Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

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HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND WE WANTED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING MEETING AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TODAY AS YOU KNOW IS TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026, AND WE TAKE NOTE THAT A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT. THE ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WHO I BELIEVE WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY, AND OUR OFFICE -- COUNTY COUNSEL IS HERE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND SERGEANTED AT ARMS ARE HERE TO ASSIST WITH TODAY'S MEETING. WE WILL NOW START WITH THE COUNTY'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZES THAT WE OCCUPY LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED AND CARED FOR BY THE TONGVA, TATAVIAM, SERRANO, KIZH, AND CHUMASH PEOPLES. WE HONOR AND PAY RESPECT TO THEIR ELDERS AND DESCENDANTS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THESE LANDS AND WATERS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SETTLER COLONIZATION RESULTED IN LAND SEIZURE, DISEASE, SUBJUGATION, SLAVERY, RELOCATION, BROKEN PROMISES, GENOCIDE, AND MULTIGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT DEMONSTRATES OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, HEALING, AND RECONCILIATION AND TO ELEVATING THE STORIES, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK ON THESE ANCESTRAL LANDS. WE ARE DEDICATED TO GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIVE PEOPLES AND LOCAL TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) FERNANDEÑO TATAVIAM BAND OF MISSION INDIANS GABRIELINO TONGVA INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA TRIBAL COUNCIL GABRIELENO/TONGVA SAN GABRIEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS GABRIELEÑO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, KIZH NATION YUHAAVIATAM OF SAN MANUEL NATION SAN FERNANDO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS COASTAL BAND OF CHUMASH NATION GABRIELINO/TONGVA NATION GABRIELINO TONGVA TRIBE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRST PEOPLES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY PLEASE VISIT THE LOS ANGELES CITY, COUNTY, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN COMMISSION WEBSITE AT LANAIC.LACOUNTY.GOV. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY BISHOP JOHNNY WITHERS JUNIOR FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY HECTOR CASS NEOFROM THE THIRD DISTRICT. IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE STAND.

LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SHARED REFLECTION. ETERNAL GOD CREATOR OF ALL THAT IS SEEN AND UNSEEN, THE SOURCE OF WISDOM, JUSTICE AND TRUTH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE A PRESENCE A AS FOUNDATION OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, RIGHT, AND ENDURING. WE GATHER AT THIS INTERSECTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THIS CHAMBER THAT WILL SHAPE COMMUNITIES, INFLUENCE FAMILIES, AND IMPACT GENERATIONS TO COME. WE ASK FOR THE GET OF WISDOM, CLEAR JUDGMENT, THAT RISES ABOVE PREFERENCES, PARTISANSHIP AND EVEN PRESSURE. GRANT THESE LEADERS DISCERNMENT TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITY WITH INTEGRITY, COURAGE, TO UPHOLD WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US THAT IS DIFFICULT. FATHER WE ASK WITH COMPASSION THAT YOU REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE VOICES ARE NOT ALWAYS HEARD. THE VULNERABLE, THE WORKING FAMILIES, THE OVERLOOKED, THE UNDERSERVED. MAY THEIR DELIBERATIONS BE MARKED WITH CLARITY OF THOUGHT, RESPECT, AND DIALOGUE, UNITY AND PURPOSE. EVEN IF IN THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES, LET EQUITY GUIDE THEIR POLICIES, STEWARDSHIP, AND GOVERN THEIR DECISIONS. MAY ACCOUNTABILITY BE THE ANCHOR OF THEIR ACTIONS. WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ITS NEIGHBORHOODS, ITS DIVERSITY, ITS RESILIENCE. STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEMS THAT SERVES ITS PEOPLE, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND EVEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

LET THIS REGION CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE WHERE DIGNITY IS PROTECTED AND POSSIBILITY IS CULTIVATED. NOW MAY WISDOM PREVAIL OVER THE IMPULSE, SERVICE, MAY SERVICE RISE ABOVE THE SELF INTEREST AND THE COMMON GOOD REMAIN THE HIGHEST AIM OF EVERY DECISION MADE TODAY. WITH HUMILITY AND HOPE, WE OFFER THIS MOMENT OF REFLECTION, AMEN. AMEN. [APPLAUSE]

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, YOU MAY RENDER A HAND SALUTE IF YOU ARE A VETERAN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL? SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: GOOD MORNING LOS ANGELES COUNTY. GOOD MORNING.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME TODAY'S INVOCATOR, JOHNNY RAY EIGHTHERS JR. SURROUNDED BY MINISTRY FROM AN EARLY AGE, THE BISHOP FELT DRAWN AND HAS CONTINUED TO WALK FAITHFULLY IN THAT CALLING EVER SINCE. IN HIS EARLY 20s HE FOUNDED UNITY CHURCH WITH COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO LEADING HIS CONGREGATION HE SERVES AS THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL BISHOP IN THE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP WHERE HE IMPACTS LIVES BEYOND THOMSON AND L.A. COUNTY. HE HOLDS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FROM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX AND MASTER OF DIVINITY AND DOCTOR OF MINISTRY DEGREE FROM PAYNE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. HE IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, CHARLOTTE, AND PROUD FATHER OF TWO. BISHOP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR AS MUCH AS AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF COMPTON AND L.A. COUNTY AND LEADING NEWS TODAY'S INVOCATION, I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING HECTOR CASTILLO MONZON E-4 UNITED STATES NAVY FOR PLEADING US IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. HECTOR SERVED IN THE NAVY FROM 2005 TO TO 13 INCLUDING ARMED CONFLICT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WHILE SERVING HE EARNED SEVERAL DECORATIONS INCLUDING COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, IRAQI MEDAL, OF A BEGAN MEDAL AND NUC. HECTOR ENJOYS VOLUNTEERING FOR VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS, AND HE LOVES HELPING ELDERLY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HE'S ALSO A PROUD DAD OF TWO CHILDREN, HECTOR THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU IN THE DISTRICT AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COLLEAGUES. WE'LL NOW HAVE THE SCROLL PROCEEDINGSES. I WILL ALOU FOR SUPERVISOR HORVATH TO START AND THEN WE'LL GOIN 1, 2, 3, 4 IN THE NUMERICAL ORDER. WE HAVE A BIG AUDIENCE OF FAMILIES AND OUR LIBRARIANS AND OUR WINNERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK, SORRY, LET ME RETRACT WHAT I SAID. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESENTATIONS OF THE SCROLLS TO THE WINNERS OF THE L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY 46th ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST THAT WAS ARRANGED BY OUR OFFICES. LET US BEGIN WITH THAT. [APPLAUSE] NOW WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST DISTRICT. HERE WE GO. A LOT HAPPENING TODAY. YOU WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO COME UP AND GIVE THEM THEIR CERTIFICATES. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. I SAW MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM UPSTAIRS ON THE 8th FLOOR. GOOD MORNING. EACH YEAR L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY HOSTS THEIR ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST TO GET CHILDREN AND OUR

TEENS EXCITED ABOUT READING AND THE LIBRARY AND ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING THEM EXPRESS THEMSELVES CREE ATIVELY THROUGH THE ARTS. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE CONTEST BY HELPING TO SELECT WINNERS FROM SUCH A TALENTED AND CREATIVE POOL OF SUBMISSIONS. LAST FALL, 9,035 ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED ACROSS L.A. COUNTY, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, IT'S GETTING VERY POPULAR. [APPLAUSE] LOCAL WINNERS WERE SELECTED AT EACH OF THE LIBRARIES BY LIBRARY STAFF AND LOCAL JUDGES. THESE WINNERS ARE SENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO CHOOSES ONE BOOKMARK IN EACH OF THE FOUR DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS. THESE WINNERS ARE HERE WITH US TODAY BECAUSE THEIR ENTRIES STOOD OUT. ENTRIES WERE JUDGED ON CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY, AND HAD TO BE ORIGINAL WORK FROM THE ARTIST. WE WANT TO THANK ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST AND THANKS TO THE L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY FOR GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. LET'S GIVER THE LIBRARIANS AND THE STAFF A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I WILL START WITH MY HONOREES THEN FOLLOW THE ORDER 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. FROM MY DISTRICT, ETHAN RITZ, RIGHT HERE, PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. HE'S HERE WITH HIS PARENTS. ETHAN IS REPRESENTING THE CITY TERRACE LIBRARY AND HE'S IN THE 8th GRADE. HIS ARTWORK WAS INSPIRED BY THE SENSE OF EXPLORATION HE FEELS WHEN HE READS. HE FEELS THAT BOOKS ARE A GATEWAY TO ADVENTURE AND EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE AND IS GRATEFUL TO THE COUNTY LIBRARY KWAN SYSTEM FOR THE -- LIBRARIAN

SYSTEM FOR THE AVAILABLE BOOKS TO READ FREE. ETHAN YOUR CURIOSITY IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BECOME, AUTOMATIC AUTHORIZE YOU DREAM OF BEING ONE DAY. EVERYTHING YOU LEARN CAN MAKE YOU BETTER AT YOUR CAREER IN WHATEVER AREA YOU CHOOSE. LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR COMING THIS MORNING. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT BOOKMARK CONTEST WINNER TODAY IS JESUS LOBOTTO. JESUS ATTENDS SOUTH EL MONTE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 12th GRADE. HIS DRAWING OF A MOUSE READING ABOUT THE LIFE CYCLE OF CHEESE WAS INSPIRED BY HIS PASSION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE. HE BELIEVES AS A SOCIETY THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHERE OUR PRODUCTS COME FROM AND HOW ANIMALS ARE TREATED TO GET THOSE PRODUCTS MADE AND ALSO TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL INDUSTRIES INVEST IN LEARNING HOW TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS WITHOUT HARMING ANIMALS. VERY, VERY NICE. WITH YOUR INTEREST IN ANIMAL WELFARE, YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK OUT THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL WHO AS A FORM -- HAS A FORM ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SIGN UP AND BECOME VOLUNTEERS. WE WOULD ASK YOU, JESUS, TO LOOK AT THAT. JESUS WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU TO KNOW THAT AS A YOUNG PERSON THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THINGS THAT YOU PERCEIVE NEED TO BE WORKED OUT IN OUR SOCIETY. PERHAPS YOUR GOAL OF BECOMING A PROGRAMMER SOME DAY CAN YOU HELP COMPANIES STUDY MORE EFFICIENT AND HUMANE WAYS TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU WITH OUR SCROLL. THANK YOU SO MUCH JESUS. [APPLAUSE] TO THAT END I HAVE TWO OTHER FIRST DISTRICT WINNERS THAT WERE

UNABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT I WANT TOING KNOWLEDGE WHO THEY ARE. ELANA GU, A KIDDER GARTNER FROM ROLAND HEIGHTS, AND JESSICA HUANG WHO IS A 4th GRADER. BOTH SUBMITTED EXCEPTIONAL ARTWORK THAT WAS A THRILL TO SEE FROM TWO VERY YOUNG FIRST DISTRICT RESIDENTS. I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE TALENT THAT WE SEE BEFORE US, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL AND CONG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE ARTISTS. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO SUPERVISOR MITCHELL TO RECOGNIZE THE SECOND DISTRICT AWASHEDEES. LET'S TAKE A QUICK PHOTO. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: GOOD MORNING AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOLANDA PENA, CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. COME UP SECOND DISTRICT WINNERS, JOIN ME. LIBRARIES ARE MAGICAL PLACES. I LOVE THIS COMPETITION, MY STAFF AND I HAVE TO ARM WRESTLE AND SEE WHO HAS THE ARTISTIC EYE. FOR ME THIS EVENT IS A BEAUTIFUL KIND OF CONNECTION BETWEEN LIBRARIES AND ARTS AND CULTURE WHICH IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT FOCUS AT L.A. COUNTY. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE AMAZING ARTISTS WHO CALL THE SECOND DISTRICT HOME. WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT ACROSS L.A. COUNTY AND THE SECOND DISTRICT AS WELL. NOEL, HELP ME PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. SECOND GRADER, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? SECOND GRADER NOEL. READING IS FUNDAMENTAL, RIGHT. NOEL IS A 2nd GRADE STUDENT AT KIP COMPTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL. HER BOOKMARK WAS INSPIRED BY A WATER BOTTLE THAT SAID LEARNING IS A SUPER POWER. NOEL DECIDED THAT READING WOULD BE HER SUPER POWER. I LIKE THE BUN ON THE TOP OF YOUR SUPER HERO. FABULOUS. NOEL'S FAVORITE HOBBIES ARE DRAWING, PAINTING, CREATING WITH A 3-D PEN AND CROCHETING. SHE LOVES ANIMALS AND DREAMS OF BECOMING A VETERINARIAN. L.A. COUNTY NEEDS YOU. PLEASE GIVE NOEL A ROUND OF APPLA APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]

OUR NEXT WINNER FROM THE THIRD TO FIFTH GRADE CATEGORY IS FIFTH GRADER ALYSSA WHITE. ALYSSA'S LOCAL LIBRARY IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES, THE LENNOX LIBRARY. HER LOVE FOR READING INSPIRED THE BOOKMARK, BOOKS TAKE HER TO MAGICAL PLACES SHE'S NEVER BEEN TO BUT WILL GO SOON I'M SURE. HER FAVORITE CLASS IS MATH AND FAVORITE AUTHOR IS STEWART GIBBS. SHE DREAMS OF BECOMING A REALLY GOOD GYMNAST. PLEASE GIVE ALYSSA A ROUND OF APPLA APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT WINNER IS IN THE SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADE CATEGORY, THE WINNER IS ZACH CHANG. [APPLAUSE] ZACH ATENTH THE AMERICAN MARTYR SCHOOL AND HIS BOOKMARK WAS INSPIRED BY HIS EXPERIENCE ON A SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI LAST AUGUST, THAT'S AMAZING. ZACH'S FAVORITE HOBBIES INCLUDE CERAMICS, CROCHETING, COMPETITIVE SWIMMING AND MANY OTHERS. HE LOVES TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD AND DREAMS OF BECOMING A PILOT. I WILL FLY WITH YOU. GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND LASTED BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR HONOREE FROM CULVER CITY HIGH SCHOOL, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SHE'S A SENIOR, WE KNOW WHAT SENIOR YEAR IS LIKE, BLAKE DON. USING ALCOHOL-BASED PENCE HER WORK MARK DEPICTS A BOOK LEADING TO AN IMAGINARY PLACE FEATURING AS CASTLE SET AGAINST THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE

SECOND DISTRICT WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR'S BOOKMARK CONTEST. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. LET ME SAY THANKS TO THE PARENTS WHO GET THEM TO THE LIBRARY AND GOT THEM TO DOWNTOWN L.A. TODAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL. NEXT IS MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE THIRD SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT, SUPERVISOR LINDSEY HORVATH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: GOOD MORNING, I LOVE STARTING THE MORNING THIS WAY, WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO BEGIN OUR DAY. AND TO CELEBRATE OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN OUR ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST, IT STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO SHARED LOVE OF READING AND THE REMARKABLE CREATIVITY EACH OF THEM BRINGS TO LIFE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND CONGRATULATE OUR WINNERS FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT. FIRST DECKER SPIEGEL. FIRST GRADE. [APPLAUSE] DONE OR EVEN JOYCE COLORING, READING, WRITING. FAVORITE SUBJECTS ARE SCIENCE, ART AND LIBRARY. WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE WITH US, DECKER. NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN LIU FROM FOURTH GRADE. [APPLAUSE] BRIAN IS NOT ONLY A TALENTED ARTIST, BRIAN HAS PLAYED THE VIOLIN FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS AND ENJOYED PRACTICING AND LEARNING NEW PIECES. HIS FAVORITE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL ARE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, RIGHT? OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS IRIE FROM SECOND GRADE. IRIE LOVES DRAWING, ANIMALS, STILL LIFE AND FIGURE PORTRAITS AND AS LONG AS SHE'S LISTENING TO MUSIC DOING ANY ACTIVITY IS ENJOYABLE. I FEEL THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. HER FAVORITE SUBJECT IS ENGLISH BECAUSE OF HER LOVE FOR LITERATURE IN PARTICULAR FOR

WRITING BECAUSE IT HELPS HER EXPRESS UNSPEAKABLE EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONS IN A CALM AND FUN WAY. VERY PROFOUND, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. LUCY IS TALENTED, ENJOYS PLAYING THE GUITAR, OKAYLILY, CREATING ART, AND DANCING. YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF ALL STRIPES. HER FAVORITE CLASS IS ENGLISH BUT HER FAVORITE SUBJECT IS ART. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY FOR ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE AND ENJOY BOOKS AND READING ALL YEAR LONG. [APPLAUSE] ARE MAY ANN RIGGINS FROM MALIBU,

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NEXT UP IS SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN FROM THE 4th DISTRICT.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: WHO LOVES THEIR LIBRARIES? LOOK AT THAT. WE JUST REOPENED A LIBRARY IN SOUTH GATE, LELAND WEAVER LIBRARY. IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY OF THE KIDS HAD MISSED THAT LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. WE INVESTED OVER $1 MILLION TO RENOVATE AND GET IT ALL UP TO SNUFF. AMAZING THE KIDS AND ADULTS WHO REALLY MISSED'S THEIR LIBRARIES. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY SMART, CREATIVE, TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE BUT TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUTOUT TO THE LIBRARIES EVERYWHERE. AND HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE FOURTH DISTRICT BOOKMARK CONTEST WINNERS STARTING WITH THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE WINNER, CARLY. [APPLAUSE] YES, YES. CARLY WAS INSPIRED TO DRAW A GIRAFFE ON HER BOOKMARK, SHE THINKS GIRAFFES ARE SO CUTE, ME TOO, AND SHE LOVES ANIMALS. BESIDES BEING AN ARTIST AND AVID READER SHE'S A GYMNAST. WHEN SHE GROWS UP SHE WANTS TO BE A GYMNASTICS COACH. HER FAVORITE BOOK IS "PUCKER UP BUTTER CUP" AND HER FAVORITE COLOR IS PINK, OBVIOUSLY. GIVE CARLY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE]

NEXT WE HAVE OUR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WINNER, JESUS OJEDA FROM THE SOUTH GATE. JESUS IS A FIFTH GRADER, FASCINATED WITH DINOSAURS, PREHISTORIC LIFE AND ZOOLOGY. AND ALSO LOVES DRAWING. I ESPECIALLY LOVE DRAWING MY FAVORITE THING. SUP. JANICE HAHN: RECLAIMING MY TIME. ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: DRAWING IS ONE OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE THINGS. I'M GLAD WE HAD THIS CONTEST JUST FOR YOU. SO CAN YOU SHOW US YOUR LOVE OF DRAWING. SOME OF HIS FAVORITE HOBBIES ARE DRAWING, DOING JIGSAW PUZZLES, AND WATCHING MOVIES. WHEN HE GROWS UP JESUS WANTS TO BECOME A SCIENTIST AND ARTIST THAT CREATES DETAILED MODELS OF PREHISTORIC LIFE. AMAZING. GIVE JESUS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NOW 6th THROUGH 8th, JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING ELIZABETH POTTER FROM LAKEWOOD. ELIZABETH'S BOOKMARK WAS INSPIRED BY 1930s AND A BOOK ALLOWS US TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME. HER HOBBIES INCLUDE ART, PLAYING SPORTS AND LEARNING TO PLAY NEW INSTRUMENTS. WHEN ASKED WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP, A DESIGNER, SOMETHING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, ON ARE A TEACHER. A LOT OF GREAT OPENINGS THERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? PRETTY GOOD, HUH? A FUN FACT ABOUT ELIZABETH IS SHE'S A TRIPLET AND HAS TWO BROTH BROTHERS. [APPLAUSE] LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER BIG ROUND

OF APPLAUSE FOR ELIZABETH POTTER. OURTSth THROUGH 12th GRADE WINNER ERIN NOE COULD NOT MAKE IT. WHEN ASKED WHAT INSPIRED HER ART SHE SAID THE PEACEFUL SETTING TO BE IN THE OCEAN WITH FISH. WHEN SHE GROWS UP SHE WANTS A CAREER IN THE ART FIELD, MAYBE A DESIGNER. ERIN'S FAVORITE HOUSE BOOK IS "THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET." LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] ARE WE TAKING A PICTURE? OKA OKAY.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: KATHRYN BARGER, YES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. WHERE IS THAT JESUS? JESUS! YOU'VE GOT A FUTURE IN POLITICS MY FRIEND. CELEBRATING THE WINNERS OF THE 46th ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST HOSTED BY L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR TALENTED WAYNERS FROM THE FIFTH DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ANDY HUANG. KINDER GARTNER FROM THE STEVENSON RANCH LIBRARY. HER FAVORITE HOBBY IS DRAWING AND IT CLEARLY SHOWS. SHE LOVES MAKING COLORFUL CREATIONS THAT REFLECT HER FAVORITE STORIES. SHE BELIEVES BOOKS SHINE LIKE DIE MOCHBLTDZ SHE SHE HAS REFLECTED THAT IN HER WINNING BOOKMARK DESIGN. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEN WE HAVE AUDREY SHU, A FIFTH GRADER WHO VISITS THE TEMPLE CITY LIBRARY. AUDREY EXCELS IN MATH BECAUSE SHE LIKES PROBLEM SOLVING, SHE EQUALLY ENJOYS THE CREATIVITY TO EXPRESS THROUGH ART, AND HOPES TO COMBINE THE TWO AS AN ENGINEER ONE DAY. HER ADORABLE BOOKMARK WAS INSPIRED BY HER OWN STUFFED PANDA WHO SAT BY HER SIDE AS SHE MADE THIS INCREDIBLE CREATION. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] ALYSSA HUANG, 7th GRADE STUDENT WHO GOES TO THE LIVE OAK LIBRARY N ADDITION TO READING, ALYSSA LIKES MYTHICAL CREATURES. SHE ESPECIALLY LIKES MERMAIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE MAGICAL AND ADVENTURESOME.

SHE COMBINED THE TWO CREATING A MERMAID READING A BOOK FOR HER WINNING ARTWORK. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] CLARE CRUZ ARE 10th GRADER FROM QUARTZ HILL LIBRARY. SHE LOVES PAINTING OLD PIRATE SHIPS AND WANTED TO CAPTURE THE BEAUTY OF A MOON HIT OCEAN AND STILLNESS OF A GHOSTLY SHIP TO SHOW OTHERS THE EXCITING PLACES YOU CAN GO WHEN YOU READ. SHE'S ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVE WRITING AND INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN THE FILM INDUSTRY SO SHE CAN TELL INTRIGUING STORIES OF HER OWN. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. EACH YEAR IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO SELECT A WINNER AND MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE THEY'RE ALL OUTSTANDING. I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU ALL TRULY HAVE TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL THIS YEAR. IT WAS EVEN HARDER THAN IN YEARS PAST FOR ME TO MAKE THAT DECISION. ALL WERE OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION

AND LOVE FOR BOOKS AND JUST

OVERALL THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR BOOKMARK WINNERS! [APPLAUSE] THANK L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOLANDA PENA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY. SHE DOES THIS EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU, REAPPRECIATE YOUR LOVE OF LIBRARIES, FUNDING COMMITMENTS AND PERSONAL COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. FIRST SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS WILL BE ENDING HER TENURE ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2026. L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER YEARS OF SERVICE AS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR HER COMMUNITY AND DEDICATED SUPPORTER OF LIBRARIES. WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE THESE TWO SPECIAL EDITION BOOKMARKS INSPIRED BY HER LIFE AND WORK, CREATED BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. LET ME INTRODUCE THEM. FIRST WE HAVE MASON COLE, AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY WAS VERY INSPIRED LEARNING ABOUT SUPERVISOR SOLIS'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. HIS DESIGN IS ABOUT A TREE, THAT YOU SAID EARLIER AT THE RECEPTION, ABOUT A TREE THAT PROVIDES, SERVES AND CONTINUOUSLY GROWS BIGGER AND STRONGER FOR EVERYONE. THE TREE HANGS RIBBONS AND MEDALLIONS OVER THE YEARS, YOU. [APPLAUSE] MASON! NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH OCHOA BARRERA, A TENTH GRADER FROM EAST LOS ANGELES LIBRARY, WAS INSPIRED BY SUPERVISOR SOLIS'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSONAL INTEREST INCLUDING FAMILY, MUSIC, AND CULTURE. IN PARTICULAR SHE WANTED TO

HIGHLIGHT THEIR SHARED INTEREST IN DANCING BECAUSE ELIZABETH IS PART OF SHE TOLD ME EARLIER A FOLKLORICA DANCE TEAM. PRESENTATION TO YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND WORK.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU BOTH. GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLA APPLAUSE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE'LL TRANSITION AND DO YOUR SCROLL PRESENTATIONS, START WITH THE THIRD DISTRICT. LINDSEY HORVATH SHE HAS A SPECIAL GUEST AND WE'LL GO BACK IN THE ORDER.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: WE'LL CONTINUED HONORING SOME TRULY EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. GIVES US A CHAN TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN NOT JUST PART OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ACTIVELY SHAPING IT FOR THE BETTER. IN THIS MOMENT THAT RECOGNITION FEELS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT. LEADERSHIP IS BEST DEMONSTRATED IN HOW WE SHOW UP FOR ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND NEED. TODAY WE HONOR SOMEONE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFIES THAT. CHIQUIZ IS AN ARTTIST AND PUBLIC FIGURE, YES, SHE'S AMAZING. BLAH STARTS OUT IS HOW SHE USES HER VOICE WHEN THE SPOTLIGHT ISN'T ON HER. SHE SHOWS UP. SHOE SHE SHOWS UP FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES DURING MOMENTS OF FIRE, SHE SHOWS UP FOR NEIGHBORS WHO NEED FOOD ON THEIR TABLE. SHE SHOWS UP FOR COMMUNITIES RECOVERING FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. AND SHE DOES SO WITH COMPASSION, WITH HUMILITY, AND WITH A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE BACK. AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT SHE KNOWS COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST WHERE YOU LIVE IT'S WHO YOU INVEST IN. WHO YOU PROTECT. AND WHO YOU LIFT UP ALONG THE WAY. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY SHE USES HER PLATFORM TO REMIND WOMEN AND GIRLS OF THEIR OWN POWER TO BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE, TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, AND TO LEAD WITH STRENGTH AND WITH HEART. THAT MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEXT EVEN INRATION, IS EVERYTHING. WHEN WOMEN SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE,

WHEN SHE FEEL SEEN AND SUPPORTED, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN DO. ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WE RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SERVICE, AND THE EXAMPLE YOU CONTINUE TO SET FOR OTHERS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WARMLY WELCOMING CHIQUITH CH.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: THANK YOU SO MUCH. DEEP BREATH. THANK YOU LIND I, THANK YOU FOR THIS -- THESE BEAUTIFUL WORDS. LINDSEY, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE ESPECIALLY BEING BORN IN L.A. AND BEING ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS WAY JUST MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. MORE THAN ANYTHING, KNOWING EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH SINCE I WAS YOUNG, THE TEARS AND THOSE DARK MOMENTS THAT I LIVED, NOW I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT IT WAS FOR THESE TYPES OF MOMENTS, THIS MOMENT SPECIFICALLY. I WILL CONTINUED TO HELP MY COMMUNITY, TO UPLIFT WOMEN, EMPOWER THEM IN ANYTHING THAT I DO. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE AND ALWAYS USE MY PLATFORM AND MY VOICE, A PROMISE THAT I MADE TO GOD, TO MY MOTHER, GIVING YOU THIS PROMISE THAT ANYTHING THAT I DO I'M ALWAYS HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE CLEAR AS PART OF MY MISSION AND PURPOSE IN THIS WORLD IS TO HELP TO GIVE BACK, NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY BUT WITH MY HANDS. I WILL DO THAT. TO ALL OF THE WOMEN THEY HAVE TOLD ME NO SO MANY TIMES. THEY SHUT SO MANY DOORS ON ME AND I'M GRATEFUL, IT MADE ME WORK HARDER AND VALUE MYSELF MORE SO. I WANT TO TELL YOU IF ANYONE SAID NO AND TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T, TRUST ME, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOU A PIECE OF:

[SINGING] [SI [SING THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: WE HAD A RECEPTION UPSTAIRS IN ADVANCE, SHE SHARED SHE HAS WON THREE GRAMMYS, FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE NEXT IS THE SUPER BOWL. WITH THAT, WE THANK YOU, NOT JUST FOR WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT YOU SHOW TO ALL OF US AND ALL OF THE WAYS THAT YOU SHOW UP. WE HAVE A STROLL TO ON PRESENT TO, WE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ALL MEMBERS.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: YES, PLEA PLEASE. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: OKAY, WE'LL KEEP THIS PROGRAM MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING. COME FORWARD LOURDES, FAMILY, FRIENDS. THE DEAN OF THE COUNCIL AT CORE, COME JOIN US. WE HAVE WORLD FIGURES HERE. IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES, I'M HONORED TODAY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF LOURED SAAB. [APPLAUSE] SHE IS THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES WHOO IS RETIRING IN JUST A FEW DAYS WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE HERE IN L.A. COUNTY. GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. LOUDES BEGAN HER CIVIC WORK WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO JOIN SAM YORTY'S OFFICE IN THE 1970s IN LATIN AFFAIRS. SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. HER EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF THE HISPANIC WOMEN'S COUNCIL INC., A PRIVATELY FUNDED NONPROFIT CORPORATION DEDICATED TO THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUTH. LATER SHE WENT ON TO WORK UNDER TWO OTHER MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS. FOR MAYORS TOM BRADLEY AND RICHARD RIORDAN. WHERE SHE GAINED DEEP APPRECIATION AND RESPECT FOR THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. SHE LEFT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN 1997 AND IN 2O.05LOURDES JOINED THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF PROTOCOL. OVER THE YEARS SHE FACILITATED A MULTITUDE OF EVENTS, VISITS, ACTIVITIES HELPFUL IN STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR REGION AND 93 COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CONS ALREADY CORPS. THE THIRD LARGEST COUNSELOR CORPS IN THE WORLD. SHE MANAGEDED THAT, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AS CHIEF OF PRO DO COULD FOR THE

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LOURDES HAS DONE AN IMPRESSIVE JOB OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS WORKING TO SHOWCASE THE COUNTY AS A HOSPITABLE DESTINATION FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS, VISITS AND TOURISM, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN L.A. 28. IN ADDITION, AND I KNOW SHE WON'T BE IN RETIREMENT, SHE'S GOING TO BE HELPING US, RIGHT? POR FAVOR! IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC SERVICE SHE'S SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES INCLUDING SUCCESSFUL TENURES WITH THE UNITED WAY AND AMERICAN RED CROSS. CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN DIPLOMACY LOS ANGELES AND THE LOS ANGELES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND HONORED TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE COUNTY, ARE YOU A TIRELESS INDIVIDUAL WHO GIVES AND GIVES AND GIVES. YOU WILL LEAVE AN UNDENIABLE VOID. BUT I'M CONFIDENT WHAT YOU HAVE CULTIVATED THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME HERE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. YOU HAVE PLANTED THE SEEDS. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL RETIREMENT CONTROL IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CAREER W OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND BEST WISHES ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT. WE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND WORK. PLEASE CONGRATULATION S ON YOUR WORK. ARE YOU NOT DONE MY DEAR! [APPLAUSE]

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORKS EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEETING, IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE, I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE BEING ON THAT SIDE OF THE WALL. PROTOCOL MAKES YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SEEN, WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS HAPPEN. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE. THE WORD GOT OUT AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, THIS IS HAPPENING, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR. YOU'RE MY SUPERVISOR FOR 20 YEARS. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. ONLY MILES, I WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO WORK. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE. NOT ONLY DO THEY DO THE WORK OF PROVIDING SERVICE TO 10 MILLION RESIDENTS, GET LEGISLATION TO DO YOUR JOBS. BUT IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS BY COLLABORATING, BY ALLOWING THIS OFFICE WITH OUR MANY COLLEAGUES HERE REPRESENTING CONSULATES, GERMANY, ITALY, OFFICE OF FOREIGN MISSES OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THAT FURTHER OUR REGION. AND MAKE US WHY WE HAVE THE THIRD LARGEST CONSULAR CORPS, THE DIVERSITY WHAT WE FUEL, THIS BEING THE 20th LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE -- GOODNESS. I SAID I WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE]

CREW>> SUP. JANICE HAHN: WE LOVE YO YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. IT IS A PARTY AT THE HALL OF ADMINISTRATION TODAY.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: WHEN WE GET TO FORCE PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT AND THE SPOTLIGHT, WE MAKE THEM BE AT THE FOREFRONT AND SPOTLIGHT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CREATE THIS LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT. BUT SHE DESERVES IT. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! I'M HONORED TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING WOMEN LEADER ANGELINOS. WE ARE ALL CALLED TO STEP UP ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MAKES IT MORE SPECIAL, I THINK, FOR US TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN WHO DO THE HARD WORK EVERY DAY. I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO RECOGNIZE A WOMAN WHO, AGAIN, HATES TO BE RECOGNIZED BUT WHOSE LEADERSHIP HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS L.A. COUNTY. THAT IS KAREN EARL. [APPLAUSE] I HATE TO SAY THIS PART IT ACKNOWLEDGES HOW OLD WE HAVE BECOME. FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES SHE HAS LED GENOSEE CENTER, BUILT NIGHT A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MODEL FOR SURVIVOR CENTERED CARE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP IT'S GROWN INTO A FULL CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT FROM EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO LEGAL ADVOCACY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES. SHE INDEED DOES IT ALL. WHAT MAKES CAR RIN'S WORK SHE SO

POWERFUL IT DOESN'T STOP AT CRISIS RESPONSE. SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT TRUE SAFETY MEANS STABILITY. THAT HEALING MUST BE GROUNDED IN DIGNITY. AND THAT OPPORTUNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR LONG TERM INDEPENDENCE. THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE GENOSEE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND THE STYLE CENTER SHE HELPED RESTORE SAFETY BUT CONFIDENCE, CONNECTION, AND HOPE. THROUGH GENOSEE'S PRESENCE AT INGLEWOOD COURTHOUSE SHE ENSURES THAT SURVIVORS CAN ACCESS CRITICAL SUPPORT IN THE MOMENTS THEY NEED IT MOST BRIDGING SAFETY AND JUSTICE UNDER ONE ROOF. KAREN IS ALSO A TRUSTED PARTNER TO L.A. COUNTY WORKING WITH US TO EXPAND SERVICES ACROSS THE SECOND DISTRICT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW ENDEAVOR TO WORK WITH KAREN AND JENESSE TO BRING THE FAMILY TO SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE FOR A GENERATION OF FAMILIES. [APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE KAREN'S LEADERSHIP REMINDS US WHEN WE INVEST IN WOMEN WE STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND WE STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ON SIGHING THAT WE INTEND TO LEAVE THE SECOND DISTRICT BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. IT IS YOUR WORK EVERY DAY THAT IS A LIVING TESTAMENT TO LEAVING OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER, STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT THAN WE FOUND THEM. KAR KAREN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, SUPPORTING ME AT 6:00 IN THE

MORNING AT THE GYM WHEN I NEED THE SUPPORT THE MOST, AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND HEAL IING FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND PRIMARILY THE THOUSANDS WOULD HAVE MEN AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICE COMMITMENT AND LOVE TO. IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS SCROLL FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I WOULD. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BOARD MEMBERS TOO.

