[0:00] Japanese garden uses reclaimed
[0:01] water to replenish its tranquil
[0:03] features. Standing as a
[0:04] testament to the city's
[0:06] commitment to sustainability and
[0:08] resourcefulness, step into the
[0:10] unique landscape which invites
[0:12] visitors to disconnect from the
[0:14] dynamic pace of urban life and
[0:16] rediscover a sense of peace. So
[0:17] whether you're visiting from
[0:19] across town or from across the
[0:21] world, welcome to LA
[0:49] .
[0:49] The visionary concept of
[0:50] establishing a Japanese garden
[0:52] adjacent to the reclamation
[0:54] facility was pioneered by Donald
[0:55] C Tillman. Every element of the
[0:58] grounds has been meticulously
[0:59] crafted to harmonize with the
[1:01] modern architecture and the
[1:02] natural environment of the San
[1:04] Fernando Valley. Visitors can
[1:05] enjoy an expansive, wet
[1:07] strolling landscape where
[1:08] flowing waterfalls, symbolizing
[1:11] heaven, humanity and the earth
[1:13] merge with vibrant greenery and
[1:15] crafted stone lanterns imported
[1:17] from Japanese artisans. The
[1:19] stillness of the water offers a
[1:21] refuge for the spirit, mirroring
[1:22] the vital knowledge shared with
[1:25] Angelenos during a recent
[1:26] emergency preparedness day. We
[1:32] are at the Autry Museum for the
[1:34] second annual Wildfire de la,
[1:37] which is an event that we put on
[1:40] to try to prepare Los Angeles
[1:42] for the next inevitable wildfire
[1:44] emergencies that, unfortunately,
[1:46] are destined to happen. Whether
[1:50] it's the wildfires here that
[1:51] taught us an awful lot of
[1:53] lessons in January 2025, or a
[1:56] other kind of life safety
[1:57] emergency, our mission now is an
[1:59] 18 year old nonprofit
[2:00] organization working with the LA
[2:02] City Fire Department and other
[2:03] city partners and departments is
[2:05] to bridge that gap. It's
[2:09] critical for everyone in the
[2:10] city, whether you have a
[2:13] business, whether you own a home
[2:15] , rent that you know what to do
[2:17] in case of emergency, be it
[2:19] wildfire, be it an earthquake or
[2:21] heavy rains, emergency
[2:24] preparedness is critical, and
[2:25] I'm glad the city put on this
[2:28] event. Los Angeles is actually
[2:34] very unique in that it has so
[2:35] many possible natural disasters.
[2:37] It has earthquakes. It has
[2:38] literally tsunamis. It has
[2:41] flooding. In fact, the major
[2:43] cause of weather, death is heat.
[2:44] And as we know with
[2:46] environmental concerns, we also
[2:47] wind up having more heat. So
[2:49] there is something here for
[2:50] everybody. So while some people
[2:51] might think, well, I don't live
[2:52] in a home in the hills, the high
[2:55] fire severity zone is actually
[2:56] moving further south into our
[2:57] urban areas. And everybody is
[3:00] potentially affected by an
[3:03] emergency. We are all one
[3:04] emergency away from a potential
[3:06] personal disaster. Wildfire de
[3:13] la is one of the many ways that
[3:15] we try to reach out to people,
[3:16] whether it's holding public
[3:17] events like these, and we've
[3:18] done ten or more, all over the
[3:19] city and county. Second time
[3:21] that we're here at the Autry,
[3:22] which is a great venue. We're
[3:24] surrounded by wild land, right?
[3:25] So it's a great frame for what
[3:27] we're trying to teach. But, you
[3:28] know, in any case, we just take
[3:31] we try to use every conduit,
[3:33] every medium, every form we can
[3:35] to get the word out right. We go
[3:37] into neighborhoods and we do
[3:38] home hardening assessments for
[3:40] free for people that are in the
[3:41] brush, the canyons, the
[3:42] hillsides. We go into schools
[3:44] and teach kids how to be more
[3:45] fire safe. We go to build
[3:48] neighborhood council, fire wise
[3:51] or fire safe council groups to
[3:53] organize their own neighborhoods
[3:54] to be more prepared. We're here
[3:58] working with all the folks that
[4:00] are concerned about how we can
[4:01] be more efficient with
[4:03] preventing wildfire, right? How
[4:04] can we be more mindful of
[4:06] keeping our towns resilient? And
[4:08] so tree people, our goal is to
[4:10] help make our wild spaces
[4:11] resilient. And that means that
[4:13] after a fire rolls through, we
[4:15] want to bring in native plants
[4:17] that are going to do well and
[4:18] recover quickly and also
[4:19] withstand the shortened fire
[4:22] regime. As well. As we want to
[4:24] make communities aware of the
[4:25] benefits of native plants,
[4:26] right. A healthy ecosystem in
[4:27] the mountains is going to bring
[4:28] a lot more resilience to our
[4:31] communities. Just down the way.
[4:34] Trees and native species are
[4:36] going to be better suited for
[4:38] when we have drought, they're
[4:39] going to be better suited for
[4:41] when there is wildfire. They'll
[4:42] recover quickly and they're
[4:43] going to keep our air cycling
[4:46] clean. We're going to have a lot
[4:48] of different benefits from a
[4:49] healthy ecosystem. So the more
[4:51] we can preserve the wild space,
[4:53] the more our cities and our
[4:55] wildlife is going to be happy
[4:57] that we've done so we can do our
[4:58] part in stewarding the land.
[5:01] Wildfire safety includes a lot
[5:04] of things, but one of the most
[5:05] important things it includes is
[5:06] preparation, awareness and
[5:08] education. We want every
[5:10] community in Kde4 and throughout
[5:12] Los Angeles to understand what
[5:13] they can do to be ready in case
[5:15] of emergency, as well as how
[5:17] they can participate in
[5:18] preventing an emergency. I would
[5:22] tell people to make sure that
[5:23] they understand where their
[5:24] exits are other than their front
[5:27] door. I would recommend that
[5:29] people do pack some sort of go
[5:31] kit, which includes their
[5:32] medications, identifying
[5:34] information of their pets if
[5:35] they have them, in case they're
[5:37] separated. If you live in an
[5:39] apartment building, please make
[5:41] yourself aware of where the fire
[5:42] extinguishers are in your
[5:43] building. Please make sure you
[5:45] keep your fire alarms
[5:46] functioning, which also monitor
[5:47] for gas and, you know, reach out
[5:49] to your landlord to ask them to
[5:51] engage in safety measures for
[5:52] the entire building, which also
[5:54] might lower their insurance
[5:55] costs. If they engage safely on
[5:56] how to protect themselves. All
[5:58] these things are what we're here
[5:59] to teach today in a way that
[6:01] hopefully people can deal with
[6:02] in an affordable and viable way,
[6:05] so that they don't feel
[6:06] overwhelmed, like there's so
[6:07] much to do. I just won't do
[6:08] anything. We want them to do
[6:10] something, do one thing, do
[6:12] three things over time, and over
[6:14] time, they're going to get in a
[6:15] better position to withstand a
[6:17] wildfire. And we know they're
[6:18] coming. Unfortunately.
[6:30] Hinson Aquatic Center is very
[6:32] different, and it's the largest
[6:34] municipal pool in the United
[6:35] States. It's 1.5 acres just one
[6:39] way. It's 153 yards. Capacity is
[6:43] over 3000 depth entry. So that
[6:45] means that it's safe for all
[6:46] family. The little kids. It's
[6:50] 1.5 million gallons of water
[6:51] with two beautiful water slides
[6:53] . And the obstacle course in the
[6:55] middle of the pool. So in the
[6:59] city of LA, we have over 50
[7:01] swimming pools. So there's a
[7:03] pool near your house from San
[7:04] Pedro to Sylmar, East L.A. West
[7:07] L.A, we have a pool. Not only we
[7:08] have a pool with well-trained
[7:11] lifeguards, but we have amazing
[7:13] programs we do over 25,000
[7:16] lessons, swim lessons in the
[7:18] city of LA every year. We have
[7:20] over 800 kids in our junior
[7:22] lifeguard program and over 6000
[7:24] kids are a part of our swim
[7:26] team. Water polo, artistic
[7:27] swimming, springboard diving. So
[7:30] we have an aquatics program for
[7:32] all Angelenos. So anytime you're
[7:36] around water, if you're at the
[7:38] lake, you're at the beach,
[7:39] you're at the pool anywhere.
[7:41] Always swim near a lifeguard.
[7:44] It's critical that your kids are
[7:47] supervised at all times, anytime
[7:48] they're close to the water, you
[7:50] know, kids can drown in like a
[7:51] few inches of water. So never,
[7:53] never leave your kids unattended
[7:55] during the summertime. You know,
[7:58] there's a lot of friends,
[7:59] family, they have pool parties.
[8:00] It's a lot of drownings that
[8:02] happen in backyard pools. So as
[8:03] a parent, there's a lot of
[8:06] things that you can do at home
[8:07] to make sure your pools are safe
[8:09] . First, you got to have a
[8:10] fence. Make sure you have a
[8:12] fence with a gate that you can
[8:13] lock. You got to have an alarm.
[8:16] It's good to have equipment in
[8:18] case, you know, somebody goes in
[8:19] the water and whoever's watching
[8:22] them doesn't know how to swim.
[8:23] Make sure you have a ring boy. A
[8:25] ring boy can make a big
[8:26] difference on saving somebody's
[8:28] life. Where anybody can see it.
[8:31] Grab it and throw it to
[8:32] whoever's in the water
[8:34] struggling, whoever needs help
[8:35] knowing how to use it, how to
[8:38] throw it can make a big
[8:40] difference. Also, a body hook
[8:41] you put on the wall next to the
[8:42] ring boy so you can reach and
[8:45] hook the body and bring them in,
[8:46] or have somebody hold on to it
[8:48] that's struggling in the water
[8:50] and bring them in. By having
[8:51] those two pieces of equipment
[8:52] can make a big, big difference.
[8:56] So each facility, you know, we
[8:59] have a safety plan by having
[9:01] well trained lifeguards that all
[9:02] of our 50 plus facilities in the
[9:05] city of La, our job is to
[9:07] educate the public in water
[9:09] safety. So when you come in, you
[9:11] have a good, safe experience. So
[9:13] this summer make it a point to
[9:16] visit our pools and take a swim
[9:17] lesson. Give us a shot, try us
[9:19] out. Five. Four. Three. Two one.
[9:30] Go.
[9:42] We are in the community of
[9:45] Panorama City. The 91 402
[9:47] celebrating the Grand opening of
[9:49] the splash pad at Panorama City
[9:51] Park, a park whose splash pad
[9:53] was closed for over seven
[9:55] summers. We're excited to see
[9:57] all of the kids here who live in
[9:59] a very high, dense community,
[10:00] sometimes don't have a front
[10:02] yard, sometimes don't have a
[10:03] backyard. So the park is really
[10:05] their only place to play. It's
[10:07] been amazing. I mean, look at
[10:09] the smiles. They're priceless.
[10:10] The sound. It brings me back to
[10:11] my childhood. My sister was even
[10:13] teary eyed because growing up in
[10:16] a community where, you know, you
[10:18] need a little bit more
[10:19] resources. This is priceless. I
[10:21] am overly ecstatic that we have
[10:24] close to 200 families here
[10:26] today, and we are excited to
[10:27] talk to the families about how
[10:29] we were finally able to find the
[10:31] resources to get it back and
[10:33] functioning, and I'm still
[10:35] overwhelmed by the amount of
[10:37] families that came that were
[10:38] waiting for this, because seven
[10:40] years is a long time. So I'm a
[10:41] community member here, and this
[10:43] actually started in my family
[10:45] when I brought my son to the
[10:47] park, and he noticed a desolate
[10:49] water park, and he asked me,
[10:50] mom, when is this going to be
[10:52] open and why is it closed? And I
[10:53] told him, you know what? I
[10:54] honestly don't know, but these
[10:56] are great questions. We have a
[10:57] neighborhood watch meeting in
[10:58] the next few days. Why don't you
[10:59] ask those questions there? My
[11:00] son and my daughter, they
[11:02] collaborated so at the meeting,
[11:04] she asked the questions.
[11:05] Unfortunately, she was told that
[11:07] it was going to be closed. But
[11:08] then a few days later, I get an
[11:11] email or a text saying that
[11:12] actually the council member had
[11:14] looked into it and she's going
[11:15] to make it happen to reopen. And
[11:17] here we are, and we're really
[11:18] grateful for this, because lots
[11:20] of families can enjoy,
[11:21] especially during these hot
[11:23] weather and especially when
[11:25] things are so expensive. This is
[11:26] a free access to keeping cool in
[11:28] our community, which we
[11:29] definitely need it. And this
[11:31] shows just the collaboration
[11:31] that when we work together, that
[11:34] you're never too young to be
[11:36] active, to get involved, that
[11:37] you can make positive change at
[11:38] any age. And especially when we
[11:40] all work together, it almost
[11:43] feels like we let an entire
[11:44] generation down. Taking this
[11:46] long. But we're not going to let
[11:47] this happen again, and that's
[11:48] why we're going to continue to
[11:50] fight and advocate for more
[11:51] funding to come to our rec and
[11:52] parks Department. We want to
[11:53] continue to collaborate with the
[11:55] City to make sure it's safe that
[11:58] our communities are clean, that
[11:59] they're great places for us to
[12:01] live. And as you can see, a good
[12:03] place to play as well. Inspired
[12:11] by the historic strolling
[12:12] estates of the 18th and 19th
[12:14] centuries, the wet Garden design
[12:16] employs vast lawns to foster an
[12:18] open and radiant setting for
[12:20] discovery. The grounds are open
[12:23] for public exploration from 9:30
[12:24] a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday,
[12:25] through Thursday, and on the
[12:28] second Sunday of each month.
[12:29] During these Sunday sessions,
[12:30] the facility showcases
[12:32] traditional cultural artistry,
[12:33] performances and family
[12:34] activities alongside the Bureau
[12:36] of Sanitation's Sustainability
[12:39] programs. This scenic promenade
[12:41] offers an opportunity to observe
[12:43] the evolving seasons highlighted
[12:44] by the radiant lotus blooms that
[12:47] also define the spirit of the
[12:48] annual Lotus Festival at Echo
[12:50] Park. Lake. This year, here at
[12:58] the Beautiful Echo Park Lake, we
[13:00] are celebrating the 45th Lotus
[13:02] Festival and our host country
[13:04] this year is Sri Lanka. So we're
[13:06] celebrating the culture, the
[13:08] people and the food of Sri Lanka
[13:13] . This festival is about
[13:18] celebrating culture and bringing
[13:20] people together. So this year
[13:21] when we celebrate the democratic
[13:22] socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,
[13:24] you're going to see people from
[13:25] all across the city of Los
[13:27] Angeles, all walks of life. But
[13:28] we're celebrating one part of
[13:29] the community, but also
[13:31] celebrating the diversity and
[13:32] the strength of the city of Los
[13:33] Angeles. An absolutely
[13:38] incredible community event that
[13:40] brings together the various
[13:42] cultures and the rich heritage
[13:45] of us Angelenos. And today, I'm
[13:49] so honored that it's
[13:50] spotlighting my country of birth
[13:51] and my motherland. The beautiful
[13:54] island of Sri Lanka. We want to
[13:55] keep our culture alive and
[13:57] spread it to everyone else in
[14:00] our community. As well. And let
[14:03] everyone else know how vibrant
[14:05] and how welcoming our culture is
[14:08] . Our food is very tasty. To.
[14:13] Sri Lanka means so much to the
[14:15] city of Los Angeles. We have
[14:17] doctors, teachers, lawyers. They
[14:19] bring so much love and community
[14:22] to the city and that's what we
[14:23] want to highlight today here at
[14:25] Echo Park, celebrating the Lotus
[14:27] Festival. It's a great event
[14:34] full of diversity and culture.
[14:36] The host country this year is
[14:38] Sri Lanka and we had the Consul
[14:40] General of Sri Lanka herself
[14:41] here to help celebrate the
[14:43] opening ceremony. We have two
[14:45] days of a lot of fun food,
[14:47] dancing, entertainment.
[15:03] Having events like this is
[15:04] absolutely critical because
[15:06] we're so diverse. But it's not
[15:08] just diversity that makes us a
[15:09] great city. It's having events
[15:09] where people that are diverse
[15:11] can learn from one another and
[15:12] really become neighbors. And
[15:14] partners and friends. And that's
[15:15] why it's so important that we
[15:16] celebrate this. We have so many
[15:23] events where people can learn
[15:23] about one another's countries or
[15:25] heritage culture, and that's
[15:26] what makes us better, makes us a
[15:28] strong city. And these types of
[15:33] events are so important for us
[15:35] as a community because it just
[15:37] brings together everyone from
[15:40] all corners of the world. We
[15:41] have Hispanics, we have
[15:44] Africans, we have South Asians
[15:45] like us. We have Koreans,
[15:47] Chinese, and we're all here
[15:49] together. We make up this
[15:50] beautiful city of Los Angeles.
[15:51] We are the fabric of this city.
[16:09] So what we're doing here is we
[16:11] are hosting the official World
[16:13] Cup. LA fan Zone, and we're
[16:17] going to be hosting today's
[16:19] match. We're going to do the
[16:20] third third place match on
[16:21] Saturday. And also the finals on
[16:23] Sunday. It's about getting the
[16:25] vibe of the of the crowd and
[16:27] everything. Being with people
[16:28] and everyone scores a goal. It's
[16:30] nice. It's better than sitting
[16:31] at home and watching it. I came
[16:35] with my, one of my closest
[16:37] friends so that we can enjoy the
[16:38] last games of this amazing World
[16:40] Cup. We both love soccer, so I
[16:43] was lucky enough to go to the
[16:44] first game USA against Paraguay
[16:47] . Um, so now it's just all about
[16:50] having fun for whatever's left.
[16:52] Hi We're in San Pedro. I'm
[16:56] rooting for England here. Come
[16:57] on. The England. Can we just say
[17:00] go, England? I want England to
[17:01] win. He sends it in bodies on
[17:03] the deck. Today's fan fest fan
[17:04] zone is a lively crowd. Good
[17:08] entertainment and a great game.
[17:10] And we'll see who wins. Oh, I
[17:13] volunteer for Ayso, and it's
[17:15] very meaningful for me to be
[17:17] here with my family. This is
[17:19] like my brother. We have to look
[17:20] out for. Thank you so much. Oh
[17:26] we are stoked to welcome
[17:27] everybody here right now. We've
[17:29] got such a beautiful location
[17:30] and we want to show it off.
[17:33] Right. We are giving everyone a
[17:35] first look, not just to the
[17:37] space here and our LA waterfront
[17:39] , but also a few of our tenants
[17:41] are participating as well. So
[17:42] people can get a little bit of a
[17:44] taste of San Pedro Fish Market,
[17:46] who's actually already open down
[17:48] on the other end of the site.
[17:49] But Fresco Bar, Lazio Pizza,
[17:51] we've got Piranha empanadas and
[17:53] glass box and baked bear that
[17:54] are also here so people can get
[17:57] a little taste before we
[17:57] actually open this fall. There's
[18:01] going to be a brand new visitor
[18:03] serving attraction down here at
[18:05] the port of LA called West
[18:06] Harbor. So it's really important
[18:07] for those that knew it
[18:09] previously as ports of call, to
[18:10] know that it has been completely
[18:12] redeveloped with partnership
[18:14] between the port and the West
[18:16] Harbor developer. That's going
[18:18] to offer all kinds of food and
[18:19] beverage options shopping
[18:21] options, activity options.
[18:22] There's going to be a really big
[18:24] Ferris wheel here coming next
[18:25] year. There's going to be stuff
[18:27] for kids to do. Kids playground
[18:29] area. There's going to be Harbor
[18:30] cruises so you can come down
[18:32] here and play all day, walk the
[18:33] mile long promenade and just
[18:34] figure out whatever you want to
[18:36] do with your family. We're just
[18:37] enjoying the beautiful West
[18:39] Harbor. I live here locally and
[18:42] we haven't really seen this open
[18:43] to the public in this manner. I
[18:47] had no idea what it would be
[18:48] like, but it's close. I live
[18:49] nearby so I'm actually coming on
[18:51] Saturday with my entire family,
[18:53] but they opened it early, so I
[18:55] was like, hey, why not? Let's
[18:56] go. So it looks really nice.
[18:57] It's near the water. I love the
[19:00] soccer balls floating in the
[19:01] ocean, so it looks really nice
[19:03] and a safe family environment.
[19:07] And bottom line is this if
[19:09] everybody could get a loan like
[19:12] this right here, we will be a
[19:13] better place. For So this week
[19:25] is Shark Week, and today
[19:27] specifically is July 14th. And
[19:30] July 14th is the AZA Association
[19:31] of Zoos and Aquariums. Shark and
[19:33] ray Awareness Day. We bring
[19:39] specimens out from our museum
[19:40] collection that that we normally
[19:42] don't have on display. Some
[19:45] different species of shark jaws.
[19:46] We have some great white shark
[19:47] vertebrae. We have shark skin
[19:49] that the public can touch. And
[19:51] we also have activities,
[19:53] giveaways, crafts and things
[19:54] that the public can take that
[19:56] are all around appreciating
[19:59] sharks and other kinds of
[20:00] different shark specimens that
[20:02] are not on permanent exhibit.
[20:10] Who isn't excited about sharks?
[20:10] You know, especially, you know,
[20:11] little kids. And then you grow
[20:14] up who's not excited about
[20:14] sharks? They're almost like the
[20:16] dinosaurs of the day, you know?
[20:17] And when you grow up, that never
[20:19] leaves you. You know, the love
[20:21] for sharks. It's free entry.
[20:25] That's why we come. You don't
[20:27] have to spend, you know, a lot
[20:28] of money like some of the other
[20:29] aquariums out there. Um,
[20:31] depending on where you park, you
[20:33] might have to pay for parking or
[20:34] not, but it's super cheap. It's
[20:35] a great experience. Yes It's
[20:38] small, but you just come for a
[20:39] few hours. It's great. We are
[20:49] very science based. There's a
[20:50] lot of biological content that
[20:53] we display. So alongside the
[20:56] tanks there are all the animals
[20:57] always labeled with a scientific
[20:59] name and a common name. There's
[21:02] a lot of biological illustration
[21:03] showing the anatomy of an
[21:05] octopus or the anatomy of a
[21:07] shark. And pointing out all the
[21:09] different parts and labeling it,
[21:11] um, but we're also so friendly.
[21:15] I love working here. The staff
[21:16] are amazing and everybody is
[21:18] willing to help out. We're very
[21:19] family friendly and we are
[21:22] children focused, but all ages
[21:24] are welcome and we will do
[21:25] anything to make sure everybody
[21:26] has a good time.
[21:38] Since 1984, the Japanese Garden
[21:41] offers a sanctuary from the
[21:43] haste of urban traffic, inviting
[21:45] us to disconnect from daily
[21:46] pressures and rediscover the
[21:48] meditative calm of nature in the
[21:50] city. Our thanks to the Japanese
[21:51] garden and LA's Bureau of
[21:53] Sanitation, and from all of us
[21:54] at LA City. Thank you for
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[22:06] explore and enjoy all that Los
[22:07] Angeles has to offer
[23:38] .
[23:38] There are three current central
[23:42] Library employees who were
[23:45] working here in the building at
[23:49] the time of the 1986 Central
[23:52] Library Fire, and I'm one of
[23:54] them. My name is Robert Anderson
[23:56] and I am the fiction subject
[23:59] specialist for the Central
[24:01] Library's Literature and Fiction
[24:02] department. Right at the moment,
[24:04] I'm sitting in what is today the
[24:06] teen scape department of Central
[24:09] Library. For the first 60 years
[24:11] of Central Library's existence,
[24:14] this was the fiction reading
[24:16] room of the library. The fire
[24:18] began in the closed stacks just
[24:21] off of this reading room. I had
[24:24] an assignment which happened to
[24:26] put me in the closed stacks
[24:28] right above where the fire began
[24:32] . We had no sensation that
[24:33] anything major was happening. It
[24:35] was. It was one more fire alarm.
[24:38] We cleared out the people from
[24:40] the reading room and then
[24:42] everybody left the building.
[24:44] Somebody noticed smoke coming up
[24:47] from the upper part of the
[24:50] building, and it became very
[24:52] clear that it was it was a major
[24:54] fire. We were told that we
[24:56] should come in to work the
[24:59] second day, and I do have a
[25:00] photo of myself and several
[25:03] coworkers in front of the
[25:05] library waiting to find out what
[25:07] we were going to be doing that
[25:08] day for the most part, uh, the
[25:12] reading rooms of the library
[25:14] were okay. The fire department
[25:17] had done a great job of limiting
[25:18] the fire almost entirely to the
[25:21] closed stack areas. Now, whether
[25:24] it was an arson fire or not, at
[25:25] this point, I can't say we were
[25:27] told unequivocally at the time
[25:29] of the fire by the fire
[25:31] department that it was an arson
[25:32] fire. So I've always believed
[25:34] that it was an arson fire in
[25:37] more recent years, there have
[25:38] been sources, in particular the
[25:41] library book. The book that
[25:43] Susan Orlean wrote where she
[25:44] interviewed fire experts who
[25:47] felt that perhaps it was an
[25:50] electrical fire or some other
[25:52] mishap, while 400,000,
[25:54] approximately 400,000 books were
[25:57] lost to fire, there were about
[26:01] 700,000 books that were water
[26:03] damaged because they spent hours
[26:08] trying to put that fire out. The
[26:09] city had empty freezers that we
[26:13] could use to freeze the
[26:15] collection for future freeze
[26:17] drying. In order to prevent mold
[26:20] from from forming, they managed
[26:23] between the library staff and
[26:25] the volunteers to get everything
[26:28] that we needed to get out of the
[26:30] building by the end of the
[26:31] weekend. I believe it was until
[26:34] about fall of the following year
[26:36] that we were still working in
[26:38] the building. It was it was not
[26:42] an easy place to work in because
[26:43] there was there was a lot of
[26:46] smoke in there, especially
[26:48] initially. We just used the card
[26:50] catalogs in the departments to
[26:53] do an inventory of the
[26:54] collection. We pulled all the
[26:56] books off the shelves and
[26:58] checked them against the card
[27:00] catalog, just to show that we
[27:01] still had that book. And
[27:03] eventually, uh, started working
[27:07] part time at a warehouse that
[27:10] was where all the dry books had
[27:14] had been moved. We had just a
[27:17] few library tables and chairs
[27:19] there that we worked from as as
[27:21] our offices. So they eventually
[27:24] found the title insurance
[27:27] building at 433 South Spring
[27:28] Street. They sent the books that
[27:31] had been in freezers for a
[27:33] couple of years to be freeze
[27:36] dried and started working on
[27:38] those books and inventorying
[27:40] those books and cleaning them.
[27:42] In a lot of cases, we were also
[27:45] to involved in shelving the
[27:48] collection that was a really a
[27:50] major undertaking because the
[27:52] books had been packed out from
[27:55] different parts of the library
[27:56] at all, at the same time.
[27:58] Reshelving those books was like
[28:01] putting together a giant jigsaw
[28:03] puzzle. We did finish in the
[28:06] spring of 1989, and we finally
[28:10] opened there on spring Street.
[28:13] There's a photo of me at the
[28:16] literature reference desk on
[28:18] Spring Street. We were on Spring
[28:19] Street for four years. Everybody
[28:22] I think, was just happy to be
[28:24] back working with the public
[28:26] again. And having access to what
[28:28] was left of the collection. We
[28:30] were working on trying to buy
[28:33] replacement books for what had
[28:34] been lost. And then we closed
[28:38] for the summer so that we could
[28:39] move the collection into the
[28:42] renovated Central Library. It
[28:45] was a very exciting time, uh, to
[28:47] be back in the building. It was
[28:50] a vast improvement over what we
[28:51] had had before the fire as as
[28:55] well as restoring as much as we
[29:01] could of what had survived. It
[29:03] was a rough seven years, and I
[29:06] it certainly changed my life,
[29:09] but not entirely in a negative
[29:11] way. I definitely learned a lot
[29:14] about my own capabilities and I
[29:17] got to know many of my coworkers
[29:19] quite a bit better because we
[29:21] were all working together on one
[29:24] big project for really well over
[29:26] a year, and at this time, when
[29:30] we're celebrating the Central
[29:33] Library's 100th anniversary, um
[29:36] , I, I really am glad that I had
[29:39] the opportunity to be involved
[29:42] in what is still today
[29:45] considered a pivotal part of the
[29:47] library's history.
[37:06] And.
[47:49] All right. Good morning. And AL
[47:50] GOOD
[47:50] MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE
[47:52] REGULARLY
[47:52] SCHEDULED MEETING *F YOUR LOS
[47:54] ANGELES
[47:54] CITY COUNCIL.
[47:55] TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 12th DAY
[47:57] OF
[47:58] AUGUST, THE YEAR 2026, PUBLIC
[47:59] COMMENT
[47:59] WILL BE TAKEN IN-PERSON IN THIS
[48:02] COUNCIL
[48:02] CHAMBER.
[48:04] MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[48:08] » Clerk: BLUMENFIELD,
[48:10] HARRIS-DAWSON,
[48:10] HERNANDEZ, HUTT, JURADO, LEE,
[48:11] MCOSKER,
[48:11] NAZARIAN, PADILLA, PARK, PRICE,
[48:12] RAMAN,
[48:12] RODRIGUEZ, SOTO-MARTINEZ,
[48:12] YAROSLAVSKY.
[48:16] 13 MEMBERS AND A QUORUM, MR.
[48:17] PRESIDENT.
[48:18] » Council President: ALL
[48:19] RIGHT, FIRST
[48:19] ORDER OF BUSINESS.
[48:21] » Clerk: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
[48:23] OF AUGUST
[48:24] 11, 2026.
[48:25] » Council President:er WHAT'S
[48:25] NEXT?
[48:26] » Clerk: COMMENDATORY
[48:27] RESOLUTIONS FOR
[48:28] APPROVAL.
[48:28] » Council President:
[48:29] COUNCILMEMBER
[48:29] HUTT MOVES COUNCILMEMBER
[48:31] SOTO-MARTINEZ
[48:31] SECONDS.
[48:32] CAN YOU RUN THROUGH YOUR AGENDA
[48:34] PLEASE.
[48:34] » Clerk: 1 STLU 5 ARE ITEMS
[48:36] FOR WHICH
[48:36] PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD.
[48:38] 1 AND 2 THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
[48:45] POSTED TO
[48:46] RESPECTIVE FILES.
[48:46] 6 THROUGH 24 ARE ITEMS FOR
[48:48] WHICH PUBLIC
[48:48] HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD.
[48:50] FOR ITEM 17 A CORRECTED REPORT
[48:52] HAS BEEN
[48:52] CIRCULATED AND POST TODAY
[48:54] RESPECTIVE
[48:54] COUNCIL FILE.
[48:56] 25 THROUGH 51 ARE CLOSE SESSION
[48:58] ITEMS
[48:59] FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE
[49:00] NOT BEEN
[49:00] HELD.
[49:01] TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR
[49:02] CONSIDERATION.
[49:02] » Council President: ALL
[49:03] RIGHT, NOW IS
[49:04] THE TIME FOR SPECIALS.
[49:05] I HAVE A COUPLE, MR. CLERK.
[49:07] I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD 24 ON THE
[49:10] DESK FOR
[49:10] AN AMENDMENT WHICH WILL BE
[49:12] CIRCULATED.
[49:13] AND FOR ITEM 3, I WOULD LIKE TO
[49:16] MOVE
[49:16] RECOMMENDATION 1 AND 2 AS
[49:21] PART--AS
[49:21] DETAILED IN THE JOINT CLA
[49:23] REPORT.
[49:23] » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO
[49:25] THAT
[49:25] MOTION?
[49:26] » Council President: SECONDED
[49:28] BY MR.
[49:28] McOSKER.
[49:29] AND THEN I HAVE SPECIALS FOR
[49:31] MR.
[49:32] McOSKER.
[49:32] » T. McOsker: THANK YOU, FOR
[49:33] ITEM 6, I
[49:34] WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ADOPTION FOR
[49:36] ITEM B.
[49:38] » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO
[49:40] THAT
[49:40] MOTION.
[49:40] » Council President:
[49:42] SOTO-MARTINEZ.
[49:42] ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER JURADO?
[49:43] » Y. Jurado: THANK YOU,
[49:46] COUNCIL
[49:46] PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
[49:48] ITEM 9
[49:49] FOR SPECIAL VOTES AND 24 FOR
[49:51] COMMENTS.
[49:51] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[49:55] MR. SOTO-MARTINEZ.
[49:55] » H. Soto-Martinez: FOR ITEM
[49:57] NUMBER 6,
[49:57] WE HAVE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT I
[50:00] CAN
[50:00] VERBALLY READ IT, IN
[50:02] RECOMMENDATION 2E,
[50:04] IT SHOULD SAY OUT REACH TO
[50:06] COMMUNITY
[50:06] BASE ORGANIZATION LABOR UNION
[50:08] SXZ
[50:09] BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS,
[50:11] SPECIFICALLY
[50:12] INSERTING LABOR UNION BEING
[50:14] CONSISTENT
[50:15] WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN
[50:19] IN 3-A,
[50:20] SIMILARLY, IT SHOULD READ, CBOs
[50:22] AND
[50:23] LABOR UNIONS.
[50:23] » Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND
[50:25] TO THAT
[50:25] MOTION?
[50:27] » Council President:
[50:28] COUNCILMEMBER
[50:29] RODRIGUEZ?
[50:45] RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY
[50:48] ATTORNEY I NEED TO RECUSE AS
[50:51] GAL PIN MOTORS IS A SOURCE OF
[50:52] INCOME TO MY FAMILY.
[50:54] » Clerk: CAN YOU REPEAT THE
[50:55] SECOND AND THIRD SPECIALS.
[50:57] » M. Rodriguez: 6 FOR COMMENT
[50:59] SXZ A SEPARATE VOTE.
[51:00] AND ITEM 24 FOR AN AMENDMENT
[51:02] AND COMMENTS.
[51:03] » Clerk: THANK YOU.
[51:04] » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU.
[51:06] » Council President: ALL
[51:07] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
[51:10] » T. Park: ITEM 32 FOR A
[51:14] SEPARATE VOTE.
[51:14] » Council President: ALL RIGHT
[51:16] AND COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA.
[51:16] » I. Padilla: ITEM 3 FOR
[51:20] AMENDMENT AND COMMENTS PLEASE.
[51:21] » Council President: ALL
[51:22] RIGHT, ANY OTHER SPECIALS,
[51:23] ANYBODY I MISSED?
[51:25] COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN?
[51:27] » A. Nazarian: ITEM 6, CALLING
[51:30] FOR JUST A ADDING AN AMENDMENT.
[51:33] FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
[51:34] » Council President: OKAY.
[51:41] » A. Nazarian: WE'LL DETERMINE
[51:44] IF IT'S FRIENDLY.
[51:45] » Council President: ALL
[51:46] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN?
[51:47] » N. Raman: FOR ITEM 24, I'D
[51:50] LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE
[51:52] BUDGET AND FINANCE REPORT AND I
[51:53] HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR THIS ITEM
[51:56] WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED.
[51:57] » Clerk: AND IS THERE A SECOND
[51:58] TO THAT?
[51:59] » Council President: SECOND.
[52:01] ALL RIGHT.
[52:03] ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS?
[52:05] GOING ONCE?
[52:06] TWICE?
[52:10] ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, WHAT
[52:12] ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTES
[52:13] AT THIS TIME?
[52:15] » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
[52:18] ITEMS 1, 2, 4 AND 5.
[52:19] » Council President: ALL
[52:20] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
[52:22] THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[52:23] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[52:24] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[52:25] » Council President: ALL
[52:26] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[52:27] » Clerk: COUNCIL MAY NOW MOVE
[52:29] ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[52:29] » Council President: ALL
[52:30] RIGHT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MR.
[52:32] CLERK, PLEASE PREPARE US FOR
[52:33] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[52:34] » Clerk: THANK YOU, MR.
[52:35] PRESIDENT.
[52:37] AS INDICATED ON THE AGENDA,
[52:38] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING
[52:40] TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD
[52:44] CALL, AND USE MEETING ID NUMBER
[52:50] 1659176148 AND THEN PRESS POUND.
[52:51] PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED
[52:53] FOR PARTICIPATE ID.
[52:55] ONCE COUNCIL ENTERS THE PUBLIC
[52:56] COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING,
[52:59] PLEASE STAR-9 TO REQUEST TO
[52:59] SPEAK.
[53:00] WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,
[53:03] AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK
[53:07] YOU TO UNMUTE.
[53:09] USE MEETING ID NUMBER,
[53:15] 1659176148 THEN PRESS POUND.
[53:17] PRESS POUND AGAIN WHEN PROMPTED
[53:20] FOR PARTICIPATE ID.
[53:22] WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK,
[53:26] AN AUTOMATED PROMPT WILL ASK TO
[53:27] YOU UNMUTE.
[53:31] FOR MEMBERS WISHING TO PROVIDE
[53:34] PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY AND IN
[53:40] CHAMBERS.
[53:41] THERE IS BEEN A NEW RULES.
[53:43] I'M GOING TO START WITH THE
[53:46] PROCESS RELATED TO THE
[53:47] AMENDMENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
[53:48] TO SEE THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ARE
[53:50] MADE OR JUST INTRODUCED, IF
[53:51] YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, THEY
[53:53] SHOULD BE UP ON THE BOARD
[53:54] SHORTLY ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE
[53:56] OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THAT'S
[53:58] THE CLERK BOARD ON THE RIGHT
[54:00] SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[54:02] PRIOR TO GOING INTO VIRTUAL OR
[54:06] REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CAN
[54:10] BE ACCESSES THROUGH GOOGLE
[54:14] DRIVE, ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE
[54:15] CLERK'S WEBSITE WHERE ALL THE
[54:16] AGENDA FOR THE VARIOUS
[54:18] COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ALL
[54:21] COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE LISTED AS
[54:22] WELL.
[54:22] YOU DO HAVE TO SCROLL TO THE
[54:25] BOTTOM BUT IT'S A LINK THAT
[54:28] WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY.
[54:29] I WILL NOW GO THROUGH THE
[54:31] IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC
[54:32] INSTRUCTIONS.
[54:33] TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC
[54:36] COMMENT WH, IT'S YOUR TURN TO
[54:38] SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHICH OF
[54:39] THE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE
[54:40] TO SPEAK TO.
[54:41] YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE PER ITEM
[54:44] UP TO 3 MINUTES TOTAL.
[54:46] WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA
[54:47] ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC.
[54:49] OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS
[54:51] MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN.
[54:52] IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF
[54:55] WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE
[54:57] ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE
[54:59] BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE
[55:00] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[55:01] AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO GET
[55:04] CLEARLY ON TOPIC.
[55:05] IF YOU DON'T DO SO OR STRAY OFF
[55:07] TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE
[55:09] REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND
[55:10] WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
[55:11] SPEAKER.
[55:12] THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC
[55:14] COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE 6
[55:16] THROUGH 51, SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS
[55:18] THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC
[55:19] COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE
[55:21] ITEMS 6 THROUGH 51.
[55:23] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO
[55:25] SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR
[55:27] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[55:28] DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
[55:29] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK
[55:30] TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING
[55:33] ELSE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER
[55:35] JURISDICTION.
[55:35] I HAVE A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS
[55:37] IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE
[55:39] INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO
[55:42] THE ROOM AND OUR REMOTE CALLERS.
[55:44] IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH
[55:46] LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PLEASE
[55:47] MAKE SURE TO PAWS EVERY FEW
[55:49] SENT SENSES SO THE INTERPRETERS
[55:51] CAN INTERPRET.
[55:52] » Interpreter: [SPEAKING
[55:53] SPANISH]
[55:57] » City Attorney: DON'T WORRY,
[55:59] WE WILL PAWS YOUR TIME, WHILE
[56:01] THE INTERPRETERS WITH
[56:02] INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET
[56:03] THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS
[56:04] EVERYONE ELSE.
[56:05] THANK YOU.
[56:06] » Interpreter: [SPEAKING
[56:07] SPANISH]
[56:15] » City Attorney: FOR OUR
[56:18] IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, IF YOU'VE
[56:18] MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST
[56:20] PURSUANT TO THE ADA WITH THE
[56:23] CLERK'S OFFICE OR IF YOU WOULD
[56:24] LIKE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO MAKE
[56:25] USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE
[56:27] DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT
[56:29] PERIOD, PLEASE WHEN IT IS YOUR
[56:30] TURN TO SPEAK AND THE NAME THAT
[56:31] YOU SIGNED UP UNDER HAS BEEN
[56:33] CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE LINE UP IN
[56:35] THE CENTER AISLE, NOT AT THE
[56:37] PODIUM BUT THE CENTER AISLE AS
[56:39] IT IS EASIER TO ACCESS AND
[56:41] RAISE YOUR HANDS SO THE
[56:43] SERGEANTS KNOW THAT YOU WOULD
[56:43] LIKE TO USE THE WIRELESS
[56:45] MICROPHONE.
