of rolling. When it comes to cruelty of animals, it also affects them negatively emotionally and in behavior. The National Library of Medicine indicates that the welfare of animals and experts of such argue that prohibition the fact of the government to boys is psychological violence to minors and if the governments, sorry, one second, with that, if the governments choose to be complicit or ignore the submission of violence despite having knowledge of the social consequences of the minors to this cruelty, the actions can constitute a breach of basic human rights. Next commentator. Good day, what do you want to talk about? Good day, public commentator general. You have a minute ahead. Thank you. I am George Magallanes, here to ask the council to allow this issue of the provision of Harry Peo, who died on the committee, Councilor Blumenfield, had the opportunity to meet with us two years ago. And he denied it. It is not that we care about the treatment of animals. We all support the human treatment of animals. The welfare and the laws must be executed, but this order Thank you. Next commentator. Good day, what do you want to talk about? General Public Commentary. I am Larry Hughes, hello. I am a broker in California. I ask that you strongly favor the anti-harassment law. Please vote in favor of this motion to implement the anti-harassment ordinance. For several times, businesses have operated without Security against the abusive owners. We see business owners of white immigrants with revenge practices. The owners take out essential services and cause intolerable conditions. To force self-isolation, the owners use the legal system to put businesses in bankruptcy with trials that cause businesses que no tienen dinero para hacerlo, para defenderse a ellos mismos. Pido que fuertemente que voten a favor de esta ordenanza. Gracias, siguiente comentarista. Buenos días, ¿de qué desea hablar? Comentario público general. La prohibición de rodeo. I'm Tiffany Bernie. I'm asking here to put the prohibition of haripio back on the agenda before the time is up. Torture is not culture. What year are we in? 2026. These innocent cows and horses, this prohibition is going to allow these implements of torture to be banned from these Please put the prohibition on the agenda and there is no emotional peace for the horses and the beacons here. This violence against the beacons, these innocent animals cannot be forced to participate in these haripeos. I ask you today to be on the right side of history. Good morning, what do you want to comment on? Good morning, general public comment. Yes, good morning everyone. I am Jerónimo Bouguerín. I am in Silmar, California. I am here to support our culture. all that comes after that. We heard everything from the previous opposition. Mr. Blumenfield had the opportunity to meet with us, a senior person, two and a half years ago. We did it here, we did the same. We went to Concharros for this prohibition. It's time for this to die. Let us be at peace, let us not harm the animals. You, Lord, and everyone in this body see what we do, where people enjoy the culture and do things in a way that does not harm, where nothing is incredible. When the horses go and walk and see everything, it changes everyone who is attending these parades. And every movement, I don't know, because Pira is here to say that, ah, look, now we have ICE. Thank you, speaker, your time is up. Good day, what do you want to talk about? Hello, I am Liza Baca with the Association of Equestrians. The equestrians contribute 11.6 billion dollars to the economy of California. We had two years The last motion in December to meet with Blumenfield. The right of the motion never happened. The equestrian community of San Fernando. In many of those 11.6 million dollars, we ask that this be finished with what was previously approved for a delay that will happen in three weeks. The next speaker. Buenos días, ¿de qué quiere hablar? Aquí para el tema número 5, un minuto para el general. Estoy con el distrito, ustedes, y como empresario afroamericano pido que voten sí para la ordenanza anti-acoso por los negocios de minoría. Son la columna económica de nuestros vecindarios. Sin embargo, nos están blanqueando sistemáticamente. by predatory owners, with the intention of using bad faith tactics, detaining repairs, ignoring structural problems and increasing rents out of nowhere, to damage long-term color tenants so that we can vuelta y desarrollar las propiedades de nuevo buenos días de que quiere hablar comentario público un minuto para generar bueno primero quiero agradecer el concejal la roman por ir adelante con las elecciones generales creo que . