City Council - Regular Meeting

We're a beacon of hope.

Los Angeles recognizes the history, resilience, achievements, and ongoing contributions of LGBTQIA plus Angelenos and reaffirms its commitment to keeping Los Angeles a city where everyone can live openly with pride. The city of Los Angeles has designated significant historic and cultural sites. And during June, it honors and uplifts LGBTQIA plus community members, talents, and leaders who continue to inspire.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the people's house. Happy Pride Month, Los Angeles. Woo! For generations, LGBTQ people were told that spaces like this weren't built for us. And yet, here we are, queers, not only in

In the LGBTQIA plus community, it's not uncommon to show up and show out in your most fabulous look. So here I am, City Hall. And if all these rhinestones don't give it away, I am part of the LGBTQIA plus community.

Today we are unveiling our Bridge Gallery exhibit for LGBT Heritage Month. This year, our Bridge Gallery exhibit is called Portraits of Olympic Pride. It's an opportunity for us to showcase 19 different athletes that are part of the LGBTQIA plus community who are all eligible for the Olympics in LA 28.

It is completely free. It is available to anybody here in the city of Los Angeles and beyond. Come visit City Hall. You'll learn a lot. You'll be inspired and you'll be ready to go out and create the kind of good that we all deserve.

Every year it gets more and more important because our communities are continuing to be under attack. We have a federal government that continues to attack our LGBTQ youth and so making sure that we find joy through all of this is so important because you can't let fear be the winner.

Being LGBTQ plus is about your authenticity. It's about having the courage to stand in your truth, even when others try to dim your light.

here in the city of angels you are welcomed you are a part of the fiber of the city of los angeles and if anybody messes with you they gonna have to come through a whole bunch of us we got your back thank you find your community wherever they may be

our partnership with Los Angeles Department of Aging. This is year two, so we're super excited about it. Last year was kind of like a trial and error. We visited four NPCs, multipurpose centers. It was just amazing. So we wanted to capitalize on the momentum. We wanted to continue the growth. We wanted to touch more seniors. So this year we've expanded to 10 NPC locations.

The goal behind this partnership with the LA Sparks and their social impact team is to really just continue to get our seniors up, be on the move. Because physical health really encaptures the whole body. So if physically we're well, then mentally we're well, emotionally. And so we want to make sure our seniors are heard and seen and that they have opportunities to move, literally. Sparky is a celebrity at this point. There are seniors who love Sparky. He truly brings a spark when he visits the senior centers. They're looking for the photo ops, they're looking for the engagement, the high fives. So Sparky is a hit and we're so grateful to have the mascot of our WNBA LA Sparks team along for this fun ride.

So last year we had 250 seniors come out to the game, but this year we're trying to expand that, hopefully bringing out more seniors and their families to the game. So not just seniors, but everybody, making it all inclusive, a whole family outing.

Really excited about taking a senior to the game coming up in September. We just love that the Sparks value our older adult population just as much as we do. September 24th, 7 p.m. More information to come, and we're really looking forward to that.

We will be having our maiden voyage on the motor vessel El Escudo. It's a 108-foot, 350-passenger tour, whale watch, dining boat, ferry boat, here based in the Los Angeles Long Beach Harbors.

This is the cleanest harbor craft in the world, exceeding national standards for tier four emissions. It's able to run hybrid version zero emission for hours at a time so people can see the industrial theater here at the Port of Los Angeles and the majesty of the Pacific Ocean.

It's super quiet, it's super green. I think it's the future of the ports for LA and Long Beach. You know, they're talking about moving to green fuels. It's just amazing that they can do this running on battery electric.

It was an amazing maiden voyage that we had the opportunity to go on. It's great to be able to say that we are definitely looking into the future and people are having fun.

What makes this boat so significant is it's the first in the world to utilize a parallel hybrid system, which means we can actually get this 108-foot boat to zero emissions.

So we'll have tourists and local people alike joining to see exactly what's happening at the port whale watching seeing all the great sea lions and dolphins jumping in and out of the water and at the same time knowing that this is the cleanest harbor craft for visitor serving anywhere in the world

This is California, right? And California is the place that changes things in America when it comes to fuels. It's always been far ahead and now it's starting to happen here at the ports. And what happens in California happens at the rest of America. So I'm really proud to see this happening right here because I'm sure the rest of the ports are going to follow suit.

Beyond modern festivities, Los Angeles holds a deep legacy in the fight for equality. In Silver Lake, Harry Hay founded the country's pioneering gay organization, hosting the Mattachine Society in his private residence. Recognized as the movement's true origin, the history is now honored at the Mattachine steps. the city also witnessed the nation's initial gay protests. Following the 1967 New Year's arrests at the Black Cat Tavern, local activists organized a historic rally for social justice. These Los Angeles demonstrations preceded the Stonewall uprising, and the seeds of protest were firmly planted in the City of Angels. Beyond the struggle for progress, the spirit of resilience defines the Angeleno fight for change. After a devastating traffic accident in Griffith Park, local community members rallied to secure a safer future. Driven by unwavering advocacy, residents have finally realized the completion of the most significant safety enhancement project in the park's history.

There was a terrible tragedy here where Andrew Gelmert, who was training for the AIDS lifecycle ride, was killed by a reckless driver about almost a mile up the road.

He was coming down, and a reckless driver drove through at an ungodly speed, lost control of his vehicle, slammed into the curbside, and hit Andrew.

After Andrew lost his life, something unusual happened.

Immediately after the fatality in June of 2022, we did a temporary closure up on Griffith Park Drive from Travel Town to the Compost Center, and that was meant to cut on cut-through traffic. And it also galvanized the department to get a procurement out there right away to hire an engineering firm to design and plan for what we should do. And then it also galvanized the then assembly member, Laura Friedman, for the area, who went and got a state earmark of $4 million to help us actually do something. And then it helped push us through. So when we hit snags in the process, which you inevitably do, all this stuff adds up. And it can be super frustrating to the community. But they were excellent. They were very steadfast in what they wanted to see and just kept our nose to the grindstone.

We had the, I guess, ribbon cutting, the official acknowledgement of the new Crystal Springs and Zoo Drive bike lanes and safety improvements in Griffith Park, which is, honestly, it's the single largest investment in the safety of Griffith Park that it has ever had in its history and well needed, well needed. In February of 2013, I was bicycling in Griffith Park, right near the Autry Museum when I was hit, pinned underneath a car, dragged nearly a quarter of a mile from the streets of Griffith Park onto and down the five freeway at freeway speeds. My right leg was ripped off, about 20 pounds of flesh in two minutes, 20 broken bones, 10 ribs. I shattered both my shoulders, my hips, my wrists, you name it. It was a hit and run. The driver never stopped and was never caught. And from that, I learned about how deadly our roads of Los Angeles are and started working on advocacy, which became the organization Streets Are Forever One.

So I think our primary focus in Griffith Park has to be for the recreational uses. That's part of the donation of the land from Griffith Jay and Tina Griffith. I was excited about this project when I heard about it in the planning stage. And then today was my first day to actually get out on the street on my bike. And it's so much better than I ever thought it was going to be. The places where the road had previously been a little scratchy, it's all been repaid. It's smooth. There's so much space for the bikers. When someone is also running or walking, there's space for everybody. And we're never worried about a car coming into my lane or having to sort of jump out of the way or be in a subpar space on the road. It was just a pleasure today.

Andrew would have been very happy to see these changes. And I believe these changes would absolutely have saved his life.

The importance is having a space, having our roads be safer and more accessible for all road users. And at the end of the day, it's better for people driving too, because it's calmer. You're not speeding with someone trying to change lanes and I'm gonna turn here, I'm gonna do all this crazy stuff. Like it's just a more calm experience. And like I said, you're gonna get there at the same time going through the park.

We're going to go ride the park right now. A bunch of us are going to go ride the new lanes and check them out. So we're excited to do that. Putting on the glasses right here. Getting ready to go.

The valley wasn't that long ago that this was a horse area. This had orange groves.

This is a good representation of the communities of what they used to look like here in Council District 12.

Today we're at the wonderful Oak Ridge Estate here in Northridge. We had a really awesome community event here. We brought the community the Los Angeles City Park Rangers Mounted Unit. So what you see behind me is our horses. Today we brought both Archie and Bert.

was excellent experience my daughter definitely loved it we got to pet the horses feed the horses burton archie and this is a really nice event really put together really well and it was great

Our horses actually came all the way from the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, and so they came over here in our horse trailer, and our horses get a lot of love. So we make sure they get plenty of water, they get exercise, and I gotta tell you, they love coming out here to these community events, and they love taking selfies with our community members.

The horses, they're not just animals. They are part of the force. They are part of our park ranger system. This is an important piece, as the officers are. Our park rangers cover all the different parks in the city of Los Angeles. They go through the same training as LAPD officers, but they've chosen to go a different path.

It's just a great reminder of how beautiful our parks here in LA City are, and for all of us to just understand the importance of public safety inside our parks, taking care of our parks, and bringing our mounted unit out to folks, revitalizing that traditional history, just getting people out here to enjoy our parks and enjoy our city of Los Angeles. It's good to get away from the city and just know that we have some beautiful parks out here to go out and explore.

The mission to transform the city begins with each individual, and one man is stepping up and rallying others throughout the city. His unwavering commitment creates a lasting impact in Los Angeles communities. Using social media, Juan Naula extends an open invitation for every Angeleno to take part in his ongoing initiative to Clean LA With Me.

I think people are really tired to see trash everywhere and when I moved here I didn't want to see this. I moved expecting something else and then I moved here I see all this and then I want to make a change. So every day I get up, Monday to Friday, I see spots and come and clean it. Wow, this is a mess. I start between 9 until 2, 3 p.m., depends, you know. If I do one spot, if I do two spots, but every day I start around 9 a.m. I post on my social media. People in my first video, actually, about a year and something ago, they said, let us support you, let us help you. And then as we go, I was keeping posting, posting. And then when I said I need fundings for go dumping, people send me right away. So what I do, I do cleanups, put in the small truck, and dump in the big one. And then when it's full, I go dump it. This is how LA streets looks like. We can see all this trash right here on Hollywood and 18th Street. It should not be like this. Let me show you how much trash and all the type of the trash we have here on this spot, okay? Social media is one of the best tools for cleaning LA with me. This is how I can educate people. It's one of my sources to get to the people, to the community, to the government. That's how everybody finds me out. I just opened this trash bag. It's from my followers. Thank you so much. This is how I get all my trash bags from my wish list. So I said everywhere I go, Starbucks follow me. We have McDonald's, McDonald's. What is this? A slooper? A slooper? A slooper? I'm not really sure what this is. A slooper. So you went just by, and you see trash here, and you just throw it there. Please do better. Let's stop littering in LA. I need a new pants. Just let it ride my . It's too tight, I think. I'm telling my wife, don't give me too much tacos. No. Yeah, I'm gonna... I'm gonna put a request on 311. That's too heavy. Now let's go to 311 up. Right there, 311, Maya Lee 311 up. Illegal dumping. Just make sure it's the right address. Items counter top is on the side street. So side street right there. Summit. Okay, so the request is done. That's it. Wow, you see the fresh, the difference? Follow me on my social media. Just clean it up with me. Okay. And you just see it. Many people just say hello to me and that's keep me going and going and going because more people are gonna come, you know? It's, I think it's worth it to keep doing it. I'm gonna go and dump the trash. Let's go. Let's make a change. I know we can do it. I know we can change our habits. I know we can change our culture. Let's do better. I think everything can start with us and then we can push everybody else.

When we first started this Safe Summer Initiative, the purpose was to talk about peace and safety once school let out so that we could have a safe summer for all.

This is our third year where we bring over 40 different vendors. They provide opportunities for our youth during the summer, everyone from the LA Rams, the UCLA, USC, LA Parks and Recreation. There's internships, sports. So many opportunities to support families and give youth opportunities during the summer.

A todos los vecinos los invito a que vengan aquí al evento. De verdad, muchas veces tenemos muchos tipos de eventos y lamentablemente la comunidad no viene a participar. Pero en esta ocasión estoy mirando que los vecinos y la gente de alrededor están viniendo aquí al evento.

They're coming here and we're providing the resources which will help them to hopefully have a better future, especially for our youth. We want them to know that there's more that they can achieve than just what they're limited to in the community and that we're here to help them get there.

We specifically are here for the GRID program, which is the Gang Reduction and Youth Development program. I've been with this program since 2009, and I can say that we have students that were in our program back then that are still connected with this agency till this day.

It's really important that our parks are a safe space, and it's important that our families have a place to come to to receive resources.

I think it's incredibly important that the Los Angeles Police Department, in conjunction with our city partners, put on these events because, again, it's an educational piece to let our communities know what's out there for them.

From neighborhood cleanup efforts and festive local celebrations to the collective push for greater public safety, the unwavering power of partnership is bringing residents together to evolve our city. The City of Angels continues its dedication to empowering and honoring the rich cultural tapestry found within every unique neighborhood across the region. Thanks for watching. Catch these stories and more on Channel 35 for LACity.gov slash TV and follow at LACity on Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube. Until next time, show up in your community, celebrate the wins, and enjoy everything Los Angeles has to offer.

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for being part of the on-time caucus. It is 11 minutes after 10, Wednesday morning. We have a full house and presentations this morning. So if you can hear me, please make your way to the floor, members of the council.

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Wednesday, the first day of July in the year 2026, and the last day of LA City Council before summer recess. Public comment for this morning's meeting will be taken in this council chamber as well as telephonically because of state law. Madam Clerk, let's begin our proceedings by calling roll.

Blumenfield Harris Dawson Hernandez hut Harado Lee McCosker Nazarian Padilla Park price Rahman Rodriguez Soto Martinez Yaroslavsky ten members excuse me eleven members present in a quorum mr. President all right come first order of business approval of the minutes of June 30th 2026 councilmember Hernandez moves councilmember Soto Martin councilmember Rodriguez seconds what's next commendatory resolutions for approval councilmember Blumenfield moves councilmember Hutt seconds

Can we walk through our agenda?

Thank you, Mr. President. Actually, would the council like all items on today's agenda to go forth with?

We would like all items on today's agenda to go forth with.

Thank you. Items one through 27 are items noticed for public hearing. For item number one, the tabulated value of the opposing ballots cast does not exceed the tabulated value of the supporting ballots cast, 79.46% to 20.54%. Thus, a majority protest is found not to exist and the proposed establishment of the Hooper Commons Business Improvement District may be authorized at this time. Item number two the tabulated value of the opposing ballots cast does not exceed the tabulated value of the supporting ballots cast eighty three point sixty three percent to sixteen point thirty seven percent Thus a majority protest is found not to exist in the proposed establishment of the fashion district Business Improvement District may be authorized at this time items 28 through 85 are items for which public hearings have been held and

Items 86 through 123 are items for which public hearings have not been held ten votes are required for consideration All right without objection those items are now before us and it looks like we have a number of specials on the board We'll begin to with Mr. Nazarian to my far left Thank You council president.

Let's receive and file items 11 13 and 26 And is there a second to that motion to receive and file? Thank you, Mr. McCosker. Thank you. And then item 70 for a separate vote, please.

7-0, separate vote? Yes. Okay. Councilmember McCosker.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'd like to call item number six special for comments.

All right. Councilmember Lee.

96, excuse me, 96.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to call item number 93 for a substitute motion.

9-3. All right. Councilmember Jurado.

Thank you, Council President. I'd like to call items 38, 93, and 118 special for a separate vote. I also have an amendment in comments for item 81. And lastly, I have an amendment for items 82 and 116 that should be circulating shortly.

All right. I see no others on this side. All right. Council Member Arasofsky.

Council President, I'd like to call 84 for a friendly amendment to get a report back. Looks like 92 is already called. Oh, I'd like to call 92 to move the BNF report. And that's it.

All right. Council Member Hernandez.

Thank you, House President. I would like to call items 38, 79, 81,

103 special for a separate vote and comments for one to one All right councilmember Rodriguez item 82 and 118 for a separate vote all right councilmember Blumenfield and Item 19 that's that we receive and file that lien one nine One nine. Okay.