[56:46] FINALLY IN ORDER TO HELP US RUN
[56:49] AN EFFICIENTLY COMMENT PERIOD,
[56:51] AND ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH PEOPLE
[56:52] AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD ASK THAT
[56:54] YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR
[56:56] THAT YOU SIGNED UP, I WILL NOTE
[57:01] FOR OUR REMOTE PUBLIC
[57:02] COMMENTERS, THERE WILL BE
[57:04] ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION THAT'S
[57:05] ARE SPECIFIC FOR OUR REMOTE
[57:07] PUBLIC CALLERS BEFORE WE GET TO
[57:08] THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING.
[57:09] THANK YOU.
[57:13] » Clerk: WILL THE FOLLOWING
[57:15] NAMES PLEASE LINE UP FOR PUBLIC
[57:16] COMMENT.
[57:17] A LEJANDRO, MA RAY, FERNANDO,
[57:25] CARMEN GUTIERREZ AND SHERRI
[57:30] BECKINGBOCH.
[57:54] » City Attorney: SO IF YOU'VE
[57:55] HEARD YOUR NAME OR THE NAME
[57:57] THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED
[58:00] ALOUD, PLEASE LINE UP IN ANY
[58:01] ORDER.
[58:02] WE WILL NOW TAKE THE FIRST
[58:03] SPEAKER.
[58:06] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING.
[58:07] » City Attorney: WHAT WOULD
[58:08] YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[58:09] » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC
[58:10] COMMENT AND AGENDA ITEM 6.
[58:11] » City Attorney: OKAY, SO
[58:14] YOU'LL ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM
[58:15] AND ONE FOR GENERAL.
[58:16] I'LL ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE
[58:18] BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS BEFORE
[58:19] MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC
[58:20] COMMENT.
[58:21] » Speaker: I'M COMBINING THEM,
[58:24] GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARIA
[58:26] ON BEHALF OF THE L.A. WORKERS
[58:28] NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 6,
[58:32] NOWS REFORMS.
[58:33] I WANT TO THANK OUR CHAMPIONS
[58:37] COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ AND
[58:39] TIM McOSKER WHO ADVANCED THIS
[58:41] MOTION AND EVERYONE WHO HAS
[58:43] HELPED MOVE THIS EFFORT FORWARD
[58:44] WITH US.
[58:46] WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THESE
[58:48] DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTINUED
[58:50] INVESTMENT IN STRENGTHENING
[58:53] OWES, SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE
[58:54] THAT DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY IS
[58:57] CRITICAL IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT
[59:00] PROTECTING WORKERS EVERY DAY.
[59:01] THIS IS A STEP IN THE MUCH
[59:03] LARGER PROCESS AND WE REMAIN
[59:07] COMMITTED WITH WS LABOR TO
[59:08] CONTINUE BUILDING A STRONGER
[59:11] ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM THAT
[59:11] RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF
[59:15] WORKERS AND RESPONSIBLE
[59:16] EMPLOYERS ALIKE.
[59:17] AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE
[59:19] OLYMPICS, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO
[59:21] MAKE LEADER IN PROTECTING LOW
[59:23] WAGE WORKERS IN ELIMINATING
[59:26] WAGE THEFT THAT CONTINUES TO
[59:29] IMPACT THOUSANDS OF FAMILY
[59:30] EVERY YEAR.
[59:30] THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP,
[59:32] WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[59:33] ALL OF YOU AND LET'S GET THIS
[59:35] EFFORT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
[59:36] TODAY.
[59:37] THANK YOU.
[59:54] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[59:54] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[59:56] » Speaker: ON ITEM 6, PLEASE.
[59:58] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[59:59] HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE ITEM,
[1:00:00] GO AHEAD.
[1:00:01] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M A
[1:00:03] LEJANDRA I'M HERE WITH THE L.A.
[1:00:05] WORKER INTERNET AND SUPPORT OF
[1:00:08] OWS REFORMS.
[1:00:09] I STARTED MY FIRST JOB AS A
[1:00:12] CASH YOU'RE WHEN I WAS 17 ABOUT
[1:00:14] FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE I
[1:00:17] EXPERIENCED GETTING PAID LESS
[1:00:18] THAN MINIMUM WAGE AND WORKING
[1:00:20] WITHOUT BREAKS AND NOT
[1:00:21] RECEIVING OVERTIME PAY.
[1:00:22] AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS JUST
[1:00:24] UNLUCKY BUT AFTER MOVING TO
[1:00:27] ANOTHER JOB, I SAW THAT TH* WAS
[1:00:30] A RECURRING ISSUE.
[1:00:31] WAGE THEFT IS VERY COMMON AND
[1:00:33] IT SHOWED ME THE HARM THAT IT
[1:00:35] CAN BRING, WHEN SOMEONE HAS
[1:00:38] DENIED WAGES, THEY'VE EARNED,
[1:00:40] THAT MEANS LESS MONEY ALL AND
[1:00:43] ALL ATTACKING THE QUALITY OF
[1:00:45] LIFE FOR WORKERS AND THOSE THAT
[1:00:47] DEPEND ON HIM.
[1:00:48] WORKERS LOSE MILLIONS TO WAGE
[1:00:50] STEP, THAT'S WHY STRENGTHENING
[1:00:53] ARE SO IMPORTANT, WORKERS UP TO
[1:00:55] KNOW THAT WHEN THEY KNOW THE
[1:00:57] RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED THERE IS A
[1:01:00] SYSTEM AVAILABLE.
[1:01:01] THANK YOU.
[1:01:02] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:01:03] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:01:11] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M
[1:01:13] CALLING TO SPEAK ON GENERAL
[1:01:14] MATTER.
[1:01:15] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[1:01:15] HAVE A MINUTE.
[1:01:16] » Speaker: SO THE GENERAL
[1:01:18] MATTERS IS REGARDING THE PARK
[1:01:19] ING RESTRICTIONS AND
[1:01:21] NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICULARLY ONES
[1:01:22] FROM 6:00 P.M. AND 8:00 AM AND
[1:01:26] NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS NO
[1:01:27] PARKING AT ALL ON SATURDAYS.
[1:01:29] I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO LOOK
[1:01:31] AT THAT AGAIN, STARTING THE
[1:01:34] 6:00 P.M. RESTRICTIONS AT 8:00
[1:01:39] P.M., YESTERDAY I ATE AT A THAI
[1:01:43] RESTAURANT IN COUNCILMEMBER
[1:01:46] YAROSLAVSKY'S DISTRICT I PARKED
[1:01:47] IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET ONE
[1:01:48] BLOCK OVER WHICH WAS NO PARKING
[1:01:51] FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 AM, I
[1:01:55] GOT BACK AT 6:07 AND HAD A $68
[1:01:59] PARKING TICKET.
[1:02:01] AS FAR AS SUPPORTING
[1:02:02] RESTAURANTS, WE SHOULD START
[1:02:04] THE NO-PARKING AT 8:00 P.M. AND
[1:02:06] PERHAPS 10:00 P.M. AND LOOK AT
[1:02:08] THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE
[1:02:10] ARE RESTRICTIONS AND HAVE NO,
[1:02:12] NO PARKING ON SATURDAYS CAUSE I
[1:02:14] THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
[1:02:15] SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
[1:02:20] » City Attorney: THANK YOU.
[1:02:20] » Speaker: I JUST WANT TO GET
[1:02:22] A NAME FOR COUNCILMEMBER
[1:02:24] YAROSLAVSKY.
[1:02:24] » City Attorney: IF YOU WAIT
[1:02:26] TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE'LL
[1:02:27] TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER.
[1:02:30] WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
[1:02:32] SPEAKER.
[1:02:33] NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:02:34] GOOD MORNING.
[1:02:34] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING,
[1:02:37] COUNCILMEMBER.
[1:02:37] » City Attorney: WHAT WOULD
[1:02:38] YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:02:39] » Speaker: I SHOULD KNOW, WE
[1:02:42] LOST AT LEAST 28 MILLION
[1:02:44] DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
[1:02:45] » City Attorney: ONE MINUTE
[1:02:46] FOR GENERAL.
[1:02:48] » Speaker: THIS, YOU MIGHT
[1:02:50] CALL IT NEGLECT.
[1:02:54] BUT, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO
[1:02:58] AT LEAST READ UP ON THE ISSUE
[1:03:03] OF LOST WAGES OF THE WORKERS.
[1:03:10] JUST HOLD ON.
[1:03:18] PASSED FIVE YEARS AGO, GIVING
[1:03:22] AGENCIES, CLEAR AUTHORITY TO
[1:03:27] ENFORCE ALL LABOR STATE LABOR
[1:03:29] LOSS.
[1:03:39] AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY GOOD
[1:03:43] MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER.
[1:03:44] I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE TO
[1:03:48] SUPPORT.
[1:03:49] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:03:50] SPEAKER.
[1:03:50] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:03:52] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:03:53] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A
[1:03:54] FEW NOR NAMES, SEAN ABBOT,
[1:03:59] JAMES, STEWARD WANMAN AND RAMON
[1:04:01] FLORES.
[1:04:02] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:04:03] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:04:04] » Speaker: I WILL BE SPEAKING
[1:04:06] ON ITEM NUMBER 6 IN SUPPORT.
[1:04:07] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[1:04:08] HAVE A MINUTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 6.
[1:04:12] » Speaker: HI EVERYONE I'M
[1:04:15] CARMEN GUTIERREZ AND I'M AN
[1:04:16] ORGANIZER WITH THE CLEAN
[1:04:18] CARWASH WORKING CENTER.
[1:04:19] I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
[1:04:22] ACCOMMODATION TO STRENGTHEN THE
[1:04:23] OFFICE OF WAGE STANDARDS.
[1:04:26] LOCAL AGENCIES NEED TO STEP UP,
[1:04:29] AND REALLY OBSERVE WORKERS'S
[1:04:32] RIGHTS MORE THAN EVER.
[1:04:33] THIS LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN
[1:04:36] DIFFICULT FOR CARWASH WORKERS.
[1:04:39] CARWASH WORKERS ARE FACING AN
[1:04:41] UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF WAGE AN
[1:04:43] HOUR VIOLATIONS.
[1:04:45] WE ARE SEEING DELAYED PAYMENTS,
[1:04:48] DECREASED WAGES AND WORKPLACES
[1:04:51] EITHER CLOSING OR TURNING IN TO
[1:04:55] EXPRESS CARWASHES.
[1:04:57] MEANING PUSHING WORKERS OUT.
[1:04:58] THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE OFFICE
[1:05:00] WOULD REALLY HELP BRING JUSTICE
[1:05:02] TO WORKERS AND STALL EMPLOYERS
[1:05:06] FROM FURTHER ABUSING WORKERS
[1:05:08] RIGHTS.
[1:05:08] THANK YOU.
[1:05:22] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:05:25] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:05:26] » Speaker: I HAVE A QUESTION,
[1:05:30] CAN I TALK ON CLOSED SESSION
[1:05:32] ITEMS.
[1:05:32] » City Attorney: YOU CAN SPEAK
[1:05:35] ON ANY ITEM OPEN TO PUBLIC
[1:05:36] COMMENT, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK TO
[1:05:38] ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS IS NOT
[1:05:39] OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING
[1:05:40] GENERAL.
[1:05:40] SO AS LONG AS IT'S RELATED
[1:05:43] WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS
[1:05:44] BODY, YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT
[1:05:46] DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:05:47] IS THERE A SPECIFIC CLOSE
[1:05:49] SESSION ITEM.
[1:05:50] » Council President: 2, CLOSE
[1:05:53] SESSION 35 AND GENERAL.
[1:05:54] » City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE
[1:05:55] TWO MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND
[1:05:57] ONE FOR GENERAL.
[1:05:59] » Speaker: FOR GENERAL 25, MY
[1:06:02] DAUGHTER HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF
[1:06:06] YOU RELEASING INFORMATION TO
[1:06:10] WATCH THE WATCHERS, YOU HAVE
[1:06:12] HER MISS GENDER AND PREVENTING
[1:06:15] HER FROM MISSING EMPLOYMENT.
[1:06:16] I'M REQUESTING THAT THANK YOU
[1:06:18] CONSIDER THE TYPE OF DATA THAT
[1:06:20] YOU'RE RELEASING TO THE PUBLIC
[1:06:22] AND HOW ITS IMPACTING EMPLOYEES
[1:06:26] WHEN THAT INFORMATION DATA IS
[1:06:28] INCORRECT.
[1:06:28] » City Attorney: OKAY, IS
[1:06:31] THERE ANOTHER COMMENT YOU WOULD
[1:06:32] LIKE TO PROVIDE?
[1:06:33] » Speaker: DO I HAVE TO SWITCH.
[1:06:34] » City Attorney: YOU CAN
[1:06:37] SWITCH WHENEVER YOU LIKE.
[1:06:38] » Speaker: THEN I LIKE TO GO
[1:06:40] TO 36 AND THAT'S GOING TO TIE
[1:06:42] IN TO MY GENERAL COMMENT.
[1:06:45] PRESIDENT HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU
[1:06:48] DESCRIBED WHAT UNLAWFUL STOPS
[1:06:50] MEANT TO YOU.
[1:06:51] AFTER I REPORTED DISCRIMINATION
[1:06:54] OF MY DAUGHTER, LAPD PERSONNEL
[1:06:56] CAME TO MY HOME IN SANTA
[1:06:58] CLARITA WITH NO BADGE, NO
[1:07:01] UNIFORM, NO MARK CITY VEHICLES
[1:07:02] AND NO LAWFUL ACCESS MY
[1:07:07] PROPERTY.
[1:07:07] I SENT THAT VIDEO TO EVERY
[1:07:10] COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR
[1:07:11] AND RESPONSE WAS SILENCE.
[1:07:14] MY DAUGHTER WANTED HER CAREER
[1:07:15] NOT A PAY OUT.
[1:07:17] INSTEAD SHE WAS TERMINATED
[1:07:20] WHILE INACCURATE RECORDS
[1:07:22] REGARDING HER NAME AND GENDER
[1:07:26] WERE DISSEMINATED.
[1:07:27] NOW TWO SUPREME COURT CASES
[1:07:29] THAT WE WANTED.
[1:07:33] 226ST PC AND 26STPV17544, GIVE
[1:07:41] THE POLICE COMMISSION AUTHORITY
[1:07:42] TO REVIEW SERIOUS
[1:07:45] DISCRIMINATION, POLICY
[1:07:46] VIOLATIONS AND FAILURES OF THE
[1:07:47] UNION TO ACT BEFORE OUR CIVIL
[1:07:51] SERVICE ANT DISMISSAL BECOMES
[1:07:52] FINAL.
[1:07:54] YOUR CURRENT CHARTER SHOULD
[1:07:57] MIMIC SERVANT OPTION SXZ IT
[1:07:58] SHOULD BE MORE NOT LESS.
[1:08:00] THANK YOU.
[1:08:01] » City Attorney: GENERAL.
[1:08:02] OKAY.
[1:08:03] NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:08:12] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:08:13] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:08:15] » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC
[1:08:16] COMMENT AND ITEM 6, PLEASE.
[1:08:17] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:08:19] MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:08:19] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.
[1:08:21] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WE
[1:08:24] HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
[1:08:25] PROPOSAL AND URGE YOU NOT TO
[1:08:27] MOVE FORWARD WITH IT IN ITS
[1:08:29] CURRENT FORM.
[1:08:29] THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW
[1:08:31] THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF
[1:08:33] CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TO
[1:08:37] ADMINISTER ADMINISTRATIVE
[1:08:38] SUBPOENAS.
[1:08:38] THAT IS A MEANINGFUL SHIFT AND
[1:08:41] ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND
[1:08:42] SUBPOENA POWER IS A SERIOUS
[1:08:44] TOOL THAT SHOULD COME WITH
[1:08:45] OVERSIGHT.
[1:08:46] AT THIS POINT, THE CITY HAS NOT
[1:08:49] EXPLAINED WHY THE CURRENT
[1:08:52] PROCESS IS UNSUFFICIENT, WHAT
[1:08:55] SAFEGUARDS WOULD REMAIN IF THE
[1:08:59] AUTHORITY IS--OR HOW THIS
[1:09:01] ORDINANCE WOULD FUNCTION IF THE
[1:09:03] CHARTER REFORMS ARE ADOPTED IN
[1:09:04] NOVEMBER.
[1:09:05] WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
[1:09:06] CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
[1:09:07] COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF
[1:09:09] DOLLARS AND POTENTIALLY DUE
[1:09:11] MRIK ATE ENFORCEMENT ALREADY
[1:09:12] CONDUCTED BY THE STATE.
[1:09:13] PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE IS NO
[1:09:15] CLEAR FUNDING SOURCE.
[1:09:15] THANK YOU.
[1:09:17] » City Attorney: GENERAL
[1:09:18] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:09:18] DID YOU WANT YOUR GENERAL?
[1:09:21] » Speaker: I'M OKAY.
[1:09:22] » City Attorney: THERE IS A
[1:09:24] LOT OF NEW FOLKS HERE TODAY,
[1:09:27] FYI, THE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IS
[1:09:29] BROKEN UP INTO TWO PORTIONS.
[1:09:32] SO FULLY IF YOU REQUEST ITEMS,
[1:09:34] YOU'LL GET A TIME LOCK FOR THAT
[1:09:36] AND IF YOU REQUEST PUBLIC
[1:09:37] COMMENT, YOU'LL GET A SEPARATE
[1:09:39] MINUTE.
[1:09:40] SO GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:09:41] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:09:42] » Speaker: HELLO, I WOULD LIKE
[1:09:44] TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:09:44] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:09:45] MINUTE.
[1:09:46] » Speaker: I'M QUAUNT INFLORES
[1:09:47] I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 14
[1:09:50] AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR
[1:09:52] CONSIDERATION, A PREVENTIVE BAN
[1:09:58] OF DATA CENTER.
[1:10:00] EQUIVALENT TO 16 BARRELS OF
[1:10:02] OIL, A DATA CENTER IN LAKE
[1:10:06] TAHOE HAS CUT ELECTRICITY TO
[1:10:08] POWER NEAR BY DATA CENTERS.
[1:10:12] DATA CENTER TOOK UP 43 GALLONS
[1:10:14] OF WATER AND RESIDENTS WERE
[1:10:15] FORCED INTO A DROUGHT AND THEY
[1:10:17] HAD TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
[1:10:19] ALL THIS SO ELON MUSK CAN
[1:10:25] GENERATE CHILD PORN, LITERALLY.
[1:10:29] PLEASE, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
[1:10:30] WHAT I'M SAYING.
[1:10:31] THANK YOU.
[1:10:35] AND, JEZ BELL, PLEASE ANSWER MY
[1:10:39] EMAILS.
[1:10:40] » City Attorney: THANK YOU.
[1:10:42] NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:10:52] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO.
[1:10:54] » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC
[1:10:55] COMMENT AND ITEM 6.
[1:10:56] » City Attorney: PLEASE BEGIN
[1:10:58] WITH THE ITEMS, GO AHEAD.
[1:10:59] » Speaker: STEW AWARD,
[1:11:03] REPRESENTING 425,000 BUSINESSES
[1:11:04] AND MILLIONS OF WORKERS IN L.A.
[1:11:06] COUNTY.
[1:11:08] THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE
[1:11:10] CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
[1:11:11] REPORT WOULD HAVE DETRIMENTAL
[1:11:14] AFFECTS ON ALL EMPLOYERS IN LOS
[1:11:17] ANGELES, INCLUDING MAJOR
[1:11:17] INDUSTRIES AND THE CITY'S
[1:11:19] NUMEROUS SMALL AND MINORITY
[1:11:21] OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE
[1:11:22] ALREADY STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
[1:11:25] EMPLOYERS ARE COMMITTED TO
[1:11:28] SAFEGUARDING WORKERS'S RIGHTS
[1:11:29] AND ADHERING TO EMPLOYMENT LAWS.
[1:11:31] SAFE AND FAIR WORKPLACES ARE
[1:11:33] THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESSFUL
[1:11:37] BUSINESSES, THRIVING
[1:11:38] COMMUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES
[1:11:40] FOR EMPLOYEES.
[1:11:42] HOWEVER THESE PROPOSALS, WOULD
[1:11:44] NOT ENHANCE COMPLIANCE OR
[1:11:46] IMPROVE WORKER PROTECTIONS.
[1:11:48] INSTEAD, THEY WOULD LEAD TO
[1:11:50] LARGER BACKLOGS AND SLOWER
[1:11:52] INVESTIGATIONS AND DELAYED
[1:11:54] RESOLUTION SXZ REDUCE SERVICE
[1:11:56] LEVELS ACROSS CITY PROGRAMS.
[1:11:58] » City Attorney: GENERAL.
[1:11:59] » Speaker: THIS PROPOSAL
[1:12:02] DIRECTLY UNDERMINES PRIVACY,
[1:12:03] ROADS TO PROCESS AND SCARCE
[1:12:06] CITY RESOURCES ON REDUNDANT
[1:12:08] PROGRAMS.
[1:12:11] IMPLEMENTING THIS REPORT WOULD
[1:12:12] BE MISGUIDED.
[1:12:14] DIVERTING TOWARDS DID YOU
[1:12:24] DUPLICATIVE.
[1:12:27] THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY URGE
[1:12:28] THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THE
[1:12:31] RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXPAND
[1:12:33] WORKPLACE VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT
[1:12:35] CAPACITY TO OWS.
[1:12:35] THANK YOU.
[1:12:40] THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:12:42] » Speaker: LET THE RECORD SHOW
[1:12:47] THAT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT
[1:12:48] THAT GENTLEMAN HAS COME AS CEO
[1:12:53] OF BIZ.
[1:12:54] » City Attorney: WHAT ITEM?
[1:12:55] » Speaker: FOR THE OLYMPICS?
[1:12:57] » City Attorney: I ASSUME IT'S
[1:12:58] GOING TO BE 3 DID YOU WANT
[1:13:00] GENERAL OR JUST THE ITEM?
[1:13:02] » Speaker: GENERAL AS WELL.
[1:13:02] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[1:13:04] HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:13:06] TWO MINUTES TOTAL.
[1:13:07] » Speaker: I'M FRANK I'M A
[1:13:12] EPISCOPAL PRIEST AND PART OF
[1:13:15] THE FAIR GAMES COALITION.
[1:13:16] AND L.A. CITY IS PUT WORKING ON
[1:13:19] A DEAL THAT IS PUTTING THE CITY
[1:13:24] AT--THE DEAL IS NOT PROTECTIVE
[1:13:26] OF US OF DECLINING SERVICES FOR
[1:13:31] ALREADY FACING DECLINING
[1:13:32] SERVICE SXZ LAYOFFS AND THAT
[1:13:34] WILL JUST GET WORSE IF WE
[1:13:38] DIVERT FUNDS TO THE OLYMPIC
[1:13:39] GAMES.
[1:13:41] THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES, AND
[1:13:43] LA28 IS ONLY BUDGETING FOR A
[1:13:48] MINISCULE ALLOCATED
[1:13:50] CONTINGENCY, OVER THE LAST 30
[1:13:52] YEARS, THE GAMES HAVE GONE OVER
[1:13:56] BY 121 PERCENT.
[1:13:57] AND THEY'RE EXPECTING THE L.A.
[1:13:58] TAXPAYERS TO PAY THAT LACK OF
[1:14:03] PLANNING FOR OPTIMISTIC LA28
[1:14:06] BUDGET.
[1:14:07] THE CITY CANNOT SIGN AN
[1:14:09] AGREEMENT THAT IS SO
[1:14:12] CONSEQUENCETIAL, WE STILL DON'T
[1:14:13] KNOW THE GAMES FOOT PRINT OR
[1:14:18] FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.
[1:14:19] SO WE'RE URGING THE CITY TO
[1:14:21] RENEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT
[1:14:23] PROTECTS OUR CITY AND DELIVERS
[1:14:24] THE NEEDS OF OUR WORKING
[1:14:25] FAMILIES SXEN SHOESER THAT LA28
[1:14:29] AND I O.C. PAY IN FULL.
[1:14:30] THANK YOU.
[1:14:30] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:14:32] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:14:33] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:14:35] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A
[1:14:37] FEW MORE NAMES.
[1:14:40] FAC LOS ANGELES, JACK RECHER.
[1:14:45] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING
[1:14:46] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:14:48] » Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 3.
[1:14:49] ?AOUF A MINUTE.
[1:14:49] » Speaker: I'M HERE WITH DSA
[1:14:52] LOS ANGELES AND PART OF THEIR
[1:14:54] FAIR GAMES COALITION, AND I
[1:14:55] ALSO WANT TO URGE A
[1:14:58] RENEGOTIATION OF THE CONTRACT.
[1:14:59] WE ARE COMMITTING EXTENSIVE
[1:15:01] STAFFING TIME THAT WILL NOT BE
[1:15:05] REIMBURSED BUSINESS LA28, THOSE
[1:15:06] ARE RESOURCES THAT COULD BE
[1:15:09] ALLOCATED TO HOMELESSNESS
[1:15:12] RELIEF, REBUILDING AND BUILDING
[1:15:14] INSPECTORS BUT INSTEAD WE'RE
[1:15:15] GOING FOB DEDICATED THAT MONEY
[1:15:17] TO TO* ANY COST OVERRUNS FOR
[1:15:21] THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
[1:15:24] ALSO PAYING TO THE GOVERNMENT
[1:15:27] WHICH NOT ONLY LET'S THEM OFF
[1:15:29] THE HOOK BUT IT GIVES THEM A
[1:15:32] LEVERAGE OVER OUR CITY THROUGH
[1:15:33] THE POWER OF THE PURSE.
[1:15:35] WE, WE REALLY NEED TO RESIST
[1:15:38] THIS FEDERAL INTERVENTION TO
[1:15:38] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE
[1:15:40] WORKING PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO
[1:15:42] ARE MOST AT-RISK IN L.A.
[1:15:44] SO ONCE AGAIN, I ASK COUNCIL TO
[1:15:47] RENEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE
[1:15:48] WORKERS AND EVERYONE ELSE.
[1:15:49] THANK YOU.
[1:16:00] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:16:01] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:16:02] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, CAN I
[1:16:05] SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM 3.
[1:16:06] » City Attorney: YOU CAN HAVE
[1:16:08] ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
[1:16:09] COMMENT.
[1:16:09] GO AHEAD.
[1:16:10] » Speaker: GREAT, I'M CHRIS
[1:16:11] HEROIN I'M HERE WITH DEMOCRATIC
[1:16:15] SOCIALIST OF AMERICAN LOS
[1:16:16] ANGELES AND THE FAIR GAMES
[1:16:18] COALITION, I WANT TO ECHO THE
[1:16:20] PREVIOUS TWO COMMENTERS, THE
[1:16:21] CONCERNS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT
[1:16:23] COMING WUP LA28.
[1:16:24] RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS ENTIRELY
[1:16:26] ON THE HOOK FOR ANY COST
[1:16:28] OVERRUN AND AS THEY SAID ALL OF
[1:16:30] THE OLYMPICS IN THE LAST 20 OR
[1:16:33] SO YEARS HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT
[1:16:35] COST OVER RUNS.
[1:16:36] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
[1:16:39] CANNOT AFFORD AS A CITY WE'RE
[1:16:42] ARE JUST COMING OUT OF A BUDGET
[1:16:44] CRISIS.
[1:16:47] ADDITIONALLY, LA28 HAS NOT
[1:16:48] SHOWN ITSELF TO BE TRANSPARENT,
[1:16:49] THERE IS NO CLEAR LOOK INTO
[1:16:52] THEIR FINANCES OR THEIR BUDGET
[1:16:54] LINE ITEMS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA
[1:16:56] HOW HIGH THESE COSTS CAN GO SO
[1:16:59] I'M URGING THIS CITY TO
[1:17:01] NEGOTIATE AND PROTECT WORKING
[1:17:02] FAMILIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
[1:17:03] » City Attorney: AND SPEAKER
[1:17:05] BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I GAVE YOU
[1:17:06] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE
[1:17:08] HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS,
[1:17:09] SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
[1:17:11] TO THE ITEM ITSELF, YOU CAN OR
[1:17:13] IF NOT NO WORRIES.
[1:17:15] » Speaker: I SAID WHAT I
[1:17:16] NEEDED TO SAY.
[1:17:16] » City Attorney: THANK YOU.
[1:17:17] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:17:18] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:17:20] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE CALL MORE
[1:17:24] NAMES, JOSE, MANUAL AND TIA
[1:17:28] CONSE.
[1:17:28] » City Attorney: AND FYI TO
[1:17:30] ANYBODY COMING TO THE ROOM AS
[1:17:32] WELL AS ANYBODY VIRTUALLY, THE
[1:17:35] ITEMS OPEN FOR OPEN FOR PUBLIC
[1:17:37] COMMENT ARE 3 AND ITEMS 6
[1:17:40] THROUGH 51.
[1:17:41] GO AHEAD MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE
[1:17:42] THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND
[1:17:44] ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL.
[1:17:45] » Speaker: YEAH, MOTHER
[1:17:46] FUCKERS.
[1:17:47] WHO IS GETTING MONEY OUT OF
[1:17:49] YOUR ASS?
[1:17:53] TO PRIORITIZE MOTHER FUCKER
[1:17:57] EARNER EARNINGS, YEAH THE
[1:17:59] VIOLATIONS OF OVERTIME NO PAY,
[1:18:01] YOU DUMB FUCK PIZZA FACE,
[1:18:03] THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
[1:18:07] PEOPLE WHO, IN THIS CITY
[1:18:10] HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN DENIED
[1:18:12] FAIR WAGES, WHAT IS A MOTHER
[1:18:15] FUCKEN FAIR WAGE TODAY?
[1:18:17] WHERE THE FUCK CAN YOU GET A
[1:18:19] FAIR WAGE TODAY?
[1:18:21] HOW DO I EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU
[1:18:23] MOTHER FUCKESER.
[1:18:25] PEOPLE HERE NEED TO PAY THEIR
[1:18:28] RENT, PEOPLE HERE NEED TO GET
[1:18:30] THE BITCHES INTO THE DITCHES TO
[1:18:33] PAY THE RENT SO THEY CAN GET
[1:18:36] FUCKED.
[1:18:37] SO I'M HERE ABOUT WORKPLACE
[1:18:42] VIOLENCE RAMAN NOODLE, SINCE
[1:18:43] YOU DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT
[1:18:45] HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S ITEM
[1:18:47] NUMBER I BELIEVE, 6, YOU DUMB
[1:18:51] PIZZA FACE.
[1:18:52] NOW MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE
[1:18:56] MOTION ON ITEM 24, YOU'RE NOT
[1:18:59] ALL STUPID.
[1:19:00] YOU KNOW THAT LAHSA, KNOWN AS
[1:19:05] LOS ANGELES HOUSING HAS
[1:19:08] PROVIDED BULLSHIT TO YOU, YOU,
[1:19:12] AND ALL OF YOU.
[1:19:13] WHY DO I SAY THAT?
[1:19:15] CAUSE I WAS IN COURT WITH
[1:19:18] LAHSA, SO I'M NOT GOING TO
[1:19:19] EXPLAIN THE DETAS OF DAVID O
[1:19:24] CARTER LAHSA, STEALING BILLIONS
[1:19:25] AND BILLIONS OF MOTHER FUCKEN
[1:19:27] MONIES, NO.
[1:19:28] NO.
[1:19:30] BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO
[1:19:32] UNDERSTAND, WHEN I MOVED OUT OF
[1:19:36] L.A. TO DITCH THE HOME HE'S OR
[1:19:39] THE HOMEBOYS, MOTHER FUCKEN
[1:19:41] POLICE, DID EXACTLY WHAT THE
[1:19:45] LADY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THEY
[1:19:46] COME DOWN TO THE WHITE SIDE OF
[1:19:49] THE TOWN TO COME WITH ME AND MY
[1:19:51] DAUGHTER AT THE HOUSE.
[1:19:52] WHAT THE FUCK?
[1:19:55] SO YOU VILLAINS, ALONG WITH
[1:19:58] STEWARD, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT-->>
[1:20:00] City Attorney: WHAT ITEM ARE
[1:20:01] YOU SPEAKING ABOUT.
[1:20:02] I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU
[1:20:03] WHICH ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING TO
[1:20:05] NOW?
[1:20:06] » Speaker: LOOK MOTHER FUCKER,
[1:20:08] YOU'RE RUNNING THE CLOCK.
[1:20:09] ?AOU KNOW THE RULES AND I'VE
[1:20:12] ASKED YOU POLITELY BEFORE TO
[1:20:13] PLEASE IDENTIFY THE ITEMS
[1:20:14] BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
[1:20:15] WE TRY TO TRACK WHERE YOU'RE AT.
[1:20:17] WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU SPEAKING TO?
[1:20:20] » Speaker: 24, PUT O.
[1:20:22] LET ME TRANSLATOR, BUDDY.
[1:20:24] I WAS ON 24 BEFORE I WAS RUDELY
[1:20:27] INTERRUPTED.
[1:20:28] » City Attorney: SUE EXHAUSTED
[1:20:30] YOUR ITEM ON 24, PLEASE MOVE ON
[1:20:32] TO ANOTHER ITEM.
[1:20:32] THAT WAS THE CONCERN.
[1:20:34] PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM.
[1:20:38] » Speaker: YEAH, LET'S MOVE ON
[1:20:40] TO ALL THE ITEMS ON THE LAST 20
[1:20:43] ITEMS.
[1:20:43] ALL THE MOTHER FUCKEN ITEMS
[1:20:46] GOING BEFORE CLOSED SESSION,
[1:20:48] WHICH WE THE PUBLIC HAVE THE
[1:20:50] UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU DON'T
[1:20:53] FUCKS, YOU MOTHER FUCKEN
[1:20:56] POLITICIANS, YOU DUMB BITCHES
[1:21:00] KEEP STEALING MONEY WITH OTHER
[1:21:01] LAWYERS FOR OUR MONEY.
[1:21:02] » City Attorney: GENERAL
[1:21:03] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:21:03] » Speaker: NOW TO PUBLIC
[1:21:05] COMMENT.
[1:21:09] WHILE, AS YOU KNOW, ICE CUBE
[1:21:15] WOULD SAY, YOU AIN'T GREASING
[1:21:18] MY ASS, YOU GANG BANGING
[1:21:19] POLITICIANS.
[1:21:20] YOU GANG BANG MOTHER FUCKERS
[1:21:25] AIN'T CRAWLING UP MY ASS WITH
[1:21:28] VASELINE, I'M HERE TO PROTEST,
[1:21:30] HERE TO PROTEST ABOUT WHITE
[1:21:32] MOTHER FUCKESER LIKE YOU THAT
[1:21:33] DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT MY
[1:21:36] EARNINGS, THE EARNINGS OF THE
[1:21:38] HARD WORKING PEOPLE, OF PWC AND
[1:21:43] LOCAL 720, WHATEVER MOTHER
[1:21:46] FUCKER.
[1:21:47] THAT'S WHY BIG BOY STEWARD AND
[1:21:53] BOB J*U JUJU BOY SAID, WHEN YOU
[1:21:56] GAVE ME MY TICKET TO GO TO NEW
[1:21:58] YORK, I'LL BE THERE WRAPPING,
[1:22:02] SH*UT 9 FUCK UP, SHUT THE FUCK
[1:22:05] UP, THAT'S RIGHT SMOKING SCAN,
[1:22:08] FUCK ALL SKLAIL.
[1:22:17] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING.
[1:22:19] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:22:20] » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT AND
[1:22:21] NUMBER 6.
[1:22:22] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[1:22:22] HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:22:23] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.
[1:22:25] » Speaker: MY NAME IS YVONNE
[1:22:28] I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH BETSETA
[1:22:31] LEGAL SERVICES, ONLY LEGAL
[1:22:34] PROVIDE THAERZ CAN REPRESENT
[1:22:35] ALL WORKERS REGARDLESS OF
[1:22:37] STATUS.
[1:22:39] WE'RE TEN YEARS AGO FOR THE
[1:22:41] CREATION OF OWS, AND WE'RE HERE
[1:22:43] THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS
[1:22:46] TO HELP LOW WAGE WORKERS.
[1:22:50] OWS TYPICALLY JUST CLOSES OUR
[1:22:53] CASE BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS
[1:22:55] TO GO THROUGH UNNECESSARY
[1:22:56] PROCESS TO REQUEST A SUBPOENA
[1:22:59] AND THIS ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO
[1:23:02] GET AWAY WITH WAGE THEFT.
[1:23:04] THE CLA HAS MADE IT CLEAR.
[1:23:06] THE CITY AGENCY HAVES THE LEGAL
[1:23:09] AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN SUBPOENA
[1:23:11] AND ANYONE THAT RECEIVES A
[1:23:15] SUBPOENA CAN APPEAL IT AND CAN
[1:23:18] CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RIGHTS.
[1:23:20] IT SIMPLY GIVES OWS THE TOOLS
[1:23:24] TO DO ITS JOB AND TO HELP ALL
[1:23:25] WORKERS.
[1:23:27] ADDITIONALLY ALL TOOLS WILL
[1:23:29] FOCUS ON EMPLOYERS WHO ARE
[1:23:30] BENEFITING FROM THE LACK OF
[1:23:32] ENFORCEMENT AND CREATING AN
[1:23:34] UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD FOR LAW
[1:23:37] ABIDING BUSINESSES.
[1:23:38] A VOTE AGAINST THIS WILL ONLY
[1:23:42] FORCE OWS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT
[1:23:44] WAGE THEFT FOR THOSE REASONS,
[1:23:46] WE URGE YOU TO MOVE THIS MOTION
[1:23:48] FORWARD.
[1:23:50] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:23:51] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:24:02] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M
[1:24:03] SPEAKING PUBLIC COMMENT AND
[1:24:04] ITEM 6.
[1:24:04] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:24:06] MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:24:06] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.
[1:24:08] » Speaker: I'M TIA AND I'M THE
[1:24:10] POLICY DIRECTOR OF, THRILLED TO
[1:24:15] BE HERE SINCE WE CREATED THE
[1:24:17] OFTENS OF WAGE STANDARDS.
[1:24:21] AND AT THAT TIME, WE PUT
[1:24:23] CONSCIOUSNESS INTO WAGE THEFT.
[1:24:25] WAGE THEFT WAS NOT A TERM IN
[1:24:28] 2013.
[1:24:29] AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN
[1:24:31] LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE
[1:24:32] WHOLE STATE CREATE OFFICES 6
[1:24:34] THEIR OWN TO ENFORCE THEIR
[1:24:36] MINIMUM WAGES, AS OF NOW WE'RE
[1:24:38] AT 40 THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
[1:24:41] THEN WAGE STATE RESULTED IN 20
[1:24:42] MILLION DOLLARS A WEEK, NOT
[1:24:45] COUNTING COROLLARY LOSSES AND
[1:24:47] SPENDING POWER, MY OFFICE HAS
[1:24:50] PUBLISHED MORE RESENT DATA WHY
[1:24:52] SOME WAGE THEFT MOST EYES
[1:24:55] CONNICK INDUSTRIES LIKE MEAT
[1:24:57] PACKING AND RESTAURANT
[1:24:58] CUSTODIAL, FAST FOOD AND THEN
[1:25:01] STAFFING AGENCIES, CORPORATE
[1:25:02] SHELL GAMES AND FEAR OF
[1:25:05] IMMIGRATION RETALIATION,
[1:25:06] CONTINUE TO INSULATE EMPLOYERS
[1:25:08] FROM ACCOUNTABILITY.
[1:25:09] THE RECOMMEND ASING IN THE
[1:25:11] CLA'S OFFICE OR FROM THE CLA'S
[1:25:15] OFFICE REFLECT BEST PRACTICES
[1:25:17] TO CHANGE EMPLOYER BEHAVIOR AND
[1:25:19] COLLECT BACK PAY.
[1:25:21] SO THAT INCLUDES PUBLICLY DATA,
[1:25:25] PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO COMPEL
[1:25:27] TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE TOWARDS
[1:25:29] THE EMPLOYERS AND STRATEGIC AND
[1:25:32] TARGETED ENFORCEMENT THAT
[1:25:33] HELPED INVESTIGATORS MOVE AWAY
[1:25:39] FROM A--TO PRIORITIZING CLAIMS
[1:25:41] FROM HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES.
[1:25:44] IT'S UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT
[1:25:46] ANY AGENCY WILL HAVE ENOUGH
[1:25:49] STAFF TO COMPLIANCE CHECK,
[1:25:50] YOU'VE GOT TO BE STRATEGIC.
[1:25:53] EVERY YEAR 30,000 PEOPLE FILE
[1:25:54] CLAIMS WITH THE STATE OFFICE
[1:25:56] HERE IN L.A. OR IN THE VAN NUYS
[1:25:58] OFFICE WITH THE LABOR
[1:25:59] COMMISSIONER.
