1 00:00:00,633 --> 00:00:04,804 Japanese garden uses reclaimed 2 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:06,405 water to replenish its tranquil 3 00:00:03,602 --> 00:00:08,441 features. Standing as a 4 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:10,176 testament to the city's 5 00:00:06,472 --> 00:00:12,812 commitment to sustainability and 6 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:14,681 resourcefulness, step into the 7 00:00:10,243 --> 00:00:16,082 unique landscape which invites 8 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:17,750 visitors to disconnect from the 9 00:00:14,747 --> 00:00:19,318 dynamic pace of urban life and 10 00:00:16,148 --> 00:00:21,421 rediscover a sense of peace. So 11 00:00:17,817 --> 00:00:38,805 whether you're visiting from 12 00:00:19,385 --> 00:00:38,805 across town or from across the 13 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:38,805 world, welcome to LA 14 00:00:49,149 --> 00:00:52,318 . 15 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:54,053 The visionary concept of 16 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:55,688 establishing a Japanese garden 17 00:00:52,385 --> 00:00:58,324 adjacent to the reclamation 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:59,625 facility was pioneered by Donald 19 00:00:55,754 --> 00:01:01,227 C Tillman. Every element of the 20 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:02,628 grounds has been meticulously 21 00:00:59,692 --> 00:01:03,963 crafted to harmonize with the 22 00:01:01,293 --> 00:01:05,597 modern architecture and the 23 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:07,467 natural environment of the San 24 00:01:04,029 --> 00:01:08,868 Fernando Valley. Visitors can 25 00:01:05,664 --> 00:01:11,504 enjoy an expansive, wet 26 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:12,972 strolling landscape where 27 00:01:08,935 --> 00:01:15,775 flowing waterfalls, symbolizing 28 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:17,176 heaven, humanity and the earth 29 00:01:13,039 --> 00:01:19,845 merge with vibrant greenery and 30 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:21,447 crafted stone lanterns imported 31 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:22,915 from Japanese artisans. The 32 00:01:19,912 --> 00:01:25,551 stillness of the water offers a 33 00:01:21,514 --> 00:01:26,085 refuge for the spirit, mirroring 34 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:32,125 the vital knowledge shared with 35 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:34,494 Angelenos during a recent 36 00:01:26,151 --> 00:01:37,429 emergency preparedness day. We 37 00:01:32,191 --> 00:01:40,333 are at the Autry Museum for the 38 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:42,167 second annual Wildfire de la, 39 00:01:37,496 --> 00:01:44,570 which is an event that we put on 40 00:01:40,399 --> 00:01:45,938 to try to prepare Los Angeles 41 00:01:42,234 --> 00:01:50,743 for the next inevitable wildfire 42 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:51,310 emergencies that, unfortunately, 43 00:01:46,005 --> 00:01:53,179 are destined to happen. Whether 44 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:56,115 it's the wildfires here that 45 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:57,150 taught us an awful lot of 46 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:59,419 lessons in January 2025, or a 47 00:01:56,182 --> 00:02:00,720 other kind of life safety 48 00:01:57,217 --> 00:02:02,354 emergency, our mission now is an 49 00:01:59,485 --> 00:02:03,789 18 year old nonprofit 50 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:05,491 organization working with the LA 51 00:02:02,421 --> 00:02:09,161 City Fire Department and other 52 00:02:03,856 --> 00:02:10,797 city partners and departments is 53 00:02:05,557 --> 00:02:13,332 to bridge that gap. It's 54 00:02:09,228 --> 00:02:15,535 critical for everyone in the 55 00:02:10,863 --> 00:02:17,203 city, whether you have a 56 00:02:13,399 --> 00:02:19,839 business, whether you own a home 57 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:21,473 , rent that you know what to do 58 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:24,544 in case of emergency, be it 59 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:25,144 wildfire, be it an earthquake or 60 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:28,447 heavy rains, emergency 61 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:34,420 preparedness is critical, and 62 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:35,755 I'm glad the city put on this 63 00:02:28,514 --> 00:02:37,824 event. Los Angeles is actually 64 00:02:34,486 --> 00:02:38,858 very unique in that it has so 65 00:02:35,821 --> 00:02:41,427 many possible natural disasters. 66 00:02:37,890 --> 00:02:43,095 It has earthquakes. It has 67 00:02:38,924 --> 00:02:44,864 literally tsunamis. It has 68 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:46,198 flooding. In fact, the major 69 00:02:43,162 --> 00:02:47,900 cause of weather, death is heat. 70 00:02:44,930 --> 00:02:49,168 And as we know with 71 00:02:46,265 --> 00:02:50,837 environmental concerns, we also 72 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:51,771 wind up having more heat. So 73 00:02:49,234 --> 00:02:52,539 there is something here for 74 00:02:50,903 --> 00:02:55,141 everybody. So while some people 75 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:56,175 might think, well, I don't live 76 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:56,976 in a home in the hills, the high 77 00:02:55,208 --> 00:03:00,913 fire severity zone is actually 78 00:02:56,242 --> 00:03:03,049 moving further south into our 79 00:02:57,043 --> 00:03:04,616 urban areas. And everybody is 80 00:03:00,979 --> 00:03:06,419 potentially affected by an 81 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:13,459 emergency. We are all one 82 00:03:04,683 --> 00:03:15,294 emergency away from a potential 83 00:03:06,485 --> 00:03:16,896 personal disaster. Wildfire de 84 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:17,629 la is one of the many ways that 85 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:18,297 we try to reach out to people, 86 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:19,933 whether it's holding public 87 00:03:17,696 --> 00:03:21,600 events like these, and we've 88 00:03:18,363 --> 00:03:22,901 done ten or more, all over the 89 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:24,236 city and county. Second time 90 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:25,838 that we're here at the Autry, 91 00:03:22,968 --> 00:03:27,440 which is a great venue. We're 92 00:03:24,303 --> 00:03:28,775 surrounded by wild land, right? 93 00:03:25,905 --> 00:03:31,610 So it's a great frame for what 94 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:33,045 we're trying to teach. But, you 95 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:35,881 know, in any case, we just take 96 00:03:31,677 --> 00:03:37,350 we try to use every conduit, 97 00:03:33,111 --> 00:03:38,351 every medium, every form we can 98 00:03:35,948 --> 00:03:40,219 to get the word out right. We go 99 00:03:37,416 --> 00:03:41,554 into neighborhoods and we do 100 00:03:38,417 --> 00:03:42,788 home hardening assessments for 101 00:03:40,285 --> 00:03:44,457 free for people that are in the 102 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:45,591 brush, the canyons, the 103 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:48,728 hillsides. We go into schools 104 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:51,030 and teach kids how to be more 105 00:03:45,658 --> 00:03:53,866 fire safe. We go to build 106 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:54,500 neighborhood council, fire wise 107 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:57,937 or fire safe council groups to 108 00:03:53,932 --> 00:04:00,206 organize their own neighborhoods 109 00:03:54,566 --> 00:04:01,674 to be more prepared. We're here 110 00:03:58,004 --> 00:04:03,509 working with all the folks that 111 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:04,143 are concerned about how we can 112 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:06,446 be more efficient with 113 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:08,481 preventing wildfire, right? How 114 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:10,283 can we be more mindful of 115 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:11,751 keeping our towns resilient? And 116 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:13,452 so tree people, our goal is to 117 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:15,254 help make our wild spaces 118 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:16,955 resilient. And that means that 119 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:18,358 after a fire rolls through, we 120 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:19,792 want to bring in native plants 121 00:04:17,022 --> 00:04:22,228 that are going to do well and 122 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:24,697 recover quickly and also 123 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:25,397 withstand the shortened fire 124 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:26,698 regime. As well. As we want to 125 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:27,633 make communities aware of the 126 00:04:25,464 --> 00:04:28,801 benefits of native plants, 127 00:04:26,765 --> 00:04:31,170 right. A healthy ecosystem in 128 00:04:27,699 --> 00:04:34,440 the mountains is going to bring 129 00:04:28,868 --> 00:04:36,475 a lot more resilience to our 130 00:04:31,237 --> 00:04:38,010 communities. Just down the way. 131 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:39,845 Trees and native species are 132 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:41,447 going to be better suited for 133 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:42,715 when we have drought, they're 134 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:43,816 going to be better suited for 135 00:04:41,513 --> 00:04:46,118 when there is wildfire. They'll 136 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:48,554 recover quickly and they're 137 00:04:43,882 --> 00:04:49,855 going to keep our air cycling 138 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:51,524 clean. We're going to have a lot 139 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:53,058 of different benefits from a 140 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:55,728 healthy ecosystem. So the more 141 00:04:51,591 --> 00:04:57,163 we can preserve the wild space, 142 00:04:53,125 --> 00:04:58,564 the more our cities and our 143 00:04:55,795 --> 00:05:01,867 wildlife is going to be happy 144 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:03,936 that we've done so we can do our 145 00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:05,705 part in stewarding the land. 146 00:05:01,934 --> 00:05:06,339 Wildfire safety includes a lot 147 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:08,674 of things, but one of the most 148 00:05:05,772 --> 00:05:10,209 important things it includes is 149 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:12,111 preparation, awareness and 150 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:13,446 education. We want every 151 00:05:10,276 --> 00:05:15,314 community in Kde4 and throughout 152 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:16,983 Los Angeles to understand what 153 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:18,351 they can do to be ready in case 154 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:22,188 of emergency, as well as how 155 00:05:17,049 --> 00:05:23,389 they can participate in 156 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:24,723 preventing an emergency. I would 157 00:05:22,254 --> 00:05:27,360 tell people to make sure that 158 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:29,195 they understand where their 159 00:05:24,790 --> 00:05:31,697 exits are other than their front 160 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:32,732 door. I would recommend that 161 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:34,466 people do pack some sort of go 162 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:35,868 kit, which includes their 163 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:37,403 medications, identifying 164 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:39,705 information of their pets if 165 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:41,107 they have them, in case they're 166 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:42,275 separated. If you live in an 167 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:43,209 apartment building, please make 168 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,943 yourself aware of where the fire 169 00:05:42,341 --> 00:05:46,112 extinguishers are in your 170 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:47,546 building. Please make sure you 171 00:05:45,010 --> 00:05:49,782 keep your fire alarms 172 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:51,751 functioning, which also monitor 173 00:05:47,613 --> 00:05:52,585 for gas and, you know, reach out 174 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:54,119 to your landlord to ask them to 175 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:55,221 engage in safety measures for 176 00:05:52,651 --> 00:05:56,922 the entire building, which also 177 00:05:54,186 --> 00:05:58,491 might lower their insurance 178 00:05:55,287 --> 00:05:59,925 costs. If they engage safely on 179 00:05:56,989 --> 00:06:01,694 how to protect themselves. All 180 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:02,695 these things are what we're here 181 00:05:59,992 --> 00:06:05,030 to teach today in a way that 182 00:06:01,761 --> 00:06:06,398 hopefully people can deal with 183 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:07,299 in an affordable and viable way, 184 00:06:05,097 --> 00:06:08,868 so that they don't feel 185 00:06:06,465 --> 00:06:10,903 overwhelmed, like there's so 186 00:06:07,366 --> 00:06:12,705 much to do. I just won't do 187 00:06:08,934 --> 00:06:14,306 anything. We want them to do 188 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:15,641 something, do one thing, do 189 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:17,043 three things over time, and over 190 00:06:14,373 --> 00:06:18,243 time, they're going to get in a 191 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:30,423 better position to withstand a 192 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:32,892 wildfire. And we know they're 193 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:34,159 coming. Unfortunately. 194 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:35,661 Hinson Aquatic Center is very 195 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:39,499 different, and it's the largest 196 00:06:34,226 --> 00:06:43,335 municipal pool in the United 197 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:45,237 States. It's 1.5 acres just one 198 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:46,739 way. It's 153 yards. Capacity is 199 00:06:43,402 --> 00:06:50,543 over 3000 depth entry. So that 200 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:51,110 means that it's safe for all 201 00:06:46,805 --> 00:06:53,479 family. The little kids. It's 202 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:55,281 1.5 million gallons of water 203 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:59,218 with two beautiful water slides 204 00:06:53,546 --> 00:07:01,787 . And the obstacle course in the 205 00:06:55,347 --> 00:07:03,155 middle of the pool. So in the 206 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:04,657 city of LA, we have over 50 207 00:07:01,853 --> 00:07:07,259 swimming pools. So there's a 208 00:07:03,222 --> 00:07:08,894 pool near your house from San 209 00:07:04,723 --> 00:07:11,030 Pedro to Sylmar, East L.A. West 210 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:13,566 L.A, we have a pool. Not only we 211 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:16,568 have a pool with well-trained 212 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:18,537 lifeguards, but we have amazing 213 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:20,840 programs we do over 25,000 214 00:07:16,635 --> 00:07:22,475 lessons, swim lessons in the 215 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:24,476 city of LA every year. We have 216 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:26,278 over 800 kids in our junior 217 00:07:22,542 --> 00:07:27,913 lifeguard program and over 6000 218 00:07:24,543 --> 00:07:30,850 kids are a part of our swim 219 00:07:26,345 --> 00:07:32,117 team. Water polo, artistic 220 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:36,656 swimming, springboard diving. So 221 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:38,757 we have an aquatics program for 222 00:07:32,184 --> 00:07:39,324 all Angelenos. So anytime you're 223 00:07:36,722 --> 00:07:41,660 around water, if you're at the 224 00:07:38,824 --> 00:07:44,363 lake, you're at the beach, 225 00:07:39,391 --> 00:07:47,099 you're at the pool anywhere. 226 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:48,734 Always swim near a lifeguard. 227 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:50,469 It's critical that your kids are 228 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:51,704 supervised at all times, anytime 229 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,672 they're close to the water, you 230 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:55,674 know, kids can drown in like a 231 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:58,010 few inches of water. So never, 232 00:07:53,739 --> 00:07:59,178 never leave your kids unattended 233 00:07:55,741 --> 00:08:00,780 during the summertime. You know, 234 00:07:58,076 --> 00:08:02,081 there's a lot of friends, 235 00:07:59,244 --> 00:08:03,616 family, they have pool parties. 236 00:08:00,846 --> 00:08:06,552 It's a lot of drownings that 237 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:07,686 happen in backyard pools. So as 238 00:08:03,683 --> 00:08:09,421 a parent, there's a lot of 239 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:10,856 things that you can do at home 240 00:08:07,753 --> 00:08:12,291 to make sure your pools are safe 241 00:08:09,488 --> 00:08:13,726 . First, you got to have a 242 00:08:10,923 --> 00:08:16,228 fence. Make sure you have a 243 00:08:12,358 --> 00:08:18,797 fence with a gate that you can 244 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:19,865 lock. You got to have an alarm. 245 00:08:16,295 --> 00:08:22,034 It's good to have equipment in 246 00:08:18,864 --> 00:08:23,269 case, you know, somebody goes in 247 00:08:19,931 --> 00:08:25,104 the water and whoever's watching 248 00:08:22,101 --> 00:08:26,339 them doesn't know how to swim. 249 00:08:23,335 --> 00:08:27,973 Make sure you have a ring boy. A 250 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:31,043 ring boy can make a big 251 00:08:26,405 --> 00:08:32,544 difference on saving somebody's 252 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:34,112 life. Where anybody can see it. 253 00:08:31,109 --> 00:08:35,648 Grab it and throw it to 254 00:08:32,611 --> 00:08:38,217 whoever's in the water 255 00:08:34,179 --> 00:08:40,019 struggling, whoever needs help 256 00:08:35,714 --> 00:08:40,953 knowing how to use it, how to 257 00:08:38,284 --> 00:08:42,622 throw it can make a big 258 00:08:40,085 --> 00:08:45,424 difference. Also, a body hook 259 00:08:41,019 --> 00:08:46,892 you put on the wall next to the 260 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:48,828 ring boy so you can reach and 261 00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:50,429 hook the body and bring them in, 262 00:08:46,958 --> 00:08:51,563 or have somebody hold on to it 263 00:08:48,894 --> 00:08:52,865 that's struggling in the water 264 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:56,902 and bring them in. By having 265 00:08:51,630 --> 00:08:59,839 those two pieces of equipment 266 00:08:52,932 --> 00:09:01,406 can make a big, big difference. 267 00:08:56,969 --> 00:09:02,675 So each facility, you know, we 268 00:08:59,905 --> 00:09:05,177 have a safety plan by having 269 00:09:01,473 --> 00:09:07,813 well trained lifeguards that all 270 00:09:02,741 --> 00:09:09,181 of our 50 plus facilities in the 271 00:09:05,244 --> 00:09:11,050 city of La, our job is to 272 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:13,919 educate the public in water 273 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:16,422 safety. So when you come in, you 274 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:17,923 have a good, safe experience. So 275 00:09:13,985 --> 00:09:19,825 this summer make it a point to 276 00:09:16,488 --> 00:09:30,703 visit our pools and take a swim 277 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:42,648 lesson. Give us a shot, try us 278 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:45,184 out. Five. Four. Three. Two one. 279 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:47,720 Go. 280 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:49,321 We are in the community of 281 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:51,590 Panorama City. The 91 402 282 00:09:47,786 --> 00:09:53,659 celebrating the Grand opening of 283 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:54,960 the splash pad at Panorama City 284 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:57,929 Park, a park whose splash pad 285 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:59,698 was closed for over seven 286 00:09:55,027 --> 00:10:00,866 summers. We're excited to see 287 00:09:57,996 --> 00:10:02,234 all of the kids here who live in 288 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:03,535 a very high, dense community, 289 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:05,036 sometimes don't have a front 290 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:07,239 yard, sometimes don't have a 291 00:10:03,602 --> 00:10:09,207 backyard. So the park is really 292 00:10:05,103 --> 00:10:10,175 their only place to play. It's 293 00:10:07,306 --> 00:10:11,844 been amazing. I mean, look at 294 00:10:09,274 --> 00:10:13,612 the smiles. They're priceless. 295 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:16,181 The sound. It brings me back to 296 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:17,983 my childhood. My sister was even 297 00:10:13,678 --> 00:10:19,418 teary eyed because growing up in 298 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:21,887 a community where, you know, you 299 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:24,723 need a little bit more 300 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:26,158 resources. This is priceless. I 301 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:27,927 am overly ecstatic that we have 302 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:29,261 close to 200 families here 303 00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:31,597 today, and we are excited to 304 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:33,165 talk to the families about how 305 00:10:29,327 --> 00:10:35,667 we were finally able to find the 306 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:37,002 resources to get it back and 307 00:10:33,231 --> 00:10:38,370 functioning, and I'm still 308 00:10:35,734 --> 00:10:40,272 overwhelmed by the amount of 309 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:41,874 families that came that were 310 00:10:38,437 --> 00:10:43,742 waiting for this, because seven 311 00:10:40,372 --> 00:10:45,277 years is a long time. So I'm a 312 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:47,379 community member here, and this 313 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:49,248 actually started in my family 314 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:50,749 when I brought my son to the 315 00:10:47,446 --> 00:10:52,151 park, and he noticed a desolate 316 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:53,585 water park, and he asked me, 317 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:54,886 mom, when is this going to be 318 00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:56,288 open and why is it closed? And I 319 00:10:53,652 --> 00:10:57,423 told him, you know what? I 320 00:10:54,953 --> 00:10:58,024 honestly don't know, but these 321 00:10:56,355 --> 00:10:59,291 are great questions. We have a 322 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,726 neighborhood watch meeting in 323 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:02,928 the next few days. Why don't you 324 00:10:59,357 --> 00:11:04,530 ask those questions there? My 325 00:11:00,792 --> 00:11:05,597 son and my daughter, they 326 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:07,532 collaborated so at the meeting, 327 00:11:04,596 --> 00:11:08,767 she asked the questions. 328 00:11:05,664 --> 00:11:11,170 Unfortunately, she was told that 329 00:11:07,599 --> 00:11:12,604 it was going to be closed. But 330 00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:14,506 then a few days later, I get an 331 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:15,607 email or a text saying that 332 00:11:12,671 --> 00:11:17,109 actually the council member had 333 00:11:14,573 --> 00:11:18,744 looked into it and she's going 334 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:20,279 to make it happen to reopen. And 335 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:21,847 here we are, and we're really 336 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:23,249 grateful for this, because lots 337 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:25,017 of families can enjoy, 338 00:11:21,914 --> 00:11:25,985 especially during these hot 339 00:11:23,315 --> 00:11:28,120 weather and especially when 340 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:29,655 things are so expensive. This is 341 00:11:26,051 --> 00:11:30,956 a free access to keeping cool in 342 00:11:28,186 --> 00:11:31,923 our community, which we 343 00:11:29,721 --> 00:11:34,193 definitely need it. And this 344 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:36,095 shows just the collaboration 345 00:11:31,990 --> 00:11:37,062 that when we work together, that 346 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:38,230 you're never too young to be 347 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:40,299 active, to get involved, that 348 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:43,401 you can make positive change at 349 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:44,636 any age. And especially when we 350 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:46,105 all work together, it almost 351 00:11:43,468 --> 00:11:47,272 feels like we let an entire 352 00:11:44,703 --> 00:11:48,774 generation down. Taking this 353 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:50,175 long. But we're not going to let 354 00:11:47,339 --> 00:11:51,043 this happen again, and that's 355 00:11:48,841 --> 00:11:52,377 why we're going to continue to 356 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:53,879 fight and advocate for more 357 00:11:51,109 --> 00:11:55,547 funding to come to our rec and 358 00:11:52,444 --> 00:11:58,050 parks Department. We want to 359 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:59,918 continue to collaborate with the 360 00:11:55,614 --> 00:12:01,320 City to make sure it's safe that 361 00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:03,188 our communities are clean, that 362 00:11:59,985 --> 00:12:11,463 they're great places for us to 363 00:12:01,386 --> 00:12:12,731 live. And as you can see, a good 364 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:14,633 place to play as well. Inspired 365 00:12:11,529 --> 00:12:16,601 by the historic strolling 366 00:12:12,797 --> 00:12:18,904 estates of the 18th and 19th 367 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:20,505 centuries, the wet Garden design 368 00:12:16,668 --> 00:12:23,208 employs vast lawns to foster an 369 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:24,743 open and radiant setting for 370 00:12:20,572 --> 00:12:25,744 discovery. The grounds are open 371 00:12:23,275 --> 00:12:27,979 for public exploration from 9:30 372 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:29,347 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday, 373 00:12:25,811 --> 00:12:30,782 through Thursday, and on the 374 00:12:28,046 --> 00:12:32,184 second Sunday of each month. 375 00:12:29,414 --> 00:12:33,419 During these Sunday sessions, 376 00:12:30,849 --> 00:12:34,886 the facility showcases 377 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:36,522 traditional cultural artistry, 378 00:12:33,485 --> 00:12:39,024 performances and family 379 00:12:34,953 --> 00:12:41,560 activities alongside the Bureau 380 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:43,562 of Sanitation's Sustainability 381 00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:44,763 programs. This scenic promenade 382 00:12:41,627 --> 00:12:47,733 offers an opportunity to observe 383 00:12:43,629 --> 00:12:48,801 the evolving seasons highlighted 384 00:12:44,829 --> 00:12:50,536 by the radiant lotus blooms that 385 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:58,743 also define the spirit of the 386 00:12:48,867 --> 00:13:00,178 annual Lotus Festival at Echo 387 00:12:50,603 --> 00:13:02,247 Park. Lake. This year, here at 388 00:12:58,810 --> 00:13:04,283 the Beautiful Echo Park Lake, we 389 00:13:00,245 --> 00:13:06,552 are celebrating the 45th Lotus 390 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:08,153 Festival and our host country 391 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:13,325 this year is Sri Lanka. So we're 392 00:13:06,618 --> 00:13:18,630 celebrating the culture, the 393 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:20,098 people and the food of Sri Lanka 394 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:21,900 . This festival is about 395 00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:22,534 celebrating culture and bringing 396 00:13:20,165 --> 00:13:24,135 people together. So this year 397 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:25,670 when we celebrate the democratic 398 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:27,306 socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 399 00:13:24,202 --> 00:13:28,840 you're going to see people from 400 00:13:25,737 --> 00:13:29,841 all across the city of Los 401 00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:31,110 Angeles, all walks of life. But 402 00:13:28,907 --> 00:13:32,143 we're celebrating one part of 403 00:13:29,908 --> 00:13:33,746 the community, but also 404 00:13:31,176 --> 00:13:38,784 celebrating the diversity and 405 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:40,219 the strength of the city of Los 406 00:13:33,812 --> 00:13:42,887 Angeles. An absolutely 407 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:45,624 incredible community event that 408 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:49,027 brings together the various 409 00:13:42,954 --> 00:13:50,329 cultures and the rich heritage 410 00:13:45,691 --> 00:13:51,863 of us Angelenos. And today, I'm 411 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:54,099 so honored that it's 412 00:13:50,396 --> 00:13:55,700 spotlighting my country of birth 413 00:13:51,930 --> 00:13:57,302 and my motherland. The beautiful 414 00:13:54,165 --> 00:14:00,539 island of Sri Lanka. We want to 415 00:13:55,767 --> 00:14:03,342 keep our culture alive and 416 00:13:57,368 --> 00:14:05,210 spread it to everyone else in 417 00:14:00,605 --> 00:14:07,946 our community. As well. And let 418 00:14:03,408 --> 00:14:13,819 everyone else know how vibrant 419 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:15,220 and how welcoming our culture is 420 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:17,022 . Our food is very tasty. To. 421 00:14:13,885 --> 00:14:19,758 Sri Lanka means so much to the 422 00:14:15,286 --> 00:14:22,161 city of Los Angeles. We have 423 00:14:17,089 --> 00:14:23,829 doctors, teachers, lawyers. They 424 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:24,996 bring so much love and community 425 00:14:22,227 --> 00:14:27,833 to the city and that's what we 426 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:34,607 want to highlight today here at 427 00:14:25,063 --> 00:14:36,074 Echo Park, celebrating the Lotus 428 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:38,143 Festival. It's a great event 429 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:40,512 full of diversity and culture. 430 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:41,579 The host country this year is 431 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:43,047 Sri Lanka and we had the Consul 432 00:14:40,579 --> 00:14:45,818 General of Sri Lanka herself 433 00:14:41,646 --> 00:14:47,285 here to help celebrate the 434 00:14:43,114 --> 00:15:03,068 opening ceremony. We have two 435 00:14:45,884 --> 00:15:04,503 days of a lot of fun food, 436 00:14:47,352 --> 00:15:06,037 dancing, entertainment. 437 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:07,940 Having events like this is 438 00:15:04,569 --> 00:15:08,974 absolutely critical because 439 00:15:06,104 --> 00:15:09,641 we're so diverse. But it's not 440 00:15:08,006 --> 00:15:11,109 just diversity that makes us a 441 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:12,644 great city. It's having events 442 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:14,579 where people that are diverse 443 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:15,580 can learn from one another and 444 00:15:12,711 --> 00:15:16,815 really become neighbors. And 445 00:15:14,646 --> 00:15:23,221 partners and friends. And that's 446 00:15:15,647 --> 00:15:23,821 why it's so important that we 447 00:15:16,881 --> 00:15:25,457 celebrate this. We have so many 448 00:15:23,288 --> 00:15:26,759 events where people can learn 449 00:15:23,888 --> 00:15:28,927 about one another's countries or 450 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:33,932 heritage culture, and that's 451 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:35,400 what makes us better, makes us a 452 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:37,735 strong city. And these types of 453 00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:40,072 events are so important for us 454 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:41,707 as a community because it just 455 00:15:37,802 --> 00:15:44,076 brings together everyone from 456 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:45,677 all corners of the world. We 457 00:15:41,773 --> 00:15:47,579 have Hispanics, we have 458 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:48,947 Africans, we have South Asians 459 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:50,315 like us. We have Koreans, 460 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:51,917 Chinese, and we're all here 461 00:15:49,013 --> 00:16:09,667 together. We make up this 462 00:15:50,382 --> 00:16:10,936 beautiful city of Los Angeles. 463 00:15:51,984 --> 00:16:13,672 We are the fabric of this city. 464 00:16:09,734 --> 00:16:17,075 So what we're doing here is we 465 00:16:11,003 --> 00:16:19,044 are hosting the official World 466 00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:20,412 Cup. LA fan Zone, and we're 467 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:21,413 going to be hosting today's 468 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:23,115 match. We're going to do the 469 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:25,884 third third place match on 470 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:27,252 Saturday. And also the finals on 471 00:16:23,181 --> 00:16:28,486 Sunday. It's about getting the 472 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:30,021 vibe of the of the crowd and 473 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:31,489 everything. Being with people 474 00:16:28,553 --> 00:16:35,660 and everyone scores a goal. It's 475 00:16:30,088 --> 00:16:37,128 nice. It's better than sitting 476 00:16:31,556 --> 00:16:38,397 at home and watching it. I came 477 00:16:35,727 --> 00:16:40,365 with my, one of my closest 478 00:16:37,195 --> 00:16:43,168 friends so that we can enjoy the 479 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:44,836 last games of this amazing World 480 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:47,773 Cup. We both love soccer, so I 481 00:16:43,235 --> 00:16:50,242 was lucky enough to go to the 482 00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:52,077 first game USA against Paraguay 483 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:55,947 . Um, so now it's just all about 484 00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:57,615 having fun for whatever's left. 485 00:16:52,144 --> 00:17:00,118 Hi We're in San Pedro. I'm 486 00:16:56,014 --> 00:17:01,753 rooting for England here. Come 487 00:16:57,682 --> 00:17:03,155 on. The England. Can we just say 488 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:04,589 go, England? I want England to 489 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:08,059 win. He sends it in bodies on 490 00:17:03,221 --> 00:17:09,961 the deck. Today's fan fest fan 491 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:13,865 zone is a lively crowd. Good 492 00:17:08,126 --> 00:17:15,868 entertainment and a great game. 493 00:17:10,028 --> 00:17:17,402 And we'll see who wins. Oh, I 494 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:18,970 volunteer for Ayso, and it's 495 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:19,938 very meaningful for me to be 496 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:26,411 here with my family. This is 497 00:17:19,037 --> 00:17:27,746 like my brother. We have to look 498 00:17:20,004 --> 00:17:29,314 out for. Thank you so much. Oh 499 00:17:26,477 --> 00:17:30,749 we are stoked to welcome 500 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:33,251 everybody here right now. We've 501 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:35,620 got such a beautiful location 502 00:17:30,815 --> 00:17:36,988 and we want to show it off. 503 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:39,624 Right. We are giving everyone a 504 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:41,226 first look, not just to the 505 00:17:37,055 --> 00:17:42,894 space here and our LA waterfront 506 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:44,029 , but also a few of our tenants 507 00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:46,531 are participating as well. So 508 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:47,966 people can get a little bit of a 509 00:17:44,095 --> 00:17:49,067 taste of San Pedro Fish Market, 510 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:51,903 who's actually already open down 511 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:53,137 on the other end of the site. 512 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:54,839 But Fresco Bar, Lazio Pizza, 513 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:56,942 we've got Piranha empanadas and 514 00:17:53,204 --> 00:17:57,709 glass box and baked bear that 515 00:17:54,906 --> 00:18:01,813 are also here so people can get 516 00:17:57,008 --> 00:18:03,648 a little taste before we 517 00:17:57,776 --> 00:18:05,049 actually open this fall. There's 518 00:18:01,879 --> 00:18:06,251 going to be a brand new visitor 519 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:07,519 serving attraction down here at 520 00:18:05,116 --> 00:18:09,454 the port of LA called West 521 00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:10,789 Harbor. So it's really important 522 00:18:07,585 --> 00:18:12,724 for those that knew it 523 00:18:09,521 --> 00:18:14,159 previously as ports of call, to 524 00:18:10,855 --> 00:18:16,661 know that it has been completely 525 00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:18,163 redeveloped with partnership 526 00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:19,564 between the port and the West 527 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:21,032 Harbor developer. That's going 528 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:22,500 to offer all kinds of food and 529 00:18:19,631 --> 00:18:24,369 beverage options shopping 530 00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:25,804 options, activity options. 531 00:18:22,567 --> 00:18:27,105 There's going to be a really big 532 00:18:24,435 --> 00:18:29,007 Ferris wheel here coming next 533 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:30,408 year. There's going to be stuff 534 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:31,977 for kids to do. Kids playground 535 00:18:29,074 --> 00:18:33,412 area. There's going to be Harbor 536 00:18:30,475 --> 00:18:34,680 cruises so you can come down 537 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:36,615 here and play all day, walk the 538 00:18:33,478 --> 00:18:37,782 mile long promenade and just 539 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:39,317 figure out whatever you want to 540 00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:42,287 do with your family. We're just 541 00:18:37,849 --> 00:18:43,388 enjoying the beautiful West 542 00:18:39,384 --> 00:18:47,092 Harbor. I live here locally and 543 00:18:42,354 --> 00:18:48,226 we haven't really seen this open 544 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:49,828 to the public in this manner. I 545 00:18:47,158 --> 00:18:51,630 had no idea what it would be 546 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:53,031 like, but it's close. I live 547 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:55,233 nearby so I'm actually coming on 548 00:18:51,696 --> 00:18:56,701 Saturday with my entire family, 549 00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:57,769 but they opened it early, so I 550 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:00,205 was like, hey, why not? Let's 551 00:18:56,768 --> 00:19:01,740 go. So it looks really nice. 552 00:18:57,836 --> 00:19:03,642 It's near the water. I love the 553 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:07,845 soccer balls floating in the 554 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:09,714 ocean, so it looks really nice 555 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:12,184 and a safe family environment. 556 00:19:07,912 --> 00:19:13,585 And bottom line is this if 557 00:19:09,781 --> 00:19:25,063 everybody could get a loan like 558 00:19:12,251 --> 00:19:27,632 this right here, we will be a 559 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:30,135 better place. For So this week 560 00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:31,770 is Shark Week, and today 561 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:33,338 specifically is July 14th. And 562 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:39,177 July 14th is the AZA Association 563 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:40,612 of Zoos and Aquariums. Shark and 564 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:42,247 ray Awareness Day. We bring 565 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:44,950 specimens out from our museum 566 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:46,484 collection that that we normally 567 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:47,919 don't have on display. Some 568 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:49,821 different species of shark jaws. 569 00:19:46,551 --> 00:19:51,222 We have some great white shark 570 00:19:47,986 --> 00:19:53,124 vertebrae. We have shark skin 571 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:54,593 that the public can touch. And 572 00:19:51,289 --> 00:19:56,094 we also have activities, 573 00:19:53,191 --> 00:19:58,964 giveaways, crafts and things 574 00:19:54,659 --> 00:20:00,599 that the public can take that 575 00:19:56,161 --> 00:20:01,933 are all around appreciating 576 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:10,175 sharks and other kinds of 577 00:20:00,665 --> 00:20:10,809 different shark specimens that 578 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:11,776 are not on permanent exhibit. 579 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:14,012 Who isn't excited about sharks? 580 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:14,546 You know, especially, you know, 581 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:16,047 little kids. And then you grow 582 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:17,616 up who's not excited about 583 00:20:14,612 --> 00:20:19,384 sharks? They're almost like the 584 00:20:16,113 --> 00:20:21,586 dinosaurs of the day, you know? 585 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:25,790 And when you grow up, that never 586 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:27,058 leaves you. You know, the love 587 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:28,259 for sharks. It's free entry. 588 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:29,594 That's why we come. You don't 589 00:20:27,125 --> 00:20:31,129 have to spend, you know, a lot 590 00:20:28,326 --> 00:20:33,031 of money like some of the other 591 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:34,199 aquariums out there. Um, 592 00:20:31,196 --> 00:20:35,667 depending on where you park, you 593 00:20:33,097 --> 00:20:38,303 might have to pay for parking or 594 00:20:34,265 --> 00:20:39,704 not, but it's super cheap. It's 595 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:49,147 a great experience. Yes It's 596 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:50,748 small, but you just come for a 597 00:20:39,771 --> 00:20:53,285 few hours. It's great. We are 598 00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:56,221 very science based. There's a 599 00:20:50,815 --> 00:20:57,789 lot of biological content that 600 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:59,290 we display. So alongside the 601 00:20:56,288 --> 00:21:01,960 tanks there are all the animals 602 00:20:57,856 --> 00:21:03,594 always labeled with a scientific 603 00:20:59,357 --> 00:21:05,864 name and a common name. There's 604 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:07,598 a lot of biological illustration 605 00:21:03,661 --> 00:21:09,167 showing the anatomy of an 606 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:11,370 octopus or the anatomy of a 607 00:21:07,665 --> 00:21:14,972 shark. And pointing out all the 608 00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:16,908 different parts and labeling it, 609 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:18,376 um, but we're also so friendly. 610 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:19,844 I love working here. The staff 611 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:22,514 are amazing and everybody is 612 00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:24,282 willing to help out. We're very 613 00:21:19,911 --> 00:21:25,750 family friendly and we are 614 00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:26,918 children focused, but all ages 615 00:21:24,349 --> 00:21:38,696 are welcome and we will do 616 00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:41,699 anything to make sure everybody 617 00:21:26,984 --> 00:21:42,968 has a good time. 618 00:21:38,763 --> 00:21:45,470 Since 1984, the Japanese Garden 619 00:21:41,766 --> 00:21:46,905 offers a sanctuary from the 620 00:21:43,034 --> 00:21:48,406 haste of urban traffic, inviting 621 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:50,208 us to disconnect from daily 622 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:51,810 pressures and rediscover the 623 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:53,245 meditative calm of nature in the 624 00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:54,713 city. Our thanks to the Japanese 625 00:21:51,876 --> 00:21:56,214 garden and LA's Bureau of 626 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:57,716 Sanitation, and from all of us 627 00:21:54,779 --> 00:22:00,251 at LA City. Thank you for 628 00:21:56,281 --> 00:22:02,721 joining us. Watch these stories 629 00:21:57,782 --> 00:22:04,589 and more anytime at LA city Dot 630 00:22:00,318 --> 00:22:06,124 Govtv and follow us at LA city 631 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:07,793 on Instagram, Facebook and 632 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:25,010 YouTube. Until next time, 633 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:25,010 explore and enjoy all that Los 634 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:25,010 Angeles has to offer 635 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:45,356 . 636 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:49,060 There are three current central 637 00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:52,096 Library employees who were 638 00:23:45,423 --> 00:23:53,965 working here in the building at 639 00:23:49,126 --> 00:23:56,901 the time of the 1986 Central 640 00:23:52,163 --> 00:23:59,737 Library Fire, and I'm one of 641 00:23:54,032 --> 00:24:01,373 them. My name is Robert Anderson 642 00:23:56,968 --> 00:24:02,807 and I am the fiction subject 643 00:23:59,804 --> 00:24:04,208 specialist for the Central 644 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:06,811 Library's Literature and Fiction 645 00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:09,514 department. Right at the moment, 646 00:24:04,275 --> 00:24:11,549 I'm sitting in what is today the 647 00:24:06,877 --> 00:24:14,018 teen scape department of Central 648 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:16,754 Library. For the first 60 years 649 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:18,857 of Central Library's existence, 650 00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:21,225 this was the fiction reading 651 00:24:16,821 --> 00:24:24,028 room of the library. The fire 652 00:24:18,924 --> 00:24:26,197 began in the closed stacks just 653 00:24:21,292 --> 00:24:28,332 off of this reading room. I had 654 00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:32,504 an assignment which happened to 655 00:24:26,264 --> 00:24:33,872 put me in the closed stacks 656 00:24:28,399 --> 00:24:35,473 right above where the fire began 657 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:38,442 . We had no sensation that 658 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:40,078 anything major was happening. It 659 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:42,614 was. It was one more fire alarm. 660 00:24:38,509 --> 00:24:44,215 We cleared out the people from 661 00:24:40,144 --> 00:24:47,585 the reading room and then 662 00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:50,121 everybody left the building. 663 00:24:44,281 --> 00:24:51,956 Somebody noticed smoke coming up 664 00:24:47,652 --> 00:24:54,893 from the upper part of the 665 00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:56,427 building, and it became very 666 00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:59,163 clear that it was it was a major 667 00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:00,832 fire. We were told that we 668 00:24:56,494 --> 00:25:03,634 should come in to work the 669 00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:05,170 second day, and I do have a 670 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:07,805 photo of myself and several 671 00:25:03,701 --> 00:25:08,906 coworkers in front of the 672 00:25:05,237 --> 00:25:12,911 library waiting to find out what 673 00:25:07,872 --> 00:25:14,646 we were going to be doing that 674 00:25:08,973 --> 00:25:17,381 day for the most part, uh, the 675 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:18,750 reading rooms of the library 676 00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:21,652 were okay. The fire department 677 00:25:17,448 --> 00:25:24,055 had done a great job of limiting 678 00:25:18,816 --> 00:25:25,589 the fire almost entirely to the 679 00:25:21,719 --> 00:25:27,091 closed stack areas. Now, whether 680 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:29,894 it was an arson fire or not, at 681 00:25:25,656 --> 00:25:31,329 this point, I can't say we were 682 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:32,630 told unequivocally at the time 683 00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:34,365 of the fire by the fire 684 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:37,368 department that it was an arson 685 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:38,870 fire. So I've always believed 686 00:25:34,432 --> 00:25:41,673 that it was an arson fire in 687 00:25:37,435 --> 00:25:43,207 more recent years, there have 688 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:44,709 been sources, in particular the 689 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:47,479 library book. The book that 690 00:25:43,274 --> 00:25:50,315 Susan Orlean wrote where she 691 00:25:44,775 --> 00:25:52,216 interviewed fire experts who 692 00:25:47,545 --> 00:25:54,519 felt that perhaps it was an 693 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:57,889 electrical fire or some other 694 00:25:52,283 --> 00:26:01,459 mishap, while 400,000, 695 00:25:54,586 --> 00:26:03,361 approximately 400,000 books were 696 00:25:57,956 --> 00:26:08,299 lost to fire, there were about 697 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:09,834 700,000 books that were water 698 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:13,070 damaged because they spent hours 699 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:15,506 trying to put that fire out. The 700 00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:17,275 city had empty freezers that we 701 00:26:13,137 --> 00:26:20,211 could use to freeze the 702 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:23,047 collection for future freeze 703 00:26:17,342 --> 00:26:25,249 drying. In order to prevent mold 704 00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:28,486 from from forming, they managed 705 00:26:23,114 --> 00:26:30,154 between the library staff and 706 00:26:25,316 --> 00:26:31,556 the volunteers to get everything 707 00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:34,225 that we needed to get out of the 708 00:26:30,221 --> 00:26:36,728 building by the end of the 709 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:38,129 weekend. I believe it was until 710 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:42,267 about fall of the following year 711 00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:43,768 that we were still working in 712 00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:46,104 the building. It was it was not 713 00:26:42,333 --> 00:26:48,272 an easy place to work in because 714 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:50,775 there was there was a lot of 715 00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:53,378 smoke in there, especially 716 00:26:48,339 --> 00:26:54,746 initially. We just used the card 717 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:56,147 catalogs in the departments to 718 00:26:53,444 --> 00:26:58,716 do an inventory of the 719 00:26:54,813 --> 00:27:00,151 collection. We pulled all the 720 00:26:56,214 --> 00:27:01,619 books off the shelves and 721 00:26:58,783 --> 00:27:03,721 checked them against the card 722 00:27:00,218 --> 00:27:07,458 catalog, just to show that we 723 00:27:01,685 --> 00:27:10,128 still had that book. And 724 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:14,899 eventually, uh, started working 725 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:17,402 part time at a warehouse that 726 00:27:10,195 --> 00:27:19,703 was where all the dry books had 727 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:21,305 had been moved. We had just a 728 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:24,075 few library tables and chairs 729 00:27:19,770 --> 00:27:27,145 there that we worked from as as 730 00:27:21,372 --> 00:27:28,512 our offices. So they eventually 731 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:31,716 found the title insurance 732 00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:33,151 building at 433 South Spring 733 00:27:28,579 --> 00:27:36,454 Street. They sent the books that 734 00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:38,256 had been in freezers for a 735 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:40,825 couple of years to be freeze 736 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:42,693 dried and started working on 737 00:27:38,322 --> 00:27:45,129 those books and inventorying 738 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:48,032 those books and cleaning them. 739 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:50,568 In a lot of cases, we were also 740 00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:52,136 to involved in shelving the 741 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:55,206 collection that was a really a 742 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:56,674 major undertaking because the 743 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:58,576 books had been packed out from 744 00:27:55,273 --> 00:28:01,445 different parts of the library 745 00:27:56,741 --> 00:28:03,013 at all, at the same time. 746 00:27:58,643 --> 00:28:06,350 Reshelving those books was like 747 00:28:01,512 --> 00:28:10,655 putting together a giant jigsaw 748 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:13,691 puzzle. We did finish in the 749 00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:16,461 spring of 1989, and we finally 750 00:28:10,722 --> 00:28:18,062 opened there on spring Street. 