Jun 01, 2021 City Council

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT DUBAI PRESIDENT, COUNCILMAN WU.

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COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ.

HERE MAY A PRO TIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ V AUTO PRESENT A CITY ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE ARIEL OF YOEL SCOUTMASTER.

ONTO A PRESENTATION

[Certificate presented to Boy Scout Troop 433 for a Food Collection Event]

LINDA HAD A MEAL, TREASURE FOOD BANK COORDINATOR, AND MANUEL HAD A MIA TO THE FRONT.

SO THIS IS FOR THE BOY SCOUT TROOP FOR THREE, THREE FOOD COLLECTION EVENT.

IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TO THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE SCOUT MUST PLAN DEVELOP AND GIVE, GIVE LEADERSHIP TO OTHERS IN SERVICE PROJECT, HELPFUL TO ANY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, ANY SCHOOL OR IN THE COMMUNITY OR HIS EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT.

14 YEAR OLD KYLE BRITT, A FRESHMAN AT SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO HOST A FOOD COLLECTION EVENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL FOOD BANK, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE ST.

CHRISTOPHER PARISH CHURCH IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

THE EVENT TOOK PLACE DURING TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS AT VAUGHN'S GROCERY STORE AND ST.

CHRISTOPHER PARISH CHURCH, WHILE COLLECTING IT BONDS.

THE BOYS GAVE SHOPPERS A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WERE NEEDED, AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

THE BOYS COLLECTED 2034 POUNDS OF FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS ALONG WITH CASH DONATION OF TWO 85, WHICH WAS THEN PRESENTED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL.

THE FOOD BANK IS NOW COMPLETELY STOCKED AND PREPARED TO CONTINUE SERVING THOSE WHO ARE MOST IN NEED OF THEIR HELP.

AND I DO REMEMBER THIS EVENT, I DID, UH, COME AND I SAW, AND I DONATED AS WELL.

UM, LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT TO ALL THE, UH, BOY SCOUTS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

MAYOR

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BAFFLE BAR TROOP FOUR, THREE, THREE IN WEST COVINA, CHARTER OAK, UH, CHARTERED BY THE, UH, ELKS LODGE HERE IN WEST COVINA.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EAGLE PROJECT FOR KYLE BRITT, HIS SUCCESS COULD THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WHO DONATED FOODS AND FUNDS AGAIN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, CERTAINLY.

MY NAME IS MANUEL HAD A MEAL.

UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

WE, UH, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY, UH, HERE IN SYNCHRONOUS RIVER CHURCH IN WEST COVINA.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD FOR IS, UH, HELPING PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE DAY-TO-DAY WITH FOOD INSECURITY.

AND SO WE, UH, WE HELP OUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, NEED THE HELP.

AND, UH, WE ALSO HELP WITH CLOTHING WE'VE WITH FURNITURE WE'VE HELPED WITH OTHER THINGS, JUST BASIC NEEDS THAT PEOPLE STRUGGLED TO ATTAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, NOW WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT ARIEL UNWELL SCOUT MASTER, AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE ALSO FROM THE, UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, RUBIO.

LINDA HAD A MEAL.

HIS WIFE REPRESENTING CHEERS.

MANUEL HAD A MEAL.

MATTHEW GARCIA, AIDEN MACDONALD, ZION MIRANDA, JACOB MIRANDA, ELLIOT, ALMOST JONAS.

AND THEN NOW THE SCOUTS ANGELO.

WELL, YOU GO ONE SECOND.

WE'LL STAY HERE.

WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO, BUT YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT SIDE.

KYLE BRITT, THE HEAD PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS WHOLE THING.

I REMEMBER YOU DOREEN BRIT MOM.

IT ALL STARTS AT HOME.

TOM BRITT, FATHER.

WONDERFUL SON.

OH, HERE'S ONE.

ALMOST JACOB.

HI MICKEY.

YOU DOMINIC'S STAN, STAN, YOU MARCUS DENTSU.

DEANNA'S BOUNCE.

YOU ZION STAR

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BILL DUARTE, TONY RAYMOND ARMANDO SANTOS.