[1:26:00] THEY WAIT MORE THAN 3 YEARS FOR
[1:26:03] A HEARING SOMETIMES AS LONG AS
[1:26:05] FIVE.
[1:26:06] WE RECOMMEND GIVING AUTHORITY
[1:26:08] TO PUT MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND
[1:26:11] AND GIVE LOCALS A LOCAL AND
[1:26:14] TIMELY REMEDY FOR WAGE THEFT.
[1:26:15] » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:26:31] GOOD MORNING, I ASSUME ALL
[1:26:32] ITEMS AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:26:35] YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE
[1:26:37] ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR
[1:26:37] GENERAL.
[1:26:38] » Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR.
[1:26:40] STARTING WITH NUMBER 7, I'M
[1:26:43] HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
[1:26:46] BLOOMDINGO, BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER
[1:26:48] 7 IS ABOUT TO MAKING SURE
[1:26:51] GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUNG
[1:26:52] PEOPLE.
[1:26:53] I WANT TO ASK OUR
[1:26:57] COUNCILMEMBERS BLOOMDINGO HOW
[1:26:57] OLD IS YOUNG PEOPLE?
[1:26:59] I WANT TO ASK OUR CITY
[1:27:01] ATTORNEY, HOW OLD IS YOUNG
[1:27:02] PEOPLE?
[1:27:04] BECAUSE, MY NEIGHBOR JUST HAD A
[1:27:07] NEW GENDER REVEAL PARTY, JUST A
[1:27:09] COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND RIGHT
[1:27:10] NOW, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES,
[1:27:12] IS TRYING TO GIVE THAT BABY A
[1:27:14] GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, SO RIGHT
[1:27:15] NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
[1:27:17] HAVE THE SECOND GENDER REVEAL
[1:27:19] PARTY.
[1:27:19] AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
[1:27:22] GINEDER REVEAL PARTY EVERY
[1:27:23] MONTH AFTER THAT.
[1:27:25] I REALLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM,
[1:27:28] ESPECIALLY I'M A BIG FAN OF OUR
[1:27:31] COUNCILMEMBER BLOOMDINGO, NOW
[1:27:32] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8.
[1:27:38] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:27:56] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:28:36] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:28:39] ITEM NUMBER 9.
[1:28:41] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:28:57] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:29:11] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:29:30] [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[1:29:38] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:29:39] » City Attorney: BEFORE YOU GO
[1:29:40] TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST
[1:29:43] A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
[1:29:45] GONE FOR A WHILE, WELCOME BACK.
[1:29:46] AS A REMINDER TO YOU AND FYI TO
[1:29:48] EVERYONE HERE.
[1:29:49] IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE AN
[1:29:51] INTERPRETER, THERE ARE
[1:29:52] INSTRUCTIONS ON THE AGENDA, IF
[1:29:53] YOU LET US KNOW AT LEAST 48
[1:29:55] HOURS IN ADVANCE, WE WILL DO
[1:29:56] OUR BEST TO GET AN INTERPRETER
[1:29:58] HERE.
[1:29:58] I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE NOT,
[1:30:00] I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER MADE
[1:30:02] THAT REQUEST, YOU'RE NOT
[1:30:04] REQUIRED TO DO SO BUT FOR
[1:30:05] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THAT IS
[1:30:06] WHY WE'RE LISTENING TO PUBLIC
[1:30:07] COMMENT.
[1:30:08] WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERPRETER
[1:30:10] HERE, BECAUSE ONE WAS NOT
[1:30:11] REQUESTED.
[1:30:12] GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE
[1:30:13] FOR GENERAL.
[1:30:14] » Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC
[1:30:15] COMMENT, CITY ATTORNEY I'M HERE
[1:30:17] TO SUPPORT OUR COUNCILMEMBER
[1:30:23] BLOOMDINGO, L.A. OFFICER
[1:30:26] FLORES, USING RACIAL SLURS AND
[1:30:28] REMARKS AND GENDER SLURS
[1:30:29] WHATEVER ALL OF THOSE PROFANITY
[1:30:33] PEOPLE AGAINST THE PEOPLE
[1:30:34] BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING.
[1:30:36] OFFICER DANIEL FLORES DECIDED
[1:30:37] TO MAKE A REPORT AND ALL OF A
[1:30:40] SUDDEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
[1:30:45] NATHAN HOCHMAN, FIRST OF ALL,
[1:30:46] CITY ATTORNEY REFERRED TO
[1:30:47] DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THEN THE
[1:30:49] DISTRICT ATTORNEY BELIEVED TO
[1:30:51] FILE 13 FELONY CHARGES AGAINST
[1:30:54] LAPD DANIEL FLORES.
[1:30:55] I THOUGHT THAT ANY HONEST
[1:30:58] OFFICER WOULD DO THE SAME
[1:30:59] THING, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING
[1:31:01] WRONG, YOU SAY SOMETHING, WHEN
[1:31:02] YOU SEE YOUR FELLOW OFFICER
[1:31:05] MISCONDUCT, YOU'RE GOING TO
[1:31:07] SPEAK UP LIKE A REAL HERO, LIKE
[1:31:11] A 20-INCH SERGEANT DUARTE, BUT
[1:31:14] WHY HE'S BEING PUNISHED IN JAIL?
[1:31:16] » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:31:19] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:31:20] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A
[1:31:21] FEW MORE NAMES, JACQUELINE,
[1:31:23] GABE CHINESE AND ANDREA B
[1:31:25] GONZALEZ.
[1:31:26] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:31:27] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:31:29] » Speaker: BUENOS DIAS.
[1:31:31] [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:31:38] JOSE ALBERTO.
[1:31:40] [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:31:42] » Interpreter: YES, HELLO I'M
[1:31:44] TALKING ABOUT NUMBER 6 AND
[1:31:45] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:31:45] MY NAME IS JOSE ALBERTO.
[1:31:52] [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:32:02] » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:32:05] OKAY.
[1:32:06] OKAY.
[1:32:24] [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:32:37] » Interpreter: HELLO
[1:32:38] COUNCILMEMBERS I'M A WORKER
[1:32:39] HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
[1:32:44] AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT
[1:32:46] ITEM NUMBER 6 FOR WITH REGARD
[1:32:48] TO THE WAGE STANDARD BECAUSE WE
[1:32:52] NEED THIS TO BE ENFORCED
[1:32:54] BECAUSE A LAW THAT IS NOT
[1:32:57] ENFORCED DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT
[1:32:58] ANY OF THE WORKERS WHO IS
[1:32:59] DESIGNED TO PROTECT.
[1:33:16] » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:33:26] » Interpreter: IN MY
[1:33:28] EXPERIENCE I HAVE SEEN HOW WAGE
[1:33:30] THEFT HAS AFFECTED MANY WORKERS
[1:33:32] HERE IN LOS ANGELES IN REGARDS
[1:33:33] TO NOT RECEIVING THE NECESSARY
[1:33:35] AMOUNT OF MONEY LIKE FOR ME,
[1:33:37] FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE BEEN I HAVE
[1:33:42] NOT BEEN GIVEN HUNDREDS OF
[1:33:44] DOLLARS FROM MY CHECK THAT'S
[1:33:47] MONEY MISSING AND MONEY THAT
[1:33:49] CAN GO TO PAY FOOD AND RENT AND
[1:33:51] GAS MONEY TO GET TO WORK.
[1:34:06] AND PLEASE SUPPORT US, PLEASE
[1:34:08] HELP US, THIS ORDINANCE SO IT
[1:34:11] CAN BE PUT INTO AFFECT TO
[1:34:14] PROTECT L.A. WORKERS AND THE
[1:34:15] PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT
[1:34:17] WAS INTENDED TO DO SO FROM THE
[1:34:19] BEGINNING.
[1:34:19] THANK YOU.
[1:34:20] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:34:21] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:34:22] » Speaker: I WOULD LIKE TO
[1:34:24] SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM NUMBER
[1:34:26] 6.
[1:34:28] GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS MY
[1:34:30] NAME IS MANUEL VILLANUEVA.
[1:34:37] I SPENT 15 YEARS WORKING ALONG
[1:34:40] RESTAURANT WORKERS, CLERKS WHO
[1:34:43] WORKED 12 HOUR SHIFTS AND GOT
[1:34:46] PAID FOR 8.
[1:34:48] WORKERS WHO DID EVERYTHING TO
[1:34:51] KEEP THEIR RECORDS, FILED
[1:34:52] CLAIMS AND THEN WAITED YEARS
[1:34:54] FOR THE STATE TO ACT.
[1:34:57] RENT DOESN'T WAIT AND GROCERIES
[1:35:00] DON'T WAIT.
[1:35:01] LOS ANGELES LOSES AN ESTIMATED
[1:35:03] 20 MILLION TO WAGE THEFT.
[1:35:04] WE ARE THE WAGE THEFT CAPITAL
[1:35:06] OF THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT NOW
[1:35:08] WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
[1:35:09] PUSHING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
[1:35:12] WORKERS INTO SILENCE, THE
[1:35:13] PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP THE MOST
[1:35:15] ARE LESS LIKELY TO COME FORWARD.
[1:35:16] THE CITY HAS TO FILL-IN THAT
[1:35:18] GAP.
[1:35:20] THE MOTION CREATES A NEW, NO
[1:35:22] NEW RULES FOR EMPLOYERS, IT
[1:35:24] ENFORCES LOWS THAT ALREADY
[1:35:25] EXIST.
[1:35:26] THE ONLY BUSINESS AFFECTED ARE
[1:35:28] THE ONES THAT ALREADY BREAKING
[1:35:30] THEM.
[1:35:33] WHEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS
[1:35:34] LEVELED.
[1:35:35] SO OUR ASK IS SIMPLE, ADOPT THE
[1:35:38] CLA'S ROAD MAP TO COVER
[1:35:41] OVERTIME, AND STAFF TO DO THEIR
[1:35:43] JOB.
[1:35:44] WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
[1:35:46] LET'S STAND WITH THEM TODAY.
[1:35:47] THANK YOU.
[1:36:03] » Speaker: HELLO ITEM 3 AND
[1:36:04] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:36:05] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:36:06] MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:36:08] BEGIN ITEM 3.
[1:36:09] » Speaker: I'M ARE A
[1:36:13] RESEARCHER FOR LANE, FAIR
[1:36:15] GAMES, IMMIGRATION PRO TEKTSZ
[1:36:17] AND ANTI AIRBNB IN OUR CITY.
[1:36:20] I'M HERE TO WARN L.A. CITY IS
[1:36:23] CEMENTING A DEAL THAT IS
[1:36:24] PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS AND
[1:36:26] WORKERS IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY.
[1:36:28] THIS DOES NOT DOES NOT PROTECT
[1:36:30] US FROM A FUTURE OF DECLINING
[1:36:32] SERVICES AND LAYOFFS WHERE
[1:36:34] NEARLY EVERY OLYMPIC GAMES HAS
[1:36:37] GONE OVER BUDGETS IN THE
[1:36:38] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
[1:36:39] INSTEAD THIS DEAL CONTINUES TO
[1:36:41] ASSUME THAT L.A. CITY IS ITS
[1:36:44] RESIDENTS AND WORKERS SHOULD BE
[1:36:46] THE BACKSTOP BY EVENTS OVERSEEN
[1:36:48] BY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN
[1:36:49] AMERICA.
[1:36:51] LA28 BOARD AND I O.C. CRAFTED
[1:36:56] EXCLUSIVELY IN THEIR IMAGE.
[1:36:59] THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT
[1:37:01] SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE ABOUT
[1:37:02] THIS AGREEMENT.
[1:37:03] FIRST, ONE OF THE LARGEST COSTS
[1:37:06] OF THE GAMES IS BEING POUND OFF
[1:37:08] TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
[1:37:10] NOT ONLY LET'S LA28 OFF THE
[1:37:13] HOOK BUT GIVES THE TRUMP
[1:37:16] ADMINISTRATION, NOW HEAVILY
[1:37:18] REPRESENTED ENORMOUS LEVERAGE
[1:37:20] TO DICTATE TERMS.
[1:37:22] JUST LAST YEAR FEMA'S FUNDING
[1:37:25] INCLUDED COLLABORATION WITH
[1:37:27] IMMIGRATION AGENTS AMONG ITS
[1:37:29] TERMS AND CONDITIONS, LEAVING
[1:37:30] SO MUCH FUNDING TO THE FEDERAL
[1:37:32] GOVERNMENT RAISES QUESTIONS
[1:37:33] ABOUT WHAT OUR CITY WILL LOOK
[1:37:35] LIKE IN 2028 AND WHAT EXTENT IT
[1:37:39] WILL RESEMBLE THE TRUMP'S
[1:37:41] OLYMPICS.
[1:37:42] LEAVES SO MUCH UNDEFINED.
[1:37:44] WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE GAMES
[1:37:45] OF VENUE, AND FEDERAL TERMS OF
[1:37:48] REIMBURSEMENT OR OBLIGATION OF
[1:37:50] L.A. CITY TO OTHER CITIES.
[1:37:52] WE ASK TO RENEGOTIATE A
[1:37:54] AGREEMENT DELIVERS ON THE NEEDS
[1:37:56] OF WORKING FAMILIES AND ENSURES
[1:37:58] THAT LA28 AND I O.C. PAY IN
[1:38:00] FULL.
[1:38:00] THANK YOU.
[1:38:05] » T. McOsker: MR. PRESIDENT?
[1:38:07] » Council President: MR.
[1:38:11] McOSKER WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU
[1:38:11] RISE?
[1:38:12] » T. McOsker: NOTIFYING THE
[1:38:14] PUBLIC ON A CLOSE SESSION ON
[1:38:16] THE AGENDA.
[1:38:17] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S A
[1:38:19] TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO ITEM 44,
[1:38:20] THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE
[1:38:23] SETTLEMENT AMOUNT BUT I MOVE
[1:38:26] THAT ITEM 44 BE AMEND TODAY
[1:38:29] INCLUDE MET LIFE ASSIGNMENT
[1:38:34] INC.  AS THE ANNUITY BENEFIT.
[1:38:37] AND AGAIN NO CHANGE TO THE
[1:38:39] SETTLEMENT AMOUNT.
[1:38:40] I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT.
[1:38:42] » Council President: MS.
[1:38:43] HERNANDEZ SECONDS.
[1:38:44] THANK YOU.
[1:38:45] » T. McOsker: THANK YOU.
[1:38:46] » Council President: WE GO
[1:38:47] BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:38:48] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:38:49] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:38:51] » Speaker: 3 AND 6 AND GENERAL
[1:38:54] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:38:54] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO
[1:38:56] MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE
[1:38:58] FOR GENERAL.
[1:39:00] » Speaker: POLICY MANAGER,
[1:39:01] I'LL BE SPEAKING ON 3 AND 6, ON
[1:39:04] ITEM 3, THE CHAMBER URGES THE
[1:39:07] ENHANCED CITY, RESOURCES MASTER
[1:39:08] AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST
[1:39:09] AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES
[1:39:11] AGREEMENT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.
[1:39:13] WITH JUST UNDER TWO YEARS UNTIL
[1:39:15] THE GAMES EVERY ADDITIONAL
[1:39:18] MONTH OF DELAY, REDUCES THE RUN
[1:39:19] FOR A DETAILED PLANNING FOR OUR
[1:39:21] BUSINESSES THAT ARE COUNTING
[1:39:22] ON, THE CITY AND LA28 NOW NEED
[1:39:25] TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER
[1:39:27] QUICKLY TO KEEP THE 2028 GAMES
[1:39:30] ON TRACK FOR SUCCESSFUL WELL
[1:39:32] RUN EVENT THAT BENEFITS
[1:39:35] ANGELINOS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
[1:39:37] THE CHAMBER RECOGNIZES THE
[1:39:38] IMPORTANCE OF FAIR WORKER
[1:39:45] PROTECTIONS AND ENSURING
[1:39:46] EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS.
[1:39:47] IT WOULD LEAD TO PRIVACY AND
[1:39:49] LEGAL  RISK, THE CHAMBER ASKED
[1:39:53] CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDERING.
[1:39:59] IT WILL EXPOSE BUSINESS TO SEE
[1:40:02] LEGAL LIABILITY AS THIRD PARTY
[1:40:03] ENTITIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
[1:40:06] PERSONAL WAGE AND OTHER
[1:40:08] CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS.
[1:40:09] RECONSIDER THE REMOVAL OF
[1:40:11] PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF OTHER
[1:40:13] EMPLOYERS NAME OR IDENTIFYING
[1:40:15] INFORMATION FOR OUTSTANDING
[1:40:17] WAGE JUDGMENTS TO ALIGN WITH
[1:40:19] STATE REGULATIONS.
[1:40:20] THE EXPANSION OF THE SUBPOENA
[1:40:26] AUTHORITY WILL INCREASE
[1:40:27] SCRUTINY.
[1:40:29] ESTABLISH PARAMETERS FOR
[1:40:31] EMPLOYERS, ON THE SCOPE OF
[1:40:32] INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE
[1:40:34] REQUIRED, PROTECTIONS FOR
[1:40:37] CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
[1:40:38] ASSURANCE THAT'S THERE WOULD BE
[1:40:41] NO INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT
[1:40:43] ACROSS DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
[1:40:45] SECTOR PRIOR TO GRANTING THIS
[1:40:47] AUTHORITY.
[1:40:48] FOR THESE REASONS, WE URGE CITY
[1:40:50] COUNCIL TO REFRAME FROM
[1:40:51] ADVANCING THE CURRENT PROPOSAL
[1:40:53] AND WORK WITH THE CHAMBER AND
[1:40:56] EMPLOYERS TO ADDRESS IN THE
[1:40:58] PROPOSAL BEFORE ADVANCING ANY
[1:41:00] POLICY THAT WILL HAVE BROUGHT
[1:41:02] IMPACT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
[1:41:04] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
[1:41:05] CONSIDERATION.
[1:41:24] » Speaker: WHERE DID IT GO?
[1:41:26] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:41:27] I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF, LAPD
[1:41:30] RELEASED THEIR 2025 REPORT
[1:41:33] ABOUT THEIR WORK DURING THE ICE
[1:41:36] PROTEST IN 2025 IN JUNE.
[1:41:38] AND IN THE REPORT, THEY USED
[1:41:42] THE WORD ANTI FA.
[1:41:46] THEY REFERRED TO THE PROTESTERS
[1:41:51] AS ANTIFA.
[1:41:51] THAT'S IT.
[1:41:52] IF ANYONE HAS ANY INTEREST OR
[1:41:55] READ ABOUTING THAT OR
[1:41:56] MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW WHERE
[1:41:57] TO FIND ME.
[1:41:58] MY NAME IS GABE DUNN, YEAH,
[1:42:02] THEY'RE LABELING US ANTIFA NOW,
[1:42:05] SO THAT'S ALL.
[1:42:07] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:42:08] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:42:10] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:42:12] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A
[1:42:14] FEW MORE NAMES, GLORIA, RAFAEL,
[1:42:17] DE LEON, HARRIETTE ELLIOT AND
[1:42:20] FAWN DAVIS.
[1:42:20] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:42:21] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:42:23] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM
[1:42:25] 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:42:26] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[1:42:28] HAVE ONE MINUTE, YOU HAVE ONE
[1:42:29] MINUTE FOR EACH.
[1:42:30] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEM.
[1:42:31] GO AHEAD.
[1:42:32] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING,
[1:42:34] BOARD, OR COUNCIL.
[1:42:36] LOS ANGELES WORKERS LOSE AN
[1:42:39] ESTIMATED 28 MILLION EVERY WEEK
[1:42:42] TO WAGE THEFT.
[1:42:44] THAT INCLUDES, UNPAID HOURS,
[1:42:49] OVERTIME VIOLATIONS, STOLEN
[1:42:52] TIPS, ILLEGAL DEDUCTIONS, AND
[1:42:54] OUT RIGHT NONPAYMENT.
[1:42:56] L.A. IS STILL THE WAGE THEFT
[1:43:00] CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE
[1:43:02] UNITED STATES.
[1:43:04] SO, IT IS THE DUTY OF CITY
[1:43:06] COUNCIL IN GENERAL TO PROTECT
[1:43:08] ITS RESIDENTS.
[1:43:10] I REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF HOME
[1:43:13] CARE AND DOMESTIC WORKERS AT
[1:43:15] THE FILIPINO WORKER CENTER.
[1:43:17] THEY'RE WAITING YEARS AT THE
[1:43:18] STATE LEVEL TO GET WAGES THAT
[1:43:24] THEY'RE OWED, THAT'S HOW MUCH
[1:43:24] OF A BACKLOG THEY HAVE, THE
[1:43:26] CITY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND PASS
[1:43:29] ITEM 6 AND TAKE ON MEAL CASES,
[1:43:32] RIGHT NOW THAT THE CITY DOESN'T.
[1:43:34] WE HAVE WORKED.
[1:43:36] WE HAVE WORKERS THAT LITERALLY
[1:43:39] PASS AWAY BEFORE GETTING THE
[1:43:42] HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THEY'RE
[1:43:44] OWED, THAT'S SOD.
[1:43:45] SO PLEASE HELP THE STATE'S
[1:43:47] BACKLOG BY PASSING ITEM 6.
[1:43:50] AGAIN, PASS ITEM 6, MY NAME IS
[1:43:52] VANESSA AND I'M WITH THE
[1:43:54] FILIPINO WORKER CENTER.
[1:43:58] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:43:59] PASS ITEM 6.
[1:44:00] [APPLAUSE]
[1:44:08] » Speaker: HI I'M SPEAKING ON
[1:44:10] ITEM 6, GOOD MORNING
[1:44:11] COUNCILMEMBERS.
[1:44:11] » City Attorney: OKAY, JUST
[1:44:13] ITEM 6?
[1:44:14] » Speaker: YES.
[1:44:15] » City Attorney: OKAY YOU HAVE
[1:44:16] ONE MINUTE FOR THE JT.
[1:44:17] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING I'M
[1:44:19] ANDREA, I'M WITH THE CLEAN
[1:44:22] CARWASH WORKER CENTER, A MEMBER
[1:44:23] OF THE LOS ANGELES WORKER
[1:44:25] NETWORK.
[1:44:25] I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
[1:44:28] THE RECOMMENDATIONS THREATENING
[1:44:29] THE OFFICE OF WAGE STANDARDS.
[1:44:31] WORKERS DESERVE TO KNOW THAT IF
[1:44:34] THEIR WAGES ARE STOLEN, THERE
[1:44:35] IS A PROCESS TO HAVE IT.
[1:44:38] THEY WILL NOT BE PUT AT A
[1:44:41] COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE OF
[1:44:42] BUSINESSES THAT IGNORE THE LAW.
[1:44:45] THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
[1:44:46] STRENGTHEN, ENFORCEMENT OF
[1:44:46] PROTECTIONS THE CITY HAS
[1:44:48] ALREADY ADOPTED.
[1:44:50] LOS ANGELES CREATED THE OFFICE
[1:44:52] OF WAGE STANDARDS MORE THAN A
[1:44:53] DECADE AGO AND WE HAVE HAD TIME
[1:44:55] TO LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.
[1:44:58] GOOD GOVERNMENT MEANS LOOKING
[1:45:00] AT WHAT WE BUILT IDENTIFYING
[1:45:02] WHAT IS NOT WORKING AND
[1:45:03] IMPROVING IT.
[1:45:04] THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE
[1:45:06] THE COUNCIL NOW.
[1:45:07] PLEASE SUPPORT THE
[1:45:10] RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU.
[1:45:10] THANK YOU.
[1:45:14] [APPLAUSE] >> City Attorney:
[1:45:15] THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:45:20] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:45:22] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:45:23] » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:45:25] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:45:25] MINUTE.
[1:45:26] GO AHEAD.
[1:45:27] » Speaker: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:45:44] » Interpreter: THIS BOOK WAS
[1:45:46] WRITTEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT
[1:45:52] GUERR RA* Ss, WARS AT THE SPEED
[1:45:53] OF LIGHT.
[1:45:53] » Speaker: THANK YOU.
[1:45:55] [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[1:46:06] » Interpreter: GIVEN THAT THE
[1:46:08] MISSILES COST HUNDREDS OF
[1:46:09] MILLIONS IT WOULD BE MORE
[1:46:11] BENEFICIAL TO USE LASER.
[1:46:39] YES, THERE IS A CHANGE IN
[1:46:41] AUTHORS, HIS NAME IS PETER
[1:46:42] MORGUES.
[1:46:44] HE'S REPRODUCING HIS BIGGEST
[1:46:46] RETREAT NEXT TIME, HE IS FROM
[1:46:49] NETHERLANDS.
[1:46:50] » Speaker: GRACIAS.
[1:46:52] » Interpreter: THANK YOU.
[1:46:53] » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER?
[1:47:02] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:47:03] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:47:04] » Speaker: ITEM NUMBER 6,
[1:47:05] PLEASE.
[1:47:05] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:47:06] MINUTE, GO AHEAD.
[1:47:07] » Speaker: THANK YOU.
[1:47:08] COME DAVIS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
[1:47:10] ITC COUNCIL AS WELL AS SPEAKING
[1:47:15] ON BEHALF FROM THE LOS ANGELES
[1:47:17] FEDERATION LABOR.
[1:47:18] GOOD MORNING.
[1:47:19] MY NAME IS TOM DAVIS, AND I'M
[1:47:22] HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT
[1:47:24] OF ITEM 6, THE WAGE THEFT
[1:47:27] ORDINANCE WHICH WILL HELP
[1:47:28] ENSURE ALL WORKERS ARE PAID FOR
[1:47:30] THE MEAL AND REST BREAKS AND
[1:47:35] OVERTIME PAY THEY'VE EARNED.
[1:47:38] IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, WE'VE
[1:47:42] SCENE A DECREASE, THEY'RE
[1:47:44] NOTORIOUS FOR WORKING AS MANY
[1:47:46] HOURS AS POSSIBLE IN A DAY AND
[1:47:48] THEN FLEEING AFTER A SHOOTING
[1:47:50] FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN
[1:47:52] THEY'RE GONE.
[1:47:54] THESE PRODUCTIONS WORK 12 TO 16
[1:47:56] HOURS A DAY AND PAY THE
[1:47:58] TECHNICIANS ON A FLAT RATE.
[1:48:02] OFTEN BELOW MINIMUM WAGE.
[1:48:05] THESE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE
[1:48:07] HARDSHIPS FACED BY THE
[1:48:08] TECHNICIANS IN LOS ANGELES AND
[1:48:10] TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT AND
[1:48:11] THEREFORE I ASK FOR YOUR
[1:48:13] FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
[1:48:14] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:48:15] » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:48:19] [APPLAUSE]
[1:48:22] GOOD MORNING WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:48:23] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:48:24] » Speaker: I'M SPEAKING ON
[1:48:28] ITEM NUMBER 6.
[1:48:29] » City Attorney: OKAY.
[1:48:31] SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR
[1:48:32] EACH.
[1:48:32] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING,
[1:48:35] COUNCILMEMBER, I'M GLORIA FROM
[1:48:38] FILIPINO WORKER CENTER, CALLING
[1:48:40] TO ASK THE COUNCILMEMBER TO
[1:48:42] VOTE YES ON THE FULL ADOPTION
[1:48:44] OF THE OFFICE WORD STANDARD,
[1:48:47] INFORMS US THAT THIS WEDNESDAY
[1:48:50] HEARING THAT'S COUNCIL FILE,
[1:48:52] LOS ANGELES IS THE WAIT OF THE
[1:48:58] NATION AND ACCESSING TOOLS THE
[1:49:00] CITY HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO
[1:49:03] ENSURE THE LABOR LAWS AND BOOKS
[1:49:05] ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED.
[1:49:08] SO WORKERS CAN RECOVER WITH
[1:49:10] JUST THE EARN.
[1:49:11] CREATED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO
[1:49:14] AND THIS EMPLOYMENT ARE
[1:49:15] NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
[1:49:17] OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO
[1:49:19] GET HELP THEY NEED WHEN THEIR
[1:49:22] VICTIMS OF STAFF.
[1:49:24] WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG
[1:49:27] ENOUGH, TWC WORKER CENTER
[1:49:30] ASKING THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
[1:49:32] SUPPORT THESE REFORMS WITHOUT
[1:49:33] FURTHER DELAY.
[1:49:36] PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 6.
[1:49:38] THANK YOU.
[1:49:40] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:49:41] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:49:44] » Clerk:  BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:49:50] SPEAKER, FLOR, PALM DAVIS AND
[1:49:53] KATHY.
[1:49:54] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING
[1:49:55] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:49:57] » Speaker: I'M ARIA I'M
[1:50:00] REPRESENTING DOMESTIC WORKERS
[1:50:02] UNDER FILIPINO WORKER CENTER.
[1:50:03] I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM
[1:50:06] NUMBER 6 FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
[1:50:07] COMMENT.
[1:50:07] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE ONE
[1:50:09] MINUTE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD.
[1:50:11] » Speaker: I'M ASKING TO ASK
[1:50:13] OUR BELOVED COUNCILMEMBERS TO
[1:50:14] VOTE YES ON OT FULL ADOPTIONS
[1:50:17] OF THE WAGE STANDARD REFORMS,
[1:50:21] TODAY'S HEARING.
[1:50:23] THAT'S COUNCIL FILE 23-0932.
[1:50:27] LOS ANGELES IS THE WAGE CAPITOL
[1:50:31] OF THE NATION AND REFORMS
[1:50:35] STRENGTHEN THE TOOLS THE CITY
[1:50:36] HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO ENSURE
[1:50:41] THE LABOR LAWS ARE MORE
[1:50:44] EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED.
[1:50:45] SO WORKERS CAN RECOVER WAGES
[1:50:47] THEY'VE EARNED.
[1:50:48] THE OFFICE OF THE WAGE STANDARD
[1:50:50] WAS CREATED MORE THAN 10 YEARS
[1:50:52] AGO, AND THIS IMPROVEMENTS ARE
[1:50:55] NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
[1:50:57] OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO
[1:50:59] GET HELP THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE
[1:51:02] VICTIMS OF WAGE THEFT LIKE ME.
[1:51:06] WORKERS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
[1:51:07] WE ARE ASKING THE
[1:51:10] COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT
[1:51:12] REFORMS.
[1:51:13] » City Attorney: GENERAL.
[1:51:23] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[1:51:24] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:51:25] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, ITEM
[1:51:27] 6 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[1:51:28] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:51:29] MINUTE FOR EACH, GO AHEAD.
[1:51:30] » Speaker: THANK YOU, OFFICE
[1:51:32] OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, LET
[1:51:34] ME ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO ARE
[1:51:36] STILL LISTENING AND ENGAGING US.
[1:51:38] MUCH APPRECIATED, IT DOES NOT
[1:51:40] GO UNNOTICED.
[1:51:43] I'M PART OF THE LARGEST WORKER,
[1:51:48] STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF WAGE
[1:51:49] STANDARDS.
[1:51:50] OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE'VE
[1:51:52] HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN
[1:51:55] AND TALK TO YOUR CONCERNS.
[1:51:56] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES
[1:51:59] LIKE IS THIS DID UPLICATIVE?
[1:52:04] IS IT SUSTAINABLE AND THOSE ARE
[1:52:06] ALL FAIR QUESTIONS AND I WANT
[1:52:08] TO RECOGNIZE, BUT THOSE ARE
[1:52:10] QUESTIONS FOR WHICH I THINK
[1:52:12] THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD
[1:52:13] MOVE FORWARD.
[1:52:15] LOS ANGELES HAS ALREADY
[1:52:16] INVESTED MORE THAN A DECADE IN
[1:52:19] BUILDING AND ENFORCEMENT
[1:52:20] AGENCY, AND CREATING
[1:52:21] PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY
[1:52:22] ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY,
[1:52:24] MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY.
[1:52:26] WALKING AWAY FROM AN
[1:52:27] OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THIS,
[1:52:29] IS NOT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO
[1:52:31] THE CONTRARY, IT WOULD BE
[1:52:33] FAILING TO MAXIMIZE THE
[1:52:34] INVESTMENT.
[1:52:35] AND THE ECONOMIC RIGHT SIDE NOT
[1:52:38] COMPLICATED.
[1:52:38] WAGES EARNED AND EVERY COUNCIL
[1:52:41] DISTRICT BECOME, RENT GROCERIES
[1:52:43] TRANSPORTATION AND DOLLARS
[1:52:44] SPENT IN YOUR RESPECTIVE
[1:52:46] COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
[1:52:47] WHEN THE WAGES ARE STOLEN, THE
[1:52:49] MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF THE CITY
[1:52:51] AND THIS IS WHY IMPORTANT TO
[1:52:53] EVERYONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS.
[1:52:55] WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS CAN
[1:52:57] SUCCEED AND WE'RE PREPARED TO
[1:52:58] BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ROLE IN
[1:53:01] MAKING SURE IT DOES.
[1:53:02] WORK AGO LONG EACH ONE OF YOUR
[1:53:04] OFFICES, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT
[1:53:06] THAT CAN BE DONE.
[1:53:07] LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT
[1:53:13] ABOUT PUNISHING, RESPONSIBLE
[1:53:15] BUSINESSES, RESPONSIBLE
[1:53:15] EMPLOYERS SHOULD WANT A SYSTEM
[1:53:17] WHERE FOLLOWING THE LAW DOES
[1:53:19] NOT PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE
[1:53:20] AND THAT'S THE KEY.
[1:53:21] WE URGE YOU, STRONGLY TO PASS
[1:53:24] THIS CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT IN
[1:53:26] YOUR CITY, IN YOUR BUSINESS
[1:53:28] OWNERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IN
[1:53:30] YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE
[1:53:31] COMMUNITIES YOU REPRESENT.
[1:53:32] I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
[1:53:33] CONSIDERATION.
[1:53:35] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:53:36] NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:53:37] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:53:38] SPEAKER, I WILL CALL A FEW MORE
[1:53:42] NAMES, ELVIS JACKSON AND AREAA
[1:53:48] RICINTO.
[1:53:51] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M
[1:53:53] KATHY AND I'M AN ATTORNEY OF
[1:53:55] LEGAL SERVICES, SO LOS ANGELES
[1:53:56] IS THE WAGE THEFT CAPITAL OF
[1:53:59] THIS COUNTRY, AS OF 2024, THE
[1:54:02] CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONERS
[1:54:04] OFFICE TAKES AVERAGE OF 123
[1:54:06] DAYS TO PROCESS GAMES THAT IS
[1:54:07] OVER THREE YEARS.
[1:54:09] WORKERS CANNOT WAIT THAT LONG,
[1:54:11] THEY NEED OWS TO HAVE MORE
[1:54:14] TOOLS AND BECOME A BETTER VEN
[1:54:16] TWO FOR THEM.
[1:54:18] SKIPPED MEALS AND UNBEARABLE
[1:54:20] WAGE THEFT, THEY DESERVE ACTION
[1:54:21] NOW.
[1:54:22] THIS MOTION DOES NOT CREATE A
[1:54:24] NEW LAW, IT DOES NOT IMPOSE NEW
[1:54:29] OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS, AND
[1:54:30] THE STATE ALREADY GRANTED TO
[1:54:32] OWS AND ELIMINATES THE
[1:54:34] REQUIREMENT THAT WORKERS FILE
[1:54:36] WAGE CLAIMS WITH OWS AND THEN
[1:54:38] TURN TO THE LABOR COMMISSIONER
[1:54:41] SEPARATELY TO RECOVER OVERTIME.
[1:54:46] THAT REDUNDANCY IS UNEFFICIENT.
[1:54:49] RIGHT NOW, WHEN OWS
[1:54:52] INVESTIGATES AN EMPLOYER, WHO
[1:54:54] SIMPLY IGNORES THE AGENCY'S
[1:54:57] REQUEST, THEY HAVE TWO OPTION
[1:54:58] TO SEE NAVIGATE A COME BEHR
[1:55:02] SATISFYING EVERY NOTIFICATION
[1:55:05] REQUIREMENT, BRIEFING
[1:55:06] COMMISSIONERS, NOTIFYING
[1:55:07] PARTIES AND SCHEDULING ALE
[1:55:11] HEARING, THEY FORCE, IT IS SO
[1:55:13] BURDENSOME IT IS BEEN USED TWO
[1:55:16] OR THREE TIMES.
[1:55:17] THE SUBPOENA PROCESS HAS BUILT
[1:55:20] IN MECHANICS TO PREVENT ABUSE.
[1:55:22] EVERY EMPLOYER CAN CHALLENGE IN
[1:55:23] COURT.
[1:55:24] THE PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY WHEN
[1:55:27] THOSE SAFEGUARDS ALREADY EXIST.
[1:55:27] WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO OTHER
[1:55:30] PROOF THE PROPOSAL TODAY, THE
[1:55:31] LOW WAGE IMMIGRANT WORKERS
[1:55:33] CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT ANY
[1:55:34] LONGER FOR THE PROTECTIONS THEY
[1:55:37] ARE OWED.
[1:55:38] THANK YOU.
[1:55:41] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:55:43] SPEAKER I'LL CALL A FEW MORE
[1:55:45] NAMES, JUMBO SHRIMP AND ARMANDO
[1:55:49] GEE DENA.
[1:55:49] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:55:50] WOO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:55:52] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, WHICH
[1:55:53] WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 6.
[1:55:55] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:55:56] MINUTE.
[1:55:57] » Speaker: I'M ARIEL MOORE I'M
[1:55:59] THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF LOS
[1:56:02] ANGELES FEDERATION OF LABOR.
[1:56:04] EVERY WEEK AN ESTIMATED 25 TO
[1:56:05] 28 MILLION IS STOLEN FROM
[1:56:06] WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES AND
[1:56:08] BEHIND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REAL
[1:56:09] PEOPLE.
[1:56:12] FARMWORKERS, JANITORS, SECURITY
[1:56:13] OFFICERS, RETAIL AND
[1:56:15] HOSPITALITY WORKERS, HOME CARE
[1:56:16] PROVIDERS AND WORKERS IN THE
[1:56:19] ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND
[1:56:19] BEYOND.
[1:56:20] THIS IS AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE
[1:56:21] ISSUE.
[1:56:23] THIS IS, A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE
[1:56:25] AND FUNDAMENTAL REQUIRES US TO
[1:56:26] ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE
[1:56:28] ROOM.
[1:56:29] WAGE THEFT IS NOT RACE NEUTRAL
[1:56:31] AND IT IMPACTS THE MOST VUL NER
[1:56:34] WORKERS.
[1:56:35] THE PEOPLE WE RELY TO MAKE THE
[1:56:37] CITY RUN.
[1:56:38] THE ARC OF THE MORE UNIVERSE IS
[1:56:41] LONG BUT THAT ARC HAS NEVER
[1:56:43] BENT ON ITS OWN.
[1:56:45] WORKING PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO
[1:56:47] FIGHT FOR HELL.
[1:56:47] THE POWERS IS NOT SOMETHING WE
[1:56:49] HORD, WE ORGANIZE IT, WE SHARE
[1:56:51] IT AND WE LIFT SOMEBODY ELSE UP.
[1:56:55] TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
[1:56:56] THE SAME.
[1:56:57] VOTE YES, USE YOUR POWER TO
[1:56:59] STAND WITH WORKERS.
[1:57:03] » City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER.
[1:57:04] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:57:06] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A
[1:57:08] FEW MORE NAMES.
[1:57:10] GODDESS, HARRIETTE ELLIOT AND
[1:57:12] JASON BOXER.
[1:57:13] » City Attorney: GOOD MORNING,
[1:57:14] WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:57:17] » Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT.
[1:57:18] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE A
[1:57:18] MINUTE.
[1:57:18] » Speaker: MY NAME IS MICHAEL
[1:57:22] AND MY PRONOUN HE AND HIM AND
[1:57:27] MY PRONOUN SOUTH SIDE SMOKING
[1:57:31] SCAN, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HEARING
[1:57:34] ABOUT BROWN VIOLATIONS.
[1:57:40] I'M SEEING VIOLATIONS LEFT AND
[1:57:42] RIGHT AND UP AND DOWN, SO I
[1:57:44] WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET OUTSIDE
[1:57:47] LAWYERS IF POLICE OFFICERS ARE
[1:57:49] VIOLATING DUE PROCESS WHEN THEY
[1:57:52] EXPEL PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC PLACES
[1:57:54] WITHOUT GIVING THEM A CITATION
[1:57:57] WITHOUT ALLOWING THEM TO
[1:58:00] CHALLENGE THE VIOLATION.
[1:58:02] ALL SHOULD DO THE SAME, THE
[1:58:05] POLICE UNION LAWYERS ARE JUST
[1:58:07] AS PAID OFF AND CORRUPT.
[1:58:09] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[1:58:11] NECK SPEAKER.
[1:58:11] » Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT
[1:58:13] SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
[1:58:15] FEW MORE NAMES, EP SEEN, AND
[1:58:17] RIO KNOCKO.
