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Chair: good morning, welcome everyone to our regularly scheduled

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meeting of the los angeles county board of supervisors.

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today is tuesday september 1, 2026. We take note that a are

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quorum have the board is present, chief executive officer, county counsel,

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executive officer and sergent at arms are here to assist.

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before we begin today I wanted to highlight that we are introduce moog a

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pilot public comment registration system. Which creates a more

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consistent and accessible experience. I would like to have our

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executive officer, mr. Yen, provide information on how it can

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be utilized. >> executive officer: good morning.

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[int [interpreter] a little bit of

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translation. We have new public comment system.

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whether someone is participating by phone or in person they will be

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able to register for the items they want to speak on and have a clearer

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understanding of where they are in the process. Including registration

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confirmation and text message reminders. Members of the public can

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call in directly but now there is a registration option that expedites the

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process. Individuals participating in public comment either

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by phone or in person will have the opportunity to register for their desired

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items prior to the agenda item being heard. We encourage all members

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of the public to register to speak during today's meeting on the website at

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www.publiccomment.lacounty .gov. Registering online allows

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you to identify the items you are interested in addressing.

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you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions.

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to receive text message on your phone when the item you wish to address is

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next enter your phone number on the website. If you do not have a

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computer or wish to make a comment at any time when the agenda item is active

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you may call 213-444-2600 and press star. Then follow the

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instructions to register. An operator will be on the phone to assist.

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you can find more information on our website at bos.lacu --

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bos.lacounty.gov. This will help everyone connect and share comments

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more easily. You will have the opportunity to address the

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board during the meeting. You will rove one minute for one item and two

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minutes for two or more minutes. Items held by supervisor

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you will have one minute to address the board and one minute on general

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comment. State your name and indicate the agenda item

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numbers you will be addressing. Please neat once your time

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has expired we will immediately move to the next speaker.

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when it is your turn to speak your name or the last four digits of the

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phone number will be called. To ensure we hear from in

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person and remote speakers we will alternate between the two speaking queues.

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members of the public in attendance when you hear or see your name displayed

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on the screen come down to the front of the room and staff will assist you.

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do not approach the podium until directed to do so. Also for members of the

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public in attendance note that we have a constituent assistance team that

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includes representatives from department of public health, public social

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services, children and family services, homeless services and housing and

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parks and recreation in the audience should you need assistance from them.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you very much.

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I hope everyone will utilize this new system, it has been a great

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investment and we have heard many concerns from constituents and the

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community when they come forward either to call in, telephonically, or come in

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in person. I hope this will help to expedite all of those

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concerns w that, members, we will now start the county's land

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acknowledgement. >> sup. Hilda solis, >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: the county of los angeles recognizes

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that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and

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cared for by the tongva, tataviam,

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serrano, kizh, and chumash peoples. We honor and pay respect

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to their elders and descendants

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past, present, and emerging as they continue their

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stewardship of these lands and waters we

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acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land

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seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation,

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broken promises, genocide, and multigenerational trauma.

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this acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and

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commitment to truth, healing, and reconciliation and to

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elevating the stories, culture, and community of the

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original inhabitants of los angeles county.

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we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and

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work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to

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growing and sustaining relationships with

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native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in

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no particular order) the fernandeño

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tataviam band of mission indians gabrielino tongva indians

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of california tribal council gabrieleno/tongva san

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gabriel band of mission indians gabrieleño band of mission

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indians kizh nation san manuel band of mission indians

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san fernando band of mission indians.

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coastal band of chumash nation. Gab

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gabrieno tongue tonva tribe. To learn more about the

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first peoples of los angeles county

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please visit our website. At lanaic.lacounty.gov. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: with that this morning the invocation will be led by lead pastor

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will vakuvirich, representing grace long beach from the fourth

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district. Followed by the pledge of allegiance led today by

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leo hernandez, former specialist united states army representing the

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fifth district. If you are all able please stand and join us.

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>> in-person speaker: county supervisors, the burden of leadership is

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heavy, lonely, and costly. As a representative of the faith community, we thank

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you for your service and leadership. We imagine and work toward

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an l.a. County as it ought to be. L.a. County all families

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are fed, housed and flourishing. L.a. County where access

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to resources reduces the need to self medicate the brokenness away.

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l.a. County where folks have enough margin to enjoy the beauty of our

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beaches, neighborhoods, our parks and museums. The instagramable coffee

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shops and roses that despite all odds continue to sprout from our

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concrete streets. L.a. County where all our neighbors are friends,

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families and our children are welcomed and actually feel welcomed.

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l.a. County whose streets are safe enough to be filled with the laughter

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of the young and the wisdom of the elders. L.a. County that

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experiences peace, wholeness, flourishing, and plenty.

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where justice flows like mighty rivers, dreams are no longer deferred but

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realized and life feels better for all. From lancaster to lang

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beach, from malibu tomow in a, this is our home, desire and prayer.

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this is the work you have been entrusted with and we stand with you in it.

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god almighty, this is why we need your help. Bless these leaders with

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wisdom, courage, humility and compassion and make us all people who seek the

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common good of this place not merely for ourselves but for the flourishing of

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all of our neighbors. May this distant dream continue to materialize

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amongst us, amen. >> amen. >> in-person speaker: good

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morning. Please face the flag, place your right hand over

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your heart. If you are a veteran you may render a hand salute

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and join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the

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flag of the united states of america,

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and to the republic for which it stands,

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one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: supervisor hahn you are recognized. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank

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you. Thank you madam chair. Thank you so much, where

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are you -- there you are. Thank you so much we welcome pastor will

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vucericich. The only reason I know how to pronounce it, I

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struggle with it and he gave a voice memo that I listened to on how to

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pronounce it, don't feel bad. Pastor will, thank you so

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much for leading us. I feel like that was more than an invocation.

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that was a vision of I think what we all l.a. County should be like and

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should repave like and look like for everyone. Thank you for setting that

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forth to us. And reminding us that that is what we have been

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entrusted to doing in each and everyone of our districts.

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pastor will, we'll call you that for the rest of this.

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pastor will is the co-lead pastor at grace long beach where he serves as pastor

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of ministry mobilization and focuses on local community engagement.

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in his role pastor will as guided the church in using an asset based approach to

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learn and understand long beach's wrigley neighborhood, its history,

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its strength, its resources and needs. I spent about 10 years in

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wrigley at one point of my life. And by actively listening

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to residents of the community grace long beach has been able to focus on

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servetion underresourced children, youth, and families.

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one of grace long beach's work is child welfare system, youth

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transitioning out of foster care. Grace long beach works

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with l.a. County department of children and family services.

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they also have a thriving foster care ministry and supports groups for

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resource, I know kathryn barger will love this, this is a focus for her,

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support groups for resource parents that provide care for children

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in the child we will fair system and together grace long beach and dcfs are

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able to meet tangible needs for countless of our families in the county.

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their commitment to the community was recognized in 2025 when they received

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the inaugural faith in action award from the dcfs office.

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I didn't know we gave that award. Will's vision for grace

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long beach is simple and powerful. To lead a church that

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loves long beach well. They are committed to supporting their neighbors

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and finding new ways to collaborate with leaders throughout the city and

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the county to ensure that their community is cared for.

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pastor will and his wife, aaron, have three boys, 15, 12, and 3.

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thank you pastor will for your dedication to long beach, your commitment to

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children and families and your continued work to strengthen our community

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and thank you all, particularly jeanette christian, my long beach

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deputy. We had a time getting here this morning.

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the 710 freeway way closed down, all of the corn trainer trucks were on the

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110, we had a difficult time getting here. Universe was conspireing

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this morning but we're all here and that was a beautiful invocation.

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as a token much our appreciation, the five county supervisors would

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like to present this certificate of appreciation for what you

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did for us today. [applause] >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: supervisor barger. >> sup. Kathryn barger: thank you madam chair.

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please join me in thanking behavioral health specialist leo hernandez

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for leading us in the pledge of allegiance this morning.

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leo served in the united states army from 2014 to 2019 in kuwait and jordan.

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during his service he received numerous accommodations including

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army achievement medal, army good conduct medal, defense -- national

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defense service medal, global war on terrorism service medal, global war

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on terrorism expep denshly medal, army service ribbon and overseas service

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ribbon. Talk about an overachiever.

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he earned his bachelor of arts in sociology from cal state northridge.

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leo is a proud resident of palmdale. He came across the angeles

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crest highway to get here, I take my hat off to you for that.

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where he works for jvs so-cal connecting veterans to the community resources

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that they have earned and that they deserve. In his free time he enjoys

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working on cars and spending time with leo and luciano, his children.

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thank you for your service to our nation, your ongoing service to our

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communities, and for joining us here this morning.

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let's give him a round of applause. [applause]

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now I would like to introduce our dog of the week.

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we're back and we have a very sweet and special pup for you to meet.

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this is eggy, a 4-month-old german shepherd, absolutely the

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sweetest dog. He's been through a lot. He was rescued from a

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hoarding situation and eagerly looking for a home.

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he was temporarily adopted burt returned because the owners other dog wasn't

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ready for a sibling. Eggy is ready to be a best friend, sibling and

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someone to cuddle with. Eggy endured so much change and transition and

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we're hoping to find him a loving home that he can settle down and make his

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own. If you'd like to make eggy yours, call the aguerra

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care center at 818-991-0071. Again this is eggy.

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given all that he's been through he is very, very, very well adjusted.

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now our pet from palmdale, hank, a 1-year-old german shepherd surrendered by

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his owner because they didn't have the too imto give him the attention

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that he deserves and needs. Hank is a happy, kind dog

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who loves attention. He is still gaining his confidence in the play

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yard. While he may be slow to warm up, he is a very

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friendly dog once he's comfortable. If you would like to adopt

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hank, come out of his hell and adopt him, call the palm cale care center,

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661-575-2888. Animal care centers are open monday through

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saturday 11:00a.m. To 5 p.m. For walk-ins. I encourage you to go and

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bring home someone to be your forever best friend. Visit animal care.l.a.

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county.gov to see all of the pets who can be yours. Thank you for bringing

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eggy down. Thank you. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: executive officer please call the agenda. >> executive officer: good

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morning members of the board, today's agenda begins on page 2, consent

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calendar, board of supervisors items 1 through 20.

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item 19, supervisor barger requests that this item be held.

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also this include as revision as indicated on the supplemental agenda.

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item 20, supervisor mitchell requests this be held, also including a

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revision as indicated on the supplemental agenda. Page 12, administrative

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matters, 21 through 92, item 21 supervisor mitchell requests that

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this item be held. Item 22, this item will be held for report.

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item 23, supervisor horvath is recusing herself pursuant to

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government code section 8408 because he received a contribution of more than

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$500 within the past 12 months from a party or participant in the

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proceeding. Item 37, supervisor solis is recusing herself

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pursuant to code section 84308 because she received a contribution of more

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than $500 within the past 12 froms from a party or participant or agent of a

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party or participant in the proceeding. Also supervisor horvath

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recuses herself from the vote because she received a contribution or

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contributions of more than $500 within the past 12 months from anthony mills

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a party or participant or agent in the proceeding. Item 38, supervisor barger

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requests that item be continued to september 29, 2026 as indicated on the

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supplemental agenda. Item 39, this is a recommendation to adopt

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and instruct the chair to sign a resolution to undertake bond financing.

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for development of the mercy clamplt project located in clamplt.

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item 44, this includes a revision as indicated on the supplemental agenda.

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item 48 include as revision as indicated on the supplemental agenda.

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item 56 this include as revision as indicated on the supplemental agenda.

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item 62 supervisor mitchell requests this continued to september 15,

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2026. Page 50, this includes mace lanious additions to

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the agenda posted more than 72 hours in advance of the meeting as

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indicated on the supplemental agenda. Items 90a through 90f.

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on page 51, separate matters, items 93 through 94, items 93 and 94, the

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board will take a separate vote on these matters, 93 include as correction as

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indicated on the supplemental agenda. Page 52, special district

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agendas, these are the agendas for the meeting of sanitation district number

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27 and newhalleran much sanitation district sd1. Development authority 1d

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and regional park and open space district 1p. Item 1p this is an

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addition as indicated on the supplemental agenda. Page 54, notices of closed

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session cs1 through cs10, item cs2 through 5, cs7 one case and cs9 the thief

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probation officer requests these items be continued two weeks to september 15,

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2026. Also item cs7 include as correction as indicated on

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the supplemental agenda. Item cs7, county counsel requests one case be

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continued to september 15, 2026 as indicated on the posted agenda.

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the request for continuances through cs10 are before you.

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that completes the reading of the agenda. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: thank you. Moved by supervir mitchell, seconded by

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supervisor barger to approve the items. That will be the order.

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executive officer, please play the code of conduct. Executive officer: ladies

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and gentlemen, may I please have

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county board of supervisors is about to commence.

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a code of conduct will now be read and we request that

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you comply with it to ensure the

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efficient administration of the meeting.

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members of the public, it is your right to participate

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in today's board hearing and the

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board encourages such participation. However, the right of the

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public to address the board must be

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balanced with the need to ensure that public comment does

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not interfere with the orderly course of the board's

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business. All are reminded to abide by the

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following rules. Speakers must cease speaking

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public comment on agenda items must relate to the subject

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matter of that item. General public comment is limited to subjects within

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the jurisdiction of the board. Public comment does not

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include the right to engage in a dialogue with board

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members or staff. Staff.

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please remain respectful of the forum and refrain from

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staff, or any other person. Members of the audience

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should be respectful of the views expressed by speakers,

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staff, and board members, and may not

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clap, cheer, whistle, or otherwise disrupt the orderly

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conduct of the meeting. Any person engaging in conduct

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that disrupts the meeting is subject to being removed

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from the board meeting. And finally, if you

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witness conduct or behavior by other

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members of the public that disrupts your ability to remain

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engaged or participate in this meeting, please notify the

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sergeant at arms or other county staff.

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thank you for your cooperation. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: including the closed session matters, followed by items 20 and

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22 then items 19 and 21 followed by general public comment and finishing up

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with closed session. Executive officer. >> executive officer: at

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this time we will hear from members of the public wishing to address the

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board on all items not held for discussion by supervisors including

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closed session matters. The consent items will be acted upon with one

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motion. Members of the public already on the phone, if

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you have signed up to speak for these items you do not need to do anything

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further. If you are on the phone have not signed up to

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speak and would like to comment on these items press star now and follow

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the prompts to be placed into the speaking coup. If you are -- please call

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213-444-2600 on the telephone, press star and follow the prompts.

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an operator will be on the phone to assist. Be prepared to indicate

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the agenda item numbers that you wish to address. >> we will all in person

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speakers while they come forward we will call remote speakers.

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all items not held by the board and discussion matters.

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staff will assist you. Greg crumb. [reading names]

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aaron garcia your line is open, please begin. >> telephone speaker: I'm

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aaron garcia, l.a. County of advocacy for streets are for everyone.

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I'm here in support of agenda item, hollywood bowl.

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my favorite movie is the princess bride, it is a movie full of adventure,

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romance, revenge. Low budget film at the time, they couldn't get a

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live composer to record the soundtrack, it was done digitally.

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fast forward 20 years, the hollywood hosts a screening with a live, on

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strer, the first time it was played live and is that the beauty of the

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bowl. It is a place where history is made and done

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by angelinos showing up. You see the old chaps with their fedoras, women with

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flamboyant dresses, and they bring a new life to the artist's work.

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that's why I'm talking in support of this agenda item.

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because -- >> asst. Executive officer: thank you, maya

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coleman, please begin. >> telephone speaker: good morning supervisors, I'm

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maya coleman, reimagine l.a. Co-tips and member of district 3.

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I'm calling in opposition to agenda item 62. We urge the county not to

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confuse this with community care and ankle monitor is not housing,

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mental health care, doesn't handle treatment or the job people need.

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it extends the reach of the illegal system into the communities.

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at a time when the county continues to acknowledge overcrowded jails and

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inadequate healthcare, unsafe conditions and preventedable hark,

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expanding electronic monitoring is moving in the wrong direction.

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we can't monitor out of a broken system. If l.a. County is

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committed to jails last, we should invest in employment and reentry

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support not expanding profiting from surveilling.

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real public safety comes from civility, opportunity and community investment,

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thank you. >> asst. Executive officer: thank you.

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>> sup. Lindsey horvath: item 26 was continued, I believe.

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>> asst. Executive officer: maru your line is open, please begin.

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matu, your line is open, please begin. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: can't hear her. >> asst. Executive officer: maru, your line

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is open. We'll go to the next caller.

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dr. Lawrence your line is open, please begin. >> telephone speaker: yes,

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dr. Lawrence winston, founder of wise up ministries.

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I'm speaking on behalf of item number 41, the hollywood bowl.

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in our experience, the tickets for the chance the rapper event on

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juneteenth, the tickets were $19 and it was very affordable, then they

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moved down to $16. That way we were able to buy tickets for 30 of our

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community members and we were able to get there. However parking was quite

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expensive. But the discounted ticket rate allowed us to cover

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the parking for everyone that attended. We carpooled.

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we also attended previously I attended little wayne versus drake

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concert at the hollywood bowl. It was an experience that,

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the tickets were pricey -- >> asst. Executive officer: thank you,

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allison mcdowell your line is open, please begin. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: go ahead. >> telephone speaker: allison?

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: allison? >> telephone speaker:

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hello, I'm allison, I work for preventing events at hollywood bowl.

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supporting item 41. I really want to ask the board of supervisors to

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establish this countywide price programming for all angelinos for our cultural

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institutions. An opportunity to close the socioeconomic and

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educational gaps. Studies show that these trips to cultural events

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moves students to empathy and educational breakthroughs are

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important from low income families who lack opportunities.

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we would love to see these lowering of entry barriers at these county venues.

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I feel like especially what's been done, we're thinking about

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entertainment not as a luxury but entertainment for students and families.

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>> asst. Executive officer: thank you. Caller ending in 7127 your

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line is now open, please state your name and begin. >> telephone speaker: good

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morning, board of supervisors, I'm lydia scott, item 41 on your

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agenda. I'd like to thank l.a. Field for creating a

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reduced price for ticketing for those with low income to experience

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performances at the hollywood bowl and asking for the board to build on

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that idea by establishing a countywide reduced pricing program for

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angelinos with low incomes and at county cultural institutions including

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museums and event venues. Too often public cultural assets have ceased and

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admission goes unused. Empty seat generates no revenue and no benefit to

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anyone. Why not use the vacant spaces to expand access

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offering discounted admission to residents with low incomes, when

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capability is available, creates opportunities for people who might otherwise

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be excluded. Our cultural institutions belong to all angelinos.

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I respectfully ask the board to establish -- >> asst. Executive

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officer: thank you. Madam chair there are no other remote speakers on

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these items. We will go to in person speakers.

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please begin. >> in-person speaker: greg crumb, number 56.

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good morning supervisors. I'm here on behalf of the los angeles county

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lifeguard association and the more than 900 lifeguards who protect 72

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miles of coastline. Supervisormism em, here rath, hahn, our beaches

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and coast lines are within your districts. Supervisor solis, barger,

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thousands of your constituents visit our beaches on a rogue basis.

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I want to thank you for your continued commitment to the safety of our

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beaches, our beach communities, and the public program supported

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by our county lifeguard system. Supervisor hahn, thank you

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for your work in keeping l.a. County lifeguards atca xwril a beach.

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our coastline is a resource in protecting it is our responsibility.

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l.a. Lifeguards built a system with staffing, training, equipment and

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experience to protect millions of beach guyers. We are in the middle of

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one of the biggest summers we have had, we hope that the work at cabrillo shows

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that we can keep all of the contract cities. >> asst. Executive

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officer: next speaker. 's.

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>> in-person speaker: family visitation, medical upgrade 36, and 38 for

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local health emergency. We were wondering mlk if we can do a demo of these

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aye models for martin luther king, malcolm x to protect african-american

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cultures. That ever been systematically beaten

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down. If you read the u.s. Constitution and

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declaration of indep independence, you see.

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the budget is $238 billion, federal budget on but joint partnership f we

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can use it for dcsf,age gentleman we a from charlottesville, virginia,

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native american. At the beginning of our speeches every day with

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l.a. Board of supervisors you want to honor native americans.

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so this should honor native americans, protect their culture.

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sacajawea was sold as a sex slave into marriage at age of 13.

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this would protect children for dcfs. For the fire emergency

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right now, I've been to altadena, pasadena, this is critical

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infrastructure, it is new tech nothing, also a fusion reactor is what we

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want to do but we want to start with police, fire, ems and eventually roll it

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on it to citizens. One was geronimo, named after the apache medicine

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man, basically geronimo is medical diagnostics to understand people

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holistically and how to help them. If you are interested, we

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would love to do it. I'm in south pasadena in kathryn barger's district.

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thank you. >> asst. Executive officer: thank you, next

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speaker. >> in-person speaker: I'm michael mecca pacific

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water quality association, opposing the newhalleran much sanitation ban on

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water sopher ins. What I have found, newhalleran much is a

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proposed development. It is in the middle of the santa clarita ban, I was

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involved in the santa clarita ban and renewal with the senator.

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we're realists, things need to change, chlorides are an issue to deal with.

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however it needs to be done properly. In the case of santa

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clarita a lot of things came out that should not have been done.

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lost my train there. I was shoved on the removal of sophers in to

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set a value -- >> asst. Executive officer: next speaker

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please. >> in-person speaker: hello, I'm here speaking

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as part of the public thank you to holly mitchell, supervisor holly

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mitchell and l.a. Fill for leading the way for different angelinos to

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experience cultural landmarks. When cultural landmarks --

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I'm speaking on item 41, sorry, number 41. When cultural landmarks

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like the hollywood bowl are made affordable to everyone, it

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re-establishes important community hubs for people to connect.

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shoutouts to the ford theater for leading the way to this.

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thank you to the hollywood bowl for recently implementing a program for

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ebt users. More needs to be done and I personally hope that the

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tickets are going into the right hands and not people who would take advantage

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of this good intention. Thank you very much to everyone and enjoy the

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rest of your day. >> asst. Executive officer: thank you, next

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speaker. >> in-person speaker: hello members of the

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board, andrew garcia, speaking from -- I wanted to say that if you are

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going to do anything about the commission -- to go do anything.

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so it needs to be accessible for everybody. Thank you very much and I

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appreciate the ability to come here. Thank you.

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>> asst. Executive officer: thank you. Next speaker please.

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>> in-person speaker: hi, good morning, I'm tara taylor, I will be speaking

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on item number 41. Good morning supervisors I'd like to begin by

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thanking the l.a. Phil and supervisor mitchell for leading the way and

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helping to reduce prices for angelinos to participate in our

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cultural institutions and in particular in visiting the hollywood bowl.

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the e about. Ebt program is a trail blazing effort to get more

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of our population to our major cultural institutions, and I

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believe this is only the beginning. Given the complexity of

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living in los angeles and the various economic positions of many of our

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residents here, I would encourage the supervisors here that this body would

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consider a comprehensive program for all of our cultural institutions.

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>> asst. Executive officer: thank you. That concludes the time

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for public comment on these items. >> executive officer:

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madam chair and members of the board the following items are before you.

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1 through 18, 23 with supervisor horvath reducing from the vote, 24

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through 36, 37 with supervisor solis and horvath recusing from the

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vote, 39 through 61, 63 through 89, 90a through f, sd1, 1d, 1p and separate

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vote on items 93 and 94, these items are before you.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: moved by supervisor horvath, seconded by

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supervisor hahn to approve these items with the exceptions noted by the

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executive officer. Executive officer call the roll.

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>> executive officer: supervisor mitchell. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

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aye. >> executive officer: supervisor horvath.

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htses aye. >> executive officer: supervisor hahn.

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>> sup. Janice hahn: aye. >> executive officer: supervisor barger.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: aye. >> executive officer:

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supervisor solis. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.

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>> executive officer: motion carries. Madam chair we will now

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vote on a separate matter items, 93 is before you. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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chair: moved by supervisor barger, seconded by supervisor mitchell do

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approve the items. Executive officer call the roll.

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>>> supervisor mitchell. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.

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>> executive officer: supervisor horvath. >> sup. Lindsey horvath:

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aye. >> executive officer: supervisor hahn.

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>> sup. Janice hahn: aye. >> executive officer: supervisor barger.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: aye. >> executive officer:

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supervisor solis. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.

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>> executive officer: motion carries 5-0. Number 94 which is before

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you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I will move that

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item, seconded by supervisor horvath to approve the item,

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executive officer call the roll. >> executive officer:

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supervisor mitchell. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.

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>> executive officer: supervisor horvath. >> sup. Lindsey horvath:

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aye. >> executive officer: supervisor hahn.

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>> sup. Janice hahn: aye. >> executive officer: supervisor barger.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: aye. >> executive officer:

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supervisor solis. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.

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>> executive officer: motion carries 5-on. We will move to item 20,

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implementing commercial tenant protections to prevent small business

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displacement and deliver on thriving commercial corridors, held by

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supervisor mitchell. For members of the public already on the phone if

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you have signed up to speak for these items you do not need to do anything

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if you they are. If you are on the phone and have not signed up to

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speak, press star now and follow the prompts f are you watching the meeting

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and would like to address the meeting, call 213-444-26 -- we have many

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speakers who have requested to speak on this item.

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in order to finish today's meeting efficiently and address all agenda items

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we are requesting if you are with a group identify one person to speak on

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behalf of your group. If you do not have any additional comments other

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than what has already been stated by other speakers please indicate only your

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name and support or opposition to this item. Kelly lobianco director of

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economic opportunity is available for questions. Departmental speaker

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please staurnl and position when you address the board.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: we will recognize supervisor mitchell, this

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is her item, thank you. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you.

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good morning to all of my colleagues. Small businesses are the

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backbone of l.a. County's economy. They are where jobs are

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created, where our hyper local community diversity is reflected and

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celebrated. But they're disappearing. They're seeing rent

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increases as high as 400%. One of my own second district small businesses

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saw his month think rent jump from 2500 dollars to $10,000 per month.

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leases can be terminated with no resource and no relocation help even when

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a land lord's harassment is confirmed. Redevelopment can displace

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long time businesses even as our communities desperately need more

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housing and rerightlization projects. Last year, the state took

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a first step with senate bill 1103 which requires advance notice for rent

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increases over 10%. Notice prior to lease termination and

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translation of leases into language that tenants can understand.

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I think this is the opportunity for the county to do its part to

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implement this law locally and keep small businesses in place.

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this board has a significant track record of supporting both small

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business and commercial landlords through grants, rent relief, and technical

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and legal assistance. Since the county's department of economic

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opportunity was created back in 2022, the county has delivered over $83

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million in direct cash relief to 9700 businesses hit by a variety of

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disruptions like covid, labor strikes, and natural disasters.

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we've now funded a term in any event business interruption fund with an

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additional $2 million. And through the economic mobility initiative we

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have invested over $33 million in technical assistance and business

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formation grants reaching more than 4,000 businesses.

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we've also invested in $11 million to refresh store fronts for over 120

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businesses and after the 2025 palisades and eaton fires, deo matched

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displaced businesses with available commercial space.

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our vision is that deo is the chamber of commerce for all businesses

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countywide. As a result, deo has funded free legal

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representation for small businesses since 2021. They have put on business

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forums, touching over 1,200 businesses. The list goes on.

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despite these investments, commercial tenants face exorbitant rent hikes,

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terminated leases, redevelopment displacement and coercive eviction

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tactics. A commercial rental property license, a crpl

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since government loves acronyms, commercial rental property license

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would allow the county to clearly identify where pressures are occurring.

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it would show which corridors are facing chronic vacancies and

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which businesses need direct outreach and support rather than

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guessing or basing it on here say. Or anecdotal stories.

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some were par,ly damaged and had to rely on door to door outreach for relief.

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a licensing system would help us reach affected businesses more quickly.

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the crpl is as much about outreach as it is about enforcement against

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landlords who violate the anti-harassment ordinance. I'd like to acknowledge

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the community members who have correctly said that a remedy after displacement

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is no the enough. A small business can lose its customers, workers,

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inventory and neighborhood presence long before a court case reaches a final

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resolution. So that's why the county's reportback should evaluate

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accessible administrative options for reporting commercial tenant

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harassment, including complaint intake, investigation, emergency

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review, anti-retaliation safeguards and referral pathways.

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so let me just be clear about what this motion does and does not do.

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this motion closes the gaps in state law, helps us deliver relief to

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businesses more quickly and holds bad actors accountable.

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it asks our business licensing work group to design a commercial

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landlord license similar to models in major cities across the country

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including chicago, taco ma, new york and santa monica.

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for the first time the county would have reliable information about who owns

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commercial buildings and which store fronts are sitting empty.

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if a landlord is found by the courts to have harassed a tenant out of

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their space, the tenant receives financial assistance to relocate.

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it asks deo to study what fair rent looks like around the county.

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and when redevelopment pushes a small business out, it asks county

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counsel to return with real options for relocation assistance and

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incentives rather than allowing our community anchors to be displaced

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without support. Again, let me be clear about what the motion does

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not do. As I've heard there has been some perhaps

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confusion. It does not cap commercial rent.

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it does not make landlords share any copies of their leases.

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and it does not slow down or block any redevelopment project.

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the motion is a result of pretty significant stakeholder feedback.

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I'd like to tank my team who met with organizations who expressed opposition

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why we took it to cluster to create an opportunity for full and transparent

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discussion. And as a result, what we're considering today is

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different than what we first introduced. As a result of feedback we

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added a cap on the amount of relocation expenses that could be awarded.

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we spelled out exactly what counts as redevelopment project so

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landlords know where they stand. We asked for departments

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to come back with more incentives for landlords who choose the special

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status license. I appreciate the commercial property

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stakeholders for raising serious implementation questions, and their point

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at the rural and other incorporated communities have distinct communities

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is well taken. That's why this is a reportback motion.

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we're not setting a commercial rent cap or adopting a final

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relocation program today. We are directing our departments to conduct the

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analysis, engage stakeholders across the county, and bring the

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board options. We shouldn't have to choose between attracting

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investment and protecting the small businesses that create jobs, provide

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essential services, and give commercial corridors their character.

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not to mention giving commercial landlords rent through their tenancy.

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I believe we have to do all of the above. I look forward to the

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reportback with options to promote a fair and vibrant marketplace for all of our

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businesses across l.a. County. Thank you madam chair.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you. And I also want to join

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you and thank you for adding me supervisor mitchell as a co-author.

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on this particular issue. It is a challenge for small businesses and I

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thank you kelly lobianco and your department for helping us in the east

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los angeles corridors and san gabriel valley, to renovate store fronts and

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revitalizing areas that are dilapidated, particularly in corridors

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that I represent in the unincorporated area, not just east l.a. But the

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san gabriel valley near unincorporated west puente valley, closer to areas

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that, for many, is home. Small businesses thrive there.

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they do make up the backbone of our economy. It's disgraceful what is

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happening to them right now. Having to deal with

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tariffs, uncertainty because of eyes raids, it has -- ice raids,

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depressed peep from coming into their shops and stores and people trying

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to maintain their economic stability. If there isn't a business

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open they don't have a job. Likewise, I want to

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reference the recent tragedy that we went through in east l.a. And

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boyle heights, the lineage crisis that we just faced. Many small business there

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is, and I know that kelly your department has dealt with this.

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people, commercial owners of buildings and what have you, also their tenants

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have been impacted. What we have heard anecdotally, is that it is

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win above close to millions. That doesn't include the

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oil spill that happened in east l.a. As well. A lots of things impact

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many that are affected currently. I ask you to be patient

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with us and understand this is a reportback. I think some of us here

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are very responsive and want to be more responsible and I have

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even put in my own discretionary funding to build in to business

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relief interruption fund for those that have been interrupted because of

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disasters or because of man made intrusions like the recent ice raids that

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have hurt our corridors in downtown los angeles in the garment district.

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all of these places have not recovered. This is multiplied on tap

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of what happened during covid. Many of those individuals

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happen to be people that we represent, people of color.

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but it's no accident. They're striving, many of them are hard working

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immigrants that came here with the hope and desire of not depending on

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federal government or state government or county.

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but also being able to thrive. Fake row enterprises

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people who -- microenterprises, starting from maybe selling tamales

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on the street to getting a vendor cart that we provide and establishing

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safeguards so they can become permitted, and later maybe brick and

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mortar. There's a plan here, it isn't just throwing things

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out there. I can't wait to hear back from the reportback and

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also to thank you, kelly, for the work that you have done.

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we don't need to see more people displaced. Unemployment is high in

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this area. We know that we are going to be heading for some

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more heavier challenges for the time being. Thatted not going to be

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forever. Now is the time to stagelize our community.

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I wholeheartedly support the -- stabilize our community.

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I wholeheartedly support this issue, thank you for your hard work on this

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issue. Councilmember barger. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

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thank you for bringing this forward and supervisor mitchell thank

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you for the transparency in how this has been handled going to cluster,

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why we have this process and getting input from stakeholders and people

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impacted. I want to thank you for that.

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I have a couple of questions for kelly. I understand there are

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examples of small businesses who claim they have been displaced due to

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landlord harassment or because the landlord increased the rent with

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the intent of forcing the tenant to move out. Under the proposed

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ordinance the tenant needs to take this to court under the existing county

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anti-harassment ordinance to get relocation costs like rent covered so they

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can move. Since the county anti-harassment ordinance

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was instituted in 2022, how many have filed complaints and what was

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the result of those complaints? >> kelly lobianco clan

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k4r0 than as you heard from the supervisors that smoke before, we're going

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to hear from folks today, issues of affordability, and displacement and

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harassment are important here. We are a county of small

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businesses. We have been providing education and technical

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assistance and support since our beginnings four years ago.

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that's included engaging with l.a. Region small business legal aid

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program. We have been engaging with hundreds if not thousands

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of individuals who brought a variety of legal challenges to us, we have

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worked with public counsel to work there. Under the ungd the

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anti-harassment ordinance there's no single custodian of that case

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data. Ordinance offers a private right of a, to those

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individuals experiencing harassment or retaliation under the scope of the

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ordinance. So they can pursue that action directly.

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while they might engage with our office of small business and partners to

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00:55:34,980 --> 00:55:39,314
better understand their issues, the actual civil rights are handled

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privately. We don't have a sense of the numbers.

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but the city of l.a. Has set up, they have received about a dozen in supported

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tracking of those into court. I lift up what supervisor

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00:56:08,527 --> 00:56:13,926
mitchell said, the licensing program here and proactive approach to

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00:56:13,926 --> 00:56:17,793
receive complaints helped triage to legal support will enable us to track

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what is a private right of action over time and better understand the full

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scale and scope. >> sup. Kathryn barger: the ordinance passed in

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2022 has done nothing. Wee no data to support the efficacy of that

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ordinance. >> kelly low bee ank owe: I would say --

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: I would say yes or no. I heard a lot of what you

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said, but I want to know, we have things on the books, I look to county

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00:56:47,527 --> 00:56:51,593
counsel, is there not enough teeth in the ordinance?

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we band-aid, but the goal, we all support this goal, there are batted

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landlords, that make it difficult for those up in altadena, the galloways

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00:57:07,459 --> 00:57:12,993
are the gold standard for what you want in a landlord.

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they lost a building but they recognize the importance of keeping

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businesses in the community. What in the

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00:57:21,793 --> 00:57:27,994
anti-harassment ordinance that we voted on at this board was sold as

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something that would pro protect.

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>> in-person speaker: I hear today, I'm glad the city of l.a. Is pro

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active, maybe we need to look at. That proactive versus

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reactive. County counsel, what in the ordinance, and I don't

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00:57:44,460 --> 00:57:48,660
know if you have it in front of you, that is not working or that we need to

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do. Why are we not collecting data, working with

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00:57:54,593 --> 00:58:01,593
organizations such as the ones in the audience. To capitalize on what is

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00:58:01,593 --> 00:58:06,593
in the books. >> dawyn harrison: I don't have the ordinance in

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fronted of me and I will go back and look at it. I don't know in terms of

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the data collection, certainly not something that we have.

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the goal of the ordinance is self enforced. I would defense back to

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director lobianco, when they are reached on it to with persons with

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00:58:28,860 --> 00:58:31,394
complaints and working with public counsel in terms of how that can be

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00:58:31,394 --> 00:58:36,794
tracked going forward. >> kelly lobianco: structure and support for

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00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:49,127
businesses, tracking long term, that requires the involvement of

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infrastructure and resources to even age us to better track that.

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00:58:54,660 --> 00:58:57,260
>> sup. Kathryn barger: do you need the board to tell you to do that or is that

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something that should be done. I talk about proactive

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versus reaktive. This is reactive to a problem.

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we talked about the anti-harassment, now you say what we need to do.

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do we need to write a motion or is that something that should be

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an obvious, based on common sense. >> kelly lobianco: it's

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not necessary for a motion. When we engage with small

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businesses that have a challenge, there are many that require a variety of

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resources and potentially including legal aid we refer folks to our legal

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00:59:38,594 --> 00:59:43,928
aid program with support from many folks in the room including public

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00:59:43,928 --> 00:59:48,728
counsel. To actually implement to receive complaints, triage

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complaints, you need to build an infrastructure that builds resources that

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expand the opportunity for education and compliance. I believe having a license

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and program would enable us to better do that in the county.

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not that we don't want to do it, we need the infrastructure to make it

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happen. >> sup. Kathryn barger: that's fine, I don't buy

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it but that's fine. I quasi-disagree with you, I believe we should be

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proactive, it shouldn't be the board directing that, it should be in response

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to the needs of the consumers. This is businesses

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acrossted board. Brings me to my next question, an evening dough

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dough tall, I understand that businesses claim that the landlord increased

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their rent in order to have them move out. So that the landlords are

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eligible for state financial incentives. Can you explain a little

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bit more about this, and has this had an effect on any small businesses in

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the county. >> kelly lobianco: say that again.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: I'm told that landlords are intentionally pushing

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01:01:11,928 --> 01:01:16,928
tenants out because there is some state financial incentive if businesses

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are left empty for the landlord. >> kelly lobianco: what I

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01:01:22,262 --> 01:01:26,661
know is that rents are increasing. We have had, in our review

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01:01:26,661 --> 01:01:31,928
we did a study and there are increases that we're seeing across the board.

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we know that sometimes those costs are passed on to the commercial tenants.

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makes it unaffordable. >> sup. Kathryn barger: my question, is there a

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state-run policy. >> kelly low bee ank owe: I would have to come back

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to you. >> sup. Kathryn barger: are businesses

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intentionally left empty. >> kelly lobianco lon I want to getter understand

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the policies that you reference. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

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that is what is being presented as a way for landlords to price out.

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>> dawyn harrison: I likewise will look into it further.

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my again is it is a tax incentive and they claim it as a loss.

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we will look into that. >> sup. Kathryn barger: these are important things

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to take into consideration. We can put together a

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registry, and my concern is the cost that will be put into play to create a

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01:02:27,539 --> 01:02:31,739
registry that's going to be passed on to the tenants as well.

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01:02:31,739 --> 01:02:40,739
it's like a domino effect. From the standpoint of the state and local the motion

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01:02:46,739 --> 01:02:50,406
focuses on the experience of the small business tenants in directive 1,

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01:02:50,406 --> 01:02:56,406
proposed definition of a commercial landlord and tenant are requested.

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01:02:57,405 --> 01:03:04,500
what is your understanding of who aer in rnl landlord is.

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I need a clarification. >> kelly lobianco: the clarification will come

764
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back in the reportback. There's a variety used. Definition under the an

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tie harassment is broad. The definition at the department is more focused

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on 100 employees, $13 million or less in align with the state and federal

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standards. We are going to come back with a clear definition of

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01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,139
commercial landlord and business. That is necessary for us

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to engage in a commercial rent study, part of operationalizetion this.

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I just want to share supervisor barger, I hear you and I think that

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making sure that when we have a law on the books that we have a way to make

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sure that it is shared with the public and they can activate it.

