City Council Meeting - Wednesday
from becoming homeless, stop punishing these people because this city council has failed them. What a shit show.
People have been calling and
protesting for months price and
rodriguez, what is wrong with y'all? We said what we want and we
made that very clear. You're hearing us but you're
not listening to us.
Stop not protecting those.
While you get paid to take a
fucken vacation.
We're the majority, stop ignoring us or we'll make it
impossible.
Stop letting stops, kill us,
stop letting cops kill us.
Stop letting cops kill us. >> please stop being repetitive, either continue with your comments or we're
going to cut you off. >> stop fucking interrupted me.
Thank you I'm done.
>> so Madam, President. Our broadcast has gone down.
I suggest we take a short recess to figure this out.
We need the broadcast.
we'll take a recess and update you when we figure out the situation. Let's take a 15-minute recess
to figure out what is happening with our broadcast.
Thanks.
Ed
we're back, members.
Let's take a quick roll call.
>> councilmember blumenfield? Mr. Blumenfield? >> blumenfield, present. >> thank you. Bonin? >> bonin, present. >> buscaino? >> here. >> cedillo? >> here.
>> harris-dawson?
>> here.
>>
>> for et cetera? -- koretz? >> koretz, present. >> krekorian? >> here. >> lee? >> present. >> martinez? >> present. >> o'farrell? >> present. >> price? >> present.
>> rodriguez? >> here. >> ryu? >> present. >> wesson? >> wesson, here.
>> 14 members and a quorum,
Madam President.
okay Mr.
City attorney why don't you
read that substitute motion.
>> this was the same that Mr. Price read out for 44.
I'm not sure if he read it out
when we were having glitches as
lawyers like to reread it. 7.23, the council find that due to the immediate need to complies with the agreement
with the county of los angeles to house homeless individuals
who's health is at risk from both covid-19 and living near
freeways under passes and ramps and a bidding concerning 525
figueroa.
The public interest requires a
long term ground lease for
properties. to south L.A. Impact without
advisement for the bids for the purpose of housing for homeless.
I further move that the city
administrative officer with the assistance of chief analyst,
city attorney and any other
relevant department be prepared
and directed all documents to affectuate.
And the name of the bill is so
loud impact.
So it's S.O.L.A. Impact.
okay, let's go back to the public
comment. And resume with our next speaker. >> please state your name and what item would you like to speak on?
>> hi, my name is add lien, I would like to speak on item number 46.
go ahead,
you have one minute.
>> greetings, I work for united
coalition on skid row, a program centered on enhancing
community safely.
On behalf of concern and those
who advocate with people
experiencing homelessness, we
expect our opposition to item 46, council file, connecting our unhoused neighbors with support that they need are
critical at this time. Keeping people out of area does
not work.
The related enforcement leads
to criminalization and negative unforcement.
Bridge home shelters would impact the vulnerable and
increase the risk during this
coronavirus pandemic.
We must continue to think about
the cleaning emphasis.
Our commitment to change environment to discourage
alcohol and other drug related problems and enhance positive interaction. >> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and what item would you like to
speak on.
>> hi there I'm jed on street watch and I would like to speak on item 46 and general public comment.
you have
one minute for each.
I want to echo what a lot of
people are saying, folks are
not against trash pickup and sanitation, but that's what
care plus is at all.
It's all about displacing and harassing homeless people out
of areas marked in the special
enforcement map or in quote unquote breakup zones.
To vote on this is an actual
threat to what sweeps are. And so, it's, disgusting to
hear even just a few weeks ago,
joe buscaino and mayor garcetti, equallyto shelter our care plus sweeps to erase
people.
Equally fucken important.
Do any of you agree with that?
Do any of you agree with that
and to get them help like my
friend rosie who lived in el
pueblo and you force her to
move out once a week.
Do any of you know, can you
talk to folks who live in there? No, you don't because you don't
talk to people who live on the
streets you talk to cops.
This is disgusting. If you don't vote know, you're
going to see us on the streets
we're going to be the ones protecting public health and
safety. you're the ones violating cdc
guidelines. Fuck you, joe buscaino, I yield my time.
next speaker. >> please state your name and
what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, my name is elizabeth
hall and I'm taulg on item 46.
I live and I don't believe it
should be subject to sweep or
clean ups.
More aggressive criminalization will not solve the homeless nels cries.
We need to do more than punish
the homeless, it forces them to relocate and lose the little they own.
I encourage to you please vote no on number 46.
Thank you. Please state your name and what
item you would like to speak on.
>> I would like to speak on item 46.
>> great you have a minute.
>> I think to call the sweeps
cleaning is misleading and
displaces human beings with garbage in zones where tents are the only solution while we
try to get more housing and not just cosmetic efforts with these shelters that don't have the capacity for the real
numbers that we're dealing with.
I also urge to you remove
because when you have law enforcement with these under
served populations it would be
a sanitation issue to clean
around and not disturb the
please eliminate models that serve only the private interest. Does not really represent the people.
>> thank you. >> next speaker. >> please state your name and what item would you like to speak on. >> yes, I'm adam and I would
like to speak on item 46 and give a general public comment.
you have one minute for each. Go ahead.
>> what I don't understand is
it's been well established that these so-called sweeps don't have sanitation. So I'm confused as to why this is being pushed more during a pandemic. And you have to understand that
we know this is a criminal act,
homelessness is not
criminalizing itself. Our unhoused neighbors are just as many angelinos as you are here.
And on the public comment, I
hope you understand.
We need to defund the police. Endorsed by chief moore who is a criminal. We know it's not getting what it deserves. I yield the rest of my time. Thank you.
>> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and what item would you like to
speak on.
>> hi, my name is kelly, and I would like to speak on 46.
>> you have a minl, please begin.
>> I think it's pretty ridiculous to continue to waste
money on moving people around
and destroying their property. When we talk about not having money to house the homeless, I
think we need to contextize that. And it's unsulting to think of the city budget as small.
We have the money, we're not a poor money, we have the money to house every person.
We're choosing not to do it and I don't understand why, if it's corporate interest.
We need to take a hard look at
your self and think about
humanity and understand that you're taking from people and
it's only going to get worse. Thanks, I yield my time.
>> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, yeah, can you hear me.
And I'm from the echo park
council I'm speaking on item 46
and we passed a cis about it. I understand I get some extra time.
hold on
for just a second. >> you have five minutes to speak on the community.
>> I'm one of the co-chairs of the homelessness and committee
at the echo park council.
So I'm, I'm going to speak opposed to item 46.
I'm going to read on a letter.
So just the idea of these.
We're at the height of the
pandemic, at the point where
it's.
Simply find survive near by if
you don't have available.
And angelinos to constantly
uproot and punishment is traumatizing and counter productive.
Make it harder for their case
manager to get for them. This does infact brit
incredible amount of pain.
This money is much better spent
finding homeless housing.
We've heard the reddick that suggest that special
enforcement zones are important to secure the community.
We would like to make it clear that we welcome bridge homes in
our community. Don't harm our unhoused angelinos for being poor.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
okay,
let's take the next speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on. >> hi, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. What items would you like to
speak on?
>> I wish to speak to item 46.
>> sure, you have one minute.
>> I work in san pedro, cd5 15
and I would like to speak specifically to the harm agenda
item number 46 will create. I oppose the authorization of
the bureau of sanitation to
resume care plus clean ups within the special cleaning zones established around bridge
home shelters. The special cleaning zone, I wish to speak to the situation
in san pedro would severely affect the unhoused community
located near the post office between 8th and 9th street.
Despite the opening of a bridge
home sherlt at 5:15, now filled
to capacity, there are currently 63 tents surrounding
the post office.
Public health and covid are
being used to justify the new sweeps but resuming care plus
sweeps now would be in
violation of the cdc guidelines
during the pandemic which recommends that unhoused people shelter in place.
thank you. >> please state your name and
what item you would like to speak on.
>> I'm debbie and I would like
to speak one minute on public
comment and also on item 46. >> okay, you have two minutes for each. Go ahead. >> thank you. First I would like to speak on public comment.
I serve as a commissioner on
the board of neighborhood commissioners for the central area. And within that capacity, there
are a number of bridge housing
units that have been accepted by these communities, the essential area covers
everything from the hollywood
hills down to downtown to los
angeles where we know we have
skid row. And within that capacity,
although the board of neighbor commissioners does not, we do
not seek information on bridge housing, we do receive
information on the general
consensus that there is the
interest so there will be clean ups.
Just for general information. >> please ahead with your
general public comment. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. Please state your name and what
item you would like to speak on.
>> I'm diego demarco I'm with street watch L.A. I would like
to speak on 46 and general public comment.
you have
one minute for each.
>> vote no on 46.
care plus sweeps go against cdc guidelines and put unhoused
angelinos at higher risk. Considering that black people in L.A. Experience homelessness
more than the white people
here, direct attack on
struggling black angelinos and encourage police harassment
against our unhoused neighbors.
Meanwhile our youth in L.A.,
identify as lgbtq plus, we the
queer people demand that you defund police.
And give it inside to the vie land gang that is lapd.
We need services not sweeps.
Even though hhh and mayor
garcetti promised to overcome homelessness, we have empty
shelters and instead of helping
these citizens, the city polices them 24-7.
do you want to move on to your general
public comment.
And as we've seen over the
protest, the city's police are
a violent gang who escalate and with great pleasure.
So police do not protect and
unserve unhoused people.
>> speaker are you there? >> and encouraging is
negligence.
Renters are in danger of
homeless unless you cancel the
rents so those families will
soon be subject to the violence
that lapd already has created. So defund police not sweeps. I yield my time.
>> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name name and what item you would like to
speak on. >> hello. >> what items would you like to speak on? >> can you hear me? >> what items would you like to speak on. >> I would like to speak on 37 and 46.
you have two minutes, go ahead.
>> sorry, about that, I was
going to call and my cat jumped on me.
I don't want to take up too much time to reemphasize what
everybody said.
I heard another speaker talk
about 37 and 39 and it's dis
heartening.
What seemed to a positive
reforming.
Sorry many any others.
Please vote no, I think it's a
moral outrage to attempt to enforce draconian policies
against angelinos that is only
going to harm the greater community by increasing the
possibility that people who are
already unstable in their
housing and health. And resources and keep themselves safe and keep all of
us safe. >> thank you very much.
Next speaker?
>> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> hi, is this me? >> yes, which items would you
like to speak on?
>> I would like to speak on
items 24, 37, 39 through 41, 46 and give general public comment.
you have three minutes for all of your items and one minute for general public comment. Go ahead.
>> thank you.
Greetings.
Council if there is anyone on
this council that refuses to
acknowledge. Al fresco is still okay out
here. >> can I ask what item you're speaking on. Speaker can you please get
clearly on topic.
350,000 donation to the cops
from the cops to conduct an
investigation of the cops, by the cops, is that seriously
what is being suggested here? I sincerely, indiscernible] And
take blumenfield with you.
Items 39 through 41 are a slap
in the fucken face.
>> what item are you speaking
on now?
>> to increase laughable.
Fuck your police, fuck your
corporate entrance.
Fuck your film propaganda.
Fuck you all. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, can you hear me?
yes, what items would you like to speak on? >> I would like to speak on 46 and general public comment. >>
okay, you have one minute for each.
Go ahead.
>> hi I'm karen clamsy I'm a resident of echo park. I would like you to vote no on item 46.
The sweeps are traumatizing and they invite more unnecessary interactions with law enforcement.
And you know, instead of treating these unhoused people
which are our house neighbors like garbage, like a previous
speaker said, we should be providing them with resources
at the air at the very least with trash cans and bathrooms. And then for general public
comment.
, I would say that this issue
is about to get much much worse like other speakers said. Many many thousands are at risk
of eviction and we will not be
able to sweep away all of these
people that were evicted. I recommend that you cancel
rent and take advantage of the empty hotel rooms. We need to get creative here.
And we all know how hard it is,
hopefully we know how hard it
is to know where it's there.
>> thank you speaker.
>> I believe we are end of our allotted time, we actually
extended because of the glitch.
But we have to open public comment.
