Dec 15, 2020 City Council

ARE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION.

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SHALL WE GO TO THE FIRST ONE? YES.

MAYOR SENATOR RUBIO.

ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SENATOR RUBIO.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY HELLO TODAY.

I KNOW IT'S A CELEBRATION FOR, FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED AND I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE TIME TO, TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO ON THE DIET.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I, ONCE AGAIN, I'M STATE SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL.

WHAT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT I WAS, UH, A NEIGHBORING COUNCIL MEMBER FOR 13 YEARS.

AND SO I

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RECOGNIZE THE PERSONAL SACRIFICE THAT ALL OF YOU DO.

UH, I KNOW THAT OUR JOBS ARE NOT NINE TO FIVE.

WE WORK LATE HOURS ON THE WEEKEND.

SO FOR ALL THAT YOU DO REALLY ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE 22ND SENATE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I, IN PARTICULAR, THESE TRYING TIMES COVID-19 HAS REALLY CHALLENGED US.

AND I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO BE THERE TO HONOR THOSE THAT ARE OUTGOING AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN.

AND I'M HOPING THAT I WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT, UH, REALLY MY INTENTION WAS TO, FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT I, YOU KNOW, HERE TO BE A PARTNER AND, AND REALLY WORK WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT I, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET ANY RESOURCES THAT YOU MAY NEED MOVING FORWARD.

BUT LET ME START BY RECOGNIZING OUR OUTGOING THERE.

TONY WILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THIS YEAR, THAT'S BEEN STILL TRYING AND YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST WILLING TO HELP, UH, NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY JUST LIKE ALPHA THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO I HAVE, UM, DROPPED OFF SOME CERTIFICATES.

SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU HAVE IT, BUT IT READS ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR INVALUABLE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

AND I APPLAUD YOUR RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR RESIDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND RESPECT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SHOP LOCAL PROGRAM, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR REGION AND COMMUNITY ARE IN MEASURABLE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SACRIFICE AND PERSONAL TIME.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER, LOUIS JOHNSON.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, I'M A MEMBER OF A MILITARY FAMILY, AND I KNOW HOW PRIDEFUL YOU ARE ABOUT THE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

AND SO TO YOU AND ANYBODY SERVING OVERSEAS, OR JUST RECENTLY RETIRED, WE THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR ABILITIES TO ENGAGE IN FREE FAIR ELECTIONS UNTIL THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON.

I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR SERVICE MEMBERS.

YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED WITH ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE YOUR ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND, UH, AND THAT HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING THANK YOU FOR GIVING UP YOUR PERSONAL TIME, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE'LL BE PLENTY MORE WHERE YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.

I ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER, JESSICA SHOEMAKER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER FOR ANSWERING THE CALL OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW YOU WERE APPOINTED IN 2019 AND IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.

SO FOR THAT TIME THAT YOU SERVED AND THE PERSONAL SACRIFICES, UH, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.

UH, YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND THE TENURE YOU HAD IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WITH THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BROUGHT A DYNAMIC INSIGHT INTO YOUR ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING SERVED OUR STUDENTS BEFORE BECOMING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 17 YEARS.

SO I COULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FIND THAT KINSHIP WITH YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EDUCATION IS ALSO PART OF WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO.

AND, UH, SO I THANK YOU.

UH, I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR INCOMING, UM, NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THIS IS ROSARIO DIAZ AND MR. BRYAN TO ABOUT TAB.

I BELIEVE IT'S TAB A TAB.

I, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT FOR BOTH OF YOU, PLEASE KNOW THAT MY INTENTION WAS TO BE IN PERSON AND TRY TO RECOGNIZE YOU, BUT DUE TO OUR LIMITATIONS IN THE PANDEMIC, I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT BOTH OF YOU.

WE'RE HERE TO BE PARTNERS AND WHATEVER YOU NEED.

AND I HOPE TO MEET YOU VERY SOON PERSONALLY, TO, UH, UH, MR, TO ABOUT, UH, I AM, I'M SORRY, I'M STARTING WITH YOUR NAME, BUT IT'S TBA TO BAYA.

I WANTED TO GO AHEAD TO ABOUT TO BUY, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS A TEACHER I SHOULD HAVE GOT THIS RIGHT AWAY.

SO MY APOLOGIES THAT I ALSO KNOW THAT, THAT YOU WERE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATOR WITHIN MY SENATE DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I, YOU KNOW, I GRAVITATE TO, SO PLEASE KNOW THAT EDUCATION IS IN MY BLOOD AND IT'S WHAT I DO AS WELL.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRIDGE EDUCATION WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, AND, AND BRING PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP THE LARGER COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UM, NOT IN EDUCATION AND, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

I KNOW YOU WERE A YOUTH COACH AND A MENTOR, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A CROSSROAD STAIR.

I THINK WE NEED MORE PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS AND WHATEVER I CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU.

AND FOR BOTH OF US TO BRING THAT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M YOUR PARTNER IN THIS AS WELL.

SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I HOPE

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THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED, UH, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE STATE SENATE.

I KNOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SO I WON'T HAVE READ THOSE OBVIOUS CERTIFICATES, UH, BUT MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS HERE TO HELP TO SERVE.

AND PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT, UH, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR SERVICE DEDICATION.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, UH, ALL OF YOU FOR THE BETTERMENT OF WEST COVINA AND FOR THE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR SERVICE IS NOT DONE AND WE WELCOME YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

SO THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, I PLEASE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR RUBIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND OF, FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND OUR CT KNEE, YOUR HELP, OKAY.

FOR THE FUTURE AND ESPECIALLY, AND COMING HERE FOR THE BUSINESS FOR THE PANDEMIC FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF WE KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS ALL GOOD SUPPORTIVE FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[Recognition of Retirement - Police Sergeant Shishido]

SECOND PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO INVITE SERGEANTS.

DO YOU SEE THOUGH, CELGENE? YOU'RE SO YOUNG WHY YOU WOULD RETIRE? THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I THINK YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN ME.

I THINK SO WHEN YOU TIED OFF EFFICIENT, WE'LL COME BACK.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH, BUT SOMETHING, I THINK YOU, OUR CITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD POLICE OFFICERS, REALLY HELPING THE CITY.

AND I REMEMBER YOU REPRESENT THE POLICE UNION.

AND, UH, ANOTHER TIME, OKAY.

WE WENT THROUGH A TOUGH TIME AND YOU ALWAYS COME OUT TO FIND THE OKAY.

TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO I REMEMBER TO YOU AND, UH, YOU, THE BRAND OF, UH, THE YOUTH OKAY.

ORGANIZATION.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU TO HELP OUT, OKAY.

TO HAVE A CONTRACT, TO EVERYTHING, TO SERVE, NOT ONLY YOUR MEMBERSHIP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU SERVE THE CITY ONCE THERE'S SOMETHING.

SURE.

THANK YOU, MIRROR.

UM, THIS IS A, ACTUALLY A LOT TOUGHER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER BE.

UH, I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS A LOT FROM A LOT OF, UH, RETIREES OR CLOSE TO, BUT WE ALL LOOK VERY FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT IT COMES AND ONCE IT COMES, IT'S JUST A FEELING THAT'S NOT DESCRIBABLE.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT IS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER.

IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT.

AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS THAT I CONSIDER THIS PLACE AND THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH PART OF MY OWN FAMILY, UH, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

UM, AND JUST LIKE FAMILIES, WE GO THROUGH OUR HARD TIMES, UPS AND DOWNS, BUT FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE FEELINGS THERE.

AND, UM, I'M REALLY GONNA MISS THIS PLACE A LOT MORE THAN I, UH, REALLY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, I STILL DON'T THINK I'D WANT TO COME BACK TO WORK, BUT NONETHELESS IT'S THERE, BUT I DON'T REALLY GET EMOTIONAL SO WELL, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

UH, I'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD YEARS HERE.

I CAME FROM ANOTHER CITY I LATERALED HERE MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.

IT'S A GREAT CITY.

AND REGARDLESS OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED RECENTLY, IT STILL IS A GREAT CITY, A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE FUTURES HOLDS GREAT THINGS.

NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY NOW IS VERY, VERY TOUGH FOR THE POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON.

AND, UM, OKAY.

A LOT OF, UM, KIND OF A MUD OKAY.

UH, THE OLDEST ISSUE, BUT THE CT NEED LOW AND OLDER.

THE CT NEED THE PEOPLE TO KIND OF KEEP THE OLDER AND PROTECT AND SERVE.

AND LET'S ALWAYS COVINA BIG CT WITH 120,000 POPULATION.

AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED THIS.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU SACRIFICE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

I SEE YOUR FAMILY RIGHT THERE.

AND YOU HAVE A BULLSEYE ON YOUR BACK WHEN YOU OKAY.

BASICALLY.

PATROL ON THE STREET.

I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING OKAY.

YOUR FAMILY'S WORRIED.

ARE SACRIFICING YOUR LIFE.

AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICER HAVE THEIR FAMILIES WORRY.

ARE WE WEST COVINA COUNCIL? I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

IT'S THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE YOU

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OR YOUR LIVELIHOOD TO PROTECT OUR CITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU HERE.

WE'RE PRESENT THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY PLACE.

IF ME, I WANT THE BULLET BOULEVARD.

SHE SAY DOPE BOULEVARD.

SO WHEN I RETIRE WILL SAY, GIVE ME THE BOULEVARD.

IT CHOSE THE PLACE.

YOU ARE VERY HUMBLE, MAN.

BUT REPRESENT THE CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICING.

OUR CITY.

WE, WE SHOW THE BEST FISH, GET A LOT OF FISH.