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we have supported no cost legal aid where we can. Department of consumer

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affairs will be needed to restore that we fully reach the hundreds of

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01:04:13,139 --> 01:04:17,939
thousands of businesses that are here. Education, practical

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01:04:21,139 --> 01:04:24,806
assistance can reach everyone. Fully realize the

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compliance intentions of the law is necessary. We look forward to

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building the capacity and doing that in this reportback, what is needed

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to meet the anti-harassment law and the intent of this.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: the reportback is in how many days?

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180? >> kelly lobianco: I would have to check.

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>> sup. Kathryn barger: are you confident can you do this in 180 days?

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>> kelly lobianco: I believe we can come back with a report.

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we're working with department of business affairs and the county

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counsel. >> sup. Kathryn barger: as well as industries that

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have submitted interest, the l.a. Chamber of commerce who normally

787
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stays under the radar expresses concerns. Are you going to bring

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them all in to discuss? >> kelly lobianco: we will engage the business

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community for sure, a lot of that has happened up to this point.

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like anything, a proper infrastructure for implementation is going to

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01:05:25,473 --> 01:05:30,741
be important. So we look forward to thoughtfully bringing back

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a proposal to this board. >> sup. Kathryn barger: is this going under business

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01:05:33,739 --> 01:05:37,474
license? Is that the goal to have it under the business

794
01:05:37,474 --> 01:05:42,539
license commission? >> kelly lobianco those are things reported in the

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reportback. There's a separate reportback from dcba and

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dcbo on the business program. >> sup. Kathryn barger: I

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look to the authors out of curiosity, I know business license commission

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oversees unincorporated area for massage parlors and things like that.

799
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is the vision, the thought that there be something similar to that so that

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the commission oversees and has a hearing based on people submitting requests

801
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for business license? Do you follow me? >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

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I did not -- >> sup. Kathryn barger: there is a business

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01:06:15,607 --> 01:06:19,940
license commission that right now hears requests for -- I think of massage

804
01:06:19,940 --> 01:06:25,740
parlors seems to be the bulk of what they act on. And award business

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01:06:25,740 --> 01:06:26,474
licenses to unincorporated areas. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

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01:06:26,474 --> 01:06:29,700
yes. >> sup. Kathryn barger: this is going to be a

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registry. And my question is, is it going to go before the

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01:06:34,407 --> 01:06:43,407
business license board. That allows the public to come and be a part of --

809
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if there's a problematic landlord. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

810
01:06:47,807 --> 01:06:51,207
it would absolutely include, it is my expectation it allows for

811
01:06:51,207 --> 01:06:55,740
the public to be involved and bring forward. I understand that the ceo

812
01:06:55,740 --> 01:06:57,673
was looking at moving that from one department to another.

813
01:06:57,673 --> 01:07:02,873
so I don't know that I can say it will go before -- before that entity.

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it is my expectation that the public have the opportunity and reviewed

815
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by an even ty. -- entity. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

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joe? >> joe nicchita: what we look at in report on

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business license commission is the appropriate place for

818
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:23,540
that. There is analysis to see whether it belongs in

819
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another department, dcb, dbo, who that process looks like.

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this motion would ask us to come back, ask dcba to come back 60 days after

821
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our report. So in that follow-on report I think that's an

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important question they should be answering, do we create a new entity, does

823
01:07:41,152 --> 01:07:44,552
this align with the business license commission, does it aline

824
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with the current rent protection program that we have existing at dcba.

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I expect in the report that's filed they will to have to say where this is

826
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best administered. >> sup. Kathryn barger: thank you.

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I guess I have a lot of questions. I am concerned, because

828
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you have got organizations like biz fed saying l.a. County is the most

829
01:08:08,619 --> 01:08:14,685
unfriendly to businesses. I want to make sure we're not creating another layer

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of bureaucracy similar to the ordinance that makes promises and delivers very

831
01:08:22,486 --> 01:08:30,286
little at a cost. I will abstain because this is a reportback and

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it is important to get that information f we do enact something,

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01:08:35,152 --> 01:08:38,485
transparency begins at this board. I will literally be

834
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questioning the data to make sure that our bureaucracy is doing what

835
01:08:45,152 --> 01:08:48,552
they promise to both the tenants and also the landlords.

836
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I think that is important. When I hear that the anti-harassment ordinance

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is just that, something on paper but we have no data to really support the

838
01:08:59,285 --> 01:09:03,885
effectiveness, the efficacy of this program, it raises a lot of

839
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concerns with me. Because I think that we have an obligation, if we

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01:09:08,485 --> 01:09:12,819
act on something and make promises when we vote on an ordinance we think is

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01:09:12,819 --> 01:09:19,552
going to make a difference and we find out that out of sight out of mind.

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that disappoints me and concerns me. I will be abstaining out

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of respect this is a reportback and I would encourage both the tenants

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but also the landlords but also the business organizations to play a

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part in providing information. Recogn

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recognizing that we need to focus on those that are being irresponsible and

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being bad landlords. And people like the galloways I work with in

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altadena, I know you have too, kelly. That are barely making it

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because they are giving breaks to their tenants. Do not have an unfair

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burden placed on their shoulders. Thank you madam chair.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I would like to add something.

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couple of months ago I introduced a motion to look at create ing a way to

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get the departments to look at fairness and equity in the business

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licensing. I have heard there are many tenants who will not

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even come forward. Admit their rents have been raised for fear of

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being kicked out after 20, 30 years. There's a lot here.

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the reportback should address that. We look at the landlord

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needs and we need to think about the economic impacts this will have in terms of

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01:10:47,687 --> 01:10:53,687
displacement. Put it in numbers. I'd like to see that.

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given the different challenges that we have gone through and last

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year, the fires, everything, it is all very important for us to have

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this data. I don't see that as your burden.

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it is our departments. We're trying to go in the right direction.

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these discussions will help us get there. Thank you.

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with that supervisor horvath are you in the queue.

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>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you. Small businesses are the

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life blood of our commercial corridors and heart of the

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neighborhoods. They are more than just commerce, they are small

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01:11:31,287 --> 01:11:35,287
businesses and gathering places for the community and they help define a

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01:11:35,287 --> 01:11:39,287
sense of place and of culture. Many of our commercial

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01:11:39,287 --> 01:11:44,487
tenants, especially our legacy small businesses face displacement from

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growing economic ineq inequality, competition

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01:11:47,955 --> 01:11:53,955
from online retailers and harassment. Not to mention the january

874
01:11:55,620 --> 01:11:59,287
wildfires as well as immigration actions and tariffs.

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while this proposal will seek to create policy to serve the unincorporated

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01:12:05,288 --> 01:12:11,888
communities I did hear from incorporated cities like -- businesses like

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malibu, into the always known for being a rent control city, but we heard

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from some of those busi businesses that though

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needed more protection. And what they do to explore indepth what this

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01:12:33,154 --> 01:12:39,953
motion proposes. I'm glad we are doing the work, I know it will not

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only benefit us and the county and whatever policies we decide to move

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01:12:44,953 --> 01:12:47,887
forward with but benefits other incorporated communities looking to the

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county as an example. Proud that our county has established initiatives

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like business interruption funds, the commercial acquisition fund, the

885
01:12:58,554 --> 01:13:03,220
facade improvement program, shop l.a. Local and other programs to help

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01:13:03,220 --> 01:13:07,486
small businesses remain and thrive in their communities.

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this is more that we can do. I appreciate that this

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motion gives us an opportunity to carefully and thoughtfully evaluate

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additional tools. As these recommendations are developed, the

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commercial rent study legal analysis and stakeholder feedback

891
01:13:24,767 --> 01:13:28,233
ensures that any new requirements, are appropriately targeted to

892
01:13:28,233 --> 01:13:32,166
the businesses most at risk of displacement. We should be thoughtful

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about the information that the county collects through any potential

894
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licensing program. The reportback shd consider strong privacy

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and data minimization standards that protect sensitive information

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belonging to small businesses and property owners while still giving

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01:13:47,568 --> 01:13:51,766
the county the information it needs to understand displacement trends and

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connect businesses with resources, most importantly the

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stakeholder engagement process should be broad and include ing commercial

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tenants, independently owned small businesses, landlords and property

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01:14:07,500 --> 01:14:10,500
owners, business organizations, community based organizations, and

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01:14:10,500 --> 01:14:14,566
other affected stakeholders. I know we have heard from

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many of these organizations to help to today's conversation and I

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hope that we will continue to actively engage many organ

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01:14:24,330 --> 01:14:28,500
organizations and agencies that will represent those who will be impacted by

906
01:14:28,500 --> 01:14:35,100
any potential policies. I also wanted to highlight that biz-fed, building

907
01:14:35,899 --> 01:14:38,768
owners and managers association and l.a. Chamber submitted

908
01:14:38,768 --> 01:14:45,368
information. That will help how we craft policy and meet the

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01:14:48,340 --> 01:14:51,300
stated intention of protecting businesses that are signature to what

910
01:14:51,300 --> 01:14:54,433
los angeles county is and what it means to so many different people.

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01:14:54,433 --> 01:14:59,233
I look forward to the recommendations, the proposed program design

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01:14:59,233 --> 01:15:03,766
and the analysis resulting from this motion and to developing policies that

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01:15:03,766 --> 01:15:07,767
protect small businesses in our unincorporated communities, setting an

914
01:15:07,767 --> 01:15:12,566
example for incorporated communities to consider, and keeping our commercial

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01:15:12,566 --> 01:15:15,301
corridors thriving. Thank you. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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01:15:15,301 --> 01:15:19,301
chair: thank you very much. Next in the queue we have

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01:15:19,301 --> 01:15:23,501
supervisor hahn. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank you.

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01:15:24,330 --> 01:15:28,299
obviously I think we can all agree that our small businesses are the

919
01:15:28,299 --> 01:15:34,967
backbone of our economy. Everybody says that, all chambers of commerce say

920
01:15:34,967 --> 01:15:41,500
that, they create jobs. In fact they create more jobs than the big business

921
01:15:41,500 --> 01:15:48,699
s in our region, in our neighborhoods. Anything we can do, I was

922
01:15:48,699 --> 01:15:55,299
talking to supervisor barger, and we did see true landlord character

923
01:15:56,330 --> 01:15:59,367
come forward during covid. Particularly for our commercial tenants.

924
01:15:59,367 --> 01:16:05,433
there were some landlords of commercial property that understood that it

925
01:16:05,433 --> 01:16:10,700
was through no fault of their own that it was the county that was declaring

926
01:16:10,700 --> 01:16:17,300
some of these businesses could not operate legally and hellfully during

927
01:16:24,236 --> 01:16:29,360
covid. Healthfully during covid. We saw other landlords,

928
01:16:32,102 --> 01:16:35,969
they didn't give a break to those, some of those. And some of those small

929
01:16:35,969 --> 01:16:38,302
businesses did not survive. Some of them never came

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01:16:38,302 --> 01:16:42,502
back. Some of the restaurants, small businesses.

931
01:16:45,350 --> 01:16:50,102
so we know that there are -- we know that there is an opportunity to

932
01:16:50,102 --> 01:16:54,703
protect small businesses where we can. Supervisor barger brought

933
01:16:54,703 --> 01:16:58,835
up a lot of concerns, many of the concerns that I think our office has been

934
01:16:58,835 --> 01:17:01,702
hearing. So I think for me will be -- I'm going to vote

935
01:17:01,702 --> 01:17:05,969
for this. Because I'm curious about the reportback.

936
01:17:05,969 --> 01:17:12,702
I really want to urge you, kelly, to have a very thorough reportback and

937
01:17:12,702 --> 01:17:18,302
really lean in to a lot of the concerns that you have heard today.

938
01:17:18,302 --> 01:17:23,835
and I would agree with supervisor barger, make sure you are talking to

939
01:17:23,835 --> 01:17:28,169
the stakeholders who are going to be impacted both the landlords, tenants.

940
01:17:28,169 --> 01:17:32,303
because I think the more people that are involved in this the better the

941
01:17:32,303 --> 01:17:35,969
product will be at the end. I have always believed

942
01:17:35,969 --> 01:17:41,503
that. I think that is cluster process sometimes by the

943
01:17:41,503 --> 01:17:47,835
time it goats out on the other end. It is better.

944
01:17:47,835 --> 01:17:53,835
I think we're going to urge you, reportback that's one-sided.

945
01:17:55,702 --> 01:18:02,902
if we do something we need to get the buy-in of everybody.

946
01:18:04,568 --> 01:18:10,168
it will be the cost, what is it going to cost us. In a county where the

947
01:18:10,168 --> 01:18:14,969
budget is always tight. We have priority amount there are certain things

948
01:18:14,969 --> 01:18:22,169
that are priorities for this board. Or the cost of this, the

949
01:18:34,302 --> 01:18:39,170
cost of tenant protections is there going to be another funding source

950
01:18:39,170 --> 01:18:42,968
that will help. We're going to drag in a lot of our departments on

951
01:18:42,968 --> 01:18:48,350
this. Anything we do, really speaks to the ordinance

952
01:18:48,350 --> 01:18:50,769
that's on the books. Anything we do is not worth the paper it's

953
01:18:50,769 --> 01:18:58,569
written on unless the enforcement is robust. Do we have the money, the

954
01:19:06,182 --> 01:19:11,248
staffing to really carry out a priority like this. That will be interesting

955
01:19:11,248 --> 01:19:15,848
to me in the reportback. But maybe you can speak to it, what is the thinking

956
01:19:15,848 --> 01:19:19,982
right now, how do we pay for this, are there different funding sources,

957
01:19:19,982 --> 01:19:23,582
not only for the tenant protections but for our extra department staff

958
01:19:23,582 --> 01:19:28,982
work. >> kelly lobianco: we will consider the scope of

959
01:19:30,515 --> 01:19:36,490
something like this in the reportback and do our best across county counsel and

960
01:19:36,490 --> 01:19:42,182
department of consumer business affairs and deo to estimate costs for an

961
01:19:42,182 --> 01:19:46,981
infrastructure and implementation plan that helps us fully achieve the

962
01:19:46,981 --> 01:19:51,490
intention of the motion in the program. I hear what the board is

963
01:19:51,490 --> 01:19:57,115
saying and I agree, a policy is great, the anti-harassment created a

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01:19:57,115 --> 01:20:00,649
right and that is something that whether we have a robust technical

965
01:20:00,649 --> 01:20:04,249
assistance apparatus or not is important for the public to be able to have

966
01:20:04,249 --> 01:20:06,249
access to. They didn't before. I don't want to minimize

967
01:20:06,249 --> 01:20:12,490
that. I also recognize that a smart and thoughtful cross

968
01:20:12,490 --> 01:20:15,315
departmental and right-sized implementation strategy is important.

969
01:20:15,315 --> 01:20:20,490
I look forward to bringing that back. >> sup. Janice hahn: we

970
01:20:20,490 --> 01:20:23,849
know that every budget process, we have our departments lining up,

971
01:20:23,849 --> 01:20:27,115
speaking to our priorities like kind of quoting us, things that we have asked

972
01:20:27,115 --> 01:20:30,915
for. But then saying we don't have enough staff.

973
01:20:30,915 --> 01:20:34,516
and they ask for more staff at every budget. Sometimes they get it and

974
01:20:34,516 --> 01:20:40,480
sometimes they don't. Just really want to make sure up front if we're

975
01:20:40,480 --> 01:20:43,715
going to build this infrastructure that we really understand the cost

976
01:20:43,715 --> 01:20:50,915
and we really are given a clear pathway to a funding strategy.

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thank you madam chair. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you.

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01:20:54,182 --> 01:20:57,115
supervisor mitchell? >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you very much.

979
01:20:57,115 --> 01:21:01,315
I just wanted to responds to some of the issues raised by my colleagues.

980
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supervisor hahn I couldn't agree more. I couldn't agree with you

981
01:21:05,248 --> 01:21:11,182
more! I would suggest that we as a board exercise a similar

982
01:21:11,182 --> 01:21:14,581
discipline for every motion or ordinance or ballot initiative that

983
01:21:14,581 --> 01:21:16,981
comes before us. >> sup. Janice hahn: I hate it when you use my

984
01:21:16,981 --> 01:21:20,448
words against me. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: in terms of asking

985
01:21:20,448 --> 01:21:23,781
ourselves the question how are we going to pay for it.

986
01:21:23,781 --> 01:21:25,916
I agree with you. And like I said, I think that should be for this

987
01:21:25,916 --> 01:21:29,182
motion and everything else that we consider, how are we going to pay for it.

988
01:21:29,182 --> 01:21:34,848
it is important. Specifically as you talked about in terms of staffing

989
01:21:34,848 --> 01:21:39,648
and I agree with you, in terms of the proposed commercial license program

990
01:21:39,648 --> 01:21:45,915
and how it will be funded, as we heard from the ce. Other ain the process of

991
01:21:45,915 --> 01:21:50,581
figuring out -- they're in the process of figuring out, studying if they

992
01:21:50,581 --> 01:21:55,315
should move the existing small business licensing program from ttc to either

993
01:21:55,315 --> 01:22:01,315
dcb or deo. It would be my expectations that the 18

994
01:22:03,510 --> 01:22:06,919
positions for that existing program that are in ttc would have to move

995
01:22:06,919 --> 01:22:10,718
wherever the program moves. So that would be one issue

996
01:22:10,718 --> 01:22:14,520
with regard to the staffing. The work moves, the staff,

997
01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:18,251
the 18 staff need to move along with a it. -- move with it.

998
01:22:18,251 --> 01:22:23,510
I appreciate you raising that. To supervisor barger's

999
01:22:23,118 --> 01:22:29,718
question around the anti-harassment policy, and whether or not it is

1000
01:22:31,452 --> 01:22:35,585
enough and why we haven't seen any action there. It is my understanding

1001
01:22:35,585 --> 01:22:42,785
that the anti-harassment is only private right of action, requires a citizen

1002
01:22:43,585 --> 01:22:48,385
to hire a private attorney to enforce the law. Because it is a private

1003
01:22:48,385 --> 01:22:53,785
right of action, there is no governmental administrative oversight

1004
01:22:54,510 --> 01:23:00,785
to pursue it. So public counsel have come to us because of the

1005
01:23:00,785 --> 01:23:05,718
limitations around the anti-harassment ordinance to pursue what we are

1006
01:23:05,718 --> 01:23:08,785
considering with this. That's what we're considering.

1007
01:23:08,785 --> 01:23:10,786
I think that is the challenge. I appreciate your line of

1008
01:23:10,786 --> 01:23:16,519
questioning. But if it only can be done through private attorneys,

1009
01:23:16,519 --> 01:23:26,519
that may not be enough. The state program I look forward to hear back from county counsel

1010
01:23:27,510 --> 01:23:36,452
or ms. Lobianco, if there is a state program and people are talking about and municipalities

1011
01:23:36,452 --> 01:23:41,718
I don't know if the state address a vacancy tax. It's something that we hear a

1012
01:23:41,718 --> 01:23:48,518
lot in public discourse and how a vacancy tax could be helpful. That certainly is not what this

1013
01:23:48,518 --> 01:23:55,718
motion is attempting to do. We are attempting to address the issues from a very different

1014
01:23:55,718 --> 01:24:03,518
perspective. I wanted to respond to issues raised my colleagues and hope to

1015
01:24:03,918 --> 01:24:08,785
move forward. Lastly supervisor barger, when you said the report back, there

1016
01:24:08,785 --> 01:24:18,385
is various time frames and it is 180 days to prepare with regard to the anti--ordinance amending

1017
01:24:20,318 --> 01:24:25,118
the antiharassment ordinance 180 days. 120 days for conduct the

1018
01:24:31,318 --> 01:24:39,784
commercial rent study. Varying times in it but the meat of the motion and report back is

1019
01:24:39,784 --> 01:24:45,184
180 days. Thank you madam chair. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair:

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01:24:46,118 --> 01:24:53,918
thank you and with no further questions, go to public comment. Executive officer.

1021
01:24:54,198 --> 01:25:03,332
>> executive officer: chair because of the number of items to speak is item 20, the time is

1022
01:25:03,332 --> 01:25:09,732
up to 50 minutes or until all registered. If you are with a group,

1023
01:25:09,732 --> 01:25:14,598
identify one person, and additionally if you don't have additional comments stated by

1024
01:25:14,598 --> 01:25:21,732
other speakers, indicate your name or support or opposition of this item to allow others the

1025
01:25:21,732 --> 01:25:29,199
opportunity to speak. If you would like to provide more details comments do so with

1026
01:25:29,199 --> 01:25:37,599
our staff with badges. And you can provide online. By clicking the link submit

1027
01:25:37,932 --> 01:25:42,332
public comment online. All comments submitted online will be filed in the official

1028
01:25:42,332 --> 01:25:49,132
record. Thank you for your participation in today's meeting, it is now

1029
01:25:49,132 --> 01:25:55,132
11:02 a.m. And public comment end at 11:52. >> moderator: would the

1030
01:25:57,660 --> 01:26:03,660
following individuals come forward and staff assist you [calling names]

1031
01:26:39,660 --> 01:26:44,466
we will hear from in-person speakers first. Please begin.

1032
01:26:48,465 --> 01:26:55,650
>> in-person speaker: honor chair and supervisors we respectfully oppose the motions

1033
01:26:55,798 --> 01:27:05,398
under agenda item 20 and current form and submitted a letter for the public record, we represent

1034
01:27:05,999 --> 01:27:14,999
real estate owners in the ecosystem, our tenants make sure that they are not vacant.

1035
01:27:17,798 --> 01:27:24,266
and to have displacement by bad actors who should be the ones targeted.

1036
01:27:24,266 --> 01:27:30,799
focus my comment on the proposed commercial rent study component and the revised motion shortens

1037
01:27:30,799 --> 01:27:40,399
the study, and including a survey of small business owners and given the climate and that

1038
01:27:42,336 --> 01:27:47,736
strengthen the competition alongside commercial tenants. And the differences--

1039
01:27:48,536 --> 01:27:53,936
>> moderator: thank you, next speaker please. >> in-person speaker: good

1040
01:27:55,469 --> 01:28:03,603
morning I am francisco and I am a los angeles county resident and supporter of small

1041
01:28:03,603 --> 01:28:10,403
businesses and here to ask supervisors to vote yes on item 20 and move the property license

1042
01:28:10,403 --> 01:28:14,536
forward. Small businesses are not just places that we shop and receive

1043
01:28:14,536 --> 01:28:22,869
services, they are part of the fabric of our communities. And I want to recognize carlos

1044
01:28:22,869 --> 01:28:30,690
tires and auto repair a business that provided to the community. C

1045
01:28:33,535 --> 01:28:36,735
c carlos tires is for people to feel supported.

1046
01:28:36,735 --> 01:28:44,200
but businesses like this face a real challenge, their future can depend on a commercial lease and

1047
01:28:44,200 --> 01:28:50,469
when the lease expires and the business has little certainly what comes next.

1048
01:28:50,469 --> 01:28:56,669
why transparency matters. Small business owners deserve who owns a property.

1049
01:28:56,669 --> 01:29:00,136
>> moderator: thank you, next speaker please. >> in-person speaker: good

1050
01:29:00,136 --> 01:29:07,202
morning madam chair and supervisors, carlos singer and speaking on item 20, I am chief

1051
01:29:07,202 --> 01:29:14,735
policy officer at l.a. Chamber of commerce and I submitted details responses to this motion

1052
01:29:14,735 --> 01:29:18,690
already. So I will cede my time to the other folks making time to

1053
01:29:18,690 --> 01:29:24,869
address the board. I would like to say the reason in-person to clarify we

1054
01:29:24,869 --> 01:29:29,569
were no way involved in a stakeholder process and absolutely welcome the

1055
01:29:29,569 --> 01:29:34,369
opportunity to do so going forward. Thank you.

1056
01:29:34,669 --> 01:29:39,469
>> moderator: thank you next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good

1057
01:29:41,300 --> 01:29:50,269
morning I am alexandria, I am here in support of item 20, to ask the board of supervisors to

1058
01:29:50,269 --> 01:29:56,735
vote yes and move the property rental license forward, as a business owner I understand how

1059
01:29:56,735 --> 01:30:00,469
important business and transparency is to small businesses.

1060
01:30:00,469 --> 01:30:06,869
carlos tires has served the community for more than 20 years it is not only a successful

1061
01:30:06,869 --> 01:30:11,336
business and trusted community resource and a place that residents connect with

1062
01:30:11,336 --> 01:30:16,736
information, resources and support. Its lease expires in may, 2027

1063
01:30:19,737 --> 01:30:24,537
creating uncertainty that this long-serving business can remain.

1064
01:30:28,200 --> 01:30:33,883
we need transparency. This is about more than one business, it's about protecting

1065
01:30:33,883 --> 01:30:39,283
the small businesses jobs-- >> moderator: thank you next speaker.

1066
01:30:40,160 --> 01:30:47,882
>> in-person speaker: diana brown, to esteemed supervisors I am a resident of los angeles

1067
01:30:47,882 --> 01:30:57,882
county and member of flores community and I have worked in middle school and spent most of

1068
01:30:58,616 --> 01:31:08,616
my life with the families. And a member and customer of carlettos tires and this is a

1069
01:31:10,483 --> 01:31:14,416
place where community members come and gather. The possibility of losing this

1070
01:31:14,416 --> 01:31:21,820
small business has troubled this community and myself. I respectfully and humbly ask

1071
01:31:21,820 --> 01:31:29,282
the board to vote yes on this agenda item 20, thank you. And please remember that when we

1072
01:31:29,282 --> 01:31:34,615
protect long-time small businesses we protect more than jobs, we protect community

1073
01:31:34,615 --> 01:31:39,282
services and relationships. Thank you. >> moderator: thank you, next

1074
01:31:39,282 --> 01:31:46,482
speaker please. >> in-person speaker: I am carina, I am a florence fire

1075
01:31:47,830 --> 01:31:52,883
stone resident and supporter of small businesses and here to ask for the board of supervisors to

1076
01:31:52,883 --> 01:31:58,816
vote yes on item 20 and move the commercial rental license forward.

1077
01:31:58,816 --> 01:32:06,616
and want to speak about carllettos tires have been serving florence firestone not

1078
01:32:07,415 --> 01:32:12,882
only as a small business but a place where people can find help, information and support

1079
01:32:12,882 --> 01:32:19,749
and someone they can trust. If forced to move, we will lose more than a business, we could

1080
01:32:19,749 --> 01:32:24,949
lose a great community leader and mentor and someone that dedicated years to help others.

1081
01:32:24,949 --> 01:32:30,215
steve has used his business as a place to connect residents, resources and bring people

1082
01:32:30,215 --> 01:32:38,615
together and encourages to be involved in the community. His lease expires in may, 2027

1083
01:32:40,482 --> 01:32:46,349
and that uncertainty should matter to all of us-- >> moderator: thank you.

1084
01:32:46,349 --> 01:32:52,149
next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good morning I am rafael, I have been

1085
01:32:52,149 --> 01:32:59,216
a resident of the los angeles county for more than 55 years, I am asking the board of

1086
01:32:59,216 --> 01:33:05,683
supervisors to vote yes on the item 20 and move the commercial rental property license forward.

1087
01:33:05,683 --> 01:33:12,883
small businesses are the backbone of our neighborhood. They create jobs, provide

1088
01:33:13,149 --> 01:33:19,149
essential services, and build relationships with the residents they serve.

1089
01:33:22,549 --> 01:33:29,749
but long-time small businesses can face serious uncertainty with dealing with commercial

1090
01:33:31,885 --> 01:33:40,285
property owners. In the case of carlittos tires, his lease will expire in may,

1091
01:33:44,180 --> 01:33:48,218
2027, after 27 years-- >> moderator: thank you, next speaker.

1092
01:33:49,885 --> 01:33:55,951
>> in-person speaker: hi, roslyn, with the los angeles conservancy, here to speak in

1093
01:33:55,951 --> 01:34:02,551
support of item 20. The l.a. Conservancy supports legacy businesses connecting

1094
01:34:03,885 --> 01:34:11,951
long-time business owners across l.a. County with resources to help safeguard, strengthen and

1095
01:34:11,951 --> 01:34:17,951
grow their businesses. We support expanding for commercial rental property

1096
01:34:18,685 --> 01:34:25,285
license, guaranteed relocation pay after harassment. A county wide commercial study

1097
01:34:25,951 --> 01:34:30,351
tenants displaced by redevelopment and funding to bring on legal and community

1098
01:34:30,351 --> 01:34:37,751
partners to help design and carry out these protections. Relocating a business is very

1099
01:34:37,751 --> 01:34:46,151
expensive and mom and pop shops rarely have large cash reserves. Landlord funded relocation

1100
01:34:47,180 --> 01:34:54,152
services give legacy businesses a lifeline to prevent closure. >> moderator: next speaker.

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01:34:54,152 --> 01:35:02,151
>> in-person speaker: hello, I am rebecca helm, and thank you for what you do for the county.

1102
01:35:02,151 --> 01:35:08,418
northeast resident and here to date in enthusiastic support of item 20.

1103
01:35:08,418 --> 01:35:15,952
I know the shopkeepers up and down my neighborhood, they are my friends, their kids go to

1104
01:35:15,952 --> 01:35:21,485
school with my friends and outline of ideal community. I heard from some people being

1105
01:35:21,485 --> 01:35:27,284
displaced their rent has gone up seven times and no money, very difficult to get the money to

1106
01:35:27,284 --> 01:35:33,284
relocate. I know we have a chance today to be able to--although it's not

1107
01:35:33,284 --> 01:35:41,885
rent cap yet, we have a chance to protect and spread these types of ideal situations in our

1108
01:35:41,885 --> 01:35:48,840
county. And know that you all--seems like you all are behind it and

1109
01:35:48,840 --> 01:35:52,618
thank you for even putting this forward and making this a reality in this beautiful

1110
01:35:52,618 --> 01:35:56,751
county. Thank you. >> moderator: thank you, next

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01:35:56,751 --> 01:36:01,850
speaker please. >> in-person speaker: attorney on small business development

1112
01:36:01,850 --> 01:36:06,180
team here in strong support of item 20. Every day I speak with hard

1113
01:36:06,180 --> 01:36:10,552
working small business owners who are struggling to stay afloat the.

1114
01:36:10,552 --> 01:36:16,563
as their attorney I can advocate for them to be treat with respect, only so many I can do

1115
01:36:16,563 --> 01:36:26,563
when legal protections are not there and landlord to leave and often no remedy I can pursue on

1116
01:36:27,363 --> 01:36:31,130
their behalf. That is the gap that this motion seeks to fill.

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01:36:31,130 --> 01:36:38,930
the cost of uprooting and reestablishing an is enormous. When landlords are held

1118
01:36:43,497 --> 01:36:49,970
accountable for relocation costs displaced business owners have an opportunity to reopen, retain

1119
01:36:49,970 --> 01:36:55,296
jobs and serve the communities that depend on them. Why I urge the board to pass

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01:36:55,296 --> 01:37:00,630
this motion and adopt these protections for small business tenants.

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>> moderator: thank you, now remote callers. Ace harris, your line is open.

1122
01:37:07,963 --> 01:37:15,763
please begin. Ace harris, your line is open. Go to the next caller.

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01:37:16,297 --> 01:37:21,964
mona hartin, your line is open, please begin. >> telephone speaker: yes good

1124
01:37:21,964 --> 01:37:31,696
morning, I am mona, I am a small business owner as well as a landlord in l.a. County

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01:37:31,696 --> 01:37:36,364
firestone district. I understand there is a lot of protections already in place for

1126
01:37:36,364 --> 01:37:41,764
tenants, especially the harassment clause that needs to be enforced if that's what the

1127
01:37:41,764 --> 01:37:45,630
problem is. The problem with doing something like this as you are scaring

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01:37:45,630 --> 01:37:52,231
people away from the county. To invest in your county and owning buildings.

1129
01:37:52,231 --> 01:37:59,364
which is only going to cost more unemployment. And it's already a very hard

1130
01:37:59,364 --> 01:38:07,630
business climate in the county. I urge you to delay this vote, we were not asked to be part of

1131
01:38:07,630 --> 01:38:12,897
this. We were part of stop the [inaudible] when they tried to

1132
01:38:12,897 --> 01:38:17,296
lower our zone from industrial to jewelry shops a couple of years ago.

1133
01:38:17,296 --> 01:38:22,563
and they promised us, the county, that they include us in anything they would be doing, I

1134
01:38:22,563 --> 01:38:29,696
haven't received one call-- >> moderator: thank you, christopher bowen, your line is

1135
01:38:29,696 --> 01:38:34,496
open, please begin. Christopher bowen. >> telephone speaker: good

1136
01:38:36,965 --> 01:38:44,165
morning chair and supervisors, christopher bowen with greater los angeles and representing

1137
01:38:45,763 --> 01:38:51,763
2,000 business professionals. Since august 20 when we submitted an opposition letter,

1138
01:38:54,960 --> 01:39:03,960
working with supervisor mitchell and horvath, and we appreciate the study and extension of cap,

1139
01:39:08,970 --> 01:39:15,897
however the motion still prescribes broad licensing and sensitive reporting and rent and

1140
01:39:15,970 --> 01:39:21,970
termination restriction. Far beyond targeted protection of vulnerable small businesses.

1141
01:39:22,303 --> 01:39:30,103
please limit any program to qualified small and legacy businesses that was clearly

1142
01:39:30,503 --> 01:39:38,303
outlined in the preamble and require another board vote-- >> moderator: thank you, ane,

1143
01:39:40,360 --> 01:39:47,170
your line is open, please begin. >> telephone speaker: good morning speaking on behalf of

1144
01:39:47,170 --> 01:39:54,970
central city association and respectly oppose this item. We contribute to the vitablt of

1145
01:39:54,970 --> 01:39:59,237
our communities and not displaced. However we are concerned that

1146
01:39:59,237 --> 01:40:05,103
the motion is too broad and could extend protections beyond the mom and pop that need them

1147
01:40:05,103 --> 01:40:10,503
the most. Mandatory licensing and annual reviewses and relocation

1148
01:40:11,770 --> 01:40:18,903
mandates would add costs and uncertainty for property owners. These could discourage

1149
01:40:18,903 --> 01:40:23,370
investment and increase the cost of doing business. We encourage the county to

1150
01:40:23,370 --> 01:40:30,769
pursue targeted productions that provide meaningful support to the small businesses most in

1151
01:40:30,769 --> 01:40:36,360
need than discourage investment and limit opportunities for growth.

1152
01:40:36,360 --> 01:40:42,236
thank you. >> moderator: thank you, natalie allen your line is open.

1153
01:40:42,236 --> 01:40:47,770
>> telephone speaker: hi, this is natalie, responsible property owners are not the enemy of

1154
01:40:47,770 --> 01:40:54,370
small business. We invest our own capital and pay taxes and improve buildings

1155
01:40:54,370 --> 01:41:00,503
and absorb vacancies and take financial risk to create the current spaces that these

1156
01:41:00,503 --> 01:41:07,703
businesses occupy. If l.a. County makes owning property more expensive and

1157
01:41:08,170 --> 01:41:14,104
consequences for us. Property owners will be less willing to invest, and

1158
01:41:14,104 --> 01:41:20,437
redevelopment more difficult and some owners resist the higher businesses and work their way

1159
01:41:20,437 --> 01:41:27,703
back into the commercial rents. That would hurt the small businesses that this motion is

1160
01:41:27,703 --> 01:41:34,571
intended to help. And I am particularly worried about the landlord that has not

1161
01:41:34,571 --> 01:41:41,969
done anything wrong and one that wants to change the property. Those are different situations

1162
01:41:41,969 --> 01:41:48,103
and not-- >> moderator: thank you, matthew lyons your line is open, please

1163
01:41:48,103 --> 01:41:52,836
begin. >> telephone speaker: good morning I am matthew, I am

1164
01:41:52,836 --> 01:42:00,360
calling in on behalf of partnership, protecting the goal of small businesses from

1165
01:42:00,360 --> 01:42:04,836
unlawful harassment and displacement. This proposal unfortunately goes

1166
01:42:05,787 --> 01:42:12,387
far beyond protecting tenants from unlawful conduct. It contemplates a significant

1167
01:42:12,787 --> 01:42:19,121
new regulatory framework for property owners. All has a cost, who will pay?

1168
01:42:19,121 --> 01:42:24,854
will this be another unfunded government mandate that falls on the back of small businesses and

1169
01:42:24,854 --> 01:42:30,540
commercial property owners? We look forward to be part of the stakeholder engagement and

1170
01:42:30,540 --> 01:42:36,654
to county staff conducting a thorough analysis and distinguish between unlawful

1171
01:42:40,540 --> 01:42:43,921
displacement, we are concerned with the consequences of investment throughout the

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01:42:43,921 --> 01:42:48,454
county. And we believe that we can protect small businesses and

1173
01:42:48,454 --> 01:42:55,540
preserving property rights-- >> moderator: thank you. Caller ending in 0716, your line

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01:42:56,187 --> 01:43:02,187
is open, state your name and begin. >> telephone speaker: roy

1175
01:43:03,654 --> 01:43:13,654
humphreys, did you say that you are spending millions to combat labor union strikes as you watch

1176
01:43:15,788 --> 01:43:21,788
the palisades [inaudible]. Practices are the nature of human beast.

1177
01:43:23,654 --> 01:43:31,454
yes, scapegoat I.c.e. Law enforcement democratic spends millions aiding and abetting

1178
01:43:33,721 --> 01:43:39,121
illegal alience. And supervisor horvath causing [inaudible] hence failure.

1179
01:43:39,988 --> 01:43:45,388
you must contact the state officials undermining your efforts.

1180
01:43:48,120 --> 01:43:55,320
ai computer is essential, god bless president trump. >> moderator: caller your line

1181
01:43:58,187 --> 01:44:05,387
is open, state your name and begin. Caller ending in 1550, your line

1182
01:44:06,787 --> 01:44:13,987
is open, please begin. >> telephone speaker: this is mark granger, commercial real

1183
01:44:15,655 --> 01:44:19,320
estate broker, small property owner. I have two concerns regarding

1184
01:44:19,320 --> 01:44:26,520
this ordinance, the first is directed specifically to supervisor mitchell, I have

1185
01:44:29,121 --> 01:44:35,454
repeatedly attended the advant gardens community center and we were assured that you would

1186
01:44:35,454 --> 01:44:40,540
reach out to the business community. I have never heard anything

1187
01:44:40,540 --> 01:44:47,789
about this ordinance, until recently, meaning yesterday. And I am currently going through

1188
01:44:47,789 --> 01:44:53,388
the green zone that you enacted without comments from the business community.

1189
01:44:53,388 --> 01:44:59,861
that process has taken up to two years and up to spending 60,000 on that process and I ended up

1190
01:44:59,861 --> 01:45:04,661
having to put in a five-foot setback on the back of my property.

1191
01:45:04,661 --> 01:45:10,728
you need to start communicating with the business community. Ordinances of this nature are

1192
01:45:10,728 --> 01:45:17,328
extremely expensive-- >> moderator: thank you, caller ending in number 5618, your line

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01:45:18,328 --> 01:45:23,796
is open, state your name is begin. >> telephone speaker: hello, I

1194
01:45:23,796 --> 01:45:29,595
am diane foster, a small business owner in highland park. I wanted to be sure they was on

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01:45:29,595 --> 01:45:34,728
the record saying I was in favor of this motion. It's been really hard as a small

1196
01:45:34,728 --> 01:45:43,528
business owner to see all of my neighbors be pushed out by larger private equity firms and

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01:45:43,528 --> 01:45:49,261
corporate landlords coming in and pushing them out. And these spaces are still

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01:45:49,261 --> 01:45:54,527
vacant and aren't helping the other small businesses thrive. So I wanted to be on the record

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01:45:54,527 --> 01:45:58,161
in support of this motion. Thank you. >> moderator: thank you, now

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01:45:58,161 --> 01:46:05,328
back to in-person speakers. Will the following individuals come forward and staff will

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01:46:05,328 --> 01:46:10,728
assist you [calling names]... Next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good

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01:46:52,394 --> 01:46:59,794
morning I am a small business owner and president of the firestone organization and owner

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01:46:59,794 --> 01:47:09,794
of carlettos auto repair and here to support item 20 and ask the board of supervisors to move

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01:47:09,995 --> 01:47:17,594
this forward. My business is an auto repair shop for 27 years and a trusted

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01:47:17,594 --> 01:47:23,995
resource where residents connect with community programs. And today I am speaking as a

1206
01:47:23,995 --> 01:47:29,727
tenant, my commercial lease expired in may, 2027. After investing 27 years in my

1207
01:47:29,727 --> 01:47:35,727
life and livelihood and the location, I have serious questions.