>> so if we clear the phone
lines and reopen them for only
2 and 3 items. They're hearing regarding the establishment on business
improvement districts. And we're required to hear from
all members of the public who
wish to speak after the items. So after reopening the lines,
we're going to take any other speakers who have not had an opportunity to speak but want
to speak on items 2 and 3 only. Those are the only things that are open for public document. And just so it's clear,
regarding the establishment of the encino commons property
business improvement district
and item 3 the establishment of
old granada business district.
So I suggest while the lines
are being cleared and reopened,
that the clerk reread the call in information for anyone interested on speaking on items 2 and 3 only.
Madam Clerk, go ahead.
>> and as indicated on the agenda, members on the public wish to go offer public comment
on items 2 and 3 only, should
call 669-254-5252 and use meeting id number, 560-5358686
and press pound.
Press pound again when prompted
into participant id.
Again, call 669-254-5252 and use meeting id number,
160-538-8466 and press pound.
Press pound again when prompted for participant id.
Once admitted into the meeting,
press star 9 to request to
speak.
>> okay, let's go ahead and start public comment for items 2 and 3 only. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, this is mimi. Thank you so much for continue to go interrupt me. I'm so sick of you doing this.
You are interrupting me.
>> so speaker, are you speaking
on items on either of the
business improvement business
items?
>> public comment should be
longer since you cut everybody
off.
>> I suggest we cut speaker off she is not speaking on 2 or 3
and let's move on to the next speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on. Please state your name and what
item you would like to speak on. >> okay, we appear to have nobody on that line.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. >> hello.
>> yes, hello.
Do you wish to speak on either of the business improvement district items. >> yes, I do. >> which ones would you like to speak on.
>> both of them, actually. >> okay, you have two minutes.
Please stay on topic. >> I have how many minutes?
>> you have two minutes to
speak on cumulatively on two
items.
>> I oppose both of these
business districts all there
are ways for these organizations to take money out
of the general fund of los
angeles and give it to this
elite group who bashes policing in the bids.
The city should do away with
bids, there should be no more
bids developed and especially
do away with the east hollywood bid.
As far as granada hills bid,
that's a total mistake.
And the what you did in encino, all it does, they're both racist.
All they want to do is there is these business right there that want to keep black people out of their neighborhoods and what
they do is set up of these
enforcement zones to waste for racist policing of their
so-called neighborhoods.
And I would just like to say
it's an outrage that our money is wasted on these corrupt organizations. Thank you.
>> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and
item you would like to speak on.
>> public comment bitch.
>> on speaking on either of the two items?
>> [Speaking spanish]
I would like to
call about the explosion that does not and --
the
speaker is on topic of the item.
>> [Speaking spanish]
thank you. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, yes.
This is richie sirjinxo. Welcome back everybody, hope you had a nice swaix. -- vacation.
I would like to speak on 2 and 3.
I think it's great that you're
back in-house and talking about
being like encino commons property. You have not done anything.
get back on topic. >> you need to stick to the items.
>> okay, streffan.
You don't get to make the rules.
>> let's cut the speaker off. He's not on topic.
I would like to emphasize we're
trying to get through the speakers efficiently, you must
be on topic all the time.
Next speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hello? >> yes, which of the bid items
would you like to speak on?
>> csp is a sham another way to disguise. >> you're off topic.
thank you. >> so she is off topic. I suggest we move on to the next speaker. >> please state your name and
what item you would like to speak on. >> all right, rob kwan, I would like to speak on items 2 and 3. >> you have two minutes.
go ahead.
>> I said this before, these district business are -- it's a
tra if heser item. That we don't have voting that is tied to property. But that's actually a rich
history in america.
Just really sad to see when the
see continues on to this. Especially when bids are
fundamentally distracted.
It's sad to see blumenfield to
offer dialogue but he's forced
to offer it late.
>> can you get back on topic.
>> no, that's all I've got.
I yield my time, fuck you. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. >> I would like to speak on items 2 and 3.
>> go ahead.
>> undemo cratic, violence against poor black and brown
folks. That's the explicitly to go
with them. To get rid of poor people, tie the security guards.
No no, we have to defund the
police in the city.
We need to a bolish them.
You're not getting a bid in echo park, not happening.
I yield my time, fuck you.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> hi I'm lena, I would like to speak on item 1 and general
public comment.
>> so we're only doing 2 and 3 on some of the bid items. >> sure, I'll speak on item 2 and 3. >> I don't know what is wrong
with you guys, I don't see if you just don't want to be successful at your job. >> please get on topic,
immediately.
>> [Indiscernible]
>> please state your name and item you would like to speak on.
>> speaker? Apparently there is no one on that line. >> please state your name and what item would you like to
speak on. >> this is eric slepran item 2 and 3. >> go ahead. >> first I want to say to the
attorney, you're vial. The way you're interrupting. >> please get on topic.
>> no no no. >> the speaker is off topic, let's cut him off. Next speaker.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on. Please state your name and what
item you would like to speak on.
>> hi I'm sarahi, I would like
to speak on 2 and 3.
>> go ahead. >> hello.
>> please, go ahead.
>> hi, can you hear me? >> please.
>> I just want to say, fuck you, I'm interrupting you the
way you're interrupting you. >> please get on topic. >> fuck you. >> no.
Next speaker. >> please state your name and
what item wows like to speak on. >> I would like to speak on 2 and 3.
>> go ahead.
>> bids are your attempt to jentrify.
>> can we get on topic, or are
you done? She has mong up.
-- hung up.
>> please state your name and
let us know to speak on 2 and 3.
>> my name is eric previn and these remarks are constitutional protected. This is set up through
businesses who pay a small
assessment and pull taxpayer money to focus on specific
needs as many as the callers
have said that are in line with gentrification.
And when people call about the services not calling, the role
of the lawyer is not to interrupt those speakers and
during that hearing.
In fact that hearing with john
lee.
That's why various activist
have brought reminders in the cease and assist. And they comply, because they have to follow the law.
We like it when they follow the law.
We also like when limiting
resources. [Indiscernible] >> please state your name and the item that you would like to
speak on.
>> michael, item 2 and 3. >> please go ahead.
>> I have a homeowner in
historic sunset square.
I am white, I would be
considered affluent.
All the initiative that bids
are suppose to benefit people like me.
I lived here for more than 30 years.
They are harmful to the
unhoused to working people, to
primarily people of color.
And they are particularly
permission because they have
the veneer and appearance of
doing something positive and
good when in fact, they are
doing the work of destruction
and ruining our neighborhood.
This council, elected by people
like me, by your constituents,
have shown a willingness to be allied with the business
community and the real estate developing community voting usually unanimously to approve
these things.
We have observed in our sunset
square neighborhood, the real
down side of these kinds of initiatives.
When you set up special enforcement claims.
>> thank you, speaker.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
I would like to speak on items
2 and 3 speaker are you there? >> can you hear me >> please continue, we couldn't
hear you for a second. This improvement districts are
fundamentally.
Into the hands of the few, small businesses who fall below
the levee and are not liable to
pay out of the levee because
they increase rental values
where they're able to absorb
particularly multiple stores.
I cannot live anywhere where I work. i don't want poor people to
work here and serve people, but
we need to work here.
I can't cook for you if I drive
here from rancho cucamonga, it
does not make sense.
Are you thinking that you're
going to populate the city when
with the district.
I've seen, the results in business improvement districts
where police come in and blue
light people, I don't see why
the city council would support
something to undemocratic. >> thank you. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. >> I want to speak on item 2 and 3.
>> go ahead.
>> I'm dana, calling earlier, I
took off of my job today, I
know you don't know about a job
because you don't know about a job you take a vacation every
week.
I took my job off today so
speak on 46.
>> you're not on topic. >> you're still not on topic. >> let us know how we feel
about it. >> please state your name and
what items you would like to speak on.
>> items 2 and 3 and general public comment. >> there is no general public comment but you can speak on 2 and 3, please begin.
>> I want to echo the sentiment
of people who called regarding
the role of real estate
development and real estate LLCs in the decision-making of
the council itself.
And speaking specifically with
mitch o'farrell who is my councilman. And the conflicts of interest.
>> so speaker, I don't know how
this is on 2 and 3.
>> this is on topic, because
development constitutes 30%.
>> I'm sorry, you're off topic.
>> let me just finish,
development constitutes 30% of fossil fuel usage. >> no, you have not connected this up. Let's move on to the next
speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. >> please state your name and what item. >> hello. Hello.
>> yes.
>> oh, okay, hi. Two and three, I would like to speak on two and three.
>> go ahead.
>> I'm peggy kennedy, and I
live next to a big that was jerry mander to go after unhoused people.
And you know the bids are
inherently, and it's sad that
they police want with bids that
protect properties and violates the rights of human beings.
It's not progressive at all. It's wrong and you should vote
against these. That these young people are
hired and I mean, I feel for
them.
They're usually of color and
they need a job, and they can't go near these bids.
And they have a clean team and they pay you enough to maybe
register the vehicle you live in. So the bids, they're going
around, the police are are
telling them what to do.
It's the craziest.
These bids are bad, B.A.D. And you should really think the
city you live in if you have to go around creating private security and some solution to our problems.
Maybe we need to come up with positive solutions like
programs, and housing and not
these criminal acting bids that go after poor people and people of color.
We should be ashamed of your selves for continually doing
these types of things.
And I yield my time.
F-u. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> I'm joanna, and I would like
to speak on 2 and 3, please. >> go ahead. >> hi.
So I'm an organizer with street
watch L.A.
In the potential of two forbids
in the city is horrific. And I know I didn't point, you're not concerned with the
optics of what you're doing.
Bt much like lapd it's a
trojan horse of white vigilantly.
I had some friends that had
their housed by fires and anti
black harassment, of an unindividual and food developers and cops. I watched the same treatment
pushed out of their dam
communities by bids which by
the way are our property tax dollars from every business in the district even if it's not a
part of the bids.
We need you to abolish these bids. i'll never forget the trauma
and harassment that you talk
to, you don't talk to people, you want another law enforcement, we're kidnapping
people illegally.
Yeah, we need to get more dead
beats downtown in south park
where there are literally ten unhoused living.
I cannot believe the level of
sociopath today at the meeting.
You should be ashamed of yourself estrefan for silencing a woman.
>> I would like to speak on items 2 and 3.
>> please go ahead.
>> I live in downtown and we
have nine families in our area,
spending millions of dollars a
year on private forces, task and pepper spray and encouraging enforcement of
small crime and it's in their contract to enforce ideas like
broken window policing which
has been discredited. These are the sorts of things that if you want to act on all the things that you've been talking about, in the last
month, if you want to actually, action, these are the moment sxz decisions that you need to make. Especially even in downtown,
we've seen bid support, you know, for corrupt projects from jose huizar.
We've seen them going to planning meeting, cheerleading
these projects.
We saw it with city market,
that was cheer leaded by a bid
in L.A., they showed up and they were cheerleading that project.
The developers did tens of
thousands of dollars to jose huizar. You're voting on this, item 19 today.
The bids are funded by the property developer, it's only property owner who pay into that.
The same people are then
developing these properties
sending the bids as some sort
of idea of public support when
they're non representative. And they're sending to cheer their own market, like city market L.A. Which is on the
agenda number 19 today.
You need to go much further
than such sustaining the mayor's [Indiscernible]
>> please state your name and what item would you like to
speak on. >> item 2 and 3.
>> go ahead.
>> business districts are anti proveeter when business improvement districts are
approved, then all the people
who are not business owners are
criminalized by business owners
who are only interested in
increasing the property values.
And that's fundamentally anti
poverty, it's anti homeless and
it also encourages developers to use these bids, the correct
projects through.
The housing 8 housing has been
closed for too long. I've worked in hotels downtown and they've had to close down
some of the restaurants because they didn't attract enough business so. A developer is
very good of selling the item
of these places as neighborhoods, economic centers and community centers.
But in reality, that's not how people live yet or probably ever will.
If it's in new york, you cannot
put this into something that
it's not, because developers
make nice presentation with
really cool visualization.