MY PEOPLE, YES. THIS IS AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS FROM SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE WEEDS DOING WORK CHANGING THE LIVES. THAT'S WHAT JENESSE CENTER IS ABOUT. I'M HUMBLE MYSELF BECAUSE I'M NOT HUMBLE ABOUT THE WORK. THE WORK WE HAVE DONE STARTING IN 198O. FROM 5 WOMEN WHO JUST WANTED TO MAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS JUST WORLD CLASS. I DO HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS. CAN YOU EVERY IDEAS LIKE POPCORN IN YOUR HEAD BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE A TEAM EVERYONE IS MORE BRILLIANT THAN THE NEXT. WE GO AND DISCUSS HOW DO WE CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY. I SAY THIS IS MY IDEAL, OKAY, LET'S GO. YOU THINK THROUGH THINGS AND THEN YOU LOOK UP, YOU GOT A LEGAL CLINIC, WORLD CLASS YOUTH PROGRAMS. FUNDRAISING. WELLNESS. THIS IS MY MIDNIGHT PARTNER DR. DAVIS, PEOPLE CALL FROM ALL OVER NEEDING SOME HELP. CAN I TEXT HER AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES SHE FINDS COUNSELING. THIS IS MY MISS INTERNATIONAL I KNOW EVERYBODY. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DONNA, GIVE HER AN ASSIGNMENT AND IT'S DONE IN TWO SECONDS. I WOULD GO ON AND ON. MISS LEGAL, MISS INGLEWOOD LEGAL CLINIC. IDEAS, IMPLEMENTATION. WE TALK ABOUT CLIENTS BEING SUCCESSFUL.

QUIETLY SHE'S REPRESENTED THEM IN COURT TO GET THEM FROM CRIES TOYS SELF SUFFICIENCY. THAT'S JENESSE CENTER. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS IT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: NEXT IS JANICE HAHN REPRESENTING THE FOURTH DISTRICT, THE EAST WHITTIER WOMEN'S CLUB MEMBERS.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THE IS MY PLEASE TOUR HONOR DURING WOULD MIN'S HISTORY MONTH THE EAST WHITTIER WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB ON THEIR 125th ANNIVERSARY HERE AT THE KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OH THE DAIS TODAY WE HAVE JAN WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. MARY PAT THE INCOMING PRESIDENT, AND SYLVIA FULTZ THE PAST PRESIDENT AND IS 99 YEARS YOUNG! [APPLAUSE] BRICKING PEOPLE TOGETHER, PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY AND PROVING WHEN WOMEN LEAD COMMUNITIES THRIVE. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB, I THOUGHT, WELL, 125 YEARS SEEMS LIKE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO IMPROVE YOURSELVES. BUT I WAS CONFUSED ON WHAT THAT NAME MEANT. THE IMPROVEMENT CLUB MEANT WOMEN WHO WERE SETTING OUT TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THAT SEEMS SO APPROPRIATE, WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS WE HAD A SAYING WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED, THE NATION SUCCEEDS. THAT WAS OUR MOTTO. IT FEELS ESPECIALLY FITTING THAT WE CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE OF THIS CLUB DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THE STORY OF THE EAST WHITTIER WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB IS WOMEN'S HISTORY. AT THE TIME WHEN WOMEN DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WHEN THEIR VOICES WERE TOO OFTENLY OUT OF PUBLIC LIFE A GROUP OF DETERMINED WOMEN IN WHEN ITER IN

CAME TOGETHER WITH A VISION TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO BUILD SOMETHING LASTING. AND THEY DID EXACTLY THAT. THEY DIDN'T WAIT FOR PERMISSION. THEY DIDN'T WAIT FOR RECOGNITION THEY SIMPLY GOT TO WORK. THIS CLUB HAS CREATED A SPACE THAT SERVES AS A SCHOOL AFTER THE 1933 LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR NEIGHBORS AND CORNERSTONE OF LIFE FOR GENERATIONS. THEY PRESERVED A NOW HISTORIC BUILDING THAT STANDS TODAY AS A SYMBOL OF RESILIENCE, HISTORY, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE. WOMEN'S HISTORY IS ABOUT HONORING THE WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US NOT JUST FOR WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED BUT WHAT THEY MADE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US. WOMEN LIKE THOSE WHO FOUNDED THIS CLUB MORE WOMEN STEPPED IN TO LEADERSHIP ROLES. MORE WOMEN FOUND THEIR VOICE. MORE WOMEN HELPED SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. TODAY WE SEE THAT LEGACY EVERYWHERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, IN OUR NATION. RIGHT HERE IN THIS BOARD ROOM. BEFORE I SAY A FEW FINAL WORDS I'D LIKE TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THE CLUB PRESIDENT, JAN, TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND CELEBRATING OUR 125th YEAR. YES, THE IMPROVEMENT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT TO IMPROVE OURSELVES. THE WOMEN -- SUP. JANICE HAHN: WE ARE PERFECT!

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: YES, I KNOW. BUT TO EDUCATE OURSELVES THAT WOMEN STARTED IN 1901 SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE MEN HAVE A CLUB CALLED THE PUB. AND WE NEED A CLUB TO LEARN ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS, IMPROVE OUR ARTS, AND HAVE SOME PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER AND BE WOMEN AND BE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SUPERVISOR HAHN FOR YOU FOR THAT LOVELY INTRODUCTION OF OUR CLUB. THERE'S NOTHING MORE CAN I OFFER THAN WHAT YOU SAID. THANK YOU. AND I, AGAIN, WANT TO CELEBRATE SYLVIA FULTZ, OUR MY TREE ARC OF THE CLUB, GOING TO BE 100 YEARS OLD, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! [APPLAUSE] AGAIN I JUST WANT TO SAY SINCE 1901 OUR MISSION HAS RETAINED THE SAME TO FOSTER FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, AND PRESERVE THE SPECIAL PLACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN. AND MAKING FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU, JAN. SYLVIA DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB. I FIRST JOINED THE CLUB IN 1951 WHEN WE HAD A JUNIOR GROUP. IT'S JUST BEEN A BIG INTEGRAL PART OF MY LIFE. OUR MAIN PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN OUR HISTORICAL BUILDING. IT IS ON THE STATE REGISTER. WE HOPE TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME IN THE WHITTIER AREA.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU, SYLVIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] MY GOAL IS TO SAVE THIS HISTORIC BUILDING RIGHT HERE NAMED AFTER MY FATHER. WHICH IS DOUBTFUL AT THIS TIME WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL SAVE IT. BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY GOALS TOO. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD THROW AWAY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SUCH HISTORIC STATUS AND MEMORIES AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME AND GONE. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EAST WHITTIER WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB PAST AND PRESENT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS HISTORIC PLACE AND THANK YOU FOR THE 125 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF WHITTIER AND THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY O BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ALL WOMEN HERE TODAY, I AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE YOUR INCREDIBLE LEGACY. HERE'S TO 125 YEARS AND MANY

MORE. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: LET'S GIVER ALL OF OUR HONOREES A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE SCENE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: WE BEGIN ON PAGE 3 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 1 THROUGH 8. ITEM 5, DIRECTOR PERSONNEL REQUESTS THIS ITEM KNOWLEDGE CONTINUED TO APRIL 28, 2026. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, AND 6 THROUGH 8 WILL BE HELD FOR HEARING. PAGE 7, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, 9 THROUGH 15, ITEM 9 AND 10 THESE INCLUDE REVISIONS AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. 18A IS AN ADDITION AS INDICATED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA. ITEMS 9, 1012, 1 A, 16, 18A HELD FOR DISCUSSION. PAGE 13, ITEM 16, ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION, PAGE 14 NOTICES OF CLOSED SESSION ITEM CS1 THROUGH CS6. THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE THROUGH CS6 IS BEFORE YOU. THAT COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS. THAT WILL BE THE ORDERS. XEJIVE OFFICER PLEASE PLAY THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MAY I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. THE MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE. A CODE OF CONDUCT WILL NOW BE READ AND WE REQUEST THAT YOU COMPLY WITH IT TO ENSURE THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S BOARD HEARING AND THE BOARD ENCOURAGES SUCH PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST BE BALANCED WITH THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ORDERLY COURSE OF THE BOARD'S BUSINESS. ALL ARE REMINDED TO ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING RULES. SPEAKERS MUST CEASE SPEAKING IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEIR TIME HAS ENDED. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THAT ITEM. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO SUBJECTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD. PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE WITH BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF. PLEASE REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF THE FORUM AND REFRAIN FROM UTTERING, WRITING, OR DISPLAYING PROFANE, PERSONAL, THREATENING, DEROGATORY, DEMEANING, OR OTHER ABUSIVE STATEMENTS TOWARD THE BOARD, ANY MEMBER THEREOF, STAFF, OR ANY OTHER PERSON. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SPEAKERS, STAFF, AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND MAY NOT CLAP, CHEER, WHISTLE, OR OTHERWISE DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING. ANY PERSON ENGAGING IN CONDUCT THAT DISRUPTS THE MEETING IS SUBJECT TO BEING REMOVED FROM THE BOARD MEETING. AND FINALLY, IF YOU WITNESS CONDUCT OR BEHAVIOR BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DISRUPTS YOUR ABILITY TO REMAIN ENGAGED OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE NOTIFY THE

SERGEANT AT ARMS OR OTHER COUNTY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: TODAY'S ORDER ISTS FOLLOWING. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT HELD FOR DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD INCLUDING THE CLOSED SESSION MATTERS. THEN ITEMS 9, 18A WHICH WILL BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER, THEN ITEM 10 FOLLOWED BY ITEMS 12 AND 16, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER, THEN ITEM 15 FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, AND 6 THROUGH 8. THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FINISHING UP WITH CLOSED SESSION. BEFORE WE BEGIN EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE READ THE CALL-IN INFORMATION AND EXPLAIN THE SPEAKING RULES.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY DO SO IN PERSON OR REMOTELY AS INDICATED ON THE AGENDA. TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.BOS.LACOUNTY.gov. TO REGISTER AND JOIN THE MEETING OR CALL 213-306-3065 AND USE ACCESS CODE 25351645370 AND MEETING PASSWORD 2672026. YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. FOR ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE BOARD YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE MINUTE FOR ONE ITEM AND UP TO TWO MINUTES FOR TWO OR MORE ITEMS. FOR ITEMS HELD BY SUPERVISORS, YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND AGENDA ITEMS YOU WILL BE ADDRESSING. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK IF REGISTERED ON A COMPUTER OR DEVICE YOU WILL HEAR A BEEP AND YOUR NAME CALLED. IF JOINING BY TELEPHONE YOU WILL HEAR “YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED,” YOUR AREA CODE AND FIRST THREE DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER CALLED. TO ENSURE WE HEAR FROM IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS, WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE TWO SPEAKING QUEUES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE WHEN YOU HEAR OR SEE YOUR NAME DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN COME DOWN TO THE FRONT OF THE BOARD ROOM AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. DO NOT APPROACH THE PODIUM UNTIL DIRECTED TO DO SO. ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A CONSTITUENT ASSISTANCE TEAM THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, L.A. HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY, AND PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE AUDIENCE SHOULD YOU NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THEM. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ALL ITEMS NOT HELD FOR DISCUSSION BY SUPERVISORS INCLUDING CLOSED

MATTERS. THESE CONSENT ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON WITH ONE MOTION. REMOTELY, TO COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE IF YOU ARE ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. INDICATE THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENT FOR US TO ALLOCATE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THERE ARE NO IN PERSON SPEAKERS. WE WILL TAKE REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS 11, 13, 14. 213-272 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HI, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 9 AND 18A. GOOD MORNING CHAIR SOLIS -- DAWYN HARRISON: EXCUSE ME, THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE BOARD. SO WE'RE ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND ITEMS 11, 13, AND 14. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: PHONE NUMBER 626-513 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HI, I'M CALLING IN TO MAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS THIS THE CORRECT TIME. DAWYN HARRISON: NO, THIS IS ITEMS NOT HELD BY THE SUPERVISORS, CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND ITEMS 11, 13, 14.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THES FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU. 11, 13, 14. THESE ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTIONS NOTED BY THE EXECER OFFICER. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 9, RENAMING COUNTY HONORS FOR CESAR CHAVEZ AND CENTERING SURVIVORS AND ITEM 18A, RENAMING CESAR CHAVEZ DAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY IN RECOGNITION OF FARMWORKERS RESILIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS. REMOTELY, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ONLINE OR STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. KRISTIN SAKODA, THAT ARE MA GARCIA-GONZALEZ, LOUISE RAMIREZ AND YEOMANCA PINA ARE HERE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK SUPERVISORS HORVATH AND HAHN FOR CO-AUTHORING THESE CRITICAL MOTIONS WITH ME TODAY. AS YOU KNOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION ARE GRAPPLING WITH A PROFOUND PAIN FOLLOWING RECENT SURVIVOR TESTIMONIES INCLUDING THOSE SHARED BY LABOR LEADER AND ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS DELORES HUERTA, DESCRIBING ABUSE INVOLVING CESAR CHAVEZ. THESE ACCOUNTS COMING TO LIGHT ARE DEEPLY TROUBLING AND UNDERSCORE A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH. SEXUAL VIOLENCE HAS LONG HARMED WOMEN, GIRLS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY MUST NEVER BE SECONDARY TO ANY MOVEMENT, LEGACY OR INDIVIDUAL. SURVIVORS MUST BE LISTENED TO WITH CARE, TREATED WITH DIGNITY, AND SUPPORTED THROUGH PROCESSES THAT ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE NEVER DISMISSED OR OVERSHADOWED. IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THESE WRONGS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEALING. THAT IS WHY I'VE INTRODUCED THESE MOTIONS TODAY. THE FIRST CO-AUTHORED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN WHO WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RENAME THE COUNTY HOLIDAY HONORING CESAR CHAVEZ AS FARMWORKERS DAY BEGINNING THIS YEAR AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THIS ACKNOWLEDGES THE LEGACY OF FARMWORKERS, ADDRESSES ONGOING CHALLENGES, AND REAFFIRMS OUR COMMIT MINUTE TO THEIR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. IT ALSO IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S RECENT LEGISLATION LED BY SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ROBERT RIVAS TO RENAME THE HOLIDAY ACCORDINGLY. THE MOTION ALSO DIRECTS OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO ISSUE GUIDANCE TO ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS REGARDING THE MARCH 30, 2026 COUNTY HOLIDAY,

INCLUDING REMOVING THE NAME AND LIKENESS OF CESAR CHAVEZ FROM ALL HOLIDAY RELATED AVENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND MATERIALS. REFOCUSING EVENTS ON FARMWORKER JUSTICE, LABOR RIGHTS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL THAT TOIL IN THE FIELDS. MY SECOND MOTION IS CO-YOU A AUTHORIZED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH DIRECTS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND COUNTY COUNSEL TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS FOR RENAMING PARKS, STREETS, COUNTY FACILITIES, REAL PROPERTY, MONUMENTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT CURRENTLY BEAR CESAR CHAVEZ'S NAME INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL REMOVING OF RELATED IMAGERY IN CIVIC ARTWORKS WITH REPORTBACK IN 21 DAYS. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY IDEAS FOR RENAMING THESE ASSETS. INCLUDING HONORING DELORES HUERTA AND OTHER MARCHERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE AS WELL OVER THE COURSE OF MANY DECADES. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE PROCESS, GIVEN THEIR CRITICAL ROLE IN THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT THROUGH LEADERS LIKE LARRY ITLIONG AND MARTIES THAT HAD SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE MOVEMENT. THAT IS WHY A COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH IS ESSENTIAL TO BRING TOGETHER DIVERSE VOICES, SUPPORT A HEALING PROCESS, AND COLLECTIVELY DETERMINE THE BEST PATH FORWARD. THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A PLAN FOR MULTI LINGUAL CULTURALLY COMPETENT OUTREACH ACROSS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING RESIDENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR LOCAL PROPER BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE OUTREACH IS RECALL A-INFORMED, ALLOWING PARTICIPATION RECALL FEAR OF REPRISAL.

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITIES INCLUDING FOR ME PERSONALLY. I BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE WORK TO HONOR HISTORY ACCURATELY. THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT WAS BUILT BY GENERATIONS OF WORKERS, MEN AND WOMEN AND YOUTH WHO LABORED, ORGANIZED, AND SACRIFICED AND TRANSFORMED WORKING CONDITIONS AND EXPANDED WORKERS' RIGHTS NATIONWIDE. AS FORMER LABOR SECRETARY, THIS IS NOT LOST ON ME ONE BIT. BUT ALSO AS SOMEONE AS A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENT WHO ALSO BELIEVED IN THE MOVEMENT AND STILL CONTINUE TO THIS DAY TO BELIEVE IN THAT MOVEMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL WORKERS. COUNTLESS FARMWORKERS ADVANCED A MOVEMENT ROOTED IN THOSE PRINCIPLES. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS PAST AND PRESENT MUST REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF HOW THIS HISTORY IS REMEMBERED. FARMWORKERS CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE NATION. AND FEED COMMUNITIES ACROSS MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DWELLINGS. OFTEN WHILE FACING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC INSECURITY, AND LIMITED PROTECTIONS. HONORING THEIR LEGACY REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST RECOGNITION. IT DEMANDS A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THOSE WORKING CONDITIONS, STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS, ADVANCING THE WELL-BEING OF WORKERS AND FAMILIES WHO REMAIN ESSENTIAL TO OUR FOOD SYSTEM. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. ALSO HAVE A LIVABLE PAGE. THIS MOVEMENT WAS BUILT ON THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND ORGANIZING OF MANY FARMWORKERS. WOMEN LEADERS AND ALLIES

INCLUDING OUR FRIEND, MY FRIEND DELORES HUERTA WHOSE COLLECTIVE EFFORT SECURED SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS, FAIR WAGES AND DIGNITY FOR COUNTLESS WOMEN AND FAMILIES THAT TOILED IN THE FIELDS. THE COUNTY CAN HONOR THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS CONFRONTING THESE DIFFICULT TRUTHS. SURVIVORS IN MY OPINION MUST BE BELIEVED, THEY MUST BE SUPPORTED, AND MUST BE TREATED WITH UNWAVERING RESPECT. THEIR VOICES ARE NOT SECONDARY. THEY ARE CENTRAL, AND THEY DEMAND OUR LISTENING, OUR ACTION AND FULL COMMITMENT. BY FACING THE PAST HONESTLY AND EVALUATING THOSE WHO BUILT THE MOVEMENT WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF FARMWORKERS AND REAFIRM OUR DEDICATION TO JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND HUMAN DIGNITY FOR ALL, TODAY, AND GENERATIONS TO COME. WE WILL NOT BE ERASED. THIS MOVEMENT WILL NOT BE ERASED. I WILL ASK QUESTIONS AFTER MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE MY CO-AUTHORS WILL PLEASE CHIME IN. I WILL RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR HAHN. AND THEN SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR MOVING QUICKLY TO MEET THIS MOMENT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FACING, OUR NATION, OUR STATE IN WHAT TO DO IN LIGHT OF THE NEW REVELATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT THIS LAST WEEK. I'M HAPPY TO CO-AUTHOR THE MOTION TO RENAME OUR HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK AS FARMWORKERS DAY FOR THE HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK, AND FOR ONGOING AFTER THAT. IT IS APPROPRIATE, I KNOW SHORTLY AFTER THE NEWS BROKE I HAD MANY PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT WE CHANGE THE NAME OF THE HOLIDAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY. I'M GLAD WE ARE DOING THAT TODAY. THE ABUSES OF ONE MAN SHOULD NOT DIMINISH THE EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT AND RENAMING THIS HOLIDAY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT. THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN HEARTBREAKING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE ON SO MANY LEVELS. FOR COMMUNITIES, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADMIRED ONE MAN, AND ADMIRED THE MOVEMENT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT IS THAT LIKE MANY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS MEN WERE ONLY HALF THE STORY. AND YET IT IS USUALLY THE MEN WHO IT'S USUALLY THE MEN IN IN THE SPOTLIGHT YET WE KNOW FOR A FACT FACT, WOMEN WERE AT THE CORE OF ALL OF OUR GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS. I THINK THAT THAT EVEN MY OWN FAMILY, MY MOM, WHO WAS NOT POLITICAL AT ALL, BUT SHE WAS

THE ONE WHO DOUBLEED DOWN AND TOLD US THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING GRAPES ANY MORE AND SHE WOULD NOT BUY LETTUCE IN SUPPORT OF THE FARMWORKERS WHO ASKED -- AT THAT TIME IT WAS THE HOUSEWIVES THAT WENT TO GROCERY STORE -- ASKING THE HOUSEWIVES NOT TO BUY GRAPES DURING THE BOYCOTT. RENAMING THIS HOLIDAY FARMWORKERS DAY CELEBRATES THE WOMEN AN THE SACRIFICES OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, ORGANIZERS WHO FOUGHT FOR BASIC RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS. THE LEGACY BELONGS TO A COLLECTIVE. NOT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND BY US TAKING THIS ACTION TODAY, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. I THINK RENAMING THIS HOLIDAY IS THE SIMPLER PART ABOUT THESE TWO MOTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING UP TODAY. THE OTHER ONE, TO DEVELOP A PROCESS TO RENAME STREETS AND BUILDINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE A LONGER STORY. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIBRARIES, STREETS AND MURALS IN ALL PARTS OF OUR COUNTY. AND ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU INTENDED FOR THE CITIES WHERE THE FACILITIES EXIST TO CERTAINLY ALSO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND I URGE US TO REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL. YOU NEGOTIATION AGAIN, * *. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN THE NEWS BROKE OF THE CRIMES OF CESAR CHAVEZ PARTICULARLY AGAINST DOLORES HUERTA AND OTHER YOUNG GIRLS, I HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULD REMOVE HIS NAME AND RE REPLACE IT WITH HER NAME. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THIS PROCESS IS IMPORTANT, THAT WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, AND THAT WE ENGAGE

EVERYONE IN HOW WE GO FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS. I HOPE WE CAN TAKE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HEARTBREAKING, THAT HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING AND DEVASTATING, AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT SHINES THE LIGHT ON THE PEOPLE AND THE CAUSES THAT SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT. THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR. THAN K YOU. SUPERVISOR HORVAT.

LINDSEY HORVATH THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. MOVEMENTS ARE OFTEN EMBODIED BY THE LEADERS AND THOSE LEADERS BECOME A SYMBOL OF THE STRUGGLE, THE SACRIFICE AND OF JUSTICE ITSELF. BUT LEADERS AREN'T MOVEMENTS, PEOPLE ARE. NO MATTER THE STRUGGLE, THE OUTSIDE COME, THE WORTHY GAINS FOUGHT FOR, THE REALITY IS THAT THOSE CAME AT A COST TO WOMEN AND GIRLS. GIRLS AND WOMEN, LIKE ANA MARG MARGIA, DEBORAH, ROJ AS, AND OF COURSE, CORIOLIS HUERTER, CERTAINTYING SURVIVOR * * -- CENTERING SURVIVORS IS THE ONLY THING TO DO. BOTH OUR MOTIONS HONOR HER WORK AND LIFE. AND ALLOWING SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN, ON ON WHAT AND HOW WE RENAME ASSETS BEARING CHAVEZ'S NAME. IN AN OP ED SAID IT BEST, THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT WAS SUSTAIN SUSTAINED BY ORGANIZEERS WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT PRINTED ON POSTER POSTERS, BY WOMEN WHO LED IN THE SHADOWS, BY FAMILIES WHO ENDURING EXPLOITATION, LONG BEFORE CAMERAS ARRIVED. IF ANYTHING, THIS MOMENT NEANDERTHALS *. DEMANDS THAT WE WIDEN THE LENS. NOT ERASE HISTORY. BUT REDISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.

* HOLLY MITCHELL YOU'RE RECOGNIZEED.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU, I WILL ABSOLUTE SUPPORT BOTH MOTIONS AND I HOPE WE AS COLLECTIVE BODY USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK THROUGH THE NAMING OF PUBLIC ASSETS ON BEHALF OF PRIVATE PEOPLE. AND IN THE MOTION, WHERE WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF RE RENAMING IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT THAT WE REALLY KIND OF ESTABLISH A THOUGHTFUL PROTOCOL * * TO REALLY JUSTIFY TO THE PUBLIC. THESE ARE PUBLIC ASSETS PAID BY TAX DOLLARS -- OUR RATIONALE FOR THE NAMING OF A PUBLIC ASSET FOR PRIVATE RESIDENT. WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE THEORY WAS YOU DIDN'T NAME ANYTHING FOR ANYONE WHO WAS LIVING. WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT ONCE SOMEONE HAD TRANSITIONED AND PASSED, THEN THEY'RE FULL HISTORY WOULD BE AWARE. WELL THIS EXPERIENCE CERTAINLY SHOWS US OTHERWISE. SO I HOPE THAT IN THIS MOTION THAT A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS, INFORMED BY WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO NOW, IS REALLY PUT IN PLACE, TO REALLY THINK THROUGH -- SO, IN THE FUTURE THERE IS NO QUESTION IN OUR MINDS THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC DOLLARS, AND PUBLIC ASSETS. THANK YOU.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND TO MY COAUTHORS, THANK YOU FOR ALSO RISEING TO THE OCCASION BEING PART OF THIS. I TOO BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT IS OPEN AND THAT WE MUST LOOK AT HISTORY BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICEED THEIR LIVES WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE BUT ARE IN ONE WAY OUR ANOTHER, THOSE UNKNOWN HEROES, MARTYRS THAT ACTUALLY STOOD OUT, THAT DON'T JUST REPRESENT CALIFORNIA BUT REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY. SOME OF THEM REPRESENTED A BOSTON. OTHER PARTS OF OUR COUNTRY THAT JOINED IN THIS MOVEMENT, MUCH LIKE THE MOVEMENT OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHERE PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE THEY STOOD UP AND TOOK ACTION, OR WERE BRUTALIZED, TRAUMATICKIZED, THESE THINGS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN A MANNER, I THINK, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THAT HISTORY AND HOPEFULLY HONOR THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS. I WOULD HOPE. BUT MY QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE FOR OUR CEO AND I WANTED TO ASK OUR ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IF HE HAS ALREADY CONDUCTED COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF OUR COUNTY ASSETS AFFILIATED WITH CESAR CHAVEZ, INCLUDING PARKS, STREETS, FACILITIES, MONUMENTS, PROGRAMS, AND CIVIC ART. AND THEN THE QUESTION THAT WAS ALSO RAISED, CIVIC ART WOULD INCLUDE MURALS -- ALSO INCLUDE HOW WE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES. I KNOW L.A. UNIFIED ALREADY PASSED THEIR MOTION EARLIER TODAY. AND I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEY DO WANT TO WORK WITH US. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT. BUT, CEO, CAN YOU PLEASE RESPOND RESPOND.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR, LAST WEEK WE CONVENED DEPARTMENTS, MANY ARE SITTING ACROSS FROM ME ON ON THE DAIS HERE TO START THAT INVENTORY. ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A CENTRAL INVENTORY OF EVERY PROPERTY WITH EVERY NAME ATTACHED TO IF BUT THE PROCESS IS UNDERWAY. WE THINK WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF THINGS LIKE BUILDINGS, SIGNS, CIVIC ART AND PROGRAMS, WE NEED FEW MORE DAYS TO HAVE A COMPLETE INVENTORY. WE ARE LEVERAGEING SOME SYSTEMSS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. BUT THERE'S SOME COMPLICATED FACTORS. THERE ARE SOME CITY BUILDINGS THAT WE OCCUPY THAT HAVE A NAME. SO TO YOU SUPERVISOR HAHN'S POINT WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITIES. SIMILARLY, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS TO GET A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE ASSETS. THE NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY ESTABLISH THE FOOTPRINT. SO WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH? AND THEN TO ROLE OUT COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS AS MENTIONED MULTI-LINGUAL TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT, AND YOUR REMARKS ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THIS MOVEMENT BUT MAY BE UNKNOWN OR LESSER KNOWN, WE WILL TAKE THAT TO HEART. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTYWIDE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR STRATEGIC INTEGRATION BRANCH BRANCH, KELLY MILLER'S TEAM TO UNFOLD THAT. WE WILL WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE TAP INTO ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS OR PROGRAMS OR WAYS THAT THEY REACH OUT TO THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE NAME CHANGE, SO WE LEVERAGE THAT NOT DUPLICATE THAT. LASTLY, THE NAMING RIGHTS, THIS IS TO SUPERVISOR MITCHELL'S COMMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTY COUNTYWIDE POLICY ON NAMING RIGHTS.

THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND THINK ABOUT A WAY THAT WE DO SOMETHING THAT KIND OF LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. BECAUSE SOME DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE NAMING RIGHTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THEIR FACILITIES. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO HAVE A MORE INFORMED PROCESS ON THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT COMES FIRST. I THINK THAT COMES SECOND AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE INITIAL EXERCISE OF IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING AND FIGURING OUT THE PROCESS FOR THE RENAMING. BUT IT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND ROLL INTO THIS PROCESS IN THE BACK END OF IT.

I DID HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS, TOO, I KNOW THAT THE HOLIDAY IS UPON US. IT'S COMING. WHAT ACTIVITY HAVE WE REDIRECTED OR ALREADY INSTITUTEED. CAN I GO TO PARKS & RECREATION AND THEN REACH DEPARTMENT TOUCH ON THAT, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERSTARS AND * * * SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO ADD FOR THE MOST PART THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS REALLY IN PAIN AND HURTING. AFTER SEEING PEOPLE DETAINED AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT. WE'RE HAVING LISTENING SESSIONS WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT'S DEEPER -- THAT THERE'S DEEPER PAIN THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD -- THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH, IN REGARDS TO HOW TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF. IMMEDIATELY SUPERVISOR, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, I WANT TO THANK YOUR SUPPORT AND STAFF, I THINK I MUST HAVE TALKED TO YOUR STAFF MULTIPLE TIMES THAT DAY. BUT AS SPACES WHERE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES MUST BE SAFE. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TOTO, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO IMMEDIATELY ISSUE A STATEMENT TO OUR STAFF AND IN TURN, TO RE REDIRECT MANY OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE AND EVERYBODY PLAYS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE CURRICULUM THAT WE DEVELOPED AT ALL 60 PARKS, AND SO, WE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY LOOK AT REDIRECTING CURRICULUM. AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IS OUR -- AND WE FOCUSED ON VALUES. VALUES THAT THIS DAY SYMBOLIZED. FOR OUR COMMUNITYIES. ONE, VOLUNTEERISM. AND TWO, DAYS OF SERVICE. SO WE IMMEDIATELY PIVOTED OUR CURRICULUM TO OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO REALLY ELIMINATE THE NAMES OF CESAR CHAVEZ BUT FOCUS THE DAY ON VOLUNTEERISM, AND DAYS OF SERVICE. SO OUR CURRICULUM WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED FOR EVERYBODY PLAYS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE

TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH MANY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING TO PREPARE FOR THESE DAYS OF SERVICE, WHETHER AT THE COMMUNITY GARDENS OR CLEAN-UP DAYS AT THE PARK, WHETHER THEY'RE PAINTING AT THE PARK. SO WE HAVE IMMEDIATELY FOCUSED, ONCE AGAIN, REMOVE THE NAME CESAR CHAVEZ BUT FOCUS ONCE AGAIN ON THE PURPOSE OF THE SERVICE AND THE VOLUNTEERISM. AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE CHANGED THE NAMES FOR OUR VOLUNTEER BANG WETS, WE HAVE BANQUETS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO HONOR OUR VOLUNTEERS, WHICH WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HONOR. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION VERSUS CESAR CHAVEZ VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION EVENT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT TRANSITION AND I I THINK * THINK. I THINK OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDS. AND WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER IN THE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS IN HURT AND IN PAIN PAIN. THAN K YOU AND TO LIBRARIES, BECAUSE YOU ALSO PLAY A VERY ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MATERIALS.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU I'M THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. WHEN WE HEARD OF THIS NEWS WE RE REDIRECTED JUST AS OUR COLLEAGUE COLLEAGUES HERE AT PARKS, WE RE REDIRECTED SOME OF OUR BOOK LIST -- RENAMED OUR BOOK LIST, EXCUSE ME. WE DID KEEP OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAD ABOUT 1 PROGRAMS. WE -- 13 PROGRAMS. WE KEPT THOSE AND ELIMINATED THE CESAR CHAVEZ NAMING. WE HAVE ABOUT 1200 ITEMS IN OUR COLLECTION THAT REFERENCE TO CESAR CHAVEZ. WE DO HAVE A POSITION ON MAKING SURE WE KEEP INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE BOOKS REMAIN IN THE COLLECTION. WE HAVE ONE LIBRARY THAT FEATURE FEATURES CESAR CHAVEZ, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT, AT THE EAST L.A. LIBRARY. BEAUTIFUL MURAL. WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT POST- POST-THIS MEETING HOW WE WOULD ATTACK THAT OR FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT MURAL, ALONG WITH OUR COLLEAGUES HERE. WE DID HAVE ONE INTERNAL LIBRARY FEATURE AT OUR MAYWOOD CESAR CHAVEZ LIBRARY, WHICH WE HAVE SINCE TAKEN DOWN, BECAUSE THAT WAS INTERNAL ARTWORK. SO THAT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED. WE DO HAVE ONE LANDING PAGE THAT FEATURES CESAR CHAVEZ, WE WERE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING MEETING, THAT WE CAN ALSO REMOVE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A UNIFIED APPROACH TO NAMING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT RENAMING THAT LANDING PAGE AS WELL. LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT WAS ALL THAT WE HAD HAD. WE DID HAVE SOME POSTERS AND BOOK DISPLAY. SAME THING, WE REMOVED THOSE ITEMS WITH CESAR CHAVEZ. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED -- I DIDN'T MENTION IT PREVIOUSLY BUT THE ACTING CEO MENTIONED -- OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A NAMING POLICY.