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01:47:36,196 --> 01:47:43,528
what happens if the landlord decides not to renew my lease? Where do I go?

1209
01:47:43,528 --> 01:47:49,213
what options available? I am not asking for the county to take away property owner

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01:47:49,213 --> 01:47:55,120
rights but transparency and level playing field. >> moderator: thank you, next

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01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:59,120
speaker. >> in-person speaker: good morning I am with public counsel

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01:47:59,120 --> 01:48:05,213
but speaking on behalf of our partner, in strong support of item 20.

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01:48:05,213 --> 01:48:13,345
ltsc builds and manages affordable housing in little tokyo and throughout l.a., we

1214
01:48:13,345 --> 01:48:18,612
support this standard for tenants specifically those that are mom and pop businesses with

1215
01:48:18,612 --> 01:48:24,346
fairness and respect. We have tried to help with legacy owned businesses in

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01:48:24,346 --> 01:48:32,746
little tokyo, and because rent protections are not existent and unable to protect from

1217
01:48:32,946 --> 01:48:39,612
displacement. When these places close not only impact the workers but those

1218
01:48:39,612 --> 01:48:46,812
they serve. While this motion will not directly impact ltsc tenants and

1219
01:48:48,130 --> 01:48:56,790
set this as a precedent for mom and pop small businesses that make up the backbone of our

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01:48:56,790 --> 01:48:59,679
neighborhood-- >>>> moderator: thank you next speaker.

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01:49:01,279 --> 01:49:06,679
>> in-person speaker: carrie martin speaking in favor of item 20.

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01:49:06,946 --> 01:49:14,146
I am a staff counsel member, commercial protections that foster transparency and

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01:49:15,812 --> 01:49:23,120
accountability are common sense. For far too long corporate conglomerates have regulated

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01:49:24,800 --> 01:49:31,280
without regulations. And we are seeing the effects. While the business diversity

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01:49:32,679 --> 01:49:37,212
that once defined los angeles county disappears before our eyes.

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01:49:37,212 --> 01:49:45,120
nothing proposed today radically tips the balance in favor of tenants or impact the property

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01:49:45,120 --> 01:49:51,612
owners to set rents or redevelop. Instead sets standards for those

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01:49:51,879 --> 01:49:59,346
that own a piece of our county, please vote yes on 20. >> moderator: thank you, next

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01:49:59,346 --> 01:50:05,346
speaker please. >> in-person speaker: good morning, I am rosario, I am a

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01:50:05,346 --> 01:50:12,279
business owner in highland park, I've had rock rose gallery for the last 27 years, came out of

1231
01:50:12,279 --> 01:50:20,546
my work more as an incubator to bring arts to the community. I have learned a lot in this 27

1232
01:50:20,546 --> 01:50:27,546
year process. I was recently evicted. I have been--I moved two months

1233
01:50:27,546 --> 01:50:34,746
ago. I am still looking for a place, not leaving highland park.

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01:50:40,420 --> 01:50:49,621
it's a community that I love highland park is a special community and I want to support

1235
01:50:49,621 --> 01:50:54,154
this motion, please. You mentioned that it would take time to put information

1236
01:50:54,154 --> 01:50:57,620
together. I'm a resource, I know what it means to be evicted.

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01:50:57,620 --> 01:51:03,620
I would love to share that with you. >> moderator: thank you.

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01:51:03,620 --> 01:51:11,860
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: if you ask someone on my staff to talk to you, coming, ma'am.

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>> moderator: next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good morning I am a small business

1240
01:51:16,286 --> 01:51:24,860
owner for the city of los angeles. I own a small store named

1241
01:51:27,620 --> 01:51:33,486
healthy nutrition for last years and here to support item 20. It's the right way to do.

1242
01:51:33,486 --> 01:51:40,860
I was recently displaced by the property owner using harassment t

1243
01:51:43,870 --> 01:51:47,354
tactics and bad for the business and customers. And didn't want to renew my

1244
01:51:47,354 --> 01:51:56,887
lease after so many years. I lost a lot of money, time and most of all my customers and I

1245
01:51:56,887 --> 01:52:04,870
can't find an afford place to continue my business and livelihood for my family,

1246
01:52:04,870 --> 01:52:09,687
especially my two children. I want to continue running a protected business and continue

1247
01:52:09,687 --> 01:52:14,487
paying my taxes-- >> moderator: thank you, next speaker.

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01:52:14,954 --> 01:52:23,354
>> in-person speaker: good morning, I own a barber shop in firestone neighborhood and my

1249
01:52:24,870 --> 01:52:31,287
business employs people in the neighborhood. Speaking on item 20 and it has

1250
01:52:32,870 --> 01:52:39,887
been tough. We have had landlords refuse to make needed repairs and threaten

1251
01:52:39,953 --> 01:52:47,287
to triple our rent. How can small business owners be expected to keep your business

1252
01:52:47,287 --> 01:52:54,220
afloat when landlord won't make needed repairs. And to give in to box retail and

1253
01:52:54,220 --> 01:53:00,870
high rise condos. We need protection to stop small business displacement and for

1254
01:53:00,870 --> 01:53:05,553
those that feed and care for our community. >> moderator: thank you, next

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01:53:05,553 --> 01:53:11,860
speaker please. >> in-person speaker: jesse sames with the los angeles

1256
01:53:11,860 --> 01:53:17,753
tenant union and as tenant organizers we hear is familiar, regulation is called and

1257
01:53:17,753 --> 01:53:22,820
attacked and as landlords have the right to extract rent from someone's work.

1258
01:53:22,820 --> 01:53:29,639
and we see the same forces in tenants and neighborhoods. Rent hikes and holding for

1259
01:53:29,639 --> 01:53:35,390
higher rents. We need infrastructure that puts obstacles in the way of

1260
01:53:35,390 --> 01:53:39,839
displacement and shifts power to the people that sustain these communities.

1261
01:53:39,839 --> 01:53:47,238
being business friendly cannot mean friendly to distraction. Our neighborhoods are homes and

1262
01:53:47,238 --> 01:53:51,506
livelihoods, and not just investment opportunities. Support item 20.

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01:53:51,506 --> 01:53:54,380
>> moderator: thank you, next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good

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morning board of prof supervisom here to represent l.a. County. We have taken steps to include

1265
01:54:07,239 --> 01:54:13,572
commercial tenants. And here to ask for more transpapers as we apply the

1266
01:54:13,572 --> 01:54:18,772
property, don't just protect the property but the businesses inside the property.

1267
01:54:18,772 --> 01:54:23,639
let's create that commercial rental license so that the county can understand what is

1268
01:54:23,639 --> 01:54:27,906
happening and whether a history of violations. And from these licenses we can

1269
01:54:27,906 --> 01:54:34,138
create good incents for the landlords keeping those operating in the community.

1270
01:54:34,138 --> 01:54:40,138
and for small businesses displaced because of confirmed landlord harassment.

1271
01:54:40,905 --> 01:54:48,105
and is against a legacy business that is thriving. And last protect from

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01:54:48,105 --> 01:54:53,773
redevelopment displacement. Development should not require displacement and ask the board

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01:54:53,773 --> 01:54:57,973
of supervisors-- >>>> moderator: thank you next speaker.

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01:55:02,239 --> 01:55:08,573
>> in-person speaker: my wife and I own the bookstore in los angeles, until systems real

1275
01:55:08,573 --> 01:55:15,773
estate purchased our building and raised our rent 330%, and gave 30 days notice.

1276
01:55:16,372 --> 01:55:23,572
no acknowledgment of sb1103, unfortunately it's happening all over los angeles, it's

1277
01:55:24,772 --> 01:55:31,972
existential crisis where corporate landlords are buying every piece of property and

1278
01:55:32,380 --> 01:55:41,380
doubling and quadrupling rents. No guardrails and making more by writing off properties than by

1279
01:55:41,972 --> 01:55:44,906
leasing them at reasonable rates. I believe in the los angeles of

1280
01:55:44,906 --> 01:55:51,506
jonathan gold, where vibrant community and corridors served literature and art.

1281
01:55:53,772 --> 01:56:01,572
no one comes to los angeles to see vacancies created by greedy people.

1282
01:56:01,572 --> 01:56:06,972
>> moderator: thank you, next speaker. Translator--I am ms. Hernandez

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01:56:13,239 --> 01:56:21,105
and a vendor for 25 years. I am here to ask for support for laws.

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01:56:21,105 --> 01:56:28,905
for the unincorporated areas. For my personal experience not having protections in these

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01:56:36,647 --> 01:56:45,647
areas that has been a barrier that prevents us from growing and strengthening businesses in

1286
01:56:48,181 --> 01:56:58,181
our own communities. At this time I would would like to open a business but when I

1287
01:57:00,247 --> 01:57:10,247
found out there is no rent control in the area where I live that's just the door to these

1288
01:57:14,314 --> 01:57:21,514
projects. And to the dreams of bringing small businesses to our areas.

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01:57:25,581 --> 01:57:35,581
I think all of the people supporting these laws and I ask for those of you not in support

1290
01:57:37,314 --> 01:57:45,714
that you consider supporting us. Because having a business is not easy at all.

1291
01:57:47,714 --> 01:57:56,714
we go through a lot of challenges. So I invite you to walk in our

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01:58:02,313 --> 01:58:07,648
businesses and get to know our problems. >> moderator: thank you next

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01:58:07,648 --> 01:58:14,781
speaker please. >> in-person speaker: hello I am alberto, I have owned a vintage

1294
01:58:14,781 --> 01:58:18,647
shop in boyle heights since 2022. My business is more than a place

1295
01:58:18,647 --> 01:58:26,448
to shop, I used my space to host for spanish speakers and screen lgbtq+ movies.

1296
01:58:26,448 --> 01:58:34,848
and represents boyle heights and no place like it and in danger of closing.

1297
01:58:35,581 --> 01:58:44,581
for the last five months I have no electricity and for a box that exploded.

1298
01:58:46,480 --> 01:58:56,480
and asking the landlord to fix and refused to do so, I believe they have no incentive and to

1299
01:58:57,114 --> 01:59:04,114
now landlord has filed an eviction lawsuits against me. If I am forced to move out I am

1300
01:59:04,114 --> 01:59:09,582
not entitleed to financial assistance from landlord and need to shutdown.

1301
01:59:09,582 --> 01:59:15,582
this harassment has to stop-- >> moderator: thank you, next speaker.

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01:59:16,333 --> 01:59:21,133
[speaking spanish]>> interpreter: good morning I am lena.

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01:59:23,334 --> 01:59:31,734
for 25 years I have had businesses in florence compton. I support the proposition for

1304
01:59:35,132 --> 01:59:42,932
code 20. My business has been used to give employment to a lot of

1305
01:59:58,733 --> 02:00:07,133
people, barber shops that are surrounding where I am. 80% of them are my ex-employees.

1306
02:00:09,333 --> 02:00:17,733
all of us go through challenges in our businesses. With unexpected raises of rent.

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and one of my businesses where I renewed the contract they raised it by 500 last month.

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02:00:45,733 --> 02:00:51,133
I have gone through so many challenges, during the pandemic my husband passed away.

1309
02:00:51,133 --> 02:01:01,133
and so many other things between the fire, immigration, heat. We want to move forward and we

1310
02:01:01,267 --> 02:01:10,867
ask for your support. I'm the mother of two children. And I provide for them by

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myself. We want the laws to be changed for us as business owners.

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>> moderator: thank you, next speaker please. >> in-person speaker: good

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morning my name is carlos, and I am the training director of live los angeles, to help angelenos

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to break the cycle of poverty. I am here in support of the motion before the board and the

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02:01:46,133 --> 02:01:50,599
protections provide to small businesses and commercial tenants across los angeles

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county. Small businesses are essential to the economic and social fac

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02:01:53,600 --> 02:01:59,600
r rick--fabric of our communities. But facing rising rents and

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02:02:07,342 --> 02:02:15,142
limited information about landlords and leases. Playing a big role in the city

1319
02:02:17,475 --> 02:02:21,409
and government and pay thousands of taxes to the government. This motion will help will them

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stay in business and we appreciate you approving this motion.

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>> moderator: thank you next speaker. >> interpreter: hi, I am elva.

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and I'm here in support of article 20. Because I am already tired of

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going against the current. I have five years with my business.

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and every since the second year the roof was not in working condition.

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and the owner of the property said that all of the maintenance and anything that needed to be

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repaired in the building, that was my responsibility. So I had to do that.

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and then months after that, the plumbing and the floor burst. 1950 that was the cost the

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plumbing. I had to close down the business for six days.

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to be able to fix it. It was $15,000 to fix the electrical which was not

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working. I spoke with the property owner and he said the same thing, it

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was my responsibility to do it. And I have 1-1/2 years left on the contract, I have not

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received the investment that corresponds to me with the property.

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02:04:31,675 --> 02:04:38,876
and so last year I found out that they transferred the ownership to might be a family

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member and I can go outside, we need the support of this motion. >> moderator: thank you, next

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speaker. >> in-person speaker: hi, I am amy chong, and sb5 resident and

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proud owner of small business owners. And I work to build an economy

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that works for everybody. We are in a state of emergency, community serving small

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02:05:05,361 --> 02:05:13,161
businesses are closing left and right. Let me be clear, we are asking

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02:05:15,694 --> 02:05:20,161
landlords to be transparent about their properties to understand what fair market

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02:05:20,161 --> 02:05:26,761
rents are and to provide relocation assistance when businesses are displaced.

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02:05:27,294 --> 02:05:33,361
responsible landlords have nothing to fear, but we know that landlords have caused real

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harm to the small businesses and communities they are supposed to be serving.

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and this motion creates transparency and stability to keep small businesses in our

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neighborhoods, please support the motion. >> moderator: thank you, next

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speaker. >> in-person speaker: I am a los angeles county resident and

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02:05:51,894 --> 02:05:58,494
support item 20. I work for an organization that supports over 500 entrepreneurs

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and everyone week observe harassments for the last five years.

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02:06:08,428 --> 02:06:15,280
current protection is not enough, they need relocation assistance and registry.

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02:06:15,894 --> 02:06:20,428
small businesses provide one-third of jobs in los angeles county.

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small businesses need more certainty, not only help business owners and the

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02:06:25,761 --> 02:06:32,280
employees keep employment. Increase wages and improve outcomes for hundreds of

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02:06:32,280 --> 02:06:38,628
thousands of angeleno families. Creating a sustainable economic and tax base.

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we urge the board of supervisors to pass the motion and the protections of item 20.

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>> moderator: thank you, next speaker. >> in-person speaker: hi, I am a

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small business advocate, here in favor of item 20. First thank you to supervisor

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holly mitchell to take bold leadership to protect the fabric of our community.

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02:07:04,895 --> 02:07:09,950
small businesses need strong protections against displacement.

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the county has great protections but does not control the rent, they are sky rocketing.

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and without the protections we will continue to lose small businesses and businesses close.

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the report will bring back both sides of the story, I agree when supervisors say that it's

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important to make policies with solutions. Many have interpretation and

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I.c.e. Raised and leaving our communities, keep them thriving and protected.

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thank you. >> moderator: thank you, next speaker please.

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>> in-person speaker: current resident of sb3, this is a topic near and dear to my heart.

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supervisor hanh brought up the idea of cost, as I middle taxpayer I couldn't agree more.

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the cost of an action causes a far greater toll. When a neighborhood grocery

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02:08:19,169 --> 02:08:25,901
store closes the impact doesn't stop at the storefront. And to lose access to essential

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food and services and what does that do? Place a greater burden on the

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02:08:32,168 --> 02:08:39,368
system. And a small business with indoor seating and pushed out by

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02:08:42,701 --> 02:08:47,235
unsympathetic landlord, they lose a place to shop and escape the heat.

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please invest and not reactive. >> moderator: thank you next speaker.

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>> in-person speaker: good morning supervisors I want to thank supervisor mitchell for

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taking the leadership on this motion. I am francisco with sage, over

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the last three years working, with small businesses and echo the comments colleagues have

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02:09:14,368 --> 02:09:19,569
made. Voting yes on los angeles county commercial rental property

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02:09:19,569 --> 02:09:25,769
license and voting yes on the protections to include relocation assistance.

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and voting yes on the rent study, and voting yes on rental assistance for tenants

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displacement is a win/win situation. Protecting small businesses is a

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win/win situation for small businesses. Protecting small businesses is a

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02:09:45,835 --> 02:09:52,435
win/win situation for commercial landlords. Protecting small businesses is a

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win/win situation for local governments. >> moderator: thank you next

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speaker. >> in-person speaker: good morning the landscape of our

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communities means that the changing landscape of our community means that we are

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either evolving or in need of a necessary change to keep exis

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02:10:17,340 --> 02:10:21,434
existing. In a way that we keep our standards and the spark that we

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02:10:21,434 --> 02:10:28,234
have in l.a. Is maintained in l.a. County. Implementation of this tenant

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protection is necessary. We must evolve and with it comes change.

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I support all hispanic businesses and I support them, my father was a businessman such

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02:10:41,720 --> 02:10:49,452
as those businesses. We went to the swap meets and he had a christian library at the

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02:10:49,452 --> 02:10:55,519
corner of my house. I understand. And I do support hispanic

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businesses and I support hispanic people in the community.

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>> moderator: thank you, next speaker. >> in-person speaker: good

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morning, founder of juice bar, I am speaking in support of item 20.

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02:11:10,119 --> 02:11:17,986
I ask that you cannot legally sell someone a lemon car, why allowed to lease a lemon

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02:11:17,986 --> 02:11:24,586
building? Tenants like me suffering when landlords force tenants to spend

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02:11:28,186 --> 02:11:37,186
business capital correcting the problems I did not correct. Spent my money on the business

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02:11:38,920 --> 02:11:44,453
and landlord forced me out. I am now trying to relocate without any resources,

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02:11:44,453 --> 02:11:50,453
assistance or leads. We need landlord accountability, meaningful relocation assistance

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and protection against harassment and replacement, and pathways for small businesses

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that are interested to get to ownership themselves. >> moderator: thank you, madam

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chair, all members of the public that registered to speak on item 20.

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02:12:12,186 --> 02:12:19,386
>> executive officer: madam chair item 20 is before you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair:

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thank you call the roll. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye. >> sup. Kathryn barger: abstain

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02:12:33,119 --> 02:12:41,519
on this one. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye. Motion passes three ayes and one

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02:12:45,586 --> 02:12:49,186
abstention. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: please raise your hand in

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02:12:49,186 --> 02:12:55,186
agreement, thank you. Thank you. Now move on to item 22.

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supervisor hahn register an aye vote. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: four

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aye votes. Next item. [gavel] can people please settle

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down. Very much. >> executive officer: item 22,

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verbal presentation on summary of potential impacts and panned strategies to mitigate el niño

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during the 2026-27 storm season, for members of the public on the phone, if you signed up to

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02:13:48,593 --> 02:13:56,193
speak, no action is needed. If you are watching the meeting and want to address the board,

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02:13:56,193 --> 02:14:04,593
call 213-444-2600, press star and follow the prompts. Kevin mcgowan, dr. Ariel cohen,

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02:14:11,593 --> 02:14:16,393
andrew veis. Mark pestrella, director of public works.

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02:14:18,526 --> 02:14:23,326
supervisor luna, fire chief anthony marrone. Carter hewgly.

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02:14:28,259 --> 02:14:34,859
gary jones. Michael sylvester, director of public social services will give

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02:14:39,600 --> 02:14:42,600
a presentation. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you and thank you to the

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panel for being here. I know that supervisor horvath wants to begin.

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>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you madam chair and for the county departments to be here

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and prepare our county and residents for this winter and el niño emergency events.

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we all heard that a very strong el niño is threatening our community and county

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02:15:04,927 --> 02:15:11,326
infrastructure this storm season that begins october 14, and alerts as early as this weekend.

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this is particularly concerning for communities near wildfire burn scars and why we brought

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02:15:18,126 --> 02:15:26,526
forward the motion asking for this panel to come together. And communities can experience

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02:15:27,600 --> 02:15:36,660
intense flooding and land slides due to the heavy rainfall and notable concern after a large

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02:15:37,526 --> 02:15:45,926
storm surge cut off western beach malibu, proper planning and reduce the impact the

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02:15:48,593 --> 02:15:54,927
communities particularly our most vulnerable populations. And imperative to work with

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02:15:54,927 --> 02:16:01,660
nonprofits and residents to coordinate a strong unified response and awareness of el

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02:16:01,660 --> 02:16:06,993
niño impacts. It's my goal that all county departments and cities and

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02:16:06,993 --> 02:16:14,593
community groups and residents understand their risks and how best to prepare and where to

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02:16:14,593 --> 02:16:21,193
return when they need help. And looking forward to the county drill happening later

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this month that we are coordinateed and my office is holding an el niño town hall on

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september 28 to answer questions. We welcome everyone to attend

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02:16:32,261 --> 02:16:41,728
and learn more about how our county is supporting you and details on that event on our

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website lindsey horvath events and look forward to today's presentation and questions for

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respective departments. Thank you for being here and my colleagues wow, looks like

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02:16:55,395 --> 02:17:00,861
everyone is here. And whether we show up in force we mean it to keep our community

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safe. Thank you for being here. Turn to you for the

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02:17:03,395 --> 02:17:08,795
presentation. >> department speaker: good morning chair solis and members

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02:17:09,594 --> 02:17:14,595
of the board, thank you for the opportunity to present on this important topic.

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02:17:14,595 --> 02:17:22,995
for the record, kevin mcgowan, direct overt office of emergency management and this morning

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02:17:23,795 --> 02:17:31,328
explain el niño and the effects on california. And how preparing the county for

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02:17:31,328 --> 02:17:39,128
more frequent winter storms. And following to hear from colleagues from ceo, and

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02:17:41,861 --> 02:17:49,661
national weather service and county wide communications, and each to discuss their methods

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02:17:50,728 --> 02:17:58,461
and my privilege to introduce dr. Ariel cohen, who will be providing overview of el niño

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02:17:58,461 --> 02:18:06,261
and potential weather impacts. And please advance the slide. >> department speaker: good day,

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my name is dr. Ariel cohen and the meteorologist in charge of weather service in oxnard, thank

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02:18:15,129 --> 02:18:24,129
you for having me. And understanding el niño and true influence, defined by ocean

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02:18:25,928 --> 02:18:32,595
warmth. But for dangerous to be affected and atmosphere with that heat

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02:18:32,595 --> 02:18:38,927
and steer towards california. That is uncertain, and this winter this is tilting the

1451
02:18:38,927 --> 02:18:47,927
regional odds to a wetter than normal winter and potential for severe storms and coastal

1452
02:18:50,128 --> 02:18:56,794
impacts. However el niño is not a single storm and does not determine a

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02:18:56,794 --> 02:19:02,661
wet season or dictate storm tracks. Analogy, facing a top-ranked

1454
02:19:02,661 --> 02:19:10,794
sports team increases the chance of a difficult game but did not guarantee an automatic loss.

1455
02:19:10,794 --> 02:19:20,673
and similarly el niño does stack the deck to a stormy season and does not determine disaster,

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02:19:20,673 --> 02:19:29,730
with play by play as individual storms develop. High impact threats such as peak

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02:19:34,673 --> 02:19:42,473
wind and water rates cannot be forecasted months in advance. Requiring current observations

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02:19:46,273 --> 02:19:52,873
and high modeling and few to several days of predictability allows.

1459
02:19:54,939 --> 02:20:02,139
while long-range research models explore worse case theoretical scenarios and many of

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02:20:05,540 --> 02:20:11,540
significance. And focusing on real-world forecast and message only when

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02:20:15,730 --> 02:20:20,740
sufficient scientific evidence exists near a storm's arrival. Very importantly is preventing

1462
02:20:20,740 --> 02:20:27,940
public warning fatigue. Framing seasonal climate signals as confidence shifts and we're

1463
02:20:31,406 --> 02:20:38,600
concerned that overstating long-range risks now can lead to warning fatigue.

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02:20:38,340 --> 02:20:46,140
and reducing public compliance when life-safety alerts like flash flood warnings are issued

1465
02:20:49,807 --> 02:20:56,939
later in the winter. And to conclude the weather service our cadence for core

1466
02:20:56,939 --> 02:21:02,406
partners and maintaining consistent communications with los angeles county emergency

1467
02:21:02,406 --> 02:21:07,873
management and los angeles city emergency management and core partners as the conditions

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02:21:07,873 --> 02:21:14,700
evolve. And hosting two times a week, every single week, a briefing

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02:21:14,700 --> 02:21:18,873
throughout the season. To core partners and highly technical tuesday sessions

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02:21:18,873 --> 02:21:25,407
tailored for core partners such as the office of emergency management and public works.

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and broad friday messaging including the media. Thank you for having me and

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happy to address any items at any time. >> department speaker: thank you

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02:21:38,730 --> 02:21:42,274
dr. Cohen. Our collective objective with the county is not just to

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02:21:42,274 --> 02:21:48,673
prepare for el niño as a climate pattern. To strengthen for consequence

1475
02:21:48,673 --> 02:21:57,673
that is may have severe storms including flooding, debris flows and damaging wind, power outages

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02:21:58,873 --> 02:22:04,206
and impact to critical infrastructure. The office of emergency

1477
02:22:04,206 --> 02:22:09,606
management is coordinating an effort. First working with county

1478
02:22:10,673 --> 02:22:17,808
departments and our county wide partners to conduct hazard and operational assessments.

1479
02:22:17,808 --> 02:22:22,800
that helps identify communities and facilities and infrastructure and services that

1480
02:22:22,800 --> 02:22:29,741
may be vulnerable. And resources and capability gaps we use to address winter

1481
02:22:29,741 --> 02:22:35,741
storm seasons. On october 18, oem brought together county departments and

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02:22:37,541 --> 02:22:44,141
cities and utilities and the national weather service, disaster management coordinators

1483
02:22:44,941 --> 02:22:52,209
and other partners. And in that meeting we had you understanding of the threat and

1484
02:22:52,209 --> 02:22:58,700
the preparedness actions to follow. Oem will be continuously working

1485
02:22:58,700 --> 02:23:02,875
directly with our cities, our council of governments, and disaster management areas to

1486
02:23:02,875 --> 02:23:08,808
ensure there is detailed coordination and planning across the entire los angeles county.

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02:23:08,808 --> 02:23:15,408
and second developing plans of how the county coordinates storm response.

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02:23:20,208 --> 02:23:27,408
of emergency notifications and emergency support and transition from response to recovery.

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of importance is evacuation plan for areas of increased risk following wildfires.

1490
02:23:35,208 --> 02:23:41,750
including the eaton and palisades burning scars. And this is coordinating with

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02:23:41,750 --> 02:23:46,475
local jurisdictions and clearly defines agency roles and responsibilities.

1492
02:23:47,942 --> 02:23:55,742
and for example, public works to identify areas at risk and emergency evacuations.

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02:23:55,875 --> 02:24:02,341
and the sheriff's department implements those evacuations in its jurisdiction and other law

1494
02:24:02,341 --> 02:24:08,941
enforcement agencies do the same for theirs. And the fire department

1495
02:24:09,141 --> 02:24:13,808
coordinates rescue operations. This planning also places particular emphasis on ensuring

1496
02:24:13,808 --> 02:24:20,141
that the needs of vulnerable communities and the vtdz with access and functional needs are

1497
02:24:20,141 --> 02:24:23,741
incorporated into our evagz--evacuation and notification.

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02:24:26,141 --> 02:24:32,141
third the county departments are assessing county-owned properties and critical

1499
02:24:32,208 --> 02:24:40,800
facilities and identifying measures to protect from rain, flooding and wind damage and

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02:24:40,800 --> 02:24:45,275
disruptions. And with planning and guidance that jurisdictions can use to

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02:24:45,275 --> 02:24:52,475
conduct similar assessments. On september 30, oem will host an exercise by post-graduate

1502
02:24:56,874 --> 02:25:04,740
school for homeland security. And county partners and select jurisdictions and disaster

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02:25:04,221 --> 02:25:09,487
coordinators and agencies responsible for communities will participate in this.

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02:25:09,487 --> 02:25:16,421
most importantly the exercise will allow us to identify gaps and response to actions that we

1505
02:25:16,421 --> 02:25:23,488
can continue to work on throughout the storm season. Clear and coordinated public

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02:25:23,488 --> 02:25:31,870
information is essential. Andrew will provide a more detailed update from county wide

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02:25:31,870 --> 02:25:37,154
communications and oem is an integral part of all county's emergency communications.

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02:25:37,154 --> 02:25:42,688
with that we provide emergency management expertise to ensure that public messaging is timely

1509
02:25:42,688 --> 02:25:48,688
and accurate and coordinated with the actions of emergency responders.

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02:25:53,821 --> 02:26:00,154
and more importantly to extend beyond government and every resident to know where they are

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02:26:00,154 --> 02:26:06,154
live and to have flood insurance. Home policies generally don't

1512
02:26:08,687 --> 02:26:15,687
cover flood insurance, with a waiting period. Residents should act now and not

1513
02:26:15,687 --> 02:26:23,487
wait for the storm. To address roof problems and prepare for possible power

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02:26:24,621 --> 02:26:29,421
ou outages. We urge every resident to sign

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02:26:32,287 --> 02:26:41,554
up with emergency sign ups and alerts may be issued by a city, the county, a state agency, the

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02:26:41,554 --> 02:26:44,553
national weather service or other authorized public agencies.

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02:26:44,553 --> 02:26:53,154
in closing, we can't predict precisely how much rain that el niño will bring, but we must use

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02:26:53,154 --> 02:26:58,220
this time to strenlen our plans and help our communities prepare.

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02:26:58,220 --> 02:27:06,354
preparedness now will reduce our risk, improve our responses and help protect lives when the next

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02:27:06,354 --> 02:27:12,487
storm arises. Thank you for your time and with this my pleasure to introduce

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andrew veis, acting director of countywide communications. >> department speaker: good

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morning madam chair, I am andrew veis. L.a. County is working to

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02:27:37,420 --> 02:27:45,620
prepare ourselves and the public before the first of any potential el niño driven storm

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02:27:45,620 --> 02:27:51,754
arrives. And in july we host the first joint training exercise for

1525
02:27:51,754 --> 02:27:57,754
county communicators. More than 100 provided hands on valuable emergency experience.

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02:28:03,756 --> 02:28:11,222
and since early july the departments seated with me today have met weekly to have one

1527
02:28:11,222 --> 02:28:17,890
voice messages and how l.a. County is preparing for storm season and the public can too.

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02:28:17,890 --> 02:28:21,422
we have three main communication objectives. First prepare all communities

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02:28:21,422 --> 02:28:27,422
across l.a. County for severe weather, multilingual relative resources.

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02:28:31,957 --> 02:28:41,957
and second, to explain what el niño season means and people prepare with things such as

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02:28:42,423 --> 02:28:47,223
flood insurance. And third to have weather forecast early and proactively

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02:28:47,223 --> 02:28:55,230
and driving residents to lacounty.gov/rain. Yesterday in l.a. Times there

1533
02:29:00,889 --> 02:29:10,889
was a three part series on el niño and with univision and cbs and cbs story has been viewed

1534
02:29:17,489 --> 02:29:22,889
300,000 times on youtube channel. This topic has been very

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02:29:23,556 --> 02:29:30,156
effective. And look for opportunities for pro bono advertising as the

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02:29:31,755 --> 02:29:37,356
season continues. And target people experiencing homelessness, and older adults

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02:29:37,356 --> 02:29:45,156
and those with specific needs. This outreach will include presentations of preparedness to

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02:29:45,222 --> 02:29:52,422
cities and town councils and other municipalities. And launch a newsletter to

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02:29:54,230 --> 02:29:59,355
provide tips from these departments. Residents can sign up for that

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02:29:59,355 --> 02:30:05,955
today at ready.lacounty.gov/rain. Hand over to public director

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02:30:11,156 --> 02:30:18,356
mark pestrella. >> department speaker: thank you for inviting and the role of

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02:30:20,890 --> 02:30:27,422
l.a. County. I am mark pestrella, and chief engineer of los angeles flood

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02:30:27,422 --> 02:30:32,222
district. Public works approaches the flood risks the same way as

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02:30:32,222 --> 02:30:38,356
other infrastructure risks. We start with the science and evaluate the consequences and

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02:30:38,356 --> 02:30:46,555
reduce the greatest risk. Our regional flood system is ready for the upcoming flootd

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02:30:46,555 --> 02:30:52,555
season. We prepare every year for the worse case scenario.

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02:30:53,769 --> 02:30:58,370
but preparedness means understanding where flooding is most likely to occur, which

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02:30:58,370 --> 02:31:03,571
communities are most exposed and where the consequences of flooding can be greatest.

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02:31:03,571 --> 02:31:10,503
that is particularly important this year as we prepare for impacts of a strong el niño.

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02:31:10,503 --> 02:31:16,837
what is the science telling us and partners from noaa, did a great job.

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02:31:16,837 --> 02:31:26,837
and one thing to put in context, we don't see this as the super bowl, but see the season as a

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02:31:28,236 --> 02:31:33,970
potential super bowl and many storms to reach the highest capacity we have seen in

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02:31:33,970 --> 02:31:39,303
flooding and damage. However we are treating this condition as if could produce

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02:31:39,303 --> 02:31:47,169
those conditions and prepare the community as if we are going to have our super bowl.

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02:31:47,169 --> 02:31:56,360
noaa is reporting greater than 90% that el niño is strong. And does not guarantee that l.a.

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02:31:56,360 --> 02:32:00,170
county will experience above average rainfall or damaging storms.

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02:32:00,170 --> 02:32:06,103
last strong el niño that I recall, we had no rain. But you should know that we were

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02:32:06,103 --> 02:32:11,637
prepared and learned from the event because we found that partners weren't prepared and

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02:32:11,637 --> 02:32:15,703
taking the risk that we couldn't have rain. And this year we are reaching

1560
02:32:15,703 --> 02:32:25,703
out to all partners including our great partner, army corp of engineers and for us this means

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02:32:28,169 --> 02:32:36,569
range of possible conditions. We evaluate storm intent and duration and soil moisture and

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02:32:36,969 --> 02:32:41,703
the possibility of storms arriving in succession. These factors matter because

1563
02:32:41,703 --> 02:32:50,703
flood risk is cumulative. When the soils are saturated and reservoirs have reached run off

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02:32:51,570 --> 02:32:57,636
from earlier storms and another storm cause major problems. And we lose what is called flood

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02:32:57,636 --> 02:33:05,436
control. This looks like the dam is spilling over and did occur in

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02:33:05,769 --> 02:33:09,369
2 2004-05 event. And lost no lives.

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02:33:10,503 --> 02:33:14,969
even though they did spill over. We have the capacity to handle significant events.

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02:33:14,969 --> 02:33:22,170
and of course our job is to continually evaluate these and adjust as risks changes.

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02:33:22,170 --> 02:33:31,770
it's a risk base approach. And think of hazard itself, who and what is expecteds are

1570
02:33:32,236 --> 02:33:40,360
--exposed to that hazard. And how vulnerable. And we use fema modeling and

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02:33:40,839 --> 02:33:47,772
burn conditions and field observations and our friends at noaa to draw a picture.

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02:33:47,772 --> 02:33:52,473
and use that information to prioritize the work and areas with the greatest probability of

1573
02:33:52,473 --> 02:33:58,473
flooding become the most important. But probability alone does not

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02:34:00,239 --> 02:34:07,439
consider probability. And we consider threat to life, homes and infrastructure and

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02:34:10,173 --> 02:34:16,439
evacuation routes and areas with fewer resources to recover from a flood.

1576
02:34:16,439 --> 02:34:20,639
prioritizing vulnerable communities is the highest priority.

1577
02:34:22,973 --> 02:34:31,573
we deploy resources to the risk. That means giving communities with more resources that have

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02:34:31,573 --> 02:34:37,573
greater vulnerability. This can include communities with limited evacuation routes

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02:34:39,239 --> 02:34:46,773
or older drain structure and with no flood structure, malibu and north county.

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02:34:46,773 --> 02:34:54,840
and we look for data for skeletons and repeated flooding and look at residents and their

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02:34:54,840 --> 02:35:04,440
ability to deal with and prepare for a significant flood event. This year we placing attention

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02:35:08,239 --> 02:35:16,390
to areas that had wildfires with significant potential loss of life and property.

1583
02:35:21,973 --> 02:35:31,573
wild fire changes and cause rainfall to move off and clog and affect our homes and

1584
02:35:32,640 --> 02:35:37,373
businesses and transportation system in significant ways. The pch is one area of

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02:35:37,373 --> 02:35:40,306
transportation that we are most significantly watching this year.

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02:35:40,306 --> 02:35:45,906
because of its potential impact to be lost to high sea conditions as well as the

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02:35:45,906 --> 02:35:50,390
rainfall conditions that exist there. Because the area continues to be

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02:35:50,390 --> 02:35:57,573
highly vulnerable to erosion. As you know supervisor horvath, we managed through that with

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02:35:57,573 --> 02:36:02,639
construction and continue. And the north county is an area of transportation that we

1590
02:36:02,639 --> 02:36:09,973
continue to learn lessons what is going on with climate. We have seen significant changes

1591
02:36:09,973 --> 02:36:16,906
to the north county than any area of transportation damage. And due to sheet flow and the

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02:36:16,906 --> 02:36:26,172
flows in the grand canyon, that type of flow and it's a debris flow that destroys everything in

1593
02:36:26,172 --> 02:36:30,906
its path. The purpose again--the next slide--the purpose of our flood

1594
02:36:30,906 --> 02:36:38,706
risk assessment is not just to produce a map but drive operational precisions.

1595
02:36:38,926 --> 02:36:48,526
as storm data is more precise and use that to where crews and inspections and emergency

1596
02:36:49,600 --> 02:36:57,460
resources positioned and these folks will be on 24-7 stand by, 600 department employees that

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02:36:58,394 --> 02:37:03,726
operate the flood system for l.a. County. And move from regional assess

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02:37:03,726 --> 02:37:10,259
and community action. I mention this as mentioned by the previous speakers, those

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02:37:10,259 --> 02:37:13,593
calculations are made in real time. So it's not easy for us to tell

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02:37:13,593 --> 02:37:19,392
you when it's going to rain and where it's going to rain today. But as we get closer and closer

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02:37:19,392 --> 02:37:26,926
to the storm event we get better and better information. There is this balancing act of

1602
02:37:26,926 --> 02:37:36,926
when we pull the trigger and know we can move and issue of evacuation is technical and

1603
02:37:37,859 --> 02:37:44,259
myself and public works are the entities that are making the calls on evacuations.

1604
02:37:44,259 --> 02:37:52,659
I will take that responsibility formally and previously have done that and play that

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02:37:56,259 --> 02:38:02,259
evacuation awareness. And board of supervisors should be proud, including 14 dams and

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02:38:02,259 --> 02:38:09,459
reservoirs and 483 miles of storm channels and 82 catch basins and 27 spreading grounds

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02:38:13,392 --> 02:38:20,592
and huge investment that this board has made. You spend 80-90% of money for

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02:38:20,592 --> 02:38:28,992
flood control of maintaining the system at world-class level. Our crews and spec maintain

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02:38:29,126 --> 02:38:34,660
throughout the year and we use risk assessment and identify what vegetation to be removed

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02:38:34,660 --> 02:38:41,793
and generally prepare the system to catch the debris and rain. Prioritizing the response.

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02:38:41,793 --> 02:38:48,326
before and during major storms we do not treat every part of the county the same.

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02:38:48,326 --> 02:38:52,860
remind everyone, when we see rain and get concerned and residents and the board too.