[1:58:18] » City Attorney: SO BEFORE WE
[1:58:19] MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I
[1:58:22] JUST WANT TO NOTE, THERE ARE
[1:58:24] WAY MORE NAMES THAN WE HAVE
[1:58:26] SPEAKERS I RECOGNIZE SOME BEING
[1:58:28] USE BID MR. HERMAN AND I
[1:58:29] BELIEVE BY THE GENTLEMAN THAT
[1:58:31] WAS SINGING IN CHINESE FOR
[1:58:35] SURE, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,
[1:58:37] BUT PLEASE SIGN UP ONCE.
[1:58:38] WHEN WE HAVE TO READ OUT
[1:58:41] ADDITIONAL NAMES, IT DOES TAKE
[1:58:44] TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
[1:58:45] DRIVEN HERE TO SPEAK.
[1:58:47] SO, AGAIN, IF WE CATCH YOU
[1:58:49] DOING IT, IT IS DISRUPTIVE TO
[1:58:51] THIS MEETING.
[1:58:52] WE'VE PRONL READ OFF AT LEAST
[1:58:55] TWO DOZEN FAKE NAMES AND YOU
[1:58:56] WILL BE SUBJECT TO WARNINGS AND
[1:58:59] POTENTIAL REMOVALS PURSUANT TO
[1:59:01] COUNCIL RULE 7 AND 12.
[1:59:03] GOOD MORNING, WOO WOULD YOU
[1:59:04] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[1:59:06] » Speaker: GENERAL COMMENT AND
[1:59:07] ITEM NUMBER 6, PLEASE.
[1:59:08] » City Attorney: GO AHEAD.
[1:59:10] » Speaker: I'M A CONSTITUENT
[1:59:16] AT COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.
[1:59:19] WE ORGANIZE TO BUILD THE
[1:59:20] ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER OF
[1:59:22] CARE GIVERS, I'M HERE TO SPEAK
[1:59:23] OF ITEM 6 AS WAGE THEFT IS AN
[1:59:27] AGRECIOUS ISSUE AND WE WELCOME
[1:59:31] STRONGER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM
[1:59:32] TO SEE TO PREVENT IT.
[1:59:35] TAXING WORK AND HELPING THE
[1:59:37] ELDERLY LIVE DIGNIFIED LIVES AS
[1:59:39] THEY NEED ASSISTANCE USING THE
[1:59:40] BATHROOM OR EATING
[1:59:41] INDEPENDENTLY.
[1:59:43] THEY WORK 24-HOUR SHIFTS AND
[1:59:46] HELPING AS A RESULT OF THESE
[1:59:49] STRENUOUS HOURS ARE OFTEN
[1:59:52] DEPRIVED OF PORTIONS OF THEIR
[1:59:54] PAY AND DENIED OVERTIME AND
[1:59:55] BREAKS.
[1:59:56] YOU MAY AS WE ALREADY DID,
[2:00:00] HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT ITEM 6
[2:00:03] THREATENING THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
[2:00:04] IF A BUSINESS ATTEST AS THEY
[2:00:08] HAVE TODAY, THAT THEY CANNOT
[2:00:12] BALANCE THEIR BOOKS, I WANT TO
[2:00:14] YOU CONSIDER IF THIS IS A
[2:00:17] BUSINESS THAT THE L.A. WANT TO
[2:00:18] CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.
[2:00:20] PLEASE VOTE YES ON 6.
[2:00:22] THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[2:00:23] [APPLAUSE]
[2:00:26] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[2:00:27] NEXT SPEAKER.
[2:00:28] GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU
[2:00:29] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[2:00:30] » Speaker: ITEM 3 AND GENERAL
[2:00:31] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:00:32] » City Attorney: OKAY, YOU
[2:00:33] HAVE A MINUTE FOR EACH, GO
[2:00:34] AHEAD.
[2:00:35] » Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M
[2:00:38] CHRIS TYLER I'M COMMUNICATION
[2:00:40] FOR JUST ECONOMY AND I'M HERE
[2:00:42] TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
[2:00:45] I REVIEWED THE PRESENTATION BY
[2:00:46] THE CAO AND THE CLA AND
[2:00:51] APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
[2:00:52] AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER
[2:00:54] AGREEMENT WHICH DOES NOT PUT US
[2:00:56] IN A BETTER POSITION
[2:00:57] FINANCIALLY, HOWEVER THERE ARE
[2:00:59] STILL SOME ISSUES, NAMELY ONE
[2:01:01] BIG ISSUE WHICH IS THAT LA28
[2:01:03] HAS NO REAL INCENTIVE NOT TO
[2:01:06] BANKRUPT US.
[2:01:07] AND IF THEY COME IN UNDER
[2:01:10] FUNDRAISED AND UNDER BUDGET TAX
[2:01:12] DOLLARS WILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR
[2:01:14] BILLIONS OF DOLLARS POTENTIALLY.
[2:01:15] THIS IS A RISK WITH AN
[2:01:17] ORGANIZATION THAT IS
[2:01:22] UNACCOUNTABLE IN A WAY THAT
[2:01:24] L.A. HAS PROVEN TO BE.
[2:01:25] THIS AGREEMENT WAS DUE OCTOBER
[2:01:28] 1 OF 2025.
[2:01:30] TODAY IS AUGUST 12, OF 2026.
[2:01:34] SO WHAT'S ANOTHER 100 DAYS OF
[2:01:36] NEGOTIATIONS IF IF MEANS THAT
[2:01:38] TAXPAYERS WILL COME OUT WITH
[2:01:40] BETTER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
[2:01:42] AROUND THE LA28 AGREEMENT.
[2:01:43] AND PERHAPS, ONCE YOU FACTOR IN
[2:01:47] THE HUMAN COSTS OF THESE GAMES,
[2:01:50] DISPLACEMENT SWEEPS, THE
[2:01:52] ENCOURAGEMENT OF FEDERAL POLICE
[2:01:53] IN OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES,
[2:01:55] THEN PERHAPS THE MOST COST
[2:01:57] AFFECTIVE SOLUTION WILL BE
[2:01:58] CANCELLATION.
[2:01:59] THANK YOU.
[2:02:03] » Clerk: COUNCIL ALL NAMES
[2:02:04] HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR IN-PERSON
[2:02:07] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:02:08] » City Attorney: AND MR.
[2:02:09] PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
[2:02:11] MOVE TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT
[2:02:12] AT THIS TIME?
[2:02:14] » Council President: LET'S
[2:02:16] MOVE TO VIRTUAL COMMENT, PLEASE.
[2:02:17] » City Attorney: MEMBERS OF
[2:02:18] THE PUBLIC I WILL NOW EXPLAIN
[2:02:20] THE PROCEDURE FOR VIRTUAL
[2:02:23] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:02:24] PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE
[2:02:26] YOUR HAND UNTIL I'M FINISHED
[2:02:29] EXPLAINING THE PROCEDURE.
[2:02:30] AFTER I WILL ASK STAFF TO
[2:02:33] ENABLE THE RAISED HAND FUNCTION
[2:02:35] FOR OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
[2:02:36] AFTER WHICH CALLERS CAN PRESS
[2:02:39] STAR-9 TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
[2:02:41] AFTER YOU PRESS STAR-9, YOU
[2:02:43] WILL HEAR A MESSAGE STATING
[2:02:45] THAT YOUR HAND HAS BEEN RAISED.
[2:02:47] CALLERS WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO
[2:02:50] SPEAK, AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE
[2:02:52] FROM ZOOM WILL PROMPT YOU TO
[2:02:56] PRESS STAR-6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
[2:02:59] AT THAT POINT, YOU NEED TO
[2:03:02] UNMUTE YOURSELF OR
[2:03:02] UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL FORFEIT
[2:03:04] YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL
[2:03:05] MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
[2:03:08] ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A
[2:03:10] COUPLE OF IMPORTANT POINTS FOR
[2:03:11] OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.
[2:03:13] FIRST WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR
[2:03:14] TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP AN
[2:03:16] EAR TO THE PHONE SO WE KNOW IN
[2:03:20] REALTIME WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO
[2:03:21] UNMUTE.
[2:03:22] SECOND, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO
[2:03:24] SPEAK, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TURN
[2:03:27] DOWN ANY OTHER TWICE THAT
[2:03:28] YOU'RE WATCHING IN MEETING ON,
[2:03:30] AS LIKELY TO CREATE FEEDBACK
[2:03:32] AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A
[2:03:33] TIME DELAY, SO THERE IS A LOT
[2:03:35] OF CONFUSION IF YOU CONTINUE TO
[2:03:36] LISTEN AND WATCH ON OTHER
[2:03:37] DEVICES.
[2:03:39] THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC
[2:03:40] COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ARE ITEMS
[2:03:42] NUMBER 3, AND ITEMS 6 THROUGH
[2:03:44] 51.
[2:03:45] AGAIN, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 3 AND
[2:03:48] ITEMS 6 THROUGH 51.
[2:03:51] WITH THAT, I WILL NOW ASK THE
[2:03:54] STAFF TO PLEASE ENABLE THE
[2:03:56] RAISED HAND FUNCTION AND MR.
[2:03:58] PRESIDENT BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET
[2:03:59] ME CONFIRM ONE THING WITH STAFF.
[2:04:22] OKAY, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN
[2:04:24] CALLING NUMBERS.
[2:04:26] » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE
[2:04:27] PRIVATE NUMBER, PLEASE UNMUTE
[2:04:29] YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME AND
[2:04:30] THE ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO
[2:04:31] SPEAK ON.
[2:04:33] » Speaker: YES, MY NAME IS
[2:04:35] JASON, I'M A SMOKE ISING SCAN
[2:04:37] VIEWER.
[2:04:37] » City Attorney: SO BEFORE YOU
[2:04:38] BEGIN, I'M GOING TO ASK
[2:04:39] EVERYBODY ON THE PHONES, THIS
[2:04:40] IS THE SAME PROCEDURE, WE USE
[2:04:43] REGULARLY, PLEASE IDENTIFY
[2:04:44] WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
[2:04:45] SPEAK TO AND THEN IDENTIFY THE
[2:04:48] ITEM THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY
[2:04:49] SPEAKING WHEN YOU SWITCH TO
[2:04:51] ANOTHER ITEM, IT HELPS US MAKE
[2:04:54] SURE WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO
[2:04:55] AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ON
[2:04:56] TOPIC.
[2:04:57] WITH THAT, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU
[2:04:58] LIKE TO SPEAK TO?
[2:04:59] » Speaker: THANK YOU, LITTLE
[2:05:00] BROTHER.
[2:05:01] IS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 9,
[2:05:05] 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, >> City
[2:05:08] Attorney: OKAY YOU'LL HAVE
[2:05:09] THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS YOU
[2:05:10] WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO.
[2:05:11] » Speaker: I'M NOT DONE.
[2:05:12] » City Attorney: THAT'S FINE.
[2:05:15] YOU WILL MORE THAN THREE ITEMS.
[2:05:17] » Speaker: WHAT THE HEM
[2:05:19] PUMPKIN HEAD.
[2:05:19] » City Attorney: I'M TRYING TO
[2:05:21] GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS, I'M
[2:05:23] TRYING TO HELP YOU GIVE PUBLIC
[2:05:24] COMMENT.
[2:05:25] YOU'VE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN
[2:05:27] THREE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN.
[2:05:28] YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE
[2:05:29] ITEMS.
[2:05:30] PLEASE START THE TIME.
[2:05:32] » Speaker: HEY, WHAT'S UP,
[2:05:34] DAISY BOO.
[2:05:36] SO THE OTHER DAY I'M IN
[2:05:41] FIGUEROA WITH THIS CHICK.
[2:05:41] » City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU
[2:05:44] CONNECT THIS TO SOMETHING ON
[2:05:45] THE AGENDA AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE
[2:05:47] IN JEAN PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU
[2:05:49] NEED TO STICK TO SOMETHING
[2:05:50] WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS
[2:05:51] BODY.
[2:05:53] IF YOU DON'T DO SO, YOU'LL
[2:05:57] FORFEIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME.
[2:05:59] » Speaker: I WAS TRYING TO GET
[2:06:01] TO IT, I WAS TALK ABOUT THING
[2:06:03] WAGES, THE WAGES GETTING
[2:06:05] STOLEN, THIS CHICK I PAID HER
[2:06:08] $5 FOR A HUB AND RUB.
[2:06:11] AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS HAVING
[2:06:15] A HARD TIME WORK GET A JOB, SHE
[2:06:18] WAS WORKING AT THE SPERM BANK
[2:06:20] BUT SHE WAS CAUGHT DRINKING ON
[2:06:22] THE JOB.
[2:06:22] » City
[2:06:24] » Council President: THIS IS
[2:06:25] OFF TOPIC.
[2:06:26] THIS IS OFF TOPIC.
[2:06:27] PLEASE GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC
[2:06:28] COMMENT.
[2:06:33] » Speaker: [INDISCERNIBLE]
[2:06:34] » City Attorney: GO AHEAD
[2:06:36] YOU'RE ON GENERAL PUBLIC
[2:06:36] COMMENT.
[2:06:37] » Speaker: THANK YOU, PUMPKIN
[2:06:39] HEAD, AND BY THE WAY, IS YOUR
[2:06:44] HAIR LINE RECEDING OR--SMOKING
[2:06:46] SCAN COMMUNITY.
[2:06:47] WE HAVE A GOOD MEET AND GREET
[2:06:49] TODAY.
[2:06:52] ANYWAY I WAS SEEING THIS CHICK,
[2:06:54] I PAID HER $5 TO GET UP ON HER
[2:06:58] BACKSIDE.
[2:06:59] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE BEEN
[2:07:00] WARNED.
[2:07:00] THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE SUBJECT
[2:07:03] MATTER OF THE CITY.
[2:07:04] WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK
[2:07:05] THAT WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
[2:07:07] CALLER.
[2:07:07] FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE
[2:07:09] WANT TO NOTE, IT IS A LOT MORE
[2:07:11] DIFFICULT FOR US TO HEAR THE
[2:07:15] REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHEN
[2:07:16] WE'RE HERE IN CHAMBERS.
[2:07:18] VS LISTENED TO YOUTUBE, IT
[2:07:19] COMES THROUGH A LOT MORE CLEAR,
[2:07:23] SO IF YOU HEAR TRYING TO FIND
[2:07:26] OUT WHAT THE SPEAK CER SAYING,
[2:07:28] THE AUDIO IS NOT AS CLEAR.
[2:07:29] WITH THAT, CAN WE CALL THE NEXT
[2:07:31] SPEAKER, PLEASE ?
[2:07:34] » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
[2:07:38] FOUR DIGITS, 1881, PLEASE STATE
[2:07:39] YOUR NAME AND THE ITEMS WOULD
[2:07:40] YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON?
[2:07:41] » Speaker: YES, I WOULD LIKE 3
[2:07:44] AND 6 AND PUBLIC COMMENT,
[2:07:45] PLEASE.
[2:07:45] » City Attorney: YOU HAVE TWO
[2:07:47] MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE
[2:07:48] FOR GENERAL.
[2:07:49] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.
[2:07:50] » Speaker: FIRST OF ALL, THANK
[2:07:51] YOU FOR STOPPING THE RIDICULOUS
[2:07:53] CALLS.
[2:07:55] ITEM 3, THE OLYMPICS, YOU KNOW,
[2:07:58] I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE IN
[2:08:00] 848 AND TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND
[2:08:04] PROFESSIONALISM OF WHAT THE
[2:08:05] CITY DID WITH THE OLYMPICS.
[2:08:07] THEY USED TO GIVE US UPDATES,
[2:08:09] YOU WOULD BE DRIVING INTO L.A.
[2:08:11] AND YOU WOULD HEAR UPDATES
[2:08:12] ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, WE HAVE
[2:08:14] NO UPDATES, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
[2:08:16] FAIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE
[2:08:17] DONALD TRUMP THE BIGGEST GIFT
[2:08:20] POSSIBLE BECAUSE HIS GOAL IS TO
[2:08:22] EMBARRASS US AT THIS OLYMPICS.
[2:08:26] SO MR. DAWSON, MR. BLOOMFIELD,
[2:08:28] ALL OF YOU, MR., THE SO-CALLED
[2:08:32] PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY IS
[2:08:34] GOING TO EMBARRASS US IN 28 AND
[2:08:37] YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY
[2:08:38] WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED.
[2:08:40] GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND START
[2:08:42] HAVING UPDATES AND MAKE SURE
[2:08:43] THIS CITY IS NOT EMBARRASSED.
[2:08:45] LET'S MOVE ON TO 6.
[2:08:49] 6.
[2:08:50] » City Attorney: GO AHEAD.
[2:08:52] » Speaker: HELLO.
[2:08:55] 6, ITEM 6 THE WAGES, MOST OF
[2:08:58] THOSE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE ME.
[2:09:00] MS. RODRIGUEZ, THEY LOOK LIKE
[2:09:02] YOU, THEY LOOK LIKE MS.
[2:09:08] PADILLA, MS. HERNANDEZ, MR.
[2:09:16] SOTO-MARTINEZ, MS. RODRIGUEZ,
[2:09:16] YOU'RE ON YOUR LAST YEARS, TAKE
[2:09:18] THE LEAD.
[2:09:19] PEOPLE LIKE TRUMP, THEY ACCEPT
[2:09:22] SUE, BUT ONCE YOU LEAVE THAT
[2:09:23] OFFICE, YOU'RE JUST LIKE THE
[2:09:24] REST OF US.
[2:09:27] SO PLEASE, TAKE THE LEAD IN
[2:09:28] THIS.
[2:09:29] YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS TO REALLY
[2:09:31] DO SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE OF
[2:09:32] THE CITY.
[2:09:33] THIS CITY HAS BEEN GOOD TO YOU,
[2:09:35] NOW YOU BE GOOD TO THE PEOPLE
[2:09:37] OF THE GREAT CITY.
[2:09:39] REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS, LOOK
[2:09:40] JUST LIKE THOSE PEOPLE THAT
[2:09:42] WERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
[2:09:44] PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
[2:09:45] » City Attorney: GO AHEAD, YOU
[2:09:46] HAVE ONE MINUTE.
[2:09:47] » Speaker: PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:09:48] THANK YOU, SIR.
[2:09:50] I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
[2:09:53] HONORING GAL PIN, I DON'T KNOW
[2:09:55] IF WE ALREADY HAVE, I APOLOGIZE
[2:09:58] FOR NOT REMEMBERING.
[2:09:58] I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
[2:10:05] THE BOCHMAN'S WERE WONDERFUL
[2:10:07] PEOPLE.
[2:10:07] THEY WERE NOT DOING IT FOR THE
[2:10:09] SHOW OR RECOGNITION.
[2:10:10] MANY TIMES WE HAD MANY
[2:10:13] CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN VAN NUYS
[2:10:15] UNDER ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND
[2:10:16] THEY MADE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS
[2:10:19] HAD GIFTS FOR THOSE KIDS.
[2:10:23] IN 1963, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN
[2:10:26] WHO WAS OVERCHARGED $500 FOR,
[2:10:30] FOR A CAR.
[2:10:31] YOU KNOW WHAT MR.  BOCHMAN DID,
[2:10:40] HE MADE SURE THAT THE PERSON
[2:10:43] GOT THE MONEY BACK.
[2:10:45] I HOPE THE CHILDREN CONTINUE
[2:10:47] THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE
[2:10:48] DONE.
[2:10:48] THANK YOU.
[2:10:50] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[2:10:52] NECK CALLER.
[2:10:54] » Clerk: CALLER WITH THE LAST
[2:10:57] FOUR DIGITS, 1740, PLEASE
[2:10:59] UNMUTE YOURSELF.
[2:10:59] » Speaker: HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[2:11:02] » City Attorney: YES, WE CAN
[2:11:03] HEAR YOU.
[2:11:03] WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO
[2:11:05] SPEAK TO?
[2:11:06] » Speaker: I'M NOT EXACTLY
[2:11:08] SURE THE NUMBERS, I THINK IT'S
[2:11:09] 3 AND 6, IT'S THE OLYMPIC AND
[2:11:11] THE WAGE ONE.
[2:11:13] I'M SORRY, THE WAGE AND ALSO
[2:11:15] PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:11:15] » City Attorney: OKAY, YES
[2:11:16] YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR THE
[2:11:17] ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR
[2:11:18] GENERAL.
[2:11:19] PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE ITEMS.
[2:11:20] GO AHEAD.
[2:11:21] » Speaker: THANK YOU, GROAT,
[2:11:22] MISS YOU BRO.
[2:11:26] SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO
[2:11:29] CITY COUNCIL FOR YEARS AND
[2:11:30] YEARS AND YEARS, TALKING ABOUT
[2:11:32] THEIR WAGES BEING STOLEN BY
[2:11:33] THEIR EMPLOYERS.
[2:11:33] IF YOU SPEAK TO AN OFFICER AND
[2:11:36] YOU OWN A BUSINESS AND SOMEBODY
[2:11:37] HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, COMING IN
[2:11:41] AND MAKING A MESS IN THE
[2:11:42] BATHROOM AND MAYBE THEY STOLE A
[2:11:46] EXTRA PAPER BAG OR WHATEVER THE
[2:11:48] FUCK, THE POLICE CAN DECIDE
[2:11:50] THAT THAT'S A SERIOUS CRIME.
[2:11:52] AND THEY WILL HARASS PEOPLE AND
[2:11:54] GET ON IT FOR THAT BUSINESS
[2:11:55] OWNER.
[2:11:56] AS A WORKER, AS YOU GO THROUGH
[2:11:59] A COP OR ANYONE IN PUBLIC
[2:12:01] SAFETY OR QUOTE INJUSTICE IN
[2:12:03] CRIME, THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE
[2:12:05] TO CALL THE POLICE FOR STEALING
[2:12:07] YOUR WAGES FOR NOT GIVING YOU
[2:12:08] WHAT YOU ALREADY WORKED FOR,
[2:12:12] WHAT THEIR OBLIGATED TO,
[2:12:13] STEALING FROM YOU.
[2:12:15] TAKING FOOD OUT OF YOUR KIDS
[2:12:16] MOUTH.
[2:12:17] THEY WILL LAUGH AT YOU AND THEY
[2:12:19] WILL LOOK AT YOU AS YOU SAID
[2:12:22] THE DUMBEST THING.
[2:12:23] RECENTLY.
[2:12:24] » City Attorney: YOU'VE
[2:12:25] EXHAUSTED YOUR MINUTE ON THAT
[2:12:26] ITEM, PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER
[2:12:28] ITEM.
[2:12:30] » Council President: --
[2:12:32] » Speaker: THANK YOU, SO THE
[2:12:35] OLYMPIC ONE.
[2:12:37] THE ONE HANDLING L.A. 2028, OR
[2:12:41] WHATEVER THE FUCK, THERE IS NO
[2:12:42] EXCUSE WITH THIS LACK OF
[2:12:43] COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
[2:12:45] YOU HAVE COME UP WITH A LITTLE
[2:12:47] TRICK, WHERE YOU PUT SOMETHING
[2:12:48] IN A SILENT WEBSITE OR
[2:12:51] COMMITTEE, OR PIECE OF PAPER,
[2:12:53] AND YOU CONSIDER THAT
[2:12:56] COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC.
[2:12:58] WE REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER
[2:13:00] YOU WENT TO THE RADIO OR TV AND
[2:13:04] TELL PEOPLE DIRECTLY WHAT WAS
[2:13:05] GOING ON.
[2:13:06] UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEOPLE ARE
[2:13:07] DYING OUT AND SOON PEOPLE WILL
[2:13:09] NOT HAVE THAT RECOLLECTION.
[2:13:11] HOWEVER, NOW IS THEIR CHANCE
[2:13:14] THAT YOU'RE NOT FULL OF SHIT.
[2:13:16] AND IF YOU DON'T PROVE THAT,
[2:13:19] YOU HAVE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE
[2:13:20] FUTURE.
[2:13:21] THE PEOPLE THAT BE COMING DOWN
[2:13:22] THERE.
[2:13:23] THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE
[2:13:25] ANGRY.
[2:13:27] GENERAL COMMENT?
[2:13:29] » City Attorney: YES.
[2:13:30] » Speaker: SO RECENTLY SB707
[2:13:33] WHICH I BELIEVE IS A WHOLE
[2:13:35] REASON WHY I'M ABLE TO GIVE
[2:13:38] TELEPHONIC COMMENT, IT SAYS
[2:13:41] SPECIFICALLY, VERY CLEARLY THAT
[2:13:42] THEY SHALL, THAT MEANS MUST IN
[2:13:45] LEGAL LANGUAGE, ALLOW REMOTE
[2:13:47] COMMENT FOR ALL MEETINGS AND
[2:13:50] COMMITTEES.
[2:13:51] AND NITHYA RAMAN WHO WAS THE
[2:13:53] FORMER CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND
[2:13:55] HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE HAS NOT
[2:13:57] BEEN DOING REMOTE PUBLIC
[2:13:58] COMMENT.
[2:13:59] I LISTENED TO HER BUDGET
[2:14:01] MEETING RECENTLY AND THEY
[2:14:02] DIDN'T DO IT EITHER, AND THEY
[2:14:05] SAID YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
[2:14:07] PURSUE WITH ANY OPTION IF
[2:14:08] THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
[2:14:11] AND BASICALLY ALL THE WORK THAT
[2:14:12] YOU'VE BEEN DOING IS INVALID,
[2:14:14] IT SAID THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY
[2:14:15] IN THE LAW.
[2:14:16] I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS
[2:14:17] ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
[2:14:18] BUT FUCK THE LAW, WE SHOULD USE
[2:14:21] FORCED TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE,
[2:14:23] THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING
[2:14:24] BUT FORCE.
[2:14:25] YOU GUYS TRIED TO BE REASONABLE
[2:14:27] WITH THEM, IT DOES NOT WORK.
[2:14:30] THEY'RE DENYING US ANY RECOURSE.
[2:14:32] » City Attorney: THANK YOU,
[2:14:34] NEXT SPEAKER.
[2:14:34] SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS SECTION
[2:14:35] PIEEDER.
[2:14:36] » Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:14:37] THAT IS THE ALLOTTED TIME WE
[2:14:40] HAVE FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
[2:14:41] » Council President: THANK YOU
[2:14:43] VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO
[2:14:44] PARTICIPATED IN OUR MEETING
[2:14:46] IN-PERSON AND TELEPHONIC.
[2:14:50] MR. CLERK, WHAT IS BEFORE US.
[2:14:51] » Clerk: COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 7
[2:14:54] AND 8 AND 8 THROUGH 12 AND 14
[2:14:58] THROUGH 23.
[2:14:58] » Council President: OKAY,
[2:15:00] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[2:15:01] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[2:15:02] » Clerk: ONE MOMENT MR.
[2:15:04] PRESIDENT.
[2:15:04] » Council President:
[2:15:05] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
[2:15:06] » E. Hernandez: COUNCIL
[2:15:07] PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
[2:15:10] TO RECONSIDER 2 THROUGH 11,
[2:15:15] STREET DISTRICT LIGHTING
[2:15:17] HEARINGS  ON YESTERDAY'S AGENDA.
[2:15:25] » Clerk: CAN WE FINISH THE
[2:15:27] VOTE.
[2:15:28] » E. Hernandez: YES.
[2:15:29] » Council President: LET'S
[2:15:30] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[2:15:31] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[2:15:32] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[2:15:34] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[2:15:35] » Clerk: AND COULD YOU AND
[2:15:36] THAT WAS TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 1
[2:15:39] AND.
[2:15:39] » E. Hernandez: ITEMS 2
[2:15:43] THROUGH 11 FROM YESTERDAY'S
[2:15:45] AGENDA.
[2:15:45] THEY ARE STREET LIGHTING
[2:15:46] DISTRICTS.
[2:15:47] » Council President: SO, SO
[2:15:49] YOU'VE GOT A SECOND ON THAT?
[2:15:52] CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT?
[2:15:53] THANK YOU.
[2:15:54] » Council President: ALL RIGHT
[2:15:56] SO, JUST GIVE THE CLERK, READ
[2:15:59] THE FULL LIST AND GIVE HIM A
[2:16:01] MINUTE TO BRING THE ITEMS BACK.
[2:16:03] » E. Hernandez: IT'S
[2:16:05] RECONSIDERING 2 THROUGH 11
[2:16:07] STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT
[2:16:07] HEARINGS.
[2:16:08] » Council President: ALL
[2:16:08] RIGHT, THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND
[2:16:10] SECONDED WITHOUT OBJECTION,
[2:16:11] WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
[2:16:13] MR. BLUMENFIELD?
[2:16:15] » B. Blumenfield: ITEM 23
[2:16:17] FORTHWITH.
[2:16:17] » Council President: WITHOUT
[2:16:19] OBJECTION, ITEM 23.
[2:16:20] MR. SOTO MOOTER NECESSARY.
[2:16:22] » H. Soto-Martinez: NUMBER 20,
[2:16:25] FORTHWITH.
[2:16:26] » Council President: WITHOUT
[2:16:28] OBJECTION, FORTHWITH.
[2:16:28] WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:16:29] » Clerk: IS IT OKAY IF WE MOVE
[2:16:31] ON TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
[2:16:34] ITEMS BEFORE WE DO THE
[2:16:36] RECONSIDERATION.
[2:16:37] OKAY.
[2:16:37] THANK YOU.
[2:16:40] AND THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 25
[2:16:43] THROUGH 51.
[2:16:44] » Council President: ALL
[2:16:45] RIGHT, WE HAVE BUDGET ITEMS 25
[2:16:49] THROUGH 51.
[2:16:50] I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE HAVE GOT
[2:16:52] A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBER CAN
[2:16:54] GIVE US GUIDANCE ON THIS?
[2:17:01] » B. Blumenfield: WE HEARD ALL
[2:17:03] OF THESE IN COMMITTEE AND WE
[2:17:04] RECOMMEND WE CAN HEAR THEM
[2:17:07] WITHOUT GOING INTO CLOSED
[2:17:08] SESSION.
[2:17:10] » Council President: OKAY,
[2:17:11] WE'VE GOT TO READ THE
[2:17:14] SETTLEMENT AND THEN OPEN THE
[2:17:15] ROLL.
[2:17:15] » Clerk: FOR ITEM 25, THERE IS
[2:17:17] A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP
[2:17:20] TO 145,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:17:22] FOR ITEM 26 IN THE CASE
[2:17:24] ENTITLED MELISSA LILLY VERSUS
[2:17:25] CITY OF LOS ANGELES HE WILL
[2:17:28] ALL, THERE IS RECOMMENDATION TO
[2:17:31] EXPEND UP TO ONE MILLION
[2:17:31] DOLLARS.
[2:17:33] ROBERT MEYERS VERSUS COUNTY OF
[2:17:34] LOS ANGELES ET AL, UP TO
[2:17:37] $500,000 IN SET SLMENT.
[2:17:39] FOR FOR 28 GARY MD VERSUS CITY
[2:17:41] OF LOS ANGELES EL AL, THERE IS
[2:17:44] A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND
[2:17:47] 190,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:17:51] FOR ITEM 29, THERE IS A
[2:17:52] RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP
[2:17:55] 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:17:56] FOR ITEM 30 IN THE CASE LETICIA
[2:18:00] ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS
[2:18:02] ANGELES EL AL, RECOMMENDATION
[2:18:05] TO EXPEND 399,000.
[2:18:08] FOR ITEM 31 STEVEN LORD VERSUS
[2:18:12] COUNTY  OF LOS ANGELES ET AL.
[2:18:21] THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO
[2:18:23] EXPEND TOUP 850,000 IN
[2:18:24] SETTLEMENT.
[2:18:25] FOR ITEM 33 IN THE CASE
[2:18:28] ENTITLED ARMANDO MEJIA VERSUS
[2:18:29] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL.
[2:18:35] FOR ITEM 34 IN THE CASE TITLED
[2:18:37] DANA, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION
[2:18:39] TO EXPEND UP TO $500,000 IN
[2:18:41] SETTLEMENT.
[2:18:42] FOR ITEM 35 IN THE CASE JEFFERY
[2:18:46] BARRIOS THERE IS A
[2:18:47] RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO
[2:18:49] 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:18:51] FOR ITEM NUMBER 36, MARTHA
[2:18:57] POLICE DEPARTMENT ET AL, EXPEND
[2:19:02] 399,000.
[2:19:03] FOR ITEM 37 IN THE CASE TITLED
[2:19:05] MARK GONZALEZ, THERE IS A
[2:19:06] RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP
[2:19:09] 160,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:19:10] FOR ITEM 38 IN THE CASE
[2:19:12] ENTITLED BARNEY BURGER VERSUS
[2:19:14] CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL,
[2:19:18] 150,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:19:19] FOR ITEM 39 IN THE CASE MARIA
[2:19:23] MENDOZA VERSUS COUNTY OF LOS
[2:19:26] ANGELES COUNTY ET AL, ITEM 40,
[2:19:31] THERE IS RECOMMENDATION TO
[2:19:34] EXPEND UP 155,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:19:37] FOR ITEM 41 INDICATELIN VERSUS
[2:19:40] CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL,
[2:19:43] THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO
[2:19:44] REJECT THE SET SLMENT.
[2:19:48] --SETTLEMENT.
[2:19:50] UP TO 125,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:19:53] FOR ITEM 43 IN THE CASE
[2:19:56] ENTITLED ANTHONY CRUZ, THERE IS
[2:19:58] A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP
[2:20:00] TO $300,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:20:04] FOR ITEM 44, VERSUS CITY OF LOS
[2:20:06] ANGELES SANTA CLARITA ET AL, 2
[2:20:11] MILLION.
[2:20:13] FOR ITEM 45 ENTITLED VERSUS
[2:20:15] CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
[2:20:17] TRANSPORTATION ET AL, THERE IS
[2:20:18] A RECOMMENDATION UP TO 749,000
[2:20:21] IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:20:23] FOR ITEM 46 GERALD VERSUS CITY
[2:20:25] OF LOS ANGELES THERE IS A
[2:20:26] RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP
[2:20:28] $400,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:20:29] FOR ITEM 47 IN THE CASE
[2:20:32] ENTITLED MICHAEL BATES VERSUS
[2:20:33] CITY OF LOS ANGELES UP TO
[2:20:36] 250,000 IN SELTMENT.
[2:20:37] FOR ITEM 48 IN THE CASE JOANN
[2:20:41] VERSUS TIMOTHY ET AL, 150,000
[2:20:44] IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:20:46] FOR ITEM 49 IN THE CASE CAESAR
[2:20:50] VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET
[2:20:54] AL, 250,000.
[2:20:56] FOR ITEM 50 JONATHAN R RAM
[2:21:01] RESIDENT.
[2:21:03] FOR ITEM 51 IN THE EMILY JUAREZ
[2:21:06] GONZALEZ VERSUS CITY OF LOS
[2:21:08] ANGELES EL AL, THERE IS A
[2:21:09] RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO
[2:21:15] $200,000 IN SETTLEMENT.
[2:21:16] AND 35 THROUGH 31, 33 THROUGH
[2:21:21] 43 AND 45 THROUGH 51 FOR THE
[2:21:27] FIRST VOTE.
[2:21:28] » Council President: ALL RIGHT
[2:21:29] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[2:21:31] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[2:21:32] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[2:21:33] » Council President: ALL
[2:21:34] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:21:35] » Clerk: NEXT WOULD BE 32
[2:21:36] CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER
[2:21:37] PARK FOR A SEPARATE VOTE IN THE
[2:21:39] CLOSE SESSION ITEMS.
[2:21:40] » Council President: ALL
[2:21:41] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[2:21:45] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:21:46] VOTE.
[2:21:48] » Clerk: 13 AYES, 1 NO.
[2:21:50] » Council President: ALL
[2:21:50] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:21:51] » Clerk: ITEM 44 OF THE CLOSE
[2:21:54] SESSION ITEMS ADS AMENDED
[2:21:56] McOFBLGER HERNANDEZ.
[2:21:57] » Council President: ALL
[2:21:58] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[2:22:01] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:22:02] VOTE.
[2:22:03] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[2:22:04] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[2:22:10] FORTHWITH ON ITEM 44.
[2:22:13] WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:22:14] » Clerk: NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO
[2:22:16] ITEM NUMBER 9 CALLED SPECIAL BY
[2:22:20] COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR A
[2:22:21] SEPARATE VOTE.
[2:22:22] » Council President: LET'S
[2:22:23] OPEN ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 9 FOR
[2:22:25] A SEPARATE VOTE.
[2:22:26] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:22:27] VOTE.
[2:22:28] » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES.
[2:22:30] » Council President: ALL
[2:22:32] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:22:34] » Clerk: ITEM 13 CALLED
[2:22:37] SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER
[2:22:39] RODRIGUEZ FOR RECUSAL.
[2:22:39] » Council President: ALL
[2:22:41] RIGHT, WE'LL ALLOW
[2:22:42] COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO
[2:22:43] RECUSE.
[2:22:44] ALL RIGHT, LET'S THE ROLL,
[2:22:46] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:22:47] VOTE.
[2:22:48] » Clerk: 13 AYES.
[2:22:50] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[2:22:51] WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:22:52] » Clerk: NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO
[2:22:56] THE RECONSIDERATION ITEMS 2
[2:22:57] THROUGH 11, WE NEED TO TAKE TWO
[2:22:59] VOTES.
[2:23:00] THE FIRST FOR RECONSIDERATION.
[2:23:03] » Council President: ALL
[2:23:04] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
[2:23:05] RECONSIDERATION.
[2:23:06] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:23:07] VOTE.
[2:23:09] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[2:23:10] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[2:23:12] » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL ARE 2
[2:23:15] THROUGH 11 THROUGH AUGUST 11th.
[2:23:18] » Council President:
[2:23:19] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
[2:23:19] » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU,
[2:23:21] COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
[2:23:23] TO CONTINUE THE HEARING DATES
[2:23:25] OF THESE ITEMS TO AUGUST 18th
[2:23:28] AND FINAL ORDINANCE DATE TO
[2:23:29] SEPTEMBER 15th.
[2:23:35] » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO
[2:23:38] THAT MOTION?
[2:23:38] » Council President: I THOUGHT
[2:23:40] WE HAD A SOTO-MARTINEZ.
[2:23:43] IS THERE A SECOND SECOND?
[2:23:46] IN THAT CASE, IT WILL BE RAMAN.
[2:23:48] » Clerk: AND WE'LL NEED TO
[2:23:50] TAKE A VOTE BUT WE'LL HAVE TO
[2:23:52] ENTER IT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
[2:24:22] » Council President: ALL
[2:24:23] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[2:24:24] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:24:25] VOTE.
[2:24:26] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[2:24:27] » Council President: WLAZ NEXT?
[2:24:29] » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
[2:24:31] ITEM 6 TO ADOPT THE PERSONNEL
[2:24:34] AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT AS
[2:24:37] AMENDED BY VERBAL AMENDMENT AND
[2:24:39] FURTHER AMENDED BY MOTION 6-C,
[2:24:42] NAZARIAN.
[2:24:43] » Council President: ALL
[2:24:44] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON
[2:24:45] THIS ITEM AS AMENDED.
[2:24:48] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:24:49] VOTE.
[2:24:50] --HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
[2:24:53] WE GOT.
[2:24:55] LET'S SCRATCH THAT AND DO IT
[2:24:56] OVER AGAIN.
[2:25:00] OKAY.
[2:25:02] » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU,
[2:25:04] COLLEAGUES.
[2:25:06] SO, I, I WANT TO BEGIN BY
[2:25:08] THANKING ALL THE ADVOCATES THAT
[2:25:10] HAVE COME OUT TODAY IN SUPPORT
[2:25:12] AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO
[2:25:15] INDIVIDUALS AT DIFFERENT
[2:25:17] CONFERENCES, ABOUT THE
[2:25:20] INTENTIONALITY BEHIND THIS WORK.
[2:25:30] EVERYTHING I DO IS TO DO
[2:25:32] AFFECTIVE WORK AND DELIVERABLES.
[2:25:33] ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I
[2:25:35] RAISED MULTIPLE OVER THE COURSE
[2:25:37] OF THIS CONVERSATION, WHAT WAS
[2:25:39] REALLY FRUSTRATING TO ME, WAS A
[2:25:44] CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH FELT VERY
[2:25:45] SIMILAR TO OTHER POLICY
[2:25:46] ADOPTION THAT'S HAVE BEEN
[2:25:47] ADVANCED BY THIS COUNCIL
[2:25:50] WITHOUT THOROUGH VETTING FOR
[2:25:52] THE IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRY
[2:25:56] THAT IT WOULD AFFECT.
[2:26:00] I WAS, FRANKLY UPSET BY THE
[2:26:03] DISMISS IVE ATTITUDE OF OUR OWN
[2:26:09] LEGISLATIVE ANALYST HAVING
[2:26:13] CONVERSATIONS BY POLICIES THAT
[2:26:14] WE WILL ADOPT.