Thank you. Is there a second to that motion second? Thank you.

All right councilmember Park

Thank you, Council President. Can we hold 1-14 at the desk, please?

1-14 until after public comment?

Yes, thank you.

Okay. And any other specials members? I thought I saw Padilla, but it's not here. No? Okay. All right. Any other special members? Any other specials? All right. No other specials? Madam Clerk, I'll give 90 seconds to allow you to count all that up before we vote on the items that are available.

Thank you, before the 90 seconds starts, can I confirm, Council Member Yaroslavsky, for your two items, are your motions verbals right now, or are you circulating a written copy? Thank you.

And members, while the clerk is seeing which items are available to vote, because we are now operating under the remote public comment rules for under SB 707, I would ask that you please get the amendments in as quickly as possible. We will, if you recall, when we had remote public comment, would read those into the record. We will need to do so again. So the sooner we get those in, the better. Thank you.

While we're waiting on the clerk, I want to yield the floor to Councilmember Rodriguez for a special announcement in recognition.

Thank you very much, colleagues. Today I rise to represent the heroism that was exhibited just about two weeks ago now during our World Cup watch parties. There was a circumstance in which an individual, a Good Samaritan, stopped a gunman who was firing up in the air and there was a moment that went viral that I saw on social media and wanted to take the opportunity to bring this officer in to recognize their heroism and steadiness in the wake of sheer mayhem uh... of that incident but it was at the watch party that happened in freetown it was a beautiful event by the way i don't i want to underscore that councilmember had it was the the crowd was electric high energy and they were just as they were in my district in all across the city there were people that were there celebrating and having a wonderful time with their families But it doesn't stop one individual from causing mayhem in those situations. And so LAPD officer Helen Zhang was there in attendance, along with Captain Rachel Rodriguez from Olympic Division. And I also want to acknowledge Captain Ryan Lee, who is here, and Commander Hamed Mohammadi. When the bystander and the Good Samaritan who interfered with the individual that was brandishing the weapon and shooting up in the air, it was Officer Zeng who sprinted into action without missing a beat. When the bystander, Mr. Luis Romero, who was there joining this event with his family, stopped that perpetrator, he was shot in the leg. And it was Officer Zing who quickly administered aid to this individual, applying a tourniquet, very calmly, very efficiently, just went into work, strapped off that bleed, and saved the man's life. Because it would have been no... Certainly, we would have... sadly seen, I think, a much worse situation. But the combination of the Good Samaritan and her quick response from her training applying life-saving skills is why we still have Mr. Luis Romero with us today. And on behalf of the city of Los Angeles, we know that in emergencies, and these are the emergencies that all of our first responders prepare for, but sometimes you just never know when that moment is really gonna go into practice. What I admired and saw and observed in the footage that I saw on the news was someone with incredible calm under pressure applying those life-saving skills and Shortly thereafter, just going on to make sure that she helped to calm the rest of the crowd in the wake of that situation. And so on behalf of their very grateful city, I just wanted to commend you, Officer Zhang, for representing, I think, the very best of what we want to see in our officers, for protecting the public, but applying that very calm response and life-saving skills in that moment. And so on behalf of the city of Los Angeles, I just wanted to commend you. and thank you and celebrate you, Officer Zhang. Four years into this department, I think she's got a hell of a career ahead of her. Congratulations and thank you. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Councilwoman and Officer Zhang, we've got a couple members on the queue while you all are taking photos, beginning with Councilmember Hutt.

Thank you, Mr. President. And also I want to thank you, Councilwoman. Rodriguez for taking time to recognize the Olympic Division and Helen from Olympic Division does so much. That was a huge event. I had team members that shared with me what you did with your bare hands and they were really impressed by how immediately you reached over to help a community member. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the spot because I fell down and we had to be helped out because of the crowd that we had there. But we certainly appreciate your dedication to the community and to know that you knew how to do a tourniquet right then and there. We are very proud of your service and we're happy to have you nearby. So thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman, for taking the time to recognize her and all of Olympic Division. Captain, oh, there you are. Thank you so much.

Appreciate it.

Thank you so much, Council Member Nazarian.

Thank you. I just want to say congratulations again. Thank you, Officer Zeng, for your bravery and for your committed hard work. But I also needed to just take a minute to welcome North Hollywood in the house. We got Sergeant Lee and former Captain Mohammadi from Captain Mo from North Hollywood. So thank you very much for your service to our community in the San Fernando Valley. Appreciate it. Thank you.

I... video uh that i'd like to show okay i got councilmember padilla and then we can roll the video councilmember padilla yes i'd like to call item 22 uh special 23 i'm sorry for two months okay all right video thank you councilmember

There are two heroes in this story. Luis Romero, who jumped into action to stop a gunman opening fire into a crowd of innocent bystanders in Officer Helen Zhang, who rushed to save his life after he'd been shot and was bleeding out. All of it caught on camera.

There was a lot of blood right away. I knew this man needed help right now. Every second counted. Applied turnkey, like my training taught me. Yeah, it just happened really fast. The training kicked in.

The drama unfolding during the Korea-Mexico World Cup watch party in Koreatown last week. Luis Romero says he saw a man open fire into the crowd and tackled him, the suspect shooting him in the leg, the bullet severing his artery.

He felt them take off his belt, put it, and then, you know, tighten it around the wound. And he said that when the cop came, he could feel the big difference between, like, how she did it and then compared to everyone else.

You saved his life, girl. You saved his life. Good job.

Officer Helen Zang's calm and cool demeanor winning her kudos from the chaotic crowd and eternal gratitude from Luis and his family.

Thank you for saving my life, for helping me.

I fell in love with her because she helped my dad out the way she did. That's a beautiful thing to do.

Officer Zhang, who's been on the force just four years, says it's a moment she will never forget.

He was an older gentleman. It reminded me of my father, certainly. Later on, I found out he was there with his son, I believe. So I'm just really happy he made it.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman, and thank you, Officer. One of the things I respect about all of our public safety workers, but especially police and fire, is all of our instincts is to, when we see danger, all of us, basic human instinct is to run the other direction. Your instinct is to run towards danger and to know what to do once you get to it. And so we really appreciate that. It's a big deal to all of us and our deepest gratitude from our grateful city. All right. Thank you so much. Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. President. I believe a council member wants to call one more item special.

Which council member? Council Member Park.

Thank you. One more, Councilmember. If we could please continue item 15 to August 28th, please.

All right, 1-5 until 8-28. Councilmember Hernandez.

Yes, thank you, Council President. I would like to amend item 116, I believe. Oh, sorry. 105, this is a council member current prices motion. He asked me to introduce a technical amendment changing the amount from $30,000 to $10,000. And then I would also call item 117 special for a separate vote.

All right. Any other specials members before I hand to the clerk for votes?

Okay.

Okay, in that case before the council are items 28 through 37, 39 through 69, 71 through 78, 80, 83, and 85. Oh, one more, I'm sorry, excuse me. One more special. Sound for CD 14.

Thank you, Council President. I'd like item 16 continued till August 28, please.

1-6 to 8-28. All right, can we read out the items that are up for votes again?

Okay, thank you before the council our items 28 through 37 39 through 69 71 through 78 80 83 and 85 Thank you any more specials members

All right, one more time.

One more time. Items before council to vote on 28 through 29, 31 through 37, 39 through 69, 71 through 78, 80, 83, and 85. All right, let's open the roll on those items. Close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, what's next? Council may move on to presentations.

We don't we don't have any that are just up for separate votes If you'd like to take up separate vote items sure could we please yes? Okay starting with Item number 70 All right item number 70 call special by councilmember Nazarian for a separate vote Let's open the roll on item number 70 call special by mr. Nazarian for a separate vote. It's calls the roll tabulate the vote I 13 ayes, one no. All right, next.

Item number 38, called special by Council Member Jurado for a separate vote.

All right, item number 38, called special by Council Member Jurado for a separate vote. Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 11 ayes, three nos. All right, what's next?

Item number 79, called special for a separate vote by Council Member Hernandez.

All right, 79, called special by Councilmember Hernandez for a separate vote. Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 11 ayes, three nos. All right, what's next?

Item number 81, called special for a separate vote by Councilmember Hernandez.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 10 ayes, four nos. All right, what's next?

Item number 30, called special for a separate vote by Councilmember Hernandez.

So open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. All right, what's next?

Councilmember Padilla for item number, oh no, never mind. Thank you, that would be all the separate votes for.

All right, I think we got one to be recorded as a no vote maybe. Councilmember Hurtado.

For Thank You council president for item 30. I'd like to be recorded as a no vote That new vote is 11 eyes and three nose the item still passes Okay, and then for item 81 I know we just voted on it, but I have an amendment and comments for the item All right, let's open the roll on reconsideration of 81 Close the roll tabulate the vote

All right, we'll get an amendment circulated on that and we'll deal with that after public comment. Anything else, Council Member? Okay, next we'll go to presentations. Two exciting presentations this morning. The first one will be led by Council Member of the Fifth District, Council Member Yaroslavsky.

Thank You council president colleagues today we honor Wallace Annenberg One of the great civic builders of Los Angeles on July 15th her birthday the city of Los Angeles with will mark Wallace Annenberg day Alongside the county of Los Angeles and the cities of Beverly Hills in Santa Monica. I want to first welcome our Lauren Bon and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, two of Wallace's children and directors of the Annenberg Foundation. Thank you for being here today. We are grateful to have you as we honor your mother's life and legacy. Wallace Annenberg believed the measure of privilege was not what it preserved, but what it made possible for others. Across Los Angeles, we see her impact everywhere we look, in places people rely on, in places people return to, in places people pass on to the next generation. Under her leadership, the Annenberg Foundation awarded more than $5 billion in grants to thousands of organizations with a deep and lasting commitment to Los Angeles. Her legacy runs through the Wallace Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the California Science Center, USC Annenberg Hall, the Annenberg Space for Photography, LACMA, MOCA, and many more institutions across our region which we all enjoy. She understood Los Angeles as a city shaped by access, imagination, and shared responsibility. She also understood that responsibility extends to our environment as well. The Annenberg Wildlife Crossing opening this year reflects her belief that human infrastructure should heal as well as connect. It reconnects fractured habitats, protected vulnerable wildlife, and offers a model for environmental repair far beyond Los Angeles. Wallace Annenberg treated philanthropy as civic work. She invested in the future she wanted Los Angeles to grow into. Today we recognize a life of service, generosity, and purpose. We also recognize the family carrying her work forward. I'd like to turn it over now to her daughter, Lauren Vaughn, to say a few words. Lauren is an environmental artist and Guggenheim Fellow whose work brings together art, ecology, infrastructure, and public life. Through Metabolic Studio, Lauren asks us to see land, water, systems, and community in new ways. Please join me in welcoming Lauren Vaughn.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, and thank you council members, and thank you to the city of Los Angeles. I'm here as Wallace Annenberg's daughter, which means I'm here with both public gratitude and private memory. Before speaking about my mother's love of Los Angeles, I want to acknowledge that where we're sitting today is on land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Keech, Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash peoples. I honor their elders and descendants, past, present, and emerging, and to older lands, waters, and obligations that precede all of us being here today. My mother came to Los Angeles from a diasporic tradition. Our family comes from Eastern Europe, from a history that understood movement, reinvention, memory, and the search for belonging. She chose Los Angeles as an adult, not as a backdrop and not as a symbol, but as a place where the future was always being improvised in plain sight. She understood the city's contradictions, its glamour and its loneliness, its invention and its neglect, its vastness and its hunger for connection. She also understood that women of her generation were often invited to care, but not always invited to decide. My mother did both. She cared and she decided. She used her resources, her originality, not simply to be generous, but to alter the conditions under which other people might live, learn, age, gather, create, and belong. That's one way to understand her work in this city. Care was not for her a sentiment. Care was infrastructure. Care was a door that opened, a classroom, a theater, a beach house, a place for older people to remain visible, a place for animals to be regarded with tenderness, a bridge built so that wildlife might cross a wound we had made in the land. She noticed where connection had been broken and she did not accept brokenness as permanent. To have July 15th, her birthday, named Wallace Annenberg Day, is deeply moving to our family. But I hope the day will not only remember her, I hope it will ask something from us. What kind of city do we build when care is treated as public work? What kind of city becomes possible when generosity has imagination behind it? My mother believed Los Angeles was worthy of that imagination. Thank you so much for honoring her in the civic life of a city she loved.

Thank you so much, Lauren. I'd like to now introduce Gregory Annenberg-Weingarten. Gregory has helped lead the foundation's global and local philanthropic initiatives while supporting leadership development and underserved communities here in Los Angeles. Welcome, Gregory.

Good morning, members of the city council. I would like to echo the sentiments of my sister and fellow Annenberg Foundation director, Lauren Bond, and on behalf of our brother and fellow director, Charles Annenberg-Weingarten, we thank you for this proclamation of Wallace Annenberg Day. On a personal note, I can say my mother came was raised in Philadelphia and in Washington, DC, and came here, as Lauren pointed out, chose to come here in the late 60s. This is the city and the state where we were all raised. And I can think of no one who loved this city more. And right up to the end, she was someone who championed Los Angeles. And as Lauren brilliantly put, with her creativity, sort of instinct, and I think she was young right up to the end, just came up with ideas. She was an avid reader. She was comfortable in every place in the city, whether it was Watts, Compton, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica. She wanted to know what was going on. And as my friends used to say, some people just have it. She had it. She got it. And her projects today, which we were partners on, reflect this brilliance, this innovation. She made her mark here in Los Angeles, and it was her decision to move the Annenberg Foundation from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in 2009 to really champion the city and the state. Her generosity has reached more than 2,700 organizations across the region from Isla Vista Intersection Housing in South Los Angeles and Wallace Annenberg High School to YOLA, the Watts Towers, the Annenberg Space for Photography, I'll also cite the Annenberg Community Beach House, the Wallace Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, to name a few. In 2024, President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her life's work. Her philanthropy truly reached across the aisle, creating both Wallace Annenberg Hall at USC and the women's soccer field at UCLA. She was, for those of you who know her as well as being an avid reader, keeping up on everything, she was also a huge sports fan and around the time of basketball or whatever, if you wanted advice, she would know who the odds were with. July 15th would have been her 87th birthday and she would have been deeply moved by this honor. Lauren, Charles, and I are proud to mark this first Wallace Annenberg Day to carry her innovation work forward and to honor the philanthropic legacy that began with our late grandfather, Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg. Thank you again for this wonderful recognition.

Thank you, Lauren, Gregory, and Charles in absentia for carrying forward Wallace's extraordinary legacy. On behalf of the city of Los Angeles, it's my great honor to present this resolution declaring July 15 as Wallace Annenberg Day in recognition of her lifetime of generosity, leadership, and enduring contributions to our city.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman. We have a speaker on the queue while you all are taking photos. Councilmember McOsker, the 1-5.

Thank you very much, Councilmember, for honoring Wallace Andenberg this way and bringing in two of her children.

Wallace and the family have touched my district, the 1-5.

very directly, and I'm really grateful. In my prior life, I was executive director of something called Altacy at the Port of Los Angeles, which was a great Len Abe idea. And Len and Wallace were very close, and she loved him very much. And the seed money that created Altacy was something that will will create opportunities and ocean sustainability for generations to come. But as I take this seat, I am really touched by the fact that my time in Watts brings me in contact with Annenberg Grow and all of the great work, Greg, that you're doing there. I really, really appreciate the fact that just very recently, you leaned in on the World Monuments designation for the Watts Towers. So this is a worldwide organization that has been nominating and protecting and advancing the cause of properties around the world. And for our 250th anniversary of the United States, that foundation wanted to recognize 10 spots in Los Angeles, and one of them because of Gregory's work and Annenberg Row, is the Watts Towers. Just one, there's only one in California, and so I'm grateful to you for that. I'm also grateful to you, Lauren, for the art installation that you'll be doing at the Lane Victory. The Lane Victory is an important asset for us, historically significant to Merchant Marines and to our Korean American community who had a boat lift The end of the war and I know that you're going to do something special there for us so from Watts to the waterfront I'm really grateful to the Annenberg family.