THE DEPARTMENT DID, LAST YEAR, CREATE A NAMING POLICY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS REFERENCED TO OUR BUILDINGS. WE ARE WAITING TO CONFIRM WITH THE CEO HOW WE WOULD THOUGHT THOUGHTFULLY, AS SUPERVISOR MIX MENTIONED, ROLL THAT OUT. GREA T, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO CHRISTIAN. ARTS COMMISSION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M KRISTINE -- DIRECTOR OF THE L.A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AS YOU KNOW WE ADMINISTER THE L.A. COUNTY CIVIC ART POLICY, THE CIVIC ART PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE CARE OF THE CIVIC ART COLLECTION. IN THIS VEIN WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF WORKS THAT WE HAVE EITHER COMMISSIONED NEWLY ORIGINAL SPECIFIC WORKS OR ARE CARING FOR INHERITED WORKS IN THE COLLECTION. AS SOON AS WE HEARD THE NEWS, OUR STAFF TOOK ACTION AND ALSO CONNECTED WITH YOUR OFFICE ONCE THERE WAS A MOTION AND DID RE REVIEW OUR CIVIC ART COLLECTION INVENTORY. AT THIS TIME WE'VE IDENTIFIEDED THREE ARTWORKS ONE IS IN THE LIBRARY, ONE IN A PARK, AND ONE AT A PROBATION CENTER -- THAT FEATURE IMAGES OR PORTRAITS OF CESAR CHAVEZ, OFTEN ALONG WITH OTHER HISTORICAL LEADERS. SO I THINK A COUPLE OF POINTS I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT, NUMBER ONE, THAT THE INTENTION OF ALL OF OUR CIVIC ART IS TO CREATE WELCOMING SPACES, TO DOCUMENT AND UPLIFT OUR HISTORY, TO REFLECT OUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND OUR ART ARTISTRYISTRY AND CREATIVEITY IN L.A. COUNTY. SO WE ARE VERY -- BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE DO NOT CAUSE HARM AND WE WANT TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR OFFICE AND CEO -- ON THE PROCESS FOR TALKING ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS. I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THE NOTION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR NEW L.A. COUNTY CIVIC ART COMMISSION COMMISSIONS IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE'LL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JURISDICTIONS, DEPARTMENT JURISDICTIONS, ARTS COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS, LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ARTISTS. BECAUSE THAT IS CRITICAL TO HAVING REFLECTIONS OF OUR ACTUAL

COMMUNITYIES THAT WILL USE THE FACILITIES AND ENSUREING THAT THERE IS A SENSE OWNERSHIP. SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE CEO TO INCORPORATE SPECIFIC ARTWORKS AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO WITH THE IMAGERY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, VERY TECHNICAL MATTER, IT SHOULD BE SAID, EACH ARTWORK IS DIFFERENT IN ITS INTENT AND REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATION, BUT ALSO IN OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, SO ARTIST RIGHT PURSUANT TO CONTRACT OR FEDERAL RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. SOME ARTISTS ARE STILL LIVING SO COULD POTENTIALLY BE INVITEED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS IF WOE WERE TO ADDRESS OR CHANGE THE IMAGE. OTHERS ARE NO LONGER LIVING. ALL THIS WE'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND ENGAGE COUNTY COUNSEL TO ENSURE WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. THAN K YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER HI SUPERVISOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THE MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS INVENTORYING ALL THE OUR ASSET THAT'S HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER CESAR CHAVEZ. AND THEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE CEO AND WITH ALL YOUR OFFICES ON A PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RENAMING THOSE ASSETS, BUT RIGHT NOW, AS OUR ACTING CEO MENTIONED WE BEGAN THAT PROCESS LAST WEEK AND NEED COUPLE MORE DAYS TO COMPLETE. RIGH T. VERY GOOD. I THINK I WANT TO ADD THAT WE DIDN'T THE MUSEUMS, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE ARTWORK AND THERE ARE COLLECTIONS THERE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S NOT LOST ON YOU. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED HERE TODAY BUT THAT'S AN OBVIOUS ONE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. AND THEN, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT OUR LOCAL CITIES ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING SOME OF THIS REFORM NOW. OR RE-IMAGINING AND OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED GUIDANCE. SO I HOPE WE'RE IN A POSITION THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THROUGH OUR CEO TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM AND INVOLVE L.A. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AS WELL. SO THAT WE ARE KIND OF WORKING IN UNISON HERE. SO. I WANT TO THANK THE PANEL. I KNOW I'M GOING TO REFER NOW TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR MIX?

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE SPEED WITH WHICH WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT OTHER MOVEMENTS -- THE MOVEMENTS -- YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL ONGOING THAT IT TOOK TO REMOVE OTHER STATUES OF SARA, OF COLUMBUS IN THE STATE CAPITOL, OF LEADERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. THOSE HAVE TAKEN FOREVER. THOSE WERE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, THRUST UPON ELECTED BODIES BY COMMUNITIES AND SO, I THINK THAT THESE BODIES ARE -- ARE -- THAT -- AS ELECTED BODIES TAKING THIS ACTION IS REALLY VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO CLARIFY, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, MY COMMENT MEANT TO BE SECONDARY. THIS OF COURSE MUST HAPPEN FIRST FIRST. BUT YOU COMMENTED THAT THERE'S NO INVENTORY. IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD OF ALL COUNTY ASSETS? ART? THAT ARE NAMED FOR PEOPLE? OR JUST IN THE CASE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW WITH MR. CHAVEZ?

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: 2ING 2 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS IN 2011-12 WHEN THE BOARD CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE COUNTY SEAL AND WE FOUND OUT IT IS A VERY MANUAL PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THESE THINGS ARE. YOU KNOW. SO FOR HERE, WE HAVE LOTS OF SYSTEMS TO TAP INTO WITH NAMES OF BUILDINGS AND PARKS, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT'S DIFFERENT INVENTORIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEY MAY NOT BE COMPLETE. I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF INVENTORIES, BUT WHAT ARE WE MISSING? AND IN THAT PROCESS OF TALKING TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND TALKING TO THE MUSEUMS AND TALKING TO OTHERS, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE JUST RUNNING A REPORT AND WE HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: GOT TAND AS CHAIR ADDED. THE MUSEUMS WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT LACO. WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES. I SAW AN E-MAIL FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT BUT SCHOOLS THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONS OF LACO, SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAN K YOU. SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION AND FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I JUST AM -- I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD IS CURIOUS OR WANT TO KNOW -- WHEN YOU NORMALLY TALK ABOUT -- AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID -- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN CHANGED, HOW DO WE EXPLAIN WHY? BECAUSE WE WENT FROM ZERO TO 100 TO YOUR POINT QUICKLY. WHICH WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO. BUT, THE FACT REMAINS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RAPE, AND CHILD ABUSE, AND YET, PRIOR TO THIS ALL BEING DISCLOSED HAD PUT IN A CURRICULUM BASED ON THE LIFE OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. SO, IS THERE THOUGHT -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS -- BECAUSE -- I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH CHILDREN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOW DO YOU IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE HAD CURRICULUM IN PLACE THAT NOW HAS BEEN ERASEED? IS IT A TEACHING OPPORTUNITY? I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ON ONE HAND, DOLORES HUERTA WHO WAS VICTORYIMIZED, RAPEED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A 13 YEAR OLD THAT NOW IS I THINK, 60, THAT WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD. AND A 15-YEAR-OLD. 13 OR 15. WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT. THEY WERE SILENCEED FOR YEARS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHILD ABUSE, WE DO THE BOOK MARKS FOR CHILD ABUSE MONTH, AND IT'S "DON'T BE SILENT", REACH OUT, TELL PEOPLE, DON'T BE EMBARRASSED. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK

ABOUT. AS WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE HOLIDAY AND THE NAMING AND THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AT THE LIBRARY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH? IN A WAY THAT -- THAT WE ALL HOPE CHANGES -- OR COULD SAVE A CHILD FROM BEING ABUSED. THANK YOU. SUPE RVISOR BARGER, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT WAS ABOUT UPLIFTING INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD BEEN OPPRESSED IN THE FIELDS, BOTH MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. SOME WERE BRUTALIZED, SOME LOST THEIR LIVES, SOME WERE SPRAYED UPON, SOME WHO I KNOW WERE ATTACKED PHYSICALLY, BECAUSE OF THEIR VOICES. IT WASN'T EVEN ABOUT -- IN SOME WAYS, IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT, IT WAS ABOUT LIFTING UP THEIR VOICES FOR THE MOVEMENT AND BEING HARASSED, SOME BY AUTHORITIES. AUTHORITIES AS WELL. SO, THERE WILL BE A WHOLE HISTORY, I BELIEVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT AND BE ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE. SO WE DO HAVE A ROLE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]

YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THE OTHER ISSUE. IT IS A TEACHING POINT, ESPECIALLY AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WOMEN. SO MANY WOMEN HAVE HELD SECRETS LIKE THIS FOR DECADES, THEIR WHOLE LIFE, BECAUSE WHY? THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE MAN. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE CAUSE. I MEAN, THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME TO REMIND WOMEN OF THEIR VOICE AND TO RID THEMSELVES OF ANY SHAME IF THEY'RE A VICTIM. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. I JUST HOPE WE RAISE GIRLS DIFFERENTLY TODAY. YES YOU SACRIFICE A LOT BUT NEVER SACRIFICE THAT FOR A MOVEMENT, A CAUSE, A MAN. I MEAN, I THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE COME TO CONGRESS, WHY? ONLY BECAUSE THEIR HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. THEN THEY CAME TO CONGRESS. AND WHO KNOWS THAT IT WASN'T THE WOMEN ALL ALONG THAT WAS THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE IN CONGRESS. BUT IT IS OUR CULTURE, IT IS -- JUST SOMETHING THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON, UNFORTUNATELY. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN HIGHLIGHT DURING THIS CRISIS IT'S TO REMIND WOMEN THAT THEY ARE EQUAL, THEY HAVE A VOICE, AND IN NO WAY SHOULD THEY EVER HOLD ANYTHING LIKE THIS A SECRET FOR DECADES BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF HURTING THE CAUSE. I FEEL LIKE THE CAUSES WILL BE OWN * -- EVEN STRONGER WHEN WOMEN TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AND I WOULD ADD, SUPERVISOR HAHN, YOU SAID RAISING GIRLS DIFFERENT -- AND RAISING BOYS DIFFERENTLY TOO. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: OKAY OKAY , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND THEN ON TO THE TELEPHONE LINES. OKAY. SO EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU, DR. CHAVEZ, CELEST FRIEDMAN, [ INAUDIBLE ] JENNIFER MCMAHON, ERIC CHEN, ULAMB, MIN MIN YANG, J NGUYEN, WILLIE WONG. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ACTING SO FAST ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITEING US, GIVEING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UPON THIS HORRIBLE ORDEAL THAT'S HAPPENED. UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE TO USE THIS TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT MY FATHER AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ] GENERATION GENERATIONS, MY FATHER WAS LARRY ILIAN, WHO STARTED THE WHOLE UNIONIZEING IN DELANO , CALIFORNIA, IN 196 A HE WAS A DIRECTOR FOR AGRICULTURE WORKER WORKERS ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE AND MY FATHER CHOSE CHAVEZ TO JOIN HIM IN IN THE STRIKE IN DELANO. IT'S SO HARD. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE WOMEN WOMEN. ONE OF THEM IS A CLOSE, PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE, ASIDE FROM DOL DOLORES, WHOM I'VE KNOWN ALL MY LIFE AND WATCHED AND SEEN THIS ALL. WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE DATES, SEPTEMBER 8TH TO --

THANK YOU -- WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE MINUTE. GO AHEAD.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: THANK YOU, SORRY. A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL, TOO. SEPTEMBER 8TH, TO CHANGE THAT DATE -- TO MAKE THAT DATE INTO RECOGNIZEING THE MONON MONONG GENERATION WHO STOOD UP FOR THIS COUNTRY AND FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, MANY WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING MY FATHER AND MANY OTHERS WHO WERE THERE DURING THAT TIME. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL. -- FOR THE JOINING OF NFWA, AND INDEPENDENT FARMWORKERS UNION OUT OUT OF OXYGEN -- OXN ARD, TO JOIN AWOK, WHICH CREATEED THE -- COMMITTEE. UNFORTUNATELY CHAVEZ WORKED TO ERASE UFWOC, TO CREATE UFWOA, TO ERASE THAT HISTORY. I FOUGHT ALL MY LIFE. I'M 60 YEARS OLD. I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE SPEAKING UP FOR MY FATHER, HIS GENERATION OF MEN AND WOMEN, WHO FED AMERICA. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THAN K YOU.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. I'M [ INAUDIBLE ] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FILIPINO WORKER CENTER. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS, AND HAHN AND HORVATH FOR INTRODUCING THESE IMPORTANT ITEMS, PROPOSALS PROPOSALS. WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 1. WE'RE * -- 18. WE'RE A STRONG ORGANIZATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS. IT WAS THE INSPIRATION OF THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT THAT CATALYZEED OUR ORGANIZATION. AND WE STAND WITH THE BRAVE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR FARMWORKERS AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE BY BREAKING THE SILENCE NOW. WE SUPPORT THE INCLUSION OF THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS THAT CENTERS SURVIVORS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECTIFY THAT FILIPINOS ARE ALSO UPLIFTED IN THIS PROCESS. SO WE HONOR EVERYONE WHO SHOULD BE HONORED AS THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THAN K YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, MY NAME IS CELESTE FRIEDMAN REPRESENTING THE ASIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL MISSION THAT CONTINUE CONTINUES TO SHAPE PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. WHILE CESAR CHAVEZ IS WIDELY RECOGNIZEED, THE MOVEMENT ITSELF WAS IGNITEED IN 1965 BY FILIPINO FARMWORKERS LED BY LARRY I, AND THE AGRICULTURE WORKERS ORGANIZE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND THEY INITIATED THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE. THESE LEADERS ORGANIZEED AND MOBILIZED AND TOOK THE FIRST RISK YET THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN LARGELY UNDERREPRESENT UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOKS, PUBLIC COMMEMORATIONS AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT DIMINISHING THE LEGACY. IT'S ABOUT COMPLETING THE TRUTH. WHEN WE ALL FAITH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FULL HISTORY WE DENY THE FUTURE GENERATIONS THE RICHNESS OF SHARED STRUGGLE AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN FILIPINO AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING I'M PASTOR CHEN WITH HOPE SUG,. IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 9. TO SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY FOR THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND LATINO COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR FOR THIS MOTION IN LIGHT OF THE PAIN PAINFUL REVOLUTION SURROUNDING CESAR CHAVEZ. WHILE WE CANNOT UNDO ALL THE HARMS DONE TO ALL THE THE VICTIM VICTIMS AND UNDO ALL THE WAYS THAT HISTORY HAS BEEN ERASED, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWRITE, REORIENT, AND RECTIFY HISTORY. BECAUSE FARMWORKERS DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT FILIPINO AMERICANS AND LATERAL IANO AMERICANS -- LATEENE AMERICANS CAME -- LATINO AMERICANS TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. THIS IS A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE PEOPLE. IT WAS CROSS-CULTURAL. WE DID IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO MY NAME IS WILLIE WONG, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. WE STAND WITH THE WOMEN. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT BY THIS. BUT WE'RE ALSO AT A CROSS POINT WHERE WE CAN RE-WRITE SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH. MENTION THAT IN SEPTEMBER, '65, THE FILIPINOS WERE STANDING UP FOR THE RIGHTS, AND BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THE FILIPINOS WERE THE JAPANESE. AND BEFORE THAT WAS THE CHINESE. WE BUILT THE FARMERS. OKAY. WE WORKED THE FARMS. SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. BEFORE THE EXCLUSION ACT, THEN THEY BROUGHT IN THE JAPANESE. AND THE JAPANESE WORKED THE FIELDS UNTIL PEARL HASHON THEN THE FILIPINOS CAME IN. THAT'S WHERE WOE ARE IN HISTORY. GIVE * CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. OKAY. WE STAND WITH THEM. I'M HERE TO HONOR THE MONOS, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS JAMES, I'M FROM ASIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE. WELL, THE FARM -- THE -- WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT UNITED FARMWORK MOVEMENT. THE WORD UNITED IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHY UNITED FOR FARMWORKERS? BECAUSE EVERY GROUP CAME IN AND HELPED THE MOVE. * -- THE MOVEMENT. SO WE CANNOT INCLUDE ONE GROUP AND EXCLUDE OTHER GROUPS. FILIPINO FARMWORKERS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING THIS MOVE MOVEMENT FORWARD. AS WE EXPERIENCE TODAY IN THIS SOCIETY, THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISIVENESS TODAY, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. AND HOPEFULLY BY UNITEING EVERYONE AND ADDRESSING -- RECOGNIZEING EVERYONE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COUNTRY -- WE CAN HAVE A HARMONIOUS SOCIETY SOCIETY. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD MORNING SUPERS, MY NAME IS JENNIFER MCMAHON, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH TRAUMA- TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS. WE SUPPORT SUPERVISOR SOLIS' MOTION TO RENAME CESAR CHAVEZ NAMED COUNTY ASSETS. THE WOMAN WHO CAME FORWARD DID SO AFTER 60 YEARS OF SILENCE. 60 YEARS WHILE HIS NAME WAS PLACED ON SCHOOLS, STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. HONORING HIS NAME ON PUBLIC SPACES IS A CHOICE AND THIS BOARD CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT ONE. WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH VICTIMS AND SEE FIRSTHAND THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE, INCLUDING BEING TOLD THAT THEIR PAIN MATTERS LESS THAN THE REPUTATION OF THE PERSON WHO HARMED THEM. THIS MOTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. RENAMING THE SPACES WILL NOT UNDO WHAT HAPPENED, BUT IT WILL TELL EVERY VICTIM IN THIS COUNTY THAT LOS ANGELES STANDS WITH THEM.

THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, MY ANYTIME IS INAUDIBLE ] I'M IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 9 AND 18, RECOGNIZEING PEOPLE AND THE CAUSE CAUSES CORRECTLY IS VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT PROPOSAL TO MAKE IT RIGHT HOW WE ARE REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS MIN YANG, KOREAN AMERICAN, RESIDENT KOREAN TOWN, EXPRESSING STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM * 9 AND 18. IT IS LONG OVERDUE THAT WE HONOR THIS RELATIONSHIP. I URGE THE BOARD TO MOVE THE HOLIDAY TO SEPTEMBER TH 8TH, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY FILIPINO FARMWORKERS UNITED. RECOGNIZEING THIS HISTORY IS ESSENTIAL TO A COMPLETE AMERICAN STORY. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS SOLIS AND LINDSEY HORVATH AND THE BOARD FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, LADIES, WOMEN, BOYS, MEN AND YOUTH. AIDR CHAVEZ IS REPEATING AGAIN IN 2026, NO EQUAL PAY FOR BIOLOGICAL WOMEN. PLEASE PAY DR CHAVEZ HER MONEY NOW. WE THE PEOPLE WILL KEEP FIGHTING PEACEFULLY UNTIL SHE GETS PAID.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. ANGELIN CHU, [ INAUDIBLE ] PAST PASTOR ERIC CHEN. WE WILL NOW GO TO REMOTE SPEAKER SPEAKERS. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 213-509 213-509, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE CALLER: GOOD MORNING I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OVER 60,000 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MEMBERS SCU2 1, THAT COMPRISE THE BACKBONE OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOR NEARLY 11 MILLION PEOPLE IN LOGARITHMIC * LOS ANGELES COUNTIES, IN STRONG SUPPORT TO RENAME THE COUNTY HONOR THAT CURRENTLY RECOGNIZE CESAR CHAVEZ. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY COUNTY'S LABOR PARTNERS AND GROUNDED IN THE SAME COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS TO RECOGNIZE THE SURVIVORS, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH HUERTA, AND ANNA AND DEBORAH ROJ AS, AND HONORS THEIR COURAGE AND BRAVERY AND COMMIT TO WORKING PEOPLE. I'M AGAIN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 60,000 MEMBERS OF SIE LOCAL 721. [ INAUDIBLE ]

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU, CALL 213-518 -- PLEASE STATE YOUR NAMEER AND BEGIN IS.

HELLO I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT TWO AND WORK IN DISTRICT ONE AT THE FILIPINO CENTER IN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO STAND ON THESE ITEMS WE ARE IN AH OF THE SURVIVORS FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR STORYIES. THERE'S A PLIGHT WOMEN FACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR SPACES SPACES. WE SUPPORT MOVING THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER 8TH AND ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY MECHANISM FOR DOING THIS, IN PART TO RECOGNIZE ONE PERSON IS NOT A MOVEMENT. ONLY REASON WE KNOW CESAR CHAVEZ CHAVEZ'S NAME IS BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITYIES. WE THINK A COMMUNITY-PROCESS FOR RENAMING AND RE-DISTRIBUTING THAT LEGACY IS APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 626-824 626-824, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

HI MY NAME IS LAUREN JAMES THE BOARD CHAIR OF REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM 9 AND 18 A, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE OF SURVIVORS THAT CAME FORWARD AND SUPERVISOR SOLIS FOR ONCE AGAIN MOTIONING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. THEIR VOICES DESERVE TO BE HEARD WITH CARE, RESPECT AND SERIOUS SERIOUSNESS AND AS A COUNTY WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OUR PUBLIC HONORS REFLECT OUR VALUE ROOTED IN DIGNITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE. ITEM 9 REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD ALIGNING ALIGNING OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND SYMBOLS WITH THOSE VALUES BY INITIATING A THOUGHT COMMUNITY PROCESS BY RENAMING COUNTY PROPERTY AND PROGRAMS, THE BOARD IS DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSION, WHICH IS MUCH-NEEDED RIGHT NOW. I THINK 18 A IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT RENAMING THE HOLIDAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY FOCUS SHIFT TO THOSE WHOSE CONTRIBUTION HAVE SHAPED LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THIS NATION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. CALLER, 626-3 3, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED, PLEASE BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR SOLIS, AND ALL THE COUNTY OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS DIANA GUERRERO LEMON, AND I'M A ACTIVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER IN DIAMOND BAR, AND AS A GENERATIONAL CALIFORNIA NATIVE AND L.A. COUNTY RESIDENT, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF THE FARMWORKERS, THE PEOPLE, MEN MEN, CHILDREN, AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FED THIS STATE AND NATION FOR MANY GENERATIONS. I STRONGLY APPROVE AND SUPPORT SENATOR -- SORRY -- SUPERVISOR SOLIS IN HER RECOGNITION. AND I WOULD ALSO, MORE IMPORTANT IMPORTANTLY, WANT TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATEING OF OUR YOUNG AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. DR. ROMA FRANCO, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE BEGIN. CALLER, WITH PHONE NUMBER 626-70 626-703, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE CALLER: HELLO, MY NAME IS [ INAUDIBLE ] GONZALES. I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 9 AND 18 A. AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS, SOON-TO-BE CONGRESSWOMAN SOLIS, FOR BEING THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE I FULLY SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE FARMWORKERS DAY. THEY ALL HAVE FOUGHT FOR DIGNITY AND JUSTICE FOR DECADES, THIS IS A CHANCE TO HONOR NOT JUST A LEGACY BUT ALL FARMWORKERS WHO SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 562-454 562-454, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE CALLER: GOOD MORNING I'M A MEMBER OF SCIUUUH SCIUUUHW, WITH OVER 125,000 MEMBERS. I'M CALLING ON ITEM 9 AND 18 IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO RECOGNIZE FARMWORKERS DAY AND TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RENAMING PUBLIC SPACES TO BETTER REFLECT THE LEGACY OF FARMWORKERS AND NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL. ESTABLISHING FARMWORKERS DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THE COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FARMWORKERS ACROSS GENERATIONS, MANY WHO REMAIN INVINCIBLE DESPITE ESSENTIAL WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY. IT WILL HELP EDUCATE ONGOING STRUGGLES FOR EQUITY AND RESPECT IN THE FIELD. RENAMING THE STREET AND PUBLIC SPACES IS GO EXPANDING HISTORY, ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO FEED OUR COMMUNITIES ARE RECOGNIZEED IN THE PLACES WE LIVE, WORK AND MOVE THROUGH. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND STAND WITH FARMWORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 323-695 323-695, YOUR IT LINE IS UNMUTED UNMUTED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ, I'M THE COO, OF ALMA, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION FOUND IN L.A. 50 YEARS AGO AND NOW SERVES 18,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS AND AM YOU IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM 9 AND 1 A* 18 A. I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERVISORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD WITH CARE AND MORAL CLARITY. RENAMING THESE ELEMENTS IS NOT MERELY SYMBOLIC, IT REFLECTS WHOSE STORY WE ELEVATE AND HOW WE HONOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES WHOSE LABOR HELPED TO SHAPE CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND. [ INAUDIBLE ] TRAUMA FORM PROCESS IS * -- RER. * RENAMING THE HOLIDAY BRING RECOGNITION TO GENERATION OF FARMWORKERS WHOSE FIGHT FOR DIGNITY CONTINUES TODAY. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 323-547 -- YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE STATE YOUR ANYMORE AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE CALLER: GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ERICA -- SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HISPANIC MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION. THIS COMMENT IS ON ITEM 9 AND 18 A. WE SUPPORT SUPERVISOR SOLIS MOTION TO ESTABLISH A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS TO EVALUATE THE POSSIBLE RENAMING AFGHANISTAN THE COUNTY HONORS AND ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH CHAVEZ. THIS IS AT A COMPLEX ISSUE. WE APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT TO APPROACHING IT WITH TRANSPARENCY AND CARE. IT IS CRITIC ALT THAT THIS PROCESS IS GROUNDED IN MEANING MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH PARTNERS * IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACTED. CREATE A SPACE WITH HONEST DIALOGUE WITHOUT FEAR OR STILL MA. AS A ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING COUNTY LEADERS WE BELIEVE THIS A AAPPROACH REFLECTED --

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. NEXT CALLER STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING CHAIR SOLIS AND EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS * * SUPERVISORS. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HA HACIENDA HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION, WE RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ALLEGATIONS REFERENCED AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THIS MATTER THOUGHT THOUGHTFULLY. BECAUSE THESE RECOGNITION EXIST IN SHAREED PUBLIC SPACES WE BELIEVE ANY PROCESS MOVING FORWARD INCLUDE MEANINGFUL TRANSPARENT AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT COMMUNITY INPUT BECAUSE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION REALLY HELPS TO ENSURE THAT DECISIONS REFLECT ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRUST. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 213-965 213-965. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE WITH FILIPINO WORKER CENTER IN DISTRICT ONE IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS FOR THOSE WHO BROKE THE TRUTH TO REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. AS WE RENAME BUILDINGS, STREETS AN MORE. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HONOR LABOR LEADERS OFTEN OVERLOOKED LIKE LARRY -- PHILLIP, PETE -- LORRAINE -- AND [ INAUDIBLE ] FILIPINO FARMWORKERS ADVOCATEED NOT ONLY FOR THEIR RIGHTS BUT THE RIGHTS OF ALL FARMWORKERS. IN STANDING WITH STANDING WITH THE LABOR LEAD LEADERS THIS MADE SING AND CIVIL ADVANCEED FOR ALL FARMWORKERS POSSIBLE. THAT SPIRIT CONTINUES TODAY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES WHO WORK IT'S VERY ESSENTIAL JOB JOBS WE DON'T OFTEN FULLY APPRECIATE. THE CITY NOW HAS A CHANCE TO ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE GREATER PORTION OF THEIR OWN HISTORY AND BY EXTENSION THEMSELVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HI, MY NAME IS ANGELIN CHU, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FOUND FOUNDATION OURS, A GRASSROOT NON-PROFIT IN IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN HELPING UNDERSERVED OPPRESSED GROUPS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL DECADES. I WAS TRAINED AS A CRITICAL CARE REGISTER NURSE SO I'VE TAKEN CARE OF A LOT OF WOUNDED FARMWORKERS WHILE ON DUTY. MY HEART GOES TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING RECOGNIZEED. -- AS A FULL BODY OF MESH -- AMERICAN WORKERS, IN ALL ASPECTS BESIDES SPANISH GROUP, THE FILIPINO GROUP AND CHINESE GROUP GROUP. I'M SO GLAD TODAY HILDA, OUR DEAR SUPERVISOR WHO IS GOING TO BE A CONGRESSWOMAN, I LOVE WORKING WITH HER, AND I'M HERE TO STAND FOR THE ITEM NINE AND 18. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, L.A. SUPERVISOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THESE TWO MOTIONS, 9 AND 18, MUCH NEEDED. AND MY NAME IS ARANGU, I'M WITH ASIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE. I STAND WITH THE BRAVE WOMEN WHO BROKE THE SILENCE AND TOLD THE STORIES WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM 60 YEARS AGO. AGAIN I'M IN SUPPORT OF 9 AND 18 18. GOING OFF THE SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW JOHN WHO WAS HERE HAS BEEN FIGHTING SINCE HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND NOW IS 60 YEARS OLD, HE'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR 46 YEARS TO RIGHT THIS INJUSTICE, TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE LEADER LEADERS OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE LIKE LARRY -- AND PHILLIP AND PETE -- AND LORRAINE -- AND LUCIANO, AND OTHER LATINO LEADES THAT HAVE BEEN SIDE-BY-SID FIGHTING WITH CESAR CHAVEZ --

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO MY NAME IS VANESSA -- I'M WITH THE FILIPINO WORKER CENTER. I'M ALSO SOCIAL WORK STUDENT AND LEARNING A LOT ABOUT CULTURAL COMPETENCY. IN THIS MOMENT WE ASK CHOOSE TO UPLIFT THE LONG-FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT, IN PARTICULARLY THE PHILIPPINES * FARMWORKERS, INCLUDING LARRY AND PHILLIP VERA VERA CRUZ AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED. WE IT * SHOULD MOVE THE HOLIDAY TO THE 8TH WHEN THE HISTORYIC GRAPE STRIKE BEGAN WITH THE 800 FARMWORKERS AFFILIATED WITH THE AGRICULTURE WORKER ORGANIZEING COMMITTEE WALKED OFF THE FIELDS OF 10 GRAPE VINEYARDS WHICH LED TO THE FOUNDING OF UNITED FARMWORKERS. IF YOU ALL DIDN'T KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: NAME IS STEVE HERNANDEZ WITH THE CESAR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION. HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, I WANT TO PERSONALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE HURT AND PAIN WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THROUGH. I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE * * THIS IS SHOCKING AND INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING AND DEEPLY PAINFUL. THIS GOES AGAINST OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY THEM R. EMPOWERMENT. SO THE SURVIVORS WE BELIEVE YOU AND HONOR YOUR COURAGE AND ARE VERY SORRY FOR THE HARM YOU'VE CARRIED IN IN THE SHADOWS SO LONG. THE CESAR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED. AND TO ENCOURAGE OUR ORGANIZATIONS REFLECT THE DIGNITY AND SAFETY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT WAS HARMED. DESERVES. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF SEXUAL ABUSE --

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO BACK -- SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THE STATEMENT, IF YOU'D LIKE. LET'S GO TO THE PHONES OF. WE HAVE 13 CALLS. AFTER THAT WE'LL CLOSE IT AND VOTE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: CALL 818 818-926, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS JASON WITH -- DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN EAST THY TOWN. WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS FOR THIS MOTION. SUPPORT THE RENAMINGING OF THE FARMWORKERS DAY. AND LOOK FOR INCLUSIVE HONORS. THE FARMWORKERS IS NOT THE WORK OF ONE PERSON. FILIPINOS LEAD A FOUNDATIONAL ROLE. THEY ORGANIZE COMMUNITY TO MAKE CHANGE POSSIBLE. OVER 1100 FARMWORKERS WERE TRAFFICKED INTO FORCED LABOR, IT WAS THEIR COLLECTIVE COURAGE THAT LED THE MILLIONS TO RESTITUTION, RENAMING THIS NAME ARE HOLDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLECTIVE POWER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 626-69 626-695, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SOLIS, AND HONOR HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EAST LOS ANGELES RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES, BOYLE HEIGHTS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 9 AND 18 A, RENAMING THE HOLIDAY ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE HONORING FARMWORKERS, THEIR STRUGGLE, RESILIENCE AND DIGNITY DIGNITY. PROVIDING SPACE TO RENAME HISTORIC SITES OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALING TO SEND A CLEAR AND POWERFUL MESSAGE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS NEVER TOM RATED * * -- TOLERATED. THIS WILL UPLIFT SURVIVORS, AFFIRM COMMUNITY VOICE, AND ENSURE OUR PUBLIC SPACES REFLECT RESPECT, SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONSIDERATION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 323-449 323-449. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS [ INAUDIBLE ] REYES, I'M A MEMBER OF HUNTINGTON PARK WOMEN'S CLUB AND IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 9 AND NUMBER 18. THANK YOU, CHAIR SOLIS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU RENAME THE HOLIDAY FOR THE FARMWORKERS. BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE REALLY HARD TODAY. WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ] FRUIT AND VEGETABLE AT OUR TABLE TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. ROY HUMPHRIES, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE BEGIN.

JOHNNY COME LATELY, WHY WASN'T THERE A FARMER WORKER'S DAY LONG, LONG AGO. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNISTICS COME IN HERE AND WANT TO WAVE THE FLAG. AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW AND EVERYTHING ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ FOR DECADES? AND NOW YOU COME UP WITH IT -- AND -- WHEN I LIVED IN MONTEREY, IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE FARMWORKERS TO HAVE 14, 15, 16 CAN YEAR OLD GIRLS PREGNANT AND -- [ LINE IS MUTED MUTED ] -- SO YOU PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK INSIDE AND THERE'S NOT MAKING AN EXCUSE FOR BAD BEHAVIOR, BUT 202 2026 FOR A DAY OF RECKONING, SHAME ON YOU. THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 562-606 562-606. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN BEGIN.

HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MY NAME IS HAIRY CHI. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPERVISORS FOR THIS MOTION. I AM SON OF A SURVIVING REFUGEE THAT SURVIVED [ INAUDIBLE ] AND SON SON OF A FARMWORKER IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. MY FATHER WAS PART OF WAY FOR REFUGEES WHO FLED WAR [ INAUDIBLE ] TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SUPPORT THE NAMING OF THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. THIS MAY HONOR THE CO-HISTORY OF THOSE WHO LABOR IN IN THE FIELD, FILIPINOS AND MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. IT REPRESENTS ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER 313-800, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING, L.A. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS JACKIE, A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DEPUTY FOR L.A. BOARD MEMBER DR. RIVA, ON HIS BEHALF SPEAK ON ITEM 9 AND 18 AFOR RENAMING PARK PARKS, STREETS AND FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE COUNTY HOLIDAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY. THE DOCTOR SIMILARLY MOVED A L.A. RESOLUTION STANDING IN SOLIDARITY OF SURVIVORS AND CELEBRATING THE FARMWORKERS MOVE MOVEMENT BY COMMEMORATEING MARCH 21, 2026 AS FARMWORKERS DAY. LAUSZ WILL PROVIDE FAMILY INFORMATION TO SUPPORT SEXUAL VIOLENCE INCLUDING CLEAR AND CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT PATHWAYS. FINALLY LAUSD IS LOOKING FOR EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THE CESAR CHAVEZ SCHOOL BRINGING PROPOSEED NAMES TO REFLECT VALUES OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE BEGIN. PALOMA--

I SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR THE COUNTY TO RENAME THE CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY AND CREATE A COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR RENAMING. WE CAN HONOR THE COURAGE OF SURVIVORS WHILE REMIND UGH THAT MOVEMENT IS NEVER WORK OF ONE MOVE BUT IS COUNTLESS ORGANIZERS AND WOMEN AND COMMUNITY WORKER WHOSE LABOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE HEART OF THIS WORK. I ASK THE BOARD TO MOVE THE DATE SO IT DOESN'T FALL ON CESAR CHAVEZ BIRTHDAY, FOR MANY THAT IS A PAINFUL DATE, CHANGING IT WILL CENTER THE SURVIVORS. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER, 909-583, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SALSTAR AND AM HERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD. AS THIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT MUST TRULY BE A COMMUNITY PROCESS. THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT BELONG TO THE FAMILIES THAT CARRIED IT FORWARD AND CARRIED MANY COMMUNITY ETHNICITIES WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LABOR MOVE MOVEMENT. THEIR VOICES MUST BE PART OF PROCESS. I WANT TO SHARE AS A SURVIVOR MYSELF THIS CONVERSATION MATTERS DEEPLY TO ME. RENAMING THE HOLIDAY TO FARMWORKERS DAY IS AN IMPORTANT STEP BECAUSE THIS MOVEMENT WAS NEVER ABOUT ONE PERSON. IT WAS ABOUT COLLECTIVE SACRIFICE, RESILIENCE AND DIGNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

YES, [ INAUDIBLE ] DISTRICT TWO. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND HAHN FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION AND TAKING IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION. I AGREE IT SHOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIS BIRTHDAY. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEVER A GOOD TIME FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I DO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MITCHELL FOR FOCUSING MORE ON THE MOVE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON. TO THE OTHER SUPERVISOR THAT DRAGGED IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TO THE CONVERSATION I THOUGHT WAS VERY INAPPROPRIATE. I DO RECOGNIZE THE WHY. LASTLY, I DO AGREE WITH THE NAME CHANGE IT OPENS IT UP TO ALL RACES AND CULTURES. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MOVING FORWARD ON THIS IN A QUICK FASHION. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 323-563 323-563, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

HELLO, THIS IS AL REAL, VICE MAY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTH [ INAUDIBLE ] WANT TO THANK THE SUPERVISORS FOR MOVING THESE TWO MOTIONS FORWARD. I'M SADDENED BY THE INFORMATION REVEALED REGARDING CESAR CHAVEZ CHAVEZ'S ACTIONS. IT'S HURTFUL. REALLY DEEP. CESAR CHAVEZ WAS AN ICON IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE SURVIVORS, HUERTA AND OTHERS, WHO WERE HURT BY HIS ACTIONS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. I HAVE HEARD STORYIES THAT THEY WERE PART OF THIS HISTORY AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZEE. AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE MOTION. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 626-232 626-232, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS ALENE, PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO CULTURE CLUB IN [ INAUDIBLE ] HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICT ONE. I STAND WITH THE WOMEN WHO BRAVE BRAVELY SHARE THEIR STORYIES AND SUPPORT ITEMS 9 AND 18. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOLIS TO HONOR THE FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. THE REPUTATION OF -- UNITED FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I STARTED THE FILIPINO CULTURE CLUB TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON CONTRIBUTIONS OF FILIPINO IN HISTORY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE THIRD LARGEST AAP AAPI POPULATION IN THE U.S., BRINGING LIGHT TO THE WORK OF FILIPINO LEADERS WHO ARE PART OF SUCH A HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT IS NOT ONLY NECESSARY BUT INSTRUMENTAL TO ASPIREING FUTURE FILIPINO AMERICANS TO MAKE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO UNITE WITH OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 626IVE 642, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN BEGIN.

HELLO. MY NAME IS [ INAUDIBLE ] COST UH UH, PRESIDENT AND CECEO[ INAUDIBLE ] FAMILY SERVICES. I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND THIS BOARD FOR SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR OUR NATION. BY RESPONDING AND CREATING A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS FOR RE RENAMING OUR COMMUNITY SPACES. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN THE EAST L.A. IN THE '70s, SUPPORT SUPPORTING SUPPORT SUPPORTING THE FARMWORKERS MOVE MOVEMENT, I SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION WITH THE YOUTH AND TO BUILD RESPECT AND HUMAN DIGNITY. IT IS A MOVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND RENAMING THE DAY AND HONOR HONORING THE HARD WORK 6 * -- OF THE FARMWORKERS IS ONLY CORRECT. GROWING UP, I KNEW IT AS THAT -- FARMWORKERS. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CALLER WITH PHONE NUMBER 213-925 213-925, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTEED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. PLEASE BEGIN.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOSE', I'M EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN L.A., I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIRLE SOLIS AND BOARD FOR BRINGING ITEM 9 AND 18. WE ARE ACTIVELY GROWING 10 ACRES OF COMMUNITY FARMING IN L.A. COUNT COUNTY AND OWE IT SO THE NEXT GENERATION THERE'S ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANY VIOLENCE AGAINST ANYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEGINNING 24 * ** THIS MOTION FORWARD AND RESPECT THE THE NEXT GENERATION. THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAME CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. ITEM 9 BEFORE YOU.

I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL AYE, LINDSEY HORVATH. AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. WE'LL NOW GO ON TO ITEM 18 A IS BEFORE YOU. I WILL MOVE, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER CALL ROLL.

SUPERVISOR YOU -- MITCHELL AYE --

MOTION CARRIES 5-06789 * 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 10. PROTECTING ENTERTAINMENT JOBS. EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PURCHASE OF WARNER BROS. HELD BY LINDSEY HORVATH. TO COMMENT ON THE ITEM PLEASE USE RAISED HAND IF YOUR ON LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. KELLY LoBIANCO, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION AND GARY SMITH, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AVAILABLE AS WELL. FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKER STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LINDSEY HORVATH IS RECOGNIZEED.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU TORE CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES FOR CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WE STARTED LAST WEEK, AS ONE OF THE LARGEST SECTORS, ENTERTAINMENT TOUCHES THE LIVES OF THOSE ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND EMPLOYS 171,000 PEOPLE DIRECTLY, INCLUDING ACTOR ACTORS AND MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERA, SUCH AS WRITERS, GRIPS, CAMERA OPERATORS, MUSICIANS, LOCATION PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALS, MECHANICS, DIRECT DIRECTORS, ELECTRICIANS AND MORE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT INCLUDES A SON STEALTHATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES SUCH AS PROP HOUSES, DRY-CLEANERS AND CATERERS THAT SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY. ENTERTAINMENT IS ALSO CONNECTED TO ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY, OURISM. THAT'S WHY WE FIGHT TO NOT ONLY KEEP THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HERE IN LOS ANGELES BUT TO KEEP IT AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE. I THINK * THANK OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS FOR DOING THAT. GIVEING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY MERGER, MANY ARE SPECULATING AND FRANKLY CONCERNED, THIS MOTION WOULD COMMISSION A STUDY TO ANALYZE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND I'M GLAD THIS WEEK'S CLUSTER CLARIFYIED THAT THE STUDY WOULD INFORM OUR FORMAL COMMENT. WITH THIS STUDY, OUR DISCUSSION IS ROOT IN DATA SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND STAND UP ANY NECESSARY RESPONSE. DURING CLUSTER THIS WEEK AND THROUGH ONGOING DIALOGUE, I KNOW THAT PARAMOUNT HAS INDICATED THAT JOBS MAY POTENTIALLY INCREASE AS A RESULT OF THE MERGER. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK OUR DIRECTOR OR GARY, IF EITHER OF YOU KNOW, HOW MANY JOBS WERE CREATEED IN THE PARAMOUNT SKY DISTANCE MERGER?

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. PARAMOUNT SKY DISTANCE BEGAN LAY OFFS OF 2000 WORK ORES AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2025. THESE LAY OFFS WERE ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY IN THE NEWS. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: SO 2000 JOBS WERE LOST NOT GAINED? THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. THEY INITIATED THE LAY OFFS OCTOBER THIS PAST YEAR. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: SO THEY INITIATED LAY OFFS AND MAY BE MORE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION CLARIFICATION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THAN K YOU. SUPERVISOR BARGER.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU SUPERVISOR LINDSEY HORVATH FOR THIS MOTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS TO HAVING A MORE PUBLIC INPUT FROM AFFECTED ORGANIZATION, INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE REGULAR CLUSTER PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND THAT SAG AFTA SAG AFTA ATTENDED TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF STATE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WHICH PRIOR TO PARAMOUNT DOING THE LAY OFF OF 2000 WE'VE SEEN A SHARP DECLINE IN JOBS RELATED TO THIS INDUSTRY OVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST POST-COVID, SO, 2021. SO, I DO SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE LAYOFFS BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE BROUGHT IN MOTIONS ADDRESSING LAYOFFS AS IT RELATES TO THE INDUSTRY LEAVING THE STATE FOR YEARS PRIOR. SO, WE KNOW THAT THE IMPACT ON ANYTHING WE DO IMPACTS THIS INDUSTRYIER AND TO YOUR POINT, CLEANERS, MARKETS, ANYTHING THAT IS ANCILLARY TO THIS INDUSTRY IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT THE LETTERS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL BE WRITTEN AND INFORMED BY THE 60 AND 120-DAY REPORT BACKS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE DRAFT LETTERS BE CIRCULATED BY COUNTY COUNSEL TO THE BOARD FOR OUR REVIEW, KNOWING THIS IS A HIGH-PROFILE ISSUE THAT WILL IMPACT ENTIRE COUNTY SO I'M ASKING COUNTY COUNSEL TO CIRCULATE THE LETTER PRIOR TO SENDING. ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SEEING THESE REPORT BACK. I ENCOURAGE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPUTIES BE BRIEFED AT THE REGULAR CLUSTER. AND APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR WORKING TO ENSURE OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY ON THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WARNER BROS. CONTINUES TO BE A GENERATOR OF JOBS IN THE AREA. AND BRINGS BACK ENTERTAINMENT TO

L.A. COUNTY, SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY -- AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE STATE FILM COMMISSION, RECOGNIZEING THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST UNIQUE TO L.A. COUNTY BUT TO THE STATE IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING THAT GOAL. THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR. THAN K YOU, SUPERVISOR 1500.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: , THANK YOU YOU, MADAME CHAIR. AND THIS PROPOSEED MERGEER CERTAINLY IS A BIG ISSUE FOR US AND WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE. AND COMPANIES LIKE WARNER BROS., YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT YOU JUST STUDIOS, THEY SUPPORT AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OF WORKERS, ACTORS, SET DESIGNERS, LOCATION MANAGER MANAGERS, CATERERS, DRIVERS, ALL OF THE AUXILIARY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THESE STUDIOS. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE -- WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT IMPACTS OF THIS MERGEER AND BE READY TO RESPOND IN ANYWAY, PARTICULARLY IF WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME JOB LOSSES. ONE OF THE THINGS, IN TERMS OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT, THAT I ALWAYS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IS THE SOLE SOURCEING. AND THIS MOTION, YOU'RE GIVEN THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO HIRE A SOLE SOURCE CONSULTANT TO COMPLETE THIS ECONOMIC STUDY. JUST WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON WHY WE ARE SOLE SOURCEING THIS. YOU KNOW. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HEARD FROM THE STUDIO STUDIOS, THEY FEEL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE KIND OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S COMPLEX. AND FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE THAT, IF WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AN RFP, WE MIGHT LAND ON, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT THAT WE ALL AGREEED HAD THE BEST EXPERTISE. SO, WHY ARE WE DOING A SOLE SOURCE ON THIS?

YEAH, I THINK TIME -- TIME IS THE MAIN CONSIDERATION HERE. THERE'S A REQUEST FOR 60 AND 120 120-DAY REPORT BACK. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO REPORT BACKS AT THAT CADENCE WITH THE REQUISITE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTING, KNOWING THAT, A, IF WE WERE TO LEVERAGE MASTER AGREEMENT FOR ECONOMIC PLANNING OR OTHER MECHANISM LIKE THAT IT WOULD TAKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO ONBOARD A PROVIDER PARTNER. AND THEN OUTSIDE THAT PROCESS COULD BE UP TO 6 MONTHS. SO, THIS ENABLES US TO HAVE A CONSULTANT TEAM WITH ECONOMISTS ON BOARD THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL APRIL. OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 6 AND 8 WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE SOMEONE ONLINE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: I UNDERSTAND THAT, IT PUTS US IN A TOUGH SITUATION, DOING IT FAST MIGHT NOT ALWAYS GET THE BEST RESULT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DINGED BEFORE FOR SOLE SOURCEING. IT'S THE ONE RED FLAG THAT IS CALLED OUT FOR US A LOT. IN TERMS OF A LOT OF ISSUES. SO, I'M SORRY TO SEE THAT THIS IS FORCING YOU TO DO THAT. I'M NOT -- I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. I DON'T THINK YOU GET BACK THE BEST RESULTS BY DOING IT THIS WAY. DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS CONSULTANT WILL BE?

KELLY LoBIANCO: WE ANTICIPATE THIS WILL BE LIKELY BETWEEN 100 TO 200,000 DOLLARS, STILL WORKING OUT THE SCOPE RIGHT NOW. SUP. JANICE HAHN: IS THIS MONEY YOU HAVE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. KELLY LoBIANCO: WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO COVER THIS THIS, YES. SUP. JANICE HAHN: OKAY, CERTAINLY WE ALL WANT TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. WE WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL IN THE INDUSTRY, ALL OF THE GREAT JOBS IT CREATES, BUT THIS PART TROUBLES ME. THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR. THAN K YOU, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL?

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE WORKFORCE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HAS GOT TO BE THE FOCUS. I WAS PROUD TO CARRY THE FILM TAX CREDIT 2.0, THE SECOND BILL, WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE SPECIFICALLY, EXPLICITLY REFERENCED THE WORKFORCE AND TALKED ABOUT EQUITY AS WELL. GIVEN THE FACT TODAY'S MOTION IS A REPORT BACK, I WANTED YOU TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THE DE, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY DOING TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE CAREER PATHWAYS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRYWIDE, TO HELP CREEP PRODUCTIONS LOCAL AND ATTRACT NEW PRODUCTIONS TO L.A. COUNTY AND STRENGTHEN OUR RESILIENCE TO DISRUPTIONS TO THIS INDUSTRY. WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY DOING?

KELLY LoBIANCO: WE'RE DO DOING A HOST OF THINGS, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO COMPETITIVE AND VIBRANT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE A LONG LEGACY FOR. WE HAVE GARY SMITH HERE, THE HEAD OF OUR OFFICE OF -- OUR FILM OFFICE IN L.A. COUNTY. SO I WILL LET HIM SPIKE * SPEAK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND PERMITTING AND THE STREAMLINING OF THAT PROCESS. I WILL QUICKLY SPEAK TO THE WORKFORCE ELEMENT. SO WE ARE INVESTING IN HIGH-ROAD TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ARE WORKER-INFORMED AND INDUSTRY- INDUSTRY-INFORMED TRAINING PROGRAM THAT'S YIELD QUALITY JOB AND MOBILITY FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE. AND WE'VE INVESTED AND ARE CURRENTLY INVESTING 1.5 BILLION IN ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT -- PARTNERSHIPS, SUPPORTING PRE PREAPPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICE APPRENTICESHIP INTO TRADITIONAL FILM AND PRODUCTION JOBS, AS WELL AS EMERGING ONES LIKEN NATION AND GAMING, MAKING SURE TO HAVE A LOCAL, DIVERSE WORKFORCE THAT IS ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY TODAY AND WHERE IT IS GOING. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT OUR YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT WORKFORCE AND READY TO TAKE ON THE CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: WOULD YOU SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR EFFORT IN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY IN SUPPORTING THE -- THE -- THE EMERGING WORKFORCE AS OPPOSEED TO THE EXISTING WORKFORCE? AND HELPING TO BUILD THEIR RESILIENCE?

KELLY LoBIANCO: WE'RE DO DOING BOTH, YES. SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT EDUCATION INDUSTRY PARTNERS, UNION PARTNERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE HIRING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE QUALIFIED TALENT WE KNOW EXISTS LOCALLY. L.A. STILL INSPIRES THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT WORKFORCE IN THE GLOBE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKINGWAYS FOR JOBS TODAY AND TOMORROW, REALLY RUNS THE GAMUT OF THE WHOLE THING. I WILL JUST SAY, COMING OUT OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS BOARD, WE SUPPORTED ECONOMIC RESILIENCY THROUGH BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, SUPPORTING SUPPORTING THE FLORIST FLORISTS AND DRY-CLEANERS AND PROP HOUSES, WHEN THEY WERE FACING IMPACTS DUE TO THE ENTERTAINMENT STRIKES AS WELT.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. MADAME CHAIR. SUPE RVISOR BARGE. SUPERVIS OR HAHN ASKED A QUESTION AND AS A FOLLOW-UP TO EASE YOUR THOUGHT THOUGHTS REGARDING THE AMOUNT IT'S GOING GOING TO COST, KELLY, WHEN WE LAST TALKED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT YOUR GOAL IS TO BEGIN TO TRACK INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT IMPACT L.A. COUNTY. SO IS THIS GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO BEGIN THAT BASELINE SO IT CAN BE BUILT UPON. WE TALKED ABOUT AEROSPACE AND OTHER INDUSTRYIES THAT YOU HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LOOK DEEPER IN TERMS OF MAYBE WHAT YOU COUNCIL US AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY.

KELLY LoBIANCO: YES, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BARGER, LAST YEAR WE RELEASEED TWO STUDIES ONE ON ENTERTAINMENT AND ONE ON LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY. WE'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT STEADY STATE OF ALL MAJOR INDUSTRYIES IN L.A. COUNTY AND RECOMMENDING WAYS TO SUPPORT INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH GROWTH. THIS STUDY IN PARTICULAR, WE HEARD FROM THIS BOARD AS WELL AS AT OUR CLUSTER THIS WEEK, THE INTEREST IN BOTH BEST UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION AT HAND THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH THIS MOTION, AS WELL AS SOME BROADER IMPACTS ON THE INDUSTRY. SO AS WE'RE BUILDING THE SCOPE, WE'RE TRYING TO LAY OUT A NUMBER OF DELIVERABLES KNOWING WE HAVE TO COME BACK IMMEDIATELY WITH 60 AND 120-DAY REPORT BACKS, BUT SETTING UP THE METHODOLOGY TO ALLOW US TO GLEAN MORE AND BUILD ON THE REPORT WE RELEASEED LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU THAT DIDN'T REALLY CLARIFY IT FOR ME. ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD BE USING THIS CONSULTANT TO ANALYZE OTHER INDUSTRIES? NO. KELLY LoBIANCO NO * JUST THIS INDUSTRY. THIS IS ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY ON THE INDUSTRY TODAY. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTION THAT'S ARE COMING RIGHT NOW COULD IMPACT THE INDUSTRY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO THROUGH THE PAST REPORT, THE ACTIONS OF THIS BOARD, IS TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE L.A. COUNTY, OUR FILM OFFICE, WE CAN SUPPORT KEEPING PRODUCTION LOCAL. WE CAN KEEP GROWING GROWING INDUSTRY HERE.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THAT YOU WILL GET FROM THIS CONSULTANT'S REPORT? KELLY LoBIANCO: WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN GLEAN UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS REPORT TOO, YES. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GOO. SUPERVISOR LINDSEY HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR. I WANT TO CLARIFY. IF WE DID SOLICITATION TO HIRE, AS OPPOSEED TO DELEGATEING THE AUTHORITY TO YOU TO DO THE SOLE SOURCE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DOJ PUBLIC COMMENT TIMELINE?

KELLY LoBIANCO: I -- I THINK IT DEFINITELY WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, RIGHT? WE WILL LOSE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. AND SO MAYBE I WOULD WELCOME COUNTY COUNSEL TO WEIGH IN TOO. BUT THAT IS A TIME LOSS IN HAVING ECONOMISTS ON BOARD. THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: WHAT PART OF THE THIRD QUARTER. THAT'S THE DEADLINE. KELLY LoBIANCO WE UNDERSTAND IS SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. COUNTY COUNSEL YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN. THE EXACT DATE I DON'T HAVE, I BELIEVE IT IS IN SEPTEMBER.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: SO I UNDERSTAND, ON A BROADER PERSPECTIVE WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH PERHAPS A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROCESS TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT OTHER INDUSTRYIES, GIVEN THE TIMELINE WE'RE ON FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THIS BOARD IS INTERESTED IN COMMENTING ON THIS ISSUE, AND TAKING ACTION AS IT RELATES TO THE UNION JOBS, CREATIVE JOBS AND THE INDUSTRY IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE TO MOVE PER THE DIRECTOR'S ADVICE AS A SPEED THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE PREFERRED BUT IN THIS CASE THAT IS WHAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ACTION, OTHERWISE WE MIGHT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON RECORD ALL TOGETHER.

I WILL SAY, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS HERE. THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND COUNTY CONTRACTING. I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL SIZE WHO'S PREVIOUSLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COUNTY TO CONTRACT WITH US. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. BUT WANT THIS BOARD TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE THAT SIX TO EIGHT WEEK LAG IN HAVING A PROVIDER ON BOARD THAT COULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE INFORMATION WITH SOME OF THESE TIMELINES. I THINK THAT'S JUST THE CONSIDERATION HERE. KELLY LoBIANCO. AND I BELIEVE THE DEAL CLOSES IN SEPTEMBER. SUPE RVISOR MITCHELL DID YOU HAVE A LAST QUESTION?

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: I DO. YES. THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR. CAN YOU ADD A WORK ORDER SOLICITATION TO YOUR EXISTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MASTER AGREEMENT? WOULD THAT SPEED THIS PROCESS UP UP? KELLY LoBIANCO: THAT WOULD BE THE SIX TO EIGHT-WEEK PATHWAY PATHWAY, YES. HOLLY MITCHELL: THANK YOU. SUPE RVISOR HAHN.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: I AGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION SO WHEN WE DO COMMENT TO THE DOJ THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION. I JUST WORRY THAT FAST TRACKING THIS AND SOLE SOURCING IT, WE MAY NOT GET THE BEST CONSULTANT THAT HAS THE EXPERTISE IN THIS TYPE OF MERGER, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I GET IT. I WISH WE HAD A BETTER SYSTEM SO WHEN WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING -- BECAUSE -- WE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS, AND THAT IS TO GO THROUGH A TRANSPARENT PROCESS. AND SO, TO FAST TRACK IT AT ANY POINT IS, YOU KNOW, NOT OUR VALUES. NOT WHAT WE WANT TO STRIVE FOR. SO WISH WE DID DO A BETTER JOB OF HAVING SOME POOL WHERE WE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE RFI RFI OR Q, AND WE HAVE A BETTER POOL OUT THERE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED FOR ALL THESE INDUSTRY INDUSTRIES THAT WE COULD DO BOTH BOTH. WE COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN WHEN THE CRISIS HAPPENS, WE'RE READY TO PICK SOMEBODY. THAT HAS BEEN VETTED PROPERLY. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL, MADAME CHAIR.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SO, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THIS MOTION. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCYIES, SOMETIMES WE FUMBLE FUMBLE. BUT SOMETIMES WE GET IT RIGHT. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE A REPORT OUT, GET THE BEST DATA, HOPEFULLY HAVE THE GOOD, PREDICT PREDICTABLE INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE THE JUSTIFICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT FOR ME IS THE BOTTOM LINE. I CARE MORE ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF LOSS OF JOBS, ALREADY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REPORTS FOR L.A. COUNTY THAT WE LOST JUST LAST MONTH IN L.A. COUNTY 92,000 JOBS. CURIOUS HOW MANY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. I'M SURE IT'S A LOT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LOSS OF JOBS * LOOKS AT PERHAPS THE THIRD OR FIFTH DISTRICT, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE THEIR LIVELYIHOOD DOWNTOWN AND IN THIS INDUSTRY. I KNOW A LOT OF THEM. THEY'VE BEEN HIT HARD SINCE COVID AND SINCE THE STRIKES. THEY HAVEN'T FULLY RECOVERED AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO STABILIZE THAT ECONOMY. I'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR FILM-MAKING AND OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICE APPRENTICESHIPS AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH ROAD, BUT ONE THAT CREATES OUR ECONOMY HERE. WE ARE VIEWED -- IT'S NOT JUST HOLLYWOOD, IT'S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND IT'S L.A. COUNTY COUNTY. AND WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PLACE PLACES HERE WE SHOULD BE ATTRACT ATTRACTING MORE FOLKS TO STAY HERE, INVEST AND DO ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES. NOW'S THE TIME TO MOVE. SO I WANT TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. [READING NAMES]

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: AS A FINAL REMINDER FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS TO BE PLACED IN THE SPEAKING COUP, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR DEVICE, PRESS STAR 3 ON YOUR TELEPHONE NOW. CALLER 323-356 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. MES BEGIN. CALLER 917-363 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HELLO, MY NAME IS JOANNA REYNOLDS, FROM ARTS FOR L.A. I LEAD CREATIVE JOBS INITIATIVE, WORKING TO BUILD 10,000 LIVING WAGE JOBS BY 2030. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS MOTION. THIS IS AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO TREAT WITH URGENCY, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHY WE REALLY NEED TO BY PASS THE PROCESSES THAT SLOW IT DOWN. L.A. COUNTY HAS OVER 171,000 ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS. FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION SUSTAINS ACTORS AND CREW AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING ORE RECENT YEARS. WE HAVE TO WORK TO SUPPORT ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN L.A. KOUNCOUNTY F THE CREATIVE ECONOMY. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND WORKFORCE PLAN. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO SAFEGUARD GOOD JOBS, KEEP PRODUCTION IN LOS ANGELES AND MAINTAIN FAIR COMPETITION IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, ROY HUMPHRIES, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THE CONUNDRUM THAT YOU ARE IN. BUT WE MUST REALIZE THAT THE DAY OF THE DINOSAUR IS OVER. EVERYTHING IS COMING DOWN TO TRY AND STRING OUT THESE JOBS. CRITICAL ANALYSIS, DO THE SURGICAL CUTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. TO THE POINTED OF JOBS IN EMPLOYMENT, WE KNOW IT AFFECTS THE CITIES, JOBS, AFFECTS THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING. BUT THAT'S CALLED REALITY. THE OTHER SIDE, THERE IS MICROWORKS AND 400,000 CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNICAL JOBS AND BUILDINGS SO FORTH. 1 OPINIONING 3.3 MILLION AVAILABLE IN THAT EXPANDED AREA. RETRAIN PEOPLE, DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET THE RIGHT JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION, WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, RUTH YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN. RUTH? CALLER 323-356 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: ARTS FOR L.A. AND YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE JOANNA REYNOLDS. TO EMPHASIZE WE STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION, APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE SUPERVISORS TO EXPEDITE THE MOTION TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND BE ON PROACTIVE IN FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE PURSUING THEIR VOCATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND URGE AN AYE VOTE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER, WITH SCROLLS TO THE WINNER OF THE L.A. COUNTY LIBRARIES, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL SAID IT WELL, THE CONNECTION OF THE LIBRARIES TO THE ART. THIS IS ALL PART OF WHAT MAKES L.A. COUNTY GREAT. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK ON THE REPORT AND HOW WE CAN ADVANCE THE AGENDA TO PROTECT AND INCREASE MORE GOOD JOBS IN L.A. COUNTY. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: RUTH YOURS LINE IS UNMUTED.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION. THIS ECONOMIC WORKFORCE STUDY WOULD ENSURE WE HAVE CLARITY ABOUT HOW WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE IMPACTED. SKY DANCE WARNER BROTHERS MERGER IS AN ECONOMIC CRISIS FOR CREATIVES, STOPS FREE EXPRESSION. PARAMOUNT SKY DANCE HAS SHOWN THEIR CARDS, LAYING OFF 3,000 WORKERS AND GUTTED THE CBS GROUP THAT WORKED FOR EQUALITY. THIS SUPPORTS WORKERS DESTABILIZED, LOST INCOME AND HEALTH BENEFITS. THE MERGER WILL CONSOLIDATE POWER, AND PLACE MORE CONTROL OF OUR MEDIA IN THE HANDS OF ARE ONE MAGA FRIENDLY FAMILY. THIS MOTION WILL GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY TO PROTECT --

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE WORD, REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 10 IS CONCLUDED. WE'LL GO TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN.

I'M ERICA GIMPLE AN ACTOR, IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE THE WOMEN UP HERE AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I'M AN ACTOR, HAVE BEEN SO FOR 40 YEARS. I HAVE LEARNED MY LIVING AS AN ACTOR BEING AN IN ICONIC TV SHOWS FAME, E.R., PROFILER SHOT IN LOS ANGELES. I HAVE BENEFITTED BY WORKING CONSISTENTLY AND NOW FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE MASS REDUCTION OF WORK IN OUR CITY AND IT'S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. I STAND HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY FELLOW ACTORS, CREW MEMBERS, CRAFTS PEOPLE WHO DEDICATED OUR LIVES AND OUR HEARTS TO DEVELOPING AND MASTERING OUR SKILLS. I REFUSE TO STAND BY SILENTLY TO WATCH HOW WE CAN BE DISCARDED WITHOUT HEARING HOW THE LARGE MERGERS WILL IMPACT ALL OF US. I IMPLORE TO IT VOTE YES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HEARING THIS MATTER.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER.

I'M LANEY, SAG ACTOR, WRITER, FILMMAKER TO GET PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND. I SEE HOW THE DECISIONS LIKE THIS AFFECT WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY. THE MERGER GOES THROUGH IT WON'T JUST IMPACT TWO ECONOMIES, IT IMPACTS JOBS, ECONOMIES AND DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON THE BROADER INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH MERGERS, PARAMOUNT HAS LAID OFF THOUSANDS OF JOBS, THE PATTERN CONSOLIDATION LEADS TO FEWER JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE IMPACT STUDIOS, FILM AND TELEVISION, SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMIES, CREW MEMBERS AND VENDORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN FEWER PROJECTS ARE MADE. THIS CARRIES FINANCIAL RISK THAT COMBINE COMPANY EXPECTED TO TAKE ON 79 BILLION IN DEBT. COMPANIES DON'T EXPAND THEY CUT. THIS IS NOT NEW WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, WARNER HAS GONE THROUGH REPEATED MERGERS, EACH TIME BROUGHT RESTRUCTURING LAYOFFS AND INSTABILITY.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M CHRISTINA LUIS LAMONT, A SAG ACTOR. I HAVE SPENT DECADES HONING ALL OF MY CRAFTS. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO THE REAL WORLD. THEY DON'T TRANSLATE TO CONSTRUCTION. WHICH WILL BE IMPACTED IF THIS LEARNINGER GOES THROUGH BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY LEAVES TOWN WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD THINGS FOR. THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT R SINGLE PERSON IN LOS ANGELES WHETHER THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT F HOLLYWOOD GOES AWAY SO DOES THE TOURISM. IT WILL LITERALLY IMPACT THE ENTIRETY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE ACTORS AND THE A.D.s AND THE CREW PEOPLE AND THE STEAMSTERS. IT WILL -- TEAMSTERS. IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, EVERY SINGLE PERSON LISTENING AND EVERYBODY THAT CALLS LOS ANGELES THEIR HOME. I CREW UP A MILITARY BRAT. I HAD TO MOVE EVERY 2 YEARS. I'M RESILIENT, I THRIVE UNDER CHAOS, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN, I'M NOT THRIVING NOW.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD A OF THE NOON, I'M LOQUAN, PROUD SAG ACTOR AND AFTRA MEMBER. THIS PROPOSED MERGER RAISES SIGNIFICANT CONCERN S ABOUT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON LOS ANGELES. PARAMOUNT IN THE LAST YEAR LAID OFF 2,000 EMPLOYEES CALLING IT PART OF THE PROCESS. STATING THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THEIR BUSINESS. BEING $110 BILLION IN THE HOLE AFTER THIS PURCHASE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATE ED FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THEIR BUSINESS. WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO FIRE A TON OF PEOPLE. IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE JOBS, PLEASE, LET'S PASS THIS MOTION AND LET'S UNDERGO A THOROUGH AND EFFECTIVE REVIEW. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THAT, YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, SUPERVISORS, I'M JESSE MARCH TEEN' CARLOS, AN ACTOR. I'M A PROUD CARRYING CARD MEMBER SINCE I JOINED. I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY QUICKLY IN SUPPORTED OF THE MOTION BUT ALSO AGAIN HOW THIS WILL IMPACT EACH AND ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS. MOST OF OUR BACKGROUND ACTORS BARELY MAKE A LIVING. SOME OF THEIR CONTRACTS ARE MINIMUM WAGE. THE BACKGROUND ACTORS LIVE IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. SOME OF YOUR DISTRICTS ARE VERY FAMOUS FOR MOVIE SHOOTS. COMMERCIALS. I GREW UP IN LAVERNE. THE GRADUATE. SAN PEDRO, AZUSA, EVERYWHERE AROUND, SANTA CLARITA, EVERYWHERE AROUND THE DISTRICT THE MONEY WILL BE LOST TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO RENT OUT THEIR GARAGES, DRIVEWAYS, THEIR BACKYARDS FOR CRAFTING, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. I ASK YOU KEEP THE MONEY HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, I'M SAVANNAH TRUE HE YES PULMA, I'M FROM COLORADO, A CAPTAIN WITH STAY IN L.A. AND A GIRL THAT MOVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO ON A DREAM. I WENT INTO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT TO BE HERE. I AM STILL IN DEBT TRYING TO BE HERE WORKING A DAY TIME JOB, NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR AND NOT WHAT I WAS TAUGHT BUT I'M HERE. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE RED FLAG SOLE INDEPENDENT CONTRACT. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A TIME WE NEEDED TO BE PREPARED FOR A CRISIS. NOTHING COULD HELP US BE PREPARED FOR THIS CRISIS. WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT NETFLIX OR PARAMOUNT WAS GOING TO BUY WARNER BROTHERS. IT WAS A QUICK DECISION WITH A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BASICALLY, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAYS, THIS IS THE TIME TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND IT IS THE TIME TO ALLOW US FILMMAKERS TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE LOVE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO SEE ON THE SCREEN AT NIGHT WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM WORK EVERY DAY.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER.