[2:26:17] FURTHERMORE MY FURTHER CONCERN
[2:26:18] IS WE'RE CREATING DUPLICATION
[2:26:22] IN PROCEDURE AND AGENCY THAT'S
[2:26:24] ARE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS TO HELP
[2:26:26] DO THIS VERY WORK, THE STATE OF
[2:26:29] CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY FUNDED,
[2:26:34] AND PROVIDE THE AUTHORITY TO DO
[2:26:38] THE INVESTIGATIVE OVERSIGHT FOR
[2:26:40] WAGE THEFT AND DO TO* DO THE
[2:26:42] VERY SAME WORK THAT WE'RE NOW
[2:26:44] DUPLICATING.
[2:26:46] AT A TIME WHERE WE ALREADY KNOW
[2:26:48] THAT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION IS
[2:26:49] NOT FUNDED, DOES NOT HAVE THE
[2:26:51] STAFFING, CONTINUES TO ENDURE
[2:26:54] THE VACANCIES AND SO I FIND
[2:26:56] OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE
[2:26:57] IT FEELS LIKE A VERY FALSE
[2:27:02] PROMISE AND EXPLOITING THE
[2:27:03] INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN FACT
[2:27:04] FIGHTING FOR THE WORKER
[2:27:06] PROTECTIONS.
[2:27:06] SO THESE ARE THE REAL
[2:27:08] IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISIONS
[2:27:09] THAT WE MAKE.
[2:27:11] WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH
[2:27:17] CREATING EFFORTS TO PRETEND TO
[2:27:20] SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT,
[2:27:22] BUT EXPOSING THE SAME INDUST
[2:27:23] RISE THAT ARE DESPERATELY
[2:27:25] TRYING TO REMAIN IN TACT AND IN
[2:27:27] BUSINESS AND CREATE THE
[2:27:28] EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
[2:27:29] THERE WAS A SPEAKER THAT
[2:27:31] EARLIER MADE COMMENT THAT,
[2:27:34] SUGGESTED THAT BUSINESSES ARE
[2:27:36] ONLY STAYING IN BUSINESS, BASED
[2:27:41] ON STEALING WAGES FROM PEOPLE.
[2:27:43] AND I KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESS
[2:27:45] OWNERS THAT THAT IS IN FACT NOT
[2:27:47] THE CASE.
[2:27:48] IN FACT, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
[2:27:50] HAVE HELPED TO SUPPORT AND
[2:27:51] ESPECIALLY IN THE RESTAURANT
[2:27:52] INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN AMONG THE
[2:27:54] VERY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
[2:27:56] HELPED US SUPPORT THEIR WORKERS
[2:27:58] THROUGH THE VERY DEVASTATING
[2:28:00] TIMES OF COVID AND STILL IN THE
[2:28:02] PROCESS OF RECOVERING FROM THAT
[2:28:03] BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN
[2:28:06] UNDUELLY TARGETED AND NOW
[2:28:08] OBLIGATED FOR  DID UPLICATIVE
[2:28:14] EFFORTS AND EXPOSURE THAT
[2:28:16] CREATES AN UNDUE BURDEN.
[2:28:17] AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT
[2:28:18] I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE
[2:28:20] CONTEXT OF HOW DO WE BOTH FIGHT
[2:28:22] FOR WORKERS AND HELP TO ENSURE
[2:28:24] THAT WE CAN HAVE A STRONG
[2:28:26] ROBUST LOCAL ECONOMY.
[2:28:27] THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
[2:28:28] CONVERSATION THAT'S WE NEED TO
[2:28:30] HAVE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
[2:28:32] ABLE TO PROTECT ALL THE WORKERS
[2:28:34] AND ALL THE VESTED INTEREST
[2:28:37] BECAUSE, IT'S MUTUALLY
[2:28:38] BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH WORKERS AND
[2:28:40] EMPLOYERS TO HAVE AN
[2:28:42] ENVIRONMENT OF GREAT TRUST BUT
[2:28:43] TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT WORK
[2:28:45] HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
[2:28:46] WHAT I HAVE A CONCERNED WITH,
[2:28:49] AND IT WAS, AND I EXPRESSED MY
[2:28:54] DISCONTENT WITH THE STAFF WORK
[2:28:58] AT THE CLA LEVEL THAT
[2:29:00] LITERALLY, DIDN'T BOTHER AND
[2:29:02] WAS DISMISSIVE OF THE BUSINESS
[2:29:07] OWNERS THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT.
[2:29:15] YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO ENGAGE WITH
[2:29:18] ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT
[2:29:18] DIDN'T HAPPEN.
[2:29:19] BUT AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE
[2:29:22] LITERALLY, A ROUGHLY 40 PERCENT
[2:29:24] TURNOVER IN THE STAFFING THAT
[2:29:25] WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK,
[2:29:27] I BELIEVE IT'S A FALSE PROMISE
[2:29:29] AND FOR THAT, I CANNOT BE
[2:29:30] SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
[2:29:33] » Council President:
[2:29:34] COUNCILMEMBER
[2:29:35] » T. McOsker: OSKER?
[2:29:35] » T. McOsker: THANK YOU, VERY
[2:29:36] MUCH THANK YOU FOR THOSE
[2:29:39] THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS AND I
[2:29:44] APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THOSE
[2:29:46] CONCERNS WENT TO THAT DEBATE
[2:29:48] WHICH WAS LONG, LOANINGER THAN
[2:29:50] I EXPECTED I I'M GLAD THAT WE
[2:29:53] HEARD FROM HEARING ALL THE
[2:29:54] PARTICIPANT IN NUMEROUS,
[2:29:56] NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS HEARINGS AND
[2:30:00] COMMITTEE SESSIONS.
[2:30:00] IN FACT AT THE STATE OF
[2:30:02] CALIFORNIA, THERE IS A SYSTEM
[2:30:05] IN PLACE THAT COMPLETELY FAILS
[2:30:08] THE PUBLIC.
[2:30:09] AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY
[2:30:12] LEGISLATIVE AREA OR POLICY AREA
[2:30:13] WHERE WE STEP IN WHERE PEOPLE
[2:30:15] FAIL ALL AROUND US THINK OF THE
[2:30:18] COUNTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHAT WE
[2:30:19] WORK ON.
[2:30:20] SO IT IS QUITE OFTEN THAT THE
[2:30:22] CITY STEPS IN TO SAY THAT WE'RE
[2:30:25] GOING TO USE OUR RESOURCES TO
[2:30:27] DO THE RIGHT THING AND ENSURING
[2:30:29] THAT FOLKS ARE FAIRLY PAID FOR
[2:30:31] THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS
[2:30:33] ACTUALLY EXCELLENT FOR OUR
[2:30:34] ECONOMY.
[2:30:35] SXIL BE THE FIRST TO
[2:30:36] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE MANY
[2:30:38] MANY MANY GREAT EMPLOYERS WHO
[2:30:40] DON'T, WHO WILL NOT FACE THIS
[2:30:43] SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE THE MINORITY
[2:30:45] OF EMPLOYERS THAT WILL FACE
[2:30:47] THIS SYSTEM AND THE
[2:30:49] COUNCILMEMBERS QUITE CORRECT, I
[2:30:50] WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
[2:30:52] CAPACITY OF OUR OWN DIVISION TO
[2:30:55] DO THIS WORK BECAUSE OF THE
[2:30:57] TURNOVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT,
[2:31:00] PARTICULARLY AT THIS
[2:31:02] CLASSIFICATION OF WORKER WHICH
[2:31:04] IS WHY WE CALLED THE TIMEOUT
[2:31:05] AND I KNOW THAT FRUSTRATED A
[2:31:07] LOT OF FOLKS BUT WE CALLED A
[2:31:09] TIME OUT AND WE HE EVALUATING
[2:31:18] AND WE AUTHORIZED A DIFFERENT
[2:31:20] PAY STRUCTURE AND ASKED THE
[2:31:22] BUREAU WHETHER THEY CAN
[2:31:24] IMPLEMENT THE PAY STRUCTURE AND
[2:31:27] PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION
[2:31:28] WHERE THEY CAN REMAIN WORKERS
[2:31:32] AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN
[2:31:34] THE INITIAL PHASES WITH THAT.
[2:31:36] SO IN TODAY'S ACTION WE'LL BE
[2:31:39] STEPPING IN WHERE THE STATE HAS
[2:31:40] FAILED US.
[2:31:41] WE WILL ALWAYS BE BUILDING UP
[2:31:43] THE RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY
[2:31:45] OF OUR LONGEST ESTABLISHED
[2:31:47] BUREAU TO CONTINUE DOING THIS
[2:31:48] WORK.
[2:31:50] AND THIS WAS, A PROCESS A
[2:31:53] LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE NOT
[2:31:54] EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT.
[2:31:56] BUT IT WORKS A FAIRNESS FOR VAS
[2:32:00] MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO
[2:32:02] WILL RELY UPON THE GOOD WORKS
[2:32:04] OF THE DEPARTMENT.
[2:32:05] SO I WILL URGE AN AYE-VOTE AND
[2:32:07] I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
[2:32:09] CONVERSATION.
[2:32:13] » Council President: THANK YOU
[2:32:14] VERY MUCH, MR. McOSKER, MR.
[2:32:16] MARTINEZ TO CLOSE.
[2:32:18] » H. Soto-Martinez: THANK YOU
[2:32:19] VERY MUCH MR. PRESIDENT.
[2:32:20] I WANT TO THANK MR. McOSKER FOR
[2:32:23] YOUR WORDS, THANK YOU FOR SPEAK
[2:32:25] ABOUTING THIS COUNCILMEMBER
[2:32:25] RODRIGUEZ.
[2:32:26] IT'S BEEN ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO
[2:32:28] SINCE THIS MOTION WAS FRAOD,
[2:32:30] AND A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE
[2:32:32] THROUGH IT, AS MR. McOSKER
[2:32:35] SAID, THERE ARE MANY PARTS OF
[2:32:39] THE ORIGINAL PART THAT I WISH
[2:32:42] WE COULD VOTE ON THAT TODAY BUT
[2:32:44] WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR MANY
[2:32:46] YEARS.
[2:32:46] I AND I WANT TO YOU ADDRESS THE
[2:32:49] TURNOVER IN THE DEPARTMENT,
[2:32:50] EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO SLOW IT
[2:32:52] DOWN, I THINK IT WAS A SLOW
[2:32:53] DECISION AND I WAS VERY
[2:32:54] SUPPORTIVE.
[2:32:55] AND I WANT TO THANK
[2:32:56] COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, YOU'VE
[2:32:59] BEEN A CHAMPION IN THIS ISSUE
[2:33:01] FOR MANY YEARS.
[2:33:03] AND I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO
[2:33:05] BUILD ON THAT DEPARTMENT AND
[2:33:07] ALL PROTECTION OF THAT WORKERS.
[2:33:10] BECAUSE SADLY WAGE THEFT DOES
[2:33:12] NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION.
[2:33:14] AND LOS ANGELES HAS THE
[2:33:15] DISTINCTION OF BEING THE WAGE
[2:33:17] THEFT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
[2:33:18] EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 1.4
[2:33:22] BILLION DOLLARS IN WAGES ARE
[2:33:23] STOLEN FROM WORKING ANGELINOS.
[2:33:26] TO 1.4 BILLION.
[2:33:28] AND 88 PERCENT OF THOSE LOW
[2:33:31] WAGE WORKERS EXPERIENCE SOME
[2:33:32] SORT OF WAGE THEFT AND THEY
[2:33:35] LOSE AN AVERAGE OF 12 PERCENT
[2:33:38] OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME.
[2:33:39] THAT IS MONEY THAT THE WORKERS
[2:33:41] EARNED WHEN AON EMPLOYER
[2:33:45] STEALS, THEY'RE NOT TAKING
[2:33:47] MONEY FROM SOME ABSTRACT BANK
[2:33:52] ACCOUNT THEY'RE TAKE ITING FROM
[2:33:53] A PAYCHECK, MONEY THAT WAS TO
[2:33:56] BE USED FOR BILLS AND.
[2:34:00] LOSING  FEW HUNDRED IS THE
[2:34:05] DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING RENT
[2:34:05] AND FALLING BEHIND.
[2:34:07] WE HAVE LAWS THAT SAY WORKERS
[2:34:09] SHOULD BE PAID WHAT THEY EARN.
[2:34:12] BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY ENFORCE THE
[2:34:14] MINIMUM WAGE.
[2:34:15] IT DOES NOT ENFORCE WHEN A
[2:34:17] WORKER HAS TO WORK THROUGH THE
[2:34:18] LUNCH, WHEN THEY DON'T TAKE THE
[2:34:22] TEN-MINUTE REST BREAK, WHEN
[2:34:23] THEY HAVE TO WORK OFF THE CLOCK
[2:34:25] BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
[2:34:26] TIME TO FINISH THEIR JOB OR
[2:34:29] WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING PAID
[2:34:31] OVERTIME CORRECTLY.
[2:34:31] THAT IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BE
[2:34:33] HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
[2:34:34] SO THIS MOTION SHOULD BE
[2:34:36] SIMPLE, THE CITY OF L.A. IS
[2:34:38] GOING TO ENFORCE ALL THE LAWS
[2:34:39] THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AND MAKE
[2:34:41] SURE THAT THE WORKERS GET PAID
[2:34:43] WHAT THEY WORK.
[2:34:44] BECAUSE WHEN THE CITY OF L.A.
[2:34:45] DOES NOT ENFORCE THOSE LAWS, OR
[2:34:50] KEEPS A STATUS QUO, WE'RE
[2:34:53] ENABLING BILLION DOLLARS
[2:34:53] CORPORATION TO STEAL FROM
[2:34:55] WORKERS FROM WORK THAERZ CAN'T
[2:34:57] AFFORD IT THE LEAST.
[2:34:58] THESE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY,
[2:35:00] WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
[2:35:03] IMMIGRANTS, WORKING  ANGELINOS
[2:35:08] ALREADY STRUGGLING TO GET BY.
[2:35:09] AND THEY'RE NOT JUST HURTING
[2:35:11] WORKERS THEY'RE HURT HADING
[2:35:13] ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.
[2:35:13] SO IF YOU WANT A FAIR AND
[2:35:16] BALANCED ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO
[2:35:17] ENFORCE THE RULES FAIRLY.
[2:35:19] SO THESE ITEMS WE'RE MOVING
[2:35:21] TODAY ARE LONG OVERDUE TOWARDS
[2:35:24] MAKING SURE THAT WORKERS MAKE
[2:35:26] THE WAGES THEY GET EARNED.
[2:35:29] AND THERE IS ACTUALLY, AND I
[2:35:32] WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT
[2:35:34] L.A. WORKERS NETWORK AND BLACK
[2:35:37] WORKER CENTER, PWC AND LABOR
[2:35:41] CENTER AND KEWA, THE WAREHOUSE
[2:35:44] WORKERS THAT SAT AT LEGAL
[2:35:46] SERVICES, L.A. COUNTY
[2:35:48] FEDERATION OF LABOR, THE UNIONS
[2:35:50] HERE TODAY.
[2:35:53] INCREDIBLE TEAM AT CITY OFFICE.
[2:35:59] AND I ALSO URGE AN AYE VOTE.
[2:36:02] » Council President: THANK
[2:36:03] YOU, I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
[2:36:04] » T. Park: I WANT TO
[2:36:06] ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENTS THAT
[2:36:07] HAVE BEEN MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES.
[2:36:15] THESE WANT THE RIGHTS ENFORCED
[2:36:17] AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A
[2:36:19] PLACE TO HAVE ISSUES REDRESSED.
[2:36:23] BUT HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS
[2:36:24] ANGELES, WE ARE STRETCHED TO
[2:36:26] THE BONE ACROSS OUR CITY
[2:36:28] DEPARTMENT, WE CANNOT ENFORCE
[2:36:29] THE THINGS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE
[2:36:30] FOR THAT ARE ALREADY IN FRONT
[2:36:32] OF US.
[2:36:43] INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON OUR
[2:36:45] STATE BUDGET TO ADEQUATELY,
[2:36:47] STAFF AND RESOURCE THE PROGRAM
[2:36:49] AND SERVICE THAT'S IT IS
[2:36:51] ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR.
[2:36:52] WE'RE ONCE AGAIN STEPPING TOUP
[2:36:54] TAKE ON ANOTHER BURDEN THAT IS
[2:36:57] GOING TO REQUIRE CUTTING AND
[2:36:59] PULLING FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
[2:37:06] I JUST WANTED TO OFFER AN
[2:37:09] EXPLANATION FOR MY NO-VOTE.
[2:37:11] » Council President: SEEING NO
[2:37:12] OTHER SPEAKERS, OPEN THE ROLL,
[2:37:14] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[2:37:15] VOTE.
[2:37:16] » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES.
[2:37:18] » Council President: ALL
[2:37:19] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[2:37:21] » Clerk: ITEM NUMBER 3, THOSE
[2:37:23] WOULD BE AMENDMENTED 3 A
[2:37:25] THROUGH F AND ALSO MULTIPLE
[2:37:27] MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
[2:37:28] A COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
[2:37:31] » Council President: ALL
[2:37:33] RIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 3,
[2:37:35] ENHANCED SERVICES AGREEMENT
[2:37:36] BETWEEN THE CITY AND LOS
[2:37:38] ANGELES 28, WE'RE IN EXCESS OF
[2:37:40] TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATING ON
[2:37:42] THIS ITEM, LOTS OF HOURS FOR
[2:37:44] LOTS OF PEOPLE.
[2:37:46] LOTS OF DIFFERENT
[2:37:48] CONFIGURATIONS OF
[2:37:49] COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE WEIGHED IN
[2:37:51] ON THIS AGREEMENT, THAT NEEDS
[2:37:52] TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
[2:37:56] AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE L.A.
[2:37:59] 2028 GAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT
[2:38:00] THE CITY GETS REIMBURSEMENT AND
[2:38:03] MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS REDICT
[2:38:09] --PREDICTABILITY.
[2:38:11] TO EXPLAIN THE CONTOUR OF THE
[2:38:14] AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, I WANT
[2:38:16] TO ASK OUR CAO AND CLA TO JOIN
[2:38:18] US AT THE CENTER TABLE AND GIVE
[2:38:20] AN OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY.
[2:38:22] AND I KNOW LOTS OF MEMBERS HAVE
[2:38:24] QUESTIONS, SOME MEMBERS HAVE
[2:38:27] AMENDMENTS.
[2:38:30] AND JUST, TO FOREWARN EVERYONE,
[2:38:33] I'LL BE MOVING THAT THOSE ITEMS
[2:38:35] GO TO COMMITTEE AND I THINK THE
[2:38:39] CAO AND CLA WILL EXPLAIN WHY.
[2:38:56] » GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD
[2:39:01] AFTERNOON, SHARON TSO.
[2:39:05] MATT SZABO IS ALSO WITH YOU.
[2:39:08] BEFORE YOU IS MASTER AGREEMENT,
[2:39:11] BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I WILL
[2:39:13] DONNA, MATT WILL WALK THROUGH
[2:39:15] THE DETAILS OF DCRA, BY WAY OF
[2:39:18] BACKGROUND, WHEN THE CITY FIRST
[2:39:20] SOUGHT TO BE THE WHOLE CITY FOR
[2:39:23] THE OLYMPICS, THE CITY SIGNED A
[2:39:25] NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS, RELATED
[2:39:26] TO THAT.
[2:39:28] THERE WAS AN MOU, A WHOLE CITY
[2:39:31] CONTRACT AND ULTIMATELY THERE
[2:39:33] WAS THE GAME'S AGREEMENT.
[2:39:35] THE GAME'S AGREEMENT IS A TRI
[2:39:40] PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
[2:39:42] LA28 AND IOC, AND THE GAME'S
[2:39:45] AGREEMENT WAS INTENDED TO BE
[2:39:47] THE FRAMEWORK FOR MANY
[2:39:48] DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD FLOW FROM
[2:39:50] THERE FROM DELIVERY OF THE
[2:39:51] GAMES.
[2:39:52] ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, IS THE
[2:39:56] ECRMA THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
[2:39:58] THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO,
[2:40:02] PROVIDE THE GUIDELINES AND THE
[2:40:04] PROCEDURES FOR REBIM BURSMENT.
[2:40:11] SO MATT WILL WALK THROUGH THE
[2:40:12] DETAILS OF THAT.
[2:40:13] IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE
[2:40:17] AFTER THE ECRMA, THERE WILL BE
[2:40:19] THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
[2:40:21] THE VENUE SERVICES AGREEMENT
[2:40:22] WILL BE VERY VERY SPECIFIC,
[2:40:24] THEY IT WILL PROVIDE DETAILS
[2:40:26] AFTER THE OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR
[2:40:28] EACH OF THE VENUES ARE
[2:40:29] FINALIZED.
[2:40:31] THEY WILL HAVE INFORMATION
[2:40:34] ABOUT THE STAFFING AND
[2:40:35] RESOURCES, THE UNIT COST ET
[2:40:37] CETERA.
[2:40:38] SO THOSE BOTH THE ECRA AND VCRA
[2:40:42] ARE AGREEMENT THAT'S WERE UNDER
[2:40:46] THE UMBRELLA OF THE GAMES
[2:40:47] AGREEMENT.
[2:40:50] SO MUCH IS FLOW AND MEMBERS I
[2:40:52] WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT WHEN
[2:40:54] THE CITY DID SIGN THE WHOLE
[2:40:56] CITY CONTRACT 11 YEARS AGO OR
[2:40:59] SO, THE CITY DID TAKE ON A
[2:41:01] NUMBER OF RISKS RELATED TO IT.
[2:41:05] ONE OF WHICH THE CITY WOULD BE
[2:41:07] THE BACKSTOP, WE ULTIMATELY
[2:41:11] APPROVED SEEKING THIS, SEEKING
[2:41:15] THE LA28 OLYMPICS BECAUSE AT
[2:41:17] THE TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF
[2:41:21] DEBATE AND CONSIDERATION OF
[2:41:22] OTHER RISKS AND BENEFITS
[2:41:24] ASSOCIATED WITH HOSTING THE
[2:41:26] LA28 GAMES ULTIMATELY, THE
[2:41:29] COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT GIVEN
[2:41:30] THE BENEFITS THAT COULD
[2:41:33] POTENTIAL LEA CREW TO THE CITY,
[2:41:34] THAT THE CITY DID THE
[2:41:37] NOMINATION AND AWARDED WITH
[2:41:39] LA28 GAMES.
[2:41:40] AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE ECRA
[2:41:43] AND I WILL LET MATT TAKE OVER
[2:41:46] FROM HERE.
[2:41:46] » OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:41:48] I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH AND
[2:41:50] I'LL TRY TO DO THIS AS
[2:41:52] EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT
[2:41:53] THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONCEPTS,
[2:41:56] THIS IS A, MULTLY FAUCETED
[2:42:01] COMPLICATED AGREEMENT THAT IS
[2:42:02] AGAINED ENTER UPON OTHER
[2:42:03] AGREEMENT THAT'S HAVE BEEN MADE
[2:42:05] AND AS WE WALK THROUGH THE
[2:42:09] PROVISIONS, AS THE CLA STATED,
[2:42:12] IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE, THAT
[2:42:15] WE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE IN
[2:42:20] SOME WAY CONFINED TO PRIOR
[2:42:22] AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AS A
[2:42:26] CONDITION OF AGREEING TO HOST
[2:42:27] THE GAMES THAT INCLUDE INHERENT
[2:42:31] RISKS.
[2:42:31] SO I NEED TO SAY THAT ON THE
[2:42:33] FRONT END.
[2:42:34] THIS IS NOT AN AGREEMENT THAT
[2:42:37] IS INTENDED OR EVEN HAS THE
[2:42:40] CAPABILITY OF ELIMINATING
[2:42:42] RISKS, THE CITY HAS GREED TO
[2:42:45] TAKE ON, NOW WHAT IT IS
[2:42:47] INTENDED TO DO IS WITHIN THE
[2:42:50] SCOPE OF WHAT THE PURPOSE IS TO
[2:42:53] LIMIT THE RISK TO THE GREATEST
[2:42:55] EX AT THE POINT POSSIBLE.
[2:42:57] WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT ACHIEVES
[2:42:59] THAT.
[2:42:59] SO LET ME WALK THROUGH, AGAIN
[2:43:01] BRIEFLY.
[2:43:02] THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
[2:43:05] ECRMA, IS TO SETFORTH THE
[2:43:07] MATERIAL TERMS OF THE
[2:43:11] RELATIONSHIP FOR ENHANCE CITY
[2:43:14] RESOURCES IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF
[2:43:16] THE 2028 GAMES, AND WE'LL TALK
[2:43:18] ABOUT THAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY
[2:43:21] MEANS IN A BIT.
[2:43:24] AS THE CLA STATED, THIS IS A,
[2:43:26] THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT IS
[2:43:31] REQUIRED TO BE ENTERED INTO BY
[2:43:34] THE PARTIES AS A RESULT OF THE
[2:43:36] GAMES AGREEMENT.
[2:43:37] THE GAMES AGREEMENT, I WOULD
[2:43:38] THINK ABOUT THAT AS KIND OF
[2:43:41] CONSTITUTION OR CHARTER THAT
[2:43:43] HAS, THAT WAS AGREED TO IN 2021
[2:43:48] AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE, THAT
[2:43:50] WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, THE
[2:43:52] ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING
[2:43:53] AT COMMITTEE ET CETERA, ARE
[2:43:57] WERE CONTEMPLATED IN THE GAME'S
[2:43:59] AGREEMENT.
[2:44:00] SO IT'S A SUB BOARD NATURE
[2:44:02] AGREEMENT TO THE GAMES
[2:44:04] AGREEMENT THAT'S THE PARENT
[2:44:05] AGREEMENT.
[2:44:07] AND IT IS, IT IS THERE TO
[2:44:08] ESSENTIALLY SET THE RULES FOR
[2:44:12] HOW THE CITY RESOURCES WILL BE
[2:44:15] REIMBURSED.
[2:44:16] THE GAMES AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED
[2:44:18] THE CONCEPT THAT THEY WOULD BE
[2:44:21] REIMBURSED IN TERMS AND THIS IS
[2:44:22] THE SPECIFICS.
[2:44:24] I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE ECRMA
[2:44:28] IS IN ALMOST EVERY WAY,
[2:44:31] ENHANCED AND FURTHER PROTECTS
[2:44:33] THE CITY, WHY DO WE NEED THE
[2:44:37] ECRMA TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS IN
[2:44:40] ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT ARE
[2:44:41] REQUIRED TO TAKE ON THESE GAMES.
[2:44:52] AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
[2:44:54] THE VENUE AGREEMENT THAT'S WILL
[2:44:56] BE AGREEMENTS SPECIFIC TO EACH
[2:44:58] VENUE WHERE WE'LL DETERMINE
[2:44:59] WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED
[2:45:01] AND HOW MUCH WILL BE PAID FOR
[2:45:03] THE SERVICES.
[2:45:05] SO THE ECRMA IS NOT THE
[2:45:08] IMPLEMENTING IT'S SETTING THE
[2:45:09] RULES AND THEN THE SERVICE
[2:45:10] AGREEMENT LEFT SIDE COME LATER,
[2:45:12] BASED ON THE OPERATIONAL PLANS
[2:45:15] ONCE COMPLETED BUSINESS LA28
[2:45:17] AND WILL DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY
[2:45:18] WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED
[2:45:22] AND THE, AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
[2:45:24] ESSENTIALLY THAT THE CITY WILL
[2:45:27] BE REIMBURSED FOR.
[2:45:29] AGAIN, THE SCOPE OF ECRMA, IT
[2:45:33] IS FOR THE CITY'S PROVISION AND
[2:45:35] THIS IS A CONCEPT DISCUSSED IN
[2:45:37] THE GAMES AGREEMENT FOR
[2:45:39] SERVICES ABOVE NORMAL AND
[2:45:46] CUSTOMARY LEVELS AND I REALLY
[2:45:50] FOCUS, WHAT DO THE TWO THINGS
[2:45:52] MEAN.
[2:45:53] ABOVE NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY,
[2:45:56] MEANS THAT LA28 DOES NOT HAVE
[2:45:59] AN OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR THE
[2:46:00] CITY WHAT IT NORMAL DO.
[2:46:02] AND ALSO NOT REQUIRED TO PAY
[2:46:04] FOR CITY SERVICES, ALTHOUGH
[2:46:07] THEY MAY BE IN RELATION TO THE
[2:46:10] GAMES, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO
[2:46:12] PAY FOR CITY SERVICES THAT ARE
[2:46:14] NOT IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE
[2:46:15] GAMES.
[2:46:15] AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT
[2:46:18] SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE
[2:46:20] EVENTS AT THE VENUES.
[2:46:22] AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
[2:46:23] THIS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
[2:46:24] HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE, THE
[2:46:28] ACADEMY AWARDS OR HOW DO WE
[2:46:30] ENGAGE THE DODGERS WHEN THEY
[2:46:31] WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND
[2:46:32] THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR
[2:46:34] CELEBRATION AND PARADE?
[2:46:36] IT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO
[2:46:39] SUPPORT THAT, THAT, THAT EVENT
[2:46:41] AT THAT VENUE AND THAT IS THE
[2:46:43] LIMITATION.
[2:46:43] SO WILL THE CITY INCUR COSTS OF
[2:46:47] FOR CITY SERVICES BEYOND THE
[2:46:49] VENUE?
[2:46:49] OF COURSE WE WILL.
[2:46:50] BUT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE
[2:46:53] ENTITLED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR
[2:46:56] IS LIMITED TO THAT SCOPE.
[2:46:58] AND AGAIN, THAT'S OUTLINED IN
[2:47:00] THE GAMES AGREEMENT.
[2:47:00] SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
[2:47:02] HAVE ASKED FOR OR DEMANDED,
[2:47:06] YOU'RE GOING TO LA28 IS GOING
[2:47:08] TO PAY FOR ACTIVITIES, WATCH
[2:47:10] PARTY AND A PARK IF WE HAVE
[2:47:13] CITY SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH
[2:47:15] THAT, THAT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE
[2:47:17] OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE.
[2:47:19] IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE
[2:47:21] LIKED TO ASK FOR IT, IT'S
[2:47:23] BEYOND THE BALANCE.
[2:47:24] THERE IS, THERE IS ANOTHER
[2:47:28] LAYER OF, OF COMPLEXITY THAT,
[2:47:33] THAT THIS GAME, THAT THE ECRM A
[2:47:37] ADDRESSES.
[2:47:39] AND THAT IS, THERE IS A
[2:47:43] DISTINCTION BETWEEN SERVICES
[2:47:44] THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE AND
[2:47:47] WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR AND
[2:47:50] SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL
[2:47:51] PROVIDE THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED
[2:47:53] FOR.
[2:48:04] AND THE EASE Y*EFT WAY IS
[2:48:06] SECURITY COST, NEED TO BE DEALT
[2:48:10] WITH SEPARATELY AND DISTINCTLY
[2:48:12] FROM NON SECURITY COSTS.
[2:48:14] AGAIN IN THE GAMES AGREEMENT
[2:48:15] AND BEFORE THAT, IT WAS
[2:48:19] CONTEMPLATED THAT THE FEDERAL
[2:48:22] GOVERNMENT WOULD COVER SECURITY
[2:48:24] COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAMES.
[2:48:26] SO THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT
[2:48:29] PROCESS, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL
[2:48:30] THAT THE CITY PUT ITSELF IN A
[2:48:33] POSITION TO MAXIMIZE EVERY
[2:48:35] AVAILABLE DOLLAR OF FEDERAL
[2:48:40] MONEY BECAUSE TO FOR LA28
[2:48:43] BUDGET BECAUSE OF THAT
[2:48:44] UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FEDERAL
[2:48:46] GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE
[2:48:48] BUDGET FOR SECURITY COSTS.
[2:48:57] SO IF IT CAUSE PUT THE COSTS,
[2:49:00] WE HAVE AN INTEREST, A VERY
[2:49:02] STRONG MUTUAL INTEREST FOR THE
[2:49:04] GAMES TO BE FINANCIALLY
[2:49:06] SUCCESSFUL BUT ALSO THROUGH
[2:49:07] THIS AGREEMENT NEED TO PROTECT
[2:49:09] THE CITY, TO ENSURE THAT OUR
[2:49:11] COSTS ARE REIMBURSED.
[2:49:14] AGAIN, JUST VERY BRIEFLY IN THE
[2:49:21] 25-26 CONGRESS, THE BIG
[2:49:23] BEAUTIFUL BILL ABOUT
[2:49:24] APPROPRIATE A BILLION DOLLARS
[2:49:25] TO BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL
[2:49:27] GOVERNMENTS FOR SECURITY.
[2:49:29] THAT IS WHAT WE HOPE IS IS THE
[2:49:32] INITIAL ALLOCATION OR THE
[2:49:35] INITIAL PREPARATION FOR THESE
[2:49:36] COSTS.
[2:49:37] IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE MAXIMIZE
[2:49:39] THOSE COSTS IN ADDITION TO
[2:49:43] SECURING REIMBURSEMENT DIRECTLY
[2:49:45] THROUGH LA28.
[2:49:46] SO AS IT RELATES TO THE
[2:49:48] PROCESS, AGAIN THERE WOULD BE
[2:49:50] TWO PROCESSES THAT THE DOCUMENT
[2:49:51] IN FRONT OF YOU, ESTABLISHES.
[2:49:56] IF THE CITY SERVICE LAPD OR
[2:50:02] SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR
[2:50:03] FEDERAL FUNDING, THE CITY WOULD
[2:50:05] GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
[2:50:08] AND ONCE DETERMINATION IS MADE
[2:50:11] AS TO WHAT WE WOULD BE
[2:50:14] REIMBURSED FOR.
[2:50:15] IF WE'RE NOT REIMBURSED FOR 100
[2:50:18] PERCENT OF OUR COST ASSOCIATED
[2:50:21] WITH THE GAMES, THEN, WE WOULD
[2:50:24] THEN THOSE COSTS WOULD BE AN
[2:50:29] OBLIGATION OF LA28 THROUGH THE
[2:50:34] ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY AND
[2:50:35] BEYOND IF THE ALLOCATED
[2:50:38] CONTINGENCY WAS EXHAUSTED.
[2:50:40] THE IF, IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
[2:50:42] FEDERAL FUNDING, THEN WE WOULD
[2:50:44] GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY
[2:50:46] WOULD REIMBURSE US UP FRONT.
[2:50:47] I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF
[2:50:49] TIME ON THIS NEXT, FLOW CHART
[2:50:53] BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO
[2:50:56] PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OVER THE
[2:50:58] COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.
[2:51:00] WE WILL ESTABLISH THE SERVICE
[2:51:03] LEVELS REQUIRED, WE WILL
[2:51:04] NEGOTIATE THE SERVICE
[2:51:05] AGREEMENTS AND WE WILL PROVIDE
[2:51:07] COST ESTIMATES BY THE END OF
[2:51:10] OCTOBER TO LA28.
[2:51:12] THEY WILL THEN PAY US FOR THE
[2:51:14] MONTHLY SERVICES FOR WHEN THE
[2:51:16] SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED UP
[2:51:17] FRONT.
[2:51:18] FOR SERVICES WHERE WE DON'T
[2:51:19] NEED TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE
[2:51:22] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER
[2:51:23] ENTITIES, THEY WOULD PAY US UP
[2:51:25] FRONT AND WE WOULD RECONCILE ON
[2:51:28] THE BACK END.
[2:51:31] THE, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE,
[2:51:36] CRITICAL AND PERHAPS THE MOST
[2:51:37] IMPORTANT PROVISION OF THE
[2:51:39] AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, THERE IS
[2:51:40] CERTAINLY BEEN A LOT OF
[2:51:42] DISCUSSION ABOUT ENSURING THAT,
[2:51:44] THAT THE CITY IS PAID FOR WHAT
[2:51:49] IS OWED BEFORE LA28 CLOSES UP
[2:51:54] SHOP, DECLARES PROP ITS THAT
[2:51:56] WOULD BE SENT TO A LEGACY ET
[2:51:58] CETERA.
[2:51:59] SO WE DID NEGOTIATE SECTION
[2:52:03] 10.6 WHICH STATES THAT LA28
[2:52:06] SHALL SATISFY ALL OF ITS
[2:52:08] FINANCIAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
[2:52:10] PRIOR TO DISBURSEMENT OF ANY
[2:52:12] SURPLUS TO THE LEGACY ENTITY.
[2:52:15] AND WE INCLUDED FOR THE
[2:52:19] AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT
[2:52:22] SATISFACTION, MEANS THAT LA28
[2:52:23] HAS PAID THE CITY ALL
[2:52:26] OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS TO.
[2:52:27] SO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE
[2:52:31] AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU, THAT
[2:52:33] ALLOWS AND REQUIRES CITY
[2:52:36] APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE
[2:52:39] CONTINGENCY FUNDS, GIVES THE
[2:52:42] CITY, SIGNIFICANT PROTECTION
[2:52:44] ONCE THE GAMES ARE CONCLUDED
[2:52:47] AND CERTAINLY IN THE EVENT THAT
[2:52:49] THERE IS, THERE ARE PROFITS.
[2:52:51] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND THIS
[2:52:55] AGREEMENT WILL, ENSURE THAT THE
[2:52:57] CITY WOULD BE FULLY REIMBURSED
[2:53:00] FOR ITS COSTS BEFORE THOSE,
[2:53:02] THAT SURPLUS WOULD BE DECLARED
[2:53:04] AND SENT TO A LEGACY ENTITY.
[2:53:08] I WILL, CONCLUDE THERE AND I'M
[2:53:10] SURE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
[2:53:12] QUESTIONS.
[2:53:13] BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS
[2:53:16] WOULD COME AFTER AN AUDIT OF
[2:53:18] THEIR FINANCIALS AND THEN WE
[2:53:20] WOULD HAVE THE PROVISIONS IN
[2:53:23] THE AGREEMENT AND THE ABILITY
[2:53:25] TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE ARE FULLY
[2:53:29] PAID IN THE EVENT OF COURSE,
[2:53:32] THAT THAT THEY MAKE THEIR
[2:53:34] BUDGET.
[2:53:36] IT IS IMPORTANT BY THE WAY AND
[2:53:38] I'M SURE WE'LL GET INTO THIS,
[2:53:41] THAT A PROVISION THAT, THAT IN
[2:53:43] THE GAMES AGREEMENT THAT THE
[2:53:48] CLA NEGOTIATED, IS PRESERVED
[2:53:50] AND THAT PROVISION IS THIS
[2:53:52] ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY AND WE
[2:53:53] TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT IN THE,
[2:53:56] IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE REPORT
[2:54:00] IN FRONT OF YOU.
[2:54:02] LA28 IS REQUIRED TO FUND IN
[2:54:04] CASH, AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY
[2:54:06] BEYOND THEIR STANDARD
[2:54:08] CONTINGENCY THAT IS THERE ONLY
[2:54:10] FOR ONLY TO PROTECT THE CITY.
[2:54:11] THAT IS TO SAY, IF BECAUSE THE
[2:54:20] CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR CLOSING
[2:54:22] ANY BUDGET DEFICITS *, THERE IS
[2:54:26] 270 MILLION THAT WOULD BE DRAWN
[2:54:27] ON FIRST BEFORE THE CITY WOULD
[2:54:30] HAVE TO PAY OUT OF ITS GENERAL
[2:54:32] FUND.
[2:54:37] IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PRESERVE
[2:54:39] THAT AND PROTECT THEM, THE
[2:54:41] WORSE CASE SCENARIO IS FOR THE
[2:54:43] CITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY
[2:54:45] OUT OF ITS GENERAL FUND TO
[2:54:47] CLOSE THE GAP, A BUDGET GAP
[2:54:49] LEFT BY THE GAMES.
[2:54:50] SO WE NEED TO PRESERVE THAT 270.
[2:54:53] BUT WHAT WE ADDED TO IT, IN THE
[2:54:55] EVENT THAT THE GAMES ARE
[2:54:56] SUCCESSFUL, THAT IT TURNS A
[2:54:58] PROFIT, WE DON'T WANT THE
[2:55:00] SITUATION WHERE THE CITY ENDS
[2:55:03] UP PAYING 250 MILLION DOLLARS
[2:55:05] ON LAPD AND WE'RE ONLY
[2:55:08] REIMBURSED FOR 150 MILLION AND
[2:55:11] THEN GAMES THEN DECLARING THAT
[2:55:13] IT HAS A BIG PROFIT.
[2:55:15] SO WE NEVER GET TO USE THAT 270
[2:55:18] BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROFIT,
[2:55:19] THEY MADE THEIR BUDGET.
[2:55:22] BUT YET WE'RE HOLDING THE BAG
[2:55:24] FOR THE REIMBURSED COSTS.
[2:55:27] WE HAVE A SITUATION AND THE
[2:55:28] CITY WOULD BE HOLDING THE BAG,
[2:55:30] THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU DOES
[2:55:31] THAT.
[2:55:32] SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT
[2:55:33] THAT AND ALSO TO PROTECT THAT
[2:55:35] ORDER OF PRIORITY.
[2:55:37] BECAUSE I BELIEVE, VERY
[2:55:39] STRONGLY THAT OF ALL OF THE
[2:55:41] SCENARIOS WHERE THERE IS
[2:55:44] INHERENT RISK THE WORSE IS FOR
[2:55:46] US TO WRITE A CHECK TO CLOSE A
[2:55:48] DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE GAMES.