Thank you Thank you so much councilmember Rodriguez Thank You councilmember Yaroslavsky for bringing this magnificent family legacy to be recognized and you know you all have contributed so much not just with your mom's work, but in In extension, you both have made such tremendous contributions to our city. I know, Lauren, we first met when you were doing the Waterwheel project, and again, when you were bringing attention to how we actually source water in the city of Los Angeles, because Mr. McCosker might have a C at his feet, but we are the gateway to the city water supply in the community of Sylmar. And acknowledging that history and the work that you did with the Department of Water and Power and bringing it in such a way that really honored the true history of what that means to our city. You all have had such an incredible imprint and it's extended from the very northeastern part of the city limits to the very south and Everything in between so on behalf of a grateful city. I just want to say you know our Condolences, but the continued celebration of all of her work Reverberates across Los Angeles, and we're incredibly grateful to you all thank you.

Thank you so much councilmember Padilla I

Thank you, Councilman Jaroslawski, for bringing this great presentation in. You know, I feel like my entire career working for nonprofits, I always saw the Annenberg Foundation in lots of different spaces. So to me, I just wanted to say I've never met you. So I just want to say it's a pleasure to know who you are, a pleasure to meet you. And something that I always tell to folks that have a philanthropic heart is thank you for everything and may God give you more. Very honored to meet you. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much, members, and thank you so much, Councilmember Jaroslawski. I know Annenberg Day falls when we're in recess, so thank you for making sure we got to do this recognition in person, face-to-face. I, like so many of the other members before I was on council and as a councilmember, was touched by this family with a variety of projects. You know, the first shipping container affordable housing project in the city Was you know Wallace sat me down and said we're gonna get this done And it's there right on the border of the 15th district and the 8th district at Imperial and Broadway called intersections And people are living there. There's a rooftop garden and the whole nine yards. It's very amazing and a host of other projects and then you know this is what's really special to us is that you show up as Angelenos. And so you all know we have the Destination Crenshaw project in our district that the Annenberg Foundation actually didn't support, but The Annenberg Foundation got on the phone to everybody and said, this is important, you gotta help us get that done. And we've raised in excess over $100 million and we're this close to finishing the project because you all have pushed so hard for it. And so we're very grateful for Again, not just the sending the check, but being engaged in the development of our city and the potential of our land and our people. So again, thank you so much and congratulations. Council Member Jaroslawski.

Thank you. Thank you, colleagues. So a big thank you to the Annenberg family for joining us today. Thank you both for being here. And thank you so much for continuing Wallace Annenberg's extraordinary legacy. It is extraordinary indeed. Thank you, Council President. This concludes my presentation.

Thank you so much. All right. As they're departing, our next presentation will be brought to us by Council Member Heather Hutt of the 10th District.

Good morning. Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning to my colleagues. It's the end of Pride Month, and I'm going to celebrate a leader. But before I celebrate this leader, I want to remind people about pretextual stops. My honoree today was tardy because he was pulled over for really no apparent reason. He was asked to get out of his car, sit on the curb in this suit, and go through all the harassing questions that come along with that. They ended up not giving him a ticket, which happens so often. And his clothes were not the way he wanted to present himself in City Hall. So he had to go back home, change his clothes, gather himself, and get ready for coming today. This is why it's so important. to move the pre-textual stop motion. So that's how I want to start out. Thank you. During Pride Month we celebrate leaders who are building a more inclusive future, and today I'm proud to honor Jeffrey Wallace, a man whose career demonstrates what's possible when equity, innovation, and economic opportunity are placed in the center. of leadership. As President and CEO of Leaders Up, Jeffrey has helped transform workforce development by connecting thousands of young adults to meaningful career pathways and economic opportunities. Under his direction, Leaders Up has collaborated with more than 200 businesses to touch the lives of over 60,000 young adults, yielding nearly a billion dollars in economic returns and providing that community resilience begins with investing in individuals. Jeffrey's work is rooted in the belief that every young person deserves access to opportunity regardless of their background, identity, or zip code. His leadership helps create opportunities for communities that have too often been left behind, ensuring more people have the tools to succeed and thrive. As we close out Pride Month, I'm proud to honor trailblazers like Jeffrey, whose unwavering dedication to equity enables individuals to chase their aspirations and attain their highest potential. Please join me in recognizing and thanking Jeffrey Wallace for his leadership and lasting impact on our city on CD 10 and beyond. I'd like to now bring up Jeffrey for a few remarks.

Good morning City Council, City Council President Harris-Dawson, My city council member, Heather Hutt, and to the entire city council, and to my LA family, I thank you for this recognition, and I receive it with humility, with pride, and with a deep sense of responsibility. As Pride Month comes to a close, I'm grateful to stand here as my whole self, a black man, a same gender loving man, a son of this community, a builder, a believer, a witness to what happens when people who are never supposed to make it, decide not only to make it, but to make a way for others as well. Pride is beautiful, pride is necessary, pride is a celebration, but today what matters most is the truth. Frederick Douglass once asked this nation a question it could not escape. To what to the slave is the Fourth of July? As we stand here on the precipice of the 250 year anniversary of our nation's independence, I want to question to this city for this moment and for this generation, what to the young Angeleno is the Fourth of July? What is freedom to a young person who wants to work but cannot find a door that opens for them? What is independence to a young person who is brilliant but shut out from opportunity? What is liberty to a young person who is told to dream big, then handed small systems, broken pathways, and public promises that do not reach their economic goals and dreams? What a celebration when 144,000 young people in Los Angeles City and County are not in school and not working. This number is not a statistic, but it's a summons. It is a choir of interrupted dreams. It is talent waiting for transition. It is genius standing outside systems that were built without them in mind. So today I do not stand here only to be honored. I stand here to tell the truth. Los Angeles has some work to do. Holy work, public work, economic work, infrastructure work, and most importantly, heart work. Because the future of LA will not be measured only by the stadium lights, the global cameras, airport terminals, hotel rooms, construction craze, and dare I say, Olympic medals. The future of LA will be measured by whether the young people who live here can afford to stay here, work here, build here, love here, and lead here. The future of LA is not coming in 2028, it's already here. The future LA, the future is South LA. It's Crenshaw, it's Leimert Park, it's Koreatown, it's Boyle Heights. At Leaders Up and across the movement I am so honored to help build, we are focused on building a future proof economy. One where safety is normalized for everyone. Opportunity is equitable. for everyone and power is shared with everyone. And as Los Angeles prepares to host the World for the 2028 Games, we must ask ourselves a serious question. Will these young people simply pass through, will these games simply pass through our communities or will they build power with them? Will the economic activity touch the lives of historically marginalized Angelenos, or will they be asked to watch another boom from the margins? Will we create temporary jobs or will we build transformative employment and economic mobility pathways that are long after the closing of the games? This is our charge. Let 2028 be more than a global event. Let it be a generational transformation and investment. Let it create real pathways in transportation, hospitality, aviation, construction, sports and entertainment, technology, and of course, the public sector. Let it be a moment that Los Angeles chooses to move from the spectacle to the systems change necessary for everyone to thrive. So I thank you for this Pride Month recognition. I thank you for seeing me. But more than that, I ask you to see our young people. see the power, see their hunger, see their imagination, see their right to inherit the city that does more than celebrate freedom, it builds it. Because the question before us is not only what is to the young Angeleno is the Fourth of July, the question is what will Los Angeles do now? My answer is simple, we will build, We will mobilize, we will invest, we will normalize safety, we will make opportunity equitable, and we will share power. We'll build a future-proof economy worthy of the young people who already carry the future in their hearts and minds. Thank you so much. This is for our future.

Well, we want to acknowledge you with a certificate of recognition on LGBTQIA plus Heritage Month in celebration of the city of Los Angeles recognizing outstanding leadership, advocacy, and commitment to advancing, dignifying, equity, and inclusion. Your dedication to uplifting others through service, courage, and community. Thank you, Jeff.

And thank you so much, Councilwoman Hutt, for recognizing our good friend, Mr. Jeffrey Wallace. It's good to see you this morning. I'm stunned but not surprised. I hear why you were late this morning. This is a person who runs an important organization, is a homeowner in our city, who has come up through the ranks. When we met, you were working at the Urban League understanding the Urban League vision and the Urban League history, and now you run one of the most impactful organizations with regard to moving young people of color into careers and into jobs that can help them have a life here in this city, which is very, very difficult these days, and that they can get a foothold to, one, build a career, but also make a contribution. I'm very proud of what you've done and am just gleeful to sit in this chair and be part of the recognition of one Jeffrey Wallace. And Carrie Harris sends her best. So congratulations to you. Councilwoman Hutt.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

All right. Members, before we go over into public comment, and I Members, if you're in the back, hopefully you're listening on the Squawk Box. If you can just stop a second, I want to make an important announcement that the city attorney will expound on. Today is July 1st, the first day that we're under the new rule that requires public comment by phone. What that also means for us is that posting amendments on the bulletin board is not sufficient. There's still a lot of back and forth about whether or not they have to be read, each one, which today would be over 100 pages almost, or they can be posted online. Today, What we will do today, members, is we will ask each of you to read a summary. You don't have to read the whole thing, just a summary of what your amendment does into the record. And hopefully by the time we come back, we have a better system figured out. But for today, members are going to have to read summaries Their amendment so just say I'm making an amendment and it does this and then we'll be free to vote and with that city mr. City attorney

Thank you, Mr. President. As indicated on today's agenda, members of the public wishing to offer public comment should call toll-free 833-435-1820 and use meeting ID number 165917 6 1 4 8 and then press pound then press pound again when prompted for participant ID Once council enters the public comment portion of the meeting Press star 9 to request to speak when it is your turn to speak an automated prompt will ask you to press star 6 to unmute Let me repeat call toll-free 8 3 3 4 3 5 1 8 2 0 and use meeting ID number 1 6 5 9 1 7 6 1 4 8 and then press pound then press pound again when prompted for participant ID Once council enters the public comment portion of the meeting press star 9 to request to speak when it is your turn to speak an Automated prompt will ask you to press star 6 to unmute

To members of the public, we have a slightly new procedure when it comes to the public comment portion of the meetings. I will proceed with reading the instructions that for now largely apply to people in person. I will also, before we switch over to remote or telephonic public comment, read in separate instructions for that as well. To people providing public comment, when it's your turn to speak, please state which of the agenda items you'd like to speak to. You'll have one minute per item, up to three minutes total for the items open for public comment. When speaking on the agenda items, you must be on topic. Our goal is to get through as many speeches as we can. If you are not on topic, or if we cannot tell whether you are on topic, you will get one brief warning from me or the council president. At that point, you need to get immediately and clearly on topic. If you do not do so, or if you again stray off topic, you will forfeit the rest of your speaking time and we will move on to the next speaker. The items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items one through 27 and items 86 through 123. So again, the items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items, actually I apologize, it's the items that are open for public comment on the agenda are items one through 27 and items 81 through 123. Members of the public may also speak for up to one minute for general public comment. During general public comment, members of the public may speak to any of the items or anything else within the city's subject matter jurisdiction. We will tell you when your time is up. I have a few more announcements. If I could please have the interpreters make this first announcement aloud to the room, please. And I would ask that also to make the announcement to the callers over here for the virtual public comment. If you require a Spanish language interpreter, please make sure to pause every few sentences so the interpreters can interpret.

Don't worry, we will pause your time while the interpreters are interpreting so you will get the same amount of time as everyone else, thank you. Y no se preocupen, vamos a pausar el tiempo mientras los intérpretes traducen. Van a recibir el mismo tiempo, perdón, la misma cantidad de tiempo de los demás oradores. Gracias.

For our in-person speakers, if you've made an accommodation request pursuant to the ADA with the clerk's office, or if you would like to make one today in order to make use of the wireless handheld microphone, after you hear the name that you signed up under called aloud, please raise your hand so the sergeants know to provide you with that wireless handheld microphone. Finally, in order to help us run an efficient in-person public comment period, please wait until you hear the name that you sign up under called aloud before lining up in any order to speak. As a reminder, before we begin calling names, we clearly have a lot of people here. I assume that we have a lot of people on the phones. We will do our best to get through as many people as possible, but we may not be able to exhaust every person who's in the room. So just letting everybody know, we will do our best. Thank you.

Hello, caller with.

Hello.

Please state your name and the item you're wishing to speak to.

Oh, okay. I guess just general comment because I'm not familiar with the agenda.

You have one minute.

All right, thank you very much. City Council, this is LA Valley Gun Club. That's lavalleygc at gmail.com or lavalleygunclub. Yeah, and so this is about the city.

Yes, so speaker, I apologize. So hold on, can we, before you begin, so we're beginning with in-person public comment. Oh yeah, I was confused, that's what I thought. I understand. We will get to virtual public comment, not your fault. So again, please stay on the line and we will get to virtual public comment. At this point, Mr. President, I do recommend that we read in those summaries of the amendments before we begin public comment. Again, after that, we will start with in-person public comment here in the room before moving over to virtual public comment.

Apologies. I'll begin with calling

So we're going to do summaries now, Mr. City Attorney? All right, so if the clerk can help us call out members to do summaries.

Council Member Hernandez, can you please give a summary of the amending motion you are introducing for Council Member Price?

Yes, summary is that I'm changing the amount from $30,000 to $10,000.

That is for item number 105. Thank you. Council Member Jurado, can you please give a summary of your amending motions being introduced today?

point of order why are we doing this today

The point, thank you, Council Member Vedada. The reason we have to do this is because state law requires us to take over the phone public comment. What that means is the people on the phone have to know what amendments are being introduced before they comment. The city attorney is suggesting to us that it's not enough to put those comments up on, to put the language up online or in the Zoom chat, that there has to be some verbal record of it for people who are on the telephone. So that's why we're doing it. You can thank our state legislator.

I thank them for so much that they do for us. And they've given us other council members like Bob. So awesome. Substitute item number 116 is amendment to make the resolution consistent with our land acknowledgement policies. Is that any other amendment? Okay. Thank you.

And the amendments for 81 and 82?

Of course, thank you moving on to councilmember Yaroslavsky for the amendment to item 84 Thank you, so this is a friendly amendment to get a report back on the feasibility of a public land exemption Colleagues Metro asked us to consider whether or not their housing projects could be exempt from ULA, the majority of these are 100% affordable housing projects, and so this is just a report back on whether or not that's something we might want to look at in the future.

And Council Member Yaroslavsky, if we can just confirm as well for item number 92, your motion is to move the Budget and Finance Committee report. Yes. And is there a second to that motion? Second. Thank you. Council member Lee would you like to read into your substitute motion or a summary of your substitute motion for? item 92 93

Thank you very much. Item number three, for those listening at home and around the council chambers, is to substitute a motion for item number three, that resolution that adds both sides of Van Nolen Street, north and south sides of Devonshire Street from Mason Avenue to Winnetka Avenue, and north and south sides of Mayall Street from Clare Avenue to Topeka Drive.

The substitute motion for...

Circling back to councilmember Harado for amending motions for 81 and 82 for 81 a we are deleting recommendations 1 through 4 and amending recommendation 5 with the words and slash or retroactive refund and also that are either buyer sellers and and then for item 80 wait hold on Yes, and then for item 82 a amend recommendation e to read that the sale will occur within ten years instead of seven and amend recommendation to to read the I further move to request LAHD to report back on recommendations for a three-year ULA alternative models housing solutions pilot program ellipses at conclusion of the pilot program. And then I also want it to be amended to I further move that LAHD be requested to report on the pilot program being funded by reallocating some funding at the end of each NOFA period.

Thank you, and there has been a substitute motion introduced for item number 123 if council president would like to give that summary Yes, I have a substitute motion for item 123 that designates letters for the November ballot initiatives Thank you, that is a summary of all the amending motions and substitute motions introduced Ready to move on to public comment

Yes, and so we can proceed with in-person public comment. The instructions were already read. We can start calling names again for in-person public comment.