751 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:19,497 There's a photo of me at the 752 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:22,567 literature reference desk on 753 00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:24,101 Spring Street. We were on Spring 754 00:28:19,563 --> 00:28:26,070 Street for four years. Everybody 755 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:28,472 I think, was just happy to be 756 00:28:24,168 --> 00:28:30,008 back working with the public 757 00:28:26,137 --> 00:28:33,143 again. And having access to what 758 00:28:28,539 --> 00:28:34,813 was left of the collection. We 759 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:38,082 were working on trying to buy 760 00:28:33,210 --> 00:28:39,651 replacement books for what had 761 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:42,787 been lost. And then we closed 762 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:45,323 for the summer so that we could 763 00:28:39,717 --> 00:28:47,591 move the collection into the 764 00:28:42,853 --> 00:28:50,227 renovated Central Library. It 765 00:28:45,389 --> 00:28:51,796 was a very exciting time, uh, to 766 00:28:47,658 --> 00:28:55,399 be back in the building. It was 767 00:28:50,294 --> 00:29:00,971 a vast improvement over what we 768 00:28:51,862 --> 00:29:03,474 had had before the fire as as 769 00:28:55,466 --> 00:29:06,544 well as restoring as much as we 770 00:29:01,038 --> 00:29:09,413 could of what had survived. It 771 00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:11,349 was a rough seven years, and I 772 00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:14,284 it certainly changed my life, 773 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:16,987 but not entirely in a negative 774 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:19,824 way. I definitely learned a lot 775 00:29:14,351 --> 00:29:21,292 about my own capabilities and I 776 00:29:17,054 --> 00:29:24,562 got to know many of my coworkers 777 00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:26,330 quite a bit better because we 778 00:29:21,358 --> 00:29:30,735 were all working together on one 779 00:29:24,628 --> 00:29:33,404 big project for really well over 780 00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:36,007 a year, and at this time, when 781 00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:39,377 we're celebrating the Central 782 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:42,113 Library's 100th anniversary, um 783 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:45,016 , I, I really am glad that I had 784 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:47,518 the opportunity to be involved 785 00:29:42,180 --> 00:30:06,404 in what is still today 786 00:29:45,083 --> 00:30:06,404 considered a pivotal part of the 787 00:29:47,585 --> 00:30:06,404 library's history. 788 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:25,309 And. 789 00:47:49,466 --> 00:47:52,602 All right. Good morning. And AL 790 00:47:50,767 --> 00:47:52,869 GOOD 791 00:47:50,967 --> 00:47:54,237 MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE 792 00:47:52,669 --> 00:47:54,470 REGULARLY 793 00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:55,405 SCHEDULED MEETING *F YOUR LOS 794 00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:57,507 ANGELES 795 00:47:54,537 --> 00:47:57,941 CITY COUNCIL. 796 00:47:55,472 --> 00:47:59,575 TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 12th DAY 797 00:47:57,574 --> 00:47:59,809 OF 798 00:47:58,008 --> 00:48:02,679 AUGUST, THE YEAR 2026, PUBLIC 799 00:47:59,642 --> 00:48:02,913 COMMENT 800 00:47:59,876 --> 00:48:03,980 WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS 801 00:48:02,746 --> 00:48:08,218 COUNCIL 802 00:48:02,979 --> 00:48:10,186 CHAMBER. 803 00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:10,553 MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 804 00:48:08,285 --> 00:48:11,154 » Clerk: BLUMENFIELD, 805 00:48:10,253 --> 00:48:11,421 HARRIS-DAWSON, 806 00:48:10,620 --> 00:48:12,055 HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE, 807 00:48:11,221 --> 00:48:12,289 MCOSKER, 808 00:48:11,488 --> 00:48:12,822 NAZARIAN, PADILLA, PARK, PRICE, 809 00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:15,992 RAMAN, 810 00:48:12,355 --> 00:48:17,827 RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ, 811 00:48:12,889 --> 00:48:18,328 YAROSLAVSKY. 812 00:48:16,059 --> 00:48:19,262 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR. 813 00:48:17,894 --> 00:48:19,596 PRESIDENT. 814 00:48:18,395 --> 00:48:21,131 » Council President: ALL 815 00:48:19,329 --> 00:48:23,867 RIGHT, FIRST 816 00:48:19,662 --> 00:48:24,434 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 817 00:48:21,198 --> 00:48:25,101 » Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES 818 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:25,735 OF AUGUST 819 00:48:24,501 --> 00:48:26,169 11, 2026. 820 00:48:25,168 --> 00:48:27,804 » Council President:er WHAT'S 821 00:48:25,802 --> 00:48:28,171 NEXT? 822 00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:28,438 » Clerk: COMMENDATORY 823 00:48:27,871 --> 00:48:29,472 RESOLUTIONS FOR 824 00:48:28,238 --> 00:48:29,906 APPROVAL. 825 00:48:28,505 --> 00:48:31,307 » Council President: 826 00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:31,641 COUNCILMEMBER 827 00:48:29,973 --> 00:48:31,975 HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER 828 00:48:31,374 --> 00:48:34,244 SOTO-MARTINEZ 829 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:34,711 SECONDS. 830 00:48:32,042 --> 00:48:36,346 CAN YOU RUN THROUGH YOUR AGENDA 831 00:48:34,311 --> 00:48:36,679 PLEASE. 832 00:48:34,778 --> 00:48:37,981 » Clerk: 1 STLU 5 ARE ITEMS 833 00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:45,221 FOR WHICH 834 00:48:36,746 --> 00:48:46,523 PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. 835 00:48:38,048 --> 00:48:46,923 1 AND 2 THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN 836 00:48:45,288 --> 00:48:48,258 POSTED TO 837 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,592 RESPECTIVE FILES. 838 00:48:46,990 --> 00:48:50,593 6 THROUGH 24 ARE ITEMS FOR 839 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:52,462 WHICH PUBLIC 840 00:48:48,658 --> 00:48:52,729 HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. 841 00:48:50,660 --> 00:48:54,397 FOR ITEM 17 A CORRECTED REPORT 842 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:54,697 HAS BEEN 843 00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:56,166 CIRCULATED AND POST TODAY 844 00:48:54,464 --> 00:48:58,902 RESPECTIVE 845 00:48:54,764 --> 00:48:59,135 COUNCIL FILE. 846 00:48:56,233 --> 00:49:00,470 25 THROUGH 51 ARE CLOSE SESSION 847 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:00,737 ITEMS 848 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:01,404 FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE 849 00:49:00,537 --> 00:49:02,372 NOT BEEN 850 00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:02,839 HELD. 851 00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:03,606 TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR 852 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:04,240 CONSIDERATION. 853 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:05,208 » Council President: ALL 854 00:49:03,673 --> 00:49:07,577 RIGHT, NOW IS 855 00:49:04,307 --> 00:49:10,280 THE TIME FOR SPECIALS. 856 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:10,747 I HAVE A COUPLE, MR. CLERK. 857 00:49:07,643 --> 00:49:12,048 I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD 24 ON THE 858 00:49:10,347 --> 00:49:13,049 DESK FOR 859 00:49:10,814 --> 00:49:16,286 AN AMENDMENT WHICH WILL BE 860 00:49:12,115 --> 00:49:16,753 CIRCULATED. 861 00:49:13,116 --> 00:49:20,957 AND FOR ITEM 3, I WOULD LIKE TO 862 00:49:16,353 --> 00:49:21,458 MOVE 863 00:49:16,820 --> 00:49:23,360 RECOMMENDATION 1 AND 2 AS 864 00:49:21,023 --> 00:49:23,927 PART--AS 865 00:49:21,525 --> 00:49:25,362 DETAILED IN THE JOINT CLA 866 00:49:23,426 --> 00:49:25,562 REPORT. 867 00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:25,996 » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO 868 00:49:25,428 --> 00:49:28,531 THAT 869 00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:28,764 MOTION? 870 00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:29,466 » Council President: SECONDED 871 00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:31,835 BY MR. 872 00:49:28,831 --> 00:49:32,001 McOSKER. 873 00:49:29,533 --> 00:49:32,235 AND THEN I HAVE SPECIALS FOR 874 00:49:31,901 --> 00:49:33,670 MR. 875 00:49:32,068 --> 00:49:34,738 McOSKER. 876 00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:36,606 » T. McOsker: THANK YOU, FOR 877 00:49:33,736 --> 00:49:38,141 ITEM 6, I 878 00:49:34,805 --> 00:49:40,243 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ADOPTION FOR 879 00:49:36,672 --> 00:49:40,510 ITEM B. 880 00:49:38,208 --> 00:49:40,877 » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO 881 00:49:40,309 --> 00:49:42,011 THAT 882 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:42,746 MOTION. 883 00:49:40,944 --> 00:49:43,780 » Council President: 884 00:49:42,078 --> 00:49:46,216 SOTO-MARTINEZ. 885 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:46,449 ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? 886 00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:48,251 » Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, 887 00:49:46,283 --> 00:49:48,952 COUNCIL 888 00:49:46,516 --> 00:49:51,187 PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 889 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:51,755 ITEM 9 890 00:49:49,019 --> 00:49:54,991 FOR SPECIAL VOTES AND 24 FOR 891 00:49:51,254 --> 00:49:55,491 COMMENTS. 892 00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:57,127 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 893 00:49:55,058 --> 00:49:57,427 MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ. 894 00:49:55,558 --> 00:50:00,130 » H. Soto-Martinez: FOR ITEM 895 00:49:57,194 --> 00:50:00,363 NUMBER 6, 896 00:49:57,494 --> 00:50:02,899 WE HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT I 897 00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:04,034 CAN 898 00:50:00,430 --> 00:50:06,136 VERBALLY READ IT, IN 899 00:50:02,966 --> 00:50:06,403 RECOMMENDATION 2E, 900 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:08,638 IT SHOULD SAY OUT REACH TO 901 00:50:06,203 --> 00:50:09,139 COMMUNITY 902 00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:11,174 BASE ORGANIZATION LABOR UNION 903 00:50:08,705 --> 00:50:12,075 SXZ 904 00:50:09,206 --> 00:50:14,644 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, 905 00:50:11,241 --> 00:50:14,944 SPECIFICALLY 906 00:50:12,142 --> 00:50:19,015 INSERTING LABOR UNION BEING 907 00:50:14,711 --> 00:50:19,949 CONSISTENT 908 00:50:15,011 --> 00:50:22,719 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN 909 00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:22,986 IN 3-A, 910 00:50:20,016 --> 00:50:23,887 SIMILARLY, IT SHOULD READ, CBOs 911 00:50:22,786 --> 00:50:25,055 AND 912 00:50:23,053 --> 00:50:25,288 LABOR UNIONS. 913 00:50:23,954 --> 00:50:27,757 » Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND 914 00:50:25,122 --> 00:50:28,891 TO THAT 915 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:29,225 MOTION? 916 00:50:27,824 --> 00:50:45,342 » Council President: 917 00:50:28,958 --> 00:50:45,375 COUNCILMEMBER 918 00:50:29,291 --> 00:50:48,711 RODRIGUEZ? 919 00:50:45,442 --> 00:50:51,281 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY 920 00:50:48,778 --> 00:50:52,916 ATTORNEY I NEED TO RECUSE AS 921 00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:54,251 GAL PIN MOTORS IS A SOURCE OF 922 00:50:52,983 --> 00:50:55,919 INCOME TO MY FAMILY. 923 00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:57,287 » Clerk: CAN YOU REPEAT THE 924 00:50:55,986 --> 00:50:59,322 SECOND AND THIRD SPECIALS. 925 00:50:57,354 --> 00:51:00,690 » M. Rodriguez: 6 FOR COMMENT 926 00:50:59,389 --> 00:51:02,459 SXZ A SEPARATE VOTE. 927 00:51:00,757 --> 00:51:02,992 AND ITEM 24 FOR AN AMENDMENT 928 00:51:02,525 --> 00:51:03,960 AND COMMENTS. 929 00:51:03,059 --> 00:51:06,896 » Clerk: THANK YOU. 930 00:51:04,027 --> 00:51:07,831 » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. 931 00:51:06,963 --> 00:51:10,667 » Council President: ALL 932 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:14,437 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK? 933 00:51:10,733 --> 00:51:14,871 » T. Park: ITEM 32 FOR A 934 00:51:14,504 --> 00:51:16,306 SEPARATE VOTE. 935 00:51:14,938 --> 00:51:16,840 » Council President: ALL RIGHT 936 00:51:16,373 --> 00:51:20,677 AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA. 937 00:51:16,906 --> 00:51:21,811 » I. Padilla: ITEM 3 FOR 938 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:22,745 AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS PLEASE. 939 00:51:21,878 --> 00:51:23,913 » Council President: ALL 940 00:51:22,812 --> 00:51:25,548 RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS, 941 00:51:23,980 --> 00:51:27,851 ANYBODY I MISSED? 942 00:51:25,615 --> 00:51:30,320 COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN? 943 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:33,289 » A. Nazarian: ITEM 6, CALLING 944 00:51:30,387 --> 00:51:34,391 FOR JUST A ADDING AN AMENDMENT. 945 00:51:33,356 --> 00:51:41,898 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 946 00:51:34,457 --> 00:51:44,367 » Council President: OKAY. 947 00:51:41,965 --> 00:51:45,301 » A. Nazarian: WE'LL DETERMINE 948 00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:46,669 IF IT'S FRIENDLY. 949 00:51:45,368 --> 00:51:47,269 » Council President: ALL 950 00:51:46,736 --> 00:51:50,173 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN? 951 00:51:47,336 --> 00:51:52,709 » N. Raman: FOR ITEM 24, I'D 952 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:53,877 LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE 953 00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:55,979 BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AND I 954 00:51:53,944 --> 00:51:57,580 HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR THIS ITEM 955 00:51:56,046 --> 00:51:58,414 WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED. 956 00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:59,883 » Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND 957 00:51:58,481 --> 00:52:01,918 TO THAT? 958 00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:03,419 » Council President: SECOND. 959 00:52:01,985 --> 00:52:05,588 ALL RIGHT. 960 00:52:03,486 --> 00:52:06,756 ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? 961 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:10,660 GOING ONCE? 962 00:52:06,823 --> 00:52:12,262 TWICE? 963 00:52:10,727 --> 00:52:13,429 ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT 964 00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:15,498 ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES 965 00:52:13,496 --> 00:52:18,268 AT THIS TIME? 966 00:52:15,565 --> 00:52:19,669 » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS 967 00:52:18,335 --> 00:52:20,370 ITEMS 1, 2, 4 AND 5. 968 00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:22,005 » Council President: ALL 969 00:52:20,436 --> 00:52:23,640 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 970 00:52:22,071 --> 00:52:24,641 THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, 971 00:52:23,707 --> 00:52:25,475 TABULATE THE VOTE. 972 00:52:24,708 --> 00:52:26,409 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 973 00:52:25,542 --> 00:52:27,610 » Council President: ALL 974 00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:28,978 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 975 00:52:27,677 --> 00:52:29,913 » Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE 976 00:52:29,045 --> 00:52:30,847 ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 977 00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:32,749 » Council President: ALL 978 00:52:30,914 --> 00:52:33,683 RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. 979 00:52:32,815 --> 00:52:34,050 CLERK, PLEASE PREPARE US FOR 980 00:52:33,749 --> 00:52:35,151 PUBLIC COMMENT. 981 00:52:34,116 --> 00:52:37,320 » Clerk: THANK YOU, MR. 982 00:52:35,217 --> 00:52:38,721 PRESIDENT. 983 00:52:37,387 --> 00:52:40,356 AS INDICATED ON THE AGENDA, 984 00:52:38,788 --> 00:52:44,027 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING 985 00:52:40,423 --> 00:52:50,200 TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 986 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:51,601 CALL, AND USE MEETING ID NUMBER 987 00:52:50,267 --> 00:52:53,636 1659176148 AND THEN PRESS POUND. 988 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:55,305 PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED 989 00:52:53,703 --> 00:52:56,806 FOR PARTICIPATE ID. 990 00:52:55,372 --> 00:52:58,975 ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS THE PUBLIC 991 00:52:56,873 --> 00:52:59,876 COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING, 992 00:52:59,042 --> 00:53:00,843 PLEASE STAR-9 TO REQUEST TO 993 00:52:59,943 --> 00:53:03,179 SPEAK. 994 00:53:00,910 --> 00:53:07,784 WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, 995 00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:09,586 AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK 996 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:15,558 YOU TO UNMUTE. 997 00:53:09,653 --> 00:53:17,860 USE MEETING ID NUMBER, 998 00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:20,863 1659176148 THEN PRESS POUND. 999 00:53:17,927 --> 00:53:22,098 PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED 1000 00:53:20,930 --> 00:53:26,436 FOR PARTICIPATE ID. 1001 00:53:22,164 --> 00:53:27,837 WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, 1002 00:53:26,503 --> 00:53:31,874 AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK TO 1003 00:53:27,903 --> 00:53:34,143 YOU UNMUTE. 1004 00:53:31,941 --> 00:53:40,483 FOR MEMBERS WISHING TO PROVIDE 1005 00:53:34,210 --> 00:53:41,484 PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY AND IN 1006 00:53:40,550 --> 00:53:43,586 CHAMBERS. 1007 00:53:41,551 --> 00:53:46,122 THERE IS BEEN A NEW RULES. 1008 00:53:43,652 --> 00:53:47,023 I'M GOING TO START WITH THE 1009 00:53:46,188 --> 00:53:48,124 PROCESS RELATED TO THE 1010 00:53:47,089 --> 00:53:50,426 AMENDMENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE 1011 00:53:48,191 --> 00:53:51,093 TO SEE THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ARE 1012 00:53:50,493 --> 00:53:52,996 MADE OR JUST INTRODUCED, IF 1013 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:54,831 YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, THEY 1014 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:56,866 SHOULD BE UP ON THE BOARD 1015 00:53:54,898 --> 00:53:58,468 SHORTLY ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE 1016 00:53:56,933 --> 00:54:00,270 OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THAT'S 1017 00:53:58,535 --> 00:54:02,639 THE CLERK BOARD ON THE RIGHT 1018 00:54:00,337 --> 00:54:06,309 SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 1019 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:10,380 PRIOR TO GOING INTO VIRTUAL OR 1020 00:54:06,376 --> 00:54:14,050 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CAN 1021 00:54:10,447 --> 00:54:15,685 BE ACCESSES THROUGH GOOGLE 1022 00:54:14,117 --> 00:54:16,853 DRIVE, ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE 1023 00:54:15,752 --> 00:54:18,921 CLERK'S WEBSITE WHERE ALL THE 1024 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:21,224 AGENDA FOR THE VARIOUS 1025 00:54:18,988 --> 00:54:22,325 COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ALL 1026 00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,859 COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE LISTED AS 1027 00:54:22,391 --> 00:54:25,862 WELL. 1028 00:54:22,926 --> 00:54:28,164 YOU DO HAVE TO SCROLL TO THE 1029 00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:29,299 BOTTOM BUT IT'S A LINK THAT 1030 00:54:28,231 --> 00:54:31,668 WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY. 1031 00:54:29,366 --> 00:54:32,869 I WILL NOW GO THROUGH THE 1032 00:54:31,735 --> 00:54:33,736 IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC 1033 00:54:32,936 --> 00:54:36,106 INSTRUCTIONS. 1034 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:38,107 TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC 1035 00:54:36,172 --> 00:54:39,275 COMMENT WH, IT'S YOUR TURN TO 1036 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:40,510 SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF 1037 00:54:39,342 --> 00:54:41,444 THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE 1038 00:54:40,577 --> 00:54:44,314 TO SPEAK TO. 1039 00:54:41,511 --> 00:54:46,415 YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM 1040 00:54:44,381 --> 00:54:47,817 UP TO 3 MINUTES TOTAL. 1041 00:54:46,482 --> 00:54:49,652 WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA 1042 00:54:47,884 --> 00:54:51,754 ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. 1043 00:54:49,718 --> 00:54:52,689 OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS 1044 00:54:51,821 --> 00:54:55,491 MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. 1045 00:54:52,756 --> 00:54:57,226 IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF 1046 00:54:55,558 --> 00:54:59,429 WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE 1047 00:54:57,293 --> 00:55:00,897 ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE 1048 00:54:59,496 --> 00:55:01,664 BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE 1049 00:55:00,963 --> 00:55:04,067 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1050 00:55:01,730 --> 00:55:05,234 AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET 1051 00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:07,737 CLEARLY ON TOPIC. 1052 00:55:05,301 --> 00:55:09,205 IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF 1053 00:55:07,804 --> 00:55:10,807 TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE 1054 00:55:09,271 --> 00:55:11,908 REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND 1055 00:55:10,874 --> 00:55:12,709 WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 1056 00:55:11,974 --> 00:55:14,510 SPEAKER. 1057 00:55:12,776 --> 00:55:16,579 THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC 1058 00:55:14,577 --> 00:55:18,214 COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 6 1059 00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:19,349 THROUGH 51, SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS 1060 00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:21,651 THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC 1061 00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:23,486 COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE 1062 00:55:21,718 --> 00:55:25,121 ITEMS 6 THROUGH 51. 1063 00:55:23,553 --> 00:55:27,190 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO 1064 00:55:25,188 --> 00:55:28,358 SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR 1065 00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:29,559 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 1066 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:30,793 DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, 1067 00:55:29,626 --> 00:55:33,396 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK 1068 00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:35,097 TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING 1069 00:55:33,463 --> 00:55:35,464 ELSE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER 1070 00:55:35,164 --> 00:55:37,367 JURISDICTION. 1071 00:55:35,531 --> 00:55:39,736 I HAVE A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS 1072 00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:42,138 IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE 1073 00:55:39,802 --> 00:55:44,006 INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO 1074 00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:46,542 THE ROOM AND OUR REMOTE CALLERS. 1075 00:55:44,073 --> 00:55:47,510 IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH 1076 00:55:46,609 --> 00:55:49,345 LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE 1077 00:55:47,577 --> 00:55:50,980 MAKE SURE TO PAWS EVERY FEW 1078 00:55:49,412 --> 00:55:52,782 SENT SENSES SO THE INTERPRETERS 1079 00:55:51,047 --> 00:55:53,649 CAN INTERPRET. 1080 00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:57,787 » Interpreter: [SPEAKING 1081 00:55:53,716 --> 00:55:59,188 SPANISH] 1082 00:55:57,854 --> 00:56:01,491 » City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, 1083 00:55:59,255 --> 00:56:02,292 WE WILL PAWS YOUR TIME, WHILE 1084 00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:03,359 THE INTERPRETERS WITH 1085 00:56:02,358 --> 00:56:04,594 INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET 1086 00:56:03,426 --> 00:56:04,994 THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS 1087 00:56:04,660 --> 00:56:06,229 EVERYONE ELSE. 1088 00:56:05,061 --> 00:56:07,229 THANK YOU. 1089 00:56:06,295 --> 00:56:15,138 » Interpreter: [SPEAKING 1090 00:56:07,296 --> 00:56:17,940 SPANISH] 1091 00:56:15,205 --> 00:56:18,774 » City Attorney: FOR OUR 1092 00:56:18,007 --> 00:56:20,610 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, IF YOU'VE 1093 00:56:18,841 --> 00:56:23,212 MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST 1094 00:56:20,677 --> 00:56:24,280 PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE 1095 00:56:23,279 --> 00:56:25,815 CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD 1096 00:56:24,347 --> 00:56:27,650 LIKE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO MAKE 1097 00:56:25,882 --> 00:56:29,051 USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE 1098 00:56:27,717 --> 00:56:30,086 DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT 1099 00:56:29,118 --> 00:56:31,621 PERIOD, PLEASE WHEN IT IS YOUR 1100 00:56:30,153 --> 00:56:33,923 TURN TO SPEAK AND THE NAME THAT 1101 00:56:31,688 --> 00:56:35,558 YOU SIGNED UP UNDER HAS BEEN 1102 00:56:33,990 --> 00:56:37,427 CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE LINE UP IN 1103 00:56:35,625 --> 00:56:39,262 THE CENTER AISLE, NOT AT THE 1104 00:56:37,494 --> 00:56:41,330 PODIUM BUT THE CENTER AISLE AS 1105 00:56:39,329 --> 00:56:42,965 IT IS EASIER TO ACCESS AND 1106 00:56:41,397 --> 00:56:43,866 RAISE YOUR HANDS SO THE 1107 00:56:43,032 --> 00:56:45,234 SERGEANTS KNOW THAT YOU WOULD 1108 00:56:43,933 --> 00:56:46,202 LIKE TO USE THE WIRELESS 1109 00:56:45,301 --> 00:56:49,639 MICROPHONE. 1110 00:56:46,269 --> 00:56:51,240 FINALLY IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN 1111 00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:52,541 AN EFFICIENTLY COMMENT PERIOD, 1112 00:56:51,307 --> 00:56:54,010 AND ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH PEOPLE 1113 00:56:52,608 --> 00:56:56,345 AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT 1114 00:56:54,077 --> 00:57:01,117 YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR 1115 00:56:56,412 --> 00:57:02,284 THAT YOU SIGNED UP, I WILL NOTE 1116 00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:04,120 FOR OUR REMOTE PUBLIC 1117 00:57:02,351 --> 00:57:05,288 COMMENTERS, THERE WILL BE 1118 00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:07,390 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION THAT'S 1119 00:57:05,355 --> 00:57:08,625 ARE SPECIFIC FOR OUR REMOTE 1120 00:57:07,457 --> 00:57:09,725 PUBLIC CALLERS BEFORE WE GET TO 1121 00:57:08,691 --> 00:57:13,763 THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. 1122 00:57:09,792 --> 00:57:15,398 THANK YOU. 1123 00:57:13,830 --> 00:57:16,532 » Clerk: WILL THE FOLLOWING 1124 00:57:15,465 --> 00:57:17,300 NAMES PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC 1125 00:57:16,599 --> 00:57:25,775 COMMENT. 1126 00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:30,346 A LEJANDRO, MA RAY, FERNANDO, 1127 00:57:25,842 --> 00:57:46,529 CARMEN GUTIERREZ AND SHERRI 1128 00:57:30,413 --> 00:57:46,529 BECKINGBOCH. 1129 00:57:54,170 --> 00:57:57,874 » City Attorney: SO IF YOU'VE 1130 00:57:55,838 --> 00:57:59,942 HEARD YOUR NAME OR THE NAME 1131 00:57:57,941 --> 00:58:01,710 THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED 1132 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:02,512 ALOUD, PLEASE LINE UP IN ANY 1133 00:58:01,777 --> 00:58:03,846 ORDER. 1134 00:58:02,579 --> 00:58:06,415 WE WILL NOW TAKE THE FIRST 1135 00:58:03,912 --> 00:58:07,349 SPEAKER. 1136 00:58:06,482 --> 00:58:07,950 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING. 1137 00:58:07,416 --> 00:58:09,218 » City Attorney: WHAT WOULD 1138 00:58:08,017 --> 00:58:10,586 YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1139 00:58:09,285 --> 00:58:11,521 » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC 1140 00:58:10,653 --> 00:58:14,290 COMMENT AND AGENDA ITEM 6. 1141 00:58:11,588 --> 00:58:15,892 » City Attorney: OKAY, SO 1142 00:58:14,357 --> 00:58:16,792 YOU'LL ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM 1143 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:18,227 AND ONE FOR GENERAL. 1144 00:58:16,859 --> 00:58:19,862 I'LL ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE 1145 00:58:18,294 --> 00:58:20,797 BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS BEFORE 1146 00:58:19,929 --> 00:58:21,697 MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC 1147 00:58:20,864 --> 00:58:24,000 COMMENT. 1148 00:58:21,764 --> 00:58:26,035 » Speaker: I'M COMBINING THEM, 1149 00:58:24,067 --> 00:58:28,303 GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA 1150 00:58:26,101 --> 00:58:32,842 ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. WORKERS 1151 00:58:28,370 --> 00:58:33,809 NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 6, 1152 00:58:32,908 --> 00:58:37,346 NOWS REFORMS. 1153 00:58:33,876 --> 00:58:39,849 I WANT TO THANK OUR CHAMPIONS 1154 00:58:37,413 --> 00:58:41,717 COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND 1155 00:58:39,916 --> 00:58:43,553 TIM McOSKER WHO ADVANCED THIS 1156 00:58:41,784 --> 00:58:44,820 MOTION AND EVERYONE WHO HAS 1157 00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:46,589 HELPED MOVE THIS EFFORT FORWARD 1158 00:58:44,887 --> 00:58:48,824 WITH US. 1159 00:58:46,655 --> 00:58:49,959 WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THESE 1160 00:58:48,891 --> 00:58:52,995 DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTINUED 1161 00:58:50,025 --> 00:58:54,397 INVESTMENT IN STRENGTHENING 1162 00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:57,199 OWES, SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE 1163 00:58:54,464 --> 00:59:00,403 THAT DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY IS 1164 00:58:57,266 --> 00:59:01,103 CRITICAL IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT 1165 00:59:00,470 --> 00:59:03,005 PROTECTING WORKERS EVERY DAY. 1166 00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:07,143 THIS IS A STEP IN THE MUCH 1167 00:59:03,072 --> 00:59:08,744 LARGER PROCESS AND WE REMAIN 1168 00:59:07,210 --> 00:59:11,013 COMMITTED WITH WS LABOR TO 1169 00:59:08,811 --> 00:59:11,714 CONTINUE BUILDING A STRONGER 1170 00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:14,984 ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM THAT 1171 00:59:11,781 --> 00:59:16,118 RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF 1172 00:59:15,051 --> 00:59:17,053 WORKERS AND RESPONSIBLE 1173 00:59:16,185 --> 00:59:19,388 EMPLOYERS ALIKE. 1174 00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:21,490 AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE 1175 00:59:19,455 --> 00:59:23,826 OLYMPICS, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO 1176 00:59:21,557 --> 00:59:26,329 MAKE LEADER IN PROTECTING LOW 1177 00:59:23,892 --> 00:59:29,365 WAGE WORKERS IN ELIMINATING 1178 00:59:26,396 --> 00:59:30,032 WAGE THEFT THAT CONTINUES TO 1179 00:59:29,432 --> 00:59:30,633 IMPACT THOUSANDS OF FAMILY 1180 00:59:30,098 --> 00:59:32,167 EVERY YEAR. 1181 00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:33,603 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, 1182 00:59:32,234 --> 00:59:35,638 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1183 00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:36,639 ALL OF YOU AND LET'S GET THIS 1184 00:59:35,704 --> 00:59:37,106 EFFORT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE 1185 00:59:36,706 --> 00:59:53,256 TODAY. 1186 00:59:37,173 --> 00:59:53,256 THANK YOU. 1187 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:56,559 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 1188 00:59:54,957 --> 00:59:58,194 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1189 00:59:56,626 --> 00:59:59,328 » Speaker: ON ITEM 6, PLEASE. 1190 00:59:58,261 --> 01:00:00,596 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 1191 00:59:59,395 --> 01:00:01,297 HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM, 1192 01:00:00,663 --> 01:00:03,265 GO AHEAD. 1193 01:00:01,364 --> 01:00:05,801 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M A 1194 01:00:03,332 --> 01:00:08,571 LEJANDRA I'M HERE WITH THE L.A. 1195 01:00:05,868 --> 01:00:09,472 WORKER INTERNET AND SUPPORT OF 1196 01:00:08,637 --> 01:00:12,041 OWS REFORMS. 1197 01:00:09,539 --> 01:00:14,377 I STARTED MY FIRST JOB AS A 1198 01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:17,113 CASH YOU'RE WHEN I WAS 17 ABOUT 1199 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:18,280 FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE I 1200 01:00:17,180 --> 01:00:20,048 EXPERIENCED GETTING PAID LESS 1201 01:00:18,347 --> 01:00:21,584 THAN MINIMUM WAGE AND WORKING 1202 01:00:20,115 --> 01:00:22,751 WITHOUT BREAKS AND NOT 1203 01:00:21,650 --> 01:00:24,920 RECEIVING OVERTIME PAY. 1204 01:00:22,818 --> 01:00:26,989 AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS JUST 1205 01:00:24,987 --> 01:00:30,226 UNLUCKY BUT AFTER MOVING TO 1206 01:00:27,056 --> 01:00:31,360 ANOTHER JOB, I SAW THAT TH* WAS 1207 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:32,962 A RECURRING ISSUE. 1208 01:00:31,427 --> 01:00:35,264 WAGE THEFT IS VERY COMMON AND 1209 01:00:33,029 --> 01:00:38,267 IT SHOWED ME THE HARM THAT IT 1210 01:00:35,331 --> 01:00:40,736 CAN BRING, WHEN SOMEONE HAS 1211 01:00:38,334 --> 01:00:43,572 DENIED WAGES, THEY'VE EARNED, 1212 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:45,641 THAT MEANS LESS MONEY ALL AND 1213 01:00:43,639 --> 01:00:47,376 ALL ATTACKING THE QUALITY OF 1214 01:00:45,708 --> 01:00:48,844 LIFE FOR WORKERS AND THOSE THAT 1215 01:00:47,443 --> 01:00:50,913 DEPEND ON HIM. 1216 01:00:48,911 --> 01:00:53,449 WORKERS LOSE MILLIONS TO WAGE 1217 01:00:50,980 --> 01:00:55,351 STEP, THAT'S WHY STRENGTHENING 1218 01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:57,420 ARE SO IMPORTANT, WORKERS UP TO 1219 01:00:55,418 --> 01:01:00,689 KNOW THAT WHEN THEY KNOW THE 1220 01:00:57,487 --> 01:01:01,290 RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED THERE IS A 1221 01:01:00,756 --> 01:01:02,258 SYSTEM AVAILABLE. 1222 01:01:01,356 --> 01:01:03,526 THANK YOU. 1223 01:01:02,325 --> 01:01:11,767 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 1224 01:01:03,593 --> 01:01:13,402 NEXT SPEAKER. 1225 01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:14,703 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M 1226 01:01:13,469 --> 01:01:14,970 CALLING TO SPEAK ON GENERAL 1227 01:01:14,770 --> 01:01:15,738 MATTER. 1228 01:01:15,037 --> 01:01:16,338 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 1229 01:01:15,804 --> 01:01:18,240 HAVE A MINUTE. 1230 01:01:16,405 --> 01:01:19,642 » Speaker: SO THE GENERAL 1231 01:01:18,307 --> 01:01:21,277 MATTERS IS REGARDING THE PARK 1232 01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:22,611 ING RESTRICTIONS AND 1233 01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:26,349 NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY ONES 1234 01:01:22,678 --> 01:01:27,683 FROM 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 AM AND 1235 01:01:26,415 --> 01:01:29,085 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS NO 1236 01:01:27,750 --> 01:01:31,821 PARKING AT ALL ON SATURDAYS. 1237 01:01:29,152 --> 01:01:34,790 I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO LOOK 1238 01:01:31,888 --> 01:01:39,328 AT THAT AGAIN, STARTING THE 1239 01:01:34,857 --> 01:01:43,866 6:00 P.M. RESTRICTIONS AT 8:00 1240 01:01:39,395 --> 01:01:45,968 P.M., YESTERDAY I ATE AT A THAI 1241 01:01:43,933 --> 01:01:47,303 RESTAURANT IN COUNCILMEMBER 1242 01:01:46,035 --> 01:01:48,704 YAROSLAVSKY'S DISTRICT I PARKED 1243 01:01:47,370 --> 01:01:51,774 IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET ONE 1244 01:01:48,771 --> 01:01:55,678 BLOCK OVER WHICH WAS NO PARKING 1245 01:01:51,841 --> 01:01:59,816 FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 AM, I 1246 01:01:55,745 --> 01:02:01,117 GOT BACK AT 6:07 AND HAD A $68 1247 01:01:59,882 --> 01:02:02,484 PARKING TICKET. 1248 01:02:01,184 --> 01:02:04,153 AS FAR AS SUPPORTING 1249 01:02:02,551 --> 01:02:06,756 RESTAURANTS, WE SHOULD START 1250 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:08,824 THE NO-PARKING AT 8:00 P.M. AND 1251 01:02:06,823 --> 01:02:09,992 PERHAPS 10:00 P.M. AND LOOK AT 1252 01:02:08,891 --> 01:02:12,094 THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE 1253 01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:13,962 ARE RESTRICTIONS AND HAVE NO, 1254 01:02:12,161 --> 01:02:15,798 NO PARKING ON SATURDAYS CAUSE I 1255 01:02:14,029 --> 01:02:20,102 THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 1256 01:02:15,865 --> 01:02:20,770 SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. 1257 01:02:20,169 --> 01:02:22,438 » City Attorney: THANK YOU. 1258 01:02:20,837 --> 01:02:24,073 » Speaker: I JUST WANT TO GET 1259 01:02:22,505 --> 01:02:24,740 A NAME FOR COUNCILMEMBER 1260 01:02:24,140 --> 01:02:26,342 YAROSLAVSKY. 1261 01:02:24,807 --> 01:02:27,510 » City Attorney: IF YOU WAIT 1262 01:02:26,409 --> 01:02:30,012 TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE'LL 1263 01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:32,715 TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. 1264 01:02:30,078 --> 01:02:32,949 WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 1265 01:02:32,782 --> 01:02:33,983 SPEAKER. 1266 01:02:33,015 --> 01:02:34,684 NEXT SPEAKER? 1267 01:02:34,050 --> 01:02:37,452 GOOD MORNING. 1268 01:02:34,750 --> 01:02:37,786 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 1269 01:02:37,519 --> 01:02:38,621 COUNCILMEMBER. 1270 01:02:37,853 --> 01:02:39,789 » City Attorney: WHAT WOULD 1271 01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:42,291 YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1272 01:02:39,856 --> 01:02:44,760 » Speaker: I SHOULD KNOW, WE 1273 01:02:42,358 --> 01:02:45,694 LOST AT LEAST 28 MILLION 1274 01:02:44,827 --> 01:02:46,595 DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. 1275 01:02:45,761 --> 01:02:48,230 » City Attorney: ONE MINUTE 1276 01:02:46,662 --> 01:02:50,766 FOR GENERAL. 1277 01:02:48,297 --> 01:02:54,370 » Speaker: THIS, YOU MIGHT 1278 01:02:50,833 --> 01:02:58,107 CALL IT NEGLECT. 1279 01:02:54,437 --> 01:03:03,512 BUT, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO 1280 01:02:58,173 --> 01:03:10,586 AT LEAST READ UP ON THE ISSUE 1281 01:03:03,579 --> 01:03:18,260 OF LOST WAGES OF THE WORKERS. 1282 01:03:10,653 --> 01:03:22,598 JUST HOLD ON. 1283 01:03:18,327 --> 01:03:26,936 PASSED FIVE YEARS AGO, GIVING 1284 01:03:22,665 --> 01:03:29,571 AGENCIES, CLEAR AUTHORITY TO 1285 01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:39,548 ENFORCE ALL LABOR STATE LABOR 1286 01:03:29,638 --> 01:03:43,285 LOSS. 1287 01:03:39,615 --> 01:03:44,353 AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY GOOD 1288 01:03:43,352 --> 01:03:48,523 MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER. 1289 01:03:44,420 --> 01:03:49,091 I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE TO 1290 01:03:48,590 --> 01:03:49,992 SUPPORT. 1291 01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:50,926 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 1292 01:03:50,059 --> 01:03:52,061 SPEAKER. 1293 01:03:50,993 --> 01:03:53,462 NEXT SPEAKER. 1294 01:03:52,128 --> 01:03:54,897 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 1295 01:03:53,529 --> 01:03:59,668 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A 1296 01:03:54,964 --> 01:04:01,203 FEW NOR NAMES, SEAN ABBOT, 1297 01:03:59,735 --> 01:04:02,171 JAMES, STEWARD WANMAN AND RAMON 1298 01:04:01,269 --> 01:04:03,105 FLORES. 1299 01:04:02,238 --> 01:04:04,773 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 1300 01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:06,642 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1301 01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:07,810 » Speaker: I WILL BE SPEAKING 1302 01:04:06,709 --> 01:04:08,611 ON ITEM NUMBER 6 IN SUPPORT. 1303 01:04:07,877 --> 01:04:12,014 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 1304 01:04:08,677 --> 01:04:14,950 HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 6. 1305 01:04:12,081 --> 01:04:16,552 » Speaker: HI EVERYONE I'M 1306 01:04:15,017 --> 01:04:18,821 CARMEN GUTIERREZ AND I'M AN 1307 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:19,755 ORGANIZER WITH THE CLEAN 1308 01:04:18,888 --> 01:04:22,324 CARWASH WORKING CENTER. 1309 01:04:19,822 --> 01:04:23,692 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 1310 01:04:22,391 --> 01:04:26,462 ACCOMMODATION TO STRENGTHEN THE 1311 01:04:23,759 --> 01:04:29,465 OFFICE OF WAGE STANDARDS. 1312 01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:32,001 LOCAL AGENCIES NEED TO STEP UP, 1313 01:04:29,532 --> 01:04:33,168 AND REALLY OBSERVE WORKERS'S 1314 01:04:32,068 --> 01:04:36,772 RIGHTS MORE THAN EVER. 1315 01:04:33,235 --> 01:04:39,275 THIS LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN 1316 01:04:36,839 --> 01:04:41,410 DIFFICULT FOR CARWASH WORKERS. 1317 01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:43,546 CARWASH WORKERS ARE FACING AN 1318 01:04:41,477 --> 01:04:45,280 UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF WAGE AN 1319 01:04:43,612 --> 01:04:48,717 HOUR VIOLATIONS. 1320 01:04:45,347 --> 01:04:51,220 WE ARE SEEING DELAYED PAYMENTS, 1321 01:04:48,784 --> 01:04:54,991 DECREASED WAGES AND WORKPLACES 1322 01:04:51,287 --> 01:04:57,026 EITHER CLOSING OR TURNING IN TO 1323 01:04:55,057 --> 01:04:58,861 EXPRESS CARWASHES. 1324 01:04:57,093 --> 01:05:00,462 MEANING PUSHING WORKERS OUT. 1325 01:04:58,928 --> 01:05:02,798 THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE OFFICE 1326 01:05:00,529 --> 01:05:06,902 WOULD REALLY HELP BRING JUSTICE 1327 01:05:02,865 --> 01:05:08,070 TO WORKERS AND STALL EMPLOYERS 1328 01:05:06,969 --> 01:05:08,303 FROM FURTHER ABUSING WORKERS 1329 01:05:08,137 --> 01:05:22,685 RIGHTS. 1330 01:05:08,370 --> 01:05:25,187 THANK YOU. 1331 01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:26,789 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 1332 01:05:25,254 --> 01:05:30,859 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1333 01:05:26,856 --> 01:05:32,361 » Speaker: I HAVE A QUESTION, 1334 01:05:30,926 --> 01:05:32,561 CAN I TALK ON CLOSED SESSION 1335 01:05:32,428 --> 01:05:35,030 ITEMS. 1336 01:05:32,628 --> 01:05:36,632 » City Attorney: YOU CAN SPEAK 1337 01:05:35,097 --> 01:05:38,267 ON ANY ITEM OPEN TO PUBLIC 1338 01:05:36,699 --> 01:05:39,435 COMMENT, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK TO 1339 01:05:38,334 --> 01:05:40,636 ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS IS NOT 1340 01:05:39,502 --> 01:05:40,869 OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING 1341 01:05:40,703 --> 01:05:43,405 GENERAL. 1342 01:05:40,936 --> 01:05:44,540 SO AS LONG AS IT'S RELATED 1343 01:05:43,472 --> 01:05:46,642 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS 1344 01:05:44,607 --> 01:05:47,776 BODY, YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT 1345 01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:49,278 DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 1346 01:05:47,843 --> 01:05:49,978 IS THERE A SPECIFIC CLOSE 1347 01:05:49,345 --> 01:05:53,248 SESSION ITEM. 1348 01:05:50,045 --> 01:05:53,949 » Council President: 2, CLOSE 1349 01:05:53,315 --> 01:05:55,150 SESSION 35 AND GENERAL. 1350 01:05:54,016 --> 01:05:57,853 » City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE 1351 01:05:55,217 --> 01:05:59,455 TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND 1352 01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:02,024 ONE FOR GENERAL. 1353 01:05:59,522 --> 01:06:06,795 » Speaker: FOR GENERAL 25, MY 1354 01:06:02,091 --> 01:06:10,666 DAUGHTER HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF 1355 01:06:06,862 --> 01:06:12,701 YOU RELEASING INFORMATION TO 1356 01:06:10,733 --> 01:06:15,437 WATCH THE WATCHERS, YOU HAVE 1357 01:06:12,768 --> 01:06:16,672 HER MISS GENDER AND PREVENTING 1358 01:06:15,504 --> 01:06:18,040 HER FROM MISSING EMPLOYMENT. 1359 01:06:16,739 --> 01:06:20,709 I'M REQUESTING THAT THANK YOU 1360 01:06:18,107 --> 01:06:22,211 CONSIDER THE TYPE OF DATA THAT 1361 01:06:20,776 --> 01:06:26,882 YOU'RE RELEASING TO THE PUBLIC 1362 01:06:22,278 --> 01:06:28,350 AND HOW ITS IMPACTING EMPLOYEES 1363 01:06:26,949 --> 01:06:28,917 WHEN THAT INFORMATION DATA IS 1364 01:06:28,417 --> 01:06:31,687 INCORRECT. 1365 01:06:28,984 --> 01:06:32,621 » City Attorney: OKAY, IS 1366 01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:33,522 THERE ANOTHER COMMENT YOU WOULD 1367 01:06:32,688 --> 01:06:34,456 LIKE TO PROVIDE? 1368 01:06:33,589 --> 01:06:37,426 » Speaker: DO I HAVE TO SWITCH. 1369 01:06:34,523 --> 01:06:38,327 » City Attorney: YOU CAN 1370 01:06:37,493 --> 01:06:40,195 SWITCH WHENEVER YOU LIKE. 1371 01:06:38,394 --> 01:06:42,498 » Speaker: THEN I LIKE TO GO 1372 01:06:40,262 --> 01:06:45,501 TO 36 AND THAT'S GOING TO TIE 1373 01:06:42,565 --> 01:06:48,003 IN TO MY GENERAL COMMENT. 1374 01:06:45,568 --> 01:06:50,172 PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU 1375 01:06:48,070 --> 01:06:51,740 DESCRIBED WHAT UNLAWFUL STOPS 1376 01:06:50,239 --> 01:06:54,309 MEANT TO YOU. 1377 01:06:51,807 --> 01:06:56,578 AFTER I REPORTED DISCRIMINATION 1378 01:06:54,376 --> 01:06:58,914 OF MY DAUGHTER, LAPD PERSONNEL 1379 01:06:56,645 --> 01:07:01,450 CAME TO MY HOME IN SANTA 1380 01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:02,818 CLARITA WITH NO BADGE, NO 1381 01:07:01,517 --> 01:07:07,089 UNIFORM, NO MARK CITY VEHICLES 1382 01:07:02,885 --> 01:07:07,856 AND NO LAWFUL ACCESS MY 1383 01:07:07,155 --> 01:07:10,159 PROPERTY. 1384 01:07:07,923 --> 01:07:11,760 I SENT THAT VIDEO TO EVERY 1385 01:07:10,226 --> 01:07:14,663 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR 1386 01:07:11,827 --> 01:07:15,664 AND RESPONSE WAS SILENCE. 1387 01:07:14,730 --> 01:07:17,066 MY DAUGHTER WANTED HER CAREER 1388 01:07:15,731 --> 01:07:20,569 NOT A PAY OUT. 1389 01:07:17,133 --> 01:07:22,104 INSTEAD SHE WAS TERMINATED 1390 01:07:20,636 --> 01:07:26,008 WHILE INACCURATE RECORDS 1391 01:07:22,171 --> 01:07:27,810 REGARDING HER NAME AND GENDER 1392 01:07:26,075 --> 01:07:29,645 WERE DISSEMINATED. 1393 01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:33,348 NOW TWO SUPREME COURT CASES 1394 01:07:29,712 --> 01:07:41,290 THAT WE WANTED. 1395 01:07:33,415 --> 01:07:42,925 226ST PC AND 26STPV17544, GIVE 1396 01:07:41,357 --> 01:07:45,260 THE POLICE COMMISSION AUTHORITY 1397 01:07:42,992 --> 01:07:46,195 TO REVIEW SERIOUS 1398 01:07:45,327 --> 01:07:47,796 DISCRIMINATION, POLICY 1399 01:07:46,262 --> 01:07:51,667 VIOLATIONS AND FAILURES OF THE 1400 01:07:47,863 --> 01:07:52,467 UNION TO ACT BEFORE OUR CIVIL 1401 01:07:51,734 --> 01:07:54,436 SERVICE ANT DISMISSAL BECOMES 1402 01:07:52,534 --> 01:07:57,039 FINAL. 1403 01:07:54,503 --> 01:07:58,607 YOUR CURRENT CHARTER SHOULD 1404 01:07:57,106 --> 01:08:00,876 MIMIC SERVANT OPTION SXZ IT 1405 01:07:58,674 --> 01:08:01,644 SHOULD BE MORE NOT LESS. 1406 01:08:00,943 --> 01:08:02,277 THANK YOU. 1407 01:08:01,710 --> 01:08:03,412 » City Attorney: GENERAL. 1408 01:08:02,344 --> 01:08:12,020 OKAY. 1409 01:08:03,479 --> 01:08:13,188 NEXT SPEAKER? 1410 01:08:12,087 --> 01:08:15,023 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 1411 01:08:13,255 --> 01:08:15,991 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1412 01:08:15,090 --> 01:08:17,359 » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC 1413 01:08:16,058 --> 01:08:18,994 COMMENT AND ITEM 6, PLEASE. 1414 01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:19,695 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 1415 01:08:19,061 --> 01:08:21,497 MINUTE FOR EACH. 1416 01:08:19,762 --> 01:08:24,066 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. 1417 01:08:21,563 --> 01:08:25,667 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WE 1418 01:08:24,133 --> 01:08:27,503 HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS 1419 01:08:25,734 --> 01:08:29,037 PROPOSAL AND URGE YOU NOT TO 1420 01:08:27,570 --> 01:08:29,605 MOVE FORWARD WITH IT IN ITS 1421 01:08:29,104 --> 01:08:31,240 CURRENT FORM. 1422 01:08:29,672 --> 01:08:33,775 THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW 1423 01:08:31,307 --> 01:08:37,446 THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF 1424 01:08:33,842 --> 01:08:37,980 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TO 1425 01:08:37,513 --> 01:08:38,247 ADMINISTER ADMINISTRATIVE 1426 01:08:38,046 --> 01:08:40,949 SUBPOENAS. 1427 01:08:38,313 --> 01:08:42,317 THAT IS A MEANINGFUL SHIFT AND 1428 01:08:41,016 --> 01:08:44,386 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND 1429 01:08:42,384 --> 01:08:45,487 SUBPOENA POWER IS A SERIOUS 1430 01:08:44,453 --> 01:08:46,255 TOOL THAT SHOULD COME WITH 1431 01:08:45,553 --> 01:08:49,658 OVERSIGHT. 1432 01:08:46,322 --> 01:08:52,427 AT THIS POINT, THE CITY HAS NOT 1433 01:08:49,725 --> 01:08:55,664 EXPLAINED WHY THE CURRENT 1434 01:08:52,494 --> 01:08:59,602 PROCESS IS UNSUFFICIENT, WHAT 1435 01:08:55,731 --> 01:09:01,336 SAFEGUARDS WOULD REMAIN IF THE 1436 01:08:59,668 --> 01:09:02,971 AUTHORITY IS--OR HOW THIS 1437 01:09:01,403 --> 01:09:04,139 ORDINANCE WOULD FUNCTION IF THE 1438 01:09:03,038 --> 01:09:05,107 CHARTER REFORMS ARE ADOPTED IN 1439 01:09:04,206 --> 01:09:06,141 NOVEMBER. 1440 01:09:05,174 --> 01:09:07,643 WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT 1441 01:09:06,208 --> 01:09:09,511 CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD 1442 01:09:07,710 --> 01:09:11,346 COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF 1443 01:09:09,578 --> 01:09:12,748 DOLLARS AND POTENTIALLY DUE 1444 01:09:11,413 --> 01:09:13,916 MRIK ATE ENFORCEMENT ALREADY 1445 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,317 CONDUCTED BY THE STATE. 1446 01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:15,784 PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE IS NO 1447 01:09:15,384 --> 01:09:17,586 CLEAR FUNDING SOURCE. 1448 01:09:15,851 --> 01:09:18,420 THANK YOU. 1449 01:09:17,653 --> 01:09:18,787 » City Attorney: GENERAL 1450 01:09:18,487 --> 01:09:21,523 PUBLIC COMMENT. 1451 01:09:18,854 --> 01:09:22,424 DID YOU WANT YOUR GENERAL? 1452 01:09:21,590 --> 01:09:24,059 » Speaker: I'M OKAY. 1453 01:09:22,491 --> 01:09:27,062 » City Attorney: THERE IS A 1454 01:09:24,126 --> 01:09:29,798 LOT OF NEW FOLKS HERE TODAY, 1455 01:09:27,129 --> 01:09:32,367 FYI, THE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IS 1456 01:09:29,865 --> 01:09:34,203 BROKEN UP INTO TWO PORTIONS. 1457 01:09:32,434 --> 01:09:36,004 SO FULLY IF YOU REQUEST ITEMS, 1458 01:09:34,270 --> 01:09:37,906 YOU'LL GET A TIME LOCK FOR THAT 1459 01:09:36,071 --> 01:09:39,307 AND IF YOU REQUEST PUBLIC 1460 01:09:37,973 --> 01:09:40,008 COMMENT, YOU'LL GET A SEPARATE 1461 01:09:39,374 --> 01:09:40,943 MINUTE. 1462 01:09:40,075 --> 01:09:42,778 SO GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 1463 01:09:41,010 --> 01:09:43,946 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1464 01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:44,880 » Speaker: HELLO, I WOULD LIKE 1465 01:09:44,013 --> 01:09:45,647 TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. 1466 01:09:44,947 --> 01:09:46,248 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 1467 01:09:45,714 --> 01:09:47,883 MINUTE. 1468 01:09:46,315 --> 01:09:49,985 » Speaker: I'M QUAUNT INFLORES 1469 01:09:47,950 --> 01:09:52,688 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 14 1470 01:09:50,052 --> 01:09:58,460 AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR 1471 01:09:52,755 --> 01:10:00,529 CONSIDERATION, A PREVENTIVE BAN 1472 01:09:58,527 --> 01:10:02,331 OF DATA CENTER. 1473 01:10:00,596 --> 01:10:06,635 EQUIVALENT TO 16 BARRELS OF 1474 01:10:02,398 --> 01:10:08,437 OIL, A DATA CENTER IN LAKE 1475 01:10:06,702 --> 01:10:12,207 TAHOE HAS CUT ELECTRICITY TO 1476 01:10:08,504 --> 01:10:14,175 POWER NEAR BY DATA CENTERS. 1477 01:10:12,274 --> 01:10:15,911 DATA CENTER TOOK UP 43 GALLONS 1478 01:10:14,242 --> 01:10:17,512 OF WATER AND RESIDENTS WERE 1479 01:10:15,978 --> 01:10:19,381 FORCED INTO A DROUGHT AND THEY 1480 01:10:17,579 --> 01:10:25,754 HAD TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. 1481 01:10:19,448 --> 01:10:28,957 ALL THIS SO ELON MUSK CAN 1482 01:10:25,821 --> 01:10:30,092 GENERATE CHILD PORN, LITERALLY. 1483 01:10:29,024 --> 01:10:31,260 PLEASE, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION 1484 01:10:30,159 --> 01:10:35,364 WHAT I'M SAYING. 1485 01:10:31,327 --> 01:10:39,535 THANK YOU. 1486 01:10:35,431 --> 01:10:39,935 AND, JEZ BELL, PLEASE ANSWER MY 1487 01:10:39,601 --> 01:10:42,838 EMAILS. 1488 01:10:40,002 --> 01:10:52,314 » City Attorney: THANK YOU. 1489 01:10:42,905 --> 01:10:54,583 NEXT SPEAKER? 1490 01:10:52,381 --> 01:10:55,717 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO. 1491 01:10:54,650 --> 01:10:56,618 » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC 1492 01:10:55,784 --> 01:10:58,253 COMMENT AND ITEM 6. 1493 01:10:56,685 --> 01:10:59,421 » City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN 1494 01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:03,725 WITH THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD. 1495 01:10:59,488 --> 01:11:04,659 » Speaker: STEW AWARD, 1496 01:11:03,792 --> 01:11:06,428 REPRESENTING 425,000 BUSINESSES 1497 01:11:04,726 --> 01:11:08,163 AND MILLIONS OF WORKERS IN L.A. 1498 01:11:06,495 --> 01:11:10,465 COUNTY. 1499 01:11:08,230 --> 01:11:11,633 THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 1500 01:11:10,532 --> 01:11:14,169 CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 1501 01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:16,905 REPORT WOULD HAVE DETRIMENTAL 1502 01:11:14,236 --> 01:11:17,906 AFFECTS ON ALL EMPLOYERS IN LOS 1503 01:11:17,005 --> 01:11:19,741 ANGELES, INCLUDING MAJOR 1504 01:11:17,973 --> 01:11:21,343 INDUSTRIES AND THE CITY'S 1505 01:11:19,808 --> 01:11:22,711 NUMEROUS SMALL AND MINORITY 1506 01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:25,213 OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE 1507 01:11:22,778 --> 01:11:28,016 ALREADY STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 1508 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:29,184 EMPLOYERS ARE COMMITTED TO 1509 01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:31,253 SAFEGUARDING WORKERS'S RIGHTS 1510 01:11:29,251 --> 01:11:33,121 AND ADHERING TO EMPLOYMENT LAWS. 1511 01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:37,893 SAFE AND FAIR WORKPLACES ARE 1512 01:11:33,188 --> 01:11:38,593 THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESSFUL 1513 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:39,961 BUSINESSES, THRIVING 1514 01:11:38,660 --> 01:11:42,030 COMMUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1515 01:11:40,028 --> 01:11:44,333 FOR EMPLOYEES. 1516 01:11:42,097 --> 01:11:46,168 HOWEVER THESE PROPOSALS, WOULD 1517 01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:48,236 NOT ENHANCE COMPLIANCE OR 1518 01:11:46,235 --> 01:11:50,806 IMPROVE WORKER PROTECTIONS. 