And then these buildings will
become blight in our city they
have already made all the money, made you look like
idiots and that we have all of these hotels that don't serve the people who live here. You're trying to attract the
peple who don't live here.
I've seen even on the metro.
members we're going to table items 2
and 3 for later in the meeting.
Let's vote on a couple of
items, Madam Clerk? Let's vote on 1 through 4. >> and if we're going to hold
the public comment for 2 and 3,
we should at this time just
vote on 1 and 4.
correct.
>> so if we would like to vote on all items that have public comment and have not been
called special, that would be
1, 4, 6 through 9, 12, 15
through 28, 30 through 41, 43, 45, 47 and 48. >> go ahead and call the roll on these items.
>> blumenfield? >> blumenfield, aye. >> bonin? >> bonin, aye. >> buscaino? >> buscaino, yes.
>> cedillo? >> cedillo, aye.
>> harris-dawson? >> harris-dawson, yes. >> koretz?
>> koretz, aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye. >> rodriguez? >> aye. >> ryu? >> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye. >> 14 ayes these items are approved.
let's
move on to item number 10 which
was called special by Mr.
Koretz.
>> item 10, sir.
>> yes, I just wanted to add some additional informal instructions to staff as we
move this item forward to consult with the task force,
streets L.A. And zoo and others
to consider how we create a circle.
Whether we can compost our massive amendments of food
waste to be used as fertilizer
in our organic parts.
Or whether we can use our
compost in the medians, the
ultimate goal is act of
withdrawing carbon out of the atmosphere and to create healthy oil.
So if we can do that, using our food waste, we should consider that as we move this item
forward. >> thank you for your comments Mr. Koretz.
>> let's go ahead and call the
roll on this item.
>> for item 10, blumenfield. >> >> blumenfield, aye. >> bo anybody? -- bonin? >> bonin, aye. >> buscaino. >> buscaino, aye. >> cedillo? >> cedillo, aye.
>> harris-dawson? >> harris-dawson aye. >> koretz? >> aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye. >> rodriguez?
>> aye. >> ryu? >> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye.
>> 14 ayes, this item is adopted.
let's
move on to item number 11 which was called special by Mr. Koretz.
>> yes, I just wanted to try
this for the council.
We've been tracking a very
concerning condition called
pediatric syndrome, that is
affecting children, I believe
there is 100 cases in U.S. And
now up to 400 and at least 15
cases in L.A.
This is a variation of covid and it hits children's system
very hard. No deaths in L.A. But serious
enough to track it and get a report back.
And as we've seen with covid, things can change dramatically. especially as we're looking at
some school districts going
back to school and lausd
debating when they go back to school. This could dramatically
increase the spread of the particular disease and should
be taken into account.
>> okay, thank you Mr. Koretz. Let's vote on the item. Please call the roll.
>> blumenfield. >> aye. >> bonin? >> aye. >> buscaino? >> buscaino, yes. >> cedillo? >> cedillo, aye. >> harris-dawson? >> harris-dawson, yes. >> koretz? >> aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye. >> rodriguez? >> aye. >> ryu? >> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye. >> 14, ayes this item is adopted.
>> okay, let's move on to item
number 29 called special by Mr. O'farrell.
>> thank you, Madam President.
So item 29 is a motion I
introduced back in April.
When it was becoming apparent very quickly that masks like
the one I'm holding up and
plastic gloves were starting to
be seen in the gutters in several neighborhoods including
my own.
And that has continued with covid-19 and protective
equipment. Traditionally, a lot of these materials were used and
continue to be used in the
medical field and long been managed and regulated
accordingly. Covid-19 has changed that
because many people are using
the same grade used in hospital
to prevent covid-19 and
everyone should wear a mask go outside.
A resent study estimate that's
globally 129 billion with a b
face masks and 65 billion
gloves are being used widely.
This council has done a lot of
action in relation to plastic
in the ocean and plastic straws.
Pior to covid, it was estimated that plastic get
added to the ocean.
Not accounting for the 150 million metric tons already in
our ocean.
And of course the pacific ocean
is by plastic waste.
Ppe items will further damage
and raise a serious healthy risk.
This would make the issue of
plastic straws in our ocean and other plastic materials pale in comparison to dealing with the
public waste.
And if my little small corner,
every day then imagine what is
multiplied across the city of
159 square miles.
We must act as one of the largest cities, millions of
people in los angeles are wearing single use ppe and we
want to encourage them to do so but there is a serious threat
to our oceans.
And we must pickup ppe that is
left on our sidewalks and roads.
So my office is working closely
with sanitation on how to deal
with this and what special
measures we must take to collect this material to
protect the environment and
save the environment. For example many people don't
know that ppe cannot be recycled at conventional recycling facilities because it
can infect workers. Education prevents additional pollution to the river and
beaches and oceans.
Education is key to the change.
People must be aware and
importance of ppe where disposal is in order for enforcement and fines to be considered.
I would really argue that we
discuss a citations first before we start fining folks.
I think education is key here and that should be the approach
that we make. And then facilitating this type
of waste so that it's available to folks out in public who
discard it.
So I'm recommending that we
create an education plan in coordination with hospitals, clinics and other medical
providers and really, any
retail outlet online or
otherwise that our marking these ppe amenities.
I look forward to seeing the
los angeles sanitation report
on the medical waste city wide
and thanks sanitation for being present just in case any questions.
And we don't need to take off our eyes off of our environment
as we work to slow or stop the spread of coronavirus. This is not a strayed off that we have to make. We can do both. I ask for your aye vote.
thank you Mr. O'farrell.
Mr. Koretz? Thank you Madam President and thank you Mr. O'farrell for bringing this forward.
I think we're seeing a lot of
this problem and as you said, we cannot take our eye off the
ball in terms of this environmental and health
impacts.
I had a as we're having this
discussion and nothing formal, I would ask that sanitation and
others take a look at the fact that supermarkets and the oil
industry have used this as an
opportunity and an excuse to
bring back plastic bags by the hundreds of millions in los
angeles.
And so despite the fact that we
have had our law in place
changing this, there are now supermarkets which have used
unproved science to state that
reuseable bags cannot be brought into supermarkets and
used safely and that they must
use plastic bags. So almost every supermarket has gone in this direction.
And I would like to ask sanitation to look at this as well.
As we go forward.
>> thank you, Mr. Koretz?
Mr. O'farrell? >> thank you, Mr. Koretz,
that's a good point. i know that some markets, including my neighborhood target will allow you to bring your own bags if you bag your
purposes yourself.
I want constituents to know that. Talk to the store managers
where you shop so that we can
counter that false argument
that the plastics and oil
industry are making so that plastic waste can proliferate
our city and all of these uses once again.
We dont want to take a giant
step backward bases on false pretense that we're being
marketed by the oil and plastic industry. So in other words, this is a
way of saying that every day that people can get involved
right now with making the case,
it's a pretty trade off to say,
I'll bag it myself but I want to use my reasonable bags.
Thank you for your comments Mr. Koretz.
>> seeing no other members on
the queue, Madam Clerk, go ahead and call the roll on this item. Item 29. >> blumenfield. >> blumenfield aye. >> bonin? >> bonin, aye. >> buscaino? >> buscaino, aye. >> cedillo? >> is he did I yo, aye.
>> harris-dawson? >> yes. >> koretz? >> yes. >> krekorian? >> aye.
>> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye.
>> rodriguez? >> aye. >> ryu? >> aye.
>> wesson?
>> wesson, aye.
>> 14 ayes this item is adopted. Okay, let's move on to item number 42. >> blumenfield? >> blumenfield, aye. >> bonin? >> bonin, aye. >> buscaino? >> buscaino, aye. >> cedillo? >> aye.
>> cedillo, aye. >> harris-dawson? >> harris-dawson, yes. >> koretz?
>> aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee?
>> aye.
>> part necessary? -- martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye.
>> price. >> rodriguez? >> aye. >> ryu? >> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye.
>> 14 ayes, this item is
adopted as amended.
>> let's move on to item number 44. We're going to have two votes whether to substitute.
let's call the roll. >> yes thank you Madam President and this first role is whether to substitute. >> blumenfield? >> aye. >> bonin? >> aye. >> buscaino? >> aye.
>> is he dpi I don't? Cedillo? >> aye. >> harris-dawson? >> aye. >> koretz? >> aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee?
>> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell?
>> aye.
>> aye.
>> wesson?
>> wesson, aye.
>> how much to hope the role. >> harris-dawson? >> aye. >> krekorian? >> aye. >> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye.
>> rodriguez? >> aye.
>> ryu?
>> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye. >> 14 ayes, substitute motion is adopted.
>> okay, let's move on to item number 46.
This was called special by Mr. Buscaino and amended by Mr. Blumenfield. Let's go ahead and start with Mr. Buscaino. >> thank you, Madam President
and members.
This council adopted a motion
72-p-a which among other actions directed sanization to
suspend.
City employees and contractors
to temporarily. They have two deployment
models, first one is care which
is a smaller team that performs spot cleaning and care plus
which is a larger at least
24-72 hours in advance. And to further complication matters, if you recall two
weeks after the council acted,
a federal judge ordered a preliminary injunction from
ceasing and disposing a bulky
items without prior notice.
Now prior notice is divided
with clean up whiches were suspended by council action on
March 17th.
And resulted on massive amounts.
I would like to ask ita to show
some of the photos of one of
the major clean ups in my
district looked like after a
basic care team clean up.
Keep in mind, this was a clean
up on the photo you see before you, were taken after a basic
care team clean up.
You have residents that abut
these encampments in this area.
The majority of what we're talking about is not personal
property numbers.
The parks, and frames, scrap
wood and scrap metal and more
that has been building up in
the past 134 days. it's clearly junk plain and simple.
And what happens when you have
piles of flammable junk
together, you get hones for
rats that carry diseases like
typhus. Now colleagues, this clearly is
not sustainable.
Furthermore, I want to chair
with you that we're misinterpreting the guidance
which states as follows. If individual housing option
right side available, allow
people who are living unsheltered on in encampments
to remain where they are, clearing encampments can
disburse community this
increases the potential for
infectious disease spread, end quote.
Clean ups, do not clear encampments, they remove trash
like used needles and they
sanitize sidewalks with dis in
infectant. Required totem po rarely leave the clean up zone and after
being provided with postal
notice and a 30-minute grace
period to gather belongings and
move to the next block.
Similar to street sweeping, we
asked the public to
temporarily leave. Permanently clearing and
causing replacement as cdc and
public health caution against, versus briefly requiring those experiencing homelessness to
move from a single block so
that heavy equipment can be
safely use today remove track, and add disinfectant to streets
and sidewalks.
Le individuals leaving
encampments can return just as cars with return after a street
sweeper as well.
Now, if you heard from the
callers we're not asking lapd
to arrest or ticket anyone.
We're just asking to resume
care plus cleaning around a
bridge home shelter only.
Now over the July recess
rather, thankfully, there is
been several more bridge home shelters that are opened and some more scheduled to come
online and in total we'll have 24 sites city wide.
As we know there was a lot of skepticism about abridge home
shelters. Neighborhood surrounding
abridge home shelters would receive comprehensive care plus clean ups.
We need to follow through on
that commitment members and we
do so by demonstrating 100% compassion, caring humane
approach all while following
compliance with cdc guidelines.
We have 40 members, and wong from water shed protection division.
They are here before us.
If I can ask you to bring them
via zoom.
they're not here in council chambers, so we'll have to bring them in
zoom.
Let me verify that.
We've got two staff members from sanitation, identify yourself and Mr. Buscaino, do you have questions?
>> yes, if I can, before I ask
for a aye vote, I want to ask the representative from
sanitation to walk us through
on how sanitation moves forward on their care plus protocols and what is the difference between a care plus and a care
team that goes out on the spot
cleaning?
>> good afternoon, gabe miranda
with sanitation.
Care and care plus prior to the pandemic and the instruction from council.
The care plus provide a 24-posting notice.
The care plus teams have a
larger footprint to address a
larger product encampment and
includes sanitation of the public right away and one-day service to the abridge homes.