I'd like to begin by calling up a few names. Van Meisel, Daniel Gose, Clara Solis, Little Wayne, Angie Birdsong, and Join John. Thank you.

Can you tell us the name you signed up under and the items you want to speak on?

Yes, my name is Angela Birdsong and I'm speaking to items 118, 82, 83, and general comment.

Okay, so you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general. Please begin.

Thank you. I'm a housing rights organizer for Los Angeles Community Action Network, known as LACAN. I work in Council District 14. I reside in the city of Englewood, which is a close neighbor to Los Angeles. And I'm a landlord in Hermosa Beach. ULA is working. Measure ULA is one of the city's most effective tools to keep people housed. It is working and has helped prevent thousands of people from falling into homelessness and is funding real, permanent, affordable housing. Diverting ULA money towards shelter, which includes interim housing, time-limited subsidies, and anything else is not permanent housing, will only increase houselessness in Los Angeles. The housing production argument doesn't hold up. Blaming ULA for housing slowdown is a distraction, not a data-driven argument. Here is Dawson. is using extortion tactics to pressure our tenants' rights movement for the benefit of billionaires. President Council is saying that if we don't give up $90 million over the next three years to use on his temporary housing, he and other council members like Tim McCosker will put a measure on that ballot to truly destroy ULA. This is not the only time Harris-Dawson and the city council has done this to their working class constituents. They are playing games with people's lives. protect accountability, honor voter intent, and keep focused on defending ULA, not dismantling it. Working in Los Angeles Community Action Network, we are in Skid Row. We're right there at 838 East 6th Street. We have members, we have tenants, we have constituents who have been in interim housing, who have experienced time-limited subsidies, and it's a revolving door taking you right back to the streets. If you care about people being in the streets, having tent homes, You will want to have permanent affordable housing, and this is what the ULA money fund is for, is to increase new construction for affordable permanent housing, not for shelters, not for TLS that has a time limit on it and puts them right back to the streets. So we're saying no to 118, we are saying no to 82, but we're saying yes to keep ULA the way that it is so that people can be housed and not in the streets and not trying to figure out a path to permanent housing because there is no path to permanent housing through TLS. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you. Next speaker.

Buenos dias, Gordo Abogado.

Hold on, your time has not started yet. You know exactly how this works. I'm sure you don't want to get a warning right off the bat, although I'm pretty sure you disrupted this meeting already. So members of the public, we are about to hear from one of our infamous daily speakers. I suspect, and I hope I'm wrong on this, but I suspect you're going to hear some things that are potentially very offensive. We do apologize for it. It does not reflect the views of this body, of this city, or anyone here individually, members, staff, or otherwise. We appreciate your patience. The First Amendment requires that we allow them to speak on things that are within the power of this city and on the agenda. So Mr. Herman, stick to the agenda items. And with that, you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general, go.

Good morning, fat so .

These objections and continuations are for dumb asses like you, dude.

Which item are you speaking to? Dumbass, I'm talking about item 19. Number eight by 27 about appeals and objections. These assistances and continuations aren't worth shit. and are unconstitutional. If you have a lien, contest it. If you're here for a lien, get up at that mic and contest it. Don't let that bully motherfuckers up there take away your property for a fucking lien. Fuck you, Los Angeles. That's item eight through 27. I oppose and opposition of all those fucking liens. Fuck you, you dumb fuck. Now to the other item. You want a number? 97, bitch. 97 regarding Bloomfield. Where are you at, juju? Are you listening? I want you to repair the services along the avenues in Council District 3 juju before you leave. So get your ass on it and fix it. Now on the other item. like 98, asshole Bloomfield, regarding the Bothwell Ranch. I want ADA compliance in those fucking restrooms. You're gonna put bars, you're gonna put tactile, you're gonna make it so compliant that I can see my ass shine off the reflection of the tile when I take a shit like you. Also, the walking, the trails, the signage, all have to be in the restroom in compliance under the ADA 2010 standards, you stupid motherfucker. Then I go into number 99, you fucking retarded asshole bald spot attorney. Regarding Bloomfield and CD3 25-1331. A half a million fucking dollars for project services, clarifications, and reservations for the above fund transfer. I'm against it. Fuck you, Los Angeles. You got a fucked up plan and a fucked up attitude and a fucked up DA. Okay. Then I got to the other item, a number fucking over 100 fucking items. How do you expect people to react? Well, I'm reacting. Another one, 99. Fuck item 99. Fuck item 100. Fuck item 104. And fuck you, Mr. Attorney, for the record. I'm still on topic. Then I go on to the issue on HUD. Hut says about homeless outreach services. You heard in the news, outreach services suck. You suck, motherfuckers. I have a right to understand why I've been homeless. Now the world knows why you're homeless. Fuck you. You should have fought these bitches on these issues. Now into my general public comment, you said? Dog eater, a non-agenda.

If you do not want to do your general public comment, you do not have to. Believe me, we certainly don't care.

Brandenburg versus Ohio, KKK, US 395, 444, 1969. Listen, nowhere in this world has this city done any good for the public. You jammed up our ass, this whole agenda, at the end of summer before you go on vacation? Well, guess what? I see that as a dirty nigger move, and that shouldn't happen, right? That is offensive. It is retaliatory and discriminatory. Under the Bain Act 52.1, don't threaten me, motherfucker.

Please silence his microphone. Oh, my God. Speaker, you have used one of the prohibited words, which is the violation of Council Rule 7. This is your only warning. And this word and any of its variations or any of the other words described in Council Rule 7 may not be used again in this council meeting and any future council meetings or any future council committee meetings. If you violate the rule again, You will forfeit your speaking time and be removed from this meeting. Also, sergeants, if we have the handheld mic, we need that person to be in the center aisle as close as they are able to get to the podium. Next time, please do not allow someone to speak for dubious reasons, especially from the 18th row of the gallery. Thank you.

It's not my fault you suffer from HDS, you retard. So, for the record, 42 SE 1983 politely and with all Donald Trump forwarding this message, fuck you.

Mr. Herman, your time has expired. You have been warned. If you disrupt this meeting again, you'll be subject to removal pursuant to Rule 7 and Rule 12. Again, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot apologize enough. I just want the record to reflect. We even had to have someone take their children out of the room. The Brown Act applies to a lot of different things. It does not apply to, it does not force Mr. Herman to be polite in any sense of the word. Again, we appreciate your patience and we are truly, truly sorry. This is a regular occurrence and we, he is allowed to speak and we enforce the rules as we are allowed to do. He's been given plenty of warnings and at this point you'd think he'd know the rules almost as well as I do.

With that sorry and and with that I'll just ask you know our friends in the state legislator Made the decision to require us to have Telephonic public comment they did nothing of zero About what we just heard and so I'd call on them since they want to intervene in our meetings I'd call on them to do something about what they just heard. Thank you

Okay, I'm sorry, good morning. I'm sure we all could use a breather after that. Which items would you like to speak to?

116 first, 119, the Kiwa one, the ULA, and general public comment.

Okay, so you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general. I see a lot of new faces today. So basically once your three minutes runs out, you'll hear a beep and then it'll switch over to that final minute for general. Go ahead and begin, thank you.

My name is Clara Solis. My children are here today. I like to think that I taught them to live their life with integrity and to be honest and loyal friends and to always be honest and upfront on what you're gonna do and do what you're gonna do. Today, we have a resolution in 116 that has changed to something that I don't know what it is. I haven't had time to read it. It's much longer. I ask that this be tabled because it is not what we asked for. With Save San Pascual Park, we asked... that the city of Los Angeles and our council member oppose the Arroyo Seco water reuse project. I'm sorry, I'm very upset after just getting this amendment. I supported the original resolution as it was originally proposed. The Gaberlino Band of Mission Indians were identified in a sacred land searched by the California Native American Commission. Pasadena notified 10 tribes of the project. Only the Quiche Nation responded and provided documentary evidence and documentation of their claim. They have requested full avoidance of the sacred site. I support their request for full avoidance. The site of the Arroyo Seco water reuse project is in the San Pascual Valley. Every part of the San Pascual Valley is within a quarter mile of the 110 freeway. Many of our homes are within 25 feet of the freeway. We have over 70 apartment buildings, over 60% of our residents are linguistically isolated and a recent study of a part of our neighborhood found 63% of the residents were renters. All but six of the homes in this valley are in the city of Los Angeles. In terms of pollution and heat island impacts, topography matters. Our neighborhood is a bowl. When smoke from the lineage fire came this way, the air stayed bad. What protects us from pollution is our trees. So when we found out this project was going to cut down 136 trees, we were outraged. We then found out it was going to take a half acre of our our parkland, our San Pascual parkland. LA is one of the most poor communities in the nation. Our side of the 110 freeway is especially poor. This isn't the first time our San Pascual parkland has been taken. South Pasadena's Stoney Drive and part of their parking lot for the South Pasadena ballpark was built on San Pascual Parkland. There are no permits for this. We sued Pasadena and South Pasadena in 2024, demanding an environmental impact with better alternatives. Our lawsuit describes how they had never had a single meeting in Los Angeles, how all the materials were in English with not a single line of Spanish, We told how they tried to hide the project from us by mailing notices the day before Thanksgiving to arrive on Black Friday. They settled our lawsuit giving us an EIR. Unfortunately, the project is now the same with worse alternatives. And again, not a single public hearing in Los Angeles. The other speakers will tell you more. Project proponents say this project will be good for us because we can walk around the containment basins and read signs that say what a great project it is. Back then, we said, wait a minute, we can walk through the stream and see wildlife now, and what about the 100-year-old trees? You can't just cut down a mature tree and replant smaller trees and expect them to provide the same benefit. It takes decades. I ask you. Thank you.

Speaker, your time has expired. Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up a few more names. Gabby Segovia, Bob Gay, John Camera, Alicia Baltazar, Yvonne Wheeler, and Boxer.

Good morning. What would you like to speak to? And if you could, sir, if you could speak into the microphone so we can hear you.

It's going to be about 118, 82, and 83.

Okay.

About the public housing that's going on.

So you have three minutes for the items. Go ahead.

Okay. I would like to say Ms. Roma, wherever she's at, I was able to cast that vote. I got there in time to cast that vote that day for you. Hope you make it in. Okay. Anyway, I'm coming up here to talk about the UTLA. It's often said that if something is not broken, then you don't have to fix it. And if it's fixed, you don't have to break it. I've never came up in, I don't, Mr., I guess he's the president in here. Yes, I can't see that far, I'm sorry. But, I don't respect presidents much these days, anyway. We got one in the White House and he's, I'd rather respect a two-year-old than respect him. Anyway, ULA is one of the most effective tools to keep people housed and working, okay? It has helped prevent thousands of people from falling into homeless situations outside. I don't know what you're gonna do between now and 2028, but it's true we must keep people off the street. Don't make this look like a city that's way back in the country days or something, you know what I mean? But I would like to come and just say that ULA is doing a great job So if it's working, don't break it. I mean, they're doing a great job and they're keeping people off the street, from living on the street. If you've ever been homeless before, then you will understand, okay? How many of you guys up here have ever been homeless? Up there in the whole council? Is there anybody? Because I've been there and done that before, okay? And please, Do what you can to keep this situation going. ULA, please, I'm asking that. I won't take up too much of your time. That's just about it. Thank you very much.

Thank you, next speaker. And as we wait for Mr. Spindler to get up here, I'm just a message to the gentleman who walked his children out of the room during Mr. Herman's public comment. You might want to do the same thing during this public commenter as well, just giving everybody the same warning. So Mr. Spindler, this is your first and only formal warning. You also know the rules. Do not disrupt me while I'm trying to give instructions to the members of the public who are here. Your time has not started. We're going to wait. We are going to wait for the children to be able to leave the room. Again, we really appreciate everyone's patience and I apologize to the father who has to walk his children out of the room for the second time today. With that, you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment. Go ahead. That's right, good morning criminals.

Item 118 is the big fuck ULA tax. Why, with all the fucking taxes being applied, do we have to fucking pay a transfer tax because a property is worth a particular amount of money? And what do you do with this goddamn money? Nobody gets any housing with this money. It goes to nothing but money laundering. Go over to Hoover and Wilshire Boulevard and look at Heather Hud, how she launders the money, kicking the people out of the housing and putting them on the streets in a burnout building. Look at Eunice Hernandez and what she does with ULA money, how she puts every homeless person in every cul-de-sac, in every alley to be dumped on our streets, like Carondelet and fucking Hoover, 8th Street and Rampart. Eighth Street and Coronado, Seventh Street and Coronado. So you ain't spending this money on the homeless. You're laundering the fucking money. Also, there's a goddamn state constitutional amendment coming up with a ballot that's going to prevent you from doing this. Get rid of ULA in its entirety. Refund the money back to the Jews. And let's start all over again with this bullshit. So now we get to motherfucking cold storage on 119. Did you know that Kevin DeLeon knew what Heather and Isabel knew? Did you know that storage facility had a violation? They had already had problems on the roof with a potential fire. Did you know that, Heather? Did you know that they didn't go back and make sure that that building was safe before they started construction again? Did you know that the fire suppression system was not properly inspected annually by the Los Angeles fire department? Did you know that, Isabel? Did you know that? Of course you don't know that. And when they fucking kicked out Kevin de Leon to put your incompetent ass into that goddamn seat, that's why the goddamn fire happened. Kevin was sitting there. there wouldn't have been no goddamn fire in that goddamn storage facility because Kevin DeLeon was going to stop that shit and make them do their inspections. But not Isabel. Isabel cut the fire budget. So those fire inspectors had no money to inspect anything, and now it's burnt down. If you want to get free food, you go to Boyle Heights. If you want to see rats get free food, you go to Boyle Heights. If you want to see what burnt out shit looks like, you go to Boyle Heights. Now, if you want to live like a human, do what Spencer Pratt's going to do and move to Santa Barbara. Now we get to the general comment. From the bottom of my heart, I want to wish all 15 of you the worst fucking holiday vacation you have ever had in your fucking lives, because there is nothing more disgusting, criminal, thievery corruption than this 15-member council body. You do nothing but conspire to scheme, lie, cheat, blackmail, steal. Murder, potentially, I hear. Kidnap, kill. Call up fucking social services to track people's kids out of their homes. This motherfucking city attorney says that he protects children? They'll send social services out to your house. if you're a fucking problem for their mafia. And they've done it before. So now Imelda's got a headache. I understand Imelda. And I know there's pills you can take, but if you go over to Woodley Avenue between Victory and Burbank, Imelda, they can give you something where you feel no pain for the whole vacation. Fuck y'all.

And as the next speaker comes up, I should have mentioned earlier, you don't have to be a child and you don't have to have children to leave the room during that public comment. You are more than welcome to do that. Good morning, what would you like to speak to?

Good morning, my name is Gabby Segovia. I live in Wilmington, California.

Good morning, my name is Gabby Segovia. I live in Wilmington.

We're part of the 15 district. I have four kids that all go to school in the community and I'm a grandmother of a baby. Excuse me, interpret a correction, of two babies. I'd like to speak on item number 96. I think it is important that these stores are not next to schools. Porque pueden influir en los estudiantes para que prueben productos que dañan, como el tabaco y los dispositivos de vapeo.

Because it can influence students to try products such as tobacco and vaping products.

Ver estas tiendas todos los días puede hacer que fumar parezca algo normal y aceptable para nuestros niños y nuestros jóvenes.

Seeing these stores around every day can make it appear that smoking and the use of tobacco is normal and acceptable for our youth.

These smoke shops that are next to these schools can also increase the temptation for these kids to want to try these tobacco products. We have to keep these smoke shops far away from schools. This will help us maintain a safe and secure environment for our youth. This way they can concentrate on their learning and take better positive decisions.

Please, I'm asking all of you, the well-being of our youth is a shared work of all of us.

Please remember, this could be your child, your grandchild, your nephew that is affected by these smoke shops close to the schools. Thank you.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to? Public comment on item number six. Sorry, can you repeat that? Public comment on item 96. Okay, you'll have one minute for the item and one minute for general public comment. Please start with item number 96.