[2:55:51] I WILL STOP THERE AND OPEN IT
[2:55:54] UP FOR QUESTIONS.
[2:55:54] » Council President: I JUST
[2:55:57] WANTED TO ASK, MADAM CLA, WE
[2:56:00] HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS BEFORE US,
[2:56:01] I KNOW MANY OF YOU ISSUES TOOK
[2:56:04] UP IN THE NEGOTIATING ROOM.
[2:56:06] SO IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH
[2:56:10] THOSE AND TELL US, WHAT THE
[2:56:12] DISCUSSIONS WERE, AS A
[2:56:14] NEGOTIATING GAME AGAIN, THIS IS
[2:56:15] NOT THE CITY IMPOSING SOMETHING
[2:56:18] ON LA28, THIS IS A NEGOTIATED
[2:56:20] AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
[2:56:21] SO IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH
[2:56:25] THAT IN THE ITEMS.
[2:56:29] » SURE MANY WERE DISCUSSED AND
[2:56:32] NEGOTIATED WITH LA28 WE CANNOT
[2:56:41] IMPOSE UNILATERALLY.
[2:56:43] WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS.
[2:56:45] SO, WE WILL, I THINK THERE IS
[2:56:46] SIX AMENDMENTS IF THAT IS
[2:56:48] CORRECT AND MATT, AND I CAN GO
[2:56:51] THROUGH THESE.
[2:56:53] ITEM 3-A IS A RAMAN AMENDMENT,
[2:56:56] THIS WOULD MAKE A CHANGE TO THE
[2:57:00] PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES
[2:57:02] AGREEMENT ON RELATIVE TO THE
[2:57:04] ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY.
[2:57:06] I'LL LET MATT TALK ABOUT THIS
[2:57:08] ONE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
[2:57:09] THAT HE WORKED VERY CLOSELY
[2:57:11] WITH LA28 ON AND THIS WAS THE
[2:57:12] PROTECTION THAT HE JUST TALKED
[2:57:14] ABOUT AS IT RELATED TO A
[2:57:16] SITUATION WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY
[2:57:17] COSTS MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED BY
[2:57:20] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
[2:57:23] ALSO, STRIKING 1.2 THE FIRST
[2:57:24] AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES
[2:57:26] AGREEMENT, ACTUALLY THE WAY I
[2:57:28] LOOK AT THAT, THAT ACTUALLY
[2:57:30] COULD HARM THE CITY BECAUSE ONE
[2:57:31] OF THE THINGS THAT, THE
[2:57:34] AMENDMENT DOES IS THAT IT ALSO
[2:57:36] GIVES THE CITY, ABILITY TO
[2:57:39] WEIGH IN EVEN ON THE
[2:57:41] EXPENDITURE OF ANY LEGACY
[2:57:42] DOLLARS.
[2:57:43] THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT
[2:57:44] PROVIDED FOR.
[2:57:46] SO THIS ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE
[2:57:47] BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY
[2:57:49] BECAUSE WE WOULD WEIGH IN ON
[2:57:50] THE USE OF THE LEGACY DOLLARS
[2:57:52] AS WELL.
[2:57:53] THE FINAL AMENDMENT IS, IT
[2:57:55] LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LANGUAGE
[2:57:57] CHANGE AND I WANT TO POINT OUT
[2:57:59] TOO THAT SOME OF THESE
[2:58:01] AMENDMENTS, THIS DOCUMENT IS
[2:58:02] VERY COMPLICATED.
[2:58:03] SO MATT AND I WALKED IN AND SAW
[2:58:05] THESE MOTIONS FOR THE FIRST
[2:58:07] TIME TODAY AND SO IT'S, IT MAY
[2:58:09] BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO
[2:58:11] FIGURE OUT ALL THE NUANCES.
[2:58:14] BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 8.1.1.1 IS A
[2:58:20] LANGUAGE CHANGE AND I THINK,
[2:58:21] MAYBE IT'S JUST TO BE A LITTLE
[2:58:23] BIT MORE DESCRIPTIVE ON AFTER
[2:58:25] PAYING FOR ALL PARTIES
[2:58:28] EXPENDITURES.
[2:58:30] IT LOOKS OKAY, BUT I'M NOT I'M
[2:58:39] NOT TOO SURE BUT I'LL LET MATT
[2:58:42] TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT 8.1.
[2:58:45] » SURE, ON 8.1, NUMBER 1, I
[2:58:48] WILL JUST SAY THAT, HOLD ON ONE
[2:58:53] SECOND.
[2:59:08] OKAY, SO THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT
[2:59:09] OF YOU AS RECOMMENDED WAS
[2:59:16] VERBATIM IN COMMITTEE I WAS
[2:59:18] INSTRUCTED TO SECURE.
[2:59:20] SO I, I NEGOTIATED EXACTLY WHAT
[2:59:24] THE COMMITTEE ASKED, SO NUMBER
[2:59:25] ONE THAT IS WHAT, THAT'S THE
[2:59:29] RESULT OF WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE
[2:59:30] YOU.
[2:59:35] NUMBER 2, AS THE CLA STATED AND
[2:59:38] WHAT I HAVE UP HERE, IT DOES
[2:59:42] ELIMINATE A CRITICAL PROVISION.
[2:59:46] SECTION 1.2 WHICH I HAVE ON THE
[2:59:49] SCREEN, IS THERE AND WAS
[2:59:52] SECURED AS A WAY OF
[2:59:55] DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING THE
[2:59:57] CITY'S AUTHORITY OVER THIS
[2:59:59] ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY.
[3:00:01] BECAUSE IN THE ORIGINAL
[3:00:03] LANGUAGE, IN THE GAMES
[3:00:04] GRIEMENT, THIS IS 12.4.6 IF YOU
[3:00:07] LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THIS IS THE
[3:00:11] CURRENT LANGUAGE AND IT SAYS
[3:00:12] THAT PRIOR TO THE OCLOG'S USE
[3:00:18] WITH RESPECT TO 12.5.1 WHICH IS
[3:00:22] UP ABOVE THERE, ONLY, IT SHOULD
[3:00:26] OBTAIN THE WRITTEN CONSENT,
[3:00:30] 12.4.5.1 IS THE ORIGINAL INTENT
[3:00:35] OF THE, OF THE 270 MILLION
[3:00:38] WHICH IS TO BE USED IN CASE
[3:00:40] THERE IS A DEFICIT.
[3:00:41] BUT THEN IT CAN ALSO BE USED IF
[3:00:43] YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PROVISION
[3:00:45] TO BE USED AS SURPLUS PROFITS
[3:00:48] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WHOLE
[3:00:50] CITY CONTRACT.
[3:00:53] AND WHAT THE SECTION PROTECTS
[3:00:57] AGAINST IS LA28 DECLARING A
[3:01:02] SURPLUS, AND THEN WE'RE NOT
[3:01:03] HAVING ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.
[3:01:05] UNDER THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU,
[3:01:07] UNDER THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU,
[3:01:08] YOU WOULD HAVE VETO POWER OVER
[3:01:11] 28 SAYING WELL OKAY, THIS IS
[3:01:13] SURPLUS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT
[3:01:15] TO THE LEGACY ENTITY.
[3:01:17] WHILE THERE WAS A DISPUTE OR
[3:01:19] WHILE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE
[3:01:21] WERE, THERE WERE UNREIMBURSED
[3:01:24] COSTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DOLLARS.
[3:01:26] IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROTECTION IT
[3:01:28] SHOULD BE PRESERVED ON THAT ONE.
[3:01:29] THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
[3:01:31] 3-A.
[3:01:33] » SO DO YOU WANT TO US GO
[3:01:34] THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS?
[3:01:36] MR. PRESIDENT?
[3:01:37] » Council President: YES.
[3:01:38] » AND WE'LL GO A LITTLE
[3:01:41] QUICKER, 3B IS A HERNANDEZ
[3:01:44] SECTION AMEND 3.10 OF THE
[3:01:47] PROPOSED ECRM.
[3:01:47] THIS IS RELATED TO UNPLANNED
[3:01:50] PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
[3:01:51] INCIDENTS.
[3:01:52] THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS BEING
[3:01:56] AMENDED IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT
[3:01:58] IS IN THE GAMES AGREEMENT.
[3:01:59] THERE IS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
[3:02:01] THAT IS NEGOTIATED BY THE CLA
[3:02:05] AND CLA ABOUT BE STANDING.
[3:02:07] RELATED TOPO TENSION EVENTS, I
[3:02:08] DON'T WANT TO ARGUE ANYBODY'S
[3:02:10] POINT BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS
[3:02:13] THAT GOVERNMENTS DO THAT WE DO
[3:02:14] BECAUSE WE ARE GOVERNMENT AND
[3:02:16] WE PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES
[3:02:18] AND RESPONSE TO MANY MANY
[3:02:19] THINGS.
[3:02:20] IT MAY BE RELATED TO A SPECIAL
[3:02:23] EVENT BUT IT MAYBE RELATED TO
[3:02:25] SOMETHING AS BEING PART OF
[3:02:28] NORMAL GOVERNMENT WORK.
[3:02:31] THE NOTWITHSTANDING LANGUAGE
[3:02:31] THAT WE INCLUDED WAS TO BE
[3:02:33] REFLECTIVE OF THAT.
[3:02:35] THIS AS CHANGE, WHAT IS IN THE
[3:02:38] GAMES AGREEMENT AND, AND IT
[3:02:40] SEEMS THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT,
[3:02:42] SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS
[3:02:45] FURTHER AS PART OF THE VENUE
[3:02:48] SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
[3:02:50] ITEM AND WE CAN HAVE DO YOU
[3:02:52] WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
[3:02:55] » Council President: REAL
[3:02:56] QUICK ON THE VENUE SERVICES
[3:02:58] AGREEMENT.
[3:03:01] MY ASSUMPTION IS, THAT THE CITY
[3:03:02] OF L.A. WILL APPROVE THE VENUE
[3:03:04] SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE
[3:03:06] VENUES IN THE CITY.
[3:03:07] IS THAT CORRECT?
[3:03:08] » YES.
[3:03:10] » Council President: EVEN
[3:03:11] THOUGH WE WILL HAVE LIABILITY
[3:03:13] FINANCIAL LIABILITY IF THE
[3:03:16] VENUE AGREEMENTS IN OTHER
[3:03:17] CITIES ARE DONE IN A WAY THAT
[3:03:19] CREATES FINANCIAL EXPOSURE FOR
[3:03:21] LA28.
[3:03:22] » THAT IS CORRECT.
[3:03:25] AND THAT IS WHY, COUNCIL
[3:03:26] PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR
[3:03:28] REMINDING US, THAT IS WHY THE
[3:03:31] ECRM A IS SO IMPORTANT IT'S
[3:03:33] GOING TO BE USE AS A MODEL FOR
[3:03:35] OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
[3:03:37] SO TO THE EXTENT THAT OTHER
[3:03:41] CITIES UTILIZE OUR ECRM A FOR
[3:03:45] THEMSELVES, IF IT'S, IF IT'S,
[3:03:47] IF IT'S A LOT, WE ARE
[3:03:50] ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE THE
[3:03:51] BACKSTOP.
[3:03:52] AND SO WE TRIED TO BE VERY
[3:03:56] CAREFUL TO INCLUDE THOSE THINGS
[3:03:58] THAT WE THOUGHT WERE REALLY
[3:03:59] NECESSARY AND THE WHOLE ISSUE
[3:04:01] OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS A SEPARATE
[3:04:03] ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT IN
[3:04:06] THE LA28 BUDGET THAT WAS ALWAYS
[3:04:10] CONTEMPLATED TO BE PAID THROUGH
[3:04:15] NSE DESIGNATION.
[3:04:16] SO THAT'S WHY THESE DOCUMENTS
[3:04:18] BECOME VERY VERY COMPLICATED
[3:04:19] AND WE TRIED TO BE CAREFUL IN
[3:04:22] ENSURING WHATEVER DOCUMENT
[3:04:23] THAT'S WE GENERATE TODAY THAT
[3:04:24] THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED
[3:04:27] FOR OTHER CITIES AND THAT THEY
[3:04:29] ARE NOT IN SUCH A FASHION THAT
[3:04:31] IT CREATES FOR TUESDAY FURTHER
[3:04:34] LIABILITY AT THE BACK END.
[3:04:39] ITEM 3C IS A RAMAN AMENDMENT.
[3:04:44] THIS WOULD HAVE, SO IS THE
[3:04:47] INTENT IS FOR BOTH PUBLIC
[3:04:48] SAFETY AND NON PUBLIC SAFETY TO
[3:04:51] BE CAPTURED.
[3:04:53] IT'S JUST EMBEDDED IN THE
[3:04:55] AGREEMENT, IT'S NOT AS SPECIFIC
[3:04:57] FOR THE REASONS THAT WE JUST
[3:04:59] DESCRIBED.
[3:05:00] WE'RE HOPING THAT FEDERAL
[3:05:01] GOVERNMENT, THERE IS THE ONE
[3:05:03] BILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR
[3:05:05] THAT AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
[3:05:08] THAT, WE MAINTAIN THAT AND THAT
[3:05:10] IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR LA28 ALSO
[3:05:14] TO, TO AND ALL OF US TO SEEK
[3:05:16] ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHETHER IT BE
[3:05:18] FROM FEDERAL OR STATE
[3:05:19] GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN PUBLIC
[3:05:21] SAFETY.
[3:05:22] THE TWO OTHER BULLET POINTS TO
[3:05:25] ENSURE, THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE,
[3:05:28] I THINK ON BOTH OF THOSE BULLET
[3:05:30] POINTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY
[3:05:32] CAN IDENTIFY FURTHER LOCATIONS,
[3:05:33] I THINK THAT IS ALREADY
[3:05:35] PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT.
[3:05:38] AND ALSO TOO IN 10.6 WHERE WE
[3:05:42] SAY NO SURPLUS WILL GO UNTIL
[3:05:45] FULL REIMBURSEMENT, I THINK
[3:05:46] THAT'S WHAT WE HAD INTENDED IN
[3:05:47] THE AGREEMENT.
[3:05:48] THIS MAY BE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
[3:05:51] THAT, THAT MATT MAYBE YOU CAN
[3:05:52] COMMENT ON THAT.
[3:05:54] BUT IT'S ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
[3:05:55] FOR CLARIFICATION.
[3:05:57] » YEAH, I WOULD SAY, ON THE
[3:06:02] FIRST BULLET, THE, THE REASON
[3:06:04] THAT THERE IS A DISTINCTION
[3:06:10] BETWEEN AND SSC IDENTIFIED
[3:06:14] VENUES OR NON NSCC, THAT'S THE
[3:06:18] NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT
[3:06:22] DES IGNATION, THE REASON IT'S
[3:06:27] IMPORTANT IT'S ONLY RELATED TO
[3:06:28] WHO IS DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF
[3:06:29] SERVICE.
[3:06:30] IF IT'S A NON NSCC, IF IT'S
[3:06:34] PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON NSCC
[3:06:37] AREA, THEN THAT IS GOING TO BE
[3:06:41] IN THE NSVA THAT WILL BE
[3:06:42] DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL.
[3:06:44] THE PUBLIC SAFETY, AT NSCC,
[3:06:48] DESIGNATED AREA WILL BE
[3:06:49] DICTATED BY THE FEDERAL
[3:06:53] GOVERNMENT ULTIMATELY, THE
[3:06:57] SECRET SERVICE.
[3:06:58] WE WILL ONLY WHAT IT'S
[3:07:00] REFLECTING IS JUST THE VENUE
[3:07:03] SERVICE AGREEMENT  APPLY THO
[3:07:07] TO* THESE.
[3:07:09] NSCC WILL DICTATE PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:07:11] AS IT RELATES TO NSCC AREAS.
[3:07:14] THAT'S ALL IT DOES, THERE IS NO
[3:07:17] NEED FOR, I MEAN, IT COVERS ALL
[3:07:20] THE SERVICES, THE AGREEMENT
[3:07:22] COVERS ALL THE SERVICES AS
[3:07:23] ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT ONE
[3:07:25] WAY OR THE OTHER BUT IT WAS
[3:07:27] IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE
[3:07:29] DISTINCTION BASED ON WHO IS
[3:07:30] DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF
[3:07:31] SERVICE SXZ AS SHARON SAID,
[3:07:34] THE, THE LAST TWO BULLETS ARE
[3:07:36] ALREADY COVERED IN THE
[3:07:37] AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU.
[3:07:41] » MOTION 3-D IS A PADILLA
[3:07:44] MOTION, THIS ACTUALLY REFERS TO
[3:07:45] THE ORDER THAT WAS CONTAINED IN
[3:07:47] THE GAMES AGREEMENT AMENDMENT.
[3:07:49] SO MATT, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
[3:07:50] THAT?
[3:07:51] » SURE.
[3:07:51] OKAY.
[3:07:52] SO IS THE ORDER, OKAY, THIS IS,
[3:08:00] THIS IS TO AN EXTENT A POLICY
[3:08:05] CALL, BUT HERE'S WHAT, WHAT THE
[3:08:07] RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU
[3:08:09] PROTECTS AGAINST.
[3:08:13] IT IS OUR POSITION, IT IS
[3:08:15] CERTAINLY THE CAO'S POSITION
[3:08:18] AND CLA AGREES THAT THE, THE
[3:08:21] WORSE POSSIBLE OUTCOME
[3:08:23] FINANCIALLY HERE, GIVEN THAT WE
[3:08:25] ARE FACING RISKS, THERE IS
[3:08:28] RISKS ALL AROUND, AS IT RELATES
[3:08:29] TO HOSTING THE OLYMPICS, THERE
[3:08:31] IS GREAT UPSIDE AND GREAT
[3:08:33] BENEFIT, THAT IS THE TRADEOFF
[3:08:35] THAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, THAT
[3:08:37] OTHERS SIGNED UP FOR.
[3:08:41] BUT, THE WORSE SCENARIO WOULD
[3:08:43] BE WHERE THE GAMES END AND THE
[3:08:46] CITY HAS TO WRITE A CHECK FROM
[3:08:48] ITS GENERAL FUND TO COVER
[3:08:53] DEFICITS FROM LA28.
[3:08:54] TO US THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE
[3:08:57] SCENARIO.
[3:08:58] SO WE, IT IS IMPORTANT AND
[3:09:01] CRITICAL TO PRESERVE THIS
[3:09:05] CONTINGENCY, TO FIRST BE USED
[3:09:08] FOR THAT PURPOSE.
[3:09:08] IF THERE IS A DEFICIT, THEN,
[3:09:12] YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A
[3:09:14] DEFICIT, THE CITY IS GOING TO
[3:09:15] BE WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE
[3:09:17] AT-RISK OF HAVING TO, WRITE A
[3:09:21] CHECK TO LA28, THERE IS NOT
[3:09:21] GOING TO BE A SURPLUS AT THAT
[3:09:23] POINT.
[3:09:25] AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE IS, IT
[3:09:27] DOES PUT US AT-RISK FOR NOT
[3:09:30] BEING FULLY REIMBURSED.
[3:09:32] WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED
[3:09:36] TO DO.
[3:09:37] WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
[3:09:38] ELIMINATE THAT RISK.
[3:09:40] TO ELIMINATE THE ORDER, WOULD
[3:09:41] BE TO SAY WELL WE'RE GOING TO
[3:09:45] HAVE LA28 POTENTIALLY, PAY US
[3:09:48] FOR UNREIMBURSED COSTS FOR
[3:09:50] LAPD, AT THE SAME TIME, AS
[3:09:51] WE'RE WRITING THEM A CHECK TO
[3:09:53] CLOSE THEIR DEFICIT AND THAT
[3:09:54] DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
[3:09:56] THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING
[3:09:57] THAT.
[3:10:00] SO, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE,
[3:10:05] PRIMARY INTENT OF THAT OF THAT
[3:10:09] 270.
[3:10:09] THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT,
[3:10:11] IS AS I SAID EARLIER, TO THE
[3:10:15] EXTENT AND WE HOPE IS THE CASE
[3:10:17] THAT LA28 IS FINANCIALLY
[3:10:20] SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE WOULD HAVE
[3:10:22] ACCESS TO THIS UNUSED
[3:10:26] CONTINGENCY TO ENSURE THAT THE
[3:10:27] SFAOE IS REIMBURSED BEFORE THEY
[3:10:29] TAKE THAT MONEY AND SEND IT TO
[3:10:31] A LEGACY ENTITY.
[3:10:32] AND WITH THAT ADDITIONAL
[3:10:34] PROVISION THAT I ADDED THAT WE,
[3:10:36] THAT WE ENDED WITH RATHER, WE,
[3:10:40] THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT
[3:10:44] WE'RE REIMBURSED BEFORE ANY OF
[3:10:45] THAT MONEY GOES.
[3:10:47] SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WOULD
[3:10:50] RECOMMEND AGAINST 3-D.
[3:10:52] » 3E IS SAY RODRIGUEZ MOTION
[3:10:56] THIS RELATES TO AUDIT, THE
[3:10:59] UMBRELLA AGREEMENT THAT WE
[3:11:00] REFERRED TO, THE ONLY AUDIT
[3:11:02] PROVISION THAT WAS CONTAINED IN
[3:11:04] THAT WAS AUDITS AS IT RELATED
[3:11:06] TO THE SURPLUS AT THE END OF
[3:11:07] THE GAMES.
[3:11:08] I THINK MATT IS GOING TO BRING
[3:11:10] UP THE LANGUAGE FROM THE GAMES
[3:11:12] AGREEMENT.
[3:11:16] IN THE ECRM A BEFORE YOU, THERE
[3:11:19] WAS AN ENHANCEMENT TO THAT
[3:11:22] AUDIT AUTHORITY, THE AUDIT
[3:11:23] THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL
[3:11:25] AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY WOULD
[3:11:27] NOW HAVE TO DO AUDIT TO THE
[3:11:29] EXTENT THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO
[3:11:31] SEEK FEDERAL AND STATE
[3:11:33] REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ANY OTHER
[3:11:35] COSTS.
[3:11:36] SO THAT IS, WAS AN EXPANSION OF
[3:11:39] THE AUDIT AUTHORITY THAT WE HAD.
[3:11:44] ITEM 3E HAS SOME ADDITIONAL
[3:11:47] AUDIT AUTHORITY THIS WOULD BE
[3:11:48] AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT NOT ONLY
[3:11:50] UPON COMPLETION AND PRIOR TO
[3:11:53] DISSOLUTION OF LA28 BUT IT
[3:11:55] WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
[3:11:56] CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THAT
[3:11:58] AUDIT BEING DONE IF AND WHEN
[3:11:59] THERE IS A DISBURSEMENT OF THE
[3:12:01] SURPLUS AS WELL AS THE
[3:12:05] DISSOLUTION AND ANY CITY
[3:12:07] FUNDING BEING EXTENDED TO COVER
[3:12:09] EXPENDITURES AND EXCESS OF
[3:12:10] REVENUES.
[3:12:11] SO THIS  WOULD BE AN AUDIT
[3:12:16] BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THE
[3:12:16] EVENT.
[3:12:17] THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AND ALSO
[3:12:20] TO PREVERB ANY DOCUMENTS FOR
[3:12:23] THE FUTURE TO DECIDE TO HOST
[3:12:27] FOURTH GAMESED IN THE FUTURE.
[3:12:30] I THINK MATT WOULD AGREE THAT
[3:12:33] GENERALLY SPEAKING, AUDITS ARE
[3:12:34] VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
[3:12:36] IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY
[3:12:39] RELATIVE TO EXPENDITURE GAMES,
[3:12:41] POTENTIAL EXPENDITURE OF CITY
[3:12:42] RESOURCES AND ALSO TO JUST,
[3:12:44] JUST TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW,
[3:12:47] THE SURPLUSES ARE CALCULATED
[3:12:49] CORRECTLY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
[3:12:50] SO GENERALLY SPEAKING AS IT
[3:12:53] RELATES TO AUDIT,S MATT AND I
[3:12:54] WOULD AGREE THAT HAVING SOME
[3:12:56] ADDITIONAL AUDIT ESPECIALLY AS
[3:12:58] IT RELATED TO PRIOR TO ANY
[3:13:00] EXPENDITURES ON THE CITY, BEING
[3:13:06] EXPENDED BEFORE THAT IT WOULD
[3:13:07] BE NECESSARY, WE WOULD AGREE
[3:13:09] THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY THAT
[3:13:11] WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
[3:13:15] ITEM 3-F, IS ALSO AUDITS.
[3:13:19] THIS AUDIT AUTHORITY IS, WOULD
[3:13:22] BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT I JUST
[3:13:24] IN INDICATED.
[3:13:26] THIS ONE WOULD SEEM LIKE I
[3:13:28] SAID, INCLUDE THE CONTROLLERS
[3:13:31] AS BEING AUTHORIZED
[3:13:34] REPRESENTATIVE BUT ALSO
[3:13:35] INCLUDES AT ANY TIME WITHIN
[3:13:38] FIVE DAYS NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO
[3:13:40] HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS.
[3:13:45] TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
[3:13:49] PRESSURE ON ORGANIZATION
[3:13:52] SHORT-TERM WHEN THEY'RE TRYING
[3:13:53] TO DELIVER A MAJOR EVENT IN THE
[3:13:56] CITY.
[3:13:57] IT DOES CONCERN US, THAT IT
[3:14:00] WOULD BE WITHIN FIVE DAYS, NO
[3:14:02] MATTER WHO IS DOING IT, THAT
[3:14:04] WITHIN FIVE DAYS NOTICE THAT
[3:14:06] EVERYTHING WOULD BE OPENED UP.
[3:14:07] I THINK THAT, THERE ARE A
[3:14:09] NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THE CITY
[3:14:10] HAD ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE TO
[3:14:14] HELP US MONITOR, REMEMBER WHEN
[3:14:16] WE DID THIS GAMES AGREEMENT,
[3:14:17] THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
[3:14:19] WE DID TO PROTECT THE CITY'S
[3:14:21] INTEREST ALREADY.
[3:14:24] THIS ECRM A WAS TO PROTECT THE
[3:14:26] CITY, THE ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY
[3:14:28] WAS TO PROTECT THE CITY.
[3:14:31] AUDIT AUTHORITY 2, YES, THAT
[3:14:33] WAS ALSO TO PROTECT THE CITY
[3:14:35] BUT EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU, WAS
[3:14:36] TO PROTECT THE CITY.
[3:14:37] SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.
[3:14:42] THIS, WHAT WE DID GIVE UP, WHEN
[3:14:47] WE SIGNED THE WHOLE CITY
[3:14:49] AGREEMENT WAS THE ABILITY FOR
[3:14:51] LA28 TO RUN THIS GAMES
[3:14:53] AGREEMENT AND DELIVER THE GAMES
[3:14:54] AGREEMENT.
[3:14:55] THAT'S WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR,
[3:14:57] THERE IS NO UNDOING THAT.
[3:15:00] SO THIS TO ME SEEMS A LITTLE
[3:15:03] BIT MORE EXPANDED AND QUITE
[3:15:05] FRANKLY, I REALLY WANT LA28 TO
[3:15:08] BE SUCCESSFUL.
[3:15:09] I DON'T WANT DISTRACTIONS FOR
[3:15:10] THEM TO DELIVER THE BEST GAMES
[3:15:12] POSSIBLE AND TO DELIVER IT WITH
[3:15:14] A HUGE SURPLUS, THAT'S WHAT
[3:15:16] WE'RE HOPING FOR, THAT'S WHAT
[3:15:19] WE'RE ANTICIPATING, THAT'S WHAT
[3:15:20] WE EXPECTED WHEN WE SIGNED THE
[3:15:22] GAMES AGREEMENT, I THINK THIS
[3:15:23] WOULD BE A PERSONALLY THIS
[3:15:25] WOULD BE A, A BIG DISTRACTION,
[3:15:28] THAT'S JUST FROM THE CLA.
[3:15:31] » THAT'S FINE.
[3:15:32] » Council President: THANK YOU.
[3:15:34] SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS
[3:15:35] ON THE QUEUE.
[3:15:39] I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER
[3:15:40] RODRIGUEZ.
[3:15:40] » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU.
[3:15:42] WERE WE GOING TO, HOW ARE WE
[3:15:44] GOING TO DISPOSE AND GO THROUGH
[3:15:46] ALL OF THESE AMENDMENT ?Z
[3:15:47] » Council President: WE WILL,
[3:15:50] I MEAN I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION
[3:15:52] ON THAT.
[3:15:53] MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE GO ONE
[3:15:54] BY ONE, MY RECOMMENDATION IS
[3:15:56] THAT ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR THE
[3:15:58] AUDIT ONE GOES TO COMMITTEE.
[3:16:00] » M. Rodriguez: OKAY, I'M
[3:16:03] HAPPY TO ALLOW COLLEAGUES TO GO
[3:16:05] BEFORE ME, BECAUSE I HAVE THE
[3:16:07] BENEFIT OF BEING IN COMMITTEE
[3:16:09] AND ADDRESSING MAKING MY
[3:16:11] COMMENTS AND CONCERNS KNOWN
[3:16:11] THERE.
[3:16:12] » Council President: ALL
[3:16:13] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA?
[3:16:14] » I. Padilla: I ONLY REQUEST
[3:16:17] THIS ONCE WE GET TO THE
[3:16:19] AMENDMENT SO I CAN SPEAK FOR
[3:16:20] 3-D.
[3:16:21] » Council President: OKAY,
[3:16:22] COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD?
[3:16:23] » B. Blumenfield: THANK YOU.
[3:16:25] I JUST WANTED TO DRILL DOWN ON
[3:16:27] THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS AND
[3:16:28] HOW THAT WILL WORK TIMING WISE
[3:16:32] AS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY REIMBURSE
[3:16:37] US WITH THE RATE THAT THEY DO
[3:16:40] WITH FEMA BY THE TIME WE KNOW
[3:16:44] THEY'RE REIMBURSING US, LA28
[3:16:45] WILL BE CLOSED UP.
[3:16:47] HOW DO WE ENSURE?
[3:16:48] HOW DO WE?
[3:16:49] HOW DO WE MATCH THAT UP?
[3:16:52] I'M WORRIED, I'M SURE YOU
[3:16:53] THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I'M
[3:16:55] WORRIED ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY
[3:16:56] DRAGGING ON AND US POTENTIALLY
[3:16:59] BEING ON THE HOOK FOR IT, WELL
[3:17:03] AFTER THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE
[3:17:05] SURPLUS OR NOT ARE ALREADY MADE.
[3:17:07] » SO, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
[3:17:10] THAT AS WELL.
[3:17:12] AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE
[3:17:14] PROVISION ON DIS --DISSOLUTION.
[3:17:21] I'M GOING TO READ THE FULL
[3:17:23] THING, THE FULL SECTION LA28
[3:17:26] SHALL SATISFY ALL ITS FINANCIAL
[3:17:27] AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
[3:17:29] WHOLE CITY CONTRACT, THE GAMES
[3:17:32] AGREEMENT AND ECRMA AND ANY
[3:17:33] OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
[3:17:35] PARTIES PRIOR TO DISBURSEMENT
[3:17:38] PURSUANT TO THE WHOLE CONTRACT
[3:17:40] AGREEMENT OR THE OCOGs LA28
[3:17:44] DISSOLUTION.
[3:17:45] AND WITH THE CLARIFYING, THAT
[3:17:47] MEANS THAT WE WERE, WE'LL BE
[3:17:49] FULLY PAID.
[3:17:51] SO WE DID CONTEMPLATE THAT AND
[3:17:54] THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT WE NEED
[3:17:55] TO BE FULLY PAID BEFORE, BEFORE
[3:18:02] DISSOLUTION OF THE ORGANIZATION.
[3:18:03] » B. Blumenfield: WITH THE
[3:18:06] FEMA, IT'S TAKEN DECADES.
[3:18:08] WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO
[3:18:10] WAIT THAT LONG.
[3:18:11] » WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE
[3:18:16] DETERMINATIONS MUCH MUCH SOONER
[3:18:17] THAN THAT.
[3:18:18] AND IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN YOU
[3:18:25] KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD A
[3:18:26] NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT HAVE
[3:18:29] REQUIRED FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
[3:18:31] SINCE 2020 AND WE HAVE OUR
[3:18:34] SYSTEM HAS, WE HAVE A GOOD
[3:18:35] SYSTEM, WE HAVE A GREAT
[3:18:39] RELATIONSHIP WITH CAL OES AND
[3:18:41] FEMA, WE HAVE A GREAT
[3:18:44] RELATIONSHIP WITH FEMA.
[3:18:45] WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE AT
[3:18:47] LEAST A DETERMINATION OF WHAT
[3:18:48] THE CITY WILL GET.
[3:18:50] TYPICALLY THERE IS A PROCESS
[3:18:52] WHERE THE MONEY WOULD GO FROM
[3:18:55] FEMA AND THEN THEY DO THEIR
[3:18:56] REVIEW AND SEND IT TO US.
[3:18:58] BUT WE WILL KNOW, FAIRLY SOON
[3:19:01] AFTER, SUBMITTING THE
[3:19:04] APPLICATION WHAT FEMA WILL
[3:19:08] DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE ALLEGABLE
[3:19:09] OR PROCESSING.
[3:19:10] » B. Blumenfield: AND IS IT
[3:19:13] JUST FEMA, THE SECURITY MONEY,
[3:19:14] THERE WAS A BILLION WHICH WAS
[3:19:16] EARMARKED WHICH THEY WOULD USE
[3:19:18] IT ALL THEMSELVES.
[3:19:25] » THE BILLION IN THE
[3:19:26] LEGISLATION WAS APPROPRIATED
[3:19:27] JUST FOR STATE AND LOCAL
[3:19:29] SECURITY AND PLANNING.
[3:19:31] WE, WE DON'T HAVE FULL PICTURE
[3:19:35] ON THE DETAIL OF HOW OR WHAT
[3:19:38] EXACTLY WILL BE ELIGIBLE OR HOW
[3:19:40] EXACTLY WILL BE DISBURSED.
[3:19:42] THAT WILL BE, CLARIFIED IN THE
[3:19:47] NOFO THAT WE EXPECT, THAT WILL
[3:19:49] BE ISSUED THIS FALL.
[3:19:50] SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT, WE WILL
[3:19:53] CERTAINLY ADVISE THE COMMITTEE
[3:19:54] AND THE FULL COUNCIL AS TO THE
[3:19:58] IMPLICATIONS FROM THAT.
[3:19:59] BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL
[3:20:01] USE THE FEMA PROCESS TO
[3:20:03] DISBURSE THE DOLLARS.
[3:20:04] » B. Blumenfield: OKAY, GREAT,
[3:20:06] THANK YOU.
[3:20:09] » Council President:
[3:20:10] COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.
[3:20:11] » N. Raman: I JUST WANTED TO
[3:20:14] UNDERSCORE COUNCILMEMBER
[3:20:15] BLUMENFIELD'S QUESTIONS.
[3:20:17] I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING MR. SZABO
[3:20:21] YOUR DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHY
[3:20:22] WE'RE MAKING THE DISTINCTION
[3:20:29] BETWEEN NSCC AREAS AND THEN,
[3:20:31] THE SECURITY REIMBURSEMENTS?
[3:20:34] HOW DOES IT DISADVANTAGE US?
[3:20:38] WE'LL OF COURSE GO AND SEEK THE
[3:20:41] FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.
[3:20:42] WE'RE GOING TO SEEK OUT EVERY
[3:20:44] DOLLAR AS WE'RE ELIGIBLE FROM
[3:20:45] THE CITY WHATEVER IT IS BUT WHY
[3:20:48] WOULD WE WANT TO DRAW A
[3:20:52] DISTINCTION HERE BETWEEN THOSE
[3:20:55] TWO AND POTENTIALLY LIMIT US
[3:20:57] FROM ACTUALLY GETTING THE
[3:20:59] SECURITY REIMBURSEMENTS FROM
[3:21:01] THE OCOG?
[3:21:02] » SO THE LANGUAGE SITED IN THE
[3:21:07] PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, DOESN'T
[3:21:10] LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO BE
[3:21:11] REIMBURSED.
[3:21:13] THE DISTINCTION IS THERE ONLY
[3:21:16] AS IT RELATES TO THE SERVICES
[3:21:19] AND SERVICE LEVELS.
[3:21:20] SO WE NEED TODAY HAVE A
[3:21:23] DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT WHAT
[3:21:24] IS IN THE PER VIEW OF THE
[3:21:28] SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT'S LA28
[3:21:29] AND THE CITY WOULD DISCUSS AND
[3:21:32] ESTABLISH BETWEEN THEMSELVES
[3:21:33] AND THE SERVICE LEVELSER THAT
[3:21:35] WOULD BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH
[3:21:37] THE NSCC PROCESS.
[3:21:38] THAT IS, THAT IS THE ONLY
[3:21:40] REASON FOR THE DISTINCTION.
[3:21:44] IT TAKES IT OUT OF OUR HANDS
[3:21:47] AND IT DOES NOT  WHETHER BOTH
[3:21:52] PROCESSES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND
[3:21:54] IN FACT, IMPORTANTLY IN THE, IN
[3:21:58] THE AMENDMENT, WE CLEARLY SAY
[3:21:59] THAT IF IT'S A SERVICE THAT IS
[3:22:02] IN THE VSA OR THROUGH NSCC,
[3:22:05] THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
[3:22:10] REIMBURSEMENT AND OBLIGATION
[3:22:11] FOR LA28.
[3:22:12] WE WANTED TO CAPTURE BOTH.
[3:22:18] » N. Raman: SHOULD OR COULD BE
[3:22:21] REIMBURSED.
[3:22:21] » WOULD BE IN WE'RE NOT FULLY
[3:22:24] REIMBURSED.
[3:22:24] » N. Raman: OKAY AND YOU'RE
[3:22:26] SAYING THAT WILL HAPPEN INTO
[3:22:29] THE VENUE SERVICE LANGUAGE?
[3:22:31] » THE VENUE SERVICE AGREEMENTS
[3:22:34] WILL ESTABLISH THE SERVICE
[3:22:37] LEVELS OF PUBLIC SAFETY
[3:22:38] PERSONNEL TO BE PROVIDED AT THE
[3:22:42] VENUES, OUTSIDE OF THE AREAS
[3:22:45] THAT THE NSCC IS DICTATING.
[3:22:48] SO THAT NSCC WILL DICTATE THAT
[3:22:50] AND ANYTHING THAT NSCC DICTATES
[3:22:53] IS ELIGIBLE AND ANYTHING IN THE
[3:22:57] VSAs IS ALSO ELIGIBLE.
[3:22:59] » N. Raman: I THINK A LOT OF
[3:23:01] THE QUESTIONS ON THIS BODY, MAY
[3:23:03] BE AND SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS
[3:23:05] HERE ARE COMING FROM QUESTIONS
[3:23:07] THAT WERE RAISED BY THE CITY
[3:23:09] ATTORNEY IN THEIR LETTER.
[3:23:10] AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
[3:23:12] ANYBODY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
[3:23:14] WHO CAN SPEAK BETWEEN THE
[3:23:18] DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE WAY
[3:23:19] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND
[3:23:22] THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY PROVIDED.
[3:23:23] AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO
[3:23:26] MUCH TIME.
[3:23:28] » DAN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
[3:23:30] WE SUBMITTED THREE DIFFERENT
[3:23:32] REPORTS TO COUNCIL AND OUR
[3:23:33] POSITION HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED
[3:23:35] SINCE THEN.
[3:23:35] AS FAR AS OUR CONCERNS.
[3:23:38] I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SPEAKING AT
[3:23:41] A--DAN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
[3:23:46] SO WE SUBMITTED THREE DIFFERENT
[3:23:48] REPORTS GOING BACK FROM
[3:23:50] SEPTEMBER THROUGH MARCH AND
[3:23:53] RECENTLY IN JUNE EXPRESSING THE
[3:23:55] ISSUES THAT WE THOUGHT YOU NEED
[3:23:56] TO BE AWARE OF.
[3:23:58] WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR
[3:23:59] POSITION SINCE THEN.
[3:24:00] » OKAY.
[3:24:03] YOU KNOW, THIS DISTINCTION THAT
[3:24:07] IS BEING MADE, YOU'RE SAYING
[3:24:10] MIGHT HARM OUR ABILITY TO GET
[3:24:13] REIMBURSEMENT FOR SECURITY
[3:24:14] EXPENSES?
[3:24:15] » ITEMS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE
[3:24:18] COULD BE ELIGIBLE AND NOT
[3:24:20] REIMBURSED AND ANYTHING THAT IS
[3:24:23] NOT REIMBURSED WOULD THEN FALL
[3:24:25] EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY IF WE GO
[3:24:28] INTO DEFICIT.
[3:24:30] » N. Raman: OKAY.