1519 01:11:48,303 --> 01:11:52,874 INSTEAD, THEY WOULD LEAD TO 1520 01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:54,710 LARGER BACKLOGS AND SLOWER 1521 01:11:52,941 --> 01:11:56,345 INVESTIGATIONS AND DELAYED 1522 01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:58,180 RESOLUTION SXZ REDUCE SERVICE 1523 01:11:56,412 --> 01:11:59,114 LEVELS ACROSS CITY PROGRAMS. 1524 01:11:58,247 --> 01:12:02,551 » City Attorney: GENERAL. 1525 01:11:59,181 --> 01:12:03,452 » Speaker: THIS PROPOSAL 1526 01:12:02,618 --> 01:12:06,488 DIRECTLY UNDERMINES PRIVACY, 1527 01:12:03,519 --> 01:12:08,790 ROADS TO PROCESS AND SCARCE 1528 01:12:06,555 --> 01:12:11,526 CITY RESOURCES ON REDUNDANT 1529 01:12:08,857 --> 01:12:12,761 PROGRAMS. 1530 01:12:11,593 --> 01:12:14,730 IMPLEMENTING THIS REPORT WOULD 1531 01:12:12,828 --> 01:12:24,072 BE MISGUIDED. 1532 01:12:14,797 --> 01:12:27,509 DIVERTING TOWARDS DID YOU 1533 01:12:24,139 --> 01:12:28,410 DUPLICATIVE. 1534 01:12:27,576 --> 01:12:30,979 THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY URGE 1535 01:12:28,477 --> 01:12:33,515 THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THE 1536 01:12:31,046 --> 01:12:35,183 RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXPAND 1537 01:12:33,582 --> 01:12:35,650 WORKPLACE VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT 1538 01:12:35,250 --> 01:12:40,856 CAPACITY TO OWS. 1539 01:12:35,717 --> 01:12:42,491 THANK YOU. 1540 01:12:40,923 --> 01:12:47,028 THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER. 1541 01:12:42,558 --> 01:12:48,697 » Speaker: LET THE RECORD SHOW 1542 01:12:47,095 --> 01:12:53,569 THAT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT 1543 01:12:48,764 --> 01:12:54,603 THAT GENTLEMAN HAS COME AS CEO 1544 01:12:53,635 --> 01:12:55,771 OF BIZ. 1545 01:12:54,670 --> 01:12:57,639 » City Attorney: WHAT ITEM? 1546 01:12:55,838 --> 01:12:58,640 » Speaker: FOR THE OLYMPICS? 1547 01:12:57,706 --> 01:13:00,842 » City Attorney: I ASSUME IT'S 1548 01:12:58,707 --> 01:13:02,110 GOING TO BE 3 DID YOU WANT 1549 01:13:00,909 --> 01:13:02,844 GENERAL OR JUST THE ITEM? 1550 01:13:02,177 --> 01:13:03,979 » Speaker: GENERAL AS WELL. 1551 01:13:02,911 --> 01:13:06,314 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 1552 01:13:04,046 --> 01:13:07,716 HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. 1553 01:13:06,381 --> 01:13:12,487 TWO MINUTES TOTAL. 1554 01:13:07,783 --> 01:13:14,990 » Speaker: I'M FRANK I'M A 1555 01:13:12,554 --> 01:13:16,592 EPISCOPAL PRIEST AND PART OF 1556 01:13:15,057 --> 01:13:19,861 THE FAIR GAMES COALITION. 1557 01:13:16,658 --> 01:13:24,533 AND L.A. CITY IS PUT WORKING ON 1558 01:13:19,928 --> 01:13:26,501 A DEAL THAT IS PUTTING THE CITY 1559 01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:31,106 AT--THE DEAL IS NOT PROTECTIVE 1560 01:13:26,568 --> 01:13:32,507 OF US OF DECLINING SERVICES FOR 1561 01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:34,109 ALREADY FACING DECLINING 1562 01:13:32,574 --> 01:13:38,247 SERVICE SXZ LAYOFFS AND THAT 1563 01:13:34,176 --> 01:13:39,748 WILL JUST GET WORSE IF WE 1564 01:13:38,313 --> 01:13:40,949 DIVERT FUNDS TO THE OLYMPIC 1565 01:13:39,815 --> 01:13:43,485 GAMES. 1566 01:13:41,016 --> 01:13:48,757 THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES, AND 1567 01:13:43,552 --> 01:13:50,158 LA28 IS ONLY BUDGETING FOR A 1568 01:13:48,824 --> 01:13:52,928 MINISCULE ALLOCATED 1569 01:13:50,225 --> 01:13:56,131 CONTINGENCY, OVER THE LAST 30 1570 01:13:52,995 --> 01:13:57,065 YEARS, THE GAMES HAVE GONE OVER 1571 01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:58,700 BY 121 PERCENT. 1572 01:13:57,132 --> 01:14:03,472 AND THEY'RE EXPECTING THE L.A. 1573 01:13:58,767 --> 01:14:06,074 TAXPAYERS TO PAY THAT LACK OF 1574 01:14:03,539 --> 01:14:07,409 PLANNING FOR OPTIMISTIC LA28 1575 01:14:06,141 --> 01:14:09,211 BUDGET. 1576 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:11,947 THE CITY CANNOT SIGN AN 1577 01:14:09,278 --> 01:14:13,782 AGREEMENT THAT IS SO 1578 01:14:12,014 --> 01:14:18,153 CONSEQUENCETIAL, WE STILL DON'T 1579 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:19,287 KNOW THE GAMES FOOT PRINT OR 1580 01:14:18,220 --> 01:14:21,423 FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. 1581 01:14:19,354 --> 01:14:23,058 SO WE'RE URGING THE CITY TO 1582 01:14:21,490 --> 01:14:24,459 RENEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT 1583 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:25,861 PROTECTS OUR CITY AND DELIVERS 1584 01:14:24,526 --> 01:14:29,030 THE NEEDS OF OUR WORKING 1585 01:14:25,928 --> 01:14:30,098 FAMILIES SXEN SHOESER THAT LA28 1586 01:14:29,097 --> 01:14:30,899 AND I O.C. PAY IN FULL. 1587 01:14:30,165 --> 01:14:31,933 THANK YOU. 1588 01:14:30,966 --> 01:14:32,968 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 1589 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:35,036 NEXT SPEAKER. 1590 01:14:33,035 --> 01:14:36,905 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 1591 01:14:35,103 --> 01:14:39,941 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A 1592 01:14:37,005 --> 01:14:45,881 FEW MORE NAMES. 1593 01:14:40,008 --> 01:14:46,748 FAC LOS ANGELES, JACK RECHER. 1594 01:14:45,948 --> 01:14:47,983 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING 1595 01:14:46,815 --> 01:14:49,417 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1596 01:14:48,050 --> 01:14:49,851 » Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 3. 1597 01:14:49,484 --> 01:14:51,953 ?AOUF A MINUTE. 1598 01:14:49,918 --> 01:14:54,256 » Speaker: I'M HERE WITH DSA 1599 01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:55,156 LOS ANGELES AND PART OF THEIR 1600 01:14:54,323 --> 01:14:57,959 FAIR GAMES COALITION, AND I 1601 01:14:55,223 --> 01:14:59,094 ALSO WANT TO URGE A 1602 01:14:58,026 --> 01:15:01,162 RENEGOTIATION OF THE CONTRACT. 1603 01:14:59,161 --> 01:15:05,066 WE ARE COMMITTING EXTENSIVE 1604 01:15:01,229 --> 01:15:06,701 STAFFING TIME THAT WILL NOT BE 1605 01:15:05,133 --> 01:15:09,905 REIMBURSED BUSINESS LA28, THOSE 1606 01:15:06,768 --> 01:15:12,674 ARE RESOURCES THAT COULD BE 1607 01:15:09,972 --> 01:15:14,042 ALLOCATED TO HOMELESSNESS 1608 01:15:12,741 --> 01:15:15,911 RELIEF, REBUILDING AND BUILDING 1609 01:15:14,109 --> 01:15:17,746 INSPECTORS BUT INSTEAD WE'RE 1610 01:15:15,978 --> 01:15:21,216 GOING FOB DEDICATED THAT MONEY 1611 01:15:17,813 --> 01:15:24,152 TO TO* ANY COST OVERRUNS FOR 1612 01:15:21,283 --> 01:15:27,289 THE 2028 OLYMPICS. 1613 01:15:24,219 --> 01:15:28,991 ALSO PAYING TO THE GOVERNMENT 1614 01:15:27,356 --> 01:15:32,127 WHICH NOT ONLY LET'S THEM OFF 1615 01:15:29,057 --> 01:15:33,194 THE HOOK BUT IT GIVES THEM A 1616 01:15:32,194 --> 01:15:35,630 LEVERAGE OVER OUR CITY THROUGH 1617 01:15:33,261 --> 01:15:38,166 THE POWER OF THE PURSE. 1618 01:15:35,697 --> 01:15:38,867 WE, WE REALLY NEED TO RESIST 1619 01:15:38,233 --> 01:15:40,502 THIS FEDERAL INTERVENTION TO 1620 01:15:38,934 --> 01:15:42,304 THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE 1621 01:15:40,569 --> 01:15:43,972 WORKING PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO 1622 01:15:42,371 --> 01:15:47,642 ARE MOST AT-RISK IN L.A. 1623 01:15:44,039 --> 01:15:48,810 SO ONCE AGAIN, I ASK COUNCIL TO 1624 01:15:47,709 --> 01:15:49,344 RENEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE 1625 01:15:48,877 --> 01:16:00,522 WORKERS AND EVERYONE ELSE. 1626 01:15:49,410 --> 01:16:01,690 THANK YOU. 1627 01:16:00,589 --> 01:16:02,824 GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 1628 01:16:01,757 --> 01:16:05,160 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1629 01:16:02,891 --> 01:16:06,794 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CAN I 1630 01:16:05,227 --> 01:16:08,163 SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM 3. 1631 01:16:06,861 --> 01:16:09,097 » City Attorney: YOU CAN HAVE 1632 01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:09,564 ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC 1633 01:16:09,164 --> 01:16:10,598 COMMENT. 1634 01:16:09,631 --> 01:16:11,900 GO AHEAD. 1635 01:16:10,665 --> 01:16:15,303 » Speaker: GREAT, I'M CHRIS 1636 01:16:11,967 --> 01:16:16,237 HEROIN I'M HERE WITH DEMOCRATIC 1637 01:16:15,370 --> 01:16:17,972 SOCIALIST OF AMERICAN LOS 1638 01:16:16,304 --> 01:16:20,275 ANGELES AND THE FAIR GAMES 1639 01:16:18,039 --> 01:16:21,910 COALITION, I WANT TO ECHO THE 1640 01:16:20,342 --> 01:16:23,511 PREVIOUS TWO COMMENTERS, THE 1641 01:16:21,977 --> 01:16:24,813 CONCERNS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT 1642 01:16:23,578 --> 01:16:26,047 COMING WUP LA28. 1643 01:16:24,879 --> 01:16:27,982 RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS ENTIRELY 1644 01:16:26,114 --> 01:16:29,985 ON THE HOOK FOR ANY COST 1645 01:16:28,049 --> 01:16:33,421 OVERRUN AND AS THEY SAID ALL OF 1646 01:16:30,052 --> 01:16:35,456 THE OLYMPICS IN THE LAST 20 OR 1647 01:16:33,488 --> 01:16:36,858 SO YEARS HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT 1648 01:16:35,523 --> 01:16:39,160 COST OVER RUNS. 1649 01:16:36,925 --> 01:16:42,831 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 1650 01:16:39,227 --> 01:16:44,633 CANNOT AFFORD AS A CITY WE'RE 1651 01:16:42,898 --> 01:16:47,035 ARE JUST COMING OUT OF A BUDGET 1652 01:16:44,699 --> 01:16:48,437 CRISIS. 1653 01:16:47,102 --> 01:16:49,770 ADDITIONALLY, LA28 HAS NOT 1654 01:16:48,503 --> 01:16:52,340 SHOWN ITSELF TO BE TRANSPARENT, 1655 01:16:49,837 --> 01:16:54,376 THERE IS NO CLEAR LOOK INTO 1656 01:16:52,407 --> 01:16:56,645 THEIR FINANCES OR THEIR BUDGET 1657 01:16:54,443 --> 01:16:58,980 LINE ITEMS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA 1658 01:16:56,712 --> 01:17:01,282 HOW HIGH THESE COSTS CAN GO SO 1659 01:16:59,047 --> 01:17:02,484 I'M URGING THIS CITY TO 1660 01:17:01,349 --> 01:17:03,184 NEGOTIATE AND PROTECT WORKING 1661 01:17:02,551 --> 01:17:05,053 FAMILIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 1662 01:17:03,251 --> 01:17:06,888 » City Attorney: AND SPEAKER 1663 01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:08,256 BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I GAVE YOU 1664 01:17:06,955 --> 01:17:09,624 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE 1665 01:17:08,323 --> 01:17:11,359 HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS, 1666 01:17:09,690 --> 01:17:13,795 SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 1667 01:17:11,426 --> 01:17:14,963 TO THE ITEM ITSELF, YOU CAN OR 1668 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:16,131 IF NOT NO WORRIES. 1669 01:17:15,030 --> 01:17:16,865 » Speaker: I SAID WHAT I 1670 01:17:16,198 --> 01:17:17,766 NEEDED TO SAY. 1671 01:17:16,932 --> 01:17:18,500 » City Attorney: THANK YOU. 1672 01:17:17,833 --> 01:17:20,135 NEXT SPEAKER. 1673 01:17:18,567 --> 01:17:24,239 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 1674 01:17:20,202 --> 01:17:28,176 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE CALL MORE 1675 01:17:24,306 --> 01:17:28,376 NAMES, JOSE, MANUAL AND TIA 1676 01:17:28,242 --> 01:17:30,445 CONSE. 1677 01:17:28,443 --> 01:17:32,447 » City Attorney: AND FYI TO 1678 01:17:30,511 --> 01:17:35,483 ANYBODY COMING TO THE ROOM AS 1679 01:17:32,514 --> 01:17:37,285 WELL AS ANYBODY VIRTUALLY, THE 1680 01:17:35,550 --> 01:17:40,521 ITEMS OPEN FOR OPEN FOR PUBLIC 1681 01:17:37,352 --> 01:17:41,389 COMMENT ARE 3 AND ITEMS 6 1682 01:17:40,588 --> 01:17:42,690 THROUGH 51. 1683 01:17:41,456 --> 01:17:43,992 GO AHEAD MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE 1684 01:17:42,757 --> 01:17:45,393 THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND 1685 01:17:44,059 --> 01:17:46,761 ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. 1686 01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:47,896 » Speaker: YEAH, MOTHER 1687 01:17:46,828 --> 01:17:49,131 FUCKERS. 1688 01:17:47,963 --> 01:17:53,435 WHO IS GETTING MONEY OUT OF 1689 01:17:49,197 --> 01:17:57,471 YOUR ASS? 1690 01:17:53,502 --> 01:17:59,407 TO PRIORITIZE MOTHER FUCKER 1691 01:17:57,538 --> 01:18:01,676 EARNER EARNINGS, YEAH THE 1692 01:17:59,474 --> 01:18:03,311 VIOLATIONS OF OVERTIME NO PAY, 1693 01:18:01,743 --> 01:18:07,615 YOU DUMB FUCK PIZZA FACE, 1694 01:18:03,378 --> 01:18:10,785 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 1695 01:18:07,682 --> 01:18:12,887 PEOPLE WHO, IN THIS CITY 1696 01:18:10,852 --> 01:18:15,423 HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN DENIED 1697 01:18:12,954 --> 01:18:17,692 FAIR WAGES, WHAT IS A MOTHER 1698 01:18:15,490 --> 01:18:19,360 FUCKEN FAIR WAGE TODAY? 1699 01:18:17,759 --> 01:18:21,429 WHERE THE FUCK CAN YOU GET A 1700 01:18:19,427 --> 01:18:23,532 FAIR WAGE TODAY? 1701 01:18:21,496 --> 01:18:25,400 HOW DO I EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU 1702 01:18:23,598 --> 01:18:27,969 MOTHER FUCKESER. 1703 01:18:25,466 --> 01:18:30,271 PEOPLE HERE NEED TO PAY THEIR 1704 01:18:28,036 --> 01:18:33,708 RENT, PEOPLE HERE NEED TO GET 1705 01:18:30,338 --> 01:18:35,943 THE BITCHES INTO THE DITCHES TO 1706 01:18:33,775 --> 01:18:37,412 PAY THE RENT SO THEY CAN GET 1707 01:18:36,010 --> 01:18:42,150 FUCKED. 1708 01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:43,318 SO I'M HERE ABOUT WORKPLACE 1709 01:18:42,217 --> 01:18:45,653 VIOLENCE RAMAN NOODLE, SINCE 1710 01:18:43,385 --> 01:18:47,489 YOU DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT 1711 01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:51,659 HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S ITEM 1712 01:18:47,556 --> 01:18:52,594 NUMBER I BELIEVE, 6, YOU DUMB 1713 01:18:51,726 --> 01:18:56,331 PIZZA FACE. 1714 01:18:52,661 --> 01:18:59,167 NOW MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE 1715 01:18:56,398 --> 01:19:00,735 MOTION ON ITEM 24, YOU'RE NOT 1716 01:18:59,233 --> 01:19:05,473 ALL STUPID. 1717 01:19:00,802 --> 01:19:08,009 YOU KNOW THAT LAHSA, KNOWN AS 1718 01:19:05,540 --> 01:19:12,313 LOS ANGELES HOUSING HAS 1719 01:19:08,076 --> 01:19:13,715 PROVIDED BULLSHIT TO YOU, YOU, 1720 01:19:12,380 --> 01:19:15,350 AND ALL OF YOU. 1721 01:19:13,782 --> 01:19:18,086 WHY DO I SAY THAT? 1722 01:19:15,417 --> 01:19:19,721 CAUSE I WAS IN COURT WITH 1723 01:19:18,153 --> 01:19:24,559 LAHSA, SO I'M NOT GOING TO 1724 01:19:19,788 --> 01:19:25,493 EXPLAIN THE DETAS OF DAVID O 1725 01:19:24,626 --> 01:19:27,929 CARTER LAHSA, STEALING BILLIONS 1726 01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:28,930 AND BILLIONS OF MOTHER FUCKEN 1727 01:19:27,996 --> 01:19:30,498 MONIES, NO. 1728 01:19:28,997 --> 01:19:32,567 NO. 1729 01:19:30,565 --> 01:19:36,471 BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO 1730 01:19:32,634 --> 01:19:39,474 UNDERSTAND, WHEN I MOVED OUT OF 1731 01:19:36,538 --> 01:19:41,776 L.A. TO DITCH THE HOME HE'S OR 1732 01:19:39,541 --> 01:19:45,647 THE HOMEBOYS, MOTHER FUCKEN 1733 01:19:41,843 --> 01:19:46,915 POLICE, DID EXACTLY WHAT THE 1734 01:19:45,714 --> 01:19:49,117 LADY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THEY 1735 01:19:46,982 --> 01:19:51,219 COME DOWN TO THE WHITE SIDE OF 1736 01:19:49,184 --> 01:19:52,120 THE TOWN TO COME WITH ME AND MY 1737 01:19:51,286 --> 01:19:55,356 DAUGHTER AT THE HOUSE. 1738 01:19:52,187 --> 01:19:58,125 WHAT THE FUCK? 1739 01:19:55,423 --> 01:20:00,195 SO YOU VILLAINS, ALONG WITH 1740 01:19:58,192 --> 01:20:01,362 STEWARD, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT-->> 1741 01:20:00,262 --> 01:20:02,063 City Attorney: WHAT ITEM ARE 1742 01:20:01,429 --> 01:20:03,732 YOU SPEAKING ABOUT. 1743 01:20:02,130 --> 01:20:05,100 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU 1744 01:20:03,798 --> 01:20:06,234 WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO 1745 01:20:05,167 --> 01:20:08,503 NOW? 1746 01:20:06,301 --> 01:20:09,671 » Speaker: LOOK MOTHER FUCKER, 1747 01:20:08,570 --> 01:20:12,006 YOU'RE RUNNING THE CLOCK. 1748 01:20:09,738 --> 01:20:13,408 ?AOU KNOW THE RULES AND I'VE 1749 01:20:12,073 --> 01:20:14,075 ASKED YOU POLITELY BEFORE TO 1750 01:20:13,475 --> 01:20:15,243 PLEASE IDENTIFY THE ITEMS 1751 01:20:14,142 --> 01:20:17,111 BEFORE WE MOVE ON. 1752 01:20:15,310 --> 01:20:20,281 WE TRY TO TRACK WHERE YOU'RE AT. 1753 01:20:17,178 --> 01:20:22,450 WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? 1754 01:20:20,348 --> 01:20:24,252 » Speaker: 24, PUT O. 1755 01:20:22,517 --> 01:20:27,889 LET ME TRANSLATOR, BUDDY. 1756 01:20:24,319 --> 01:20:28,189 I WAS ON 24 BEFORE I WAS RUDELY 1757 01:20:27,956 --> 01:20:30,158 INTERRUPTED. 1758 01:20:28,256 --> 01:20:32,060 » City Attorney: SUE EXHAUSTED 1759 01:20:30,225 --> 01:20:32,694 YOUR ITEM ON 24, PLEASE MOVE ON 1760 01:20:32,126 --> 01:20:34,295 TO ANOTHER ITEM. 1761 01:20:32,761 --> 01:20:37,966 THAT WAS THE CONCERN. 1762 01:20:34,362 --> 01:20:40,235 PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM. 1763 01:20:38,033 --> 01:20:43,070 » Speaker: YEAH, LET'S MOVE ON 1764 01:20:40,302 --> 01:20:43,872 TO ALL THE ITEMS ON THE LAST 20 1765 01:20:43,137 --> 01:20:46,674 ITEMS. 1766 01:20:43,939 --> 01:20:48,076 ALL THE MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS 1767 01:20:46,741 --> 01:20:50,812 GOING BEFORE CLOSED SESSION, 1768 01:20:48,143 --> 01:20:53,114 WHICH WE THE PUBLIC HAVE THE 1769 01:20:50,879 --> 01:20:56,818 UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU DON'T 1770 01:20:53,181 --> 01:20:59,988 FUCKS, YOU MOTHER FUCKEN 1771 01:20:56,885 --> 01:21:01,389 POLITICIANS, YOU DUMB BITCHES 1772 01:21:00,055 --> 01:21:02,724 KEEP STEALING MONEY WITH OTHER 1773 01:21:01,456 --> 01:21:03,357 LAWYERS FOR OUR MONEY. 1774 01:21:02,790 --> 01:21:03,925 » City Attorney: GENERAL 1775 01:21:03,424 --> 01:21:05,026 PUBLIC COMMENT. 1776 01:21:03,992 --> 01:21:09,664 » Speaker: NOW TO PUBLIC 1777 01:21:05,092 --> 01:21:15,069 COMMENT. 1778 01:21:09,731 --> 01:21:18,106 WHILE, AS YOU KNOW, ICE CUBE 1779 01:21:15,136 --> 01:21:19,707 WOULD SAY, YOU AIN'T GREASING 1780 01:21:18,173 --> 01:21:20,875 MY ASS, YOU GANG BANGING 1781 01:21:19,774 --> 01:21:25,713 POLITICIANS. 1782 01:21:20,942 --> 01:21:28,016 YOU GANG BANG MOTHER FUCKERS 1783 01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:30,318 AIN'T CRAWLING UP MY ASS WITH 1784 01:21:28,083 --> 01:21:32,286 VASELINE, I'M HERE TO PROTEST, 1785 01:21:30,385 --> 01:21:33,788 HERE TO PROTEST ABOUT WHITE 1786 01:21:32,353 --> 01:21:36,791 MOTHER FUCKESER LIKE YOU THAT 1787 01:21:33,855 --> 01:21:38,860 DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT MY 1788 01:21:36,858 --> 01:21:43,932 EARNINGS, THE EARNINGS OF THE 1789 01:21:38,927 --> 01:21:46,267 HARD WORKING PEOPLE, OF PWC AND 1790 01:21:43,999 --> 01:21:47,402 LOCAL 720, WHATEVER MOTHER 1791 01:21:46,334 --> 01:21:53,841 FUCKER. 1792 01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:56,377 THAT'S WHY BIG BOY STEWARD AND 1793 01:21:53,908 --> 01:21:58,546 BOB J*U JUJU BOY SAID, WHEN YOU 1794 01:21:56,444 --> 01:22:02,116 GAVE ME MY TICKET TO GO TO NEW 1795 01:21:58,612 --> 01:22:05,553 YORK, I'LL BE THERE WRAPPING, 1796 01:22:02,183 --> 01:22:08,289 SH*UT 9 FUCK UP, SHUT THE FUCK 1797 01:22:05,620 --> 01:22:17,799 UP, THAT'S RIGHT SMOKING SCAN, 1798 01:22:08,356 --> 01:22:18,933 FUCK ALL SKLAIL. 1799 01:22:17,866 --> 01:22:20,401 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING. 1800 01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:21,569 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 1801 01:22:20,468 --> 01:22:21,969 » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND 1802 01:22:21,635 --> 01:22:22,904 NUMBER 6. 1803 01:22:22,036 --> 01:22:23,838 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 1804 01:22:22,971 --> 01:22:25,473 HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH. 1805 01:22:23,905 --> 01:22:28,242 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. 1806 01:22:25,540 --> 01:22:31,646 » Speaker: MY NAME IS YVONNE 1807 01:22:28,309 --> 01:22:34,182 I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH BETSETA 1808 01:22:31,713 --> 01:22:35,583 LEGAL SERVICES, ONLY LEGAL 1809 01:22:34,249 --> 01:22:37,519 PROVIDE THAERZ CAN REPRESENT 1810 01:22:35,650 --> 01:22:39,520 ALL WORKERS REGARDLESS OF 1811 01:22:37,585 --> 01:22:41,856 STATUS. 1812 01:22:39,587 --> 01:22:43,357 WE'RE TEN YEARS AGO FOR THE 1813 01:22:41,923 --> 01:22:46,461 CREATION OF OWS, AND WE'RE HERE 1814 01:22:43,424 --> 01:22:50,131 THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS 1815 01:22:46,528 --> 01:22:53,768 TO HELP LOW WAGE WORKERS. 1816 01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:55,136 OWS TYPICALLY JUST CLOSES OUR 1817 01:22:53,835 --> 01:22:56,537 CASE BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS 1818 01:22:55,203 --> 01:22:59,073 TO GO THROUGH UNNECESSARY 1819 01:22:56,604 --> 01:23:02,710 PROCESS TO REQUEST A SUBPOENA 1820 01:22:59,140 --> 01:23:04,445 AND THIS ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO 1821 01:23:02,777 --> 01:23:06,915 GET AWAY WITH WAGE THEFT. 1822 01:23:04,512 --> 01:23:09,250 THE CLA HAS MADE IT CLEAR. 1823 01:23:06,981 --> 01:23:11,119 THE CITY AGENCY HAVES THE LEGAL 1824 01:23:09,317 --> 01:23:15,023 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN SUBPOENA 1825 01:23:11,186 --> 01:23:18,192 AND ANYONE THAT RECEIVES A 1826 01:23:15,090 --> 01:23:20,695 SUBPOENA CAN APPEAL IT AND CAN 1827 01:23:18,259 --> 01:23:23,965 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RIGHTS. 1828 01:23:20,762 --> 01:23:25,767 IT SIMPLY GIVES OWS THE TOOLS 1829 01:23:24,032 --> 01:23:27,902 TO DO ITS JOB AND TO HELP ALL 1830 01:23:25,833 --> 01:23:29,270 WORKERS. 1831 01:23:27,969 --> 01:23:30,705 ADDITIONALLY ALL TOOLS WILL 1832 01:23:29,337 --> 01:23:32,340 FOCUS ON EMPLOYERS WHO ARE 1833 01:23:30,772 --> 01:23:34,876 BENEFITING FROM THE LACK OF 1834 01:23:32,407 --> 01:23:37,445 ENFORCEMENT AND CREATING AN 1835 01:23:34,943 --> 01:23:38,512 UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD FOR LAW 1836 01:23:37,511 --> 01:23:42,016 ABIDING BUSINESSES. 1837 01:23:38,579 --> 01:23:44,519 A VOTE AGAINST THIS WILL ONLY 1838 01:23:42,083 --> 01:23:46,387 FORCE OWS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT 1839 01:23:44,586 --> 01:23:48,456 WAGE THEFT FOR THOSE REASONS, 1840 01:23:46,454 --> 01:23:50,324 WE URGE YOU TO MOVE THIS MOTION 1841 01:23:48,523 --> 01:23:51,592 FORWARD. 1842 01:23:50,391 --> 01:24:02,236 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 1843 01:23:51,659 --> 01:24:03,871 NEXT SPEAKER. 1844 01:24:02,303 --> 01:24:04,672 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M 1845 01:24:03,938 --> 01:24:04,905 SPEAKING PUBLIC COMMENT AND 1846 01:24:04,738 --> 01:24:06,040 ITEM 6. 1847 01:24:04,972 --> 01:24:06,707 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 1848 01:24:06,107 --> 01:24:08,342 MINUTE FOR EACH. 1849 01:24:06,774 --> 01:24:10,878 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. 1850 01:24:08,409 --> 01:24:15,683 » Speaker: I'M TIA AND I'M THE 1851 01:24:10,945 --> 01:24:17,819 POLICY DIRECTOR OF, THRILLED TO 1852 01:24:15,750 --> 01:24:21,189 BE HERE SINCE WE CREATED THE 1853 01:24:17,886 --> 01:24:23,791 OFTENS OF WAGE STANDARDS. 1854 01:24:21,255 --> 01:24:25,426 AND AT THAT TIME, WE PUT 1855 01:24:23,858 --> 01:24:28,295 CONSCIOUSNESS INTO WAGE THEFT. 1856 01:24:25,493 --> 01:24:29,297 WAGE THEFT WAS NOT A TERM IN 1857 01:24:28,362 --> 01:24:31,265 2013. 1858 01:24:29,364 --> 01:24:32,800 AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN 1859 01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:34,402 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE 1860 01:24:32,867 --> 01:24:36,103 WHOLE STATE CREATE OFFICES 6 1861 01:24:34,469 --> 01:24:38,106 THEIR OWN TO ENFORCE THEIR 1862 01:24:36,170 --> 01:24:41,042 MINIMUM WAGES, AS OF NOW WE'RE 1863 01:24:38,173 --> 01:24:42,643 AT 40 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 1864 01:24:41,109 --> 01:24:45,179 THEN WAGE STATE RESULTED IN 20 1865 01:24:42,710 --> 01:24:47,248 MILLION DOLLARS A WEEK, NOT 1866 01:24:45,246 --> 01:24:50,017 COUNTING COROLLARY LOSSES AND 1867 01:24:47,315 --> 01:24:52,320 SPENDING POWER, MY OFFICE HAS 1868 01:24:50,084 --> 01:24:55,323 PUBLISHED MORE RESENT DATA WHY 1869 01:24:52,387 --> 01:24:56,958 SOME WAGE THEFT MOST EYES 1870 01:24:55,390 --> 01:24:58,792 CONNICK INDUSTRIES LIKE MEAT 1871 01:24:57,025 --> 01:25:01,295 PACKING AND RESTAURANT 1872 01:24:58,859 --> 01:25:02,230 CUSTODIAL, FAST FOOD AND THEN 1873 01:25:01,362 --> 01:25:04,999 STAFFING AGENCIES, CORPORATE 1874 01:25:02,297 --> 01:25:06,367 SHELL GAMES AND FEAR OF 1875 01:25:05,066 --> 01:25:08,136 IMMIGRATION RETALIATION, 1876 01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:09,604 CONTINUE TO INSULATE EMPLOYERS 1877 01:25:08,202 --> 01:25:11,906 FROM ACCOUNTABILITY. 1878 01:25:09,671 --> 01:25:15,610 THE RECOMMEND ASING IN THE 1879 01:25:11,973 --> 01:25:17,879 CLA'S OFFICE OR FROM THE CLA'S 1880 01:25:15,677 --> 01:25:19,347 OFFICE REFLECT BEST PRACTICES 1881 01:25:17,946 --> 01:25:21,782 TO CHANGE EMPLOYER BEHAVIOR AND 1882 01:25:19,413 --> 01:25:25,419 COLLECT BACK PAY. 1883 01:25:21,849 --> 01:25:27,288 SO THAT INCLUDES PUBLICLY DATA, 1884 01:25:25,486 --> 01:25:29,590 PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO COMPEL 1885 01:25:27,355 --> 01:25:32,560 TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE TOWARDS 1886 01:25:29,657 --> 01:25:33,694 THE EMPLOYERS AND STRATEGIC AND 1887 01:25:32,627 --> 01:25:38,966 TARGETED ENFORCEMENT THAT 1888 01:25:33,761 --> 01:25:41,536 HELPED INVESTIGATORS MOVE AWAY 1889 01:25:39,033 --> 01:25:44,238 FROM A--TO PRIORITIZING CLAIMS 1890 01:25:41,603 --> 01:25:46,107 FROM HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES. 1891 01:25:44,305 --> 01:25:49,577 IT'S UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT 1892 01:25:46,174 --> 01:25:50,645 ANY AGENCY WILL HAVE ENOUGH 1893 01:25:49,644 --> 01:25:53,481 STAFF TO COMPLIANCE CHECK, 1894 01:25:50,712 --> 01:25:54,648 YOU'VE GOT TO BE STRATEGIC. 1895 01:25:53,548 --> 01:25:56,284 EVERY YEAR 30,000 PEOPLE FILE 1896 01:25:54,715 --> 01:25:58,619 CLAIMS WITH THE STATE OFFICE 1897 01:25:56,351 --> 01:25:59,921 HERE IN L.A. OR IN THE VAN NUYS 1898 01:25:58,686 --> 01:26:00,655 OFFICE WITH THE LABOR 1899 01:25:59,987 --> 01:26:03,391 COMMISSIONER. 1900 01:26:00,722 --> 01:26:05,159 THEY WAIT MORE THAN 3 YEARS FOR 1901 01:26:03,458 --> 01:26:06,394 A HEARING SOMETIMES AS LONG AS 1902 01:26:05,226 --> 01:26:08,729 FIVE. 1903 01:26:06,461 --> 01:26:11,265 WE RECOMMEND GIVING AUTHORITY 1904 01:26:08,796 --> 01:26:14,068 TO PUT MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND 1905 01:26:11,332 --> 01:26:15,603 AND GIVE LOCALS A LOCAL AND 1906 01:26:14,135 --> 01:26:31,719 TIMELY REMEDY FOR WAGE THEFT. 1907 01:26:15,670 --> 01:26:32,887 » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. 1908 01:26:31,786 --> 01:26:35,823 GOOD MORNING, I ASSUME ALL 1909 01:26:32,954 --> 01:26:36,958 ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. 1910 01:26:35,890 --> 01:26:37,858 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE 1911 01:26:37,025 --> 01:26:38,593 ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR 1912 01:26:37,925 --> 01:26:40,461 GENERAL. 1913 01:26:38,660 --> 01:26:42,997 » Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR. 1914 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:46,867 STARTING WITH NUMBER 7, I'M 1915 01:26:43,064 --> 01:26:48,002 HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 1916 01:26:46,934 --> 01:26:51,005 BLOOMDINGO, BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER 1917 01:26:48,069 --> 01:26:52,573 7 IS ABOUT TO MAKING SURE 1918 01:26:51,072 --> 01:26:53,107 GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUNG 1919 01:26:52,639 --> 01:26:57,211 PEOPLE. 1920 01:26:53,174 --> 01:26:57,912 I WANT TO ASK OUR 1921 01:26:57,278 --> 01:26:59,480 COUNCILMEMBERS BLOOMDINGO HOW 1922 01:26:57,979 --> 01:27:01,782 OLD IS YOUNG PEOPLE? 1923 01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:02,683 I WANT TO ASK OUR CITY 1924 01:27:01,849 --> 01:27:04,785 ATTORNEY, HOW OLD IS YOUNG 1925 01:27:02,749 --> 01:27:07,054 PEOPLE? 1926 01:27:04,852 --> 01:27:08,956 BECAUSE, MY NEIGHBOR JUST HAD A 1927 01:27:07,121 --> 01:27:10,658 NEW GENDER REVEAL PARTY, JUST A 1928 01:27:09,023 --> 01:27:12,059 COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND RIGHT 1929 01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:14,862 NOW, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, 1930 01:27:12,126 --> 01:27:15,796 IS TRYING TO GIVE THAT BABY A 1931 01:27:14,929 --> 01:27:17,665 GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, SO RIGHT 1932 01:27:15,863 --> 01:27:19,266 NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO 1933 01:27:17,732 --> 01:27:19,767 HAVE THE SECOND GENDER REVEAL 1934 01:27:19,333 --> 01:27:22,069 PARTY. 1935 01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:23,437 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 1936 01:27:22,136 --> 01:27:25,306 GINEDER REVEAL PARTY EVERY 1937 01:27:23,504 --> 01:27:28,042 MONTH AFTER THAT. 1938 01:27:25,373 --> 01:27:31,112 I REALLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM, 1939 01:27:28,109 --> 01:27:32,780 ESPECIALLY I'M A BIG FAN OF OUR 1940 01:27:31,179 --> 01:27:38,386 COUNCILMEMBER BLOOMDINGO, NOW 1941 01:27:32,847 --> 01:27:55,069 LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8. 1942 01:27:38,453 --> 01:27:55,069 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1943 01:27:56,170 --> 01:28:14,722 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1944 01:28:36,210 --> 01:28:41,148 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1945 01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:57,031 ITEM NUMBER 9. 1946 01:28:41,215 --> 01:29:11,245 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1947 01:28:57,098 --> 01:29:30,598 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1948 01:29:11,312 --> 01:29:38,739 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1949 01:29:30,665 --> 01:29:39,239 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1950 01:29:38,806 --> 01:29:40,608 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 1951 01:29:39,306 --> 01:29:43,144 » City Attorney: BEFORE YOU GO 1952 01:29:40,675 --> 01:29:44,978 TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST 1953 01:29:43,211 --> 01:29:46,881 A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN 1954 01:29:45,045 --> 01:29:48,816 GONE FOR A WHILE, WELCOME BACK. 1955 01:29:46,948 --> 01:29:49,216 AS A REMINDER TO YOU AND FYI TO 1956 01:29:48,882 --> 01:29:51,752 EVERYONE HERE. 1957 01:29:49,283 --> 01:29:52,453 IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE AN 1958 01:29:51,819 --> 01:29:53,654 INTERPRETER, THERE ARE 1959 01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:55,756 INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA, IF 1960 01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:56,924 YOU LET US KNOW AT LEAST 48 1961 01:29:55,823 --> 01:29:58,125 HOURS IN ADVANCE, WE WILL DO 1962 01:29:56,991 --> 01:29:58,793 OUR BEST TO GET AN INTERPRETER 1963 01:29:58,192 --> 01:30:00,594 HERE. 1964 01:29:58,860 --> 01:30:02,630 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE NOT, 1965 01:30:00,661 --> 01:30:04,064 I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER MADE 1966 01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:05,266 THAT REQUEST, YOU'RE NOT 1967 01:30:04,131 --> 01:30:06,901 REQUIRED TO DO SO BUT FOR 1968 01:30:05,333 --> 01:30:07,902 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THAT IS 1969 01:30:06,968 --> 01:30:08,502 WHY WE'RE LISTENING TO PUBLIC 1970 01:30:07,968 --> 01:30:10,537 COMMENT. 1971 01:30:08,569 --> 01:30:11,639 WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERPRETER 1972 01:30:10,604 --> 01:30:12,206 HERE, BECAUSE ONE WAS NOT 1973 01:30:11,705 --> 01:30:13,740 REQUESTED. 1974 01:30:12,273 --> 01:30:14,508 GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE 1975 01:30:13,807 --> 01:30:15,643 FOR GENERAL. 1976 01:30:14,575 --> 01:30:17,778 » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC 1977 01:30:15,710 --> 01:30:23,451 COMMENT, CITY ATTORNEY I'M HERE 1978 01:30:17,845 --> 01:30:26,420 TO SUPPORT OUR COUNCILMEMBER 1979 01:30:23,518 --> 01:30:28,489 BLOOMDINGO, L.A. OFFICER 1980 01:30:26,487 --> 01:30:29,656 FLORES, USING RACIAL SLURS AND 1981 01:30:28,556 --> 01:30:33,093 REMARKS AND GENDER SLURS 1982 01:30:29,723 --> 01:30:34,228 WHATEVER ALL OF THOSE PROFANITY 1983 01:30:33,160 --> 01:30:36,730 PEOPLE AGAINST THE PEOPLE 1984 01:30:34,295 --> 01:30:37,932 BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING. 1985 01:30:36,797 --> 01:30:40,701 OFFICER DANIEL FLORES DECIDED 1986 01:30:37,999 --> 01:30:45,172 TO MAKE A REPORT AND ALL OF A 1987 01:30:40,768 --> 01:30:46,607 SUDDEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 1988 01:30:45,238 --> 01:30:47,675 NATHAN HOCHMAN, FIRST OF ALL, 1989 01:30:46,674 --> 01:30:49,610 CITY ATTORNEY REFERRED TO 1990 01:30:47,742 --> 01:30:51,645 DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THEN THE 1991 01:30:49,677 --> 01:30:54,181 DISTRICT ATTORNEY BELIEVED TO 1992 01:30:51,712 --> 01:30:55,583 FILE 13 FELONY CHARGES AGAINST 1993 01:30:54,248 --> 01:30:58,519 LAPD DANIEL FLORES. 1994 01:30:55,649 --> 01:30:59,920 I THOUGHT THAT ANY HONEST 1995 01:30:58,586 --> 01:31:01,288 OFFICER WOULD DO THE SAME 1996 01:30:59,987 --> 01:31:02,923 THING, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING 1997 01:31:01,355 --> 01:31:05,826 WRONG, YOU SAY SOMETHING, WHEN 1998 01:31:02,990 --> 01:31:07,294 YOU SEE YOUR FELLOW OFFICER 1999 01:31:05,893 --> 01:31:11,632 MISCONDUCT, YOU'RE GOING TO 2000 01:31:07,361 --> 01:31:14,134 SPEAK UP LIKE A REAL HERO, LIKE 2001 01:31:11,699 --> 01:31:16,604 A 20-INCH SERGEANT DUARTE, BUT 2002 01:31:14,201 --> 01:31:19,239 WHY HE'S BEING PUNISHED IN JAIL? 2003 01:31:16,671 --> 01:31:20,407 » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? 2004 01:31:19,306 --> 01:31:21,809 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2005 01:31:20,474 --> 01:31:23,911 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A 2006 01:31:21,876 --> 01:31:25,779 FEW MORE NAMES, JACQUELINE, 2007 01:31:23,978 --> 01:31:26,213 GABE CHINESE AND ANDREA B 2008 01:31:25,846 --> 01:31:27,114 GONZALEZ. 2009 01:31:26,280 --> 01:31:29,683 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2010 01:31:27,181 --> 01:31:31,285 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2011 01:31:29,750 --> 01:31:38,359 » Speaker: BUENOS DIAS. 2012 01:31:31,352 --> 01:31:39,960 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2013 01:31:38,426 --> 01:31:42,029 JOSE ALBERTO. 2014 01:31:40,027 --> 01:31:44,131 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2015 01:31:42,096 --> 01:31:45,132 » Interpreter: YES, HELLO I'M 2016 01:31:44,198 --> 01:31:45,766 TALKING ABOUT NUMBER 6 AND 2017 01:31:45,198 --> 01:31:52,806 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2018 01:31:45,833 --> 01:32:01,949 MY NAME IS JOSE ALBERTO. 2019 01:31:52,873 --> 01:32:05,653 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2020 01:32:02,016 --> 01:32:06,554 » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2021 01:32:05,720 --> 01:32:22,603 OKAY. 2022 01:32:06,621 --> 01:32:22,603 OKAY. 2023 01:32:24,338 --> 01:32:38,252 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2024 01:32:37,418 --> 01:32:39,420 » Interpreter: HELLO 2025 01:32:38,319 --> 01:32:44,158 COUNCILMEMBERS I'M A WORKER 2026 01:32:39,487 --> 01:32:45,993 HERE IN LOS ANGELES. 2027 01:32:44,225 --> 01:32:48,696 AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT 2028 01:32:46,060 --> 01:32:52,233 ITEM NUMBER 6 FOR WITH REGARD 2029 01:32:48,763 --> 01:32:54,468 TO THE WAGE STANDARD BECAUSE WE 2030 01:32:52,299 --> 01:32:57,438 NEED THIS TO BE ENFORCED 2031 01:32:54,535 --> 01:32:58,105 BECAUSE A LAW THAT IS NOT 2032 01:32:57,505 --> 01:32:59,807 ENFORCED DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT 2033 01:32:58,172 --> 01:33:16,690 ANY OF THE WORKERS WHO IS 2034 01:32:59,874 --> 01:33:26,133 DESIGNED TO PROTECT. 2035 01:33:16,757 --> 01:33:28,435 » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2036 01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:30,471 » Interpreter: IN MY 2037 01:33:28,502 --> 01:33:32,139 EXPERIENCE I HAVE SEEN HOW WAGE 2038 01:33:30,538 --> 01:33:33,774 THEFT HAS AFFECTED MANY WORKERS 2039 01:33:32,206 --> 01:33:35,843 HERE IN LOS ANGELES IN REGARDS 2040 01:33:33,841 --> 01:33:37,511 TO NOT RECEIVING THE NECESSARY 2041 01:33:35,910 --> 01:33:42,883 AMOUNT OF MONEY LIKE FOR ME, 2042 01:33:37,577 --> 01:33:44,485 FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE BEEN I HAVE 2043 01:33:42,950 --> 01:33:47,254 NOT BEEN GIVEN HUNDREDS OF 2044 01:33:44,552 --> 01:33:49,123 DOLLARS FROM MY CHECK THAT'S 2045 01:33:47,321 --> 01:33:51,425 MONEY MISSING AND MONEY THAT 2046 01:33:49,190 --> 01:34:06,473 CAN GO TO PAY FOOD AND RENT AND 2047 01:33:51,492 --> 01:34:08,776 GAS MONEY TO GET TO WORK. 2048 01:34:06,540 --> 01:34:11,078 AND PLEASE SUPPORT US, PLEASE 2049 01:34:08,843 --> 01:34:14,081 HELP US, THIS ORDINANCE SO IT 2050 01:34:11,145 --> 01:34:15,683 CAN BE PUT INTO AFFECT TO 2051 01:34:14,148 --> 01:34:17,518 PROTECT L.A. WORKERS AND THE 2052 01:34:15,750 --> 01:34:19,086 PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT 2053 01:34:17,585 --> 01:34:19,353 WAS INTENDED TO DO SO FROM THE 2054 01:34:19,152 --> 01:34:20,087 BEGINNING. 2055 01:34:19,419 --> 01:34:21,254 THANK YOU. 2056 01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:22,623 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2057 01:34:21,321 --> 01:34:24,692 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2058 01:34:22,690 --> 01:34:26,260 » Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO 2059 01:34:24,759 --> 01:34:28,362 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM NUMBER 2060 01:34:26,327 --> 01:34:30,230 6. 2061 01:34:28,429 --> 01:34:37,071 GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY 2062 01:34:30,297 --> 01:34:40,340 NAME IS MANUEL VILLANUEVA. 2063 01:34:37,138 --> 01:34:43,811 I SPENT 15 YEARS WORKING ALONG 2064 01:34:40,407 --> 01:34:46,080 RESTAURANT WORKERS, CLERKS WHO 2065 01:34:43,878 --> 01:34:48,816 WORKED 12 HOUR SHIFTS AND GOT 2066 01:34:46,147 --> 01:34:51,852 PAID FOR 8. 2067 01:34:48,883 --> 01:34:52,753 WORKERS WHO DID EVERYTHING TO 2068 01:34:51,919 --> 01:34:54,354 KEEP THEIR RECORDS, FILED 2069 01:34:52,820 --> 01:34:57,791 CLAIMS AND THEN WAITED YEARS 2070 01:34:54,421 --> 01:35:00,060 FOR THE STATE TO ACT. 2071 01:34:57,858 --> 01:35:01,295 RENT DOESN'T WAIT AND GROCERIES 2072 01:35:00,126 --> 01:35:03,130 DON'T WAIT. 2073 01:35:01,362 --> 01:35:04,531 LOS ANGELES LOSES AN ESTIMATED 2074 01:35:03,197 --> 01:35:06,600 20 MILLION TO WAGE THEFT. 2075 01:35:04,598 --> 01:35:08,068 WE ARE THE WAGE THEFT CAPITAL 2076 01:35:06,667 --> 01:35:09,836 OF THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT NOW 2077 01:35:08,134 --> 01:35:12,206 WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 2078 01:35:09,903 --> 01:35:13,340 PUSHING OUR MOST VULNERABLE 2079 01:35:12,273 --> 01:35:15,008 WORKERS INTO SILENCE, THE 2080 01:35:13,407 --> 01:35:16,643 PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP THE MOST 2081 01:35:15,075 --> 01:35:18,712 ARE LESS LIKELY TO COME FORWARD. 2082 01:35:16,710 --> 01:35:20,280 THE CITY HAS TO FILL-IN THAT 2083 01:35:18,779 --> 01:35:22,382 GAP. 2084 01:35:20,347 --> 01:35:24,718 THE MOTION CREATES A NEW, NO 2085 01:35:22,449 --> 01:35:25,485 NEW RULES FOR EMPLOYERS, IT 2086 01:35:24,785 --> 01:35:26,553 ENFORCES LOWS THAT ALREADY 2087 01:35:25,552 --> 01:35:28,856 EXIST. 2088 01:35:26,620 --> 01:35:30,290 THE ONLY BUSINESS AFFECTED ARE 2089 01:35:28,923 --> 01:35:33,193 THE ONES THAT ALREADY BREAKING 2090 01:35:30,357 --> 01:35:34,295 THEM. 2091 01:35:33,260 --> 01:35:35,028 WHEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS 2092 01:35:34,361 --> 01:35:38,699 LEVELED. 2093 01:35:35,095 --> 01:35:41,468 SO OUR ASK IS SIMPLE, ADOPT THE 2094 01:35:38,766 --> 01:35:42,970 CLA'S ROAD MAP TO COVER 2095 01:35:41,535 --> 01:35:44,705 OVERTIME, AND STAFF TO DO THEIR 2096 01:35:43,036 --> 01:35:46,340 JOB. 2097 01:35:44,772 --> 01:35:47,241 WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. 2098 01:35:46,407 --> 01:36:03,423 LET'S STAND WITH THEM TODAY. 2099 01:35:47,308 --> 01:36:04,892 THANK YOU. 2100 01:36:03,490 --> 01:36:05,392 » Speaker: HELLO ITEM 3 AND 2101 01:36:04,958 --> 01:36:06,693 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 2102 01:36:05,459 --> 01:36:08,495 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2103 01:36:06,760 --> 01:36:09,196 MINUTE FOR EACH. 2104 01:36:08,562 --> 01:36:13,100 BEGIN ITEM 3. 2105 01:36:09,263 --> 01:36:15,402 » Speaker: I'M ARE A 2106 01:36:13,167 --> 01:36:17,404 RESEARCHER FOR LANE, FAIR 2107 01:36:15,469 --> 01:36:20,707 GAMES, IMMIGRATION PRO TEKTSZ 2108 01:36:17,471 --> 01:36:23,210 AND ANTI AIRBNB IN OUR CITY. 2109 01:36:20,774 --> 01:36:24,611 I'M HERE TO WARN L.A. CITY IS 2110 01:36:23,277 --> 01:36:26,246 CEMENTING A DEAL THAT IS 2111 01:36:24,678 --> 01:36:28,782 PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS AND 2112 01:36:26,313 --> 01:36:30,184 WORKERS IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY. 2113 01:36:28,849 --> 01:36:32,753 THIS DOES NOT DOES NOT PROTECT 2114 01:36:30,251 --> 01:36:34,254 US FROM A FUTURE OF DECLINING 2115 01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:37,624 SERVICES AND LAYOFFS WHERE 2116 01:36:34,321 --> 01:36:38,759 NEARLY EVERY OLYMPIC GAMES HAS 2117 01:36:37,691 --> 01:36:39,927 GONE OVER BUDGETS IN THE 2118 01:36:38,826 --> 01:36:41,094 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 2119 01:36:39,994 --> 01:36:44,131 INSTEAD THIS DEAL CONTINUES TO 2120 01:36:41,161 --> 01:36:45,933 ASSUME THAT L.A. CITY IS ITS 2121 01:36:44,198 --> 01:36:48,035 RESIDENTS AND WORKERS SHOULD BE 2122 01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:49,102 THE BACKSTOP BY EVENTS OVERSEEN 2123 01:36:48,102 --> 01:36:51,839 BY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN 2124 01:36:49,169 --> 01:36:55,976 AMERICA. 2125 01:36:51,906 --> 01:36:59,847 LA28 BOARD AND I O.C. CRAFTED 2126 01:36:56,043 --> 01:37:01,481 EXCLUSIVELY IN THEIR IMAGE. 2127 01:36:59,914 --> 01:37:02,716 THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT 2128 01:37:01,548 --> 01:37:03,584 SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE ABOUT 2129 01:37:02,783 --> 01:37:06,753 THIS AGREEMENT. 2130 01:37:03,650 --> 01:37:08,856 FIRST, ONE OF THE LARGEST COSTS 2131 01:37:06,820 --> 01:37:10,924 OF THE GAMES IS BEING POUND OFF 2132 01:37:08,923 --> 01:37:13,427 TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 2133 01:37:10,991 --> 01:37:16,864 NOT ONLY LET'S LA28 OFF THE 2134 01:37:13,494 --> 01:37:18,932 HOOK BUT GIVES THE TRUMP 2135 01:37:16,931 --> 01:37:20,334 ADMINISTRATION, NOW HEAVILY 2136 01:37:18,999 --> 01:37:22,402 REPRESENTED ENORMOUS LEVERAGE 2137 01:37:20,401 --> 01:37:25,405 TO DICTATE TERMS. 2138 01:37:22,469 --> 01:37:27,207 JUST LAST YEAR FEMA'S FUNDING 2139 01:37:25,472 --> 01:37:29,509 INCLUDED COLLABORATION WITH 2140 01:37:27,274 --> 01:37:30,911 IMMIGRATION AGENTS AMONG ITS 2141 01:37:29,576 --> 01:37:32,779 TERMS AND CONDITIONS, LEAVING 2142 01:37:30,978 --> 01:37:33,480 SO MUCH FUNDING TO THE FEDERAL 2143 01:37:32,846 --> 01:37:35,816 GOVERNMENT RAISES QUESTIONS 2144 01:37:33,547 --> 01:37:39,052 ABOUT WHAT OUR CITY WILL LOOK 2145 01:37:35,883 --> 01:37:40,987 LIKE IN 2028 AND WHAT EXTENT IT 2146 01:37:39,119 --> 01:37:42,489 WILL RESEMBLE THE TRUMP'S 2147 01:37:41,054 --> 01:37:44,057 OLYMPICS. 2148 01:37:42,556 --> 01:37:45,726 LEAVES SO MUCH UNDEFINED. 2149 01:37:44,124 --> 01:37:48,061 WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE GAMES 2150 01:37:45,793 --> 01:37:50,130 OF VENUE, AND FEDERAL TERMS OF 2151 01:37:48,128 --> 01:37:52,399 REIMBURSEMENT OR OBLIGATION OF 2152 01:37:50,197 --> 01:37:54,501 L.A. CITY TO OTHER CITIES. 2153 01:37:52,466 --> 01:37:56,003 WE ASK TO RENEGOTIATE A 2154 01:37:54,568 --> 01:37:58,372 AGREEMENT DELIVERS ON THE NEEDS 2155 01:37:56,070 --> 01:38:00,407 OF WORKING FAMILIES AND ENSURES 2156 01:37:58,439 --> 01:38:00,741 THAT LA28 AND I O.C. PAY IN 2157 01:38:00,474 --> 01:38:05,746 FULL. 2158 01:38:00,808 --> 01:38:07,814 THANK YOU. 2159 01:38:05,813 --> 01:38:10,984 » T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT? 2160 01:38:07,881 --> 01:38:11,584 » Council President: MR. 2161 01:38:11,051 --> 01:38:12,586 McOSKER WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU 2162 01:38:11,651 --> 01:38:14,888 RISE? 2163 01:38:12,653 --> 01:38:16,523 » T. McOsker: NOTIFYING THE 2164 01:38:14,955 --> 01:38:17,157 PUBLIC ON A CLOSE SESSION ON 2165 01:38:16,589 --> 01:38:19,259 THE AGENDA. 2166 01:38:17,224 --> 01:38:20,928 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S A 2167 01:38:19,326 --> 01:38:23,664 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO ITEM 44, 2168 01:38:20,995 --> 01:38:26,433 THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE 2169 01:38:23,731 --> 01:38:29,002 SETTLEMENT AMOUNT BUT I MOVE 2170 01:38:26,500 --> 01:38:34,441 THAT ITEM 44 BE AMEND TODAY 2171 01:38:29,069 --> 01:38:37,411 INCLUDE MET LIFE ASSIGNMENT 2172 01:38:34,508 --> 01:38:39,580 INC. AS THE ANNUITY BENEFIT. 2173 01:38:37,478 --> 01:38:40,681 AND AGAIN NO CHANGE TO THE 2174 01:38:39,646 --> 01:38:42,516 SETTLEMENT AMOUNT. 2175 01:38:40,747 --> 01:38:43,717 I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT. 2176 01:38:42,583 --> 01:38:44,117 » Council President: MS. 2177 01:38:43,784 --> 01:38:45,052 HERNANDEZ SECONDS. 2178 01:38:44,184 --> 01:38:46,186 THANK YOU. 2179 01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:47,587 » T. McOsker: THANK YOU. 2180 01:38:46,253 --> 01:38:48,388 » Council President: WE GO 2181 01:38:47,654 --> 01:38:49,222 BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 2182 01:38:48,455 --> 01:38:51,291 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2183 01:38:49,289 --> 01:38:53,960 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2184 01:38:51,358 --> 01:38:54,327 » Speaker: 3 AND 6 AND GENERAL 2185 01:38:54,027 --> 01:38:56,363 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2186 01:38:54,394 --> 01:38:58,098 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO 2187 01:38:56,430 --> 01:39:00,033 MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE 2188 01:38:58,165 --> 01:39:01,435 FOR GENERAL. 2189 01:39:00,100 --> 01:39:04,204 » Speaker: POLICY MANAGER, 2190 01:39:01,502 --> 01:39:07,674 I'LL BE SPEAKING ON 3 AND 6, ON 2191 01:39:04,271 --> 01:39:08,675 ITEM 3, THE CHAMBER URGES THE 2192 01:39:07,741 --> 01:39:09,743 ENHANCED CITY, RESOURCES MASTER 2193 01:39:08,742 --> 01:39:11,578 AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST 2194 01:39:09,810 --> 01:39:12,946 AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES 2195 01:39:11,645 --> 01:39:15,482 AGREEMENT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. 2196 01:39:13,013 --> 01:39:18,051 WITH JUST UNDER TWO YEARS UNTIL 2197 01:39:15,549 --> 01:39:19,886 THE GAMES EVERY ADDITIONAL 2198 01:39:18,118 --> 01:39:21,521 MONTH OF DELAY, REDUCES THE RUN 2199 01:39:19,953 --> 01:39:22,455 FOR A DETAILED PLANNING FOR OUR 2200 01:39:21,588 --> 01:39:25,926 BUSINESSES THAT ARE COUNTING 2201 01:39:22,522 --> 01:39:27,761 ON, THE CITY AND LA28 NOW NEED 2202 01:39:25,993 --> 01:39:30,263 TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER 2203 01:39:27,828 --> 01:39:32,099 QUICKLY TO KEEP THE 2028 GAMES 2204 01:39:30,330 --> 01:39:35,569 ON TRACK FOR SUCCESSFUL WELL 2205 01:39:32,166 --> 01:39:37,170 RUN EVENT THAT BENEFITS 2206 01:39:35,636 --> 01:39:38,305 ANGELINOS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. 2207 01:39:37,237 --> 01:39:45,345 THE CHAMBER RECOGNIZES THE 2208 01:39:38,372 --> 01:39:46,413 IMPORTANCE OF FAIR WORKER 2209 01:39:45,412 --> 01:39:47,447 PROTECTIONS AND ENSURING 2210 01:39:46,479 --> 01:39:49,916 EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS. 2211 01:39:47,514 --> 01:39:53,854 IT WOULD LEAD TO PRIVACY AND 2212 01:39:49,983 --> 01:39:59,760 LEGAL RISK, THE CHAMBER ASKED 2213 01:39:53,921 --> 01:40:02,095 CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDERING. 2214 01:39:59,827 --> 01:40:03,730 IT WILL EXPOSE BUSINESS TO SEE 2215 01:40:02,162 --> 01:40:06,233 LEGAL LIABILITY AS THIRD PARTY 2216 01:40:03,797 --> 01:40:07,934 ENTITIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO 2217 01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:09,769 PERSONAL WAGE AND OTHER 2218 01:40:08,001 --> 01:40:11,705 CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS. 2219 01:40:09,836 --> 01:40:13,573 RECONSIDER THE REMOVAL OF 2220 01:40:11,772 --> 01:40:15,208 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF OTHER 2221 01:40:13,640 --> 01:40:17,310 EMPLOYERS NAME OR IDENTIFYING 2222 01:40:15,275 --> 01:40:19,246 INFORMATION FOR OUTSTANDING 2223 01:40:17,377 --> 01:40:20,547 WAGE JUDGMENTS TO ALIGN WITH 2224 01:40:19,313 --> 01:40:26,486 STATE REGULATIONS. 2225 01:40:20,614 --> 01:40:27,654 THE EXPANSION OF THE SUBPOENA 2226 01:40:26,553 --> 01:40:29,723 AUTHORITY WILL INCREASE 2227 01:40:27,721 --> 01:40:31,124 SCRUTINY. 2228 01:40:29,790 --> 01:40:32,726 ESTABLISH PARAMETERS FOR 2229 01:40:31,191 --> 01:40:34,594 EMPLOYERS, ON THE SCOPE OF 2230 01:40:32,793 --> 01:40:37,497 INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE 2231 01:40:34,661 --> 01:40:38,899 REQUIRED, PROTECTIONS FOR 2232 01:40:37,564 --> 01:40:41,034 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND 2233 01:40:38,966 --> 01:40:43,303 ASSURANCE THAT'S THERE WOULD BE 2234 01:40:41,101 --> 01:40:45,338 NO INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT 2235 01:40:43,370 --> 01:40:47,040 ACROSS DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES 2236 01:40:45,405 --> 01:40:48,341 SECTOR PRIOR TO GRANTING THIS 2237 01:40:47,107 --> 01:40:50,410 AUTHORITY. 2238 01:40:48,408 --> 01:40:51,812 FOR THESE REASONS, WE URGE CITY 2239 01:40:50,477 --> 01:40:52,980 COUNCIL TO REFRAME FROM 2240 01:40:51,879 --> 01:40:56,716 ADVANCING THE CURRENT PROPOSAL 2241 01:40:53,046 --> 01:40:58,785 AND WORK WITH THE CHAMBER AND 2242 01:40:56,783 --> 01:41:00,187 EMPLOYERS TO ADDRESS IN THE 2243 01:40:58,852 --> 01:41:02,255 PROPOSAL BEFORE ADVANCING ANY 2244 01:41:00,254 --> 01:41:04,124 POLICY THAT WILL HAVE BROUGHT 2245 01:41:02,322 --> 01:41:04,992 IMPACT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 2246 01:41:04,191 --> 01:41:21,208 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 2247 01:41:05,058 --> 01:41:21,208 CONSIDERATION. 2248 01:41:24,511 --> 01:41:27,681 » Speaker: WHERE DID IT GO? 2249 01:41:26,346 --> 01:41:30,884 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 2250 01:41:27,748 --> 01:41:33,653 I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF, LAPD 2251 01:41:30,951 --> 01:41:36,656 RELEASED THEIR 2025 REPORT 2252 01:41:33,720 --> 01:41:38,492 ABOUT THEIR WORK DURING THE ICE 2253 01:41:36,723 --> 01:41:42,796 PROTEST IN 2025 IN JUNE. 2254 01:41:38,559 --> 01:41:46,700 AND IN THE REPORT, THEY USED 2255 01:41:42,863 --> 01:41:50,970 THE WORD ANTI FA. 2256 01:41:46,767 --> 01:41:51,905 THEY REFERRED TO THE PROTESTERS 2257 01:41:51,037 --> 01:41:52,873 AS ANTIFA. 2258 01:41:51,972 --> 01:41:55,375 THAT'S IT. 2259 01:41:52,940 --> 01:41:56,309 IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST OR 2260 01:41:55,442 --> 01:41:57,711 READ ABOUTING THAT OR 2261 01:41:56,376 --> 01:41:58,879 MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW WHERE 2262 01:41:57,778 --> 01:42:02,082 TO FIND ME. 2263 01:41:58,946 --> 01:42:05,318 MY NAME IS GABE DUNN, YEAH, 2264 01:42:02,149 --> 01:42:07,854 THEY'RE LABELING US ANTIFA NOW, 2265 01:42:05,385 --> 01:42:08,855 SO THAT'S ALL. 2266 01:42:07,921 --> 01:42:10,857 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 2267 01:42:08,922 --> 01:42:12,459 NEXT SPEAKER. 2268 01:42:10,924 --> 01:42:14,294 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2269 01:42:12,526 --> 01:42:17,797 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A 2270 01:42:14,361 --> 01:42:20,367 FEW MORE NAMES, GLORIA, RAFAEL, 2271 01:42:17,864 --> 01:42:20,667 DE LEON, HARRIETTE ELLIOT AND 2272 01:42:20,433 --> 01:42:21,701 FAWN DAVIS. 2273 01:42:20,734 --> 01:42:23,303 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2274 01:42:21,768 --> 01:42:25,405 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2275 01:42:23,370 --> 01:42:26,606 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 2276 01:42:25,472 --> 01:42:28,208 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 2277 01:42:26,673 --> 01:42:29,176 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 2278 01:42:28,275 --> 01:42:30,043 HAVE ONE MINUTE, YOU HAVE ONE 2279 01:42:29,242 --> 01:42:31,211 MINUTE FOR EACH. 2280 01:42:30,110 --> 01:42:32,179 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM. 2281 01:42:31,278 --> 01:42:34,447 GO AHEAD. 2282 01:42:32,246 --> 01:42:36,483 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 2283 01:42:34,514 --> 01:42:39,686 BOARD, OR COUNCIL. 2284 01:42:36,550 --> 01:42:42,222 LOS ANGELES WORKERS LOSE AN 2285 01:42:39,753 --> 01:42:44,524 ESTIMATED 28 MILLION EVERY WEEK 2286 01:42:42,289 --> 01:42:49,563 TO WAGE THEFT. 2287 01:42:44,591 --> 01:42:52,299 THAT INCLUDES, UNPAID HOURS, 2288 01:42:49,630 --> 01:42:54,768 OVERTIME VIOLATIONS, STOLEN 2289 01:42:52,366 --> 01:42:56,803 TIPS, ILLEGAL DEDUCTIONS, AND 2290 01:42:54,835 --> 01:43:00,540 OUT RIGHT NONPAYMENT. 2291 01:42:56,870 --> 01:43:02,209 L.A. IS STILL THE WAGE THEFT 2292 01:43:00,607 --> 01:43:04,411 CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE 2293 01:43:02,275 --> 01:43:06,913 UNITED STATES. 2294 01:43:04,478 --> 01:43:08,681 SO, IT IS THE DUTY OF CITY 2295 01:43:06,980 --> 01:43:10,684 COUNCIL IN GENERAL TO PROTECT 2296 01:43:08,748 --> 01:43:13,186 ITS RESIDENTS. 2297 01:43:10,750 --> 01:43:15,689 I REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF HOME 2298 01:43:13,253 --> 01:43:17,557 CARE AND DOMESTIC WORKERS AT 2299 01:43:15,756 --> 01:43:18,725 THE FILIPINO WORKER CENTER. 2300 01:43:17,624 --> 01:43:23,997 THEY'RE WAITING YEARS AT THE 2301 01:43:18,792 --> 01:43:24,898 STATE LEVEL TO GET WAGES THAT 2302 01:43:24,064 --> 01:43:26,766 THEY'RE OWED, THAT'S HOW MUCH 2303 01:43:24,965 --> 01:43:29,035 OF A BACKLOG THEY HAVE, THE 2304 01:43:26,833 --> 01:43:32,638 CITY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND PASS 2305 01:43:29,102 --> 01:43:34,808 ITEM 6 AND TAKE ON MEAL CASES, 2306 01:43:32,705 --> 01:43:36,843 RIGHT NOW THAT THE CITY DOESN'T. 2307 01:43:34,875 --> 01:43:39,879 WE HAVE WORKED. 2308 01:43:36,910 --> 01:43:42,182 WE HAVE WORKERS THAT LITERALLY 2309 01:43:39,946 --> 01:43:43,984 PASS AWAY BEFORE GETTING THE 2310 01:43:42,249 --> 01:43:45,118 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THEY'RE 2311 01:43:44,051 --> 01:43:47,887 OWED, THAT'S SOD. 2312 01:43:45,185 --> 01:43:50,089 SO PLEASE HELP THE STATE'S 2313 01:43:47,954 --> 01:43:52,292 BACKLOG BY PASSING ITEM 6. 2314 01:43:50,156 --> 01:43:54,361 AGAIN, PASS ITEM 6, MY NAME IS 2315 01:43:52,359 --> 01:43:58,465 VANESSA AND I'M WITH THE 2316 01:43:54,428 --> 01:43:59,866 FILIPINO WORKER CENTER. 2317 01:43:58,532 --> 01:44:00,567 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2318 01:43:59,933 --> 01:44:08,475 PASS ITEM 6. 2319 01:44:00,634 --> 01:44:10,543 [APPLAUSE] 2320 01:44:08,542 --> 01:44:11,278 » Speaker: HI I'M SPEAKING ON 2321 01:44:10,610 --> 01:44:11,645 ITEM 6, GOOD MORNING 2322 01:44:11,345 --> 01:44:12,979 COUNCILMEMBERS. 2323 01:44:11,712 --> 01:44:14,514 » City Attorney: OKAY, JUST 2324 01:44:13,046 --> 01:44:14,981 ITEM 6? 2325 01:44:14,581 --> 01:44:16,249 » Speaker: YES. 2326 01:44:15,048 --> 01:44:17,317 » City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE 2327 01:44:16,316 --> 01:44:19,019 ONE MINUTE FOR THE JT. 2328 01:44:17,384 --> 01:44:22,789 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M 2329 01:44:19,085 --> 01:44:23,723 ANDREA, I'M WITH THE CLEAN 2330 01:44:22,856 --> 01:44:25,158 CARWASH WORKER CENTER, A MEMBER 2331 01:44:23,790 --> 01:44:25,625 OF THE LOS ANGELES WORKER 2332 01:44:25,225 --> 01:44:27,961 NETWORK. 2333 01:44:25,692 --> 01:44:29,095 I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 2334 01:44:28,028 --> 01:44:31,865 THE RECOMMENDATIONS THREATENING 2335 01:44:29,162 --> 01:44:33,933 THE OFFICE OF WAGE STANDARDS. 2336 01:44:31,932 --> 01:44:35,101 WORKERS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT IF 2337 01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:38,271 THEIR WAGES ARE STOLEN, THERE 2338 01:44:35,168 --> 01:44:41,508 IS A PROCESS TO HAVE IT. 2339 01:44:38,338 --> 01:44:42,108 THEY WILL NOT BE PUT AT A 2340 01:44:41,575 --> 01:44:44,978 COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE OF 2341 01:44:42,175 --> 01:44:45,946 BUSINESSES THAT IGNORE THE LAW. 2342 01:44:45,045 --> 01:44:46,880 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS 2343 01:44:46,013 --> 01:44:48,248 STRENGTHEN, ENFORCEMENT OF 2344 01:44:46,947 --> 01:44:50,149 PROTECTIONS THE CITY HAS 2345 01:44:48,314 --> 01:44:52,118 ALREADY ADOPTED. 2346 01:44:50,216 --> 01:44:53,520 LOS ANGELES CREATED THE OFFICE 2347 01:44:52,185 --> 01:44:55,822 OF WAGE STANDARDS MORE THAN A 2348 01:44:53,587 --> 01:44:58,558 DECADE AGO AND WE HAVE HAD TIME 2349 01:44:55,889 --> 01:45:00,193 TO LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. 2350 01:44:58,625 --> 01:45:02,729 GOOD GOVERNMENT MEANS LOOKING 2351 01:45:00,260 --> 01:45:03,730 AT WHAT WE BUILT IDENTIFYING 2352 01:45:02,796 --> 01:45:04,831 WHAT IS NOT WORKING AND 2353 01:45:03,796 --> 01:45:05,965 IMPROVING IT. 2354 01:45:04,898 --> 01:45:07,400 THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE 2355 01:45:06,032 --> 01:45:10,136 THE COUNCIL NOW. 2356 01:45:07,467 --> 01:45:10,703 PLEASE SUPPORT THE 2357 01:45:10,203 --> 01:45:14,240 RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU. 2358 01:45:10,770 --> 01:45:14,941 THANK YOU. 2359 01:45:14,307 --> 01:45:20,814 [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney: 2360 01:45:15,008 --> 01:45:22,182 THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? 