AND DESERAE ZAMBIA.

SO KYLE, DID YOU GET YOUR BADGE AND HOW WAS IT? WELL, IT WASN'T, IT WAS JUST A REQUIREMENT FOR THE BADGE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME, INCLUDING THE STRAUSS, MY PARENTS.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO DONATED TO THE PROJECT.

THIS HELPED MY ORIGINAL GOAL WAS A THOUSAND POUNDS AND WE RAISED 2000.

WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT YOU DO WITHIN OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MOMENT FOR THEM.

[Presentation to the Council by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's Office]

TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

UM, WE ARE, WE INVITED THE LA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASKIN'S OFFICE, AND WE ALSO INVITED THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UM, SHERIFF, ALEX VILLANUEVA.

FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO DO THE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASKIN'S OFFICE, GIVE A PRESENTATION ON, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, HELP ADDRESS CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE REGION.

AND I KNOW WHEN I SENT THE EMAIL TO ALSO EXPLAIN HIS POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES, UM, AND HOW IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

SO MAYBE KINDLY HAVE, UH, INVITE JOSEPH F INIGUEZ, INTERIM CHIEF DEPUTY TO THE FRONT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD RESIDENTS COMPLAIN, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE HAD, UM, HOW DO YOU COME? AND I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTIVES AND POLICIES AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE ALSO WILL HAVE A Q AND A FROM THE COUNCIL, AND WE'LL ALSO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, UM, TO GIVE A, A QUICK BRIEF QUESTION AND ANSWER AS WELL.

UM, IT'S NOT TIME TO BASH.

IT'S NOT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO ASK, UH, QUESTIONS THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO THIS.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ONE.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, ISN'T WHAT WE QUITE IMAGINED BACK THEN.

SURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I WANT TO START BY SAYING IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.

UM, I WAS BORN IN, I WAS RAISED IN WEST COVINA, BORN IN MONTEREY PARK, BUT MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND I WENT TO CAMERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I AM A PROUD PRODUCT OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

UM, I SERVED ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL AT SOME POINT, AND I ALSO REMEMBER 21 YEARS AGO, STANDING IN THIS CHAMBER AND ISSUING A REPORT THAT WAS CALLED VISIONING 20.

AND SO I REMEMBER IT BEING AN EXCITING TIME BACK THEN THINKING, WHAT WOULD WEST COVINA LOOK LIKE IN THE YEAR 2020? AND HERE WE ARE IN 2021.

UM,

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AND I THINK IT WAS 1999 OR WHATEVER YEAR THAT WAS.

UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION TO THIS CITY.

MY FATHER STILL LIVES HERE.

UM, AND I'M HERE OFTEN.

SO THE POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.

AND I UNDERSTAND THIS COUNCIL, THIS BODY IS CONSIDERING FOLLOWING SUIT OF OTHER CITIES AND TAKING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE.

AND SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE CONSIDER VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE IS HOW LONG HAVE WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE DATA? HOW LONG HAVE WE CONSIDERED THE POLICIES AND HOW DO THOSE POLICIES ACTUALLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY? I'M PROUD TO SAY WE'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR SIX MONTHS.

I'VE SERVED AS THE SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AN OFFICE THAT I LOVE AND OFFICE THAT, UM, RAISED ME AS AN ATTORNEY.

I PREVIOUSLY WAS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AT BISHOP LAMOTT.

SO I HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE INCLUDING WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH AND ALSO PROSECUTING CRIMES AND DEFENDING VICTIMS RIGHTS.

SO THESE POLICIES, WHEN THE DA RAN FOR OFFICE WAS SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNIQUE.

WHAT'S SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING INNOVATIVE THAT CAUSED US TO START TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

IF THE EVENTS OF 2020 SHOWED US ANYTHING NATIONWIDE ACROSS THE WORLD, WAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DIFFERENT AND SAY, HOW DO WE USE THAT AWESOME POWER? HOW DO WE HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES ARE NOT MARGINALIZED OR PROSECUTED MORE THAN OTHERS? AND THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR WHEN GEORGE GASCON WAS ELECTED.