HI, EVERYBODY, I'M WILL DINS MORE, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THE CONVERSATION AGAIN. I AM IN FAVOR OF SUPERVISOR HORVATH'S MOTION. AND I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY ALREADY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOR ME. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT MORE JOBS THAT WILL BE LOST OR CONSOLIDATED. WE HAVE STUNT COORDINATOR, STUNTED PERFORMERS, DRIVERS, PRECISION DRIVERS, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, YOU HAVE STAND BY PAINTERS, ASSISTANT SET DECORATORS, BUYERS, TOOL SPECIALIST, DIALOGUED ATORS, RECORDIST, FIRST ASSISTANT SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS, FOLEY MIXERS, SUPERVISORS, YOU HAVE SET TEACHERS, PATTERN MAKERS, SEEM STRESSORS, TAILORS, NEGATIVE CUTTERS, SPLICERS, DATA OPERATORS, LOCATION SCOUTS. I HAVE 5 SECONDS LEFT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M KAITLIN, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU ALL COMMUTED IN FROM THE VALLEY AND SAW THE NEW ADVERTISEMENT ON THE 101. A 30 FOOTHILL SIDE INSTALLATION IN L.A. SIGNALS AN ARRIVAL OF DEDICATED A.I. VIDEO HUB FOR INDEPENDENT INTEREST A.I. DIRECTORS DELIVERING CINEMA QUALITY WORK WITHOUT THE TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION OVERHEAD. I KNOW THIS AGENDA ISN'T ABOUT A.I., THE THREAT TO OUR INDUSTRY ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING AND THUS WE MUST ALSO ACT RAPIDLY TO PROTECT IT. I MOVED TO L.A. FOUR MONTHS AGO AGO, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE A FILMMAKER. I ASK WHAT IS THE BEST BACKLOT. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FAVORITE PROJECTS, CREWS AND MEMORY, AND WE RISK IF THE ACQUISITIONS CONTINUED. I HOPE TO SPEAK ABOUT HOLLYWOOD IN PRESENT TENSE IN FIVE YEARS, NOT PAST. THANK YOU. .

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M APRIL JONES, I'M A FILMMAKER AND JOURNALIST FOR OVER TWO DECADES. I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NORTHWEST SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND BOARD OF DAYBREAKTORS ON THE SAN PEDRO SKATE PARK ASSOCIATION. I SPENT THE LAST 7 YEARS DOCUMENTING THE BUREAUCRATIC BATTLE TO SAVE OUR SKATE PARK AND THIRD PLACE. JANICE HAHN HELPED US, SHE'S IN MY FILM. WE PROVIDE A FREE PUBLIC SPACE FOR YOUNG SKATEBOARDERS AS WELL AS FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS TO PRACTICE THEIR CRAFT. WE AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RELY ON PRODUCTION WORK TO PAY OUR BILLS AT THE SKATE PARK BUT ALSO YOUTH RELY ON OUR THIRD SPACE TO PRACTICE THEIR ART. IF THIS WARNER BROTHERS AND PARAMOUNT MERGE HAPPENS, WITHOUT THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION, IT WILL NOT ONLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR INDUSTRY BUT WILL AFFECT OUR THIRD SPACES AND OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS URGENT. WE ARE IN THE CRISIS NOW AND HAVE BEEN.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: ITEM 10 IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH, I WILL SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM, EXECUTIVE OFFICER CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: YES. BUT RELUCTANTLY ON THE SOLE SOURCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [APPL [APPLAUSE].

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE, PLEASE, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 12 AND 16. COUNTY CODE TITLE 5 PERSONNEL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WHICH ARE WERE HELD BY SUPERVISOR HAHN. LISA GARRETT DIRECTOR, RODNEY COLLINS, CHIEF DIRECTOR, WILLIAM GOMEZ SENIOR H.R. MANAGER AS WELL AS DEANNA CARLYLE FROM PROBATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HAHN THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT COULD ANSWER QUOS AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD REASON FOR THIS. I WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE AS A COUNTY ARE MAKING WITH CHANGING THESE CIVIL SERVICE RULES. I UNDERSTAND AS MUCH AS ANYBODY THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF STAFFING CRISIS IN THE CAMPS AND HALLS. WE NEED TO HOLD OUR PROBATION OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY AREN'T DOING THEIR JOBS. NOT LOST ON ME THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR WORKERS TO SHOW UP TO WORK. BUT I JUST FEEL DEEPLY THAT WE NEED TO MEET WITH LABOR FIRST TO DISCUSS THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER ROUTE TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AT THE ROOT OF THESE PROBLEMS IN WAY THAT IS MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND POTENTIALLY PRODUCTIVE. I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR COUNTER TO THAT. I BELIEVE OUR PROBATION UNION -- I BELIEVE THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A CHANGE. AND THEY I THINK ALWAYS WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS THE PROBLEM. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AT PROBATION. I'M CONCERNED THAT JUST THESE CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT CULTURE PROBLEM. I WORRY IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES SO IT'S EASIER TO DISCIPLINE OFFICERS WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ROOT PROBLEM WILL NOT ACTUALLY GET US OUT OF THE EMERGENCY WE'RE IN. WHILE THE FOCUS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULE CHANGES ARE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS, LET'S JUST CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE, BADLY BEHAVING OFFICERS, I JUST

WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING PROBATION OFFICERS WHO SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. I GO OUT TO LOS PADRINOS A LOT. AND I SEE THEM OUT THERE WHETHER I'M THERE IN THE DAY TIME, THE EVENING, THE WEEKEND, THEY'RE DEDICATED, THEY SHOW UP, THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR PROFESSION, THEY CARE ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INCARCERATED. I JUST BELIEVE, I'D EVEN BE WILLING TO SIT AT THE TABLE WITH YOU IF THAT WERE HELPFUL. I JUST WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND I THINK CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME WITHOUT MEET AND ONER IF IS NOT UPHOLDING THE VALUES THAT I THINK WE HOLD DEAR. AGAIN I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER SIDE TO THIS ON WHY WE'RE DOING IT, USING THE EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN TO KIND OF GO AROUND THE PROCESS. BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT PATHWAY FORWARD. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR BARGER.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. TO YOUR POINT SUPERVISOR HAHN WE DID IMPLEMENT A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY IN DECEMBER OF 2024 AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS SURROUNDING LOS PADRINOS. I WILL SAY THIS TO THE PROBATION UNION, THEY HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT IMPEDIMENT AS IT RELATES TO TURNING THIS DEPARTMENT AROUND. WHETHER IT BE OUR CURRENT PROBATION DIRECTOR OR PRIORS, THE COMMON COMPLAINT IS LACK OF ABILITY TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE. THE STATE IS WATCH ING. AND CIVIL SERVICE I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO CIVIL SERVICE RULES WHICH I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT NOT AS IT RELATES TO PROBATION BUT IN GENERAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IN FACT WE ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTING OUR WORKFORCE BUT ALSO PROTECTING OUR WORKFORCE WHO WORK HARD FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOOPHOLES IN OUR CIVIL SERVICE CODE. IT GOES BOTH WAYS. WHEN I TALK TO PROBATION OFFICERS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME OF THEM SUPPORT THE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY SEE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO WORK WHO ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. YET WE HAVE NO MEANS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DRASTIC MOVE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I FALL ON IT RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CEO AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM HUMAN RESOURCES. AT THE END HAVE THE DAY THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HAVE A CASCADING EFFECT ON OTHER NEIGHBOR PARTNERS.

THAT'S WHY WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CCU. THEIR CONCERN IS, IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT TOWARD DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH IS SOMETHING WE NOW RECOGNIZE AS THE WAY TO GET AROUND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT OTHERWISE ARE PUT INTO PLAY. WE DO IT WITH EVICTION MORATORIUM -- WE'VE DONE IT QUITE A FEW TIMES. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED. THE CCU HAS A RIGHT TO BE QUESTIONING US, AND TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TODAY. BUT I WOULD SAY THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN A VACUUM. THIS IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF A UNION THAT I KNOW HAS CHANGED, WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP. BUT A UNION THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION. I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A UNION THAT'S THE LEAST EFFECTIVE UNION I HAVE WORKED WITH IN 40-PLUS YEARS WITH THIS COUNTY. I HOPE THE NEW LEADERSHIP WILL TURN IT AROUND. IT IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THIS UNION THAT GENUINELY CARE ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND ABOUT THE ADULTS. WE FOCUS ON THE YOUTH BUT WE ALSO ARE OVERSEEING ADULTS THAT ARE COMING IN -- COMING OUT OF OUR CARCERAL SYSTEM AND ARE PART OF OUR PROBATION. MY QUESTION, HOW MANY CLASSIFICATIONS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE PROPOSED

CHANGING. IF THE CHANGES ARE APPROVED HOW SOON WOULD THEY BE IMPLEMENTED. DEPT. SPEAKER: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE 18 CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED. IF YOU COULD REPEAT THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION, I APOLOGIZE MUCH. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: HOW SOON WOULD THEY BE IMPLEMENTED IF THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED? DEPT. SPEAKER: DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION?

DEPT. SPEAKER: EDUARDO WITH THE OFFICE OF ARE COUNTY COUNSEL. THEY WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED COME APRIL 28, 2026, THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR INTRODUCTION. ADOPT OCEAN APRIL 28.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THEN TO YOU, JOE, THEN IS SOMEONE HERE FROM PROBATION? I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FIRST, THEN I'LL ASK JOE, YOU SIGNED OFF ON IT, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THESE CHANGES WILL BE MEANINGFULLY IMPROVED, THE STAFFING CRISIS? WE'RE GOING NUCLEAR RIGHT NOW ON SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE CONFIDENT. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT ADMINISTRATION IS NOT HERE TO DEFEND WHAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DECISION BEING MADE BY THIS BOARD AS IT RELATES TO LABOR AND AS IT RELATES TO CIVIL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

DEPT. SPEAKER: I'M DEANNA CARLYLE, I'M THE DEPARTMENTAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER FOR PROBATION. WHICH MEANS THAT I OVERSEE A NUMBER OF UNITS IN CARRYING OUT OUR H.R. FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SOME INCLUDE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT UNIT AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE RELATIONS UNIT. THE CHANGES PROPOSED ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF AN OVERALL IMPACT TO THE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE TRY TO MAKE CHANGES ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'RE TRYING TO POSITIVELY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR CHALLENGES AND MOVE PAST THEM IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AND I HEARD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING. IF WE DON'T ADDRESS EVERYTHING TOGETHER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FAIL. ALL OF THESE, INCLUDING EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO TRY AND ADDRESS OUR STAFFING CRISIS, ARE CRITICAL. EACH ONE OF THEM. EACH ONE IMPACTS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: SO IN ANSWER, KNOWING THAT THE L.A. COUNTY DEPUTY PROBATION UNION HAS A NEW OFFICER, HAVE YOU MET WITH THE UNION PRIOR TO BRINGING THIS FORWARD? I KNOW PRIOR DISCUSSIONS THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY -- IT WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION. HAVE YOU REACHED ON IT TO THE UNIONS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT -- DEPT. SPEAKER: NOT YET. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: HAS ANYBODY, JOE? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE MET WITH THE NEW OFFICER OF THE PROBATION UNION BUT NOT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: MADAM CHAIR I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEW PRESIDENT IS HERE. IF NOT, I THINK I'M GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. AGAIN MY FRUSTRATION IS, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I'VE NEVER MET A UNION THAT'S BECOME MORER AS IT RELATES TO TURNING THIS DEPARTMENT AROUND. WHICH IS TOO BAD. WHEN I STARTED THIS UNION WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST UNIONS WE WORKED WITH ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. JOE?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: SORRY, SIX HANDS GRABBED MY SHOULDER, WE HAVE MET WITH THE PROBATION UNION COUNSEL, NOT ON THIS ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE NOT MET WITH THE NEW OFFICER YET. NOT ON THIS ISSUE. BUT LET ME JUST -- CAN I PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: KILL WILL YOU PRO SIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, JOE?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: YES. THIS IS A PROCESS DRIVEN BY THE EMERGENCY. WHEN I HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD WE DO CARE ABOUT THE WORKFORCE. WE ALSO CARE THE YOUTH AND THOSE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT MENTIONED THIS IS ONE ASPECT OF A SUITE OF CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DOING. ITSED RELATES TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENTS AND DISPALESTINIAN. THAT'S A CAUSE OF CONCERN BY THE UNION. I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHERE WE HAVE GONE TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE CIVIL SERVICE RULE CHANGES AROUND DISCIPLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT HAS TAKEN A VIRGINIA LONG TIME. OUR CURRENT PROCESS, WE'RE IN OVER A YEAR WITH OUR GENERAL PROCESS FOR CIVIL SERVICE RULE CHANGES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. TAKES A LONG TIME TO MEET AND CONFER FIRST THEN IMPLEMENT CHANGES. WILL BE A MEET AND CONFER JUST NOT NOW. UNDER THE LAW WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY WE CAN ADOPT A POLICY, IMPLEMENT IT. OUR OBLIGATION IS TO IMMEDIATELY MEET AND CONFER AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICAL TIME ON THE IMPACTS TO LABOR.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: BUT, JOE, IN RESPONSE TO THAT I WAS TOLD, AND NOW I THINK YOU'RE CONTRADICTING OR I MISUNDERSTOOD, WHEN THE EMERGENCY IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE SIMILAR TO THE VACCINATION, VACCINE MANDATE, IT GOES AWAY. BUT YOU SAY THAT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS BE A MEET AND CONFER AND THE CHANGES BE PERMANENT?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: THE MEET AND CONFER IS ON THE EMERGENCY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. WHEN THE EMERGENCY ENDS, THOSE POLICIES HAVE TO GO AWAY BY LAW. CONCURRENTLY WE CAN INITIATE MEET AND CONFER WITH LABOR FOR PERMANENT RULE CHANGES. THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED THAT LENGTHY PROCESS WE WILL DO CONCURRENTLY. JUST TO COMPARTMENTALIZE IT, THE EMERGENCY RULES GO INTO EFFECT NOW, WE MEET AND CONFER ON THE IMPACTS, WHEN THE EMERGENCY ENDS THEY GO AWAY. IF WE HAVEN'T FINISHED OUR MEET AND CONFER WITH LABOR THEN IT GOES BACK TO STATUS QUO.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: SO YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME WHICH MEANS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. HOW IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE THAT ROOT CAUSE? IF THERE'S OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF PROBATION AND YOU SAY THAT IT'S LIKE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANYTHING THROUGH, ARE WE GOING TO DO EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE ORDERS ALL THE TIME TO CIRCUMVENT WHAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ROOT CAUSE SYSTEMIC?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER CONDITIONS LIKE THAT IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT THAT CAUSED THIS BOARD TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ON HOW WE OPERATE IN DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I'M REMINDED OF THE EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS WE'RE TALKING 4 YEARS AGO, WE ACTUALLY STARTED WITH INCENTIVES. WE HAD APPROVED 20% BONUSES FOR THE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND DO THE WORK AND WE GAVE THEM OVERTIME. THAT HAD INCREMENTAL BENEFITS AND IT FELL OFF. WE TRIED A HOST OF OTHER THINGS, IN 2023 YOU ADOPTED AN AM ANY BUS LETTER FOR THE PROBATION CHIEF TO MAKE CHANGES THAT HASN'T YIELDED ENOUGH OPERATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY FOR US TO BE OUT OUT OF THE CROSSHAIRS OF THE DOJ. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT EFFORT. IT IS -- I FORGET WHAT YOUR TERM WAS BUT IT IS EXTRAORDINARY STEP BUT WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING AND PART OF THE LARGINGER EFFORT AT PROBATION. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE DHR ACROSS THE TABLE, PROBATION, THEY CAN SPEAK BETTER TO THE KINDS OF BENEFITS THEY SEE WITH THE CHANGES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM DHR, PLEASE.

DEPT. SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS, LISA GARRETT. I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT FROM WHAT JOE IS SAYING. ON AS YOU KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE REFORM FOR A LONG TIME. JUST TRYING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE HIT-AND-RUNING CIVIL SERVICE RULES. WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS, WE WERE -- ALMOST TWO YEARS. PROBATION DOESN'T HAVE THAT LENGTH OF TIME TO MAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THIS IS WHY THE EXECUTIVE, WHY THIS EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IS COMING FORWARD. I'LL ASK RODNEY AND DEANNA TO TALK ABOUT THE ENHANCEMENTS, WHAT THESE WILL HELP THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT DO IN LIGHT OF CIRCUMSTANCES WE FIND OURSELVES IN.

DEPT. SPEAKER: RODNEY COLLINS, GOOD AFTERNOON, EXCUSE ME, RODNEY COLLINS CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR. AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROVISIONS, WHY WE BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE PROCESS, IF WE LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE PIECE THE FIRST STICKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND I DISCUSSED, OFTENTIMES IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT WE HAVE YOUTH WHO ONCE THEY LEAVE THE CAMP AFTER HAVING GIVEN US STATEMENTS, THOSE STATEMENTS IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO APPEAR IN A HEARING OFTEN TIMES IT MEANS THAT THAT EVIDENCE POTENTIALLY CAN'T BE USED TO MAKE A FINDING OF FACT AGAINST SOME ACTION OR ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED THAT WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST. SO BY CHANGING AT LEAST THE EVIDENCE PART, THAT IS THE FIRST PLUS, WE WILL UTILIZE, AB21LE, IF WE HAD STATEMENTS FROM THE YOUTH YEARS AGO AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THEM OUT OF A FILE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT TODAY. TS WAY THE EVIDENCE PIECE WORKS IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE EVIDENCE LATER. PROBATIONARY, EXTENDING THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD, PROBATION CAN TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT MORE, TOO, EXTENDING THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR UNTIL FOLKS DO THE WORK. WHAT IT WILL ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF BOTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING TRAINED WHICH CAN TAKE SOME TIME, AND IT WILL

ALSO ALLOW FOR FOR CONSIDERATION OF WHEN THEY ARE DOING THE WORK. THAT THE DEPARTMENT COULD MOVE TOWARD SEPARATION, RATHER THAN THE CURRENT TIME PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL, SOME OF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT RULES, ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL TO HEAR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE APPEALS. PREVENT SOME FORM SHOPPING WHICH IS POSSIBLE. THE URN PROCESS ALLOWS DEPARTMENTAL GRIEVANCE TO TAKE PLACE THAT, CAN TAKE MONTHS TO GO THROUGH BUT ALLOWS THEM TO COME TO THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL TO SEEK REDRESS FOR THEIR CLAIM. IF THINK DECIDE TO COME TO THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL TO OUR APPEALS PROCESS IT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM UTILIZING THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS THAT IS SUB ASSUMED WITHIN THEIR MOUs. SUSPENSION REDUCTION DISCHARGE, THE BIGGEST POINT IF WE SEE FROM DHR THAT DISCIPLINE IS NOT CARRIED OUT IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE ACROSS THE COUNTY, IT GIVERS THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL, LISA GARRETT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP IN AND TO WORK WITH THAT DEPARTMENT OR TO EVEN EFFECTUATE DISCIPLINE IN THOSE CASES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: ONE LAST QUESTION FOR PROBATION ON THE HR SIDE, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT ON, WHAT IS IT, MEDICAL LEAVE? ON WORKERS COMP. DEPT. SPEAKER: SO WE HAVE AS OF YESTERDAY ABOUT 300 OUT ON PERSONAL MEDICAL LEAVE MEANING THEY COULD HAVE EXHAUSTED 48-50 AT THIS POINT. ABOUT 100 OUT ON 4850. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF CURRENTLY ON LIGHT DUTY SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM THE FUN FUNCTION AND SCOPE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: NOW I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IT, BUT WE'RE CHANGING CIVIL SERVICE BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY. THERE'S BEEN A PERIOD OF TIME WE HAVEN'T BOTHERED TO FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE NOT BACK AT WORK OR DONE ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO WORKMEN'S COMP. HAVE WE CORRECTED THAT AND BEING AS AGGRESSIVE ON THAT SIDE AS WE ARE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE SIDE? I DON'T KNOW LISA, OR YOU?

DEPT. SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY. I ALSO HAVE HEARD THOSE STORIES. I'VE BEEN WITH PROBATION FOR 11 YEARS. MY BACKGROUND IS IN LEAF MANAGEMENT, THIS WAS A BIG AREA FOR ME. WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH DHR FOR YEARS EFFECTIVELY. THEY HAVE STEPPED IN AND TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS MOVING AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW WHERE EVERY EMPLOYEE IS, I CAN TOLD YOU THAT FACTUALLY. THAT WASN'T THE CASE, WE KNOW WHERE EVERY EMPLOYEE IS, WE'RE DILIGENTLY FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM TO GET UPDATES ON DOCTORS, MEDICAL CONDITION TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO BRING THEM BACK TO WORK.

DEPT. SPEAKER: ONE THING DHR HAS DONE IS ASSISTED THE DEPARTMENT IN STANDING UP A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR WHICH IS CALLED SEDGWICK. THIS THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR COLLECTS THE LEAVE DOCUMENTS FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND HELPS MANAGE THE LEAVES AND MAKES SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES RETURN THEIR DOCUMENTS ON TIME, ETCETERA. THAT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF ASSISTANCE WITH THE LEAVE MANAGEMENT. THAT FREES UP THE LEAVE MANAGEMENT, CONTACTED THE EMPLOYEES, SEEING THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT LEAVES. WEE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN INDIVIDUALS MOVING OFF THESE ITEMS TO FREE THEM UP FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE. TS LEAVE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IS BETTER SINCE WE HAVE STARTED ADDING SEDGWICK IN, IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. WE'RE REFINING THE PROCESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL?

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. LET ME START BY SAYING I AM CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL SERVICE. WITHOUT IT, WE -- GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T HAVE, FRANKLY, THE DIVERSE WORKFORCE. IT PROVIDES PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND WOMEN OF COLOR. THOSE LOCKED OUT OF RARE YOURS WORK SITES. I AM CLEAR WE HAVE FACED AN UPHILL BATTLE WHEN IT COMES TO ADEQUATE STAFFING IN THE HALLS AND CAMPS. I APPRECIATE THIS HAS GOTTEN DIFFICULT AND THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. FOR THE PROBATION EMPLOYEES WHO SHOW UP TO WORK EVERY DAY, WHO BRING DIGNITY AND COMMITMENT TO YOUR PROFESSION OF CHOICE, YOU SHOULD NOT INTERPRET THESE CHANGES AS A REFLECTION ON YOUR INTEGRITY. YOU SIMPLY SHOULD NOT. THE CALLOUTS AND STAFFING SHORTAGES LEAVE CRITICAL NEEDS UNMET AND PUT THE MOST VULNERABLE AT RISK. WE NEED, IT IS CLEAR, MULTIPLE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLKIT TO ADDRESS THE BSCC AND DOJ CONCERNS. WE HAVE BEEN AT RISK OF HAVING TO CLOSE FACILITIES AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE COMMON MOST CHALLENGING THING TO GET ACROSS IS STAFFING. PERIOD. WE CANNOT AS A BOARD BE HYPOCRITICAL. WHEN I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE

NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE ASKED FOR MORE PROGRAMMING AND WE ARE TOLD THE STAFFING SHORTAGE COMPLICATES THAT. IDENTIFY LOST TRACK OF TALKING ABOUT LACOE AND IF KIDS ARE TAKEN TO CLASSROOMS. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO BRING MOTIONS TO HAVE KIDS HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HUGGING THEIR MOTHERS, SWIMMING, ALL OF THE THINGS WE DO FROM THIS DAIS AND NOT ADDRESS THE CORE ELEMENT THAT COMPLICATES THOSE ACTIONS. THAT IS A CONSISTENT, WELL-TRAINED STAFF WHO SHOW UP AND PERFORM THEIR DUTIES LEGALLY AND AROPE PROPERTILY AS IT COMES TO WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS SOLELY A RESPONSE TO BSCC COMPLIANCE OR POTENTIAL RECEIVERSHIP, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT. IT ALSO HAS TO BE VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF AB218. WHERE WE HAVE GONE TO SACRAMENTO TO CONVINCE LAWMAKERS THAT WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF SAID CORRECTIVE ACTION. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT STAFF CARING FOR YOUTH AND STAFF PROVIDING CARE ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CONDUCT. THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP FOR WORK AND DO THEIR JOB WITH DIGNITY AND PROFESSIONALISM AS A REFLECTION ON THEIR INTEGRITY. THIS MEANS ENSURING THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT HAS THE TOOLS IT NEEDS TO APPROPRIATELY MANAGE SWORN STAFF, AND THERE IS RECOURSE FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE

NOT TO ENSURE THAT YOUTH ARE SAFE AND PROTECTED. IT IS TEMPORARY. IT IS A TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT TO TRY AND IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR ALL, LIVED EXPERIENCES OF YOUTH IN THEIR CARE. I APPRECIATE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD, I APPRECIATE THERE'S A PROCESS AND THAT LABOR SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. FUNDAME FUNDAMENTALLY BSCC IS RIDING US, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS RIDING US, PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR STUDENTS. WHEN I GO TO OUR FACILITIES I HEAR FROM STAFF WHO ARE THERE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES NOT FEELING PROTECTED BY THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES WHO DON'T SHOW UP. AGAIN THESE ARE ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE TO HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR WHO NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I CAN SAY THAT UNEQUIVOCALLY WITHOUT COMPROMISING MY COMMITMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTIONS. I WILL BE SUPPORTING TODAY'S MOTION.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HORVATH.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. I THINK THAT WE ARE -- THIS BOARD DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR A REASON. ACKNOWLEDGING THE VERY EXTREME AND URGENT CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE IN IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT THIS MOTION AND WE'RE ASKED TO DO IS ABOUT. THESE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS VEER FROM THE MEET AND CONFER, I WANT TO START WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT TOUCH ON SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP ALREADY. COUNTY COUNSEL, WHAT YOU FIND THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS IS AS IT RELATES TO THESE ITEMS? IT IS AFTER THE FACT THAT, A MEET AND CONFER WOULD BE AFTER THE FACT. WILL THE BOARD CHOOSE TO MAKE THESE PERMANENT, WILL THAT TRIGGER THE MEET AND CONFER? CLEAR UP FOR ME WHAT MEET AND CONFER IS REQUIRED.

DAWYN HARRISON: AS THE CEO INDICATED, THESE ARE TEMPORARY CHANGES BEING MADE UNDER THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THAT YOUR BOARD HAS DECLARED. THE MEET AND CONFER THAT WILL BEGIN ONCE THIS IS ADOPTED IS FOR THE TEMPORARY CHANGES. CONCURRENTLY, IN PARALLEL, THERE WILL BE MEET AND CONFER FOR PERMANENT CHANGES. I WANT TO LOOK OVER TO THE CEO. SDWLAN IS CORRECT. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THIS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE THAT?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: NO, WE HAVE USED THE EMERGENCY EXCEPTION DURING COVID WHEN THIS BOARD ADOPTED A VACCINE MANDATE, WE IMPLEMENTED IT IMMEDIATELY, WE MET AND CONFERRED ON THE IMPACTS OF THAT DECISION. WHEN THE COVID EMERGENCY ENDED THOSE RULES ALSO TERMINATED.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THIS MAY BE FOR THE H.R. TEAM, ANYONE IS OPEN TO ANSWERING, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IN RECENT YEARS TO IMPROVE PROBATION STAFFING CHALLENGES IN AN EFFORT TO GET IN COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH AND STAFF. DEPT. SPEAKER: YES. WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF INCENTIVES, PROCESS CHANGES, POLICY -->> SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES.

DEPT. SPEAKER: FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I'LL START WITH RECRUITMENT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN EXTERNAL AGENCY TO TARGET AND IDENTIFY CANDIDATES THAT WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR OUR WORK. ITS IS LOW BUT IT'S COMING. ALL OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES ARE STRUGGLING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH HIRING AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR HIRING AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS. OF THE APPLICATIONS WE'RE STARTING TO SEE BETTER MATCHES MEANING THAT LESS PEOPLE ARE DROPPED OUT AFTER THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE THEY MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH. WE HAVE ADDED ENHANCEMENTS, PROCESSES TO DO THAT, EXAMINATION PROCESSES.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: HAVE WE PROVIDED IN I OTHER INCENTIVES? DEPT. SPEAKER: WE HAVE TRIED A COUPLE, I BELIEVE THE BOARD APPROVED THE CEO APPROVED SOME HIRING BONUSES AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ON ADDITIONAL HIRING BONUSES. THERE'S OTHER FISCAL DISCUSSIONS UNDER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE, AT LEAST WE'RE MEE MEETING OTHER SIMILAR AGENCIES. I'M NOT SURE IF THE CEO CAN SPEAK TO THOSE.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: MY UNDERSTANDING WE'VE ADOPTED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO WORK AND REPORT TO REGULAR DUTY. THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS THE URGENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NEED THAT WE HAVE INSIDE OF THE FACILITIES. RIGHT?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: INITIALLY WE HAD THE 20% BONUS THAT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT AROUND 2022. THAT SUNSETTED BUT THERE CONTINUE TO BE BONUSES FOR PEOPLE WHO LOG A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PAY PERIOD, A MONTH, A YEAR. BUT THERE ARE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PRESENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME ON THEIR SHIFTS. I'M LOOKING BACK TO PROBATION TO CONFIRM THAT, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE THE CASE.

DEPT. SPEAKER: I BELIEVE THOSE INCENTIVES HAVE SUNSET. THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCENTIVES AND MOTIVATIONS, BUT THE ONES YOU TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY SUNSET IN 24-25. JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I DON'T HAVE A CON PENNEDIUM OF ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: I KNOW WE ASKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO BE HERE --

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I WISH THEY HAD A PRESENCE HERE. THERE HAVE BEEN A MIX OF CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO STABILIZE THE STAFFING GOING BACK TO 2020 SINCE I START ED IN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE ROLE. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THAT IS MY POINT. DIRECTOR?

DEPT. SPEAKER: YES, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHEN DHR WENT OVER SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE CALLING OUT AND THERE WAS NO REPERCUSSION BEHIND THAT. OUR TEAM WENT AND WORKED WITH DEANNA AND ALSO THE SUPERVISORS OF PROBATION TO FIND OUT WHO WAS CALLING OUT. AND WE ACTUALLY PREPARED OVER 600 LETTERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CALLING OUT. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO WORK WITH PROBATION ON THOSE CASES. WILL WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THAT AREA OF THE CALLOUTS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT?

DEPT. SPEAKER: YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, WILLIAM GOMEZ, SENIOR H.R. MANAGER. WE CAN SHARE THAT MY UNIT WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TO OVERSEE AND ASSIST THEM WITH CRAFTING CORRECTIVE ACTION NOTICES SUSPENSIONS, SEPARATIONS AND SECONDARY CONCERNS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT REGARDING LEAVE MANAGEMENT CONCERNS WHERE THERE COULD BE CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES BASED'S OFF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED. THAT CONTINUES. AND WE HAVE ALSO OFFERED AND ARE REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT, WILL BE REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT IN MATTERS BEFORE THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY MIGHT SOUND EXTREME IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTEXT OF THE YEARS OF WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. WE STARTED WITH INCENTIVES FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AS OPPOSED TO CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. WE HAVE REWARDED GOOD BEHAVIOR. WHEN THAT HAS BEEN AN INCENTIVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED, IT STILL HAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IN TERMS OF RETUNE BEHAVIOR AND PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO WORK. THAT IS ONGOING CONCERN FOR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM OUR STATE PARTNERS BUT IT IS ALSO A CONCERN GIVEN THE CLOUD OF SCRUTINY AB218. LOS PADRINOS WAS DECLARED UNSUITABLE FOR HOUSING YOUTH IN 2024. THAT IS ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, OCTOBER. CHIEF CONCERN FOR THE STATE AGENCIES HAS BEEN STAFFING. THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS TO AVOID THE SAME RESULTS. THE STATE IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A RECEIVER SHIP AND OUR COUNTY IS PAYING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS RELATED TO THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT STAFF. THIS BOARD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WE NEED TO RESPOND WITH EMERGENCY MEASURES LIKE THE CHANGES REQUESTED IN THE BOARD LETTER. WHILE I SUPPORT THESE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL CHANGES I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE CHANGES ARE LIMITED TO THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, TO THE DURATION OF THE CURRENT EMERGENCY DECLARATION, AND SUBJECT TO

MEETING AND CONFERRING WITH IMPACTED LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AS IMPLEMENTED AND COUNTY COUNSEL AND CEO IDENTIFIED EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL BE DONE. I WANT TO BE EQUALLY CLEAR WE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT THESE PRACTICES APPLY TO OTHER COUNTY LABOR UNIONS. WE ARE CURRENTLY FACING EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. SO MUCH SO THAT THIS BOARD DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. SO THE MEASURES WE'RE TAKING TODAY APPLY TO THAT DEPARTMENT ALONE. BUT OUR CHALLENGE IS PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH AND STAFF FROM THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT SERVE THEM. WE KNOW THAT CONSEQUENCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE WE MUST KEEP WORKING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND IF WE GIVE UP IT IS OUR YOUTH AND STAFF THAT SUFFER. ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION ARE CRITICAL TO PROTECTING THE YOUTH AND STAFF AND TO ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST THAT'S BEEN LOST WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. IN MY CONVERSATIONS IN SACRAMENTO REGARDING AB218 THEY WANT TO SEE CORRECTIVE ACTION. I AM FRUSTRATED THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THESE STEPS IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT I REMAIN COMMITTED TO COURSE CORRECTING THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM. I WILL BE SUPPORTING.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HAHN.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. I'M AS FRUSTRATED AS ANYBODY IS. LISTENING TO 300 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AT WORK, ANOTHER 100 THAT ARE NOT THERE FOR SPECIFIC REASON, I HATE HEARING OFFICERS THAT WOULD HAVE A DOCTOR'S REPORT THAT SAID IT WASN'T HEALTHY FOR THEM TO BE AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BEEN AWFUL. I JUST DON'T SEE, MAYBE ONE OF CAN YOU TELL ME, WHICH ONE OF THESE CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE STAFFING CRISIS. IT IS -- WE ARE ALLOWING THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL TO DISCIPLINE A PROBATION EMPLOYEE. WE'RE INCREASING A PERIOD AN EMPLOYEE CAN BE PUT ON UNPAID SUSPENSION. WE'RE INCREASING PROBATIONALLY PERIOD FROM 12 TO 24 MONTHS SO PROBATION HAS TIME TO EVALUATE EMPLOYEES BEING INVESTIGATED. WE ARE ALLOWING HERE SAY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT FINDING THE FACT DURING THE DISCIPLINE HEARING. WE'RE INCREASING -- ALLOWING REVIEWS AND APPEALS TO BE FUND TO DHR. I DON'T SEE ONE OF THESE THAT WILL HELP US HIRE MORE PEOPLE. THIS IS ABOUT, I MEAN I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE, TRYING TO UP DISCIPLINE, TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE, WE WANT YOU TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NONE OF THESE ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY WHICH WAS THE STAFFING CRISIS. I BELIEVE WILL STILL EXIST AFTER THIS. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HIRE PEOPLE. LISA, YOU'VE BEEN IN MY OFFICE WITH HEAD OF PROBATION TALKING

ABOUT HOW DO WE SHORTEN THE TIME TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO GO INTO THIS LINE OF WORK. SOME OF THESE THINGS MIGHT DEINCENTIVIZE. HEY, DO I WANT TO COME INTO A DEPARTMENT THAT JUST GOES AROUND THE RULES AND DECIDES TO MAKE CHANGES WHENEVER THEY WANT? THIS IS NOT ABOUT SUPPORTING NECESSARILY THE CURRENT STAFFERS. I DON'T SEE THIS GETTING 300 BACK. I DON'T SEE WHICH ONE ADDRESSES THAT. CULTURE, SUPPORT, THIS IS UNSUPPORTED BY THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK THIS GOES TO THE HEART OF WHY WE'RE IN THIS CRISIS. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE WILL GET US OUT OF THE STAFFING CRISIS. MAYBE I WILL BE PROVED WRONG. WHICH ONE OF THESE WILL HELP US HIRE MORE DEDICATED, QUALIFIED PROBATION OFFICERS ANY QUICKER?