2361 01:45:20,881 --> 01:45:23,149 GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 2362 01:45:22,249 --> 01:45:25,218 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2363 01:45:23,216 --> 01:45:25,818 » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. 2364 01:45:25,285 --> 01:45:26,619 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2365 01:45:25,885 --> 01:45:27,320 MINUTE. 2366 01:45:26,686 --> 01:45:44,371 GO AHEAD. 2367 01:45:27,387 --> 01:45:46,473 » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2368 01:45:44,438 --> 01:45:51,978 » Interpreter: THIS BOOK WAS 2369 01:45:46,540 --> 01:45:53,213 WRITTEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT 2370 01:45:52,045 --> 01:45:53,813 GUERR RA* Ss, WARS AT THE SPEED 2371 01:45:53,280 --> 01:45:55,415 OF LIGHT. 2372 01:45:53,880 --> 01:46:06,893 » Speaker: THANK YOU. 2373 01:45:55,482 --> 01:46:08,528 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 2374 01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:09,262 » Interpreter: GIVEN THAT THE 2375 01:46:08,595 --> 01:46:11,531 MISSILES COST HUNDREDS OF 2376 01:46:09,328 --> 01:46:28,749 MILLIONS IT WOULD BE MORE 2377 01:46:11,598 --> 01:46:28,749 BENEFICIAL TO USE LASER. 2378 01:46:39,092 --> 01:46:42,596 YES, THERE IS A CHANGE IN 2379 01:46:41,328 --> 01:46:44,297 AUTHORS, HIS NAME IS PETER 2380 01:46:42,662 --> 01:46:46,332 MORGUES. 2381 01:46:44,364 --> 01:46:49,435 HE'S REPRODUCING HIS BIGGEST 2382 01:46:46,399 --> 01:46:50,403 RETREAT NEXT TIME, HE IS FROM 2383 01:46:49,502 --> 01:46:52,739 NETHERLANDS. 2384 01:46:50,470 --> 01:46:53,673 » Speaker: GRACIAS. 2385 01:46:52,806 --> 01:47:02,282 » Interpreter: THANK YOU. 2386 01:46:53,740 --> 01:47:03,183 » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER? 2387 01:47:02,349 --> 01:47:04,317 GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 2388 01:47:03,250 --> 01:47:05,251 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2389 01:47:04,383 --> 01:47:05,552 » Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6, 2390 01:47:05,317 --> 01:47:06,753 PLEASE. 2391 01:47:05,619 --> 01:47:07,220 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2392 01:47:06,820 --> 01:47:08,354 MINUTE, GO AHEAD. 2393 01:47:07,287 --> 01:47:10,924 » Speaker: THANK YOU. 2394 01:47:08,421 --> 01:47:15,228 COME DAVIS WITH THE CALIFORNIA 2395 01:47:10,991 --> 01:47:17,430 ITC COUNCIL AS WELL AS SPEAKING 2396 01:47:15,295 --> 01:47:18,231 ON BEHALF FROM THE LOS ANGELES 2397 01:47:17,497 --> 01:47:19,866 FEDERATION LABOR. 2398 01:47:18,298 --> 01:47:22,435 GOOD MORNING. 2399 01:47:19,933 --> 01:47:24,504 MY NAME IS TOM DAVIS, AND I'M 2400 01:47:22,502 --> 01:47:27,474 HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT 2401 01:47:24,571 --> 01:47:28,875 OF ITEM 6, THE WAGE THEFT 2402 01:47:27,541 --> 01:47:30,510 ORDINANCE WHICH WILL HELP 2403 01:47:28,942 --> 01:47:35,748 ENSURE ALL WORKERS ARE PAID FOR 2404 01:47:30,577 --> 01:47:38,284 THE MEAL AND REST BREAKS AND 2405 01:47:35,815 --> 01:47:42,222 OVERTIME PAY THEY'VE EARNED. 2406 01:47:38,351 --> 01:47:44,324 IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, WE'VE 2407 01:47:42,289 --> 01:47:46,626 SCENE A DECREASE, THEY'RE 2408 01:47:44,391 --> 01:47:48,862 NOTORIOUS FOR WORKING AS MANY 2409 01:47:46,693 --> 01:47:50,497 HOURS AS POSSIBLE IN A DAY AND 2410 01:47:48,929 --> 01:47:51,998 THEN FLEEING AFTER A SHOOTING 2411 01:47:50,564 --> 01:47:54,400 FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN 2412 01:47:52,065 --> 01:47:56,269 THEY'RE GONE. 2413 01:47:54,467 --> 01:47:58,538 THESE PRODUCTIONS WORK 12 TO 16 2414 01:47:56,336 --> 01:48:02,509 HOURS A DAY AND PAY THE 2415 01:47:58,605 --> 01:48:05,245 TECHNICIANS ON A FLAT RATE. 2416 01:48:02,576 --> 01:48:07,547 OFTEN BELOW MINIMUM WAGE. 2417 01:48:05,312 --> 01:48:08,715 THESE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE 2418 01:48:07,614 --> 01:48:10,083 HARDSHIPS FACED BY THE 2419 01:48:08,782 --> 01:48:11,518 TECHNICIANS IN LOS ANGELES AND 2420 01:48:10,150 --> 01:48:13,653 TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT AND 2421 01:48:11,585 --> 01:48:14,153 THEREFORE I ASK FOR YOUR 2422 01:48:13,720 --> 01:48:15,355 FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. 2423 01:48:14,220 --> 01:48:19,192 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2424 01:48:15,422 --> 01:48:22,795 » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. 2425 01:48:19,259 --> 01:48:23,730 [APPLAUSE] 2426 01:48:22,862 --> 01:48:24,697 GOOD MORNING WHAT WOULD YOU 2427 01:48:23,797 --> 01:48:28,768 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2428 01:48:24,764 --> 01:48:29,469 » Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON 2429 01:48:28,835 --> 01:48:31,070 ITEM NUMBER 6. 2430 01:48:29,536 --> 01:48:32,005 » City Attorney: OKAY. 2431 01:48:31,137 --> 01:48:32,705 SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR 2432 01:48:32,072 --> 01:48:34,974 EACH. 2433 01:48:32,772 --> 01:48:37,944 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, 2434 01:48:35,041 --> 01:48:40,280 COUNCILMEMBER, I'M GLORIA FROM 2435 01:48:38,011 --> 01:48:42,148 FILIPINO WORKER CENTER, CALLING 2436 01:48:40,347 --> 01:48:44,851 TO ASK THE COUNCILMEMBER TO 2437 01:48:42,215 --> 01:48:47,420 VOTE YES ON THE FULL ADOPTION 2438 01:48:44,918 --> 01:48:49,956 OF THE OFFICE WORD STANDARD, 2439 01:48:47,487 --> 01:48:52,458 INFORMS US THAT THIS WEDNESDAY 2440 01:48:50,023 --> 01:48:58,364 HEARING THAT'S COUNCIL FILE, 2441 01:48:52,525 --> 01:49:00,199 LOS ANGELES IS THE WAIT OF THE 2442 01:48:58,431 --> 01:49:03,403 NATION AND ACCESSING TOOLS THE 2443 01:49:00,266 --> 01:49:05,505 CITY HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO 2444 01:49:03,470 --> 01:49:08,308 ENSURE THE LABOR LAWS AND BOOKS 2445 01:49:05,572 --> 01:49:10,410 ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED. 2446 01:49:08,375 --> 01:49:11,578 SO WORKERS CAN RECOVER WITH 2447 01:49:10,477 --> 01:49:14,113 JUST THE EARN. 2448 01:49:11,645 --> 01:49:15,481 CREATED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO 2449 01:49:14,180 --> 01:49:17,784 AND THIS EMPLOYMENT ARE 2450 01:49:15,548 --> 01:49:19,419 NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 2451 01:49:17,851 --> 01:49:22,622 OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO 2452 01:49:19,486 --> 01:49:24,257 GET HELP THEY NEED WHEN THEIR 2453 01:49:22,689 --> 01:49:27,727 VICTIMS OF STAFF. 2454 01:49:24,324 --> 01:49:30,496 WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG 2455 01:49:27,794 --> 01:49:32,298 ENOUGH, TWC WORKER CENTER 2456 01:49:30,563 --> 01:49:33,365 ASKING THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO 2457 01:49:32,365 --> 01:49:36,603 SUPPORT THESE REFORMS WITHOUT 2458 01:49:33,432 --> 01:49:38,004 FURTHER DELAY. 2459 01:49:36,670 --> 01:49:40,039 PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 6. 2460 01:49:38,071 --> 01:49:41,541 THANK YOU. 2461 01:49:40,106 --> 01:49:44,377 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 2462 01:49:41,608 --> 01:49:50,416 NEXT SPEAKER. 2463 01:49:44,444 --> 01:49:53,787 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2464 01:49:50,483 --> 01:49:54,554 SPEAKER, FLOR, PALM DAVIS AND 2465 01:49:53,853 --> 01:49:55,487 KATHY. 2466 01:49:54,621 --> 01:49:57,757 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING 2467 01:49:55,554 --> 01:50:00,560 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2468 01:49:57,824 --> 01:50:02,895 » Speaker: I'M ARIA I'M 2469 01:50:00,627 --> 01:50:03,796 REPRESENTING DOMESTIC WORKERS 2470 01:50:02,962 --> 01:50:06,332 UNDER FILIPINO WORKER CENTER. 2471 01:50:03,863 --> 01:50:07,300 I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 2472 01:50:06,399 --> 01:50:07,533 NUMBER 6 FOR GENERAL PUBLIC 2473 01:50:07,367 --> 01:50:09,802 COMMENT. 2474 01:50:07,600 --> 01:50:10,937 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE 2475 01:50:09,869 --> 01:50:13,039 MINUTE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. 2476 01:50:11,004 --> 01:50:13,973 » Speaker: I'M ASKING TO ASK 2477 01:50:13,106 --> 01:50:17,410 OUR BELOVED COUNCILMEMBERS TO 2478 01:50:14,040 --> 01:50:21,247 VOTE YES ON OT FULL ADOPTIONS 2479 01:50:17,477 --> 01:50:23,383 OF THE WAGE STANDARD REFORMS, 2480 01:50:21,313 --> 01:50:27,020 TODAY'S HEARING. 2481 01:50:23,450 --> 01:50:31,157 THAT'S COUNCIL FILE 23-0932. 2482 01:50:27,087 --> 01:50:35,261 LOS ANGELES IS THE WAGE CAPITOL 2483 01:50:31,224 --> 01:50:36,896 OF THE NATION AND REFORMS 2484 01:50:35,328 --> 01:50:40,967 STRENGTHEN THE TOOLS THE CITY 2485 01:50:36,963 --> 01:50:44,036 HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO ENSURE 2486 01:50:41,034 --> 01:50:45,538 THE LABOR LAWS ARE MORE 2487 01:50:44,103 --> 01:50:47,239 EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED. 2488 01:50:45,604 --> 01:50:48,374 SO WORKERS CAN RECOVER WAGES 2489 01:50:47,306 --> 01:50:50,376 THEY'VE EARNED. 2490 01:50:48,441 --> 01:50:52,745 THE OFFICE OF THE WAGE STANDARD 2491 01:50:50,442 --> 01:50:55,081 WAS CREATED MORE THAN 10 YEARS 2492 01:50:52,812 --> 01:50:57,583 AGO, AND THIS IMPROVEMENTS ARE 2493 01:50:55,148 --> 01:50:58,985 NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 2494 01:50:57,650 --> 01:51:02,388 OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO 2495 01:50:59,052 --> 01:51:06,092 GET HELP THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE 2496 01:51:02,455 --> 01:51:07,927 VICTIMS OF WAGE THEFT LIKE ME. 2497 01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:10,430 WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. 2498 01:51:07,994 --> 01:51:12,031 WE ARE ASKING THE 2499 01:51:10,497 --> 01:51:13,900 COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT 2500 01:51:12,098 --> 01:51:23,209 REFORMS. 2501 01:51:13,967 --> 01:51:24,343 » City Attorney: GENERAL. 2502 01:51:23,276 --> 01:51:25,712 GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 2503 01:51:24,410 --> 01:51:27,113 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2504 01:51:25,779 --> 01:51:28,047 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM 2505 01:51:27,180 --> 01:51:29,215 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 2506 01:51:28,114 --> 01:51:30,350 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2507 01:51:29,282 --> 01:51:32,919 MINUTE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD. 2508 01:51:30,416 --> 01:51:34,520 » Speaker: THANK YOU, OFFICE 2509 01:51:32,986 --> 01:51:36,355 OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, LET 2510 01:51:34,587 --> 01:51:38,691 ME ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO ARE 2511 01:51:36,422 --> 01:51:40,627 STILL LISTENING AND ENGAGING US. 2512 01:51:38,758 --> 01:51:43,262 MUCH APPRECIATED, IT DOES NOT 2513 01:51:40,693 --> 01:51:48,267 GO UNNOTICED. 2514 01:51:43,329 --> 01:51:49,568 I'M PART OF THE LARGEST WORKER, 2515 01:51:48,334 --> 01:51:50,803 STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF WAGE 2516 01:51:49,635 --> 01:51:52,538 STANDARDS. 2517 01:51:50,870 --> 01:51:55,675 OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE'VE 2518 01:51:52,605 --> 01:51:56,843 HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN 2519 01:51:55,742 --> 01:51:59,645 AND TALK TO YOUR CONCERNS. 2520 01:51:56,910 --> 01:52:04,250 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES 2521 01:51:59,712 --> 01:52:06,319 LIKE IS THIS DID UPLICATIVE? 2522 01:52:04,317 --> 01:52:08,454 IS IT SUSTAINABLE AND THOSE ARE 2523 01:52:06,386 --> 01:52:10,490 ALL FAIR QUESTIONS AND I WANT 2524 01:52:08,521 --> 01:52:12,792 TO RECOGNIZE, BUT THOSE ARE 2525 01:52:10,557 --> 01:52:13,392 QUESTIONS FOR WHICH I THINK 2526 01:52:12,859 --> 01:52:15,261 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD 2527 01:52:13,459 --> 01:52:16,262 MOVE FORWARD. 2528 01:52:15,328 --> 01:52:19,031 LOS ANGELES HAS ALREADY 2529 01:52:16,329 --> 01:52:20,199 INVESTED MORE THAN A DECADE IN 2530 01:52:19,098 --> 01:52:21,334 BUILDING AND ENFORCEMENT 2531 01:52:20,266 --> 01:52:22,769 AGENCY, AND CREATING 2532 01:52:21,401 --> 01:52:24,604 PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY 2533 01:52:22,836 --> 01:52:26,672 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, 2534 01:52:24,671 --> 01:52:27,640 MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY. 2535 01:52:26,739 --> 01:52:29,542 WALKING AWAY FROM AN 2536 01:52:27,707 --> 01:52:31,410 OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THIS, 2537 01:52:29,609 --> 01:52:33,212 IS NOT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO 2538 01:52:31,477 --> 01:52:34,613 THE CONTRARY, IT WOULD BE 2539 01:52:33,279 --> 01:52:35,548 FAILING TO MAXIMIZE THE 2540 01:52:34,680 --> 01:52:38,384 INVESTMENT. 2541 01:52:35,615 --> 01:52:38,684 AND THE ECONOMIC RIGHT SIDE NOT 2542 01:52:38,450 --> 01:52:41,087 COMPLICATED. 2543 01:52:38,751 --> 01:52:43,156 WAGES EARNED AND EVERY COUNCIL 2544 01:52:41,154 --> 01:52:44,290 DISTRICT BECOME, RENT GROCERIES 2545 01:52:43,223 --> 01:52:46,325 TRANSPORTATION AND DOLLARS 2546 01:52:44,357 --> 01:52:47,093 SPENT IN YOUR RESPECTIVE 2547 01:52:46,392 --> 01:52:49,595 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 2548 01:52:47,160 --> 01:52:51,230 WHEN THE WAGES ARE STOLEN, THE 2549 01:52:49,662 --> 01:52:53,266 MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY 2550 01:52:51,297 --> 01:52:55,201 AND THIS IS WHY IMPORTANT TO 2551 01:52:53,333 --> 01:52:57,003 EVERYONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS. 2552 01:52:55,268 --> 01:52:58,571 WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS CAN 2553 01:52:57,070 --> 01:53:00,940 SUCCEED AND WE'RE PREPARED TO 2554 01:52:58,638 --> 01:53:02,575 BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ROLE IN 2555 01:53:01,007 --> 01:53:04,877 MAKING SURE IT DOES. 2556 01:53:02,642 --> 01:53:06,045 WORK AGO LONG EACH ONE OF YOUR 2557 01:53:04,944 --> 01:53:07,446 OFFICES, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT 2558 01:53:06,112 --> 01:53:13,686 THAT CAN BE DONE. 2559 01:53:07,513 --> 01:53:15,288 LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT 2560 01:53:13,753 --> 01:53:15,788 ABOUT PUNISHING, RESPONSIBLE 2561 01:53:15,355 --> 01:53:17,590 BUSINESSES, RESPONSIBLE 2562 01:53:15,855 --> 01:53:18,991 EMPLOYERS SHOULD WANT A SYSTEM 2563 01:53:17,657 --> 01:53:20,626 WHERE FOLLOWING THE LAW DOES 2564 01:53:19,058 --> 01:53:21,794 NOT PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE 2565 01:53:20,693 --> 01:53:24,764 AND THAT'S THE KEY. 2566 01:53:21,861 --> 01:53:26,399 WE URGE YOU, STRONGLY TO PASS 2567 01:53:24,831 --> 01:53:28,034 THIS CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT IN 2568 01:53:26,466 --> 01:53:30,570 YOUR CITY, IN YOUR BUSINESS 2569 01:53:28,101 --> 01:53:31,671 OWNERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IN 2570 01:53:30,636 --> 01:53:32,371 YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE 2571 01:53:31,738 --> 01:53:33,473 COMMUNITIES YOU REPRESENT. 2572 01:53:32,438 --> 01:53:35,575 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 2573 01:53:33,539 --> 01:53:36,575 CONSIDERATION. 2574 01:53:35,642 --> 01:53:37,210 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 2575 01:53:36,642 --> 01:53:38,911 NEXT SPEAKER. 2576 01:53:37,277 --> 01:53:42,048 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2577 01:53:38,978 --> 01:53:48,788 SPEAKER, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE 2578 01:53:42,115 --> 01:53:51,357 NAMES, ELVIS JACKSON AND AREAA 2579 01:53:48,854 --> 01:53:53,226 RICINTO. 2580 01:53:51,424 --> 01:53:55,127 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M 2581 01:53:53,293 --> 01:53:56,495 KATHY AND I'M AN ATTORNEY OF 2582 01:53:55,194 --> 01:53:59,298 LEGAL SERVICES, SO LOS ANGELES 2583 01:53:56,562 --> 01:54:02,301 IS THE WAGE THEFT CAPITAL OF 2584 01:53:59,365 --> 01:54:04,069 THIS COUNTRY, AS OF 2024, THE 2585 01:54:02,368 --> 01:54:06,105 CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONERS 2586 01:54:04,136 --> 01:54:07,573 OFFICE TAKES AVERAGE OF 123 2587 01:54:06,172 --> 01:54:09,342 DAYS TO PROCESS GAMES THAT IS 2588 01:54:07,639 --> 01:54:11,644 OVER THREE YEARS. 2589 01:54:09,409 --> 01:54:14,180 WORKERS CANNOT WAIT THAT LONG, 2590 01:54:11,711 --> 01:54:16,282 THEY NEED OWS TO HAVE MORE 2591 01:54:14,247 --> 01:54:18,317 TOOLS AND BECOME A BETTER VEN 2592 01:54:16,349 --> 01:54:20,586 TWO FOR THEM. 2593 01:54:18,384 --> 01:54:21,854 SKIPPED MEALS AND UNBEARABLE 2594 01:54:20,653 --> 01:54:22,688 WAGE THEFT, THEY DESERVE ACTION 2595 01:54:21,920 --> 01:54:24,323 NOW. 2596 01:54:22,755 --> 01:54:29,128 THIS MOTION DOES NOT CREATE A 2597 01:54:24,390 --> 01:54:30,496 NEW LAW, IT DOES NOT IMPOSE NEW 2598 01:54:29,195 --> 01:54:32,598 OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS, AND 2599 01:54:30,563 --> 01:54:34,667 THE STATE ALREADY GRANTED TO 2600 01:54:32,665 --> 01:54:36,269 OWS AND ELIMINATES THE 2601 01:54:34,734 --> 01:54:38,537 REQUIREMENT THAT WORKERS FILE 2602 01:54:36,336 --> 01:54:41,807 WAGE CLAIMS WITH OWS AND THEN 2603 01:54:38,604 --> 01:54:45,945 TURN TO THE LABOR COMMISSIONER 2604 01:54:41,874 --> 01:54:49,148 SEPARATELY TO RECOVER OVERTIME. 2605 01:54:46,012 --> 01:54:51,951 THAT REDUNDANCY IS UNEFFICIENT. 2606 01:54:49,215 --> 01:54:54,020 RIGHT NOW, WHEN OWS 2607 01:54:52,018 --> 01:54:57,423 INVESTIGATES AN EMPLOYER, WHO 2608 01:54:54,087 --> 01:54:58,724 SIMPLY IGNORES THE AGENCY'S 2609 01:54:57,490 --> 01:55:02,295 REQUEST, THEY HAVE TWO OPTION 2610 01:54:58,791 --> 01:55:05,498 TO SEE NAVIGATE A COME BEHR 2611 01:55:02,362 --> 01:55:06,666 SATISFYING EVERY NOTIFICATION 2612 01:55:05,565 --> 01:55:07,366 REQUIREMENT, BRIEFING 2613 01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:11,003 COMMISSIONERS, NOTIFYING 2614 01:55:07,433 --> 01:55:13,572 PARTIES AND SCHEDULING ALE 2615 01:55:11,070 --> 01:55:16,575 HEARING, THEY FORCE, IT IS SO 2616 01:55:13,639 --> 01:55:17,710 BURDENSOME IT IS BEEN USED TWO 2617 01:55:16,642 --> 01:55:20,012 OR THREE TIMES. 2618 01:55:17,777 --> 01:55:22,581 THE SUBPOENA PROCESS HAS BUILT 2619 01:55:20,079 --> 01:55:23,349 IN MECHANICS TO PREVENT ABUSE. 2620 01:55:22,648 --> 01:55:24,216 EVERY EMPLOYER CAN CHALLENGE IN 2621 01:55:23,416 --> 01:55:26,953 COURT. 2622 01:55:24,283 --> 01:55:27,887 THE PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY WHEN 2623 01:55:27,020 --> 01:55:30,222 THOSE SAFEGUARDS ALREADY EXIST. 2624 01:55:27,954 --> 01:55:31,590 WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO OTHER 2625 01:55:30,289 --> 01:55:33,726 PROOF THE PROPOSAL TODAY, THE 2626 01:55:31,657 --> 01:55:34,894 LOW WAGE IMMIGRANT WORKERS 2627 01:55:33,793 --> 01:55:37,730 CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT ANY 2628 01:55:34,961 --> 01:55:38,197 LONGER FOR THE PROTECTIONS THEY 2629 01:55:37,797 --> 01:55:41,734 ARE OWED. 2630 01:55:38,264 --> 01:55:43,135 THANK YOU. 2631 01:55:41,801 --> 01:55:45,838 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2632 01:55:43,202 --> 01:55:48,974 SPEAKER I'LL CALL A FEW MORE 2633 01:55:45,905 --> 01:55:49,442 NAMES, JUMBO SHRIMP AND ARMANDO 2634 01:55:49,041 --> 01:55:50,275 GEE DENA. 2635 01:55:49,509 --> 01:55:52,345 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2636 01:55:50,342 --> 01:55:53,713 WOO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2637 01:55:52,412 --> 01:55:55,815 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WHICH 2638 01:55:53,780 --> 01:55:56,648 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 6. 2639 01:55:55,882 --> 01:55:57,216 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2640 01:55:56,715 --> 01:55:59,785 MINUTE. 2641 01:55:57,283 --> 01:56:02,555 » Speaker: I'M ARIEL MOORE I'M 2642 01:55:59,852 --> 01:56:03,956 THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF LOS 2643 01:56:02,622 --> 01:56:05,591 ANGELES FEDERATION OF LABOR. 2644 01:56:04,023 --> 01:56:06,758 EVERY WEEK AN ESTIMATED 25 TO 2645 01:56:05,658 --> 01:56:08,594 28 MILLION IS STOLEN FROM 2646 01:56:06,825 --> 01:56:09,462 WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES AND 2647 01:56:08,661 --> 01:56:12,298 BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REAL 2648 01:56:09,528 --> 01:56:13,466 PEOPLE. 2649 01:56:12,365 --> 01:56:15,101 FARMWORKERS, JANITORS, SECURITY 2650 01:56:13,533 --> 01:56:16,769 OFFICERS, RETAIL AND 2651 01:56:15,168 --> 01:56:19,038 HOSPITALITY WORKERS, HOME CARE 2652 01:56:16,836 --> 01:56:19,638 PROVIDERS AND WORKERS IN THE 2653 01:56:19,105 --> 01:56:19,972 ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND 2654 01:56:19,705 --> 01:56:21,874 BEYOND. 2655 01:56:20,039 --> 01:56:23,376 THIS IS AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE 2656 01:56:21,941 --> 01:56:25,911 ISSUE. 2657 01:56:23,443 --> 01:56:26,913 THIS IS, A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE 2658 01:56:25,978 --> 01:56:28,080 AND FUNDAMENTAL REQUIRES US TO 2659 01:56:26,979 --> 01:56:29,915 ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE 2660 01:56:28,147 --> 01:56:31,416 ROOM. 2661 01:56:29,982 --> 01:56:34,153 WAGE THEFT IS NOT RACE NEUTRAL 2662 01:56:31,483 --> 01:56:35,187 AND IT IMPACTS THE MOST VUL NER 2663 01:56:34,220 --> 01:56:37,090 WORKERS. 2664 01:56:35,254 --> 01:56:38,257 THE PEOPLE WE RELY TO MAKE THE 2665 01:56:37,156 --> 01:56:40,960 CITY RUN. 2666 01:56:38,323 --> 01:56:43,629 THE ARC OF THE MORE UNIVERSE IS 2667 01:56:41,027 --> 01:56:45,765 LONG BUT THAT ARC HAS NEVER 2668 01:56:43,696 --> 01:56:46,999 BENT ON ITS OWN. 2669 01:56:45,832 --> 01:56:47,867 WORKING PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO 2670 01:56:47,065 --> 01:56:49,702 FIGHT FOR HELL. 2671 01:56:47,934 --> 01:56:51,537 THE POWERS IS NOT SOMETHING WE 2672 01:56:49,769 --> 01:56:55,041 HORD, WE ORGANIZE IT, WE SHARE 2673 01:56:51,604 --> 01:56:56,042 IT AND WE LIFT SOMEBODY ELSE UP. 2674 01:56:55,108 --> 01:56:57,143 TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO 2675 01:56:56,108 --> 01:56:59,445 THE SAME. 2676 01:56:57,210 --> 01:57:03,482 VOTE YES, USE YOUR POWER TO 2677 01:56:59,512 --> 01:57:04,850 STAND WITH WORKERS. 2678 01:57:03,549 --> 01:57:06,252 » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. 2679 01:57:04,917 --> 01:57:08,087 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2680 01:57:06,319 --> 01:57:10,723 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A 2681 01:57:08,154 --> 01:57:12,525 FEW MORE NAMES. 2682 01:57:10,790 --> 01:57:13,459 GODDESS, HARRIETTE ELLIOT AND 2683 01:57:12,591 --> 01:57:14,526 JASON BOXER. 2684 01:57:13,526 --> 01:57:17,296 » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, 2685 01:57:14,593 --> 01:57:17,964 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2686 01:57:17,363 --> 01:57:18,564 » Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT. 2687 01:57:18,030 --> 01:57:18,931 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A 2688 01:57:18,631 --> 01:57:22,835 MINUTE. 2689 01:57:18,998 --> 01:57:27,473 » Speaker: MY NAME IS MICHAEL 2690 01:57:22,902 --> 01:57:31,077 AND MY PRONOUN HE AND HIM AND 2691 01:57:27,539 --> 01:57:34,480 MY PRONOUN SOUTH SIDE SMOKING 2692 01:57:31,144 --> 01:57:40,386 SCAN, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HEARING 2693 01:57:34,547 --> 01:57:42,522 ABOUT BROWN VIOLATIONS. 2694 01:57:40,453 --> 01:57:44,556 I'M SEEING VIOLATIONS LEFT AND 2695 01:57:42,588 --> 01:57:47,626 RIGHT AND UP AND DOWN, SO I 2696 01:57:44,623 --> 01:57:49,328 WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET OUTSIDE 2697 01:57:47,693 --> 01:57:52,064 LAWYERS IF POLICE OFFICERS ARE 2698 01:57:49,395 --> 01:57:54,133 VIOLATING DUE PROCESS WHEN THEY 2699 01:57:52,131 --> 01:57:57,703 EXPEL PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC PLACES 2700 01:57:54,200 --> 01:58:00,806 WITHOUT GIVING THEM A CITATION 2701 01:57:57,769 --> 01:58:02,108 WITHOUT ALLOWING THEM TO 2702 01:58:00,873 --> 01:58:05,144 CHALLENGE THE VIOLATION. 2703 01:58:02,174 --> 01:58:07,012 ALL SHOULD DO THE SAME, THE 2704 01:58:05,211 --> 01:58:09,615 POLICE UNION LAWYERS ARE JUST 2705 01:58:07,079 --> 01:58:11,217 AS PAID OFF AND CORRUPT. 2706 01:58:09,682 --> 01:58:11,584 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 2707 01:58:11,284 --> 01:58:13,018 NECK SPEAKER. 2708 01:58:11,651 --> 01:58:15,554 » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT 2709 01:58:13,085 --> 01:58:17,790 SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL 2710 01:58:15,621 --> 01:58:18,323 FEW MORE NAMES, EP SEEN, AND 2711 01:58:17,856 --> 01:58:19,292 RIO KNOCKO. 2712 01:58:18,390 --> 01:58:22,161 » City Attorney: SO BEFORE WE 2713 01:58:19,358 --> 01:58:24,029 MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I 2714 01:58:22,228 --> 01:58:26,298 JUST WANT TO NOTE, THERE ARE 2715 01:58:24,096 --> 01:58:27,933 WAY MORE NAMES THAN WE HAVE 2716 01:58:26,365 --> 01:58:29,735 SPEAKERS I RECOGNIZE SOME BEING 2717 01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:31,103 USE BID MR. HERMAN AND I 2718 01:58:29,802 --> 01:58:35,508 BELIEVE BY THE GENTLEMAN THAT 2719 01:58:31,170 --> 01:58:37,743 WAS SINGING IN CHINESE FOR 2720 01:58:35,574 --> 01:58:38,711 SURE, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, 2721 01:58:37,810 --> 01:58:41,247 BUT PLEASE SIGN UP ONCE. 2722 01:58:38,778 --> 01:58:43,983 WHEN WE HAVE TO READ OUT 2723 01:58:41,314 --> 01:58:45,351 ADDITIONAL NAMES, IT DOES TAKE 2724 01:58:44,050 --> 01:58:47,853 TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 2725 01:58:45,418 --> 01:58:49,755 DRIVEN HERE TO SPEAK. 2726 01:58:47,920 --> 01:58:51,423 SO, AGAIN, IF WE CATCH YOU 2727 01:58:49,821 --> 01:58:52,758 DOING IT, IT IS DISRUPTIVE TO 2728 01:58:51,490 --> 01:58:55,027 THIS MEETING. 2729 01:58:52,825 --> 01:58:56,395 WE'VE PRONL READ OFF AT LEAST 2730 01:58:55,094 --> 01:58:59,431 TWO DOZEN FAKE NAMES AND YOU 2731 01:58:56,462 --> 01:59:01,500 WILL BE SUBJECT TO WARNINGS AND 2732 01:58:59,498 --> 01:59:03,369 POTENTIAL REMOVALS PURSUANT TO 2733 01:59:01,567 --> 01:59:04,270 COUNCIL RULE 7 AND 12. 2734 01:59:03,436 --> 01:59:06,071 GOOD MORNING, WOO WOULD YOU 2735 01:59:04,337 --> 01:59:07,540 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2736 01:59:06,138 --> 01:59:08,674 » Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND 2737 01:59:07,607 --> 01:59:10,776 ITEM NUMBER 6, PLEASE. 2738 01:59:08,741 --> 01:59:16,448 » City Attorney: GO AHEAD. 2739 01:59:10,843 --> 01:59:18,951 » Speaker: I'M A CONSTITUENT 2740 01:59:16,515 --> 01:59:20,119 AT COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. 2741 01:59:19,018 --> 01:59:22,254 WE ORGANIZE TO BUILD THE 2742 01:59:20,186 --> 01:59:23,622 ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER OF 2743 01:59:22,321 --> 01:59:27,493 CARE GIVERS, I'M HERE TO SPEAK 2744 01:59:23,689 --> 01:59:31,197 OF ITEM 6 AS WAGE THEFT IS AN 2745 01:59:27,560 --> 01:59:31,964 AGRECIOUS ISSUE AND WE WELCOME 2746 01:59:31,264 --> 01:59:35,067 STRONGER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM 2747 01:59:32,030 --> 01:59:36,969 TO SEE TO PREVENT IT. 2748 01:59:35,134 --> 01:59:39,271 TAXING WORK AND HELPING THE 2749 01:59:37,036 --> 01:59:40,673 ELDERLY LIVE DIGNIFIED LIVES AS 2750 01:59:39,338 --> 01:59:41,273 THEY NEED ASSISTANCE USING THE 2751 01:59:40,740 --> 01:59:42,942 BATHROOM OR EATING 2752 01:59:41,339 --> 01:59:46,345 INDEPENDENTLY. 2753 01:59:43,009 --> 01:59:49,081 THEY WORK 24-HOUR SHIFTS AND 2754 01:59:46,412 --> 01:59:52,551 HELPING AS A RESULT OF THESE 2755 01:59:49,148 --> 01:59:54,153 STRENUOUS HOURS ARE OFTEN 2756 01:59:52,618 --> 01:59:55,787 DEPRIVED OF PORTIONS OF THEIR 2757 01:59:54,220 --> 01:59:56,455 PAY AND DENIED OVERTIME AND 2758 01:59:55,854 --> 02:00:00,593 BREAKS. 2759 01:59:56,522 --> 02:00:03,762 YOU MAY AS WE ALREADY DID, 2760 02:00:00,660 --> 02:00:04,730 HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT ITEM 6 2761 02:00:03,829 --> 02:00:08,100 THREATENING THEIR BOTTOM LINE. 2762 02:00:04,797 --> 02:00:12,404 IF A BUSINESS ATTEST AS THEY 2763 02:00:08,167 --> 02:00:14,540 HAVE TODAY, THAT THEY CANNOT 2764 02:00:12,471 --> 02:00:16,976 BALANCE THEIR BOOKS, I WANT TO 2765 02:00:14,606 --> 02:00:18,377 YOU CONSIDER IF THIS IS A 2766 02:00:17,043 --> 02:00:20,679 BUSINESS THAT THE L.A. WANT TO 2767 02:00:18,444 --> 02:00:22,548 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH. 2768 02:00:20,746 --> 02:00:23,716 PLEASE VOTE YES ON 6. 2769 02:00:22,615 --> 02:00:26,385 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 2770 02:00:23,783 --> 02:00:27,686 [APPLAUSE] 2771 02:00:26,452 --> 02:00:28,554 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 2772 02:00:27,753 --> 02:00:29,722 NEXT SPEAKER. 2773 02:00:28,621 --> 02:00:30,656 GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU 2774 02:00:29,789 --> 02:00:31,923 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2775 02:00:30,723 --> 02:00:32,290 » Speaker: ITEM 3 AND GENERAL 2776 02:00:31,990 --> 02:00:33,392 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2777 02:00:32,357 --> 02:00:34,527 » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU 2778 02:00:33,459 --> 02:00:35,761 HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH, GO 2779 02:00:34,593 --> 02:00:38,764 AHEAD. 2780 02:00:35,828 --> 02:00:40,833 » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M 2781 02:00:38,831 --> 02:00:42,234 CHRIS TYLER I'M COMMUNICATION 2782 02:00:40,900 --> 02:00:45,004 FOR JUST ECONOMY AND I'M HERE 2783 02:00:42,301 --> 02:00:46,706 TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3. 2784 02:00:45,071 --> 02:00:51,309 I REVIEWED THE PRESENTATION BY 2785 02:00:46,772 --> 02:00:52,811 THE CAO AND THE CLA AND 2786 02:00:51,376 --> 02:00:53,979 APPRECIATE SOME OF THE 2787 02:00:52,878 --> 02:00:56,048 AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER 2788 02:00:54,046 --> 02:00:57,583 AGREEMENT WHICH DOES NOT PUT US 2789 02:00:56,115 --> 02:00:59,251 IN A BETTER POSITION 2790 02:00:57,649 --> 02:01:01,553 FINANCIALLY, HOWEVER THERE ARE 2791 02:00:59,318 --> 02:01:03,656 STILL SOME ISSUES, NAMELY ONE 2792 02:01:01,620 --> 02:01:06,692 BIG ISSUE WHICH IS THAT LA28 2793 02:01:03,723 --> 02:01:07,360 HAS NO REAL INCENTIVE NOT TO 2794 02:01:06,758 --> 02:01:10,262 BANKRUPT US. 2795 02:01:07,426 --> 02:01:12,330 AND IF THEY COME IN UNDER 2796 02:01:10,329 --> 02:01:14,199 FUNDRAISED AND UNDER BUDGET TAX 2797 02:01:12,397 --> 02:01:15,367 DOLLARS WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR 2798 02:01:14,266 --> 02:01:17,002 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS POTENTIALLY. 2799 02:01:15,434 --> 02:01:21,974 THIS IS A RISK WITH AN 2800 02:01:17,069 --> 02:01:24,243 ORGANIZATION THAT IS 2801 02:01:22,041 --> 02:01:25,544 UNACCOUNTABLE IN A WAY THAT 2802 02:01:24,310 --> 02:01:28,414 L.A. HAS PROVEN TO BE. 2803 02:01:25,611 --> 02:01:30,482 THIS AGREEMENT WAS DUE OCTOBER 2804 02:01:28,481 --> 02:01:34,353 1 OF 2025. 2805 02:01:30,549 --> 02:01:36,622 TODAY IS AUGUST 12, OF 2026. 2806 02:01:34,420 --> 02:01:38,724 SO WHAT'S ANOTHER 100 DAYS OF 2807 02:01:36,689 --> 02:01:40,125 NEGOTIATIONS IF IF MEANS THAT 2808 02:01:38,791 --> 02:01:42,161 TAXPAYERS WILL COME OUT WITH 2809 02:01:40,192 --> 02:01:43,596 BETTER TERMS AND CONDITIONS 2810 02:01:42,228 --> 02:01:47,266 AROUND THE LA28 AGREEMENT. 2811 02:01:43,663 --> 02:01:50,469 AND PERHAPS, ONCE YOU FACTOR IN 2812 02:01:47,333 --> 02:01:52,071 THE HUMAN COSTS OF THESE GAMES, 2813 02:01:50,536 --> 02:01:53,672 DISPLACEMENT SWEEPS, THE 2814 02:01:52,138 --> 02:01:55,307 ENCOURAGEMENT OF FEDERAL POLICE 2815 02:01:53,739 --> 02:01:57,276 IN OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES, 2816 02:01:55,374 --> 02:01:58,710 THEN PERHAPS THE MOST COST 2817 02:01:57,343 --> 02:01:59,044 AFFECTIVE SOLUTION WILL BE 2818 02:01:58,777 --> 02:02:03,148 CANCELLATION. 2819 02:01:59,111 --> 02:02:04,049 THANK YOU. 2820 02:02:03,215 --> 02:02:07,419 » Clerk: COUNCIL ALL NAMES 2821 02:02:04,116 --> 02:02:08,654 HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR IN-PERSON 2822 02:02:07,486 --> 02:02:09,822 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2823 02:02:08,721 --> 02:02:11,190 » City Attorney: AND MR. 2824 02:02:09,889 --> 02:02:12,591 PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 2825 02:02:11,257 --> 02:02:14,626 MOVE TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT 2826 02:02:12,658 --> 02:02:15,994 AT THIS TIME? 2827 02:02:14,693 --> 02:02:17,463 » Council President: LET'S 2828 02:02:16,061 --> 02:02:18,164 MOVE TO VIRTUAL COMMENT, PLEASE. 2829 02:02:17,530 --> 02:02:20,399 » City Attorney: MEMBERS OF 2830 02:02:18,230 --> 02:02:23,468 THE PUBLIC I WILL NOW EXPLAIN 2831 02:02:20,466 --> 02:02:24,036 THE PROCEDURE FOR VIRTUAL 2832 02:02:23,535 --> 02:02:26,838 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2833 02:02:24,103 --> 02:02:29,141 PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE 2834 02:02:26,905 --> 02:02:30,309 YOUR HAND UNTIL I'M FINISHED 2835 02:02:29,208 --> 02:02:33,245 EXPLAINING THE PROCEDURE. 2836 02:02:30,376 --> 02:02:35,114 AFTER I WILL ASK STAFF TO 2837 02:02:33,312 --> 02:02:36,715 ENABLE THE RAISED HAND FUNCTION 2838 02:02:35,181 --> 02:02:39,251 FOR OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 2839 02:02:36,782 --> 02:02:41,553 AFTER WHICH CALLERS CAN PRESS 2840 02:02:39,318 --> 02:02:43,856 STAR-9 TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. 2841 02:02:41,620 --> 02:02:45,491 AFTER YOU PRESS STAR-9, YOU 2842 02:02:43,923 --> 02:02:47,126 WILL HEAR A MESSAGE STATING 2843 02:02:45,558 --> 02:02:50,596 THAT YOUR HAND HAS BEEN RAISED. 2844 02:02:47,193 --> 02:02:52,231 CALLERS WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO 2845 02:02:50,663 --> 02:02:56,168 SPEAK, AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE 2846 02:02:52,298 --> 02:02:59,571 FROM ZOOM WILL PROMPT YOU TO 2847 02:02:56,235 --> 02:03:01,974 PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 2848 02:02:59,638 --> 02:03:02,741 AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO 2849 02:03:02,041 --> 02:03:04,309 UNMUTE YOURSELF OR 2850 02:03:02,807 --> 02:03:05,544 UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL FORFEIT 2851 02:03:04,376 --> 02:03:08,480 YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL 2852 02:03:05,611 --> 02:03:10,082 MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 2853 02:03:08,547 --> 02:03:11,683 ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A 2854 02:03:10,149 --> 02:03:13,618 COUPLE OF IMPORTANT POINTS FOR 2855 02:03:11,750 --> 02:03:14,520 OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. 2856 02:03:13,685 --> 02:03:16,355 FIRST WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR 2857 02:03:14,587 --> 02:03:20,058 TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP AN 2858 02:03:16,422 --> 02:03:21,793 EAR TO THE PHONE SO WE KNOW IN 2859 02:03:20,125 --> 02:03:22,594 REALTIME WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO 2860 02:03:21,860 --> 02:03:24,696 UNMUTE. 2861 02:03:22,661 --> 02:03:27,433 SECOND, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO 2862 02:03:24,763 --> 02:03:28,600 SPEAK, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TURN 2863 02:03:27,500 --> 02:03:30,235 DOWN ANY OTHER TWICE THAT 2864 02:03:28,667 --> 02:03:32,438 YOU'RE WATCHING IN MEETING ON, 2865 02:03:30,302 --> 02:03:33,772 AS LIKELY TO CREATE FEEDBACK 2866 02:03:32,504 --> 02:03:35,174 AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A 2867 02:03:33,839 --> 02:03:36,508 TIME DELAY, SO THERE IS A LOT 2868 02:03:35,240 --> 02:03:37,810 OF CONFUSION IF YOU CONTINUE TO 2869 02:03:36,575 --> 02:03:39,244 LISTEN AND WATCH ON OTHER 2870 02:03:37,876 --> 02:03:40,345 DEVICES. 2871 02:03:39,311 --> 02:03:42,548 THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC 2872 02:03:40,412 --> 02:03:44,750 COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS 2873 02:03:42,615 --> 02:03:45,751 NUMBER 3, AND ITEMS 6 THROUGH 2874 02:03:44,816 --> 02:03:48,287 51. 2875 02:03:45,818 --> 02:03:51,723 AGAIN, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 2876 02:03:48,354 --> 02:03:54,493 ITEMS 6 THROUGH 51. 2877 02:03:51,790 --> 02:03:56,562 WITH THAT, I WILL NOW ASK THE 2878 02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:58,163 STAFF TO PLEASE ENABLE THE 2879 02:03:56,629 --> 02:03:59,798 RAISED HAND FUNCTION AND MR. 2880 02:03:58,230 --> 02:04:16,916 PRESIDENT BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET 2881 02:03:59,865 --> 02:04:16,916 ME CONFIRM ONE THING WITH STAFF. 2882 02:04:22,855 --> 02:04:26,859 OKAY, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN 2883 02:04:24,356 --> 02:04:27,860 CALLING NUMBERS. 2884 02:04:26,926 --> 02:04:29,394 » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE 2885 02:04:27,926 --> 02:04:30,329 PRIVATE NUMBER, PLEASE UNMUTE 2886 02:04:29,461 --> 02:04:31,564 YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND 2887 02:04:30,396 --> 02:04:33,799 THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2888 02:04:31,630 --> 02:04:35,200 SPEAK ON. 2889 02:04:33,866 --> 02:04:36,968 » Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS 2890 02:04:35,267 --> 02:04:37,269 JASON, I'M A SMOKE ISING SCAN 2891 02:04:37,035 --> 02:04:38,470 VIEWER. 2892 02:04:37,336 --> 02:04:39,805 » City Attorney: SO BEFORE YOU 2893 02:04:38,536 --> 02:04:40,772 BEGIN, I'M GOING TO ASK 2894 02:04:39,872 --> 02:04:43,542 EVERYBODY ON THE PHONES, THIS 2895 02:04:40,839 --> 02:04:44,410 IS THE SAME PROCEDURE, WE USE 2896 02:04:43,609 --> 02:04:45,844 REGULARLY, PLEASE IDENTIFY 2897 02:04:44,476 --> 02:04:47,946 WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2898 02:04:45,911 --> 02:04:49,548 SPEAK TO AND THEN IDENTIFY THE 2899 02:04:48,013 --> 02:04:51,850 ITEM THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY 2900 02:04:49,615 --> 02:04:54,152 SPEAKING WHEN YOU SWITCH TO 2901 02:04:51,917 --> 02:04:55,020 ANOTHER ITEM, IT HELPS US MAKE 2902 02:04:54,219 --> 02:04:56,388 SURE WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO 2903 02:04:55,087 --> 02:04:57,389 AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ON 2904 02:04:56,454 --> 02:04:58,290 TOPIC. 2905 02:04:57,456 --> 02:04:59,258 WITH THAT, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU 2906 02:04:58,357 --> 02:05:00,458 LIKE TO SPEAK TO? 2907 02:04:59,325 --> 02:05:01,093 » Speaker: THANK YOU, LITTLE 2908 02:05:00,525 --> 02:05:05,163 BROTHER. 2909 02:05:01,160 --> 02:05:08,200 IS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 9, 2910 02:05:05,230 --> 02:05:09,001 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, >> City 2911 02:05:08,267 --> 02:05:10,502 Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE 2912 02:05:09,068 --> 02:05:11,436 THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS YOU 2913 02:05:10,569 --> 02:05:12,371 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. 2914 02:05:11,503 --> 02:05:15,407 » Speaker: I'M NOT DONE. 2915 02:05:12,438 --> 02:05:17,009 » City Attorney: THAT'S FINE. 2916 02:05:15,474 --> 02:05:19,345 YOU WILL MORE THAN THREE ITEMS. 2917 02:05:17,076 --> 02:05:19,778 » Speaker: WHAT THE HEM 2918 02:05:19,411 --> 02:05:21,613 PUMPKIN HEAD. 2919 02:05:19,845 --> 02:05:23,015 » City Attorney: I'M TRYING TO 2920 02:05:21,680 --> 02:05:24,216 GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS, I'M 2921 02:05:23,082 --> 02:05:25,117 TRYING TO HELP YOU GIVE PUBLIC 2922 02:05:24,283 --> 02:05:26,952 COMMENT. 2923 02:05:25,184 --> 02:05:28,754 YOU'VE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 2924 02:05:27,019 --> 02:05:29,587 THREE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN. 2925 02:05:28,821 --> 02:05:30,389 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE 2926 02:05:29,654 --> 02:05:31,957 ITEMS. 2927 02:05:30,456 --> 02:05:34,459 PLEASE START THE TIME. 2928 02:05:32,024 --> 02:05:36,595 » Speaker: HEY, WHAT'S UP, 2929 02:05:34,526 --> 02:05:41,133 DAISY BOO. 2930 02:05:36,662 --> 02:05:41,800 SO THE OTHER DAY I'M IN 2931 02:05:41,200 --> 02:05:44,503 FIGUEROA WITH THIS CHICK. 2932 02:05:41,867 --> 02:05:45,671 » City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU 2933 02:05:44,570 --> 02:05:47,272 CONNECT THIS TO SOMETHING ON 2934 02:05:45,738 --> 02:05:49,207 THE AGENDA AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE 2935 02:05:47,339 --> 02:05:50,842 IN JEAN PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU 2936 02:05:49,274 --> 02:05:51,677 NEED TO STICK TO SOMETHING 2937 02:05:50,909 --> 02:05:53,178 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS 2938 02:05:51,744 --> 02:05:57,549 BODY. 2939 02:05:53,245 --> 02:05:59,585 IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL 2940 02:05:57,616 --> 02:06:01,286 FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME. 2941 02:05:59,652 --> 02:06:03,322 » Speaker: I WAS TRYING TO GET 2942 02:06:01,352 --> 02:06:05,457 TO IT, I WAS TALK ABOUT THING 2943 02:06:03,389 --> 02:06:08,860 WAGES, THE WAGES GETTING 2944 02:06:05,524 --> 02:06:11,396 STOLEN, THIS CHICK I PAID HER 2945 02:06:08,927 --> 02:06:15,500 $5 FOR A HUB AND RUB. 2946 02:06:11,463 --> 02:06:18,070 AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS HAVING 2947 02:06:15,567 --> 02:06:20,772 A HARD TIME WORK GET A JOB, SHE 2948 02:06:18,136 --> 02:06:22,408 WAS WORKING AT THE SPERM BANK 2949 02:06:20,839 --> 02:06:22,841 BUT SHE WAS CAUGHT DRINKING ON 2950 02:06:22,474 --> 02:06:23,976 THE JOB. 2951 02:06:22,908 --> 02:06:25,244 » City 2952 02:06:24,043 --> 02:06:26,178 » Council President: THIS IS 2953 02:06:25,310 --> 02:06:27,412 OFF TOPIC. 2954 02:06:26,245 --> 02:06:28,213 THIS IS OFF TOPIC. 2955 02:06:27,478 --> 02:06:33,818 PLEASE GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC 2956 02:06:28,280 --> 02:06:34,753 COMMENT. 2957 02:06:33,885 --> 02:06:36,121 » Speaker: [INDISCERNIBLE] 2958 02:06:34,820 --> 02:06:36,889 » City Attorney: GO AHEAD 2959 02:06:36,188 --> 02:06:37,522 YOU'RE ON GENERAL PUBLIC 2960 02:06:36,956 --> 02:06:39,191 COMMENT. 2961 02:06:37,589 --> 02:06:44,196 » Speaker: THANK YOU, PUMPKIN 2962 02:06:39,258 --> 02:06:46,731 HEAD, AND BY THE WAY, IS YOUR 2963 02:06:44,263 --> 02:06:47,499 HAIR LINE RECEDING OR--SMOKING 2964 02:06:46,798 --> 02:06:49,668 SCAN COMMUNITY. 2965 02:06:47,566 --> 02:06:52,671 WE HAVE A GOOD MEET AND GREET 2966 02:06:49,734 --> 02:06:54,773 TODAY. 2967 02:06:52,738 --> 02:06:58,143 ANYWAY I WAS SEEING THIS CHICK, 2968 02:06:54,840 --> 02:06:59,378 I PAID HER $5 TO GET UP ON HER 2969 02:06:58,210 --> 02:07:00,311 BACKSIDE. 2970 02:06:59,445 --> 02:07:00,779 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN 2971 02:07:00,378 --> 02:07:03,281 WARNED. 2972 02:07:00,846 --> 02:07:04,449 THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE SUBJECT 2973 02:07:03,348 --> 02:07:05,417 MATTER OF THE CITY. 2974 02:07:04,516 --> 02:07:07,219 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK 2975 02:07:05,484 --> 02:07:07,519 THAT WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 2976 02:07:07,285 --> 02:07:09,554 CALLER. 2977 02:07:07,586 --> 02:07:11,823 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE 2978 02:07:09,621 --> 02:07:14,993 WANT TO NOTE, IT IS A LOT MORE 2979 02:07:11,890 --> 02:07:16,128 DIFFICULT FOR US TO HEAR THE 2980 02:07:15,060 --> 02:07:17,996 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHEN 2981 02:07:16,195 --> 02:07:19,865 WE'RE HERE IN CHAMBERS. 2982 02:07:18,063 --> 02:07:23,769 VS LISTENED TO YOUTUBE, IT 2983 02:07:19,932 --> 02:07:26,505 COMES THROUGH A LOT MORE CLEAR, 2984 02:07:23,836 --> 02:07:28,072 SO IF YOU HEAR TRYING TO FIND 2985 02:07:26,572 --> 02:07:29,574 OUT WHAT THE SPEAK CER SAYING, 2986 02:07:28,139 --> 02:07:31,777 THE AUDIO IS NOT AS CLEAR. 2987 02:07:29,641 --> 02:07:34,446 WITH THAT, CAN WE CALL THE NEXT 2988 02:07:31,844 --> 02:07:38,116 SPEAKER, PLEASE ? 2989 02:07:34,513 --> 02:07:39,051 » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST 2990 02:07:38,183 --> 02:07:40,018 FOUR DIGITS, 1881, PLEASE STATE 2991 02:07:39,118 --> 02:07:41,887 YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS WOULD 2992 02:07:40,085 --> 02:07:43,989 YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON? 2993 02:07:41,954 --> 02:07:45,457 » Speaker: YES, I WOULD LIKE 3 2994 02:07:44,056 --> 02:07:45,690 AND 6 AND PUBLIC COMMENT, 2995 02:07:45,523 --> 02:07:47,192 PLEASE. 2996 02:07:45,757 --> 02:07:48,660 » City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO 2997 02:07:47,259 --> 02:07:49,460 MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE 2998 02:07:48,726 --> 02:07:50,462 FOR GENERAL. 2999 02:07:49,527 --> 02:07:51,830 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. 3000 02:07:50,529 --> 02:07:53,932 » Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, THANK 3001 02:07:51,897 --> 02:07:55,534 YOU FOR STOPPING THE RIDICULOUS 3002 02:07:53,999 --> 02:07:58,070 CALLS. 3003 02:07:55,601 --> 02:08:00,839 ITEM 3, THE OLYMPICS, YOU KNOW, 3004 02:07:58,137 --> 02:08:04,309 I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE IN 3005 02:08:00,906 --> 02:08:05,010 848 AND TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND 3006 02:08:04,375 --> 02:08:07,779 PROFESSIONALISM OF WHAT THE 3007 02:08:05,076 --> 02:08:09,648 CITY DID WITH THE OLYMPICS. 3008 02:08:07,846 --> 02:08:11,049 THEY USED TO GIVE US UPDATES, 3009 02:08:09,715 --> 02:08:12,451 YOU WOULD BE DRIVING INTO L.A. 3010 02:08:11,116 --> 02:08:14,553 AND YOU WOULD HEAR UPDATES 3011 02:08:12,518 --> 02:08:15,954 ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, WE HAVE 3012 02:08:14,620 --> 02:08:17,522 NO UPDATES, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 3013 02:08:16,021 --> 02:08:20,525 FAIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE 3014 02:08:17,589 --> 02:08:22,895 DONALD TRUMP THE BIGGEST GIFT 3015 02:08:20,592 --> 02:08:26,231 POSSIBLE BECAUSE HIS GOAL IS TO 3016 02:08:22,961 --> 02:08:28,433 EMBARRASS US AT THIS OLYMPICS. 3017 02:08:26,297 --> 02:08:32,070 SO MR. DAWSON, MR. BLOOMFIELD, 3018 02:08:28,500 --> 02:08:33,939 ALL OF YOU, MR., THE SO-CALLED 3019 02:08:32,137 --> 02:08:37,375 PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY IS 3020 02:08:34,006 --> 02:08:38,811 GOING TO EMBARRASS US IN 28 AND 3021 02:08:37,442 --> 02:08:40,579 YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY 3022 02:08:38,877 --> 02:08:42,447 WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED. 3023 02:08:40,646 --> 02:08:43,615 GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND START 3024 02:08:42,514 --> 02:08:45,917 HAVING UPDATES AND MAKE SURE 3025 02:08:43,682 --> 02:08:49,321 THIS CITY IS NOT EMBARRASSED. 3026 02:08:45,984 --> 02:08:50,455 LET'S MOVE ON TO 6. 3027 02:08:49,388 --> 02:08:52,824 6. 3028 02:08:50,522 --> 02:08:55,093 » City Attorney: GO AHEAD. 3029 02:08:52,891 --> 02:08:58,497 » Speaker: HELLO. 3030 02:08:55,160 --> 02:09:00,398 6, ITEM 6 THE WAGES, MOST OF 3031 02:08:58,564 --> 02:09:02,467 THOSE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE ME. 3032 02:09:00,465 --> 02:09:08,840 MS. RODRIGUEZ, THEY LOOK LIKE 3033 02:09:02,534 --> 02:09:15,981 YOU, THEY LOOK LIKE MS. 3034 02:09:08,907 --> 02:09:16,682 PADILLA, MS. HERNANDEZ, MR. 3035 02:09:16,048 --> 02:09:18,617 SOTO-MARTINEZ, MS. RODRIGUEZ, 3036 02:09:16,748 --> 02:09:19,918 YOU'RE ON YOUR LAST YEARS, TAKE 3037 02:09:18,684 --> 02:09:21,987 THE LEAD. 3038 02:09:19,985 --> 02:09:23,622 PEOPLE LIKE TRUMP, THEY ACCEPT 3039 02:09:22,054 --> 02:09:24,790 SUE, BUT ONCE YOU LEAVE THAT 3040 02:09:23,689 --> 02:09:27,492 OFFICE, YOU'RE JUST LIKE THE 3041 02:09:24,857 --> 02:09:28,559 REST OF US. 3042 02:09:27,559 --> 02:09:29,361 SO PLEASE, TAKE THE LEAD IN 3043 02:09:28,626 --> 02:09:31,129 THIS. 3044 02:09:29,428 --> 02:09:32,231 YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS TO REALLY 3045 02:09:31,196 --> 02:09:33,565 DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE OF 3046 02:09:32,297 --> 02:09:35,433 THE CITY. 3047 02:09:33,632 --> 02:09:37,502 THIS CITY HAS BEEN GOOD TO YOU, 3048 02:09:35,500 --> 02:09:39,404 NOW YOU BE GOOD TO THE PEOPLE 3049 02:09:37,569 --> 02:09:40,705 OF THE GREAT CITY. 3050 02:09:39,471 --> 02:09:42,808 REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS, LOOK 3051 02:09:40,772 --> 02:09:44,109 JUST LIKE THOSE PEOPLE THAT 3052 02:09:42,875 --> 02:09:45,010 WERE IN FRONT OF YOU. 3053 02:09:44,176 --> 02:09:46,411 PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. 3054 02:09:45,077 --> 02:09:47,312 » City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU 3055 02:09:46,478 --> 02:09:48,446 HAVE ONE MINUTE. 3056 02:09:47,379 --> 02:09:50,649 » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT. 3057 02:09:48,513 --> 02:09:53,585 THANK YOU, SIR. 3058 02:09:50,715 --> 02:09:55,854 I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 3059 02:09:53,652 --> 02:09:57,956 HONORING GAL PIN, I DON'T KNOW 3060 02:09:55,921 --> 02:09:58,890 IF WE ALREADY HAVE, I APOLOGIZE 3061 02:09:58,023 --> 02:10:05,797 FOR NOT REMEMBERING. 3062 02:09:58,957 --> 02:10:07,399 I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT 3063 02:10:05,864 --> 02:10:07,666 THE BOCHMAN'S WERE WONDERFUL 3064 02:10:07,465 --> 02:10:09,301 PEOPLE. 3065 02:10:07,732 --> 02:10:10,802 THEY WERE NOT DOING IT FOR THE 3066 02:10:09,368 --> 02:10:13,638 SHOW OR RECOGNITION. 3067 02:10:10,869 --> 02:10:15,574 MANY TIMES WE HAD MANY 3068 02:10:13,705 --> 02:10:16,474 CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN VAN NUYS 3069 02:10:15,641 --> 02:10:19,244 UNDER ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND 3070 02:10:16,541 --> 02:10:23,381 THEY MADE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS 3071 02:10:19,311 --> 02:10:26,585 HAD GIFTS FOR THOSE KIDS. 3072 02:10:23,448 --> 02:10:30,422 IN 1963, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN 3073 02:10:26,652 --> 02:10:31,489 WHO WAS OVERCHARGED $500 FOR, 3074 02:10:30,489 --> 02:10:40,532 FOR A CAR. 3075 02:10:31,556 --> 02:10:43,735 YOU KNOW WHAT MR. BOCHMAN DID, 3076 02:10:40,599 --> 02:10:45,537 HE MADE SURE THAT THE PERSON 3077 02:10:43,802 --> 02:10:47,439 GOT THE MONEY BACK. 3078 02:10:45,604 --> 02:10:48,607 I HOPE THE CHILDREN CONTINUE 3079 02:10:47,506 --> 02:10:48,807 THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE 3080 02:10:48,674 --> 02:10:50,709 DONE. 3081 02:10:48,874 --> 02:10:52,811 THANK YOU. 3082 02:10:50,775 --> 02:10:54,312 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 3083 02:10:52,878 --> 02:10:57,782 NECK CALLER. 3084 02:10:54,379 --> 02:10:59,083 » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST 3085 02:10:57,849 --> 02:10:59,651 FOUR DIGITS, 1740, PLEASE 3086 02:10:59,150 --> 02:11:02,153 UNMUTE YOURSELF. 3087 02:10:59,718 --> 02:11:03,155 » Speaker: HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3088 02:11:02,220 --> 02:11:03,788 » City Attorney: YES, WE CAN 3089 02:11:03,221 --> 02:11:05,891 HEAR YOU. 3090 02:11:03,855 --> 02:11:06,524 WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO 3091 02:11:05,957 --> 02:11:08,159 SPEAK TO? 3092 02:11:06,591 --> 02:11:09,794 » Speaker: I'M NOT EXACTLY 3093 02:11:08,226 --> 02:11:11,663 SURE THE NUMBERS, I THINK IT'S 3094 02:11:09,861 --> 02:11:13,465 3 AND 6, IT'S THE OLYMPIC AND 3095 02:11:11,730 --> 02:11:14,966 THE WAGE ONE. 3096 02:11:13,532 --> 02:11:15,333 I'M SORRY, THE WAGE AND ALSO 3097 02:11:15,033 --> 02:11:16,501 PUBLIC COMMENT. 3098 02:11:15,400 --> 02:11:17,469 » City Attorney: OKAY, YES 3099 02:11:16,568 --> 02:11:18,303 YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE 3100 02:11:17,536 --> 02:11:19,037 ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR 3101 02:11:18,370 --> 02:11:20,639 GENERAL. 3102 02:11:19,104 --> 02:11:21,139 PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS. 3103 02:11:20,706 --> 02:11:22,907 GO AHEAD. 3104 02:11:21,206 --> 02:11:26,411 » Speaker: THANK YOU, GROAT, 3105 02:11:22,974 --> 02:11:28,980 MISS YOU BRO. 3106 02:11:26,478 --> 02:11:30,582 SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO 3107 02:11:29,047 --> 02:11:31,983 CITY COUNCIL FOR YEARS AND 3108 02:11:30,649 --> 02:11:33,218 YEARS AND YEARS, TALKING ABOUT 3109 02:11:32,050 --> 02:11:33,852 THEIR WAGES BEING STOLEN BY 3110 02:11:33,284 --> 02:11:35,954 THEIR EMPLOYERS. 3111 02:11:33,919 --> 02:11:37,555 IF YOU SPEAK TO AN OFFICER AND 3112 02:11:36,021 --> 02:11:41,726 YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND SOMEBODY 3113 02:11:37,622 --> 02:11:42,894 HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, COMING IN 3114 02:11:41,793 --> 02:11:46,765 AND MAKING A MESS IN THE 3115 02:11:42,961 --> 02:11:48,667 BATHROOM AND MAYBE THEY STOLE A 3116 02:11:46,832 --> 02:11:50,235 EXTRA PAPER BAG OR WHATEVER THE 3117 02:11:48,733 --> 02:11:52,304 FUCK, THE POLICE CAN DECIDE 3118 02:11:50,302 --> 02:11:54,138 THAT THAT'S A SERIOUS CRIME. 3119 02:11:52,371 --> 02:11:55,540 AND THEY WILL HARASS PEOPLE AND 3120 02:11:54,205 --> 02:11:56,508 GET ON IT FOR THAT BUSINESS 3121 02:11:55,607 --> 02:11:59,044 OWNER. 3122 02:11:56,575 --> 02:12:01,146 AS A WORKER, AS YOU GO THROUGH 3123 02:11:59,111 --> 02:12:03,648 A COP OR ANYONE IN PUBLIC 3124 02:12:01,213 --> 02:12:05,450 SAFETY OR QUOTE INJUSTICE IN 3125 02:12:03,715 --> 02:12:07,285 CRIME, THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE 3126 02:12:05,517 --> 02:12:08,920 TO CALL THE POLICE FOR STEALING 3127 02:12:07,352 --> 02:12:12,123 YOUR WAGES FOR NOT GIVING YOU 3128 02:12:08,987 --> 02:12:13,057 WHAT YOU ALREADY WORKED FOR, 3129 02:12:12,190 --> 02:12:15,160 WHAT THEIR OBLIGATED TO, 3130 02:12:13,124 --> 02:12:16,428 STEALING FROM YOU. 3131 02:12:15,226 --> 02:12:17,629 TAKING FOOD OUT OF YOUR KIDS 3132 02:12:16,494 --> 02:12:19,497 MOUTH. 3133 02:12:17,696 --> 02:12:22,033 THEY WILL LAUGH AT YOU AND THEY 3134 02:12:19,564 --> 02:12:23,401 WILL LOOK AT YOU AS YOU SAID 3135 02:12:22,100 --> 02:12:24,102 THE DUMBEST THING. 3136 02:12:23,468 --> 02:12:25,437 RECENTLY. 3137 02:12:24,169 --> 02:12:26,838 » City Attorney: YOU'VE 3138 02:12:25,504 --> 02:12:28,673 EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON THAT 3139 02:12:26,905 --> 02:12:30,075 ITEM, PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER 3140 02:12:28,740 --> 02:12:32,577 ITEM. 3141 02:12:30,142 --> 02:12:35,414 » Council President: -- 3142 02:12:32,644 --> 02:12:37,382 » Speaker: THANK YOU, SO THE 3143 02:12:35,480 --> 02:12:41,252 OLYMPIC ONE. 3144 02:12:37,449 --> 02:12:42,420 THE ONE HANDLING L.A. 2028, OR 3145 02:12:41,319 --> 02:12:43,822 WHATEVER THE FUCK, THERE IS NO 3146 02:12:42,487 --> 02:12:44,990 EXCUSE WITH THIS LACK OF 3147 02:12:43,889 --> 02:12:47,258 COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. 3148 02:12:45,057 --> 02:12:48,860 YOU HAVE COME UP WITH A LITTLE 3149 02:12:47,325 --> 02:12:51,663 TRICK, WHERE YOU PUT SOMETHING 3150 02:12:48,927 --> 02:12:53,498 IN A SILENT WEBSITE OR 3151 02:12:51,730 --> 02:12:56,134 COMMITTEE, OR PIECE OF PAPER, 3152 02:12:53,565 --> 02:12:58,736 AND YOU CONSIDER THAT 3153 02:12:56,201 --> 02:13:00,038 COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC. 3154 02:12:58,803 --> 02:13:04,075 WE REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER 3155 02:13:00,104 --> 02:13:05,043 YOU WENT TO THE RADIO OR TV AND 3156 02:13:04,142 --> 02:13:06,144 TELL PEOPLE DIRECTLY WHAT WAS 3157 02:13:05,109 --> 02:13:07,512 GOING ON. 3158 02:13:06,211 --> 02:13:09,114 UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEOPLE ARE 3159 02:13:07,579 --> 02:13:11,850 DYING OUT AND SOON PEOPLE WILL 3160 02:13:09,181 --> 02:13:14,619 NOT HAVE THAT RECOLLECTION. 3161 02:13:11,917 --> 02:13:16,054 HOWEVER, NOW IS THEIR CHANCE 3162 02:13:14,686 --> 02:13:19,224 THAT YOU'RE NOT FULL OF SHIT. 3163 02:13:16,121 --> 02:13:20,425 AND IF YOU DON'T PROVE THAT, 3164 02:13:19,291 --> 02:13:21,326 YOU HAVE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE 3165 02:13:20,492 --> 02:13:22,927 FUTURE. 3166 02:13:21,393 --> 02:13:23,661 THE PEOPLE THAT BE COMING DOWN 3167 02:13:22,994 --> 02:13:24,963 THERE. 3168 02:13:23,728 --> 02:13:27,732 THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE 3169 02:13:25,030 --> 02:13:29,334 ANGRY. 3170 02:13:27,799 --> 02:13:30,268 GENERAL COMMENT? 3171 02:13:29,401 --> 02:13:33,038 » City Attorney: YES. 3172 02:13:30,335 --> 02:13:35,140 » Speaker: SO RECENTLY SB707 3173 02:13:33,105 --> 02:13:38,543 WHICH I BELIEVE IS A WHOLE 3174 02:13:35,207 --> 02:13:41,079 REASON WHY I'M ABLE TO GIVE 3175 02:13:38,610 --> 02:13:42,914 TELEPHONIC COMMENT, IT SAYS 3176 02:13:41,146 --> 02:13:45,250 SPECIFICALLY, VERY CLEARLY THAT 3177 02:13:42,981 --> 02:13:47,318 THEY SHALL, THAT MEANS MUST IN 3178 02:13:45,317 --> 02:13:50,721 LEGAL LANGUAGE, ALLOW REMOTE 3179 02:13:47,385 --> 02:13:51,923 COMMENT FOR ALL MEETINGS AND 3180 02:13:50,788 --> 02:13:53,391 COMMITTEES. 3181 02:13:51,990 --> 02:13:55,660 AND NITHYA RAMAN WHO WAS THE 3182 02:13:53,457 --> 02:13:57,695 FORMER CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND 3183 02:13:55,727 --> 02:13:58,262 HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE HAS NOT 3184 02:13:57,762 --> 02:13:59,631 BEEN DOING REMOTE PUBLIC 3185 02:13:58,329 --> 02:14:01,733 COMMENT. 3186 02:13:59,698 --> 02:14:02,901 I LISTENED TO HER BUDGET 3187 02:14:01,800 --> 02:14:05,136 MEETING RECENTLY AND THEY 3188 02:14:02,968 --> 02:14:07,705 DIDN'T DO IT EITHER, AND THEY 3189 02:14:05,203 --> 02:14:08,873 SAID YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO 3190 02:14:07,772 --> 02:14:10,975 PURSUE WITH ANY OPTION IF 3191 02:14:08,940 --> 02:14:12,143 THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. 