Remarks by Traci Park
15 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Council President, and thank you, Councilwoman Rahman, for doing and leading today's presentation. You know, it's days like this when I really get a sense for some of the incredible work that is done all over the city of Los Angeles. And to every honoree here today, thank you. for stepping up to meet a need where you see it in your communities. That's just really incredible work. I'm really excited to get to be here today with the Emerson Avenue Community Garden Club. They are a local nonprofit that has created a one-acre garden at Orville Wright Elementary School in Westchester,…”
City Council · Oct 16, 2026
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City Council · Sep 30, 2026
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“Thank you. On item three, we'd like to receive and file the lien.”
City Council · Sep 30, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. And if you'd like, I can do items 64 and 67 together. Yeah. OK, great. Thank you, colleagues. I am asking for your yes vote on the resolution supporting Senate Bill 1093 by Senator Ben Allen, which is a much needed effort to protect mobile home communities after a disaster. Since the Palisades fire, I have learned more about mobile home parks than I knew there was even to know. In the Palisades, we had about 500 mobile homes, all of which were subject to the RSO. And those were homes for a lot of our artists and teachers and seniors and a lot of families who were…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LAHD HERE.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Hi, thank you, Council President. So when we heard this item recently in committee, I raised some concerns and tried to sound the alarm about the fact that this was authorizing more than $100 million to a single contractor When we had a lot of outstanding questions, caps on admin costs, caps on per unit costs, what the pre-qualification process was going to be and what the criteria were, what loans would be forgivable, who would decide that, the underwriting standards, we don't even have a staffing plan. yet for Genesis and apparently was not included as part of the RFP and it struck me that…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Well, again, I'm just going to say this as a word of caution. You know, these are relatively small properties, three to 20 units. They shouldn't be all that complicated. This is an astonishing amount of money for such a small program when we have city departments that will not see a $100 million budget over the course of five years. to the extent that a lot of that can be agreed upon ahead of time, part of the parameters of the RFP so that we are confident that the money is being used to actually support the programs and we don't even know what the cap on the admin costs can potentially…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“We still don't know maximum loan limits, allowable developer fees. There's just endless amount of materials and continuing questions. And so, again, we'll just reiterate that as we continue to make these allocations of our dollars, I'm going to really be looking at the contracts to be clear and accomplish up front what our intents and our program parameters are going to be so that we don't end up in disputes on the back end later.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Council president and colleagues I have a few questions Thank you all for being here and for the diligence and the work that I know is going into our wet weather preparation I think you all know council district 11 and council district 15 as our coastal districts are the recipients of the watershed for the entire LA region All of the trash, garbage, litter, toxins and pollutants that are picked up from our streets, gutters, trash, sidewalks, storm drains, catch basins, all move through our waterways and out to the ocean. Colleagues, I have handed out some images and I want everybody to see…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, and I appreciate that. And I know that throughout the year the work is ongoing. But when we know and we can anticipate that we're going to have a wet weather event, the focus on those waterways just, it's so critically important. This is our ocean. This is our marine habitat. And we are destroying it in real time. And when it's gone, it's gone. There's no do over. And so when I get frustrated that our coastal teams get cut out of the budget, that's not just me complaining. That is because this is what we're dealing with in the real impacts. And so I'll appreciate continuing to work with…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, good. Glad to know that that area is on there and happy to work with you guys one-on-one on that as well. We have a lot of highly specific and detailed information about where along the coast we're seeing problems and where we need some additional support.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Great, thank you. With respect to potential evacuations, this is a challenge that we have certainly seen in Council District 11, although I suspect many of my colleagues experienced this as well, and we saw it just last week with the Getty Fire when it comes to evacuations and traffic management. If we have to evacuate because of flooding or a coastal surge, what is the protocol for notification? What technology are we using? I know about MyNotifyLA and those alerts. Are we using any kind of modeling? Is there any strategic planning going on now on how we're going to educate and communicate…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, thank you for mentioning beaches and harbors, and we do work closely with them, but the berms aren't up, and we're expecting rain to hit in October. and the berms aren't in place. And so I hear you, but there is a lot of vulnerability. So to the extent we can continue that pre-coordination effort, because we know what's to come. We know what's gonna happen. Also wanted to take a moment and thank you for the diligence and the incredible work over the last 20 months or so in the Palisades. We got through some very difficult weather challenges last year. A lot of those mitigation measures…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“There's probably always more to be done.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, because I know we've, you know, in some places we've shored up our bulkheads, we've put in some new retaining walls, but I'm watching the landslide work around the areas that we've stabilized. So anyway, I think you all know there are some major, major challenges there. Really appreciate the ongoing partnership and coordination as we head into what inevitably is going to be a difficult winter. Thank you, Council President.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026