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, President, it is all the time that has been assigned to public comment. Well, we want to thank everyone who came to share this morning for the act, Mr. Attorney General. I want it to be serious. We start public comment at 10, 18. It's already 11.30. We increase public comment for more than an hour. Sorry we couldn't get to everyone, but we allow as much time as possible. Counselor Rodríguez, if you want to take a moment to thank everyone who came here to testify. Because it's important. I don't want to interrupt this. for all the others. We take public comment for more than an hour. We are grateful to all for being here. I do want to make an additional comment because the time is up. You can do it at laycouncilcomment.com, but you can't interrupt this meeting. A letter was sent to many members of my community, of my district, many other parts of the San Fernando Valley, to the north, Pero lo que más me rompió el corazón en las comunicaciones... No voy a continuar. Lo que más desilusiona esta nueva inserción to suggest that people are worried about ICE. And look at members of my community suggesting that for this reason they are also worried. And this is exploitative and disrespectful. And I am very angry that this is like a last effort to suggest to my community why they have been wrong all the time. It's very annoying that anyone is going to make that comment if you are not exposed to the types of damage that continuously comes to our community. It causes a lot of anger that there is going to be an attempt to exploit that. We do not forget to communicate with these types of assaults every day. So I'm waiting for a robust and honest conversation about how we protect our culture, the members of my community, to continue to protect the animals. Because the reality is that the activities that we mentioned, my community that has enjoyed, are practices that actually responsibly take care of these animals. It's a practice from a long time ago. So again, I want to thank all the members of the community who came to give testimony and to say that as decision-makers of Polizá, our responsibility is to speak with all parties. Sadly, that doesn't always happen, but we have to take on the responsibility because the decisions that are made always have implications. We have to to be clear when we make decisions that it will have a detrimental impact to pursue a community more than the other because we have seen that so many times and with that I want to say thanks to the people who came here and took the time to communicate on their side and address the concerns so that they can understand how our community no sea vulnerable, asalto por idioma, inflamatoria, oportunidades explotadas. Gracias, concejala Rodríguez. Concejal Nazarian. Está en la lista. La persona esa queda echada de la reunión. Goodbye from the meeting. Well, Madam Secretary, I think Mr. Nazarian, I ask that he is, I think Nazarian, I ask that his name is not on the list. I think I'm going to be talking about topic number 8. I'm going to wait until that moment. Well, Madam Secretary. The council can vote on issues 9 and 11 to 21. We are going to open the list for those issues, close the list, count the votes. 15 in favor, what else? The council can move on with issue 5. Special call for Councilor Halpern in the comments. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, as one of the co-authors of this motion, I understand the importance of my voice Me quedo aquí apoyando fuertemente esta acción para comenzar trabajo importante para proteger a nuestros negocios pequeños. Muchas comunidades para la diversidad que viene con oportunidades. La comunidad es una tapestría de Los Ángeles e incluye los varios ingenieros y negocios pequeños que hacen el décimo distrito. Nuestros propietarios en negocios pequeños trabajan duro para proveer para ellos mismos y los empleados. Nunca tienen que ser preocupados por ser acosados por los propietarios quienes han visto a estos inquilinos mejorar y traer clientes. Como se aumentan el valor de las propiedades y ver y desalojarlos por nuevos negocios entre los negocios indígenas. tienen desafíos sin ninguna protección. Es inaceptable que los empresarios tienen que tratar con acoso mientras tratando de tener las puertas abiertas a las comunidades las cuales se criaron. Son los mismos empresarios quienes tienen barreras sistemáticas y accediendo recursos y fondos. Como una ciudad tenemos que mejorar para proteger a la gente quienes creen en el sueño de tener su propio negocio en su propia comunidad. Los negocios pequeños como estos aquí son la fábrica de nuestra comunidad. Sin embargo, ellos, con tantos otros empresarios, están tratando con estas presiones injustas para mantener a sus puertas abiertas. Los negocios pequeños a menudo son los primeros trabajos que muchos de nuestros miembros y los jóvenes tienen. to develop and approve an anti-harassment ordinance. It's like Los Angeles, better to protect small businesses. Let's do better. Today, on behalf of the family businesses, the aunts and uncles, for these small businesses, members, I ask for your vote in favor. Thank you. Thank you very much, Councilor Lajat.