3192 02:14:11,042 --> 02:14:14,212 AND BASICALLY ALL THE WORK THAT 3193 02:14:12,210 --> 02:14:15,413 YOU'VE BEEN DOING IS INVALID, 3194 02:14:14,279 --> 02:14:16,081 IT SAID THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY 3195 02:14:15,480 --> 02:14:17,916 IN THE LAW. 3196 02:14:16,148 --> 02:14:18,850 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS 3197 02:14:17,983 --> 02:14:21,786 ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. 3198 02:14:18,917 --> 02:14:23,388 BUT FUCK THE LAW, WE SHOULD USE 3199 02:14:21,853 --> 02:14:24,489 FORCED TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE, 3200 02:14:23,455 --> 02:14:25,457 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING 3201 02:14:24,556 --> 02:14:27,325 BUT FORCE. 3202 02:14:25,524 --> 02:14:30,628 YOU GUYS TRIED TO BE REASONABLE 3203 02:14:27,392 --> 02:14:32,730 WITH THEM, IT DOES NOT WORK. 3204 02:14:30,695 --> 02:14:33,998 THEY'RE DENYING US ANY RECOURSE. 3205 02:14:32,797 --> 02:14:34,833 » City Attorney: THANK YOU, 3206 02:14:34,065 --> 02:14:35,733 NEXT SPEAKER. 3207 02:14:34,900 --> 02:14:36,668 SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS SECTION 3208 02:14:35,800 --> 02:14:37,569 PIEEDER. 3209 02:14:36,735 --> 02:14:40,371 » Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3210 02:14:37,635 --> 02:14:41,806 THAT IS THE ALLOTTED TIME WE 3211 02:14:40,438 --> 02:14:43,174 HAVE FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 3212 02:14:41,873 --> 02:14:44,776 » Council President: THANK YOU 3213 02:14:43,241 --> 02:14:46,510 VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO 3214 02:14:44,843 --> 02:14:50,915 PARTICIPATED IN OUR MEETING 3215 02:14:46,577 --> 02:14:51,916 IN-PERSON AND TELEPHONIC. 3216 02:14:50,982 --> 02:14:54,652 MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US. 3217 02:14:51,983 --> 02:14:58,256 » Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 7 3218 02:14:54,719 --> 02:14:58,790 AND 8 AND 8 THROUGH 12 AND 14 3219 02:14:58,323 --> 02:15:00,225 THROUGH 23. 3220 02:14:58,857 --> 02:15:01,826 » Council President: OKAY, 3221 02:15:00,292 --> 02:15:02,760 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 3222 02:15:01,893 --> 02:15:04,095 TABULATE THE VOTE. 3223 02:15:02,827 --> 02:15:04,829 » Clerk: ONE MOMENT MR. 3224 02:15:04,162 --> 02:15:05,730 PRESIDENT. 3225 02:15:04,896 --> 02:15:06,231 » Council President: 3226 02:15:05,797 --> 02:15:07,532 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. 3227 02:15:06,297 --> 02:15:10,602 » E. Hernandez: COUNCIL 3228 02:15:07,599 --> 02:15:15,373 PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 3229 02:15:10,669 --> 02:15:17,475 TO RECONSIDER 2 THROUGH 11, 3230 02:15:15,440 --> 02:15:25,216 STREET DISTRICT LIGHTING 3231 02:15:17,542 --> 02:15:27,719 HEARINGS ON YESTERDAY'S AGENDA. 3232 02:15:25,283 --> 02:15:27,986 » Clerk: CAN WE FINISH THE 3233 02:15:27,786 --> 02:15:29,120 VOTE. 3234 02:15:28,053 --> 02:15:30,088 » E. Hernandez: YES. 3235 02:15:29,187 --> 02:15:31,723 » Council President: LET'S 3236 02:15:30,155 --> 02:15:32,857 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 3237 02:15:31,790 --> 02:15:34,225 TABULATE THE VOTE. 3238 02:15:32,924 --> 02:15:35,360 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 3239 02:15:34,292 --> 02:15:36,794 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 3240 02:15:35,427 --> 02:15:38,996 » Clerk: AND COULD YOU AND 3241 02:15:36,861 --> 02:15:39,564 THAT WAS TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 1 3242 02:15:39,063 --> 02:15:43,434 AND. 3243 02:15:39,631 --> 02:15:45,102 » E. Hernandez: ITEMS 2 3244 02:15:43,501 --> 02:15:45,703 THROUGH 11 FROM YESTERDAY'S 3245 02:15:45,169 --> 02:15:46,871 AGENDA. 3246 02:15:45,770 --> 02:15:47,539 THEY ARE STREET LIGHTING 3247 02:15:46,938 --> 02:15:49,874 DISTRICTS. 3248 02:15:47,639 --> 02:15:51,976 » Council President: SO, SO 3249 02:15:49,941 --> 02:15:53,811 YOU'VE GOT A SECOND ON THAT? 3250 02:15:52,043 --> 02:15:54,746 CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT? 3251 02:15:53,878 --> 02:15:56,347 THANK YOU. 3252 02:15:54,813 --> 02:15:59,350 » Council President: ALL RIGHT 3253 02:15:56,414 --> 02:16:01,653 SO, JUST GIVE THE CLERK, READ 3254 02:15:59,417 --> 02:16:03,254 THE FULL LIST AND GIVE HIM A 3255 02:16:01,720 --> 02:16:05,356 MINUTE TO BRING THE ITEMS BACK. 3256 02:16:03,321 --> 02:16:07,158 » E. Hernandez: IT'S 3257 02:16:05,423 --> 02:16:07,725 RECONSIDERING 2 THROUGH 11 3258 02:16:07,225 --> 02:16:08,126 STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT 3259 02:16:07,792 --> 02:16:08,826 HEARINGS. 3260 02:16:08,193 --> 02:16:10,662 » Council President: ALL 3261 02:16:08,893 --> 02:16:11,329 RIGHT, THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND 3262 02:16:10,729 --> 02:16:13,464 SECONDED WITHOUT OBJECTION, 3263 02:16:11,396 --> 02:16:15,300 WE'LL COME BACK TO IT. 3264 02:16:13,531 --> 02:16:17,234 MR. BLUMENFIELD? 3265 02:16:15,367 --> 02:16:17,569 » B. Blumenfield: ITEM 23 3266 02:16:17,301 --> 02:16:19,370 FORTHWITH. 3267 02:16:17,636 --> 02:16:20,805 » Council President: WITHOUT 3268 02:16:19,437 --> 02:16:22,207 OBJECTION, ITEM 23. 3269 02:16:20,872 --> 02:16:25,810 MR. SOTO MOOTER NECESSARY. 3270 02:16:22,274 --> 02:16:26,477 » H. Soto-Martinez: NUMBER 20, 3271 02:16:25,877 --> 02:16:28,245 FORTHWITH. 3272 02:16:26,544 --> 02:16:28,813 » Council President: WITHOUT 3273 02:16:28,312 --> 02:16:29,514 OBJECTION, FORTHWITH. 3274 02:16:28,880 --> 02:16:31,349 WHAT'S NEXT? 3275 02:16:29,581 --> 02:16:34,352 » Clerk: IS IT OKAY IF WE MOVE 3276 02:16:31,416 --> 02:16:36,120 ON TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE 3277 02:16:34,419 --> 02:16:37,355 ITEMS BEFORE WE DO THE 3278 02:16:36,187 --> 02:16:37,822 RECONSIDERATION. 3279 02:16:37,422 --> 02:16:40,091 OKAY. 3280 02:16:37,889 --> 02:16:43,361 THANK YOU. 3281 02:16:40,158 --> 02:16:44,429 AND THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 25 3282 02:16:43,427 --> 02:16:45,363 THROUGH 51. 3283 02:16:44,496 --> 02:16:49,434 » Council President: ALL 3284 02:16:45,430 --> 02:16:50,335 RIGHT, WE HAVE BUDGET ITEMS 25 3285 02:16:49,500 --> 02:16:52,704 THROUGH 51. 3286 02:16:50,402 --> 02:16:54,639 I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE HAVE GOT 3287 02:16:52,771 --> 02:17:01,446 A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBER CAN 3288 02:16:54,706 --> 02:17:03,047 GIVE US GUIDANCE ON THIS? 3289 02:17:01,513 --> 02:17:04,916 » B. Blumenfield: WE HEARD ALL 3290 02:17:03,114 --> 02:17:07,685 OF THESE IN COMMITTEE AND WE 3291 02:17:04,983 --> 02:17:08,586 RECOMMEND WE CAN HEAR THEM 3292 02:17:07,752 --> 02:17:09,988 WITHOUT GOING INTO CLOSED 3293 02:17:08,653 --> 02:17:11,389 SESSION. 3294 02:17:10,055 --> 02:17:14,325 » Council President: OKAY, 3295 02:17:11,456 --> 02:17:15,025 WE'VE GOT TO READ THE 3296 02:17:14,392 --> 02:17:15,727 SETTLEMENT AND THEN OPEN THE 3297 02:17:15,092 --> 02:17:17,795 ROLL. 3298 02:17:15,794 --> 02:17:20,331 » Clerk: FOR ITEM 25, THERE IS 3299 02:17:17,862 --> 02:17:22,166 A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 3300 02:17:20,398 --> 02:17:24,235 TO 145,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3301 02:17:22,233 --> 02:17:25,069 FOR ITEM 26 IN THE CASE 3302 02:17:24,302 --> 02:17:27,939 ENTITLED MELISSA LILLY VERSUS 3303 02:17:25,136 --> 02:17:31,175 CITY OF LOS ANGELES HE WILL 3304 02:17:28,006 --> 02:17:31,843 ALL, THERE IS RECOMMENDATION TO 3305 02:17:31,242 --> 02:17:33,278 EXPEND UP TO ONE MILLION 3306 02:17:31,910 --> 02:17:34,746 DOLLARS. 3307 02:17:33,345 --> 02:17:37,282 ROBERT MEYERS VERSUS COUNTY OF 3308 02:17:34,812 --> 02:17:39,751 LOS ANGELES ET AL, UP TO 3309 02:17:37,348 --> 02:17:41,819 $500,000 IN SET SLMENT. 3310 02:17:39,818 --> 02:17:44,155 FOR FOR 28 GARY MD VERSUS CITY 3311 02:17:41,886 --> 02:17:47,091 OF LOS ANGELES EL AL, THERE IS 3312 02:17:44,221 --> 02:17:50,962 A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND 3313 02:17:47,158 --> 02:17:52,563 190,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3314 02:17:51,029 --> 02:17:55,099 FOR ITEM 29, THERE IS A 3315 02:17:52,630 --> 02:17:56,467 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 3316 02:17:55,166 --> 02:18:00,605 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3317 02:17:56,534 --> 02:18:02,473 FOR ITEM 30 IN THE CASE LETICIA 3318 02:18:00,672 --> 02:18:05,677 ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS 3319 02:18:02,540 --> 02:18:07,945 ANGELES EL AL, RECOMMENDATION 3320 02:18:05,744 --> 02:18:12,150 TO EXPEND 399,000. 3321 02:18:08,012 --> 02:18:20,992 FOR ITEM 31 STEVEN LORD VERSUS 3322 02:18:12,217 --> 02:18:23,328 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. 3323 02:18:21,059 --> 02:18:24,462 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO 3324 02:18:23,395 --> 02:18:25,663 EXPEND TOUP 850,000 IN 3325 02:18:24,529 --> 02:18:28,166 SETTLEMENT. 3326 02:18:25,730 --> 02:18:29,534 FOR ITEM 33 IN THE CASE 3327 02:18:28,233 --> 02:18:35,073 ENTITLED ARMANDO MEJIA VERSUS 3328 02:18:29,601 --> 02:18:37,808 THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. 3329 02:18:35,140 --> 02:18:39,277 FOR ITEM 34 IN THE CASE TITLED 3330 02:18:37,875 --> 02:18:41,078 DANA, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION 3331 02:18:39,344 --> 02:18:42,513 TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN 3332 02:18:41,145 --> 02:18:46,116 SETTLEMENT. 3333 02:18:42,580 --> 02:18:47,285 FOR ITEM 35 IN THE CASE JEFFERY 3334 02:18:46,183 --> 02:18:49,854 BARRIOS THERE IS A 3335 02:18:47,352 --> 02:18:51,723 RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO 3336 02:18:49,921 --> 02:18:57,161 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3337 02:18:51,790 --> 02:19:02,766 FOR ITEM NUMBER 36, MARTHA 3338 02:18:57,228 --> 02:19:03,000 POLICE DEPARTMENT ET AL, EXPEND 3339 02:19:02,833 --> 02:19:05,403 399,000. 3340 02:19:03,067 --> 02:19:06,804 FOR ITEM 37 IN THE CASE TITLED 3341 02:19:05,470 --> 02:19:09,173 MARK GONZALEZ, THERE IS A 3342 02:19:06,871 --> 02:19:10,575 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 3343 02:19:09,240 --> 02:19:12,643 160,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3344 02:19:10,642 --> 02:19:14,045 FOR ITEM 38 IN THE CASE 3345 02:19:12,710 --> 02:19:18,483 ENTITLED BARNEY BURGER VERSUS 3346 02:19:14,112 --> 02:19:19,617 CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, 3347 02:19:18,550 --> 02:19:23,321 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3348 02:19:19,684 --> 02:19:26,724 FOR ITEM 39 IN THE CASE MARIA 3349 02:19:23,388 --> 02:19:31,763 MENDOZA VERSUS COUNTY OF LOS 3350 02:19:26,791 --> 02:19:34,499 ANGELES COUNTY ET AL, ITEM 40, 3351 02:19:31,830 --> 02:19:37,735 THERE IS RECOMMENDATION TO 3352 02:19:34,566 --> 02:19:40,371 EXPEND UP 155,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3353 02:19:37,802 --> 02:19:43,040 FOR ITEM 41 INDICATELIN VERSUS 3354 02:19:40,438 --> 02:19:44,409 CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, 3355 02:19:43,107 --> 02:19:48,279 THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO 3356 02:19:44,476 --> 02:19:50,848 REJECT THE SET SLMENT. 3357 02:19:48,346 --> 02:19:53,151 --SETTLEMENT. 3358 02:19:50,915 --> 02:19:56,587 UP TO 125,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3359 02:19:53,218 --> 02:19:58,222 FOR ITEM 43 IN THE CASE 3360 02:19:56,654 --> 02:20:00,324 ENTITLED ANTHONY CRUZ, THERE IS 3361 02:19:58,289 --> 02:20:04,228 A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 3362 02:20:00,391 --> 02:20:06,531 TO $300,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3363 02:20:04,295 --> 02:20:11,002 FOR ITEM 44, VERSUS CITY OF LOS 3364 02:20:06,598 --> 02:20:13,137 ANGELES SANTA CLARITA ET AL, 2 3365 02:20:11,069 --> 02:20:15,006 MILLION. 3366 02:20:13,204 --> 02:20:17,074 FOR ITEM 45 ENTITLED VERSUS 3367 02:20:15,073 --> 02:20:18,910 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 3368 02:20:17,141 --> 02:20:21,612 TRANSPORTATION ET AL, THERE IS 3369 02:20:18,977 --> 02:20:23,114 A RECOMMENDATION UP TO 749,000 3370 02:20:21,679 --> 02:20:25,183 IN SETTLEMENT. 3371 02:20:23,181 --> 02:20:26,350 FOR ITEM 46 GERALD VERSUS CITY 3372 02:20:25,250 --> 02:20:28,019 OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A 3373 02:20:26,417 --> 02:20:29,387 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP 3374 02:20:28,086 --> 02:20:32,356 $400,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3375 02:20:29,454 --> 02:20:33,291 FOR ITEM 47 IN THE CASE 3376 02:20:32,423 --> 02:20:36,294 ENTITLED MICHAEL BATES VERSUS 3377 02:20:33,358 --> 02:20:37,462 CITY OF LOS ANGELES UP TO 3378 02:20:36,361 --> 02:20:41,232 250,000 IN SELTMENT. 3379 02:20:37,529 --> 02:20:44,668 FOR ITEM 48 IN THE CASE JOANN 3380 02:20:41,299 --> 02:20:46,303 VERSUS TIMOTHY ET AL, 150,000 3381 02:20:44,735 --> 02:20:49,974 IN SETTLEMENT. 3382 02:20:46,370 --> 02:20:54,445 FOR ITEM 49 IN THE CASE CAESAR 3383 02:20:50,041 --> 02:20:56,214 VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET 3384 02:20:54,511 --> 02:21:01,719 AL, 250,000. 3385 02:20:56,281 --> 02:21:03,888 FOR ITEM 50 JONATHAN R RAM 3386 02:21:01,786 --> 02:21:06,457 RESIDENT. 3387 02:21:03,955 --> 02:21:08,092 FOR ITEM 51 IN THE EMILY JUAREZ 3388 02:21:06,524 --> 02:21:09,494 GONZALEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS 3389 02:21:08,159 --> 02:21:15,032 ANGELES EL AL, THERE IS A 3390 02:21:09,561 --> 02:21:16,467 RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 3391 02:21:15,099 --> 02:21:21,806 $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT. 3392 02:21:16,534 --> 02:21:27,612 AND 35 THROUGH 31, 33 THROUGH 3393 02:21:21,873 --> 02:21:28,246 43 AND 45 THROUGH 51 FOR THE 3394 02:21:27,678 --> 02:21:29,180 FIRST VOTE. 3395 02:21:28,313 --> 02:21:31,282 » Council President: ALL RIGHT 3396 02:21:29,247 --> 02:21:32,450 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 3397 02:21:31,349 --> 02:21:33,117 TABULATE THE VOTE. 3398 02:21:32,517 --> 02:21:34,018 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 3399 02:21:33,184 --> 02:21:34,952 » Council President: ALL 3400 02:21:34,085 --> 02:21:36,554 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 3401 02:21:35,019 --> 02:21:37,722 » Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE 32 3402 02:21:36,621 --> 02:21:39,557 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER 3403 02:21:37,789 --> 02:21:40,257 PARK FOR A SEPARATE VOTE IN THE 3404 02:21:39,624 --> 02:21:40,958 CLOSE SESSION ITEMS. 3405 02:21:40,324 --> 02:21:45,696 » Council President: ALL 3406 02:21:41,025 --> 02:21:46,864 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 3407 02:21:45,763 --> 02:21:48,466 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3408 02:21:46,931 --> 02:21:50,134 VOTE. 3409 02:21:48,533 --> 02:21:50,801 » Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO. 3410 02:21:50,201 --> 02:21:51,736 » Council President: ALL 3411 02:21:50,868 --> 02:21:54,705 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 3412 02:21:51,803 --> 02:21:56,674 » Clerk: ITEM 44 OF THE CLOSE 3413 02:21:54,772 --> 02:21:57,475 SESSION ITEMS ADS AMENDED 3414 02:21:56,741 --> 02:21:58,843 McOFBLGER HERNANDEZ. 3415 02:21:57,542 --> 02:22:01,178 » Council President: ALL 3416 02:21:58,910 --> 02:22:02,312 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 3417 02:22:01,245 --> 02:22:03,481 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3418 02:22:02,379 --> 02:22:04,682 VOTE. 3419 02:22:03,548 --> 02:22:10,254 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 3420 02:22:04,749 --> 02:22:13,024 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 3421 02:22:10,321 --> 02:22:14,725 FORTHWITH ON ITEM 44. 3422 02:22:13,091 --> 02:22:16,928 WHAT'S NEXT? 3423 02:22:14,792 --> 02:22:20,598 » Clerk: NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO 3424 02:22:16,995 --> 02:22:21,332 ITEM NUMBER 9 CALLED SPECIAL BY 3425 02:22:20,665 --> 02:22:22,099 COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A 3426 02:22:21,399 --> 02:22:23,167 SEPARATE VOTE. 3427 02:22:22,166 --> 02:22:25,303 » Council President: LET'S 3428 02:22:23,234 --> 02:22:26,604 OPEN ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 9 FOR 3429 02:22:25,369 --> 02:22:27,771 A SEPARATE VOTE. 3430 02:22:26,671 --> 02:22:28,539 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3431 02:22:27,838 --> 02:22:30,541 VOTE. 3432 02:22:28,606 --> 02:22:32,243 » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. 3433 02:22:30,608 --> 02:22:34,745 » Council President: ALL 3434 02:22:32,310 --> 02:22:37,048 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 3435 02:22:34,812 --> 02:22:39,183 » Clerk: ITEM 13 CALLED 3436 02:22:37,115 --> 02:22:39,884 SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER 3437 02:22:39,250 --> 02:22:41,052 RODRIGUEZ FOR RECUSAL. 3438 02:22:39,951 --> 02:22:42,186 » Council President: ALL 3439 02:22:41,119 --> 02:22:43,120 RIGHT, WE'LL ALLOW 3440 02:22:42,253 --> 02:22:44,288 COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO 3441 02:22:43,187 --> 02:22:46,357 RECUSE. 3442 02:22:44,355 --> 02:22:47,592 ALL RIGHT, LET'S THE ROLL, 3443 02:22:46,424 --> 02:22:48,893 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3444 02:22:47,658 --> 02:22:50,261 VOTE. 3445 02:22:48,960 --> 02:22:51,195 » Clerk: 13 AYES. 3446 02:22:50,328 --> 02:22:52,563 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 3447 02:22:51,262 --> 02:22:56,033 WHAT'S NEXT? 3448 02:22:52,630 --> 02:22:57,902 » Clerk: NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO 3449 02:22:56,100 --> 02:22:59,437 THE RECONSIDERATION ITEMS 2 3450 02:22:57,969 --> 02:23:00,871 THROUGH 11, WE NEED TO TAKE TWO 3451 02:22:59,503 --> 02:23:02,973 VOTES. 3452 02:23:00,938 --> 02:23:04,141 THE FIRST FOR RECONSIDERATION. 3453 02:23:03,040 --> 02:23:05,642 » Council President: ALL 3454 02:23:04,208 --> 02:23:06,444 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 3455 02:23:05,709 --> 02:23:07,644 RECONSIDERATION. 3456 02:23:06,511 --> 02:23:09,880 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3457 02:23:07,711 --> 02:23:10,815 VOTE. 3458 02:23:09,947 --> 02:23:12,416 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 3459 02:23:10,882 --> 02:23:15,453 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 3460 02:23:12,483 --> 02:23:18,422 » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE 2 3461 02:23:15,520 --> 02:23:19,357 THROUGH 11 THROUGH AUGUST 11th. 3462 02:23:18,489 --> 02:23:19,857 » Council President: 3463 02:23:19,424 --> 02:23:21,659 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. 3464 02:23:19,924 --> 02:23:23,294 » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, 3465 02:23:21,726 --> 02:23:25,329 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE 3466 02:23:23,361 --> 02:23:28,132 TO CONTINUE THE HEARING DATES 3467 02:23:25,396 --> 02:23:29,801 OF THESE ITEMS TO AUGUST 18th 3468 02:23:28,199 --> 02:23:35,840 AND FINAL ORDINANCE DATE TO 3469 02:23:29,867 --> 02:23:37,975 SEPTEMBER 15th. 3470 02:23:35,907 --> 02:23:38,809 » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO 3471 02:23:38,041 --> 02:23:40,878 THAT MOTION? 3472 02:23:38,876 --> 02:23:43,580 » Council President: I THOUGHT 3473 02:23:40,945 --> 02:23:46,517 WE HAD A SOTO-MARTINEZ. 3474 02:23:43,647 --> 02:23:48,119 IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? 3475 02:23:46,584 --> 02:23:50,421 IN THAT CASE, IT WILL BE RAMAN. 3476 02:23:48,186 --> 02:23:52,289 » Clerk: AND WE'LL NEED TO 3477 02:23:50,488 --> 02:24:09,107 TAKE A VOTE BUT WE'LL HAVE TO 3478 02:23:52,356 --> 02:24:09,107 ENTER IT INTO OUR SYSTEM. 3479 02:24:22,053 --> 02:24:24,321 » Council President: ALL 3480 02:24:23,053 --> 02:24:25,489 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 3481 02:24:24,388 --> 02:24:26,157 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3482 02:24:25,556 --> 02:24:27,558 VOTE. 3483 02:24:26,224 --> 02:24:29,393 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 3484 02:24:27,625 --> 02:24:31,062 » Council President: WLAZ NEXT? 3485 02:24:29,460 --> 02:24:34,465 » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS 3486 02:24:31,128 --> 02:24:36,967 ITEM 6 TO ADOPT THE PERSONNEL 3487 02:24:34,532 --> 02:24:39,704 AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT AS 3488 02:24:37,034 --> 02:24:42,640 AMENDED BY VERBAL AMENDMENT AND 3489 02:24:39,771 --> 02:24:43,240 FURTHER AMENDED BY MOTION 6-C, 3490 02:24:42,707 --> 02:24:44,008 NAZARIAN. 3491 02:24:43,307 --> 02:24:45,810 » Council President: ALL 3492 02:24:44,074 --> 02:24:48,145 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON 3493 02:24:45,877 --> 02:24:49,180 THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. 3494 02:24:48,212 --> 02:24:50,681 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3495 02:24:49,246 --> 02:24:53,184 VOTE. 3496 02:24:50,748 --> 02:24:55,052 --HOLD ON, HOLD ON. 3497 02:24:53,251 --> 02:24:56,254 WE GOT. 3498 02:24:55,119 --> 02:25:00,925 LET'S SCRATCH THAT AND DO IT 3499 02:24:56,320 --> 02:25:02,093 OVER AGAIN. 3500 02:25:00,992 --> 02:25:04,528 OKAY. 3501 02:25:02,160 --> 02:25:06,397 » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, 3502 02:25:04,595 --> 02:25:08,265 COLLEAGUES. 3503 02:25:06,464 --> 02:25:10,367 SO, I, I WANT TO BEGIN BY 3504 02:25:08,332 --> 02:25:12,203 THANKING ALL THE ADVOCATES THAT 3505 02:25:10,434 --> 02:25:15,639 HAVE COME OUT TODAY IN SUPPORT 3506 02:25:12,270 --> 02:25:17,475 AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO 3507 02:25:15,706 --> 02:25:20,377 INDIVIDUALS AT DIFFERENT 3508 02:25:17,542 --> 02:25:30,187 CONFERENCES, ABOUT THE 3509 02:25:20,444 --> 02:25:32,490 INTENTIONALITY BEHIND THIS WORK. 3510 02:25:30,254 --> 02:25:33,858 EVERYTHING I DO IS TO DO 3511 02:25:32,557 --> 02:25:35,526 AFFECTIVE WORK AND DELIVERABLES. 3512 02:25:33,925 --> 02:25:37,628 ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I 3513 02:25:35,593 --> 02:25:39,263 RAISED MULTIPLE OVER THE COURSE 3514 02:25:37,695 --> 02:25:44,001 OF THIS CONVERSATION, WHAT WAS 3515 02:25:39,330 --> 02:25:45,402 REALLY FRUSTRATING TO ME, WAS A 3516 02:25:44,068 --> 02:25:46,670 CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH FELT VERY 3517 02:25:45,469 --> 02:25:47,705 SIMILAR TO OTHER POLICY 3518 02:25:46,737 --> 02:25:50,708 ADOPTION THAT'S HAVE BEEN 3519 02:25:47,772 --> 02:25:52,076 ADVANCED BY THIS COUNCIL 3520 02:25:50,775 --> 02:25:55,980 WITHOUT THOROUGH VETTING FOR 3521 02:25:52,143 --> 02:26:00,317 THE IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRY 3522 02:25:56,047 --> 02:26:03,087 THAT IT WOULD AFFECT. 3523 02:26:00,384 --> 02:26:09,493 I WAS, FRANKLY UPSET BY THE 3524 02:26:03,154 --> 02:26:13,597 DISMISS IVE ATTITUDE OF OUR OWN 3525 02:26:09,560 --> 02:26:14,565 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST HAVING 3526 02:26:13,664 --> 02:26:17,301 CONVERSATIONS BY POLICIES THAT 3527 02:26:14,632 --> 02:26:18,869 WE WILL ADOPT. 3528 02:26:17,368 --> 02:26:22,740 FURTHERMORE MY FURTHER CONCERN 3529 02:26:18,936 --> 02:26:24,141 IS WE'RE CREATING DUPLICATION 3530 02:26:22,807 --> 02:26:26,911 IN PROCEDURE AND AGENCY THAT'S 3531 02:26:24,208 --> 02:26:29,880 ARE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS TO HELP 3532 02:26:26,978 --> 02:26:34,418 DO THIS VERY WORK, THE STATE OF 3533 02:26:29,947 --> 02:26:38,455 CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY FUNDED, 3534 02:26:34,485 --> 02:26:40,758 AND PROVIDE THE AUTHORITY TO DO 3535 02:26:38,522 --> 02:26:42,660 THE INVESTIGATIVE OVERSIGHT FOR 3536 02:26:40,825 --> 02:26:44,895 WAGE THEFT AND DO TO* DO THE 3537 02:26:42,726 --> 02:26:46,297 VERY SAME WORK THAT WE'RE NOW 3538 02:26:44,962 --> 02:26:48,399 DUPLICATING. 3539 02:26:46,364 --> 02:26:49,634 AT A TIME WHERE WE ALREADY KNOW 3540 02:26:48,466 --> 02:26:51,502 THAT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION IS 3541 02:26:49,700 --> 02:26:54,138 NOT FUNDED, DOES NOT HAVE THE 3542 02:26:51,568 --> 02:26:56,240 STAFFING, CONTINUES TO ENDURE 3543 02:26:54,205 --> 02:26:57,274 THE VACANCIES AND SO I FIND 3544 02:26:56,307 --> 02:27:02,046 OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE 3545 02:26:57,341 --> 02:27:02,980 IT FEELS LIKE A VERY FALSE 3546 02:27:02,113 --> 02:27:04,582 PROMISE AND EXPLOITING THE 3547 02:27:03,047 --> 02:27:05,949 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN FACT 3548 02:27:04,649 --> 02:27:06,450 FIGHTING FOR THE WORKER 3549 02:27:06,016 --> 02:27:08,752 PROTECTIONS. 3550 02:27:06,517 --> 02:27:09,687 SO THESE ARE THE REAL 3551 02:27:08,819 --> 02:27:11,288 IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS 3552 02:27:09,754 --> 02:27:17,628 THAT WE MAKE. 3553 02:27:11,355 --> 02:27:19,964 WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH 3554 02:27:17,695 --> 02:27:22,032 CREATING EFFORTS TO PRETEND TO 3555 02:27:20,031 --> 02:27:23,667 SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT, 3556 02:27:22,099 --> 02:27:25,269 BUT EXPOSING THE SAME INDUST 3557 02:27:23,734 --> 02:27:27,338 RISE THAT ARE DESPERATELY 3558 02:27:25,336 --> 02:27:28,839 TRYING TO REMAIN IN TACT AND IN 3559 02:27:27,405 --> 02:27:29,673 BUSINESS AND CREATE THE 3560 02:27:28,905 --> 02:27:31,508 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 3561 02:27:29,740 --> 02:27:34,245 THERE WAS A SPEAKER THAT 3562 02:27:31,575 --> 02:27:36,280 EARLIER MADE COMMENT THAT, 3563 02:27:34,312 --> 02:27:41,085 SUGGESTED THAT BUSINESSES ARE 3564 02:27:36,347 --> 02:27:42,987 ONLY STAYING IN BUSINESS, BASED 3565 02:27:41,152 --> 02:27:45,756 ON STEALING WAGES FROM PEOPLE. 3566 02:27:43,054 --> 02:27:47,191 AND I KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESS 3567 02:27:45,823 --> 02:27:48,058 OWNERS THAT THAT IS IN FACT NOT 3568 02:27:47,257 --> 02:27:50,127 THE CASE. 3569 02:27:48,125 --> 02:27:51,528 IN FACT, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT 3570 02:27:50,194 --> 02:27:52,930 HAVE HELPED TO SUPPORT AND 3571 02:27:51,595 --> 02:27:54,732 ESPECIALLY IN THE RESTAURANT 3572 02:27:52,997 --> 02:27:56,100 INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN AMONG THE 3573 02:27:54,799 --> 02:27:58,235 VERY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 3574 02:27:56,167 --> 02:28:00,070 HELPED US SUPPORT THEIR WORKERS 3575 02:27:58,302 --> 02:28:02,406 THROUGH THE VERY DEVASTATING 3576 02:28:00,137 --> 02:28:03,807 TIMES OF COVID AND STILL IN THE 3577 02:28:02,473 --> 02:28:06,577 PROCESS OF RECOVERING FROM THAT 3578 02:28:03,874 --> 02:28:08,713 BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN 3579 02:28:06,644 --> 02:28:14,385 UNDUELLY TARGETED AND NOW 3580 02:28:08,779 --> 02:28:16,453 OBLIGATED FOR DID UPLICATIVE 3581 02:28:14,452 --> 02:28:17,421 EFFORTS AND EXPOSURE THAT 3582 02:28:16,520 --> 02:28:18,889 CREATES AN UNDUE BURDEN. 3583 02:28:17,488 --> 02:28:20,658 AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT 3584 02:28:18,956 --> 02:28:22,760 I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE 3585 02:28:20,725 --> 02:28:24,061 CONTEXT OF HOW DO WE BOTH FIGHT 3586 02:28:22,827 --> 02:28:26,697 FOR WORKERS AND HELP TO ENSURE 3587 02:28:24,128 --> 02:28:27,598 THAT WE CAN HAVE A STRONG 3588 02:28:26,764 --> 02:28:28,766 ROBUST LOCAL ECONOMY. 3589 02:28:27,665 --> 02:28:30,634 THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF 3590 02:28:28,833 --> 02:28:32,670 CONVERSATION THAT'S WE NEED TO 3591 02:28:30,701 --> 02:28:34,038 HAVE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 3592 02:28:32,737 --> 02:28:37,274 ABLE TO PROTECT ALL THE WORKERS 3593 02:28:34,105 --> 02:28:38,409 AND ALL THE VESTED INTEREST 3594 02:28:37,341 --> 02:28:40,477 BECAUSE, IT'S MUTUALLY 3595 02:28:38,476 --> 02:28:42,079 BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH WORKERS AND 3596 02:28:40,544 --> 02:28:43,047 EMPLOYERS TO HAVE AN 3597 02:28:42,146 --> 02:28:45,115 ENVIRONMENT OF GREAT TRUST BUT 3598 02:28:43,114 --> 02:28:46,750 TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT WORK 3599 02:28:45,182 --> 02:28:49,286 HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. 3600 02:28:46,817 --> 02:28:54,792 WHAT I HAVE A CONCERNED WITH, 3601 02:28:49,353 --> 02:28:57,962 AND IT WAS, AND I EXPRESSED MY 3602 02:28:54,859 --> 02:29:00,297 DISCONTENT WITH THE STAFF WORK 3603 02:28:58,029 --> 02:29:02,399 AT THE CLA LEVEL THAT 3604 02:29:00,364 --> 02:29:07,171 LITERALLY, DIDN'T BOTHER AND 3605 02:29:02,466 --> 02:29:15,179 WAS DISMISSIVE OF THE BUSINESS 3606 02:29:07,238 --> 02:29:17,948 OWNERS THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT. 3607 02:29:15,246 --> 02:29:18,816 YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO ENGAGE WITH 3608 02:29:18,015 --> 02:29:19,583 ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT 3609 02:29:18,882 --> 02:29:22,820 DIDN'T HAPPEN. 3610 02:29:19,650 --> 02:29:24,888 BUT AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE 3611 02:29:22,887 --> 02:29:25,889 LITERALLY, A ROUGHLY 40 PERCENT 3612 02:29:24,955 --> 02:29:27,658 TURNOVER IN THE STAFFING THAT 3613 02:29:25,956 --> 02:29:29,493 WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK, 3614 02:29:27,725 --> 02:29:30,928 I BELIEVE IT'S A FALSE PROMISE 3615 02:29:29,560 --> 02:29:33,197 AND FOR THAT, I CANNOT BE 3616 02:29:30,995 --> 02:29:34,699 SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE. 3617 02:29:33,264 --> 02:29:35,032 » Council President: 3618 02:29:34,765 --> 02:29:35,766 COUNCILMEMBER 3619 02:29:35,099 --> 02:29:36,900 » T. McOsker: OSKER? 3620 02:29:35,833 --> 02:29:39,403 » T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY 3621 02:29:36,967 --> 02:29:44,208 MUCH THANK YOU FOR THOSE 3622 02:29:39,470 --> 02:29:46,744 THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS AND I 3623 02:29:44,275 --> 02:29:48,812 APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THOSE 3624 02:29:46,811 --> 02:29:50,848 CONCERNS WENT TO THAT DEBATE 3625 02:29:48,879 --> 02:29:53,417 WHICH WAS LONG, LOANINGER THAN 3626 02:29:50,915 --> 02:29:54,818 I EXPECTED I I'M GLAD THAT WE 3627 02:29:53,484 --> 02:29:56,653 HEARD FROM HEARING ALL THE 3628 02:29:54,885 --> 02:30:00,124 PARTICIPANT IN NUMEROUS, 3629 02:29:56,720 --> 02:30:00,925 NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS HEARINGS AND 3630 02:30:00,190 --> 02:30:02,626 COMMITTEE SESSIONS. 3631 02:30:00,991 --> 02:30:05,596 IN FACT AT THE STATE OF 3632 02:30:02,693 --> 02:30:08,432 CALIFORNIA, THERE IS A SYSTEM 3633 02:30:05,663 --> 02:30:09,266 IN PLACE THAT COMPLETELY FAILS 3634 02:30:08,499 --> 02:30:12,036 THE PUBLIC. 3635 02:30:09,333 --> 02:30:13,437 AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY 3636 02:30:12,103 --> 02:30:15,739 LEGISLATIVE AREA OR POLICY AREA 3637 02:30:13,504 --> 02:30:18,075 WHERE WE STEP IN WHERE PEOPLE 3638 02:30:15,806 --> 02:30:19,043 FAIL ALL AROUND US THINK OF THE 3639 02:30:18,142 --> 02:30:20,177 COUNTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHAT WE 3640 02:30:19,109 --> 02:30:22,012 WORK ON. 3641 02:30:20,244 --> 02:30:25,682 SO IT IS QUITE OFTEN THAT THE 3642 02:30:22,079 --> 02:30:27,284 CITY STEPS IN TO SAY THAT WE'RE 3643 02:30:25,749 --> 02:30:29,453 GOING TO USE OUR RESOURCES TO 3644 02:30:27,351 --> 02:30:31,288 DO THE RIGHT THING AND ENSURING 3645 02:30:29,520 --> 02:30:33,123 THAT FOLKS ARE FAIRLY PAID FOR 3646 02:30:31,355 --> 02:30:34,424 THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS 3647 02:30:33,190 --> 02:30:35,192 ACTUALLY EXCELLENT FOR OUR 3648 02:30:34,491 --> 02:30:36,827 ECONOMY. 3649 02:30:35,259 --> 02:30:38,662 SXIL BE THE FIRST TO 3650 02:30:36,894 --> 02:30:40,731 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE MANY 3651 02:30:38,729 --> 02:30:43,033 MANY MANY GREAT EMPLOYERS WHO 3652 02:30:40,798 --> 02:30:45,135 DON'T, WHO WILL NOT FACE THIS 3653 02:30:43,100 --> 02:30:47,371 SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE THE MINORITY 3654 02:30:45,202 --> 02:30:49,239 OF EMPLOYERS THAT WILL FACE 3655 02:30:47,438 --> 02:30:50,407 THIS SYSTEM AND THE 3656 02:30:49,306 --> 02:30:52,910 COUNCILMEMBERS QUITE CORRECT, I 3657 02:30:50,474 --> 02:30:54,978 WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 3658 02:30:52,977 --> 02:30:57,748 CAPACITY OF OUR OWN DIVISION TO 3659 02:30:55,045 --> 02:31:00,751 DO THIS WORK BECAUSE OF THE 3660 02:30:57,815 --> 02:31:02,586 TURNOVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT, 3661 02:31:00,818 --> 02:31:03,954 PARTICULARLY AT THIS 3662 02:31:02,653 --> 02:31:05,789 CLASSIFICATION OF WORKER WHICH 3663 02:31:04,021 --> 02:31:07,658 IS WHY WE CALLED THE TIMEOUT 3664 02:31:05,856 --> 02:31:09,293 AND I KNOW THAT FRUSTRATED A 3665 02:31:07,725 --> 02:31:18,836 LOT OF FOLKS BUT WE CALLED A 3666 02:31:09,360 --> 02:31:20,904 TIME OUT AND WE HE EVALUATING 3667 02:31:18,903 --> 02:31:22,840 AND WE AUTHORIZED A DIFFERENT 3668 02:31:20,971 --> 02:31:24,608 PAY STRUCTURE AND ASKED THE 3669 02:31:22,906 --> 02:31:27,444 BUREAU WHETHER THEY CAN 3670 02:31:24,675 --> 02:31:28,545 IMPLEMENT THE PAY STRUCTURE AND 3671 02:31:27,510 --> 02:31:32,249 PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION 3672 02:31:28,612 --> 02:31:34,785 WHERE THEY CAN REMAIN WORKERS 3673 02:31:32,316 --> 02:31:36,620 AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN 3674 02:31:34,852 --> 02:31:39,389 THE INITIAL PHASES WITH THAT. 3675 02:31:36,687 --> 02:31:40,624 SO IN TODAY'S ACTION WE'LL BE 3676 02:31:39,456 --> 02:31:41,725 STEPPING IN WHERE THE STATE HAS 3677 02:31:40,691 --> 02:31:43,394 FAILED US. 3678 02:31:41,792 --> 02:31:45,596 WE WILL ALWAYS BE BUILDING UP 3679 02:31:43,460 --> 02:31:47,464 THE RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY 3680 02:31:45,663 --> 02:31:48,598 OF OUR LONGEST ESTABLISHED 3681 02:31:47,531 --> 02:31:50,234 BUREAU TO CONTINUE DOING THIS 3682 02:31:48,665 --> 02:31:52,970 WORK. 3683 02:31:50,301 --> 02:31:54,138 AND THIS WAS, A PROCESS A 3684 02:31:53,037 --> 02:31:56,039 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE NOT 3685 02:31:54,205 --> 02:32:00,844 EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT. 3686 02:31:56,106 --> 02:32:02,913 BUT IT WORKS A FAIRNESS FOR VAS 3687 02:32:00,911 --> 02:32:04,748 MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO 3688 02:32:02,980 --> 02:32:05,649 WILL RELY UPON THE GOOD WORKS 3689 02:32:04,815 --> 02:32:07,751 OF THE DEPARTMENT. 3690 02:32:05,716 --> 02:32:09,519 SO I WILL URGE AN AYE-VOTE AND 3691 02:32:07,818 --> 02:32:13,223 I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE 3692 02:32:09,586 --> 02:32:14,358 CONVERSATION. 3693 02:32:13,290 --> 02:32:16,727 » Council President: THANK YOU 3694 02:32:14,425 --> 02:32:18,028 VERY MUCH, MR. McOSKER, MR. 3695 02:32:16,793 --> 02:32:19,162 MARTINEZ TO CLOSE. 3696 02:32:18,095 --> 02:32:20,364 » H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU 3697 02:32:19,229 --> 02:32:23,434 VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT. 3698 02:32:20,431 --> 02:32:24,968 I WANT TO THANK MR. McOSKER FOR 3699 02:32:23,500 --> 02:32:25,736 YOUR WORDS, THANK YOU FOR SPEAK 3700 02:32:25,035 --> 02:32:26,770 ABOUTING THIS COUNCILMEMBER 3701 02:32:25,802 --> 02:32:28,205 RODRIGUEZ. 3702 02:32:26,837 --> 02:32:30,073 IT'S BEEN ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO 3703 02:32:28,272 --> 02:32:32,843 SINCE THIS MOTION WAS FRAOD, 3704 02:32:30,140 --> 02:32:35,179 AND A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE 3705 02:32:32,910 --> 02:32:39,049 THROUGH IT, AS MR. McOSKER 3706 02:32:35,246 --> 02:32:42,252 SAID, THERE ARE MANY PARTS OF 3707 02:32:39,116 --> 02:32:44,521 THE ORIGINAL PART THAT I WISH 3708 02:32:42,319 --> 02:32:46,056 WE COULD VOTE ON THAT TODAY BUT 3709 02:32:44,588 --> 02:32:46,823 WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR MANY 3710 02:32:46,122 --> 02:32:49,092 YEARS. 3711 02:32:46,890 --> 02:32:50,460 I AND I WANT TO YOU ADDRESS THE 3712 02:32:49,159 --> 02:32:52,129 TURNOVER IN THE DEPARTMENT, 3713 02:32:50,527 --> 02:32:53,430 EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO SLOW IT 3714 02:32:52,196 --> 02:32:54,598 DOWN, I THINK IT WAS A SLOW 3715 02:32:53,497 --> 02:32:55,132 DECISION AND I WAS VERY 3716 02:32:54,664 --> 02:32:56,867 SUPPORTIVE. 3717 02:32:55,199 --> 02:32:59,903 AND I WANT TO THANK 3718 02:32:56,934 --> 02:33:01,538 COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, YOU'VE 3719 02:32:59,970 --> 02:33:03,073 BEEN A CHAMPION IN THIS ISSUE 3720 02:33:01,605 --> 02:33:05,075 FOR MANY YEARS. 3721 02:33:03,140 --> 02:33:06,944 AND I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO 3722 02:33:05,142 --> 02:33:10,180 BUILD ON THAT DEPARTMENT AND 3723 02:33:07,011 --> 02:33:12,683 ALL PROTECTION OF THAT WORKERS. 3724 02:33:10,247 --> 02:33:14,084 BECAUSE SADLY WAGE THEFT DOES 3725 02:33:12,750 --> 02:33:15,519 NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION. 3726 02:33:14,151 --> 02:33:17,220 AND LOS ANGELES HAS THE 3727 02:33:15,586 --> 02:33:18,689 DISTINCTION OF BEING THE WAGE 3728 02:33:17,287 --> 02:33:22,092 THEFT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 3729 02:33:18,756 --> 02:33:23,760 EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 1.4 3730 02:33:22,159 --> 02:33:26,763 BILLION DOLLARS IN WAGES ARE 3731 02:33:23,827 --> 02:33:28,599 STOLEN FROM WORKING ANGELINOS. 3732 02:33:26,830 --> 02:33:31,535 TO 1.4 BILLION. 3733 02:33:28,666 --> 02:33:32,869 AND 88 PERCENT OF THOSE LOW 3734 02:33:31,602 --> 02:33:34,971 WAGE WORKERS EXPERIENCE SOME 3735 02:33:32,936 --> 02:33:37,975 SORT OF WAGE THEFT AND THEY 3736 02:33:35,038 --> 02:33:39,376 LOSE AN AVERAGE OF 12 PERCENT 3737 02:33:38,042 --> 02:33:41,912 OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME. 3738 02:33:39,443 --> 02:33:45,582 THAT IS MONEY THAT THE WORKERS 3739 02:33:41,979 --> 02:33:46,984 EARNED WHEN AON EMPLOYER 3740 02:33:45,649 --> 02:33:51,955 STEALS, THEY'RE NOT TAKING 3741 02:33:47,051 --> 02:33:53,357 MONEY FROM SOME ABSTRACT BANK 3742 02:33:52,022 --> 02:33:56,727 ACCOUNT THEY'RE TAKE ITING FROM 3743 02:33:53,424 --> 02:34:00,897 A PAYCHECK, MONEY THAT WAS TO 3744 02:33:56,794 --> 02:34:05,068 BE USED FOR BILLS AND. 3745 02:34:00,964 --> 02:34:05,869 LOSING FEW HUNDRED IS THE 3746 02:34:05,135 --> 02:34:07,804 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING RENT 3747 02:34:05,936 --> 02:34:09,706 AND FALLING BEHIND. 3748 02:34:07,871 --> 02:34:12,242 WE HAVE LAWS THAT SAY WORKERS 3749 02:34:09,773 --> 02:34:14,611 SHOULD BE PAID WHAT THEY EARN. 3750 02:34:12,309 --> 02:34:15,479 BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY ENFORCE THE 3751 02:34:14,677 --> 02:34:17,080 MINIMUM WAGE. 3752 02:34:15,546 --> 02:34:18,715 IT DOES NOT ENFORCE WHEN A 3753 02:34:17,147 --> 02:34:21,952 WORKER HAS TO WORK THROUGH THE 3754 02:34:18,782 --> 02:34:23,120 LUNCH, WHEN THEY DON'T TAKE THE 3755 02:34:22,019 --> 02:34:25,422 TEN-MINUTE REST BREAK, WHEN 3756 02:34:23,187 --> 02:34:26,823 THEY HAVE TO WORK OFF THE CLOCK 3757 02:34:25,489 --> 02:34:29,359 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 3758 02:34:26,890 --> 02:34:31,294 TIME TO FINISH THEIR JOB OR 3759 02:34:29,426 --> 02:34:31,895 WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING PAID 3760 02:34:31,361 --> 02:34:33,497 OVERTIME CORRECTLY. 3761 02:34:31,962 --> 02:34:34,898 THAT IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BE 3762 02:34:33,564 --> 02:34:36,133 HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 3763 02:34:34,965 --> 02:34:38,402 SO THIS MOTION SHOULD BE 3764 02:34:36,199 --> 02:34:39,436 SIMPLE, THE CITY OF L.A. IS 3765 02:34:38,469 --> 02:34:41,204 GOING TO ENFORCE ALL THE LAWS 3766 02:34:39,503 --> 02:34:43,073 THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AND MAKE 3767 02:34:41,271 --> 02:34:44,007 SURE THAT THE WORKERS GET PAID 3768 02:34:43,140 --> 02:34:45,842 WHAT THEY WORK. 3769 02:34:44,074 --> 02:34:50,314 BECAUSE WHEN THE CITY OF L.A. 3770 02:34:45,909 --> 02:34:53,050 DOES NOT ENFORCE THOSE LAWS, OR 3771 02:34:50,381 --> 02:34:53,584 KEEPS A STATUS QUO, WE'RE 3772 02:34:53,117 --> 02:34:55,152 ENABLING BILLION DOLLARS 3773 02:34:53,650 --> 02:34:57,054 CORPORATION TO STEAL FROM 3774 02:34:55,219 --> 02:34:58,188 WORKERS FROM WORK THAERZ CAN'T 3775 02:34:57,121 --> 02:35:00,791 AFFORD IT THE LEAST. 3776 02:34:58,255 --> 02:35:03,226 THESE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY, 3777 02:35:00,857 --> 02:35:08,298 WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, 3778 02:35:03,293 --> 02:35:09,599 IMMIGRANTS, WORKING ANGELINOS 3779 02:35:08,365 --> 02:35:11,768 ALREADY STRUGGLING TO GET BY. 3780 02:35:09,666 --> 02:35:13,269 AND THEY'RE NOT JUST HURTING 3781 02:35:11,835 --> 02:35:13,804 WORKERS THEY'RE HURT HADING 3782 02:35:13,336 --> 02:35:16,039 ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. 3783 02:35:13,871 --> 02:35:17,574 SO IF YOU WANT A FAIR AND 3784 02:35:16,105 --> 02:35:19,910 BALANCED ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO 3785 02:35:17,641 --> 02:35:21,545 ENFORCE THE RULES FAIRLY. 3786 02:35:19,977 --> 02:35:24,748 SO THESE ITEMS WE'RE MOVING 3787 02:35:21,612 --> 02:35:26,583 TODAY ARE LONG OVERDUE TOWARDS 3788 02:35:24,815 --> 02:35:29,152 MAKING SURE THAT WORKERS MAKE 3789 02:35:26,650 --> 02:35:32,389 THE WAGES THEY GET EARNED. 3790 02:35:29,219 --> 02:35:34,458 AND THERE IS ACTUALLY, AND I 3791 02:35:32,456 --> 02:35:37,694 WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT 3792 02:35:34,525 --> 02:35:41,865 L.A. WORKERS NETWORK AND BLACK 3793 02:35:37,761 --> 02:35:43,967 WORKER CENTER, PWC AND LABOR 3794 02:35:41,932 --> 02:35:46,236 CENTER AND KEWA, THE WAREHOUSE 3795 02:35:44,034 --> 02:35:48,805 WORKERS THAT SAT AT LEGAL 3796 02:35:46,303 --> 02:35:50,540 SERVICES, L.A. COUNTY 3797 02:35:48,872 --> 02:35:53,844 FEDERATION OF LABOR, THE UNIONS 3798 02:35:50,607 --> 02:35:59,783 HERE TODAY. 3799 02:35:53,911 --> 02:36:02,052 INCREDIBLE TEAM AT CITY OFFICE. 3800 02:35:59,850 --> 02:36:03,186 AND I ALSO URGE AN AYE VOTE. 3801 02:36:02,119 --> 02:36:04,354 » Council President: THANK 3802 02:36:03,253 --> 02:36:06,223 YOU, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PARK. 3803 02:36:04,421 --> 02:36:07,257 » T. Park: I WANT TO 3804 02:36:06,290 --> 02:36:15,766 ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENTS THAT 3805 02:36:07,324 --> 02:36:17,167 HAVE BEEN MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES. 3806 02:36:15,833 --> 02:36:19,436 THESE WANT THE RIGHTS ENFORCED 3807 02:36:17,234 --> 02:36:22,939 AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A 3808 02:36:19,503 --> 02:36:24,574 PLACE TO HAVE ISSUES REDRESSED. 3809 02:36:23,006 --> 02:36:26,176 BUT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS 3810 02:36:24,641 --> 02:36:27,978 ANGELES, WE ARE STRETCHED TO 3811 02:36:26,243 --> 02:36:29,613 THE BONE ACROSS OUR CITY 3812 02:36:28,045 --> 02:36:30,781 DEPARTMENT, WE CANNOT ENFORCE 3813 02:36:29,680 --> 02:36:32,716 THE THINGS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE 3814 02:36:30,848 --> 02:36:43,693 FOR THAT ARE ALREADY IN FRONT 3815 02:36:32,783 --> 02:36:45,295 OF US. 3816 02:36:43,760 --> 02:36:47,364 INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON OUR 3817 02:36:45,362 --> 02:36:49,433 STATE BUDGET TO ADEQUATELY, 3818 02:36:47,431 --> 02:36:51,501 STAFF AND RESOURCE THE PROGRAM 3819 02:36:49,500 --> 02:36:52,636 AND SERVICE THAT'S IT IS 3820 02:36:51,568 --> 02:36:54,905 ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR. 3821 02:36:52,703 --> 02:36:57,240 WE'RE ONCE AGAIN STEPPING TOUP 3822 02:36:54,972 --> 02:36:59,109 TAKE ON ANOTHER BURDEN THAT IS 3823 02:36:57,307 --> 02:37:06,783 GOING TO REQUIRE CUTTING AND 3824 02:36:59,176 --> 02:37:09,352 PULLING FROM SOMETHING ELSE. 3825 02:37:06,850 --> 02:37:10,954 I JUST WANTED TO OFFER AN 3826 02:37:09,419 --> 02:37:12,656 EXPLANATION FOR MY NO-VOTE. 3827 02:37:11,021 --> 02:37:14,691 » Council President: SEEING NO 3828 02:37:12,722 --> 02:37:15,625 OTHER SPEAKERS, OPEN THE ROLL, 3829 02:37:14,758 --> 02:37:16,092 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 3830 02:37:15,692 --> 02:37:18,161 VOTE. 3831 02:37:16,159 --> 02:37:19,095 » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. 3832 02:37:18,228 --> 02:37:21,198 » Council President: ALL 3833 02:37:19,162 --> 02:37:23,500 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 3834 02:37:21,265 --> 02:37:25,769 » Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 3, THOSE 3835 02:37:23,567 --> 02:37:27,738 WOULD BE AMENDMENTED 3 A 3836 02:37:25,836 --> 02:37:28,805 THROUGH F AND ALSO MULTIPLE 3837 02:37:27,804 --> 02:37:31,107 MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 3838 02:37:28,872 --> 02:37:33,176 A COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3. 3839 02:37:31,174 --> 02:37:35,479 » Council President: ALL 3840 02:37:33,243 --> 02:37:36,179 RIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 3, 3841 02:37:35,546 --> 02:37:38,515 ENHANCED SERVICES AGREEMENT 3842 02:37:36,246 --> 02:37:40,150 BETWEEN THE CITY AND LOS 3843 02:37:38,582 --> 02:37:42,652 ANGELES 28, WE'RE IN EXCESS OF 3844 02:37:40,217 --> 02:37:44,688 TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATING ON 3845 02:37:42,719 --> 02:37:46,022 THIS ITEM, LOTS OF HOURS FOR 3846 02:37:44,755 --> 02:37:48,158 LOTS OF PEOPLE. 3847 02:37:46,089 --> 02:37:49,092 LOTS OF DIFFERENT 3848 02:37:48,225 --> 02:37:50,961 CONFIGURATIONS OF 3849 02:37:49,159 --> 02:37:52,329 COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE WEIGHED IN 3850 02:37:51,028 --> 02:37:55,966 ON THIS AGREEMENT, THAT NEEDS 3851 02:37:52,396 --> 02:37:59,169 TO BE PUT IN PLACE. 3852 02:37:56,033 --> 02:38:00,537 AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE L.A. 3853 02:37:59,236 --> 02:38:02,972 2028 GAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT 3854 02:38:00,604 --> 02:38:09,779 THE CITY GETS REIMBURSEMENT AND 3855 02:38:03,039 --> 02:38:10,947 MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS REDICT 3856 02:38:09,846 --> 02:38:14,150 --PREDICTABILITY. 3857 02:38:11,014 --> 02:38:16,019 TO EXPLAIN THE CONTOUR OF THE 3858 02:38:14,217 --> 02:38:18,355 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, I WANT 3859 02:38:16,086 --> 02:38:20,690 TO ASK OUR CAO AND CLA TO JOIN 3860 02:38:18,422 --> 02:38:22,092 US AT THE CENTER TABLE AND GIVE 3861 02:38:20,757 --> 02:38:24,861 AN OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY. 3862 02:38:22,159 --> 02:38:27,797 AND I KNOW LOTS OF MEMBERS HAVE 3863 02:38:24,928 --> 02:38:30,100 QUESTIONS, SOME MEMBERS HAVE 3864 02:38:27,864 --> 02:38:33,236 AMENDMENTS. 3865 02:38:30,167 --> 02:38:35,805 AND JUST, TO FOREWARN EVERYONE, 3866 02:38:33,303 --> 02:38:39,209 I'LL BE MOVING THAT THOSE ITEMS 3867 02:38:35,872 --> 02:38:56,159 GO TO COMMITTEE AND I THINK THE 3868 02:38:39,276 --> 02:39:01,264 CAO AND CLA WILL EXPLAIN WHY. 3869 02:38:56,226 --> 02:39:05,702 » GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD 3870 02:39:01,331 --> 02:39:08,705 AFTERNOON, SHARON TSO. 3871 02:39:05,769 --> 02:39:11,041 MATT SZABO IS ALSO WITH YOU. 3872 02:39:08,772 --> 02:39:12,943 BEFORE YOU IS MASTER AGREEMENT, 3873 02:39:11,108 --> 02:39:15,011 BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I WILL 3874 02:39:13,010 --> 02:39:18,481 DONNA, MATT WILL WALK THROUGH 3875 02:39:15,078 --> 02:39:20,750 THE DETAILS OF DCRA, BY WAY OF 3876 02:39:18,548 --> 02:39:23,520 BACKGROUND, WHEN THE CITY FIRST 3877 02:39:20,817 --> 02:39:25,622 SOUGHT TO BE THE WHOLE CITY FOR 3878 02:39:23,587 --> 02:39:26,923 THE OLYMPICS, THE CITY SIGNED A 3879 02:39:25,689 --> 02:39:28,625 NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS, RELATED 3880 02:39:26,990 --> 02:39:31,628 TO THAT. 3881 02:39:28,692 --> 02:39:33,863 THERE WAS AN MOU, A WHOLE CITY 3882 02:39:31,695 --> 02:39:35,732 CONTRACT AND ULTIMATELY THERE 3883 02:39:33,930 --> 02:39:40,570 WAS THE GAME'S AGREEMENT. 3884 02:39:35,799 --> 02:39:42,839 THE GAME'S AGREEMENT IS A TRI 3885 02:39:40,636 --> 02:39:45,375 PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 3886 02:39:42,906 --> 02:39:46,977 LA28 AND IOC, AND THE GAME'S 3887 02:39:45,442 --> 02:39:48,812 AGREEMENT WAS INTENDED TO BE 3888 02:39:47,044 --> 02:39:50,880 THE FRAMEWORK FOR MANY 3889 02:39:48,879 --> 02:39:51,682 DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD FLOW FROM 3890 02:39:50,947 --> 02:39:52,482 THERE FROM DELIVERY OF THE 3891 02:39:51,748 --> 02:39:56,820 GAMES. 3892 02:39:52,549 --> 02:39:58,288 ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, IS THE 3893 02:39:56,887 --> 02:40:02,158 ECRMA THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. 3894 02:39:58,355 --> 02:40:04,861 THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO, 3895 02:40:02,225 --> 02:40:11,668 PROVIDE THE GUIDELINES AND THE 3896 02:40:04,928 --> 02:40:12,903 PROCEDURES FOR REBIM BURSMENT. 3897 02:40:11,735 --> 02:40:13,737 SO MATT WILL WALK THROUGH THE 3898 02:40:12,969 --> 02:40:17,474 DETAILS OF THAT. 3899 02:40:13,804 --> 02:40:19,009 IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE 3900 02:40:17,541 --> 02:40:21,544 AFTER THE ECRMA, THERE WILL BE 3901 02:40:19,076 --> 02:40:22,245 THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENTS. 3902 02:40:21,611 --> 02:40:24,781 THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENT 3903 02:40:22,312 --> 02:40:26,616 WILL BE VERY VERY SPECIFIC, 3904 02:40:24,848 --> 02:40:27,984 THEY IT WILL PROVIDE DETAILS 3905 02:40:26,683 --> 02:40:29,853 AFTER THE OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR 3906 02:40:28,051 --> 02:40:31,021 EACH OF THE VENUES ARE 3907 02:40:29,920 --> 02:40:33,990 FINALIZED. 3908 02:40:31,088 --> 02:40:35,659 THEY WILL HAVE INFORMATION 3909 02:40:34,057 --> 02:40:37,927 ABOUT THE STAFFING AND 3910 02:40:35,726 --> 02:40:38,160 RESOURCES, THE UNIT COST ET 3911 02:40:37,994 --> 02:40:42,932 CETERA. 3912 02:40:38,227 --> 02:40:46,202 SO THOSE BOTH THE ECRA AND VCRA 3913 02:40:42,999 --> 02:40:47,737 ARE AGREEMENT THAT'S WERE UNDER 3914 02:40:46,269 --> 02:40:50,073 THE UMBRELLA OF THE GAMES 3915 02:40:47,803 --> 02:40:52,609 AGREEMENT. 3916 02:40:50,140 --> 02:40:54,678 SO MUCH IS FLOW AND MEMBERS I 3917 02:40:52,676 --> 02:40:56,780 WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT WHEN 3918 02:40:54,745 --> 02:40:59,282 THE CITY DID SIGN THE WHOLE 3919 02:40:56,847 --> 02:41:01,584 CITY CONTRACT 11 YEARS AGO OR 3920 02:40:59,349 --> 02:41:05,522 SO, THE CITY DID TAKE ON A 3921 02:41:01,651 --> 02:41:07,590 NUMBER OF RISKS RELATED TO IT. 3922 02:41:05,589 --> 02:41:11,695 ONE OF WHICH THE CITY WOULD BE 3923 02:41:07,657 --> 02:41:15,532 THE BACKSTOP, WE ULTIMATELY 3924 02:41:11,762 --> 02:41:17,200 APPROVED SEEKING THIS, SEEKING 3925 02:41:15,599 --> 02:41:21,237 THE LA28 OLYMPICS BECAUSE AT 3926 02:41:17,266 --> 02:41:22,639 THE TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF 3927 02:41:21,304 --> 02:41:24,240 DEBATE AND CONSIDERATION OF 3928 02:41:22,706 --> 02:41:26,776 OTHER RISKS AND BENEFITS 3929 02:41:24,307 --> 02:41:29,045 ASSOCIATED WITH HOSTING THE 3930 02:41:26,843 --> 02:41:30,480 LA28 GAMES ULTIMATELY, THE 3931 02:41:29,112 --> 02:41:33,016 COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT GIVEN 3932 02:41:30,547 --> 02:41:34,417 THE BENEFITS THAT COULD 3933 02:41:33,083 --> 02:41:37,854 POTENTIAL LEA CREW TO THE CITY, 3934 02:41:34,484 --> 02:41:39,355 THAT THE CITY DID THE 3935 02:41:37,921 --> 02:41:39,956 NOMINATION AND AWARDED WITH 3936 02:41:39,422 --> 02:41:43,626 LA28 GAMES. 3937 02:41:40,023 --> 02:41:45,995 AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE ECRA 3938 02:41:43,693 --> 02:41:46,663 AND I WILL LET MATT TAKE OVER 3939 02:41:46,062 --> 02:41:48,865 FROM HERE. 3940 02:41:46,730 --> 02:41:50,500 » OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3941 02:41:48,932 --> 02:41:52,836 I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH AND 3942 02:41:50,567 --> 02:41:53,470 I'LL TRY TO DO THIS AS 3943 02:41:52,903 --> 02:41:56,706 EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT 3944 02:41:53,537 --> 02:42:01,044 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONCEPTS, 3945 02:41:56,773 --> 02:42:02,245 THIS IS A, MULTLY FAUCETED 3946 02:42:01,111 --> 02:42:03,279 COMPLICATED AGREEMENT THAT IS 3947 02:42:02,312 --> 02:42:05,215 AGAINED ENTER UPON OTHER 3948 02:42:03,346 --> 02:42:09,619 AGREEMENT THAT'S HAVE BEEN MADE 3949 02:42:05,282 --> 02:42:12,622 AND AS WE WALK THROUGH THE 3950 02:42:09,686 --> 02:42:15,592 PROVISIONS, AS THE CLA STATED, 3951 02:42:12,689 --> 02:42:20,163 IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE, THAT 3952 02:42:15,659 --> 02:42:22,265 WE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE IN 3953 02:42:20,230 --> 02:42:26,102 SOME WAY CONFINED TO PRIOR 3954 02:42:22,332 --> 02:42:27,904 AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AS A 3955 02:42:26,169 --> 02:42:30,973 CONDITION OF AGREEING TO HOST 3956 02:42:27,971 --> 02:42:31,341 THE GAMES THAT INCLUDE INHERENT 3957 02:42:31,040 --> 02:42:33,243 RISKS. 3958 02:42:31,408 --> 02:42:34,344 SO I NEED TO SAY THAT ON THE 3959 02:42:33,309 --> 02:42:37,347 FRONT END. 3960 02:42:34,411 --> 02:42:40,550 THIS IS NOT AN AGREEMENT THAT 3961 02:42:37,414 --> 02:42:42,151 IS INTENDED OR EVEN HAS THE 3962 02:42:40,617 --> 02:42:45,388 CAPABILITY OF ELIMINATING 3963 02:42:42,218 --> 02:42:47,690 RISKS, THE CITY HAS GREED TO 3964 02:42:45,455 --> 02:42:50,226 TAKE ON, NOW WHAT IT IS 3965 02:42:47,757 --> 02:42:53,196 INTENDED TO DO IS WITHIN THE 3966 02:42:50,293 --> 02:42:55,231 SCOPE OF WHAT THE PURPOSE IS TO 3967 02:42:53,263 --> 02:42:57,067 LIMIT THE RISK TO THE GREATEST 3968 02:42:55,298 --> 02:42:58,935 EX AT THE POINT POSSIBLE. 3969 02:42:57,133 --> 02:42:59,669 WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT ACHIEVES 3970 02:42:59,002 --> 02:43:01,338 THAT. 3971 02:42:59,736 --> 02:43:02,138 SO LET ME WALK THROUGH, AGAIN 3972 02:43:01,404 --> 02:43:05,408 BRIEFLY. 3973 02:43:02,205 --> 02:43:07,777 THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE 3974 02:43:05,475 --> 02:43:11,314 ECRMA, IS TO SETFORTH THE 3975 02:43:07,843 --> 02:43:14,517 MATERIAL TERMS OF THE 3976 02:43:11,381 --> 02:43:16,352 RELATIONSHIP FOR ENHANCE CITY 3977 02:43:14,584 --> 02:43:18,221 RESOURCES IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF 3978 02:43:16,419 --> 02:43:20,957 THE 2028 GAMES, AND WE'LL TALK 3979 02:43:18,288 --> 02:43:24,594 ABOUT THAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY 3980 02:43:21,024 --> 02:43:26,896 MEANS IN A BIT. 3981 02:43:24,661 --> 02:43:31,634 AS THE CLA STATED, THIS IS A, 3982 02:43:26,963 --> 02:43:33,937 THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT IS 3983 02:43:31,701 --> 02:43:36,006 REQUIRED TO BE ENTERED INTO BY 3984 02:43:34,003 --> 02:43:37,707 THE PARTIES AS A RESULT OF THE 3985 02:43:36,072 --> 02:43:38,708 GAMES AGREEMENT. 3986 02:43:37,773 --> 02:43:41,044 THE GAMES AGREEMENT, I WOULD 3987 02:43:38,775 --> 02:43:43,112 THINK ABOUT THAT AS KIND OF 3988 02:43:41,111 --> 02:43:48,151 CONSTITUTION OR CHARTER THAT 3989 02:43:43,179 --> 02:43:50,920 HAS, THAT WAS AGREED TO IN 2021 3990 02:43:48,218 --> 02:43:52,555 AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE, THAT 3991 02:43:50,987 --> 02:43:53,656 WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, THE 3992 02:43:52,622 --> 02:43:57,760 ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING 3993 02:43:53,722 --> 02:43:59,161 AT COMMITTEE ET CETERA, ARE 3994 02:43:57,827 --> 02:44:00,330 WERE CONTEMPLATED IN THE GAME'S 3995 02:43:59,228 --> 02:44:02,866 AGREEMENT. 3996 02:44:00,397 --> 02:44:04,000 SO IT'S A SUB BOARD NATURE 3997 02:44:02,933 --> 02:44:05,768 AGREEMENT TO THE GAMES 3998 02:44:04,067 --> 02:44:06,936 AGREEMENT THAT'S THE PARENT 3999 02:44:05,835 --> 02:44:08,805 AGREEMENT. 4000 02:44:07,003 --> 02:44:12,709 AND IT IS, IT IS THERE TO 4001 02:44:08,872 --> 02:44:15,111 ESSENTIALLY SET THE RULES FOR 4002 02:44:12,776 --> 02:44:16,613 HOW THE CITY RESOURCES WILL BE 4003 02:44:15,177 --> 02:44:18,013 REIMBURSED. 4004 02:44:16,680 --> 02:44:21,050 THE GAMES AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED 4005 02:44:18,080 --> 02:44:22,252 THE CONCEPT THAT THEY WOULD BE 4006 02:44:21,117 --> 02:44:24,053 REIMBURSED IN TERMS AND THIS IS 4007 02:44:22,318 --> 02:44:28,157 THE SPECIFICS. 4008 02:44:24,120 --> 02:44:31,861 I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE ECRMA 4009 02:44:28,224 --> 02:44:33,463 IS IN ALMOST EVERY WAY, 4010 02:44:31,928 --> 02:44:36,933 ENHANCED AND FURTHER PROTECTS 4011 02:44:33,530 --> 02:44:40,603 THE CITY, WHY DO WE NEED THE 4012 02:44:37,000 --> 02:44:41,604 ECRMA TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS IN 4013 02:44:40,670 --> 02:44:52,582 ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT ARE 4014 02:44:41,670 --> 02:44:54,450 REQUIRED TO TAKE ON THESE GAMES. 4015 02:44:52,649 --> 02:44:56,052 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO 4016 02:44:54,517 --> 02:44:58,388 THE VENUE AGREEMENT THAT'S WILL 4017 02:44:56,119 --> 02:44:59,489 BE AGREEMENTS SPECIFIC TO EACH 4018 02:44:58,455 --> 02:45:01,858 VENUE WHERE WE'LL DETERMINE 4019 02:44:59,555 --> 02:45:03,426 WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED 4020 02:45:01,925 --> 02:45:05,728 AND HOW MUCH WILL BE PAID FOR 4021 02:45:03,493 --> 02:45:08,765 THE SERVICES. 