yes, I'd like to speak to the whole city council. Is this on the general Okay. my name is Mary Pacarina. I'm with the Strindberg Laboratory which is a non-profit theater grassroots theater that serves the poor in Los Angeles and we are looking into purchasing historic Westlake Theater in MacArthur Park and created into a community space for the diverse community in the Westlake area. And the space would include arts trade workshops community workshops and theater and many more. And we want to create synergy into the Westlake area into the community between people and we need the help of the city council to create coalition within the community so we can make this vision reality and I have a …
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Interim housing, legal-aid delays and fair schedules
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Agenda items
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to proposed lease agreement with Hope the Mission to operate an interim housing Site located at 7700-7724-7798 Van Nuys Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 91405 Council File 23-1022-S34
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the Department of General Services (GSD) to negotiate and execute a lease agreement with Hope the Mission to operate an interim housing site located at 8358 San Fernando Road, Los Angeles CA 91352 AKA 11080 Olinda… Council File 23-1022-S35
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authority for the Department of General Services (GSD) to negotiate and execute a lease amendment with Milan Rei VIII, LLC (Milan Rei VIII), for the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) office space at 6400 Laurel Canyon… Council File 14-1315-S2
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Proposed First Amendment to Contract No. C-143137 with Southern Express International Incorporated (DBA Unishippers Los Angeles) to provide overnight and second-day mail services Council File 26-0665
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to new non-profit lease with WVHY Inc. (WVHY), DBA West Valley Homes Yes for the use of the City-owned Suite D at 13277 Van Nuys Boulevard Council File 25-1496
- CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (PADILLA - SOTO-MARTÍNEZ) relative to designating the intersection of Chase Street and Van Nuys Boulevard Square be designated "Los Angeles Azules Square." Council File 26-0429
- ANNUAL BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 1, 2026 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 29, 2026) Final Budget Recap - 5-21-26 Budget Motions - 5-21-26… Council File 26-0600
Public comment
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▶ Play from 1:13:09the goddamn Adams and general comments. So now Imelda Padilla is going to direct Van Nuys Boulevard be known as the Los Azules Santa. And the nice part, they don't have any lyrics in English. Everything is done in Spanish and they're from Mexico. Let's give them a hand. Because this is a nice backward way, as people say, "Pichi gringo." So, today the pichi gringo will be replaced by the new people and the new culture. Cuz our a white culture is dying. It's dead. The white folks that I know, nobody has any kids. White people don't make kids anymore, so they're dying. not in the jurisdiction of the city council, the child bearing of different graphic groups. It's in the culture. Yeah. Vote …
▶ Play from 1:14:35I yes, I'd like to make a general public comment. My name is Marco Diaz and I work at Taco Bell. Okay. I'm here to ask for you to approve the ordinance for fast food workers and fair work. Training is essential for fast food workers like myself. Because learning about my rights helped me to understand what they are. Our employers don't want us to know our rights. And that's why it's important for all fast food workers to get the necessary training. And that way we can properly advocate for ourselves and defend our rights against in our work in our workplace so that we're able to protect ourselves from external forces like our employers. We need the committee to approve the fair work …
▶ Play from 1:16:58Good morning. My name is Dinora Ramirez. general public comment, please. I work at McDonald's. And I'm here to talk about my rights. As well as fair work for fast food workers in the ordinance. And we don't have stable schedule, which is very difficult. And due to the expenses I have, I have to have two jobs. And it's very hard to keep two jobs. And employers have told us that they have to cut hours. And that's a moment and that's because they say that they can't pay this new minimum wage, but at the same time they're hiring new people. So, because they're hiring new people, that means that I could keep the hours that I had. And they could we could they could allow us to cover the same …