Let's start the vote and the count of votes. 15 votes in favor. What's next? Now you can vote on the 10 with the amendment 10A of Lumerfield and Jaroslawski. Okay, let's start the vote and the count of votes. 15 votes in favor. What's next? Now you can vote on the 22 with the amendment motion 22A, Rodriguez-Price. Bueno, ahora vamos a empezar la votación. Enmedada. Y el conteo de votos. 15 votos a favor. Ahora podemos continuar al 8, que es un punto especial para preguntas de Padilla y Nazarian. Nazarian tiene la palabra. Gracias, señor presidente. Solamente quería proponer adoptar las recomendaciones de la Agencia de saneamiento, tal como está escrito en la moción, una presentación y responder unas preguntas sobre el 8. OK, tenemos representantes del departamento. Ya vienen a la mesa. Tenemos que secundar la moción de concejal Nazarian.

Ya tenemos a la concejal jurado.

¿Nos puede dar un resumen y luego podemos responder las preguntas? Alexa Luz, Vice-Gerente General de Saneamiento, y voy a dar la palabra a Paul Colbian, la palabra para dar la presentación.

Buenos días, Paul Colbian, Active Division Manager for the Salton Resources Franchise Division.

Este informe ante ustedes Es una recomendación según el trabajo que este alineamiento ha hecho durante los pasados dos años. Para darles un poco más de contexto, en octubre de 2023, el Consejo Municipal instruyó al saneamiento de Los Ángeles a negociar con nuestros proveedores para reducir las tarifas de los clientes y explorar otra competencia. Después de varias rondas, no se enmendó la... El contrato, a causa de estas negociaciones en 2024, nos instruyó al saneamiento para continuar con la adquisición y para apoyar esos esfuerzos, la Junta de Obras Públicas y el Saneamiento de Los Ángeles ha creado un equipo de trabajo para realizar los estudios necesarios. Y el El resultado de estos estudios es el informe de R3, que es un anexo adjuntado a este informe. Y la recomendación básicamente es crear un fondo especial y también el costo anual asociado con este fondo especial. Además del informe, recomendamos la opción de cerrar unas brechas de cumplimiento que tenemos en la ciudad bajo LAMC 6603 y básicamente permite que el saneamiento haga cumplir. En ese momento tenemos la facultad de cuando los clientes no cumplan con las reglas del bote del basurero negro y queremos aplicarlo a los basureros azules y verdes también. Councilor Padilla, thank you for coming. I noticed in your report that there is an annual adjustment of the cost base. And if we approve this, does that mean that the consumer is going to expect an increase annually or that it is the service providers that are going to have an increase? And how do we know that they are not going to apply those increases to consumers in the end? Entonces, parte de recicla 2.0. Estamos cambiando de una tarifa de franquicio a un costo por el base costo. No le puedo escuchar. Pueden hacer silencio y también necesito que usted hable más fuerte en el micrófono. La transición de la tarifa de franquicio al costo por el servicio es la recomendación. Entonces, en R3 identificamos el costo total. Era más de 41 millones anualmente. ¿Esto es para la ciudad? No. Publicamos una propuesta de licitación en 2025. Y en este proceso de licitación, identificamos el costo por cada zona. Sigo sin escucharle. Please, District 4, you can speak in another place. This is very important. I think you know that this matters a lot to me. Please, you can continue.

Yes.