DEPT. SPEAKER: WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD THOSE ARE CRITICAL FOR STAFF TO BECOME JOURNEY LEVEL EMPLOYEES, STAFF TO LEARN WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. WE KNOW AS A DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. WE EVER OTHER PROGRAMS FOR MENTORING, TRAINING, FOR EXTENDING BASICALLY THAT TRAINING PERIOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITIES. I BELIEVE PUTTING IN AN EXTENSION ON THAT PROBATIONALLY PERIOD WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT AND FAIRLY EVALUATE SOMEONE BEYOND THAT TIME PERIOD. TO SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF THESE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: HOW WILL THIS BRING BACK THE 300 OR 400 WHO ARE CALLING OUT? DEPT. SPEAKER: RIGHT. RETENTION IS CRITICAL, TOO. A CRITICAL PIECE OF RECRUITMENT. HAVING PEOPLE FEEL THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAFE, WELL TRAINED, AND COME IN TO A WELL ORGANIZED AGENCY IS ALSO CRITICAL IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR BARGER.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: 218 IS COMPELLING ARGUMENT. KNOWING THAT 218 IS LINKED TO PROBATION AND DCFS ARE YOU LOOKING AT CHANGES UNDER DCFS AS WEL WELL? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: PERHAPS NOT IN THE SAME WAY. WE HAVE CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF DCFS. WE HADN'T RETAINED OUTSIDE SUPPORT. WE ARE NOT SEEING THE SAME STAFFING ISSUES. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'M TIEING TO 218.

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: WE ARE INVESTING THE TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE THE CORRECTION'S. DCFS IS DIFFERENTLY SEPARATED DEPARTMENT. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING AT DCFS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T REPLICATE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD PRIMARILY AT McLAREN. THE CLOSURE OF McLAREN, WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER OF CASES FILLED AGAINST US THAT RELATE TO DCFS DESIGN SUBSTANTIALLY. THAT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THE 218 I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT REFORM IS NEEDED. WHEN YOU ASK WHAT OF THESE IS GOING TO CHANGE THE HIRING, I THINK IT IS QUALITY. THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOK AT -- THERE'S A DIFFICULTY IN TERMS OF FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND DISCHARGING EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. IS THAT ACCURATE? DEPT. SPEAKER: YES, THAT'S ACCURATE.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: IS THIS GOING TO HELP AS IT RELATES TO -- SUPERVISOR HAHN IS RIGHT, WHEN I WAS TOLD THERE'S AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE AROUND CHILDREN I'M THINKING WHY ARE YOU IN THIS LINE OF PROFESSION. IT'S ALMOST MAKING A MOCKERY OUT OF PROBATION AND THE COUNTY. DOES THIS HELP ADDRESS THOSE CONCE CONCERNS?

DEPT. SPEAKER: YES, I BELIEVE SO. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GET FROM OUR APPLICANTS IN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS CALL AND ASK WES ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE JUST LIKE ANY OF US ABLE TO TAP INTO NEWS OR INFORMATION. THEY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING. TO MAKE THE EMPLOYEES WANT TO BE THERE. TS EMPLOYEE WANTS TO FULFILL THE MISSION. TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS, EVERYONE STATED AND I AGREE WITH, WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES. WE DON'T HAVE JUST GOOD EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES. WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE EMPLOYEES AND DON'T WANT THEM TO BECOME DISHEARTENED WHEN THEY LOOK AROUND AND SEE THINGS OCCURRING THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY, THAT ARE NOT'S BEING NIPPED IN THE BUD. WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE BEST. IF SOMEBODY IS NOT IN THE BEST FRAME OF MIND PERHAPS THEY SHOULD FIND OTHER EMPLOYMENT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AND MY QUESTION, JOE, SIR COUPLE VENTING MEET AND CONFER FOR UNION PARTNERS.

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: EXCELLENT QUESTION. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THAT. IT I SEE NOT FREQUENT. SECONDLY, IT IS NOT MY INTENTION TO WORK AROUND THE TRADITIONAL MEET AND CONFER PROCESS OTHER THAN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR, AND THIS IS TIME LIMITED, LIMITED TO PROBATION, DOESN'T EXTEND BEYOND PROBATION, THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF THE YEARS OF EFFORT TO RIGHT SIZE THE DEPARTMENT STAFFING, TO ADDRESS ABSENTEEISM, TO HANDLE DISCIPLINE QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THIS IS NOT THE START OF THE RACE. WE'RE ALREADY WELL INTO THIS MARATHON. WHAT I SAY TO THE BOARD IS THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WITH A VERY DIFFICULT SET OF POLICIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE PROTECTED, THAT WE DO RIGHT BY AB218. AND THAT THOSE, LIKE SUPERVISOR MITCHELL SAID AND THE DEPARTMENT SAID, THOSE WHO ARE COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY AND WORKING HARD, THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING AS A STRATEGIC MOVE I'M INTENDING TO DO ABSENT THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU TERMINATE A YEAR, GUESSTIMATE? ONE OF THE CRITICISMS I HEAR FROM CIVIL SERVICE, THE COMMISSIONERS, IS THAT DEPARTMENTS DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO UPHOLD TERMINATION. SUPERVISOR HAHN IS SAYING WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO HELP RESKRUMENT. HOW DO WE GET EMPLOYEES DEDICATED TO YOUTH AND WHEN IT COMES TO PROBATION, PROVIDING THEM WITH ALL OF THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO LIVE PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

DEPT. SPEAKER: ONE THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THE CHIEF, ONE ITEM THAT HE WANTED TO DO IS ELEVATE THE POSITION OF FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK. BEFORE THEY WERE GROUP NIGHT SUPERVISORS, NOW HE'S MOVING TO HAVE DEPUTY PROBATION OFFICERS IN THESE -- IN THESE POSITIONS. THIS HELPS WITH MOVING PEEP FROM ONE UNIT TO ANOTHER, ADULT TO JUVENILE. WITH EASE. THEY WILL HAVE ONE CLASSIFICATION THAT CAN GO ANYWHERE. THE ELEVATED CLASSIFICATION I THINK WILL ACTUALLY HELP WITH RETAINING STAFF, THEY GET MORE MONEY AND THEY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SKILL SETS COMING IN. THEY SERVE THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE UNDER THE CURRENT CHIEF. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT JOE MENTIONED THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE KNOTTED REQUIRING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW THE COVID GUIDELINES. HAVING THAT AUTHORITY IN THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL WE WERE ABLE TO DO, ENFORCE WHAT WAS NOT BEING ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THIS WILL MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE CARRYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENTS OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT COMPLY.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'M HEARING THAT OTHER UNIONS THINK THEY'RE NEXT. FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB. WELL WE COULD BE IF WE DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WE CAN'T CIRCUMVENT MEET AND CONFER OTHER THAN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY, DAWYN?

DEPT. SPEAKER: AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THERE ARE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CREATE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES, BOARD DECLARED EMERGENCIES WITH REGARD TO THE FACILITIES OVER PROBATION IN THIS CONTEXT. THERE IS A RECEIVERSHIP ACTION, WITH REGARDS TO STAFFING. COMBINATION OF THE FACTORS THAT CREATE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER STATE LAW ALLOW THE COUNTY TO ISSUE THIS ORDINANCE FIRST THEN MEET AND CONFER.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: WE HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY. DEPT. SPEAKER: CORRECT. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: YOU FEEL THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET BUT FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. DEPT. SPEAKER: THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A SCENARIO WHERE THOSE -->> SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: LIKE THE FIRE -- TO PROVIDE US WITH EMERGENCY 101 AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THRESHOLD NEEDS TO BE MET. THIS ISN'T AS ARBITRARY AS IT SOUNDS LIKE.

DAWYN HARRISON: TYPICALLY IT'S THREAT TO LIFE AND SAFETY IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE USE TO DECLARE EMERGENCIES. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE USED FOR THE EMERGENCYS THAT YOU GUYS IDENTIFIED AS OTHER EXAMPLES OF EMERGENCIES. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I DON'T LIKE THAT, LIKE DANGEROUS TO SELF AND ON AND OTHERS, THAT'S INTERPRETATION. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

DEPT. SPEAKER: MAY I READ THE CODE SECTION 1304, IT SETS OUT WHAT THE EMERGENCIES ARE. FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY EXISTS WHEN LIFE, HEALTH OR PROPERTY IS IN JEOPARDY. EMERGENCY EXISTS WHEN THE IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT OF A CURRENT AVAILABLE APPLICANT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE OF EXTREME RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES. EMERGENCY IS ALSO THE WORK OF A PROGRAM OF COUNTY DEPARTMENT WHEN IT WILL BE IMPAIRED IF THE POSITION IS LEFT VACANT AND THE WORK CANNOT BE DEFERRED OR REASSIGNED. THOSE ARE SPECIFIC EMERGENCIES. THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR 1304. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE EMERGENCY HIRING. THESE ARE SPECIFIC EMERGENCIES.

DAWYN HARRISON: THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY IS THREAT TO LIFE AND SAFETY. HERE THE CONSIDERATION THAT WAS MADE BY THIS BOARD WAS THE RISK AND SAFETY TO THE YOUTH. WHAT WAS USED BY THIS BOARD TO DECLARE THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER THIS DEPARTMENT. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION BOTH WAYS. AND MY SENSE, TOO, WHAT REAL TOOL DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO GO. THIS IS A 12-YEAR EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THE BOARD, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGES I HAVE TO SAY. CAN THEY GO FASTER? I HOPE SO. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRITERIA THE ONE THAT GIVES ME AN UPSET STOMACH, HERE SAY EVIDENCE. THAT IS CRITICAL IF SOMEONE CAN SAY AND ATTEST WITHOUT CRUCIAL EVIDENCE. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THAT POSITION. WHY CAN'T WE BEGIN THIS MEET AND CONFER NOW. SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS LIST THAT IS BEFORE ME. THE REFORMS THE DIRECTOR ACHIEVED WANTS TO CARRY OUT. WHAT IS GOING TO HURT US IF WE TAKE TIME OUT AND MEET AND CONF CONFER.

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: THAT WOULD BE AN ALEASTERNTIVE. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC IT WILL RESULT IN ANYTHING QUICKLY. NEGOTIATING CIVIL SERVICE RULE CHANGES IS AN INTENSIVE, DETAILED PROCESS. IF YOUR BOARD DECIDES TO GO MEET AND CONFER INITIALLY, IT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGES. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THEN PUT A TIMELINE AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OTHER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. >> SUP. JANICE HAHN: THEY MAY NOT AGREE.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BEFORE I FINISH I WANT TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THIS THEY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK THIS THROUGH WITH US -- NOT US BUT YOU. YOU'RE NEW, YOU'RE DIFFERENT, OUR LEADERSHIP HAS CHANGED. I HOPE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE CAN DISCUSS WHEN THAT COMES BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING, MY HOPE IS THAT IT WOULD. AB218 IS THERE, RECEIVERSHIP, THE SEC IS UPSET, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO, GET THE BUY-IN OF LABOR PARTNERS. THIS IS MONUMENTAL. I'M HONESTLY -- WE'RE AT A POINT, JUNCTURE WHERE THINGS ARE CHANG CHANGING.

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: EARLIER TODAY WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, THIS IS THE PROBATION SUPERVISORS. THEY HAVE DESCRIBED OUR ACTIONS AS ILLEGAL. THEY HAVE SAID THINGS THAT MAKE ME CONCERNED THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES. EQUAL PROTECTION CONCERNS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE CAN'T APPLY THESE RULES JUST TO THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THAT WE HAVE BREACHED THE MOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THINKING FOR THEM?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I'M READING FROM THEIR LETTER. I WANT TO CAUTION THE BOARD. WE CAN TAKE THAT STEP, MEET AND CONFER WITH THEM. I'VE BEEN TOLD A NUMBER OF TIMES WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG. THE ANSWER I GET BACK WE CAN'T SET A TIMELINE FOR BARRING FLING. WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A PROCESS THAT WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE TIMELINES AT THE TABLE. OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: UBE BARGER?

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I LIKE WHAT YOU SAY. I WOULD ASK IF THE NEXT 30 DAYS THAT YOU DISCUSS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS BOARD PLANS ON TAKING ACTION, THAT IS CONTINUING IT 30 DAYS SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS. I HEAR YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS LABOR UNION. THEY MAKE IT TOUGHTOR EVERY OTHER LABOR UNION IN THE COUNTY. WE RECOGNIZE WHAT IS FACING US FROM SACRAMENTO. WE'RE DOING THE WORKFORCE A FAVOR TO ALLOW THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS. BUT THIS IS BEING DONE BECAUSE OF SOME EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TAKEN TOTAL ADVANTAGE, TOTAL ADVANTAGE. HOW IT CAME TO BE. BECAUSE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS

YEARS AGO YOU CAN DRIVE A CAR THROUGH THE LOOPHOLES HOW WE REWARD BAD BEHAVIOR AND NOT GOOD BEHAVIOR. I SHARE THE CONCERNS BUT 218 IS LOOMING OVER OUR HEAD. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL THEN HAHN.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: I'M CLEAR THAT COLLEAGUES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TAKING ACTION TODAY. 30 DAYS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE ACTING IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EMERGENCY. I THOUGHT WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR A REASON. THIS DOESN'T FEEL EMERGENT TO ME ME.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I DON'T THINK IT GETS US OUT OF THE STAFFING EMERGENCY. WAS SORT OF AT THE CRUX OF WHY WE DID IT. WE HAVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CARE AT THE FOREMOST OF OUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE RULE CHANGES THAT GETS US MORE STAFF. I LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. WE HAVE LEADERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES. JOE IS THE NEW LEADER ON THIS SIDE. 685 AS NEW LEADERSHIP. WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNION. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE MEET AND CONFER WOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER WE HAVE IMPOSED THESE RULE CHANGES. I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT MEET AND CONFER AS WE HAVE IMPOSED THESE. WE NEED TO GET THE UNION INVOLVED BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY AGREE TO THESE. WE NEED A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH LABOR. I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. NOT JUST THE PROBLEM. I KNOW YOU DISAGREE WITH ME SUPERVISOR BARGER.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: CEO?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE BOARD ABOUT HAVING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH LABOR, I SUPPORT THAT. OWNED I DON'T WANT TO BE HELD HOSTAGE TO A TIMELINE. I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL, YOU CAN CONSIDER IT. IF YOUR BOARD TAKES ACTION TODAY WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY INITIATE THE MEET AND CONFER ACTION. IF THERE IS PROGRESS I BELIEVE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT, NOT DO THE SECOND MEETING. REACH THE AGREEMENT WITH LABOR DIRECTLY. I HAVE SEEN WHERE WE DON'T HAVE -- THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO A TIMELINE. WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY IT'S DIFFICULT.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING IN TERMS OF DAYS, THE TIMELINE? WEEKS OR -- JOSEPH NICCHITTA: WE WOULD SEND THE LETTER OUT TODAY FOR THE MEET AND CONFER. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THEN -- JOSEPH NICCHITTA: RIGHT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THEN CAN IT JUST -- JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A TIMELINE. BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. IF THEY YIELD SOMETHING THAT CAN BECOME AN ALEASTERNTIVE TO WHAT WE ARE DOING I'M SUPPORTIVE OF BRINGING THAT FORWARD. DAWYN HARRISON: THE ADOPTION HAS TO BE AT A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES THAT'S WHAT HE MEANS KICK THE ADOPTION DATE BUT THAT'S KICKING IT A MONTH IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: HOW DO WE INSTIGATE THE MEET AND CONFER? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: WE WOULD SEND THEM A LETTER. >> SUP. JANICE HAHN: WE DON'T NEED TO ADOPT ANYTHING FOR TO YOU DO THAT? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: IF YOU ADOPT SOMETHING TODAY WE HAVE THE MEET AND CONFER. SUP. JANICE HAHN: WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE RULES? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: WE CAN STILL REACH OUT AND MEET AND CONFER. DAWYN HARRISON: IT IS THE FIRST READING, YOU AREN'T ADOPTING ANYTHING. THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH IMMEDIATE MEET AND CONFER. WE KEEP THE ADOPTION DATE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: I DON'T THINK THE UNION WILL APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IF WE TRULY WANT TO MEET AND CONFER, TRULY WANT A BETTER RELATIONSHIP YOU NEED TO NOT ADOPT IT THEN MEET AND CONFER.

DAWYN HARRISON: YOU AREN'T ADOPTING TODAY. IT IS FIRST ME READING. IT IS NOT ADOPTION. THAT ALLOWS TRIGGER OF MEET AND CONFER. IT PAINS ME BECAUSE YOU ARE DEFENDING -- I DON'T KNOW THEY'RE HERE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. WHICH SPEAKS TO THE ARROGANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT UNION. I'M BEING HASHEDBALL. THIS IS SUCH A DISSERVICE TO THE RELATIONSHIP THIS BOARD HAS WITH LABOR. AND THIS UNION HAS SNUBBED THEIR NOSE TIME AND TIME AGAIN AT THIS BOARD AS IT RELATES TO THE CRISIS GOING ON IN PROBATION. I'LL SAY IT, I SAY IT -- I SAID IT TO THE HEAD OF THE FEDERATION AND SAY IT TO THE UNION AND I WILL SAY IT TO THE PUBLIC. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY, TRULY DO A JOB AND A MISSION. TRYING TO HIRE QUALITY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO GET US INTO ANOTHER AB218 LAWSUIT. YOU KNOW, IT -- BE CAREFUL ON THE HERE SAY, THE HERE SAY IS PROTECTING THE PROBATION YOUTH. IF THE YOUTH COMES IN AND SAYS

THAT I WAS BEATEN UP AND THEN DOCUMENTS THAT IN HERE SAY, AND TAKES OFF, THE DEPARTMENT CAN STILL SAY SUZIE WAS HIT BUT SHE'S NO LONGER HERE. SUP. JANICE HAHN: NONE OF THIS HELPS US GET OUT OF THE STAFFING CRISIS.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I HEAR YOU BUT IT GETS RID OF THE ONES THAT ARE THE PROBLEM. THAT IT IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. $4 BILLION WE HAVE SPENT ON AB218? J.J. 4.8 BILLION. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AND WE HAVE A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ARRANGING FIGHTS -- YEAH, ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, AFFIRMATIVE YES? JOSEPH NICCHITTA: YES.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'M ALSO FOCUSED ON THE FIRING. NOT JUST THE HIRING. THIS WEEDS IT OUT. THAT WAS THE GOAL.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO CONFER, COME BACK. THAT FRAMES WHERE THE UNION IS. THEY HAVE A NEW UNION. SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. COME BACK AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT, INDIVIDUALLY.

DAWYN HARRISON: THAT WOULD NEED A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE CONTINUANCE. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: TAKE IT OFF FOR NOW. TABLE IT BUT COME BACK WITH SOMET SOMETHING. SUP. JANICE HAHN: CAN YOU TABLE IT AND MEET WITH THE UNION? MEET AND GREET? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: BASED OWE THE AMENDMENTS ON THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT YOU WANTED US TO VOTE ON.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: IS ANYONE FROM LABOR, PROBATION -- I KNOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ANY OFFERER? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: CAN YOU COME FORWARD. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. DEPT. SPEAKER: MATTHEW MALDONADO, DISTRICT 36. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.

DEPT. SPEAKER: I HAD A WHOLE SPEECH BUT AFTER HEARING ALL THIS I HAVE TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE FURTHER. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE C.O.'S OFFICE. I SIT ON THE CCU TABLE AS WELL. AND THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT FROM THE C.O.'S OFFICE TO COME AND REIGNITE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LABOR AND THE C.O.'S OFFICE. WE WELCOME THAT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU. WE REPRESENT 685 AND 1967. WE'RE OPEN TO MEET AND CONFER PROCESS. I AGREE IN MY OPINION NONE OF WHAT IS PRESENTED IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CAMP, JUVENILE SYSTEM. ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE REMOVED, THREATEN DUE PROCESS EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIMITED. TALKING ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTIONS BEING HIT EVEN IF IT'S FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO EXERCISE WHAT THE UNION HAS THOUGHT OF FOR YEARS. THAT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS. WE'RE NOT HERE SAYING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE BAD ACTORS. COMMITTED TO, IF NOT ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING OUR LABOR PARTNERS AT 685, 1967, WE WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM HERE. WE WANT TO OFFER SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROGRAM, TO THE JUVENILE SYSTEM. I COMMITTED TO THAT. LEADSERS ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.

I SHARE THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING. NOW WE DID JOB FAIRS AT DISTRICT COUNCIL, TWO OF THEM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE SYSTEM. LIMITED AS IT WAS WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO OUR PART. WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT 218. WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE REFORMS HAPPENING. WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY HAS ABILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS HERE TODAY.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: CAN WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES PLEASE? DEPT. SPEAKER: LYNNETTE HOWARD, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 36. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: PLEASE SPEAK -- LET HER SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.

THIS BETTER? OKAY. I'M LYNNETTE HOWARD, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE WITH DISTRICT COUNCIL 36. I CONCUR WITH WHAT MATTHEW HAS SAID. THE THING THAT I REALLY, AM REALLY CONCERNED IS THAT HERE SAY PORTION. AS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING THERE, THAT HERE SAY MAY ACTUALLY AFFECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, MEMBERS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN BUT IT CAN BE HERE SAY THAT WILL TAKE THEM OUT WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GO AFTER A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BUT YOU MAY TAKE OUT PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE DEAD STATED THEIR LIVES. THEIR HEART IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, HEART IS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT THEY CARE FOR. I REALLY, REALLY WANTED YOU TO LOOK AT THIS. I REPRESENT 1967, PROBATION DIRECTORS. WE ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND BE ACTIVE, NOT JUST HAVE SOMETHING PRESENTED TO US, HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.

I'M COOKIE LAMELL, 685. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH MEETING WITH OUR NEW PRESIDENT. I'M WORKING ON THAT. WE WANTS TO DO THAT. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS GOING ON ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT TOGETHER. BUT WE WILL. DEFINITELY AS SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WASHINGTON GREAT PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH LOCAL 685. LOCAL 685 AND PROBATION IN GENERAL HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE -- GOTTEN THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD FROM THE PRESIDENT. WE ARE THE ONLY PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN RALPH MILLER WAS HERE THIS WOULDN'T GO THIS FAR. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW IN THOSE FOOTS FOOTSTEPS.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WHAT I RECOMMEND IS THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT RETURN A CALL, BOTH GET TOGETHER HERE, JOE, AND LET'S GET THIS -- IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD. THAT'S ALL. WE CAN TABLE IT, SENDS IT BACK FOR NOW. LET'S GIVE THEM TWO WEEKS, MAYBE, TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS. I WANT TO HEAR BACK, I WANT TO HEAR BACK THE RESPONSE. WE'RE ALL ON RECORD HERE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WE'RE ALL ON RECORD. SUPERVISOR MITCHELL.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. I'M CURIOUS, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND THE MEET AND CONFER OCCURS. WE HEARD FROM THE CEO WHO CHARACTERIZED, DECLARING ACTIONS TAKEN ILLEGAL ETCETERA, ETCETERA. IF NO MOVEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE THAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD? WILL WE BE BACK WHERE WE ARE TODAY IF NO CHANGE OCCURS? NO AGREEMENT ONCE MEET AND CONFER HAPPENS?

JOSEPH NICCHITTA: LET ME BE CLEAR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE MEET AND CONFER. I DON'T EXPECT WE SIT DOWN AND HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN TWO WEEKS, NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THAT'S VIABLE. WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS BUT WE WON'T, SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR, WE WON'T BE SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: IS IT THE EXPECTATION OF COLLEAGUE PROS MEETING THIS THAT THERE'S AGREEMENT OR JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOGUE? THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO AGREE TO ALL OF THIS.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND APPARENTLY THE TWO SIDES HAVEN'T TALKED. BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. COME BACK TWO WEEKS AND GIVE US THE PROGRESS. THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO. I TRUST, I TRUST THAT THIS PROCESS MAY WORK. I HOPE. IF NOT THEN WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE WITHIN. SQUARE ONE. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: A TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE ON READING IN THE ORDINANCE. DAWYN HARRISON: OH THE FIRST READING. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: TWO-WEEK CONTINUED WANTS TO DO THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. CORRECT?

DAWYN HARRISON: SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD BE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONTINUE IT FOR 30 DAYS TO THE APRIL 28 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECOND READING THAT WILL BECOME THE FIRST RIDING. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: IT HAS TO BE ON A PUBLIC HEARING DATE? DAWYN HARRISON: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- JOSEPH NICCHITTA: I'M ASKING FOR 30 DAYS, WE WILL DO THE MEETING, SCHEDULE IT IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS THEN CAN I REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEN WE CAN HAVE -- SUP. JANICE HAHN: DO WE NEED A MOTION? NO?

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS, THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH A LIVE DOCUMENT. IN MY BOOK. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES THEY VIEW IT THE SAME WAY. I'M SPEAKING IN PARTICULAR TO ONE OF THE LABOR PARTNERS STANDING HERE, AND COOKIE YOU KNOW HOW I TEAM. AND THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP RALPH MILLER, I CAN THINK OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL BE COMING UP. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS IS MERELY GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT THE TABLE. BY NO MEANS IS THIS OFF THE TABLE AT ALL. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: DEFINITELY, WE LIKE THAT TOO. DAWYN HARRISON: P. DAWYN HARRISON: IF THERE'S AGREEMENT FROM THE BOARD YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION. IF THERE'S NOT AGREEMENT IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND SECONDED. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: IS THERE AGREEMENT OR -- NO? DAWYN HARRISON: LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND SECONDED. I HAVEN'T HEARD AGREEMENT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: YOU'RE FINE? SUP. JANICE HAHN: FINE. [OFF MIC CONVERSATION] DAWYN HARRISON: ALL MEMBERS?

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: DO WE HAVE THE THIRD, LINDSEY, ARE YOU OKAY? SHE'S FINE, WE HAVE AGREEMENT. DAWYN HARRISON: SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE MATTER TO APRIL 28. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: YES. THANK YOU. DAWYN HARRISON: WE STILL NEED PUBLIC. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE NEED A MOTION? PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE TABLING IT. SUP. JANICE HAHN: BUT THERE'S MORE. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THESE FOLKS, THEY HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WILL THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. [READING NAMES] AS A FINAL REMINDER FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS TO BE PLACED IN THE SPEAKING QUEUE TO ADDRESS ITEMS 12 AND 16 IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR DEVICE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. ROY HUMPHRIES, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING PROBATION DEPARTMENT FOR 10 YEARS. THE CONTINUED REHASHING OF THE GROWING LEVEL OF THIS DUNG HEAP OF DE PAIR, COUNTY ASSETS ARE INCAPABLE OF CURING THIS PIT OF DESPAIR IN ANY REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME. THE STATE ALLOWING YOU TO CONTINUE THIS LONG SPEAKS TO THEIR BLISSITY AND CONCLUDING AN OUTSIDE AGENCY WITH SHUT CONTROL IS THE ONLY PATHWAY TO BREAKING PAST FOR A NEW DAY. TO DISSOLVE THIS UNION,BLY BORE UNION. COMPUTERS, CAMERAS CONTROL. PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY BE YOUR ONLY TIMELY SOLUTION. REMEMBER THESE INMATES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE NOT YOUR EVERYDAY PERSON. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. LINDSEY ITCHEN BERGER YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M WITH THE ARTS FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE NETWORK. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THESE ITEMS. YOUTH IN L.A. COUNTY HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A PERPETUAL STAGE OF EMERGENCY. THEY HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF AGENCY BUT BEAR THE GREATEST BRUNT OF HARM. THE PROPOSED CHANGES OFFER RESOLUTION WHEN HARM IS DONE AND PROVIDE TEMPORARY STABILITY TO INCREASINGLY DYSFUNCTIONAL WORKFORCE. THE ISSUE OF GETTING FOLKS TO GO TO WORK AND HOW THEY COMFORT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY CLOCK IN. THESE CHANGES ALLOW THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUTH TO BE CENTERED IN INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPEDITE ACTIONS TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM STAYING IN LIMBO. YOUTH DESERVE TO HAVE NEEDS MET AND PROBATION OFFICERS SHOULD BE HELD TODAY RYE HIGHEST OF STANDARDS. THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET BUT THE CHANGES ARE A CRITICAL STEP TO THE FUTURE YOUTH DESERVE. THIS SOLUTION MUST BE UTILIZED TOWARDS DECARCERATION WILL ADDRESS THE STAFFING CRISIS. ALTERNATIVES ARE IN PLACE AND THE COMMUNITY IS READY FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO COME HOME AND STAY THERE.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: 323-896 STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN. CALLER 323-896 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN. OKAY, NEXT CALLER, CALLER BYRON YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: TO REFERENCE AB218 AND CONTINUING TO HIDE IN OUR INACTION. WE CAN'T JUST MOVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A TABLED CONVERSATION AS A WAY TO NOT HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AFTER YOU HAD A VERY, VERY EXPLICIT DISCUSSION AS A BOARD. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO WAIT. IF YOU CAN'T BRING IN THIS PROBATION OFFICER, REIN THEM IN, HAVE A DIRECTOR SUPERVISOR THAT HOLDS THEM ACCOUNT AN, THE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUT. OBVIO OBVIOUSLY CANNOT REPAIR THIS DEPARTMENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU INVEST IN CARE, AND LISTENING TO THE YOUTH IMPACTED AND MOVING FORWARD WITH URGENCY. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. 805-701, STATE YOUR NAME AND BEG BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HELLO BOARD, I'M RUBY, CALLING IN AS PART OF ARC. WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CHANGES ADDRESSED IN AGENDA ITEM 12 IS NECESSARY STEP TO ACCOUNTABILITY. ARC WORKS WITH DEDICATED STAFF AND SEE IMPORTANT WAYS TO ENSURE THEY RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: 562-413 PLEASE BEGIN. CALLER 562-413 YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED, PLEASE BEGIN. OKAY, MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 16 AND 12 WERE CONCLUDED. WE WILL GO TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M ADAM, 10-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY. SUPERVISOR BARGER YOU MAY HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS PHOTO YOU SELECTED ME FOR RECOGNITION IN 2017. I HOPE YOU GIVE ME MORE THAN A MINUTE TO ADDRESS YOU, I AM AN EMPLOYEE, ON THE GROUND PERSPECTIVE IS PERTINENT TO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. LISTEN TO YOUR WOMEN'S INTUITION. THESE PROPOSALS DESTROY CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND PROTECTION AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNION THAT HAS ATTRACTED HER IRE THIS MORNING. BUT I'M IN THE CCU AND WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS THE TEST CASE TO HOW THE REST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES WILL BE HOLD OUT, WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN ITEM 5 AND THAT WAS MOVED TO APRIL 28. HOWED A BIG MEETING IN SEPTEMBER REGARDING THESE ISSUES. DHR IS ONLY PRESENTING THE SIDE OF THEIR CASE. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONSULTED, SURVEYS, ANYTHING. DHR CAME HERE AND SAID ON THE ISSUES OF EMERGENCY HIRES, THERE'S PROTECTIONS WHERE YOU COULD NOT --

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: EXCELLENT DHR SAID THAT FOR EMERGENCY HIRES YOU WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF THERE WAS NOT AN OPEN CURRENT LIST. THAT IS NOT TRUE, NOT TRUE. I KNOW OF TWO OCCASIONS IN THIS AUGUST WHERE EMPLOYEES WERE HIRED WHILE THERE WAS AN ACTIVE OPEN COMPETITIVE LIST FOR THE ITEMS. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY THERE WERE BAN 1 CANDIDATES AND NEVER REACHED OUT TO. NEVER CALLED OR CONSULTED. THESE RULES ENABLE MANAGEMENT TO GET AROUND CSR AND CHERRY PICK CANDIDATES.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, HELEN, A RESIDENT OF SD3. IN SUPPORT OF 12 AND 16. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TIMEFRAME HERE. OUR JUVENILE SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN AN OFFICIAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND ONGOING HEARINGS SINCE DECEMBER OF 2024. TODAY IS MARCH 24, 2026. THINK ABOUT THAT. HOLDING OUR OFFICIALS -- OUR OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CAUSED HARM IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CRISIS IS STAFFING. I AGREE. WHAT WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT IS DECARCERATION. A STRUCTURE DECARCERATION STRATEGY MUST BE BACK ON THE TABLE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? OUR DEPOPULATION PLAN IS FAILING. WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT WE HAVE LOST OUR COURAGE. I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU CARE AND I'M ASKING YOU TO BE BRAVE. WE SHOULD MAKE CHANGES IN TANDEM WITH THE DECARCERATION STRATEGY OR IS THE NEW NORMAL NEVER-ENDING EMERGENCY.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, LENA MALLET. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK DONE TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC AND ONGOING EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS. THAT IS THE L.A. COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT. THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING WITHIN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY SINCE 2024, ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT IS FACING THE THREAT OF STATE INTERVENTION INITIATED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A MINIMUM OF TWO FACILITIES OPERATING ILLEGALLY SPURRED AND SUSTAINED BY A FRAGILE, AGING AND UNACCOUNTABLE WORKFORCE. THIS HAS BEEN URGENT AND I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTEDED BY THE DECISION TO PROTECT THE INTEREST GROUPS THAT'S NEVER NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH. THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY PROTECTED OFFICERS WHO HAVE ABANDONED THEIR DOUBTY TO SHOW UP. THERE'S NO REASON TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR FOLKS WITH NO INTENTION OF SHOWING UP. THIS IS A WASTE. THIS STRATEGY IS IS IN AND APPROPRIATE TO STABILIZING PERSONNEL AND THE SHIFTS MUST HAPPEN WITH THE DECARCERATION STATTIE.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: OLIVIA SHIELDS, UPRISING COALITION. THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S ORDINANCE. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OF PROBATION EMERGENCY YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF WE HAVE SEEN A RECEIVERSHIP THREAT, ILLEGAL OPERATION, $4 BILLION SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUIT AND YOUNG PEOPLE NOT RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND MEDICAL CARE THEY DESERVE. THESE ARE CRITICAL AND LONG OVERDUE. PROBATION NOT SHOWING UP SYMBOLIZES ONGOING DISFUNCTION. THESE CHANGES ARE NOT FEAR TACTICS FOR THE STAFF, THIS IS HOW WE ENSURE THEY WERE DOING THE WRONG THING AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE. DESPITE HIRING INCENTIVES WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH STAFF. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY NOW AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WE WILL SEE RELIEF IN THE STAFFING CRISIS. DECARCERATION IS THE CRUCIAL SOLUTION. BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH IN THE FACILITIES I WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS DO NOT DELAY OR WATERDOWN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED OR RIGHT.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: ITEMS 12 AND 16 HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMON CONSENT TO CONTINUE TO APRIL 28, 2026. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: HEARING NO OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDER. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 15, GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT CALENDAR YEAR 2025 HELD BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REMOTELY, TO COMMENT USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE, DOWNLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. AMY BODEK DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL PLANNING IS AVAILABLE FOR QUEST QUESTIONS.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. I HELD THIS ITEM BECAUSE I WANT US AS A BOARD TO TAKE A CLEAR LOOK AT HOW THE COUNTY IS DOING ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT COMMITMENTS. WE CONTINUE TO SEE LEGISLATION AMOUNTED AT HOLDING LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ACCOUNTABLE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOUSING BUT ACTUALLY BUILDING IT AND PRESERVING IT. HERE I THINK WE HAVE EXPRESSED AT SOME POINT THAT HOUSING MUST BE BUILT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IN THE COUNTY WE HAVE INCREASED LAND USE CAPACITY FOR HOUSING AND HOW WE'RE PERFORMING RELATIVE TO THAT CAPACITY. THANK YOU MS. BODEK FOR BEING HERE. IF CAN I TRANSITION TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT OUR COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS, WHETHER WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR REZONING PROGRAM AND HOW MANY SITES ARE ZONED TO SEE ACCOMMODATE OUR NUMBERS.