AND, UH, BUT PUT THEM BACK.

THEY, THEY NEED TO LEAVE TO, OKAY.

THEY HAVE A LIFE.

THEY HAVE THE CHILDREN TOO.

SO WE GOT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]

SO NEXT ONE.

AND WE GO TO OVER-COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION AND HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY? MAYOR.

WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS IN THE CHAMBERS AND WE HAVE THREE CALLERS.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HERMAN FOLLOWED BY GEORGE OH, GWEN FOLLOWED BY SAMUEL MARTINEZ.

ALSO MEMBERS, MAYOR.

STOP PROHIBITING WHAT YOU WANT US TO SAY, ALLOW US TO SPEAK OUR MIND.

THE LANGUAGE THAT CONGRESS CHOSE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF PROFOUND NATIONAL COMMITMENT.

THE PRINCIPLE THAT DEBATE ON PUBLIC ISSUES IS WHY I'M HERE.

IT'S APPARENT THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DISCRIMINATE, RETALIATE, AND USE BULLYING TO MEASURE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT AT TIMES UNPLEASANT SHARP ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS, PEOPLE BELIEVING THAT THIRD LANGUAGE IS NOT POLITICAL.

IT IS POLITICAL.

I'M IN A POLITICAL WAR BECAUSE GAVIN NEWSOME, GAVIN NEWSOME IS A RECKLESS MOTHERFUCKER.

UH, EXCUSE ME, MR. HOMAN, WE HAVE A CHILDREN IN THE CHAMBER.

PLEASE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE? OKAY.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE THE PODIUM.

EXCUSE ME.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

I HAVE THE PODIUM.

MR. MAYOR JONES ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ME AND HOLD MY TIME.

I TAKE THIS THREAT AND REMOVE AND GO BACK TO HIS SEAT.

I GOT TO GO BACK.

NO, YOU SEE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I TO KNOW MY RIGHTS AND I EXERCISE I'M UNDER 42, USC, 1983, BRANDENBURG VERSUS OHIO, MICHAEL HON VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

AND AGAIN, 18 USC, TWO 42 AND TWO 45.

DO NOT DEPRIVE ME THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT.

AS I AM SPEAKING IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY MIND THAT CONSTITUTES THE BELIEF AND A FREEDOM THAT I BELIEVE IN NOT THE FUCKED UP ELECTIONS THAT BUSTED DOWN EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN.

POLICE BUST DOWN.

EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN, I DON'T FEEL LIKE VOTING ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE WRONG, THE POLITICAL INJUSTICE BEHIND ALL THAT AND THE CONSTANT FAKE NEWS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THOSE INVOLVED IN POLITICAL WAR WITH THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT.

SO AGAIN,

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I AM NOT A PAID LOBBYIST.

I AM NOT A PAID POLITICIAN WHO STEALS MONEY FROM LOCAL RESONANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY ALL OF THEM ARE SET IN WEST COVINA OR SUNSET THAT EMPTY BUILDING ON THE CORNER.

THERE SITS THERE EMPTY WHILE THE HOMELESS AMERICANS SLEEP ON THE GODDAMN FUCKING SIDEWALKS AND STREETS VIEW BEGINNING WITH VETERANS, THE MICROPHONE THEY GETTING WITH VETERANS BEGINNING WITH DISABLED PEOPLE, BEGINNING WITH THE ELDERLY.

THOSE THAT ARE THE FREQUENT ABUSES THAT YOU ALLOW IN THIS CITY, IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY, SHAME ON YOU.

SHAME ON ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF A CITIZEN.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, CASE TWO 20 ZERO ZERO THREE, TWO SIX JFF REGARDING THE INDICTMENT, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES RICO BY A WETBACK BY THE NAME OF JOSE LOUIS WEEZER VIOLATED MY RIGHTS, KICKED ME OUT OF MY RENT CONTROL HOME AND PUT ME OUT ON THE FUCKING STREET.

AND HERE'S THE INDICTMENT.

AND THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF IT.

A FRACTION.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SON OF A BITCH DID.

HE DID IT TO EVERYONE.

GENTRIFICATION AND THE MILLENNIUMS ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT.

SLEEPING IN THEIR MOM'S HOMES.

PAY FOR COLLEGE, GO TO COLLEGE, GET AN EDUCATION.

AND YOU HEARD THE SENATOR.

YOU HEARD WHAT SHE SAID.

I WANT TO DO.

WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

THEN REACH OUT, GET THE VETERANS OFF THE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS.

STOP HARASSING PEOPLE WERE HOMELESS.

GIVE THEM DIGNITY, GIVE THEM A RIGHT TO BE HEARD.

ALLOW THEM TO COME IN HERE AND PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT DISAGREES WITH THEIR ONE 2101 HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION.

SO DON'T EVER INTERRUPT A SPEAKER AND HAVE PEOPLE ATTACK THE SPEAKER AT THE PODIUM.

SIR, I HAVE 10 SECONDS AS YOU ALLOW THE GENTLEMEN TO COME IN HERE AND HARASS ME.

I'LL GIVE YOU 10 SECONDS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. HILLMAN.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GEORGE OAKLAND.

O'QUINN ARGUING.

THANK YOU ALL.

GOOD.

I'LL THEN CONTROL YOUR SPEECH.

OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO CUT THE MICROPHONE.

WAIT, UH, THE INTERESTING PART IS IT'S KIND OF WEIRD.

UH, I THINK HE JUST USES HIS FIRST NAME HARMON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, I PROBABLY LEAN IN HIS DIRECTION.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T LIKE HIS DELIVERY.

IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO YOU, EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL.

EVERYBODY IN HERE.

I'M DOWN.

OKAY, PLEASE.

EVERYBODY AT HOME PLEASE.

USING THE F BOMB OR THE F WORD IS A SEXUAL PLACE.

LET'S GET THIS MEETING OVER.

I'LL GIVE YOU A FIVE MINUTES.

YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES LEFT.

IS THAT'S NOT THE MAIN REASON THAT IT WAS UP HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING HERE.

THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

IT'S NOT AN OPEN FORUM FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

THAT'S OUTSIDE THE DOOR OVER THERE.

SO, OH, AND LEE, WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS, HEY, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING.

SO PLEASE.

I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH DRAMA.

I LIKE DRAMA, BUT PLEASE.

I LIKE THE WAITING BECAUSE PHYSICAL WAITING.

SO GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT, JESSICA, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING ON BOARD.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THIS.

YOU MIGHT SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, MANY ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU GAVE YOUR, YOUR OPINIONS OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS THAT CAME TO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW WE GOTTA MOVE ON TO LLOYD.

OH BOY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DID WHILE YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL.

IF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID BEHIND THE LINES, THAT MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW YOU AS A COMBAT VETERAN.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STICK OUT IN MY MIND IS WHEN I CALLED YOU UP AND THEN IT JUST A DROP OF A FLASH.

YOU CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY FOR A MAN.

HE LIKED 56 CHEVY'S.

I TOLD HIM THAT AND HE TOLD ME HE'S NEVER BEEN IN A ROLLS-ROYCE BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.

I BROUGHT MY ROLLS ROYCE.

YOU BROUGHT YOUR 56 CHEVY AND WE PUT THEM IN IT AND TOOK PICTURES.

WE SPENT OVER TWO HOURS VISITING WITH THIS COMBAT VETERAN.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE LLOYD IN THE BACKGROUND THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT EVERY TIME THAT WE HAD AN EVENT, YOU ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE ONE.

I DON'T CAN'T THINK OF ONE WHERE YOU DIDN'T.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MAYOR.

THAT MOST OF YOU YEAR, IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.

I AM SO SORRY

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YOU DESERVE BETTER AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR INAUGURATION WAS BETTER THAN MOST WHAT PRESIDENTS GET.

THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.

THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS A FIRST, IS IT UNITED? ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT WAS THAT? YOUR NIGHT? ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR CT, DIFFERENT NATIONALITY, DIFFERENT GROUP.

WE WANT THEM ALL INCLUDED.

YOU HAD, YOU HAD A GREAT ONE.

YOU'RE COMING ON BOARD.

IT ALL STARTED IN THAT DONUT SHOP IN IT.

GEE, DARIO.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU.

WELL, HAVE A GOOD ONE.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY HERE ON MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THAT AND HAPPY HANUKKAH TO THOSE PEOPLE OF THE JEWISH FAITH.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK ALL THE REST OF YOU.

PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING, THOSE THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU, GEORGE.

NOW NEXT PICKUP, PLEASE, PLEASE.

SAMUEL MARTINEZ FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN.

NEXT SPEAKER.

HEY GEORGE, GEORGE, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

THANK UMAIR SAMUEL MARTINEZ.

I PASTOR IN THE CITY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR 32 YEARS ALSO.

AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING BEFORE ME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT SERVE THIS YEAR.

AND I JUST HAD IT IN MY HEART TO COME AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO SERVE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PEOPLE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO THE, OUR, OUR ATTORNEY OR OUR CITY MANAGER TO THANK ALL OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT SERVED THIS YEAR OF THE SERVE HAVE F SERVED LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST CAME UP FOR NUMEROUS YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

THANK YOU FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR EDUCATORS.

THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THEM.

THANK YOU GOD, FOR ALL OUR PARENTS THAT HAVE MULTI ROLES NOW TO PERFORM, HAVING TO BE TEACHERS AND, AND UH, AND PARENTS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A YEAR THAT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I WANTED TO SAY AS A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY AND AS A RESIDENT OF OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MA'AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN OUR CITY AND GIVEN SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY.

GOD BLESS OUR CITY.

THANK YOU MIRROR.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND YOU PASS IT ON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMONWEALTH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY OUR PHONE SPEAKER, MR. ERIC VAN GUS.