So when the RFP was published in 2025, we identified how those $41 million would be divided into the 11 zones. So the service providers knew that as part of their proposal, They had to include the cost as part of their cost strategy. Do we have a mechanism to ensure that they are not applying this additional cost to the consumer? It would be based on their price strategy. And for us, it seems like a business decision for each of the people. And you are still supporting... a favor de la fecha de implementación de 2027, pues estamos al día actualmente y esperamos comparecer ante la Junta de Obras Públicas y luego el Consejo Municipal en octubre de 2026. Y también nos dijo que está buscando aprobaciones de CICWA y esto puede presentar una demora posible. Entonces, ¿cuándo va a pasar esto? Y quiero saber si vamos a tener una previsión de ciclo por cada distrito o según cada propuesta. Pues el Consejo Municipal ha adoptado y aprobado un programa certificado de EIR para este programa de recicla. Este programa continúa operando bajo esta certificación. Entonces, la propuesta de que el saneamiento va a presentar al Consejo Municipal es un adendo a este EIR. Entonces, no es tan exigente como un programa entero de EIR. Y según mi experiencia, es algo que podemos entregar rápidamente para asegurar que estemos listos para... implement in February of 2027? Yes, it has to be taken into account before any decision can be made. What are the milestones that could represent a high risk at the date of implementation of 2027? Alex Lewis from General Sanitation, we have to work Mano a mano con el CIO, CLA y el Consejo Municipal. Nuestro objetivo es estar en, en comparecer ante el Consejo en septiembre o agosto. Y según nuestra perspectiva, estamos a tiempo para comparecer ante el Consejo. Pero antes de comparecer ante el Consejo, la Junta de Obras Públicas tiene que operar and also the CIO and CLA. Once approved, we will go to the municipal council and the committee. This has happened before. The council has worked with us on other important programs. So, we believe we should be here to present in August, but we need time to start the implementation in February of 2027. Y tengo entendido que iban a dar una presentación y a responder mis preguntas. Entonces, esperaba que el consejo viera que el peor caso, si esto no se resuelve, es una renovación de cinco años de un contrato que ya existe, ¿correcto? Pues ya hicimos la presentación en el comité. No, no lo hizo, no es lo que vimos en el comité. Esa es la primera vez que me ha dado esta presentación en presa. y hay estimaciones de los posibles costos. No hemos compartido cuáles son los costos. Pues entonces no es la presentación del comité. Pues la presentación del comité era del cronograma y lo que Paula mencionó de lo que el consejo tiene que aprobar el día de hoy. Estamos en negociación y no podemos divulgar cuáles son estas tarifas. Pero en septiembre, cuando volvemos a comparecer ante este consejo, van a tener dos informes. Los costos existentes del programa con la tarifa de acceso a distancia y también cuáles son las nuevas tarifas, que es un incremento de más o menos $30 como promedio. Eso es lo que dice la presentación ante mí. Y no vi esta presentación en el comité. Pensaba que iba a presentar esto porque no la presentó en el comité. Así que me entregaron algo según lo que he visto en la presentación. Porque eso es distinto a lo que nos presentó en el comité. Pues lo que tenemos son los costos existentes. No hemos buscado cuáles son las tarifas verdaderas. Esto es confidencial. Nadie tiene estos datos, salvo el equipo de evaluación. Pero para responder a esta pregunta, si nada de esto sale bien, ¿vamos a continuar con los contratos existentes? Buena pregunta. Esa es la opción que el consejo tendrá en septiembre. La opción de continuar el contrato a discreción exclusiva de la ciudad para 2027. esta en el contrato, pero tiene la discreción exclusiva de hacer este contrato durante cinco años más. Y el consejo puede comparar los costos existentes con los nuevos que Paul ha mencionado. Entonces tiene estos dos