1613
02:38:52,860 --> 02:38:59,260
that doesn't mean it's raining the same level everywhere. That's the nature of rain, very

1614
02:38:59,260 --> 02:39:03,926
intense in one neighborhood and sunny in the other. We don't generally get rain over

1615
02:39:03,926 --> 02:39:13,600
the l.a. County at the same time and could have a cell of rain and occur for 30 minutes and

1616
02:39:13,600 --> 02:39:21,460
localized flooding. And this requires the ability to be flexible and so we don't

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02:39:23,593 --> 02:39:29,668
overresource or thin out our resources and not able to respond properly to the right

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02:39:29,668 --> 02:39:36,680
locations. Working is one regional system and flood protection in l.a.

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02:39:36,680 --> 02:39:42,668
county is important, you can't public works to provide for everyone.

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02:39:42,867 --> 02:39:52,867
and it's a joint effort from u.s. Army corp engineers and to cities and neighborhood level of

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02:39:53,601 --> 02:39:58,601
property owners taking care of business on the property. I want to guarantee you this

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02:39:58,601 --> 02:40:07,601
year the corp of engineers is engaged and I met directly with general butch graham.

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02:40:14,601 --> 02:40:19,268
and colonel yost that we are aligned and preparing the community together for this

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02:40:19,268 --> 02:40:22,534
event. And I am happy to tell you that the corp is all on board and

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02:40:22,534 --> 02:40:27,100
taking care of routines that we normally don't see them take care of.

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02:40:27,100 --> 02:40:34,100
and happy to report this isn't a year that we find deficiencies that could be a problem.

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02:40:34,100 --> 02:40:40,100
again stormwater doesn't recognize jurisdictional boundaries and for that reason

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02:40:40,268 --> 02:40:46,868
preparation cross those boundaries and throughout the year working to share

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02:40:47,201 --> 02:40:54,268
information about conditions. And storm approach and with that team of regional flood fighters

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02:40:54,268 --> 02:41:03,402
and weather forecasters are working together around the clock to we meet our kpi of no

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02:41:03,402 --> 02:41:09,402
lives lost and limited property damage. And long-term investments we

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02:41:10,670 --> 02:41:16,268
expect where there is flooding and I can tell you where I expect and my staff can tell you

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02:41:16,268 --> 02:41:23,401
what we expect will happen with any rain event of. To that end property owners can

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02:41:23,401 --> 02:41:33,401
call my staff and have a number to give out 800-933-0900. If you want to be aware of your

1635
02:41:35,468 --> 02:41:40,935
property's flood hazard and if you are concerned about this weather coming we have engineers

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02:41:40,935 --> 02:41:47,534
that answer the question. And real-time data right down to property level on any property

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02:41:47,534 --> 02:41:52,680
in l.a. County. That's our preparedness, how to prepare?

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02:41:52,680 --> 02:41:58,668
this is the next slide and last slide. Preparedness is local,

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02:42:00,401 --> 02:42:05,734
government has a responsibility to reduce risk and not hyping flood or creating fear for

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02:42:05,734 --> 02:42:11,934
people. Some of the biggest hazards are people that get scared and leave

1641
02:42:11,934 --> 02:42:16,801
their property and drive improperly in the rain system and underestimating the rain.

1642
02:42:16,801 --> 02:42:21,487
taking it seriously but not to the point of having fear drive us.

1643
02:42:21,487 --> 02:42:27,220
the final level of preparation is at the neighborhood level and asking residents to take four

1644
02:42:27,220 --> 02:42:30,487
actions. Know your risk. Not the conditions around your

1645
02:42:30,487 --> 02:42:34,620
home. Are you in and near a map floodplain, you can look this up

1646
02:42:34,620 --> 02:42:41,554
on our website. Are you below a burn site. You are near a channel?

1647
02:42:41,554 --> 02:42:48,754
creek? Debris basin or low riding roadway and on that the most

1648
02:42:55,287 --> 02:43:03,687
tragic is children crossing creeks at any level of flow. Important to educate the

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02:43:05,220 --> 02:43:10,220
children to stay out of water in rain. Have an emergency plan.

1650
02:43:10,220 --> 02:43:16,220
know when you leave your neighborhood if conditions are deteriorating.

1651
02:43:17,220 --> 02:43:24,287
consider family members and older adults and people with disabilities and pets and

1652
02:43:24,287 --> 02:43:28,154
transportation needs. And early preparation is more important.

1653
02:43:28,154 --> 02:43:33,200
prepare your property. The basic thing of clearing gutters and make sure you have a

1654
02:43:33,200 --> 02:43:39,553
flow path on your property to run off the property. Know where the water comes in

1655
02:43:39,553 --> 02:43:48,553
your property and know where the heaviest indunation, stay in touch with l.a. County.

1656
02:43:52,287 --> 02:43:56,620
listen to the news and be prepared. So we are helping communities

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02:43:56,620 --> 02:44:01,686
prepare. That's the objective as kevin said, recognize that every

1658
02:44:01,686 --> 02:44:06,554
household has the same ability to prepare. Some do and some don't.

1659
02:44:06,554 --> 02:44:12,486
and some have more resources and transportation options and ability to protect property.

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02:44:12,486 --> 02:44:17,954
why l.a. County preparedness must focus on communities where vulnerability is greatest.

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02:44:17,954 --> 02:44:24,554
public works to work with cities and organizations and emergency managers.

1662
02:44:28,870 --> 02:44:35,887
residents who are concerned about flooding or mud, can contact public works at

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02:44:40,287 --> 02:44:48,870
800-933-0930. Or go to readylacounty.gov about this el niño event.

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02:44:51,887 --> 02:45:00,287
and thank you supervisors for this start for the community. >> sup. Lindsey horvath: mr.

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02:45:03,153 --> 02:45:09,620
sheriff you are next. >> department speaker: good morning, madam chair and members

1666
02:45:09,620 --> 02:45:17,161
of the board the sheriff department focus for el niño science is protecting life and

1667
02:45:17,161 --> 02:45:20,761
property through early coordination and evagz--evacuations.

1668
02:45:27,280 --> 02:45:33,280
prestorm planning and positioning our department maintains severe weather and

1669
02:45:36,295 --> 02:45:44,950
post-fire mud and debris flows. Before significant storms and bureaus and affected stations

1670
02:45:49,495 --> 02:45:55,561
with the office of emergency management and public works and county fire and other public

1671
02:45:55,561 --> 02:46:00,361
safety partners. We monitor forecast and anticipated impacts.

1672
02:46:00,561 --> 02:46:05,361
brief personnel and inspect equipment, identify vulnerable locations.

1673
02:46:06,963 --> 02:46:12,428
and prepare roadway closures based on anticipated threat. In other words to evacuation and

1674
02:46:12,428 --> 02:46:18,295
life safety operations these are among our most important responsibility during

1675
02:46:18,295 --> 02:46:23,761
significant storms. The department of public works continuously monitors conditions

1676
02:46:23,761 --> 02:46:32,161
and provide an assessment of potential flooding and debris flow impacts and debris forecast

1677
02:46:36,295 --> 02:46:45,295
and properties at elevated risk. When an evacuation order is issued our station personnel to

1678
02:46:46,428 --> 02:46:51,950
notify residents in the affected areas and law enforcement evacuation operation.

1679
02:46:51,950 --> 02:47:00,695
we use our new citizen evacuation tracker that we started back in april of '25 to

1680
02:47:03,161 --> 02:47:10,940
document. So in a sense gives us a live picture of evacuation status.

1681
02:47:10,940 --> 02:47:16,694
the department of public works identifies the hazard county partners coordinate.

1682
02:47:17,628 --> 02:47:21,828
los angeles sheriff department coordinates evacuation operation.

1683
02:47:25,229 --> 02:47:30,290
and stations contact evacuations and document residents notification.

1684
02:47:32,695 --> 02:47:38,695
burn scar areas will provide particular attention. Our planning identifies

1685
02:47:40,161 --> 02:47:47,361
vulnerable properties and communities before the storm arrives and our personnel know

1686
02:47:49,228 --> 02:47:56,428
the greatest risk. Control stations located near burn scars will conduct regular

1687
02:47:56,828 --> 02:48:03,228
storm checks and conditions as storms develop and timely changing conditions and take

1688
02:48:03,228 --> 02:48:08,898
appropriate action. Several days before the storm our community partnership

1689
02:48:08,898 --> 02:48:17,298
bureaus and home resource team better known as host, and station personnel will provide

1690
02:48:19,230 --> 02:48:26,831
for unhoused river beds. And personnel provide warnings and welfare checks and aconsist

1691
02:48:26,831 --> 02:48:32,231
with aevacuations and to relocation to safer locations, shelters.

1692
02:48:37,697 --> 02:48:44,297
protect vulnerable individuals and public safety resources including swift water rescue

1693
02:48:45,831 --> 02:48:50,310
operations during severe storms. And during evashgiations--evacuations

1694
02:48:54,630 --> 02:48:58,230
remain mindful for additional assi assistance.

1695
02:49:05,970 --> 02:49:13,497
in roads and intersections susceptible to flooding and debris flows as part of local

1696
02:49:14,764 --> 02:49:21,964
planning. And stations to research flood sections and those to have water

1697
02:49:24,432 --> 02:49:29,232
arkansas --accumulations in storms. And to provide traffic

1698
02:49:35,431 --> 02:49:41,431
assistance and evacuation operations and establish detours around hazardous areas.

1699
02:49:41,630 --> 02:49:48,363
I do like to remind people at this time. If you see a sign that says

1700
02:49:48,363 --> 02:49:57,963
flooded or do not enter, do not enter. We have to end up rescue a lot

1701
02:49:58,697 --> 02:50:05,980
of folks and high risk for a lot of folks. These activities will be

1702
02:50:05,980 --> 02:50:10,697
koor koorinated with public works and caltrans and fire and other

1703
02:50:10,697 --> 02:50:18,497
agencies so that emergency access can be maintained and resources adjusted as conditions

1704
02:50:19,697 --> 02:50:24,830
change. In regards to emergency coordination, if an individual

1705
02:50:24,830 --> 02:50:32,630
seeks the need of a control station, we can be accelerated for resources.

1706
02:50:38,300 --> 02:50:43,430
commanders maintain department wide assistance awareness and partner agents.

1707
02:50:48,363 --> 02:50:56,310
and the partners have incident command teams and commands support in large scale incidents

1708
02:50:56,310 --> 02:51:01,110
and help in planning lo psychgistics and resources.

1709
02:51:05,440 --> 02:51:12,244
and to maintain swift water response capabilities deployed when the conditions warrant.

1710
02:51:12,776 --> 02:51:19,177
in regards to public information and department readiness. Timely and consistent public

1711
02:51:19,177 --> 02:51:24,244
information is critical to keep our communities informed and prepared.

1712
02:51:24,244 --> 02:51:30,844
our emergency operations bureau, sheriff's information bureau, 24-hour operation center and

1713
02:51:34,710 --> 02:51:41,577
stations enact public safety information regarding evacuation warnings and orders and road

1714
02:51:41,577 --> 02:51:46,440
closures and flooding hazards and areas that residents should avoid.

1715
02:51:46,440 --> 02:51:55,440
we will work with the office of emergency management and county partners to ensure coordthated

1716
02:51:57,243 --> 02:52:01,910
emergency--coordinated emergency messaging. And emphasize but get directions

1717
02:52:01,910 --> 02:52:06,710
to evacuate. Especially a mandatory evacuation that you comply.

1718
02:52:06,710 --> 02:52:12,710
that has gotten our folks in grave danger in the past. Our focus into in el niño season

1719
02:52:12,710 --> 02:52:19,910
is making sure that our personnel is prepared and resources are strategically

1720
02:52:22,777 --> 02:52:27,443
positioned and coordination established before the storms arrive.

1721
02:52:27,443 --> 02:52:36,310
I wanted to mention with the urging of county ceo, on the eighth of september, '26, we

1722
02:52:36,310 --> 02:52:41,777
have a meeting with all of our contract city partners to make sure they are looped into what

1723
02:52:41,777 --> 02:52:51,244
the county family is doing. So that we can help each other, keep each other informed and so

1724
02:52:51,244 --> 02:52:56,843
on. And want to make sure and we've mentioned it but going to

1725
02:52:56,843 --> 02:53:01,311
reinforce it. Have your family prepared for any and all emergencies

1726
02:53:01,311 --> 02:53:08,777
including an earthquake. Make sure you have food and water and remember six p's,

1727
02:53:08,777 --> 02:53:15,110
people, pets, prescriptions and papers, important documents, personnel needs and priceless

1728
02:53:15,110 --> 02:53:22,110
items and a communication plan with all of your family members because the first thing that is

1729
02:53:22,110 --> 02:53:27,976
going to happen is that don't depend that your cell phone service is going to work.

1730
02:53:27,976 --> 02:53:31,576
prepare your communication plan with your cell phones going down.

1731
02:53:31,576 --> 02:53:37,645
that is very, very critical and just as important take care of your at-risk neighbors.

1732
02:53:37,645 --> 02:53:44,845
and with that, I want to introduce my partner, chief of the

1733
02:53:51,246 --> 02:53:55,380
>> in rashd to fire preparedness efforts this begins with preparedness

1734
02:53:55,380 --> 02:54:00,180
before storm related events. We monitor forecasts and

1735
02:54:06,846 --> 02:54:12,179
inputs and implement augmented staffing, and the predeployment of

1736
02:54:12,179 --> 02:54:17,313
specialized resources in identified areas. We also participate in

1737
02:54:17,313 --> 02:54:23,313
active patrol during the storm. When an incident occurs we

1738
02:54:25,646 --> 02:54:29,246
participate in a coordinated emergency response.

1739
02:54:36,112 --> 02:54:42,712
in addition the fire department has amplify the public one-voice messages.

1740
02:54:42,912 --> 02:54:48,312
and we participate in education and safety awareness before our storm

1741
02:54:48,312 --> 02:54:52,313
season starts. I'd like to pass it on to our partners at homeless

1742
02:54:52,313 --> 02:54:57,113
services and housing for their report. >> department speaker:

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02:54:59,779 --> 02:55:04,379
good afternoon, director mahan was unable to be here, I'm carter, chief of

1744
02:55:04,379 --> 02:55:07,247
strategy and partnerships at the department of hemless services and

1745
02:55:07,247 --> 02:55:10,847
housing. Shs has initiated operational readiness,

1746
02:55:12,579 --> 02:55:16,312
reviewing areas of greatest need and identifying accessible

1747
02:55:16,312 --> 02:55:19,846
interim housing sites connected to those areas and to the outreach teams

1748
02:55:19,846 --> 02:55:23,579
that serve unsheltered residents. As you know in l.a. County

1749
02:55:23,579 --> 02:55:28,979
two-thirds of the homeless neighbors are already surviving outside, we will

1750
02:55:28,979 --> 02:55:34,179
be don't have a housing solution for everyone. We work to get vulnerable

1751
02:55:34,179 --> 02:55:37,379
people out of vulnerable areas. Folks unable to come

1752
02:55:37,379 --> 02:55:41,580
inside due to shelter and housing capacity constraints we're working

1753
02:55:41,580 --> 02:55:46,460
with them to educate them about the risk, empower them about information

1754
02:55:46,460 --> 02:55:50,846
about options and protect them. In coordination with

1755
02:55:54,379 --> 02:55:57,712
sister departments we're finalizing emergency ak cityvation operating

1756
02:55:57,712 --> 02:56:02,579
procedures for unsheltered response and taking steps to train our staff on the

1757
02:56:02,579 --> 02:56:06,512
protocols related to severe weather events. We are creating pathways

1758
02:56:06,512 --> 02:56:10,645
for additional interim housing capacities which will include identifying

1759
02:56:10,645 --> 02:56:16,312
existing vacancies in our interim housing portfolio, using emergency motel

1760
02:56:16,312 --> 02:56:20,314
vouchers and augmenting emergency shelters at alternative and existing

1761
02:56:20,314 --> 02:56:23,460
interim housing facilities. Next slide.

1762
02:56:23,460 --> 02:56:26,912
in addition to participating in the table top exercises and being

1763
02:56:26,912 --> 02:56:31,979
part of the communications working group that andrew mentioned, hsh is

1764
02:56:31,979 --> 02:56:35,712
undertaking additional efforts to to partners and the public about climate

1765
02:56:35,712 --> 02:56:38,979
related events and responses. Our goal is to ensure the

1766
02:56:38,979 --> 02:56:42,797
right people have the right information at the right time which includes

1767
02:56:42,797 --> 02:56:45,598
those surviving unsheltered in highest risk areas and the

1768
02:56:45,598 --> 02:56:50,598
partners that serve them. Our emergency centralized emergency response center

1769
02:56:50,598 --> 02:56:54,997
pushes notifications to hsh administered and partner outreach teams for

1770
02:56:54,997 --> 02:56:59,197
targeted communications to people featuring unshelterted homelessness.

1771
02:57:00,197 --> 02:57:06,464
hsh maintains digital context on the website, social media chance and

1772
02:57:06,464 --> 02:57:09,397
communications team distributes relevant information in multiple

1773
02:57:09,397 --> 02:57:13,931
languages to the public via these chance. Regularly updated digital

1774
02:57:13,931 --> 02:57:18,331
content includes county weather alerts, resources to connect folks

1775
02:57:18,331 --> 02:57:21,330
experiencing homelessness to emergency services, information about l.a.'s

1776
02:57:21,330 --> 02:57:26,597
211 and other key updates and community resources as they become available.

1777
02:57:26,597 --> 02:57:29,730
we continue to remain committed to this important work alongside

1778
02:57:29,730 --> 02:57:32,997
partners with equity, accountability and transparency at the

1779
02:57:32,997 --> 02:57:36,264
forefront of our decision making. I'll turn it over to my

1780
02:57:36,264 --> 02:57:39,664
colleague gary jones with the department of beaches and harbors.

1781
02:57:39,664 --> 02:57:42,331
>> department speaker: good afternoon chair solis, members of the

1782
02:57:42,331 --> 02:57:46,530
board, gary jones with the department of beaches and harbors.

1783
02:57:46,530 --> 02:57:50,597
our department is responsible for 23 miles of l.a. County coastline

1784
02:57:50,597 --> 02:57:55,797
including world famous surf rider venice and manhattan beaches.

1785
02:57:55,797 --> 02:58:01,464
we manage marina dell ray the largest constructed small craft harbor in the

1786
02:58:01,464 --> 02:58:06,130
united states. This extends beyond a single weather pattern.

1787
02:58:06,130 --> 02:58:10,199
our seasonal preparations reduce risk and allow us to respond quickly when

1788
02:58:10,199 --> 02:58:15,731
conditions change. While investment in the long term resilience of

1789
02:58:15,731 --> 02:58:18,731
coastline is a year-round commitment. Preparations for this

1790
02:58:18,731 --> 02:58:23,731
year's el nino and the predicted combination of strong storms, sea level

1791
02:58:23,731 --> 02:58:27,998
rise and super king tides are the same as they are every year.

1792
02:58:27,998 --> 02:58:31,650
that's because we proactively prepare our beaches and marina dell

1793
02:58:31,650 --> 02:58:36,931
rey for the worst winter conditions. Our reasonable berms are

1794
02:58:36,931 --> 02:58:40,931
the most visible coastal protection. Long piles of sand about

1795
02:58:40,931 --> 02:58:46,198
15 feet high, without them waves during high tides and storm surges could

1796
02:58:46,198 --> 02:58:52,131
quickly rush over the flat beach and flood parking lots and other facilities.

1797
02:58:52,131 --> 02:58:55,532
the at all berm makes it difficult for waves to cross the teach into

1798
02:58:55,532 --> 02:59:00,332
facilities. Our crews monitor, maintain and rebuild the

1799
02:59:00,464 --> 02:59:05,330
berms as needed. We also deploy sandbags in flood

1800
02:59:05,330 --> 02:59:09,198
[areas to protect the county facilities but please remember sandbags

1801
02:59:09,198 --> 02:59:12,998
should never be filled with beach sand or emptied on to the beach after use.

1802
02:59:12,998 --> 02:59:18,640
other praep praises include lifeguard tower relocations and routine

1803
02:59:18,640 --> 02:59:21,798
inspections to reduce impacts before storms arrive.

1804
02:59:21,798 --> 02:59:25,331
preparedness also means making sure people have information they need.

1805
02:59:25,331 --> 02:59:30,930
we amplify safety and preparedness messaging from the l.a. County

1806
02:59:30,930 --> 02:59:35,939
lifeguards and marina del ray harbor master to lessees, the boating

1807
02:59:35,939 --> 02:59:41,205
community and the public as conditions change. We also amplify beach

1808
02:59:41,205 --> 02:59:46,271
safety messaging from life guards and other agencies. We respond quickly to

1809
02:59:46,271 --> 02:59:50,339
protect public safety infrastructure and beach access.

1810
02:59:50,339 --> 02:59:52,872
this requires a coordinated emergency response.

1811
02:59:52,872 --> 02:59:59,500
our response to the recent erosion of the point simplifies the ability to

1812
02:59:59,500 --> 03:00:01,139
rapidly implement emergency mitigation mess nurse partnership with

1813
03:00:01,139 --> 03:00:05,939
other agencies. Seasonal repaired paz addresses today's risk.

1814
03:00:07,472 --> 03:00:10,500
coastal resilience initiative focuses on tomorrow.

1815
03:00:10,500 --> 03:00:14,472
through the initiative we invest in long term strategies that help

1816
03:00:14,472 --> 03:00:18,338
protect beaches, public access, and coastal infrastructure from

1817
03:00:18,338 --> 03:00:23,805
evolving coastal hazards. These strategies include living shoreline and beach

1818
03:00:23,805 --> 03:00:28,139
nourishment projects. We're working with cities and other stake holders to

1819
03:00:28,139 --> 03:00:33,272
create comprehensive adaption plans that ben first entire -- benefit

1820
03:00:33,272 --> 03:00:37,205
the coastline. These reflect the department's comprehensive

1821
03:00:37,205 --> 03:00:41,539
approach to coastal preparedness. Preparing for the season,

1822
03:00:41,539 --> 03:00:44,406
protecting during emergencies and preserving los angeles coastline for

1823
03:00:44,406 --> 03:00:49,339
the future. With that I'd like to turn it over to michael

1824
03:00:49,339 --> 03:00:51,605
sylvester with the department of public social services.

1825
03:00:51,605 --> 03:00:55,805
>> department speaker: thank you. Madam chair, board

1826
03:00:56,272 --> 03:01:01,739
members, I'd like to update you on dpss efforts, I'm likele

1827
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sylvester, chief deputy of administration, here on behalf of dr. Jackie

1828
03:01:04,572 --> 03:01:09,972
contreras. We have two roles. Obviously as many partners

1829
03:01:10,606 --> 03:01:16,720
have during emergencies. One is to take good care of the over 4 million

1830
03:01:16,720 --> 03:01:19,500
clients that we serve and a million of them children.

1831
03:01:19,500 --> 03:01:23,139
and making sure that they can still obtain and maintain their benefits

1832
03:01:23,139 --> 03:01:29,500
throughout an emergency. Making sure alerts and all of the information shared

1833
03:01:29,500 --> 03:01:32,405
on the emergency is distributed out to clientele.

1834
03:01:32,405 --> 03:01:37,938
we do use the get ready l.a. Website to make sure it is consistent

1835
03:01:37,938 --> 03:01:42,138
information provided to them. We check during

1836
03:01:45,272 --> 03:01:48,805
emergencies to make sure that they have the resources needed.

1837
03:01:48,805 --> 03:01:52,605
our social workers do that on behalf of their clients.

1838
03:01:52,605 --> 03:01:57,738
then in addition we have our lead role for the county that's in the mass

1839
03:01:57,738 --> 03:02:05,538
care and shelter role n that role, we are sending out noefgs noefgss as well

1840
03:02:05,538 --> 03:02:10,605
but using the county distribution network. We preidentify potential

1841
03:02:10,605 --> 03:02:13,739
shelter sites in doing that we work with our partners at american red

1842
03:02:13,739 --> 03:02:20,338
cross, at los angeles county parks and rec, to preidentify shelter sites,

1843
03:02:20,338 --> 03:02:23,405
prestage equipment that would be in locality where we think the shelter sites

1844
03:02:23,405 --> 03:02:28,758
might be needed, obviously use the zip code and impact zones distributeded

1845
03:02:28,758 --> 03:02:33,690
by our emergency partners. We look for alternative locations.

1846
03:02:33,690 --> 03:02:38,824
because as you know during emergencies we have to make swift changes and

1847
03:02:38,824 --> 03:02:44,157
plans because the fires or floods in this case pop up in different areas.

1848
03:02:44,157 --> 03:02:48,757
when those change we have to change where we might have shelter sites.

1849
03:02:48,757 --> 03:02:53,690
we compile a list of locations where vendors can provide us with ada

1850
03:02:53,690 --> 03:02:58,490
showers. And also locations where showers can be

1851
03:02:58,824 --> 03:03:03,357
alternatively provided by ymca, community centers and the like.

1852
03:03:03,357 --> 03:03:08,900
we participate in shelter exercises, we're the ones that work with american

1853
03:03:08,900 --> 03:03:12,900
red cross and shelter exercises. We plan to do that in

1854
03:03:12,900 --> 03:03:17,490
accordance of preparation for these emergencies. We have approximately

1855
03:03:20,240 --> 03:03:24,824
1,000 county employees who are trained in shelter services.

1856
03:03:24,956 --> 03:03:28,225
and many of them are dpss employees. We have some in other

1857
03:03:28,225 --> 03:03:33,900
departments. We would like, I'll make a plea, we'd like to expand

1858
03:03:33,900 --> 03:03:35,957
that to become a countywide staffing resource.

1859
03:03:35,957 --> 03:03:39,557
in fact one of our recommendations would be to look at that as part of

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03:03:39,557 --> 03:03:47,757
the dsw program so that dsws can be shelter ready. We have over 1,000 in dpss

1861
03:03:47,757 --> 03:03:49,425
alone. We have to take them off the line just like

1862
03:03:49,425 --> 03:03:56,250
everyone else. To man the shelters. We also work with american

1863
03:03:59,623 --> 03:04:06,823
red cross on messaging. On preparedness we direct them to the same messaging

1864
03:04:06,823 --> 03:04:13,490
that's put in -- up on the readiness l.a. Website. Red cross is actually

1865
03:04:13,490 --> 03:04:17,230
here, they were here in case there were any questions for red cross.

1866
03:04:17,230 --> 03:04:20,357
red cross is a major partner for l.a. County. They have helped us with

1867
03:04:20,357 --> 03:04:25,690
the shelters quite a bit throughout the last emergencies.

1868
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we also, I just want to remind the board, we will be pursuing disaster cal

1869
03:04:31,624 --> 03:04:36,624
fresh if it is appropriate during, depends on the disaster impact.

1870
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but we did do that during the fires. It was helpful to the

1871
03:04:41,230 --> 03:04:48,624
public and that is another thing we are the lead on. So that's -- that

1872
03:04:48,624 --> 03:04:50,423
concludes dpss portion of the presentation. >> sup. Hilda solis,

1873
03:04:50,423 --> 03:04:54,956
chair: okay. Supervisor horvath did you have any questions?

1874
03:04:54,956 --> 03:04:57,910
then we'll start with other board members. >> sup. Lindsey horvath:

1875
03:04:57,910 --> 03:05:01,223
thank you. I really appreciate that. And the purpose of today's

1876
03:05:01,223 --> 03:05:05,356
presentation is not to alarm anyone but to alert everyone to make sure they

1877
03:05:05,356 --> 03:05:09,157
are ready, checked in and have the information that they need.

1878
03:05:09,157 --> 03:05:14,290
to that end, I know many of us woke up to reports that potentially this

1879
03:05:14,290 --> 03:05:16,758
weekend there would be a hurricane coming in this direction.

1880
03:05:16,758 --> 03:05:22,158
is that real? What should people be prepared for?

1881
03:05:24,765 --> 03:05:29,631
>> department speaker: it is extremely unlikely that we have direct impact from

1882
03:05:29,631 --> 03:05:33,897
the lower latitude tropical systems that have been occurring.

1883
03:05:33,897 --> 03:05:39,365
very, very far away from the area. In fact we're talking

1884
03:05:39,365 --> 03:05:46,565
about extreme ly -- the swells that will be impacting coastal areas.

1885
03:05:47,298 --> 03:05:50,698
it is certainly possible that a lot of people will be outdoors around the

1886
03:05:50,698 --> 03:05:53,632
holiday weekend at the beaches. And the rip currents are

1887
03:05:53,632 --> 03:05:59,232
going to be extremely strong. The amount of energy from

1888
03:05:59,232 --> 03:06:03,565
that swell, the long period swell, is going to be of particular concern

1889
03:06:03,565 --> 03:06:09,320
to folks headed towards the beaches. Especially when if it is

1890
03:06:09,320 --> 03:06:15,320
sunny outside. Not to mention significant coastal erosion from the

1891
03:06:18,364 --> 03:06:21,497
storm systems as well as coastal flooding. Those are the main

1892
03:06:21,497 --> 03:06:24,965
concerns. Even if it's completely sunny outside.

1893
03:06:24,965 --> 03:06:28,364
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you. Many people have had that

1894
03:06:28,364 --> 03:06:34,498
question, sounds like from your answer we don't want to put our lifeguards to

1895
03:06:34,498 --> 03:06:36,310
the test any more than we have. We want to be sure we're

1896
03:06:36,310 --> 03:06:41,298
keeping people safe. It would be helpful to know what we prepare for.

1897
03:06:41,298 --> 03:06:45,431
if people walk away with one piece of information to stay on top of

1898
03:06:45,431 --> 03:06:48,965
information throughout the season, I will ask where should they be going to

1899
03:06:48,965 --> 03:06:53,765
reiterate that. >> department speaker: for preparedness resources go

1900
03:06:55,970 --> 03:07:00,497
to ready.lacounty.gov/rain. If there's a significant

1901
03:07:01,980 --> 03:07:05,364
enough event we will activate lacounty.gov/emergency.

1902
03:07:05,364 --> 03:07:07,565
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you. Each of you have touched

1903
03:07:07,565 --> 03:07:13,565
on this. But obviously residents impacted in the burn star

1904
03:07:13,698 --> 03:07:16,898
areas are paying particular attention to the weather conditions.

1905
03:07:16,898 --> 03:07:23,364
what should they be on the lookout for, what specific information should they

1906
03:07:23,364 --> 03:07:29,964
check into? >> department speaker: we, as I believe you know s,

1907
03:07:33,565 --> 03:07:38,832
recent burn scars and less than five years in rec recovery public works

1908
03:07:38,832 --> 03:07:44,832
identifies the most vulnerable locations. It was touched on with

1909
03:07:44,832 --> 03:07:48,431
sheriff tuna, what announced that we have a list of properties that we

1910
03:07:48,431 --> 03:07:52,980
consider most vulnerable, we will reach out to those property owners

1911
03:07:52,980 --> 03:07:56,898
specifically at the beginning of the season october 15.

1912
03:07:59,565 --> 03:08:02,564
they themselves, could bementers and properties like that.

1913
03:08:02,564 --> 03:08:06,365
what we want them to do is if they know there's a recent fire in their

1914
03:08:06,365 --> 03:08:10,583
neighborhood to go to the backyard or the front yard and look for hillside

1915
03:08:10,583 --> 03:08:15,450
slopes that come down on to the property. If the vegetation is

1916
03:08:15,450 --> 03:08:19,316
burned and still scarred we want them to contact us so that we can talk to

1917
03:08:19,316 --> 03:08:23,850
them about a plan for their specific property. >> sup. Lindsey horvath:

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03:08:23,850 --> 03:08:25,916
individual homeowners can contact you directly. >> department speaker:

1919
03:08:25,916 --> 03:08:30,582
yes. >> sup. Lindsey horvath: and we hear from people

1920
03:08:30,582 --> 03:08:36,116
there are routine areas that experience flooding, people are frustrated,

1921
03:08:36,116 --> 03:08:39,983
every dime there's a rain, it feels like nobody is responding.

1922
03:08:39,983 --> 03:08:44,450
what sort of preventive measures have we been taking in those areas

1923
03:08:44,450 --> 03:08:48,649
impacted? >> department speaker: so we finally call those

1924
03:08:48,649 --> 03:08:53,650
places skeletons, department of public works, better known as

1925
03:08:53,650 --> 03:08:57,983
deep efficiencies in the system. Places that do not drain

1926
03:08:57,983 --> 03:09:05,250
like 100 year protection. They drain less than that. I can see venice area,

1927
03:09:05,250 --> 03:09:11,250
potentially happening. Predeploy bumps and other devices to drain those

1928
03:09:12,983 --> 03:09:20,183
areas that are a problem. We will predeploy facilities to make sure

1929
03:09:25,782 --> 03:09:34,182
they get taken care of. There's a number of things that can come out.

1930
03:09:35,916 --> 03:09:39,517
known one weiss are preparing for that. >> sup. Lindsey horvath:

1931
03:09:39,517 --> 03:09:44,917
is that countywide in theible corporated area or county?

1932
03:09:48,383 --> 03:09:51,500
>> department speaker: the flood control district boundaries, 85 of the.

1933
03:09:51,500 --> 03:09:58,250
8 cities, everything south of avenue s and we don't cover the island.

1934
03:10:00,850 --> 03:10:03,516
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: property owners is that only unincorporated

1935
03:10:03,516 --> 03:10:07,116
residents? >> department speaker: no, that's countywide.

1936
03:10:10,916 --> 03:10:15,983
htdz another thing we hear in our district and I'm sure supervisor warringer

1937
03:10:15,983 --> 03:10:18,983
does as well, the landfills get particularly impacted with this wet

1938
03:10:18,983 --> 03:10:24,916
weather season. What are we doing to prepare to prepare,

1939
03:10:24,916 --> 03:10:29,117
address what we know are impacts, the awful odors and things that take

1940
03:10:29,117 --> 03:10:35,117
months to recover from. >> in-person speaker: l. >> department speaker: all

1941
03:10:37,449 --> 03:10:40,490
of the landfills, the county agencies are coordinating with the

1942
03:10:40,490 --> 03:10:45,449
operators themselves. Mandated to have a wet weather plan.

1943
03:10:59,500 --> 03:11:02,724
we had owners and facilities that took off in an unusual way,

1944
03:11:02,724 --> 03:11:06,324
underground fires and things. Regulatory agencies

1945
03:11:14,458 --> 03:11:18,190
providing oversight and public works provides coordination.

1946
03:11:18,190 --> 03:11:22,924
sunshine canyon, preparations start earlier and incorporating lessons

1947
03:11:22,924 --> 03:11:28,390
from the recent storms including improvements to drainage, erosion control.

1948
03:11:28,390 --> 03:11:33,523
public works reviews wet weather plans and partner agency identify poe

1949
03:11:33,523 --> 03:11:37,723
tension issues. Maintain readiness throughout the storm

1950
03:11:38,924 --> 03:11:43,724
season. We are in contact with them already.

1951
03:11:45,857 --> 03:11:51,857
making sure any open construction site has wet weather plans.

1952
03:11:55,992 --> 03:11:58,990
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: and how have we prepared for stormwater capture,

1953
03:11:58,990 --> 03:12:04,570
this will be an unusual season, it is opportunity to capture water?

1954
03:12:04,570 --> 03:12:07,857
>> department speaker: that is one of our dual operations, dual mission

1955
03:12:07,857 --> 03:12:11,924
at flood control, capture as much of the precious rain water as possible.

1956
03:12:11,924 --> 03:12:17,924
safely to do. The spreading grounds, 27 of them prepared and

1957
03:12:21,391 --> 03:12:27,391
cleaned and ready to take inflows. All of the investments you

1958
03:12:27,391 --> 03:12:30,990
make through measure w making sure those systems are ready.

1959
03:12:30,990 --> 03:12:35,591
operable for the season. To capture safely the flows.

1960
03:12:35,591 --> 03:12:40,324
gives me an opportunity to remind the media we can't capture every drop.

1961
03:12:40,324 --> 03:12:45,124
water is dangerous to capture. We prioritize people's

1962
03:12:46,457 --> 03:12:51,257
safety and water conservation will be the second priority.

1963
03:12:51,257 --> 03:12:54,258
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: and related to the impacts on our unhoused

1964
03:12:54,258 --> 03:12:59,257
population. I know we touched on that there will be

1965
03:12:59,257 --> 03:13:06,323
preidentified locations for shelters, there will be a unique role for ecrc

1966
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to play and also people, we know will be calling in to 211.

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how do we make sure 211 has the capacity to take the calls and what should

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03:13:20,124 --> 03:13:24,924
people expect out of the ecrc? >> department speaker:

1969
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thank you. Ecrc, there's several r several roles they play,

1970
03:13:29,990 --> 03:13:34,790
first is training providing training to outreach teams.

1971
03:13:37,324 --> 03:13:42,724
during case offensing. To constitute services. They do situational

1972
03:13:48,990 --> 03:13:51,524
awareness, pushing out reports to our teams and partners about what is

1973
03:13:51,524 --> 03:13:58,124
happening in the emerging threats they are seeing. Monitoring how unsheltered

1974
03:13:59,743 --> 03:14:04,276
locations and shelters might be involved with events.

1975
03:14:04,276 --> 03:14:10,276
timely, just really serving as the central referral point, they're

1976
03:14:10,543 --> 03:14:13,675
working with outreach teams to receive connections to emergency

1977
03:14:13,675 --> 03:14:19,675
couchers. A lot of different roles. To the question about

1978
03:14:22,776 --> 03:14:27,576
passesity, primary strategy is to reduce demand on 211.

1979
03:14:29,760 --> 03:14:34,209
instead of thinking staff up to meet the demand, we want to prevent it from

1980
03:14:34,209 --> 03:14:40,409
happening as much as possible by working to get vulnerable people out of

1981
03:14:40,409 --> 03:14:45,809
vulnerable areas. Using existing interim housing capacity near the

1982
03:14:46,209 --> 03:14:51,543
watersheds and river basins. How can we add cots and

1983
03:14:51,543 --> 03:14:56,343
beds. Winter shelter capacity. Looking across the system

1984
03:14:57,876 --> 03:15:02,743
to make the most of what we have, add capacity to what we don't have.

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03:15:02,743 --> 03:15:09,343
then when it adds motel vouchers, working with 211 and outreach teams.

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03:15:15,809 --> 03:15:17,760
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: dpss? >> department speaker:

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general population shelters, we do work very closely with red cross as

1988
03:15:20,100 --> 03:15:25,100
I indicated before. There's approximately 75 county could be urmented

1989
03:15:25,100 --> 03:15:28,100
shelters. But there's several hundred.

1990
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>> sup. Lindsey horvath: are those throughout the county including our

1991
03:15:32,209 --> 03:15:36,409
incorporated cities? Or only unincorporated? >> department speaker:

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03:15:37,100 --> 03:15:40,610
throughout the county, unincorporated and incorporated.

1993
03:15:40,943 --> 03:15:46,742
the cities take the lead in inked areas. But if the city can't, if

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03:15:46,742 --> 03:15:55,610
they have a capacity issue we step in to assist. They're -- red cross has

1995
03:15:55,610 --> 03:16:01,610
several hundred. Going through the listing, updating them, making sure

1996
03:16:02,909 --> 03:16:10,109
that we have master facility use agreements. Pull all of the impact

1997
03:16:13,477 --> 03:16:20,677
areas and overlay that. That can force you further and further out.

1998
03:16:28,143 --> 03:16:37,143
how we handle that. In terms of we work closely with hs hh to make

1999
03:16:38,409 --> 03:16:41,675
sure that we get them to shelters where they may have better services for

2000
03:16:41,675 --> 03:16:45,875
them. Case manage 211 hotel vouchers and other

2001
03:16:50,684 --> 03:16:54,617
options. >> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you, this was

2002
03:16:54,617 --> 03:16:58,418
incredibly comprehensive and useful for everyone paying attention and

2003
03:16:58,418 --> 03:17:00,350
concerned about what the season might mean. Thank you.

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>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you. Supervisor barger.

2005
03:17:09,151 --> 03:17:11,484
>> sup. Kathryn barger: thank you for making it understandable.