▶ Play from 1:18:58General comment, please. I'm Barbara Schultz, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. this council approved the Stay Housed LA contracts in early March, and our contracts terminated on March 31st. Yet, we still have no contracts. In good faith, we have continued working for 2 months without contracts or pay. But, smaller organizations cannot continue, and they have started furloughing staff, meaning fewer service for tenants, and a slowdown in right to counsel implementation. We have not had rental assistance for these months despite $17 million sitting in city coffers. So, instead of staying housed, tenants are at a higher risk of displacement. We haven't had a contract redline from the city …
▶ Play from 1:21:16morning. general, please. All right. hi, everyone. My name is Raymond Mandarino. I like to say thank you to the city council and to Angelinos. I'm speaking on behalf of myself. I run a nonprofit Queer T Gamers, but I am also a proud member of the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council, which is the second largest in population, if I'm not mistaken. I wanted to take the time to come up here. I'm a part of the I'm a nonprofit chair, and I am head of outreach over there, and proud citizen of member proud citizen of CD 6, and born and raised in 12. and so I just wanted to I saw some cameras, and I wanted to encourage our fellow citizens to get involved in local politics, whether it's volunteer, whether …
▶ Play from 1:22:13Good morning, City Council. John Mack. public comment. Good morning, City Council. I would like to take the time to thank Mr. McOsker and the great people of District 15. Last weekend, Fleet Week was absolutely stunning. Mr. Blumenfield, your Memorial Day parade on Monday was probably the best in all the years that the parade has been going on. We will miss your leadership in the future years. There was just one thing we must complete before you leave. We must complete the landscaping at One Generation. Hopefully, we can complete this project as a community to make things even better at One Generation. Thanks, Mr. Blumenfield. Hold my time. Hold my time. Good morning. What
▶ Play from 1:23:22all items in public comment. not. It's a DOT issue and a ceremonial sign. Yeah, I deal with that, too. But what I also wanted to agree with Mr. Camaro regards to Fleetwood week and also Mr. Blumenfield Fleet pauses the time. This is general public comment. I Hold on, Mr. Candido. I I know you want to provide I paused your time, but we've had to go through this multiple times before. And I I'm glad that you're here. We're not trying to take your time away, but you have to speak to the item. If not, I'm going to move you to general where you get your full 1 minute. 1 minute? Okay. what I got to do to speak cuz you guys, you know, all the things you said. Anyway, the great job with those …
▶ Play from 1:24:26Good morning, Council. My name is Kevin Aves. I'm president of Foothill Trails Neighborhood Council, but I'm speaking as an individual. I would like to speak on item six and general comments. I think it's always wonderful when items like item six are brought up cuz it it helps the city recognize the diverse history of the city. but I would make a suggestion in the future you consider redesigning the sign to add a QR code. So, that way if somebody comes across an interesting item one day, they can access that information easily or through the QR code. I think it would improve people's interest in the history of the city. As for my general public comment, like I mentioned, I I'm a …
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Council member Nazarian seconds. Can we run through our agenda for this morning? Yes, items 1 through 5 are items for which public hearings have been held. Items 6 through 7 are items for which public hearings have not been held. Please note no action is necessary for item 7 as the annual budget resolution was adopted by the council this past Wednesday, May 27th. 10 votes are required for consideration. All right, without objection those items are before us. Uh let's go to specials. I see Council member Rodriguez's name on the queue. Yes. Uh I would like to amend item 5 to change the suite noted in the report from the letter D as in David to the letter G. Sweet. Yes. [laughter] Is there a …
▶ Play from 9:44Thank you, Mr. President. Council Member Rodriguez, thank you for bringing this very important program in today and a special shout out to Abby and the CFI family for the for the work that that goes on all the time and and we know again, this is really a lifeline for the families in our communities. We have a farmers market every Thursday. And you know, folks are are lined up for the variety and for the opportunity to get fresh food at a at a at a good price. And so, these programs are important. People rely on them. They they know that it makes a difference. And your service, the service of this program to our community has been especially impactful, so we appreciate uh those of you that …
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