[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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[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

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