2006
03:17:11,484 --> 03:17:16,885
supervisor hahn before you talked about the fact that we used that word, we

2007
03:17:16,885 --> 03:17:20,350
think all about rain. I don't know if this is a question or statement or

2008
03:17:20,350 --> 03:17:23,751
both. When I was growing up it rained.

2009
03:17:23,751 --> 03:17:30,951
it rained. The thing that changed is we didn't walk to school.

2010
03:17:34,818 --> 03:17:44,818
now the news covers as though it is the -- do you know what has changed in

2011
03:17:46,617 --> 03:17:53,418
terms of is it perception? We haven't had rain? What has changed that's

2012
03:17:53,418 --> 03:17:59,617
created this -- for lack of a better term hysteria as it relates to rain.

2013
03:17:59,617 --> 03:18:00,952
>> department speaker: I appreciate your comments sincerely.

2014
03:18:00,952 --> 03:18:07,484
this is on my mind a lot. Public safety is the core mission.

2015
03:18:07,484 --> 03:18:13,684
we want to make sure that our alerts are taken seriously.

2016
03:18:13,684 --> 03:18:16,817
the difference between saving lives and otherwise.

2017
03:18:16,817 --> 03:18:19,817
I think about the question that you asked. I don't have a single

2018
03:18:19,817 --> 03:18:24,170
answer. Social media may play a role.

2019
03:18:27,484 --> 03:18:31,840
imagine over time perceptions change overall.

2020
03:18:32,484 --> 03:18:38,350
we have hatted an el nino, significant el nino that was completely dry, strong

2021
03:18:38,350 --> 03:18:42,751
el nino that was completely dry. We have strong el ninos

2022
03:18:42,751 --> 03:18:46,217
that have significant weather. When people are expecting

2023
03:18:46,217 --> 03:18:50,484
there to be significant weather and it doesn't happen there's the concern

2024
03:18:50,484 --> 03:18:55,284
about desensitization of alerts subsequent to those seasons.

2025
03:18:56,884 --> 03:19:03,550
I'm not sure what has driven what you mention. From the national weather

2026
03:19:03,550 --> 03:19:08,751
service we're doing proactively, having these twice a week meetings

2027
03:19:08,751 --> 03:19:15,351
every single week with our core partners. To lead the messaging.

2028
03:19:17,840 --> 03:19:21,950
that messaging, I can give a completely factual statement, it can be

2029
03:19:21,950 --> 03:19:25,684
perceived completely different. The goal is to work

2030
03:19:25,684 --> 03:19:29,417
collaboratively together with our partners at los angeles county office

2031
03:19:29,417 --> 03:19:36,170
of emergency management. Across the board to really unify the messaging.

2032
03:19:37,484 --> 03:19:41,684
when catastrophe strikes people are ready, prepared.

2033
03:19:44,170 --> 03:19:46,836
also listening. A community effort. I appreciate all of the

2034
03:19:46,836 --> 03:19:51,504
work we do collaboratively. This is a great question,

2035
03:19:51,504 --> 03:19:54,836
I always think how can we do better. That's why we do these

2036
03:19:54,836 --> 03:19:56,703
meetings twice a week to get everyone on the same page.

2037
03:19:56,703 --> 03:19:58,570
thank you for that question. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

2038
03:19:58,570 --> 03:20:04,570
thank you. Things like what happened in tibet, nepal, grand

2039
03:20:05,236 --> 03:20:10,636
canyon, I think further put fear in people's minds.

2040
03:20:14,569 --> 03:20:23,569
we talk about the burn scars, even last year when it rained, I had concerns,

2041
03:20:25,169 --> 03:20:30,569
on the foothills in altadena. My biggest fear is

2042
03:20:36,436 --> 03:20:41,236
mudslides. I feel that is a valid concern.

2043
03:20:43,370 --> 03:20:46,969
then you have the high desert. Last year flash floods

2044
03:20:46,969 --> 03:20:52,969
washed out roads and people couldn't get to and from.

2045
03:21:02,369 --> 03:21:08,360
maybe they are a norm, down in riverside town any in the deserts.

2046
03:21:08,360 --> 03:21:14,569
u. A lot of rain coming down fast it has to have a place to go.

2047
03:21:14,569 --> 03:21:19,703
how prepared do you feel this year? >> department speaker: we

2048
03:21:19,703 --> 03:21:23,903
are prepared as we are in every year. We have a great track

2049
03:21:23,903 --> 03:21:28,369
record because you made the investment in a great system, including the road

2050
03:21:28,369 --> 03:21:33,169
system. Including the area of the north county.

2051
03:21:39,970 --> 03:21:46,703
I want to communicate and double down on what chief said, if you see a sign

2052
03:21:46,703 --> 03:21:51,903
that says don't enter, don't enter. I want to address one

2053
03:21:51,903 --> 03:21:55,769
thing, you said what has changed. There is a change in our

2054
03:21:55,769 --> 03:21:59,569
climate happening that has caused us to have more severe events at a higher

2055
03:21:59,569 --> 03:22:04,369
frequency. Our rainfall has changed in its nature.

2056
03:22:06,636 --> 03:22:12,360
less frequent but higher intensity. >> sup. Kathryn barger: I

2057
03:22:13,903 --> 03:22:17,569
remember that. Every time there is a rain coming it is all hands on

2058
03:22:17,569 --> 03:22:25,969
deck. I think back when I was in my teens, they asked is it

2059
03:22:29,503 --> 03:22:33,711
appropriate to panic during an earthquake. Lucy jones said it is

2060
03:22:33,711 --> 03:22:39,111
never appropriate to panic. What we are doing is

2061
03:22:41,577 --> 03:22:43,977
education. Preparedness. Personal responsibility.

2062
03:22:46,977 --> 03:22:52,977
is government ready to respond. That is an important way

2063
03:22:53,777 --> 03:22:59,244
of letting people know to prepare for the worst with the chances of that

2064
03:22:59,244 --> 03:23:05,244
happening probably not likely but always prepare for the worst.

2065
03:23:06,244 --> 03:23:09,977
gs we prepare for the worst conditions, supervisor.

2066
03:23:09,977 --> 03:23:13,778
we maximize the capacity of the system that is built to take those

2067
03:23:13,778 --> 03:23:18,778
storms. I said fear is the enemy for us, that's usually

2068
03:23:18,778 --> 03:23:24,778
where people make mistakes. We don't pull out the word

2069
03:23:34,910 --> 03:23:39,511
safely or unsafely every time. It is a natural

2070
03:23:39,511 --> 03:23:45,511
phenomenon, critical, rainfall is a critical component of water system.

2071
03:23:51,711 --> 03:23:55,978
we captured about a third of the drinking water and had a good storm system.

2072
03:23:55,978 --> 03:23:59,778
we need to prepare as if it is the super bowl. >> sup. Kathryn barger: we

2073
03:23:59,778 --> 03:24:06,111
should be preparing right now expecting the worst. Why we cleaned out devils

2074
03:24:06,111 --> 03:24:10,844
gate, got a lot of heat but we did it not because it happened that year but

2075
03:24:10,844 --> 03:24:18,644
we need to be prepared in case it did. I believe the preparedness

2076
03:24:18,644 --> 03:24:23,977
even not talking about el nino is common sense. >> department speaker: if

2077
03:24:23,977 --> 03:24:31,978
I can add on one of my first years here, 2022-23 was la nina year.

2078
03:24:31,978 --> 03:24:38,978
we had some of the most catastrophic floods along the central coast.

2079
03:24:38,978 --> 03:24:44,378
los angeles was a little south we had the montebello tornado.

2080
03:24:44,378 --> 03:24:49,178
that's during a la meania period. Pretty significant.

2081
03:24:52,444 --> 03:24:57,844
the correlation is much greater, well east of here.

2082
03:24:59,644 --> 03:25:05,644
where the correlation is stronger. We can get storms, neutral

2083
03:25:09,444 --> 03:25:13,111
years, la nina and el nino. You hit it spot on.

2084
03:25:13,111 --> 03:25:16,444
>> sup. Kathryn barger: I like you. >> department speaker: I

2085
03:25:16,444 --> 03:25:22,444
like you too. >> sup. Kathryn barger: chief march reason and

2086
03:25:23,663 --> 03:25:29,863
sheriff luna, the cert team, who does it fall under, both of you?

2087
03:25:29,863 --> 03:25:35,630
in terms of training, similar to what you have supervisor horvath, the

2088
03:25:35,630 --> 03:25:40,463
brigade. Are we going to yee it a --

2089
03:25:44,863 --> 03:25:47,329
>> department speaker: we're both engaged in it. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

2090
03:25:47,329 --> 03:25:55,197
are we pushing that out? That is a program where you empower the public to

2091
03:25:55,197 --> 03:25:58,797
be the emergency preparedness. >> department speaker:

2092
03:26:01,663 --> 03:26:04,796
both departments push it out but we can always do better.

2093
03:26:04,796 --> 03:26:08,329
>> sup. Kathryn barger: I should be doing it and you haven't recruited me yet.

2094
03:26:08,329 --> 03:26:10,996
>> department speaker: we should all be doing it. >> department speaker: I

2095
03:26:10,996 --> 03:26:14,129
know. Don't put baby in the corner, chief march

2096
03:26:14,129 --> 03:26:20,129
reason. Swift water rescue, are you all doing like with

2097
03:26:20,262 --> 03:26:26,197
lafd training on that? >> chief march reason: we're waiting in training

2098
03:26:26,197 --> 03:26:32,729
with mutual aid partners. We did have a significant swift water rescues in

2099
03:26:32,729 --> 03:26:37,529
antelope valley, rescued. People with our department helicopters.

2100
03:26:48,729 --> 03:26:54,530
we will be ready to not only augment resources but predeploy.

2101
03:26:54,530 --> 03:27:02,930
we monitor the mud flow and debris flow plan that comes out from dpw.

2102
03:27:08,596 --> 03:27:13,397
that plan is really key to how we prepare to respond to any incidents along

2103
03:27:13,397 --> 03:27:20,597
with our sheriff partners. >> sup. Kathryn barger: I'll say and janice is

2104
03:27:20,729 --> 03:27:25,330
prodding me, when we talk about the unhoused, I worry about flood control,

2105
03:27:25,330 --> 03:27:28,331
how many of us turn on the tv when there's a lot of rain coming they're

2106
03:27:28,331 --> 03:27:33,731
rescuing people. In anticipation -- shouldn't be in there

2107
03:27:38,262 --> 03:27:43,264
anyway. In anticipation of any amount of water that comes

2108
03:27:43,264 --> 03:27:49,864
down from the foothills. Then jennifer anniston -- listen to me.

2109
03:27:53,529 --> 03:27:56,463
janice hahn -- >> sup. Janice hahn: I like you too.

2110
03:27:56,463 --> 03:28:03,462
>> sup. Kathryn barger: janice and I were talk ing you ever the shelters

2111
03:28:03,462 --> 03:28:06,330
ready to set up? >> department speaker: we have shelters already.

2112
03:28:06,330 --> 03:28:09,196
>> sup. Kathryn barger: let's do it for the unhoused on the street.

2113
03:28:09,196 --> 03:28:14,204
I'd love to talk about that. The public will say if you

2114
03:28:14,204 --> 03:28:19,604
can do it during an emergency, why can't you do it in what some argue

2115
03:28:19,604 --> 03:28:24,471
is an emergency on the street. That's not -- as a

2116
03:28:24,471 --> 03:28:32,271
meteorologist although you probably have an opinion. That makes us think if we

2117
03:28:38,271 --> 03:28:45,538
can do it for an emergency this is an emergency. We need to be cognizant

2118
03:28:45,538 --> 03:28:49,672
standtion up an emergency shelter should not be just for el nino, it should be

2119
03:28:49,672 --> 03:28:54,472
across the board. Highlighting the perception that that

2120
03:28:55,472 --> 03:29:02,720
leaves with people. >> department speaker: our use of voucherses is not

2121
03:29:04,604 --> 03:29:11,605
reserved for el nino. We do it for extreme weather all the time.

2122
03:29:11,605 --> 03:29:15,271
kk and thank you supervisor horvath, I look forward to the discussion

2123
03:29:15,271 --> 03:29:20,720
as it relates to earthquakes. It is important to empower

2124
03:29:20,720 --> 03:29:26,710
the public with knowledge. And thank you for the work that you do.

2125
03:29:26,710 --> 03:29:32,338
if you can get insurance companies to honor their policies, even on fire let

2126
03:29:32,338 --> 03:29:38,400
alone flood, are you a better person ng the regulators.

2127
03:29:38,400 --> 03:29:41,710
>> department speaker: earthquake insurance, too. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

2128
03:29:41,710 --> 03:29:42,471
yes, thank you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: supervisor hahn.

2129
03:29:42,471 --> 03:29:48,471
>> sup. Janice hahn: yes, thank you. This is very important.

2130
03:29:49,405 --> 03:29:55,938
listening to everything I come back to what a lot of the public, dr. Cohen

2131
03:29:55,938 --> 03:30:01,539
feels, is it going to be a wet one or dry one. When do you think we will

2132
03:30:01,539 --> 03:30:05,139
know? When is this event happening?

2133
03:30:13,871 --> 03:30:18,604
>> department speaker: that's a great question. As we look at the storm

2134
03:30:18,604 --> 03:30:26,404
horizons, probably a week, week and a half out. >> sup. Janice hahn: with

2135
03:30:29,939 --> 03:30:35,939
all of the technology, meteorologists, doppler 7,000, it is shocking that

2136
03:30:38,271 --> 03:30:45,500
a week and a half out is all we have. >> department speaker: we

2137
03:30:45,500 --> 03:30:50,538
can say over the seasonal cycle, we're looking at large chances of above

2138
03:30:50,538 --> 03:30:55,938
normal precipitation. In the specificity, granularity of a forecast

2139
03:30:56,272 --> 03:31:04,720
down to point scale, we could be looking at an hour or less.

2140
03:31:05,737 --> 03:31:09,824
that public education access, we want to know what it is going to be

2141
03:31:09,824 --> 03:31:15,824
like but that's beyond the bounds of 9 scientific present ticketbility.

2142
03:31:15,891 --> 03:31:19,624
we want to make sure precision is matched with the accuracy, based on the

2143
03:31:19,624 --> 03:31:23,824
science. Good chances of above normal precipitation.

2144
03:31:36,291 --> 03:31:42,291
>> sup. Janice hahn: are you talking about october? >> department speaker:

2145
03:31:43,623 --> 03:31:50,557
this is why we have updates twice a week. With the media on fridays.

2146
03:31:50,557 --> 03:31:58,224
>> sup. Janice hahn: so much I'm leaning into a lot of what supervisor

2147
03:31:58,224 --> 03:32:03,624
barger talked about. We don't have much weather to speak of in l.a.

2148
03:32:03,624 --> 03:32:11,424
all of our meteorologists, no offense meant, we're like sunny and clear all

2149
03:32:15,358 --> 03:32:21,358
the time. When there is even a chance of precipitation

2150
03:32:21,757 --> 03:32:30,157
you get storm watch 20-27 news at 11:00, it becomes, you know, a major event.

2151
03:32:30,557 --> 03:32:35,824
I do rib the last time we had a potential hurricane, I was the chair of the

2152
03:32:35,824 --> 03:32:41,291
board, you know we all have our own disasters. It was hurricane hillary.

2153
03:32:41,291 --> 03:32:47,891
kevin, we were down there in the eoc, preparing, superintendent, cancelling

2154
03:32:49,900 --> 03:32:52,240
classes. Trying to evacuate catalina, last boat

2155
03:32:52,240 --> 03:32:58,624
leaving at 1:00. Then there was nothing. There was a few drizzles

2156
03:32:59,623 --> 03:33:05,624
that hit our windshields. The public is a little bit in this, the boy who cried

2157
03:33:05,624 --> 03:33:09,958
wolf syndrome. I think our biggest challenge and I think you

2158
03:33:09,958 --> 03:33:15,490
said that, dr. Cohen, our ability to communicate to get them to take us

2159
03:33:15,490 --> 03:33:21,900
seriously. One of the things I was thinking about sheriff,

2160
03:33:21,900 --> 03:33:25,358
and kevin maybe you can answer -- sheriff you were talking about working on

2161
03:33:25,358 --> 03:33:29,825
the communication system that sometimes we get over -- I think about the

2162
03:33:29,825 --> 03:33:35,225
cable tv. All aware of the regular screeching noise.

2163
03:33:38,823 --> 03:33:43,824
most people are just annoyed that it interrupts their program.

2164
03:33:43,824 --> 03:33:51,624
it is a very archaic box letter message. In my opinion they're too

2165
03:33:51,692 --> 03:33:58,699
vague and too broad. The last time we had a flash flood warning, it

2166
03:33:58,699 --> 03:34:04,990
said for the following counties and listed like 7 counties.

2167
03:34:08,899 --> 03:34:13,365
the average person sitting in the living room, is there a way, kevin, to

2168
03:34:13,365 --> 03:34:20,565
work with this emergency messaging system to change the lettering, change the

2169
03:34:22,965 --> 03:34:29,499
music, change the message so that it becomes if we need it to be more

2170
03:34:29,499 --> 03:34:36,990
specific about what we're asking the public to do. >> department speaker:

2171
03:34:38,566 --> 03:34:46,990
I'll tackle the premise of both topics together. I think it is important

2172
03:34:46,990 --> 03:34:50,966
for communities, it is important for the board, our public servants to

2173
03:34:50,966 --> 03:34:58,832
know that as we approach a storm forecast, when we get into that 5 to 3 day

2174
03:34:58,832 --> 03:35:04,499
window, if the storm impacts us on friday that's the forecast, the

2175
03:35:04,499 --> 03:35:12,899
closer we get the accuracy of that storm increases. We went into a more

2176
03:35:14,765 --> 03:35:21,965
intense posture in the 3 day to 48 hour window. These storm impacts cause

2177
03:35:26,165 --> 03:35:33,365
debris flows, when we did our press conferences. That's when we have

2178
03:35:35,432 --> 03:35:39,499
specific actions. That is going to be the model that we use this

2179
03:35:39,499 --> 03:35:44,299
year. In relationship to the emergency alert system,

2180
03:35:44,699 --> 03:35:53,990
eas, it is more than just the county system. That is a federal system,

2181
03:35:54,166 --> 03:35:59,366
the sheriff's department and oem jointly can access that system following the

2182
03:35:59,366 --> 03:36:03,299
january fires. Oem and the sheriff we test that system --

2183
03:36:03,299 --> 03:36:06,165
>> sup. Janice hahn: it's not good. >> department speaker:

2184
03:36:06,165 --> 03:36:10,499
correct and the system limitations. We maximize to the highest

2185
03:36:10,499 --> 03:36:15,980
level it can be used. In addition to the one you reference when it is a

2186
03:36:15,980 --> 03:36:19,499
flash flood that is the national weather service that accesses that system.

2187
03:36:19,499 --> 03:36:22,433
it is a system that -- >> sup. Janice hahn: I don't know if you are

2188
03:36:22,433 --> 03:36:27,980
familiar with the one that comes across cable. But they're so broad and

2189
03:36:27,980 --> 03:36:31,898
so vague. Even the lettering is a turnoff.

2190
03:36:32,232 --> 03:36:40,632
maybe we work with our own county channel, channel 36 -- is that our channel?

2191
03:36:41,366 --> 03:36:48,566
if we're really serious about this, even that emergency message ing people

2192
03:36:49,365 --> 03:36:57,165
become numb. It is so rote and so, most people feel it isser.

2193
03:36:57,985 --> 03:37:02,785
they're not paying attention. >> I remember during the

2194
03:37:18,184 --> 03:37:23,584
fires there were concerns. What you're asking completely legitimate.

2195
03:37:32,451 --> 03:37:41,451
we have to figure it out. As we make it better it means better technology.

2196
03:37:41,784 --> 03:37:49,184
in our world of emergency response the more techie you get the more it

2197
03:37:49,184 --> 03:37:54,518
probably is going to fail at the time you need it the most.

2198
03:37:54,518 --> 03:38:01,510
some have the most archaic systems that we have may be the best mechanism to

2199
03:38:01,510 --> 03:38:03,318
communicate when that huge earthquake hits. When communication goes

2200
03:38:03,318 --> 03:38:07,518
down. When your cell phone isn't working.

2201
03:38:12,918 --> 03:38:20,118
something for you or all of us to consider. >> department speaker: we

2202
03:38:25,651 --> 03:38:28,851
have the capacity to do that. Following the fires our

2203
03:38:28,851 --> 03:38:34,984
partners at isd built an alert banner that we can activate from l.a.

2204
03:38:34,984 --> 03:38:39,510
county.gov that will actually put a message on to every county website

2205
03:38:39,510 --> 03:38:43,984
that has the plug-in including your websites. Extreme heat, big

2206
03:38:43,984 --> 03:38:46,251
rainstorm, we will activate that and that will display across the

2207
03:38:46,251 --> 03:38:52,851
county system. >> sup. Janice hahn: that lose moo to the department

2208
03:38:59,652 --> 03:39:03,985
of aging and disabilities. Those are two populations that we have got great

2209
03:39:03,985 --> 03:39:10,585
concerns for. We heard of the difficulty of evacuating people who

2210
03:39:11,918 --> 03:39:16,118
had mobility challenges, hearing, see ing challenges.

2211
03:39:23,384 --> 03:39:26,984
one ding what you are thinking, how do we make sure they are going to be

2212
03:39:26,984 --> 03:39:32,984
safe. I wonder about the website, www.gov or/, they

2213
03:39:42,261 --> 03:39:48,261
can't do it. Nor do they want -- they don't.

2214
03:39:48,527 --> 03:39:55,994
I feel like during covid we had issues of insisting people signed up for

2215
03:39:55,994 --> 03:40:03,194
vaccines online and it was difficult. What is a better way to

2216
03:40:05,193 --> 03:40:09,260
communicate to those who aren't literate when it comes to websites.

2217
03:40:09,260 --> 03:40:12,127
>> department speaker: absolutely. I'll answer the second

2218
03:40:12,127 --> 03:40:18,127
question first, it was an added bonus to the presentation.

2219
03:40:18,993 --> 03:40:23,527
I think it is important to focus on community based approach.

2220
03:40:23,527 --> 03:40:28,927
this is where board offices play an integral organization.

2221
03:40:31,394 --> 03:40:34,395
county departments have been here almost a year, which has flown by, we

2222
03:40:34,395 --> 03:40:41,595
aren't so good at that. In the midst of hiring my team.

2223
03:40:46,393 --> 03:40:51,260
credible messengers is like how do we get people who are clear with the

2224
03:40:51,260 --> 03:40:55,260
messaging on where to redirect. Talking to neighbors.

2225
03:40:55,260 --> 03:41:02,327
I think we have lost that. I think government, this is going to sound

2226
03:41:02,327 --> 03:41:04,861
controversial, but government puts the messages out but how are

2227
03:41:04,861 --> 03:41:09,661
we communicating that. We have two distinct populations.

2228
03:41:15,194 --> 03:41:19,393
access to public needs, emergency preparedness is one we prioritize.

2229
03:41:19,393 --> 03:41:24,793
I need the proper expertise. We will get there.

2230
03:41:26,327 --> 03:41:28,127
>> sup. Janice hahn: I look forward to your office working with our

2231
03:41:28,127 --> 03:41:32,327
office. Putting together something for direct communication

2232
03:41:34,260 --> 03:41:40,395
with our seniors. For a lot of issues. We could use the help too

2233
03:41:40,395 --> 03:41:43,395
as well. >> department speaker: absolutely.

2234
03:41:43,793 --> 03:41:47,993
wee over 200 senior and community centers countywide.

2235
03:41:53,194 --> 03:41:59,794
we have 13 of them but over 200 in the region. Anchoring emergency

2236
03:42:03,460 --> 03:42:09,460
management, train the trainer type situation. I'm looking forward to

2237
03:42:09,727 --> 03:42:11,594
building that. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank you.

2238
03:42:11,594 --> 03:42:13,995
and mark you said it in all sorts of ways but I want to hear it one more

2239
03:42:13,995 --> 03:42:17,595
time. Talk about maintaining our systems.

2240
03:42:19,460 --> 03:42:25,594
I want to hear it and I think the public wants to hear it, have all major

2241
03:42:25,594 --> 03:42:31,195
storm drains, chance, catch basins and flood control systems been

2242
03:42:31,195 --> 03:42:34,130
inspected and cleared. >> department speaker: yes.

2243
03:42:34,130 --> 03:42:38,880
>> sup. Janice hahn: we can have the best system but even your own gutter

2244
03:42:38,880 --> 03:42:44,140
system if you haven't cleared it is not going to work.

2245
03:42:44,140 --> 03:42:48,800
>> department speaker: our mant tan regimes will be finished october 14, the

2246
03:42:48,800 --> 03:42:54,800
week before, 95%, 98% of them are complete and ready to go.

2247
03:42:59,280 --> 03:43:04,948
we have a few basins. All systems completely 100% go and ready for any

2248
03:43:04,948 --> 03:43:07,280
rain event. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank you.

2249
03:43:07,280 --> 03:43:11,947
I wanted to hear it. >> department speaker: I wouldn't mind if you let

2250
03:43:11,947 --> 03:43:14,680
me give a practical answer. Being in the rain business

2251
03:43:14,680 --> 03:43:18,815
for so many years, part of my entire career -- >> sup. Janice hahn: being

2252
03:43:18,815 --> 03:43:21,547
in the rain business? >> department speaker: yes, it's a tough

2253
03:43:21,547 --> 03:43:24,814
business, meteorologists tell you 50-50 it might happen.

2254
03:43:24,814 --> 03:43:28,548
but one thing we know about the shape and size of the way the water flows

2255
03:43:28,548 --> 03:43:34,346
ore l.a. County. These are known places where water goes.

2256
03:43:34,346 --> 03:43:38,613
this is mapped, well known, documented, as I said we can provide

2257
03:43:38,613 --> 03:43:44,613
information. >> sup. Janice hahn: you know where the sites are.

2258
03:43:45,140 --> 03:43:47,280
>> department speaker: I know where to tell you not to drive.

2259
03:43:47,280 --> 03:43:52,213
one of the messaging we want to do better if it rains, this area should be

2260
03:43:52,213 --> 03:43:57,280
avoided or that area should be avoided. Very precise in letting

2261
03:43:57,280 --> 03:44:01,615
homeowners that are vulnerable, we go to them, we door knock, tell them

2262
03:44:01,615 --> 03:44:05,480
to be aware. With the vulnerable communities, maybe some of

2263
03:44:05,480 --> 03:44:12,680
these locations of the county residents are located in, we know where

2264
03:44:14,280 --> 03:44:22,800
the cell tan are, where the drainages are. You have staff at public

2265
03:44:22,881 --> 03:44:29,481
works that knows the entire high drawlics of l.a. County.

2266
03:44:29,546 --> 03:44:36,147
>> department speaker: I would tell you we don't want to overhype it.

2267
03:44:36,147 --> 03:44:40,814
if you don't have to drive on a day that's raining hard that is easy to say.

2268
03:44:40,814 --> 03:44:50,414
we have to go to work. The road systems safe and going, but there are areas

2269
03:44:51,614 --> 03:44:58,214
where the roads are vulnerable, too. We always say it should

2270
03:45:01,880 --> 03:45:05,546
rain. We'll tell people did you know there is a dam behind

2271
03:45:05,546 --> 03:45:10,346
your house. They don't know there's a dam.

2272
03:45:14,413 --> 03:45:20,813
one thing we can do, doubling down, instead of getting everyone scared is

2273
03:45:20,813 --> 03:45:25,130
sa saying. >> sup. Janice hahn: I was

2274
03:45:31,824 --> 03:45:37,900
a huge proponent of work at home, disagreements with some department

2275
03:45:37,900 --> 03:45:38,356
heads. >> department speaker: my flood control people

2276
03:45:38,356 --> 03:45:41,758
needed to be at work. >> sup. Janice hahn: this is a message to all

2277
03:45:41,758 --> 03:45:47,158
department heads. There was infrastructure in place, people had

2278
03:45:53,900 --> 03:46:01,490
systems to work from home. When we get a weekendhalf away from the storm

2279
03:46:09,689 --> 03:46:11,290
event -- >> department speaker: a tool.

2280
03:46:11,290 --> 03:46:14,490
>> sup. Janice hahn: allow your employees to work from home.

2281
03:46:14,490 --> 03:46:16,357
>> sup. Kathryn barger: how many inches triggers that?

2282
03:46:16,357 --> 03:46:19,623
>> sup. Janice hahn: a few drizzles and I'd like to work from home.

2283
03:46:19,623 --> 03:46:26,223
>> department speaker: we would have to come up with some parameters.

2284
03:46:27,157 --> 03:46:35,557
that is a board policy but I'm putting this out. You know that well.

2285
03:46:41,223 --> 03:46:47,556
the sheriff noteses it well. How, and we know the land

2286
03:46:47,556 --> 03:46:51,756
movement was directly con connected to rain.

2287
03:47:02,223 --> 03:47:09,423
last major rain event caused to it move in an incredible way.

2288
03:47:12,357 --> 03:47:18,357
to support the palos verdes facilities. >> I've been meeting with

2289
03:47:25,424 --> 03:47:26,958
the cities, we've been going over the plan to pump the ground water,

2290
03:47:26,958 --> 03:47:32,957
continue to do that as you know, their surface drainage is a problem.

2291
03:47:32,957 --> 03:47:36,757
surface drainage is infiltrating into -- there is no practical way to

2292
03:47:36,757 --> 03:47:41,557
conduct that surface trainage. Nature have the beast

2293
03:47:44,823 --> 03:47:48,230
there. One of the things they continue to place

2294
03:47:48,230 --> 03:47:51,490
temporary systems in place, supported them last year with technical advice

2295
03:47:51,490 --> 03:47:56,756
on how to do that, they are going to prepare this el nino season as if it's

2296
03:47:56,756 --> 03:48:02,156
going to rain. You probably see your visqueen cover up there.

2297
03:48:02,156 --> 03:48:04,623
>> sup. Janice hahn: right. Giant slip and slide.

2298
03:48:04,623 --> 03:48:07,623
>> department speaker: right. >> department speaker:

2299
03:48:17,223 --> 03:48:20,977
making sure our utilities aren't part of the problem.

2300
03:48:20,977 --> 03:48:23,843
>> sup. Janice hahn: one more. Keep your eye on them,

2301
03:48:23,843 --> 03:48:29,243
please. Kevin, the chair is like reigning me in.

2302
03:48:29,510 --> 03:48:32,644
>> department speaker: they're also hosting a peninsula prepared expo in

2303
03:48:32,644 --> 03:48:36,444
october that the county is a participant in. That's for all of the

2304
03:48:36,444 --> 03:48:38,778
peninsula cities. >> sup. Janice hahn: and the last thing that I just

2305
03:48:38,778 --> 03:48:44,712
want to throw out there, is cass tina. Certainly unincorporated

2306
03:48:44,712 --> 03:48:51,644
area and just want to make sure we are working with them to make sure that we

2307
03:48:51,644 --> 03:48:57,440
can protect their residents, wildlife if there's any left.

2308
03:49:00,444 --> 03:49:06,310
the whole evacuation issue for an island is extremely tenuous.

2309
03:49:06,310 --> 03:49:10,710
>> department speaker: the camps on catalina are the most vulnerable locations,

2310
03:49:10,710 --> 03:49:18,510
they don't occupy the camps during rain events. City of avalon is in

2311
03:49:18,911 --> 03:49:23,711
contact with us on rain events. >> department speaker:

2312
03:49:36,110 --> 03:49:40,777
some of the pam pacts to so-cal edison infrastructure, and we've

2313
03:49:40,777 --> 03:49:45,777
been meeting with sce ever since then. They have made

2314
03:49:45,777 --> 03:49:49,911
investments, already deployed backup power. So there's more

2315
03:49:49,911 --> 03:49:54,844
capabilities out there for edison that age changed decision around making

2316
03:49:54,844 --> 03:49:59,644
evacuations. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: there's issues with

2317
03:50:01,245 --> 03:50:04,711
the hate, right? >> sup. Janice hahn: reclaiming my time.

2318
03:50:04,711 --> 03:50:05,778
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: supervisor mitchell.

2319
03:50:05,778 --> 03:50:07,178
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you. And thanking you for

2320
03:50:07,178 --> 03:50:13,778
bringing the issue to the table. When I think about faith

2321
03:50:23,178 --> 03:50:26,243
based organizations they know the seniors in their membership.

2322
03:50:26,243 --> 03:50:29,777
as you do outreach, we have had a virginia right of motions.

2323
03:50:29,777 --> 03:50:33,245
the chair has carried some, bringing faith based, ones into the

2324
03:50:33,245 --> 03:50:38,578
county infrastructure. Reaching out to them. I had this bright idea

2325
03:50:38,578 --> 03:50:43,177
when I with a us in the legislature to have churches, months, and

2326
03:50:43,177 --> 03:50:47,711
synagogues to get generators. That would be a great

2327
03:50:47,711 --> 03:50:51,577
place if you know that your place of worship had a generator, can you plug

2328
03:50:51,577 --> 03:50:54,511
in your phone. Individual residents can't afford them.

2329
03:50:54,511 --> 03:51:01,111
if they had them in every community it would be great.

2330
03:51:03,710 --> 03:51:10,854
we talked about burn scar areas as well make previous slide areas too.

2331
03:51:10,854 --> 03:51:16,987
it occurred to me the one department I don't see here is park and rec, you

2332
03:51:16,987 --> 03:51:23,321
think about the regional parks that's my experience smment of the properties,

2333
03:51:23,321 --> 03:51:26,921
neighboring properties that abuts residential areas.

2334
03:51:29,587 --> 03:51:33,920
I hope there's coordination, we still have tarps in the second

2335
03:51:33,920 --> 03:51:39,787
district from previous. Want to make sure that's on the radar.

2336
03:51:39,787 --> 03:51:43,655
in communication, park and rec. >> department speaker: it

2337
03:51:43,655 --> 03:51:46,920
is. The area you speak about is one of the quote

2338
03:51:46,920 --> 03:51:50,520
unquote skeletons, vulnerable locations, inspecting it.

2339
03:51:50,721 --> 03:51:53,655
I'll work with norma to make sure the county property isn't

2340
03:51:53,655 --> 03:51:55,921
contributing to the problem. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

2341
03:51:55,921 --> 03:51:59,320
two quick questions. We have heard, thank you for the powerpoint that

2342
03:51:59,320 --> 03:52:04,920
was helpful. I was over there cheering mr. Sheriff when you said

2343
03:52:04,920 --> 03:52:07,921
there's a sign that says don't cross, don't cross. Say it louder for the

2344
03:52:07,921 --> 03:52:13,587
people in the back. It amazes me there will be a new segment where the

2345
03:52:13,587 --> 03:52:17,540
sign said don't enter, danger, and someone drove through it.

2346
03:52:17,540 --> 03:52:23,654
thank you for repeating that directive. Are there areas where any

2347
03:52:24,521 --> 03:52:30,721
of you feel we remain most vulnerable still even with the communications plan

2348
03:52:30,721 --> 03:52:34,521
and all of the plans that you shared with us today? Is it something that we

2349
03:52:34,521 --> 03:52:40,321
should know as a board where you feel vulnerable. >> department speaker:

2350
03:52:40,321 --> 03:52:45,721
it's human behavior. It is individual responsibility that we

2351
03:52:46,187 --> 03:52:51,453
are -- always be vulnerable and we will never educate enough.

2352
03:52:51,453 --> 03:52:55,187
there will always somebody one who didn't hear, didn't know.

2353
03:52:55,187 --> 03:52:59,121
make way for the flood. Don't cross the stream. Don't drive if you don't

2354
03:52:59,121 --> 03:53:03,522
have to. Heed the warnings. We ask you to evacuate you

2355
03:53:03,522 --> 03:53:08,922
evacuate. Again we can't spend enough money on education.

2356
03:53:09,587 --> 03:53:14,320
we have found as our experience that everyone will need to be

2357
03:53:14,320 --> 03:53:18,254
reeducated, given the mediterranean climate. You go to other

2358
03:53:18,254 --> 03:53:24,854
communities and it rains all the time. This is high hazard.

2359
03:53:27,920 --> 03:53:30,921
low frequency, high hazard event. Education.

2360
03:53:30,921 --> 03:53:36,387
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I appreciate that. How is oem engaging with

2361
03:53:36,387 --> 03:53:41,530
utility companies to ensure services are maintained for our shared

2362
03:53:41,530 --> 03:53:45,988
con cities went during the upcoming storms. We have all looked at the

2363
03:53:45,988 --> 03:53:51,522
travesty of gary, indiana. So wondering if there's communication with utility

2364
03:53:51,522 --> 03:53:54,854
companies. >> department speaker: there has been.

2365
03:53:54,854 --> 03:53:59,321
it's two-pronged. From us in emergency management there's

2366
03:53:59,321 --> 03:54:04,608
engagement with all of the you oh tilts so that they have awareness of the

2367
03:54:04,608 --> 03:54:09,750
potential storms and the impacts. The other side of it is

2368
03:54:09,750 --> 03:54:13,341
our utilities have been hosting their own internal -- it's not

2369
03:54:13,341 --> 03:54:18,741
internal but utility led processes. This spans the major

2370
03:54:29,608 --> 03:54:35,608
investor owned utilities to even some of our municipal utilities.

2371
03:54:40,142 --> 03:54:43,342
power, water, gas, sewage. It is a broad effort. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

2372
03:54:43,342 --> 03:54:47,341
thank you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you.

2373
03:54:47,341 --> 03:54:50,875
I appreciate the panel and my questions we my colleagues.

2374
03:54:50,875 --> 03:54:54,343
I wanted to thank you mr. Cohen for coming and spending time with us and

2375
03:54:54,343 --> 03:54:59,941
humoring us. Can you explain when this was taken, the picture of

2376
03:54:59,941 --> 03:55:05,275
the proposed el nino? >> department speaker: that is a conceptual

2377
03:55:05,275 --> 03:55:08,274
model that applies to what we have. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2378
03:55:08,274 --> 03:55:12,741
chair: it is conceptual. >> department speaker: yes, that's why we have as

2379
03:55:12,741 --> 03:55:17,900
many touch points as possible to give the latest expectations going

2380
03:55:17,900 --> 03:55:20,142
forward. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: what draws my

2381
03:55:20,142 --> 03:55:25,209
attention, on the upper portion here in this corner, it's warm, that's

2382
03:55:25,209 --> 03:55:33,475
northern continent there. Below where we are at, in los angeles, it says wet.

2383
03:55:33,475 --> 03:55:37,675
wet and cool around mexico and below. What does that mean, it's

2384
03:55:37,675 --> 03:55:46,750
more of a lighter green or lighter shade. Is it going to be less?

2385
03:55:46,674 --> 03:55:51,808
>> department speaker: the odds are tilted toward above normal rainfall over

2386
03:55:51,808 --> 03:55:56,342
the course of the wintertime. It doesn't guarantee

2387
03:55:56,342 --> 03:55:59,408
flooding, it tilts the odds, but far from guaranteed at this

2388
03:55:59,408 --> 03:56:05,408
juncture. The overall what we call jet atmosphere, has the

2389
03:56:07,342 --> 03:56:12,742
potential regionally speaking to bring more storm systems through.

2390
03:56:14,742 --> 03:56:20,608
el nino is a state of the water temperatures that atmospheric coupling is

2391
03:56:20,608 --> 03:56:26,408
not perfect 1 to 1. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: this isn't a quiz

2392
03:56:26,408 --> 03:56:30,760
for our staffs? When I saw it, I thought okay, what is the real

2393
03:56:30,760 --> 03:56:37,876
message here. I'm glad are you able to add to the discussion and

2394
03:56:44,900 --> 03:56:51,209
the lively discussion we have and everybody here. Everyone has gone through

2395
03:56:53,143 --> 03:56:58,220
a weather disaster, I know I have speaking about montebello, we had that

2396
03:56:58,220 --> 03:57:03,620
freak tornado. Displaced one warehouse, two or three blocks.