GENAISSANCE JONATHAN CLUB.

YES.

UH, MIKE GREENSPAN, A RUINED BUTT-KICKING FOR GATOR AND WE'RE HEADING TO OUR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND.

UH, UCLA, I DON'T AFTER ALL, THAT'S THE ONLY OUR TAXPAYER MONEY FOLKS.

I SEEM TO FORGET THAT IN SACRAMENTO NOW.

OH, AND BECAUSE IT'S HANUKKAH HAPPY HANUKKAH.

YOU SCAB RABBIS.

I CREATED THE PERFECT SLOGAN, UNIONIZE, THE SYNAGOGUES.

THEY CAN AFFORD IT.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE PASTOR FOR MENTIONING JESUS, BECAUSE IF HE COMES HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, HE WON'T GET ANY CHRISTMAS DINNER, HELP US ELISE OR KATHRYN BARGER.

I'M SORRY, MR. CHRIST.

WE ONLY SERVE OUR CHRISTIAN MEMBERS CHRISTMAS DINNER.

NOW YOU ARE FAMOUS.

I HEARD YOU ON KNX RADIO WITH YOUR SOUNDBITE AND OF COURSE, MAYOR TONY WOO.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.

HOPEFULLY THERE'S AN ONGOING PETITION.

THE PETITION IS TO RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME.

AND ON SUNDAY, I HEARD THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY 800,000 SIGNATURES.

THEY NEED A MILLION VALID SIGNATURES AND THEY'VE GOT TILL SOMETIME IN MARCH.

SO THERE'S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD CHANCE.

THIS WILL QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT.

SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, FOLKS AND YOUR BUSINESS IS BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED YOU.

WHAT? I'VE DONE.

SIGN THE PETITION TO RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME.

WE'LL PUT IT UP FOR A VOTE.

MAYBE IF HE WAS WITHOUT A JOB, HE WOULD KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

EVEN THOUGH HE LIVES ON HIS FAMILY, INHERITANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, PALS AROUND WITH HIS LOBBYISTS OVER THERE AT HIS WINERY.

AND OF COURSE HE'LL HAVE A FUNDRAISER OVER THERE AND WE'LL NOT SOCIAL DISTANCE WENT UP PER RECALL, BUT LET'S PUT THEM UP FOR RECALL.

I LOVED IT IN 2003, WHEN WE HAD NEW GOVERNOR DAY, THAT WAS WHEN ARNOLD CAME IN AND REPLACED GRAY DAVIS, WORST FUCKING GOVERNOR WE EVER HAD.

I STILL HAVE MY RECALL GRAY DAVIS STICKERS ON THE BACK OF MY PORT RANGER BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO COST ME ABOUT $500 TO REGISTER THAT RANGER OR WELL, THREE 50.

BUT BOB HERTZBERG ONCE SAID HE SEES NOTHING WRONG WITH PAYING 500 PER A ROLLS ROYCE.

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AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT 350 PRO 2003 PORK RANGER IS A FAR CRY, FIVE, A HUNDRED FOR A ROLLS ROYCE.

SO LET'S, LET'S GET RID OF THIS GOVERNOR.

LET'S GET ANOTHER ONE.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE LAST RECALL HAPPENED, PEOPLE SAID SOME LEFT-WINGERS CAME UP TO ME.

WELL, AT LEAST AT LEAST VOTE FOR CRUZ CHRISTA MONTE.

AND I SAID TO THEM, PEOPLE WITH ACCENTS VOTE FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCESS AND PEOPLE FROM SOUTH GEORGIA WITH SOUTH GEORGIA ACCENTS, WELL VOTE FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCENTS FROM AUSTRIA.

AND WE HAD A MUCH BETTER GOVERNOR WITH ARNOLD, GUARANTY I'M I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR, BUT ANYONE, BUT YEAH, BUT NUISANCE, JUST LIKE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE HAD ANYONE, BUT WESS AND FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HER BLESSING IS NOW IN RETIREMENT BECAUSE HOLLY MITCHELL IS ON THAT BOARD.

SO LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SIGN THE PETITION, CIRCULATE IT.

DON'T JUST GO.

WOW.

ONE SIDE.

IT DOESN'T FIT ALL IN SACRAMENTO EITHER.

LET'S GET RID OF THAT GOVERNOR AND HE CAN GO LIVE ON HIS PENSIONS AND HIS FORTUNES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND GO PAL AROUND WITH NANCY PELOSI AND THE FAMILY AND GET TOGETHER WITH IT HAS BEEN CURED WITH, OF COURSE HIS LOBBYIST AND HER LOBBYIST AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

SO THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.

CAUSE I'VE HEARD YOU ON THE RADIO.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

I HOPE OUR NEXT MAYOR IS JUST AS ACTIVE AND SPEAKS UP FOR THE PEOPLE SO WE COULD ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE.

I'M SORRY TO SEE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS.

AFTER ALL THE SUPERVISORS HAVE VOTED TO CLOSE DOWN THE RESTAURANT, THE AL FRESCO DINING, SHEILA CULE, WHAT HAPPENED? SHE WENT OUT TO EAT THAT NIGHT.

OF COURSE, ZELDA FROM DOPEY.

GILLIS WAS UP TO HER STANCE.

AGAIN, THIS IS EVERYBODY RICH WHO LIVE IN SANTA MONICA LIKE HER.

I DON'T.

I LIVE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD.

I'M IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY THE OTHER DAY.

YOU ENOUGH ON WHISKERS HAVE NOT, BUT I HAVE A PIRATE NEARBY AND SOMEBODY WANTED ME TO READ SOMETHING FOR HER.

UH, THANK YOU TO THE RITZ CARLTON HOTEL FOR HOUSING OF WONDERFUL HOMELESS WOMAN AND TONY RAMIREZ FOR ONE YEAR DUE TO THE COMING UP POSITIVE ON HER CORONA VIRUS.

SO LET'S GET RID OF GAVIN NEWSOME AND LET'S ENJOY THE FACT THAT WESSON WILL NOT BE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ERIC, ARE YOU THERE? HI.

HI, MY NAME IS ERIC AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA AND MOVED HERE IN THE LATE 1990S.

I'M NEWLY ELECTED ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER.

AND I REPRESENT TRUSTEE AREA TWO, WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION FROM THE ROLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WORKING COLLABORATI COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS.

SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

UPON US.

THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ENJOY HOLIDAY MUSICAL EVENTS FROM THE COMFORTS OF THEIR HOME.

JOHNO.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IS PRESENTING A 2020 HUMBUG RELIEF WITH MUSIC AND STORYTELLING.

THE RUSD MUSIC CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE WILL STREAM TWO CONCERTS STREAMING FROM DECEMBER 23RD TO DECEMBER 31ST AT 7:00 PM.

WE'LL BE NO AND ENROLLING HIGH SCHOOL BANDS HOLIDAY CONCERT ON DECEMBER 24TH AT 7:00 PM.

ENJOY WINTER FEST, A CONCERT THAT WILL FEATURE A CHOIR BAND AND ORCHESTRA STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY MUSIC, DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ALL HOLIDAY EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR DISTRICT WEB PAGE, ROLAND SCHOOLS.ORG.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RUSD COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT JOY AND GIFTS TO THE FAMILIES IN NEED.

LAST WEEK AT OUR ANNUAL ADOPTED SHOP PROGRAM TOGETHER, WE PROVIDED 116 FAMILIES WITH 316 CHILDREN WITH GIFTS AND HOLIDAY SPIRITS.

WE THANK THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN MAKING THE HOLIDAYS MORE JOYOUS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.

ON BEHALF OF THE ROLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I WISH EACH OF YOU A SAFE AND JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SEEING YOU IN 2021.

YOU WANT TO MOVE ON NEXT SPEAKER WHILE WE WAIT FOR ASHLEY TO UNMUTE HERSELF? COMMISSIONER RED HOLTZ.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY.

ASHLEY, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELVES.

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ARE YOU AVAILABLE? YEAH, I'M AVAILABLE.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.

I TOO AM CALLING TO OFFER MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS DIAZ AND TO BUY, TO BUY IT.

I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS.

I WANT YOU TO BECAUSE WHEN YOU SUCCEED, WE ALL SUCCEED.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND A WISH FOR A GOOD TERM FOR OUR NEWLY INCOMING MAYOR.

UH, LOPEZ V AUTO AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S AGAIN, HAVE A GREAT YEAR IN THOSE CHAIRS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD 2021.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

WOO.

UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD HAVE PICKED A WORSE YEAR TO, TO BE THE MAYOR, BUT UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID TO NAVIGATE THE CITY THROUGH TROUBLED TROUBLED WATERS.

AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

NOW I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO THANK THE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER, JESSICA, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SHOWED UP AND, UH, READ YOUR REPORTS AND STUDIED.

AND YOU WERE NOT AFRAID TO CHALLENGE BOTH YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THE STAFF.

YOU MADE EVERYBODY AROUND YOU BETTER, BY THE WAY, YOU DID YOUR JOB.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WISH YOU THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE.

NOW, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MY FRIEND OF OVER 20 YEARS, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, LLOYD, YOU'RE TRULY A MAN OF THE PEOPLE IN A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE AND YOU ROSE TO THE OCCASION, MY FRIEND, YOU STEPPED UP AND YOU ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SERVED 18 MONTHS AS THE MAYOR.

I THINK THE LONGEST TENURED MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND DID A GREAT JOB.

YOU REPRESENTED US.

OH, SO WELL.

AND LIKE GEORGE OGDEN SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID BEHIND THE SCENES.