So since March, the care plus
teams have continued to meet
their need but follows the recommendation frz council and cdc.
So the care plus teams are responsible for illegal dumping
city wide.
The compare teams which one one is dedicate today council
district and one focus on the
L.A. River, they provide four
day and gain compliance for adc. The care teams are also responsible for the trash
collection.
We deployed over 400 street receptickles and they manage those as well.
>> thank you for that. I ask for an aye vote. Thank you Madam President.
thank
you, Mr. Bonin?
>> thank you, Madam President.
I'm glad that we did not
consider this as a rule 23
before council recess because I
think it needed some proper input and it needed some
deliberation.
My first issue with the motion
before us is that what it states is on inaccurate.
The motion states that the
council action of March 17 relative to suspending
comprehensive care bus clean up
be amended and then the instruction.
That's not what the council did
on March 17th.
I have the instruction in front
of me.
The provision of tents to come down during daytime hours with
a number of exceptions that
this body asked for, a dc, access that not within 10 feet
of operable driveway.
So the motion is asking for
Miss Represents what the motion was. It's trying to reverse something that this council did not do.
It's also promised on the idea
that the care and care plus efforts have helped it.
They haven't.
And there are regular on social
media cpra postings of where the clean ups are happening in ech of our districts.
So we're not only does this call for us to reverse
something that we didn't do,
it's asking for something to be done, that is continuing to happen.
It is not happening right, I
mean, the care and care plus teams are not what they're
suppose to be, they had a splash conference.
That has not happened. That has been largely reversed,
despite efforts to try to keep
it to its initial promise.
And the cooperative approach
towards cleaning up, has not to my perspective, happened sufficiently well.
When this item was before us in March, there were a number of speakers.
And I believe this was the last time we were together in-person
in chambers.
There were a number that said, we want the trash can clean.
Come and pickup the trash.
I still, my impressions is we
still have not created a system
where we say, let's make this easy.
Let's give you additional and
then we can combine and we
don't have to fight and get into negotiation over a piece
of property.
If the issue is, a concern that
bulky items or junk, as Mr. Buscaino says, not getting
picked up up.
The issue is our 5611 bulky item rules. That's not something that is
going to change by this discussion or attempt to reverse something that we did
not do.
I also say that, when we heard this in March as well, there were people who said, please,
we would like you to clean the
sidewalks and many people will
voluntarily move their tents if
the sidewalk was cleaned. What they complained about is
that the city would post that
they would be cleaning their
sidewalk and people would move
their stuff and then the city
would not clean the sidewalk
again and again which started
to cause a refusal to move
their stuff because lucy had pulled the football away from
them, too many times.
It was a broken system.
I also say, I would dispute the idea that the intention of some
of the clean ups, not all. Some are genuine efforts to get
trash out of the way to keep,
what is their home for the
moment, that is safe and clean. The idea behind the bridge was
to do the clean ups sufficiently frequently that it would discourage people from
being in that area. So it is, actually according to
the bridge vision which is not on the under court divisions
what was to move people.
I would point out that there is a big difference between street sweeping and this.
There is a difference between cars and people.
And it's also worth noting that the suspended of street
sweeping for the time being
during this pandemic.
And what I think the council
did right in March, we voted to
listen to the public health and cdc and follow that advise
until the end of the emergency order.
At which point we would then consult on what the right approach would be.
It continues to be a right approach.
It's a difficult one because it
has along with the perfect
storm of circumstances, created
a diger encampments and lots of
bulky items that May be yes or no encampments to dumping.
That has occur.
I'm still confused on what
we're being asked to do.
They're calling for a
suspension of the caysser -- cares cleaning was asked to
do in March which we didn't do. So again, I remain confused.
thank you Mr. Bonin. Mr. O'farrell? >> this is a good conversation to have.
And you know, Mr. Bonin, we're still getting requests from
people who called in today, I
heard a few folks saying, we don't mind cleaning up.
We need to take a deep breath
and realize that all of us, and
even the majority of the callers, want the same thing.
And certainly the folks living
in the encampments who are experiencing homelessness that
I've spoken with, are welcoming
of interacting and having offer
services and having sanitation crews come through and sanitize the area.
So I think sometimes we put obstacles in front of ourselves
with some of the points of
conversation that we engage in.
When in reality, I think most folks want the same thing. Nobody wants to criminal lies
the homeless. We want to make sure that every
touch we make, there are somebody there offering
services and/or opening up a
case to get them additional assistance whether it's a shelter. Under the coronavirus and emergency order everything has changed.
But there is not the impression
in my district that the cares plus team is operating everywhere.
It's my experience that we have
to work directly with
sanitation to come with an area
and sanitize it without disturbing the person experiencing homelessness.
I'm wondering for the sake of
conversation if sanitation can address this.
If we can engage this this conversation, number one, we
don't want to cause displacement. That's one of their big
complaint. We don't want any of their
items destroyed.
We have not heard any claims of that, in resent times. But we know it happens, and
that's something that we should absolutely take great care of
that it does not happen.
We can even go so far as to
when we approach a clean up,
and I do mean a clean up and
sanitation effort at an
encampment that does not
require a person to leave the
area but it takes the area
safer and the general public.
We can add other components, we can redefine what care plus
means for itself in this
reality of a greater awareness for, a more humane compassionate approach in general on all things homelessness. Those don't have to strayed one
for the other. It's also an opportunity if we
can do, some sort of weekly
posted attention to areas that
are indicative of the photos that Mr. Buscaino showed us,
that we can absolutely have
lasa caseworkers there as well
where currently they're not. Offering another pathway to wellness.
Along with if a tent is
contaminated and we see contamination that lasa offers
replacement tents.
Furthermore, just luke a renter
if they invoke covid as a reason that they cannot pay rent, if we follow the guidelines and that's do not
disturb them, we don't have to
make them move anywhere.
We can take care great of sanitizing the area around them
without having them to comply
to relocate in another block.
In other words, we can do this
more carefully and sensitively and more humanely by helping those folks who are not getting
the regular officer now. So those are some of the things I want to put out there.
And also when we go out there
and when we see this health crisis facing us, where is
county health? On they are on some of the
calls and out reach.
In my experience they're not, unless we twist arms and push real haseder. -- hards. There are lots of factors and
it's not just about the sites
to me where the bridge home shelters are, although's what is before us for the moment.
But we know that in encampments
people around them need special attention and that is supportive attention and not the attention that causes trauma and displacement. I think that's the language that everybody is talking about here.
So I would like to have the
space for that conversation.
>> is that a friendly amendment?
>> well Mr. Cedillo, I'm
putting that out there, I think what happens is sometimes we
get stuck that there is one
absolute way forward when we're
a council what our care plus
folks do so the folks that are
in concerned that we heard
calling in today, we can make
sure that those activities that we're being claimed are not happening. I want to open that for the sake of discussion.
And I would love to continue this, it's a discussion that we
need to have. We're not serving those with neglect and we're not servicing
anyone else who needs to use the public right away either.
We're in the business of not serving anyone with our current approach.
And I think that's what motivated Mr. Buscaino to bring
this forward. I wanted to put that out there
and see if we can come up with a solution. >> thank you, Mr. O'farrell. Mr. Harris-dawson?
>> thank you.
Madam Chair and Mr. Buscaino
for raising this issue.
We get calls even during the
pandemic because folks are more concerned about encampments near their house because of the
health concern.
I'm, I want to request from
sanitation some if you can rescue me from some of my confusion. So you started off by saying,
we're doing this care and care
plus clean ups before March 17th.
In March, on March 17th we took a vote that said we were going
to suspend the idea that we
cleared encampments so we
cleared out both the debris and
cleared things to move. My understanding, is we're going to stop having people move. I didn't understand that we were going to stop cleaning.
So I just want to get clear
from you, what is your understanding and what actually
what happened?
>> Mr. Harris-dawson, who are
you asking that question of,
staff or Mr. Buscaino?
>> representative of sanitation. >> Council President: sanitation can you please respond.
>> councilmember, so as of
March 17th, it was instructed
to temporarily suspend not
enforcing the tents, having to
do a comprehensive clean up in which the individuals would leave the area.
However the clean ups have not stopped, we're still doing clean up operations of trash
and debris and then the
accessibility issues that I referenced.
>> so how, what is proposed to date, change what you're doing.
Is it the fact that people
would take down their tents while you're cleaning or browder? >> it's the operation which
would allow us to do a
comprehensive clean up on the
right away which includes the sanitizing, where individuals would leave the area while we
perform the clean up.
>> hold on. >> one more question Mr.
Buscaino. >> momentarily what does that
mean in terms of time.
>> it varies depending on the
number of encampments it can
vary on time based on the area. >> what is the longest it can last?
>> on average, if I was putting
in an average two to three
hours is a care plus operation.
>> thank you for the average. so I'm asking you the longest. >> the longest can be the entire day.
>> okay. That concludes my questions.
thank you Mr. Dawson. Ms. Rodriguez.
>> thank you Mr. Harris-dawson
that's the line of questioning
that I wanted to ask sanitation reps.
How many care plus clean ups
have taken place since March 17
and around sites.
>> they're still on going just
with the restrictions of doing comprehensive, we're enforcing
any tefk.
>> so it would be a care type clean up than a care type plus. >> correct.
>> the difference between the
two is the level of comprehensive nature of the clean up. So it does make a difference.
I don't want to mix the two. I want to be clear about what we're doing and we're not
talking about the level of
sanitized clean up efforts that
are associated with care plus.
And I want to Mr. Harris-dawson.
When we cleared up packson and bradley which had 67
individuals, as as a result of relocating them to the project
room key locations, it took a
full week of clean up at that
location, tagging, we worked
very closely with sanitation, even enrique went out to the
site so we can work closely with lasa and managing everything and how we noticed it and how we worked at the site.
I just want to be clear. You know, since March 17th, we have not had care plus.
And it was only with respect to encampments where individuals were being relocated. As part of project room key
that they were able to facilitate a comprehensive clean up, is that correct?
>> that's correct.
So I just want to be clear. The comprehensive sanitizing of
the area is still very important for our unhoused angelinos. And you know, that is not happening. So let's be really clear about what is and what is not happening.
And the only way that it is happening, is when it's
associated with the project
room key, effort. So I just want to be clear for
everyone.
I was getting confused as well
about what is happening where
and I don't want to, mix apples and oranges with the levels of clean ups that we're talking about and what was adopted
March 17th and the instructions
of how sanitation is actually
proceeding with respect to our directives from that date.
So I just want to be clear on that.
That said, I just opened awe -- a
bridge homesite and when he
talk about the levels of clean
up for the purposes of maintaining safety and security
of the areas given the covid-19 that, those disinfectants of that area, I think is important
for everyone.
It's why we went through the laborious of hand washing.
I think all the those things are important. i just don't want us to lose
sight and the importance with
that with respect to the
locations in and around where we're providing bridge housing. So thank you, gabe.
>> thank you Ms. Rodriguez.
Mr. Ryu?
>> thank you, Madam Chair.
And I really appreciate the conversation. I think my previous colleagues clarified what I was going to
say. Yes, as councilmember rodriguez, care plus is not happening.
I don't know what we're going to call these things, but care
plus is not happening.
However, I do know, whether we
call it care or spot clean ups
and as I think as councilmember
o'farrell stated, both the community and both encampments
everyone is agreable with
picking up trash around
encampments which is still happening.
It happened on my district.
And this is why I also support
port-a-potties to make sure that our neighbors stay sanitary and what not.
But however, when it comes to
this issue, I know this is a very contentious issue but it's
very quite simple. Public health experts has made
it clear, absolutely clear that
encampment sweeps during a pandemic are a bad idea.
And I think it was iterated by bonin. Moving our neighbors around while they're trying to stay home at home, is unsafe for
tem and the community.
I think this is a public health directive about moving
encampments or if we want to say moving tents, that's not what is going to help them or the community during this pandemic.
What we donough, what keeps people safe and stops
homelessness are homes.
I want to focus less money on sweeps, on comprehensive sweeps
but rather building the housing and resources that solve this problem.