[3:24:33] AND SO, IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF
[3:24:39] THE DIRECTIONALITY AND THE KIND
[3:24:41] OF STAGES OF REIMBURSEMENT, YOU
[3:24:43] HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
[3:24:46] FROM OVER BEAR ANS, I WONDER IF
[3:24:49] YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT RATHER
[3:24:51] THAN SAYING YOU WROTE IT IN A
[3:24:52] LETTER.
[3:24:53] » I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS,
[3:24:55] I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO
[3:24:57] YOU PRIVATELY.
[3:24:58] » N. Raman: THERE WAS A PUBLIC
[3:24:59] LETTER AS WELL.
[3:25:01] » WITH THE PUBLIC LETTER, SURE.
[3:25:04] IN YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION
[3:25:08] ABOUT, THE NSCC VERSUS OTHER
[3:25:10] EXPENSES?
[3:25:11] » N. Raman: UH-HUH.
[3:25:13] » I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND
[3:25:14] YOUR EXACT QUESTION.
[3:25:15] » N. Raman: LET ME ASK ONE
[3:25:17] OTHER QUESTION ABOUT AUDITS,
[3:25:19] BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO
[3:25:20] AMENDMENTS HERE ABOUT AUDITS.
[3:25:22] DID WE SIGN AWAY OUR AUDIT
[3:25:24] RIGHTS IN THE 2021 GAMES
[3:25:27] AGREEMENT?
[3:25:29] DOES THAT PREVENT US FROM
[3:25:31] PUTTING MORE ABOUT OUR POWERS
[3:25:33] TO AUDIT.
[3:25:34] » ABSOLUTELY NOT.
[3:25:35] THERE IS AUDIT RIGHTS
[3:25:37] PERTAINING TO THE SURPLUS WHICH
[3:25:40] WAS DESIGNED BECAUSE LEGACY
[3:25:41] ENTER CITY BECOMES A PRIVATE
[3:25:43] NONPROFIT.
[3:25:44] AND, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO KNOW
[3:25:46] WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING THERE
[3:25:48] BECAUSE THE MOMENT THOSE FUNDS
[3:25:50] GO THERE IT GOES TO A NONPROFIT.
[3:25:52] BUT IN SECTION 7.2 WHICH IS THE
[3:25:56] ECRM A, AND DEFINITION OF
[3:26:01] ECRMA, THAT SECTION IS DESIGNED
[3:26:03] TO CAPTURE COSTS BECAUSE THIS
[3:26:05] IS SUPPOSE TO BE A ZERO COST
[3:26:07] GAMES.
[3:26:10] AND THE ECRMA IS THE MECHANISM
[3:26:13] TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS, IF THAT
[3:26:14] MAKES SENSE.
[3:26:15] » N. Raman: RIGHT.
[3:26:20] » DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
[3:26:22] QUESTION REGARDING AUDIT.
[3:26:22] » N. Raman: BUT WE CAN STILL
[3:26:25] INSIST IN FURTHER AUDIT RIGHTS
[3:26:33] THROUGH THE ECRMA?
[3:26:35] » YES.
[3:26:35] » N. Raman: THANK YOU T I HAVE
[3:26:37] OTHER QUESTIONS, I KNOW I'M
[3:26:39] WELL OVERTIME.
[3:26:40] » Council President:
[3:26:41] COUNCILMEMBER HERN DIZ.
[3:26:41] » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, AND
[3:26:44] JUST TO BE CLEAR, STAY MR. DAN,
[3:26:47] PLEASE STAY, THANK YOU.
[3:26:48] JUST TO BE CLEAR IN 7.2 IT SAYS
[3:26:53] THE ECRMA SHOULD INCLUDE AMONG
[3:26:56] OTHER THINGS, SERVICE LEVELS,
[3:26:58] UNIT COSTS, RATE A REPAYMENT
[3:27:01] TIMELINE, AUDIT RIGHTS
[3:27:02] INCLUDING AS IT RELATES TO CITY
[3:27:04] LABOR AGREEMENTS AND OTHER
[3:27:07] SCHEDULED PROCESS AND SCHEDULED
[3:27:09] CONSIDERATION.
[3:27:10] THATS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT
[3:27:11] IS INCLUDED THAT THIS ECRMA IS
[3:27:14] A TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
[3:27:16] IS A ZERO COSTS OLYMPICS TO US,
[3:27:18] CORRECT?
[3:27:19] AND WE CAN PUT MORE AUDIT IN
[3:27:20] THERE.
[3:27:21] » ABSOLUTELY.
[3:27:21] COUNCILMEMBER.
[3:27:22] » E. Hernandez: GREAT, I DON'T
[3:27:24] KNOW HOW IT'S BEEN FOR Y'ALL,
[3:27:27] BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN THE
[3:27:29] BEST RELATIONSHIP WITH LA28 AND
[3:27:31] TO NOT PROTECT THE CITY MORE BY
[3:27:33] BEING ABLE TO AUDIT THE ENTITY
[3:27:35] THAT IS DOING THE FUNDRAISING
[3:27:37] FOR THIS, I THINK THAT'S NOT
[3:27:39] THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO
[3:27:42] GO IN.
[3:27:43] AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS
[3:27:46] MOTION FORWARD TO ASK FOR MORE
[3:27:47] OPPORTUNITIES TO DO AUDIT.
[3:27:49] AND IF THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING
[3:27:51] CORRECTLY AND THEY'VE GOT
[3:27:52] NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, WHY
[3:27:53] WON'T WE WANT TO AUDIT MORE.
[3:27:55] IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY
[3:27:58] WORRY ABOUT, OR DON'T WANT
[3:28:01] SHOWN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
[3:28:02] THEY WOULD WITHIN WANT AUDITING.
[3:28:04] BUT IN ORDER TO PROTECT
[3:28:06] OURSELVES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE
[3:28:07] ABILITY TO DO THAT.
[3:28:10] AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
[3:28:15] IF THE VCA IS NEGOTIATED WITH A
[3:28:17] PRIVATE ENTER CITY SUCH AS THE
[3:28:19] DODGERS AND THEIR TERMS ARE
[3:28:22] MORE FAVORABLE THAN OURS, IS
[3:28:24] THE CITY ABLE TO MATCH THOSE
[3:28:26] TERMS LATER DOWN THE LINE?
[3:28:30] WHOEVER CAN ANSWER?
[3:28:31] » I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY,
[3:28:34] IF WE AGREED TO TERMS, IN THEY
[3:28:39] ARE MORE FAVORABLE THAN WE
[3:28:41] WOULD OFFER THE DODGERS?
[3:28:42] » E. Hernandez: NO IF THE
[3:28:46] DODGERS HAVE MORE FAVORABLE
[3:28:48] TERMS, ARE WE ABLE TO ADJUST
[3:28:51] THE ECRMA FOR THOSE BETTER
[3:28:53] TERMS?
[3:29:02] » SO, THE THE TERMS THAT WOULD
[3:29:10] BE, THE VSAs ARE DESIGNED TO
[3:29:15] COVER ALL THE CITY COSTS THAT
[3:29:17] ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT HEALTH
[3:29:19] AND SAFETY IN SUPPORT OF THE
[3:29:20] GAMES WHICH IS WHY, WHICH IS
[3:29:22] WHY THERE IS A CONCEPT OF
[3:29:24] HAVING A GAMES FOOTPRINT, THE
[3:29:27] SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO
[3:29:28] ENSURE THAT THAT THOSE GAMES
[3:29:33] ARE SAFE.
[3:29:34] THE, STANDARD THAT IS IN THE
[3:29:36] AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, IS THAT
[3:29:39] THEY WOULD BE AT SERVICE LEVELS
[3:29:42] THAT MEET CITY STANDARDS.
[3:29:44] SO, IN TERMS OF CONDITIONS OR
[3:29:48] NOT, OUR GOAL IS TO MEET CITY
[3:29:50] STANDARDS WITH EVERYTHING,
[3:29:51] WHETHER IT'S THE DODGERS
[3:29:53] PARADE, THE OSCARS OR ANY OF
[3:29:56] THE GAMES.
[3:29:58] SO, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THEM
[3:30:01] AS DEPENDENT OR RELATED TO ONE
[3:30:02] ANOTHER.
[3:30:04] WHATEVER THE OPERATIONAL PLAN
[3:30:06] DICTATES IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF
[3:30:08] CITY RESOURCES IS WHAT OUR,
[3:30:11] WHAT THE CITY POSITION WOULD BE.
[3:30:14] WE, WE DO HAVE TO IT IS
[3:30:17] DIFFERENT, I WILL SAY, THAN
[3:30:21] THAN THE DODGERS OR THE ACADEMY
[3:30:23] AWARDS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
[3:30:29] ISSUING A PERMIT.
[3:30:31] WE ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE
[3:30:35] THE SERVICE LEVELS
[3:30:37] COLLABORATIVELY AND THROUGH
[3:30:39] MUTUAL CONSENT, THAT'S WHAT A
[3:30:41] SERVICE AGREEMENT IS, IT'S AN
[3:30:42] AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PARTIES.
[3:30:43] SO THERE IS A, AN UNDERSTANDING
[3:30:46] THAT THERE WOULD BE A
[3:30:48] DISCUSSION BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN
[3:30:49] THERE THAT THEY NEED TO BE AT
[3:30:51] SERVICE LEVELS THAT MEET CITY
[3:30:53] STANDARDS.
[3:30:54] THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, IF
[3:30:55] THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
[3:30:56] WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE
[3:31:00] DODGERS VERSUS LA28.
[3:31:02] » E. Hernandez: IS THERE ONLY
[3:31:08] ONE ECRMA?
[3:31:09] » THIS APPLIES TO THE CITY OF
[3:31:11] LOS ANGELES, OTHER
[3:31:14] JURISDICTIONS WILL HAVE SIMILAR
[3:31:16] AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE MODELED
[3:31:18] AFTER THIS AGREEMENT.
[3:31:19] » E. Hernandez: WHAT IF THEIRS
[3:31:22] ARE BETTER THAN OURS?
[3:31:24] DO YOU GET TO BE RETROACTIVE?
[3:31:27] » WE HAVE MOST FAVORITE
[3:31:34] STATUS, THEY ARE NOT TO PROVIDE
[3:31:37] SOMETHING THAT IS PROVIDED TO
[3:31:38] THE CITY.
[3:31:39] SO CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS, WE
[3:31:41] WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY
[3:31:43] DEMAND A CHANGE.
[3:31:43] THAT'S THE REASON THAT THERE IS
[3:31:45] A SEQUENCE TO THIS AND WHY, WHY
[3:31:48] WE DO NEED TO MOVE THIS
[3:31:50] FORWARD, 28 NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE
[3:31:52] OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER
[3:31:54] JURISDICTIONS BASED ON THIS
[3:31:55] AGREEMENT.
[3:31:56] AND, AND SO THERE ARE NOT ONLY,
[3:31:58] SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE A BETTER
[3:32:02] AGREEMENT, OUR AGREEMENT AS,
[3:32:05] HAS PROVISIONED IN IT THAT WILL
[3:32:06] BE UNIQUE TO OUR CITY BECAUSE
[3:32:09] OF OUR ROLE AS A FINANCIAL
[3:32:11] BACKSTOP.
[3:32:11] AND THIS DISCUSSION THAT IS
[3:32:13] ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF
[3:32:14] LOS ANGELES.
[3:32:15] THAT WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO
[3:32:17] OTHER CITIES.
[3:32:18] » E. Hernandez: OKAY, I'M
[3:32:21] OVERTIME, I HAVE A FEW MORE
[3:32:25] QUESTIONS.
[3:32:26] I HAVE DODGER STADIUM ON MY
[3:32:29] DISTRICT, SO I WANT TO MAKE
[3:32:31] SURE THAT I GET THROUGH THEM.
[3:32:33] » Council President: SURE.
[3:32:34] » E. Hernandez: WHAT HAPPENS
[3:32:38] IF --
[3:32:40] ~>> I WOULD HOPE THAT DAN WOULD
[3:32:43] SUE THEM TO PREVENT THAT.
[3:32:45] THERE IS A CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT
[3:32:46] THEY ARE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
[3:32:51] SATISFY ALL OBLIGATION TO THE
[3:32:53] CITY PRIOR TO DISSOLUTION.
[3:32:58] » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU.
[3:33:00] WHAT INCENTIVE HAVE THAT MAKE
[3:33:03] SURE THAT L.A. AS MUNICIPAL
[3:33:05] SHOULD HAVE HAVE NOT TO PAY
[3:33:07] BACK THE COSTS SHOULD THEY NOT
[3:33:09] RAISE ENOUGH FUNDS?
[3:33:11] BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
[3:33:13] FUNDS.
[3:33:14] » WELL THEY REPORT, THEY
[3:33:16] REPORT, THEY HAVE THEIR, THEY
[3:33:18] DO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
[3:33:28] THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR BUDGET.
[3:33:31] I GUESS I'LL DIFFER TO SHARON,
[3:33:33] WE HAVE A MUTUAL INTEREST IN A
[3:33:37] CERTAIN SENSE, YOU KNOW, WE
[3:33:39] ARE, WE ARE JOINED AT THE HIP
[3:33:40] HERE.
[3:33:43] THEY WANT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
[3:33:46] OLYMPICS, THEY WANT TO HAVE A
[3:33:48] SUCCESSFUL LEGACY FOR THOSE 28
[3:33:51] OLYMPICS.
[3:33:52] THE BEST CASE SCENARIO NOW THAT
[3:33:55] WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IS THE
[3:33:58] GAMES ARE EXTRAORDINARY
[3:34:00] FINANCIAL SUCCESSFUL.
[3:34:01] THERE IS A ROBUST LEGACY FUND
[3:34:03] THAT WILL PAY FOR YOUTH SPORTS
[3:34:06] FOR DECADES TO COME FOR THE
[3:34:07] CITY AND ALL OF OUR COSTS WILL
[3:34:09] BE REIMBURSED AS A RESULT OF
[3:34:11] THAT, AS A RESULT OF THAT.
[3:34:15] WE ARE PROVIDING YOU TODAY AS
[3:34:18] MANY PROTECTIONS AS WE CAN
[3:34:21] GIVEN THE  REALITY IF IT IS NOT
[3:34:25] FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL IT DOES
[3:34:26] FALL ON TO US.
[3:34:27] THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN,
[3:34:29] THAT WE COULD PROPOSE TO YOU
[3:34:31] TODAY OR TOMORROW OR NEXT YEAR,
[3:34:33] THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT RISK.
[3:34:36] BUT WE HAVE A CLEAR MUTUAL
[3:34:40] INTEREST IN HAVING BOTH, A
[3:34:44] SUCCESSFUL OLYMPICS FINANCIALLY
[3:34:46] AND EVERY OTHER WAY WE WOULD
[3:34:47] DEFINE SUCCESS.
[3:34:49] » YES, THERE IS THE MUTUAL
[3:34:50] INTEREST AND THAT'S WHAT I
[3:34:52] WOULD POINT TO.
[3:34:52] AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR
[3:34:55] SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT UPON THEM,
[3:34:57] THEIR SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT UPON
[3:34:59] US AS WELL.
[3:34:59] SO WE ARE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING
[3:35:03] THAT THIS WILL GENERATE THE
[3:35:05] SURPLUS THAT IS NECESSARY, THAT
[3:35:06] THE CITY WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR
[3:35:11] OUR COSTS, OF COURSE THERE IS
[3:35:13] THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE ABOUT
[3:35:16] FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT
[3:35:17] WAS ALWAYS THE RISK WE FACED.
[3:35:19] THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CHANGE
[3:35:20] THAT.
[3:35:21] SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
[3:35:22] » E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, I
[3:35:24] HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
[3:35:25] WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THAT BAG WE
[3:35:27] WOULD BE HOLDING IF THE MONEY
[3:35:28] GENERATED FROM THE OLYMPICS
[3:35:31] WASN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS
[3:35:32] GOING TO BE?
[3:35:33] I HEARD FIGURES OF LIKE A
[3:35:35] BILLION DOLLARS?
[3:35:37] IS THAT CORRECT?
[3:35:38] » IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PROJECT
[3:35:40] THAT.
[3:35:41] THE GAMES ITSELF IS OVER 7.1
[3:35:45] BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET.
[3:35:51] THE, THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE
[3:35:59] THAT WAS LEGISLATED BY THE
[3:36:00] STATE LEGISLATION IS IF THEY
[3:36:02] FAILED TO MEET THEIR BUDGET.
[3:36:03] FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A
[3:36:06] CONTINGENCY IN THEIR BUDGET OF
[3:36:08] 330 MILLION DOLLARS.
[3:36:10] SO IF THEY FALL BETWEEN ONE AND
[3:36:14] 330 MILLION DOLLARS SHORT OF
[3:36:17] THEIR BUDGET, NOTHING WILL BE
[3:36:18] AFFECTED.
[3:36:24] THEN IF THEY FALL FURTHER THAN
[3:36:26] THAT, WE HAVE THE, THE
[3:36:29] ALLOCATED CONTINGENCY FUNDS
[3:36:30] THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST LINE OF
[3:36:32] DEFENSE PROTECT ITING THE CITY.
[3:36:34] THEN IF IT'S EVEN MORE THAN
[3:36:36] THAT, THEN THAT IS WHEN THE
[3:36:37] CITY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR
[3:36:41] THE NEXT 270 MILLION.
[3:36:43] SO IT WOULD HAVE TO, THEY WOULD
[3:36:45] HAVE TO FALL 600 MILLION
[3:36:47] DOLLARS SHORT OF THEIR 7 PLUS
[3:36:50] BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET FOR THE
[3:36:51] CITY TO BE IN JEOPARDY.
[3:36:53] AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD BE ON
[3:36:56] THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING UP TO 270
[3:36:58] MILLION AND THEN THE STATE
[3:37:00] COMES IN, AND THEN PROVIDES THE
[3:37:04] NEXT 270 IF IT'S EVEN WORSE
[3:37:07] THAN 600 MILLION PLUS 270
[3:37:09] MILLION.
[3:37:10] AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE CITY
[3:37:12] WOULD TAKE ON WHATEVER IS,
[3:37:14] WHATEVER IS AFTER THAT.
[3:37:18] SO, AGAIN, THAT IS, THAT IS THE
[3:37:21] REALITY.
[3:37:23] IS THAT A LIKELY SCENARIO, WE
[3:37:26] DON'T BELIEVE SO.
[3:37:28] THERE ARE REPORTS THUS FAR
[3:37:30] SUGGESTED THAT THEY'RE MEETING
[3:37:32] THEIR TARGETS ON SPONSORSHIP
[3:37:35] AND OTHER REVENUES AND WE WANT
[3:37:37] THEM TO CONTINUE TO HIT THEIR
[3:37:39] TARGETS.
[3:37:40] BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS.
[3:37:41] » E. Hernandez: BEAUTIFUL,
[3:37:42] THANK YOU.
[3:37:43] AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WHAT
[3:37:45] DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE AUDIT
[3:37:48] AHEAD OF GAMES TO ENSURE
[3:37:51] PROPERTIES SUCH AS FUNDS.
[3:37:56] » SO, THE AGAIN, THE REALITY
[3:37:59] HERE IS WE DO NOT HAVE, WE
[3:38:03] DON'T HAVE HAVE CONTROL OVER,
[3:38:07] WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL
[3:38:09] CONTROL OVER LA28, ANY CONTROL
[3:38:13] OVER HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR
[3:38:15] FUNDS.
[3:38:15] WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUDGET
[3:38:16] AUTHORITY.
[3:38:17] OUR AUTHORITY DOES NOT TRIGGER
[3:38:19] UNTIL, UNTIL AFTER THE GAMES AS
[3:38:22] WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT MAY
[3:38:26] HOW MUCH THEY MAY HAVE FALLEN
[3:38:31] SHORT OR OR EXCEEDED THEIR
[3:38:36] BUDGET.
[3:38:46] AND THAT SURPLUS AUDIT WASED TO
[3:38:50] BE UNDERTAKEN AFTER THE GAMES,
[3:38:52] AFTER THEY'VE CALCULATED THEIR
[3:38:54] SURPLUS.
[3:38:54] NOW I WILL SAY THIS T WE DON'T
[3:38:56] VIEW, MY OFFICE DOES NOT VIEW A
[3:38:59] SURPLUS AUDIT AS LIMITED.
[3:39:01] JUST LIKE WHEN WE CALCULATE THE
[3:39:04] RESERVE FUND, IN ORDER TO
[3:39:06] CALCULATE, YOU NEED TO HAVE
[3:39:08] ACCESS TO  LITERALLY EVERY
[3:39:15] AUDIT.
[3:39:15] IT'S A COMPLETE AUDIT OF THEIR
[3:39:20] FINANCIALS.
[3:39:21] WE WILL HAVE AUDIT AUTHORITY
[3:39:22] AND ALSO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, WE
[3:39:25] DO HAVE AUDIT AUTHORITY BEFORE
[3:39:27] THE GAMES ENDS AS IT RELATES
[3:39:30] TO, OUR ABILITY TO SECURE
[3:39:35] FEDERAL FUNDS OR STATE FUNDS.
[3:39:37] SO THROUGH THAT, IF THAT IS
[3:39:39] REQUIRED, THEN, WE HAVE THEN WE
[3:39:42] COULD HAVE ACCESS TO
[3:39:44] DOCUMENTATION THAT WE WOULD NEED
[3:39:50] TO PROVIDE WHATEVER REQUIRED.
[3:39:55] THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT BEFORE
[3:39:56] YOU, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO
[3:39:57] SECURE.
[3:39:58] » E. Hernandez: THAT'S WHAT IS
[3:40:00] IN THE DOCUMENT BEFORE US AND
[3:40:02] THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO
[3:40:04] SECURE BUT IF TWO
[3:40:05] COUNCILMEMBERS PUT IN MOTIONS
[3:40:07] AROUND EXPANDING OUR AUDITING
[3:40:09] POWER, THEN THAT IS NO
[3:40:12] LONTIONER TRUE, WE WOULD HAVE
[3:40:14] TO GET THOSE AUDITING RIGHTS,
[3:40:15] IS THAT CORRECT?
[3:40:16] SO IT'S ONLY LIKE THIS BECAUSE
[3:40:18] THAT'S WHAT IS NEGOTIATED BUT
[3:40:21] NOT BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTION,
[3:40:21] OKAY.
[3:40:22] THANK YOU.
[3:40:22] » Council President: I THINK,
[3:40:25] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, YOU
[3:40:27] KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION TO SEND
[3:40:29] THESE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THIS
[3:40:32] MORNING TO COMMITTEE IS NOT AN
[3:40:39] OPINION, IT'S THAT BY ADDING A
[3:40:41] CONDITION, WE SEND THESE PEOPLE
[3:40:42] BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
[3:40:43] THAT THEY'VE BEEN AT FOR TWO
[3:40:45] AND A HALF YEARS OR SO.
[3:40:48] AND IN A LOT OF CASES, THE VERY
[3:40:50] THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE
[3:40:53] AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED
[3:40:56] IN THE NEGOTIATING ROOMS AND
[3:40:58] THESE FOLKS LANDING WHERE THEY
[3:40:59] LANDED.
[3:40:59] THAT IS THE SPIRIT IN WHICH I
[3:41:02] RECOMMEND THAT ALL OF THESE
[3:41:06] AMENDMENTS EXCEPT FOR E, I'M
[3:41:09] SORRY, EXCEPT FOR C, THERE IS
[3:41:16] ONE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
[3:41:17] IF YOU CAN TELL US WHICH ONE
[3:41:18] THAT IS.
[3:41:20] » IT WAS, I BELIEVE COUNCIL
[3:41:23] PRESIDENT YOU'RE REFERRING TO
[3:41:24] 3E.
[3:41:25] » ALL RIGHT, SO THE REST OF
[3:41:27] THEM, IT SENDS US BACK TO THE
[3:41:29] NEGOTIATING TABLE WHICH IS MY
[3:41:32] CONCERN.
[3:41:33] IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOT
[3:41:35] A GOOD IDEA, SO THAT IS GOING
[3:41:36] TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
[3:41:40] I SEE NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
[3:41:42] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
[3:41:43] AGAIN.
[3:41:43] » E. Hernandez: YES, I WOULD
[3:41:48] LIKE TO  REPLY TO YOUR COMMENTS
[3:41:54] COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAVE
[3:41:56] DODGER STADIUM AND I WAS
[3:41:58] BRIEFED TWO WEEKS AGO.
[3:42:00] SO YOU'RE ASKING ME TO MAKE A
[3:42:03] DECISION ON SOMETHING IS GOING
[3:42:05] TO IMPACT ME, BUT I WAS ONLY
[3:42:08] BRIEFED TWO WEEKS AGO, FOLKS
[3:42:10] ARE NEGOTIATING BUT NOT WITH
[3:42:12] PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED.
[3:42:14] THAT'S WHY I PUT THE AMENDMENT
[3:42:15] FORWARD ON AUDITING.
[3:42:17] IT FALLS SIMILAR IN LINE WITH
[3:42:21] COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ IN
[3:42:22] AUDITING.
[3:42:23] I WOULD OBJECT TO THAT.
[3:42:24] » Council President: OKAY, MR.
[3:42:26] CLERK IF YOU CAN TAKE US
[3:42:28] THROUGH OUR AMENDMENTS.
[3:42:32] IN ORDER AS PRESCRIBED BY
[3:42:34] COUNCIL RULES.
[3:42:35] » Clerk: SO IF THERE IS NO
[3:42:37] OBJECTION, YOUR MOTION TO MOVE
[3:42:40] AMENDMENTS 3 A, B, C, AND D,
[3:42:42] BACK TO THE AD HOC OLYMPICS.
[3:42:45] » Council President:
[3:42:46] COUNCILMEMBER JURADO.
[3:42:47] » Y. Jurado: POINT OF ORDER,
[3:42:49] ARE WE GOING THROUGH ALL THE
[3:42:50] AMENDMENTS?
[3:42:51] » Council President: YES.
[3:42:52] » Clerk: YES.
[3:42:54] WE WOULD START OFF WITH MOTION
[3:42:57] 3F BEFORE COUNCIL.
[3:42:57] » Council President: ALL
[3:42:59] RIGHT, 3F, CAN YOU LET US KNOW
[3:43:01] WHAT THAT ONE IS?
[3:43:02] » Clerk: THAT'S THE
[3:43:04] HERNANDEZ-PRICE MOTION.
[3:43:05] » Council President: ALL
[3:43:06] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ
[3:43:08] IS ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE
[3:43:10] HEARD NOW.
[3:43:12] I AM ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE
[3:43:15] SENT TO COMMITTEE.
[3:43:17] MR. KLRK CAN YOU TELL US THE
[3:43:20] IMPLICATIONS OF A YES VOTE AND
[3:43:21] A NO VOTE.
[3:43:22] » Clerk: SO IS THERE A SECOND
[3:43:24] TO COUNCILMEMBER
[3:43:26] HARRIS-DAWSON'S MOTION TO MOVE
[3:43:27] IT TO COMMITTEE.
[3:43:28] » Council President: SECONDED
[3:43:30] BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
[3:43:31] » Clerk: SINCE THERE IS AN
[3:43:34] OBJECTION THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE
[3:43:36] TO TAKE A VOTE AND THE YES VOTE
[3:43:37] IS TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
[3:43:39] » Council President: OKAY,
[3:43:40] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[3:43:42] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:43:43] » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES.
[3:43:46] » Clerk: THIS MOTION PASSES.
[3:43:48] THE NEXT MOTION IS 3-E, MOTION
[3:43:55] RODRIGUEZ HARRIS-DAWSON.
[3:43:58] » Council President:
[3:43:59] COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.
[3:44:01] » H. Hutt: I WOULD LIKE TO BE
[3:44:04] RECORDED AS A NO ON F.
[3:44:05] » Clerk: THAT DOES NOT CHANGE
[3:44:07] THE OUTCOME.
[3:44:07] » H. Hutt: THANK YOU.
[3:44:10] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:44:14] THIS ITEM, I'M COUNCILMEMBER
[3:44:15] RODRIGUEZ AND I ARE
[3:44:18] RECOMMENDING A YES VOTE ON I
[3:44:21] DON'T THINK THERE IS AN
[3:44:22] OBJECTION, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL
[3:44:23] ON THIS ITEM, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[3:44:25] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:44:27] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[3:44:28] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:44:29] WHAT'S NEXT?
[3:44:31] » Clerk: SO CONFIRM THATING
[3:44:33] WAS A VOTE TO APPROVE MOTION 3E.
[3:44:36] THE PRIOR VOTE WAS TO REFER 3F
[3:44:39] BACK TO COMMITTEE JUST FOR
[3:44:41] CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD.
[3:44:43] AND NEXT WE HAVE 3-D, PADILLA
[3:44:45] HERNANDEZ.
[3:44:46] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:44:48] COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA DO YOU
[3:44:49] WANT TO VOTE ON THIS?
[3:44:52] NOW OR DO YOU WANT IT TO GO TO
[3:44:54] COMMITTEE.
[3:44:54] » I. Padilla: I WOULD LIKE TO
[3:44:56] VOTE ON IT NOW, BUT I WOULD
[3:44:58] ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A TECHNICAL
[3:45:00] AMENDMENT WHERE IT SAYS, ECRMA
[3:45:05] TO BE SCRATCHED AND PUT THE
[3:45:06] FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GAMES
[3:45:10] AGREEMENT.
[3:45:14] AND YES.
[3:45:15] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:45:16] OKAY.
[3:45:16] ALL RIGHT.
[3:45:21] » Clerk: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DO
[3:45:22] YOU HAVE YOUR MOTION TO REFER
[3:45:24] THIS TO YOUR COMMITTEE.
[3:45:26] THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND TO
[3:45:28] THAT MOTION.
[3:45:28] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:45:30] » Clerk: THE YES VOTE WOULD BE
[3:45:32] TO SEND THIS ITEM BACK TO
[3:45:34] COMMITTEE.
[3:45:35] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:45:38] COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA IS ASKING
[3:45:39] FOR A NO-VOTE, I'M ASKING FOR A
[3:45:42] YES VOTE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[3:45:44] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[3:45:45] VOTE.
[3:45:48] » Clerk: 9 AYES, 5 NOES.
[3:45:52] » Clerk: MOTION TO REFER BACK
[3:45:55] TO COMMITTEE PASSES.
[3:45:55] » Council President: WHAT'S
[3:45:56] NEXT?
[3:45:57] » Clerk: 3C, RAMAN-LEE.
[3:46:00] » Council President: ALL
[3:46:01] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.
[3:46:01] » N. Raman: THIS JUST IS
[3:46:04] LANGUAGE THAT CLARIFIES THE
[3:46:06] DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN THE
[3:46:09] PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON PUBLIC
[3:46:15] SAFETY RELATED AND TO ME THAT
[3:46:26] DISTINCTION PUT US IN FURTHER
[3:46:32] RISK OF GOING INTO FURTHER
[3:46:34] COSTS THAT IS WHAT THIS
[3:46:35] AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO DO.
[3:46:37] AND WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT
[3:46:39] THE CITY CAN ALSO IDENTIFY
[3:46:41] FURTHER LOCATIONS WERE ENHANCE
[3:46:42] CITY RESOURCES WILL BE NEEDED
[3:46:45] UNDER 3.7 IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT
[3:46:47] THE OCOG WILL IDENTIFY THEM.
[3:46:48] OKAY.
[3:46:52] MR. SZABO.
[3:46:55] » WE ADDRESSED THIS--HELLO.
[3:46:59] WE ADDRESSED THIS EARLIER WITH
[3:47:02] THE, THE FIRST POINT IS A, WE
[3:47:06] DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A
[3:47:10] NECESSARY AMENDMENT, THE
[3:47:11] DISTINCTION IS ONLY RELATED TO
[3:47:14] WHO IS DETERMINING THE SERVICES
[3:47:16] AND SERVICE LEVELS AND THAT IS
[3:47:18] IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DISTINCTION
[3:47:21] WHETHER THE CITY IS DETERMINING
[3:47:23] OR WHETHER IT'S THE NSCC, THE
[3:47:27] THIRD BULLET IS ALREADY
[3:47:29] INCLUDED IN WHAT IS BEFORE THE
[3:47:32] COUNCIL, THE SECOND BULLET IS
[3:47:36] INCONSISTENT WITH THE GAMES
[3:47:37] AGREEMENT.
[3:47:37] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:47:42] I'M ASSUMING IF COUNCILMEMBER
[3:47:43] RAMAN HAS GOT A SECOND TO
[3:47:45] OBJECT TO HEARING THIS NOW, IS
[3:47:46] THERE A SECOND?
[3:47:47] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ?
[3:47:48] ALL RIGHT.
[3:47:50] SO, A YES VOTE WHICH I'M ASKING
[3:47:54] FOR WHAT WILL SEND THIS TO
[3:47:56] COMMITTEE A NO-VOTE WOULD CAUSE
[3:47:57] IT TO BE HEARD NOW.
[3:47:59] LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE
[3:48:00] ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:48:03] » Clerk: 11 AYES, 3 NOES.
[3:48:05] » Council President: ALL
[3:48:06] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[3:48:06] » Clerk: CAN I CONFIRM THE
[3:48:09] SECOND FOR THE REFERRAL BACK TO
[3:48:11] COMMITTEE?
[3:48:14] » Council President:
[3:48:15] COUNCILMEMBER LEE?
[3:48:18] » Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER LEE?
[3:48:19] » Council President: IT WAS
[3:48:22] COUNCILMEMBER LEE AS MUCH AS I
[3:48:23] WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE
[3:48:25] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ.
[3:48:26] » Clerk: NEXT IS MOTION 3B,
[3:48:29] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ-LEE.
[3:48:30] » Council President:
[3:48:31] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, YOU'RE
[3:48:32] ASKING FOR A VOTE NOW?
[3:48:34] YOU NEED A SECOND?
[3:48:37] » Council President: YOU GOT A
[3:48:38] SECOND FROM RAMAN.
[3:48:41] I'M ASKING THAT WE SEND THIS TO
[3:48:42] COMMITTEE, DO I HAVE A SECOND?
[3:48:46] SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HUTT.
[3:48:47] A YES VOTE SENDS IT TO
[3:48:49] COMMITTEE AND NO VOTE CAUSES US
[3:48:51] TO HEAR IT NOW.
[3:48:52] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[3:48:54] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:48:57] » Clerk: 9 AYES, 5 NOES.
[3:48:59] » Council President: ALL
[3:49:00] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[3:49:03] » Clerk: MOTION 3 A
[3:49:05] COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND
[3:49:06] BLUMENFIELD.
[3:49:06] » Council President: ALL
[3:49:07] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN, YOU
[3:49:08] WANT TO HEAR YOU HAVE A SECOND?
[3:49:18] YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM
[3:49:20] COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, I'M
[3:49:21] REQUESTING THAT WE SEND THIS TO
[3:49:22] COMMITTEE.
[3:49:23] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,.
[3:49:26] » Clerk: SORRY, IS THERE A
[3:49:27] SECOND TO YOUR?
[3:49:27] » Council President: TO MY
[3:49:29] SENDING IT TO COMMITTEE.
[3:49:31] COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN, THANK
[3:49:32] YOU.
[3:49:32] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[3:49:34] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:49:35] » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES.
[3:49:37] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[3:49:38] WHAT'S NEXT?
[3:49:39] » Clerk: THE FINAL VOTE WOULD
[3:49:41] BE MOTION HARRIS-DAWSON,
[3:49:44] McOSKER TO APPROVE
[3:49:45] RECOMMENDATION 1 AND 2 FROM CAO
[3:49:48] AND CLA REPORT.
[3:49:49] » Council President: ALL
[3:49:50] RIGHT, THIS IS THE WHOLE
[3:49:51] BANANA, OPEN THE ROLL E CLOSE
[3:49:53] THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:49:58] ONE MORE TIME, SCRATCH THAT,
[3:50:00] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[3:50:02] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[3:50:04] » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES.
[3:50:06] » Council President: WHAT'S
[3:50:07] NEXT?
[3:50:08] » Clerk: ACTUALLY NOW WOULD BE
[3:50:10] THE FINAL VOTE FOR THIS TOTAL
[3:50:13] ITEM AS AMENDED.
[3:50:15] » Council President: ALL
[3:50:16] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[3:50:18] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[3:50:19] VOTE.
[3:50:20] » Clerk: 10 AYES, 4 NOES.
[3:50:22] » Council President: ALL
[3:50:22] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[3:50:23] » Clerk: THANK YOU MR.
[3:50:25] PRESIDENT, BEFORE COUNCIL IS
[3:50:30] ITEM 24, MOTIONS 24C, D AND E
[3:50:38] COMMENTS AS WELL.
[3:50:55] » Council President: ALL
[3:50:56] RIGHT, ON ITEM 24 WHAT IS
[3:50:57] BEFORE US TODAY.
[3:51:19] » Council President: ALL
[3:51:20] RIGHT, FOLKS KNOW THAT WE WERE
[3:51:22] IN CLOSED SESSION YESTERDAY.
[3:51:24] PART OF BEING IN COURT IMPACTED
[3:51:27] OUR HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
[3:51:29] COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL HAS
[3:51:30] WORKED ON.
[3:51:32] TODAY BEFORE US IS A PROPOSAL
[3:51:34] WITH A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS AND
[3:51:35] THE AMENDMENTS ARE MAINLY MEANT
[3:51:39] TO DO TECHNICAL CORRECTION SXZ
[3:51:43] REDUCE REDUNDANCY IN THE
[3:51:44] DOCUMENT.
[3:51:45] I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
[3:51:46] DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WE'LL
[3:51:48] BEGIN WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.
[3:51:49] » N. Raman: THANK YOU.
[3:51:50] THANK YOU ALL, I KNOW I'M SURE
[3:51:51] THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
[3:51:53] COMMENT ON THIS BUT I DID WANT
[3:51:55] TO PROVIDE A FEW MINUTES TO
[3:51:57] PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT HERE.
[3:52:03] WITH THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS,
[3:52:06] WHEN I FIRST GOT TO COUNCIL,
[3:52:08] THIS BODY WOULD PASS MOTION SXZ
[3:52:10] RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING MANY
[3:52:11] THAT I INTRODUCED, INCLUDING
[3:52:13] MANY THAT MANY AROUND THIS
[3:52:14] HORSESHOE WHO WERE THERE THEN,
[3:52:16] WOULD INTRODUCE ASKING FOR MORE
[3:52:18] INFORMATION OR TRYING TO
[3:52:20] IMPROVE THE THINGS THAT THINGS
[3:52:21] ARE BEING DONE.
[3:52:22] BUT IT WAS LIKE WE WERE SENDING
[3:52:25] THESE MOTION INTO A BLACK HOLE.
[3:52:28] NOTHING WHO HAPPEN.
[3:52:29] WE WOULD ASK FOR CHANGE, AND
[3:52:31] ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND
[3:52:33] NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.
[3:52:34] AND FOR A WHILE, I COULDN'T
[3:52:37] FIGURE OUT WHY, AND I BEGAN TO
[3:52:41] UNDERSTAND NOBODY WAS IN CHARGE
[3:52:42] OF HOW OUR HOMELESSNESS DOLLARS
[3:52:45] WERE SPENT.
[3:52:46] WE DID ALLOCATED TO THE MONEY
[3:52:47] TO THE ISSUE AND GAVE THE MONEY
[3:52:50] TO LAHSA TO SPEND AND WHEN WE
[3:52:52] ASKED ABOUT THE RESULTS, CITY
[3:52:54] SAID, THAT'S LAHSA'S
[3:52:55] RESPONSIBILITY.
[3:52:55] IN THE CITY, THE ONLY STAFF
[3:52:57] THAT WE HAD ON HOMELESSNESS
[3:53:02] FOCUSED ON DRAWING CONTRACTS
[3:53:04] WITH LAHSA BUT NOT THE DOLLARS.
[3:53:19] IN MY TIME, WE TRIED TO CHANGE
[3:53:22] THAT, AND PEOPLE'S EYES GLARE
[3:53:24] WHEN YOU SEE BUREAUCRATIC
[3:53:26] CAPACITY BUT IT'S A REAL THING
[3:53:27] AND IT MATTERS.
[3:53:28] IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
[3:53:30] WELL RUN CITY PROGRAM AND A
[3:53:33] POORLY RUN CITY PROGRAM.
[3:53:34] WE CANNOT PULL BACK FROM LAHSA
[3:53:38] WITHOUT BUREAUCRACY AND STAFF
[3:53:39] WHO CAN TAKE ON WHAT LAHSA DOES
[3:53:41] FOR US RIGHT NOW WHICH IS APPLY
[3:53:43] FOR FUNDS, CONTRACT WITH
[3:53:45] HUNDREDS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS,
[3:53:47] MANAGE 8,000 SHELTER BEDS.
[3:54:01] MY WORK  COMMITTEE DID BUILD IN
[3:54:05] CAPACITY, AT THAT POINT, IN
[3:54:07] PARTNERSHIP WITH THEN COUNCIL
[3:54:10] PRESIDENT KREKORIAN, WE
[3:54:12] ESTABLISHED REGIONAL
[3:54:12] COORDINATOR.