DEPT. SPEAKER: CERTAINLY CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR COUNTY GENERAL PLAN. IT IS NOT JUST A DON'T GENERAL PLAN IT IS GENERAL PLAN THAT AFFECTS MYRIAD DEPARTMENTS AND HAVING A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT IS THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN. IT ALSO COUNTS FOR POINTS RELATED TO GRANTS. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR OVER 90,000 UNITS, 90,052. THAT REQUIRED US TO LAUNCH A VERY DIFFICULT THREE-YEAR REZONING PROCESS WHERE WE HAD TO REZONE APPROXIMATE LLY FOR 56,0 UNITS. WE REZONED IN -- TRIED TO REZONE IN ALL DISTRICTS. THERE WERE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THE REZONINGS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE IN AREAS THAT HAD CAPACITY FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, DIDN'T HAVE HAZARDS, DID HAVE ACCESS TO WATER. WERE GENERALLY IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS. NEAR SCHOOLS, TRANSIT, JOBS. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PARCELS THAT WE REZONED'S WERE IN OUR SOUTH BAY AREA PLAN, OUR WEST SIDE AREA PLAN, OUR METRO AREA PLAN, EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PLANS. THAT GAVE US AN ADDITIONAL 56,000 UNITS. WE ALREADY HAD A BASE OF ABOUT 30,000 ANN THAT IT IS WE WERE ABLE TO RELY ON. CAPACITY FOR ABOUT 30,000 UNITS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RELY ON. SO WE COMPLETED THAT PROCESS

OFFICIALLY LAST SPRING. COMPLETED THE ZONING AND GOT APPROVAL FROM HCD FOR THAT PROCESS BY I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL OF LAST YEAR, APRIL OR MAY. SO THAT IS MY RESPONSE TO YOU AT THIS POINT. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU. CAN YOU, IT IS CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE UNITS HAVE BEEN IN TITLE. HOW MANY OF THESE UNITS ARE RELATED TO THE FIRE RECOVERY EFFORTS AND HOW MANY WERE IN OTHER PARTS OF UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES?

DEPT. SPEAKER: SO EVERY YEAR WE DO PROVIDE VERY DETAILED SPREADSHEETS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT THIS STATE. WE TYPICALLY ENTITLE ABOUT 4,000 HOUSING UNITS EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR WE ENTITLED CLOSE TO 7400 UNITS. THERE WAS A SPLIT, THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE RIGHT ON PAR WITH LAST YEAR, AREAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE TWO FIRES. ABOUT 4,000 UNITS WERE NOT PARTED OF THE FIRES. THEN WE HAVE RECENTLY ENTITLED IN THE TWO FIRE AREAS. AMOUNT OF ABOUT 7,000.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: TELL ME WHERE MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WERE ENTITLED? D. CERTIFICATESLY. DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 5 HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE UNITS. DISTRICT 5, YOU HAD 196 AFFORDABLE UNITS, DISTRICT 5. AND 64 UNITS IN DISTRICT 2, WOULD THAN IN DISTRICT 4. THAT WAS IT. FOR 2025. OO THOSE ARE ONLY AFFORDABLE, THOSE ARE NOT ALL UNITS.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR, AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHERE WERE THEY ENTITLED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS WE GO INTO FUTURE PRESENTATIONS I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WAREHOUSING PROJECTS ENTITLED AND PERMITTED, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE OPPORTUNITY SITES IDENTIFIED IN OUR REZONING PROGRAM. I KNOW YOU HAVE UPCOMING AT THE NEXT TIME, I BELIEVE IN MAY, I HOPE THIS CAN BE PRESENTED REALLY, BECAUSE I'M VISUAL, ON A MAP SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE HOUSING CAPACITY HAS INCREASED AND HOUSING IS BEING BUILT. THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO TRACK. IF THAT COULD BE DONE IN MAY.

DEPT. SPEAKER: WE ARE COMING TO THE BOARD IN MAY WITH A HOUSING ORDINANCE THAT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS TO BE SCHEDULED. WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU INFORMATION THAT DOES SHOW WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITY SITES WHERE WE CALL THEM OPPORTUNITY SITES, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WERE UPZONED IN THE DISTRICTS FOR THAT CAPACITY OF ABOUT 56,000. WE CAN DO THAT. THEN WE CAN MAP WHERE ALL OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ENTITLED. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH OUR REZONED SITES. BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY TWO THAT BY DISTRICT. SHARE ALL OF THE HOUSING UNITS AND HOW THEY'RE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE 5 DISTRICTS.

SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND I HOPE AT THE MAY MEETING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT PRESENTATION. AS WE PRIORITIZE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING LANDSCAPE. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE END TO HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. HOUSING QUALITY AND AFFORDABILITY IS WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE HOUSED. AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY NET OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ACROSS THE COUNTY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIMULTANEOUSLY TRACK, ASSESS, AND CALIBRATE OUR STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING AND PRESERVING HOUSING IN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES. TRULY COUNTYWIDE. THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT KIND OF MAPPING PROCESS, THE OVERLAY COUNTYWIDE AT YOUR MAY MEETING.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HORVATH?

SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, IS NOT THE SAME IN ALL AREAS. IN THE THIRD DISTRICT WHICH I KNOW HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE SECOND AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, UNINCORPORATED AREA IS LARGELY ALL HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS WHICH CHALLENGES HOW IN OUR DISTRICT WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING. A LOT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS IN OUR INCORPORATED CITIES. WE LOOK TO OUR CITY PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE THIRD DISTRICT WHICH OCCUPIES MOST OF THE PHYSICAL SPACE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT TO HELP WITH US THAT. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ELEVATING THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBVIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. SEE NOTHING OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, LET'S GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THEN. ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THERE ARE NO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, WE WILL GO TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. BYRON, PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, FOR HOLDING THIS ITEM AND MAKING SURE WE ARE HEARING REPORTS ON THE ACTUAL PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE. I WOULD DEMAND 30 SECONDS AS THE CHAIR HAS GIVEN THEM A WHIM, BUT COUNTY COUNSEL WILL CALL ME OFF TOPIC. BUT THIS, YOU GAVE THEM BINDING -- I'M CONFUSED WHAT ELSE YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM. YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROCESS AND THESE METERING MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INFORMING THE BROWN ACT. THANK YOU.

ASST. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 15 IS CONCLUDED. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM>> EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: ITEM 15 IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH TO APPROVE THE ITEM. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR BARGER. BE AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVING ON'S. WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE SWEAR IN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE REQUESTING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER YEN: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS, WHO ARE REQUESTING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN. NOTE THAT IN THE DEFENDANT YOU GIVE BEFORE THIS BOARD YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1, HEARING ON THE PROPOSED VACATION OF THE ALLEYS EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MIRAMONTE GLVD AND 58ED DRIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF FLORENCE-FIRESTONE. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING REMOTELY TO COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. IF ARE YOU ONLINE OR PRESS STAR 3 ON THE TELEPHONE. DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND NO CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED. LUIS RAMIREZ AND GEE. THIS HA EVA AN ARE HERE. STATE YOUR TITLE AND NAME WHEN YOU ADDRESS I DON'T SEE SUPERVISOR MITCHELL HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAD ANY QUESTIONS. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES THEN. PLEASE CALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MADAM CHAIR, NO REMOTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THAT CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MADAM CHAIR, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ITEM 1 IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, I'LL SECOND IT TO APPROVE THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 4-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 2. HEARING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO ENFORCE THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS BRUSH, DRY GRASS, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND COMBUSTIBLE GROWTH OR FLAMMABLE VEGETATION. TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USED THE RAISED HAND FEATURE. IF ON-LINE. NO DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND NO CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED. CHIEF DEPUTY AND ADRIAN ZAVALA, WEED HAZARD AND PEST MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WILL BE AVAILABLE. MOORE, FORESTRY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKER, STATE NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GREAT. I HAVE SUPERVISOR BARGER IN THE QUEUE.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO COUNTY FIRE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR YOUR JOINT EFFORTS IN CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND WEED ABATEMENT HEARINGS. BRUSH CLEARANCE ESPECIALLY UP AGAINST THE FOOT HILLS. IT REMAINS A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE COUNTY'S YEAR ROUND FIRE PREVENTION STRATEGY. RECENT FIRES ARE UNFORTUNATE EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR EMBERS CAN TRAVEL, UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND HOMES AND STRUCTURES. THIS YEAR, UPDATES TO CAL FIRES SRA AND LRA MAPS EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF PARCELS DESIGNATED WITHIN THE HIGH FIRE HAZARDS SEVERITY ZONE. WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MY DISTRICT PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH COUNTY. I'M GRATEFUL TO THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY AND I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY DO THAT. BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THAT UP, EACH YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY NEW PARTICIPANTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS BEFORE, ARE NOW UNDERSTANDING AND UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND THEIR INCLUSION AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. WITH THAT IN MIND, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SO I KNOW CHIEF MARRONE IS NOT HERE, I WILL LET YOU TWO FIGHT OVER WHO WILL ANSWER IT. MY OFFICE RECEIVED SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE REGARDING HOW THE ZONES WERE DETERMINED AND THE AUTHORITY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USES TO CONDUCT THESE INSPECTIONS. CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THE DESIGNATION PROCESS? AND THE LEGAL AUTHORITY BEHIND THE INSPECTIONS?

ALBERT YOUNG, FIRE CHIEF. SO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL HAS THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE THE HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNTY. WE REVIEW THE MAPS AND ADOPT THE ZONES AND IT IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE SAME PROCESS AS ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AS THE MAIN FIRE CODE AND WITH OUR AMENDMENTS WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE.

THANK YOU. THIS YEAR, MY DISTRICT HAD THE HIGHEST TURNOUT FOR REFEREE HEARINGS. IN ARCADIA WE HAD 40. IN LANCASTER, WE HAD 120 AND IN SANTA CLARITA, 200. WHAT WERE THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS OR THEMES RAISED DURING THE REFEREE HEARINGS. ANY PROPERTIES ULTIMATELY REMOVED FROM THE DECLARATION LIST BASED ON THE APPEALS?

YES, SO THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS WERE THAT THE STATEMENTS, THAT THE NEW MAPS WERE INCORRECT OR INACCURATE. AND NOT NEEDED. IN THE MINDS OF MANY OF OUR NEW PARCELS. THEY STATED THAT THEY LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA NOT NECESSARILY IN THE WILD LAND. THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH THE INSURANCE RATES, HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RATES GOING UP, BECAUSE THE NEW DESIGNATION AND THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE, THAT THE INSPECTION FEE. BEING NEW TO THE PROGRAM, BEING, HAVING TO PAY THE INSPECTION FEE. FEE.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: ANY REMOVED FROM THE DECLARATION LIST? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: I'M SORRY. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: ANY REMOVED? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YES, ONE PARCEL REMOVED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT WAS MAINLY THE PROPERTY WAS TRULY UNAPPROVED PARCEL, REMOVED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIST. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: WHEN ARE THE INSPECTIONS TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR AND WHAT SHOULD RESIDENTS EXPECT DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS? AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT YEAR ROUND PER CAUTIONS THAT THEY CAN AND SHOULD TAKE?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YEP, SO THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTION PROGRAM AND INSPECTIONS BEGIN ON APRIL 1 IN OUR DESERT COMMUNITIES. MAY 1 IN THE INLAND B COMMUNITIES AND JUNE 1 IN THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. IF HAZARDOW CONDITIONS EXIST ON THE PROPERTIES AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THEY'LL BE ISSUED AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION REPORT. IT INDICATES LIKE THE VIOLATIONS, AND PROVIDES SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO BECOME COMPLIANT AND WITHIN THE DEADLINE. IF THE PROPERTY PASSES, FOUND COMPLIANT, THEY RECEIVE E-MAIL ABOUT A MONTH LATER THAT THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN COMPLIANT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: FOR AG, WHAT ROLE DO YOU PLAY DURING THE INSPECTION? ARE YOU GOING OUT WITH THEM? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: MAX REGIS, CHIEF DEPUTY FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, WE DO INSPECTIONS PRIOR TO DECLARING THE PROPERTY AND WE DO INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY DOESN'T NEED TO BE CLEARED. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO -- OH, SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. JUST ONE CLARIFICATION FROM ME, I DISWRAWND BASED ON RESPONSES, SUPERVISOR BARGER, WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE INSPECTION HAPPENS, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED. HOW ARE THEY NOTIFIED TO EXPECT AN INSPECTION? HOW ARE THEY TOLD ON THE FRONT END THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THIS YEAR, TWO CATEGORIES. FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR YEARS. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: THEY KNOW. DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THEY RECEIVE ANNUAL LETTER IN THE MAIL, U.S. MAIL. AND FOR THE NEW PARTICIPANTS SENT THEM TWO NOTICES. ONE WAS A HEADS-UP, THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPEN, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING A LETTER. IT IS THE OFFICIAL NOTICE OF INSPECTION. U.S. MAIL ALSO. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AND IF, IT GOES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SO IF I AM RENTING THE PROPERTY, IS IT UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THEN TO JUST INFORM THE TENANT THAT AN INSPECTION WILL OCCUR?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: NO OTHER COLLEAGUES WITH QUESTION, LET'S IF TO PUBLIC. MODERATOR: THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MADAM CHAIR, IT IS CLOSED. ITEM 2 BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY BARGER AND SECONDED BY MITCHELL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 5-0. ITEM 3, HEARING ADOPTION ON RESOLUTION TO INCREASE THE 2025 DEVELOPING PROGRAM, FOR THREE AREAS, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN, CITY OF CAL BASSA AND MUCH SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND AREA 3, ANTELOPE VALLEY. PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IF ON-LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. NO DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND NO CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED. THERESA, CHIEF DEPUTY, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, AND CHRISTOPHER SNEED, SUPERVISOR ANALYST FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ARE THERE ANY COLLEAGUES WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OR ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. MODERATOR: NO REMOTE OR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ITEM 3 IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY HAR VOT AND SECONDED BY BARGER. TO APPROVE, CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4, HEARING ON APPROVAL FOR THE EAST SIDE BRIDGE AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CONSTRUCTION FEE DISTRICT TO REMOVE AND OR UPDATE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND INCREASE FEE RATES. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IF ON-LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON A TELEPHONE. NO DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT SUBMITTED AND NO CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED. LEWIS RAMIREZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TILE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ANY COLLEAGUES THAT WISH TO MAKE ANY REMARKSS OR HAVE QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, OKAY. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO REMOTE OR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. ITEM 4 IS BEFORE YOU. SOL MOVED BY BARGER AND SECONDED BY ME. TO APPROVE THE ITEM, EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: PASSES 5 5-0. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: IF I WOULD ADD ON MADAM CHAIR, I ADD ON MY AYE VOTE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 PLEASE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: WE'LL DO. FOR THE RECORD, THAT WILL BE UPDATED. SOL WITHOUT OBJECTION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MOVE ON TO ITEM 6. PRJ2022-00057 TO AUTHORIZE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FROM H9 TO H50. R1 TO R3 AND ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSING PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIVE STORY 60 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN THE GATEWAY PLANNING AREA APPLIED FOR BY THE APPLICANT GARS GARCIA. FOR MEMBERS, TO COMMENT, PLEASE USED THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IF ON-LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. NO DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT WAS SUBMIT AND CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED. AMY BODEK, DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL PLANNING. SUSAN TAE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JOSH HUNTINGTON, SUPERVISOR REGIONAL PLANNER AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL SPEAKERS STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HAHN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT AND THE WEST WHITER AREA. AND I'M GOING TO START BY ASKINS AGO, MY STAFF ASKED THAT SOMEONE FROM PLANNING ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECT TO RESIDENTS THERE AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND I WANT TO THANK CARL FROM YOUR STAFF FOR STEPPING UP. AND ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. AND ADDRESSING CONCERNS. WHAT, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT YOU HEARD FROM THIS COMMUNITY? AND THEN HOW DID YOU ANSWER THEM? HOW ARE YOU MITIGATING THEIR CONCERNS? ABOUT THIS PROJECT?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HAHN. WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IT WILL BE FRANKLY A VERY BENEFICIAL USE FOR THAT LOCATION IN PARTICULAR. WE DID ATTEND THAT MEETING AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING CARL WHO IS THE PROJECT PLANNER ON THIS AND DID ATTEND THE MEETING. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM HOMEOWNERS RELATED TO PRIVACY, SECURITY, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE LIVING THERE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN THE ADJACENCY TO A SCHOOL. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PROJECT AND I THINK THAT CARL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN EXPLAINING THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT. AND WHAT THE PROJECT REALLY WAS INTENDED TO DO. THAT THOSE CONCERNS WERE HEARD AND ADDRESSED.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS, CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME AND PARKING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ADDRESSED.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THAT IS A COMMON CONCERN THAT WE HEAR WHEN A RENTAL PROJECT IS COMING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THIS LOCATION HAPPENS TO BE AN IDEAL SITE FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT ALONG BROADWAY. IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO A 5 POINT INTERSECTION. THERE IS, IT IS WALKABLE TO A CVS ACROSS THE STREET. THERE IS COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER. FOUR BLOCKS AWAY. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT IS ACTUALLY THE BEST LOCATION FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE. SUP. JANICE HAHN: FOR WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: CORRECT. YES. THE RESIDENTS, THIS HAS REALLY HIGH WALKABILITY SCORE SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY WALK TO VARIOUS AMENITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CALL THAT A HIGH RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE I JUST ADDRESSED IN MY LAST HOUSING ELEMENT ITEM. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK THAT IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. WE DO ALSO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT WAS PREPARED AND REVIEWED FOR THIS PROJECT. THAT ENVIRONMENT OF MENTAL MITIGATION LOOKED AT THE PROJECT AND DETERMINED THAT IT COULD MEET AND BE AN APPROPRIATE PROJECT FOR THIS SITE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: RIGHT. SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE, THAT ON ONE SIDE IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY. THEY FELT MAYBE THIS WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT WAS NECESSARILY ALL ONE, ALL SINGLE FAMILY INTERESTINGLY. BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THIS SITE IS, IT BACKS UP TO FIELDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS OF THE SCHOOL. IT BACKS UP TO A SELF-STORAGE LOCATION. IT BACKS UP TO OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, ONE SIDE HAS A STREET FRONTAGE ON IT. SO IT IS DEFINITELY NOT HEAVILY SURROUNDED OR EVEN HALFWAY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY DIRECTLY ABUTTING IT. THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT DO ABUT IT. THERE IS A FIRE LANE BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE NORTH AND THIS PROJECT. THAT FIRE LANE IS APPROPRIATELY 28 FEET WIDE. WHICH IS THE SIZE OF A SMALL RES TENSION STREET. -- RESIDENTIAL STREET. ESSENTIALLY, THIS FIRE LANE IS SEPARATING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS PROJECT. WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE POSITIONING OF THAT FIRE LANE AND THE PURPOSE THAT IT SERVES. ALSO AS A BUFFER.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I THINK THAT IS HEARD WAS THE HEIGHT OF THIS PROJECT. SO ONE OF THE CHANGES TO THE PROJECT THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTED WAS A REDUCTION IN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING FROM 69 FEET, 10 INCHES TO 61 FEET, 8 INCHES. AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT REDUCTION WON'T COME FROM REDUCING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF FLOORS WHICH IS STILL FIVE. SO AMY, CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW THAT HEIGHT REDUCTION WILL BE ACHIEVED IN A PRACTICAL SENSE?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: IN PRACTICAL SENSE, IT REDUCES THE LIVEABILITY OF THE UNITS BECAUSE THEY GET JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORTER AND EACH OF THE FLOORS. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THE CEILING. DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THE CEILINGS. YES. IT DOES REDUCE THE LIVEABILITY A LITTLE BIT. AND IT WAS A CHANGE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE, NOT ONE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: RIGHT. MY STAFF WAS TRYING TO TELL ME, THAT IS KIND OF A BIG LIKE, FROM 9 FEET TO 8 FEET IN A CEILING. AVERAGE CEILINGS ARE 9 FEET. SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE MAKING PEOPLE FEEL A LITTLE CRAMPED. DEPTH IT VERY WELL COULD. IN THE AMENITY SPACES ESPECIALLY, IF IT IS, IF YOU TAKE HEIGHT OUT OF THIS, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE HEIGHT WAS OVERLY CONCERNING IN ANY WAY AND WE ARE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT BENEFIT IT BRINGS TO THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING IT. OR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL LIVE THERE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: YEAH. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT. I REALLY APPRECIATE PLANNING BEING RECEPTIVE AND LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS AND THE INPUT THAT THEY HAD. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I HOPE THAT I CAN GET THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON. YOU KNOW, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS, OUR REGION IS FACING THE SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING 60 UNITS OF NEW HOUSING TO WEST WHITTIER, WITH 20% OF THEM SET ASIDE FOR VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE OFTEN MOST BURDENED BY OUR HOUSING CRISIS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SITE ALONG A MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, SHORT WALK FROM STORE, SCHOOLS AND RESTAURANTS. GREATER WHITTIER AQUATIC CENTER IS 15 MINUTE WALK AWAY, OFFERING RESIDENTS YEAR ROUND ACCESS TO ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR COUNTY POOL HAVE TO OFFER AND CRITICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL SIT JUST A BLOCK FROM WHERE THERE WILL SOME DAY BE METRO GOLD LINE STATION. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING AND THIS LOCATION WILL OFFER THE RESIDENTS A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO CALL HOME. I WANT TO THANK OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR INPUT AS WELL. ALVIN MOONS, MY COMMISSIONER, ALWAYS THANK HIM FOR BEING ATTENTIVE TO COMMUNITY'S CONCERN. BUT AFTER HEARING ABOUT HOW THE REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WILL MEAN LOWER CEILING HEIGHTS THAN THESE RESIDENTS WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD, I'M CONCERNED THAT WILL MAKE THESE UNITS LESS FUNCTIONAL AS WE HEARD AND IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE CEILING ROOM REALLY CHANGES HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LIVING IN THE SPACE.

SO I'M ALSO SENSITIVE TO THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, VISIBILITY AND PRIVACY, FOR NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY FROM THE UPPER FLOORS OF THIS BUILDING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE REASONABLE MEASURES, THE APPLICANT CAN TAKE. TO ADDRESS THOSE AS WELL AS MAKE AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE SITES THAT ARE DIRECTLY FACING THE NEIGHBORS. SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES -- DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: MAY I ADDRESS THOSE PRIVACY ISSUES THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE -- SUP. JANICE HAHN: I'M GOING TO READ IN WHAT I THINK THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: SURE.

SUP. JANICE HAHN: THEREFORE I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AMEND PROJECT PRJ2022-00557-42. NUMBER ONE, RESTORE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING TO 69 FEET, 10 INCHES PURSUANT TO THE APPLICANT'S CONCURRENCE. TWO, INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING ALONG THE BUILDINGS NORTH ELEVATION TO REDUCE SITE LINES INTO THE PARKING AREA WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE VEHICULAR ACCESS AND THREE, INCLUDE BALCONY RAILINGS CONSTRUCTED OF A OPAQUE MATERIAL ALONG ALL SIDES OF THE BUILDING. I FEEL LIKE THOSE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WE HAVE A, AN APPLICANT, I BELIEVE HAMMAD DARE WHO WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK TO US. GO AHEAD SIR. HOLD ON. GET YOUR MIC ON. GO AHEAD.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS HAMMAD, APPLICANT FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. I STAND BEFORE YOU AND APPRECIATE FOR TAKING MY PROJECT IN YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO I'M HERE FOR ANSWERING ANY QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE AND ALSO AS A, AS THE BOARD KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT WHICH SUPERVISOR MITCHELL BROUGHT UP IS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO JUST SHORTAGE OF THE HOUSING YOU HAVE. AND AS YOU MENTION, WE HAVE, ORIGINALLY, IT IS SUPPOSED TO ASSIGN 7 VERY LOW INCOME BUT WE UPGRADED. .>> SUP. JANICE HAHN: RIGHT.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION TO ASK, I'M HERE. WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF FOR A FEW YEARS, UNTIL, MAKE IT HAPPEN TODAY. AND BEFORE YOU. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO UP THE LEVEL OF UNITS FOR LOW INCOME. WE APPRECIATED YOU COMING UP. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONCUR WITH ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS AND BALCONY RAILINGS THAT ARE OPAQUE TO ENSURE PRIVACY FOR NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS BUT THOSE WHO ARE, CAN FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE SEEN BY THE RESIDENTS. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: DEFINITELY. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THERE MIGHT BE ON THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU. ELLIE DARI, DEREK, AND HECTOR. MADAM CHAIR, NO REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 6 IS CONCLUDED. GOING TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN. HAHN GO AHEAD SIR.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M A LOCAL ARCHITECT. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PROJECT, I WAS HAPPY TO LEAR IT. IT WOULD ADDRESS, WILL BRING DIVERSITY OF RESIDENTS TO THE AREA. IT WILL PROMOTE A WALKABLE SPACES IN THE AREA. AND ALSO HELP A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. SO A PROJECT LIKE THIS GETS ME EXCITED. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS POSSIBLE. POSSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF WHITTIER. THANK YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. I BELIEVE THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT WHITTIER NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS AREA HAS REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED FOR YEARS. AND WHILE IT HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER, IT IS CLEAR THAT IT IS DUE FOR REINVESTMENT AND MODERNIZATION. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A RESPONSIBLE STEP FORWARD. WE ARE FACING REAL, A REAL SHORTAGE OF QUALITY RENTAL HOUSING ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE DEMAND, ESPECIALLY WITH INCLUSION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. THAT IS NOT JUST BENEFICIAL, IT IS NECESSARY. BEYOND HOUSE, THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT BRINGS RENEWED ENERGY AND IMPROVES THE OVERALL AESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELPS ELEVATE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES, SIGNALS GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY, LONG TERM STABILITY. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M MARCO, I THANK YOU H HONORABLE CHAIR SOLIS AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YEAH, THIS PROJECT, I WANTED TO SHARE THE BENEFITS OF IT, IN BRIEF. WHAT IT WILL DO, INCREASE AFFORDABILITY HOUSING ACCESS. 12 OF THESE UNITS WILL PROVIDE STABLE HOMES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS REDUCING HOUSING COST BURDENS AND RISK OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE HOUSEHOLDS. ALSO BETTER ACCESS TO JOBS AND SERVICES LOCATING IN DENSE AND TYPICALLY PLACING RESIDENTS NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYERS, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE AND GROCERY STORES, LOWERING TRANSPORTATION CAUSE AND COMMUTING TIMES. ALSO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EFFICIENT LAND USE AND LESS SPRAWL, 60 UNITS ON MID RISE FOOTPRINT USES LAND MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN FAMILY OR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. OVERALL, LONG TERM BENEFIT VALUES, GENERALLY MORE RESILIENT, ECONOMIC CYCLES AND CONTRIBUTES TO STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: NEXT SPEAKER. IN-PERSON SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. I'M DEREK, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE 60 UNIT PROJECT. OUR COMMUNITY IS FACING A REAL HOUSING SHORTAGE. THIS PROJECT HELP ADDRESS THIS IN A VALID RESPONSIBLE WAY. 60 UNITS IS NOT OVERDEVELOPMENT, IT IS WELL PLANNED WAY TO GROW, PROVIDE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE AND WORK LOCALLY. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS, REDUCE LONG COMMUTES AND STRENGTHEN EVERY ALL STABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PLANNING THE FUTURE MEANS MAKING THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT NOW. I THIS THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME D CONSIDERATION. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: IT IS CLOSED. ITEM 6 AS AMENDED BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR HAHN IS ENCOURAGING ME TO NAME THIS AFTER HER. SUP. JANICE HAHN: NO. [ LAUGHTER ] SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BID SUPERVISOR HAHN AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HORVATH TO APPROVE THE ITEM, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: THAT IS NOT TRUE SUPERVISOR SOLIS. AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTIONS PASSES. 5-0. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7. HEARING ON THE APPEAL OF PROJECT NUMBER PRJ2024-001108 TO AUTHORIZE THE REMOVAL OF RECORDED PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS AND FIRE LANES THAT WERE NEVER INSTALLED OR UTILIZED LOCATED WITHIN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY PLANNING AREA APPLIED BY JORGE GARCIA. TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USED THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IF ON-LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. NO DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT SUBMITTED AND CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED. AMY BODEK, SUSAN TAE AND JOSH HUNTINGTON ARE HERE FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GREAT. I WILL RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR BARGER. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: THANK YOU. ON THIS PROJECT, I WANT TO CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING AND FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THIS REQUEST INVOLVES ONLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE REMOVAL OF RECORDED PRIVATE DRIVEWAY AND FIRE LANE AREAS THAT WERE NEVER CCONSTRUCTED OR USED. THAT NO DEVELOPMENT GRADING OR CONSTRUCTION IS PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS MODIFICATION? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YES MA'AM THAT IS CORRECT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: CAN YOU OUTLINE THE MODIFYING AND RECORDED MAP AND DESCRIBE HOW THIS REQUEST COMPLIES WITH STATE AND COUNTY REQUIREMENTS AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF THE REQUIRED FINDING ARE SUPPORTED BY THE RECORD, DOES THAT MEAN THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE DISCRETION TO DENY THE REQUEST? DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TODAY'S ACTION? OR SOME FUTURE ACTION? SUP. JA SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: TODAY'S.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: MODIFICATION TO A MAP IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS. REQUIRES SEPARATE APPLICATION. APPLICATION FEE AND REVIEW BY INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKS, PARKS AND REC, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE, OURSELVES. IN ORDER TO BE A MODIFICATION TO A MAP, IT DOES HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN DEFINITIONAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE STATE, SUBDIVISION MAP APP AND TITLE 21. WE CANNOT PROCEED WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A MODIFICATION WITHOUT MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THAT WE PRESENTED THOSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE FOR THIS PROJECT.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER, CHAIR: IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE PARCEL REMAINS VACANT TODAY AND UNDERLIE LINING ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT CHANGED BY THE MAP AND MODIFICATION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: THAT IS CORRECT. IT HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE AT LEAST 1985. AND THIS ONLY REMOVES A MAPPED FIRE LANE ON A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND SOME DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES ON THAT PROPERTY. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: ANY ACTIVE OR PENDING APPLICATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY INCLUDING A GAS STATION THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS ZONED FOR AS WE SPEAK CORRECT?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT PENDING APPLICATIONS. THERE IS NO ACTIVE APPLICATION. THERE IS, IT IS NOT A PART OF THIS PROJECT. ANY FUTURE USE IS NOT A PART OF THIS PROJECT. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER, CHAIR: DOES THE APPROVAL OF THE MAP MODIFICATION, PREAPPROVE ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY SUCH AS A FUTURE GAS WITH STATION, CONVENIENCE STORE OR RESTAURANT. DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: NO. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE REVIEW PROCESS THAT HA APPLIES TO ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. A DIFFERENT SCRUTINY THAN WHAT WAS DONE ON THE REPORT? THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD TODAY.