So I will not go against the
guidance of our experts so I
will not be voting to reintate the special enforcement.
>> Mr. Price?
>> thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the conversation
and comments by all.
I'm inclined however to support the motion, that we resume
these clean ups.
During bridge housing, say parking, community creating sanitary stations and even
considering some pellet housing
as a path for housing our homes, homeless neighbors.
But we also have to put some voters on clean up.
And I think the cares is that,
we have to be able to remove
trash and mull being' items. I'm not talking about leaving
folks away from the encampments, they don't now
they're going to stay en camed but they take out tables and trash for clean up.
We've got to do that. We've got to prioritize through
the health and sanitation.
Not only at the encampment but surrounding neighbors.
It's difficult, but I think, it
has had some success.
We need pushed the programs, the bridge programs for
promises to clean ups.
We ought to resume those, and
we ought to be positively aggressive in doing it.
As I said, creating a safer environment not just those
homes but also in the residents
of proximity. I support the motion by
councilmember buscaino.
thank you Mr. Price. Mr. Blumenfield?
>> thank you.
I hear what everyone here is
making good argument.
And I think there is a way to land this plane so to speak. I don't think we're talking
about one of my colleagues was talking about encampments sweeps.
That's different than care plus. We're not talking about sweeps
and moving people out. We're trying to get enhanced clean up.
And you know, at the end of the day, the most important thing is we need to get people housed and off the streets and into housing. And the question is, how do we do that?
One of the best way iss by creating bridge homes and shelters and other places for
people to go.
But when we created the last
set, we made promise to see
those communities that the
areas would not be magnets for the buildup of items and trash.
We know that is happening. It's happening at project room
key sites. It's happening at other places. That's a promise that we made
with the community so we'll be
able to get less resistance as
we try to build more housing and bridge homes and more shelters, shelter beds.
But I get it in terms of the health and safety issues because you don't want to be moving people around when we're
in the middle of a pandemic.
So that's why I put that amendment forward.
Because I think that one way to
kind of thread this needle is
to say, okay, we need to do these care plus clean ups which are not sweeps they're a little
bit more of a clean up.
And they require somebody to
leave for an hour, three hours. When is it okay.
Well when you look at the
stages, when we get to stage 3
which is is the higher work risk places, people are dining
indoors and going to the gyms,
doing all sorts of things. A lot more intensive than being
asked to walk down the block.
If we amend this to resume care
only when we get to stage
three, then I think we're honoring any sort of health risk because when you look at stage three.
A lot of stage 3 activities are
a lot more risky than walking
down the block while you're
area is clean and hopefully the
cleaning is a health issue. I get it.
But if we link it to a real
healthcare marker, you know, then to me it makes more sense to resume the care plus
activities. And I know Mr. Bonin, I think
you said you think they're
already going on.
If they are going on, then there is no sense to oppose this.
but I think they're going on. The idea is to -- that they're
asked people to move for a
couple of hours to do a comprehensive cleaning.
And when we get to stage 3, it's clear. That's why I put that forward and I ask for your support of the amendment, thank you.
okay, Mr.
Bonin? >> thank you, Madam President. There is a question about whether or not care plus is still going on.
And the department has said
that, it is, it's clear that
the number of members of the council don't think of care
plus as they want it to be is happening. Each of us has a different expectations of what we want care plus to be.
I would like care plus to be
what I wanted it to be. Even when we took L.A. Out of
it and make it a more cooperative approach, suppose to be public health driven.
When we are, we have a motion
before us, that says, reinstate
care plus, that does not mean anything given that we all have a different understanding. If there is a motion or amendment that says, this is precisely what we would like to have happened, that is not happening now and it's not
relative of department of guidelines, that's a reasonable conversation to have.
I would love to have a conversation about actually
getting out of lapd out of it and doing the health approach
as we said we were going to do.
But right now, the motion before us, which exist right now, they will not tell us what we're asking the department to
do.
And I don't think we can vote affirmative on something that
is so vague.
It's almost a place holder or
opportunity to do 14 or 15 black op operations where we
all do something a little bit
different.
I would like to see the motion
simply state what it wants to
do.
>> thank you.
>>
>> mud in the water a little
bit further if could.
And point out, number one I
agree with the concept as
articulated by Mr. Buscaino. My sense when we started to
talk about this and placing them around bridge housing
locations, was that the attention be sort of
informally, at least in the
thought process of some.
But if you kept cleaning her up
that it would be a nuisance and some of these encampments might leave. That May have been a goal quite a while ago. `right now, I think we have the
opposite goal.
How can we clean these encampments up without having
anybody feel compelled to leave.
I'm not sure if there is a way to differentiate those two approaches.
I do know that along the way
when we clean up encampments not all the folks either returned to their space but they found they were getting too much attention and just moved to other locations.
we clearly don't want that. That's bad health policy.
So how we do this in a way,
that results in the least possible displacement, is I
think one of the things we're looking at and we should be looking at.
How do we keep them as clean and sanitary as possible but not lose track of the homeless
that we are trying to work with
and get into service and not
have them move into different
encampments.
thank you prosecute koretz. Mr. O'farrell? >> let's not leave this without a solution. And whatever that is going to
take because everyone is right. Everyone who has spoken is right. With exception of a few
comments, everyone is on the same page.
And for that matter, the
callers also have a real
concern as it results to the term sweeps.
So I would like to get some assurances from sanitation,
assurances that as per the
council decision way back in
March, that we removed the lapd from the scheduled clean up
that that is and will be followed.
And in terms of the claims
about sweeps, I've got to the
clean up before covid and have
never witnessed a sweep.
I witnessed very very
compassionate approaches with
lasa while where everything is explained in terms of what is
going to happen next.
So I would like to hear
sanitation on that term.
sweeps versus clean ups. We don't need to live in this
world where we fight about
semantics.
There were calls from the people about people's elements
getting lost.
That needs to be addressed.
We need to earn the trust of
the folks that we don't do
sweeps but we sanitize.
So to gabe in sanitation, can you address clean ups versus sweeps? >> thank you, councilmember o'farrell.
I'm going to turn it over to our chief inspect or, howard wong.
>> yes, thank you. Again sanitation is not
operating under sweeps or that notion.
Prior to covid we had posted
clean ups.
A very minimum of 24 hours.
We do standard protocols that
identify our steps what needs
to take or encampment clean up, we work with lasa and L.A.
Family housing.
During the clean up operation,
yes we have hazards out there.
Anything that needs to be,
excuse me, bagged and as far as
personal care and care plus
clean up. One dynamic is compliance. Folks, sure I'll move down the street, while you do what you
need to do and we appreciate it.
You have other dynamics,
especially with covid where
it's cdc guidelines, we May
need to condition some of the
hosted clean ups in relation to
folks who declare a need to
stay put if they feel some sort
of threat based on you know, threat of covid-19 whatever it may be.
How do we incorporate those concerns and can something like that can be accommodated when
we do a post it clean up day of
action.
Can we do covid testing onsite?
Again I ask where is the county?
Can we involve the fire
department we're going to offer
real assistance and services. >> yes, councilmember o'farrell.
One of the things that we're
doing is synchronizing resources.
This includes bringing our
mobile hygiene unit to the for
front and providing the showers and lafd who is doing mobile
covid testing.
So those are great points.
>> colleagues, I feel that we
can get anonymity if we can
have this very basic list of
conditions during covid to we can continue operations that
focus on health, well being and sanitizing areas and hauling away items that need to be hauled away.
The pictures of Mr. Buscaino
are real, we all experience
that in our districts. Let's deal with this in a
compassion at way.
It does not have be the way we announced last summer. It's a new world, it's
different thinking.
And I see alignment from all
sides, folks who called and
gave in passion comments and the other side as well. We want to do this in the most
humane approach.
We want to keep people well but
we do not nor should we try to purposely displace somebody in
this era that we're living in when we can offer them services
and get them on a pathway to
housing and wellness.
So Mr. Buscaino, I guess to just my final comment is, if we can, I don't know if we can do this now.
If we can take a moment. Whether it's at the next
council meeting again next week.
But make some definitions on
what care and care plus means
as it relates to the shelters
are, based on the elements of this discussion. And the concerns that we've all
aired in this discussion.
Mr.
Buscaino?
>> thank you, Madam President. We need to leave with a sense
of urgency.
Although I respect Mr.
Blumenfield's amendment, I cannot support it.
We cannot wait until phase 3 comes.
Colleagues yesterday's news
from studio city, three
overdosed people under the
bridge.
Fire crews were dispatched
beneath the 170 freeway.
They performed cfc with adults
overdosed with an unknown drug, they were not breathing and they had no pulse when they
took them to the hospital. Firefighters searched the area
including tents at a near by
encampment for more victims.
Bottom line is, our sanitation
are not given the necessary
tools to pick up bulky items in and around those encampments colleagues. More homeless are dying.
We're doing a disservice if we don't pickup these bulky items
in and around these encampments.
We're doing a disservice to the homeless individual, to our businesses and disservice to
our residents.
all I'm asking is to simply
clean up our streets. Why is that not acceptable? I just want to clean our streets.
That's all I'm asking.
So I encourage this up and down
vote to move on this.
These are not sweeps, it's irresponsible to say they're sweeps.
Just talk to the sanitation workers who are out tl. I've
been out there myself.
When they sort buckets of feces
and urine with the soiled mattresses, especially and around bridge home sites.
This is what we promised. If you say yes to a solution,
we will clean our streets and sidewalks. We're not enforcing anybody
right now.
In fact the city attorney has
only moved on six sitization, 8, that's it! That's all I'm asking colleagues.
I ask for an aye vote.
Ms.
Rodriguez?
>> thank you Madam President.
You know, again I just want to
reiterate with the lines of
question that I had with
sanitation that indicated that
they're not conducting comprehensive disinfecting
efforts that was presented with
the cares act model that is not occurring.
I know it occur in the bradley.
But that was an with removal
where 100% of those living in
that encampments were placed in
a project room key site. that said, to underscore these are not sweeps.
That's not happening.
And to allow anyone to misrepresent what is actually
occurring as part of an effort
to keep these areas clean and disinfected for unhoused
populations which is just as
important as those of us that
are practicing the effort to
sanitize wearing masks we have hand sanitizer and all of those things.
And frankly the idea that is
everyone else is allowed to
roam free in their city. Why can't we, treat everyone
equal in this process to make sure that we're keeping
everybody safe and in out of harm's way with respect to covid-19. I think the disinfectant practices are important right now.
We're not intent on disturbing
these encampments but we have a
responsibility for public health and safety to really keep these areas as clean as we
can. And so, you know, if I think it's important for us to have this conversation.
I think specifically, in and around these bridge home
locations, bridge home sites
which we unveiled 24.
You know, that's, it's important I think that we maintain the integrity of the
what the commitment was but to also maintain the cleanliness
of these areas.
And so, I just, you know, I
want to be clear, because I think it's really easy to labor the others, to labor the work
and calling it, what it's not.
and what I saw, even with
respect to an encampment that was noticed for sometime that
had not just months but over a
year of out reach efforts when
we were engaged with the members of that encampment consistently in order to
facilitate them to go into
project room key.
The amount of care and diligence.
Let's not forget, it was not
that long ago that the bureau
of sanitation were afraid to
pick up smft bulky items out of fear of being personally charged.
Sol there is not an effort to go beyond the scope with our
sanitation workers.
So I actually, you know, I stand in support of Mr. Buscaino's motion. And I think it's the responsible thing to do.
Mr.
Koretz?
>> yes, I just wanted to point out something that nobody has addressed and I don't know
whether you're hearing about it elsewhere.
And I only heard about this
because I have a large
encampment about three quarters
of a black from my home house.
But there was a sanitation
truck week or two ago to try to
do a care clean up and they were chased away from the
homeless and they were not able to attend that clean up. So we May think that
eliminating the lapd from the process is perfect, but we May
need to come up with some sort
of a hybrid where if we're not
able to at all clean up the encampments because the
homeless are pushing back too
forward and too violently, we
May need some lapd back up in
some of these instances. Unless we're just willing to
concede that we're not willing
to clean up the ones where the homeless fight back. We May want to address them as
part of this process as well.