Thank you. My name is Alicia Baltazar. I too reside in the 1-5. As I said last time I was here, this initiative was started by community members that live near the smoke shops in our community. They came and let us know that since the smoke shops has opened, they were unable to live like they normally do. They were community members that have lived there for 20 plus years and we're now having to put up a fence because people were showering and having sex in their yard. This was also brought to my attention from business owners that had to try to operate their businesses next to these smoke shops. One in particular is a laundry mat that is having a lot of problems with the people who are hanging out at these smoke shops. But when I really picked up this fight was when my son came home from school and let me know that the vape pens were only $10 on the corner by his school. And when I asked him how he knew that the pens only cost $10, he informed me that it's because his friends had just purchased some on their walk home from school. So these smoke shops being so close to our schools are giving kids access way too easily. I'll go ahead and wait. One minute, thank you. I'm also a member of Reclaim Our Schools Los Angeles and a member of Alliance for California Community Empowerment. And one of the things we do, we've been working on safe passages to and from our schools. These smoke shops, directly undermine the work that we have done to make kids safe going to and from schools. I'm here today to remind you guys that the students are our future, and when we don't take care of them, we fail our future of our communities. It is our least bare minimum to support these kids by providing a safe space for them to walk to and from schools. These smoke shops we know are illegally gambling, we know that they're selling drugs, we know that they're just bringing a lot of nuisance to our communities, and we feel like it's not fair for our students to have to walk past these. Where I live in Wilmington, there are five schools within less than a mile of each other, and within those five little, there's three smoke shops that my kid has to walk through us to get to school. I live literally like two blocks away from the school, and my kid has to walk past three of them to get to and from. That's a problem, and we ask you to please do something about that.

Speaker, which item would you like to speak to?

A general public comment.

Okay, you'll have one minute.

Good morning, council members. Happy Fourth of July. Yesterday there was a great discussion about recreation and parks funding. I agree we must do everything possible to fund recreation and parks. I am asking, no, I am pleading that recreation and parks, which oversees one generation building, to do everything possible to improve the facility and landscaping. It saddens me to see seniors and veterans sitting outside on dead grass and weeds. Mr. Bloomfield, the community is ready and willing to helping rejuvenate one generation. With your leadership, we can complete this. Sadly, sir, before you leave office.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to? Yes, 96, which I believe is the smoke shops, and public comment, please.

Okay, you'll have one minute for each. Please start with the item.

Thank you. Just quickly, yesterday, great discussion here in the council meeting. But again, as we had to do today with item 96 and all others on the agenda, we had a gentleman or a man who's an insult to God, to man, and to the mentally ill because he uses that claim so that he can act like an idiot here and we all know we're talking about we're talking about Herman but you know what's the worst part of this whole thing is the way this council handles you've lost control of what's happening here take back control treat the people with respect sorry for those young kids who had to leave here because you allow An insult to God by a man named Herman and to the African-American community. I'm sorry that you had to hear. All these years, all these years later, we had to hear an idiot like him who uses mental illness to be excused. Apologize to all the African-Americans.

Before the next speaker, I'd like to call up a few more names. Jessica Hernandez Solis, Lauren Akim, Kimberly Johnson, Ariel Moore, Duarte, Neto, and Lex Lacan.

Which items would you like to speak to?

81 and 82 in general comment.

Okay, you'll have two minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment. Please start with the items.

Thank you. Good morning. My name is Yvonne Wheeler, and I am the president of the Los Angeles City Council. Council President and council members, today we have a choice. We can protect one of the most important victories working people have won in this city, or we can allow it to be weakened. Measure ULA is doing exactly what the voters intended. It's creating good union jobs, building desperately needed affordable housing, and keeping families in their homes, and also investing in communities that have been left behind for far too long. That is why Labor stands firmly behind preserving ULA and supports items 81 and 82. It strengthens implementation while protecting the will of the voters. What we cannot do is send ULA back to the ballot. Going back to the ballot would hand wealthy special interests another opportunity to spend millions of dollars to dismantle a measure that is already delivering results for working families. Every dollar spent fighting the same battle again is a dollar not spent housing people, creating jobs, or preventing homelessness. The people have already spoken. Our responsibility is not to relitigate their decision. It is to honor it. Let's protect ULA. support items 81 and 82, and continue building Los Angeles where working people can afford to live, work, and thrive. Thank you.

speaker which item would you like to speak to um item 118 82 in general comment you'll have two minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment please start with the items uh thank you my name is jesse and i'm an organizer with la can and i'm a resident of skid row i am here to urge the council to oppose placing amendments to measure ula on the ballot and to oppose the so-called compromise that came out of the ad hoc committee. Both would hijack ULA funds to go toward shelter that includes interim housing, time-limited subsidies, and anything that is not permanent housing. This is a betrayal of the will of the thousands of voters and of LA CAN members who organized, phone banked, knocked on doors to get ULA passed. Undoing ULA will only increase houselessness in the long term. Measure ULA is working. In just one year, it has raised over $1 billion and helped keep more than 10,000 people housed. Funding shelter and temporary housing instead of permanent housing and tenant protection shows our elected leaders are not serious about solving the crisis, but only want to remove unhoused people from sight to appease their wealthy constituents. I do community watch every week in Skid Row and I witness people being brutally criminalized under LA Municipal Code 4118 simply for existing on the streets. People are harassed, displaced, and pushed from block to block while trying to survive. And now one of the biggest sources of funding that actually helps prevent homelessness and create permanent housing is being threatened In the city that claims to care about ending homelessness, right now, seven people are already dying every day on the streets of Los Angeles. Gutting Measure ULA to push the mayor's interim housing agenda will only push more people into homelessness. People do not need somewhere to temporary exist. They need real permanent housing with dignity, stability, and safety. We cannot afford to go backwards. We need to strengthen our commitment, protect measure ULA, and continue investing in solutions that treat housing as a human right.

Thank you.

Speaker, which items would you like to speak to?

Hi, my name's Lex Meyer. I'm speaking to items 118, 82, and general public comment.

Okay, you'll have two minutes for the items and one minute for general public comment. Please start with the items.

Thank you. Like I said, my name is Lex Meyer. I'm here with Los Angeles Community Action Network. I'm a student at Occidental College, and I'm here to tell you that ULA is working. Measure ULA is one of the city's most effective tools to keep people housed. it's working it's helped prevent thousands of people from falling into houselessness and is funding real permanent affordable housing solutions since taking effect ula has raised more than 1.2 billion dollars and kept over 10 000 people housed and reached more than 154 000 tenants through stays stay housed la we urge you to vote no on met on items 118 and 82. Diverting ULA funding towards shelters, which includes interim housing, time-limited subsidies, and anything else that is not permanent housing will only increase houselessness in LA. Hijacking funding from permanent housing and houselessness prevention to spend on time-limited subsidies betrays the will of thousands of voters, tenants, particularly those impacted by the housing crisis, and undermines the purpose of Measure ULA. This is an undemocratic process that hurts working class tenants in favor of billionaires and corporations. Voters overwhelmingly approved Measure ULA. What is the percentage of voters that want these amendments? This is not a democratic process. This was a negotiation between the 1%, negotiated by the 1% with their interests in mind. They're playing games with people's lives, and we need to protect accountability, honor voter intent, and keep the focus on defending ULA. No on 118, no on 82, and keep ULA the way it is.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up a few more names. Josh Teller, Esmeralda Negrete, John 50 Cents Top, Jim G., and Barney Sinkos.

Hi, speaker, which items are general public comment that you want?

Hi, general public comment 82 and 118. My name is Lauren Akiam.

OK, so you have two minutes for the items. Please begin with those and then followed by general public comment. Please begin.

Thank you. My name is Lauren Akiam. I'm the climate campaign director at the LA Alliance for a New Economy, where we work with labor partners like the building trades in UTLA and with community allies for climate investments and union jobs. And we stand here today with Measure ULA because housing justice is climate justice. And the city needs ULA to fund the rental assistance, legal services, and union-built affordable housing that will keep people housed and off the street and create life-changing careers for Angelenos. Developers and other corporate interests have often claimed that the sky is falling, and Lane has done research showing time and time again these claims do not bear out. Year after year, community advocates and unions work to make life better for working people, and the wealthiest claim it will ruin everything. Year after year, when the changes that we together have won go into effect, we see how our economy, our workers, our neighbors, our families see real improvements in their lives from these progressive changes. The council already has the power to make certain modest amendments if they're in line with the measure's original intent as approved by voters. such as what came out of the ad hoc committee. We oppose broad changes such as in item 118 that would require going back to the voters. As Ms. Wheeler just said, the people have spoken. We need to stand with ULA. We need its programs, services, and union-built affordable housing to stabilize LA, and we urge your support to protect it. Thank you.

Before the next speaker begins.

Before the next speaker begins, I'd like to call up a few more names for public comment. Irma Machines, Stevie T, Sam Rosterman, and Rose Kwok.

Hi, speaker. Which items or general public comment did you want?

Hi. Can I have general public comment item 82 and item 118?

Yes. So you have two minutes for the items. Please begin with those and then move to general public comment.

Okay. Good morning, Council President Harris-Dawson and members of council. My name is Ariel Moore and I'm the Deputy Policy Director with the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Over the last several months, we've heard the same argument again and again, that Measure ULA isn't working and should go back to the ballot. But the evidence tells a different story. This crisis is a predictable outcome of a housing market that's oriented towards speculative investment and wealth accumulation instead of social good. ULA has already generated more than $1 billion to address our affordable housing and houselessness crisis. It's building more affordable housing, protecting tenants from displacement, and helping people move from homelessness into permanent housing while preserving existing affordable homes. This affordable housing shortage, not ULA, is what created the crisis. If the goal is to improve implementation, you've already done the work. The ad hoc committee spent months bringing together labor, affordable housing advocates, community organizations to develop thoughtful technical amendments. These recommendations strengthen implementation, support affordable housing production, protect prevailing wage, and expand interim housing, all without reopening the measure that Los Angeles voters have already approved. Your vote today is a direct reflection of whose side you are on. Critics contend that Measure ULA discourages investment, distorts market incentives, and reduces efficiency, but this argument is classic microeconomic taxation around who deserves and who doesn't. reject any proposal that weakens ULA or cuts the resources voters dedicated to solving this crisis, support targeted relief for families impacted by the Palisades fire, and finish the job by advancing the technical amendments we need to improve this program and its outcomes immediately. Fundamentally, Measure ULA constitutes a robust local policy that is helping housing be built. Thank you.

Thank you.

I signed up as Sam Rosterman today. I'm gonna speak to all 600 of the items that are on the agenda or whatever it is in general public comment.

So you have three minutes for items one through 27 and 81 through 123 followed by a minute of general, please begin.

So we have lots of items related to the housing, mostly about not building housing and kicking people out of the housing that already exists and then criminalizing them when they're out on the streets. So for example, we have item 86, which is related to the 2025 fires emergency. So it almost seems like, yeah, the fire ended a long time ago, but it's still an emergency because you're not rebuilding anything. Rebuilding is going so slow. Officer Tracy's completely screwing up the recovery effort. and lying to her constituents, which is how she ended up getting so many votes. They all think she's doing something, but it's all a lie. She's not actually doing anything. And it's all about rebuilding for the Olympics, the MAGA Olympics, all that shit, instead of rebuilding for community members and people who live in the city and would like their homes rebuilt. So we got a lot of items related to ULA today. ULA, you want to completely gut ULA because rich people are mad that people are getting housed and such. So I think it's very obvious that ULA is doing what it's supposed to do. And we should continue to let the voter-approved measure ULA continue to... help build more housing so that more people can be housed. You know, the voters approved ULA, so obviously that's what people wanted. It got on the ballot. I signed the petition. It got on the ballot, and it was approved by the voters. So, and now you want to gut it because I guess that's the one thing you're going to put on the ballot is getting ULA. So what a joke this whole council is. None of you are even paying attention. We got item, and then once they're not able to get a house and kicked out of their house, then you get onto the street and you have items like item 93, which is an RV ban from City Staffer B, who's currently planning his next trip to Las Vegas to collect some more bribes. And we've got, so, Criminalizing homelessness with these RV bans with 4118 is not going to get people housed. It's not going to get people services. It just puts them in jail because they exist on the street, I guess. You know, that's so disgusting. And it's contributing to the fact that, what is it, six unhoused people die on the streets of LA every day? And you're now doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on all these policies. Are you going for seven? I mean, I don't know. There's so many people dying on the streets every day. And you're not getting them housing. You're not getting them services. You're just criminalizing their existence. and it's just it's so disgusting let's move on to general public comment okay a very happy um sb707 day to everyone who celebrates marquise is clearly so upset about it i don't know why it's just it's just allowing people to give call and comment why are you so like offended and upset by it Like, you know, it's allowing more people to give public comment. But it's very obvious that Marquise just seems to have a general just disdain for the public. It's so weird. Like, it just seems to just generally despise everyone just because or something. And he's so upset that more people are going to be able to give public comment over Zoom. So... And of course I'm kind of also committing a questionable act here by giving summaries of the amendments I don't think that's what you're supposed to do I think you're supposed to read the whole amendment in so the people on the phone know exactly what the amendment is Currently, they're just getting a little nice little summary and they've got to try to comment on that summary Fire Jim McDonald shame on you for gutting almost every single Charter reform.

Thank you. I Hi, Speaker. Which items or general public comment did you want?

Buenos dias. Mi nombre es Esmeralda Negrete. Soy miembro de Colectivo Poder Comunitario.

Hi, my name is Esmeralda Negrete. I am from Community Power Collective. ¿En qué quiere comentar, señora?

Vengo a hablar sobre el punto general y el expediente 18-82-83.

Okay, I'm here to comment on 118, 82, 83, and public comment.

You have three minutes for the items, followed by a minute of general public comment. Please begin with the items.

Tiene tres minutos para comentar en estos puntos que usted ha mencionado. Por favor, empiece con los puntos y luego recibe otro minuto para su comentario general.

So I'm here once again to ask you to support Isabel Jurado's motion and for you to stop attacking Measure ULA. So to Mr. Marquis and Mr. Tim, please stop changing Measure ULA. You are elected to represent the people, not to make the few who are upset happy. Ya basta de decir que ULA no sirve. Claro que sirve. Gracias a ULA, muchas familias han tenido acceso a abogados gratuitos para defender sus hogares y hoy también están generando recursos para construir vivienda social permanente para nuestras comunidades.

And so enough with saying Measure ULA doesn't work. It does work. It's working now. Measure ULA has provided free attorneys to people who are trying to protect themselves so that they can stay in their home. And it's providing more resources so that we can build permanent social housing.

Los únicos que atacan a ULA son quienes no quieren pagar impuestos para ayudar a la gente. No permiten que los intereses de unos cuantos pesen más que las necesidades de miles de familias trabajadoras.

And so the only people who are actually complaining about Measure ULA and attacking it are the ones that just don't want to pay taxes to actually help people. So don't let the complaints and the interests of the few outweigh the help that we're getting for thousands of working class families.

ULA was democratically approved by the people. Respect that vote. Defend the tenants, defend our comforts, and defend the people, not the millionaires.

And so Measure ULA was approved democratically by the people. Respect our votes. So defend the tenants, defend the community and the people, and stop defending the millionaires.

Enough with the attacks on ULA. No to 118 and no to 82. And so,

One last personal comment to all of you. Please pay attention to us when we come here to give public comment. To me, it is disrespectful for us to take time out of our day to come and give public comment, and many of you aren't even paying attention. We're all here to support Measure ULA, and it's disrespectful that you're not paying attention to our public comment. Thank you.

Good afternoon. What would you like to speak to?

Buenos dias. Mi nombre es Irma Martinez. Soy miembro de ACE del Distrito 9.

Un momento, señora. Good morning. My name is Irma Martinez. I live in District 9 and I'm an ACE member. Señora Irma, ¿en qué quiere comentar el día de hoy?

Quiero hablar y decir que no a la 118-82-83.