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD TODAY IS FOR A MAP, A SUBDIVISION MAP AND ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR STANDARD REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE USE COUNTY WIDE. DEPENDING ON THE USE, WE LOOK AT WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING CODE AND DETERMINE IF IT IS A MINISTERIAL PERMIT AND WHETHER IT NEEDS A CUP OR DISCRETIONARY PERMIT. BASED ON THAT, WHATEVER THE INTENDED USE IS, WE WOULD DO OUR ANALYSIS. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER, CHAIR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THIS POINT, WE'LL HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVE JORGE GARCIA THAT IS GIVEN A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES. PLEASE APPROACH. AND YOU CAN BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JORGE GARSIA. REPRESENTING THE APPLICANTS. AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD AND ASK THAT THE MODIFICATION BE APPROVED AS IS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS HERE, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MAD KWR578 CHAIR, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPELLATE. JACQUELINE, SHE'LL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: HELLO, I'M JACQUELINE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SAVE OUR RURAL TOWN. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT WAS COMPELLED TO BRING ANOTHER APPEAL BEFORE YOUR BOARD. IT IS APPEAL TO RECORDED MAP PURSUANT TO THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA SUBDIVISION MAP ACT. THE ORDINANCE IN THE ACT IS CLEAR REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH ARE RECORDED MAP CAN BE MODIFIED. THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE ALSO SET FORTH IN THE PUBLIC WORKS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ABOUT SUBDIVISION MAP. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL COUNTY DOCUMENT. THE MODIFICATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU NOW DOES NOT MEET THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE MODIFICATION IS TO REMOVE DRIVEWAYS AND FIRE LANES THAT WERE RECORDED AS A CONDITION OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL OFFICE AND SPECIALTY RETAIL COMPLEX WITH THE COMMUNITY ACT AND ENACTMENT TOWN COUNCIL. HOWEVER THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT WANT TO CONSTRUCT THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, BUT CONSTRUCT 16 PUMP GAS STATION. CONVENIENCE STORE AND FAST FOOD BUSINESS. IN AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAS THREE GAS STATIONS, THREE CONVENIENCE STORES AND FOUR FAST FOOD BUSINESSES. THE DRIVEWAYS AND FIRE LANES ARE PREVENTING THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO HAVE THEM REMOVED. TO ACHIEVE THIS, REGIONAL PLANNING HAS PROCESSED A MAP MODIFICATION INSTEAD OF A NEW SUBDIVISION. A CHANGED DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE IS NOT A LEGITIMATE BASIS FOR MODIFYING A RECORDED MAP. AS PUBLIC WORKS SHOWS, MODIFICATIONS ARE ONLY PERMITTED WHEN THE SITE HAS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. NONE OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESENTED WITH THIS DEVELOP MANY AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ORIGINAL TENTATIVE MAP COULD GO FORWARD, MINISTERIALLY WITH NO DIFFICULTY. BECAUSE NO PHYSICAL PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE THAT IS PREVENTING ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVED DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE IS NO LEGAL BASIS. THIS PROJECT WILL NOT WITHSTAND

JUDICIAL REVIEW. THANK YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: WITH THAT, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT CALLED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. > EXECUTIVE OFFICER: RUTHIE BROCK. NO REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 7 IS CONCLUDED. IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M RUTHIE BROCK, REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS OF ACTON. THE PARTIAL MAP MODIFICATION APPROVED IN NOVEMBER WAS DONE WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE HAVE LEARNED WILL BE A 16 PUMP GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE AND FAST FOOD SERVICE. AS THE LEASE PARCEL SUBDIVISION, MODIFICATION TO A PARCEL MAP IS ONLY ALLOWED UNDER SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS PROJECT HAS MET THE CRITERIA UNDER THE LEASE PROJECT SUBDIVISION CODE AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. A PARCEL MAP MODIFICATION MAY SEEM LIKE A VERY SMALL ACTION THAT ONLY AFFECTS THIS PROJECT. BUT IN REALITY, EVEN THE SMALLEST CHANGES IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT CAN HAVE HUGE IMPACTS ON SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE ACTON. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM IS CLOSED.

SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS. THE RECORD CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS ACTION DOES NOT APPROVE ANY DEVELOPMENT. DOES NOT ALTER LAND USE OR ZONE USE DESIGNATIONS OR AUTHORIZE A PREAPPROVED GAS STATION OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECT. ANY FUTURE PROPOSAL WILL REQUIRE FULL SEPARATE COUNTY REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES STANDARDS AND CEQA REQUIREMENTS. REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS MODIFICATION AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE MAP IMPROVEMENTS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY, THE REQUEST MEETS EVERY FINDING UNDER THE STATE SUBDIVISION MAP ACT AND OUR COUNTY CODE. THE APPEAL BEFORE US IS BASED LARGELY ON CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND I APPRECIATE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN. MANY OF THE CONCERNS HEARD EXPRESS UNDERSTANDABLE WORRIES ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY A GAS STATION USE, TRAFFIC AND PRESERVATION OF ACTON'S RURAL IDENTITY. THESE ARE REAL AND LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED IN RAISING THEM. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING THAT PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED THOROUGHLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND MANNER THAT REFLECTS LOCAL VALUES. HOWEVER WE ARE BOUND BY STATE LAW WHICH IS VERY CLEAR. AND OUR REVIEW IS LIMITED TO THE ACTUAL PROJECT PROPOSED WHICH IS SIMPLY TO REMOVE THE OBSOLETE MAP -- NOTATIONS. ANY PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REVIEWED AND SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY ZONING CODE AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AREA PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT AMY?

DEPARTMENT SPEAKER: YES, MA MA'AM. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE APPEAL, FIND THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT AND APPROVE THE MODIFICATION TO THE RECORDED MAP. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR BARGER AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR HAHN TO APPROVE THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTION PASSES 5-0. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, HEARING ON APPEAL OF PROJECT NUMBER R2015-00408 TO CREATE 2,295 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 21 LARGE LOT PARCELS FOR SPECIFIC PLAN REVIEW AFFORDABLE AND SENIOR AFFORDABLE SET ASIDE HOUSING, MIXED USE AND LIVE WORK DEVELOPMENT, WALLS AND FENCES, CONSTRUCTION OF TWO WATER TANKS AND ON ON-SITE AND OFFSITE GRADING, AND CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RPPL20023004887. LOCATED IN THE CASTAIC CANYON ZONED DISTRICT. FOR MEMBERS JOINING REMOTELY, TO COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IF ON-LINE OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE. NO STATEMENT SUBMITTED. AMY PODE WITHEX AND SUSAN TAE AND JOSH HUNTINGTON IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: SUPERVISOR BARGER REQUESTED TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS. WE'LL GO TO THAT AND THEN COME BACK AND ASK HER QUESTIONS. SO NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT. DAMON. WHO WILL BE GIVEN A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES. YOU MAY BEGIN SIR.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR SOLIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M DAMON OF ARM BREWSTER GOLDSMITH AND DELLVAC. ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT TEAM, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH THE IMPROVED VERSION OF THE NORTH LAKE PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED BACK IN 2019. FOLLOWING LITIGATION WE RECIRCULATED PORTIONS OF THE SCIR. AS PART OF THE RECIRCULATION, WE ANALYZED A PARTIAL CREEK AVOIDANCE ALTERNATIVE THAT RESERVES 20% OF GRASSHOPPER CREEK ON THE SITE. AND REDUCES IMPACT TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES. PROVIDES ADDITIONAL WILDLIFE CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH. THE PCAA IS THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR PROJECT. WE ARE PROUD TO OBTAINED RPC'S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE PTA AND URGE YOU TO AFFIRM THEIR DECISION. THE PROJECT ACHIEVES A THOUGHTFUL BALANCE THAT CREATES BADLY NEEDED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TARGETED AT MISSING MIDDLE ALONG WITH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT JOBS. PERMANENTLY PROTECTS HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND SUPPORTS PI WITHO LOGICAL RESOURCES AND FIRE SAFETY. L ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED, THE PROJECT HAS 10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 95 OF WHICH ARE SENIOR AFFORDABLE UNITS. DOUBLE OF WHAT THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE. THE PROJECT INTEGRATES FIRE SAFETY INTO EVERY ASPECT OF DESIGN ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED BY THE REPORT, WE UPDATE FIRE ANALYSIS TO WITH CEQA AND MANDATES, LA COUNTY FIRE APPROVED THE ANALYSIS. WE RECEIVED DETAILED WRITTEN RESPONSES TO ALL CLAIMS RAISED BY THE APPELLANTS AND OPPONENTS AND REITERATE THAT NONE OF THESE CLAIMS HAVE MERIT. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THE APPEALS AND CONFIRM THE UNANIMOUS DECISION. OUR TEAM IS AVAILABLE SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT, ADAM LEVY WHO WILL BE GIVEN A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ADAM LEVI, ATTORNEY WITH BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, A NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF NATIVE SPECIES AND HABITATS. CENTER HAS ENGAGED WITH THE NORTH LAKE PROJECT SINCE 2018 BECAUSE IT EPITOMIZES THE APPARELS OF OUTDATED SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD REPLACE HABITAT TO BUILD LOW DENSITY HOUSING IN A HIGH FIRE AREA FAR AWAY FROM EXISTING SERVICES. AS WE EXPLAINED IN OUR EXTENSIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS, THE COUNTY'S REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW CONTAINS NUMEROUS SHORT COMINGS AND OWE ICK MISSIONS THAT HAS IT INADEQUATE. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROJECT WOULD DESTROY GRASSHOPPER CREEK AND SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON IT, SUCH AS THE WESTERN SPADE TOAD, THE PARTIAL CREEK AVOIDANCE ALTERNATIVE IS ANYTHING BUT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CREEK WILL BE PHYSICALLY ERASED FROM THE LANDSCAPE BY FILLING IN THE CHANNEL OR CREATING DEBRIS BASINS. THE ERASURE OF ONE OF THE LAST BEST PLACES FOR SPADE TOAD IN THE COUNTY IS IMPACTED. THE PROJECT IMPACTS ON WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY IS DEVASTATING. CUTTING OFF ESSENTIAL CORRIDORS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF MOUNTAIN LIONS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. THE PROJECT IS ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLANS GUIDING PRINCIPLES, SAFETY ELEMENT AND LAND USE ELEMENT. MOST CONCERNINGLY, THE ENTIRE PROJECT FOOT INT PRINT IS IN A HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE. THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY FLAMMABLE WILD LANDS. THIS IS NOT LIKE THE PROJECT IN MATTER 6. THE 2022 UPDATE TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS THIS KIND OF SPRAWL. THE BOARD'S HANDS ARE NOT TIED. FULLY WITHIN THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO DENY THE PROJECT WHICH THEY ADMIT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS.

PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND REFUSE TO APPROVE THE SPRAWLING OUTDATED FIRE PRONE DEVELOPMENT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPELLANT CHASE, WHO WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS CHASE, A PARALEGAL WITH JURY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF APPELLANT SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SAFER. SAFER URGES THE BOARD NOT TO CERTIFY THE RECIRCULATING PARTIAL FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL EIR AND INSTEAD REQUIRE A RECIRCULATED TRACK, SEIR. THE EIR FAILS AS IN INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENT, FAILS TO IMPOSE ALL FEASIBLE MITIGATION AND DOES NOT ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO COMMENTS. FIRST, THE RPFSEIR UNDERESTIMATES VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IMPACTS BY USING A FLAWED VMT PER SERVICE POPULATION METRIC THAT OBSCURES THE PROJECT'S RESIDENTIAL NATURE. PROPERLY ANALYZED, VMT EXCEEDS COUNTY THRESHOLDS. YET NO MITIGATION IS REQUIRED. SECOND, THE WESTERN SPADE FOOT TOAD ANALYSIS IS INCOMPLETE. IT RELIES ON A NARROW BASELINE LIMITED SURVEYS AND OMITS KEY HABITATS LIKE GRASSHOPPER CREEK. ITS CONCLUSIONS LACK SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THIRD THE WESTERN SPADE FOOT MITIGATION PLAN IS INEFFECTIVE AND DEFERRED, REPLACEMENT PAWNS ARE QUESTERRED, UNDERMINING DYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FAIL TO INSURE POPULATION VIABILITY. IN SHORT, THIS EIR REPEATS THE SAME TE FISHENCEY AS THE COURT ALREADY REJECTED AND DOES NOT MEET CEQA'S REQUIREMENTS. FOR THESE REASONS SAFER URGES THE BOARD TO GRANT THE APPEAL AND REQUIRE A RECIRCULATED DRAFT SEIR. THANK YOU.

SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PLEASE CALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: CHAD, CHRISTINE, SYDNEY, DEE, ERIC, ELIZABETH, MITCHELL. YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: MY NAME IS MITCHELL VAN BECKHAM. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF NORTH LAKE AND URGE THE BOARD TO DENY THE APPEAL. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IMPACT THAT IS RARELY ON THE RECORD. DECADES OF DELAY MEANT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. RETAIL CENTERS WERE BUILT IN CASTAIC AND BUSINESSES EXPECTED HERE TO EXPECT NORTH LAKE TO APPROVED IN THE 1990s. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN WAITING EVER SINCE. WITHOUT ENOUGH ROOFTOPS, CASTAIC LACKS THE DENSITY TO SUPPORT RESTAURANTS, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND SMALL RETAILER, SOME HAVE CLOSED. NEW BUSINESSES ARE HESITANT TO INVEST. NORTH LAKE IS LONG OVERDUE. I URGE YOU TO DENY THE APPEAL AND LET CASTAIC FINALLY REALIZE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT IT WAS PROMISED. THANK YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THANK YOU. CHRIS, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN. CHRIS, PLEASE BEGIN. TELEPHONE SPEAKER: HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: GO AHEAD SIR.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: NEW INFORMATION DIRECTLY AFFECTING. NEW CEQA. TRANSMISSION LAND RUPTURED FROM A GAS LINE LASTING GAS OVER THREE HOURS. I5 WITH SHELTER, MISPLACING THOUSANDS, INCLUDING MY FAMILY. ALL GEOLOGICAL MAPS SHOW HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SLIDING. NORTH LAKE, ONLY ROUTE, CROSS MULTIPLE HAZARD AND OLD B PRESSURE LINES. THEY CONSIDER SEISMIC, GEOLOGICAL AS FAILURE HAZARDS. THIS MOVES TWO CRUDE OIL PIPELINES TOWARDS CASTAIC SEA, NO ANALYSIS. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ANY BEST EMERGENCY, NFPA AND FIRE CODES REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ZONE THAT CLOSE OFF EVERY EVACUATION ROUTE ON THEIR OWN, EACH OF THESE REQUIRE NEW DEPARTMENTS TO RENEW, TOGETHER TO LIFE SAFETY --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. LEAH, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS LEAH, AND I'M REPRESENTING THE GOLDEN STATE GATEWAY COALITION, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, GOODS MOVEMENT AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, NORTH LAKE IS CRITICAL LONG PLAN INVESTMENT THAT IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, SUPPORTING ROADWAY AND REGIONAL MOBILITY ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR AND WITHIN THE VALLEY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, NORTH LAKE ADDRESSES THE KEY DRIVER OF CONJECTION. THE GROWING DISCONNECT FROM WHERE PEOPLE WORK AND WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE. PROVIDING HOUSING NEAR JOBS, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE REDUCTION STRATEGIES AVAILABLE. FOR THESE REASONS THE GOLDEN STATE GATEWAY COALITION RESPECTFULLY URGES YOU TO DENY THE APPEAL. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. PAUL YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: PAUL, DIRECTOR OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY. FOR ALMOST A GENERATION, SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC CONCERNS DRIVEN MAJOR ORGANIZES TO SHAPE THIS PROJECT. PLANNING COMMISSION'S ALTERNATIVE HELP, BUT NOT NEAR ENOUGH. THE BOARD DOES NOT GRANT THE APPEAL IN PART FOR SOCIETY WILL LOSE THEIR RARE IRREPLACEABLE, NOW FUNCTIONING CROSSING, INTERSTATE 5. LIONS, BEARS, BOBCATS ARE BOUND HERE. APPLICANT DECEIVED THE COMMISSION ABOUT THEIR PRESENCE. TODAY, THE ONLY BOARD VOTE THAT CAN SALVAGE THIS FEATURE IS OUTRIGHT DENY THE VAGUELY DEFINED PHASE 2 PARCEL MAP PORTION OF THE PROJECT. PHASE 1 WITH 300 HOMES STAND ALONE AND FUNCTION WITHOUT PHASE 2, THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT DOES NOT FORCE YOUR HAND TO APPROVE PHASE 2. PARCEL MAP AND PHASE 2 WOULD NEVER STAND TODAY'S ENVIRONMENTAL RIGOR IN CONSCIOUSNESS. GRANT THE APPEAL AND DENY THE PARCEL PORTION.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MELISSA. YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: WITH PARENTS AGAINST FIELD LAB. AS A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, AS A MOTHER, WE UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTING OUR WHILE LIFE IS A CRITICAL ASPECT FOR CENSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT IS COMPLETE, THRIVING, THAT IS HEALTHY. THESE -- PARDON ME. I'M NOT FEELING WELL. THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, PROJECT THAT IS PROPOSED, IT CAN'T WITH JUST WEIGH FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OVER THE LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF OUR SPECIES AND OF THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO LIVE IN. I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER RECIRCULATING. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ITEM 8 IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE WILL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M CHAD, DEPUTY CHIEF OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PLANNING FOR THE MRCA. WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THE APPLICANT FALSELY STATED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NO WILDLIFE DETECTED AROUND THE PLAN. THE COMMISSION APPROVED COVERING PHASES 1 AND 2. FALSE PRET PRETENSES. THE BOARD MUST NOT BOW TO 1992 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND LEGACY SPRAWL STANDARD THAT HARM WILDLIFE ACTIVITY ACROSS I-5. THEY CONTINUE TO MISSTATE FACTS. THE SEPTEMBER 28, GLENN LUCAS LETTER NEVER ANALYZED. THE COUNTY IS SETTING ITSELF UP FOR MORE LEGAL TROUBLE IT CAN'T DEFEND. THIS EIR COVERS PHASE 1 AND 2. IT MUST BE DENIED OUTRIGHT. NO OTHER OUTCOME CAN HOLD UP TO SCIENCE AND THE LAW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MODERATOR: NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THE LINKAGE REPORT. THE EIR USE THE EXCUSE AS I-5 FOR SOLE CRITERIA THAT IT HAS LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WILDLIFE WITHOUT DATA TO BACK IT UP. NOW EXTENSIVE DATA DOCUMENTING WILDLIFE PASSAGE ACROSS I-5. UNDERCROSSING NUMBER 2 AT CANYON IN 2020, INCLUDING MOUNTAIN LION. USGS IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING CAMERA STUDY, TO SUPPORT BIELD LIFE MOVEMENT ALONG A 26 MILE STRETCH ALONG I-5 AND WHERE CASTAIC CREEK CROSSES I-5. NOVEMBER 2025 AND 2026, 3,321 DETECTIONS. AT STRUCTURES DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE NORTH LAKE PHASE 2 WITH 16% ASSOCIATED WITH UNDER CROSSING 2 AT MARBLE CANYON. 13% AT UNDERCROSSING NUMBER 3.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M SYDNEY. THE 1915 RIDGE ROUTE IS LARGELY EXPERIMENTAL ROAD BROUGHT TO LIFE, CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN, HAND TOOLED AND LATER PAVED BY WORLD WAR I VETERAN. THIS IS THE ROAD THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, REUNITING SPLIT BUILDING FROM CALIFORNIA WITH 17.6 MILES ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. IT IS MODERN DAY ALIGNMENT I-5 IS ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELED INTERSTATES IN THE COUNTRY. THIS PROJECT SITE FALLS ALONG THE RIDGE ROUTE AND WITHIN THE PROJECT SITE, TWO HISTORIC HOMESTEADS. WITH THAT, BURIED ARTIFACTS, REALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD, RIPPING UP SOME OF THE HISTORIC CONCRETE THAT LIES UNDERNEATH THE MODERN DAY AS FALL. WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM TO PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THE HISTORY AND ARTIFACTS AS POSSIBLE. THE I-5 BETWEEN CASTAIC AND TEMPLE HIGHWAY, EXPERIENCE CLOSURES FROM FIRE, RAIN AND SNOW AND ACCIDENTS. THE AREA THAT WOULD SERVE AS ONLY ACCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE BYPASS TRAFFIC. WE SUGGEST THAT THEY HAVE --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M ELIZABETH, I'M AN LA COUNTY RESIDENT VERY OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT. THE COUNTY SHOULD NOT ALLOW NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUILT IN HIGH WILDFIRE HAZARDS SEVERITY AREAS. AFTER THE DEVASTATION OF THE 2025 WILDFIRES, IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY OF THE COUNTY TO DIRECT HOUSING AND TO INFILL AREAS THAT ARE LESS RISK OF WILDFIRE. BUILDING HOUSING IN VERY HIGH WILDFIRE HAZARD SEVERITY AREAS NOT ONLY PUT THOSE FUTURE RESIDENTS AT RISK BUT INCREASES THE CHANCE THAT A WILDFIRE IS ACCIDENTALLY IGNITED. ALMOST ALL CONTEMPORARY WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA ARE CAUSED BY HUMAN SOURCES, POWER LINES, CAR SPARKS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. THEREFORE, INCREASING SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHLY PRONE, FIRE PRONE, INCREASES UNINTENTIONAL IGNITIONS AND PUTS MORE PEOPLE IN DANGER. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A THREAT TO THE REGION'S PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. ANGELENOS DESERVE SAFER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS THUS I URGE THE COUNTY TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: MY NAME IS DI THOMPSON. CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE NORTH LAKE PROJECT. HOUSING FOR WORKING FAMILIES IS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT CHALLENGES FACING OUR REGION. EMPLOYERS TELL US RISING COSTS MAKE IT HARDER TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES. AND WHEN WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE NEAR THEIR JOBS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES SUFFER. NORTH LAKE ADDRESSES THIS DIRECTLY. TO DELIVERING 315 AFFORDABLE UNITS A PART OF A LONG APPROVED SPECIFIC PLAN. BEYOND HOUSING, NORTH LAKE SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, CREATES JOBS, AND PRESERVES SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE. THE CHAMBER BELIEVES THAT THIS IS RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO DENY THE APPEAL. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M ERIC ANGLE, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE NORTH LAKE PROJECT. AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE BOARD DENY THE APPEAL. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FACES A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF HOUSING THAT WORKING FAMILIES CAN AFFORD. AS A LOCAL BUSINESS MANAGER WHOSE COMPANY SERVICES THIS AREA, I CAN TELL YOU THE LACK OF AVAILABLE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING WORKING FAMILIES, CAN AFFORD, CAN BE A DETERRENT WHEN HIRING AND RETAINING A QUALITY WORKFORCE. NORTH LAKE HELPS ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE WHILE DELIVERING REAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS LIKE PARKS, TRAILS AND PRESERVE OPEN SPACES THAT RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY FOR GENERATIONS. I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL DENY THE APPEAL AND ALLOW THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ITEM 8 IS BEFORE YOU. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: MOVED BY BARGER AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MITCHELL TO APPROVE THE ITEM. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CALL THE R ROLL. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL. SUP. HOLLY J. MITCHELL: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR HORVATH. SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HORVATH, AYE. SUPERVISOR HAHN. SUP. JANICE HAHN: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR HAHN, AYE. SUPERVISOR Barger. SUP. KATHRYN BARGER: AYE. EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR BARGER, AYE. SUPERVISOR SOLIS. SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: AYE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SUPERVISOR SOLIS AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 5-0. WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SUBJECT MATTERS WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION BUT NOT ON ITEMS ON MEETING AGENDA. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE, IF ON-LINE, OR STAR 3 IF ON THE TELEPHONE.

MODERATOR: WE WILL NOW CALL IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WHILE COMING FORWARD, TAKING REMOTE SPEAKERS. DEREK, DR. CHAVEZ, ERICA. DANIEL. YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: ON BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER. WE URGE TO YOU ALLOCATE $24 MILLION IN FUNDING TO THE PORT TRANSITION AGE YOUTH. YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 18-24 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS. ESPECIALLY LGBTQ YOUTH. THIS INVESTMENT IS TARGETED AND ESSENTIAL. WE ARE LOOKING FOR $13 MILLION FOR WRAP AROUND SERVICES, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT. $10 MILLION FOR YOUTH IN TURN HOUSING, PROVIDE SAFE AND AFFIRMING SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO STABILIZE. $1 MILLION FOR LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES HELPING YOU SECURE EMPLOYMENT, RESOLVE LEGAL BARRIERS, THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT MEETS YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. HELPS THEM MOVE THEM FORWARD. WE ASK THAT YOU FULLY FUND THIS REQUEST AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF LA COUNTY'S YOUTH. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. CALLER 626-629. YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: I'M HERE TO URGE SUPPORT FOR AB2647. TO REACH CARBON NEUTRAL FUTURE. LOS ANGELES NEEDS ENERGY GRID HAS BOTH CLEAN AND CONFIDENT. WE NEED THE ABILITY TO HARNESS THE POWER OF THE SUN, THE PALM OF OUR HAND TO ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY. THIS HAS BEEN PHYSICS. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. ALONG THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES HAVE LIVED IN THE SHADOW OF GAS FIRE SPEAKER PLANS, POLLUTE THE AIR WHERE THE SUN SETS OR THE WIND STOPS. AB2467 ALLOWS US TO RETIRE THE PLANTS, PROVIDE 24/7 ZERO EMISSION BASE LOAD. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ENERGY CALIFORNIA SUPPORT AB2467. THANK YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. JENNY, YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: BOEING HAS RELEASED CORRECTIVE STUDIES FOR SOIL. DTSU ISSUED STATEMENT OF CLEAN UP. DECISION DOCUMENT. FINAL VERSION. THIS IS WHAT DTSD HAS INFORMED YOU TO WAIT FOR BEFORE FILING LITIGATION AS YOU HAVE PROMISED TO DO IF CLEAN UP AGREEMENTS WAS BROKEN. THEY BEGIN THIS SUMMER. ANY FAILURES WITHIN BOEINGS PLAN, ELECTED TO UP WHY HOLD THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS. BOEING HAVE BROKEN. THE COUNTY EARMARKED TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SECURE COUNSEL TO LITIGATE OVER THIS ISSUE. NOW IT IS TIME TO FILE. OVER THE STATE'S FAILURE TO DELIVER A COMPLETE AND SAFELY EXECUTED FIELD CLEAN UP. MANY ISSUES WITH THE CLEAN UP PLANS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEVERELY WEAKEN --

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. ROY H HUMPHREYS, YOUR LINE IS OPEN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: CITY INDUSTRY, CENTER PLANNED, 14 SPEAKERS, STATED THAT THE SKY WAS FALLING WITH MYSELF THE ONLY ONE WITH DATA CENTER HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES CITY NOTING ONE WILSHIRE BUILDING WAS THE LARGEST IN THE CITY WITH A 2 GIGAWATT PLUS, SINCE 2024 AND PROCESSING TWO 16 GIGAWATTS LOCATED AT FAVORITE IRISH PUB. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THIS BOARD'S DISMAL FAILURE TO ESTABLISH A POWER GRID PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO CURE THAT DECADES OWN BROWNOUT CONDITIONS NOTING THE 3,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS BILL HERE IN ROWLAND HEIGHT. GIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP THE SAME DEPORTATION PROCESSES THAT YOU GAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA. SHAME ON YOU.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MELISSA. YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED. PLEASE BEGIN. MELISSA. PLEASE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MELISSA, PARENTS AGAINST [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. IN 2022, LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A MOTION TO SUE IF THE CLEAN UP AT SUSAN CLEAN FIELD IS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. EVIDENT THAT BOEING CLEAN UP LEAVE THE CONTAMINATION ON SITE, AS MUCH AS 95% PERMANENTLY. ACCORDING TO BOEING'S OWN 2015 DATA, PARTS OF THE FIELD LAB ARE SO TOXIC THAT 96 OUT OF 100 HYPOTHETICAL PEOPLE WOULD GET CANCER IF LIVED ON SITE AND ATE PRODUCT THAT GREW THERE. IT IS OUTRAGEOUSLY TOXIC. UNTIL THE CON TESTIMONY NATION IS CLEANED UP AT THE SOURCE, IT WILL CONTINUE TO MIGRATE AT SITE. BOEING PUBLISHED THE CORRECTIVE MEASURE, A DECISION DOCUMENT. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO TAKE ACTION. ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THEY START THE CLEAN UP. COMMUNITIES ARE ABOUT TO BE PERMANENTLY POLLUTED. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION AND START LITIGATION NOW.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. CALLER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BE BEGIN.

TELEPHONE SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA. I'M AN ADVOCATE WITH THE LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER. I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR RECENT WORK ON STRENGTHENING THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING SERVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS ARE INEXTRICABLE TO ONE ANOTHER. I KNOW THAT THE SUPERVISORS KNOW ALREADY, LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE ARE UNDER REPRESENTED. HAVE HIGH RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. VIOLENCE ACTS. ARRANGE HIV RISK BEHAVIOR AND DIFFICULTIES FAL FALLING ENTRY O HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE ASKING FOR $13 MILLION FOR SERVICES, IN SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AS WELL AS $10 MILLION FOR THE INTERIM HOUSING CAT FOR WITHY AND $1 MILLION IN LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR STABILIZED CATEGORY TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX ISSUES, ADDRESSING THE LGBTQ -- I K [ INDISCERNIBL.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE WILL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PLEASE BEGIN.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: I'M ERICA, I'M SPEAKING FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE WORKING IN ANIMAL RESCUE AND BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION HERE IN LOS ANGELES. ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CHAMBER BUT TODAY I'M ASKING TO YOU HEAR THEM THROUGH MINE. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS NOT A SYSTEM THAT PRO PRODUCES SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES. SHELTERS OVERCROWDED, ANIMALS DETERIORATE IN KENNEL, CYCLING THROUGH INTAKE WITHOUT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. SAME TIME, ENFORCEMENT IS NOT FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY. WHEN ABUSE IS REPORTED, GAPS IN RESPONSE, THAT LEAVES ANIMALS UNPROTECTED. THIS IS NOT JUST A RESOURCE ISSUE. IT IS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE. CURRENT MODEL IS REACTIVE. NOT PREVENTIVE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO TRULY PROTECT OR REHABILITATE ANIMALS. WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS A SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES PREVENTION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND REAL PLACEMENT OUTCOMES INCLUDING STRONG ENFORCEMENT, BETTER OVERSIGHT AND INTEGRATING ANIMALS INTO SOCIETY WITH PURPOSE, NOT JUST COMPARTMENT. ANIMALS ARE NOT JUST COMPANIONS, THEY PLAY ROLES IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IN-PERSON SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR RECOGNIZING WOMEN DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. BEFORE ME IS A BOOK CALLED WEBSTER NEW WORLD POCKET THE SOURCE. THE DEFINITION OF A LADY IS A WOMAN. FEMALE, MATRON WOMEN. A WOMAN OF GENTLE BREEDING. GENTLE WOMAN, WELL BRED WOMAN. WOMAN OF QUALITY, CULTURED WOMAN, HIGH BORN LADY. NOBLE WOMAN, TALENTED LADY. AND THAT, THE FIVE LADIES THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN WHICH IF THEY ARE SUPPORTED, THIS COUNTY WILL CONTINUE STRIVING. I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT. BECAUSE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES HIRING, OR IF ANY CONGRESSWOMAN LOOKING TO HIRE ANOTHER WOMAN. THANKS.

MODERATOR: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, PLEASE READ US INTO OUR CLOSED SESSION.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD WILL NOW BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. WHILE THE BOARD IS IN CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL SHOW A VIDEO PRESENTATION. SUPERVISOR SOLIS HAS A VIDEO PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S FEST. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BROWN ACT ACCORDANCE. THE SUPERVISORS CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION, CS1, 2, 3 AND 4, CONFERENCES FOR LEGAL COUNSEL, REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION. CS5, CONFERENCE FOR LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, TWO CASES. CS6 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, JOSEPH M. NICCHITTA AND DESIGNATED STAFF AS INDICATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. [ MUSIC ]

ARE THERE LATINOS IN THE HOUSE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ARE WE READY TO CELEBRATE THE EAST LA'S WOMEN'S FEST, THE 8TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, WOMEN'S AND GIRL'S HIV AWARENESS DAY. ARE YOU WITH ME? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE HAVE AMAZING OVER 80 VENDORS AND ARTISANS, MAINLY OF COMMUNITY, AMAZING ART, ACTIVISM, SOLIDARITY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.

WE ARE HERE TO FIRST AND FOREMOST HONOR WOMEN. THEIR CONSIDERATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND MOST OF ANYTHING, IT IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR CULTURE, CELEBRATION OF OUR ANCESTORS AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO, FOR HER TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WOMEN CAN DO AND THE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN. BECAUSE I WANT HER TO GROW UP FEELING PROUD OF BEING, PROUD F HER ROOTS, WHERE SHE COMES FROM, HER FAMILY COMES FROM.

WE ALSO HAVE HERE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION BOOTHS FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FREE HIV TESTING, ALL KINDS OF RESOURCES HERE PROVIDED FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY. OUR JOB TODAY TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON HIV CARE AND HIV PREVENTION. THERE IS OVER 6,000 PEOPLE HERE IN WITH HIV WITHOUT KNOWING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. WE NEED TO CONNECT INTO SERVICES. WE ALSO NEED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY OF RELATION CARE. I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH EVENTS LIKE THIS THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.

LATINAS ARE STRONG. WHEN YOU HEAR, THINK ABOUT HOW STRONG THAT PARTICULAR MESSAGE SENDS TO LATINAS. THAT NOTHING CAN TEAR US APART. NOTHING CAN BRING US DOWN. WE RESIST. WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO BE A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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SGRRNGS THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN ON MARCH 24, 2026. ITEM NUMBER CS1 THROUGH CS6 NO, REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN. SUP. HILDA SOLIS, CHAIR: ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING. THE MEETING ON MARCH 31, 2026 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 7, 2026, AT 9:30A.M. SHARP. THANK YOU.