Mr. Ryu? >> thank you, Madam President. I think there is some confusion
here. You know, we heard from sanitation and I want to ask
this question as well.
Because trash clean up and
sanitizing is happening in the city.
I even worked with caltrans to
pick up our trash on the
freeway entrance sxz exits.
It's maybe to degree that we all want.
I'm sure that we can use more
and port a-a-potties but this
was an issue before this
pandemic. If this motion happens today
what would be the difference? What you're able to do now and tomorrow? If this passes?
>> thank you, sir.
If we were to change the motion
today to revert back to prior
to March 2020, we will be
conducting close to clean up. Even though we're under a restriction, our care teams are
still going out every day to each one of your districts to
ensure that the trash and
debris is picked up, and health hazard and environmental issues
that you can see, is addressed
by the bureau of sanitation. Regarding sanitation of areas,
you make an assessment of that. we will conduct sanitizing with
our cares them every day now.
Our customer groups worked with
the council district reps and prioritize locations. >> thank you, so basically what you're saying is you're doing
all the clean ups right now, but the only thing, that you'll
be able to do is you can
actually remove the tent and unhoused neighborhood and move
them to another area.
That is the -- there is a lot of background noise.
That is the only difference.
And it is clear again, public
health department and the cdc
has said please do not do that.
I don't know if public health
county from the county, I would
like for them to comment themselves but since they're
not here, that's what they told our office and city council and
the city.
And I want to comment on one
more thing that my colleague
said. Removing bulky items or displacing individuals is not
what is going to prevent a drug
overdose or a death.
What caused a death overdose is
the issue of homelessness and nothing solves homelessness like a home.
We need to go back to our care
plus what it was suppose to
provide servicele erosion.
Just doing a clean up to push them out to another
neighborhood is not going to
solve this crisis and they're advocating against it and this
is not going to help them from
overdosing on drugs. I understand the frustrations,
I'm equally as frustrated.
We need to divert more
resources so we can tackle this
problem holistickly.
But going back to the old
version, to move from my neighborhood to another council
district it's not going to
solve this problem but it will create a ping-pong affect. Thank you.
Mr.
Blumenfield?
>> thank you.
I agree that clean ups are not going to solve homelessness.
This is not the way to solve
homelessness or a health crisis.
But having some form of clean
up will make it easier for
community to accept bridge
homes and to hazards.
The only question is, from in my mind, we already said that
we want to do care plus clean ups around bridge homes.
We're not doing them because of covid.
And the question is is that too broad?
What does, what does the covid,
why are we stopping because of covid? We're stopping because of covid because, especially at the beginning of the crisis, we
told everybody to stay at home except for essential workers. And I think it makes sense that
we don't do these clean ups during stage one.
Now we're in stage 2, according
to the governor and county and
at stage 2, it's a little of a wobbler. We're not allowing indoor
dining so it's still a lot of
restrictions how people move
about and whether it's the
danger of that movement so I
think it's a wobbler is now the
appropriate time while we're in
stage 2 to resume the care plus clean ups.
I think kernl when we get to stage 3 and people are dining
and there is a lot more per missable activities and all of that stuff, it's hard to argue that it's too dangerous for
somebody to move down the block
for a couple of hours, not to be pushed from one community to the other.
I don't think the intention is
to move it from one
neighborhood to another.
I'm glad that caltrans is
cleaning up trash in your district, but they're not
cleaning it in mine. They said they're not touching
it. If other folks are getting that
service, that's good for your constituence, it's not
happening where I am. So anyway, people I wanted to
speak again people are asking
me, a couple of asked me to clarify what this amendment does.
I want to be clear, it does
authorize the care plus clean
ups but only once we get to
that next phase unless determined by the governor, health determination.
Once we get to that phase where
we're starting to put these
hiring work places in place. Right there, it's clear that
it's not that extra risk.
That's a long time from now. Because the reality is, this, even when people start to go
back to restaurants or gak
going back to work.
It's launched to the ability of
getting this money back so you can be talking another year or
more.
so if you're saying, it can
wait until then, it can be a
legit conversation and you'll have to have that conversation around bridge homes and shelter housed and around anywhere in our city what do we want those clean ups to look like. And I think Mr. O'farrell
touched on that, that's a
legitimate thing, and we should
talk about that, that it's as
humane as possible.
So with that, that's why I put
that amendment because I think
we're in a wobbler stage.
It's a lot more clear when we
get stage 3.
So that's why where we're at.
It's directly linked to the health risks that we're facing.
Thank you.
Mr. Bonin?
>> thank you Madam President.
A question for city attorney,
the motion is that we rescind a
motion we took in March but
it's not a motion that we took
in March, is that even an order?
>> I'm not sure if we have taken the action or not.
>> did not. >> I do know this.
>> that if you vote to stop.
>> I do know that if we didn't
take the action and we rescinded, we don't do nothing.
It's a point of debate what actually occured.
>> well I think it's a matter of written record that it's
very easy for anybody to see
but I'll leave it that. Colleagues, I'm still unclear
on what the hell it is that we're asking to be done. I've asked and the answer was,
we want to clean up the streets.
What does that maeb?
-- mean.
the history for years of the
city handling of homeless
encampments that's been littered with controversy and
litigation.
And the we have been guided by consistent direction. For this body to say that we
want the streets to be cleaned,
go ahead and do it.
That does not give proper guidance to frontline workers
and gives no guidance to those
living on the street and those living in neighborhood where
there is a lot of encampments.
And adding more detail or more volume to what we define
problem to be, does not put anymore details on what the proposed solution is.
So if this is about doing more bulky item pickup.
Let's see a proposal about how
we can do compliance and do
more bulk item pickup.
If this is something about doing preventing drug overdoses, then maybe we need
to be doing more of what ryu
said and providing healthcare
service sxz getting people off
the street and provide services
and help them from getting addicted.
If this is about dying, why are we focusing on new bridge housing. If we're doing something that saves people from dying, you
should be trying to do it everywhere. What I was suggest colleagues,
because saying we want to
restore care plus, we can say
on one hand in the course of this conversation, we want to
do care plus but we dont want
to violate the cdc guidelines.
On the other hand when asked by
the number of this council what
they interpret this to be we were going back to thungz the
ways we were doing which is
taking down the tents which
against cdc guidelines again
public health and us substituting professional
health advise for consideration.
It's not how we should be
asking during a pandemic.
I would welcome seeing a motion
that talked about better
protocol in sanitizing areas
and cleaning sfraoets at
encampments and left them in unhealthy situations.
I would like to see that and
have comments on that, by the
city attorneys that are dealing
with the bulky people filing
lawsuits and I by the people unhoused and people doing the
work on the frontlines and by our county health officials.
We can do a lot better on in what this motion is seeking to
do but we need to be smart
about it and we need to make sure that everybody impacted
weighs in so we don't kind up
making people sick and kinding
up in another litany of lawsuits.
I would enter a no vote.
seeing no
other members on the queue. Madam Clerk, let's prepare to
vote on the item. Let's first vote on Mr. Blumenfield's amendment.
Go ahead. >> again --
hold on. Mr. O'farrell did you want to
want to add anything else.
>> I thought I had my hand up and then it vanished. Thank you for calling on me.
>> so I think that we can land
this plane as Mr. Blumenfield
mentioned, and I think we can do so with some amendments.
And I would like to condition
my vote on the following that
when we when we renew the care
plus clean ups resume them
rather, as it relates to the
bridge home sites and the zones
that are specified there in, that there be a process.
First of all, we should agree right now, that cdc guidelines
must be followed. That should be something that
we agree to right now.
But furthermore, I, I would
base my vote contingent upon a verification system that includes the following.
And there is not enough time to
verify if this is duplicatve.
Number one, every day of
service that verifies adequate
service out reach.
Also, verification that cd
guidelines were complies.
Meaning if somebody invokes
that they're self isolate because of covid that they
accommodate that need. That's not everyone
experiencing homelessness.
Furthermore that the inspect or
verify and determine that the
guidelines on all of these days of service were followed with a
signature.
Furthermore that lasa also
verify that out reach cdc
guidelines, and service out
reach was conducted in relation
to the encampments and that compliance was voluntarily gained by experiencing homelessness. If we continue to just looking the other way, nothing is going
to get involved.
Sol, we need vair verification that guidelines will be
followed. And lasa can also verify, and
this is where a big piece of confusion comes through, that
sanitation determines that a
site has contamination, that lasa can verify that that issue
was dealt with on the day off in an adequate and acceptable
manner.
So in other words, these
amendment to see hear all of
these requirement sxz report back.
In other words, we need to update the protocols for care
and care plus so we can address
everything that we've been talking about. No displacement of people
experiencing displacement. Lots of voluntary tare' compliance every time there is
a care plus.
That cdc guidelines are
followed sxl that the compliance spector now include
the protocols and that lasa also report and that they're
participating in all of these
actions and in concert with
sanitation as it relates to findings of contamination. That's always been a real issue
as well.
And I think that sanitation has
felt that their hands have been tied because of interpretations
that they can and cannot do as they come across an issue of
contamination.
And I know, in other words, Mr.
Buscaino, I'll support this if
we can make she's guarantees
based on the values that we as
it relates to our approach, at
these days of service clean ups where people are experiencing homelessness.
>> Mr. Buscaino?
>>
>> Madam President, I would
like to call the question.
okay, did
you want to accept any recommendations presented by Mr. O'farrell before I call the vote. >> again I encourage an up or
down vote.
okay Mr. Buscaino has called the question.
>> it's a report back, as they
begin renewing and was care plus.
It's a report back, it's not,
that will get my vote. We just need to report back on these guarantees. >> that's fine.
We have 46 pages of protocols
and we can go through those protocols if that gets an aye
vote so we can get back to cleaning and disinfecting the
sidewalk, I will support that.
And to Mr. Blumenfield's
amendment if we're allowing
outdoor dining in phase 2 why can't we allow clean ups.
Mr. Buscaino, you called the question.
Go ahead and call the roll.
>> for clarification on the members this, item 46 the blumenfield amendment. Councilmember blumenfield? >> aye.
>> bonin? >> bonin, no. >> buscaino? >> no. >> cedillo? >> cedillo, no.
>> harris-dawson?
>> yes.
>> koretz?
>> aye. >> krekorian? >> no. >> lee?
>> no. >> martinez? >> no. >> o'farrell? >> no. >> price?
>> no.
>> rodriguez?
>> yes. >> ryu? >> no. >> wesson?
>> wesson, no.
>> 5 ayes and 9 NOs, this amendment fails.
okay, let's move on to the item. Call the roll.
>> this is item 46 as amended
with the o'farrell buscaino
motion on the report back and it will be one vote.
Councilmember blumenfield? >> blumenfield, aye. >> bonin? >> bonin, no. >> buscaino? >> buscaino, aye. >> cedillo? >> cedillo, aye.
>> harris-dawson? >> harris-dawson, no. >> koretz?
>> aye. >> krekorian?
>> aye. >> lee? >> aye. >> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price? >> aye. >> rodriguez? >> aye.
>> ryu?
>> no. >> wesson?
>> wesson, no.
>> 10 ayes and 4 NOs.
This item is adopted as amended. >> okay, members we're going to
go back to items 2 and 3.
>> Madam President, let me read out the call in information
really quickly.
And then press pound again when
prompted to the participant id
once admitted press 9. 669-254-5252 and 160935 for id
meeting.
Press pound and then when
prompted to the participant id and once admitted press star 9
to request to speak.
We'll give it it a short time in case people are dialing in
right now.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> I would like to speak on items 2 and 3. >> you have two minutes please
go ahead.
>> so I think that both of you
guys took a good example of
really bad undemocratic form.
As previously mentioned the
business district, and
stakeholders to criminalize and to demonized the homeless
community.
It does not mean that, they have the same rights that people have.
So I urge all of you to please
vote against this, although I
have no say because you are all
heartless mother fuckers, you
cannot take us to [Screaming]
>> you're off topic, thank you speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on. >> shane. Shane.