I REMEMBER MANY TIMES WHEN WE WERE SITTING AT THE FAMOUS DONUT SHOP, HAVING A DOUGHNUT AND YOU'D GET A CALL FROM A RESIDENT WHO HAD AN ISSUE AND YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, I GOTTA GO.

I GOTTA GO MEET THIS GUY.

I GOT TO GO SEE WHAT HIS PROBLEM IS.

I GOT TO GO HELP THEM OUT.

SO THAT'S THE LLOYD JOHNSON THAT I KNOW.

AND THAT'S THE LLOYD JOHNSON THAT SERVED THE CITY SO WELL FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

I KNOW YOU'LL STAY INVOLVED AND UH, I LOOK FORWARD FOR A GOOD 20, 21 FOR THIS CITY.

IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER FOLKS.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HAVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

AND MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

ASHLEY ROSATI.

ARE YOU THERE? GO AHEAD, ASHLEY.

EVERYONE.

WHOEVER SAID MILLENNIALS WHO ARE GREAT AT TECHNOLOGY, HASN'T MET ME SO GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY .

I AM A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER AT ATHENS SERVICES, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MAYOR WU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS TERM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEW MAYOR, MISLED LOPEZ BEATO WHO WILL BE SOON SWORN IN.

IT'S BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALL DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, DOING WHAT YOU CAN WITH THE CARDS THAT WERE GIVEN WITH THIS CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY YEAR.

JESSICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.

AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY LLOYD, YOU WILL SEVERELY BE MISSED BY US ALL.

I'VE KNOWN YOU PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND, AND YOU'VE DONE GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT ONE, MR. BRIAN, TABATA BY AND MITZI.

AS I LOOK FORWARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU BOTH.

AND SHOULD YOU GUYS EVER NEED ANYTHING? YOUR FRIENDS AT ATHENS ARE HERE TO SERVE AND SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENCY.

I'D LIKE TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM US HERE AT ATHENS SERVICES AND OUR FAMILY FROM OURS TO YOURS, THEY WILL.

AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS SOON, ASHLEY.

TO THANK THE OUTGOING COUNCILMAN FOR STAYING UP LATE AT NIGHT AND, AND TO COMMUNITY SERVICE.

NEXT PICKUP PLEASE.

MR. ROBINSON, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, MR. BELL ROBINSON.

GOOD, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

UH, UH, I TOO, UH, WANTED

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I, I, UH, YOU, YOU ADDED A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME AND, UH, TO HELP THE CITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE OUTGOING CON UH, COUNCIL.

I WANT TO THANK THEM AND ALSO, UH, WELCOME THE NEW, THE NEW PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT WERE JUST ELECTED.

UH, I HADN'T PLANNED ON SAYING THIS, BUT, UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RATIFY THE, UH, STATEMENTS, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE GOVERNOR THAT WERE DELIVERED BY A COUPLE SPEAKERS AGO.

I'VE ALREADY ASSIGNED THAT PETITION.

I, I BELIEVE, UH, THE COVID CRISIS HAS BEEN MISMANAGED AT THE FEDERAL STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL.

ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE A SHORT CHANGE.

THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, UH, THAT OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

AND, UH, AND THE, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE, UH, THE PROTECTION OF THE ELDERLY.

I THINK A 1% OF THE PEOPLE OVER THE UNITED STATES LIVE IN NURSING HOMES, BUT A 43% OF THE DEATH RATE.

UH, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL.

UH, THEY'RE NOT VULNERABLE WITH THE VULNERABLE, UH, POPULATION OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NURSING HOMES.

UH, ANYWAY, I WANTED TO, TO, TO HOPE, UH, THAT WE, UH, MAKE PROGRESS, UH, CONTINUED PROGRESS ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE THAT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT AND, UH, AND, UH, AND IMPROVE OUR, OUR BUDGET SITUATION.

UH, ALSO I WANT TO SHARE, UH, THAT, THAT I'M, UH, I FEEL, UH, GLAD THAT I LIVE IN WEST COVINA.

I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CIVILITY.

UM, I WAS, I WAS SHOCKED.

I'M THANKFUL I DON'T LIVE IN BOULDER, COLORADO, UH, LAST NIGHT ON 60 MINUTES, UH, THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT, UH, SOME FELLOW, UH, IT TURNED OUT HE HAD NOT EVEN BROKEN A LAW, BUT HE WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND THEY LABELED HIM, UH, A PERSON THAT WAS SUFFERING FROM EXCITED DELUSIONS AND THEY, UH, SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY INJECTED THE GUY WITH KETAMINE.

THEY SAID HE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN A TERM IN PSYCHIATRY, EXCITED DELUSIONS.

I, I THINK THE OFFICERS THAT WERE HASSLING HIM WERE SUFFERING FROM EXCITED DELUSIONS, BUT ANYWAY, HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER, THE OFFICERS THAT ACCOMPLISHED THAT ARREST, OR THEY WEREN'T EVEN CHARGED.

UH, SO, UH, UH, I JUST WONDER IF WE LIVE IN A POLICE STATE OR NOT, UH, I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN.

IT WAS, IT WAS ON 60 MINUTES LAST NIGHT.

SO MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM SAW IT BESIDES ME, BUT, UH, I'M THANKFUL, UH, FOR OUR CIVIL COMMUNITY.

AND I HOPE WE, UH, MAKE PROGRESS ON THE HOMELESS PROBLEM AND, UH, GOOD LUCK ON THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON.

UH, NEXT SPEAKER.

THOSE ARE ALL OUR SPEAKERS THERE.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ORAL COMMUNICATION.

GO INTO THE ITEM NUMBER ONE CONFIRMATION OF ELECTION RESULT ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

[1) OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION]

UH, WE WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION, MR. MAYOR.

UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MOVED THE MOTION AND SECOND BY MAIL PROTEIN, UH, LOPEZ VR, THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE MAIN CASTELLANOS JOHNSON AND JOHNSON COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.

BEATO MAYOR, WILL I A MOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO CONGRATULATION.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO

[2) CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION]

DO A PRESENTATION FOR OUTGOING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE HER, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN TO PODIUM?

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AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SHE'LL MAKE HER OKAY FOR HER HOUSEWORK FOR THESE TWO YEARS.

SOMETIMES WE MAYBE HAVE A DIFFERENCE, BUT THAT IS ALL VERY HEALTHY BECAUSE WE CANNOT BE ALWAYS THINK THE SAME.

SO SOME OF THE, YOUR, UH, POINTS REALLY MAKE SENSE THAT WE ARE DOUBLE YOUR SOMETIME.

I MAKE SENSE.

AND YOU ACCEPT MY OKAY.

UH, AGENDA.

SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS ABOUT.

EVERYBODY COMES FROM A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND TRY TO WORK THE BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THESE TWO YEARS WE SIDE BY SIDE AND WORK TOGETHER, AND A CITY WILL MISS YOU BIG TIME.

AND DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS WONDERING, SHOULD I GO SCORCHED EARTH? SHOULD I BE POLITE? AND THEN I DECIDED TO DO IT THE WAY I ALWAYS HAVE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HIGH WAS IN ELECTIVE OFFICE FOR 15 YEARS.

AND I WILL TAKE WITH ME THE AMAZING PEOPLE I GOT TO SERVE WITH THE AMAZING STAFF THAT I HAD IN CERTAIN TIMES IN CERTAIN PLACES.

AND I WILL ALSO TAKE WITH ME THE ABILITY TO LOOK AROUND THE CITY AND SEE THE CHANGE THAT I HELPED MAKE IN THIS CITY, THE NEW SPORTS COMPLEX AT EDGEWOOD, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THAT'S GOING UP, THE STEM BUILDING.

THAT'S GOING UP AT WEST COVINA HIGH, THE NEW BILL EVENT CENTER AT EDGEWOOD.

I GET TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, CLEAN CITY STREETS, CLEAN CAMPUSES, UH, BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN EASY, BUT ONE OF MY MENTORS ONCE SAID WHEN I WAS IN THE MINORITY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT ONE VOICE CAN BE LOUDER THAN THE OTHERS AND MAKE A IMPACT.

AND SO I HAVE TAKEN THAT MESSAGE WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY PUBLIC LIFE AND INTO MY PRIVATE CAREER.

AND THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THAT SAYING CAME INTO EFFECT ON THE COUNCIL.

I WAS HONORED TO BE APPOINTED BY MAYOR WOO, COUNCILMEN CASIANOS AND MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ V AUTO.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK AND THAT WE DON'T GET ANY HIGHER ON THAT LIST BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE ON IT.

AND I, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GUARANTEE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WON'T BE NUMBER ONE AT THIS PANDEMIC.

I THINK WE WERE NUMBER 400.

I GUARANTEE YOU WHY YOU WENT IN TO SEE PASA, DINA, BURBANK, GLENDALE, THE BIGGER YOU ARE, THE HARDER YOU FALL.

AND WE STILL LIGHTWEIGHT, SO WE STILL HAVE A WAY TO GROW.

SO ANYWAY, AND WE PRESENT THE CT.

YOU HAVE YOUR SHOE MAKER WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT BOULEVARD BECAUSE I THINK HE WAS A BALL.

THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE S HERE, BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS A SHOEMAKER'S WAY.

IT'S VERY SCARY.

DON'T TELL MY WIFE ABOUT THAT.

ALWAYS A HELEN'S WAY.

SO CONGRATULATION.

AND THE CITY REALLY PROUD OF YOUTH.

WE DID A TWO YEAR.

YOU CONTRIBUTE A LOT.

AND THEN WE ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH OF AGENDA AND, UH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR REASON AND NO MATTER HOW WE DEBATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT.

UH, WELL, HE'S IN THE SENATORS, SUSAN RUBIO.