4022 02:45:05,795 --> 02:45:09,666 SO THE ECRMA IS NOT THE 4023 02:45:08,832 --> 02:45:10,800 IMPLEMENTING IT'S SETTING THE 4024 02:45:09,733 --> 02:45:12,435 RULES AND THEN THE SERVICE 4025 02:45:10,867 --> 02:45:15,004 AGREEMENT LEFT SIDE COME LATER, 4026 02:45:12,502 --> 02:45:17,573 BASED ON THE OPERATIONAL PLANS 4027 02:45:15,071 --> 02:45:18,741 ONCE COMPLETED BUSINESS LA28 4028 02:45:17,640 --> 02:45:22,144 AND WILL DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY 4029 02:45:18,808 --> 02:45:24,914 WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED 4030 02:45:22,211 --> 02:45:27,684 AND THE, AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT 4031 02:45:24,981 --> 02:45:29,519 ESSENTIALLY THAT THE CITY WILL 4032 02:45:27,751 --> 02:45:33,389 BE REIMBURSED FOR. 4033 02:45:29,586 --> 02:45:35,224 AGAIN, THE SCOPE OF ECRMA, IT 4034 02:45:33,456 --> 02:45:37,794 IS FOR THE CITY'S PROVISION AND 4035 02:45:35,291 --> 02:45:39,662 THIS IS A CONCEPT DISCUSSED IN 4036 02:45:37,861 --> 02:45:46,102 THE GAMES AGREEMENT FOR 4037 02:45:39,729 --> 02:45:49,973 SERVICES ABOVE NORMAL AND 4038 02:45:46,169 --> 02:45:52,008 CUSTOMARY LEVELS AND I REALLY 4039 02:45:50,040 --> 02:45:52,942 FOCUS, WHAT DO THE TWO THINGS 4040 02:45:52,075 --> 02:45:55,979 MEAN. 4041 02:45:53,009 --> 02:45:59,215 ABOVE NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY, 4042 02:45:56,046 --> 02:46:00,616 MEANS THAT LA28 DOES NOT HAVE 4043 02:45:59,282 --> 02:46:02,652 AN OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR THE 4044 02:46:00,683 --> 02:46:04,921 CITY WHAT IT NORMAL DO. 4045 02:46:02,719 --> 02:46:06,990 AND ALSO NOT REQUIRED TO PAY 4046 02:46:04,988 --> 02:46:10,693 FOR CITY SERVICES, ALTHOUGH 4047 02:46:07,057 --> 02:46:12,061 THEY MAY BE IN RELATION TO THE 4048 02:46:10,760 --> 02:46:14,163 GAMES, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO 4049 02:46:12,128 --> 02:46:14,997 PAY FOR CITY SERVICES THAT ARE 4050 02:46:14,230 --> 02:46:15,832 NOT IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE 4051 02:46:15,064 --> 02:46:18,768 GAMES. 4052 02:46:15,899 --> 02:46:20,136 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT 4053 02:46:18,835 --> 02:46:22,038 SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE 4054 02:46:20,203 --> 02:46:23,106 EVENTS AT THE VENUES. 4055 02:46:22,105 --> 02:46:24,607 AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 4056 02:46:23,173 --> 02:46:28,311 THIS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT 4057 02:46:24,674 --> 02:46:29,946 HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE, THE 4058 02:46:28,378 --> 02:46:31,581 ACADEMY AWARDS OR HOW DO WE 4059 02:46:30,013 --> 02:46:32,748 ENGAGE THE DODGERS WHEN THEY 4060 02:46:31,648 --> 02:46:34,117 WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND 4061 02:46:32,815 --> 02:46:36,752 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR 4062 02:46:34,184 --> 02:46:39,188 CELEBRATION AND PARADE? 4063 02:46:36,819 --> 02:46:41,691 IT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO 4064 02:46:39,255 --> 02:46:42,992 SUPPORT THAT, THAT, THAT EVENT 4065 02:46:41,758 --> 02:46:43,760 AT THAT VENUE AND THAT IS THE 4066 02:46:43,059 --> 02:46:47,397 LIMITATION. 4067 02:46:43,827 --> 02:46:49,299 SO WILL THE CITY INCUR COSTS OF 4068 02:46:47,464 --> 02:46:49,499 FOR CITY SERVICES BEYOND THE 4069 02:46:49,365 --> 02:46:50,766 VENUE? 4070 02:46:49,566 --> 02:46:53,569 OF COURSE WE WILL. 4071 02:46:50,833 --> 02:46:56,205 BUT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE 4072 02:46:53,636 --> 02:46:58,241 ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR 4073 02:46:56,272 --> 02:46:59,976 IS LIMITED TO THAT SCOPE. 4074 02:46:58,308 --> 02:47:00,843 AND AGAIN, THAT'S OUTLINED IN 4075 02:47:00,043 --> 02:47:02,645 THE GAMES AGREEMENT. 4076 02:47:00,910 --> 02:47:06,282 SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO 4077 02:47:02,712 --> 02:47:08,117 HAVE ASKED FOR OR DEMANDED, 4078 02:47:06,349 --> 02:47:10,720 YOU'RE GOING TO LA28 IS GOING 4079 02:47:08,184 --> 02:47:12,989 TO PAY FOR ACTIVITIES, WATCH 4080 02:47:10,787 --> 02:47:15,258 PARTY AND A PARK IF WE HAVE 4081 02:47:13,056 --> 02:47:17,326 CITY SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH 4082 02:47:15,325 --> 02:47:19,429 THAT, THAT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE 4083 02:47:17,393 --> 02:47:21,531 OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE. 4084 02:47:19,496 --> 02:47:23,599 IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE 4085 02:47:21,598 --> 02:47:24,767 LIKED TO ASK FOR IT, IT'S 4086 02:47:23,666 --> 02:47:28,771 BEYOND THE BALANCE. 4087 02:47:24,834 --> 02:47:33,643 THERE IS, THERE IS ANOTHER 4088 02:47:28,838 --> 02:47:37,713 LAYER OF, OF COMPLEXITY THAT, 4089 02:47:33,710 --> 02:47:38,981 THAT THIS GAME, THAT THE ECRM A 4090 02:47:37,780 --> 02:47:43,319 ADDRESSES. 4091 02:47:39,048 --> 02:47:44,921 AND THAT IS, THERE IS A 4092 02:47:43,386 --> 02:47:47,190 DISTINCTION BETWEEN SERVICES 4093 02:47:44,988 --> 02:47:50,226 THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE AND 4094 02:47:47,257 --> 02:47:51,460 WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR AND 4095 02:47:50,292 --> 02:47:53,462 SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL 4096 02:47:51,527 --> 02:48:04,707 PROVIDE THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED 4097 02:47:53,529 --> 02:48:06,576 FOR. 4098 02:48:04,774 --> 02:48:10,046 AND THE EASE Y*EFT WAY IS 4099 02:48:06,643 --> 02:48:12,815 SECURITY COST, NEED TO BE DEALT 4100 02:48:10,113 --> 02:48:14,684 WITH SEPARATELY AND DISTINCTLY 4101 02:48:12,882 --> 02:48:15,818 FROM NON SECURITY COSTS. 4102 02:48:14,751 --> 02:48:19,722 AGAIN IN THE GAMES AGREEMENT 4103 02:48:15,885 --> 02:48:22,492 AND BEFORE THAT, IT WAS 4104 02:48:19,789 --> 02:48:24,694 CONTEMPLATED THAT THE FEDERAL 4105 02:48:22,559 --> 02:48:26,362 GOVERNMENT WOULD COVER SECURITY 4106 02:48:24,760 --> 02:48:29,164 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAMES. 4107 02:48:26,429 --> 02:48:30,299 SO THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT 4108 02:48:29,231 --> 02:48:33,302 PROCESS, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL 4109 02:48:30,366 --> 02:48:35,304 THAT THE CITY PUT ITSELF IN A 4110 02:48:33,369 --> 02:48:40,877 POSITION TO MAXIMIZE EVERY 4111 02:48:35,371 --> 02:48:43,746 AVAILABLE DOLLAR OF FEDERAL 4112 02:48:40,944 --> 02:48:44,914 MONEY BECAUSE TO FOR LA28 4113 02:48:43,813 --> 02:48:46,315 BUDGET BECAUSE OF THAT 4114 02:48:44,981 --> 02:48:48,618 UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FEDERAL 4115 02:48:46,382 --> 02:48:57,593 GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE 4116 02:48:48,685 --> 02:49:00,329 BUDGET FOR SECURITY COSTS. 4117 02:48:57,660 --> 02:49:02,632 SO IF IT CAUSE PUT THE COSTS, 4118 02:49:00,396 --> 02:49:04,500 WE HAVE AN INTEREST, A VERY 4119 02:49:02,699 --> 02:49:06,569 STRONG MUTUAL INTEREST FOR THE 4120 02:49:04,567 --> 02:49:07,436 GAMES TO BE FINANCIALLY 4121 02:49:06,636 --> 02:49:09,238 SUCCESSFUL BUT ALSO THROUGH 4122 02:49:07,503 --> 02:49:11,140 THIS AGREEMENT NEED TO PROTECT 4123 02:49:09,304 --> 02:49:14,343 THE CITY, TO ENSURE THAT OUR 4124 02:49:11,207 --> 02:49:20,983 COSTS ARE REIMBURSED. 4125 02:49:14,410 --> 02:49:23,719 AGAIN, JUST VERY BRIEFLY IN THE 4126 02:49:21,050 --> 02:49:24,487 25-26 CONGRESS, THE BIG 4127 02:49:23,786 --> 02:49:25,555 BEAUTIFUL BILL ABOUT 4128 02:49:24,554 --> 02:49:27,423 APPROPRIATE A BILLION DOLLARS 4129 02:49:25,622 --> 02:49:29,058 TO BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL 4130 02:49:27,490 --> 02:49:32,929 GOVERNMENTS FOR SECURITY. 4131 02:49:29,125 --> 02:49:35,198 THAT IS WHAT WE HOPE IS IS THE 4132 02:49:32,996 --> 02:49:36,298 INITIAL ALLOCATION OR THE 4133 02:49:35,265 --> 02:49:37,033 INITIAL PREPARATION FOR THESE 4134 02:49:36,365 --> 02:49:39,769 COSTS. 4135 02:49:37,100 --> 02:49:43,039 IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE MAXIMIZE 4136 02:49:39,835 --> 02:49:45,241 THOSE COSTS IN ADDITION TO 4137 02:49:43,106 --> 02:49:46,709 SECURING REIMBURSEMENT DIRECTLY 4138 02:49:45,307 --> 02:49:48,110 THROUGH LA28. 4139 02:49:46,776 --> 02:49:50,413 SO AS IT RELATES TO THE 4140 02:49:48,177 --> 02:49:51,814 PROCESS, AGAIN THERE WOULD BE 4141 02:49:50,480 --> 02:49:56,118 TWO PROCESSES THAT THE DOCUMENT 4142 02:49:51,881 --> 02:50:02,225 IN FRONT OF YOU, ESTABLISHES. 4143 02:49:56,185 --> 02:50:03,859 IF THE CITY SERVICE LAPD OR 4144 02:50:02,292 --> 02:50:05,494 SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR 4145 02:50:03,926 --> 02:50:08,731 FEDERAL FUNDING, THE CITY WOULD 4146 02:50:05,561 --> 02:50:11,234 GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 4147 02:50:08,798 --> 02:50:14,470 AND ONCE DETERMINATION IS MADE 4148 02:50:11,301 --> 02:50:15,571 AS TO WHAT WE WOULD BE 4149 02:50:14,536 --> 02:50:18,674 REIMBURSED FOR. 4150 02:50:15,638 --> 02:50:21,811 IF WE'RE NOT REIMBURSED FOR 100 4151 02:50:18,741 --> 02:50:24,814 PERCENT OF OUR COST ASSOCIATED 4152 02:50:21,878 --> 02:50:28,951 WITH THE GAMES, THEN, WE WOULD 4153 02:50:24,881 --> 02:50:34,657 THEN THOSE COSTS WOULD BE AN 4154 02:50:29,018 --> 02:50:35,358 OBLIGATION OF LA28 THROUGH THE 4155 02:50:34,724 --> 02:50:38,628 ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY AND 4156 02:50:35,425 --> 02:50:39,996 BEYOND IF THE ALLOCATED 4157 02:50:38,695 --> 02:50:42,765 CONTINGENCY WAS EXHAUSTED. 4158 02:50:40,063 --> 02:50:44,367 THE IF, IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR 4159 02:50:42,832 --> 02:50:46,469 FEDERAL FUNDING, THEN WE WOULD 4160 02:50:44,434 --> 02:50:47,603 GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY 4161 02:50:46,536 --> 02:50:49,505 WOULD REIMBURSE US UP FRONT. 4162 02:50:47,670 --> 02:50:53,209 I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF 4163 02:50:49,572 --> 02:50:56,846 TIME ON THIS NEXT, FLOW CHART 4164 02:50:53,276 --> 02:50:58,247 BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO 4165 02:50:56,913 --> 02:51:00,049 PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OVER THE 4166 02:50:58,314 --> 02:51:03,118 COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. 4167 02:51:00,116 --> 02:51:04,387 WE WILL ESTABLISH THE SERVICE 4168 02:51:03,185 --> 02:51:04,987 LEVELS REQUIRED, WE WILL 4169 02:51:04,454 --> 02:51:06,956 NEGOTIATE THE SERVICE 4170 02:51:05,054 --> 02:51:10,860 AGREEMENTS AND WE WILL PROVIDE 4171 02:51:07,023 --> 02:51:12,228 COST ESTIMATES BY THE END OF 4172 02:51:10,927 --> 02:51:14,197 OCTOBER TO LA28. 4173 02:51:12,295 --> 02:51:16,232 THEY WILL THEN PAY US FOR THE 4174 02:51:14,263 --> 02:51:17,166 MONTHLY SERVICES FOR WHEN THE 4175 02:51:16,299 --> 02:51:18,734 SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED UP 4176 02:51:17,233 --> 02:51:19,869 FRONT. 4177 02:51:18,801 --> 02:51:22,171 FOR SERVICES WHERE WE DON'T 4178 02:51:19,936 --> 02:51:23,873 NEED TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE 4179 02:51:22,238 --> 02:51:25,675 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER 4180 02:51:23,940 --> 02:51:27,977 ENTITIES, THEY WOULD PAY US UP 4181 02:51:25,742 --> 02:51:31,814 FRONT AND WE WOULD RECONCILE ON 4182 02:51:28,044 --> 02:51:36,018 THE BACK END. 4183 02:51:31,881 --> 02:51:37,920 THE, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE, 4184 02:51:36,085 --> 02:51:39,422 CRITICAL AND PERHAPS THE MOST 4185 02:51:37,987 --> 02:51:40,790 IMPORTANT PROVISION OF THE 4186 02:51:39,489 --> 02:51:42,825 AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, THERE IS 4187 02:51:40,857 --> 02:51:44,627 CERTAINLY BEEN A LOT OF 4188 02:51:42,892 --> 02:51:49,231 DISCUSSION ABOUT ENSURING THAT, 4189 02:51:44,694 --> 02:51:54,670 THAT THE CITY IS PAID FOR WHAT 4190 02:51:49,298 --> 02:51:56,338 IS OWED BEFORE LA28 CLOSES UP 4191 02:51:54,737 --> 02:51:58,341 SHOP, DECLARES PROP ITS THAT 4192 02:51:56,405 --> 02:51:59,108 WOULD BE SENT TO A LEGACY ET 4193 02:51:58,407 --> 02:52:03,012 CETERA. 4194 02:51:59,175 --> 02:52:06,649 SO WE DID NEGOTIATE SECTION 4195 02:52:03,079 --> 02:52:08,284 10.6 WHICH STATES THAT LA28 4196 02:52:06,716 --> 02:52:10,386 SHALL SATISFY ALL OF ITS 4197 02:52:08,351 --> 02:52:11,987 FINANCIAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS 4198 02:52:10,453 --> 02:52:15,123 PRIOR TO DISBURSEMENT OF ANY 4199 02:52:12,054 --> 02:52:19,495 SURPLUS TO THE LEGACY ENTITY. 4200 02:52:15,190 --> 02:52:21,997 AND WE INCLUDED FOR THE 4201 02:52:19,562 --> 02:52:23,632 AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT 4202 02:52:22,064 --> 02:52:26,402 SATISFACTION, MEANS THAT LA28 4203 02:52:23,699 --> 02:52:27,069 HAS PAID THE CITY ALL 4204 02:52:26,469 --> 02:52:30,973 OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS TO. 4205 02:52:27,136 --> 02:52:33,909 SO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 4206 02:52:31,040 --> 02:52:35,978 AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU, THAT 4207 02:52:33,976 --> 02:52:39,048 ALLOWS AND REQUIRES CITY 4208 02:52:36,045 --> 02:52:42,852 APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE 4209 02:52:39,114 --> 02:52:44,453 CONTINGENCY FUNDS, GIVES THE 4210 02:52:42,919 --> 02:52:47,390 CITY, SIGNIFICANT PROTECTION 4211 02:52:44,520 --> 02:52:49,658 ONCE THE GAMES ARE CONCLUDED 4212 02:52:47,456 --> 02:52:51,660 AND CERTAINLY IN THE EVENT THAT 4213 02:52:49,725 --> 02:52:55,931 THERE IS, THERE ARE PROFITS. 4214 02:52:51,727 --> 02:52:57,333 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND THIS 4215 02:52:55,998 --> 02:53:00,369 AGREEMENT WILL, ENSURE THAT THE 4216 02:52:57,400 --> 02:53:02,504 CITY WOULD BE FULLY REIMBURSED 4217 02:53:00,436 --> 02:53:04,640 FOR ITS COSTS BEFORE THOSE, 4218 02:53:02,571 --> 02:53:08,778 THAT SURPLUS WOULD BE DECLARED 4219 02:53:04,706 --> 02:53:10,246 AND SENT TO A LEGACY ENTITY. 4220 02:53:08,845 --> 02:53:12,181 I WILL, CONCLUDE THERE AND I'M 4221 02:53:10,312 --> 02:53:13,215 SURE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 4222 02:53:12,247 --> 02:53:16,152 QUESTIONS. 4223 02:53:13,282 --> 02:53:18,421 BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS 4224 02:53:16,219 --> 02:53:20,022 WOULD COME AFTER AN AUDIT OF 4225 02:53:18,488 --> 02:53:23,326 THEIR FINANCIALS AND THEN WE 4226 02:53:20,089 --> 02:53:25,127 WOULD HAVE THE PROVISIONS IN 4227 02:53:23,392 --> 02:53:29,398 THE AGREEMENT AND THE ABILITY 4228 02:53:25,194 --> 02:53:32,401 TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE ARE FULLY 4229 02:53:29,464 --> 02:53:33,969 PAID IN THE EVENT OF COURSE, 4230 02:53:32,468 --> 02:53:36,238 THAT THAT THEY MAKE THEIR 4231 02:53:34,036 --> 02:53:38,307 BUDGET. 4232 02:53:36,305 --> 02:53:41,110 IT IS IMPORTANT BY THE WAY AND 4233 02:53:38,374 --> 02:53:43,846 I'M SURE WE'LL GET INTO THIS, 4234 02:53:41,177 --> 02:53:48,184 THAT A PROVISION THAT, THAT IN 4235 02:53:43,913 --> 02:53:49,985 THE GAMES AGREEMENT THAT THE 4236 02:53:48,251 --> 02:53:52,555 CLA NEGOTIATED, IS PRESERVED 4237 02:53:50,052 --> 02:53:53,489 AND THAT PROVISION IS THIS 4238 02:53:52,622 --> 02:53:56,425 ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY AND WE 4239 02:53:53,556 --> 02:54:00,329 TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT IN THE, 4240 02:53:56,492 --> 02:54:01,964 IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE REPORT 4241 02:54:00,396 --> 02:54:04,533 IN FRONT OF YOU. 4242 02:54:02,031 --> 02:54:06,802 LA28 IS REQUIRED TO FUND IN 4243 02:54:04,600 --> 02:54:08,170 CASH, AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY 4244 02:54:06,869 --> 02:54:10,005 BEYOND THEIR STANDARD 4245 02:54:08,237 --> 02:54:11,907 CONTINGENCY THAT IS THERE ONLY 4246 02:54:10,072 --> 02:54:20,316 FOR ONLY TO PROTECT THE CITY. 4247 02:54:11,974 --> 02:54:22,818 THAT IS TO SAY, IF BECAUSE THE 4248 02:54:20,382 --> 02:54:26,255 CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR CLOSING 4249 02:54:22,885 --> 02:54:27,890 ANY BUDGET DEFICITS *, THERE IS 4250 02:54:26,322 --> 02:54:29,959 270 MILLION THAT WOULD BE DRAWN 4251 02:54:27,957 --> 02:54:32,227 ON FIRST BEFORE THE CITY WOULD 4252 02:54:30,026 --> 02:54:37,199 HAVE TO PAY OUT OF ITS GENERAL 4253 02:54:32,294 --> 02:54:39,535 FUND. 4254 02:54:37,266 --> 02:54:41,804 IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PRESERVE 4255 02:54:39,602 --> 02:54:43,272 THAT AND PROTECT THEM, THE 4256 02:54:41,871 --> 02:54:45,307 WORSE CASE SCENARIO IS FOR THE 4257 02:54:43,339 --> 02:54:46,942 CITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY 4258 02:54:45,374 --> 02:54:49,044 OUT OF ITS GENERAL FUND TO 4259 02:54:47,009 --> 02:54:49,979 CLOSE THE GAP, A BUDGET GAP 4260 02:54:49,111 --> 02:54:53,215 LEFT BY THE GAMES. 4261 02:54:50,046 --> 02:54:55,117 SO WE NEED TO PRESERVE THAT 270. 4262 02:54:53,282 --> 02:54:56,752 BUT WHAT WE ADDED TO IT, IN THE 4263 02:54:55,184 --> 02:54:58,854 EVENT THAT THE GAMES ARE 4264 02:54:56,819 --> 02:55:00,723 SUCCESSFUL, THAT IT TURNS A 4265 02:54:58,921 --> 02:55:03,025 PROFIT, WE DON'T WANT THE 4266 02:55:00,790 --> 02:55:04,993 SITUATION WHERE THE CITY ENDS 4267 02:55:03,092 --> 02:55:08,063 UP PAYING 250 MILLION DOLLARS 4268 02:55:05,060 --> 02:55:11,467 ON LAPD AND WE'RE ONLY 4269 02:55:08,130 --> 02:55:13,369 REIMBURSED FOR 150 MILLION AND 4270 02:55:11,534 --> 02:55:15,204 THEN GAMES THEN DECLARING THAT 4271 02:55:13,436 --> 02:55:18,207 IT HAS A BIG PROFIT. 4272 02:55:15,271 --> 02:55:19,875 SO WE NEVER GET TO USE THAT 270 4273 02:55:18,274 --> 02:55:21,944 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROFIT, 4274 02:55:19,942 --> 02:55:24,246 THEY MADE THEIR BUDGET. 4275 02:55:22,011 --> 02:55:26,982 BUT YET WE'RE HOLDING THE BAG 4276 02:55:24,313 --> 02:55:28,150 FOR THE REIMBURSED COSTS. 4277 02:55:27,049 --> 02:55:30,252 WE HAVE A SITUATION AND THE 4278 02:55:28,217 --> 02:55:31,120 CITY WOULD BE HOLDING THE BAG, 4279 02:55:30,319 --> 02:55:32,121 THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU DOES 4280 02:55:31,186 --> 02:55:33,722 THAT. 4281 02:55:32,188 --> 02:55:35,791 SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT 4282 02:55:33,789 --> 02:55:37,593 THAT AND ALSO TO PROTECT THAT 4283 02:55:35,858 --> 02:55:39,028 ORDER OF PRIORITY. 4284 02:55:37,659 --> 02:55:41,631 BECAUSE I BELIEVE, VERY 4285 02:55:39,095 --> 02:55:44,533 STRONGLY THAT OF ALL OF THE 4286 02:55:41,697 --> 02:55:46,168 SCENARIOS WHERE THERE IS 4287 02:55:44,600 --> 02:55:48,336 INHERENT RISK THE WORSE IS FOR 4288 02:55:46,235 --> 02:55:51,640 US TO WRITE A CHECK TO CLOSE A 4289 02:55:48,403 --> 02:55:53,943 DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE GAMES. 4290 02:55:51,707 --> 02:55:54,643 I WILL STOP THERE AND OPEN IT 4291 02:55:54,010 --> 02:55:57,179 UP FOR QUESTIONS. 4292 02:55:54,710 --> 02:55:59,982 » Council President: I JUST 4293 02:55:57,246 --> 02:56:01,784 WANTED TO ASK, MADAM CLA, WE 4294 02:56:00,049 --> 02:56:04,520 HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS BEFORE US, 4295 02:56:01,851 --> 02:56:06,655 I KNOW MANY OF YOU ISSUES TOOK 4296 02:56:04,587 --> 02:56:10,793 UP IN THE NEGOTIATING ROOM. 4297 02:56:06,722 --> 02:56:12,895 SO IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH 4298 02:56:10,860 --> 02:56:14,563 THOSE AND TELL US, WHAT THE 4299 02:56:12,962 --> 02:56:15,497 DISCUSSIONS WERE, AS A 4300 02:56:14,630 --> 02:56:18,634 NEGOTIATING GAME AGAIN, THIS IS 4301 02:56:15,564 --> 02:56:20,603 NOT THE CITY IMPOSING SOMETHING 4302 02:56:18,700 --> 02:56:21,837 ON LA28, THIS IS A NEGOTIATED 4303 02:56:20,670 --> 02:56:24,974 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. 4304 02:56:21,904 --> 02:56:29,511 SO IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH 4305 02:56:25,041 --> 02:56:32,481 THAT IN THE ITEMS. 4306 02:56:29,578 --> 02:56:41,056 » SURE MANY WERE DISCUSSED AND 4307 02:56:32,548 --> 02:56:42,958 NEGOTIATED WITH LA28 WE CANNOT 4308 02:56:41,123 --> 02:56:44,994 IMPOSE UNILATERALLY. 4309 02:56:43,025 --> 02:56:46,862 WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS. 4310 02:56:45,061 --> 02:56:48,931 SO, WE WILL, I THINK THERE IS 4311 02:56:46,929 --> 02:56:51,100 SIX AMENDMENTS IF THAT IS 4312 02:56:48,998 --> 02:56:53,769 CORRECT AND MATT, AND I CAN GO 4313 02:56:51,166 --> 02:56:56,037 THROUGH THESE. 4314 02:56:53,836 --> 02:57:00,175 ITEM 3-A IS A RAMAN AMENDMENT, 4315 02:56:56,104 --> 02:57:02,611 THIS WOULD MAKE A CHANGE TO THE 4316 02:57:00,242 --> 02:57:04,914 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES 4317 02:57:02,678 --> 02:57:06,215 AGREEMENT ON RELATIVE TO THE 4318 02:57:04,980 --> 02:57:08,183 ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY. 4319 02:57:06,282 --> 02:57:09,251 I'LL LET MATT TALK ABOUT THIS 4320 02:57:08,250 --> 02:57:11,019 ONE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING 4321 02:57:09,318 --> 02:57:12,755 THAT HE WORKED VERY CLOSELY 4322 02:57:11,086 --> 02:57:14,356 WITH LA28 ON AND THIS WAS THE 4323 02:57:12,822 --> 02:57:16,458 PROTECTION THAT HE JUST TALKED 4324 02:57:14,423 --> 02:57:17,859 ABOUT AS IT RELATED TO A 4325 02:57:16,525 --> 02:57:20,596 SITUATION WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY 4326 02:57:17,926 --> 02:57:23,365 COSTS MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED BY 4327 02:57:20,663 --> 02:57:24,767 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 4328 02:57:23,432 --> 02:57:26,368 ALSO, STRIKING 1.2 THE FIRST 4329 02:57:24,834 --> 02:57:27,936 AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES 4330 02:57:26,435 --> 02:57:29,972 AGREEMENT, ACTUALLY THE WAY I 4331 02:57:28,003 --> 02:57:31,640 LOOK AT THAT, THAT ACTUALLY 4332 02:57:30,038 --> 02:57:34,143 COULD HARM THE CITY BECAUSE ONE 4333 02:57:31,707 --> 02:57:36,712 OF THE THINGS THAT, THE 4334 02:57:34,210 --> 02:57:39,248 AMENDMENT DOES IS THAT IT ALSO 4335 02:57:36,779 --> 02:57:41,150 GIVES THE CITY, ABILITY TO 4336 02:57:39,315 --> 02:57:42,050 WEIGH IN EVEN ON THE 4337 02:57:41,217 --> 02:57:43,218 EXPENDITURE OF ANY LEGACY 4338 02:57:42,117 --> 02:57:44,686 DOLLARS. 4339 02:57:43,285 --> 02:57:46,221 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT 4340 02:57:44,753 --> 02:57:47,456 PROVIDED FOR. 4341 02:57:46,288 --> 02:57:49,224 SO THIS ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE 4342 02:57:47,523 --> 02:57:50,726 BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY 4343 02:57:49,291 --> 02:57:52,160 BECAUSE WE WOULD WEIGH IN ON 4344 02:57:50,792 --> 02:57:53,862 THE USE OF THE LEGACY DOLLARS 4345 02:57:52,227 --> 02:57:55,931 AS WELL. 4346 02:57:53,929 --> 02:57:57,533 THE FINAL AMENDMENT IS, IT 4347 02:57:55,998 --> 02:57:59,702 LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LANGUAGE 4348 02:57:57,600 --> 02:58:01,003 CHANGE AND I WANT TO POINT OUT 4349 02:57:59,768 --> 02:58:02,671 TOO THAT SOME OF THESE 4350 02:58:01,070 --> 02:58:03,605 AMENDMENTS, THIS DOCUMENT IS 4351 02:58:02,737 --> 02:58:05,741 VERY COMPLICATED. 4352 02:58:03,672 --> 02:58:07,309 SO MATT AND I WALKED IN AND SAW 4353 02:58:05,807 --> 02:58:09,378 THESE MOTIONS FOR THE FIRST 4354 02:58:07,376 --> 02:58:11,447 TIME TODAY AND SO IT'S, IT MAY 4355 02:58:09,445 --> 02:58:14,650 BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO 4356 02:58:11,514 --> 02:58:20,189 FIGURE OUT ALL THE NUANCES. 4357 02:58:14,717 --> 02:58:21,557 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 8.1.1.1 IS A 4358 02:58:20,256 --> 02:58:23,826 LANGUAGE CHANGE AND I THINK, 4359 02:58:21,624 --> 02:58:25,928 MAYBE IT'S JUST TO BE A LITTLE 4360 02:58:23,893 --> 02:58:28,830 BIT MORE DESCRIPTIVE ON AFTER 4361 02:58:25,995 --> 02:58:30,065 PAYING FOR ALL PARTIES 4362 02:58:28,897 --> 02:58:39,308 EXPENDITURES. 4363 02:58:30,132 --> 02:58:42,277 IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT I'M NOT I'M 4364 02:58:39,375 --> 02:58:45,514 NOT TOO SURE BUT I'LL LET MATT 4365 02:58:42,344 --> 02:58:48,550 TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT 8.1. 4366 02:58:45,581 --> 02:58:53,088 » SURE, ON 8.1, NUMBER 1, I 4367 02:58:48,617 --> 02:59:08,003 WILL JUST SAY THAT, HOLD ON ONE 4368 02:58:53,155 --> 02:59:09,138 SECOND. 4369 02:59:08,070 --> 02:59:16,178 OKAY, SO THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT 4370 02:59:09,205 --> 02:59:18,247 OF YOU AS RECOMMENDED WAS 4371 02:59:16,245 --> 02:59:20,048 VERBATIM IN COMMITTEE I WAS 4372 02:59:18,314 --> 02:59:24,219 INSTRUCTED TO SECURE. 4373 02:59:20,115 --> 02:59:25,821 SO I, I NEGOTIATED EXACTLY WHAT 4374 02:59:24,286 --> 02:59:29,291 THE COMMITTEE ASKED, SO NUMBER 4375 02:59:25,888 --> 02:59:30,625 ONE THAT IS WHAT, THAT'S THE 4376 02:59:29,358 --> 02:59:35,264 RESULT OF WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE 4377 02:59:30,692 --> 02:59:38,000 YOU. 4378 02:59:35,331 --> 02:59:42,304 NUMBER 2, AS THE CLA STATED AND 4379 02:59:38,067 --> 02:59:46,041 WHAT I HAVE UP HERE, IT DOES 4380 02:59:42,371 --> 02:59:49,478 ELIMINATE A CRITICAL PROVISION. 4381 02:59:46,108 --> 02:59:52,648 SECTION 1.2 WHICH I HAVE ON THE 4382 02:59:49,545 --> 02:59:54,950 SCREEN, IS THERE AND WAS 4383 02:59:52,715 --> 02:59:57,252 SECURED AS A WAY OF 4384 02:59:55,017 --> 02:59:59,354 DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING THE 4385 02:59:57,319 --> 03:00:01,657 CITY'S AUTHORITY OVER THIS 4386 02:59:59,421 --> 03:00:03,492 ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY. 4387 03:00:01,724 --> 03:00:04,927 BECAUSE IN THE ORIGINAL 4388 03:00:03,559 --> 03:00:07,696 LANGUAGE, IN THE GAMES 4389 03:00:04,994 --> 03:00:11,533 GRIEMENT, THIS IS 12.4.6 IF YOU 4390 03:00:07,763 --> 03:00:12,801 LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THIS IS THE 4391 03:00:11,600 --> 03:00:18,473 CURRENT LANGUAGE AND IT SAYS 4392 03:00:12,868 --> 03:00:22,144 THAT PRIOR TO THE OCLOG'S USE 4393 03:00:18,540 --> 03:00:26,248 WITH RESPECT TO 12.5.1 WHICH IS 4394 03:00:22,211 --> 03:00:30,652 UP ABOVE THERE, ONLY, IT SHOULD 4395 03:00:26,315 --> 03:00:35,724 OBTAIN THE WRITTEN CONSENT, 4396 03:00:30,719 --> 03:00:38,259 12.4.5.1 IS THE ORIGINAL INTENT 4397 03:00:35,791 --> 03:00:39,995 OF THE, OF THE 270 MILLION 4398 03:00:38,326 --> 03:00:41,396 WHICH IS TO BE USED IN CASE 4399 03:00:40,062 --> 03:00:43,065 THERE IS A DEFICIT. 4400 03:00:41,463 --> 03:00:45,067 BUT THEN IT CAN ALSO BE USED IF 4401 03:00:43,131 --> 03:00:48,837 YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PROVISION 4402 03:00:45,134 --> 03:00:50,439 TO BE USED AS SURPLUS PROFITS 4403 03:00:48,904 --> 03:00:53,308 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WHOLE 4404 03:00:50,506 --> 03:00:57,446 CITY CONTRACT. 4405 03:00:53,375 --> 03:01:02,451 AND WHAT THE SECTION PROTECTS 4406 03:00:57,513 --> 03:01:03,819 AGAINST IS LA28 DECLARING A 4407 03:01:02,518 --> 03:01:05,487 SURPLUS, AND THEN WE'RE NOT 4408 03:01:03,886 --> 03:01:07,122 HAVING ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. 4409 03:01:05,554 --> 03:01:08,724 UNDER THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, 4410 03:01:07,189 --> 03:01:11,760 UNDER THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, 4411 03:01:08,791 --> 03:01:13,696 YOU WOULD HAVE VETO POWER OVER 4412 03:01:11,827 --> 03:01:15,230 28 SAYING WELL OKAY, THIS IS 4413 03:01:13,762 --> 03:01:17,733 SURPLUS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT 4414 03:01:15,297 --> 03:01:19,534 TO THE LEGACY ENTITY. 4415 03:01:17,800 --> 03:01:21,769 WHILE THERE WAS A DISPUTE OR 4416 03:01:19,601 --> 03:01:24,839 WHILE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE 4417 03:01:21,836 --> 03:01:26,708 WERE, THERE WERE UNREIMBURSED 4418 03:01:24,906 --> 03:01:28,543 COSTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DOLLARS. 4419 03:01:26,775 --> 03:01:29,678 IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROTECTION IT 4420 03:01:28,610 --> 03:01:31,713 SHOULD BE PRESERVED ON THAT ONE. 4421 03:01:29,745 --> 03:01:33,415 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 4422 03:01:31,779 --> 03:01:34,816 3-A. 4423 03:01:33,482 --> 03:01:36,385 » SO DO YOU WANT TO US GO 4424 03:01:34,883 --> 03:01:37,319 THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS? 4425 03:01:36,452 --> 03:01:38,487 MR. PRESIDENT? 4426 03:01:37,386 --> 03:01:41,156 » Council President: YES. 4427 03:01:38,554 --> 03:01:44,259 » AND WE'LL GO A LITTLE 4428 03:01:41,223 --> 03:01:47,029 QUICKER, 3B IS A HERNANDEZ 4429 03:01:44,326 --> 03:01:47,896 SECTION AMEND 3.10 OF THE 4430 03:01:47,095 --> 03:01:50,165 PROPOSED ECRM. 4431 03:01:47,963 --> 03:01:51,299 THIS IS RELATED TO UNPLANNED 4432 03:01:50,232 --> 03:01:52,034 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY 4433 03:01:51,366 --> 03:01:56,138 INCIDENTS. 4434 03:01:52,101 --> 03:01:58,006 THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS BEING 4435 03:01:56,205 --> 03:01:59,608 AMENDED IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT 4436 03:01:58,073 --> 03:02:01,443 IS IN THE GAMES AGREEMENT. 4437 03:01:59,675 --> 03:02:05,113 THERE IS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE 4438 03:02:01,510 --> 03:02:07,449 THAT IS NEGOTIATED BY THE CLA 4439 03:02:05,180 --> 03:02:08,817 AND CLA ABOUT BE STANDING. 4440 03:02:07,516 --> 03:02:10,586 RELATED TOPO TENSION EVENTS, I 4441 03:02:08,884 --> 03:02:13,221 DON'T WANT TO ARGUE ANYBODY'S 4442 03:02:10,652 --> 03:02:14,623 POINT BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS 4443 03:02:13,288 --> 03:02:16,491 THAT GOVERNMENTS DO THAT WE DO 4444 03:02:14,690 --> 03:02:18,794 BECAUSE WE ARE GOVERNMENT AND 4445 03:02:16,558 --> 03:02:19,862 WE PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES 4446 03:02:18,861 --> 03:02:20,629 AND RESPONSE TO MANY MANY 4447 03:02:19,928 --> 03:02:23,198 THINGS. 4448 03:02:20,696 --> 03:02:25,901 IT MAY BE RELATED TO A SPECIAL 4449 03:02:23,265 --> 03:02:28,370 EVENT BUT IT MAYBE RELATED TO 4450 03:02:25,968 --> 03:02:31,139 SOMETHING AS BEING PART OF 4451 03:02:28,437 --> 03:02:31,840 NORMAL GOVERNMENT WORK. 4452 03:02:31,206 --> 03:02:33,909 THE NOTWITHSTANDING LANGUAGE 4453 03:02:31,906 --> 03:02:35,777 THAT WE INCLUDED WAS TO BE 4454 03:02:33,976 --> 03:02:38,246 REFLECTIVE OF THAT. 4455 03:02:35,844 --> 03:02:40,082 THIS AS CHANGE, WHAT IS IN THE 4456 03:02:38,313 --> 03:02:42,851 GAMES AGREEMENT AND, AND IT 4457 03:02:40,149 --> 03:02:45,354 SEEMS THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT, 4458 03:02:42,918 --> 03:02:47,989 SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS 4459 03:02:45,421 --> 03:02:50,825 FURTHER AS PART OF THE VENUE 4460 03:02:48,056 --> 03:02:52,661 SERVICES AGREEMENTS. 4461 03:02:50,892 --> 03:02:55,597 ITEM AND WE CAN HAVE DO YOU 4462 03:02:52,728 --> 03:02:56,531 WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? 4463 03:02:55,664 --> 03:02:58,166 » Council President: REAL 4464 03:02:56,598 --> 03:03:01,003 QUICK ON THE VENUE SERVICES 4465 03:02:58,233 --> 03:03:02,838 AGREEMENT. 4466 03:03:01,070 --> 03:03:04,840 MY ASSUMPTION IS, THAT THE CITY 4467 03:03:02,905 --> 03:03:06,375 OF L.A. WILL APPROVE THE VENUE 4468 03:03:04,907 --> 03:03:07,743 SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE 4469 03:03:06,442 --> 03:03:08,643 VENUES IN THE CITY. 4470 03:03:07,810 --> 03:03:10,279 IS THAT CORRECT? 4471 03:03:08,710 --> 03:03:11,380 » YES. 4472 03:03:10,345 --> 03:03:13,882 » Council President: EVEN 4473 03:03:11,447 --> 03:03:16,618 THOUGH WE WILL HAVE LIABILITY 4474 03:03:13,949 --> 03:03:17,786 FINANCIAL LIABILITY IF THE 4475 03:03:16,685 --> 03:03:19,888 VENUE AGREEMENTS IN OTHER 4476 03:03:17,853 --> 03:03:21,256 CITIES ARE DONE IN A WAY THAT 4477 03:03:19,955 --> 03:03:22,824 CREATES FINANCIAL EXPOSURE FOR 4478 03:03:21,323 --> 03:03:25,060 LA28. 4479 03:03:22,891 --> 03:03:26,494 » THAT IS CORRECT. 4480 03:03:25,127 --> 03:03:28,197 AND THAT IS WHY, COUNCIL 4481 03:03:26,561 --> 03:03:31,833 PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR 4482 03:03:28,263 --> 03:03:33,268 REMINDING US, THAT IS WHY THE 4483 03:03:31,900 --> 03:03:35,804 ECRM A IS SO IMPORTANT IT'S 4484 03:03:33,335 --> 03:03:36,972 GOING TO BE USE AS A MODEL FOR 4485 03:03:35,871 --> 03:03:41,276 OTHER CITIES AS WELL. 4486 03:03:37,039 --> 03:03:45,614 SO TO THE EXTENT THAT OTHER 4487 03:03:41,343 --> 03:03:47,015 CITIES UTILIZE OUR ECRM A FOR 4488 03:03:45,681 --> 03:03:50,519 THEMSELVES, IF IT'S, IF IT'S, 4489 03:03:47,082 --> 03:03:51,519 IF IT'S A LOT, WE ARE 4490 03:03:50,585 --> 03:03:52,554 ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE THE 4491 03:03:51,586 --> 03:03:56,391 BACKSTOP. 4492 03:03:52,621 --> 03:03:58,193 AND SO WE TRIED TO BE VERY 4493 03:03:56,458 --> 03:03:59,628 CAREFUL TO INCLUDE THOSE THINGS 4494 03:03:58,260 --> 03:04:01,229 THAT WE THOUGHT WERE REALLY 4495 03:03:59,695 --> 03:04:03,298 NECESSARY AND THE WHOLE ISSUE 4496 03:04:01,296 --> 03:04:06,701 OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS A SEPARATE 4497 03:04:03,365 --> 03:04:10,806 ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT IN 4498 03:04:06,768 --> 03:04:14,976 THE LA28 BUDGET THAT WAS ALWAYS 4499 03:04:10,873 --> 03:04:16,244 CONTEMPLATED TO BE PAID THROUGH 4500 03:04:15,043 --> 03:04:18,146 NSE DESIGNATION. 4501 03:04:16,311 --> 03:04:19,514 SO THAT'S WHY THESE DOCUMENTS 4502 03:04:18,213 --> 03:04:22,484 BECOME VERY VERY COMPLICATED 4503 03:04:19,581 --> 03:04:23,652 AND WE TRIED TO BE CAREFUL IN 4504 03:04:22,551 --> 03:04:24,853 ENSURING WHATEVER DOCUMENT 4505 03:04:23,719 --> 03:04:27,823 THAT'S WE GENERATE TODAY THAT 4506 03:04:24,920 --> 03:04:29,458 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED 4507 03:04:27,890 --> 03:04:31,526 FOR OTHER CITIES AND THAT THEY 4508 03:04:29,525 --> 03:04:34,496 ARE NOT IN SUCH A FASHION THAT 4509 03:04:31,593 --> 03:04:39,534 IT CREATES FOR TUESDAY FURTHER 4510 03:04:34,563 --> 03:04:44,539 LIABILITY AT THE BACK END. 4511 03:04:39,601 --> 03:04:47,008 ITEM 3C IS A RAMAN AMENDMENT. 4512 03:04:44,606 --> 03:04:48,643 THIS WOULD HAVE, SO IS THE 4513 03:04:47,075 --> 03:04:51,480 INTENT IS FOR BOTH PUBLIC 4514 03:04:48,710 --> 03:04:53,482 SAFETY AND NON PUBLIC SAFETY TO 4515 03:04:51,546 --> 03:04:55,083 BE CAPTURED. 4516 03:04:53,549 --> 03:04:57,286 IT'S JUST EMBEDDED IN THE 4517 03:04:55,150 --> 03:04:59,087 AGREEMENT, IT'S NOT AS SPECIFIC 4518 03:04:57,352 --> 03:05:00,355 FOR THE REASONS THAT WE JUST 4519 03:04:59,154 --> 03:05:01,522 DESCRIBED. 4520 03:05:00,422 --> 03:05:03,125 WE'RE HOPING THAT FEDERAL 4521 03:05:01,589 --> 03:05:05,460 GOVERNMENT, THERE IS THE ONE 4522 03:05:03,192 --> 03:05:08,597 BILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR 4523 03:05:05,526 --> 03:05:10,232 THAT AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT 4524 03:05:08,664 --> 03:05:14,402 THAT, WE MAINTAIN THAT AND THAT 4525 03:05:10,299 --> 03:05:16,805 IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR LA28 ALSO 4526 03:05:14,469 --> 03:05:18,340 TO, TO AND ALL OF US TO SEEK 4527 03:05:16,872 --> 03:05:19,741 ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHETHER IT BE 4528 03:05:18,407 --> 03:05:21,310 FROM FEDERAL OR STATE 4529 03:05:19,808 --> 03:05:22,511 GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN PUBLIC 4530 03:05:21,376 --> 03:05:25,314 SAFETY. 4531 03:05:22,578 --> 03:05:28,049 THE TWO OTHER BULLET POINTS TO 4532 03:05:25,380 --> 03:05:30,819 ENSURE, THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE, 4533 03:05:28,116 --> 03:05:32,654 I THINK ON BOTH OF THOSE BULLET 4534 03:05:30,886 --> 03:05:33,822 POINTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY 4535 03:05:32,721 --> 03:05:35,823 CAN IDENTIFY FURTHER LOCATIONS, 4536 03:05:33,889 --> 03:05:38,660 I THINK THAT IS ALREADY 4537 03:05:35,890 --> 03:05:42,397 PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT. 4538 03:05:38,727 --> 03:05:45,400 AND ALSO TOO IN 10.6 WHERE WE 4539 03:05:42,464 --> 03:05:46,101 SAY NO SURPLUS WILL GO UNTIL 4540 03:05:45,467 --> 03:05:47,569 FULL REIMBURSEMENT, I THINK 4541 03:05:46,168 --> 03:05:48,136 THAT'S WHAT WE HAD INTENDED IN 4542 03:05:47,635 --> 03:05:51,406 THE AGREEMENT. 4543 03:05:48,203 --> 03:05:52,807 THIS MAY BE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE 4544 03:05:51,473 --> 03:05:54,442 THAT, THAT MATT MAYBE YOU CAN 4545 03:05:52,874 --> 03:05:55,577 COMMENT ON THAT. 4546 03:05:54,509 --> 03:05:56,945 BUT IT'S ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE 4547 03:05:55,644 --> 03:06:02,717 FOR CLARIFICATION. 4548 03:05:57,012 --> 03:06:04,552 » YEAH, I WOULD SAY, ON THE 4549 03:06:02,784 --> 03:06:10,025 FIRST BULLET, THE, THE REASON 4550 03:06:04,619 --> 03:06:14,329 THAT THERE IS A DISTINCTION 4551 03:06:10,092 --> 03:06:18,466 BETWEEN AND SSC IDENTIFIED 4552 03:06:14,396 --> 03:06:22,804 VENUES OR NON NSCC, THAT'S THE 4553 03:06:18,533 --> 03:06:27,209 NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT 4554 03:06:22,871 --> 03:06:28,610 DES IGNATION, THE REASON IT'S 4555 03:06:27,276 --> 03:06:29,911 IMPORTANT IT'S ONLY RELATED TO 4556 03:06:28,677 --> 03:06:30,912 WHO IS DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF 4557 03:06:29,977 --> 03:06:34,583 SERVICE. 4558 03:06:30,979 --> 03:06:37,385 IF IT'S A NON NSCC, IF IT'S 4559 03:06:34,650 --> 03:06:41,022 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON NSCC 4560 03:06:37,452 --> 03:06:42,857 AREA, THEN THAT IS GOING TO BE 4561 03:06:41,089 --> 03:06:44,259 IN THE NSVA THAT WILL BE 4562 03:06:42,924 --> 03:06:48,430 DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL. 4563 03:06:44,326 --> 03:06:49,798 THE PUBLIC SAFETY, AT NSCC, 4564 03:06:48,497 --> 03:06:53,902 DESIGNATED AREA WILL BE 4565 03:06:49,865 --> 03:06:57,172 DICTATED BY THE FEDERAL 4566 03:06:53,969 --> 03:06:58,406 GOVERNMENT ULTIMATELY, THE 4567 03:06:57,238 --> 03:07:00,775 SECRET SERVICE. 4568 03:06:58,473 --> 03:07:03,378 WE WILL ONLY WHAT IT'S 4569 03:07:00,842 --> 03:07:07,582 REFLECTING IS JUST THE VENUE 4570 03:07:03,445 --> 03:07:09,484 SERVICE AGREEMENT APPLY THO 4571 03:07:07,648 --> 03:07:11,353 TO* THESE. 4572 03:07:09,551 --> 03:07:14,122 NSCC WILL DICTATE PUBLIC SAFETY 4573 03:07:11,420 --> 03:07:17,092 AS IT RELATES TO NSCC AREAS. 4574 03:07:14,189 --> 03:07:20,562 THAT'S ALL IT DOES, THERE IS NO 4575 03:07:17,159 --> 03:07:22,163 NEED FOR, I MEAN, IT COVERS ALL 4576 03:07:20,629 --> 03:07:23,798 THE SERVICES, THE AGREEMENT 4577 03:07:22,230 --> 03:07:25,466 COVERS ALL THE SERVICES AS 4578 03:07:23,865 --> 03:07:27,502 ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT ONE 4579 03:07:25,533 --> 03:07:29,104 WAY OR THE OTHER BUT IT WAS 4580 03:07:27,569 --> 03:07:30,538 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE 4581 03:07:29,171 --> 03:07:31,673 DISTINCTION BASED ON WHO IS 4582 03:07:30,605 --> 03:07:34,676 DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF 4583 03:07:31,740 --> 03:07:36,611 SERVICE SXZ AS SHARON SAID, 4584 03:07:34,743 --> 03:07:37,445 THE, THE LAST TWO BULLETS ARE 4585 03:07:36,677 --> 03:07:41,750 ALREADY COVERED IN THE 4586 03:07:37,512 --> 03:07:44,085 AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU. 4587 03:07:41,817 --> 03:07:45,220 » MOTION 3-D IS A PADILLA 4588 03:07:44,152 --> 03:07:47,555 MOTION, THIS ACTUALLY REFERS TO 4589 03:07:45,287 --> 03:07:48,957 THE ORDER THAT WAS CONTAINED IN 4590 03:07:47,622 --> 03:07:50,458 THE GAMES AGREEMENT AMENDMENT. 4591 03:07:49,024 --> 03:07:51,026 SO MATT, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE 4592 03:07:50,525 --> 03:07:51,526 THAT? 4593 03:07:51,093 --> 03:07:51,960 » SURE. 4594 03:07:51,593 --> 03:07:59,934 OKAY. 4595 03:07:52,027 --> 03:08:05,006 SO IS THE ORDER, OKAY, THIS IS, 4596 03:08:00,001 --> 03:08:07,776 THIS IS TO AN EXTENT A POLICY 4597 03:08:05,073 --> 03:08:09,478 CALL, BUT HERE'S WHAT, WHAT THE 4598 03:08:07,843 --> 03:08:13,014 RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU 4599 03:08:09,544 --> 03:08:15,750 PROTECTS AGAINST. 4600 03:08:13,081 --> 03:08:18,486 IT IS OUR POSITION, IT IS 4601 03:08:15,817 --> 03:08:21,690 CERTAINLY THE CAO'S POSITION 4602 03:08:18,553 --> 03:08:23,325 AND CLA AGREES THAT THE, THE 4603 03:08:21,757 --> 03:08:25,393 WORSE POSSIBLE OUTCOME 4604 03:08:23,392 --> 03:08:28,129 FINANCIALLY HERE, GIVEN THAT WE 4605 03:08:25,460 --> 03:08:29,764 ARE FACING RISKS, THERE IS 4606 03:08:28,196 --> 03:08:31,700 RISKS ALL AROUND, AS IT RELATES 4607 03:08:29,831 --> 03:08:33,101 TO HOSTING THE OLYMPICS, THERE 4608 03:08:31,767 --> 03:08:35,136 IS GREAT UPSIDE AND GREAT 4609 03:08:33,168 --> 03:08:37,038 BENEFIT, THAT IS THE TRADEOFF 4610 03:08:35,203 --> 03:08:41,609 THAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, THAT 4611 03:08:37,105 --> 03:08:43,645 OTHERS SIGNED UP FOR. 4612 03:08:41,676 --> 03:08:45,980 BUT, THE WORSE SCENARIO WOULD 4613 03:08:43,712 --> 03:08:48,283 BE WHERE THE GAMES END AND THE 4614 03:08:46,047 --> 03:08:53,288 CITY HAS TO WRITE A CHECK FROM 4615 03:08:48,350 --> 03:08:54,456 ITS GENERAL FUND TO COVER 4616 03:08:53,355 --> 03:08:57,726 DEFICITS FROM LA28. 4617 03:08:54,523 --> 03:08:58,593 TO US THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE 4618 03:08:57,793 --> 03:09:01,830 SCENARIO. 4619 03:08:58,660 --> 03:09:05,467 SO WE, IT IS IMPORTANT AND 4620 03:09:01,897 --> 03:09:07,969 CRITICAL TO PRESERVE THIS 4621 03:09:05,534 --> 03:09:08,636 CONTINGENCY, TO FIRST BE USED 4622 03:09:08,036 --> 03:09:12,574 FOR THAT PURPOSE. 4623 03:09:08,703 --> 03:09:14,442 IF THERE IS A DEFICIT, THEN, 4624 03:09:12,641 --> 03:09:15,610 YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A 4625 03:09:14,509 --> 03:09:17,879 DEFICIT, THE CITY IS GOING TO 4626 03:09:15,677 --> 03:09:21,149 BE WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE 4627 03:09:17,946 --> 03:09:21,849 AT-RISK OF HAVING TO, WRITE A 4628 03:09:21,216 --> 03:09:23,551 CHECK TO LA28, THERE IS NOT 4629 03:09:21,916 --> 03:09:25,053 GOING TO BE A SURPLUS AT THAT 4630 03:09:23,618 --> 03:09:27,822 POINT. 4631 03:09:25,120 --> 03:09:30,825 AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE IS, IT 4632 03:09:27,889 --> 03:09:32,860 DOES PUT US AT-RISK FOR NOT 4633 03:09:30,892 --> 03:09:36,264 BEING FULLY REIMBURSED. 4634 03:09:32,927 --> 03:09:37,098 WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED 4635 03:09:36,330 --> 03:09:38,666 TO DO. 4636 03:09:37,164 --> 03:09:40,268 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 4637 03:09:38,733 --> 03:09:41,403 ELIMINATE THAT RISK. 4638 03:09:40,335 --> 03:09:45,340 TO ELIMINATE THE ORDER, WOULD 4639 03:09:41,470 --> 03:09:48,576 BE TO SAY WELL WE'RE GOING TO 4640 03:09:45,407 --> 03:09:50,345 HAVE LA28 POTENTIALLY, PAY US 4641 03:09:48,643 --> 03:09:51,780 FOR UNREIMBURSED COSTS FOR 4642 03:09:50,411 --> 03:09:53,415 LAPD, AT THE SAME TIME, AS 4643 03:09:51,847 --> 03:09:54,549 WE'RE WRITING THEM A CHECK TO 4644 03:09:53,482 --> 03:09:56,384 CLOSE THEIR DEFICIT AND THAT 4645 03:09:54,616 --> 03:09:57,719 DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. 4646 03:09:56,451 --> 03:10:00,488 THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING 4647 03:09:57,785 --> 03:10:05,293 THAT. 4648 03:10:00,555 --> 03:10:09,063 SO, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE, 4649 03:10:05,360 --> 03:10:09,864 PRIMARY INTENT OF THAT OF THAT 4650 03:10:09,130 --> 03:10:11,899 270. 4651 03:10:09,931 --> 03:10:15,136 THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT, 4652 03:10:11,966 --> 03:10:17,705 IS AS I SAID EARLIER, TO THE 4653 03:10:15,203 --> 03:10:20,475 EXTENT AND WE HOPE IS THE CASE 4654 03:10:17,772 --> 03:10:22,310 THAT LA28 IS FINANCIALLY 4655 03:10:20,542 --> 03:10:26,481 SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE WOULD HAVE 4656 03:10:22,377 --> 03:10:27,449 ACCESS TO THIS UNUSED 4657 03:10:26,548 --> 03:10:29,317 CONTINGENCY TO ENSURE THAT THE 4658 03:10:27,516 --> 03:10:31,653 SFAOE IS REIMBURSED BEFORE THEY 4659 03:10:29,384 --> 03:10:32,353 TAKE THAT MONEY AND SEND IT TO 4660 03:10:31,720 --> 03:10:33,954 A LEGACY ENTITY. 4661 03:10:32,420 --> 03:10:36,758 AND WITH THAT ADDITIONAL 4662 03:10:34,021 --> 03:10:40,795 PROVISION THAT I ADDED THAT WE, 4663 03:10:36,825 --> 03:10:44,732 THAT WE ENDED WITH RATHER, WE, 4664 03:10:40,862 --> 03:10:45,700 THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT 4665 03:10:44,799 --> 03:10:47,702 WE'RE REIMBURSED BEFORE ANY OF 4666 03:10:45,766 --> 03:10:50,705 THAT MONEY GOES. 4667 03:10:47,769 --> 03:10:52,507 SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WOULD 4668 03:10:50,772 --> 03:10:56,911 RECOMMEND AGAINST 3-D. 4669 03:10:52,574 --> 03:10:59,380 » 3E IS SAY RODRIGUEZ MOTION 4670 03:10:56,978 --> 03:11:00,348 THIS RELATES TO AUDIT, THE 4671 03:10:59,447 --> 03:11:02,183 UMBRELLA AGREEMENT THAT WE 4672 03:11:00,415 --> 03:11:04,519 REFERRED TO, THE ONLY AUDIT 4673 03:11:02,250 --> 03:11:06,354 PROVISION THAT WAS CONTAINED IN 4674 03:11:04,586 --> 03:11:07,756 THAT WAS AUDITS AS IT RELATED 4675 03:11:06,421 --> 03:11:08,923 TO THE SURPLUS AT THE END OF 4676 03:11:07,822 --> 03:11:10,458 THE GAMES. 4677 03:11:08,990 --> 03:11:12,927 I THINK MATT IS GOING TO BRING 4678 03:11:10,525 --> 03:11:16,831 UP THE LANGUAGE FROM THE GAMES 4679 03:11:12,993 --> 03:11:19,834 AGREEMENT. 4680 03:11:16,898 --> 03:11:22,103 IN THE ECRM A BEFORE YOU, THERE 4681 03:11:19,901 --> 03:11:23,137 WAS AN ENHANCEMENT TO THAT 4682 03:11:22,170 --> 03:11:25,339 AUDIT AUTHORITY, THE AUDIT 4683 03:11:23,204 --> 03:11:27,208 THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 4684 03:11:25,406 --> 03:11:29,711 AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY WOULD 4685 03:11:27,275 --> 03:11:31,880 NOW HAVE TO DO AUDIT TO THE 4686 03:11:29,778 --> 03:11:33,481 EXTENT THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO 4687 03:11:31,947 --> 03:11:35,216 SEEK FEDERAL AND STATE 4688 03:11:33,548 --> 03:11:36,217 REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ANY OTHER 4689 03:11:35,282 --> 03:11:39,687 COSTS. 4690 03:11:36,284 --> 03:11:44,759 SO THAT IS, WAS AN EXPANSION OF 4691 03:11:39,754 --> 03:11:47,328 THE AUDIT AUTHORITY THAT WE HAD. 4692 03:11:44,826 --> 03:11:48,730 ITEM 3E HAS SOME ADDITIONAL 4693 03:11:47,395 --> 03:11:50,798 AUDIT AUTHORITY THIS WOULD BE 4694 03:11:48,797 --> 03:11:53,568 AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT NOT ONLY 4695 03:11:50,865 --> 03:11:55,370 UPON COMPLETION AND PRIOR TO 4696 03:11:53,635 --> 03:11:56,303 DISSOLUTION OF LA28 BUT IT 4697 03:11:55,437 --> 03:11:57,972 WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 4698 03:11:56,370 --> 03:11:59,607 CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THAT 4699 03:11:58,039 --> 03:12:01,876 AUDIT BEING DONE IF AND WHEN 4700 03:11:59,674 --> 03:12:05,079 THERE IS A DISBURSEMENT OF THE 4701 03:12:01,943 --> 03:12:07,382 SURPLUS AS WELL AS THE 4702 03:12:05,146 --> 03:12:09,284 DISSOLUTION AND ANY CITY 4703 03:12:07,449 --> 03:12:10,385 FUNDING BEING EXTENDED TO COVER 4704 03:12:09,351 --> 03:12:11,786 EXPENDITURES AND EXCESS OF 4705 03:12:10,451 --> 03:12:15,957 REVENUES. 4706 03:12:11,853 --> 03:12:16,791 SO THIS WOULD BE AN AUDIT 4707 03:12:16,024 --> 03:12:17,825 BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THE 4708 03:12:16,858 --> 03:12:20,562 EVENT. 4709 03:12:17,892 --> 03:12:23,298 THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AND ALSO 4710 03:12:20,629 --> 03:12:27,769 TO PREVERB ANY DOCUMENTS FOR 4711 03:12:23,365 --> 03:12:30,171 THE FUTURE TO DECIDE TO HOST 4712 03:12:27,836 --> 03:12:33,841 FOURTH GAMESED IN THE FUTURE. 4713 03:12:30,238 --> 03:12:34,843 I THINK MATT WOULD AGREE THAT 4714 03:12:33,908 --> 03:12:35,944 GENERALLY SPEAKING, AUDITS ARE 4715 03:12:34,909 --> 03:12:39,147 VERY VERY IMPORTANT. 4716 03:12:36,011 --> 03:12:41,482 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY 4717 03:12:39,214 --> 03:12:42,417 RELATIVE TO EXPENDITURE GAMES, 4718 03:12:41,549 --> 03:12:44,319 POTENTIAL EXPENDITURE OF CITY 4719 03:12:42,484 --> 03:12:47,088 RESOURCES AND ALSO TO JUST, 4720 03:12:44,386 --> 03:12:49,157 JUST TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, 4721 03:12:47,155 --> 03:12:50,758 THE SURPLUSES ARE CALCULATED 4722 03:12:49,224 --> 03:12:53,127 CORRECTLY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 4723 03:12:50,825 --> 03:12:54,696 SO GENERALLY SPEAKING AS IT 4724 03:12:53,194 --> 03:12:56,764 RELATES TO AUDIT,S MATT AND I 4725 03:12:54,763 --> 03:12:57,966 WOULD AGREE THAT HAVING SOME 4726 03:12:56,831 --> 03:13:00,301 ADDITIONAL AUDIT ESPECIALLY AS 4727 03:12:58,033 --> 03:13:06,007 IT RELATED TO PRIOR TO ANY 4728 03:13:00,368 --> 03:13:07,609 EXPENDITURES ON THE CITY, BEING 4729 03:13:06,074 --> 03:13:09,243 EXPENDED BEFORE THAT IT WOULD 4730 03:13:07,676 --> 03:13:11,546 BE NECESSARY, WE WOULD AGREE 4731 03:13:09,310 --> 03:13:15,917 THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY THAT 4732 03:13:11,613 --> 03:13:19,554 WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. 4733 03:13:15,984 --> 03:13:22,156 ITEM 3-F, IS ALSO AUDITS. 4734 03:13:19,621 --> 03:13:24,525 THIS AUDIT AUTHORITY IS, WOULD 4735 03:13:22,223 --> 03:13:26,661 BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT I JUST 4736 03:13:24,592 --> 03:13:28,763 IN INDICATED. 4737 03:13:26,727 --> 03:13:31,532 THIS ONE WOULD SEEM LIKE I 4738 03:13:28,830 --> 03:13:34,302 SAID, INCLUDE THE CONTROLLERS 4739 03:13:31,599 --> 03:13:35,436 AS BEING AUTHORIZED 4740 03:13:34,369 --> 03:13:38,172 REPRESENTATIVE BUT ALSO 4741 03:13:35,503 --> 03:13:40,508 INCLUDES AT ANY TIME WITHIN 4742 03:13:38,239 --> 03:13:45,546 FIVE DAYS NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO 4743 03:13:40,575 --> 03:13:49,651 HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS. 4744 03:13:45,613 --> 03:13:51,952 TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF 4745 03:13:49,718 --> 03:13:53,521 PRESSURE ON ORGANIZATION 4746 03:13:52,019 --> 03:13:56,157 SHORT-TERM WHEN THEY'RE TRYING 4747 03:13:53,588 --> 03:13:57,191 TO DELIVER A MAJOR EVENT IN THE 4748 03:13:56,224 --> 03:13:59,961 CITY. 4749 03:13:57,258 --> 03:14:02,063 IT DOES CONCERN US, THAT IT 4750 03:14:00,028 --> 03:14:04,332 WOULD BE WITHIN FIVE DAYS, NO 4751 03:14:02,130 --> 03:14:05,966 MATTER WHO IS DOING IT, THAT 4752 03:14:04,399 --> 03:14:07,602 WITHIN FIVE DAYS NOTICE THAT 4753 03:14:06,033 --> 03:14:09,203 EVERYTHING WOULD BE OPENED UP. 4754 03:14:07,669 --> 03:14:10,571 I THINK THAT, THERE ARE A 4755 03:14:09,270 --> 03:14:14,676 NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THE CITY 4756 03:14:10,638 --> 03:14:16,044 HAD ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE TO 4757 03:14:14,743 --> 03:14:17,478 HELP US MONITOR, REMEMBER WHEN 4758 03:14:16,111 --> 03:14:19,080 WE DID THIS GAMES AGREEMENT, 4759 03:14:17,545 --> 03:14:21,549 THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT 4760 03:14:19,147 --> 03:14:24,352 WE DID TO PROTECT THE CITY'S 4761 03:14:21,616 --> 03:14:26,054 INTEREST ALREADY. 4762 03:14:24,419 --> 03:14:28,556 THIS ECRM A WAS TO PROTECT THE 4763 03:14:26,120 --> 03:14:31,325 CITY, THE ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY 4764 03:14:28,623 --> 03:14:33,027 WAS TO PROTECT THE CITY. 4765 03:14:31,392 --> 03:14:35,263 AUDIT AUTHORITY 2, YES, THAT 4766 03:14:33,094 --> 03:14:36,698 WAS ALSO TO PROTECT THE CITY 4767 03:14:35,330 --> 03:14:37,832 BUT EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU, WAS 4768 03:14:36,765 --> 03:14:42,070 TO PROTECT THE CITY. 4769 03:14:37,899 --> 03:14:47,608 SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. 4770 03:14:42,137 --> 03:14:49,010 THIS, WHAT WE DID GIVE UP, WHEN 4771 03:14:47,675 --> 03:14:51,512 WE SIGNED THE WHOLE CITY 4772 03:14:49,077 --> 03:14:52,980 AGREEMENT WAS THE ABILITY FOR 4773 03:14:51,579 --> 03:14:54,449 LA28 TO RUN THIS GAMES 4774 03:14:53,047 --> 03:14:54,949 AGREEMENT AND DELIVER THE GAMES 4775 03:14:54,515 --> 03:14:57,051 AGREEMENT. 4776 03:14:55,016 --> 03:15:00,722 THAT'S WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, 4777 03:14:57,118 --> 03:15:03,024 THERE IS NO UNDOING THAT. 4778 03:15:00,789 --> 03:15:05,326 SO THIS TO ME SEEMS A LITTLE 4779 03:15:03,091 --> 03:15:08,096 BIT MORE EXPANDED AND QUITE 4780 03:15:05,393 --> 03:15:09,163 FRANKLY, I REALLY WANT LA28 TO 4781 03:15:08,162 --> 03:15:10,698 BE SUCCESSFUL. 4782 03:15:09,230 --> 03:15:12,700 I DON'T WANT DISTRACTIONS FOR 4783 03:15:10,764 --> 03:15:14,502 THEM TO DELIVER THE BEST GAMES 4784 03:15:12,767 --> 03:15:16,337 POSSIBLE AND TO DELIVER IT WITH 4785 03:15:14,569 --> 03:15:18,940 A HUGE SURPLUS, THAT'S WHAT 4786 03:15:16,404 --> 03:15:20,341 WE'RE HOPING FOR, THAT'S WHAT 4787 03:15:19,007 --> 03:15:22,443 WE'RE ANTICIPATING, THAT'S WHAT 4788 03:15:20,408 --> 03:15:23,745 WE EXPECTED WHEN WE SIGNED THE 4789 03:15:22,509 --> 03:15:25,379 GAMES AGREEMENT, I THINK THIS 4790 03:15:23,812 --> 03:15:27,948 WOULD BE A PERSONALLY THIS 4791 03:15:25,446 --> 03:15:31,619 WOULD BE A, A BIG DISTRACTION, 4792 03:15:28,015 --> 03:15:32,920 THAT'S JUST FROM THE CLA. 4793 03:15:31,686 --> 03:15:34,355 » THAT'S FINE. 4794 03:15:32,987 --> 03:15:35,757 » Council President: THANK YOU. 4795 03:15:34,422 --> 03:15:39,093 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS 4796 03:15:35,824 --> 03:15:40,028 ON THE QUEUE. 4797 03:15:39,160 --> 03:15:40,294 I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER 4798 03:15:40,094 --> 03:15:41,963 RODRIGUEZ. 4799 03:15:40,361 --> 03:15:44,766 » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. 4800 03:15:42,030 --> 03:15:46,434 WERE WE GOING TO, HOW ARE WE 4801 03:15:44,833 --> 03:15:47,802 GOING TO DISPOSE AND GO THROUGH 4802 03:15:46,501 --> 03:15:50,171 ALL OF THESE AMENDMENT ?Z 4803 03:15:47,869 --> 03:15:52,073 » Council President: WE WILL, 4804 03:15:50,237 --> 03:15:53,040 I MEAN I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION 4805 03:15:52,140 --> 03:15:54,909 ON THAT. 4806 03:15:53,107 --> 03:15:56,377 MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE GO ONE 4807 03:15:54,976 --> 03:15:58,813 BY ONE, MY RECOMMENDATION IS 4808 03:15:56,444 --> 03:16:00,014 THAT ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR THE 4809 03:15:58,880 --> 03:16:02,984 AUDIT ONE GOES TO COMMITTEE. 4810 03:16:00,081 --> 03:16:05,353 » M. Rodriguez: OKAY, I'M 4811 03:16:03,051 --> 03:16:06,954 HAPPY TO ALLOW COLLEAGUES TO GO 4812 03:16:05,420 --> 03:16:09,257 BEFORE ME, BECAUSE I HAVE THE 4813 03:16:07,021 --> 03:16:11,125 BENEFIT OF BEING IN COMMITTEE 4814 03:16:09,324 --> 03:16:11,725 AND ADDRESSING MAKING MY 4815 03:16:11,192 --> 03:16:12,293 COMMENTS AND CONCERNS KNOWN 4816 03:16:11,792 --> 03:16:13,461 THERE. 4817 03:16:12,360 --> 03:16:14,061 » Council President: ALL 4818 03:16:13,528 --> 03:16:17,131 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA? 4819 03:16:14,128 --> 03:16:19,000 » I. Padilla: I ONLY REQUEST 4820 03:16:17,198 --> 03:16:20,902 THIS ONCE WE GET TO THE 4821 03:16:19,067 --> 03:16:21,669 AMENDMENT SO I CAN SPEAK FOR 4822 03:16:20,968 --> 03:16:22,636 3-D. 4823 03:16:21,736 --> 03:16:23,237 » Council President: OKAY, 4824 03:16:22,703 --> 03:16:25,073 COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD? 4825 03:16:23,304 --> 03:16:26,974 » B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU. 4826 03:16:25,139 --> 03:16:28,810 I JUST WANTED TO DRILL DOWN ON 4827 03:16:27,041 --> 03:16:32,513 THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS AND 4828 03:16:28,877 --> 03:16:37,118 HOW THAT WILL WORK TIMING WISE 4829 03:16:32,580 --> 03:16:40,755 AS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY REIMBURSE 4830 03:16:37,185 --> 03:16:44,692 US WITH THE RATE THAT THEY DO 4831 03:16:40,822 --> 03:16:45,860 WITH FEMA BY THE TIME WE KNOW 4832 03:16:44,759 --> 03:16:47,028 THEY'RE REIMBURSING US, LA28 4833 03:16:45,927 --> 03:16:48,429 WILL BE CLOSED UP. 4834 03:16:47,095 --> 03:16:49,430 HOW DO WE ENSURE? 4835 03:16:48,496 --> 03:16:51,933 HOW DO WE? 4836 03:16:49,496 --> 03:16:53,334 HOW DO WE MATCH THAT UP? 4837 03:16:52,000 --> 03:16:55,169 I'M WORRIED, I'M SURE YOU 4838 03:16:53,401 --> 03:16:56,904 THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I'M 4839 03:16:55,236 --> 03:16:59,140 WORRIED ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY 4840 03:16:56,971 --> 03:17:03,311 DRAGGING ON AND US POTENTIALLY 4841 03:16:59,207 --> 03:17:04,946 BEING ON THE HOOK FOR IT, WELL 4842 03:17:03,378 --> 03:17:07,915 AFTER THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE 4843 03:17:05,013 --> 03:17:10,184 SURPLUS OR NOT ARE ALREADY MADE. 4844 03:17:07,982 --> 03:17:12,186 » SO, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT 4845 03:17:10,251 --> 03:17:14,889 THAT AS WELL. 4846 03:17:12,253 --> 03:17:21,062 AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE 4847 03:17:14,956 --> 03:17:23,164 PROVISION ON DIS --DISSOLUTION. 4848 03:17:21,129 --> 03:17:26,133 I'M GOING TO READ THE FULL 4849 03:17:23,231 --> 03:17:27,535 THING, THE FULL SECTION LA28 4850 03:17:26,200 --> 03:17:29,837 SHALL SATISFY ALL ITS FINANCIAL 4851 03:17:27,602 --> 03:17:32,406 AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE 4852 03:17:29,904 --> 03:17:33,808 WHOLE CITY CONTRACT, THE GAMES 4853 03:17:32,473 --> 03:17:35,877 AGREEMENT AND ECRMA AND ANY 4854 03:17:33,875 --> 03:17:38,179 OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 4855 03:17:35,944 --> 03:17:40,248 PARTIES PRIOR TO DISBURSEMENT 4856 03:17:38,246 --> 03:17:44,885 PURSUANT TO THE WHOLE CONTRACT 4857 03:17:40,315 --> 03:17:45,720 AGREEMENT OR THE OCOGs LA28 4858 03:17:44,952 --> 03:17:47,188 DISSOLUTION. 4859 03:17:45,787 --> 03:17:49,257 AND WITH THE CLARIFYING, THAT 4860 03:17:47,255 --> 03:17:51,125 MEANS THAT WE WERE, WE'LL BE 4861 03:17:49,323 --> 03:17:54,262 FULLY PAID. 4862 03:17:51,192 --> 03:17:55,630 SO WE DID CONTEMPLATE THAT AND 4863 03:17:54,329 --> 03:18:02,503 THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT WE NEED 4864 03:17:55,697 --> 03:18:03,671 TO BE FULLY PAID BEFORE, BEFORE 4865 03:18:02,570 --> 03:18:06,874 DISSOLUTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. 4866 03:18:03,738 --> 03:18:08,709 » B. Blumenfield: WITH THE 4867 03:18:06,941 --> 03:18:10,111 FEMA, IT'S TAKEN DECADES. 