costos, pero no tenemos los costos del futuro todavía. Pues, ¿por qué me dieron esta presentación? Esos son los costos existentes del programa. Pero aquí dice que proyectado en enero de 2027, is more or less 5%. And as an average, each one will increase up to $20 to $30. So that's how you can say early, early, early. And I want you to see my advisors because it took almost 10 years to achieve CICLA. And it seems to me that the council did not tiene idea de cuánto tiempo duramos para crear este programa. Pero no sé que ustedes, pero todos están llamándome para quejar que están subiendo tantos precios y van a subir estos costos para las viviendas multifamiliares y ahí es donde tenemos las familias más vulnerables. Y sabemos que esto aplica a los consumidores sin importar cómo lo llamamos en el Consejo Municipal. Entonces quiero ser transparente para que todos tengan la información que necesitamos para septiembre. Porque tengo entendido que la única cosa que tenemos que hacer o lo que queremos verdaderamente que no teníamos antes era cumplir con la parte de materiales orgánicos, ¿no? Well, they instructed the state of Los Angeles because they already know what the existing costs are if they continue the contract until 2027. So, the council said that we already know what the rates are. So, we can eliminate this rate of access to distance and eliminate this barrier to recycling that the general fund is paying now. and implement programs in biological materials. So I think the city is in a better position because they know what their cost is. And if the new rate comes, they can compare the costs. That's what I'm paying and that's what I'm going to pay. And from there, they can make that decision. But we can't give this figure until September 2026. So in September, we're going to ask ourselves, si tenemos que priorizar el costo a la ciudad, al departamento y qué significa para los consumidores. Exactamente. Ya va a tener estas cifras y estamos en negociaciones y conforme a los reglamentos municipales, todo tiene que mantenerse en secreto. Incluso el personal involucrado tiene que firmar documentos para dar fe que no se van a divulgar estos documentos e información. Well, I still have more questions, but for reasons of being prepared until September, I will eliminate some of those questions from the list. I want to know what you are doing to ensure that these providers of services are in constant communication with IT311 and that this illegal payment is being paid illegally according to the district. What are you doing in that respect? sobre el programa de los artículos grandes, es otro programa que el Consejo ha votado hace unos meses, que se trata de increment our rates for our residents. There are 750,000 residents with sanitation services and 450,000 units of multi-family homes. They can call 311 to request a collection of a large item. This is separate from the recycling program. And these programs only provide garbage, recycling, and biological materials services. And for these large items, it's a separate fee. But the clients are covered under sanitary conditions. So how about illegal waste? This is a municipal program. It's not recycling. We have to comply with the regulations of Proposition 26. So what we are doing with the illegal waste, in the new process of solicitation, we ask that each supplier provide a bucket of trash that is of this huge size that can be used in coordination with the Alcadía and the municipal council offices. The community can throw their things there y empieza al principio de un evento y se retira al final. Así que esto es otra mejora que el consejo quería ver en el RFP que ya está incluido. Bien, gracias. Entonces, todavía está trabajando con ITA desde la perspectiva de arreglar 311 para asegurar que los proveedores de servicios nos estén avisando cómo mejorarlo, porque no solamente se trata del saneamiento de Los Angeles. Según su respuesta, esto designa quién es responsable de hacer la recogida. Entonces, van a asegurar una continuidad de servicios de que una de estas agencias va a llegar al destino o la aplicación representa