UH, SHE HAS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND STILL, WE HAVE OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, PHILIP CHEN AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR ASSEMBLY, MAN.

AND HERE IS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

THANK YOU, MR. HERMAN.

WE'LL ASSIGN YOU IN FACT.

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UH, I WANT TO SAY THIS.

UH, LAURIE JOHNSON.

UH, WE SERVE TOGETHER AT THE DIRE FOR FIVE YEARS.

2000, UH, 15.

WE GET ELECTED AND TIA TODAY.

AND, UH, WE, WE KIND OF BONDING ABOUT HOW WE TRY TO HELP THE CITY.

AND EVEN WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY.

SOMETIME WE FIGHT OKAY.

ON THE DIET, BUT HAS NEVER, EVER HAVE EFFECT TO OUR FRIENDSHIP.

PRIVATELY, WE HELP EACH OTHER.

THIS IS WHAT ABOUT POLITICS? IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU AS THE ENEMY POLITICS.

JUST TRY TO THE WAY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITY.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA, JUST LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M THE HUSBAND.

TO MY VERY GOOD FRIEND, TONY WOO.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS FIVE YEARS.

AND TO HELP AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS AN ALPHABET SPEAKER, AS JESSICA OR YOURSELF INSIDE, THAT TOOK DOWN A FEW NOTES.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, AS BEING A DISABLED VIETNAM VETERAN, ONE THING WE DO FIGHT FOR FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY, THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

AND I MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID, BUT I'LL FIGHT FOR THE PERSON THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY IT.

OH NO, I EVER LIVED IN WEST CONVENER GOING ON 50 YEARS NOW.

I WAS FIRST INVOLVED WITH OUR CITY.

MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A MARKET HOLD UP THE RECIPE.

AND THE SWAT TEAM WANTED TO USE OUR HOME FOR NEGOTIATIONS.

AND WE WERE GLAD TO OBLIGE THEM TO TELL YOU HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN.

CHIEF MECHAM WAS OUR POLICE CHIEF AND CAPTAIN KIM BLANKET WAS IN THE SIXTH GRADE.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

I'VE KNOWN KENNY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, KENNY, NEXT, AS I STAYED INVOLVED WITH THE CITY AND HOW TO PROTEST YOU GUYS, THOSE HAVE BEEN LIVED IN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS ON THAT.

IF YOU KNEW IT, THE PILLOWCASE RAPIST MULDREW HE WAS GOING TO BE PAROLED IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

SO I HELD A PROTEST AND HE ENDED UP NOT BEING PROMOTED HERE AND THERE.

AND I STAYED IN WALD EVER SINCE THEN NOW TO THE RESIDENTS, THE RESCUE ARENA, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR REPRESENTING YOU THESE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I FELL SHORT ON THE THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE AND OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WISH YOU ALL THE GREAT LUCK IN THE WORLD.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED YOU TO STEP UP.

WE NEED YOU TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL HERE.

AND ONE OF THE WAY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE.

IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, SHE'S A GREAT STAFF OR WEST COVINA.

I WANT TO THINK YOU'RE ALWAYS FOR BEING THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR SANDY GALA.

MISS.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIMES.

I ASKED HER TO DO SOME THINGS FOR ME AND SHE DID THEM WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINTS UNTIL I WAS CITY MANAGER.

ALL I CAN SAY, DAVE IS JUST KEEP DOING THE JOB YOU'RE DOING THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH.

THERE ARE STILL A TOUGH TIMES AHEAD.

THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT PERSON IN CHARGE AT THIS TIME.

AND HOW FAR CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SHUMAKER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT WAS A GREAT HONOR SERVING WITH YOU.

THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOUND SOME MEMBER DIARRHEA, CASTELLANOS.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR WORKING WITH YOU THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I CONSIDER YOU NOT ONLY AS A COLLEAGUE, BUT AS A FRIEND, I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS COUNSELOR AND BEYOND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

NOW JOIN INCOMING LUMIERE, LETTIE LOPEZ, VIO.

GOT IT CLOSER FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME I MET YOU AND I CAMPAIGNED FOR YOU.

I KNEW YOU WERE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU.

I KNOW YOU WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AS AN EXTRA MAYOR, AND I CONSIDER YOU AS A VERY GOOD FRIEND.

AND FRANKLY, NOW I SAVED THE BEST AND LAST GIVE HIM A KISS NOW

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FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME WE MET OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, WE STRUCK UP A FRIENDSHIP.

WHEN I WAS OUT CAMPAIGNING.

RESIDENTS WOULD ASK ME WHERE I SHOULD.

I VOTE FOR HIM.

AND I TELL HIM, TONY AND I HAD RESIDENTS.

TELL ME, YOU KNOW WHAT, TONY, WHAT WAS OUT CAMPAIGNING.

HE SAID FOUR FROM LLOYD JOHNSON FOR YOUR SECOND VOTE, BUT MAKE SURE YOU'VE VOTED FOR HIM FOR YOUR FIRST VOTE.

AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

YOU KNOW, TONY, WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP, I WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME GOING TO CHINA.

YOU KNOW, TONY INVITED ME TO GO TO CHINA.

NOT ONLY ONCE, BUT TWICE.

AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.

EVEN THE SECOND TIME WE WENT, IT WAS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

I CAN, YOU HAVE FUN WHEN HIS, I NEED TO CALL IN, I DIDN'T INVITE YOU IS THE CHINESE CT INVITE THE MAYOR AND THE YOU, THE MAYOR.

OKAY? I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE THERE, BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE.

THE FIRST TIME I WENT, IT WASN'T THE MAYOR.

I HOPE I'M THE MAYOR, BUT THE MAYOR, WE HAD A FABULOUS TIME.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

YES.

NEVER SAYS WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE DISAGREEMENTS.

FRIENDSHIP IS FRIENDSHIP AND BUSINESS AND BUSINESS.

WHENEVER WE LEFT THE DIOCESE, EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE, WE NEVER TOOK IT HOME WITH US.

AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO TELL THE NEW INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DON'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, LEAVE IT THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DISAGREE, BUT WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR, YOU SHOULD STILL REMAIN FRIENDS THOUGH, ON THAT BEHALF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, AND LIKE THERE WAS AN OLD SAYING GOES THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND HAPPY TRAILS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

YEP.

UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

AND, UH, THIS FIVE YEARS.

IT'S REALLY, UH, VERY EXCITING IN MY LIFETIME.

I NEVER BELIEVE I CAN BE A CITY COUNCIL SIT OVER THERE AND THE HELPING THE RESIDENT AND THE LATER ON, NEVERTHELESS TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OWNER, BUT THIS IS ALL THE 2015 AND YOU KINDA HELPED ME.

CAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO RUN ELECTIONS.

SO, SO IS THIS, ARE YOU DOING THIS OR 20 YEARS? I'M JUST A NEWBORN BABY.

SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

AND THE REPRESENT, THE CT CITY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A STREET NAME, JOHNSON PLACE.

YOU WON'T PLACE REALLY SUCH A LIAR, BUT THE BOULEVARD THEY'RE RESERVED FOR TONY.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND AGAIN, HERE IS FUN.

OUR SENATOR SUSAN RUBY OFFICE, UH, SHE HAS CERTIFICATE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

GEORGE, YOU'RE READY.

IT'S TOO FAR FOR GEORGE.

NEXT ONE WILL BE FROM OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH, NOT YET.

I MYSELF.

I STILL THE MAYOR FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR.

I HAVE A LETTER FOR YOU.

THIS IS FOR ME, THE CURRENT MAYOR FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR.

HAVE A LATCH HERE.

ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU.

EVEN WE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME ON THE DIET, BUT THE FRIENDSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS HERE TOO, WHO IS MY CONCERN? I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, LAURIE JOHNSON, SINCE 2015, WHEN WE WERE BOTH ROUNDING FOR A SEAT ON THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL, AFTER RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION, BOTH LOWEY AND MYSELF JOINED THE CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE BEEN

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WORKING SIDE BY SIDE.

EVER SINCE I KNOW LAURIE HAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY WELL THROUGH HIS CONTRIBUTION AND DEDICATION TO VETERAN SENIOR RESIDENT AND TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION, LORI IS KIND AND COMPASSIONATE, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.

THESE ELEMENTS HAVE A CHARACTER LIES HIS COUNCILMEN SHIP.

I BELIEVE LLOYD HAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY AND WITH UTMOST RESPECT TO THE OFFICE AND THE RESIDENT YOU SERVE SINCERELY YOURS.

TONY WILL MAIL WEST COVINA.

THANK YOU MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAURIE.

SEE YOU SOON AND THE CONTINUE TO OKAY.

HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

BUT YOU MIGHT BE COME BACK FOUR YEARS LATER.

WE NEVER KNOW.

UH, NEXT AGENDA IS GOING TO HAVE ALSO TO THE OFFICE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL.

I THINK NOW WE GO TO A CITIZEN CITY CLERK.

WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND TO INVITE THE NEWLY ELECTED? OKAY.

AND BASICALLY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, WE'LL ALSO IN, YOU ARE NOT, YOU JUST MISSED A TABATA BY ADD TO USE SWEARING.

THEN YOU ARE COUNCIL MEMBER TABITA BY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

I STATE YOUR NAME BRYANT ABOUT DUBAI.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY AFFIRM.

I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OF THIS STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

AND I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION.

SO THE PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER DISCHARGE.

THE DUTIES THAT I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

WE HAVE A MAYOR, YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE.

CONGRATULATION COUNCIL MEMBER.

TAB BY TAB BY NOW IT'S OFFICIAL.

NOW I CAN GIVE YOU THIS.

AND UH, AGAIN, FOUNDER, SUSAN RUBIO, OUR SENATOR.