[3:54:13] THIS STAFF, SOPHIA AND HER TEAM
[3:54:15] WORKED WITH EVERY COUNCIL
[3:54:17] DISTRICT NOW, ON OUT REACH
[3:54:19] MANAGEMENT, AND I THINK MANY OF
[3:54:21] YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THESE ARE
[3:54:23] ESSENTIAL STAFF IN THE CITY.
[3:54:25] COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND I
[3:54:25] SPOKE TO THE MAYOR'S TEAM ABOUT
[3:54:28] THE NEED OF CENTRALIZED
[3:54:31] CAPACITY, WE DISCUSSED CREATION
[3:54:32] OF A DEPARTMENT BUT DIDN'T
[3:54:34] THINK THIS WOULD GET THE
[3:54:36] SUPPORT TO PASS.
[3:54:51] I ALSO WORKED TO SECURE
[3:54:56] PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT WITH
[3:54:58] CONSULTANT WHO WOULD HELP.
[3:55:01] AND THE RESULTS OF THE WORK.
[3:55:13] EVERYTHING FROM DOCUMENT
[3:55:15] READINESS SHELTER BED
[3:55:16] UTILIZATION AND MORE AND USE
[3:55:18] THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE
[3:55:19] IMPROVEMENTS.
[3:55:20] USING THAT DATA THE CITY FILLED
[3:55:23] THOUSANDS OF SHELTER BEDS FROM
[3:55:25] BEING 57 PERCENT FULL TO BEING
[3:55:31] 94 PERCENT FULL, HACK LA AND
[3:55:33] OTHERS WORKED TOGETHER TO
[3:55:35] ENSURE THAT IT WENT FROM 72
[3:55:39] FULL TO 94 PERCENT FULL AND
[3:55:41] WE'RE FILLING UP WITHIN 90 DAYS.
[3:55:44] THE CITY ALSO WORKED TO PREVENT
[3:55:47] BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
[3:55:49] HUNDREDS OF HOUSEHOLDS WERE
[3:55:52] LOSING THEIR VOUCHERS, WE
[3:55:56] STARTED TO BRING CAPACITY FOR
[3:55:58] THE FIRST TIME.
[3:55:59] THIS WASN'T THE KIND OF WORK
[3:56:01] THAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE
[3:56:02] BECAUSE OF THAT BORING TERM
[3:56:05] AGAIN, BUREAUCRATIC CAPACITY.
[3:56:06] A NUMBER OF MEMBERS HAVE PUT
[3:56:09] OTHER MOTION BUZZ IMPROVING
[3:56:12] GOVERNANCE AND COMMITTEE AND
[3:56:14] ABOUT BRINGING ALL IN-HOUSE
[3:56:16] INSTEAD OF RELYING ON LAHSA,
[3:56:18] CONTRACTING OUR PROGRAMS,
[3:56:19] CREATING OUR OWN COC, THE CLA
[3:56:23] HAS TAKEN TIME TO RESPOND, BACK
[3:56:25] TO THE WORD CAPACITY, BUT LET
[3:56:28] ME UNDERSCORE, THE WORK BEING
[3:56:30] DONE THROUGH THE BUREAU WILL
[3:56:32] ACTUALLY HELP US TO MAKE THOSE
[3:56:34] CHANGES HAPPEN.
[3:56:34] IT'S NOT GOING TO PREVENT US
[3:56:36] FROM DOING IT, IT WILL HELP US
[3:56:38] MOVE FASTER.
[3:56:39] INSTEAD OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT
[3:56:40] HI FOR SO MANY YEARS OF
[3:56:43] SCREAMING INSTRUCTIONS INTO A
[3:56:44] BLACK HOLE AND HAVING NOTHING
[3:56:45] CHANGE.
[3:56:48] FOR CONTEXT WHEN THE COUNTY
[3:56:50] MADE ITS CHANGE TO MAKE MONEY
[3:56:52] FROM LAHSA AND CREATE A NEW
[3:56:53] DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD 120 STAFF
[3:56:56] MEMBERS WORKING ONSETING UP
[3:56:58] THEIR NEW DEPARTMENT.
[3:57:00] WE HAD FOR MANY YEARS HERE IN
[3:57:02] THE CITY, EVEN AS WE SPEND
[3:57:04] HUNDREDS OF HOMELESSNESS, LESS
[3:57:06] THAN 1/10 OF THAT STAFF.
[3:57:09] I AGREE WE NEED TO DO MORE AND
[3:57:11] MOVE QUICKLY.
[3:57:14] AS ONE PUSHING CHANGE, THE WORK
[3:57:15] OF THE COMMITTEE HAS MADE IT
[3:57:16] POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO MORE THAN
[3:57:18] WE HAD HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO
[3:57:20] BEFORE.
[3:57:20] I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO DO MUCH
[3:57:24] MORE BUT HERE WE ARE.
[3:57:25] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[3:57:29] » Council President: THANK YOU
[3:57:30] SO MUCH.
[3:57:31] COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ?
[3:57:32] » M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU.
[3:57:34] THANK YOU, MS. RAMAN FOR THAT
[3:57:37] GASLIGHTING AND VISION ABOUT
[3:57:39] YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
[3:57:40] COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WAS MY
[3:57:41] MOTION THAT I INTRODUCED AND
[3:57:43] THE ONLY STALLS THAT OCCURED IN
[3:57:46] ADVANCING ANY REVISIONS TO THE
[3:57:47] WAY WE'RE APPROACHING
[3:57:49] HOMELESSNESS WAS CAUSED BY YOUR
[3:57:53] INABILITY TO SCHEDULE THESE
[3:57:54] MOTIONS TO BE HEARD SO WE CAN
[3:57:55] HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DIALOGUE
[3:57:57] AMONG MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL
[3:57:58] SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ADVANCE
[3:58:00] REFORMS.
[3:58:01] I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT
[3:58:05] IT WAS, 477 DAYS SINCE THE LAST
[3:58:08] CLA REPORT WAS ISSUED ON THE
[3:58:11] FORMATION OF CITY HOMELESSNESS
[3:58:13] GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT WE
[3:58:14] ARE STILL WAITING ON IT
[3:58:17] TIMELINE TO ACT.
[3:58:20] THIS DIDN'T COME AS A RESULT OF
[3:58:24] BUREAUCRACY THAT WORD GETS
[3:58:25] TOSSED AROUND HERE, YES.
[3:58:27] THERE IS INCREDIBLE HURDLES
[3:58:27] THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME BUT
[3:58:29] ALL THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THERE
[3:58:31] HAS TO BE A WILLINGNESS FROM
[3:58:33] THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO SCHEDULE
[3:58:35] THE DAM ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE THE
[3:58:37] CONVERSATIONS SO THIS BODY CAN
[3:58:39] CAST A VOTE.
[3:58:41] SO NOW, THANK YOU MS. JURADO
[3:58:44] FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP
[3:58:45] CLEAN AND UP MAKE SOME
[3:58:49] ASSEMBLAGE OF WHAT WE GOT HERE.
[3:58:51] YOU'VE GOT THE KITCHEN SINK
[3:58:52] HERE, A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT
[3:58:54] NOW HAVE TO BE MADE IN FAIRLY
[3:58:57] SHORT ORDER BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL
[3:58:58] OF THESE THREATS BEFORE US,
[3:59:00] FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[3:59:02] STRIPPING THE MONEY AWAY FROM
[3:59:05] LAHSA, FROM THE COUNTY STEPPING
[3:59:07] ASIDE WHICH, YOU KNOW, UZ
[3:59:09] WANTED, YOU LEAD THE FIGHT FOR
[3:59:12] THE COUNTY TO REMAIN INVESTED
[3:59:14] IN LAHSA AND YOU BEGGED
[3:59:15] EVERYBODY TO STAY INVESTED IN A
[3:59:18] BROKEN SYSTEM, ALL WE NEEDED TO
[3:59:20] DO WAS HAVE A CONVERSATION TO
[3:59:21] SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE
[3:59:23] WATCHED THE FAILURE REPEATEDLY
[3:59:25] OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND IT
[3:59:27] NEEDS TO STOP.
[3:59:28] WE NEED TO STOP CONTINUE TO GO
[3:59:29] FUND THE FAILURE.
[3:59:31] IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK,
[3:59:34] ANOTHER 120 MILLION DOLLARS
[3:59:35] RUBBER STAMPED TO SEND OVER
[3:59:36] THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
[3:59:39] ADVANCEMENT OF THESE
[3:59:42] CONVERSATIONS IN DIALOGUES.
[3:59:44] THEY STOOD AND STEEPED IN YOUR
[3:59:46] COMMITTEE FOR HUNDREDS AND
[3:59:48] HUNDREDS OF DAYS.
[3:59:49] SO NOUZ HERE WE ARE.
[3:59:50] SO COLLEAGUES I HAVE AN
[3:59:51] AMENDMENT THAT ACTUALLY AND I
[3:59:54] KNOW MR. HARRIS-DAWSON, YOU
[3:59:55] HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT IS
[3:59:57] HELPING TO ACCELERATE THE TIME
[3:59:58] LINES FOR US TO START MAKING
[4:00:01] SOME VERY QUICK DECISIONS, WE
[4:00:03] ALREADY HAVE PENDING REPORTS AT
[4:00:06] THE CLA AND CAO'S OFFICE HAS
[4:00:08] BEEN DOING FOR US TO START
[4:00:10] MAKING SOME MOVES.
[4:00:11] WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE
[4:00:13] HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS,
[4:00:16] AND THE GUN TO OUR HEAD IS
[4:00:18] BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY
[4:00:20] PEOPLE THAT ARE COUNTING ON US
[4:00:22] TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL AND RAPID
[4:00:24] DECISIONS BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT
[4:00:26] OF FUND THATING IS UNDER DURESS
[4:00:28] OF BEING PULLED.
[4:00:29] WE ALSO HAVE A COUNTY THAT HAS
[4:00:31] NOT BEEN ACTING AS A GOOD-FAITH
[4:00:34] PARTNER WITH US AND AS THEY
[4:00:35] HAVE WITHDRAWN AND TAKEN THEIR
[4:00:37] RESOURCES ALONG WITH THE MENTAL
[4:00:39] HEALTH BEDS AND SUBSTANCE USE
[4:00:42] DISORDER BEDS THAT WE ARE NOW
[4:00:44] HERE IN THIS SITUATION, THAT WE
[4:00:46] HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY QUICK
[4:00:47] MOVES.
[4:00:49] MY AMENDMENT IS SEEKING THAT
[4:00:51] WE, THAT WE PUT OURSELVES ON AN
[4:00:54] ACCELERATED TIMELINE TO MOVE
[4:00:56] WITHIN 30 DAYS AND WE WORKED
[4:00:58] WITH MS. JURADO IN ORDER TO
[4:00:59] MAKE SURE THAT WE HELPED TO
[4:01:02] MOVE, MAKE SOME DECISIONS VERY
[4:01:05] THOUGHTFULLY, VERY QUICKLY
[4:01:06] BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF
[4:01:07] DECISIONS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE.
[4:01:10] AND YES, GOD BLESS.
[4:01:11] YOU GOT IT, BUT WE'RE ALL HERE
[4:01:13] TO DO THIS LIFT WITH YOU AND TO
[4:01:15] HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE
[4:01:17] THE BEST DITSINGS BASED ON THE
[4:01:19] CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE BEFORE
[4:01:20] US.
[4:01:21] BUT, THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT THE
[4:01:24] COMMITMENT AMONG THIS COUNCIL
[4:01:26] HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE TO HELP
[4:01:28] MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAKING
[4:01:31] GOOD AND JUDICIOUS DECISIONS,
[4:01:32] ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS THE
[4:01:34] AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[4:01:36] HAVE THESE SCHEDULED SO THAT WE
[4:01:39] CAN MAKE A DAM DECISION BUT
[4:01:41] THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
[4:01:42] SO HERE WE ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO
[4:01:46] ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE
[4:01:47] SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT
[4:01:51] APPLIES TO ACCELERATING ALL OF
[4:01:52] THESE DECISION THAT'S HAVE BEEN
[4:01:55] BEFORE US AND STEWING IN TREPID
[4:01:59] WATER IN THE LAST SEVERAL
[4:02:02] HUNDRED DAYS TWO YEARS SO WE
[4:02:05] CAN STOP PRODUCING  MOSE QUIT
[4:02:17] OS.
[4:02:20] » B. Blumenfield: I'M ALL FOR
[4:02:22] LIGHTING A FIRE.
[4:02:22] I'VE BEEN ON RECORD FOR MANY
[4:02:25] YEARS, EXPRESSING MY
[4:02:26] FRUSTRATION WITH THE COUNTY AND
[4:02:28] PUSHING THE COUNTY TO STEP UP.
[4:02:30] OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS,
[4:02:31] COUNTY SERVICES HAVE BEEN
[4:02:33] PROVIDED AT CITY SITES SPO
[4:02:36] RADICALLY IF AT ALL.
[4:02:37] I WOULD LIKE US TO AVAIL
[4:02:40] GREATER COLLABORATION WITH THE
[4:02:41] KOUPT'.
[4:02:43] NEGOTIATING A NEW GPA WITH THE
[4:02:45] COUNTY IS SAY NECESSARY SFEP.
[4:02:48] --STEP.
[4:02:49] THE CONCERN IS THE COUNTY HAS
[4:02:52] ALL THE LEVERAGE AND FUNDING.
[4:02:54] I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO PURSUE
[4:02:58] OUR OWN PATH WITHOUT THE COUNTY.
[4:03:00] AND HISTORY TO CONTRIBUTE THIS
[4:03:03] HISTORICAL MISS FUNCTION.
[4:03:04] THE COUNTY IS ABLE TO STAND UP
[4:03:09] HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CONTROL
[4:03:12] MEASURE 8 FUNDS.
[4:03:14] THE FUNDING DYNAMIC IS
[4:03:16] UNSUSTAINABLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW
[4:03:18] MANY OF THE FUNDING STREAMS THE
[4:03:20] CITY RELIES ON WILL NOT BE
[4:03:21] AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.
[4:03:22] SO I RECOGNIZE IT'S IMPORTANT
[4:03:23] FOR THE CITY TO SECURE A
[4:03:29] SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE AND
[4:03:30] WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS
[4:03:33] TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT
[4:03:34] ESTABLISHES A SHARED
[4:03:36] DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND
[4:03:38] QUOE EQUAL STATUS.
[4:03:39] RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM
[4:03:41] WHERE THERE ARE CITY FUNDED
[4:03:43] INTERIM BEDS AND COUNTY FUNDED
[4:03:45] BEDS AND FOR OUR CITY BEDS, WE
[4:03:49] HAVE LAHSA DOING THE PLACEMENT
[4:03:50] AND FOR THE HIGH NEED BED THE
[4:03:55] COUNTY HAS SOLE CONTROL.
[4:03:57] THIS IS ONLY HURTING ANGELINOS
[4:03:59] IN BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
[4:04:01] HAVE A DUTY TO SERVE.
[4:04:07] BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE ANGELINO
[4:04:09] RIGHT SIDE TAKTSING THEMSELVES,
[4:04:11] THEY'RE UNABLE TO ACCESS THESE
[4:04:13] RESOURCES UNDER THE COUNTY SAYS
[4:04:15] YES.
[4:04:16] JUST LAST WEEK I WAS TRYING TO
[4:04:17] GET SOMEBODY INTO THE WILLOW
[4:04:20] WHICH IS A BRIDGE HOME THAT THE
[4:04:23] CITY FUNDED, I WAS TOLD THAT
[4:04:25] THE COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT CAN
[4:04:27] DO THAT.
[4:04:28] WE DON'T HAVE ANYWAY OVER THAT
[4:04:31] ANYMORE.
[4:04:34] WE USED TO.
[4:04:34] THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE
[4:04:37] CITY REFER PEOPLE WHO NEED
[4:04:38] COUNTY SERVICE TO SEE GO TO THE
[4:04:41] COUNTY TO ACCESS THEM AND WHAT
[4:04:42] MECHANISMS ARE THERE TO HOLD
[4:04:44] THE COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY?
[4:04:46] SHOULD WE JUST TELL OUR
[4:04:48] CONSTITUENTS, OH JUST GO CALL
[4:04:49] THE COUNTY?
[4:04:50] THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO HAVE
[4:04:52] CONTROL IS ONLY BECAUSE WE WANT
[4:04:53] TO MAKE SURE ANGELINOS HAVE
[4:04:55] ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THEY
[4:04:57] DESERVE.
[4:04:58] IT'S NOT ABOUT, ANYTHING OTHER
[4:04:59] THAN THAT.
[4:05:00] BUT THE REALITY IS, THE CITY
[4:05:02] CAN'T AND SHOULD NOT FUND
[4:05:05] HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH, SUD
[4:05:07] SERVICES, I WOULD SAY THE CITY
[4:05:09] SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING S*EFSHSES
[4:05:10] AT THE INTERIM SITE.
[4:05:11] BUT WHAT THE CITY SHOULD DO IS
[4:05:15] CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE
[4:05:16] BEDS.
[4:05:17] MY HOPE IS THAT WE PURSUE
[4:05:20] PARALLEL TRACKS, ESTABLISHING
[4:05:21] OUR OWN C O.C. AND ALSO
[4:05:24] ENGAGING THE COUNTY ON AN
[4:05:27] AGREEMENT THAT GUARANTEES
[4:05:28] SERVICES.
[4:05:29] IT MAY BE WISHFUL THINKING THAT
[4:05:32] EVEN WITH THE FEDERAL JUDGE
[4:05:34] AFTER I WROTE A LETTER TO THE
[4:05:35] JUDGE WHEN THEY WERE TALKING
[4:05:37] ABOUT 300 AND THAT'S FINALLY
[4:05:39] WHEN THEY STEPPED UP.
[4:05:40] WE HAVE YET DO SEE A GUARANTEE
[4:05:42] DIRECT ACCESS TO THESE BEDS.
[4:05:45] BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON ALL
[4:05:48] FRONTS.
[4:05:49] I HOPE THERE IS A GOOD FAITH
[4:05:51] EFFORT BY THE COUNTY TO
[4:05:55] TAKE--AND IN OUR ENTER RIM AND
[4:05:57] SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BEDS,
[4:05:58] BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ONLY CITY
[4:06:00] CONSTITUENTS THEY ARE COUNTY
[4:06:01] CONSTITUENTS.
[4:06:02] AND WE NEED TO SERVE THEM
[4:06:03] BETTER.
[4:06:04] THANK YOU.
[4:06:07] » Council President: ALL
[4:06:08] RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER LEE?
[4:06:11] » J. Lee: THANK YOU, MR.
[4:06:12] PRESIDENT.
[4:06:13] COLLEAGUES LET ME BEGIN BY
[4:06:15] SAYING THAT THIS CONVERSATION
[4:06:16] THAT WE'RE HAVING ABOUT THIS, I
[4:06:19] DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN DISAGREE
[4:06:23] IS LONG OVERDUE.
[4:06:24] FOR YEARS THIS CITY HAS
[4:06:26] INVESTED INTO A SYSTEM THAT HAS
[4:06:28] FAILED TO DELIVER THE
[4:06:30] TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY
[4:06:31] AND RESULTS THAT ANGELINOS
[4:06:33] DESERVE.
[4:06:34] I ALSO LIKE TO THANK
[4:06:36] COUNCILMEMBER JURADO FOR TAKING
[4:06:39] ON THE REIGNS OF THE HOMELESS
[4:06:41] COMMITTEE IT'S A BIG JOB AND I
[4:06:43] LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[4:06:45] YOU AND YOUR NEW CAPACITY AS A
[4:06:46] CHAIR.
[4:06:48] THE CHANGES REPRESENT A
[4:06:50] NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS CHANGING
[4:06:52] THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH
[4:06:53] LAHSA.
[4:06:54] THEY WOULD GIVE THE CITY
[4:06:56] GREATER CONTROL OVER
[4:06:58] HOMELESSNESS, RESPONSE,
[4:06:59] STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OF
[4:07:01] TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND MOVE
[4:07:03] APPROPRIATE CITY PROGRAMS OUT
[4:07:05] OF LAHSA AND INTO A STRUCTURE
[4:07:07] WHERE WE AS A BODY AS A CITY
[4:07:13] CAN FINALLY DEMAND OUTCOMES.
[4:07:15] WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE
[4:07:17] BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS
[4:07:19] FOR YEARS.
[4:07:20] WE WATCHED THE CITY PUT MORE
[4:07:21] AND MORE FUNDING INTO
[4:07:24] ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS WHILE
[4:07:25] RELYING ON A SEPARATE ENTITY TO
[4:07:29] ADMINISTER SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS
[4:07:30] OF THAT INVESTMENT.
[4:07:32] WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION AFTER
[4:07:35] CONVERSATION ABOUT
[4:07:37] ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNANCE
[4:07:38] PERFORMANCE, OVERSIGHT AND
[4:07:38] WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS GIVING
[4:07:40] THE CITY THE CONTROL WE NEED
[4:07:43] AND MEANWHILE RESIDENTS ACROSS
[4:07:44] LOS ANGELES CONTINUE TO SEE
[4:07:46] THOSE CONSEQUENCES EVERY DAY.
[4:07:48] THEY SEE PEOPLE LIVING ON
[4:07:50] SIDEWALKS, IN VEHICLES, IN
[4:07:52] PARKS, AND IN PLACES THAT WERE
[4:07:54] EVERY INTENDED TO BE HOUSING.
[4:07:56] THEY SEE PUBLIC SPACES BECOME
[4:07:59] HARDER TO USE AND THEY WATCH
[4:08:02] BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
[4:08:03] THEY LIVE IN STRUGGLE.
[4:08:05] THEY DO NOT CARE WHICH AGENCY
[4:08:10] HAS JURISDICTION, THEY CARE
[4:08:11] ABOUT WHETHER THIS PROBLEM HAS
[4:08:14] BEEN ADDRESSED EFFECTIVELY.
[4:08:14] I WOULD ALSO LIKE SO MANY OF MY
[4:08:16] COLLEAGUES LIKE TO STRESS THE
[4:08:18] URGENCY OF WHAT IS BEFORE US.
[4:08:21] THE CITY IS, CONFRONTING THIS
[4:08:24] CRISIS EVERY SINGLE DAY YET OUR
[4:08:26] RESPONSE MOVES AT THE PACE OF
[4:08:27] LONG TERM ADMINISTER PIF
[4:08:29] EXERCISES.
[4:08:31] I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY
[4:08:33] DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING
[4:08:35] COMPLETING PRIORITIES BUT I
[4:08:37] HOPE THIS COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS
[4:08:40] THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION
[4:08:43] AND STRESSES THO THE
[4:08:44] DEPARTMENTS PUTTING THE REPORTS
[4:08:46] BACK TO US, THAT NOTHING,
[4:08:48] NOTHING SHOULD BE MORE URGENT
[4:08:49] THAN THIS ISSUE.
[4:08:51] COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, I WANT
[4:08:54] TO SAY NA, I AGREE WITH YOU.
[4:08:57] WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, WHAT I SAW
[4:08:59] ON THE REPORT AS I BELIEVE,
[4:09:01] WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THE
[4:09:03] INFORMATION BY DECEMBER 27, AND
[4:09:06] THEN, THAT DOESN'T GET UNTIL
[4:09:09] BUDGET 28-29, THIS IS NOT
[4:09:10] SOMETHING WE CAN WAIT FOR.
[4:09:12] THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED THIS
[4:09:14] INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS
[4:09:16] YEAR.
[4:09:17] WE NEED THIS INFORMATION TO
[4:09:18] MAKE THIS DECISION AS SOON AS
[4:09:22] POSSIBLE.
[4:09:23] SIX MONTHS, LOOKING AT THE
[4:09:24] BUDGET, JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY
[4:09:27] BEFORE US AND WE NEED TO TAKE
[4:09:29] ACTION NOW AND WE NEED THAT
[4:09:31] INFORMATION BEFORE US TODAY.
[4:09:32] SO I'M HAPPY TO, I SAW ONE OF
[4:09:35] THE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, I
[4:09:37] WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST THAT
[4:09:39] THESE REPORTS GET BACK TO US IN
[4:09:41] 90 DAYS.
[4:09:43] IF THAT REQUIRES REPRIORITIZING
[4:09:46] OTHER WORK, THEN THAT IS WHAT
[4:09:50] HAPPENS, 30-60-90, WE ARE FAR
[4:09:56] BEYOND KICKING THIS CAN DOWN
[4:09:57] THE ROAD.
[4:09:58] FURTHER DELAYING IS ABSOLUTELY
[4:10:00] UNACCEPTABLE, AND IN ACTION IS
[4:10:03] NO LONGER THE OPTION FOR THIS
[4:10:05] BODY OR OF COURSE, THE
[4:10:07] RESIDENTS WE SERVE.
[4:10:08] THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
[4:10:09] » Council President:
[4:10:10] COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
[4:10:11] » T. Park: THANK YOU, COUNCIL
[4:10:13] PRESIDENT.
[4:10:15] I EXPRESSED MY FRUSTRATION AND
[4:10:17] DISAPPOINTMENT YESTERDAY WITH
[4:10:18] OUR FAILURE TO BE PREPARED, TO
[4:10:21] MEET THIS MOMENT.
[4:10:23] THE WRITING HAS BEEN ON THE
[4:10:25] WALL ABOUT THE FAILURES AT
[4:10:28] LAHSA AND THE CONFLICTS WITH
[4:10:30] THE COUNTY AND THE WIDESPREAD
[4:10:33] ISSUES WITH HOMELESS SERVICES
[4:10:35] DELIVERY ACROSS LOS ANGELES.
[4:10:38] FOR YEARS.
[4:10:39] NOW WHEN I CAME UP AS A NEW
[4:10:41] COUNCILMEMBER, WE FRAOD EFFORTS
[4:10:42] TO TRY TO REVISE AND REVIEW AND
[4:10:46] UPDATE THE GPA THAT GOVERNS THE
[4:10:48] CITY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH
[4:10:50] LAHSA, HADN'T BEEN REVIEWED OR
[4:10:51] TOUCHED IN MORE THAN TWO
[4:10:53] DECADES.
[4:10:54] IT WAS KNOWN TO ALL OF US, THAT
[4:10:57] MEASURE H WAS SET TO EXPIRE AND
[4:11:03] REPLACEMENT EFFORT WAS GOING TO
[4:11:04] BE FORTHCOMING AND EFFORTS TO
[4:11:06] ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF LOS
[4:11:07] ANGELES WAS GIVEN ITS FAIR
[4:11:09] SHARE OUT OF THAT EFFORT WERE
[4:11:11] NEVER IMPLEMENTED.
[4:11:12] WE ARE NOW, SEEING AGAIN, AND
[4:11:18] AGAIN RAMPANT EXAMPLES OF FRAUD
[4:11:22] AND ABUSE BAKED INTO THE
[4:11:23] SYSTEM, FAILED AUDIT AFTER
[4:11:26] FAILED AUDIT, AFTER FAILED
[4:11:28] AUDIT, WE HAVE HEARINGS IN THIS
[4:11:31] VERY ROOM AGAIN AND AGAIN WHERE
[4:11:34] OUR OWN PARTNERS CANNOT TELL US
[4:11:36] HOW MANY BEDS WE HAVE OR EVEN
[4:11:37] HOW MANY OF THEM ARE BEING USED
[4:11:40] OR WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
[4:11:44] AND THESE ARE JUST THE TIP OF
[4:11:48] THE ICEBERG OF THE ISSUES WE'RE
[4:11:50] SEEING.
[4:11:51] I VOTED NO FOR THE LAST TWO
[4:11:53] YEARS BECAUSE OF THE UNCHECKED
[4:11:55] ALLOCATIONS OF MONEY THAT ARE
[4:11:56] GOING IN TO LAHSA AND OTHER
[4:12:01] HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITHOUT
[4:12:02] APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT AND
[4:12:04] ACCOUNTABILITY.
[4:12:06] WE HAVE INVESTED IN FAILURE
[4:12:09] YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
[4:12:12] AND I PERSONALLY COULD NOT
[4:12:15] WELCOME THIS CONVERSATION MORE.
[4:12:17] I AM BEYOND FRUSTRATED AT THE
[4:12:19] CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE LEAD US
[4:12:20] TO HAVE IT UNDER THESE
[4:12:22] CIRCUMSTANCES AND ON THE
[4:12:24] TIMELINE THAT WE'RE FACED WITH
[4:12:27] ESSENTIALLY UNDER DAOUR  DURESS
[4:12:31] AND FACING POTENTIAL OF BEING
[4:12:33] HAM SPRUNG BY ANOTHER OUTCOME
[4:12:36] OR ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM
[4:12:37] THAT HAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
[4:12:41] RESPONSIBLE SPENDING OF OUR
[4:12:43] DOLLARS APPROPRIATE OUTCOME OR
[4:12:44] WHAT BEST SERVES THE INTEREST
[4:12:45] OF LOS ANGELES.
[4:12:46] WE'RE HERE IS THE LAST MAN
[4:12:49] STANDING, IN A FAILED
[4:12:50] ENTERPRISE, THE WRITING HAS
[4:12:51] BEEN ON THE WALL FOR THE COUNTY
[4:12:54] PULLING OUT, FOR THE
[4:12:55] PEDESTRIANS PULLING OUT AND
[4:12:57] DEFUNDING THE ENTERPRISES LONG
[4:12:57] ENOUGH.
[4:12:58] SO I REALLY WELCOME THIS
[4:12:59] CONVERSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD
[4:13:02] TO FINALLY CREATING A NEW
[4:13:04] SYSTEM THAT IS ADDRESSED
[4:13:05] HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LOS
[4:13:06] ANGELES.
[4:13:07] THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[4:13:07] » Council President: THANK YOU
[4:13:10] SO MANY COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
[4:13:14] CHAIRWOMAN JURADO TO CLOSE.
[4:13:14] » Y. Jurado: THANK YOU,
[4:13:16] COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[4:13:17] WE'RE FACED WITH A LOT OF
[4:13:19] CHANGES AND OUR BACKS ARE
[4:13:20] AGAINST THE WALL AND WHAT HAS
[4:13:22] HAPPENED WITH THE FEDERAL
[4:13:23] GOVERNMENT AND WITH
[4:13:26] HOMELESSNESS, IT'S, WE KNEW
[4:13:28] THIS STORM WAS COMING, IT WAS
[4:13:31] FORECASTED, WE SAW IT.
[4:13:32] AND WE KNEW WE HAD A LEAKY ROOF
[4:13:34] AND INSTEAD OF FIXING THE ROOF,
[4:13:38] WE DECIDED TO GET MORE UMBRELLA
[4:13:41] AND NOW THAT RAINY DAY HAS COME
[4:13:42] AND WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW
[4:13:45] TO FIX OUR ROOF.
[4:13:46] WHILE WHICH MADE OUR GREAT
[4:13:49] STRIDES OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
[4:13:51] IS IMPACTING THE SAFETY AND
[4:13:53] DIGNITY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
[4:13:57] ANGELINO AND SUBSTANTIAL LOSS
[4:13:59] OF CONTINUUM OF CARE, WE HAVE
[4:14:02] TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES
[4:14:04] ABOUT OUR CURRENT SITUATION.
[4:14:06] THE FIGHT TO PROTECT WORKING
[4:14:11] FAMILIES, ABUSIVE SURVIVOR AND
[4:14:12] ANGELINO IS NOT OVER.
[4:14:15] AND WHILE THIS HOMELESS
[4:14:17] CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT, FOR
[4:14:19] THE SHORT-TERM WE NEED TO
[4:14:20] FIGURE OUT HOW TO STABILIZE THE
[4:14:22] SYSTEM AND DOING THAT REQUIRES
[4:14:23] US TO WORK WITH LAHSA IN THE
[4:14:26] INTERIM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
[4:14:28] CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP THE
[4:14:30] LIGHTS ON AND WORK WITH THE COC
[4:14:33] AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE
[4:14:35] ATTEMPT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER
[4:14:37] OUR HOMELESSNESS DOLLARS.
[4:14:39] THE PLAN BEFORE US IS NOT ONLY
[4:14:41] A WAY FOR TO US TAKE A CRITICAL
[4:14:43] LOOK AT OUR CURRENT STRUCTURES,
[4:14:45] ONE THAT WE KNOW MANY HAVE SAID
[4:14:48] IS LONG OVERDUE BUT TO
[4:14:51] TRANSLATE THESE FINDINGS, WE
[4:14:53] SET TRANSPARENCY AND
[4:14:54] ACCOUNTABILITY AND AT SOME
[4:14:55] POINT THOSE WORDS HAVE TO MEAN
[4:14:57] SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
[4:14:58] SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO.
[4:15:04] THAT MEANS INTENTIONALLY
[4:15:05] DECIDING ON OUR LONG TERM MODEL
[4:15:07] FOR HOW WE ADDRESS HOMEsNESS.
[4:15:10] WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW
[4:15:12] OUR SYSTEM HAS UNDERMINED OURS
[4:15:17] AND HOMELESSNESS AND THAT MEANS
[4:15:18] PROTECTING THE FUNDS THAT WE DO
[4:15:20] HAVE.
[4:15:22] CODIFYING BECAUSE REGARDLESS IF
[4:15:24] WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE LONG
[4:15:25] TERM WHICH HE KNOW WE'RE ALL
[4:15:27] STEP CAL OF, THEY'RE STILL MAIN
[4:15:30] AGENCY AND HOMELESSNESS
[4:15:31] RESPONSE RIGHT NOW AND GETTING
[4:15:32] US ON A CLEARER PATH AND MOVING
[4:15:36] OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE FORWARD
[4:15:38] WHILE KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE.
[4:15:40] WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRAG OUR
[4:15:42] FEET.
[4:15:43] TODAY WE'RE COMMITTING
[4:15:45] OURSELVES TO THE RESPONSIBILITY
[4:15:46] OF HAVING THESE TOUGH AND
[4:15:49] HONEST CONVERSATIONS AND BEING
[4:15:50] TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND
[4:15:51] OURSELVES AND MAKING THE HARD
[4:15:54] DECISIONS OF CHANGING COURSES
[4:15:56] WHEN THE RESULTS DEMAND IT
[4:15:58] BECAUSE WE CANNOT KEEP DOING
[4:16:02] THE SAME THING AND EXPECT
[4:16:05] DIFFERENT RESULTS.
[4:16:06] WE COULD HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE
[4:16:09] DECISION WHZ WHEN WE HAD A
[4:16:11] DIFFERENT PRESIDENT AND MORE
[4:16:13] DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
[4:16:14] BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW, YOU
[4:16:17] KNOW, I KNOW THAT HOUSING IS IS
[4:16:19] A HUMAN RIGHT AND HOMELESSNESS
[4:16:22] MUST BE TREATED AS A
[4:16:26] HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT IT IS,
[4:16:28] EVEN THOUGH THE CITY DOESN'T
[4:16:29] HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I
[4:16:31] JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW
[4:16:32] THAT.
[4:16:33] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, HEAD
[4:16:38] FACE THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON IN
[4:16:39] A TIME THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
[4:16:41] WHICH IS NOW AND YESTERDAY
[4:16:43] BECAUSE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND
[4:16:45] WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THOSE
[4:16:48] CHOICES NOW.
[4:16:49] THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[4:16:51] » THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.
[4:16:52] CAN YOU TELL US WHAT BEFORE US?
[4:16:55] » WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCILMEMBER
[4:16:57] ON THE QUEUE?
[4:16:59] » Council President: YES,
[4:17:00] COUNCILMEMBER PADILLA PASSED.
[4:17:01] » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
[4:17:06] 24-E HARRIS-DAWSON McOSKER.
[4:17:07] » Council President: ALL
[4:17:07] RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE
[4:17:09] ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
[4:17:12] » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES.
[4:17:15] » Council President: ALL
[4:17:16] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[4:17:18] » Clerk: 24-D, RODRIGUEZ
[4:17:19] JURADO.
[4:17:19] » Council President: ALL
[4:17:20] RIGHT, OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE
[4:17:22] ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE.
[4:17:27] » Clerk: 12 AYES, 2 NOES.
[4:17:32] » Clerk: WE DID 24E AND 24D,
[4:17:35] WE JUST TOOK A VOTE ON 24D.
[4:17:41] THANK YOU.
[4:17:52] » Council President: NO TO
[4:17:54] DEREK, YES TO ERIC, I GOT YOU.
[4:17:58] ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK.
[4:18:00] » Clerk: BEFORE COUNCIL IS
[4:18:03] 24-C, RAMAN HARRIS-DAWSON.
[4:18:04] » Council President: OPEN THE
[4:18:05] ROLL, CLOSE THE
[4:18:07] ROLL,--COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN.
[4:18:08] » N. Raman: SO JUST WANTED TO
[4:18:15] CLARIFY, MS. RODRIGUEZ
[4:18:16] AMENDMENT FOR REPORT BACK IN 30
[4:18:18] DAYS, SO RATHER THAN MY
[4:18:21] AMENDMENT SUPERCEDING THAT, THE
[4:18:22] REPORT FROM. BUDGET AND FINANCE
[4:18:23] COMMITTEE ASKED FOR A REPORT
[4:18:25] BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2027.
[4:18:27] » Council President: TOO LONG.
[4:18:28] » N. Raman: I SAID DECEMBER
[4:18:32] 2026, BUT INSTEAD CHANGE THIS
[4:18:35] TO 90-DAY REPORT BACK AS
[4:18:36] COUNCILMEMBER LEE OR 30 DAYS,
[4:18:38] WHATEVER THIS BODY WANTS JUST
[4:18:40] SO WE'RE NOT WAITING LONGER
[4:18:42] THAN WE JUST VOTED TO SAY YES
[4:18:44] TO.
[4:18:47] I HOPE I'M BEING CLEAR.
[4:18:48] » Council President: I THINK
[4:18:50] SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
[4:18:52] THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
[4:18:53] » N. Raman: SO THE FIRST
[4:18:57] MOVING CLAUSE, I DON'T WANT TO
[4:18:59] OVER RULE COUNCILMEMBER
[4:19:02] RODRIGUEZ FOR SPEEDY REPORT
[4:19:03] BACK.
[4:19:03] » Clerk: WOULD YOU LIKE TO
[4:19:06] AMEND 24-C TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
[4:19:07] DAYS?
[4:19:07] » N. Raman: NO, YOU CAN JUST
[4:19:11] STRIKE IT.
[4:19:12] » Council President: DON'T WE
[4:19:13] NEED THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
[4:19:15] COMMITTEE.
[4:19:16] » N. Raman: SO MAYBE WE CAN
[4:19:19] STRIKE THE DATE.
[4:19:19] » Council President: ALL RIGHT.
[4:19:21] » Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO
[4:19:22] THAT?
[4:19:22] » Council President: SECOND.
[4:19:24] » N. Raman: THANK YOU.
[4:19:25] » Council President: ALL
[4:19:26] RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL,
[4:19:28] CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE
[4:19:29] VOTE.
[4:19:30] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[4:19:31] » Council President: ALL
[4:19:31] RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT?
[4:19:33] » Clerk: WE CAN VOTE AS A ITEM
[4:19:36] AS A WHOLE.
[4:19:36] » Council President: ALL RIGHT
[4:19:38] THE ITEM AS A WHOLE IS BEFORE
[4:19:39] US.
[4:19:40] OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL,
[4:19:42] TABULATE THE VOTE.
[4:19:43] » Clerk: 14 AYES.
[4:19:45] » Council President: ALL
[4:19:46] RIGHT, MR. CLERK WHAT IS BEFORE
[4:19:47] US.
[4:19:47] » Clerk: COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED
[4:19:49] FOR POST ASKED REFERRAL.
[4:19:50] » Council President: THEY ARE
[4:19:52] POST ASKED REFERRED.
[4:19:53] ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[4:19:55] SEEING NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I ASK
[4:19:56] EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO
[4:19:59] REVERENTLY STAND FOR ADJOURN
[4:20:01] MOTIONS.
[4:20:03] I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT, TO MR.
[4:20:06] SOTO-MARTINEZ TO SEE IF THERE
[4:20:08] ARE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS?
[4:20:09] AND I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT, TO
[4:20:12] COUNCILMEMBER JURADO'S SIDE TO
[4:20:14] SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADJOURNING
[4:20:16] MOTIONS.
[4:20:16] SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
[4:20:18] THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
[4:21:33] In 2021. Officer Robert William
[4:21:34] Stewart was officially
[4:21:36] reinstated to the Los Angeles
[4:21:37] Police Department and honorably
[4:21:40] retired from his position as an
[4:21:41] officer. I'd like to move that.
[4:21:45] We approve the department's
[4:21:46] report and reinstate and retire
[4:21:49] former policeman Robert William
[4:21:52] Stewart. All in favor, please
[4:21:54] say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All
[4:21:59] opposed? It passes five zero. It
[4:22:03] was so important because getting
[4:22:05] the reinstatement was a victory
[4:22:06] in the sense that we were right.
[4:22:08] There was an injustice. A