un obstáculo. ¿Qué pasa? Pues hay dos elementos distintos. Tenemos el MyLA de 311. ITN debería responder estas preguntas, no saneamiento. Nuestra responsabilidad es que el proveedor de servicios de recicla tiene que usar la base de datos adecuada e identificar un RFP. Y eso es algo que se va a remitir a la base de datos de ITN. La aplicación es distinta. Creo que ITA va a poder responder, pero no dependemos de ITA para nuestro programa de recicla. Okay, bien, gracias. No tengo más preguntas. Señor Nazarian. Gracias, señor presidente. Y gracias a mi colega. por usar su voz en este asunto. Agradezco las preguntas que ha hecho tanto aquí como en el comité. Y les comento que estoy agradecido del trabajo de saneamiento de Los Ángeles a nombre de la ciudad y por tomar cada paso en serio desde las lecciones de los intentos enhebrores de la implementación de ese programa en 2017 y asegurar que hayan incorporado cada cosa que han aprendido en la nueva versión actualizada para que tengamos un mejor resultado en estas negociaciones del contrato o del RFP. La ciudad tiene ventaja en este proceso, así como debe ser, porque eso es como... ¿Cómo parece la gobernancia para rendir el mejor resultado en honor de sus constituyentes? Entonces, esta acción en día de hoy es simplemente pedir una ordenanza de la fiscalía para modificar el código municipal para reflejar estas mejores estructurales en el caso de que este organismo elija los nuevos contratos este año o este año que viene. Simplemente estamos estableciendo la infraestructura para en ese entonces cuando votemos y decidimos seguir adelante con el nuevo contrato, todo está listo para empezar de una vez. Así que vamos a tener otra oportunidad si queremos debatir el Merito de la conclusion de la RFP que el saneamiento nos quiere presentar en ese momento. Simplemente queremos establecer la infraestructura. Entonces, en caso de que sigamos adelante con esta decisión, ya tenemos la infraestructura. Y espero que se aclare todo por medio de este comentario. Y les pido que voten sí. Muy bien. Muchas gracias por esos comentarios y las preguntas. Y ahora vamos a votar. El conteo de votos es 14 votos a favor. Gracias. Disculpe. Señor Presidente. Si podríamos remitir este en inmediato. Necesitamos que se secunde esta moción. El señor McCosker le secunda y tenemos que volver a votar. Okay, vamos a votar en esta remisión inmediata. Y el conteo de votos, 14 votos a favor. ¿Qué sigue? Hay una petición de volver a votar en el 10. Okay, vamos a votar nuevamente. El Corteo de Votos, 10 votos a favor. Señor Fiscal, nomás quiero confirmar para las actas que quien secundó esta moción de la segunda votación fue la señor McCosker. ¿Y qué sigue? Tenemos el 10 con la enmienda del 10A de Plumefield-Yarzovsky y 10B de Brown-Yarzovsky. Vamos a votar y el Corteo de Votos. Tenemos 14 votos a favor. ¿Qué sigue? El consejo tiene millones para registrar y remitirse. Así queda ordenado algún anuncio. Colegas a la derecha, a la izquierda. Bien. Así que todos pónganse de pie para una moción de levantar la sesión. Vamos a empezar con el señor Lee. Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, I would like to raise the session in honor of Sandra Sandy Clydesdale, who is a colleague and public servant dedicated to District 12 and to our entire family. He died at the age of 88. During the decade, he served in the San Fernando Valley. He began his career alongside Bobby Fiedler and served until the Fiedler elections and during his retirement. Esto creció en una amistad duradera y también sirvió como director de distrito de varios otros políticos y se le conoció como una persona respetada y dedicada en su comunidad. También participó en PALS y se hizo hasta presidente y tomó un gran papel en el torneo de golf. He trabajado con Sandy durante muchos años en esa oficina y empecé a conocerla como una persona muy cálida con un gran sentido de humor. Pero más allá de sus logros profesionales, tenía el amor profundo de su de sus familias y se le conocía como una persona con mucho amor y contribuye a la gente a diario y siempre hacía la pregunta ¿cómo