I'm here to comment on 118, 82, 83 and also give public comment.

Okay, so you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general. Go ahead with the items.

Tiene tres minutos para comentar en los puntos que usted ha mencionado. Empiece con los puntos y después recibe un minuto adicional para el comentario general. Adelante.

Resulta indignante ver que Harris-Dawson emplea las mismas tácticas de extorsión que los millonarios.

It's infuriating to see Harris-Dawson is using the same extortion tactics that billionaires are using.

Amenazar con someter una propuesta a votación popular a menos que se les conceda lo que exigen.

And he is threatening to put a ULA measure on the ballot unless we give him the money that he's asking for.

This has already happened to the Olympic wage and the ULA measure at the state level. In this case, he is threatening to put a ULA measure on the ballot unless we give him $120 million for four years for an interim housing program that's not working. So the interim housing program is not working, but why don't you guys take that money out of the police budget? El y otros concejales como Tim McHoster impulsarán una medida electoral destinada a destruir verdaderamente a ULA. No es la primera vez que Harris-Lamson y el Consejo Municipal actúan de esta manera con esa... electores de la clase trabajadora. Gracias.

He and the other council members, like Tim McOsker, will put a measure on that ballot to truly destroy ULA. This is not the only time Harris-Dawson and the city council have done this to their working class constituents. Thank you.

Good afternoon. Which items would you like to speak to? And then also, who's giving the public comment? So she'll be giving the public comment. I'll be interpreting. Okay, perfect. And which items? So we'll be on the item 118. Just 118? And general or just 118? 118. Okay, so you have one minute.

Go ahead. Hello, my name is Rose, and I would like to speak on item 118.

So good morning, my name is Rose and I would like to speak regarding item 118 today.

ULA has secured $1.2 billion in funding, driven a reduction in homelessness for two consecutive years, our first in LA's history, and contributed to a 16% drop in eviction filing over the past year. So these are not merely numbers, they represent the lives of our neighbors who have managed to stay housed.

The currently proposed exemption for new construction would waive the requirement to provide affordable housing while reducing annual tax-free revenue by tens of millions of dollars, thereby jeopardizing these vital programs.

I oppose any City Council amendments or proposals to place this issue under ballot this November election. 지금 우리 커뮤니티는 ULA에 더 많은 기금을 확보하여 세입자여 렌트 보조, 보조, 현금 보조, 그리고 연구조 저소득 아파트 건축에 지원해야 하는 때입니다.

Now is the time for our community to secure more ULA funding to support tenants with rented cities, for seniors, and the construction of permanent low-income housing.

마지막으로 안건 118번에 대한 반대 투표를 촉구합니다.

Thank you. Next speaker.

Council President, would you like to move into telephonic public comment?

Mr. City Attorney.

Yes. Mr. President, I believe before we move to virtual public comment, if we'd like to close public comment on the agenda items in general, I do recommend that we exhaust public comment on the bid items as they are establishment of new bids. That would be items three through seven. Okay, so if you are here to speak on items three through seven, that is the establishment of new business improvement districts, and you have not yet had the opportunity to speak, please line up on your left-hand side. Again, this is limited to the business improvement district items three through seven. If you have already provided public comment, then you are not currently eligible to line up at this time. And I see at least a couple people coming up. Just for everybody who's here, so that means that public comment on the items and general public comment in person is closed at this time. Speaker, when you get to the podium, if you could please let us know which of the bid items you're here to speak to.

One second. I'm here to speak on item three, and I would like Ms. Park's attention specifically.

Okay, so you have one minute.

Excuse me? Can I start?

You have one minute. Your time is starting now.

Okay. I and other community members who could not be here demand that the city council stop the ballot tabulation and reject the proposed renewal of the Venice Beach Business Improvement District. You cannot lawfully adopt final findings unless they are supported by substantial evidence. Street and Highways Code 36621 includes upon submission of written petitions signed by the property or business owners in the proposed district who will pay more than 50% of the assessment proposed to be levied, the City Council may initiate proceedings and form a district by the adoption of a resolution expressing the intention to form a district. The city of Los Angeles is the largest property owner in the Venice Beach bid, representing 30.83% of the total assessment. The city submitted a petition for 23.28 of the required proponent petitions, so private property owners only represented...

Thank you, Speaker. Speaker your time has expired. Thank you, and is there anyone else here, so that's your time ma'am hope we have one more and Which of the bid items are you here to speak to three okay? So you have one minute for item three go ahead?

Peggy Lee Kennedy, Venice Justice. And Ms. Molloy is correct that over 30% is a city-owned property. And that is inaccurate. This should be privately owned. And not only that. This bid is like a sub-police to target unhoused people and it's used exactly that way and it's really wrong. In our council district that's all that's happening is being targeting unhoused people for lots of money, and we don't need more. This bid is wrong, and the way it's being used is wrong. It's protecting nobody but the city, mostly the city property from, oh, being used by the people that it's removed from us. The diaspora, the people that have actually been removed, people who are people of color, elderly people that are ganged up on by...

Okay, and that is all the speakers we have for that item. Really quick, I believe there's a request. If you're here for item 21, if you could go, not for public comment, it's not open for public comment, but just to your right-hand side of the council chambers, I believe there will be a representative to speak with you. Again, that is item number 21, a lien item, on your right-hand side of the council chambers. With that, Mr. President, would we like to move to virtual public comment? and I will read in the instructions for virtual public comment. I will ask that everyone pay particularly close attention as this is the first time in a while that we have had virtual public comment and some of the instructions are new. Members of the public, I will now explain the procedure for virtual public comment. Please do not attempt to raise your hand until I am finished explaining the procedure. After I have finished explaining the procedure, I will ask staff to enable the raise hand function for our virtual public speakers. After which, callers can then press star nine to request to speak. After you press star nine to request to speak, you will hear a message stating that your hand has been raised. Callers, when it is your turn to speak, an automated message from Zoom will prompt you to press star six to unmute yourself. If you do not do so, the council staff will prompt you once more. At that point, you need to immediately unmute yourself or unfortunately, you will forfeit your speaking time and we will move on to the next speaker. Additionally, because of a brief time delay between the live meeting and the broadcast, two things are important. First, while waiting for your turn to speak, please keep an ear to the phone so you know in real time when it is your turn to press star six to unmute. Second, if you're listening to this meeting on other devices, please turn down the volume on those devices immediately when it's your turn to speak. Between the time delay and feedback, it will cause a great deal of confusion if you continue to listen on other devices. And for our virtual callers, just as a reminder, the items that are open for public comment on the agenda is item number 1 through 27. and items 81 through 123. Again, that's items one through 27 and 81 through 123. And with that, I will ask the staff to now enable the raise hand function. And whenever the staff is ready, we can begin with the callers. Callers, once it's your turn to speak, please state which items you'd like to speak to and whether or not you would like general. Yes, hello, we can hear you. What would you like to speak to?

Hey, what's up, Gross? I miss you, man. All available items and general public comment, please.

Okay, so you have three minutes for the items and one minute for general. Please begin with the items. Go ahead.

Thank you. Always a pleasure. So we have a bunch of business improvement districts here. You know what really would improve businesses would be if you did something about the rent that businesses have to pay. They don't really need any more tax breaks. They get a lot of help through a lot of different programs. They whine a lot. And honestly, they get kind of old because there aren't a lot of programs for people that don't own businesses. But that being said, what would be better is if in all these different business improvement districts, the rents were just slashed in half. You know what would help businesses thrive? If they paid less rent. We always hear all these different reasons why businesses go out of business. But in reality, the number one reason is that they're in debt. And that's because they've been borrowing money to patch up the different properties that they don't even own and that they rent out. And then what happens is they get shut down for a health code violation because there's a hole in their roof that they didn't have the money to repair for a property they don't even own. And now that business goes out of business. Um, so cut the businesses rent. That's what would improve them. And, um, you know, I don't even own a business and business owners kind of treat me like shit sometimes, but I'm still going to advocate for y'all because I'd rather see a bunch of small businesses in LA than a bunch of Amazon warehouses everywhere. Cut the rent for the businesses. Um, now for, uh, I believe there's a bunch of liens, right? Lien items. um the lean this is the city shaking down uh homeowners looking for like it's almost like when you're broke as fuck and you want like you just want just enough money for like i don't know like a drink or something and you go hit up the couch and you start digging through all the cushions and look at your car and you're like fuck i know i left a dollar in here somewhere um that's what they're doing they're fiending for the public cash and what are they doing instead of going to all these different 501c3s, and different developers that have been promising to give us money, give us, I'm sorry, services and projects completed, instead just taking our money and running. Instead of going to those sources, they're shaking down all the homeowners for basically pocket change to them, but to the public, it's a difference between living in your own home or being out on the fucking street, dying. Now for the ULA item. All these fake progressive candidates We really need to stop supporting them. This is what they do. They use all the y'all as cannon fodder, like storming the beaches of Normandy to get mowed down. So that what happens? You do a bunch of work for them. They get to call it a victory. And when they run for mayor, they get to pat themselves on the back and say, look what I did. When in reality, what it is, is the public voices their opinion through the ballot. And what does the city council do? They gut that shit. They gut ULA. They take money from a program that works and put it to programs that don't work, and that's what they want to do here. And the reason why they did an amendment through committee and they don't want to send it to the ballot is because they don't want the people to decide what they do with their own money.

General public comment?

Bob Blumenfeld. I'm sorry, I got this. General public comment. Look how Marquise Harris Dawson begrudgingly accepts that we live in a country with a First Amendment freedom of speech. And look how they begged for the state to come and step in so we don't have to hear these naughty words by Mr. Herman. Where's that energy for what spurred on, allegedly spurred on, the charter reform process, which was the audio leaks between the—we're not going to call it the Fed. We're going to call it the Federation of Labor, which is what it is, and the Democrat city council members about literally taking power away from black people because they're— Not Mexican. Like, where's the energy for that? And throughout that whole process, nothing has been done about fixing that. They literally just let that happen. So I want to see that energy for the people that actually have power to do shit. LAValleyGunClub at gmail.com. LAValleyGC at gmail.com. We need to defend ourselves because they won't defend us. And they use people like Mr. Herman and Spilner to take away our rights.

Your time has expired. Can we move on to the next caller, please? And bear with us. Again, we are reinstituting virtual public comment, so we're just... Yep, we're good? Okay. Hello? Yes, we can hear you. What would you like to speak to?

Okay. My name is Christopher Martinez. I'd like to speak on items 87 and 88 and general public comments.

Okay, so you have two minutes for the items and one minute for general. Please begin with the items. Go ahead.

Perfect. First and foremost, I just want to thank... the budget and finance or yeah, finance and budget committee, the government operations committee and the council for pushing forward the tax amnesty program, including wanna thank the DCR as well for helping operators, social equity operators with the tax amnesty program to give them a leg up and an opportunity to pay back their taxes and getting good standing. I think it's a great step forward and it's gonna assist or help the success of these operators I did want to make some comments on what is being proposed. There's an opportunity to do a three-year payment program, and there's also discussions about a five-year payment program. My suggestion is to just go across the board with the five-year payment program. There's no ambiguity in regards to the payment options. Essentially, what a large business operator can sustain as far as a payment plan, might be different than a small one. So I think the five-year payment program is gonna be across the board more beneficial and useful and also help the tax amnesty program be successful so the city could get some of the tax and return it to them. Additionally, I'd like to make comments on the tax amnesty program. Also the, let me see here. Give me a sec. I GUESS JUST GENERAL COMMENTS SINCE I MISSED MY NOTES. THAT'S FINE. IN REGARDS TO, YEAH, SORRY, THE COMMENT WAS GOING TO BE IN REGARDS TO THE NO TAX ON THE FIRST MILLION DOLLARS GENERATED FOR A BUSINESS. THIS MEASURE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO ARE DOING. greatly benefit the social equity operators and help them sustain their businesses and get another leg up to compete against the black market. So this is a great opportunity as well. And overall, I just want to thank the DCR again and the council and the committee members for listening to the industry. Ultimately, we do need to lower the taxes overall. And I know it's a process that it takes, but ultimately lowering the taxes below the 10%. which currently is one of the state's highest taxes on cannabis. Lowering that 10% will ultimately stabilize the industry and help the longevity of the industry. So thank you for your time. Appreciate it.

Thank you, caller. Next caller. Next caller, please press star six to unmute.

Hello, my name is Jennifer Marshall, and I'm new to this, but I do want to speak on council file number 94-260832 about a grant agreement.

Okay, so I don't, you can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that's on the agenda. So you can certainly speak to it during general public comment. Are there any items on the agenda you'd like to speak to? Otherwise, you'll have one minute for general.

No, I guess it would be just general comments.

Okay, you have one minute for general public comment. Go ahead.

Thank you. My name is Professor Jennifer Marshall from CSUN and I'm here to urge the City Council to vote in support of the $14.22 million grant to Los Angeles Animal Services. The department isn't seeking I'm sorry, the department is seeking $31.8 million for its operating budget, but Mayor Bass's proposal allots roughly $29 million, leaving a meaningful gap. This grant doesn't replace the city's responsibility. It gives LAS breathing room to add critically needed staff now, while proving out whether those positions deserve permanent city funding down the line. And that's a smart way to test improvements without committing taxpayer dollars. Private philanthropy is stepping up to fill urgent gaps while this city gets its budget right. It's exactly the kind of partnership that should be welcome. So I urge you all to please vote yes and thank you for your time.

Council Member Hurtado.

Thank you, Council President. I'd like to refer item 116 to Rules Committee, please.

All right, without objection, that'll be the order.

Are we ready? Okay, next caller.

Yes, this is Jason, and I'm a SmokerScan viewer.

So which items would you like to speak to?

Let me get all of the items in public comment there pumpkin head.

Okay, so welcome back I'm gonna ask that you please stick to the items and during general public comment You do need to speak to something that's within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city with that You have three minutes for the items that is items 1 through 27 and items 81 through 123 and then you'll have one minute for general go ahead I've mighty body there

So the other day, I'm down on figure over this chick, and I paid her $5 to let me explore the back for a photo. So which item are you speaking to?

Speaker, which item are you speaking to?

I was thinking about with the Olympics coming, this chick that was down there on Figueroa.

So I'm going to ask you politely, and I'm sure we're going to do this a lot. I'm going to need you to identify the item you're speaking to, and if not, I'll move you to general public comment. But again, during general, you still need to speak to something that's within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city. So which item specifically would you like to speak to?

The one that has to do with the chick down there on Picket Road, they're trying to double up the charges.

It sounds like this caller is insisting on talking about soliciting trafficked victims, so we need to move on.

What the hell is this South Shoe Shetland Shuck and Jive?

Hold on, hold on. Hold on, speaker. Can we please reset the clock to one minute? You have general public comment. And again, I've asked you now three times, you need to speak to something within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city. And don't interrupt me. So you need to speak to something within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city. If not, you will forfeit your time. You've been warned multiple times. Go ahead. You have one minute for general.

All right, understood. Well, can you have that South Shoe Shetland porch, shuck and jive porch, Negro, not interrupt me, ball-headed Negro behind you, not interrupt me also?

This is not on topic. Let's move on to the next speaker, Mr. City Attorney.

Oh.

Next speaker.

You damn...

Caller with the number ending on 9857, please unmute yourself.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can. Well, what would you like to speak to? General public comment. Okay, so you have one minute, go ahead.

I am calling in regards to Scientology's infiltration of the city. You have to stop giving them permits. Hugo Soto Martinez, you know very well that Scientology is infiltrating your whole neighborhood and everything that you cover, Hugo. You know that you actually have the right and the authority and the ability to go and actually meet up with ex-Scientology children and ex-Scientologists and let you know how the fuck all this forced slavery, elderly abuse, child abuse is. is actually going on. Hugo, you are literally being lenient with Scientology's human trafficking by allowing them to close down a street last month for three weeks without a permit. They then violate the permits they do get, and nothing is done about it. Nobody is doing anything about it. Not Public Works, not Hugo, not anybody that has the responsibility to do it. So fucking city council needs to get- Thank you, Speaker.