SO INCOMING CONTRIBUTION.

AND SHE PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATE FOR YOU FOR YOUR INCOMING CONTRIBUTION.

SO YOU HAVEN'T CONTRIBUTED YET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON YOU.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND THE NEXT ONE FOR OUR FAILURE, CHEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

SOMETHING TOO.

AND THEN HE WANTS TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR THE CONTRIBUTION IN THE FUTURE.

AND THE LAST ONE IS FOUR.

CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.

THIS ONE IS MUCH HEAVIER.

A COUNTY HAS BUDGET.

WE DON'T.

SO THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU A NICE PLAQUE.

THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF US, OUR CONSOLE MEMBER.

OH, YOU CAN.

NOW, AND THE LATER ON, WE GOT TO CALL YOU COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER PERSON, CONGRATULATION.

I'M GOING TO CALL YOU MS. DIA.

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SO WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP THE PODIUM? AND THAT WAS YOUR FAMILY.

WHO'S GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN.

AND TO PERFORM THE CEREMONY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE MY BIBLE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HIDE IT.

I WASN'T HER MOM COME HOLD IT FOR US.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

REPEAT AFTER ME.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND.

I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, ENEMIES AND DOMESTIC DOMESTIC.

AND I WILL BEAR AND I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.

TRUE FAITH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, MENTAL RESERVATION.

AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE, FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM IS A SAM ROUTINE.

I WILL SEND IT TO HER.

SHE HAS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU AND THEN YOU WILL.

WE HAVE ALWAYS DO IT TOGETHER.

THEN WE HAVE A FADE OF CHEN, ALL ASSEMBLY MEMBER.

AGAIN, AN ASSIGNED ROUTINE AIRWAY COUNTED DOES CERTIFICATION OVER ELECTION ABOUT YOUR, OKAY.

COME WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.

NOW I WANT TO WELCOME A NEW MEMBER, OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MR. AND THE, OUR NEW COUNCIL.

AND, UH, THIS AND I WANTED TO SAY THIS.

YOU GUY WILLING TO SERVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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HE SAID IT'S A TOUGH JOB.

UM, DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH PAY A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT THEY GIVE YOU A LOT, A LOT OF OUR OKAY.

TO DECIDE OUR CT FUTURE AND THE RESIDENT FUTURE.

SO THE DUTY AND THE BURDEN IS ON YOUR SHOULDER.

SO DO WISELY OKAY.

TO HELP OUR RESIDENT.

THAT'S WHY THEY LIKE YOU.

SO LET'S STARTING WITH OUR COUNCIL, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER.

MR. .

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR LOU.

UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, ALL MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, UH, THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ME, UH, WHO ARE WATCHING ON YOUTUBE TONIGHT.

UH, I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THIS YEAR.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH YEAR.

UM, TOUGH FOR OUR FAMILIES, UH, FOR BUSINESSES.

UH, JUST TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN, UH, I UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ON THIS DIET.

UH, AND I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M KINDA KNOWN FOR BEGINNING MY PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

AND, UH, TONIGHT, UH, IN THIS MOMENT, I USUALLY DURING, UH, WHEN MY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE GIVING SPEECHES ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT.

UH, I TELL THEM TO INVITE THE ANCESTORS.

UH, AND SO TONIGHT THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK BACK TO MY HISTORY, MY FAMILY'S HISTORY, UM, AND I THINK BACK TO HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY RELATIONSHIPS IN MY FAMILY HAD TO COME TOGETHER OVER THE LAST 400 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, 2000, OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN YOUR HISTORY TO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT, OFTENTIMES ENVIRONMENT THAT WERE METH MEANT FOR THEIR DEATH TO, TO RESIST THAT, TO NOT ONLY RESIST THAT AND OVERCOME, BUT TO FIND LOVE AND CREATE RELATIONSHIP AND IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY WERE NOT MEANT TO EXIST.

NOT ONLY DID THEY EXIST, BUT THEY FOUND HOPE AND THEY DECIDED TO SERVE, CREATE FAMILY, CREATE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S THE MIRACLE OF US EXISTING IN HERE, RIGHT? OVER 2000 RELATIONSHIPS DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU WANTED TO GIVE UP.

I THINK BACK TO, UH, MY ALITA, WHO WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY AND AMERICAN CITIZEN, UH, AND THIS COUNTRY SENT HER AWAY, UH, CENTER TO MEXICO.

BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING UP ON THE COUNTRY, THAT IS HERS, SHE RESISTED, SHE RECLAIMED HER CITIZENSHIP.

SHE CAME BACK, SHE REFUSED TO ALLOW MY, MY UNCLES TO BE PLACED ON A LOWER RUNG.

SHE FOUGHT TO GET THEM INTO THOSE COLLEGE PREP COURSES.

THEY THEN FOUGHT MY THEATER, HOFFA, A VIETNAM VETERAN, LIKE OUR FORMER MAYOR, LLOYD JOHNSON.

YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAYOR JOHNSON.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT HIS SERVICE.

YOU KNOW, HE WENT TO VIETNAM, CAME BACK A PURPLE HEART.

AND INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOWING THAT MOMENT TO TAKE AWAY HIS HOPE OF A FUTURE, NO, HE DECIDED TO COME BACK TO WEST COVINA, DECIDED TO CREATE A FAMILY, DECIDED TO CREATE A LIFE, DECIDED TO CREATE A COMMUNITY.

I THINK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? AND I THINK ABOUT MY ANCESTORS AND I THINK ABOUT YOUR ANCESTORS AND THEY ARE IN US.

THEY ARE PART OF OUR BLOOD.

THEY'RE PART OF OUR DNA.

AND THIS YEAR, THIS TOUGH YEAR, THIS YEAR IS NOT TOUGHER THAN THOSE ANCESTORS.

THEY'RE NOT TOUGHER THAN OUR DNA.

SO I LOOK TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.

ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE OUR HOMEOWNERS, OUR RENTERS, OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO SERVE ALL OF THEM.

I PLAN TO BE THAT VOICE.

I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, I FIND THIS A PLACE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS RESPECTED.

THEIR VOICES LISTENED TO.

I WILL BE THAT WITNESS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SPEECH.

UH, NOW WE GO TO OUR COUNCIL, WOMAN OF THE OSTEUS.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT SPEECH.

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GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE I BEGIN, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALL STANDING HERE ON COMMON GROUND.

THERE IS MORE THAT UNITES US THAN DIVIDES US.

LET'S FIND SOME COMMON GROUND TOGETHER.

I AM HONORED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, NO LONGER IS YOUR CANDIDATE, BUT IT'S YOUR COUNCIL WOMAN.

THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR AMAZING GRACE, PROVERBS 31, 25.

HER CLOTHING IS STRENGTH AND DIGNITY AS SHE LAUGHS WITHOUT FEAR OF THE FUTURE TO MY MOTHER, THAT ICS MAMA THAT I SEE AS ON A MORE AMELIA EQUAL, LOW GRAD SUENO, AMERICANO YOU MY HUSBAND, BILL, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME MANY, THANKS TO DIAZ, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, MARY BENNETT, AND TREASURER, DEBBIE FLORES, AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BETTY VIAS FOR MAKING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS FOR DST TEAM AND TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK SO HARD BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.

THANK YOU AND TONY FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO WELCOME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY 3,738 NEIGHBORS WHO VOTED TO ELECT ME TO THIS OFFICE.

I AM HUMBLED MY FAITH AND CONFIDENCE.

YOU'RE BY YOUR FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN ME.

AND IF BY CHANCE YOU SUPPORTED A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE.

THAT'S OKAY, TOO.

PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A BETTER WEST COVINA.

I WAS NEVER A LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR THIS OFFICE, A VIRTUAL UNKNOWN, BUT NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.

I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT A RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR SOME TIME NOW.

AND GOOD TIMING IS CRITICAL.

THE IDEA OF CHALLENGING, NOT ONE BUT THREE INSIDERS FOR ONE COUNCIL SEAT WAS A TOUGH CALL TO MAKE.

WE DIDN'T START WITH MUCH MONEY OR SUPPORT.

MY OPPONENT SET HAD INCUMBENCY NAME RECOGNITION, BIG ENDORSEMENTS AND MONEY.

SO I WALKED AND I KNOCKED AND I TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I DID A LOT OF LISTENING TO, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE.

WHAT THEY SAY.

YOU REALLY DO MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA.

I HAD A FEW DOORS SLAMMED IN MY FACE, BUT IT DIDN'T LET IT BOTHER ME.

I JUST CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THAT LAST PRECINCT WAS COMPLETED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON ELECTION NIGHT? THE VOTER SAID THAT INCUMBENCY NAME RECOGNITION, FANCY TITLES, BIG ENDORSEMENTS, AND ALL THE UNION MONEY MEANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

OUR CAMPAIGN DIDN'T BEGIN IN THE BOARD MEETING OR IN THE BACKROOM OF SOME UNION HALL.

IT STARTED AT MY KITCHEN TABLE OVER MORNING COFFEE WITH MY HUSBAND.

IT WAS LAUNCHED ON THE PORCHES OF WEST COVINA HOMES FROM EMAR TO ROLAND NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR FACE TO FACE ONE-ON-ONE.

OF COURSE THERE WILL BE SETBACKS AND WE WILL ENCOUNTER OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY.

I DON'T PRETEND TO HAVE A MAGIC WAND OR SOME PIXIE DUST TO SOLVE THE CITIES TO SOLVE ALL THE CITY'S PROBLEMS. NO ONE DOES, BUT I DO PROMISE TO ALWAYS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WEST COVINA.