le puedo ayudar? ayudado a las personas que se encontraban sin techo a darles comida, refugio y ayuda a tantas personas como sea posible. Ella sirvió con mucha compasión y mucha generosidad y se le conoció como una santa en la vida real. No hay mejor regalo que ser recordado como una persona tan generosa. Y le vamos a echar de menos. Le sobreviven sus cinco hijos, Kevin, Kim, Lori, y 13 nietos, 21 bisnietos y 31 bisnietos. bisnietos. Entonces, para las personas que conocían a Sandy, le van a recordar por su gracia y su capacidad de relacionarse con todas las personas de esta vida. Le importaban la gente que servía y de parte de nuestra familia nuestro sentido pésimo a su familia, sus amigos y todas las personas que a impact on his life. I will miss his sandwich, the egg salad, and all the things he cooked. Now, Mr. McCosker. I also rise to raise the session in honor of Teresa Mascola, a resident of the whole life of my district. and a member of the community of El Puerto. He was born in San Pedro with his parents and he attended the schools in the district. una de las miembros de la primera clase de graduados de la high school y conoció a Louis Mascola, el amor de su vida, y compartieron 69 años hermosos de matrimonio y criaron cuatro hijos, Louis Jr., Denise, Janine y John. Teresa estaba increíblemente orgullosa de ser abuela de 12 nietos y bisabuela de 6. Y tenía una familia grande y querida. Y daba la bienvenida a la familia y los amigos ya sea por las fiestas y eran momentos inolvidables. Le encantaba viajar con sus amigos y contar sus vigencias y sus aventuras. Le sobrevive su... Thank you. for taking care of her. She passed away at the age of 90, and we feel sorry for the whole Mascola family. May they rest in peace, and may God shine His eternal light. Gracias. Hoy pido que se levante la sesión en honor de Sarah Kaplan, la madre querida de nuestra directora Stella Stahl. Muchos de nuestro Distrito 4 llegó a conocer a Stella por sus historias y el vínculo profundo que ellos compartían. Unas personas tenían la oportunidad de conocerle a Sarah personalmente, pero todos sabíamos que no era ninguna persona ordinaria. Tenía tanta curiosidad y se comprometió a vivir su vida en sus propios términos. Nació en 1952 en Londres y llevó esta curiosidad intelectual en toda su vida. He traveled around the world, taught English and Indonesian, and had a university degree in studies in South Asia. In the end, he came to Los Angeles and started his career in film and television. When he started his career, he started a collaboration with J.J. Abrams. y crearon varios series como Felicity Ailes y Lost, por el cual ganó un Emmy. has also created other films. What came out most clearly from the stories of the people close to her is the woman who believed that art could save us all, and a woman who believed that the family was something that we created, just as we were, and this represents the vast majority of people who came to her house to honor her, and honor her death. And Stella describes her mother as a person who has shown her how to live a full life and not accept less of what she deserved. Listening to those comments of her mother's death, she wrote to me that there are mothers and daughters, and then there are mothers and daughters. And we went there.

Para las personas que conocí a Stella, sabían exactamente lo que quiere decir.

Y era una relación de confianza, brisa y amor. Ha formado una persona de que tenemos el privilegio de trabajar todos los días después de su jubilación. se le dio un diagnóstico de Alzheimer's, un diagnóstico devastador, pero a pesar de ese diagnóstico, seguía creando arte, invitando a la familia y aferrando al amor de su hija. Hay algo que nos conmueve al vivir una vida con tanta intención. En honor del Distrito 4, estamos en duelo junto con ellas y estamos agradecidos por haber creado la mujer que ella es. Y algunas vidas deja atrás unos recuerdos y otros una manera de ver al mundo. Y le pido que se levante la sesión en memoria de ella. Muchas gracias, señora Raman. Al ver ninguna otra moción, se levanta la sesión por hoy.