Your time has expired.

All right, that concludes this call and it concludes public comment both in person and telephonically for today's meeting, Mr. City Attorney.

Yes, so okay, so members of the public, we have closed public comment for all the agenda items and for general public comment, both in person and remotely. Similarly to how we did for in person public comment, I do recommend that we exhaust the bid items. So for callers, I'm going to ask. the staff to please lower everybody's hands and please only raise your hand if you are here to speak on the bid items that is three through seven. So if you're here for any other item or general public comment, then it is not your opportunity to speak. Okay, go ahead.

Yeah, hello. How much time do I have to speak?

So we are taking the bid items. So the items that are open are items three through seven. So are you here to speak to those items?

Sure.

Okay, so you have three minutes for those bid items. Go ahead.

Great, hi, this is Daniel Gus.substack.com, multi award winning journalist focused on corruption from this LA City Council. Since I was not able to speak on the other agenda items, I'm going to speak for the full three minutes, one minute for each of these bid items. And I want to tell you, as you will see on DanielGuss.substack.com, because I'm going to optimize my voice for your silencing all of us for the past two years. For bid item number one, I want to caution everybody involved to look very closely at how many indictments.

Mr. City Attorney, I'm sorry, Speaker, if you would hold for a second. Mr. City Attorney, this is three minutes for the bid? Got it. Okay. My apologies, Mr. Guss. You can proceed.

Thank you, sir. We have a new era here, as you'll see on danielguss.substack.com. I want to caution about the first bid item. for every participant in the item and every observer who's watching this meeting to note how many people on city council and their staffers have been indicted, have been investigated for corruption in this city. So if you are involved in bid item number one, I want to tell you, hold on to your wallet and watch the corruption. Watch the corruption because there are all sorts of things going on that the mainstream media isn't telling you about. I'm going to move on to bid item number two. Similarly, I want to caution all participants and observers for bid item number two to hold on to your wallet because this city council has done everything it could to silence me, to silence all of the critics and gadflies or whatever you want to call us or chase us. you know, who's talking about a legitimate crime going down on Figueroa. Shout out to Smokin' Scan, by the way, that you are actually in danger of being implicated in whatever criminal conduct has been going on with this city council. And since I couldn't speak on the other items today, I'm going to exhaust all three minutes today talking about these corrupt bid items, because as I'm going to move on to my third bid agenda item today, By the way, this SB 707 is supposed to stop crap like this from you silencing the public about stuff like this. So you better get your act together before you come back from your month-long vacation. I'm going to tell you that right now because public comment, public criticism, and investigating the city council for corrupt bid like anything else going on in the city. Hold on to your wallets because the city council and City Hall in its entirety is corrupt from top to bottom, whether it's a bid or anything else on this agenda. Look how they've tried to silence critics. And all we're doing out here is pointing to the corruption on the first bid item. corruption on the second bid item, corruption on the third bid item. Mr.

Guts, your time has expired. And again, this is for callers who have not yet spoken. So if you've already provided public comment during virtual or in person, you are not eligible to call in at this time. But for callers who have not yet had the opportunity to speak only on items three through seven, and that is the establishment of new business improvement districts. Yes, I believe we have someone on the line. Which of the bid items would you like to speak to?

Good afternoon. I'd like to speak on the three bid items piggybacking off of Daniel Gauss at danielgauss.substack.com, please.

Okay, so you have three minutes for the bid items. Go ahead. Hello?

Thank you. Good morning, Monocow, Ziggy Piggy, Sambo, Nolip, Buckethead, The Unelected, and The Cop Hater. Don't forget Adderall, Addict. We know who you are, Sniff Sniff. You all are corrupt. We know that on the very first bid item, it's just corruption. This isn't on the bid, Mr. It is about the bid, actually. Thank you, Sambo. You be quiet now. I'm speaking. I appreciate it. We have a problem here in our city, and on bid item number one, it's absolutely corrupt on what you guys are trying to pass through. You guys are trying to pass through so many items today, but we're going to focus on one, two, and three. On number two, I guarantee you that Mr. Wayne Spindler...

Item number two is not open for public comment, so again, it's items three through seven.

Sorry, three through seven. I have it written down because I had so many notes, but either way, I guarantee on number seven that Wayne Spindler... Donald Harland, Armando Herman, and Arnold Sachs would definitely agree with me that we are all just showing corruption here. You guys have not done anything in the last two years other than pass money through and try to get things, but you're not putting the money where it needs to go. We know what you've been doing. We are watching you. The feds are watching you. And all I can say is this is truly yours. This is holding costs.

I need you to connect to the items or you will forfeit your speaking time. So this sounds like general public comment.

It's fine. I said, this is Mrs. Holden Cox, okay? And I just say, y'all are fraud. Y'all need to get it fucked. And you know what? Smoke and stand for life. Peace.

Okay. And staff, is there anyone who has not yet spoken or is that... Okay, so this is your only warning. You have already called in. Do not disrupt this meeting. If you call in again, you will be removed and you will be ineligible to speak at the next meeting pursuant to the council rules.

So next speaker.

Again, only callers that have not had the opportunity to speak yet. And they're only callers here for the bid items.

It looks like we don't have any other callers, Mr. City Attorney, so I'm gonna yield the floor to Councilmember Blumenfield of the Third Council District, Mr. Blumenfield.

Thank you for a quick moment here. Colleagues, on our last council day before recess, I want to thank Soren Schauer. Soren, come over here. Who's been interning with us in the city hall office for this summer. She's been working on all things charter reform, helping my staff craft policy, watching committee meetings, and so much more. She's a proud UCLA graduate who will soon be embarking on a new journey to Berkeley Law School. So we wish you nothing but all the best in your future endeavors, and please accept this certificate on behalf of the whole city. Thank you.

All right, Madam Clerk, what's before us?

Thank you, Mr. President. Regarding items three through seven, the public hearings are now closed for those items. The tabulation of ballots shall take place immediately in room 223 of City Hall and will be publicly livestreamed. For directions to access the livestream, visit clerk.lacity.org slash bids. Public announcement of the tabulation of ballots is on Tuesday, August 4th, 2026. The council may now take a vote block on items one through 10, 12, 14, 17 through 18, 20 through 22, 24 through 25, 27, 86 through 91, 94 through 95, 97 through 102, 104, 106 through 115, 119 through 120, and 122.

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

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next, the council may take up items 11, 13, 26, motion Nazarian McCosker to receive and file.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the votes.

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next, the council may take up motion Blumenfield-Harris-Dawson to receive and file item 19.

All right, I got Councilmember Soto-Martinez.

Mr. President, can we say item 107, urgent forthwith, please?

All right, are all items urgent forthwith today or do we have to call them out?

Today all items are forthwith. If you'd like an urgent forthwith on 107, a separate vote will be required.

Oh, so we need to vote on that? Yes. So let's take up this item that's before us, and then we'll come back to the urgent forthwith. So item 19 is before us. Those are Council District 3 liens. Let's open the roll. Close the roll. Tabulate to vote.

14 ayes.

All right. And now item 1. 107 107 107 Urgent forthwith let's open the roll close the roll tabulate to vote 14 eyes all right, what's next? Next is item 81 called special by councilmember Harada for an amendment all right do we need to read summaries or Can we proceed?

Summaries have been read into the record. If the council would like to take up the item as amended by 81A, Gerardo Blumenfield.

All right, so we'll take up the item as amended. I've got Councilmember Rodriguez on the queue. You're not on the queue? Okay, all right. Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 13 ayes, one no. All right, what's next?

Next is item 82, amending motion 82A, Gerardo Harris-Dawson, if the council would like to take it up as amended.

All right, let's open the roll. Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

13 ayes, one no.

All right, what's next?

Next is item 84, and that is motion Yaroslavsky-Padilla, amending motion Yaroslavsky-Padilla, 84A. If the council would like to take it up as amended.

Let's take up that item as amended. Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, what's next?

Next is motion Yaroslavsky-Harris-Dawson to move the Budget and Finance Committee report for item number 92.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, what's next?

Next is a question whether to substitute item number 93.

All right, let's open the roll on substitution, close the roll, tabulate the votes. 14 ayes. All right. All right, Councilwoman Hernandez, a no vote, and Councilmember Soto-Martinez, I presume a no vote on the substitution. All right, so the item has been substituted. Now the substituted item is before us.

Yes, substitute motion, Lee Padilla.

All right, and just for the record, Councilmember Jurado, you called for this for a separate vote, so get ready. All right, let's open the roll on the item, close the roll to have you make the vote.

11 ayes, 3 noes.

All right. What's next?

Next is item number 96 called special for comments by Councilmember McOsker.

Councilmember McOsker.

Thank you very much, Mr. President and colleagues. I will be very quick given the length of this meeting. I am deeply appreciative to the community members particularly in Wilmington who brought this issue forward Alicia Balthazar was here she was one of our speakers today and she was the one who noted that the proliferation of smoke shops around the schools in Wilmington were damaging harmful to the kids that have to experience that she actually passed a petition and the other speakers who came here with her were early signers and were folks that circulated that petition this is REALLY A VERY ORGANIC AND VERY NEEDED EFFORT TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS IN THE 1-5, FRANKLY, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA'S EFFORTS TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF NITRUS OXIDE One of the primary products sold at smoke shops has been nitrous oxide, but I'm also experiencing as we go through smoke, we pop into smoke shops to see what the activity is, and we see oven cleaner being sold. We see the whipped cream products, which are also aerosol being sold. and we see dust busters, you know, those, the aerosol products that clean computers. I don't think anyone's driving home from work and thinking, I'm gonna clean my oven tomorrow, so I'm gonna stop at a smoke shop to pick up some oven cleaner. We know exactly why they're selling these products, and it's gonna be important for us to adopt this moratorium so that we prevent additional smoke shops from popping up and then put ourselves in a position through the ICO to come up with reasonable regulations around not just where they can be, away from schools, away from parks, away from libraries, and away from one another, but I think we also need to come up with some regulations about what they sell. and this is to protect all of our communities. I hope that our experience in the 1-5 will be an experience that we can spread across the city because I know we are all concerned about these businesses which also appear very, very often, not every one of them, but enough of them to be problematic. They are also selling illegal cannabis and are fronting for other illegal activities. I do not know why it's around smoke shops, but I'm sure it's because we have an unregulated Category at the moment, so thank you very much. I appreciate you all hanging in there on the last day I do need 12 affirmative votes with no no so this can take effect immediately.

Thank you All right. Thank you. Mr.. McCoskey. Let's open the roll on this item close the roll tabulate the votes 14 eyes all right what's next

Next is item number 103, called special for a separate vote by Councilmember Hernandez.

All right, let's open the roll on this item, called special by Councilmember Hernandez for a separate vote. Let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote.

Two ayes, two nos.

Let me guess, Councilmember Jurado.

Yes, I'd like to be recorded as a no vote.

Okay, duly noted.

It would be 11 ayes and three nos, the item passes.

All right, what's next?

Next is item number 105, as amended by 105A, Hernandez for Price Hut.

All right, let's open the roll on this item. Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next is item number 117, called special by Councilmember Hernandez for a separate vote.

All right, do we have any, no speakers on this item? Let's open the roll. You wanna say something? Councilmember Hernandez.

Thank you, Council President. When we saw this last time before us, I made my position extremely clear. Any exemption should only be for homeowners whose primary residence was destroyed and people who generally need help rebuilding, not LLCs, investors, or people with a portfolio of properties. We had the opportunity to write those protections into this ordinance, and we didn't. And I have to ask, where was this energy when tenants were facing displacement and rent gouging after the fires? Where was this energy when tenants in my district lost their jobs as nannies and gardeners after the fires and had no idea how they were going to pay rent? Because I remember introducing an eviction moratorium for those people, and that died in council. It's hard not to notice when wealthy property owners need relief. We're willing to bend over backwards, jump through hoops, do flips, whatever it takes to meet their needs and desires. But when working class people and tenants need protection, suddenly our hands are tied and the political will is not there. I support relief for fire survivors. I believe it is our responsibility, but I do not support creating another loophole for the ultra wealthy while reducing funding for affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and tenant protections. So I'm voting no because the city facilitates everything and anything for the super rich while it buries the working people of Los Angeles in process and protocols, and I cannot in good conscience support that. Thank you.

Council Member Park.

Council President, colleagues, this ordinance has been a long time coming, all the way back to last February. I want to thank the Palisades community, many of whom I know are listening, for their advocacy and patience as we fought to make this promise of relief a reality. I especially want to thank Councilwoman Yaroslavsky for waving this and Council President for ensuring that we could hear this today before our recess. And colleagues, I want to thank you all as well for your continued support of this devastated community. For those of you who came to the Palisades in the aftermath of the fire to stand with me and to bear witness after the worst disaster in our city's history like me, you will never forget what you saw. That wreckage still lingers, and as I've said many times before, this rebuild is not voluntary, not for anyone. Palisades residents weren't able to plan ahead or save up for what happened on January 7th, Thousands were dropped by their insurance companies prior to the fire, and those who were lucky enough to still have insurance, for many of them it wasn't enough. Time, options, and money are running out. For some victims, because of the lack of insurance or access to resources, or just because of timelines, bureaucracy, the regulatory hell that so many are still trapped in, or because of family status or age or any other multitude of reasons, they have no choice but to sell. They're not selling to profit. They're not selling because they want to. They are selling because they have already lost everything and there's nothing left. Putting this tax on these folks who are trying to recover and reckoning with the fact that some of them just aren't coming home is just unspeakably cruel. The exemption is already narrow. It is the product of hundreds of community meetings, extensive legal advice, and extensive policy development. This ordinance is already strategically narrowed and customized. It's an exemption that applies in very narrow circumstances. to original owners and first transactions for five years only for residential properties. This is the least we can do as this community continues to recover. I know it has been a long road and I appreciate your continued support. I ask for your aye votes today. Thank you.

Thank you. Seeing no other speakers, let's open the roll on this item, close the roll and tabulate the vote. All right, what's next?

Thank you. For item 117, the ordinance will be held over for a second reading to Tuesday, August 4.

All right.

Next, I understand there is a new motion for 118.

Hold on one second, everybody. We're going to figure out what's happening here.

Thank-you item number 118 is before Council all right councilman Rios Oski Thank You council president.