2397
03:57:15,952 --> 03:57:24,352
that makes me think how well are we prepared for anything similar to that.

2398
03:57:28,552 --> 03:57:35,152
>> department speaker: if I can elaborate. When we issue warnings, we

2399
03:57:39,619 --> 03:57:43,285
have detection versus false alarm. There will be many people

2400
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not directly impacted by life-threatening conditions.

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03:57:50,752 --> 03:57:55,419
we are respectful. But those impacted by the catastrophic weather need

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03:57:55,419 --> 03:58:00,819
time. A warning doesn't mean you will experience those

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03:58:08,190 --> 03:58:12,819
conditions. But those conditions are aligning for destruction.

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03:58:18,219 --> 03:58:22,551
even without a warning if you talk about those conditions possibly coming

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03:58:22,551 --> 03:58:28,551
together might be worth mile to take the steps. Dynamic.

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03:58:31,219 --> 03:58:40,219
there is no yes/no. Which folks want to have. What are the points every

2407
03:58:41,351 --> 03:58:46,190
pounds of predictability is really ability to be prepared.

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03:58:46,190 --> 03:58:51,419
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: let's hope people aren't betting.

2409
03:58:53,419 --> 03:58:58,819
unfortunate that people bet oh these things. Something else.

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03:59:05,885 --> 03:59:12,352
mark we've been working together on a lot of different issues.

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03:59:12,352 --> 03:59:18,419
I am concerned about an immense amount of rain, city terrace, east

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03:59:18,419 --> 03:59:24,951
los angeles, we have cliffs, we have city terrace, high hills, water

2413
03:59:24,951 --> 03:59:30,686
comes straight down, nowhere to go. I'm not sure that our

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03:59:30,686 --> 03:59:37,486
community is prepared. And with the recent oil spill that can be

2415
03:59:37,486 --> 03:59:42,886
impacted. The timeframe doesn't allow for that to be

2416
03:59:43,619 --> 03:59:50,219
cleaned up by october. >> department speaker: on the oil spill I'm

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03:59:51,619 --> 03:59:54,285
confident we will be set by the time we have the rain.

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03:59:54,285 --> 03:59:58,190
we have to keep pressureizing them. They have to have any

2419
03:59:58,190 --> 04:00:02,486
constriction to remediate is controlled. May not have to do -- may

2420
04:00:02,486 --> 04:00:10,286
have to shut them down. We have well known areas with ponding, hillside

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04:00:15,219 --> 04:00:21,219
movement. Every time we go on an investigation they're kept

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04:00:22,685 --> 04:00:29,885
and dock rumented. We prepare and pull them out, has anything been

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04:00:30,752 --> 04:00:35,952
done to conduct mitigation season in the summer. If there hasn't been

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04:00:35,952 --> 04:00:39,819
mitigation, we have them on the list. Then we're visiting those

2425
04:00:39,819 --> 04:00:45,819
locations to remind them. Yes, you mentioned a few there.

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drainage can become a be proper lem when it rains. Of course landsliding is a

2427
04:00:55,618 --> 04:01:01,351
phenomenon giving our geology and topography that we look to trigger

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04:01:01,351 --> 04:01:07,951
after multiple storms. Debris flows, we map them as previously mentioned.

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preparedness, planning, preplanning and warning. >> sup. Hilda solis,

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04:01:26,419 --> 04:01:30,618
chair: when iter in narrows and laro park. I know in the past we have

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04:01:30,618 --> 04:01:34,418
had assistance by host committee, sheriff host committee.

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they do a lot of work. Are they going to be going out, I'm certain, before

2433
04:01:40,819 --> 04:01:46,951
october and all of that to help us begin to identify the homeless.

2434
04:01:46,951 --> 04:01:50,285
>> department speaker: our host team is a significant part of the preparedness

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04:01:50,285 --> 04:01:53,420
plan with county partners. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: that will be

2436
04:01:53,420 --> 04:01:55,619
ongoing? >> department speaker: that is year-round, the

2437
04:01:55,619 --> 04:02:00,618
host teams. Our department is a part of it as well as folks

2438
04:02:00,618 --> 04:02:03,218
from the homeless. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I am concerned.

2439
04:02:03,218 --> 04:02:06,552
the last time there was a significant rain that we thought was coming,

2440
04:02:06,552 --> 04:02:09,285
hillary and what have you, a lot of folks were cleared from the

2441
04:02:09,285 --> 04:02:14,686
encampment. And they were taken to cities that were kind of

2442
04:02:14,686 --> 04:02:21,485
far removed from where they were placed. I would like to ask for us

2443
04:02:21,485 --> 04:02:27,219
to start looking at how we can get the cities from the cogs, that surround

2444
04:02:27,219 --> 04:02:33,351
these areas to also provide incentives so they put aside vouchers, they

2445
04:02:33,351 --> 04:02:37,285
put aside -- they have to put some skin in the game here in my opinion.

2446
04:02:37,285 --> 04:02:42,697
they have not. Some cities have taken that on and helped in my

2447
04:02:42,697 --> 04:02:47,497
region. City of el monty and baldwin park.

2448
04:02:47,830 --> 04:02:51,630
I want to say, it's not fair. There has to be some

2449
04:02:51,630 --> 04:02:55,960
fairness when we talk about disasters. We're talking about

2450
04:02:55,960 --> 04:03:00,300
people's lives impacted. I don't see that discussion going on.

2451
04:03:00,300 --> 04:03:07,763
you say you want partnerships with cities but how willing are we to

2452
04:03:07,763 --> 04:03:15,696
make that demand if they need to put up vouchers. To our housing, homeless

2453
04:03:15,696 --> 04:03:20,163
oem as well as our sheriffs can play a role here.

2454
04:03:20,163 --> 04:03:25,963
because it is life, we're talking about taking care of people who are in

2455
04:03:25,963 --> 04:03:31,363
distress, finding them places when there isn't sufficient shelter.

2456
04:03:33,229 --> 04:03:37,563
the fact that we need vouchers. >> department speaker: I

2457
04:03:37,563 --> 04:03:44,763
can speak to that. We have strong and growing relationships with our

2458
04:03:47,960 --> 04:03:53,960
cogs and cities, funded for interim housing and voucher capacity.

2459
04:03:54,163 --> 04:03:58,230
we increase what they are funding, how successful the resources are.

2460
04:03:58,230 --> 04:04:02,764
we have called on our cogs to pitch in at situations where we have something,

2461
04:04:02,764 --> 04:04:09,964
where we don't have a resource and need help. Hurricane hillary helped

2462
04:04:16,230 --> 04:04:20,696
get people out of those areas, getting them in things like pathway home.

2463
04:04:20,696 --> 04:04:25,763
we know how to do it. We agree partnering with cities and cogs to make

2464
04:04:25,763 --> 04:04:29,564
the resources on the table is what we need to do. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2465
04:04:29,564 --> 04:04:32,697
chair: I would like to make a recommendation that the next report we have,

2466
04:04:32,697 --> 04:04:41,563
if we can ask for a report on that, on that issue. I can't wait for october

2467
04:04:41,563 --> 04:04:44,963
to find out cities are calling me and saying well supervisor we have people

2468
04:04:44,963 --> 04:04:49,163
out here. We don't have any vouchers.

2469
04:05:00,563 --> 04:05:08,363
why can't we identify a ratio or percentage. It may be impactful in

2470
04:05:10,498 --> 04:05:15,497
other areas as well. I want to see something more granular.

2471
04:05:15,497 --> 04:05:21,163
real metric. >> department speaker: if you have cities that you

2472
04:05:21,163 --> 04:05:24,496
want us to contact directly, we can make sure they understand what is at

2473
04:05:24,496 --> 04:05:28,564
the cogs that they can tap in to. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2474
04:05:28,564 --> 04:05:31,230
chair: it is disappointing, we have gone through this with

2475
04:05:31,230 --> 04:05:34,631
some of them. They don't seem to take us serious.

2476
04:05:34,631 --> 04:05:39,320
they put the blame, the onus on the county. That's not what this is

2477
04:05:39,320 --> 04:05:44,364
about. If it is about partnership and coordinated nation

2478
04:05:44,364 --> 04:05:49,764
then I would say that's not a one-way street. It has to be two-way.

2479
04:05:49,764 --> 04:05:53,310
I would ask for that to come back to us if you can.

2480
04:05:53,310 --> 04:05:56,631
I don't mean to be rude with anybody but I'm just saying this is a fact

2481
04:05:56,631 --> 04:06:02,310
that's happening in the county. We're responsible for a

2482
04:06:04,498 --> 04:06:09,498
broader population than many of our cities are. There's many people that

2483
04:06:09,498 --> 04:06:15,498
are very scared. They don't want to accept public assistance.

2484
04:06:16,897 --> 04:06:22,364
they think it impedes getting anything else or might even hurt their

2485
04:06:22,364 --> 04:06:28,364
ability to establish citizenship. I want to be careful how

2486
04:06:31,431 --> 04:06:37,431
we address our community, articulate, message them. Not just microethnic.

2487
04:06:37,831 --> 04:06:42,631
50% of this l.a. Population speaks different languages.

2488
04:06:43,964 --> 04:06:49,364
while english is the dominant language, I understand that.

2489
04:06:55,970 --> 04:06:58,631
I would implore our departments to do a better job.

2490
04:06:58,631 --> 04:07:06,431
help each other. Some are doing really well and some can do better.

2491
04:07:07,564 --> 04:07:17,164
I think with that I would just say let's hope there is things happening in dc.

2492
04:07:20,431 --> 04:07:23,965
the ones here at least we can work together and say we're going to work on it

2493
04:07:23,965 --> 04:07:30,830
as a team. I want to thank oem staff, thank your staff, kevin,

2494
04:07:30,830 --> 04:07:38,300
for their help on lineage. Those are disasters that impact our communities.

2495
04:07:44,964 --> 04:07:50,897
with this bad weather, almost a month or more of weather degree over 90.

2496
04:07:50,897 --> 04:07:54,297
if you don't have air conditioning it's like 100.

2497
04:07:54,297 --> 04:08:01,980
pretty miserable for people in l.a. County. Some in my district don't

2498
04:08:01,980 --> 04:08:05,630
have a lot of faith in anything we say. That to me is very

2499
04:08:05,630 --> 04:08:12,764
important that we do the very best that we can. There's no further

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04:08:12,764 --> 04:08:18,970
questions? Okay, we have beaten el nino to death.

2501
04:08:18,970 --> 04:08:21,364
all right we'll go to public comment, thank you. >> asst. Executive

2502
04:08:21,364 --> 04:08:22,910
officer: will the following lids come forward and staff will

2503
04:08:22,910 --> 04:08:27,110
assist you. [reading names] paloma bustos, please

2504
04:08:36,443 --> 04:08:43,643
begin your line is open. >> telephone speaker: yes, I'm paloma bustos with

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04:08:48,242 --> 04:08:53,309
initiative of l.a. Law school. I encourage the county to

2506
04:08:53,309 --> 04:08:57,576
include high man trafficking for the storm season.

2507
04:08:57,576 --> 04:09:02,709
last year the board focused on human trafficking over natural

2508
04:09:02,709 --> 04:09:07,842
disas tearing, they increase conditions with displacement, lost income,

2509
04:09:07,842 --> 04:09:15,420
unsafe work and urgent need for housing. We ask the county to

2510
04:09:18,309 --> 04:09:22,909
include trafficking planning and future reports to the board.

2511
04:09:22,909 --> 04:09:27,420
this will help make sure trafficking prevention is part of the county

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04:09:27,420 --> 04:09:28,442
response before the next emergency happens. >> asst. Executive

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04:09:28,442 --> 04:09:32,642
officer: thank you. Caller 0761 -- 0716, please continue.

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04:09:39,577 --> 04:09:43,176
>> telephone speaker: I'm row manned heights. Efforts to maintain

2515
04:09:43,176 --> 04:09:50,509
readiness as to establish a risk to environment both natural and man made as

2516
04:09:50,509 --> 04:09:56,442
evidenced by the city of los angeles. Others who fail us.

2517
04:09:56,442 --> 04:10:02,442
roland heights sewage flow. They pose new set of risk.

2518
04:10:07,776 --> 04:10:14,308
especially when the -- I have suggested the county develop a homeless --

2519
04:10:14,308 --> 04:10:21,508
countywide homeless and transient camp sites. On what is signed there is

2520
04:10:23,430 --> 04:10:28,420
a possibility that historic drought status will be mid gated.

2521
04:10:28,420 --> 04:10:33,442
>> asst. Executive officer: thank you. Caller 5957, your line is

2522
04:10:36,642 --> 04:10:40,642
open, please state your name and begin. >> telephone speaker: this

2523
04:10:40,642 --> 04:10:44,377
is mel baile. I wanted to add I appreciate, I wanted to

2524
04:10:44,377 --> 04:10:48,708
tag on to one of the latter things that the supervisor says, relates

2525
04:10:48,708 --> 04:10:54,708
to the language barrier. I want to know if the county is doing anything

2526
04:10:54,708 --> 04:11:00,708
to assist our multiling age citizens, constituents to learn english.

2527
04:11:06,420 --> 04:11:09,309
we won't be able to control everything. The board can control

2528
04:11:09,309 --> 04:11:14,709
departmental approaches. I think it is a safer situation.

2529
04:11:28,116 --> 04:11:30,250
hopefully something we can look into. >> asst. Executive

2530
04:11:30,250 --> 04:11:33,115
officer: we will go to the in person speakers, please begin.

2531
04:11:33,115 --> 04:11:35,717
>> in-person speaker: shawn patrick patterson, program director of the

2532
04:11:35,717 --> 04:11:41,117
next 5,000. Emergency plan was submitted, it is on public

2533
04:11:42,250 --> 04:11:46,450
comment. The proposal will establish a major

2534
04:11:48,382 --> 04:11:53,982
emergency distribution and temporary shelter center capable much l.a. County

2535
04:11:53,982 --> 04:11:57,648
joining the natural disasters. That is the skid row

2536
04:11:57,648 --> 04:12:03,480
district. The skid row district already serves as a

2537
04:12:04,982 --> 04:12:10,982
distribution center for the homeless. If all the homeless people

2538
04:12:12,715 --> 04:12:19,182
are sent to the skid row district, we can consolidate the tents, the

2539
04:12:19,182 --> 04:12:25,116
food, the medical supplies. It will serve not only the

2540
04:12:25,116 --> 04:12:32,448
residents of l.a. County but also the homeless. I'm asking the board to

2541
04:12:32,448 --> 04:12:35,316
consider the proposal by the next -- >> asst. Executive

2542
04:12:35,316 --> 04:12:40,116
officer: thank you, next speaker please. >> in-person speaker:

2543
04:12:41,317 --> 04:12:45,315
collin campbell, district 5, kathryn barger out of south pasadena.

2544
04:12:45,315 --> 04:12:49,849
trying to do a pilot and I volunteered to share, elected to share my

2545
04:12:49,849 --> 04:12:54,649
information with all federal, state, and local systems.

2546
04:12:54,716 --> 04:12:57,649
this is for star gate. One of the things they talk about is

2547
04:12:57,649 --> 04:13:02,449
communication issues. This uses all the communication networks

2548
04:13:04,116 --> 04:13:10,716
that we have but we have quantum internet. Quantum internet allows

2549
04:13:11,115 --> 04:13:16,480
you to communicate. You could alert people if telephone network is down

2550
04:13:16,480 --> 04:13:21,850
to evacuate. I'm trying to get them to do the pilot out of south

2551
04:13:21,850 --> 04:13:26,500
pasadena. U.s. Cyber command best capabilities.

2552
04:13:33,490 --> 04:13:38,650
this is new technology and a.I., south pasadena is concerned because of

2553
04:13:38,650 --> 04:13:40,249
privacy issues. >> asst. Executive officer: thank you.

2554
04:13:40,249 --> 04:13:45,649
next speaker please. >> in-person speaker: I'm a firefighter with

2555
04:13:49,983 --> 04:13:53,515
southern california wildfire response. We're a community fire

2556
04:13:53,515 --> 04:13:58,315
department based at the santa monica mountains. I'd like to say thank you

2557
04:13:58,315 --> 04:14:06,115
for your leadership in times of emergency prep prigs and items like this.

2558
04:14:06,515 --> 04:14:09,532
listening I have identified problems that have the greatest

2559
04:14:09,532 --> 04:14:14,932
solution. We are initial attack tactically capable and I

2560
04:14:21,600 --> 04:14:25,266
believe old fashioned retail politics. I have gone door to door

2561
04:14:25,266 --> 04:14:30,801
with 19 hoas in the san fernando valley. Most of the sconce offices

2562
04:14:30,801 --> 04:14:34,199
in person. That is something we strive to do.

2563
04:14:34,199 --> 04:14:39,400
I would love the opportunity to make you aware that we are capable,

2564
04:14:39,400 --> 04:14:45,400
we are mobile and ready to assist. >> in-person speaker: I

2565
04:14:55,933 --> 04:15:02,533
appreciate all of your wonderful participation in making sure that the

2566
04:15:08,666 --> 04:15:11,666
pe people, fully -- [inaudible]

2567
04:15:22,866 --> 04:15:29,466
the question is more the issue, that has not been discussed.

2568
04:15:33,333 --> 04:15:43,333
how much is avail able how many are -- the homeless people are going to be --

2569
04:15:51,000 --> 04:15:56,400
clek thank you, next speaker please. >> in-person speaker: I

2570
04:16:02,333 --> 04:16:07,599
can say on that map I can tell you, I can recognize the verbiage of that map,

2571
04:16:07,599 --> 04:16:16,934
that wet and cool and wet. I think we can advance to something greater, the wet

2572
04:16:16,934 --> 04:16:24,734
and cool. To hit in the month of september is an out of

2573
04:16:38,732 --> 04:16:42,733
normal condition. A special circumstance for all of us.

2574
04:16:42,733 --> 04:16:48,732
the input of destruction requires all hands on deck approach.

2575
04:16:48,732 --> 04:16:54,199
el nino, la nina, this represents an analysis due to the extreme nature of

2576
04:16:54,199 --> 04:16:57,799
the capacity for destruction. >> asst. Executive

2577
04:17:02,339 --> 04:17:05,274
officer: that concludes public comment. >> executive officer: this

2578
04:17:05,274 --> 04:17:09,340
report is receive and file. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2579
04:17:09,340 --> 04:17:11,140
chair: that will be the order. >> executive officer: we

2580
04:17:11,140 --> 04:17:18,940
will move to item 19, protecting eaton and pal I said fire victims from

2581
04:17:20,540 --> 04:17:23,340
contractor scams held by supervisor barger. On the phone if you have

2582
04:17:23,340 --> 04:17:27,540
signed up to speak no further action is needed f are you on the phone and

2583
04:17:27,540 --> 04:17:30,407
wish to comment but haven't signed up press star and follow the

2584
04:17:30,407 --> 04:17:35,273
prompts to join the speaking queue. If you have not registered

2585
04:17:35,273 --> 04:17:40,873
or watching the meeting please call 213-444-26 on 00 press star and follow

2586
04:17:40,873 --> 04:17:46,273
the prompts. Rafael carbajal director of consumer affairs and

2587
04:17:51,873 --> 04:17:55,340
mark pep strel a for public public works. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2588
04:17:55,340 --> 04:18:01,873
chair: supervisor barger. >> sup. Kathryn barger: thank you, and I thank

2589
04:18:01,873 --> 04:18:06,807
supervisor horvath for supporting this with me. As more and more people

2590
04:18:06,807 --> 04:18:12,207
work forward for rebuilding, my office hears about contractor

2591
04:18:12,340 --> 04:18:17,140
fraud and bad actors targeting people for vulnerable.

2592
04:18:17,807 --> 04:18:22,940
as the region looks at more home building than anticipated, new companies

2593
04:18:22,940 --> 04:18:28,940
emerge to rebuild the communities. With that comes the need

2594
04:18:30,806 --> 04:18:34,274
to help against contractors f it's too good to be true it is too

2595
04:18:34,274 --> 04:18:39,740
good. There are predatory and fraudulent actors some

2596
04:18:42,740 --> 04:18:45,473
builders find themselves completely beyond capacity and unwittingly harming

2597
04:18:45,473 --> 04:18:50,540
survivors. Howe at the end of the day our residents lost far too

2598
04:18:50,540 --> 04:18:55,540
much and need support to make individual decisions that help them rebuild and

2599
04:18:55,540 --> 04:19:01,140
come home. They should not have to worry about being

2600
04:19:01,140 --> 04:19:06,540
victimized again and again by unscrupulous contractors or scammers.

2601
04:19:10,607 --> 04:19:19,700
that is why we bring in this motion today. We need to work together.

2602
04:19:21,807 --> 04:19:25,539
it puts a strong emphasis on prevention. We started off with the

2603
04:19:25,539 --> 04:19:29,939
rebuild process to educate, the d.a. Did a press conference.

2604
04:19:29,939 --> 04:19:32,339
in trying to educate people to make sure that your contractor has a

2605
04:19:32,339 --> 04:19:36,539
license. A liability will fall on you.

2606
04:19:43,940 --> 04:19:46,807
if something happens on your property. This directs county

2607
04:19:46,807 --> 04:19:51,607
departments to develop and execute a coordinated plan of action to address

2608
04:19:51,607 --> 04:19:54,957
contractor fraud and other scams that are contracting -- that are

2609
04:19:54,957 --> 04:20:00,891
impacting the survivors. This includes establishing a specialized task force

2610
04:20:00,891 --> 04:20:04,224
made up of county departments and law enforcement to ensure that

2611
04:20:04,224 --> 04:20:09,424
all the tools and resources necessary are being deployed.

2612
04:20:09,424 --> 04:20:14,624
these are already in existence, just not in a coordinated effort.

2613
04:20:14,624 --> 04:20:18,910
survivors need clear trusted information, before they sign a

2614
04:20:18,910 --> 04:20:24,624
contract or spend the recovery dollars. Including how to verify a

2615
04:20:24,624 --> 04:20:29,424
contractor's license, understand the contracts they are signing,

2616
04:20:29,691 --> 04:20:35,691
recognize the warning signs of a scam, report suspected fraud.

2617
04:20:36,224 --> 04:20:41,758
by interested greating into the one stop centers and working with trusted's

2618
04:20:41,758 --> 04:20:44,558
community partners we can reach survivors where they are in the rebuilding

2619
04:20:44,558 --> 04:20:49,958
process. Washington done previous outreach, it is clear that

2620
04:20:52,891 --> 04:20:59,624
we must do more to educate survivors on ways to protect thoses.

2621
04:20:59,624 --> 04:21:04,890
our goal is to protect survivors and make sure people rebuilding in the

2622
04:21:04,890 --> 04:21:10,890
communities are legitimate licensed and accountable. I understand the dcba

2623
04:21:13,910 --> 04:21:16,691
needs to enter into agreements for paid media including billboards and

2624
04:21:16,691 --> 04:21:23,291
other advertising in the fire impacted areas. As well as outreach.

2625
04:21:24,240 --> 04:21:28,757
so to expedite those efforts, I would like to read in a minor amendment

2626
04:21:28,757 --> 04:21:33,224
to directive 3. It would be as follows. The board shall wave the

2627
04:21:33,224 --> 04:21:38,240
requirements of board policy number 5.100 for these agreements.

2628
04:21:39,557 --> 04:21:43,358
these agreements and any amendments shall be approved as to form by

2629
04:21:43,358 --> 04:21:47,424
county council to keep the check and balance. Thank you, rafael, for

2630
04:21:47,424 --> 04:21:52,900
pointing that out. This is a sense of urgency.

2631
04:21:52,900 --> 04:21:58,957
I have talked to someone whose family member handed over 50% down payment and

2632
04:21:58,957 --> 04:22:01,625
never saw the contractor again. And took off with the

2633
04:22:01,625 --> 04:22:07,625
money. Even with those that are contracted -- that are

2634
04:22:11,691 --> 04:22:18,691
licensed, we also have businesses, and there was one prefab business where

2635
04:22:18,691 --> 04:22:24,691
the gentleman thought when he paid the amount of money that it was

2636
04:22:24,691 --> 04:22:28,825
everything, that's the way it is advertised then he found out it wasn't and he

2637
04:22:28,825 --> 04:22:31,825
took his life. Did the company do anything illegal?

2638
04:22:31,825 --> 04:22:38,424
no. But if he had known what he was signing and that

2639
04:22:38,424 --> 04:22:45,564
the little footnotes were byts way you have to pay for a slab, moving the

2640
04:22:45,564 --> 04:22:50,164
building on, hooking up to sewer, hooking up to water.

2641
04:22:50,164 --> 04:22:55,897
he may have thought twice about paying $450,000 for what he thought was ready

2642
04:22:55,897 --> 04:23:01,897
to go. These are lessons learned but things that are

2643
04:23:02,964 --> 04:23:10,630
happening today. I ask you, thank you and your team, you're in the

2644
04:23:10,630 --> 04:23:17,230
community. Conditions that you are seeing inial a ta dina and

2645
04:23:22,231 --> 04:23:26,230
palisades burn area. What happens after a complaint is filed.

2646
04:23:26,230 --> 04:23:30,300
>> department speaker: thank you, supervisor, rafael carbajal, director

2647
04:23:30,300 --> 04:23:33,970
of the department of consumer and business affairs.

2648
04:23:33,970 --> 04:23:35,697
thank you supervisor barger and supervisor horvath for bringing this

2649
04:23:35,697 --> 04:23:40,497
motion. We have misrepresentation, qualifications, we see a

2650
04:23:46,432 --> 04:23:50,297
lot of that. Programmatic contracts, people not understanding

2651
04:23:50,297 --> 04:23:56,970
what is in the contract or how they're written. Work abandoned or

2652
04:23:56,970 --> 04:24:00,897
significantly different. Tremendous stress and putting high pressure

2653
04:24:03,298 --> 04:24:09,898
tactics on them. We do recognize when people come and recognizes

2654
04:24:10,631 --> 04:24:17,231
the inutes, they're frustrated and scared and turn to for help.

2655
04:24:19,163 --> 04:24:24,964
we sit down and triage them, do they fall in the jurisdiction and review

2656
04:24:24,964 --> 04:24:29,764
the facts, triage, review document and provide counseling.

2657
04:24:35,697 --> 04:24:41,631
work with our partners, dea, attorney general and county counsel.

2658
04:24:41,631 --> 04:24:46,300
ultimately what we like to do is collect the data to start forecasting

2659
04:24:46,300 --> 04:24:53,230
potential issues in the region and address them before people fall victim.

2660
04:24:55,964 --> 04:25:00,297
prevention is important. One of the things we want to do is scale up.

2661
04:25:00,297 --> 04:25:05,831
any time you drive through altadena, palisades, first thick you see is

2662
04:25:05,831 --> 04:25:10,964
billboards on attorneys and how to sue and how to find assistance.

2663
04:25:10,964 --> 04:25:13,632
we need folks to understand what the rights are and resources

2664
04:25:13,632 --> 04:25:19,632
available to them. Our team supports folks going through the

2665
04:25:20,364 --> 04:25:23,364
situation. Understanding rights and responsibilities

2666
04:25:29,980 --> 04:25:36,898
responsibilities and they can call us and we'll walk them through the process.

2667
04:25:42,514 --> 04:25:48,180
we want to execute agreements, leveraging the dollars county counsel has

2668
04:25:48,180 --> 04:25:54,714
helped us with work to get advertisement out both on the radio, billboards,

2669
04:25:54,714 --> 04:25:59,647
print ads, bus benches. And bring in support from the legal service

2670
04:25:59,647 --> 04:26:06,847
community to help folks stuck in these situations. >> sup. Kathryn barger: I

2671
04:26:08,581 --> 04:26:13,447
have more, but to both you and mark, obviously what you are hearing in terms

2672
04:26:13,447 --> 04:26:19,115
of the fraud. Are you all coordinating to best leverage both

2673
04:26:19,115 --> 04:26:24,515
communication to the public? Not everyone comes to the

2674
04:26:26,580 --> 04:26:30,247
meeting. Are you all leveraging communication chance to

2675
04:26:30,247 --> 04:26:36,847
make sure that we are touching at every touch point possible?

2676
04:26:38,914 --> 04:26:43,647
>> department speaker: we work with multiple departments, d.a.,

2677
04:26:43,647 --> 04:26:50,247
partners, even some of the city staff. I appreciate this motion,

2678
04:26:55,114 --> 04:26:59,460
it pushes us forward. >> department speaker: there is a presence in the

2679
04:26:59,460 --> 04:27:04,314
one stop center of the dcba and also the contractor state licensing

2680
04:27:04,314 --> 04:27:10,914
board is present in the one stop centers. There's multiple touch

2681
04:27:12,380 --> 04:27:16,580
points. Homeowners, survivors, will find a contractor

2682
04:27:19,714 --> 04:27:22,715
first. Sometimes it's too late they are convinced to go

2683
04:27:22,715 --> 04:27:29,315
with that person. We're educating the public when they come in.

2684
04:27:32,847 --> 04:27:37,180
one thing that came to our attention there's an interesting thing, we

2685
04:27:37,180 --> 04:27:41,713
noticed an uptick in people applying to be their own builder,

2686
04:27:41,713 --> 04:27:46,847
builder/owner. Homeowners can build their own home but it is a very

2687
04:27:46,847 --> 04:27:52,380
significant effort to do so. You still have to hire the

2688
04:27:52,380 --> 04:27:57,470
subs and subcontractors. There is another twist to that that I know about, if

2689
04:27:57,470 --> 04:28:02,470
you go owner/builder and you have a mortgage and you are paying -- taking

2690
04:28:02,470 --> 04:28:06,247
insurance money to pay that down the mortgage company will be very, very

2691
04:28:06,247 --> 04:28:10,380
anti-owner/builder. They want a licensed contractor to give that

2692
04:28:10,380 --> 04:28:17,580
money, to send the money to. I am aware of several on

2693
04:28:24,470 --> 04:28:28,651
folks who don't have the right licensure, but they're going

2694
04:28:28,651 --> 04:28:32,519
owner/builder. We push them away from that, given the insurance

2695
04:28:32,519 --> 04:28:35,785
requirements and what I describe to you in terms of rein burrment from the

2696
04:28:35,785 --> 04:28:41,785
mortgage companies. >> sup. Kathryn barger: when I hear someone say

2697
04:28:53,985 --> 04:28:58,520
they paid $200 a square foot, they're excited, that is a red flag.

2698
04:28:58,520 --> 04:29:04,652
the average is $350 to $400 a square foot. They are desperate, thank

2699
04:29:12,718 --> 04:29:16,185
you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: supervisor horvath.

2700
04:29:16,185 --> 04:29:19,252
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you, I appreciate you bringing this forward,

2701
04:29:19,252 --> 04:29:24,652
to better protect wild fire survivors from fraud, scams and other predatory

2702
04:29:24,652 --> 04:29:30,520
business practices. As families continue the process of rebuilding

2703
04:29:32,520 --> 04:29:39,520
homes and communities the last thing they need is to be taken advantage of.

2704
04:29:39,520 --> 04:29:46,252
my team has heard from constituents who have lost thousands of dollars.

2705
04:29:49,186 --> 04:29:54,185
those are vulnerable households need clear consistent and frequent

2706
04:29:54,185 --> 04:30:00,185
communication to understand their rights. This should include how to

2707
04:30:00,718 --> 04:30:07,318
file complaints and how to report fraud. In addition to directing

2708
04:30:09,919 --> 04:30:13,586
fraud in 30 days this directs an expanded awareness campaign and

2709
04:30:13,586 --> 04:30:18,986
expanded communications will utilize online methods in altadena and

2710
04:30:22,585 --> 04:30:24,718
calabasas and community partner organizations like the long term recovery

2711
04:30:24,718 --> 04:30:28,386
groups. Awareness campaign should include materials in

2712
04:30:28,386 --> 04:30:32,386
multiple languages. Our wildfire survivors every been through far too

2713
04:30:32,386 --> 04:30:39,452
much. I look forward to the plan of action to increase for

2714
04:30:39,452 --> 04:30:44,252
residents. We increased dcba for price gouging protections

2715
04:30:51,586 --> 04:30:56,986
earlier this year. Certainly last year. Are there additional

2716
04:30:57,718 --> 04:31:01,519
enforcement tools or authority you need to deter bad actors and

2717
04:31:01,519 --> 04:31:06,919
provide more remedies for victims of fraud. >> department speaker:

2718
04:31:07,718 --> 04:31:11,985
that is a great question and I'd like to sit down with our colleagues in

2719
04:31:11,985 --> 04:31:15,386
county counsel. They have the authority to pursue unfair business

2720
04:31:15,386 --> 04:31:20,186
practices. Why we coordinate with them on that.

2721
04:31:29,867 --> 04:31:33,402
when the price gouging protections were in place there were rebuilding

2722
04:31:33,402 --> 04:31:39,402
protections in place. But they expired along with the protections.

2723
04:31:43,467 --> 04:31:46,401
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: now that we know people are being preed upon, and

2724
04:31:46,401 --> 04:31:53,100
they just want to get home. Making sure you have the

2725
04:31:53,768 --> 04:31:56,534
tools that you need f there are additional tools to achieve that end,

2726
04:31:56,534 --> 04:32:03,334
please let us know. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I just want to add,

2727
04:32:03,334 --> 04:32:08,134
I support the motion supervisor barger and horvath.

2728
04:32:13,680 --> 04:32:15,935
this is a problem for the county. For me it was the lineage

2729
04:32:15,935 --> 04:32:20,735
fire. Wee people asking for funds for purifiers.

2730
04:32:28,801 --> 04:32:33,601
charging like $300 for 100 or $75 purifier. We're seeing attorneys

2731
04:32:38,100 --> 04:32:43,468
similar to attorneys that are taking full advantage of some of the folks that

2732
04:32:43,468 --> 04:32:48,000
have been involved, alleged involvement in things with the county,

2733
04:32:48,000 --> 04:32:52,200
children and family services. These attorneys are

2734
04:32:56,000 --> 04:32:59,267
corralling residents, paging their dinner, saying if you have a claim

2735
04:32:59,267 --> 04:33:02,867
there's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 things. And you fit this.

2736
04:33:10,680 --> 04:33:17,868
I don't know what the standards are for the law firms doing this.

2737
04:33:19,601 --> 04:33:25,100
think are advertising and leaving leaflets at people's homes.

2738
04:33:26,667 --> 04:33:32,734
think about it in a broad sense. So we can defend what

2739
04:33:32,734 --> 04:33:39,334
we're doing. But I support the item. Seeing no more questions

2740
04:33:42,334 --> 04:33:45,600
from the board, let's go to public comment. >> asst. Executive

2741
04:33:45,600 --> 04:33:48,800
officer: will the following individuals come forward and staff bill

2742
04:33:48,800 --> 04:33:53,000
assist you. [reading names] remote participants you

2743
04:34:00,267 --> 04:34:06,267
must call 213-444-2600 whether you are registered or not.

2744
04:34:08,867 --> 04:34:11,267
there are no remote callers to address the board.

2745
04:34:11,267 --> 04:34:15,738
we will go to in person speakers. Please begin.

2746
04:34:15,738 --> 04:34:21,139
>> in-person speaker: good afternoon, I'm kathryn peoples I'm the executive

2747
04:34:21,139 --> 04:34:27,272
director of hp cares, rebuild center for the eaton as well as pal I

2748
04:34:27,272 --> 04:34:32,739
said long term recovery center as well as support to all of the survivors.

2749
04:34:32,739 --> 04:34:37,700
we have seen unbelievable predatory activities up to the tune of a million

2750
04:34:37,700 --> 04:34:43,607
dollars. I have a survivor lose a million dollars to an

2751
04:34:43,807 --> 04:34:47,339
unlicensed contractor. I'm thankful that you brought this motion.

2752
04:34:47,339 --> 04:34:53,339
we must agree to this motion. Our survivors need this.

2753
04:34:53,738 --> 04:35:00,872
I can't stress it enough. Countless days after day we see numerous survivors,

2754
04:35:00,872 --> 04:35:05,672
300,000, 700,000 they have paid individuals that are not licensed.

2755
04:35:10,806 --> 04:35:19,206
if you made that one change for me it would make my day amazing.

2756
04:35:25,720 --> 04:35:27,672
>> in-person speaker: I'm lush I can't be owe, southern california

2757
04:35:27,672 --> 04:35:32,206
wildfire response. This wasn't something I was planning to speak on

2758
04:35:32,206 --> 04:35:39,272
but I wanted to, as we spoke to victims, I just wanted to personally say

2759
04:35:39,272 --> 04:35:43,939
thank you for addressing this. There have been a lot of

2760
04:35:43,939 --> 04:35:48,500
problems and attention on the illegal contracting side, fraudulent

2761
04:35:48,500 --> 04:35:52,720
practices, and just general fraud. We have spoken to three

2762
04:35:52,720 --> 04:35:58,939
families in the palisades who were convinced to donate to supposed causes

2763
04:35:58,939 --> 04:36:04,939
for wildfire prevention and emergency response. They made a significant

2764
04:36:07,600 --> 04:36:11,806
donation one in $35,000 range. That went completely out

2765
04:36:12,739 --> 04:36:18,739
the window. Thank you for taking the initiative, thank you.

2766
04:36:18,872 --> 04:36:22,872
>> asst. Executive officer: next speaker. >> in-person speaker:

2767
04:36:22,872 --> 04:36:27,605
roxanne, director of policy and advocacy. I want to thank supervisor

2768
04:36:27,605 --> 04:36:32,938
horvath and barger for bringing this forward. As my boss was sharing

2769
04:36:32,938 --> 04:36:39,538
we're eyes on the ground. We are at the efc, rebuilding.

2770
04:36:44,606 --> 04:36:50,500
we are the place to go to when they have nowhere else to go.

2771
04:36:50,500 --> 04:36:58,405
trying to give them hope, trying to give them a path back to home.

2772
04:37:01,539 --> 04:37:06,939
you were already putting this together which we appreciate.

2773
04:37:10,220 --> 04:37:13,754
a lot of contractors even if they're licensed, they may not have the

2774
04:37:13,754 --> 04:37:18,689
experience of working in burn zones. We need to keep the

2775
04:37:18,689 --> 04:37:21,355
education up. >> asst. Executive officer: next speaker

2776
04:37:21,355 --> 04:37:25,555
please. >> in-person speaker: claudia per her rez.

2777
04:37:30,488 --> 04:37:39,221
hundred awareness, we must go back to the oeld make sure the practices do not

2778
04:37:39,221 --> 04:37:43,754
occur. It takes a village to raise a child.

2779
04:37:43,754 --> 04:37:49,754
it takes a village to maintain that child. Our environment,

2780
04:37:50,821 --> 04:37:56,821
atmosphere, our homes. Its takes a village. This is a village here.

2781
04:37:56,821 --> 04:38:04,210
we are in a way together going through this. Grief is important when

2782
04:38:04,210 --> 04:38:10,621
the fires are happening. They need support for that, emotional support,

2783
04:38:12,688 --> 04:38:16,688
people understand how to move forward with the grief losing your home,

2784
04:38:16,688 --> 04:38:20,288
losing everything. Everything having in destruction.

2785
04:38:20,422 --> 04:38:22,688
that people have to understand that people do need support.

2786
04:38:22,688 --> 04:38:26,888
thank you. >> asst. Executive officer: that concludes

2787
04:38:27,754 --> 04:38:29,688
the time for public comment. >> executive officer: item

2788
04:38:29,688 --> 04:38:33,489
19 as revised is before you. >> sup. Hilda solis,

2789
04:38:33,489 --> 04:38:37,421
chair: moved by supervisor barger, seconded by supervisor horvath as

2790
04:38:37,421 --> 04:38:40,821
amended to approve the item, executive officer call the roll.

2791
04:38:40,821 --> 04:38:42,288
>> executive officer: supervisor mitchell. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

2792
04:38:42,288 --> 04:38:44,755
aye. >> executive officer: supervisor horvath.

2793
04:38:44,755 --> 04:38:46,221
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: aye. >> executive officer:

2794
04:38:46,221 --> 04:38:49,890
supervisor hahn. >> sup. Janice hahn: aye. >> executive officer:

2795
04:38:49,890 --> 04:38:51,555
super >> sup. Kathryn barger: aye.