so she would be on the sets of movies, but she also, you know, was a street photographer and loved the city she lived in and captured it, you know, from downtown to the ocean. All of the photos she donated are digitized, so you can go to tessa.lapl.org to view the archive. And her photos kind of run the gamut in terms of subject matter and style. So sometimes she would take very kind of gorgeous scenic photos of Los Angeles, be it the skyline or the ocean. She would sometimes go to the airport and shoot the planes taking off and landing. But she'd also just get into her car and just shoot the city from her car. And so here's one example of that. So it's Main Street. It's the Skid Row area where you can actually see her car and you can also see the side mirror. So that's how you can kind of identify and get a sense of where she was. So there are a lot of interesting photos like that. You know, she would also sometimes go into buildings. And this is, I think, a really fascinating photo. It's the Taft building in Hollywood where she had the vantage point to look into the building. And so we can kind of see people working. So it's very rear window, this photo. And then there are iconic photos of the Hollywood sign. Here's just a really interesting rear view of the Broadway Hollywood sign. And I mentioned she shot on a number of different mediums. So we also have color photos. And so we have some slides. And sometimes she'll just do just kind of whimsical things. So we have the Smith Brothers fish shanty restaurant on La Cienega, the entrance of which is just a giant whale mouth. So this is something that no longer exists. Sadly, I never got to visit, but it's wonderful that we have this color, you know, visual documentation of it. She shot on Melrose a lot. One of the images that really resonates with me is this image of Aardvark's Aardvark secondhand clothing store, vintage clothing store on Melrose. And this was a shop I would go to quite a bit in the late 80s and early 90s. My mom When I was in high school, she would take me there to do back to school shopping. And so this is the image that just brings back a lot of memories. So I think Carol's is a collection that if you want to see the city kind of as it was in the 80s and 90s, it's there. If you've lived through it, I think you can go and it can generate a great deal of nostalgia. and i think it's just also interesting to kind of see a photographer's perspective so you know we have all of these photos in our collection and i think a lot of times people will search for specific things which is great but sometimes it's also i think nice to look like at a photographer's body of work to kind of get a sense of what resonated with them and how they were viewing the city and i think it also um points out how important it is when photos are posted online that the photographers need to be credited because it was their vision, they produced this. And in Carol's case, she very consciously wanted to make sure that the world had access to her photos. So the least we can do is honor her by crediting her. So again, if you want to visit Carol's archive, you can go to tessa.lapl.org where there's also over 135,000 photos and counting from our entire photo collection.

Hi, I'm Anna Burton, an emergency manager with the Port of Los Angeles. I've been emergency management for more than 30 years with the city, and this is my career report. We'll take a question. I have always wanted to work abroad in East Asia and thought it was amazing how you were able to visit China and Japan to review their emergency management programs. What is the biggest difference you experienced in the work culture in those countries? Well, I had the opportunity to travel to both of those countries during my career, as well as several others, and it was incredible. When I traveled to Beijing, it was just prior to their hosting of the Olympics, so there was a lot of construction. Also, in Shanghai, a lot of construction that was moving very quickly. I thought the crowds, the transportation, and just the difference in the culture was amazing. In Japan, I thought it was incredible the way they were so welcoming, as well as in China, to hear and to see from us. And it was just an honor to be treated to that opportunity. I think one of the major differences was the general impact of how close they were, how many people, and the significant transportation resources that were available to them. I think being the first time traveler to those Asian countries, all of it was such an opportunity, both with the diversity of the people, the languages, the food, how they lived, but just really being hosted and just being taken care of was just an amazing opportunity. Their emergency planning is very different. In China, they still refer to it as civil defense. And in Japan, it was very much like our Western cultures, very focused on earthquakes, preparedness and notifications. Japan has a very advanced system. The population is very receptive to preparing for emergencies and it's built into their neighborhoods at the very local level. So it was inspiring and I took a lot of those lessons back and we implemented them here in Los Angeles. And you'll hear that later when we talk about some of our earthquake notifications. How does the Port of Los Angeles evaluate emergency plans regularly in both quantitative and qualitative perspectives? The Port of Los Angeles is one of many departments in the city, and we are required to have our department emergency plan as well as a continuity of operations plan. And we are required to annually review them. And we review them for many different purposes. The first is to make sure that everything's up to date. If we have contact information or there's organizational changes, that those are reflective in all of our updates. We're also working with all the other city departments at the leadership of the city's primary emergency management department. So if any federal guidelines or state changes occur, they share those in updates and we're required to make sure that those are reflected in our local plans at the department level. We're unique in so much as our plans are tied into not just other port organizations, but our stakeholders so that with the local, the state, many federal agencies and cities and communities within our port area and around us, we have to make sure that they're consistent so that we're not crossing each other's evacuation zones, that we're not you know, duplicating efforts or that we don't have too much redundancy, that the terminology we use is the same and that we collaborate together because in an emergency, we are going to have to come together using the same language and terminology. And as we see in the pandemic, a lot of the things that we do, we have to do together to make sure that we make the best use of all of our resources. How hard would you say it was to get where you are today? I think hard is hard.