AND I PLEDGE TO YOU MY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

I WANT TO

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THANK OUTGOING COUNSEL, LLOYD JOHNSON, LLOYD JOHNSON, WHO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU TO JESSICA SHOEMAKER FOR SERVING AS OUR APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ALL YOUR LONG-TERM SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMEN RIGHT ABOUT TO BUY FOR HIS VICTORY AND DISTRICT ONE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND TOGETHER.

I AM VERY EXCITED TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WEST COVINA.

SO LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.

IT'S TIME TO SAVE A CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SPEECH.

AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER AND THE COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ.

ALL VERY GOOD SPEECH.

WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, BUT WE CAN SEE THE SAME.

NEXT ITEM WE ARE GOING TO REORGANIZE.

LET WE ARE ALL WANT TO SERVE OKAY.

FOR OUR CT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER FUTURE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

[3) REORGANIZATION OF INCOMING MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM]

OR OUR OKAY.

AND THE COUNCIL.

SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.

TO NOMINATE.

OUR MAIL PROTEIN, UH, LETS YOU LOPEZ THE ODOT TO BE THE MAYOR OF WEST COVINA.

AND THE SAME TIME I WANT TO NOMINATE OUR COUNCILMAN, UH, DARIA CASIANO TO BE A MALE PROTEIN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

SECOND BY THE COUNCIL WOMAN.

TIA COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ.

MAYOR PRO TEM, SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

CASTELLANO'S MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.

BEATO HI MAYOR.

WELL, YES.

NOW, NOW THEY HAVE TO COME TO HIM.

FIND ZERO CONGRATULATION MAIL.

NOW NOT YET APPROVED.

LET'S SEE LOPEZ.

WE ARE THOUGH.

AND MALE PROTEIN DIET CASIANO AND UH, I NEED A MALE.

LET'S SEE LOPEZ.

WE ARE THERE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM? YOU NEED TO BE SWOLLEN.

BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M JUDGE LUCY ARMANDAREZ I SIT IN LA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CONDUCTING CRIMINAL TRIALS.

I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LA, BUT I SPEND MY, ALL MY LOVED ONES LIVE IN WEST COVINA.

SO I LIVED, I SPENT ALL MY HOLIDAYS HERE.

I SPEND THANKSGIVING HERE.

I WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS HERE ON WEST COVINA IS WHAT I CONSIDER HOME.

CAUSE MY LOVED ONES ARE HERE.

NOT BECAUSE I GREW UP HERE.

UM, AND IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO SWEAR IN SOMEBODY THAT I CONSIDER A SISTER.

UM, BUT WHEN I TOLD MY FAMILY, I WAS GOING TO SWORE IN THE MAYOR, THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRIAN TWO-BY-TWO BY.

THEY WERE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I WAS LIKE, I ACTUALLY DON'T.

SO I HAVE SOME NEPHEWS THAT ARE AT WEST COVINA HIGH AND THEY ALL KNOW YOU.

THEY ALL LOVE YOU.

UM, SO GOOD JOB IN ENGAGING THE KIDS IN THEIR CIVICS LESSONS.

THEY WERE VERY EXCITED.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO SARAN RAN OUR NEW MAYOR.

I STATE YOUR NAME DURING SUCH TIMES AS I HOLD THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTOR, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

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AND THANK YOU, JUDGE LUCY.

SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INVITE OUR NEW FORMER MAYOR, MAYOR WOO.

TESTING TESTING.

THAT'S FINE.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HER NOW, FORMER MAYOR.

WOO.

WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN FOREVER KNOWN AS THE PANDEMIC MAYOR OF 2020.

SO YOU PUT IN SO MUCH TIME, ENERGY, DEDICATION, AND SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE HELPED RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHERE THEIR ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND YOU'VE BEEN ON TOP OF STAFF.

SO I ALSO REMEMBER THE TONS OF MASS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SENIORS, INCLUDING THE SENIOR LUNCH.

SO DESPITE A ROUGH AND FAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR WEST COVINA.

THE PEOPLE THAT RE THAT REALLY KNOW YOU KNOWS HOW MUCH HE LOVED THIS CITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORD.

BEFORE I GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN HOUR ABOUT MY NO, SORRY.

I'M NOT GOING TO SCARE YOU.

UH, BUT, BUT BEFORE I STARTED, OKAY.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING LAST YEAR I MISSED.

AND UH, I FORGOT TO DO ONE THING THAT THE FATAL MISTAKE.

LAST YEAR WHEN I SAW IN, UH, BECOME THE MAYOR OF WEST COVINA IN 2019, NOVEMBER 19, I FORGOT TO THANK MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE.

SO HERE I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, HELEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE ALLOW YOU.

I WON'T BE, I CANNOT DO THIS.

I CAN NOT SERVE MY COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER IN LAW.

I FORGOT TO THANK HER LAST YEAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU TRUST OKAY? ME TO MARRY YOUR DAUGHTER FOR 30 YEARS.

AND UH, I WANT TO THANK MY SON, JUSTIN, MY DAUGHTER.

OKAY, MEGAN.

I FORGOT TO THANK THEM.

THEY SHOW UP.

THEY SAY WHY'D DAD.

YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT.

I'M SORRY.

I WILL MAKE IT UP WHEN I RETIRE.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND CHRISTINE.

THEY SHOW UP TO, AND I FORGOT MENTIONED THAT DONE.

SO PLEASE OR GIVE ME OKAY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION, I EVEN HAVE YOU GUYS STAND UP AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE I FORGOT TO MENTION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENT FOR THIS YEAR IS TOUGH YEAR.

IT'S A VERY TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY IS VERY TOUGH FOR THE BUSINESS IS VERY TOUGH FOR OUR SENIOR IS VERY TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT TOUGHNESS.

I WANT TO SAY IT IS JUST PEOPLE SAY, TONY, WHAT THE HECK YOU WANT TO DO THIS? HE WILL YELL AT YOU.

SCREAM AT YOU ALL THE TIME, GIVE YOU A HARD TIME WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS.

IT DOESN'T EVEN PAY OUT WELL.

WHEN I SEE THE PEOPLE, GOD HELP.

AND THE PEOPLE STEP UP IN THIS PANDEMIC.

I SEE THE HUMANITY OF THE PEOPLE.

THEY ALL STEP UP TO HELP WITH FOR THEM TO OUR PPE THEY'LL NAME.

SO MANY OF A MASK, OKAY? ALL THOSE SANITIZERS, EVERYTHING.

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.

I SEE PEOPLE DONATE MONEY FOR OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.

YOU SEE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, THE HUB MUCH, BUT THEY STILL DONATE.

WE SEE ALL THE PEOPLE HELP OUT WITH A FU OKAY.

PASTOR MARTINEZ, WHO IS ALL THIS THING FOR THE FACE CHURCH, OTHER CHURCH, THEY ALL DO THE FOOD DRY.

I WANT TO THANK WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.

AND THEY'LL TRY TO HELP DURING THIS TOUGH TIME.

YOU SEE SO MANY, MANY PEOPLE ALL GET TOGETHER, TRY TO HELP, TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

TRY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, TRY TO HELP OUR NEIGHBOR.

THAT IS THE SATISFACTION I SEE.

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.

AND I SO GRATEFUL HAVE THIS CHANCE TO SERVE AS THE MAYOR FOR THIS YEAR.

AND I HAVE THIS CHANCE TO WIN THIS SUCH A GLORY OF THE PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS YEAR IN THIS TOUGH TIME.

AND I WISH THE BEST FOR OUR INCOMING MAY OR THE MAYOR.

NOW I KNOW NEXT YEAR WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN THIS YEAR.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE A RECOVERY.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP THE BUSINESS TO PICK ON THIS FEAT.

WE ARE GOING TO HELP THE RESIDENT HAVE A DAY OF FREEDOM TO COME BACK.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR NEW MAYOR LIKE THIS, SUPPORTING ME LESS, SUPPORTING OUR MAIL THAT HE LOPEZ, WE ODOT AND LET'S HELP OUR RESIDENT GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE OUR CITY CONTINUED TO IMPROVE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, SO YOU WON'T BE HOLDING THE GAVEL ANYMORE.

WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU CAN PRACTICE AT HOME.

QUIET.

THANK YOU TO OUR OUTGOING MAYOR.

TWO THUMBS UP AND, AND UH, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, A VERY PROUD GROUP OVER HERE.

I THINK IT'S A FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN WEST COVINA.

YOU WANT TO COME OUT TO PRESENT SOMETHING FOR OUR NEW MAYOR? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SO THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN WEST COVINA, WE PRESENT THIS UP LACK OF RECOGNITION, UH, FOR THE NEW MAYOR OF WEST COVINA, THAT IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING, THE DEDICATION TO THE BETTERMENT AND WELLBEING OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DURING THIS, HER TERM IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND IN RECOGNITION AS THE FIRST FILIPINO AMERICAN MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY AND GRADUATION, THEY JUST, YOU .

AND I ALSO HAVE TO SEND THIS TO, UH, THE OUTGOING MAYOR.

IS HE, UH, UM, ME OR TONY? WOO IS THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGED US TO FORM, UH, THIS, UH, ASSOCIATION OF FILIPINOS IN WEST COVINA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF POPULATION OF FILIPINOS HERE, BUT YEAH, WHEN YOU WERE NEVER THE UNITED, SO HE'S THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGED US TO FORM THIS, A FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN WEST COVINA.

EH, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO IN RECOGNITION OF YOU BEING THERE PAST MAYOR AND IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE WELLBEING OF THE WEST COVINA CITY DURING YOUR TERM IN POLICY SERVICE, AT THE RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, I'M NOT THE FIRST ASIAN, I'M THE THIRD, THE FIRST DEPENDENT ONE.

THE SECOND IS A MR. THOMAS.