2796
04:38:51,555 --> 04:38:53,155
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: >> executive officer: supervisor solis.

2797
04:38:53,155 --> 04:38:54,889
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye. >> executive officer:

2798
04:38:54,889 --> 04:38:59,888
motion carries 5- 0. We will move to item 21, report on the strategic

2799
04:38:59,888 --> 04:39:02,822
plan to curtail street racing in los angeles county which was held by

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04:39:02,822 --> 04:39:06,555
supervisor mitchell. Members of the public on the phone if you have

2801
04:39:06,555 --> 04:39:10,421
signed up to speak no further action is needed. If you are on the phone

2802
04:39:10,421 --> 04:39:13,288
and wish to comment but haven't signed up press star and follow the

2803
04:39:13,288 --> 04:39:16,289
prompts to join the speaking queue. If you have not registered

2804
04:39:16,289 --> 04:39:20,621
or registered but are watching the meeting to address the board, please

2805
04:39:20,621 --> 04:39:26,210
call 213-444-2600 press star and follow the prompts.

2806
04:39:27,955 --> 04:39:31,555
an operator will assist you. David carroll, director of

2807
04:39:31,555 --> 04:39:37,489
youth development, steve berger deputy director and julian garcia engineer,

2808
04:39:37,489 --> 04:39:42,289
commander terence bell sheriff's department, victor puebla captain

2809
04:39:42,588 --> 04:39:46,221
sheriff's department, and carrie miller policy implementation and

2810
04:39:46,221 --> 04:39:50,288
alignment chief executive office will give a presentation.

2811
04:39:50,288 --> 04:39:54,488
departmental speakers please state your name and title for the record.

2812
04:39:54,488 --> 04:39:55,556
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: supervisor mitchell.

2813
04:39:55,556 --> 04:40:02,156
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you. I continue to hold this

2814
04:40:06,427 --> 04:40:13,627
item because I think it is important we make it a priority.

2815
04:40:22,270 --> 04:40:26,426
I will come back and have questions. >> department speaker:

2816
04:40:26,426 --> 04:40:31,226
jeremy gray, chief operating officer for the ceo.

2817
04:40:32,760 --> 04:40:38,760
we submitted our 7th report on this matter last week.

2818
04:40:39,930 --> 04:40:47,493
if you recall we presented during the period of 2024 to 2025 we saw a decrease

2819
04:40:48,760 --> 04:40:56,560
of around 30% in activity. Wee seen a spike. I will have dr. Kerry

2820
04:41:03,226 --> 04:41:09,226
mi miller, what we plan to execute to address those

2821
04:41:13,160 --> 04:41:14,426
fwluk situations in the numbers. Dr. Miller.

2822
04:41:14,426 --> 04:41:19,226
>> department speaker: thank you. It eye kerry miller,

2823
04:41:21,894 --> 04:41:25,960
policy implementation and alignment branch and I'll walk through the

2824
04:41:25,960 --> 04:41:33,760
presentation and open it up for questions. We have a full group of

2825
04:41:34,959 --> 04:41:39,759
private partners, public partners, community based organizations and

2826
04:41:39,759 --> 04:41:45,227
advocates to try to get a handle on this problem moving forward.

2827
04:41:45,227 --> 04:41:52,826
so what we saw is jeremy mentioned, we saw a 33% drop since, for the year,

2828
04:41:52,826 --> 04:41:58,627
after we implemented our original action plan. That number and that drop

2829
04:41:58,627 --> 04:42:02,760
held for five straight quarters. Then we saw a spike.

2830
04:42:02,760 --> 04:42:08,960
if you see the spike it is dramatic and disturbing. We went up 41% from the

2831
04:42:08,960 --> 04:42:13,493
same time period over the last two years. Next slide.

2832
04:42:13,493 --> 04:42:18,627
with that there's a lot of activity that we did to implement the action plan

2833
04:42:18,627 --> 04:42:24,270
that our partners worked hard on. Over 3,000 students and

2834
04:42:24,760 --> 04:42:29,260
community residents participated in prevention and education workshops.

2835
04:42:29,260 --> 04:42:33,626
84% of participants did say that they would be less likely to participate

2836
04:42:33,626 --> 04:42:36,693
in any type of this activity after participating in those

2837
04:42:36,693 --> 04:42:42,930
workshops. If you look at the infrastructure that dpw

2838
04:42:44,294 --> 04:42:49,626
has been working hard to put in place over the last quarter they installed

2839
04:42:49,626 --> 04:42:55,626
through installations in east gardena, two in walnut park, rancho

2840
04:42:56,847 --> 04:42:59,848
dominguez and florence firestone. This represents the most

2841
04:42:59,848 --> 04:43:02,781
significant installations of any quarter we have had since we started doing

2842
04:43:02,781 --> 04:43:08,781
this work. Next slide. This is the work of dpw

2843
04:43:18,649 --> 04:43:24,490
installing these. Looking at enforcement operations for lasd they

2844
04:43:24,781 --> 04:43:29,581
conducted 8 solo agency operations in the last quarter.

2845
04:43:30,247 --> 04:43:36,247
combination of lsd and chp issued 134 citations, 46 attests and toed 47

2846
04:43:38,781 --> 04:43:44,781
vehicles. The d.a. Divert ed 31 people using the street

2847
04:43:46,181 --> 04:43:50,381
racing kills diversion program. Still prosecuting two

2848
04:43:52,514 --> 04:43:59,714
felony cases of organizers of street takeovers. We are continuing with our

2849
04:44:00,781 --> 04:44:05,248
communication strategies. As you know, the department of youth and

2850
04:44:05,248 --> 04:44:08,180
development services last quarter put out a psa on the dangers of these

2851
04:44:08,180 --> 04:44:13,580
events. This was informed by youth and largely constructed

2852
04:44:13,982 --> 04:44:19,382
with youth input. Where they have posted this psa.

2853
04:44:29,480 --> 04:44:33,448
wave our first event september 19 at santa fe dam.

2854
04:44:33,448 --> 04:44:39,648
we are looking at targeting youth using go carts so that they can

2855
04:44:39,648 --> 04:44:44,248
learn how to safely participate in these activities.

2856
04:44:44,248 --> 04:44:52,781
we can use that as a way to stress that legal drifting is better than

2857
04:44:52,781 --> 04:44:58,781
the illegal options. Both have expressed interest in legal events.

2858
04:45:00,781 --> 04:45:04,981
next slide. Almost doubling the last quarter.

2859
04:45:13,514 --> 04:45:19,648
looking at lasd jurisdiction we saw a 200% spike over the previous

2860
04:45:19,648 --> 04:45:23,848
quarter. This was largely in supervisorial district 2.

2861
04:45:28,781 --> 04:45:32,514
we did a breakdown between unincorporated areas and contract cities.

2862
04:45:32,514 --> 04:45:38,981
when we did that, what we found is there actually is zero e haven't happening

2863
04:45:38,981 --> 04:45:45,581
in the unincorporated areas except for sd2. Big jump in contract

2864
04:45:48,857 --> 04:45:52,570
cities, much higher than the past. So we further dug into

2865
04:45:52,570 --> 04:45:58,657
this data to see what is happening here. Comparing this last

2866
04:46:00,591 --> 04:46:08,258
quarter to one year prior, so that we're looking at apples to apples, there

2867
04:46:08,258 --> 04:46:14,258
was a 200% spike in contracted cities. When we looked's at

2868
04:46:16,658 --> 04:46:20,925
uninpresidentcaked, we only saw a 16% spike which could be what we would

2869
04:46:20,925 --> 04:46:24,392
expect from, like, regional differences. However, what was really

2870
04:46:24,392 --> 04:46:29,191
important is if you look at the central division, there was a drop of 28.

2871
04:46:29,191 --> 04:46:36,791
in the middle of this incredible spike that we saw there was a drop in

2872
04:46:36,791 --> 04:46:43,991
this central division. We wanted to understand. When we broke down what

2873
04:46:44,391 --> 04:46:48,391
might be different in other areas we know that lasd had considerable

2874
04:46:48,391 --> 04:46:51,590
enforcement efforts in that area. That was certainly

2875
04:46:51,590 --> 04:46:57,191
something that happened. But we looked at dpw installations to better

2876
04:46:57,191 --> 04:47:00,570
understand what that picture looked like. What you will see here is

2877
04:47:00,570 --> 04:47:04,791
that in the last year through last quarter, they installed 14 intersection

2878
04:47:04,791 --> 04:47:09,591
installations. All of them in central division boundaries.

2879
04:47:15,391 --> 04:47:24,391
it is in the same area that we saw the drop. Looking forward dpw has

2880
04:47:25,925 --> 04:47:28,525
additional installations plnd. Now we'll look at the

2881
04:47:28,525 --> 04:47:33,925
south division. Where the spike happened. Dpw reported a $410,000

2882
04:47:43,458 --> 04:47:47,657
cost for last quarter not only because of the installations that they

2883
04:47:47,657 --> 04:47:50,391
were doing but because there was significant damage to the

2884
04:47:50,391 --> 04:47:55,657
installations they did do and required a number of repairs to those

2885
04:47:55,657 --> 04:48:01,570
installations. The group spent time trying to understand and

2886
04:48:02,191 --> 04:48:05,191
figure out what has been going on and what can we do to remedy the

2887
04:48:05,191 --> 04:48:08,991
situation. This is a complex problem, we know there are a lot of

2888
04:48:08,991 --> 04:48:12,592
factors driving it, and it'll take a lot of different types of

2889
04:48:12,592 --> 04:48:15,524
interventions to get a handle on this spike and get it back down to where

2890
04:48:15,524 --> 04:48:20,791
we were. Across the partners they will speak more about this

2891
04:48:20,791 --> 04:48:23,991
but just at a high level. They have committed to expanding school and

2892
04:48:23,991 --> 04:48:26,992
community prevention programming. Planning installations in

2893
04:48:26,992 --> 04:48:32,992
the south division intersections which is where the spike occurred.

2894
04:48:34,124 --> 04:48:40,546
dough employing different portions, and trying to remove as many posts as we

2895
04:48:40,546 --> 04:48:47,146
can which drive the activity. With that we open it up

2896
04:48:48,146 --> 04:48:52,346
for questions. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you.

2897
04:48:52,346 --> 04:48:57,213
and thank you do the pa panel. The 200% increase is

2898
04:48:57,213 --> 04:49:01,413
alarming. I want to start acknowledging the

2899
04:49:02,279 --> 04:49:05,347
collective work you all have done. Who's to say it wouldn't

2900
04:49:05,347 --> 04:49:10,479
have been larger. We were optimistic about the trend that we had seen

2901
04:49:10,479 --> 04:49:13,613
over the last several quarters. And we knew summer was

2902
04:49:13,613 --> 04:49:19,680
coming and what the trends showed us for the summer. So I certainly wasn't

2903
04:49:19,680 --> 04:49:24,680
nowhere near anticipating a 200% increase particularly when you give

2904
04:49:24,680 --> 04:49:30,800
the disproportionate number of those in the second district.

2905
04:49:30,479 --> 04:49:34,790
both contract cities and unincorporated communities.

2906
04:49:34,146 --> 04:49:41,413
we recently, my team, did a work group community walk in east gardena and

2907
04:49:41,413 --> 04:49:47,800
will owe brook, the 18th of -- willow brook. And I want to thank public

2908
04:49:47,800 --> 04:49:52,413
works, sheriff department and our other partners for participating for hearing

2909
04:49:52,413 --> 04:49:56,146
directly from residents and beginning to identify concrete next steps.

2910
04:49:56,146 --> 04:50:03,346
this is an interesting issue where people have all kinds of ideas.

2911
04:50:03,347 --> 04:50:10,547
and I do believe? -- I believe this multi prong strategy around

2912
04:50:11,546 --> 04:50:16,813
enforcement barriers really makes sense. It is just a matter of how

2913
04:50:16,813 --> 04:50:22,213
we continue to identify resources. Prioritize based on the

2914
04:50:22,680 --> 04:50:28,679
data you bring to us. Equitiable influence based on the data.

2915
04:50:28,679 --> 04:50:35,279
I understand the sheriff's department conducted an operation at 157th and

2916
04:50:36,281 --> 04:50:42,879
broadway. There was a great rye ducks and we got video

2917
04:50:42,879 --> 04:50:46,612
from constituents that showed that the crowds returned this past

2918
04:50:46,612 --> 04:50:53,212
weekend. I hope that, the question is, what are next steps.

2919
04:51:06,213 --> 04:51:12,213
I appreciate seeing the data by contract cities. Identifying the area where

2920
04:51:12,213 --> 04:51:17,130
there was a slight reduction. Acknowledging the fact

2921
04:51:18,146 --> 04:51:22,346
it's public works interventions that are helpful.

2922
04:51:28,623 --> 04:51:35,910
what mitigation strategies are going to do use for sd2 as well as county as a

2923
04:51:35,910 --> 04:51:38,890
whole. >> department speaker: I can take a stab at that.

2924
04:51:38,890 --> 04:51:43,690
steve berger, deputy director for transportation, l.a.

2925
04:51:44,823 --> 04:51:51,824
county public works. As I think you heard from kerry, we are seeing data

2926
04:51:51,824 --> 04:51:58,424
that to physical interventions are working. I love solid data and

2927
04:51:59,424 --> 04:52:07,224
using that to focus on where we want to do the next installation.

2928
04:52:09,556 --> 04:52:14,956
we've reached out to cities to offer expertise, collaboration.

2929
04:52:16,223 --> 04:52:19,491
this is one county. They have to be the one to put in the installations

2930
04:52:19,491 --> 04:52:25,824
in their jurisdiction. Wife the desire to work with them to share

2931
04:52:25,824 --> 04:52:32,690
expertise or experience. Hop this many if they decide that the physical

2932
04:52:32,690 --> 04:52:39,290
interventions are meaningful and helpful to help with that as well.

2933
04:52:44,900 --> 04:52:47,358
>> department speaker: good afternoon board happy to see you, david carroll,

2934
04:52:47,358 --> 04:52:52,158
department of youth development. You saw 3336 folks that

2935
04:52:54,424 --> 04:52:58,690
were served through about 127 workshops. We are fortunate to

2936
04:52:58,690 --> 04:53:02,290
continue that work with street racing kills. Expand and focus it.

2937
04:53:02,290 --> 04:53:06,624
so we're moving from one offwork workshops to sustained engagement where

2938
04:53:06,624 --> 04:53:10,757
we work with the same group of young people over an extended period of

2939
04:53:10,757 --> 04:53:14,357
time. Soy they understand the dangers.

2940
04:53:17,290 --> 04:53:23,157
multiple school districts including in compton, montebello and pomona but

2941
04:53:23,157 --> 04:53:27,357
we have specific relationships set up. We're expanding our reach

2942
04:53:27,357 --> 04:53:31,625
across the dyd school based programming. We have about 10 schools

2943
04:53:31,625 --> 04:53:35,423
that are served through the bloom initiative and another 10 served through

2944
04:53:35,423 --> 04:53:40,757
the dyd rooted initiative. All of those schools receive the workshops

2945
04:53:40,757 --> 04:53:45,423
through srk on a regular basis. We continue to participate

2946
04:53:45,423 --> 04:53:49,900
in community based prevention and outreach. Going to the community

2947
04:53:49,900 --> 04:53:54,490
events. Partnering with parks and recreation, our spot teen

2948
04:53:54,557 --> 04:54:00,290
program as well as jcod to offer the workshops in those facilities.

2949
04:54:00,290 --> 04:54:05,757
as well as 42 youth development providers spread across every spa

2950
04:54:05,757 --> 04:54:11,757
across all 5 supervisorial districts. We will ask young people what

2951
04:54:12,890 --> 04:54:18,290
to engage, what we need to do to hammer the message home. So they understand why we are

2952
04:54:18,290 --> 04:54:22,957
providing the workshops and what the goal is. And continuing to work with our

2953
04:54:22,957 --> 04:54:29,890
provider to strengthen their workshop delivery model so it is having the impact that we

2954
04:54:29,890 --> 04:54:35,557
expect. >> I wanted my partners to go first because obviously for the

2955
04:54:35,557 --> 04:54:42,224
robert luna, the sheriff of la county, I want to make sure that everybody understands that we do

2956
04:54:42,224 --> 04:54:47,240
support the multi prong approach, education is critical.

2957
04:54:47,357 --> 04:54:53,900
engineering is critical. Our partners at public works just talked about that.

2958
04:54:53,900 --> 04:55:00,900
I'm not going to talk about the enforcement portion of this. Our department was doing very

2959
04:55:00,900 --> 04:55:04,756
well. You saw the statistics. Up until this year.

2960
04:55:04,756 --> 04:55:11,240
we actually had a significant reduction. Again, it was shown on the

2961
04:55:11,240 --> 04:55:15,724
chart. This last summer, things went into completely opposite

2962
04:55:15,724 --> 04:55:21,690
direction. I find it to be unacceptable. Obviously when we are talking

2963
04:55:21,690 --> 04:55:27,957
about street takeovers, it is something that our community is becoming less tolerant of.

2964
04:55:27,957 --> 04:55:35,156
we are getting a lot of complaints. But I want to spend a couple of

2965
04:55:35,156 --> 04:55:45,900
minutes talking about is in the last month or so, we have seen a very disturbing trend where

2966
04:55:45,900 --> 04:55:51,824
there are individuals that are coming in to do these street takeovers, and there are

2967
04:55:51,824 --> 04:55:58,890
burglaries or, what people call looting attached to it. These videos are extremely

2968
04:55:58,890 --> 04:56:06,690
disturbing. You have dozens and dozens of young men and women running into

2969
04:56:07,290 --> 04:56:14,824
whether it be auto stores, markets -- and I just want to bring specific attention to an

2970
04:56:14,824 --> 04:56:20,823
incident that happened in bell flower. We just had another one in bell

2971
04:56:20,823 --> 04:56:26,823
flower early last -- this morning. But you had a very hard working

2972
04:56:26,823 --> 04:56:30,757
family, immigrant family who worked their whole lives to put this market together.

2973
04:56:30,757 --> 04:56:38,900
they had a street takeover at intersection and bell flower, and parts of this group went in

2974
04:56:38,900 --> 04:56:44,900
there and caused what is estimated at about $30,000 in damage.

2975
04:56:47,357 --> 04:56:55,157
I've seen enough of this to where I'm just making a public statement that if you are

2976
04:56:55,157 --> 04:57:04,157
involved in this street takeovers, and you choose to go out and impact our businesses

2977
04:57:05,291 --> 04:57:11,291
and community, there is going to be some significant accountability.

2978
04:57:11,567 --> 04:57:16,567
we are trying the engineer, continue to do that, continue to do our education which I fully

2979
04:57:16,567 --> 04:57:23,167
support but if you are spec specifically burglaring our businesses here in los angeles

2980
04:57:23,167 --> 04:57:30,434
county, we are not going to tolerate it. One I have asked our department

2981
04:57:30,434 --> 04:57:38,234
leadership to put more focus on issuing more citations and seizing more vehicles.

2982
04:57:39,367 --> 04:57:45,534
so in a way, when we are talking about education, I am warning our community that if your kids

2983
04:57:45,534 --> 04:57:53,833
are out there partaking in this type of activity, there is a high probability that there is

2984
04:57:53,833 --> 04:58:02,634
going to be a citation and arrest or your vehicle being impounded as a result of the

2985
04:58:02,634 --> 04:58:10,434
activity that is occurring out there. Please know that as I have given

2986
04:58:11,340 --> 04:58:16,834
that direction, we have more of our specialized units in investigations and other parts

2987
04:58:16,834 --> 04:58:23,634
of the department that will be assisting our patrol stations that are heavily impacted by

2988
04:58:23,634 --> 04:58:29,367
this activity. I have personally called the chp commissioner shawn, and asked

2989
04:58:29,367 --> 04:58:35,901
him for help. He has been, him and I have an extraordinary relationship.

2990
04:58:35,901 --> 04:58:43,701
he is already sending additional units. I also want people to know that

2991
04:58:43,767 --> 04:58:53,367
the u.s. Attorney here has called me and he has asked to be involved in the enforcement of

2992
04:58:53,367 --> 04:58:58,367
this. People may say, well, how does a u.s. Attorney's office get

2993
04:58:58,367 --> 04:59:02,340
involved? This type of activity? We will be working with the

2994
04:59:02,340 --> 04:59:07,101
d.a.'s office because there will be conspiracy charges filed specifically on individuals who

2995
04:59:07,101 --> 04:59:13,101
are doing the burglaries or looting as people call it. This is very serious.

2996
04:59:13,101 --> 04:59:19,433
I'm putting out this warning to our community -- please we need to stop this nonsense.

2997
04:59:19,433 --> 04:59:24,767
it is illegal. It is very serious. We had violent crimes at these

2998
04:59:24,767 --> 04:59:30,767
incidences. This cannot continue. I have authorized the use of

2999
04:59:32,367 --> 04:59:38,834
drones over some of these more problematic intersections. I'm just going to give an

3000
04:59:38,834 --> 04:59:44,700
example because I don't want to give too much detail, that as a result of the drone footage, we

3001
04:59:44,700 --> 04:59:51,367
were able to capture vehicles that may not have been directly involved in doing the donuts

3002
04:59:51,367 --> 04:59:55,901
around the intersections but they were blocking the intersections so other cars

3003
04:59:55,901 --> 05:00:02,501
couldn't get in. Our detectives on follow-up investigations went out, got

3004
05:00:09,788 --> 05:00:14,655
judge's, got a warrant to seize these individual cars and we impounded seven additional cars

3005
05:00:14,655 --> 05:00:18,454
on top of what we are doing already. We are going to continue to do

3006
05:00:18,454 --> 05:00:24,588
that kind of work. So again, this is not without warning.

3007
05:00:24,588 --> 05:00:32,988
I'm tired of it. Our community is tired of it. This behavior is unacceptable.

3008
05:00:33,188 --> 05:00:39,255
so I would like as much help as I can get. I know one thing, that we are

3009
05:00:39,255 --> 05:00:46,288
looking at, and I think that it may just need a little bit more data research is that some of

3010
05:00:46,288 --> 05:00:53,455
the cities that are being very successful in impacting this problem, I'm going to use the

3011
05:00:53,455 --> 05:01:01,255
city of pico rivera, for example, they are now issuing administrative sites for

3012
05:01:02,188 --> 05:01:06,550
spectators. It is $2,000. That sounds like a lot of money.

3013
05:01:06,550 --> 05:01:13,555
it is a lot of money. But until we start doing this, I believe in our unincorporated

3014
05:01:13,555 --> 05:01:21,588
areas, that will further give us an additional tool to impact this and hopefully keep these

3015
05:01:21,588 --> 05:01:31,454
individuals who are involved in this a way from this. The last th thing I will say, I

3016
05:01:31,454 --> 05:01:38,254
want to go to attorney's office and conspiracy, if you are involved in arranging these,

3017
05:01:38,254 --> 05:01:46,550
setting these up, and somehow profiting from this, I am going to use every tool at my disposal

3018
05:01:46,550 --> 05:01:50,988
to come after you. Whether it is through the la district attorney's office or

3019
05:01:50,988 --> 05:01:59,388
the u.s. Attorney's office, you cannot impact our communities in this fashion anymore.

3020
05:01:59,587 --> 05:02:07,255
so that is the end of my report. I stand ready for any questions any of you may have.

3021
05:02:07,255 --> 05:02:09,121
p. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I appreciate you sheriff.

3022
05:02:09,121 --> 05:02:14,188
I appreciate you coming today to participate in the panel. I agree with you, it is horrible

3023
05:02:14,188 --> 05:02:20,255
that small businesses have been impacted. I want to add, there are

3024
05:02:20,255 --> 05:02:26,921
communitys that have been terrorized for years and so I appreciate us highlighting

3025
05:02:26,921 --> 05:02:30,655
businesses that are being looted. But I don't want it to be lost

3026
05:02:30,655 --> 05:02:38,254
that there are family, friends and neighbors who have had loss of life and have been held

3027
05:02:38,254 --> 05:02:46,880
captive in their houses week after week after week. So I appreciate you bringing the

3028
05:02:46,880 --> 05:02:51,255
fire today. I hope that sustained not only for our small businesses but for

3029
05:02:51,255 --> 05:02:56,865
our residents who have been held captive in their homes. They are the people that brought

3030
05:02:56,865 --> 05:03:02,265
this attention to us. Who have come here, quarter after quarter to testify.

3031
05:03:02,265 --> 05:03:07,998
who reach out to you all. Who talk about not being able to leave their homes on the

3032
05:03:07,998 --> 05:03:12,131
weekends. Because out of fear of not being able to get back into their

3033
05:03:12,131 --> 05:03:17,531
homes. I appreciate that. I don't want their lived

3034
05:03:17,632 --> 05:03:22,265
experiences minimized at all given kind of the new heightened attention whether I want to

3035
05:03:22,265 --> 05:03:27,865
appreciate the media's attention on this. It gets, it takes it to another

3036
05:03:27,865 --> 05:03:34,465
level when people see businesses impacted. I don't want the community

3037
05:03:36,932 --> 05:03:44,132
members lived experience for years now lost in that. .>>department speaker: yes,

3038
05:03:44,798 --> 05:03:50,198
ma'am. My head was shaking up and down acknowledging.

3039
05:03:51,398 --> 05:03:55,265
please know, our residents have not been ignored. I know how frustrating it is.

3040
05:03:55,265 --> 05:03:59,665
but if you look at the statistics, it actually showed that our different stations were

3041
05:03:59,665 --> 05:04:04,865
starting to impact this up until this coming year. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:

3042
05:04:04,865 --> 05:04:09,864
absolutely. Te>>department speaker: we were listening to our residents.

3043
05:04:09,864 --> 05:04:15,331
a lot of frustrating residents. As you stated, there has been violence at some of these

3044
05:04:15,331 --> 05:04:21,931
incidences that we take very serious and that is why we were responding the way we are.

3045
05:04:21,931 --> 05:04:26,631
or have been. I wanted to make that clear. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I

3046
05:04:26,631 --> 05:04:29,931
appreciate that. This is also tragic. As we talk about our budgets and

3047
05:04:29,931 --> 05:04:32,665
all that we are trying to do. And all that you are trying to do.

3048
05:04:32,665 --> 05:04:39,798
the fact that this is completely avoidable, you know, we just spent hours talking about el

3049
05:04:39,798 --> 05:04:42,998
nino. And things that we don't have any control over.

3050
05:04:42,998 --> 05:04:48,650
and how we have to devote resources to keep people safe. This is completely preventible.

3051
05:04:48,650 --> 05:04:52,999
I think that it is also important to acknowledge out loud, the specific communities

3052
05:04:52,999 --> 05:05:00,799
continue to be targeted. Period. The question for me is, in, as a

3053
05:05:01,131 --> 05:05:09,198
resultful your arrests, if there is a sense that there are people coming into these

3054
05:05:09,198 --> 05:05:18,832
communities to engage in this illicit behavior or is it local residents who are tearing up the

3055
05:05:18,832 --> 05:05:22,731
streets in their own neighborhood? >>department speaker: we can

3056
05:05:22,731 --> 05:05:27,932
definitely dig in to get more specific information and the commander can correct me if I'm

3057
05:05:27,932 --> 05:05:31,598
inaccurate. It is a combination of both unfortunately.

3058
05:05:31,598 --> 05:05:35,998
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: that is not lost on me. That particular communities are

3059
05:05:35,998 --> 05:05:43,198
being targeted for this beh behavior. I would like, if possible, the

3060
05:05:43,931 --> 05:05:49,286
new data today in terms of how you are able to borough down, specifically helpful.

3061
05:05:49,286 --> 05:05:56,180
if we can, if prosecutions are increasing and arrests are increasing, I think that it

3062
05:05:56,180 --> 05:05:59,952
would be helpful to have a sense of, if people are coming into the community or not.

3063
05:05:59,952 --> 05:06:07,485
particularly as we begin to target or continue to target the multi prong strategy.

3064
05:06:07,485 --> 05:06:13,485
you know, if we are targeting schools, in districts where it is happening but that is not who

3065
05:06:13,485 --> 05:06:19,952
is committing the crimes, then we need to figure out how to partner with neighboring

3066
05:06:19,952 --> 05:06:24,686
municipalities, to make sure that the public education is going to, where the people are

3067
05:06:24,686 --> 05:06:31,652
who engage in the activity. That is why I think that it is important to actually know.

3068
05:06:31,652 --> 05:06:36,819
depth I acknowledge that. Thank you. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank

3069
05:06:36,819 --> 05:06:41,190
you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: supervisor hahn.

3070
05:06:43,219 --> 05:06:47,352
>> sup. Janice hahn: thank you madam chair. I was really frustrated at the

3071
05:06:47,352 --> 05:06:52,318
increase both my district but certainly in the second district which was the largest.

3072
05:06:52,318 --> 05:06:58,918
in my district, they went up by almost 50. In supervisor mitchell's

3073
05:07:01,552 --> 05:07:08,752
district, they had 96 last quarter and 323 this quarter. I was frustrated, especially

3074
05:07:08,752 --> 05:07:12,818
listening to everything you are doing and all of the statistics about of the workshops and the

3075
05:07:12,818 --> 05:07:18,952
education and the outreach and the intersection barriers. I mean, we have done a lot since

3076
05:07:18,952 --> 05:07:24,819
this first started. So it was extremely frustrating to me.

3077
05:07:24,819 --> 05:07:31,419
supervisor mitchell is calmer about this than I was when I saw these numbers.

3078
05:07:31,419 --> 05:07:38,619
but I, I know there are lots of theories about why. World cup celebrations, sporting

3079
05:07:38,619 --> 05:07:45,486
events, media promotions around, attractions for racing, new trend video game driving, that

3080
05:07:45,486 --> 05:07:53,819
promotes reckless driving, the fact sheet says, recent decent ral 12k3w4r5eurbgs of theland

3081
05:07:53,819 --> 05:08:00,819
street takeover task force or disruption to intelligence sharing among law enforcement

3082
05:08:00,819 --> 05:08:04,752
agencies. I know you are going to address all of those trends.

3083
05:08:04,752 --> 05:08:13,152
you don't have to tell us now how you are doing that. I think that, you know, all of

3084
05:08:13,152 --> 05:08:18,319
those contributing factors are not necessarily going away. It is not the world cup but it

3085
05:08:18,319 --> 05:08:27,319
will be something else. I wonder listening to the el nino preparation, I am wondering

3086
05:08:31,860 --> 05:08:35,552
how much this task force is really preparing for at least one of those factors which would

3087
05:08:35,552 --> 05:08:42,428
be of course, you know, the olympics. Sheriff, I'm really glad you

3088
05:08:42,428 --> 05:08:50,828
said what you said. Because you know, what happened in bell flower was just

3089
05:08:51,962 --> 05:08:56,762
shocking. Shocking. It was almost like this street

3090
05:08:56,962 --> 05:09:01,429
takeover, almost looked like a distraction to what they were actually there to do.

3091
05:09:01,429 --> 05:09:09,300
they were actually there to loot and rob that liquor store. But the street takeover and the,

3092
05:09:09,300 --> 05:09:15,795
you know, the spinning and the sparks and I think there were some fireworks, seemed like a

3093
05:09:15,795 --> 05:09:23,595
big distraction. Thank you for being sensitive sheriff to that family that was

3094
05:09:24,162 --> 05:09:27,295
devastated. Now they reached out to our office.

3095
05:09:27,295 --> 05:09:36,295
because I represent bell flower. The family felt they have not felt comfortable walking around

3096
05:09:37,896 --> 05:09:42,829
at night since that incident occurred. They also felt like what they

3097
05:09:42,829 --> 05:09:51,290
reached out to us, was that our bell flower substation, which is just a substation was under

3098
05:09:51,290 --> 05:09:57,290
staffed. I appreciate sheriff and commander bell your work on

3099
05:09:59,129 --> 05:10:04,729
maybe increasing some penetration there in that area. But you know, sometimes when we

3100
05:10:04,729 --> 05:10:11,295
just have a substation it is, it is not highly staffed, you know. There is not as many personnel

3101
05:10:11,295 --> 05:10:18,950
as a regular station. What would you say sheriff to the community and particularly

3102
05:10:18,950 --> 05:10:26,496
to this family that owned this store? How do we get them to feel safe?

3103
05:10:26,496 --> 05:10:34,896
>>department speaker: first of all, I just spoke about the sensitivity towards the family.

3104
05:10:37,162 --> 05:10:46,229
I'll make sure that they connect with our captain at the lakewood station which also covers bell

3105
05:10:46,229 --> 05:10:52,896
flower to make sure that we do everything that we can to make sure that they know that we are

3106
05:10:52,896 --> 05:10:59,495
there. We respond, we investigate and our deputies do an amazing job

3107
05:10:59,495 --> 05:11:07,895
of doing that 24/7. Obviously, I will never use any excuse like staffing or anything

3108
05:11:12,962 --> 05:11:18,495
else but we are a department that is understaffed. We talked about that on many

3109
05:11:18,495 --> 05:11:25,950
occasions here. But when I go out and communicate consistencely with

3110
05:11:25,960 --> 05:11:32,450
our community, one, I want them to know that I have the author 12k3w4r5eurbgs with to hire

3111
05:11:32,450 --> 05:11:38,849
between 800-1,000 deputies per year. You guys have given us that

3112
05:11:38,849 --> 05:11:44,516
authorization. That is misnomer out there based on past history.

3113
05:11:44,516 --> 05:11:52,500
and our staffing is actually, I'm sorry, our hiring, recruiting and hiring is

3114
05:11:52,500 --> 05:11:57,849
actually up, our applications are up about 50%. Any time that we talk about

3115
05:11:57,849 --> 05:12:04,182
recruiting, I remind everybody that we are hiring. So if anybody knows anybody who

3116
05:12:04,182 --> 05:12:14,182
wants to be a deputy sheriff, please come on out. But there is, you know, we are

3117
05:12:14,249 --> 05:12:17,382
still at negotiating table. I think that all of you know that.

3118
05:12:17,382 --> 05:12:22,182
that impacts staffing. We are talking about this star program that impacts this

3119
05:12:22,182 --> 05:12:25,183
retention. That all impacts everything that we are talking about.

3120
05:12:25,183 --> 05:12:32,783
but if you are talking about nightly deployments, whether it is in the city of lakewood, bell

3121
05:12:32,783 --> 05:12:38,116
flower or any of the unincorporated areas that impact all of your districts, our

3122
05:12:38,116 --> 05:12:43,183
deputies are out there. We have the staffing. We have out there.

3123
05:12:43,183 --> 05:12:48,316
that is usually not falling below the minimum staffing standards.

3124
05:12:48,316 --> 05:12:54,250
so I get it when somebody, there is a crime in progress, people are going to say, hey, they

3125
05:12:54,250 --> 05:12:58,649
didn't get here quick enough. Or there wasn't enough of them. I respect that.

3126
05:12:58,649 --> 05:13:03,449
understand that. But we are responding -- >> I

3127
05:13:04,650 --> 05:13:07,783
>> sup. Janice hahn: I mean, I get that. You can't be at every

3128
05:13:07,783 --> 05:13:11,983
intersection everywhere. This whole problem is whack-a-mole.

3129
05:13:12,490 --> 05:13:18,182
we solve at one intersection and put up barriers or, you know, deterrents and then they move to

3130
05:13:18,182 --> 05:13:24,583
another section. Sheriff in norwalk, last week, the norwalk public safety

3131
05:13:24,583 --> 05:13:29,316
officials noticed a lot of cars and people beginning to congregate and so they called

3132
05:13:29,316 --> 05:13:33,116
the sheriff's department. The sheriff's department was able to arrive on the scene

3133
05:13:33,116 --> 05:13:37,583
quickly and prevent the overtaking of the entire intersection.

3134
05:13:37,583 --> 05:13:42,916
maybe either you or commander bell can talk about what worked there.

3135
05:13:42,916 --> 05:13:48,182
why did that one work to prevent? It was trying to happen.

3136
05:13:48,182 --> 05:13:55,517
clearly they had all gathered to make it happen. But something interrupted it.

3137
05:13:55,517 --> 05:13:59,850
>> I will try to address it. If commander bell has anything to add.

3138
05:13:59,850 --> 05:14:04,650
.. >> sup. Janice hahn: what can we learn --

3139
05:14:05,649 --> 05:14:09,649
>>department speaker: key there, someone saw the activity and called us immediately.

3140
05:14:09,649 --> 05:14:17,783
the quicker we become aware of it, reminding the community you are our eyes and ears, get a

3141
05:14:17,783 --> 05:14:26,783
hold of us immediately. Either we put assets up through hellhelicopter, and put up, givs

3142
05:14:28,726 --> 05:14:33,993
information about how many cars and people. We start bringing in black and

3143
05:14:33,993 --> 05:14:38,926
whites. Other type of resources. If we can do that, we would

3144
05:14:38,926 --> 05:14:43,860
definitely impact this before it becomes a significant problem for us.

3145
05:14:43,860 --> 05:14:49,526
that is a big help to us. >> sup. Janice hahn: right. That is a good message.

3146
05:14:49,526 --> 05:14:53,526
if you see something, say something. Yeah, you know, commander, did

3147
05:14:53,526 --> 05:14:59,590
you want to say something? >>department speaker: yes, commander bell, I wanted to echo

3148
05:14:59,590 --> 05:15:05,593
the sheriff, as you know, in los angeles, in east la, there was a similar situation where we had

3149
05:15:05,593 --> 05:15:10,259
where it was a street takeover about to occur. We were able to prevent that.

3150
05:15:10,259 --> 05:15:17,626
but what we seen now with the technological aspect to it, putting up cameras, surveillance

3151
05:15:17,626 --> 05:15:22,860
camera, this will help us to respond faster. With these cameras live feed to

3152
05:15:22,860 --> 05:15:26,593
sheriff station will give us a live feed. We can see some of the cars

3153
05:15:26,593 --> 05:15:32,526
start to build up and that will help us respond in addition to what the community called.

3154
05:15:32,526 --> 05:15:36,393
if they give us a call, they will respond. We will reassure the community

3155
05:15:36,393 --> 05:15:41,926
if they call, we will respond. We are going to use all resources and technology to

3156
05:15:41,926 --> 05:15:48,993
address this problem. Cameras will be, one key component helping us resolve

3157
05:15:48,993 --> 05:15:52,459
that. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank you. Sheriff, I appreciate the air

3158
05:15:52,459 --> 05:15:56,526
assets, because I think that also can relay important information on the ground but as

3159
05:15:56,526 --> 05:16:04,426
you said, could capture license plates, and vehicles to then hold accountable if in fact it

3160
05:16:04,426 --> 05:16:10,192
turns into a full blown intersection. >>department speaker: that is

3161
05:16:10,192 --> 05:16:13,526
for drones. If somebody calls, our helicopters are in the air.

3162
05:16:13,526 --> 05:16:20,892
they have minutes of response time and get there quickly to start coordinating our units

3163
05:16:20,892 --> 05:16:24,492
coming in to be more effective. >> sup. Janice hahn: yeah. Thank you.

3164
05:16:24,492 --> 05:16:28,293
I appreciate all of the education, the outreach. I think that is important.

3165
05:16:28,293 --> 05:16:35,259
to me, when I read the incident reports of these most recent, you know, these are not, your

3166
05:16:35,259 --> 05:16:42,460
honor, the kids that could have been in school listening to outreach about why street racing

3167
05:16:42,460 --> 05:16:52,460
is bad, this seems to be an elevated level of folks who have criminal intent to harm innocent

3168
05:16:52,793 --> 05:16:56,393
people. So thank you. Madam chair.

3169
05:16:57,326 --> 05:17:02,859
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: yes, I wanted to say thank you for providing update on the report.

3170
05:17:02,859 --> 05:17:07,860
it is troubling. I know for my district it hasn't grown increasingly.

3171
05:17:07,860 --> 05:17:12,760
there is, there is still activity. As you said sheriff, there is

3172
05:17:12,760 --> 05:17:20,681
already been two retail theft occurrences that happened at the auto zone there in east l.a.