Shane. >> item items do you want to
speak on.
Okay, so the speaker is off
topic, I suggest we move on to the next caller.
>> please state your name and
item you would like to speak on. >> speaker, what items do you
want to speak on? Okay, I suggest we move on to the next speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on. >> I'm from los angeles times calling on 2 and 3.
>> please go ahead.
>> it's unconsiderable that we're talking about these items right now.
I don't really have a lot to
say because I waited on two and
a half hours to give comments
on other items that you didn't
let us speak on, city council
is a disaster and we have an apocalypse on the horizon. >> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and what item would you like to
speak on.
>> I'm calling on items 2 and 3.
>> please go ahead.
>> so I grew up in granada
hills, my dad grew up in granada hills, he had a chicken
farm and everything.
I urge you to look at the
report [Line breaking] And center, affective -- >> speaker you're breaking up a bit. >> sorry, can you hear me.
>> yes, go ahead.
>> okay, I strongly encourage the council before
consideration anymore b IDs to
read a research paper published
by uc berkeley.
>> okay, the speaker is breaking up to the point we cannot understand her. I think we have to move on to
the next speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> hi, I'm mimi, I would like
to talk on item 2 and 3 please.
>> please go ahead. >> the bids, I'm against the
bids, you need to abolish them.
You do not have to house people.
This would not help them. And it's just blatantly racist and anti black.
We know that los angeles is more likely to be homeless.
>> so speaker, I'm not sure what you're speaking either on the two bid.
Can you connect it up clearly.
This is on 2 and 3.
>> about the encino property bid and old granada cd12
property bid. If you're speaking on those I don't understand how that was the case.
Tie things up so it's clear. >> no.
>> okay, thank you. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> I would like to speak on behalf of granada hills item. >> go ahead, please.
You have a minute for granada hills item.
>> yes.
There are five businesses in this property.
Everyone is closed. They shut down all the businesses. The parking lot is completely empty.
In the front there is homeless
people and we cannot possibly
afford another tax on top of the tax that we're paying already. So I'm voting against it.
>> thank you, speaker.
>> thank you.
>> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> speaker are you there? Apparently there is no one on the line.
Let's move on to the next one. >> please state your name and what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, I was a speaker earlier, we were breaking up, I hope you
can hear me now. >> we'll give you a minute.
You got in a fair amount.
>> so to give you the full
citation, the article from uc
berkeley research center that
you need to read about big and
policing impact officers
-- published recently in 2018.
And the first author is jeffery
and I suggest that you read into the harms that they do.
>> thank you very much speaker. >> please state yaer name and
what item you would like to speak on.
>> hi, my name is sarah from state watch, I would like to speak on item 2 and 3. >> please go ahead.
>> I would like to echo the sentiment of the other callers and opposition and what is
being proposed.
There needs to be completely abolish on housing people.
And I don't think this council realizes that forcing people
outside of the district, and taking their belongings and
everything that they own is not
solving the housing crisis.
I heard the housing members talked about housing room key.
It is impossible to get a project room key, you're not doing that.
>> so we're moving on to the
bid items, can you stick to the
bid items please.
>> like the previous caller
mentioned, do nothing to
improve sanitation. Trash cans and sanitation stations and maintaining them
and you know, they do not deserve our taxpayer's money.
>> thank you, speaker. >> blews state your name and the items would you like to
speak on.
>> small businesses that can't
afford to pay improvement districts are priced out of the
districts.
That the district put away.
It's to be able to afford to
operate in the city and improvement districts take away the opportunity away from them,
not to mention that they do
nothing for street vendors, street vendors should be
included. >> thank you, speaker. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on. >> eric. >> go ahead.
>> I just want to say that I'm opposed to bid.
I used to live in south park a
restaurant and I would regularly see the private
security forces harassing and terrorizing mostly brown and black unhoused people.
I just want to say city
attorney when you interrupt
people, when they say, power
black, and you tell them
they're off topic, this is
unconstitutional.
When mayor garcetti said this
is the good council, he was
lying.
So these bids, yeah, they're
anti black.
They're crimers for the 2028 olympics that's why they're
being put in place. >> genocidal term. Cleaning the streets. Think about what that means.
They're cleaning people.
Genocidal language. I yield my time, fuck all of you. >> please state your name and what item you would like to
speak on.
>> dq, street watch L.A. I'm calling in about items 2 and 3. >> please go ahead.
>> thank you.
>> I just want to plug the
website michael coalhouse.Org.
Everyone on the call that has
not been there besinger get radicalized. They're empowered to have
citizen arrest.
They're.
The only reason you bid is to put fear into us.
It's a scare tactics.
You want the police and bid to
follow the rules and they start to chuck people's personal
items.
I saw somebody take a --
>> speaker, we cannot hear you. Please speak to us yourself.
>> I'm speaking to you.
>> speaker we cannot understand
what that recording is saying.
Maybe you can summarize it.
>> I'm speaking to you, be
quiet.
So they started to chuck, they put port-a-potties and don't service them.
They try to get information to get them serviced.
They have to find people who
are contracted.
And good job reinforcing the sweeps.
>> I think you're off topic,
speaker.
>> this is still topic, look up
intersection ality. Not everything is on topic, go
on to the next speaker.
>> hello I'm name is iseal and
I would like to speak on 2 and 3.
>> I just want to say that
everything I'm saying is on topic when you completely cut off people. >> please get on topic.
>> I'm on topic, 2 and 3,
fauble you're a piece of shit,
2 and 3, you got to see what shit sticks.
>> move on to the next speaker,
please.
>> please state.
>>
>> Mr. Herman, you called in before and we cut you off
before. >> please state your name and
the item uz -- you would like to
speak on. >> sorry, I meant to say spindler.
We've exhausted our speakers.
that has concluded the speakers for this
item. Please call the roll.
>> the public hearing is now
closed for item 2 and 3 and
tabulation will take place in room 223 immediately and
tabulation will be announced on tuesday, August 4th.
And I'll continue with the roll call, councilmember blumenfield? >> blumenfield, aye. >> bonin? >> bonin, aye.
>> buscaino? >> aye. >> cedillo? >> aye.
>> harris-dawson? >> yes. >> koretz? >> aye.
>> krekorian?
>> councilmember krekorian? Lee? >> aye.
>> martinez? >> aye. >> o'farrell? >> aye. >> price?
>> aye.
>> rodriguez?
>> aye. >> ryu? >> aye. >> wesson?
>> wesson, aye.
>> 13 ayes, these items are
adopted.
>> what is before us Madam
Clerk, now? >> Madam President verbal motions have been introduced by members.
why don't
we go ahead and start with those. How many do you have? >> we have ten.
go ahead. >> the first verbal motion to
be referred to the housing committee, has been presented
by councilmember cedillo.
This is to instruct the housing
community investment to report
in the feasable of using unused airbnb for housing. And a seconder?
>> second. >> Mr. Buscaino. Next. >> the next verbal motion has
been presented by councilmember
cedillo to be referred to the ad hoc covid committee and this
is to request the recreation
and parks to create a pilot program to designate social
distancing areas in parks so
that parks May safely reopen while following distancing guidelines.
>> second.
>> second by Ms. Rodriguez. >> Mr. Buscaino, did you have anything to add.
>> sorry. >> just mute yourself.
>> next. >> next verbal motion is being presented by councilmember
cedillo.
This requires an ordinance.
That requires applicant. And entitle cd7 covid-19 programming. >> second.
>> second.
>> second by Mr. Cedillo, next.
>>
>> the next motion was by
councilmember monica rodriguez to be placed in the next agenda.
Motion offering a reward of
50,000 leading for information
to the identification and for
the shooting death of michael kelly on February 15, 2020. Is there a second.
>> second.
>> seconded by councilmember
blumenfield.
>> next.
>> offering reward of $50,000 personals responsible for omar medina.
Is there a second.
seconded
by Mr. Cedillo.
>> next motion was copresented by harris-dawson, krekorian and
koretz to be placed in the next
council agenda, it is to direct all city departments with assistance from the personnel department and the city administrator officer to report
to the council with a request to new targeted position authorities that were not
included in the budget for fiscal year, 20-21. >> wesson, seconds.
Mr. Wesson.
>> next.
>> the next verbal motion is introduced by bob blumenfield
to be ruled to the rules elections and inter
governmental.
In the legislative program,
action against a person that
makes a 9-1-1 based on race and
religious and any other class. Is there a second.
>> Mr. Wesson wanted to be a copresenter.
who was the second.
Was that Mr. Buscaino. >> Mr. Wesson and Mr. Price.
>> yes.
hold on,
Mr. Blumed field.
-- so Mr. Blumenfield, your
copresenters are Mr. Price and
wesson.
second.
>> and final introduced by bob blumenfield to be recovered by
the ad hoc committee and direct the lapd to street service to
see report to the council with
an update on their enforcement
of the mayor's safer L.A. Order with respectful to mandatory face coverings in public.
Is there a second. >> cedillo, second.
Mr. Cedillo seconds.
Who was the maker of the verbal motion. >> councilmember bob blumenfield.
thank
you, next.
>> and a verbal resolution has
been introduced by councilmember blumenfield to prohibit the parking of
vehicles in access of 22 feet
and 7 feet of height along
burbank boulevard between wood lake avenue and sedan avenue
and this is to be referred to transportation committee. And a seconder?
>> second by Mr. Cedillo?
>> those are all the verbal
motions that we're aware of. >> members, any other verbal motions? That have not been submitted writtenly.
Mr. Koretz?
>> thank you, Madam President.
The first one with Mr.
Blumenfield as a second, moving clauses I therefore move that the city attorney be requested
to prepare and present an ordinance with urgency clause that would require payment of a
fine of $100 for the first
violation $250 for second violation and $500 for the
third and subsequent.
For failure to comply with the safer L.A. Emergency to wear a
mask outside the home to be enforced by any city of los angeles agencies with authority
to do so in order to mitigate
the spread of covid-19.
okay, do you have any others.
>> yes.
I have another one with presumed second prosecute cd8,
I therefore move that the
department of civil on human rights and any department as needed determine a feasible of
establishing a civil and human rights impact assessment
program for applications to
department al city council and mayoral actions and decision
making and report back to the
city council within 60 days on
program scope and issue areas that could be addressed and program would fit into the
city's procedures.
any others?
>> yes.
I have a third one, to be
copresented by Mr. Bonin and seconded by Mr. Ryu, now
therefore be it resolved with
the concurance of the mayor,
support for ab345 emergency which would protect children
and families and communities across los angeles and across
california from the health and
safety hazards associated with
oil and gas extraction. And a last resolution.
so this is the fourth one?
>> yes, fourth and last.
To be seconded by Mr. Blumenfield, now therefore be
be resolved with the con cure
ans by the mayor, support for
sb1175 stern to strengthen
state wide protections against zoootic diseases. >> okay, Mr. Koretz?
Mr. Buscaino?
>> yes, thank you Madam President.
I move that the chief legislative analyst with
assistance of city attorney prepare and execute all necessary documents and take all necessary actions to grant ten million dollars in
coronavirus relief funds known
as crf to be L.A. Tourism and
convention board subject to the
cif as determined by the city's
administrative officer for the
purpose of operations in
response to the covid-19 pandemic.
stl a
second? >> please, anyone.
>> second.
Mr. Blumenfield. Any others?
>> no, thank you.
Mr.
Blumenfield.
>> I have one that did not get
picked up.
I therefore move that the
public and safety in
consultation to obtain a permit
for signs that are temporarily
fixed for buildings and fences as defined by municipal code
and rescind the 14th order to
comply citations for
temporarily signs violations
issued from March 20, 2020 to
July 5, 2020 as to the sunset date.
I further move that the council instruct the departmnt of
building and safety on which codes present life safety
concerns and should continue to be enforced during the covid
state of emergency and this is presented by Mr. Krekorian.
>> second.
seconded
by Mr. Koretz? Any others Mr. Blumenfield?
>> that's it.
Mr. Price?
>> thank you, Madam President.