I'm gonna ask colleagues that we note and file this but first I just want to speak Briefly to the ULA process and where we are So over the last few weeks we came closer than many people want to admit to losing ULA outright and severely limiting our ability to levy new local transfer taxes in the future because of closed-door negotiations in Sacramento and People were willing to gamble on one of the most progressive revenue tools this city has, and all California cities have, a transfer tax. And we only barely avoided what I think was a bad outcome. The whole thing was reckless and entirely avoidable. And one of the worst parts of the whole process was we weren't even at the negotiating table on behalf of Los Angeles. We abdicated that responsibility to Sacramento and to special interests, as we too often do, and got entirely cut out of those negotiations. I'm thankful that the statewide measure is off the ballot for now, because I think it went too far. It would have cut ULA from 5% down to 0.95%, and it would have capped our city's ability, our transfer taxes, at 1.5% forever. But if we think the fight is over, We're kidding ourselves because while the fix in Sacramento went too far for a lot of us, it was attempting to address a very real problem. The pressure behind ULA reform is not going to go away because the valid concerns from people who build housing are not going away. And we will keep finding ourselves back here if we don't show courage, get ahead of it, and make a reform we and housing builders can live with. The other option is to bury our heads in the sand, tinker around the edges, but ultimately pass the buck and wait for the next billionaire backed attempt to repeal ULA outright in 2028. And make no mistake, colleagues, I very much believe that that's coming. And if we choose that route, it will be entirely our fault. In case I haven't been clear, I am incredibly supportive of the work ULA funds, affordable housing, homelessness prevention, tenant protections. I want to protect as much of that funding as possible. And I want to acknowledge the really good work of the ad hoc committee. These are not easy questions to answer, and I know they all showed up and worked incredibly hard to try and find the right balance. But if we want ULA to survive, colleagues, we have to be honest about what is not working in the program, the unintended negative consequences of it. Los Angeles currently taxes a $100 million mansion in Bel Air, the same way as a $100 million new housing project in Palms that creates hundreds of new housing units. And that makes absolutely no sense. And most people, many of whom thought they were voting for a mansion tax, understand the difference. When we treat them the same, we're choosing to make housing production more expensive. Sometimes that means new housing doesn't pencil out at all and it doesn't get built. Sometimes it means the costs are passed on to tenants in the form of outrageous rent prices that only rich people can afford, all in the middle of a housing crisis. And as budget chair, I think this part is, for me, particularly important. I think all of us should care about this. We are choosing to kneecap other key city revenue streams by not acting. Property tax growth has stalled because when properties aren't sold, they aren't reassessed. Our city transfer tax, which is set at 0.55% and brings in hundreds of millions of dollars each year to our general fund, hasn't grown as quickly as it was growing pre-ULA because people are avoiding buying and selling properties because of ULA. Moreover, when new construction is down, so are park fees, affordable housing linkage fees, and school district funding. And the thing is, we don't even have to guess what the fix is. The people who build multifamily housing have told us again and again what they need to get housing production moving. We don't have to give them everything, we don't have to trust them completely, but if we can give them something meaningful and a meaningful amount of what they need, preserve most of ULA and get housing built, then we should do it. Because that is what it means to govern. It means finding a compromise that protects this really important program before someone else comes along, we know who it's going to be, and wipes it out entirely. I don't think that what ultimately came out of committee gets us there. I don't think it goes far enough, which is why I voted no. But I understand that without the threat of the Howard Jarvis measure on the ballot, the political will to send this to the ballot isn't there. That's disappointing, of course, but I get it. And we have time now, colleagues, to try and figure out ourselves what we think will get us there before it's done for us again. Because I think we're going to be right back here in two years. Unless we start to proactively act to address the the valid challenges with ULA so colleagues That's why I'm moving to note and file this item today and hope that we can all work on this Going forward in a really intentional way and with a lot of urgency because this is it's really quite important. Thank you

Seconded by Councilmember McOsker, I have Councilmember Jurado on the queue. No? All right. Thank you so much, members. This process has been among many of the issues that we had this term. One of the more difficults. It has a lot of sides. It's very complicated. Lots of very adamant and well-sourced issues. INTEREST GROUPS ON ALL SIDES OF IT. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAWSKI'S COMMENTS AND AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT SHE SAID AND ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT COUNCILMEMBER GURADO FOR STEPPING IN AND LEADING THE COMMITTEE IN WHAT WAS A TOUGH MOMENT IN THIS COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT THIS ISSUE. I agree that what we have is not the total package. It's not everything that's needed. But I also want to note, for our friends on all sides, for our friends in labor and our friends on the business side, the answer isn't let's just do nothing and pretend like the data in front of us isn't real. And that's what some advocates asked us to do. And then on the other side, people said, Well, we don't want to pay taxes and we don't want to pay workers. We don't want to pay prevailing wage and we don't want to pay the tax. And to that side I say, I understand you need to save money, but why does it always have to come from the people? You never come to us and say, why don't you cap insurance rates in the city of California or why don't you ban investors from requiring so much profit on the money they invest in housing. And so I just encourage folks on all sides, we can all do a little bit better. And if we all do a little bit better, we have a chance of coming up with a better solution that will actually work for our city and get our people housed, which I believe is completely within our reach and with our capacity. And with that, seeing no other members on the queue, Madam Clerk, do we need to vote on this note and file or can we accept it without objection?

If the council can please take a vote on motion Yaroslavsky-McCosker to note and file item 118.

All right, let's open the roll and note and file. Close the roll, tabulate the vote.

14 ayes.

All right, what's next?

Next is item number 121 called special by Councilmember Hernandez for comments.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll.

Excuse me, for comments, I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry, for comments. Councilmember Hernandez? Bureau of Street Lighting? Nothing. Okay, all right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, what's next?

Next is a question whether to substitute item number 123.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, just for the record, in as much as item MM, Magic Magic, has been noted and filed, that is not a part of our motion to provide lettering, if that makes sense to folks.

Council Member Rodriguez. I wanted to offer an amendment for the substituted 123. More time, the number? An amendment for the substitute on 123. I want...

Okay. Okay.

So I would like to amend on the sixth measure to change the charter amendment from RP to PRK.

Got it. To part? Okay. That's seconded by Councilmember Hernandez and you got a letter thing too?

Yes.

I would like to change... the first one on that list from F-E to T-T. I mean, T-E. T-E, okay.

T as in train and E as in elephant? Yes. Got it.

Thank you, thank you.

All right, any other letters? Councilmember McOsker.

As long as we're all being clever here, the seventh measure, instead of P-X, which sounds like prescription, can we make it P-R-T?

P-R-T and P-R-K, all right.

She's cutting it close. Airport, Port of LA.

All right, Park Ranger Train for that one. Any other changes, folks? All right, Madam Clerk.

Thank you, so just to confirm Mr. McCosker's amendment, is there a second to that one?

Second.

Thank you. So then the substitute motion before council, substitute motion Harris-Dawson-McCosker as amended by motions Rodriguez-Hernandez, Hernandez-Rodriguez, and McCosker-Harris-Dawson is now before council.

All right, let's open the roll, close the roll, tabulate the vote. 14 ayes. All right, what's next?

The council has motions for posting and referral.

One more time.

The council has motions for posting and referral.

All right, they're posted and referred. Council Member Park.

Sorry, Council President, on item number 118, can you register me as a no vote?

All right. That was for the note and file for the, got it. So we'll register Council Member Park as a no vote.

Thank you, that will be 13 eyes and one nose and the item still passes to no file.

All right. I got councilmember Raman Okay Anybody got business?

Councilmember McOsker just just for clarity and for the record on the 123 we remove the second measure tax mm Yes, okay. Thank you.

Yeah, and we we stated that on the record all right any other business folks note and files urgent forthwiths Happy dances. All right. Motions are posted and referred. Announcements, members. We'll begin with Council Member Rahman.

Thank you so much, Council President. Today, I just wanted to rise because the Council District 4 office is saying farewell to someone who's been a fixture in our office since we started, our Deputy District Director, Walker King. Walker was a volunteer. Yes. Walker was a volunteer on my very first campaign during COVID and led phone banking for lots of volunteers who have told me over the years how much they learned about Walker's musical tastes because he would play that during the phone banks and actually learned to love it and learned a lot about music. His tenacity and passion for making Los Angeles a place that we're really proud to call home made him a very easy early hire and has been an incredible addition to the Council District 4 office ever since. He helped whip our office into shape when we first returned to City Hall post-lockdown, and he's been indispensable ever since. During his time in office, he's kept our Council District 4 operations and administration running smoothly, and his willingness to work with every department and sometimes hassle every department from the Bureau of Street Services to the Office of the City Clerk has made it easier for our field deputies to solve problems and keep projects moving. Walker has demonstrated incredible care, compassion, and collaboration in his work, and he's been an incredible liaison to help Council District 4 residents navigate the dynamics of city bureaucracy. Among his many contributions, I did want to share he was instrumental in establishing in arts a grant program that we did in partnership with DCA, which gave $300,000 to artists and art organizations in Council District 4 during a time of great need. And it was really incredible, including supporting local theaters and people who had faced real challenges as a result of COVID and the wildfires. Council District 4 is better for having had the opportunity to work with you, Walker. And I'm emotional at seeing you go, but so excited for your next journey as you head to NYU to earn a master's in public administration. You're going to be dearly missed by our team, especially by our entire field team who is here today, our council district, and our city as a whole. So thank you, Walker. And on behalf of the city of Los Angeles, we wanted to present you with this certificate. And thank you for everything you've done.

Thank you so much, and thank you for your service to our great city. It's truly, truly appreciated. Thank you, Council Member Rahman. Other announcements? Council Member McOsker.

Thank you very much. This weekend, we'll celebrate the 4th of July, but as always, on the 5th of July, we will celebrate Bloody Thursday in the Harbor area, and Bloody Thursday harkens back to the 1934 West Coast strike, and That bloody Thursday, July 5th, saw the deaths of several workers in San Francisco. And this is honored every year by the ILWU and other locals up and down the coast. But what is little known and what we remember in the harbor area is that just months earlier there were two killings of workers, ILWU workers, or longshore workers, in San Pedro. And we consider that to be first blood. And on every July 5th, the ILWU and other families and supporters get together and visit the graveside of those two individuals, John Knutson and Dickie Parker, who were killed. May of that same year and we honor their memory and then we take a procession from the cemetery in the Gateway by the way of the one five down to the harbor area and we consider that the first blood run and then in at the Memorial Hall we together celebrate Bloody Thursday so it'll be on July 5th, it's a very somber event, but what we also are recognizing is the importance of collective action workers Fighting for their wages hours or working conditions and safety on the docks And so I just wanted to make sure that we all remember that on July 5th Folks would be welcome to come down to the Memorial Hall midday in Wilmington If you're there, we'll welcome you no hats allowed in the Memorial Hall if you're not there and Just remember John and Dickie, John Knutson and Dickie Parker, who gave their lives for the effort. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McCosker. Council Member Hurtado?

Thank you, Council President. As we head into recess, I want to take a moment to reflect on the work that we've begun and the work that's still ahead in Boyle Heights and East LA. Today marks two weeks since the fire began. While the flames are out, recovery is far from over. Families are still living with odors, disruption, uncertainty, and very real concerns about public health, cleanup, and accountability. Residents want to know what's happening. who's responsible, what comes next, and how they'll know the cleanup is being done safely. They want clear information they can understand, a recovery they can trust, and the confidence that every agency is working together to protect public health. Those aren't unreasonable expectations. They're exactly what government should deliver. And that's why over the past week I've introduced a package of motions to strengthen our emergency response and recovery effort. These motions were shaped by conversations with residents, community organizations, small businesses, environmental justice advocates, faith leaders, and our city and county partners who have been working alongside the community since day one. Together they respond to the three things asked for most. One, relief. We're expanding smoke remediation and public health resources, strengthening emergency communication and helping ensure families, workers and small businesses can access the support they need. Two, we're answers. We're strengthening environmental transparency and accountability, reviewing oversight systems and demanding greater transparency throughout the cleanup and recovery process. And third, we're focused on longer-term protections, improving emergency preparedness, strengthening coordination across agencies, expanding multilingual emergency communications, and making sure we're better prepared the next time a community faces an environmental emergency. And at the end of the day, this comes down to something very simple. Boyle Heights and East LA residents deserve relief, answers, remediation, and accountability. These motions are an important first step toward delivering exactly that. They won't end this recovery, but they can help make it stronger and more community-centered. Recovery will continue throughout the recess, and so will our on-the-ground work. Today, we're launching free mobile health clinics in Boyle Heights, East LA, and other impacted community. These clinics are free, require no appointment, and are open to residents in both the City of LA and the County of LA. Boyle Heights residents can also find latest recovery updates, public health information, air quality data, and available resources on the city's new Boyle Heights Recovery webpage. Please visit emergency.lacity.gov slash Boyle Heights Recovery. And finally, to the people of Boyle Heights, East LA and everyone who has been living through this, thank you for raising your voice. Thank you for chipping in. Thank you for holding all of us accountable. We know that these are hard times, and your experiences have been really difficult. And you'll continue to guide what's next in this process as we seek accountability. And that is my commitment to you. And colleagues, I hope that all the energy that we've harnessed for others that are fire survivors also extend and have the same energy for the folks on the east side. So thank you. for all of your support in the recovery process. Each of your offices contributed staff, time, and support. And without exception and without fail, you all were there. So I really do want to thank the city family and all of the council offices for the support.

Thank you, Councilmember Jurado. On behalf of this council, I just want to congratulate you for stepping up and representing your community well, but also this council well. You know, unfortunately, you're now part of a sorority of women on this council who have dealt with huge fires. I think Councilwoman Rodriguez sort of led the way and then

councilmember park had to step up in a big way and now you've had to step up in a big way and so uh thank you for that and and uh we're all very proud of the work that you've done councilmember bloomfield great thank you uh don't want to start a whole chain here but i want to make the announcement on july 4th the best fireworks in the city of los angeles i know i'm going to get a lot of buttons for that can be found

You just lit up the whole board, Bob.

Yes, in the West San Fernando Valley. This is the annual and will be the last, unfortunately, Bloomin' Field fireworks extravaganza that we do every year. We get like 50,000 people. It's an incredible fireworks display. It's the Warner Center, come one, come all, food trucks, music. The music leading up to the fireworks is going to be Dr. Woo, which is the music of Steely Dan. They're a tribute band. other emerging artists as well. It's going to be a great time, so I urge anyone and everyone to come to the park, Warner Center Park, July 4th. And then if you still want to go enjoy soccer, come the next day to Lanark Park, where we've got the World Cup going. So see you on the 4th.

Thank you so much. Other announcements, members? All right, seeing none, I'll ask that everyone in the chamber rise reverently for adjourning motions. And I'll look to my right. And look to my left. All right, members, I want to ask that we adjourn this meeting in the memory of the beloved mother, wife, grandmother, sister, and dedicated neighbor, Miss Barbara Jordan. Barbara Jordan came to Los Angeles at the age of 14. attended George Washington High School, went on from there to attain credentials and began a career at Kaiser Permanente as a health administrator. She worked there for 28 years serving in various roles. Her service did not end with her retirement. She had a devoted practice of caring for her children and her grandchildren, even into adulthood, recognizing the importance of family, neighborhood, and community. She served as a member of the board for the Getty House Foundation and volunteered with many organizations around early childhood literacy. She received many awards and recognitions for her service. She passed away at the age of 81. in the past couple of weeks. She'll be remembered for her compassion, generosity, strength, and unwavering commitment to those that she loves. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Mr. Frank Jordan, and her children, Chris, Erica, Denise, and her grandchildren, Chris, Aisha, and Ace, and a host of other daughters and sons in love. And on behalf of the city of L.A., we want to extend our condolences to her family and her friends. I had the privilege of knowing Ms. Jordan for probably the last 30 years. And I... can say she is among the best friends that our mayor has had over that time. Every time there was a tough moment, Ms. Jordan was there. Her and the mayor raised their daughters together, and their daughters were around the same age. And she was a neighbor, but most importantly, a friend and a confidant, and so we adjourn in her memory and ask that she rest in the peace and power that she deserves councilmember hut Thank you so much.

Mr. President.

Please add my name absolutely All right that with that folks we are adjourned. We'll see you after recess

He's come in a couple times, and that was really cool to have my employee call me and be like, we have Jimmy Page here, and he has a question about this book. And I have to nonchalantly answer the question and then make the sale. So that was fun. I could list hundreds of people that have come through. Yesterday, my kids were asking me, who's the most famous person that's been in the store? You know, we were like, I don't know, like Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, you know, Ben Affleck. I mean, the list goes on and on. All the A-list people have been here. So it's really fun. It's a real melting pot. You never know who's going to be here any given day. You know, musicians, artists, actors, you know, people from the street, you know, people from other countries. You know, we've had presidents from other countries come in here. It's amazing. You know, it's just, it's all walks of life, people from everywhere. A lot of times I still feel like I'm just selling books out of my apartment still in my mind. But then, you know, I come into the store and people recognize me. They want me to sign something like I'm a celebrity or something. It's very strange. and I forget and I realize, oh, yeah, everyone around the world knows the store now and it's famous. I don't know, it's a strange thing to build something and then for everyone to know it and to appreciate it and to love it. That always really warms my heart and makes me feel like I've done something really meaningful. I changed the course of LA, I changed the history of LA just by following my vision. just like so many others have done, creative people who have been in the city and they just have an idea and a dream and they make it, they make that movie, they make that album, they make that store. And that affects thousands and millions of other people and changes the course of people's lives. It's just, that's what I think makes Los Angeles amazing. It's just there's so many people here with those visions who are trying to create things and some of them get to do that and it changes the world. And so that's amazing to be a part of that and I'm really honored to be a part of that.