3173
05:17:20,681 --> 05:17:27,814
it really is troubling because I too am concerned, if we are addressing students in high

3174
05:17:27,814 --> 05:17:32,348
school and what have you, that is one population. That preventive.

3175
05:17:32,348 --> 05:17:38,614
if we are talking about people of 21 is and older, whatever, then we are looking at a

3176
05:17:38,614 --> 05:17:43,810
different population. I would love to see that information provided to us.

3177
05:17:43,810 --> 05:17:47,881
I agree with supervisor mitchell, if these folks are actually from our area, from the

3178
05:17:47,881 --> 05:17:53,214
immediate zip code or precincts? So to speak. Then have that information.

3179
05:17:53,214 --> 05:17:58,748
because I think that is probably another way of doing more investigation into really

3180
05:17:58,748 --> 05:18:05,810
deterring who those folks are and who they are connected to. I do think that our businesses

3181
05:18:05,810 --> 05:18:10,281
need to be made aware in our communities that they have some rights and that they should also

3182
05:18:10,281 --> 05:18:15,614
be vigilant. I, I want you to reaffirm what you said.

3183
05:18:15,614 --> 05:18:20,414
if they see something, say something, to call and not to be afraid.

3184
05:18:20,414 --> 05:18:23,814
I get it. Some of our businesses are intimidated right now because

3185
05:18:23,814 --> 05:18:31,614
they are afraid of everything especially in east l.a. If it is ice, anyone wearing a

3186
05:18:31,614 --> 05:18:37,214
uniform, even if it is dpw or public health, they don't want to have anything to do with the

3187
05:18:37,214 --> 05:18:42,214
government. That is really bad. So we have a lot of things to

3188
05:18:42,214 --> 05:18:47,214
overcome. I think that the best way is to get to them in their community,

3189
05:18:47,214 --> 05:18:52,148
speaking their language, culturally competent and making sure that those relationships

3190
05:18:52,148 --> 05:18:56,140
are lasting and not just a one-off. Otherwise, it will continue and

3191
05:18:56,140 --> 05:19:00,810
my sense is, things aren't going to get, I hope that they get better.

3192
05:19:00,810 --> 05:19:03,948
I really do. But I know that there is always, there is always opportunity for

3193
05:19:03,948 --> 05:19:08,810
someone to do something negative. I, I really want our business

3194
05:19:08,810 --> 05:19:14,214
people to know that we support them. That is really dangerous and for

3195
05:19:14,214 --> 05:19:19,810
our young people too to continue to understand that there are consequences to their actions.

3196
05:19:19,810 --> 05:19:26,681
so I would just say that. Thank you super supervisor mitc. >> thank you madam chair.

3197
05:19:26,681 --> 05:19:32,814
I want to clarify something with county counsel, because we brought forward motions to

3198
05:19:32,814 --> 05:19:38,748
increase penalties. We were going to bring forward a motion with regard to admin

3199
05:19:38,748 --> 05:19:44,748
citations. It was my understanding that federal court brought them

3200
05:19:47,680 --> 05:19:53,680
unconstitutional. If it happened in rivera, not in federal court?

3201
05:19:55,481 --> 05:19:59,749
but make sure that I am following the comments made. Is that correct or not?

3202
05:19:59,749 --> 05:20:04,214
>>department speaker: supervisor mitchell, deputy county counsel, they haven't changed the law

3203
05:20:04,214 --> 05:20:08,225
yet. It wasn't happened. Pico rivera hasn't changed it.

3204
05:20:08,225 --> 05:20:11,158
that is my understanding. The case that you cited is correct.

3205
05:20:11,158 --> 05:20:19,358
still on point with respect to sspectators being penalized. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: when

3206
05:20:19,358 --> 05:20:24,910
you say that pico rivera has not changed the law yet, you mean they have not come into

3207
05:20:24,910 --> 05:20:28,558
compliance with the federal ruling? >>department speaker: correct.

3208
05:20:28,558 --> 05:20:34,624
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: what does it mean for pico rivera? If they are still issuing admin

3209
05:20:34,624 --> 05:20:38,958
citations, what does that main? >>department speaker: they are not in compliance with federal

3210
05:20:38,958 --> 05:20:43,291
law. At this point, those type of spectator citations are a

3211
05:20:43,291 --> 05:20:48,357
violation of the constitution in terms of right of assembly and free speech.

3212
05:20:48,357 --> 05:20:51,558
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I wanted to clarify. We were going to put that in one

3213
05:20:51,558 --> 05:20:55,910
of the past motions and understood about that ruling. I am open.

3214
05:20:55,910 --> 05:21:00,910
we should continue to collaborate on ways from your perspective sheriff, additional

3215
05:21:00,910 --> 05:21:05,425
tools you think you need, so let's continue to have conversations about ways in

3216
05:21:05,425 --> 05:21:12,691
which we can empower you based on your experience about what we need to try to turn this corner.

3217
05:21:12,691 --> 05:21:17,891
I thought admin citations were not correct. So I wanted to get that clear on

3218
05:21:17,891 --> 05:21:20,910
the record. Thank you. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: very

3219
05:21:20,910 --> 05:21:25,240
good. Seeing no other questions from the board, let's go to public

3220
05:21:25,240 --> 05:21:27,225
comment. >> moderator: following individuals come forward and

3221
05:21:27,225 --> 05:21:33,491
staff will assist you. Claudia, david, as a final reminder of remote participants

3222
05:21:33,491 --> 05:21:40,357
in order to address the board remotely, you must call in by phone to 213-444-2600 whether

3223
05:21:40,357 --> 05:21:48,858
you are registered or not. Caller with phone number ending in 7204 your line is open.

3224
05:21:48,858 --> 05:21:52,158
please begin. >>telephone speaker: yes I live in the fifth district and I ask

3225
05:21:52,158 --> 05:21:59,157
you to please don't forget about us in the antelope valley. South county gets attention.

3226
05:21:59,157 --> 05:22:03,358
here, street race something a big danger. Just today, in lancaster, over

3227
05:22:03,358 --> 05:22:10,424
29 fatal traffic collisions with 50% of that attributed to speed. While the folks on youth

3228
05:22:10,424 --> 05:22:15,691
outreach appreciated, we have grown adults that mid life crises driving around in cars

3229
05:22:15,691 --> 05:22:21,910
for racing, stoplight to stoplight. This creates noise pollution.

3230
05:22:21,158 --> 05:22:26,424
law enforcement is spread thin, maybe with partnership with local police department, maybe

3231
05:22:26,424 --> 05:22:31,524
target those with public hazard to those on the roads and those a nuisance, to those in the

3232
05:22:31,524 --> 05:22:35,958
homes. The fairgrounds opening up, double edge sword, we are close

3233
05:22:35,958 --> 05:22:38,691
to willow springs and open track days. That doesn't help.

3234
05:22:38,691 --> 05:22:43,225
this might be a double edge sword and opportunity for people to gather and race illegally on

3235
05:22:43,225 --> 05:22:45,759
their own after prior legal events. Thank you.

3236
05:22:45,759 --> 05:22:51,191
>> moderator: thank you. We will now go to in-person speakers.

3237
05:22:51,191 --> 05:22:57,291
>>in-person speaker: , claudia, dpss, dwc. I can say that I see youth all

3238
05:22:57,291 --> 05:23:00,246
of the time when they come out of school, backpacks and everything.

3239
05:23:00,246 --> 05:23:06,246
I think, wow, they are really learning. When I see this violations,

3240
05:23:06,246 --> 05:23:15,646
don't think that it is all of them. I can say, that kw youth can ane

3241
05:23:15,646 --> 05:23:21,179
manipulated easily, or instructed easily. It is important that these

3242
05:23:21,179 --> 05:23:26,379
street takeovers are representation of the youth being derailed from normal

3243
05:23:26,379 --> 05:23:30,612
standards. We must bring them back and teach them youthful techniques.

3244
05:23:30,612 --> 05:23:37,846
forms of expression that are useful and constructive. Also we have to give them good

3245
05:23:37,846 --> 05:23:42,278
examples and good instruction and make sure that they understand the consequences but

3246
05:23:42,278 --> 05:23:47,312
we have to provide them good example. We have to also help them

3247
05:23:47,312 --> 05:23:52,713
grieve. They are also grieving with us. In all of this.

3248
05:23:52,713 --> 05:23:59,450
>> moderator: that concludes public comment on this item. >> executive officer: receive

3249
05:23:59,450 --> 05:24:01,845
and filed. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: no objection.

3250
05:24:01,845 --> 05:24:05,712
>> executive officer: move on to general public comment. This time, hear from members of

3251
05:24:05,712 --> 05:24:08,712
the public wishing to address the board on general public comment.

3252
05:24:08,712 --> 05:24:12,346
this is opportunity for the public to address the board on subject matters within the

3253
05:24:12,346 --> 05:24:16,412
board's jurisdiction but not on items on meeting agenda. For members of the public

3254
05:24:16,412 --> 05:24:21,312
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if you are on the phone, have not signed up to speak and would like to comment on this item,

3256
05:24:26,712 --> 05:24:30,179
please press star now and follow the prompts to be placed into the speaking queue.

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05:24:30,179 --> 05:24:35,245
if you are watching the meeting and have registered, or you have not register and would like to

3258
05:24:35,245 --> 05:24:43,246
address the board on this item, you must call 213-444-2600. Press star and follow the

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05:24:43,246 --> 05:24:45,712
prompts. An operator will be on the phone to assist.

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05:24:45,712 --> 05:24:51,313
please be prepared to address the board on subject matters within the board's jurisdiction.

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>> moderator: in-person speakers call. While coming forward, remote

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05:24:55,446 --> 05:24:58,646
speakers. Following individuals come forward and staff will assist

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you. Daniel, claudia, luse luciana and daniel.

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jocelyn your line is open. Please begin. >>telephone speaker: good

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afternoon. Board of supervisors. My name is jocelyn tucker.

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I am calling because I am disappointed regarding the status of the skilled nushessing

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05:25:36,879 --> 05:25:42,879
facility. It has been a horrible experience for my family.

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05:25:42,912 --> 05:25:50,712
trying to deal with those facilities. The lack of care and concern and

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empathy and supervision, it would be nice to have a hearing to allow for other families to

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speak. If you could do that, I would really appreciate it.

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>> moderator: thank you. Caller ending in 0716 your line is open.

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please state your name and begin. >>telephone speaker: this is roy

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05:26:16,928 --> 05:26:23,620
humphreys, rowland heights. Supervisor mitchell at all, racism in yesterday, today and

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05:26:23,620 --> 05:26:29,795
it ain't going away. As ignorance of this board meets to only visit my youtube channel

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05:26:29,795 --> 05:26:37,194
for black history education enlightenment and abandon the blm in which 25 blacks were

3276
05:26:37,194 --> 05:26:44,795
murdered by blacks. Billions in burning and looting of black businesses by blacks.

3277
05:26:44,795 --> 05:26:51,728
hilda solis has been a master in slave of latino los angeles county, legal and illegal [

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indiscernible ] forever. Why are there 53 mexico consulates in the united states

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of america? Now we all are faced with the islamic insurrection.

3280
05:27:03,662 --> 05:27:12,620
again go to my channel. Eye opening experience. Iman says, death to the infidels

3281
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and martyr them. You will never be the same. Invisible --

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>> moderator: cash your line is open. Please begin.

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>>telephone speaker: okay. Yeah, so I'm live right now? >> moderator: yes, go ahead.

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>>telephone speaker: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I have noticed a very disturbing

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05:27:34,928 --> 05:27:41,461
pattern with the board of supervisors that you keep announcing these decisions and

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legislations that you are making that are supposed to help la county citizens.

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then it will say in the kind of the fine print, that it is only for people living in

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unincorporated parts of the county. I looked it up.

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on google. Only 10% of the whole population of la county lives in

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unincorporated areas. I don't know, I don't know what kind of hoax you guys think you

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are pulling here but you know the citizens of la county we need, we need to be making

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decisions that affect, you know, if not 100% of us -- >> moderator: thank you.

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we will go to in-person speakers. Please begin.

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>>in-person speaker: [ >>in-person speaker: >> interpreter: powerful new

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play by daniel garcia. The chilling history of the program.

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05:28:47,134 --> 05:28:54,200
this deeply historical and urgent work examines the third right euthanasia initiative.

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precursor to holocaust that served as testing ground for mass murder and systemically

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05:28:58,834 --> 05:29:02,334
targeted individuals with physical, mental and psychiatric disabilities.

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it starts tomorrow wednesday september 2. It will be on september 2, 3, 9

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and 10 at 7:30 p.m. This is at the arts shirley dunn studio 5484 santa monica

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boulevard in l.a. It is also on sunday september 6 and sunday 13 at 3 p.m.

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doors open at 2:30 for that. At 7 for the evening one. General admission $20.

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05:29:28,534 --> 05:29:33,934
students $15. Ada and companions $12. The instagram is ask the

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collective truth and also -- >> moderator: thank you next speaker please.

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next speaker please begin. >>in-person speaker: lushano, I know spoken today so far, I know

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the topic of wild land fires is especially sensitive to supervisor barger and supervisor

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horvath. Now I would like to take a moment why it is personal to me.

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last year in march, I had the unfortunate responsibility of making a call to the next of kin

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to a friend of mine who was wildfire fighter out east. From that call, I made a promise

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that I would do everything in my power where I live, in my home, to fight the crisis of wild land

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fires. Unfortunately, southern california wildfire response is

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ready to take up that mantle. So I ask of you, board, two things.

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help us engage the community and open the doors to the agencies that we can work with.

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thank you. >> moderator: thank you. Next speaker please.

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>>in-person speaker: jamison, hilda solis on august 25, last tuesday, a second gas leak of

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the hilda solis rose court that you ponied up $7.5 million, first occurred on april 22.

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april 22, la fire department, I don't know why you are filming us.

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05:31:11,267 --> 05:31:17,400
did not evacuate us. Violation of safety protocol. You need to do investigation why

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the first evaccation did not occur. Instruct steve fowler, to meet

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with the residents as to any financial, medical and other hardships they suffererred.

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and also direct city council worm who do the same. I filed a report with your

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office on friday. I heard nothing back from you. I will just conclude by

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reminding you, three years into israel's genocide and none of you condemned it.

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05:31:40,816 --> 05:31:49,549
all of you stood steadfast with israel, so all five of you againside psychopaths can rot in

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hell. Thank you very much. >> moderator: next.

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>>in-person speaker: I'm here in strong support of restoring $24 million cut in transition age

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due to homeless services. Services are critical for young people experiencing

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05:32:03,150 --> 05:32:08,830
homelessness. Including lgbtq youth rely on housing and supportive services

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and consistent network of care to build stable futures. Pushing vulnerable young people

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back into homelessness and instability. We urge the county to back fill

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the full $24 million providing greater transformation around funding and work closely with

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the city to make sure that no gaps in services. We ask that you make the

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services a priority and protect young people that depend on them.

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thank you. >> moderator: next speaker please.

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>>in-person speaker: hello, I'm colin, from district 5. Kathryn barger.

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I contacted la board of supervisors melissa at the front desk and my emails are blocked

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to go to measure g, la gov. La county.gov. I wonder if you could help me

3338
05:32:56,349 --> 05:33:02,416
send in the information. They are requesting us to have meetings with local churches so

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south pasadena, st. James, essex commission for measure g. We wanted to discuss ethics.

3340
05:33:08,749 --> 05:33:15,349
as well as also I'm promoting the star gate ai, so we want to make certain that our ai for

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healthcare is ethical which would be really nice. And that is basically it.

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thank you. >> moderator: thank you. Next speaker please.

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>>in-person speaker: claudia, dwc, fires youth takeovers, el nino, fraud, all of those

3344
05:33:34,283 --> 05:33:39,149
things, these are all representations of issues we must tackle.

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we must come together and ascertain with a sound mind of, we are the, if we are the

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leaders of this county, we must confront them with firmness and conviction and maintain our

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wholeness. These are events that are tragic to all of us.

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and cause very serious emot emotional, you know, upheaval on us.

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we must, you know, confront them with standards. The issues are volatile,

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difficult but we must meet them with a sound mind. That is something that I want to

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share. Thank you. >> moderator: thank you.

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madam chair and members of the board that concludes our time for general public comment.

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05:34:31,956 --> 05:34:39,156
>> executive officer: we will proceed with adjournments. Madam chair, we will proceed

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with adjournments. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I'm sorry.

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okay. We are going to start with the first district.

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colleagues today, I would like to adjourn in the memory of good friend of mine that I had known

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for over 30 years. Who is a pine kwr50er in environmental justice, and so

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many good things. David algood was a good friend of mine.

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helped me in my career when I started in 1992. He was born in california in

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1947. He served in the air force from 1966-1972 as a russian language

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intercepter. He spent his early years as an artist and was responsible for

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the development of fine art embossed print making. Back in 1980, he opened an art

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05:35:47,421 --> 05:35:52,421
publishing company, mind eye studio in los angeles where he promoted his work along with

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many other artists he thought needed support by creating and marketing limited edition works.

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05:35:57,955 --> 05:36:04,555
he was an advocate for artist rights, david was always helping someone or organizing people to

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05:36:04,555 --> 05:36:11,855
stand up against injustice. After ten years, he closed mind's eye and devoted his time

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to politics which was always a thread in the fabric of the man he was.

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he served as executive director of the california league of conservation voters known today

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as the california environmental voters. He continued to organize

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05:36:26,622 --> 05:36:31,888
progressive groups to fight for clean air, clean water and against corporate domination and

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05:36:31,888 --> 05:36:37,222
state politics. David was a true renaissance man with an ability to connect

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people in order to innovate and solve problems. He loved history, art, music,

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05:36:43,688 --> 05:36:48,755
making pies and spending time with his family, friends and his dogs.

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I remember him fondly because he worked so tirelessly with me on crafting many pieces of

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environmental justice legislation. My community and I give him and

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05:37:00,880 --> 05:37:05,155
his family blessings and thanks. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I would like to be in on that.

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sol ol yes. Absolutely. I think all members.

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next members, I would like to move when we adjourn today in the memory of samuel vase, who

3379
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passed away august 14, 2026 at the age of 83. Born on february 28, 1943, mr.

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pause lived a life defined by service, advocacy and unwavering commitment to civil

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05:37:32,910 --> 05:37:37,710
rights. Mr. Paz higher education from 1969-1971ucla.

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later earning law degree from usc where deeply involved in student activism.

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05:37:50,243 --> 05:37:55,709
ging legal career in 1975, he quickly emerged as pioneering force in police accountability

3384
05:37:55,709 --> 05:38:02,309
winning one of the first major legal victories involving police surveillance.

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05:38:03,776 --> 05:38:09,309
dedicated practice to serving people in need. Spanish speaking clients and

3386
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widely recognized as one of the leading civil rights litigators. Mr. Paz's influence extended

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nationally. He joined the aclu of southern california board in 1978 and

3388
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later the aclu national board in 1988, serving for more than 30 years until his retirement in

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05:38:28,776 --> 05:38:32,976
2018. His leadership contributed to landmark victories including

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multiple million dollar settlements against the lapd, pivotal role in opposing

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05:38:40,109 --> 05:38:44,309
proposition 187. Protecting vital services for undocumented immigrants.

3392
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he was widely honored for contributions, receiving the aclu certificate of honor and

3393
05:38:50,243 --> 05:38:57,643
the aclu lifetime achievement award in 2019. As an educator who served as an

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adjunct professor at loyola law school, the national institute of trial advocacy and the

3395
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people's college of law, shaping generations of civil rights attorneys.

3396
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mr. Paz was a brilliant litigator. A generous mentor and a

3397
05:39:12,843 --> 05:39:18,243
visionary leader whose guidance and examples strengthened the national movement for police

3398
05:39:18,243 --> 05:39:22,377
accountability. His humility, kindness and willingness to advise others

3399
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made him be loved across the legal community. Mr. Paz leaves behind a

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profound legacy marked by courage, integrity and decades of service to justice.

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his life work continues to guide the efforts of countless advocates and institutions

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committed to civil rights. Lastly, members, finally we move that we adjourn today in the

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05:39:45,176 --> 05:39:52,976
memory of former west mayor, dro passed away august 14. Mr. Tenant remarkable physician,

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historian, whose lifetime of service touched countless people.

3405
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he dedicated much of the distinguished medical career to the understanding and treatment

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05:40:07,309 --> 05:40:12,576
of chronic pain. He became a pioneering voice in the treatment of arch -- I can't

3407
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proi pronounce this. Bringing hope to patients mtion understood, overlooked and told

3408
05:40:20,540 --> 05:40:23,853
that little could be done for them. Through research clinical work

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05:40:23,853 --> 05:40:29,187
teaching and writing, he tirelessly advanced medical understanding of the devastating

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05:40:29,187 --> 05:40:33,987
condition while helping pairvets relieve. Sharing knowledge with

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05:40:39,386 --> 05:40:43,353
physicians and patients around the world. His compassion for those who

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suffered remained at sent e of f life's work. He was a member of the city of

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05:40:51,540 --> 05:40:57,320
cost vena mayor and city councilmember. He understood that a community

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strength comes not only from institution, but people, stories and history.

3415
05:41:00,853 --> 05:41:07,120
that vision led him to help establish the west coveena historical society, creating

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lasting home for the city's heritage. Dr. Tenant's generosity extended

3417
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through the tenant foundation which more than two decades provided grants to nonprofit

3418
05:41:17,854 --> 05:41:22,200
organizations in san gabriel valley. His belief in giving back became

3419
05:41:22,200 --> 05:41:28,354
a powerful force for good, and organizations and supporting communities in need.

3420
05:41:28,354 --> 05:41:32,120
dr. Tenant leaves behind a legacy that is founded in the lives that he touched.

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05:41:32,120 --> 05:41:38,653
the patients he helped, the history he preserved and organizations and the hope he

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gave others. That concludes my adjournments. Second district.

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>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank you very much madam chair. Colleagues I ask that when we

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adjourn today, in the memory of chcharlenea d. Price. Passed away august 10 at

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extraordinary age of 100. Born on january 8, 1926 in hammond, louisiana.

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she was the eldest of six children and raised in a faith centered home that shaped her

3427
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lifelong dedication to service, leadership and compassion. In 1941, her family made a

3428
05:42:15,520 --> 05:42:20,487
pivotal decision that forever changed her life. By joining the historic

3429
05:42:20,487 --> 05:42:24,853
migration of millions of african-americans who left the south in search of greater

3430
05:42:24,853 --> 05:42:31,253
social and economic opportunity. At the age of 14, she moved to los angeles to live with her

3431
05:42:31,253 --> 05:42:39,530
aunt and graduated from jefferson high school in 19 45. She later completed a dental

3432
05:42:39,187 --> 05:42:46,387
assistant program. During her daily commute, she met kerrin d. Price sr. Whom she

3433
05:42:46,387 --> 05:42:53,587
married in 1947. Together they welcomed two sons, qur'an, jr. And charles and

3434
05:42:54,860 --> 05:42:58,720
built a loving and supporting home. In february of 1965, mrs. Price

3435
05:42:58,720 --> 05:43:04,586
became an economic pioneer when she purchased a single family home in what was then the all

3436
05:43:04,586 --> 05:43:08,787
white morning side neighborhood of inglewood. Determined to create

3437
05:43:08,787 --> 05:43:14,253
opportunities for her sons, she worked tirelessly to ensure that they both graduated from

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05:43:14,253 --> 05:43:19,254
college. She believed in stability and community residing in inglewood

3439
05:43:19,254 --> 05:43:25,254
for 51 years and remaining active in her block club throughout that time.

3440
05:43:25,254 --> 05:43:29,654
professionally, mrs. Price served over 15 years at los angeles county assessors office.

3441
05:43:29,654 --> 05:43:36,540
she later worked at a law firm and spent more than a decade teaching office management at

3442
05:43:36,540 --> 05:43:40,854
inglewood adult school. Her most gratifying post-retirement endeavor.

3443
05:43:41,320 --> 05:43:47,587
she had a gift for helping students understand not only the material but its purpose.

3444
05:43:47,587 --> 05:43:52,186
encouraging them to pursue their interest and build their careers.

3445
05:43:52,186 --> 05:43:59,386
a lifelong advocate for civic engagement, youth and education, mrs. Price strengthened

3446
05:43:59,454 --> 05:44:02,720
neighborhoods that inspired generations across south los angeles.

3447
05:44:02,720 --> 05:44:08,540
her community work earned recognition from the city of inglewood, the california state

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05:44:08,540 --> 05:44:14,530
legislature, the city and county of los angeles, and numerous nonprofit and philanthropic

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05:44:14,530 --> 05:44:20,587
organizations. In honor of her impact, the intersection of 38th street and

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griffith avenue proudly carries the name charlenea d. Price square.

3451
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in her free time, mrs. Price cherished moments with loved ones and enjoyed gardening,

3452
05:44:32,453 --> 05:44:38,720
baking rolls and solving sud yukeo and word puzzles. Also a passion for travel.

3453
05:44:38,720 --> 05:44:44,453
exploring destinations throughout california, the u.s., as well as europe, asia, mexico,

3454
05:44:44,453 --> 05:44:51,653
1kwjamaica and cuba. Faith central throughout her life guiding her with resilience

3455
05:44:53,187 --> 05:44:56,920
and grace. She will be remembered for kindness, strength and lifelong

3456
05:44:56,920 --> 05:45:03,853
devotion for service. Mrs. Price is survived by her sons, council member kerrin d.

3457
05:45:03,853 --> 05:45:09,454
price, jr. And charles price. Her sister gloria and host of extended family and friends who

3458
05:45:09,454 --> 05:45:16,654
will forever cherish her memory. Thank you madam chair. >> sup. Hilda sol.

3459
05:45:17,654 --> 05:45:22,520
>> sup. Janice hahn: may I join you on that. >> sup. Hilda solis, chair:

3460
05:45:22,520 --> 05:45:27,987
horvath. >> sup. Lindsey horvath: we adjourn today in joan, a devoted

3461
05:45:27,987 --> 05:45:37,187
champion for arts education and long time city resident. Joan voyet, passed away I at age

3462
05:45:37,187 --> 05:45:41,987
90. Third generation angeleno. Joan dedicated career making the

3463
05:45:41,987 --> 05:45:45,920
art accessible to young people across los angeles. After a decade with the los

3464
05:45:45,920 --> 05:45:50,720
angeles fill harmonic, joan established education division in 1979.

3465
05:45:52,920 --> 05:46:00,330
over the next two decades she helped grow it into one of the nation's largest arts education

3466
05:46:00,330 --> 05:46:05,730
programs reaching millions of people. And instrumental for the

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05:46:08,331 --> 05:46:12,797
county of the arts. Joan believed deep don'tly in opening doors for others.

3468
05:46:12,797 --> 05:46:16,664
whether young person for the arts orp a colleague finding path in the field.

3469
05:46:16,664 --> 05:46:21,864
even after retiring, she continued serving ltion through arts and cultural organizations

3470
05:46:21,864 --> 05:46:27,664
leaving an influence that can be still felt in classrooms, theaters and creative

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05:46:27,664 --> 05:46:31,497
communities throughout our county. She is survived by her children,

3472
05:46:31,497 --> 05:46:37,397
kevin and susie. Her granddaughters brook and jordan and great grandson henry.

3473
05:46:37,397 --> 05:46:43,640
we adjourn today in honor of joan, recognizing her extraordinary contributions to

3474
05:46:43,640 --> 05:46:47,864
arts education, the opportunities she created for generations of young people and

3475
05:46:47,864 --> 05:46:52,897
the lasting legacy she leaves across los angeles county. Supervisor barger, I know you

3476
05:46:52,897 --> 05:46:55,531
wanted to join is me in that. >> sup. Kathryn barger: thank you.

3477
05:46:55,531 --> 05:47:01,530
susie is actually the executive director for the blue ribbon music center.

3478
05:47:01,530 --> 05:47:08,998
someone, her mom, as you said, supervisor horvath was just a remarkable woman who really did

3479
05:47:08,998 --> 05:47:13,464
leave an incredible legacy. >> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank you for joining me in that.

3480
05:47:13,464 --> 05:47:18,730
I move that when we adjourn today, we adjourn in memory of tim curry, a beloved actor,

3481
05:47:18,730 --> 05:47:23,664
singer and performer, who made los angeles his home for nearly four decades.

3482
05:47:23,664 --> 05:47:29,997
tim curry passed away on august 25 at the age of 80. Born in england, tim grew up

3483
05:47:29,997 --> 05:47:36,164
singing in church and discovered that imlaiter at a -- theater at a young age.

3484
05:47:36,164 --> 05:47:42,164
a career that spans more than five decades. Became known as creative risks

3485
05:47:42,164 --> 05:47:45,664
and embracing characters outside the expected. In doing so, the work helped

3486
05:47:45,664 --> 05:47:49,931
generations of people feel more comfortable embracing what made them different.

3487
05:47:49,931 --> 05:47:58,730
tim was an avid reader, painter and gardner who found great meaning in beautiful spaces.

3488
05:47:58,730 --> 05:48:03,664
after suffering a major stroke in 2012 he continued to work and engage with audiences and

3489
05:48:03,664 --> 05:48:09,198
participate in the artistic community that had surrounded him for much of his life.

3490
05:48:09,198 --> 05:48:15,464
in later years, reflected on the messages that he received from people who told him his work

3491
05:48:15,464 --> 05:48:21,598
helped them feel seen, understood and less alone. He is survived by nieces kate

3492
05:48:21,598 --> 05:48:29,998
lewis and julia bowman. His nephew mark lewis and great nieces josephine and george

3493
05:48:31,530 --> 05:48:35,331
georgina. We recognize the courage he brought to his art.

3494
05:48:35,331 --> 05:48:39,664
I had the privilege of getting to know him during my time serving in west hollywood when

3495
05:48:39,664 --> 05:48:47,531
we had a commemmorration of the rocky horror picture show as part of our halloween

3496
05:48:47,531 --> 05:48:52,598
celebration. He was incredibly kind and supportive of the community.

3497
05:48:52,598 --> 05:48:58,598
always inspiring and daring. He is certainly treasured by the community and certainly missed

3498
05:48:58,598 --> 05:49:04,398
as well. I move that when we adjourn today, we adjourn in memory of

3499
05:49:04,398 --> 05:49:13,398
dolly rebecca bart part parton. Born into a family of 12 children in the mountains of

3500
05:49:19,298 --> 05:49:25,298
east tennessee, dolly grew up with very little and went on to build an extraordinary life.

3501
05:49:25,298 --> 05:49:31,231
yet no matter how far her career took her, she remained deeply connected to the stories of

3502
05:49:31,231 --> 05:49:36,631
working people. Strong women, family, heartbreak, hope and home.

3503
05:49:37,798 --> 05:49:45,298
dolly also made an enduring mark on hollywood and los angeles. Her film debut in 9 to 5 help

3504
05:49:45,298 --> 05:49:51,865
tell a story about working women standing together against harassment, inequality and being

3505
05:49:51,865 --> 05:49:55,932
underestimated. Certainly a message resonat with this board.

3506
05:49:55,932 --> 05:50:01,731
dolly showed generations of women that there was no inc. Isle way to be strong or

3507
05:50:01,731 --> 05:50:05,932
successful. Some of dolly's most meaningful work however was dedicated to

3508
05:50:05,932 --> 05:50:10,265
children. Her father never had the opportunity to learn to read or

3509
05:50:10,265 --> 05:50:14,798
write. In his honor, she created the imagination library so children

3510
05:50:14,798 --> 05:50:20,998
could experience the joy of having books of their very own. What began in the community

3511
05:50:20,998 --> 05:50:26,980
where she grew up, became international literacy movement that given hundreds of millions

3512
05:50:26,980 --> 05:50:29,932
of books to children. Dolly spent her life telling stories.

3513
05:50:29,932 --> 05:50:35,731
then used her success to make sure that millions of children would have the opportunity to

3514
05:50:35,731 --> 05:50:40,464
discover stories and dreams of their own. Dolly's music made people feel

3515
05:50:40,464 --> 05:50:43,665
seen. Her humor brought people together.

3516
05:50:43,665 --> 05:50:48,931
the story of a girl from a family of 12 children, who never forgot where she came from,

3517
05:50:48,931 --> 05:50:54,131
reminded people that where you begin, does not have to determine how far you can go.

3518
05:50:54,131 --> 05:50:59,465
or how much you can give back along the way. Dolly was proceeded in death by

3519
05:50:59,465 --> 05:51:04,732
her husband of nearly 60 years, carl dean, and leaves behind a large and deeply cherished

3520
05:51:04,732 --> 05:51:11,331
family. As well as generations who found joy, comfort, courage and

3521
05:51:11,331 --> 05:51:15,598
possibility in her life and work. We adjourn today in honor of

3522
05:51:15,598 --> 05:51:21,665
dolly rebecca parton, recognizing the joy she brought to our lives, doors she opened

3523
05:51:21,665 --> 05:51:26,365
for women, the dreams she nurtured in children and the extraordinary generosity with

3524
05:51:26,365 --> 05:51:29,799
which she shared her gifts with the world. Thank you madam chair.

3525
05:51:29,799 --> 05:51:35,799
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you supervisor barger. >> sup. Kathryn barger:

3526
05:51:35,799 --> 05:51:39,898
supervisor hahn is jumping up like -- okay. I move that when we adjourn

3527
05:51:39,898 --> 05:51:47,109
today, we do so in memory of kevorkian, who passed away on july 21.

3528
05:51:47,109 --> 05:51:51,542
born on april 5, 1946 in armenia. She later immigrated to the

3529
05:51:51,542 --> 05:52:00,209
united states and raised her daughter, in b burbank filling every room she entered any way,

3530
05:52:00,209 --> 05:52:05,209
the loudest voice at any gathering, always ready with a laugh, a word of encouragement

3531
05:52:05,209 --> 05:52:11,409
for anyone who needed one. She poured everything into her family, her friends, and her

3532
05:52:11,409 --> 05:52:18,410
armenian heritage. Even as alzheimer's took her, so much from her, her grandchildren

3533
05:52:18,410 --> 05:52:27,609
remain one of the few things that she could still joy to her. She survived by her daughter and

3534
05:52:27,609 --> 05:52:33,476
her granddaughters chloe and ella. On behalf of the board, we

3535
05:52:33,476 --> 05:52:39,943
extend deepest condolences to her and her family. Her husband cardel, work as mark

3536
05:52:39,943 --> 05:52:45,943
pestrella's assistant. So, yeah. Then also, I move that we

3537
05:52:46,760 --> 05:52:52,409
adjourn today, in memory of following individuals who were identified as indigent veterans

3538
05:52:52,409 --> 05:52:58,809
by the medical examiner and subsequently buried with dignity and honor the a riverside

3539
05:52:58,809 --> 05:53:04,900
national cemetery in the last month. Michael claire goodman.

3540
05:53:04,900 --> 05:53:09,409
albert huff. William michael. Charles lee logson sr., navy.

3541
05:53:10,750 --> 05:53:17,275
gregory anthony powell, navy. Willie frank drummond, army umplet herbie real curtis,

3542
05:53:17,876 --> 05:53:22,676
marines. Willie james townsend, army. Bruce george, navy.

3543
05:53:22,876 --> 05:53:27,676
raymond douglas, marines. Louie rios, army. Donald, army.

3544
05:53:30,743 --> 05:53:35,142
may their contribution and sacrifices and service to our country never be forgotten.

3545
05:53:35,142 --> 05:53:39,209
thank you madam chair. Yeah. >> sup. Janice hahn: thank you

3546
05:53:39,209 --> 05:53:42,742
madam chair. I didn't have adjournments today.

3547
05:53:42,742 --> 05:53:48,875
I wanted to join supervisor horvath in adjourning for dolly parton.

3548
05:53:48,875 --> 05:53:53,943
I wanted to join that. She, all members it sounds like. Yeah.

3549
05:53:53,943 --> 05:54:03,943
she was such a star and I think she maybe fooled a lot of people, just with her outward

3550
05:54:04,142 --> 05:54:07,609
appearance because under all of that, she was an incredible businesswoman.

3551
05:54:07,609 --> 05:54:15,409
she was a fierce advocate for children, as shown in her library foundation.

3552
05:54:16,209 --> 05:54:22,900
and she was a feminist. I mean, when you read the words to 9 to 5, it really was a

3553
05:54:22,900 --> 05:54:30,900
shout-out to all working women and the ideals of equal pay for equal work and, your honor,

3554
05:54:30,900 --> 05:54:36,676
being obeing oppressed in the workplace. Even described as a human barbie

3555
05:54:36,676 --> 05:54:44,209
doll, she really was a keen businesswoman and a very sharp person whose many, many, many

3556
05:54:44,209 --> 05:54:50,876
songs that she wrote will live on forever. Yeah, so she, we will miss her.

3557
05:54:50,876 --> 05:54:58,676
this world is much brighter and lighter and sparkly because of dolly parton.

3558
05:55:01,943 --> 05:55:09,143
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: yes, supervisor --. >> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: in

3559
05:55:12,477 --> 05:55:21,876
following her national model, the state of california passed a bill tony atkins was pro tem at

3560
05:55:21,876 --> 05:55:28,810
the time and authored it. Funded state of california to participate in the imagination

3561
05:55:28,810 --> 05:55:34,410
library. I know that they are looking at partners at the local level.

3562
05:55:34,410 --> 05:55:39,809
I'm hoping that they will reach out to the five female members of the la county board of

3563
05:55:39,809 --> 05:55:45,100
supervisors. I think that a profound way to support dolly would be to make

3564
05:55:45,100 --> 05:55:54,100
sure that the imagination library is made available to young people in our own county.

3565
05:55:54,610 --> 05:55:57,743
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: thank you all. We'll take all motions and

3566
05:55:57,743 --> 05:56:01,477
seconded. No objection to unanimous vote, that will be the order.

3567
05:56:01,477 --> 05:56:06,100
let us now executive officer, read us into closed session. >> executive officer: members of

3568
05:56:06,100 --> 05:56:11,100
the public, the board will now be going into closed session. In accordance with brown act

3569
05:56:11,100 --> 05:56:14,877
requirements, notice is given that the board of supervisors will convene in closed session

3570
05:56:14,877 --> 05:56:21,477
to discuss item number cs1 audit by california state auditors office.

3571
05:56:21,610 --> 05:56:29,100
cs6, office with legal council. Cs8, public employee performance evaluation and item number cs10,

3572
05:56:29,100 --> 05:56:34,743
conference with labor negotiators, joseph nicchitta and staff, as indicated on the

3573
05:56:34,743 --> 05:56:37,143
posted and supplemental agendas.

3574
05:56:43,877 --> 05:56:45,877
[ closed session ]

3575
06:23:43,196 --> 06:23:45,196
[closed session]

3576
07:28:13,230 --> 07:28:13,625
[closed session] . .

3577
07:28:13,625 --> 07:28:14,250
. . .

3578
07:28:14,250 --> 07:28:14,624
. . [closed session]

3579
07:28:14,624 --> 07:28:15,240
. . .

3580
07:28:15,240 --> 07:28:15,823
. . .

3581
07:28:15,823 --> 07:28:17,823
.

3582
07:45:33,170 --> 07:45:36,437
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: executive officer read us -- we're now back,

3583
07:45:36,437 --> 07:45:41,237
I'm sorry. In open session. >> executive officer: in

3584
07:45:45,303 --> 07:45:50,970
closed session on september 1, 2026, item number cs1, cs6, cs8 and

3585
07:45:50,970 --> 07:45:54,570
cs10, no reportable action taken. >> sup. Hilda solis,

3586
07:45:54,570 --> 07:45:58,837
chair: thank you that, concludes today's meeting. The board will be meeting

3587
07:45:58,837 --> 07:46:04,370
again on september 8 -- wait a minute, what am I saying, we are cancelling

3588
07:46:04,370 --> 07:46:08,570
that day, right after labor day. The next regular meeting

3589
07:46:08,570 --> 07:46:13,970
will be september 15, 2026 at 9:30a.m. We are adjourned.