I'M THE NUMBER THREE.

SO I'M NUMBER THREE.

I'M HAPPY NUMBER THREE.

BUT, BUT WHY? I WANT TO SAY MY THING, BUT I'M THE FIRST IMMIGRANT MAYOR.

I CANNOT BE A PRESIDENT.

SO MAYBE I'M NOT BORN HERE, BUT I'M SO PROUD TO BE HERE, BUT I QUICKLY, OKAY.

THE FILIPINO AMERICAN IS A BIG POPULATION IN WEST COVINA.

WE VERY PROUD OF THIS POPULATION AND THEREFORE YEARS HAS BEEN KIND OF OBSOLESCENCE.

AND THE BUY THINGS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR NEW MAYOR READY.

LOPEZ VR THOUGH, WHERE PRESENT? NOT ONLY THE HISPANIC, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, THE FATHER.

AND THE MOTHER IS A FILIPINA AMERICAN SO-SO SO SHE IS THE FIRST OTHER FILIPINO.

MAYOR AMERICAN MAYOR.

SO THIS IS SUCH A GREAT, OKAY.

A STONE, A MILESTONE FOR THIS.

SO ONE OF THE THING IS THIS A BIG POPULATION OF A FILIPINO-AMERICAN OKAY.

HAPPEN.

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WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST LIKE I UNITED CHINESE AMERICAN.

IN WEST COVINA, THEY ARE, THE MEN FORCED DONEE ALL THE PP AND THE T TO OUR HOSPITAL, TO OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.

SO I SENT IN TO, I THINK, FILIPINO AMERICA IN THIS WEST COVINA BIG POPULATION UNITED, OKAY.

TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, TO HELP OUR NEIGHBOR, I THINK WITH A NEW LEADER AND LESS WHITE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU TO COME IN TONIGHT AND THE WELDING AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES.

I WAS AT FORMER MAYOR, TONY WOOTTON.

HOW DO WE SAY OR, WELL, YOU SAID ONLY 30 MINUTES AN HOUR AGO.

SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A HOUSE FIRE AT, UM, AND, UH, AZUSA, WHICH EVERYBODY ON DUTY IS THERE.

AND THEY'D BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, BUT, UH, THE UNION, UH, FIRE UNION HAS A HELMET FOR YOU.

THE, UH, SHIELD WAS HANDMADE BY CAPTAIN SEAN WISE.

SO THAT'S A ONE OF A KIND, OH, WELL WE CAN JUST DO IT RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS, WE CAN MAKE IT SMALL THERE LET'S TURN.

THERE YOU GO.

I MUST HAVE MY MAN.

THERE YOU GO.

SO, UH, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRE THAT WE HAD THIS EVENING, LIKE I SAID, WAS A HOUSE FIRE, FULLY INVOLVED HOUSE FIRE.

EVERY FIREMAN THAT WENT IN THAT FIRE THIS EVENING HAD BRAND NEW, PERSONAL, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.

THE UNION TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING.

LIKE I SAID, THEY HANDMADE THAT SHIELD.

IT'S ONE OF A KIND, THERE'S NOT ONE OUT THERE.

AND, UH, EVERY FIREMAN AT WENT ON THAT FIRE ALSO HAD, UH, THE BREATHING APPARATUS THAT WAS TESTED AND TO STANDARDS.

SO, UH, THEY WOULD BE HERE, BUT, UH, SINCE I DON'T GET TO GO TO FIRES ANYMORE, I HAVE TO SIT UP HERE.

I GOT STUCK, UH, GIVING IT TO YOU, WHICH IS LUCKY FOR ME.

SO, UM, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALL ON A FIRE.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, TONY WILL.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE FIRE.

UH, THANK YOU, CHIEF.

AND, UH, I DUNNO WHEN I CAN USE THIS.

WHEN THE DECORATION, OKAY.

I'M GOING TO HANG IN MY OFFICE.

BUT, UH, OKAY.

POLICE AND FIRE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, OKAY.

TO PROTECT OUR CT.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS AND WILLING TO PRESENT THIS GIFT.

I WILL CHERISH FOREVER IN MY OFFICE, LIKE A PLAQUE CULVER.

I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING OUR TWO NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS OKAY.

FRIENDSHIP AND CONTINUE.

WE ARE GOING TO WALK TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR ALL THE FUTURE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF APPRECIATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I DID WANT TO THANK DAVE WHO PLAYED THE BEAUTIFUL SAXOPHONE.

SO HE CAME OUT HERE FOR ME TO PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT THIS EVENING.

I KNOW IT WAS THE FIRST TO EVER HAVE DONE THAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY DID ENJOY THAT.

I DO THINK JUDGE LUCY FOR SWEARING ME IN, IF YOU KNOW HER BACKSTORY YOU'LL KNOW THAT SHE'S A REMARKABLE WOMAN AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE WENT THROUGH THAT I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE.

SO I DO THANK YOU.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU JUDGED LUCY, UM, 20, 20, WHAT CAN I SAY? UH, WE FACED SO MANY HARDSHIPS THIS YEAR.

COVID-19 WILDFIRES ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS DO DUE TO THE PANDEMICS AND DEATH AND NOT ALL FROM COVID REMEMBERING FROM THE START OF COBY BRIAN'S DEATH AND MANY MORE THAT FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR, WHICH WE WILL BEGIN TO FOCUS ON RECOVERY AND THE REBUILDING OF OUR CITY,

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SO CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE NOW PART OF THIS WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL.

I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS, AND CITY STAFF.

I'M ACTUALLY HONORED TO STAND WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE.

AND WITH EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE, SOMEONE WILL NOT BE HAPPY JUST LIKE SPORTS, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAIR AND DO OUR VERY BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE HATERS OUT THERE AND THE NEGATIVE NAYSAYERS THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE SAY OR DO, WE CAN EVEN GIVE THEM THE WORLD THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT HAPPY OR SATISFIED.

AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE ILL INTENTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IT DONE TO MYSELF AND OTHERS WITH DIRECT HITS, PERSONAL BASHING AND MANY MORE.

BUT ALL I COULD SAY IS LET IT GO.

AND I DO HOPE YOU FIND INNER PEACE, BUT UNTIL THEN, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.

LET'S ALL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND START THE NEW YEAR IN HARMONY.

AT THE END, REMEMBER WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM, ONE CITY AND BY UNITING AND WORKING TOGETHER.

I KNOW WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.

I AM HERE SINCERELY TO SERVE AND IMPROVE OUR CITY, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES ALL LIVE HERE.

WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEOLOGY BACKGROUND, BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR STRENGTHS.

AND BY FOCUSING AND UTILIZE UTILIZING ONE STRENGTHS, NOT WEAKNESSES, WE CAN IMPROVE AND DEAL WITH THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT AWAITS US.

I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO WORK WITH OTHERS, NO MATTER WHAT OUR DIFFERENCES ARE.

AS LONG AS THE INTENTIONS ARE PURE.

AFTER ALL, WE SHARE THE SAME COMMON GOAL IN MAKING WEST COVINA A BETTER PLACE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE YEAR AHEAD OF US, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES BEFORE US, BUT THAT'S PART OF LIFE.

I'VE PERSONALLY GONE THROUGH SO MANY CHALLENGES.

AND JUST BECAUSE I SMILE DOES NOT MEAN THAT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED PAIN HARDSHIP OR GONE THROUGH SO MUCH OF LIFE'S TESTS, WHETHER IT'S PERSONAL WORK OR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I MANAGED TO SURPASS ALL OF THOSE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TOGETHER WITH HARD WORK, IT CAN BE DONE.

IT'S PROVEN WE CAN RISE ABOVE ANY OBSTACLES WITH THAT IN MIND.

AS I SAID BEFORE, LET'S HEAR SOLUTIONS OR AT LEAST SUGGESTIONS, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING AND BLAMING AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT COMPROMISE BRINGS COOPERATION.

THE GOAL IS TO BUILD ONE INTERCONNECTED CITY AND THAT'S THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

BUT OVERALL I DO WANT TO GREATLY THANK THOSE.

WHO'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME, MY LOVING FAMILY, MY HUSBAND, MY TWO KIDS, MY IN-LAWS, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW SISTER-IN-LAW WHO'S HERE TODAY.

THEY'RE LIKE THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE.

AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THEY'VE BEEN THERE THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

MY FRIENDS, MY CHURCH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, INCLUDING ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE LIKE FILM AT WEST COVINA, WEST COVINA BUZZ, AND ESPECIALLY OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAD FAITH IN ME.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT CITY OF WEST COVINA IS COMMUNITY IS FABULOUS.

IT'S GREAT.

WE HAVE A CARING COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE OUT THERE.

THE VOICES OF OUR VETERANS, OUR YOUTH, AND THE WISDOM OF OUR OLDER ADULTS THAT WILL BE HEARD AND RESPECTED MY INTENTIONS WITH THE CITY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, BUT I'LL LET YOU LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR DRAMA.

SO LET'S GET TO WORK, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, WHICH TAKES EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED AND HELP OUT.

I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM.

SO FEEL FREE TO JUMP ON BOARD AND HELP LIFT THE CITY UP.

IT NEEDS MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO DO IT.

I'M READY TO GET TO WORK AS YOUR FIRST MEXICAN FILIPINO MAYOR AND OUR CITY OR A, SHALL I SAY THE PEOPLE'S MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, TO TELL THAT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WE'LL GET 20, 21 ROLLING.

UM, COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY? I HAVE A GAVEL NOW.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, I MOVED THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.

AND HAVE A LOVELY EVENING, EVERYBODY.

OH, THERE'S CAKE AND PUNCH IN THE BACK.

FEEL FREE TO ENJOY IT.