4868 03:18:08,776 --> 03:18:11,045 WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO 4869 03:18:10,178 --> 03:18:16,284 WAIT THAT LONG. 4870 03:18:11,112 --> 03:18:17,351 » WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE 4871 03:18:16,351 --> 03:18:18,452 DETERMINATIONS MUCH MUCH SOONER 4872 03:18:17,418 --> 03:18:25,192 THAN THAT. 4873 03:18:18,519 --> 03:18:26,627 AND IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN YOU 4874 03:18:25,259 --> 03:18:29,563 KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD A 4875 03:18:26,694 --> 03:18:31,632 NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT HAVE 4876 03:18:29,630 --> 03:18:34,135 REQUIRED FEMA REIMBURSEMENT 4877 03:18:31,699 --> 03:18:35,536 SINCE 2020 AND WE HAVE OUR 4878 03:18:34,202 --> 03:18:39,440 SYSTEM HAS, WE HAVE A GOOD 4879 03:18:35,603 --> 03:18:41,742 SYSTEM, WE HAVE A GREAT 4880 03:18:39,507 --> 03:18:44,045 RELATIONSHIP WITH CAL OES AND 4881 03:18:41,809 --> 03:18:45,379 FEMA, WE HAVE A GREAT 4882 03:18:44,112 --> 03:18:47,315 RELATIONSHIP WITH FEMA. 4883 03:18:45,445 --> 03:18:48,883 WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE AT 4884 03:18:47,382 --> 03:18:50,685 LEAST A DETERMINATION OF WHAT 4885 03:18:48,950 --> 03:18:52,586 THE CITY WILL GET. 4886 03:18:50,751 --> 03:18:55,256 TYPICALLY THERE IS A PROCESS 4887 03:18:52,653 --> 03:18:56,791 WHERE THE MONEY WOULD GO FROM 4888 03:18:55,323 --> 03:18:58,159 FEMA AND THEN THEY DO THEIR 4889 03:18:56,858 --> 03:19:01,629 REVIEW AND SEND IT TO US. 4890 03:18:58,226 --> 03:19:04,832 BUT WE WILL KNOW, FAIRLY SOON 4891 03:19:01,696 --> 03:19:08,002 AFTER, SUBMITTING THE 4892 03:19:04,899 --> 03:19:09,270 APPLICATION WHAT FEMA WILL 4893 03:19:08,069 --> 03:19:10,704 DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE ALLEGABLE 4894 03:19:09,336 --> 03:19:13,074 OR PROCESSING. 4895 03:19:10,771 --> 03:19:14,475 » B. Blumenfield: AND IS IT 4896 03:19:13,141 --> 03:19:16,411 JUST FEMA, THE SECURITY MONEY, 4897 03:19:14,542 --> 03:19:18,612 THERE WAS A BILLION WHICH WAS 4898 03:19:16,477 --> 03:19:25,152 EARMARKED WHICH THEY WOULD USE 4899 03:19:18,679 --> 03:19:26,520 IT ALL THEMSELVES. 4900 03:19:25,219 --> 03:19:27,487 » THE BILLION IN THE 4901 03:19:26,587 --> 03:19:29,123 LEGISLATION WAS APPROPRIATED 4902 03:19:27,554 --> 03:19:31,592 JUST FOR STATE AND LOCAL 4903 03:19:29,190 --> 03:19:35,296 SECURITY AND PLANNING. 4904 03:19:31,659 --> 03:19:38,232 WE, WE DON'T HAVE FULL PICTURE 4905 03:19:35,363 --> 03:19:40,534 ON THE DETAIL OF HOW OR WHAT 4906 03:19:38,299 --> 03:19:42,603 EXACTLY WILL BE ELIGIBLE OR HOW 4907 03:19:40,601 --> 03:19:46,974 EXACTLY WILL BE DISBURSED. 4908 03:19:42,670 --> 03:19:49,477 THAT WILL BE, CLARIFIED IN THE 4909 03:19:47,041 --> 03:19:50,211 NOFO THAT WE EXPECT, THAT WILL 4910 03:19:49,544 --> 03:19:53,647 BE ISSUED THIS FALL. 4911 03:19:50,278 --> 03:19:54,548 SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT, WE WILL 4912 03:19:53,714 --> 03:19:58,686 CERTAINLY ADVISE THE COMMITTEE 4913 03:19:54,615 --> 03:19:59,620 AND THE FULL COUNCIL AS TO THE 4914 03:19:58,753 --> 03:20:01,422 IMPLICATIONS FROM THAT. 4915 03:19:59,687 --> 03:20:03,057 BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL 4916 03:20:01,489 --> 03:20:04,458 USE THE FEMA PROCESS TO 4917 03:20:03,124 --> 03:20:06,494 DISBURSE THE DOLLARS. 4918 03:20:04,525 --> 03:20:09,897 » B. Blumenfield: OKAY, GREAT, 4919 03:20:06,560 --> 03:20:10,764 THANK YOU. 4920 03:20:09,964 --> 03:20:11,198 » Council President: 4921 03:20:10,831 --> 03:20:14,902 COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. 4922 03:20:11,265 --> 03:20:15,602 » N. Raman: I JUST WANTED TO 4923 03:20:14,969 --> 03:20:17,638 UNDERSCORE COUNCILMEMBER 4924 03:20:15,669 --> 03:20:21,342 BLUMENFIELD'S QUESTIONS. 4925 03:20:17,705 --> 03:20:22,743 I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING MR. SZABO 4926 03:20:21,409 --> 03:20:29,316 YOUR DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHY 4927 03:20:22,810 --> 03:20:31,385 WE'RE MAKING THE DISTINCTION 4928 03:20:29,383 --> 03:20:34,455 BETWEEN NSCC AREAS AND THEN, 4929 03:20:31,452 --> 03:20:38,492 THE SECURITY REIMBURSEMENTS? 4930 03:20:34,522 --> 03:20:41,529 HOW DOES IT DISADVANTAGE US? 4931 03:20:38,559 --> 03:20:42,463 WE'LL OF COURSE GO AND SEEK THE 4932 03:20:41,596 --> 03:20:44,131 FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT. 4933 03:20:42,530 --> 03:20:45,900 WE'RE GOING TO SEEK OUT EVERY 4934 03:20:44,198 --> 03:20:48,703 DOLLAR AS WE'RE ELIGIBLE FROM 4935 03:20:45,967 --> 03:20:52,239 THE CITY WHATEVER IT IS BUT WHY 4936 03:20:48,769 --> 03:20:55,443 WOULD WE WANT TO DRAW A 4937 03:20:52,306 --> 03:20:57,311 DISTINCTION HERE BETWEEN THOSE 4938 03:20:55,510 --> 03:20:59,847 TWO AND POTENTIALLY LIMIT US 4939 03:20:57,378 --> 03:21:01,549 FROM ACTUALLY GETTING THE 4940 03:20:59,914 --> 03:21:02,917 SECURITY REIMBURSEMENTS FROM 4941 03:21:01,616 --> 03:21:07,855 THE OCOG? 4942 03:21:02,984 --> 03:21:09,957 » SO THE LANGUAGE SITED IN THE 4943 03:21:07,922 --> 03:21:11,425 PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, DOESN'T 4944 03:21:10,024 --> 03:21:13,194 LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO BE 4945 03:21:11,491 --> 03:21:16,197 REIMBURSED. 4946 03:21:13,261 --> 03:21:18,966 THE DISTINCTION IS THERE ONLY 4947 03:21:16,264 --> 03:21:20,334 AS IT RELATES TO THE SERVICES 4948 03:21:19,033 --> 03:21:23,270 AND SERVICE LEVELS. 4949 03:21:20,401 --> 03:21:23,938 SO WE NEED TODAY HAVE A 4950 03:21:23,337 --> 03:21:28,142 DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT WHAT 4951 03:21:24,005 --> 03:21:29,310 IS IN THE PER VIEW OF THE 4952 03:21:28,209 --> 03:21:32,713 SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT'S LA28 4953 03:21:29,377 --> 03:21:33,647 AND THE CITY WOULD DISCUSS AND 4954 03:21:32,780 --> 03:21:35,483 ESTABLISH BETWEEN THEMSELVES 4955 03:21:33,714 --> 03:21:37,484 AND THE SERVICE LEVELSER THAT 4956 03:21:35,550 --> 03:21:38,285 WOULD BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH 4957 03:21:37,551 --> 03:21:40,121 THE NSCC PROCESS. 4958 03:21:38,352 --> 03:21:44,692 THAT IS, THAT IS THE ONLY 4959 03:21:40,188 --> 03:21:47,461 REASON FOR THE DISTINCTION. 4960 03:21:44,759 --> 03:21:52,466 IT TAKES IT OUT OF OUR HANDS 4961 03:21:47,528 --> 03:21:54,768 AND IT DOES NOT WHETHER BOTH 4962 03:21:52,533 --> 03:21:57,972 PROCESSES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND 4963 03:21:54,835 --> 03:21:59,640 IN FACT, IMPORTANTLY IN THE, IN 4964 03:21:58,039 --> 03:22:01,942 THE AMENDMENT, WE CLEARLY SAY 4965 03:21:59,707 --> 03:22:05,412 THAT IF IT'S A SERVICE THAT IS 4966 03:22:02,009 --> 03:22:10,784 IN THE VSA OR THROUGH NSCC, 4967 03:22:05,479 --> 03:22:11,885 THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR 4968 03:22:10,851 --> 03:22:12,853 REIMBURSEMENT AND OBLIGATION 4969 03:22:11,952 --> 03:22:18,359 FOR LA28. 4970 03:22:12,920 --> 03:22:21,395 WE WANTED TO CAPTURE BOTH. 4971 03:22:18,426 --> 03:22:21,762 » N. Raman: SHOULD OR COULD BE 4972 03:22:21,461 --> 03:22:24,164 REIMBURSED. 4973 03:22:21,829 --> 03:22:24,565 » WOULD BE IN WE'RE NOT FULLY 4974 03:22:24,231 --> 03:22:26,667 REIMBURSED. 4975 03:22:24,632 --> 03:22:29,136 » N. Raman: OKAY AND YOU'RE 4976 03:22:26,734 --> 03:22:31,906 SAYING THAT WILL HAPPEN INTO 4977 03:22:29,203 --> 03:22:34,909 THE VENUE SERVICE LANGUAGE? 4978 03:22:31,973 --> 03:22:37,411 » THE VENUE SERVICE AGREEMENTS 4979 03:22:34,976 --> 03:22:38,578 WILL ESTABLISH THE SERVICE 4980 03:22:37,478 --> 03:22:42,917 LEVELS OF PUBLIC SAFETY 4981 03:22:38,645 --> 03:22:45,486 PERSONNEL TO BE PROVIDED AT THE 4982 03:22:42,984 --> 03:22:48,489 VENUES, OUTSIDE OF THE AREAS 4983 03:22:45,553 --> 03:22:50,558 THAT THE NSCC IS DICTATING. 4984 03:22:48,556 --> 03:22:53,594 SO THAT NSCC WILL DICTATE THAT 4985 03:22:50,625 --> 03:22:57,064 AND ANYTHING THAT NSCC DICTATES 4986 03:22:53,661 --> 03:22:59,099 IS ELIGIBLE AND ANYTHING IN THE 4987 03:22:57,131 --> 03:23:01,135 VSAs IS ALSO ELIGIBLE. 4988 03:22:59,166 --> 03:23:03,637 » N. Raman: I THINK A LOT OF 4989 03:23:01,202 --> 03:23:05,572 THE QUESTIONS ON THIS BODY, MAY 4990 03:23:03,704 --> 03:23:07,408 BE AND SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS 4991 03:23:05,639 --> 03:23:09,243 HERE ARE COMING FROM QUESTIONS 4992 03:23:07,475 --> 03:23:10,644 THAT WERE RAISED BY THE CITY 4993 03:23:09,310 --> 03:23:12,479 ATTORNEY IN THEIR LETTER. 4994 03:23:10,711 --> 03:23:14,315 AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS 4995 03:23:12,546 --> 03:23:18,185 ANYBODY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY 4996 03:23:14,382 --> 03:23:19,387 WHO CAN SPEAK BETWEEN THE 4997 03:23:18,252 --> 03:23:22,289 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE WAY 4998 03:23:19,453 --> 03:23:23,457 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND 4999 03:23:22,356 --> 03:23:26,060 THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY PROVIDED. 5000 03:23:23,524 --> 03:23:28,095 AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO 5001 03:23:26,126 --> 03:23:30,197 MUCH TIME. 5002 03:23:28,162 --> 03:23:31,966 » DAN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. 5003 03:23:30,264 --> 03:23:33,567 WE SUBMITTED THREE DIFFERENT 5004 03:23:32,033 --> 03:23:35,169 REPORTS TO COUNCIL AND OUR 5005 03:23:33,634 --> 03:23:35,469 POSITION HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED 5006 03:23:35,236 --> 03:23:38,438 SINCE THEN. 5007 03:23:35,536 --> 03:23:41,875 AS FAR AS OUR CONCERNS. 5008 03:23:38,505 --> 03:23:46,146 I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SPEAKING AT 5009 03:23:41,942 --> 03:23:48,282 A--DAN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. 5010 03:23:46,213 --> 03:23:50,084 SO WE SUBMITTED THREE DIFFERENT 5011 03:23:48,349 --> 03:23:53,487 REPORTS GOING BACK FROM 5012 03:23:50,151 --> 03:23:55,556 SEPTEMBER THROUGH MARCH AND 5013 03:23:53,554 --> 03:23:56,724 RECENTLY IN JUNE EXPRESSING THE 5014 03:23:55,623 --> 03:23:58,058 ISSUES THAT WE THOUGHT YOU NEED 5015 03:23:56,791 --> 03:23:59,293 TO BE AWARE OF. 5016 03:23:58,124 --> 03:24:00,694 WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR 5017 03:23:59,360 --> 03:24:03,864 POSITION SINCE THEN. 5018 03:24:00,761 --> 03:24:07,101 » OKAY. 5019 03:24:03,931 --> 03:24:09,970 YOU KNOW, THIS DISTINCTION THAT 5020 03:24:07,168 --> 03:24:13,040 IS BEING MADE, YOU'RE SAYING 5021 03:24:10,037 --> 03:24:13,974 MIGHT HARM OUR ABILITY TO GET 5022 03:24:13,107 --> 03:24:15,776 REIMBURSEMENT FOR SECURITY 5023 03:24:14,041 --> 03:24:18,512 EXPENSES? 5024 03:24:15,843 --> 03:24:20,848 » ITEMS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE 5025 03:24:18,579 --> 03:24:22,950 COULD BE ELIGIBLE AND NOT 5026 03:24:20,915 --> 03:24:25,252 REIMBURSED AND ANYTHING THAT IS 5027 03:24:23,017 --> 03:24:28,289 NOT REIMBURSED WOULD THEN FALL 5028 03:24:25,319 --> 03:24:30,924 EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY IF WE GO 5029 03:24:28,355 --> 03:24:33,894 INTO DEFICIT. 5030 03:24:30,991 --> 03:24:39,600 » N. Raman: OKAY. 5031 03:24:33,961 --> 03:24:41,235 AND SO, IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF 5032 03:24:39,667 --> 03:24:43,304 THE DIRECTIONALITY AND THE KIND 5033 03:24:41,302 --> 03:24:46,073 OF STAGES OF REIMBURSEMENT, YOU 5034 03:24:43,371 --> 03:24:49,777 HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION 5035 03:24:46,140 --> 03:24:51,378 FROM OVER BEAR ANS, I WONDER IF 5036 03:24:49,844 --> 03:24:52,880 YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT RATHER 5037 03:24:51,445 --> 03:24:53,247 THAN SAYING YOU WROTE IT IN A 5038 03:24:52,947 --> 03:24:55,516 LETTER. 5039 03:24:53,314 --> 03:24:57,685 » I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS, 5040 03:24:55,583 --> 03:24:58,285 I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO 5041 03:24:57,751 --> 03:24:59,720 YOU PRIVATELY. 5042 03:24:58,351 --> 03:25:01,755 » N. Raman: THERE WAS A PUBLIC 5043 03:24:59,787 --> 03:25:04,725 LETTER AS WELL. 5044 03:25:01,822 --> 03:25:08,195 » WITH THE PUBLIC LETTER, SURE. 5045 03:25:04,792 --> 03:25:09,996 IN YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION 5046 03:25:08,262 --> 03:25:11,131 ABOUT, THE NSCC VERSUS OTHER 5047 03:25:10,063 --> 03:25:12,966 EXPENSES? 5048 03:25:11,198 --> 03:25:14,568 » N. Raman: UH-HUH. 5049 03:25:13,033 --> 03:25:15,002 » I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND 5050 03:25:14,635 --> 03:25:17,338 YOUR EXACT QUESTION. 5051 03:25:15,069 --> 03:25:19,006 » N. Raman: LET ME ASK ONE 5052 03:25:17,405 --> 03:25:20,607 OTHER QUESTION ABOUT AUDITS, 5053 03:25:19,073 --> 03:25:22,676 BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO 5054 03:25:20,674 --> 03:25:24,745 AMENDMENTS HERE ABOUT AUDITS. 5055 03:25:22,743 --> 03:25:27,047 DID WE SIGN AWAY OUR AUDIT 5056 03:25:24,812 --> 03:25:29,817 RIGHTS IN THE 2021 GAMES 5057 03:25:27,114 --> 03:25:31,652 AGREEMENT? 5058 03:25:29,884 --> 03:25:32,953 DOES THAT PREVENT US FROM 5059 03:25:31,719 --> 03:25:34,221 PUTTING MORE ABOUT OUR POWERS 5060 03:25:33,020 --> 03:25:35,189 TO AUDIT. 5061 03:25:34,288 --> 03:25:37,725 » ABSOLUTELY NOT. 5062 03:25:35,256 --> 03:25:39,993 THERE IS AUDIT RIGHTS 5063 03:25:37,792 --> 03:25:41,829 PERTAINING TO THE SURPLUS WHICH 5064 03:25:40,060 --> 03:25:43,363 WAS DESIGNED BECAUSE LEGACY 5065 03:25:41,896 --> 03:25:44,832 ENTER CITY BECOMES A PRIVATE 5066 03:25:43,430 --> 03:25:46,667 NONPROFIT. 5067 03:25:44,899 --> 03:25:48,302 AND, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO KNOW 5068 03:25:46,734 --> 03:25:50,070 WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING THERE 5069 03:25:48,369 --> 03:25:52,673 BECAUSE THE MOMENT THOSE FUNDS 5070 03:25:50,137 --> 03:25:56,176 GO THERE IT GOES TO A NONPROFIT. 5071 03:25:52,740 --> 03:26:00,981 BUT IN SECTION 7.2 WHICH IS THE 5072 03:25:56,243 --> 03:26:03,283 ECRM A, AND DEFINITION OF 5073 03:26:01,048 --> 03:26:05,219 ECRMA, THAT SECTION IS DESIGNED 5074 03:26:03,350 --> 03:26:07,588 TO CAPTURE COSTS BECAUSE THIS 5075 03:26:05,286 --> 03:26:09,957 IS SUPPOSE TO BE A ZERO COST 5076 03:26:07,654 --> 03:26:13,560 GAMES. 5077 03:26:10,024 --> 03:26:14,861 AND THE ECRMA IS THE MECHANISM 5078 03:26:13,627 --> 03:26:15,863 TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS, IF THAT 5079 03:26:14,928 --> 03:26:19,967 MAKES SENSE. 5080 03:26:15,930 --> 03:26:22,069 » N. Raman: RIGHT. 5081 03:26:20,034 --> 03:26:22,770 » DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER 5082 03:26:22,136 --> 03:26:25,272 QUESTION REGARDING AUDIT. 5083 03:26:22,837 --> 03:26:33,480 » N. Raman: BUT WE CAN STILL 5084 03:26:25,339 --> 03:26:35,315 INSIST IN FURTHER AUDIT RIGHTS 5085 03:26:33,547 --> 03:26:35,816 THROUGH THE ECRMA? 5086 03:26:35,382 --> 03:26:37,885 » YES. 5087 03:26:35,883 --> 03:26:39,353 » N. Raman: THANK YOU T I HAVE 5088 03:26:37,952 --> 03:26:40,654 OTHER QUESTIONS, I KNOW I'M 5089 03:26:39,419 --> 03:26:41,354 WELL OVERTIME. 5090 03:26:40,721 --> 03:26:41,855 » Council President: 5091 03:26:41,421 --> 03:26:44,525 COUNCILMEMBER HERN DIZ. 5092 03:26:41,922 --> 03:26:47,160 » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, AND 5093 03:26:44,592 --> 03:26:48,429 JUST TO BE CLEAR, STAY MR. DAN, 5094 03:26:47,227 --> 03:26:53,734 PLEASE STAY, THANK YOU. 5095 03:26:48,496 --> 03:26:56,437 JUST TO BE CLEAR IN 7.2 IT SAYS 5096 03:26:53,801 --> 03:26:58,772 THE ECRMA SHOULD INCLUDE AMONG 5097 03:26:56,504 --> 03:27:01,341 OTHER THINGS, SERVICE LEVELS, 5098 03:26:58,839 --> 03:27:02,242 UNIT COSTS, RATE A REPAYMENT 5099 03:27:01,408 --> 03:27:04,778 TIMELINE, AUDIT RIGHTS 5100 03:27:02,309 --> 03:27:07,781 INCLUDING AS IT RELATES TO CITY 5101 03:27:04,845 --> 03:27:09,883 LABOR AGREEMENTS AND OTHER 5102 03:27:07,848 --> 03:27:10,217 SCHEDULED PROCESS AND SCHEDULED 5103 03:27:09,950 --> 03:27:11,718 CONSIDERATION. 5104 03:27:10,283 --> 03:27:14,688 THATS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT 5105 03:27:11,785 --> 03:27:16,323 IS INCLUDED THAT THIS ECRMA IS 5106 03:27:14,755 --> 03:27:18,525 A TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 5107 03:27:16,390 --> 03:27:19,092 IS A ZERO COSTS OLYMPICS TO US, 5108 03:27:18,592 --> 03:27:20,493 CORRECT? 5109 03:27:19,159 --> 03:27:21,195 AND WE CAN PUT MORE AUDIT IN 5110 03:27:20,560 --> 03:27:21,662 THERE. 5111 03:27:21,262 --> 03:27:22,563 » ABSOLUTELY. 5112 03:27:21,729 --> 03:27:24,832 COUNCILMEMBER. 5113 03:27:22,630 --> 03:27:27,134 » E. Hernandez: GREAT, I DON'T 5114 03:27:24,899 --> 03:27:29,670 KNOW HOW IT'S BEEN FOR Y'ALL, 5115 03:27:27,201 --> 03:27:31,772 BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN THE 5116 03:27:29,737 --> 03:27:33,640 BEST RELATIONSHIP WITH LA28 AND 5117 03:27:31,839 --> 03:27:35,509 TO NOT PROTECT THE CITY MORE BY 5118 03:27:33,707 --> 03:27:37,778 BEING ABLE TO AUDIT THE ENTITY 5119 03:27:35,576 --> 03:27:39,480 THAT IS DOING THE FUNDRAISING 5120 03:27:37,845 --> 03:27:42,449 FOR THIS, I THINK THAT'S NOT 5121 03:27:39,547 --> 03:27:43,150 THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO 5122 03:27:42,515 --> 03:27:46,320 GO IN. 5123 03:27:43,216 --> 03:27:47,754 AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS 5124 03:27:46,387 --> 03:27:49,289 MOTION FORWARD TO ASK FOR MORE 5125 03:27:47,821 --> 03:27:51,391 OPPORTUNITIES TO DO AUDIT. 5126 03:27:49,355 --> 03:27:52,359 AND IF THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING 5127 03:27:51,458 --> 03:27:53,727 CORRECTLY AND THEY'VE GOT 5128 03:27:52,426 --> 03:27:55,362 NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WHY 5129 03:27:53,794 --> 03:27:58,131 WON'T WE WANT TO AUDIT MORE. 5130 03:27:55,429 --> 03:28:01,301 IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY 5131 03:27:58,198 --> 03:28:02,636 WORRY ABOUT, OR DON'T WANT 5132 03:28:01,368 --> 03:28:04,271 SHOWN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY 5133 03:28:02,703 --> 03:28:06,173 THEY WOULD WITHIN WANT AUDITING. 5134 03:28:04,338 --> 03:28:07,341 BUT IN ORDER TO PROTECT 5135 03:28:06,240 --> 03:28:10,744 OURSELVES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE 5136 03:28:07,408 --> 03:28:15,516 ABILITY TO DO THAT. 5137 03:28:10,811 --> 03:28:17,384 AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 5138 03:28:15,583 --> 03:28:19,253 IF THE VCA IS NEGOTIATED WITH A 5139 03:28:17,451 --> 03:28:22,422 PRIVATE ENTER CITY SUCH AS THE 5140 03:28:19,320 --> 03:28:24,057 DODGERS AND THEIR TERMS ARE 5141 03:28:22,489 --> 03:28:26,259 MORE FAVORABLE THAN OURS, IS 5142 03:28:24,124 --> 03:28:30,898 THE CITY ABLE TO MATCH THOSE 5143 03:28:26,326 --> 03:28:31,832 TERMS LATER DOWN THE LINE? 5144 03:28:30,965 --> 03:28:34,167 WHOEVER CAN ANSWER? 5145 03:28:31,899 --> 03:28:39,172 » I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, 5146 03:28:34,234 --> 03:28:41,008 IF WE AGREED TO TERMS, IN THEY 5147 03:28:39,239 --> 03:28:41,942 ARE MORE FAVORABLE THAN WE 5148 03:28:41,075 --> 03:28:46,280 WOULD OFFER THE DODGERS? 5149 03:28:42,009 --> 03:28:48,115 » E. Hernandez: NO IF THE 5150 03:28:46,347 --> 03:28:51,818 DODGERS HAVE MORE FAVORABLE 5151 03:28:48,182 --> 03:28:53,920 TERMS, ARE WE ABLE TO ADJUST 5152 03:28:51,885 --> 03:29:01,962 THE ECRMA FOR THOSE BETTER 5153 03:28:53,987 --> 03:29:09,937 TERMS? 5154 03:29:02,029 --> 03:29:15,242 » SO, THE THE TERMS THAT WOULD 5155 03:29:10,004 --> 03:29:17,311 BE, THE VSAs ARE DESIGNED TO 5156 03:29:15,309 --> 03:29:19,379 COVER ALL THE CITY COSTS THAT 5157 03:29:17,378 --> 03:29:20,781 ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT HEALTH 5158 03:29:19,446 --> 03:29:22,182 AND SAFETY IN SUPPORT OF THE 5159 03:29:20,848 --> 03:29:24,918 GAMES WHICH IS WHY, WHICH IS 5160 03:29:22,249 --> 03:29:27,020 WHY THERE IS A CONCEPT OF 5161 03:29:24,985 --> 03:29:28,655 HAVING A GAMES FOOTPRINT, THE 5162 03:29:27,087 --> 03:29:33,360 SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO 5163 03:29:28,722 --> 03:29:34,828 ENSURE THAT THAT THOSE GAMES 5164 03:29:33,427 --> 03:29:36,663 ARE SAFE. 5165 03:29:34,895 --> 03:29:39,166 THE, STANDARD THAT IS IN THE 5166 03:29:36,730 --> 03:29:41,935 AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, IS THAT 5167 03:29:39,233 --> 03:29:44,438 THEY WOULD BE AT SERVICE LEVELS 5168 03:29:42,002 --> 03:29:48,608 THAT MEET CITY STANDARDS. 5169 03:29:44,505 --> 03:29:50,410 SO, IN TERMS OF CONDITIONS OR 5170 03:29:48,675 --> 03:29:51,077 NOT, OUR GOAL IS TO MEET CITY 5171 03:29:50,477 --> 03:29:53,614 STANDARDS WITH EVERYTHING, 5172 03:29:51,144 --> 03:29:55,949 WHETHER IT'S THE DODGERS 5173 03:29:53,681 --> 03:29:58,085 PARADE, THE OSCARS OR ANY OF 5174 03:29:56,015 --> 03:30:01,421 THE GAMES. 5175 03:29:58,152 --> 03:30:02,489 SO, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THEM 5176 03:30:01,488 --> 03:30:04,424 AS DEPENDENT OR RELATED TO ONE 5177 03:30:02,556 --> 03:30:06,727 ANOTHER. 5178 03:30:04,491 --> 03:30:08,829 WHATEVER THE OPERATIONAL PLAN 5179 03:30:06,794 --> 03:30:11,131 DICTATES IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF 5180 03:30:08,896 --> 03:30:14,301 CITY RESOURCES IS WHAT OUR, 5181 03:30:11,198 --> 03:30:17,304 WHAT THE CITY POSITION WOULD BE. 5182 03:30:14,368 --> 03:30:21,241 WE, WE DO HAVE TO IT IS 5183 03:30:17,371 --> 03:30:23,676 DIFFERENT, I WILL SAY, THAN 5184 03:30:21,308 --> 03:30:29,549 THAN THE DODGERS OR THE ACADEMY 5185 03:30:23,743 --> 03:30:31,618 AWARDS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 5186 03:30:29,616 --> 03:30:35,222 ISSUING A PERMIT. 5187 03:30:31,685 --> 03:30:37,524 WE ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE 5188 03:30:35,289 --> 03:30:39,626 THE SERVICE LEVELS 5189 03:30:37,591 --> 03:30:40,994 COLLABORATIVELY AND THROUGH 5190 03:30:39,693 --> 03:30:42,596 MUTUAL CONSENT, THAT'S WHAT A 5191 03:30:41,061 --> 03:30:43,530 SERVICE AGREEMENT IS, IT'S AN 5192 03:30:42,663 --> 03:30:46,733 AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PARTIES. 5193 03:30:43,597 --> 03:30:47,934 SO THERE IS A, AN UNDERSTANDING 5194 03:30:46,800 --> 03:30:49,336 THAT THERE WOULD BE A 5195 03:30:48,001 --> 03:30:51,838 DISCUSSION BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN 5196 03:30:49,403 --> 03:30:53,841 THERE THAT THEY NEED TO BE AT 5197 03:30:51,905 --> 03:30:54,374 SERVICE LEVELS THAT MEET CITY 5198 03:30:53,907 --> 03:30:55,342 STANDARDS. 5199 03:30:54,441 --> 03:30:56,743 THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, IF 5200 03:30:55,409 --> 03:30:59,946 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 5201 03:30:56,810 --> 03:31:02,215 WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE 5202 03:31:00,013 --> 03:31:07,954 DODGERS VERSUS LA28. 5203 03:31:02,282 --> 03:31:09,923 » E. Hernandez: IS THERE ONLY 5204 03:31:08,021 --> 03:31:11,792 ONE ECRMA? 5205 03:31:09,990 --> 03:31:14,294 » THIS APPLIES TO THE CITY OF 5206 03:31:11,859 --> 03:31:16,763 LOS ANGELES, OTHER 5207 03:31:14,361 --> 03:31:18,798 JURISDICTIONS WILL HAVE SIMILAR 5208 03:31:16,830 --> 03:31:19,866 AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE MODELED 5209 03:31:18,865 --> 03:31:22,369 AFTER THIS AGREEMENT. 5210 03:31:19,933 --> 03:31:23,937 » E. Hernandez: WHAT IF THEIRS 5211 03:31:22,436 --> 03:31:27,874 ARE BETTER THAN OURS? 5212 03:31:24,004 --> 03:31:34,014 DO YOU GET TO BE RETROACTIVE? 5213 03:31:27,941 --> 03:31:37,250 » WE HAVE MOST FAVORITE 5214 03:31:34,081 --> 03:31:38,252 STATUS, THEY ARE NOT TO PROVIDE 5215 03:31:37,317 --> 03:31:39,419 SOMETHING THAT IS PROVIDED TO 5216 03:31:38,318 --> 03:31:41,388 THE CITY. 5217 03:31:39,486 --> 03:31:42,989 SO CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS, WE 5218 03:31:41,455 --> 03:31:43,924 WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY 5219 03:31:43,056 --> 03:31:45,559 DEMAND A CHANGE. 5220 03:31:43,991 --> 03:31:48,295 THAT'S THE REASON THAT THERE IS 5221 03:31:45,626 --> 03:31:50,130 A SEQUENCE TO THIS AND WHY, WHY 5222 03:31:48,362 --> 03:31:52,466 WE DO NEED TO MOVE THIS 5223 03:31:50,197 --> 03:31:54,434 FORWARD, 28 NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE 5224 03:31:52,533 --> 03:31:55,168 OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER 5225 03:31:54,501 --> 03:31:56,403 JURISDICTIONS BASED ON THIS 5226 03:31:55,235 --> 03:31:58,705 AGREEMENT. 5227 03:31:56,470 --> 03:32:02,209 AND, AND SO THERE ARE NOT ONLY, 5228 03:31:58,772 --> 03:32:04,978 SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE A BETTER 5229 03:32:02,276 --> 03:32:06,580 AGREEMENT, OUR AGREEMENT AS, 5230 03:32:05,045 --> 03:32:09,116 HAS PROVISIONED IN IT THAT WILL 5231 03:32:06,647 --> 03:32:11,184 BE UNIQUE TO OUR CITY BECAUSE 5232 03:32:09,183 --> 03:32:11,885 OF OUR ROLE AS A FINANCIAL 5233 03:32:11,251 --> 03:32:13,086 BACKSTOP. 5234 03:32:11,952 --> 03:32:14,488 AND THIS DISCUSSION THAT IS 5235 03:32:13,152 --> 03:32:15,488 ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF 5236 03:32:14,554 --> 03:32:17,257 LOS ANGELES. 5237 03:32:15,555 --> 03:32:18,291 THAT WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO 5238 03:32:17,323 --> 03:32:21,361 OTHER CITIES. 5239 03:32:18,358 --> 03:32:25,365 » E. Hernandez: OKAY, I'M 5240 03:32:21,428 --> 03:32:26,366 OVERTIME, I HAVE A FEW MORE 5241 03:32:25,431 --> 03:32:29,736 QUESTIONS. 5242 03:32:26,433 --> 03:32:31,371 I HAVE DODGER STADIUM ON MY 5243 03:32:29,803 --> 03:32:33,473 DISTRICT, SO I WANT TO MAKE 5244 03:32:31,438 --> 03:32:34,207 SURE THAT I GET THROUGH THEM. 5245 03:32:33,540 --> 03:32:38,511 » Council President: SURE. 5246 03:32:34,274 --> 03:32:40,547 » E. Hernandez: WHAT HAPPENS 5247 03:32:38,578 --> 03:32:43,250 IF -- 5248 03:32:40,647 --> 03:32:45,051 ~>> I WOULD HOPE THAT DAN WOULD 5249 03:32:43,317 --> 03:32:46,786 SUE THEM TO PREVENT THAT. 5250 03:32:45,118 --> 03:32:51,458 THERE IS A CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT 5251 03:32:46,853 --> 03:32:53,093 THEY ARE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO 5252 03:32:51,525 --> 03:32:58,131 SATISFY ALL OBLIGATION TO THE 5253 03:32:53,160 --> 03:33:00,433 CITY PRIOR TO DISSOLUTION. 5254 03:32:58,198 --> 03:33:02,936 » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU. 5255 03:33:00,500 --> 03:33:05,872 WHAT INCENTIVE HAVE THAT MAKE 5256 03:33:03,003 --> 03:33:07,541 SURE THAT L.A. AS MUNICIPAL 5257 03:33:05,938 --> 03:33:09,843 SHOULD HAVE HAVE NOT TO PAY 5258 03:33:07,608 --> 03:33:11,478 BACK THE COSTS SHOULD THEY NOT 5259 03:33:09,910 --> 03:33:13,013 RAISE ENOUGH FUNDS? 5260 03:33:11,545 --> 03:33:14,247 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH 5261 03:33:13,079 --> 03:33:16,550 FUNDS. 5262 03:33:14,314 --> 03:33:18,618 » WELL THEY REPORT, THEY 5263 03:33:16,617 --> 03:33:28,361 REPORT, THEY HAVE THEIR, THEY 5264 03:33:18,685 --> 03:33:31,364 DO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL REPORT. 5265 03:33:28,428 --> 03:33:32,966 THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR BUDGET. 5266 03:33:31,431 --> 03:33:37,204 I GUESS I'LL DIFFER TO SHARON, 5267 03:33:33,033 --> 03:33:39,539 WE HAVE A MUTUAL INTEREST IN A 5268 03:33:37,271 --> 03:33:40,840 CERTAIN SENSE, YOU KNOW, WE 5269 03:33:39,606 --> 03:33:43,476 ARE, WE ARE JOINED AT THE HIP 5270 03:33:40,907 --> 03:33:46,279 HERE. 5271 03:33:43,543 --> 03:33:48,815 THEY WANT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL 5272 03:33:46,346 --> 03:33:50,951 OLYMPICS, THEY WANT TO HAVE A 5273 03:33:48,882 --> 03:33:52,052 SUCCESSFUL LEGACY FOR THOSE 28 5274 03:33:51,017 --> 03:33:55,455 OLYMPICS. 5275 03:33:52,119 --> 03:33:58,725 THE BEST CASE SCENARIO NOW THAT 5276 03:33:55,522 --> 03:34:00,560 WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IS THE 5277 03:33:58,792 --> 03:34:01,028 GAMES ARE EXTRAORDINARY 5278 03:34:00,627 --> 03:34:03,330 FINANCIAL SUCCESSFUL. 5279 03:34:01,094 --> 03:34:06,266 THERE IS A ROBUST LEGACY FUND 5280 03:34:03,397 --> 03:34:07,434 THAT WILL PAY FOR YOUTH SPORTS 5281 03:34:06,333 --> 03:34:09,703 FOR DECADES TO COME FOR THE 5282 03:34:07,501 --> 03:34:11,038 CITY AND ALL OF OUR COSTS WILL 5283 03:34:09,770 --> 03:34:15,174 BE REIMBURSED AS A RESULT OF 5284 03:34:11,104 --> 03:34:18,478 THAT, AS A RESULT OF THAT. 5285 03:34:15,241 --> 03:34:21,248 WE ARE PROVIDING YOU TODAY AS 5286 03:34:18,545 --> 03:34:25,852 MANY PROTECTIONS AS WE CAN 5287 03:34:21,315 --> 03:34:26,920 GIVEN THE REALITY IF IT IS NOT 5288 03:34:25,919 --> 03:34:27,754 FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL IT DOES 5289 03:34:26,987 --> 03:34:29,122 FALL ON TO US. 5290 03:34:27,821 --> 03:34:31,191 THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN, 5291 03:34:29,189 --> 03:34:33,727 THAT WE COULD PROPOSE TO YOU 5292 03:34:31,258 --> 03:34:36,496 TODAY OR TOMORROW OR NEXT YEAR, 5293 03:34:33,794 --> 03:34:39,933 THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT RISK. 5294 03:34:36,563 --> 03:34:44,905 BUT WE HAVE A CLEAR MUTUAL 5295 03:34:40,000 --> 03:34:46,106 INTEREST IN HAVING BOTH, A 5296 03:34:44,972 --> 03:34:47,841 SUCCESSFUL OLYMPICS FINANCIALLY 5297 03:34:46,173 --> 03:34:49,008 AND EVERY OTHER WAY WE WOULD 5298 03:34:47,908 --> 03:34:50,510 DEFINE SUCCESS. 5299 03:34:49,075 --> 03:34:51,945 » YES, THERE IS THE MUTUAL 5300 03:34:50,577 --> 03:34:52,412 INTEREST AND THAT'S WHAT I 5301 03:34:52,012 --> 03:34:55,415 WOULD POINT TO. 5302 03:34:52,479 --> 03:34:57,517 AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR 5303 03:34:55,482 --> 03:34:59,085 SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT UPON THEM, 5304 03:34:57,584 --> 03:34:59,819 THEIR SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT UPON 5305 03:34:59,152 --> 03:35:03,490 US AS WELL. 5306 03:34:59,886 --> 03:35:05,358 SO WE ARE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING 5307 03:35:03,557 --> 03:35:06,826 THAT THIS WILL GENERATE THE 5308 03:35:05,425 --> 03:35:11,131 SURPLUS THAT IS NECESSARY, THAT 5309 03:35:06,893 --> 03:35:13,600 THE CITY WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR 5310 03:35:11,197 --> 03:35:16,136 OUR COSTS, OF COURSE THERE IS 5311 03:35:13,667 --> 03:35:17,504 THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE ABOUT 5312 03:35:16,203 --> 03:35:19,539 FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT 5313 03:35:17,571 --> 03:35:20,340 WAS ALWAYS THE RISK WE FACED. 5314 03:35:19,605 --> 03:35:21,207 THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CHANGE 5315 03:35:20,407 --> 03:35:22,609 THAT. 5316 03:35:21,274 --> 03:35:24,244 SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 5317 03:35:22,676 --> 03:35:24,945 » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I 5318 03:35:24,311 --> 03:35:27,047 HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. 5319 03:35:25,012 --> 03:35:28,915 WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THAT BAG WE 5320 03:35:27,114 --> 03:35:31,484 WOULD BE HOLDING IF THE MONEY 5321 03:35:28,982 --> 03:35:32,185 GENERATED FROM THE OLYMPICS 5322 03:35:31,551 --> 03:35:33,787 WASN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS 5323 03:35:32,252 --> 03:35:35,188 GOING TO BE? 5324 03:35:33,854 --> 03:35:36,957 I HEARD FIGURES OF LIKE A 5325 03:35:35,255 --> 03:35:38,591 BILLION DOLLARS? 5326 03:35:37,024 --> 03:35:39,959 IS THAT CORRECT? 5327 03:35:38,658 --> 03:35:41,161 » IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PROJECT 5328 03:35:40,026 --> 03:35:45,498 THAT. 5329 03:35:41,228 --> 03:35:51,304 THE GAMES ITSELF IS OVER 7.1 5330 03:35:45,565 --> 03:35:59,079 BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET. 5331 03:35:51,371 --> 03:36:00,714 THE, THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE 5332 03:35:59,146 --> 03:36:02,115 THAT WAS LEGISLATED BY THE 5333 03:36:00,781 --> 03:36:03,516 STATE LEGISLATION IS IF THEY 5334 03:36:02,182 --> 03:36:06,486 FAILED TO MEET THEIR BUDGET. 5335 03:36:03,583 --> 03:36:08,788 FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A 5336 03:36:06,553 --> 03:36:10,089 CONTINGENCY IN THEIR BUDGET OF 5337 03:36:08,855 --> 03:36:14,027 330 MILLION DOLLARS. 5338 03:36:10,156 --> 03:36:17,230 SO IF THEY FALL BETWEEN ONE AND 5339 03:36:14,094 --> 03:36:18,264 330 MILLION DOLLARS SHORT OF 5340 03:36:17,297 --> 03:36:24,637 THEIR BUDGET, NOTHING WILL BE 5341 03:36:18,331 --> 03:36:26,306 AFFECTED. 5342 03:36:24,704 --> 03:36:29,776 THEN IF THEY FALL FURTHER THAN 5343 03:36:26,373 --> 03:36:30,343 THAT, WE HAVE THE, THE 5344 03:36:29,843 --> 03:36:32,278 ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY FUNDS 5345 03:36:30,410 --> 03:36:34,581 THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST LINE OF 5346 03:36:32,345 --> 03:36:36,182 DEFENSE PROTECT ITING THE CITY. 5347 03:36:34,648 --> 03:36:37,584 THEN IF IT'S EVEN MORE THAN 5348 03:36:36,249 --> 03:36:41,054 THAT, THEN THAT IS WHEN THE 5349 03:36:37,651 --> 03:36:43,489 CITY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR 5350 03:36:41,121 --> 03:36:45,925 THE NEXT 270 MILLION. 5351 03:36:43,556 --> 03:36:47,527 SO IT WOULD HAVE TO, THEY WOULD 5352 03:36:45,992 --> 03:36:50,263 HAVE TO FALL 600 MILLION 5353 03:36:47,594 --> 03:36:51,131 DOLLARS SHORT OF THEIR 7 PLUS 5354 03:36:50,330 --> 03:36:53,433 BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET FOR THE 5355 03:36:51,198 --> 03:36:56,202 CITY TO BE IN JEOPARDY. 5356 03:36:53,500 --> 03:36:58,839 AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD BE ON 5357 03:36:56,269 --> 03:37:00,407 THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING UP TO 270 5358 03:36:58,905 --> 03:37:04,577 MILLION AND THEN THE STATE 5359 03:37:00,474 --> 03:37:07,547 COMES IN, AND THEN PROVIDES THE 5360 03:37:04,644 --> 03:37:09,349 NEXT 270 IF IT'S EVEN WORSE 5361 03:37:07,614 --> 03:37:10,116 THAN 600 MILLION PLUS 270 5362 03:37:09,415 --> 03:37:12,152 MILLION. 5363 03:37:10,183 --> 03:37:14,888 AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE CITY 5364 03:37:12,219 --> 03:37:18,124 WOULD TAKE ON WHATEVER IS, 5365 03:37:14,955 --> 03:37:21,427 WHATEVER IS AFTER THAT. 5366 03:37:18,191 --> 03:37:23,563 SO, AGAIN, THAT IS, THAT IS THE 5367 03:37:21,494 --> 03:37:26,800 REALITY. 5368 03:37:23,630 --> 03:37:28,435 IS THAT A LIKELY SCENARIO, WE 5369 03:37:26,867 --> 03:37:30,236 DON'T BELIEVE SO. 5370 03:37:28,502 --> 03:37:32,305 THERE ARE REPORTS THUS FAR 5371 03:37:30,303 --> 03:37:35,508 SUGGESTED THAT THEY'RE MEETING 5372 03:37:32,372 --> 03:37:37,343 THEIR TARGETS ON SPONSORSHIP 5373 03:37:35,575 --> 03:37:39,412 AND OTHER REVENUES AND WE WANT 5374 03:37:37,410 --> 03:37:40,613 THEM TO CONTINUE TO HIT THEIR 5375 03:37:39,478 --> 03:37:41,347 TARGETS. 5376 03:37:40,680 --> 03:37:42,649 BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS. 5377 03:37:41,414 --> 03:37:43,583 » E. Hernandez: BEAUTIFUL, 5378 03:37:42,715 --> 03:37:44,984 THANK YOU. 5379 03:37:43,650 --> 03:37:48,922 AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WHAT 5380 03:37:45,051 --> 03:37:51,658 DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE AUDIT 5381 03:37:48,989 --> 03:37:56,162 AHEAD OF GAMES TO ENSURE 5382 03:37:51,725 --> 03:37:59,833 PROPERTIES SUCH AS FUNDS. 5383 03:37:56,229 --> 03:38:03,236 » SO, THE AGAIN, THE REALITY 5384 03:37:59,900 --> 03:38:07,173 HERE IS WE DO NOT HAVE, WE 5385 03:38:03,303 --> 03:38:09,676 DON'T HAVE HAVE CONTROL OVER, 5386 03:38:07,240 --> 03:38:13,813 WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL 5387 03:38:09,743 --> 03:38:14,981 CONTROL OVER LA28, ANY CONTROL 5388 03:38:13,880 --> 03:38:15,682 OVER HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR 5389 03:38:15,048 --> 03:38:16,649 FUNDS. 5390 03:38:15,749 --> 03:38:17,750 WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUDGET 5391 03:38:16,716 --> 03:38:19,819 AUTHORITY. 5392 03:38:17,817 --> 03:38:22,755 OUR AUTHORITY DOES NOT TRIGGER 5393 03:38:19,886 --> 03:38:26,593 UNTIL, UNTIL AFTER THE GAMES AS 5394 03:38:22,822 --> 03:38:31,897 WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT MAY 5395 03:38:26,660 --> 03:38:36,436 HOW MUCH THEY MAY HAVE FALLEN 5396 03:38:31,964 --> 03:38:46,513 SHORT OR OR EXCEEDED THEIR 5397 03:38:36,503 --> 03:38:50,183 BUDGET. 5398 03:38:46,580 --> 03:38:52,018 AND THAT SURPLUS AUDIT WASED TO 5399 03:38:50,250 --> 03:38:53,953 BE UNDERTAKEN AFTER THE GAMES, 5400 03:38:52,085 --> 03:38:54,587 AFTER THEY'VE CALCULATED THEIR 5401 03:38:54,020 --> 03:38:56,489 SURPLUS. 5402 03:38:54,654 --> 03:38:59,492 NOW I WILL SAY THIS T WE DON'T 5403 03:38:56,556 --> 03:39:01,361 VIEW, MY OFFICE DOES NOT VIEW A 5404 03:38:59,559 --> 03:39:04,197 SURPLUS AUDIT AS LIMITED. 5405 03:39:01,428 --> 03:39:05,999 JUST LIKE WHEN WE CALCULATE THE 5406 03:39:04,263 --> 03:39:08,067 RESERVE FUND, IN ORDER TO 5407 03:39:06,066 --> 03:39:14,974 CALCULATE, YOU NEED TO HAVE 5408 03:39:08,134 --> 03:39:15,842 ACCESS TO LITERALLY EVERY 5409 03:39:15,041 --> 03:39:20,747 AUDIT. 5410 03:39:15,909 --> 03:39:21,281 IT'S A COMPLETE AUDIT OF THEIR 5411 03:39:20,813 --> 03:39:22,882 FINANCIALS. 5412 03:39:21,348 --> 03:39:24,984 WE WILL HAVE AUDIT AUTHORITY 5413 03:39:22,949 --> 03:39:27,020 AND ALSO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, WE 5414 03:39:25,051 --> 03:39:30,690 DO HAVE AUDIT AUTHORITY BEFORE 5415 03:39:27,087 --> 03:39:35,228 THE GAMES ENDS AS IT RELATES 5416 03:39:30,757 --> 03:39:37,063 TO, OUR ABILITY TO SECURE 5417 03:39:35,295 --> 03:39:39,866 FEDERAL FUNDS OR STATE FUNDS. 5418 03:39:37,130 --> 03:39:42,835 SO THROUGH THAT, IF THAT IS 5419 03:39:39,933 --> 03:39:44,204 REQUIRED, THEN, WE HAVE THEN WE 5420 03:39:42,902 --> 03:39:50,176 COULD HAVE ACCESS TO 5421 03:39:44,271 --> 03:39:55,148 DOCUMENTATION THAT WE WOULD NEED 5422 03:39:50,243 --> 03:39:56,182 TO PROVIDE WHATEVER REQUIRED. 5423 03:39:55,214 --> 03:39:57,450 THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT BEFORE 5424 03:39:56,249 --> 03:39:58,251 YOU, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO 5425 03:39:57,517 --> 03:40:00,520 SECURE. 5426 03:39:58,318 --> 03:40:01,988 » E. Hernandez: THAT'S WHAT IS 5427 03:40:00,587 --> 03:40:03,990 IN THE DOCUMENT BEFORE US AND 5428 03:40:02,054 --> 03:40:05,558 THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO 5429 03:40:04,057 --> 03:40:07,660 SECURE BUT IF TWO 5430 03:40:05,625 --> 03:40:09,529 COUNCILMEMBERS PUT IN MOTIONS 5431 03:40:07,727 --> 03:40:12,599 AROUND EXPANDING OUR AUDITING 5432 03:40:09,596 --> 03:40:14,133 POWER, THEN THAT IS NO 5433 03:40:12,665 --> 03:40:15,668 LONTIONER TRUE, WE WOULD HAVE 5434 03:40:14,200 --> 03:40:16,869 TO GET THOSE AUDITING RIGHTS, 5435 03:40:15,735 --> 03:40:18,538 IS THAT CORRECT? 5436 03:40:16,936 --> 03:40:20,940 SO IT'S ONLY LIKE THIS BECAUSE 5437 03:40:18,605 --> 03:40:21,841 THAT'S WHAT IS NEGOTIATED BUT 5438 03:40:21,007 --> 03:40:22,074 NOT BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTION, 5439 03:40:21,908 --> 03:40:22,775 OKAY. 5440 03:40:22,141 --> 03:40:25,078 THANK YOU. 5441 03:40:22,842 --> 03:40:27,113 » Council President: I THINK, 5442 03:40:25,145 --> 03:40:29,849 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, YOU 5443 03:40:27,180 --> 03:40:32,151 KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION TO SEND 5444 03:40:29,916 --> 03:40:39,292 THESE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THIS 5445 03:40:32,218 --> 03:40:41,160 MORNING TO COMMITTEE IS NOT AN 5446 03:40:39,359 --> 03:40:42,294 OPINION, IT'S THAT BY ADDING A 5447 03:40:41,227 --> 03:40:43,763 CONDITION, WE SEND THESE PEOPLE 5448 03:40:42,361 --> 03:40:45,565 BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE 5449 03:40:43,830 --> 03:40:48,334 THAT THEY'VE BEEN AT FOR TWO 5450 03:40:45,632 --> 03:40:50,570 AND A HALF YEARS OR SO. 5451 03:40:48,401 --> 03:40:53,373 AND IN A LOT OF CASES, THE VERY 5452 03:40:50,637 --> 03:40:56,142 THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE 5453 03:40:53,440 --> 03:40:58,177 AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 5454 03:40:56,209 --> 03:40:59,312 IN THE NEGOTIATING ROOMS AND 5455 03:40:58,244 --> 03:40:59,812 THESE FOLKS LANDING WHERE THEY 5456 03:40:59,379 --> 03:41:02,115 LANDED. 5457 03:40:59,879 --> 03:41:06,252 THAT IS THE SPIRIT IN WHICH I 5458 03:41:02,182 --> 03:41:09,922 RECOMMEND THAT ALL OF THESE 5459 03:41:06,319 --> 03:41:15,995 AMENDMENTS EXCEPT FOR E, I'M 5460 03:41:09,989 --> 03:41:17,397 SORRY, EXCEPT FOR C, THERE IS 5461 03:41:16,062 --> 03:41:18,631 ONE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. 5462 03:41:17,464 --> 03:41:19,966 IF YOU CAN TELL US WHICH ONE 5463 03:41:18,697 --> 03:41:23,169 THAT IS. 5464 03:41:20,033 --> 03:41:24,737 » IT WAS, I BELIEVE COUNCIL 5465 03:41:23,236 --> 03:41:25,204 PRESIDENT YOU'RE REFERRING TO 5466 03:41:24,804 --> 03:41:27,807 3E. 5467 03:41:25,271 --> 03:41:29,476 » ALL RIGHT, SO THE REST OF 5468 03:41:27,874 --> 03:41:32,011 THEM, IT SENDS US BACK TO THE 5469 03:41:29,542 --> 03:41:33,079 NEGOTIATING TABLE WHICH IS MY 5470 03:41:32,078 --> 03:41:35,148 CONCERN. 5471 03:41:33,146 --> 03:41:36,783 IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOT 5472 03:41:35,215 --> 03:41:40,653 A GOOD IDEA, SO THAT IS GOING 5473 03:41:36,850 --> 03:41:42,522 TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION. 5474 03:41:40,720 --> 03:41:43,189 I SEE NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE. 5475 03:41:42,589 --> 03:41:43,456 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. 5476 03:41:43,256 --> 03:41:48,661 AGAIN. 5477 03:41:43,523 --> 03:41:54,434 » E. Hernandez: YES, I WOULD 5478 03:41:48,728 --> 03:41:56,769 LIKE TO REPLY TO YOUR COMMENTS 5479 03:41:54,500 --> 03:41:58,638 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAVE 5480 03:41:56,836 --> 03:42:00,306 DODGER STADIUM AND I WAS 5481 03:41:58,705 --> 03:42:03,509 BRIEFED TWO WEEKS AGO. 5482 03:42:00,373 --> 03:42:05,578 SO YOU'RE ASKING ME TO MAKE A 5483 03:42:03,576 --> 03:42:08,348 DECISION ON SOMETHING IS GOING 5484 03:42:05,645 --> 03:42:10,750 TO IMPACT ME, BUT I WAS ONLY 5485 03:42:08,415 --> 03:42:12,385 BRIEFED TWO WEEKS AGO, FOLKS 5486 03:42:10,817 --> 03:42:14,087 ARE NEGOTIATING BUT NOT WITH 5487 03:42:12,452 --> 03:42:15,788 PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED. 5488 03:42:14,153 --> 03:42:16,956 THAT'S WHY I PUT THE AMENDMENT 5489 03:42:15,855 --> 03:42:21,227 FORWARD ON AUDITING. 5490 03:42:17,023 --> 03:42:22,194 IT FALLS SIMILAR IN LINE WITH 5491 03:42:21,294 --> 03:42:23,763 COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ IN 5492 03:42:22,261 --> 03:42:24,731 AUDITING. 5493 03:42:23,830 --> 03:42:26,399 I WOULD OBJECT TO THAT. 5494 03:42:24,798 --> 03:42:28,634 » Council President: OKAY, MR. 5495 03:42:26,465 --> 03:42:32,438 CLERK IF YOU CAN TAKE US 5496 03:42:28,701 --> 03:42:34,808 THROUGH OUR AMENDMENTS. 5497 03:42:32,505 --> 03:42:35,141 IN ORDER AS PRESCRIBED BY 5498 03:42:34,874 --> 03:42:37,043 COUNCIL RULES. 5499 03:42:35,208 --> 03:42:39,946 » Clerk: SO IF THERE IS NO 5500 03:42:37,110 --> 03:42:42,548 OBJECTION, YOUR MOTION TO MOVE 5501 03:42:40,013 --> 03:42:45,517 AMENDMENTS 3 A, B, C, AND D, 5502 03:42:42,615 --> 03:42:46,852 BACK TO THE AD HOC OLYMPICS. 5503 03:42:45,584 --> 03:42:47,553 » Council President: 5504 03:42:46,919 --> 03:42:49,389 COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. 5505 03:42:47,620 --> 03:42:50,689 » Y. Jurado: POINT OF ORDER, 5506 03:42:49,456 --> 03:42:51,691 ARE WE GOING THROUGH ALL THE 5507 03:42:50,756 --> 03:42:52,859 AMENDMENTS? 5508 03:42:51,758 --> 03:42:54,227 » Council President: YES. 5509 03:42:52,926 --> 03:42:56,996 » Clerk: YES. 5510 03:42:54,294 --> 03:42:57,830 WE WOULD START OFF WITH MOTION 5511 03:42:57,063 --> 03:42:59,298 3F BEFORE COUNCIL. 5512 03:42:57,897 --> 03:43:01,401 » Council President: ALL 5513 03:42:59,365 --> 03:43:02,535 RIGHT, 3F, CAN YOU LET US KNOW 5514 03:43:01,468 --> 03:43:04,637 WHAT THAT ONE IS? 5515 03:43:02,602 --> 03:43:05,170 » Clerk: THAT'S THE 5516 03:43:04,703 --> 03:43:06,906 HERNANDEZ-PRICE MOTION. 5517 03:43:05,237 --> 03:43:08,274 » Council President: ALL 5518 03:43:06,973 --> 03:43:10,844 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ 5519 03:43:08,341 --> 03:43:12,178 IS ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE 5520 03:43:10,910 --> 03:43:15,381 HEARD NOW. 5521 03:43:12,245 --> 03:43:17,483 I AM ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE 5522 03:43:15,448 --> 03:43:19,986 SENT TO COMMITTEE. 5523 03:43:17,550 --> 03:43:21,187 MR. KLRK CAN YOU TELL US THE 5524 03:43:20,053 --> 03:43:22,321 IMPLICATIONS OF A YES VOTE AND 5525 03:43:21,254 --> 03:43:24,424 A NO VOTE. 5526 03:43:22,388 --> 03:43:26,525 » Clerk: SO IS THERE A SECOND 5527 03:43:24,491 --> 03:43:27,693 TO COUNCILMEMBER 5528 03:43:26,592 --> 03:43:28,594 HARRIS-DAWSON'S MOTION TO MOVE 5529 03:43:27,760 --> 03:43:29,996 IT TO COMMITTEE. 5530 03:43:28,661 --> 03:43:31,364 » Council President: SECONDED 5531 03:43:30,063 --> 03:43:34,600 BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. 5532 03:43:31,431 --> 03:43:36,002 » Clerk: SINCE THERE IS AN 5533 03:43:34,667 --> 03:43:37,804 OBJECTION THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE 5534 03:43:36,069 --> 03:43:39,338 TO TAKE A VOTE AND THE YES VOTE 5535 03:43:37,871 --> 03:43:40,506 IS TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. 5536 03:43:39,405 --> 03:43:42,141 » Council President: OKAY, 5537 03:43:40,573 --> 03:43:43,075 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 5538 03:43:42,208 --> 03:43:46,746 TABULATE THE VOTE. 5539 03:43:43,142 --> 03:43:48,815 » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. 5540 03:43:46,812 --> 03:43:55,120 » Clerk: THIS MOTION PASSES. 5541 03:43:48,882 --> 03:43:58,591 THE NEXT MOTION IS 3-E, MOTION 5542 03:43:55,187 --> 03:43:59,725 RODRIGUEZ HARRIS-DAWSON. 5543 03:43:58,658 --> 03:44:01,127 » Council President: 5544 03:43:59,792 --> 03:44:04,330 COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. 5545 03:44:01,194 --> 03:44:05,798 » H. Hutt: I WOULD LIKE TO BE 5546 03:44:04,397 --> 03:44:07,199 RECORDED AS A NO ON F. 5547 03:44:05,865 --> 03:44:07,767 » Clerk: THAT DOES NOT CHANGE 5548 03:44:07,266 --> 03:44:10,403 THE OUTCOME. 5549 03:44:07,834 --> 03:44:14,607 » H. Hutt: THANK YOU. 5550 03:44:10,469 --> 03:44:15,774 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5551 03:44:14,674 --> 03:44:18,277 THIS ITEM, I'M COUNCILMEMBER 5552 03:44:15,841 --> 03:44:21,013 RODRIGUEZ AND I ARE 5553 03:44:18,344 --> 03:44:22,648 RECOMMENDING A YES VOTE ON I 5554 03:44:21,080 --> 03:44:23,816 DON'T THINK THERE IS AN 5555 03:44:22,715 --> 03:44:25,451 OBJECTION, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL 5556 03:44:23,883 --> 03:44:27,687 ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL, 5557 03:44:25,518 --> 03:44:28,654 TABULATE THE VOTE. 5558 03:44:27,754 --> 03:44:29,789 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 5559 03:44:28,721 --> 03:44:31,490 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5560 03:44:29,856 --> 03:44:33,025 WHAT'S NEXT? 5561 03:44:31,557 --> 03:44:36,462 » Clerk: SO CONFIRM THATING 5562 03:44:33,092 --> 03:44:39,866 WAS A VOTE TO APPROVE MOTION 3E. 5563 03:44:36,529 --> 03:44:41,501 THE PRIOR VOTE WAS TO REFER 3F 5564 03:44:39,933 --> 03:44:43,268 BACK TO COMMITTEE JUST FOR 5565 03:44:41,568 --> 03:44:45,637 CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD. 5566 03:44:43,335 --> 03:44:46,105 AND NEXT WE HAVE 3-D, PADILLA 5567 03:44:45,704 --> 03:44:48,841 HERNANDEZ. 5568 03:44:46,172 --> 03:44:49,542 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5569 03:44:48,908 --> 03:44:52,478 COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA DO YOU 5570 03:44:49,609 --> 03:44:54,013 WANT TO VOTE ON THIS? 5571 03:44:52,545 --> 03:44:54,614 NOW OR DO YOU WANT IT TO GO TO 5572 03:44:54,080 --> 03:44:56,249 COMMITTEE. 5573 03:44:54,681 --> 03:44:58,317 » I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO 5574 03:44:56,316 --> 03:45:00,653 VOTE ON IT NOW, BUT I WOULD 5575 03:44:58,384 --> 03:45:05,491 ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A TECHNICAL 5576 03:45:00,720 --> 03:45:06,926 AMENDMENT WHERE IT SAYS, ECRMA 5577 03:45:05,558 --> 03:45:10,663 TO BE SCRATCHED AND PUT THE 5578 03:45:06,992 --> 03:45:14,500 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES 5579 03:45:10,730 --> 03:45:15,268 AGREEMENT. 5580 03:45:14,567 --> 03:45:16,002 AND YES. 5581 03:45:15,334 --> 03:45:16,602 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5582 03:45:16,069 --> 03:45:20,940 OKAY. 5583 03:45:16,669 --> 03:45:22,341 ALL RIGHT. 5584 03:45:21,007 --> 03:45:24,877 » Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DO 5585 03:45:22,408 --> 03:45:26,546 YOU HAVE YOUR MOTION TO REFER 5586 03:45:24,944 --> 03:45:28,214 THIS TO YOUR COMMITTEE. 5587 03:45:26,613 --> 03:45:28,714 THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND TO 5588 03:45:28,280 --> 03:45:30,850 THAT MOTION. 5589 03:45:28,781 --> 03:45:32,919 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5590 03:45:30,917 --> 03:45:34,186 » Clerk: THE YES VOTE WOULD BE 5591 03:45:32,986 --> 03:45:34,987 TO SEND THIS ITEM BACK TO 5592 03:45:34,253 --> 03:45:37,957 COMMITTEE. 5593 03:45:35,054 --> 03:45:39,559 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5594 03:45:38,024 --> 03:45:42,361 COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IS ASKING 5595 03:45:39,626 --> 03:45:44,664 FOR A NO-VOTE, I'M ASKING FOR A 5596 03:45:42,428 --> 03:45:45,597 YES VOTE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 5597 03:45:44,731 --> 03:45:48,134 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 5598 03:45:45,664 --> 03:45:52,571 VOTE. 5599 03:45:48,201 --> 03:45:55,308 » Clerk: 9 AYES, 5 NOES. 5600 03:45:52,638 --> 03:45:55,775 » Clerk: MOTION TO REFER BACK 5601 03:45:55,375 --> 03:45:56,542 TO COMMITTEE PASSES. 5602 03:45:55,842 --> 03:45:57,643 » Council President: WHAT'S 5603 03:45:56,609 --> 03:46:00,146 NEXT? 5604 03:45:57,710 --> 03:46:01,080 » Clerk: 3C, RAMAN-LEE. 5605 03:46:00,213 --> 03:46:01,647 » Council President: ALL 5606 03:46:01,147 --> 03:46:04,584 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. 5607 03:46:01,714 --> 03:46:06,852 » N. Raman: THIS JUST IS 5608 03:46:04,651 --> 03:46:09,589 LANGUAGE THAT CLARIFIES THE 5609 03:46:06,919 --> 03:46:15,027 DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN THE 5610 03:46:09,656 --> 03:46:26,005 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON PUBLIC 5611 03:46:15,094 --> 03:46:32,011 SAFETY RELATED AND TO ME THAT 5612 03:46:26,072 --> 03:46:34,113 DISTINCTION PUT US IN FURTHER 5613 03:46:32,078 --> 03:46:35,548 RISK OF GOING INTO FURTHER 5614 03:46:34,180 --> 03:46:37,883 COSTS THAT IS WHAT THIS 5615 03:46:35,615 --> 03:46:39,285 AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO DO. 5616 03:46:37,950 --> 03:46:41,120 AND WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT 5617 03:46:39,352 --> 03:46:42,921 THE CITY CAN ALSO IDENTIFY 5618 03:46:41,187 --> 03:46:45,091 FURTHER LOCATIONS WERE ENHANCE 5619 03:46:42,988 --> 03:46:47,627 CITY RESOURCES WILL BE NEEDED 5620 03:46:45,158 --> 03:46:48,527 UNDER 3.7 IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT 5621 03:46:47,694 --> 03:46:52,398 THE OCOG WILL IDENTIFY THEM. 5622 03:46:48,594 --> 03:46:55,101 OKAY. 5623 03:46:52,465 --> 03:46:59,205 MR. SZABO. 5624 03:46:55,168 --> 03:47:02,908 » WE ADDRESSED THIS--HELLO. 5625 03:46:59,272 --> 03:47:06,345 WE ADDRESSED THIS EARLIER WITH 5626 03:47:02,975 --> 03:47:09,949 THE, THE FIRST POINT IS A, WE 5627 03:47:06,412 --> 03:47:11,817 DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A 5628 03:47:10,016 --> 03:47:14,587 NECESSARY AMENDMENT, THE 5629 03:47:11,884 --> 03:47:16,455 DISTINCTION IS ONLY RELATED TO 5630 03:47:14,654 --> 03:47:18,524 WHO IS DETERMINING THE SERVICES 5631 03:47:16,522 --> 03:47:21,093 AND SERVICE LEVELS AND THAT IS 5632 03:47:18,591 --> 03:47:23,562 IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DISTINCTION 5633 03:47:21,160 --> 03:47:26,999 WHETHER THE CITY IS DETERMINING 5634 03:47:23,629 --> 03:47:29,301 OR WHETHER IT'S THE NSCC, THE 5635 03:47:27,066 --> 03:47:32,772 THIRD BULLET IS ALREADY 5636 03:47:29,368 --> 03:47:36,676 INCLUDED IN WHAT IS BEFORE THE 5637 03:47:32,839 --> 03:47:37,376 COUNCIL, THE SECOND BULLET IS 5638 03:47:36,743 --> 03:47:37,810 INCONSISTENT WITH THE GAMES 5639 03:47:37,443 --> 03:47:42,148 AGREEMENT. 5640 03:47:37,877 --> 03:47:43,315 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5641 03:47:42,215 --> 03:47:45,184 I'M ASSUMING IF COUNCILMEMBER 5642 03:47:43,382 --> 03:47:46,585 RAMAN HAS GOT A SECOND TO 5643 03:47:45,251 --> 03:47:47,720 OBJECT TO HEARING THIS NOW, IS 5644 03:47:46,652 --> 03:47:48,387 THERE A SECOND? 5645 03:47:47,787 --> 03:47:50,890 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? 5646 03:47:48,454 --> 03:47:54,293 ALL RIGHT. 5647 03:47:50,957 --> 03:47:56,629 SO, A YES VOTE WHICH I'M ASKING 5648 03:47:54,360 --> 03:47:57,596 FOR WHAT WILL SEND THIS TO 5649 03:47:56,696 --> 03:47:58,998 COMMITTEE A NO-VOTE WOULD CAUSE 5650 03:47:57,663 --> 03:48:00,833 IT TO BE HEARD NOW. 5651 03:47:59,065 --> 03:48:02,935 LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE 5652 03:48:00,900 --> 03:48:05,271 ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. 5653 03:48:03,002 --> 03:48:06,171 » Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES. 5654 03:48:05,338 --> 03:48:06,839 » Council President: ALL 5655 03:48:06,238 --> 03:48:09,809 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 5656 03:48:06,906 --> 03:48:11,343 » Clerk: CAN I CONFIRM THE 5657 03:48:09,876 --> 03:48:14,146 SECOND FOR THE REFERRAL BACK TO 5658 03:48:11,410 --> 03:48:15,748 COMMITTEE? 5659 03:48:14,213 --> 03:48:18,050 » Council President: 5660 03:48:15,815 --> 03:48:18,984 COUNCILMEMBER LEE? 5661 03:48:18,117 --> 03:48:21,954 » Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER LEE? 5662 03:48:19,051 --> 03:48:23,823 » Council President: IT WAS 5663 03:48:22,021 --> 03:48:25,525 COUNCILMEMBER LEE AS MUCH AS I 5664 03:48:23,890 --> 03:48:26,325 WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE 5665 03:48:25,591 --> 03:48:29,695 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. 5666 03:48:26,391 --> 03:48:30,295 » Clerk: NEXT IS MOTION 3B, 5667 03:48:29,761 --> 03:48:31,730 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ-LEE. 5668 03:48:30,362 --> 03:48:32,465 » Council President: 5669 03:48:31,797 --> 03:48:34,734 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, YOU'RE 5670 03:48:32,532 --> 03:48:37,002 ASKING FOR A VOTE NOW? 5671 03:48:34,801 --> 03:48:38,604 YOU NEED A SECOND? 5672 03:48:37,069 --> 03:48:40,940 » Council President: YOU GOT A 5673 03:48:38,671 --> 03:48:42,875 SECOND FROM RAMAN. 5674 03:48:41,007 --> 03:48:46,245 I'M ASKING THAT WE SEND THIS TO 5675 03:48:42,941 --> 03:48:47,646 COMMITTEE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? 5676 03:48:46,312 --> 03:48:49,281 SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. 5677 03:48:47,713 --> 03:48:51,751 A YES VOTE SENDS IT TO 5678 03:48:49,348 --> 03:48:52,918 COMMITTEE AND NO VOTE CAUSES US 5679 03:48:51,818 --> 03:48:54,553 TO HEAR IT NOW. 5680 03:48:52,985 --> 03:48:57,690 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 5681 03:48:54,620 --> 03:48:59,525 TABULATE THE VOTE. 5682 03:48:57,757 --> 03:49:00,493 » Clerk: 9 AYES, 5 NOES. 5683 03:48:59,592 --> 03:49:02,995 » Council President: ALL 5684 03:49:00,560 --> 03:49:05,498 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 5685 03:49:03,062 --> 03:49:05,998 » Clerk: MOTION 3 A 5686 03:49:05,565 --> 03:49:06,432 COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND 5687 03:49:06,065 --> 03:49:07,600 BLUMENFIELD. 5688 03:49:06,499 --> 03:49:08,768 » Council President: ALL 5689 03:49:07,667 --> 03:49:18,077 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, YOU 5690 03:49:08,835 --> 03:49:20,179 WANT TO HEAR YOU HAVE A SECOND? 5691 03:49:18,144 --> 03:49:21,080 YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM 5692 03:49:20,246 --> 03:49:22,814 COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, I'M 5693 03:49:21,147 --> 03:49:23,616 REQUESTING THAT WE SEND THIS TO 5694 03:49:22,881 --> 03:49:26,051 COMMITTEE. 5695 03:49:23,683 --> 03:49:27,153 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,. 5696 03:49:26,118 --> 03:49:27,820 » Clerk: SORRY, IS THERE A 5697 03:49:27,220 --> 03:49:29,889 SECOND TO YOUR? 5698 03:49:27,887 --> 03:49:31,524 » Council President: TO MY 5699 03:49:29,956 --> 03:49:32,124 SENDING IT TO COMMITTEE. 5700 03:49:31,591 --> 03:49:32,691 COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, THANK 5701 03:49:32,191 --> 03:49:34,527 YOU. 5702 03:49:32,758 --> 03:49:35,461 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 5703 03:49:34,594 --> 03:49:37,296 TABULATE THE VOTE. 5704 03:49:35,528 --> 03:49:38,230 » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. 5705 03:49:37,363 --> 03:49:39,265 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 5706 03:49:38,297 --> 03:49:41,500 WHAT'S NEXT? 5707 03:49:39,332 --> 03:49:44,003 » Clerk: THE FINAL VOTE WOULD 5708 03:49:41,567 --> 03:49:45,371 BE MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON, 5709 03:49:44,070 --> 03:49:48,708 McOSKER TO APPROVE 5710 03:49:45,438 --> 03:49:49,708 RECOMMENDATION 1 AND 2 FROM CAO 5711 03:49:48,774 --> 03:49:50,309 AND CLA REPORT. 5712 03:49:49,775 --> 03:49:51,677 » Council President: ALL 5713 03:49:50,376 --> 03:49:53,746 RIGHT, THIS IS THE WHOLE 5714 03:49:51,744 --> 03:49:58,918 BANANA, OPEN THE ROLL E CLOSE 5715 03:49:53,813 --> 03:50:00,553 THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. 5716 03:49:58,985 --> 03:50:02,421 ONE MORE TIME, SCRATCH THAT, 5717 03:50:00,620 --> 03:50:04,056 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 5718 03:50:02,488 --> 03:50:06,358 TABULATE THE VOTE. 5719 03:50:04,123 --> 03:50:07,092 » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. 5720 03:50:06,425 --> 03:50:08,427 » Council President: WHAT'S 5721 03:50:07,159 --> 03:50:10,062 NEXT? 5722 03:50:08,494 --> 03:50:13,065 » Clerk: ACTUALLY NOW WOULD BE 5723 03:50:10,129 --> 03:50:15,634 THE FINAL VOTE FOR THIS TOTAL 5724 03:50:13,132 --> 03:50:16,569 ITEM AS AMENDED. 5725 03:50:15,701 --> 03:50:18,204 » Council President: ALL 5726 03:50:16,636 --> 03:50:19,337 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 5727 03:50:18,271 --> 03:50:20,072 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 5728 03:50:19,404 --> 03:50:22,141 VOTE. 5729 03:50:20,139 --> 03:50:22,875 » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES. 5730 03:50:22,208 --> 03:50:23,776 » Council President: ALL 5731 03:50:22,942 --> 03:50:25,845 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 5732 03:50:23,843 --> 03:50:29,949 » Clerk: THANK YOU MR. 5733 03:50:25,912 --> 03:50:38,791 PRESIDENT, BEFORE COUNCIL IS 5734 03:50:30,016 --> 03:50:55,274 ITEM 24, MOTIONS 24C, D AND E 5735 03:50:38,858 --> 03:50:56,442 COMMENTS AS WELL. 5736 03:50:55,341 --> 03:50:57,843 » Council President: ALL 5737 03:50:56,509 --> 03:51:14,093 RIGHT, ON ITEM 24 WHAT IS 5738 03:50:57,910 --> 03:51:14,093 BEFORE US TODAY. 