The items that are open for public comment are items six and seven. That's six and seven., members of the public may also speak for up to 1 minute for general public comment. During the general public comment period, members of the public may speak to any of the items or anything else within the city subject matter jurisdiction. We'll tell you when your time's up. I have a couple of more announcements before we begin and I'd ask the interpreter to please make this announcement aloud to the room. If you require a Spanish language interpreter, please make sure you pause every few sentences so the interpreter can interpret. And we will pause your time during the interpretation so you'll have …
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A Larchmont business district, a $287,626 legal settlement, and LAX food workers
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Agenda items
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to existing research contracts and technology deployment plans incorporating Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) vehicles for the purposes of mapping and data collection to assist with proactive identification of bulky items and other City… Council File 26-0181
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Third Status Report on the Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act Council File 22-0947-S1
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the results of the 2025 WorkSource Center (WSC) Operators Request for Proposals for Program Year 2026-27 Council File 26-0327
- AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR LA RECOVERY REPORT relative to City protocols and procedures for Red Flag Warning Declarations Council File 25-0006-S35
- AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR LA RECOVERY relative to rescinding notices of brush clearance non-compliance issued to property owners of damaged or destroyed properties in the Pacific Palisades and other related matters Council File 26-0266
- COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY CLERK and ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to modifications to the Larchmont Village, Property Based, Business Improvement District (BID) Council File 22-0058-S2
- The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to a recommendation for payment of monetary sanction in the case entitled Greg Akili, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles… Council File 26-0541
Public comment
4 comment segments captured. Transcribed from auto-generated captions and excerpted for publication.
Hello. Okay. Hello, good morning, good morning. Yes, hello, my name is Yamila. I am a member of Flying Food Group. I have been working there for a year and a half, and recently my my co-workers and I had banded together. We We formed this commission of workers where we talk about the horrible and the horrendous working conditions and harassment that we have to face working at Flying Food Group. Yes, we we have shared with you a report that was published recently that demonstrates in conclusion that the company Flying Food Group violates the human rights of the workers, the people who are packaging the food for the passengers that take flights in LAX. And we're asking you to to listen to …
▶ Play from 2:38:34begins, I'll call up a few more people. Michael Orion Day, Ernie S, Veronica, Mr. Atilano, Mary N, Tino, Johnny G, Gordy. Hi. Speaker, did you want to speak on general public comment or on a
▶ Play from 2:44:11Michael Day, and I wanted to address the Council regarding the Department of Water and Power and their arrears, the way they handle their arrears program with people that are on public assistance or disabled. It's absolutely ridiculous, and I'm I my services are turned off. Basically, the Department of Water and Power is going to make me homeless, and that's weird. I've tried really hard to pay the money, and they won't take anything less than a ridiculously large amount. It took me 3 years to save up that much. And I just wanted to maybe bring it to your attention so that maybe in the future people that are in my situation won't be in my situation cuz basically I'm going to be thrown back …
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Thank you Council Member Soto Martinez for this presentation. Sadly, when you're around City Hall as long as I have been, you know the originations of when you actually embarked on this work. And it's wonderful to see this 25-year milestone of this incredible work. Because sadly, this industry has largely been accessible for the privileged. It's wasn't very welcoming to the diversity of voices that could tell our own stories. And so I want to thank you and congratulate you because sadly we still don't see the level of space that's been created for communities like ours. We continue to have to fight to make that space, but I want to thank you for your commitment and your diligence and work …
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