On behalf of paul krekorian who is having some technical
difficulties, I therefore move that provide reports through the budget and finance
committee on the status of
city's finances and updates on revenue, expenditure and place in which employees are
describing to the separation
and uncensor program and
another pertinent detail that
impacts finances and its
meetings on August 24, October 26 and December 14.
>> second.
Mr. Buscaino seconds that. Any others Mr. Price?
>> no, nothing further thank you. >> Mr. Ryu?
>> thank you, Madam President. I'm also introducing something for councilmember krekorian.
I therefore move that the council instruct the chief cla in consultation with department
of recreation and parks and the
city library to the report back
in 30 days to the appropriation
of staffing and supervision sxz
supplemental programs to provide learning while distance
is associated. Federal cares funding for fed
val care responded as well as you know appropriate balance
reserve for preservation of city services reinvestment in
disadvantage communities and
communities of color and service delivery.
I further move that the council instruct the library
departments.
On wi-fi an each site would be
able to service students.
And I was going to second this.
Mr. Ryu,
I introduced this before the recess and how to utilize our
parks to do so. >> thank you Madam President.
This is from councilmember
krekorian, I was reading it in from him.
is there a second? >> I was going to second myself.
thank
you, any others? Seeing none.
Madam Clerk?
>> council has motioned for
posting and referral.
posted and referred.
Members any announcements? We have several adjourning motions this afternoon.
Let's start with Mr. Lee.
>> thank you Madam President.
It's with a heavy heart that I
make this adjourning, hal burnson.
He grew up in boyle heights and. Councilmember burnson was then
reelected to city council five
times until he retired in 2030.
I want to talk about what he's
well-known for and that was
attention to safely. Which has saved countless of
lives here in our city.
Early in his career, he wrote
los angeles which required the restructure reenforcement of 800.
And by the time of the 94
northridge earthquake, and not
a single one of those buildings collapsed in the quake.
He was a respected leader and transportation, chaired the
committee and metro board and the southern california
regional rail authority. Councilmember burnson was a
master in planning and land use.
Despite being unpopular at the
time, he proved plans that lead to today's vibrant community of
porter ranch.
That over the years he has
raided millions to help disadvantage youth go to summer
camps. And open space for generations to enjoy.
I just want to share a couple
of personal stories about councilmember burnson as you know.
He was a fighter and one of the first times I met with him, I
got a good sense of this when I was work withing on
Councilman's first campaign. I saw him and yelled at me to
jump in the car with him. And we immediately drove off. And when I asked where we were going, he told me that he
reeived a call that somebody
was stealing our lawn signs and I said okay, what is the plan what are we going to do.
And he looked at me and said,
we're going to kick some ass.
And I tried to explain the most
of us, did not make the biggest
duo, but he just looked at me,
well we can try. He once accused of stealing me,
but told me that if I returned
the item that no questions
would be asked. He obviously found that item
but it became a joke.
Councilman Burnson was our patriarch.
I moved to councilmember
district in 1968, he was my
Councilman And always be my Councilman.
He set the standard that
everyone who followed him, has strived for. Everyone who lived in this community and city, has
benefited by his service.
He will always be a fixture of
council district 12 and missed
by me and our entire community.
He is survived by his wife
robin, daughter and he was unfortunately preceded in death
by his daughter.
In lieu of flowers, you can
donate to the north valley ymca. May Councilman Al burnson rest
in peace.
Thank you, Madam President.
thank you
Mr. Lee, if I May ask that you
add all members to the motion.
>> Madam President, I just want
to add to Mr. Lee's really well
stated adjourning motion.
Hal was a no-nonsense man.
Also noted his incredible sense
of humor and ability to write
which has become famous in cd12
some famous letters drafted.
>> letters that we cannot write today. >> letters that we cannot write today.
I think most recently when were
honoring nicole burnson and her departure from council, I got
to see him.
I was a 20-year-old intern when
I started when I had my first introduction to city hall and
hal was a member of the council.
And I remember him so well.
But it was in his visit to
council chambers again when nicole was leaving council
district 12 and moving on to
the office of finance, his
legacy continues and her example and her honorable service to our city.
I know how proud he was of her
work and you know, hal was
just, he was genuine in his support of the north valley
ymca which was I was privileged
to serve on.
It's, it's a tragic loss and a
reminder of how quickly time has passed.
But you know, my thanks to you for that beautiful adjournment
and my love to robin and sarah
and my dear friend nicole on
this tragic loss for the city.
May he rest in peace.
thank you Ms. Rodriguez.
Mr. O'farrell.
>> thank you Madam President.
I have two adjourning motions.
The first is a great friend to echo park a friend to me as
well.
And that's the passing of
michael o'brien who passed way
on June 16th.
Mike at discovered his love for landscape architecture at ucla
extension where he received his professional designation inland
escape architecture in 1983.
In 86 after working in several architecture, he started his 20-year employment in the city
of los angeles as a landscape
assistance with a bureau of engineering.
The next year he was engaged
with the department of cutting policies and programs from landscape to design and zoning regulations.
Michael was also very involved in community events and programs in neighborhoods where
he lived over the past 36 years including echo park and silver lake. Michael was an active member of
the stirring committee for the
citizens to save the he lesion park.
And collaborator. He originated public walking
tours throughout the community with the echo park historical
society as well and that is, it's through those
organizations that I met him
back in 2003.
Michael was committed to a cultural landmarks, including buildings and land scales and involved for historic status
for the echo park lake with the city affairs department, another project I worked with
him on the nomination for the
wwi memorial grove, that we have been restoring over the
past few weeks.
Sxl historic monument for the mid-century jr and schindler desgn in silver lake where he
lived for 15 years in the 80s and the 90s until he moved and spent the rest of his life
living in echo life.
My other adjourning motion is
for gabriela o'donnell who was
a medical assistance and mother
of our friend robert garcia, I
would like to adjourn known as gabby.
Gabrielle a emigrated to U.S. With five-year-old robert.
She and her son could not speak
english when she settled
561,000 miles away in south
L.A. Where she cleaned houses. And became a medical assistance
in city of hope for 28 years.
She earned citizenship after
President Ronald regan signed
an amnesty bill in 1986, yes,
that actually happened signed
by regan.
It still took roughly 12 years
to become a citizen which the
mayor did at the age of 21.
Mayor robert garcia said in a statement, she came from peru in search of the american dream and she found it.
She loved to help people and lived a joyous life.
She will always be the guiding light at the center of our lives.
My brother and I want to thank
the team at the white memorial
who took care of our mom for
the last days.
Hi step father greg is still in
hospital and on a ventilator.
We pray and hope for a recovery.
And mayor garcia, we will all
join you for step father.
Gabby passed away due to
complications from covid-19 and
survived by her husband pastor greg and her two sons. May she rest in peace.
Thank you.
Mr. O'farrell, if I can ask that
all members be added to the
motion of Ms. O'donnell and our
condolences to our dear friend
mayor garcia, thank you.
>> Ms. Rodriguez.
>> thank you, Madam President. I tragically have two adjourning motions. At a moment when all of our first responders and so many
city workers are on the frontlines combating and
servicing our community in
response to the covid-19
pandemic, we tragically lost two of our beloved first
responders one in our L.A. City
department and one in our los angeles police department.
first I would like to adjourn
in the memory of firefighters paramedic, jose m-perez who passed away due to
complications on saturday July 25.
Jose began his career on
December 8, 2003 and assigned to fire station, 39, 59 and 23
and for the last few years,
fire station 21. He displayed generosity and compassion and I am paktd
everyone here whether it was his fellow crewmembers or
patients that he treated.
Many stories have been shared that demonstrate his kindness.
And I want to share one.
Several years back after
learning that a fellow
firefighters was experiencing financial distress, jose bought him disneyland passed.
He then proceeded to accompany
that family with him and his family and purchased all the
meals on that day as well as
souvenirs for the kids to take home.
It's indicative of who he was.
He was born at martin luther king hospital and grew up in lakewood.
He lived in is cer itos with
his wife and three children.
Also survived by his mother
maria who lived in fontana.
The first member of our fire
family to lose battle to
covid-19 virus.
Jose honored and served and the city and fire department and it's in sadness that we adjourn
in his honor.
May he rest in peace. And colleagues, I again ask
that we adjourn today in memory
of police officer too,
valentine, val, martinez. officer martinez, fought a two-month long battle with
covid-19 and passed away a day
before jose on friday July
24th, to 20.
Val was born on February 22,
1975 in zacatecas, mexico. He served the people of los
angeles for 13 years.
Officer martinez was assigned to mission area division in 2008 and spent the remainder of 12 years there because he loved the mission division and the
community it served. He was a dedicated officer and
friend who can be counted on
when anybody else needed help.
A partner to meghan and soon to be father to twin boys who are due in November.
And survived by his mother and
father and sister diana and brothers ricardo junior, and
lavor and juan. It's with great sadness that we adjourn in memory of val
martinez.
The first sworn officer in our
los angeles police department
to succumb to covid-19 complicated. Our condolences to his family and colleagues.
May he rest in peace.
and if we
can please ask that all members
be added to both adjourning
motions and our condolences to families.
>> Mr. Buscaino.
>> a brother and grandfather and proud 50-year resident of
wilmington.
Francisco was born in
zacatecas, mexico.
He was a migrant worker in united states.
He married and created a
beautiful family with his wife
of 55 years, maria.
They migrated to america and
knew it would provide a great
opportunity for his family.
Proud member of the car penters union.
Sxl in his spare time he
enjoyed gardening and cooking
and he loved to swim and
workout six times a week.
He was a parishioner of St.
Paul for 28 years and served as
an usher at the 9:30 am mass for over ten years.
He was a man of strong faith and nothing was more than important than spending time
with his family.
When asked about his greatest
accomplishment, he responded my grandchildren and becoming a
U.S. Citizen.
He is survived by his wife and
children and grandchildren.
Three great grandchildren and
siblings.
He's proceeded in death by his
fathers, brother thomas and 20
great grandchildren.
Francisco May he rest in peace.
And secondly, members I would
like to adjourn in memory of
steven with great sympathy that
we adjourn in his memory.
He's the owner of barber shop.
Steven was a proud father of 12
and grandfather and a barber
who put God and his community
first.
Steven truly exemplified the in
watts communities.
Became a staple to every families's fade.
Steven made it his mission to continue reinvesting in the watts community by supporting
youth and careers in his shop,
donating what he could to locate at businesses providing free hair cuts and day-to-day
items to families in need.
Steven's loss has left the
community mourning a man who provided a safe space for those
who needed a community and
sense of belonging. May he rest in peace.
thank you.
Mr. Ryu?
>> thank you, Madam President. I want to adjourn today's
meeting in the memory of
marjory plat.
Was knowner to family and
friends as margely.
And her grandson reminded that
she was matriarch. Margie and her family moved to
los angeles when she was six
years old.
Started her career at macy in
wilshire.
It was over a broken juke box
that she met her husband and
began a 60-year partnership.
Married and 1925 and lead one
of the most well-known families.
Her father founded temple and
both fern and margie expanded
its size and breath.
O marge and herman also
committed their lives in supporting institutions of
faith education and healing including seeds ar cyanide,
ucla and others. They threw themselves into
serving others and our city. Marjory and gallery. But above all, marjory was devoted to her family and
children.
Raised them with her other children. Margely became the matriarch
that included five children, 16 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Each of one of them should love
with their unique charm.
on July 11 of this year, margie
passed away in covid-19 and joined her husband in eternal
peace. >> thank you Mr. Ryu? >> Mr. Blumenfield?
>> thank you.
Colleagues on monday June 30th,
we lost the prolific and
hilarious cal, he chose our
mission, he chose los angeles during his 7 decade career.
He was born in the bronx in jewish immigrants.
When he was a teenager, he took advantage of the program progress administration and
attended his first acting class with miz whipmore. The program changed the
direction of his life.
Took pleasure in creating one
funest twitter accounts. With all the recognition
including grammy and the mark
twaine.
Thank you for the laughs and
making an imprint on our lives. May he rest in peace.
thank you Mr. Blumenfield, any other
adjourning motions. Okay, seeing none, our meeting is adjourned.