5739 03:51:19,665 --> 03:51:22,801 » Council President: ALL 5740 03:51:20,566 --> 03:51:24,136 RIGHT, FOLKS KNOW THAT WE WERE 5741 03:51:22,868 --> 03:51:27,339 IN CLOSED SESSION YESTERDAY. 5742 03:51:24,203 --> 03:51:29,008 PART OF BEING IN COURT IMPACTED 5743 03:51:27,406 --> 03:51:30,476 OUR HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING 5744 03:51:29,075 --> 03:51:32,678 COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL HAS 5745 03:51:30,542 --> 03:51:34,246 WORKED ON. 5746 03:51:32,745 --> 03:51:35,581 TODAY BEFORE US IS A PROPOSAL 5747 03:51:34,312 --> 03:51:39,218 WITH A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS AND 5748 03:51:35,647 --> 03:51:43,155 THE AMENDMENTS ARE MAINLY MEANT 5749 03:51:39,285 --> 03:51:44,623 TO DO TECHNICAL CORRECTION SXZ 5750 03:51:43,221 --> 03:51:45,190 REDUCE REDUNDANCY IN THE 5751 03:51:44,690 --> 03:51:46,425 DOCUMENT. 5752 03:51:45,257 --> 03:51:48,193 I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF 5753 03:51:46,491 --> 03:51:49,095 DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WE'LL 5754 03:51:48,260 --> 03:51:50,462 BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. 5755 03:51:49,161 --> 03:51:51,864 » N. Raman: THANK YOU. 5756 03:51:50,529 --> 03:51:53,299 THANK YOU ALL, I KNOW I'M SURE 5757 03:51:51,931 --> 03:51:55,834 THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF 5758 03:51:53,366 --> 03:51:57,870 COMMENT ON THIS BUT I DID WANT 5759 03:51:55,901 --> 03:52:03,776 TO PROVIDE A FEW MINUTES TO 5760 03:51:57,937 --> 03:52:06,712 PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT HERE. 5761 03:52:03,843 --> 03:52:08,781 WITH THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, 5762 03:52:06,779 --> 03:52:10,849 WHEN I FIRST GOT TO COUNCIL, 5763 03:52:08,848 --> 03:52:11,784 THIS BODY WOULD PASS MOTION SXZ 5764 03:52:10,916 --> 03:52:12,952 RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING MANY 5765 03:52:11,851 --> 03:52:14,787 THAT I INTRODUCED, INCLUDING 5766 03:52:13,019 --> 03:52:16,622 MANY THAT MANY AROUND THIS 5767 03:52:14,854 --> 03:52:17,990 HORSESHOE WHO WERE THERE THEN, 5768 03:52:16,689 --> 03:52:20,326 WOULD INTRODUCE ASKING FOR MORE 5769 03:52:18,057 --> 03:52:21,727 INFORMATION OR TRYING TO 5770 03:52:20,393 --> 03:52:22,394 IMPROVE THE THINGS THAT THINGS 5771 03:52:21,794 --> 03:52:25,631 ARE BEING DONE. 5772 03:52:22,461 --> 03:52:28,367 BUT IT WAS LIKE WE WERE SENDING 5773 03:52:25,698 --> 03:52:29,268 THESE MOTION INTO A BLACK HOLE. 5774 03:52:28,434 --> 03:52:31,804 NOTHING WHO HAPPEN. 5775 03:52:29,335 --> 03:52:33,439 WE WOULD ASK FOR CHANGE, AND 5776 03:52:31,871 --> 03:52:34,373 ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND 5777 03:52:33,506 --> 03:52:37,543 NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. 5778 03:52:34,440 --> 03:52:41,180 AND FOR A WHILE, I COULDN'T 5779 03:52:37,610 --> 03:52:42,614 FIGURE OUT WHY, AND I BEGAN TO 5780 03:52:41,247 --> 03:52:45,050 UNDERSTAND NOBODY WAS IN CHARGE 5781 03:52:42,681 --> 03:52:46,051 OF HOW OUR HOMELESSNESS DOLLARS 5782 03:52:45,117 --> 03:52:47,886 WERE SPENT. 5783 03:52:46,118 --> 03:52:50,422 WE DID ALLOCATED TO THE MONEY 5784 03:52:47,953 --> 03:52:52,291 TO THE ISSUE AND GAVE THE MONEY 5785 03:52:50,489 --> 03:52:54,860 TO LAHSA TO SPEND AND WHEN WE 5786 03:52:52,358 --> 03:52:55,327 ASKED ABOUT THE RESULTS, CITY 5787 03:52:54,927 --> 03:52:55,761 SAID, THAT'S LAHSA'S 5788 03:52:55,394 --> 03:52:57,396 RESPONSIBILITY. 5789 03:52:55,828 --> 03:53:02,468 IN THE CITY, THE ONLY STAFF 5790 03:52:57,463 --> 03:53:04,436 THAT WE HAD ON HOMELESSNESS 5791 03:53:02,535 --> 03:53:19,351 FOCUSED ON DRAWING CONTRACTS 5792 03:53:04,502 --> 03:53:22,354 WITH LAHSA BUT NOT THE DOLLARS. 5793 03:53:19,418 --> 03:53:24,456 IN MY TIME, WE TRIED TO CHANGE 5794 03:53:22,421 --> 03:53:26,291 THAT, AND PEOPLE'S EYES GLARE 5795 03:53:24,523 --> 03:53:27,693 WHEN YOU SEE BUREAUCRATIC 5796 03:53:26,358 --> 03:53:28,827 CAPACITY BUT IT'S A REAL THING 5797 03:53:27,760 --> 03:53:30,429 AND IT MATTERS. 5798 03:53:28,894 --> 03:53:33,198 IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 5799 03:53:30,496 --> 03:53:34,466 WELL RUN CITY PROGRAM AND A 5800 03:53:33,265 --> 03:53:38,003 POORLY RUN CITY PROGRAM. 5801 03:53:34,533 --> 03:53:39,371 WE CANNOT PULL BACK FROM LAHSA 5802 03:53:38,070 --> 03:53:41,707 WITHOUT BUREAUCRACY AND STAFF 5803 03:53:39,438 --> 03:53:43,842 WHO CAN TAKE ON WHAT LAHSA DOES 5804 03:53:41,774 --> 03:53:44,977 FOR US RIGHT NOW WHICH IS APPLY 5805 03:53:43,909 --> 03:53:47,746 FOR FUNDS, CONTRACT WITH 5806 03:53:45,044 --> 03:54:01,660 HUNDREDS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, 5807 03:53:47,813 --> 03:54:05,631 MANAGE 8,000 SHELTER BEDS. 5808 03:54:01,727 --> 03:54:07,900 MY WORK COMMITTEE DID BUILD IN 5809 03:54:05,698 --> 03:54:09,968 CAPACITY, AT THAT POINT, IN 5810 03:54:07,967 --> 03:54:12,004 PARTNERSHIP WITH THEN COUNCIL 5811 03:54:10,035 --> 03:54:12,471 PRESIDENT KREKORIAN, WE 5812 03:54:12,071 --> 03:54:13,472 ESTABLISHED REGIONAL 5813 03:54:12,538 --> 03:54:15,574 COORDINATOR. 5814 03:54:13,539 --> 03:54:17,643 THIS STAFF, SOPHIA AND HER TEAM 5815 03:54:15,641 --> 03:54:19,645 WORKED WITH EVERY COUNCIL 5816 03:54:17,710 --> 03:54:21,580 DISTRICT NOW, ON OUT REACH 5817 03:54:19,711 --> 03:54:23,382 MANAGEMENT, AND I THINK MANY OF 5818 03:54:21,646 --> 03:54:24,950 YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THESE ARE 5819 03:54:23,448 --> 03:54:25,884 ESSENTIAL STAFF IN THE CITY. 5820 03:54:25,017 --> 03:54:28,420 COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND I 5821 03:54:25,951 --> 03:54:31,390 SPOKE TO THE MAYOR'S TEAM ABOUT 5822 03:54:28,487 --> 03:54:32,791 THE NEED OF CENTRALIZED 5823 03:54:31,457 --> 03:54:34,660 CAPACITY, WE DISCUSSED CREATION 5824 03:54:32,858 --> 03:54:36,061 OF A DEPARTMENT BUT DIDN'T 5825 03:54:34,727 --> 03:54:51,343 THINK THIS WOULD GET THE 5826 03:54:36,128 --> 03:54:56,381 SUPPORT TO PASS. 5827 03:54:51,410 --> 03:54:58,183 I ALSO WORKED TO SECURE 5828 03:54:56,448 --> 03:55:01,620 PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT WITH 5829 03:54:58,250 --> 03:55:13,866 CONSULTANT WHO WOULD HELP. 5830 03:55:01,687 --> 03:55:15,667 AND THE RESULTS OF THE WORK. 5831 03:55:13,933 --> 03:55:16,602 EVERYTHING FROM DOCUMENT 5832 03:55:15,734 --> 03:55:17,936 READINESS SHELTER BED 5833 03:55:16,669 --> 03:55:19,438 UTILIZATION AND MORE AND USE 5834 03:55:18,003 --> 03:55:20,772 THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE 5835 03:55:19,505 --> 03:55:23,108 IMPROVEMENTS. 5836 03:55:20,839 --> 03:55:25,811 USING THAT DATA THE CITY FILLED 5837 03:55:23,175 --> 03:55:31,717 THOUSANDS OF SHELTER BEDS FROM 5838 03:55:25,878 --> 03:55:33,585 BEING 57 PERCENT FULL TO BEING 5839 03:55:31,784 --> 03:55:35,654 94 PERCENT FULL, HACK LA AND 5840 03:55:33,652 --> 03:55:39,091 OTHERS WORKED TOGETHER TO 5841 03:55:35,721 --> 03:55:41,393 ENSURE THAT IT WENT FROM 72 5842 03:55:39,158 --> 03:55:44,763 FULL TO 94 PERCENT FULL AND 5843 03:55:41,460 --> 03:55:47,166 WE'RE FILLING UP WITHIN 90 DAYS. 5844 03:55:44,830 --> 03:55:49,468 THE CITY ALSO WORKED TO PREVENT 5845 03:55:47,233 --> 03:55:52,404 BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING. 5846 03:55:49,535 --> 03:55:56,475 HUNDREDS OF HOUSEHOLDS WERE 5847 03:55:52,471 --> 03:55:58,577 LOSING THEIR VOUCHERS, WE 5848 03:55:56,542 --> 03:55:59,745 STARTED TO BRING CAPACITY FOR 5849 03:55:58,644 --> 03:56:01,346 THE FIRST TIME. 5850 03:55:59,812 --> 03:56:02,548 THIS WASN'T THE KIND OF WORK 5851 03:56:01,413 --> 03:56:05,517 THAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE 5852 03:56:02,615 --> 03:56:06,451 BECAUSE OF THAT BORING TERM 5853 03:56:05,584 --> 03:56:09,221 AGAIN, BUREAUCRATIC CAPACITY. 5854 03:56:06,518 --> 03:56:12,858 A NUMBER OF MEMBERS HAVE PUT 5855 03:56:09,288 --> 03:56:14,459 OTHER MOTION BUZZ IMPROVING 5856 03:56:12,925 --> 03:56:16,061 GOVERNANCE AND COMMITTEE AND 5857 03:56:14,526 --> 03:56:18,597 ABOUT BRINGING ALL IN-HOUSE 5858 03:56:16,128 --> 03:56:19,531 INSTEAD OF RELYING ON LAHSA, 5859 03:56:18,664 --> 03:56:23,502 CONTRACTING OUR PROGRAMS, 5860 03:56:19,598 --> 03:56:25,270 CREATING OUR OWN COC, THE CLA 5861 03:56:23,568 --> 03:56:28,106 HAS TAKEN TIME TO RESPOND, BACK 5862 03:56:25,337 --> 03:56:30,609 TO THE WORD CAPACITY, BUT LET 5863 03:56:28,173 --> 03:56:32,110 ME UNDERSCORE, THE WORK BEING 5864 03:56:30,676 --> 03:56:34,045 DONE THROUGH THE BUREAU WILL 5865 03:56:32,177 --> 03:56:34,679 ACTUALLY HELP US TO MAKE THOSE 5866 03:56:34,112 --> 03:56:36,648 CHANGES HAPPEN. 5867 03:56:34,746 --> 03:56:38,083 IT'S NOT GOING TO PREVENT US 5868 03:56:36,715 --> 03:56:39,384 FROM DOING IT, IT WILL HELP US 5869 03:56:38,149 --> 03:56:40,886 MOVE FASTER. 5870 03:56:39,451 --> 03:56:43,288 INSTEAD OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT 5871 03:56:40,953 --> 03:56:44,456 HI FOR SO MANY YEARS OF 5872 03:56:43,355 --> 03:56:45,891 SCREAMING INSTRUCTIONS INTO A 5873 03:56:44,523 --> 03:56:48,160 BLACK HOLE AND HAVING NOTHING 5874 03:56:45,958 --> 03:56:50,229 CHANGE. 5875 03:56:48,227 --> 03:56:52,064 FOR CONTEXT WHEN THE COUNTY 5876 03:56:50,296 --> 03:56:53,899 MADE ITS CHANGE TO MAKE MONEY 5877 03:56:52,131 --> 03:56:56,468 FROM LAHSA AND CREATE A NEW 5878 03:56:53,966 --> 03:56:58,337 DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD 120 STAFF 5879 03:56:56,535 --> 03:57:00,138 MEMBERS WORKING ONSETING UP 5880 03:56:58,403 --> 03:57:01,974 THEIR NEW DEPARTMENT. 5881 03:57:00,205 --> 03:57:04,309 WE HAD FOR MANY YEARS HERE IN 5882 03:57:02,041 --> 03:57:06,612 THE CITY, EVEN AS WE SPEND 5883 03:57:04,376 --> 03:57:09,581 HUNDREDS OF HOMELESSNESS, LESS 5884 03:57:06,679 --> 03:57:11,684 THAN 1/10 OF THAT STAFF. 5885 03:57:09,648 --> 03:57:14,119 I AGREE WE NEED TO DO MORE AND 5886 03:57:11,750 --> 03:57:15,387 MOVE QUICKLY. 5887 03:57:14,186 --> 03:57:16,555 AS ONE PUSHING CHANGE, THE WORK 5888 03:57:15,454 --> 03:57:18,290 OF THE COMMITTEE HAS MADE IT 5889 03:57:16,622 --> 03:57:20,225 POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO MORE THAN 5890 03:57:18,356 --> 03:57:20,892 WE HAD HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO 5891 03:57:20,292 --> 03:57:24,129 BEFORE. 5892 03:57:20,959 --> 03:57:25,063 I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO DO MUCH 5893 03:57:24,196 --> 03:57:29,334 MORE BUT HERE WE ARE. 5894 03:57:25,130 --> 03:57:30,135 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 5895 03:57:29,401 --> 03:57:31,570 » Council President: THANK YOU 5896 03:57:30,202 --> 03:57:32,204 SO MUCH. 5897 03:57:31,637 --> 03:57:34,339 COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? 5898 03:57:32,270 --> 03:57:37,776 » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU. 5899 03:57:34,406 --> 03:57:39,277 THANK YOU, MS. RAMAN FOR THAT 5900 03:57:37,843 --> 03:57:40,445 GASLIGHTING AND VISION ABOUT 5901 03:57:39,344 --> 03:57:41,747 YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS 5902 03:57:40,512 --> 03:57:43,582 COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WAS MY 5903 03:57:41,814 --> 03:57:46,385 MOTION THAT I INTRODUCED AND 5904 03:57:43,649 --> 03:57:47,786 THE ONLY STALLS THAT OCCURED IN 5905 03:57:46,452 --> 03:57:49,187 ADVANCING ANY REVISIONS TO THE 5906 03:57:47,853 --> 03:57:53,525 WAY WE'RE APPROACHING 5907 03:57:49,254 --> 03:57:54,293 HOMELESSNESS WAS CAUSED BY YOUR 5908 03:57:53,592 --> 03:57:55,661 INABILITY TO SCHEDULE THESE 5909 03:57:54,360 --> 03:57:57,930 MOTIONS TO BE HEARD SO WE CAN 5910 03:57:55,728 --> 03:57:58,930 HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DIALOGUE 5911 03:57:57,996 --> 03:58:00,632 AMONG MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL 5912 03:57:58,997 --> 03:58:01,066 SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ADVANCE 5913 03:58:00,699 --> 03:58:05,604 REFORMS. 5914 03:58:01,133 --> 03:58:08,907 I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 5915 03:58:05,671 --> 03:58:11,209 IT WAS, 477 DAYS SINCE THE LAST 5916 03:58:08,974 --> 03:58:13,711 CLA REPORT WAS ISSUED ON THE 5917 03:58:11,276 --> 03:58:14,846 FORMATION OF CITY HOMELESSNESS 5918 03:58:13,778 --> 03:58:17,883 GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT WE 5919 03:58:14,913 --> 03:58:20,652 ARE STILL WAITING ON IT 5920 03:58:17,950 --> 03:58:24,056 TIMELINE TO ACT. 5921 03:58:20,719 --> 03:58:25,457 THIS DIDN'T COME AS A RESULT OF 5922 03:58:24,123 --> 03:58:27,226 BUREAUCRACY THAT WORD GETS 5923 03:58:25,524 --> 03:58:27,926 TOSSED AROUND HERE, YES. 5924 03:58:27,292 --> 03:58:29,628 THERE IS INCREDIBLE HURDLES 5925 03:58:27,993 --> 03:58:31,263 THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME BUT 5926 03:58:29,695 --> 03:58:33,598 ALL THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THERE 5927 03:58:31,330 --> 03:58:35,434 HAS TO BE A WILLINGNESS FROM 5928 03:58:33,665 --> 03:58:37,302 THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO SCHEDULE 5929 03:58:35,501 --> 03:58:39,304 THE DAM ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE THE 5930 03:58:37,369 --> 03:58:40,972 CONVERSATIONS SO THIS BODY CAN 5931 03:58:39,371 --> 03:58:44,409 CAST A VOTE. 5932 03:58:41,039 --> 03:58:45,811 SO NOW, THANK YOU MS. JURADO 5933 03:58:44,476 --> 03:58:49,214 FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP 5934 03:58:45,878 --> 03:58:51,283 CLEAN AND UP MAKE SOME 5935 03:58:49,281 --> 03:58:52,684 ASSEMBLAGE OF WHAT WE GOT HERE. 5936 03:58:51,350 --> 03:58:54,653 YOU'VE GOT THE KITCHEN SINK 5937 03:58:52,751 --> 03:58:57,089 HERE, A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT 5938 03:58:54,720 --> 03:58:58,924 NOW HAVE TO BE MADE IN FAIRLY 5939 03:58:57,156 --> 03:59:00,325 SHORT ORDER BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL 5940 03:58:58,991 --> 03:59:02,260 OF THESE THREATS BEFORE US, 5941 03:59:00,392 --> 03:59:05,230 FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 5942 03:59:02,327 --> 03:59:07,799 STRIPPING THE MONEY AWAY FROM 5943 03:59:05,297 --> 03:59:09,901 LAHSA, FROM THE COUNTY STEPPING 5944 03:59:07,866 --> 03:59:11,937 ASIDE WHICH, YOU KNOW, UZ 5945 03:59:09,968 --> 03:59:14,272 WANTED, YOU LEAD THE FIGHT FOR 5946 03:59:12,004 --> 03:59:15,707 THE COUNTY TO REMAIN INVESTED 5947 03:59:14,339 --> 03:59:18,276 IN LAHSA AND YOU BEGGED 5948 03:59:15,774 --> 03:59:20,112 EVERYBODY TO STAY INVESTED IN A 5949 03:59:18,343 --> 03:59:21,780 BROKEN SYSTEM, ALL WE NEEDED TO 5950 03:59:20,179 --> 03:59:23,415 DO WAS HAVE A CONVERSATION TO 5951 03:59:21,847 --> 03:59:25,016 SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE 5952 03:59:23,482 --> 03:59:27,285 WATCHED THE FAILURE REPEATEDLY 5953 03:59:25,083 --> 03:59:28,220 OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND IT 5954 03:59:27,352 --> 03:59:29,888 NEEDS TO STOP. 5955 03:59:28,287 --> 03:59:31,056 WE NEED TO STOP CONTINUE TO GO 5956 03:59:29,955 --> 03:59:34,359 FUND THE FAILURE. 5957 03:59:31,123 --> 03:59:35,727 IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK, 5958 03:59:34,426 --> 03:59:36,795 ANOTHER 120 MILLION DOLLARS 5959 03:59:35,794 --> 03:59:38,997 RUBBER STAMPED TO SEND OVER 5960 03:59:36,862 --> 03:59:42,401 THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 5961 03:59:39,064 --> 03:59:44,469 ADVANCEMENT OF THESE 5962 03:59:42,468 --> 03:59:46,304 CONVERSATIONS IN DIALOGUES. 5963 03:59:44,536 --> 03:59:47,973 THEY STOOD AND STEEPED IN YOUR 5964 03:59:46,371 --> 03:59:49,574 COMMITTEE FOR HUNDREDS AND 5965 03:59:48,040 --> 03:59:50,509 HUNDREDS OF DAYS. 5966 03:59:49,641 --> 03:59:51,877 SO NOUZ HERE WE ARE. 5967 03:59:50,576 --> 03:59:54,679 SO COLLEAGUES I HAVE AN 5968 03:59:51,944 --> 03:59:55,681 AMENDMENT THAT ACTUALLY AND I 5969 03:59:54,746 --> 03:59:57,482 KNOW MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU 5970 03:59:55,747 --> 03:59:58,884 HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT IS 5971 03:59:57,549 --> 04:00:01,219 HELPING TO ACCELERATE THE TIME 5972 03:59:58,951 --> 04:00:03,755 LINES FOR US TO START MAKING 5973 04:00:01,286 --> 04:00:06,758 SOME VERY QUICK DECISIONS, WE 5974 04:00:03,822 --> 04:00:08,660 ALREADY HAVE PENDING REPORTS AT 5975 04:00:06,825 --> 04:00:10,429 THE CLA AND CAO'S OFFICE HAS 5976 04:00:08,726 --> 04:00:11,363 BEEN DOING FOR US TO START 5977 04:00:10,496 --> 04:00:13,432 MAKING SOME MOVES. 5978 04:00:11,430 --> 04:00:16,200 WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE 5979 04:00:13,499 --> 04:00:18,804 HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, 5980 04:00:16,267 --> 04:00:20,205 AND THE GUN TO OUR HEAD IS 5981 04:00:18,871 --> 04:00:22,307 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY 5982 04:00:20,272 --> 04:00:24,876 PEOPLE THAT ARE COUNTING ON US 5983 04:00:22,374 --> 04:00:26,011 TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL AND RAPID 5984 04:00:24,943 --> 04:00:28,713 DECISIONS BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT 5985 04:00:26,078 --> 04:00:29,414 OF FUND THATING IS UNDER DURESS 5986 04:00:28,780 --> 04:00:31,783 OF BEING PULLED. 5987 04:00:29,481 --> 04:00:34,052 WE ALSO HAVE A COUNTY THAT HAS 5988 04:00:31,850 --> 04:00:35,687 NOT BEEN ACTING AS A GOOD-FAITH 5989 04:00:34,119 --> 04:00:37,422 PARTNER WITH US AND AS THEY 5990 04:00:35,754 --> 04:00:39,925 HAVE WITHDRAWN AND TAKEN THEIR 5991 04:00:37,489 --> 04:00:42,427 RESOURCES ALONG WITH THE MENTAL 5992 04:00:39,992 --> 04:00:44,029 HEALTH BEDS AND SUBSTANCE USE 5993 04:00:42,494 --> 04:00:46,097 DISORDER BEDS THAT WE ARE NOW 5994 04:00:44,096 --> 04:00:47,866 HERE IN THIS SITUATION, THAT WE 5995 04:00:46,164 --> 04:00:49,501 HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY QUICK 5996 04:00:47,933 --> 04:00:51,369 MOVES. 5997 04:00:49,568 --> 04:00:54,840 MY AMENDMENT IS SEEKING THAT 5998 04:00:51,436 --> 04:00:56,308 WE, THAT WE PUT OURSELVES ON AN 5999 04:00:54,907 --> 04:00:58,577 ACCELERATED TIMELINE TO MOVE 6000 04:00:56,375 --> 04:00:59,478 WITHIN 30 DAYS AND WE WORKED 6001 04:00:58,644 --> 04:01:02,581 WITH MS. JURADO IN ORDER TO 6002 04:00:59,545 --> 04:01:05,383 MAKE SURE THAT WE HELPED TO 6003 04:01:02,648 --> 04:01:06,084 MOVE, MAKE SOME DECISIONS VERY 6004 04:01:05,450 --> 04:01:07,752 THOUGHTFULLY, VERY QUICKLY 6005 04:01:06,151 --> 04:01:10,288 BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF 6006 04:01:07,819 --> 04:01:11,456 DECISIONS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE. 6007 04:01:10,355 --> 04:01:13,558 AND YES, GOD BLESS. 6008 04:01:11,523 --> 04:01:15,660 YOU GOT IT, BUT WE'RE ALL HERE 6009 04:01:13,625 --> 04:01:17,796 TO DO THIS LIFT WITH YOU AND TO 6010 04:01:15,727 --> 04:01:19,664 HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE 6011 04:01:17,863 --> 04:01:20,331 THE BEST DITSINGS BASED ON THE 6012 04:01:19,731 --> 04:01:21,299 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE BEFORE 6013 04:01:20,398 --> 04:01:24,669 US. 6014 04:01:21,366 --> 04:01:26,505 BUT, THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT THE 6015 04:01:24,736 --> 04:01:28,139 COMMITMENT AMONG THIS COUNCIL 6016 04:01:26,572 --> 04:01:31,409 HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE TO HELP 6017 04:01:28,206 --> 04:01:32,577 MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAKING 6018 04:01:31,476 --> 04:01:34,880 GOOD AND JUDICIOUS DECISIONS, 6019 04:01:32,644 --> 04:01:36,715 ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS THE 6020 04:01:34,947 --> 04:01:39,417 AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO 6021 04:01:36,782 --> 04:01:41,186 HAVE THESE SCHEDULED SO THAT WE 6022 04:01:39,484 --> 04:01:42,554 CAN MAKE A DAM DECISION BUT 6023 04:01:41,253 --> 04:01:46,892 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 6024 04:01:42,621 --> 04:01:47,826 SO HERE WE ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO 6025 04:01:46,959 --> 04:01:51,096 ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE 6026 04:01:47,893 --> 04:01:52,731 SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT 6027 04:01:51,163 --> 04:01:55,000 APPLIES TO ACCELERATING ALL OF 6028 04:01:52,798 --> 04:01:59,738 THESE DECISION THAT'S HAVE BEEN 6029 04:01:55,067 --> 04:02:02,173 BEFORE US AND STEWING IN TREPID 6030 04:01:59,805 --> 04:02:05,176 WATER IN THE LAST SEVERAL 6031 04:02:02,240 --> 04:02:16,988 HUNDRED DAYS TWO YEARS SO WE 6032 04:02:05,243 --> 04:02:20,258 CAN STOP PRODUCING MOSE QUIT 6033 04:02:17,054 --> 04:02:22,160 OS. 6034 04:02:20,325 --> 04:02:22,794 » B. Blumenfield: I'M ALL FOR 6035 04:02:22,226 --> 04:02:25,530 LIGHTING A FIRE. 6036 04:02:22,861 --> 04:02:26,230 I'VE BEEN ON RECORD FOR MANY 6037 04:02:25,597 --> 04:02:28,800 YEARS, EXPRESSING MY 6038 04:02:26,297 --> 04:02:30,402 FRUSTRATION WITH THE COUNTY AND 6039 04:02:28,867 --> 04:02:31,903 PUSHING THE COUNTY TO STEP UP. 6040 04:02:30,469 --> 04:02:33,872 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 6041 04:02:31,970 --> 04:02:36,007 COUNTY SERVICES HAVE BEEN 6042 04:02:33,972 --> 04:02:36,975 PROVIDED AT CITY SITES SPO 6043 04:02:36,074 --> 04:02:40,679 RADICALLY IF AT ALL. 6044 04:02:37,042 --> 04:02:41,313 I WOULD LIKE US TO AVAIL 6045 04:02:40,746 --> 04:02:43,448 GREATER COLLABORATION WITH THE 6046 04:02:41,380 --> 04:02:45,083 KOUPT'. 6047 04:02:43,515 --> 04:02:48,286 NEGOTIATING A NEW GPA WITH THE 6048 04:02:45,150 --> 04:02:49,220 COUNTY IS SAY NECESSARY SFEP. 6049 04:02:48,353 --> 04:02:52,757 --STEP. 6050 04:02:49,287 --> 04:02:54,459 THE CONCERN IS THE COUNTY HAS 6051 04:02:52,824 --> 04:02:58,330 ALL THE LEVERAGE AND FUNDING. 6052 04:02:54,526 --> 04:03:00,599 I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO PURSUE 6053 04:02:58,397 --> 04:03:03,401 OUR OWN PATH WITHOUT THE COUNTY. 6054 04:03:00,666 --> 04:03:04,703 AND HISTORY TO CONTRIBUTE THIS 6055 04:03:03,468 --> 04:03:09,774 HISTORICAL MISS FUNCTION. 6056 04:03:04,770 --> 04:03:12,043 THE COUNTY IS ABLE TO STAND UP 6057 04:03:09,841 --> 04:03:14,512 HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CONTROL 6058 04:03:12,110 --> 04:03:16,915 MEASURE 8 FUNDS. 6059 04:03:14,579 --> 04:03:18,049 THE FUNDING DYNAMIC IS 6060 04:03:16,982 --> 04:03:19,951 UNSUSTAINABLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW 6061 04:03:18,116 --> 04:03:21,319 MANY OF THE FUNDING STREAMS THE 6062 04:03:20,018 --> 04:03:22,687 CITY RELIES ON WILL NOT BE 6063 04:03:21,386 --> 04:03:23,421 AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE. 6064 04:03:22,754 --> 04:03:29,494 SO I RECOGNIZE IT'S IMPORTANT 6065 04:03:23,488 --> 04:03:30,428 FOR THE CITY TO SECURE A 6066 04:03:29,561 --> 04:03:32,964 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE AND 6067 04:03:30,495 --> 04:03:34,699 WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS 6068 04:03:33,031 --> 04:03:36,334 TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT 6069 04:03:34,766 --> 04:03:38,370 ESTABLISHES A SHARED 6070 04:03:36,401 --> 04:03:39,738 DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND 6071 04:03:38,437 --> 04:03:41,373 QUOE EQUAL STATUS. 6072 04:03:39,805 --> 04:03:43,908 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM 6073 04:03:41,440 --> 04:03:45,777 WHERE THERE ARE CITY FUNDED 6074 04:03:43,975 --> 04:03:49,481 INTERIM BEDS AND COUNTY FUNDED 6075 04:03:45,844 --> 04:03:50,882 BEDS AND FOR OUR CITY BEDS, WE 6076 04:03:49,548 --> 04:03:55,720 HAVE LAHSA DOING THE PLACEMENT 6077 04:03:50,949 --> 04:03:57,321 AND FOR THE HIGH NEED BED THE 6078 04:03:55,787 --> 04:03:58,990 COUNTY HAS SOLE CONTROL. 6079 04:03:57,388 --> 04:04:01,693 THIS IS ONLY HURTING ANGELINOS 6080 04:03:59,057 --> 04:04:07,132 IN BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 6081 04:04:01,760 --> 04:04:09,000 HAVE A DUTY TO SERVE. 6082 04:04:07,199 --> 04:04:11,669 BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE ANGELINO 6083 04:04:09,067 --> 04:04:13,571 RIGHT SIDE TAKTSING THEMSELVES, 6084 04:04:11,736 --> 04:04:15,073 THEY'RE UNABLE TO ACCESS THESE 6085 04:04:13,638 --> 04:04:16,474 RESOURCES UNDER THE COUNTY SAYS 6086 04:04:15,140 --> 04:04:17,709 YES. 6087 04:04:16,541 --> 04:04:20,645 JUST LAST WEEK I WAS TRYING TO 6088 04:04:17,775 --> 04:04:23,248 GET SOMEBODY INTO THE WILLOW 6089 04:04:20,712 --> 04:04:25,550 WHICH IS A BRIDGE HOME THAT THE 6090 04:04:23,314 --> 04:04:27,819 CITY FUNDED, I WAS TOLD THAT 6091 04:04:25,617 --> 04:04:28,719 THE COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT CAN 6092 04:04:27,885 --> 04:04:30,956 DO THAT. 6093 04:04:28,786 --> 04:04:34,192 WE DON'T HAVE ANYWAY OVER THAT 6094 04:04:31,022 --> 04:04:34,859 ANYMORE. 6095 04:04:34,259 --> 04:04:36,961 WE USED TO. 6096 04:04:34,926 --> 04:04:38,229 THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE 6097 04:04:37,028 --> 04:04:41,132 CITY REFER PEOPLE WHO NEED 6098 04:04:38,296 --> 04:04:42,867 COUNTY SERVICE TO SEE GO TO THE 6099 04:04:41,199 --> 04:04:44,369 COUNTY TO ACCESS THEM AND WHAT 6100 04:04:42,934 --> 04:04:45,970 MECHANISMS ARE THERE TO HOLD 6101 04:04:44,436 --> 04:04:48,106 THE COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY? 6102 04:04:46,037 --> 04:04:49,340 SHOULD WE JUST TELL OUR 6103 04:04:48,173 --> 04:04:50,308 CONSTITUENTS, OH JUST GO CALL 6104 04:04:49,407 --> 04:04:52,010 THE COUNTY? 6105 04:04:50,375 --> 04:04:53,445 THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO HAVE 6106 04:04:52,077 --> 04:04:55,080 CONTROL IS ONLY BECAUSE WE WANT 6107 04:04:53,512 --> 04:04:57,214 TO MAKE SURE ANGELINOS HAVE 6108 04:04:55,147 --> 04:04:58,583 ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THEY 6109 04:04:57,281 --> 04:04:59,617 DESERVE. 6110 04:04:58,650 --> 04:05:00,685 IT'S NOT ABOUT, ANYTHING OTHER 6111 04:04:59,684 --> 04:05:02,320 THAN THAT. 6112 04:05:00,752 --> 04:05:04,956 BUT THE REALITY IS, THE CITY 6113 04:05:02,387 --> 04:05:07,258 CAN'T AND SHOULD NOT FUND 6114 04:05:05,023 --> 04:05:09,360 HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH, SUD 6115 04:05:07,325 --> 04:05:10,762 SERVICES, I WOULD SAY THE CITY 6116 04:05:09,427 --> 04:05:11,763 SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING S*EFSHSES 6117 04:05:10,829 --> 04:05:14,999 AT THE INTERIM SITE. 6118 04:05:11,830 --> 04:05:16,500 BUT WHAT THE CITY SHOULD DO IS 6119 04:05:15,066 --> 04:05:17,302 CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE 6120 04:05:16,567 --> 04:05:20,271 BEDS. 6121 04:05:17,369 --> 04:05:21,673 MY HOPE IS THAT WE PURSUE 6122 04:05:20,338 --> 04:05:24,008 PARALLEL TRACKS, ESTABLISHING 6123 04:05:21,740 --> 04:05:27,278 OUR OWN C O.C. AND ALSO 6124 04:05:24,075 --> 04:05:28,213 ENGAGING THE COUNTY ON AN 6125 04:05:27,345 --> 04:05:29,080 AGREEMENT THAT GUARANTEES 6126 04:05:28,280 --> 04:05:32,217 SERVICES. 6127 04:05:29,147 --> 04:05:34,486 IT MAY BE WISHFUL THINKING THAT 6128 04:05:32,284 --> 04:05:35,720 EVEN WITH THE FEDERAL JUDGE 6129 04:05:34,553 --> 04:05:37,355 AFTER I WROTE A LETTER TO THE 6130 04:05:35,786 --> 04:05:39,357 JUDGE WHEN THEY WERE TALKING 6131 04:05:37,422 --> 04:05:40,391 ABOUT 300 AND THAT'S FINALLY 6132 04:05:39,424 --> 04:05:42,727 WHEN THEY STEPPED UP. 6133 04:05:40,458 --> 04:05:45,029 WE HAVE YET DO SEE A GUARANTEE 6134 04:05:42,794 --> 04:05:48,900 DIRECT ACCESS TO THESE BEDS. 6135 04:05:45,096 --> 04:05:49,334 BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON ALL 6136 04:05:48,967 --> 04:05:51,402 FRONTS. 6137 04:05:49,401 --> 04:05:55,206 I HOPE THERE IS A GOOD FAITH 6138 04:05:51,469 --> 04:05:57,742 EFFORT BY THE COUNTY TO 6139 04:05:55,273 --> 04:05:58,276 TAKE--AND IN OUR ENTER RIM AND 6140 04:05:57,809 --> 04:06:00,278 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BEDS, 6141 04:05:58,342 --> 04:06:01,913 BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ONLY CITY 6142 04:06:00,345 --> 04:06:02,413 CONSTITUENTS THEY ARE COUNTY 6143 04:06:01,980 --> 04:06:03,748 CONSTITUENTS. 6144 04:06:02,480 --> 04:06:04,015 AND WE NEED TO SERVE THEM 6145 04:06:03,815 --> 04:06:07,252 BETTER. 6146 04:06:04,082 --> 04:06:08,419 THANK YOU. 6147 04:06:07,319 --> 04:06:11,322 » Council President: ALL 6148 04:06:08,486 --> 04:06:12,624 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE? 6149 04:06:11,389 --> 04:06:13,858 » J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR. 6150 04:06:12,690 --> 04:06:15,226 PRESIDENT. 6151 04:06:13,925 --> 04:06:16,360 COLLEAGUES LET ME BEGIN BY 6152 04:06:15,293 --> 04:06:19,597 SAYING THAT THIS CONVERSATION 6153 04:06:16,427 --> 04:06:23,735 THAT WE'RE HAVING ABOUT THIS, I 6154 04:06:19,664 --> 04:06:24,836 DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN DISAGREE 6155 04:06:23,802 --> 04:06:26,704 IS LONG OVERDUE. 6156 04:06:24,903 --> 04:06:28,139 FOR YEARS THIS CITY HAS 6157 04:06:26,771 --> 04:06:30,909 INVESTED INTO A SYSTEM THAT HAS 6158 04:06:28,206 --> 04:06:31,643 FAILED TO DELIVER THE 6159 04:06:30,976 --> 04:06:33,611 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY 6160 04:06:31,710 --> 04:06:34,746 AND RESULTS THAT ANGELINOS 6161 04:06:33,678 --> 04:06:36,648 DESERVE. 6162 04:06:34,813 --> 04:06:39,684 I ALSO LIKE TO THANK 6163 04:06:36,715 --> 04:06:41,519 COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR TAKING 6164 04:06:39,751 --> 04:06:43,354 ON THE REIGNS OF THE HOMELESS 6165 04:06:41,586 --> 04:06:45,690 COMMITTEE IT'S A BIG JOB AND I 6166 04:06:43,421 --> 04:06:46,925 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 6167 04:06:45,757 --> 04:06:48,693 YOU AND YOUR NEW CAPACITY AS A 6168 04:06:46,992 --> 04:06:50,662 CHAIR. 6169 04:06:48,760 --> 04:06:52,197 THE CHANGES REPRESENT A 6170 04:06:50,729 --> 04:06:53,197 NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS CHANGING 6171 04:06:52,264 --> 04:06:54,065 THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH 6172 04:06:53,264 --> 04:06:56,868 LAHSA. 6173 04:06:54,132 --> 04:06:58,770 THEY WOULD GIVE THE CITY 6174 04:06:56,934 --> 04:06:59,671 GREATER CONTROL OVER 6175 04:06:58,837 --> 04:07:01,105 HOMELESSNESS, RESPONSE, 6176 04:06:59,738 --> 04:07:03,842 STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OF 6177 04:07:01,172 --> 04:07:05,210 TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND MOVE 6178 04:07:03,909 --> 04:07:07,511 APPROPRIATE CITY PROGRAMS OUT 6179 04:07:05,277 --> 04:07:13,651 OF LAHSA AND INTO A STRUCTURE 6180 04:07:07,578 --> 04:07:15,687 WHERE WE AS A BODY AS A CITY 6181 04:07:13,718 --> 04:07:17,522 CAN FINALLY DEMAND OUTCOMES. 6182 04:07:15,754 --> 04:07:19,356 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE 6183 04:07:17,589 --> 04:07:20,058 BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 6184 04:07:19,423 --> 04:07:21,893 FOR YEARS. 6185 04:07:20,125 --> 04:07:24,229 WE WATCHED THE CITY PUT MORE 6186 04:07:21,960 --> 04:07:25,430 AND MORE FUNDING INTO 6187 04:07:24,296 --> 04:07:29,667 ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS WHILE 6188 04:07:25,497 --> 04:07:30,835 RELYING ON A SEPARATE ENTITY TO 6189 04:07:29,734 --> 04:07:31,936 ADMINISTER SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS 6190 04:07:30,902 --> 04:07:35,006 OF THAT INVESTMENT. 6191 04:07:32,003 --> 04:07:37,475 WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER 6192 04:07:35,073 --> 04:07:38,176 CONVERSATION ABOUT 6193 04:07:37,542 --> 04:07:38,843 ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNANCE 6194 04:07:38,243 --> 04:07:40,245 PERFORMANCE, OVERSIGHT AND 6195 04:07:38,910 --> 04:07:43,014 WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS GIVING 6196 04:07:40,312 --> 04:07:44,382 THE CITY THE CONTROL WE NEED 6197 04:07:43,081 --> 04:07:46,718 AND MEANWHILE RESIDENTS ACROSS 6198 04:07:44,449 --> 04:07:48,553 LOS ANGELES CONTINUE TO SEE 6199 04:07:46,785 --> 04:07:50,622 THOSE CONSEQUENCES EVERY DAY. 6200 04:07:48,620 --> 04:07:52,223 THEY SEE PEOPLE LIVING ON 6201 04:07:50,689 --> 04:07:54,292 SIDEWALKS, IN VEHICLES, IN 6202 04:07:52,290 --> 04:07:56,661 PARKS, AND IN PLACES THAT WERE 6203 04:07:54,359 --> 04:07:59,397 EVERY INTENDED TO BE HOUSING. 6204 04:07:56,728 --> 04:08:02,634 THEY SEE PUBLIC SPACES BECOME 6205 04:07:59,464 --> 04:08:03,567 HARDER TO USE AND THEY WATCH 6206 04:08:02,701 --> 04:08:05,403 BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS 6207 04:08:03,634 --> 04:08:09,974 THEY LIVE IN STRUGGLE. 6208 04:08:05,470 --> 04:08:11,843 THEY DO NOT CARE WHICH AGENCY 6209 04:08:10,041 --> 04:08:13,978 HAS JURISDICTION, THEY CARE 6210 04:08:11,910 --> 04:08:14,679 ABOUT WHETHER THIS PROBLEM HAS 6211 04:08:14,045 --> 04:08:16,748 BEEN ADDRESSED EFFECTIVELY. 6212 04:08:14,746 --> 04:08:18,616 I WOULD ALSO LIKE SO MANY OF MY 6213 04:08:16,815 --> 04:08:20,985 COLLEAGUES LIKE TO STRESS THE 6214 04:08:18,683 --> 04:08:23,988 URGENCY OF WHAT IS BEFORE US. 6215 04:08:21,052 --> 04:08:26,124 THE CITY IS, CONFRONTING THIS 6216 04:08:24,055 --> 04:08:27,926 CRISIS EVERY SINGLE DAY YET OUR 6217 04:08:26,190 --> 04:08:29,561 RESPONSE MOVES AT THE PACE OF 6218 04:08:27,993 --> 04:08:31,095 LONG TERM ADMINISTER PIF 6219 04:08:29,628 --> 04:08:33,831 EXERCISES. 6220 04:08:31,162 --> 04:08:35,433 I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY 6221 04:08:33,898 --> 04:08:37,068 DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING 6222 04:08:35,500 --> 04:08:40,804 COMPLETING PRIORITIES BUT I 6223 04:08:37,135 --> 04:08:42,941 HOPE THIS COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS 6224 04:08:40,871 --> 04:08:44,742 THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION 6225 04:08:43,008 --> 04:08:46,144 AND STRESSES THO THE 6226 04:08:44,809 --> 04:08:47,979 DEPARTMENTS PUTTING THE REPORTS 6227 04:08:46,211 --> 04:08:49,380 BACK TO US, THAT NOTHING, 6228 04:08:48,046 --> 04:08:51,215 NOTHING SHOULD BE MORE URGENT 6229 04:08:49,447 --> 04:08:53,985 THAN THIS ISSUE. 6230 04:08:51,282 --> 04:08:57,355 COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I WANT 6231 04:08:54,052 --> 04:08:59,023 TO SAY NA, I AGREE WITH YOU. 6232 04:08:57,421 --> 04:09:01,826 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, WHAT I SAW 6233 04:08:59,090 --> 04:09:03,661 ON THE REPORT AS I BELIEVE, 6234 04:09:01,893 --> 04:09:06,431 WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THE 6235 04:09:03,728 --> 04:09:09,067 INFORMATION BY DECEMBER 27, AND 6236 04:09:06,498 --> 04:09:10,702 THEN, THAT DOESN'T GET UNTIL 6237 04:09:09,134 --> 04:09:12,270 BUDGET 28-29, THIS IS NOT 6238 04:09:10,769 --> 04:09:14,105 SOMETHING WE CAN WAIT FOR. 6239 04:09:12,337 --> 04:09:16,540 THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED THIS 6240 04:09:14,205 --> 04:09:17,375 INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS 6241 04:09:16,607 --> 04:09:18,543 YEAR. 6242 04:09:17,442 --> 04:09:22,647 WE NEED THIS INFORMATION TO 6243 04:09:18,610 --> 04:09:23,314 MAKE THIS DECISION AS SOON AS 6244 04:09:22,713 --> 04:09:24,482 POSSIBLE. 6245 04:09:23,381 --> 04:09:27,218 SIX MONTHS, LOOKING AT THE 6246 04:09:24,549 --> 04:09:28,953 BUDGET, JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY 6247 04:09:27,285 --> 04:09:30,955 BEFORE US AND WE NEED TO TAKE 6248 04:09:29,020 --> 04:09:32,790 ACTION NOW AND WE NEED THAT 6249 04:09:31,022 --> 04:09:35,827 INFORMATION BEFORE US TODAY. 6250 04:09:32,857 --> 04:09:37,462 SO I'M HAPPY TO, I SAW ONE OF 6251 04:09:35,894 --> 04:09:39,063 THE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, I 6252 04:09:37,529 --> 04:09:41,399 WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST THAT 6253 04:09:39,130 --> 04:09:43,267 THESE REPORTS GET BACK TO US IN 6254 04:09:41,465 --> 04:09:46,337 90 DAYS. 6255 04:09:43,334 --> 04:09:50,641 IF THAT REQUIRES REPRIORITIZING 6256 04:09:46,404 --> 04:09:55,980 OTHER WORK, THEN THAT IS WHAT 6257 04:09:50,708 --> 04:09:57,515 HAPPENS, 30-60-90, WE ARE FAR 6258 04:09:56,047 --> 04:09:58,750 BEYOND KICKING THIS CAN DOWN 6259 04:09:57,581 --> 04:10:00,618 THE ROAD. 6260 04:09:58,817 --> 04:10:03,287 FURTHER DELAYING IS ABSOLUTELY 6261 04:10:00,685 --> 04:10:05,456 UNACCEPTABLE, AND IN ACTION IS 6262 04:10:03,354 --> 04:10:07,191 NO LONGER THE OPTION FOR THIS 6263 04:10:05,523 --> 04:10:08,326 BODY OR OF COURSE, THE 6264 04:10:07,258 --> 04:10:09,227 RESIDENTS WE SERVE. 6265 04:10:08,393 --> 04:10:10,328 THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. 6266 04:10:09,294 --> 04:10:11,529 » Council President: 6267 04:10:10,395 --> 04:10:13,097 COUNCILMEMBER PARK. 6268 04:10:11,596 --> 04:10:14,966 » T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL 6269 04:10:13,164 --> 04:10:17,068 PRESIDENT. 6270 04:10:15,033 --> 04:10:18,703 I EXPRESSED MY FRUSTRATION AND 6271 04:10:17,135 --> 04:10:21,806 DISAPPOINTMENT YESTERDAY WITH 6272 04:10:18,770 --> 04:10:23,174 OUR FAILURE TO BE PREPARED, TO 6273 04:10:21,873 --> 04:10:25,443 MEET THIS MOMENT. 6274 04:10:23,241 --> 04:10:28,212 THE WRITING HAS BEEN ON THE 6275 04:10:25,510 --> 04:10:30,414 WALL ABOUT THE FAILURES AT 6276 04:10:28,279 --> 04:10:33,384 LAHSA AND THE CONFLICTS WITH 6277 04:10:30,481 --> 04:10:35,720 THE COUNTY AND THE WIDESPREAD 6278 04:10:33,451 --> 04:10:37,955 ISSUES WITH HOMELESS SERVICES 6279 04:10:35,787 --> 04:10:39,490 DELIVERY ACROSS LOS ANGELES. 6280 04:10:38,022 --> 04:10:41,225 FOR YEARS. 6281 04:10:39,557 --> 04:10:42,827 NOW WHEN I CAME UP AS A NEW 6282 04:10:41,292 --> 04:10:46,097 COUNCILMEMBER, WE FRAOD EFFORTS 6283 04:10:42,894 --> 04:10:48,166 TO TRY TO REVISE AND REVIEW AND 6284 04:10:46,164 --> 04:10:50,201 UPDATE THE GPA THAT GOVERNS THE 6285 04:10:48,233 --> 04:10:51,903 CITY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH 6286 04:10:50,268 --> 04:10:53,404 LAHSA, HADN'T BEEN REVIEWED OR 6287 04:10:51,969 --> 04:10:54,172 TOUCHED IN MORE THAN TWO 6288 04:10:53,470 --> 04:10:57,175 DECADES. 6289 04:10:54,239 --> 04:11:02,980 IT WAS KNOWN TO ALL OF US, THAT 6290 04:10:57,242 --> 04:11:04,348 MEASURE H WAS SET TO EXPIRE AND 6291 04:11:03,047 --> 04:11:05,950 REPLACEMENT EFFORT WAS GOING TO 6292 04:11:04,415 --> 04:11:07,852 BE FORTHCOMING AND EFFORTS TO 6293 04:11:06,017 --> 04:11:09,387 ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF LOS 6294 04:11:07,919 --> 04:11:11,689 ANGELES WAS GIVEN ITS FAIR 6295 04:11:09,454 --> 04:11:12,823 SHARE OUT OF THAT EFFORT WERE 6296 04:11:11,756 --> 04:11:18,329 NEVER IMPLEMENTED. 6297 04:11:12,890 --> 04:11:21,966 WE ARE NOW, SEEING AGAIN, AND 6298 04:11:18,396 --> 04:11:23,634 AGAIN RAMPANT EXAMPLES OF FRAUD 6299 04:11:22,033 --> 04:11:26,370 AND ABUSE BAKED INTO THE 6300 04:11:23,701 --> 04:11:28,005 SYSTEM, FAILED AUDIT AFTER 6301 04:11:26,437 --> 04:11:31,843 FAILED AUDIT, AFTER FAILED 6302 04:11:28,072 --> 04:11:34,145 AUDIT, WE HAVE HEARINGS IN THIS 6303 04:11:31,910 --> 04:11:36,047 VERY ROOM AGAIN AND AGAIN WHERE 6304 04:11:34,212 --> 04:11:37,882 OUR OWN PARTNERS CANNOT TELL US 6305 04:11:36,114 --> 04:11:39,951 HOW MANY BEDS WE HAVE OR EVEN 6306 04:11:37,949 --> 04:11:44,789 HOW MANY OF THEM ARE BEING USED 6307 04:11:40,018 --> 04:11:48,426 OR WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. 6308 04:11:44,856 --> 04:11:50,094 AND THESE ARE JUST THE TIP OF 6309 04:11:48,493 --> 04:11:51,629 THE ICEBERG OF THE ISSUES WE'RE 6310 04:11:50,161 --> 04:11:53,264 SEEING. 6311 04:11:51,696 --> 04:11:55,333 I VOTED NO FOR THE LAST TWO 6312 04:11:53,330 --> 04:11:56,467 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE UNCHECKED 6313 04:11:55,400 --> 04:12:01,706 ALLOCATIONS OF MONEY THAT ARE 6314 04:11:56,534 --> 04:12:02,607 GOING IN TO LAHSA AND OTHER 6315 04:12:01,773 --> 04:12:03,974 HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITHOUT 6316 04:12:02,674 --> 04:12:06,043 APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT AND 6317 04:12:04,041 --> 04:12:09,247 ACCOUNTABILITY. 6318 04:12:06,110 --> 04:12:11,983 WE HAVE INVESTED IN FAILURE 6319 04:12:09,314 --> 04:12:15,219 YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. 6320 04:12:12,050 --> 04:12:17,255 AND I PERSONALLY COULD NOT 6321 04:12:15,286 --> 04:12:19,323 WELCOME THIS CONVERSATION MORE. 6322 04:12:17,322 --> 04:12:20,491 I AM BEYOND FRUSTRATED AT THE 6323 04:12:19,390 --> 04:12:22,360 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE LEAD US 6324 04:12:20,558 --> 04:12:24,896 TO HAVE IT UNDER THESE 6325 04:12:22,427 --> 04:12:27,265 CIRCUMSTANCES AND ON THE 6326 04:12:24,963 --> 04:12:31,636 TIMELINE THAT WE'RE FACED WITH 6327 04:12:27,332 --> 04:12:33,905 ESSENTIALLY UNDER DAOUR DURESS 6328 04:12:31,703 --> 04:12:36,007 AND FACING POTENTIAL OF BEING 6329 04:12:33,972 --> 04:12:37,909 HAM SPRUNG BY ANOTHER OUTCOME 6330 04:12:36,074 --> 04:12:41,345 OR ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM 6331 04:12:37,976 --> 04:12:43,181 THAT HAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT 6332 04:12:41,412 --> 04:12:44,582 RESPONSIBLE SPENDING OF OUR 6333 04:12:43,248 --> 04:12:45,717 DOLLARS APPROPRIATE OUTCOME OR 6334 04:12:44,649 --> 04:12:46,650 WHAT BEST SERVES THE INTEREST 6335 04:12:45,783 --> 04:12:49,220 OF LOS ANGELES. 6336 04:12:46,717 --> 04:12:50,821 WE'RE HERE IS THE LAST MAN 6337 04:12:49,287 --> 04:12:51,789 STANDING, IN A FAILED 6338 04:12:50,888 --> 04:12:53,991 ENTERPRISE, THE WRITING HAS 6339 04:12:51,856 --> 04:12:55,360 BEEN ON THE WALL FOR THE COUNTY 6340 04:12:54,058 --> 04:12:57,128 PULLING OUT, FOR THE 6341 04:12:55,426 --> 04:12:57,895 PEDESTRIANS PULLING OUT AND 6342 04:12:57,195 --> 04:12:58,529 DEFUNDING THE ENTERPRISES LONG 6343 04:12:57,962 --> 04:12:59,930 ENOUGH. 6344 04:12:58,596 --> 04:13:02,266 SO I REALLY WELCOME THIS 6345 04:12:59,997 --> 04:13:04,101 CONVERSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD 6346 04:13:02,333 --> 04:13:05,903 TO FINALLY CREATING A NEW 6347 04:13:04,168 --> 04:13:06,437 SYSTEM THAT IS ADDRESSED 6348 04:13:05,970 --> 04:13:07,104 HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LOS 6349 04:13:06,504 --> 04:13:07,805 ANGELES. 6350 04:13:07,171 --> 04:13:10,107 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6351 04:13:07,872 --> 04:13:14,212 » Council President: THANK YOU 6352 04:13:10,174 --> 04:13:14,879 SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER PARK. 6353 04:13:14,279 --> 04:13:16,647 CHAIRWOMAN JURADO TO CLOSE. 6354 04:13:14,946 --> 04:13:17,748 » Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, 6355 04:13:16,714 --> 04:13:19,150 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 6356 04:13:17,815 --> 04:13:20,718 WE'RE FACED WITH A LOT OF 6357 04:13:19,217 --> 04:13:22,587 CHANGES AND OUR BACKS ARE 6358 04:13:20,785 --> 04:13:23,721 AGAINST THE WALL AND WHAT HAS 6359 04:13:22,654 --> 04:13:26,490 HAPPENED WITH THE FEDERAL 6360 04:13:23,788 --> 04:13:28,793 GOVERNMENT AND WITH 6361 04:13:26,557 --> 04:13:31,095 HOMELESSNESS, IT'S, WE KNEW 6362 04:13:28,860 --> 04:13:32,463 THIS STORM WAS COMING, IT WAS 6363 04:13:31,162 --> 04:13:34,799 FORECASTED, WE SAW IT. 6364 04:13:32,530 --> 04:13:38,469 AND WE KNEW WE HAD A LEAKY ROOF 6365 04:13:34,866 --> 04:13:41,005 AND INSTEAD OF FIXING THE ROOF, 6366 04:13:38,536 --> 04:13:42,740 WE DECIDED TO GET MORE UMBRELLA 6367 04:13:41,072 --> 04:13:45,643 AND NOW THAT RAINY DAY HAS COME 6368 04:13:42,807 --> 04:13:46,811 AND WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW 6369 04:13:45,710 --> 04:13:49,313 TO FIX OUR ROOF. 6370 04:13:46,878 --> 04:13:51,349 WHILE WHICH MADE OUR GREAT 6371 04:13:49,380 --> 04:13:53,451 STRIDES OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS 6372 04:13:51,416 --> 04:13:57,121 IS IMPACTING THE SAFETY AND 6373 04:13:53,518 --> 04:13:58,956 DIGNITY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 6374 04:13:57,188 --> 04:14:02,293 ANGELINO AND SUBSTANTIAL LOSS 6375 04:13:59,023 --> 04:14:04,362 OF CONTINUUM OF CARE, WE HAVE 6376 04:14:02,360 --> 04:14:06,397 TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES 6377 04:14:04,429 --> 04:14:11,035 ABOUT OUR CURRENT SITUATION. 6378 04:14:06,464 --> 04:14:12,370 THE FIGHT TO PROTECT WORKING 6379 04:14:11,102 --> 04:14:15,172 FAMILIES, ABUSIVE SURVIVOR AND 6380 04:14:12,437 --> 04:14:17,675 ANGELINO IS NOT OVER. 6381 04:14:15,239 --> 04:14:19,510 AND WHILE THIS HOMELESS 6382 04:14:17,742 --> 04:14:20,444 CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT, FOR 6383 04:14:19,577 --> 04:14:22,546 THE SHORT-TERM WE NEED TO 6384 04:14:20,511 --> 04:14:23,914 FIGURE OUT HOW TO STABILIZE THE 6385 04:14:22,613 --> 04:14:26,450 SYSTEM AND DOING THAT REQUIRES 6386 04:14:23,981 --> 04:14:28,286 US TO WORK WITH LAHSA IN THE 6387 04:14:26,517 --> 04:14:30,187 INTERIM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 6388 04:14:28,353 --> 04:14:33,190 CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP THE 6389 04:14:30,254 --> 04:14:35,726 LIGHTS ON AND WORK WITH THE COC 6390 04:14:33,257 --> 04:14:37,795 AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE 6391 04:14:35,793 --> 04:14:39,430 ATTEMPT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER 6392 04:14:37,862 --> 04:14:41,065 OUR HOMELESSNESS DOLLARS. 6393 04:14:39,497 --> 04:14:43,601 THE PLAN BEFORE US IS NOT ONLY 6394 04:14:41,132 --> 04:14:45,235 A WAY FOR TO US TAKE A CRITICAL 6395 04:14:43,668 --> 04:14:48,472 LOOK AT OUR CURRENT STRUCTURES, 6396 04:14:45,302 --> 04:14:51,008 ONE THAT WE KNOW MANY HAVE SAID 6397 04:14:48,539 --> 04:14:53,144 IS LONG OVERDUE BUT TO 6398 04:14:51,075 --> 04:14:54,378 TRANSLATE THESE FINDINGS, WE 6399 04:14:53,211 --> 04:14:55,713 SET TRANSPARENCY AND 6400 04:14:54,445 --> 04:14:57,248 ACCOUNTABILITY AND AT SOME 6401 04:14:55,780 --> 04:14:58,649 POINT THOSE WORDS HAVE TO MEAN 6402 04:14:57,315 --> 04:15:04,622 SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE 6403 04:14:58,716 --> 04:15:05,756 SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO. 6404 04:15:04,689 --> 04:15:07,625 THAT MEANS INTENTIONALLY 6405 04:15:05,823 --> 04:15:10,261 DECIDING ON OUR LONG TERM MODEL 6406 04:15:07,692 --> 04:15:12,563 FOR HOW WE ADDRESS HOMEsNESS. 6407 04:15:10,328 --> 04:15:17,101 WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW 6408 04:15:12,630 --> 04:15:18,736 OUR SYSTEM HAS UNDERMINED OURS 6409 04:15:17,168 --> 04:15:20,871 AND HOMELESSNESS AND THAT MEANS 6410 04:15:18,803 --> 04:15:22,440 PROTECTING THE FUNDS THAT WE DO 6411 04:15:20,938 --> 04:15:24,075 HAVE. 6412 04:15:22,507 --> 04:15:25,476 CODIFYING BECAUSE REGARDLESS IF 6413 04:15:24,142 --> 04:15:27,311 WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE LONG 6414 04:15:25,543 --> 04:15:30,781 TERM WHICH HE KNOW WE'RE ALL 6415 04:15:27,378 --> 04:15:31,481 STEP CAL OF, THEY'RE STILL MAIN 6416 04:15:30,848 --> 04:15:32,850 AGENCY AND HOMELESSNESS 6417 04:15:31,548 --> 04:15:36,787 RESPONSE RIGHT NOW AND GETTING 6418 04:15:32,917 --> 04:15:38,622 US ON A CLEARER PATH AND MOVING 6419 04:15:36,854 --> 04:15:40,891 OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE FORWARD 6420 04:15:38,689 --> 04:15:41,992 WHILE KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE. 6421 04:15:40,958 --> 04:15:42,960 WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRAG OUR 6422 04:15:42,059 --> 04:15:45,096 FEET. 6423 04:15:43,027 --> 04:15:46,497 TODAY WE'RE COMMITTING 6424 04:15:45,163 --> 04:15:48,999 OURSELVES TO THE RESPONSIBILITY 6425 04:15:46,564 --> 04:15:50,634 OF HAVING THESE TOUGH AND 6426 04:15:49,066 --> 04:15:51,769 HONEST CONVERSATIONS AND BEING 6427 04:15:50,701 --> 04:15:54,038 TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND 6428 04:15:51,836 --> 04:15:56,374 OURSELVES AND MAKING THE HARD 6429 04:15:54,105 --> 04:15:58,542 DECISIONS OF CHANGING COURSES 6430 04:15:56,441 --> 04:16:02,680 WHEN THE RESULTS DEMAND IT 6431 04:15:58,609 --> 04:16:05,115 BECAUSE WE CANNOT KEEP DOING 6432 04:16:02,747 --> 04:16:06,617 THE SAME THING AND EXPECT 6433 04:16:05,182 --> 04:16:09,186 DIFFERENT RESULTS. 6434 04:16:06,684 --> 04:16:11,922 WE COULD HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE 6435 04:16:09,253 --> 04:16:13,624 DECISION WHZ WHEN WE HAD A 6436 04:16:11,989 --> 04:16:14,892 DIFFERENT PRESIDENT AND MORE 6437 04:16:13,691 --> 04:16:16,994 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. 6438 04:16:14,959 --> 04:16:19,864 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW, YOU 6439 04:16:17,061 --> 04:16:22,299 KNOW, I KNOW THAT HOUSING IS IS 6440 04:16:19,930 --> 04:16:26,704 A HUMAN RIGHT AND HOMELESSNESS 6441 04:16:22,366 --> 04:16:28,138 MUST BE TREATED AS A 6442 04:16:26,771 --> 04:16:29,774 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT IT IS, 6443 04:16:28,205 --> 04:16:31,409 EVEN THOUGH THE CITY DOESN'T 6444 04:16:29,841 --> 04:16:32,242 HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I 6445 04:16:31,476 --> 04:16:33,244 JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW 6446 04:16:32,309 --> 04:16:38,449 THAT. 6447 04:16:33,311 --> 04:16:39,850 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, HEAD 6448 04:16:38,516 --> 04:16:41,819 FACE THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON IN 6449 04:16:39,917 --> 04:16:43,654 A TIME THAT WE REALLY NEED TO 6450 04:16:41,886 --> 04:16:45,489 WHICH IS NOW AND YESTERDAY 6451 04:16:43,721 --> 04:16:48,325 BECAUSE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND 6452 04:16:45,556 --> 04:16:49,393 WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THOSE 6453 04:16:48,392 --> 04:16:51,462 CHOICES NOW. 6454 04:16:49,460 --> 04:16:52,630 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 6455 04:16:51,529 --> 04:16:55,599 » THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT. 6456 04:16:52,697 --> 04:16:57,200 CAN YOU TELL US WHAT BEFORE US? 6457 04:16:55,666 --> 04:16:58,969 » WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCILMEMBER 6458 04:16:57,267 --> 04:17:00,404 ON THE QUEUE? 6459 04:16:59,036 --> 04:17:01,639 » Council President: YES, 6460 04:17:00,471 --> 04:17:06,410 COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA PASSED. 6461 04:17:01,706 --> 04:17:07,244 » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS 6462 04:17:06,477 --> 04:17:07,811 24-E HARRIS-DAWSON McOSKER. 6463 04:17:07,311 --> 04:17:09,914 » Council President: ALL 6464 04:17:07,878 --> 04:17:12,650 RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE 6465 04:17:09,981 --> 04:17:15,286 ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. 6466 04:17:12,717 --> 04:17:15,953 » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. 6467 04:17:15,353 --> 04:17:17,955 » Council President: ALL 6468 04:17:16,020 --> 04:17:19,390 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 6469 04:17:18,022 --> 04:17:19,824 » Clerk: 24-D, RODRIGUEZ 6470 04:17:19,457 --> 04:17:20,524 JURADO. 6471 04:17:19,891 --> 04:17:22,460 » Council President: ALL 6472 04:17:20,591 --> 04:17:27,832 RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE 6473 04:17:22,526 --> 04:17:32,670 ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. 6474 04:17:27,899 --> 04:17:35,673 » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES. 6475 04:17:32,737 --> 04:17:41,912 » Clerk: WE DID 24E AND 24D, 6476 04:17:35,740 --> 04:17:52,456 WE JUST TOOK A VOTE ON 24D. 6477 04:17:41,979 --> 04:17:54,291 THANK YOU. 6478 04:17:52,523 --> 04:17:57,962 » Council President: NO TO 6479 04:17:54,358 --> 04:18:00,531 DEREK, YES TO ERIC, I GOT YOU. 6480 04:17:58,029 --> 04:18:03,100 ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK. 6481 04:18:00,598 --> 04:18:04,267 » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS 6482 04:18:03,167 --> 04:18:05,436 24-C, RAMAN HARRIS-DAWSON. 6483 04:18:04,334 --> 04:18:07,104 » Council President: OPEN THE 6484 04:18:05,503 --> 04:18:08,272 ROLL, CLOSE THE 6485 04:18:07,170 --> 04:18:15,012 ROLL,--COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN. 6486 04:18:08,339 --> 04:18:16,580 » N. Raman: SO JUST WANTED TO 6487 04:18:15,079 --> 04:18:18,649 CLARIFY, MS. RODRIGUEZ 6488 04:18:16,647 --> 04:18:21,185 AMENDMENT FOR REPORT BACK IN 30 6489 04:18:18,716 --> 04:18:22,386 DAYS, SO RATHER THAN MY 6490 04:18:21,252 --> 04:18:23,754 AMENDMENT SUPERCEDING THAT, THE 6491 04:18:22,453 --> 04:18:25,356 REPORT FROM. BUDGET AND FINANCE 6492 04:18:23,821 --> 04:18:27,858 COMMITTEE ASKED FOR A REPORT 6493 04:18:25,423 --> 04:18:28,926 BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2027. 6494 04:18:27,925 --> 04:18:32,363 » Council President: TOO LONG. 6495 04:18:28,993 --> 04:18:35,332 » N. Raman: I SAID DECEMBER 6496 04:18:32,430 --> 04:18:36,734 2026, BUT INSTEAD CHANGE THIS 6497 04:18:35,399 --> 04:18:38,903 TO 90-DAY REPORT BACK AS 6498 04:18:36,801 --> 04:18:40,704 COUNCILMEMBER LEE OR 30 DAYS, 6499 04:18:38,970 --> 04:18:42,339 WHATEVER THIS BODY WANTS JUST 6500 04:18:40,771 --> 04:18:44,141 SO WE'RE NOT WAITING LONGER 6501 04:18:42,406 --> 04:18:47,611 THAN WE JUST VOTED TO SAY YES 6502 04:18:44,208 --> 04:18:48,779 TO. 6503 04:18:47,678 --> 04:18:50,414 I HOPE I'M BEING CLEAR. 6504 04:18:48,846 --> 04:18:52,516 » Council President: I THINK 6505 04:18:50,481 --> 04:18:53,918 SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 6506 04:18:52,583 --> 04:18:57,388 THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. 6507 04:18:53,985 --> 04:18:59,823 » N. Raman: SO THE FIRST 6508 04:18:57,455 --> 04:19:02,526 MOVING CLAUSE, I DON'T WANT TO 6509 04:18:59,890 --> 04:19:03,427 OVER RULE COUNCILMEMBER 6510 04:19:02,593 --> 04:19:03,627 RODRIGUEZ FOR SPEEDY REPORT 6511 04:19:03,494 --> 04:19:06,030 BACK. 6512 04:19:03,694 --> 04:19:07,164 » Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO 6513 04:19:06,097 --> 04:19:07,464 AMEND 24-C TO HAVE A DIFFERENT 6514 04:19:07,231 --> 04:19:11,068 DAYS? 6515 04:19:07,531 --> 04:19:12,436 » N. Raman: NO, YOU CAN JUST 6516 04:19:11,134 --> 04:19:13,871 STRIKE IT. 6517 04:19:12,503 --> 04:19:15,739 » Council President: DON'T WE 6518 04:19:13,938 --> 04:19:16,240 NEED THE BUDGET AND FINANCE 6519 04:19:15,806 --> 04:19:18,976 COMMITTEE. 6520 04:19:16,307 --> 04:19:19,677 » N. Raman: SO MAYBE WE CAN 6521 04:19:19,043 --> 04:19:21,011 STRIKE THE DATE. 6522 04:19:19,744 --> 04:19:22,113 » Council President: ALL RIGHT. 6523 04:19:21,078 --> 04:19:22,646 » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO 6524 04:19:22,179 --> 04:19:24,048 THAT? 6525 04:19:22,713 --> 04:19:25,215 » Council President: SECOND. 6526 04:19:24,115 --> 04:19:26,116 » N. Raman: THANK YOU. 6527 04:19:25,282 --> 04:19:27,985 » Council President: ALL 6528 04:19:26,183 --> 04:19:29,152 RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, 6529 04:19:28,052 --> 04:19:30,054 CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE 6530 04:19:29,219 --> 04:19:31,255 VOTE. 6531 04:19:30,121 --> 04:19:31,922 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 6532 04:19:31,322 --> 04:19:33,323 » Council President: ALL 6533 04:19:31,989 --> 04:19:36,060 RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? 6534 04:19:33,390 --> 04:19:36,760 » Clerk: WE CAN VOTE AS A ITEM 6535 04:19:36,127 --> 04:19:38,329 AS A WHOLE. 6536 04:19:36,827 --> 04:19:39,663 » Council President: ALL RIGHT 6537 04:19:38,396 --> 04:19:40,431 THE ITEM AS A WHOLE IS BEFORE 6538 04:19:39,729 --> 04:19:42,766 US. 6539 04:19:40,498 --> 04:19:43,901 OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, 6540 04:19:42,833 --> 04:19:44,968 TABULATE THE VOTE. 6541 04:19:43,968 --> 04:19:46,136 » Clerk: 14 AYES. 6542 04:19:45,035 --> 04:19:47,104 » Council President: ALL 6543 04:19:46,203 --> 04:19:47,771 RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE 6544 04:19:47,171 --> 04:19:49,640 US. 6545 04:19:47,838 --> 04:19:50,841 » Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED 6546 04:19:49,707 --> 04:19:52,676 FOR POST ASKED REFERRAL. 6547 04:19:50,908 --> 04:19:53,611 » Council President: THEY ARE 6548 04:19:52,743 --> 04:19:55,479 POST ASKED REFERRED. 6549 04:19:53,678 --> 04:19:56,647 ANNOUNCEMENTS? 6550 04:19:55,546 --> 04:19:59,617 SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK 6551 04:19:56,714 --> 04:20:01,885 EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO 6552 04:19:59,684 --> 04:20:03,287 REVERENTLY STAND FOR ADJOURN 6553 04:20:01,952 --> 04:20:06,490 MOTIONS. 6554 04:20:03,354 --> 04:20:08,359 I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT, TO MR. 6555 04:20:06,557 --> 04:20:09,760 SOTO-MARTINEZ TO SEE IF THERE 6556 04:20:08,426 --> 04:20:12,763 ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS? 6557 04:20:09,827 --> 04:20:13,964 AND I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT, TO 6558 04:20:12,830 --> 04:20:16,033 COUNCILMEMBER JURADO'S SIDE TO 6559 04:20:14,030 --> 04:20:16,700 SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING 6560 04:20:16,100 --> 04:20:18,569 MOTIONS. 6561 04:20:16,767 --> 04:20:35,519 SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 6562 04:20:18,636 --> 04:20:35,519 THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 6563 04:21:33,010 --> 04:21:37,481 In 2021. Officer Robert William 6564 04:21:34,712 --> 04:21:39,984 Stewart was officially 6565 04:21:36,080 --> 04:21:41,618 reinstated to the Los Angeles 6566 04:21:37,548 --> 04:21:45,155 Police Department and honorably 6567 04:21:40,050 --> 04:21:46,590 retired from his position as an 6568 04:21:41,685 --> 04:21:49,259 officer. I'd like to move that. 6569 04:21:45,222 --> 04:21:52,128 We approve the department's 6570 04:21:46,657 --> 04:21:54,131 report and reinstate and retire 6571 04:21:49,326 --> 04:21:59,603 former policeman Robert William 6572 04:21:52,195 --> 04:22:03,607 Stewart. All in favor, please 6573 04:21:54,198 --> 04:22:05,108 say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All 6574 04:21:59,669 --> 04:22:06,576 opposed? It passes five zero. It 6575 04:22:03,673 --> 04:22:08,345 was so important because getting 6576 04:22:05,175 --> 04:22:10,013 the reinstatement was a victory 6577 04:22:06,643 --> 04:22:10,013 in the sense that we were right. 6578 04:22:08,412 --> 04:22:10,078 There was an injustice. A