HE ACTUALLY SAID, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO.

AND SO I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE POLICIES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE I HAVE FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.

THE FIRST POLICY THAT I'LL GET INTO AND IT'LL BE BRIEF IS THAT WE DON'T SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY ANYMORE.

AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SENSATIONALISM IN THE MEDIA AROUND THIS POLICY.

THE TRUTH IS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO 20 YEARS SINCE WE'VE EXECUTED AN INDIVIDUAL.

THESE POLICIES IN THE LONG RUN ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WILL STILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE NOT SEEKING THAT ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT.

I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS OUR MISDEMEANOR POLICY AND HAVING A COURTHOUSE RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA, ACTUALLY RIGHT ON TOP OF THIS HILL, YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE CASES BEING BROUGHT IN FOR PROSECUTION.

THIS POLICY IS ONE THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT CLOSELY.

IT'S $20 SHOW SEVEN IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WEBSITE.

IT IS NOT A BLANKET POLICY THAT WE WILL NOT PROSECUTE MISDEMEANORS ENTIRELY.

THAT IS A FALSE.

SO THAT'S BEEN SPREAD IN THE MEDIA AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY THAT WE STOPPED PROSECUTING MISDEMEANORS.

THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR EACH OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WE WILL NOT PROSECUTE.

SOME OF THOSE CASES AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE CITED FOR AND NEVER TAKEN TO JAIL AND NEVER SHOW UP TO COURT.

SO WHAT WE SAW IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS THAT WE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BENCH WARRANTS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE CITED TO APPEAR IN COURT.

DIDN'T APPEAR IN COURT.

BENCH WARRANTS WERE ISSUED FILES REGENERATED, AND THAT WAS AT A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO TAXPAYERS.

SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT WERE, WHAT ARE THE CRIMES THAT WILL NOT REDUCE PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA OR A PIPE.

WE TOOK A LONG LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF OFFENSES AND SAW WHAT WAS THE RATE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WENT TO COURT.

WHAT WAS THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCE AND WHAT WAS THE OVERALL PICTURE OF PURSUING A CHARGE LIKE THIS? WHAT WE FOUND WAS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT SUFFOLK COUNTY, WHICH JUST ISSUED A STUDY AROUND MISDEMEANOR DECLINATIONS, WAS THAT THE MORE THAT WE PROSECUTE PEOPLE FOR THESE TYPES OF OFFENSES, THE MORE THAT THEIR FUTURE IS LIMITED.

SO THINK ABOUT WEST COVINA.

IF WE CRIMINALIZE AN ENTIRE CLASS OF PEOPLE AND SAY, YOU ARE NOW A CRIMINAL, THEY WON'T GET A JOB.

THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CERTAIN BENEFITS.

AND WHAT THEY END UP DOING IS CONTINUING TO CYCLE IN AND OUT OF JAIL OR END UP ON THE STREETS.

SO WHAT OUR POSITION IS IS LET'S ONLY CRIMINALIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SERIOUS IN VIOLENCE, LET'S HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

AND ALSO ON THE MISDEMEANOR LEVEL, WE STILL HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY.

DUIS ARE GETTING PROSECUTED.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS GETTING PROSECUTED.

THESE ARE THE CASES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON AND, AND SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AT THE DA'S OFFICE HAS NOT ABDICATED THEIR ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER POLICIES, INCLUDING, UM, HOW WE TREAT OUR YOUTH.

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN CONCERNED AROUND THAT AND WE'VE MADE THE DECISION.

AND WE WERE VERY CLEAR DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE WOULD NOT CHARGE YOUTH AS ADULTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T STRAYED FROM.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF, UM, VICTIM'S RIGHTS ATTORNEYS HAVE CRITICIZED US ABOUT.

AND YOU MAY HEAR FROM A COUPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S BRAIN IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.

AND THE SCIENCE SUPPORTS THIS UNTIL AROUND THE AGE OF 25.

SO OTHER DEVELOPED WESTERN NATIONS HAVE LOOKED AT JUVENILE OFFENSES AND SAID, HOW DO WE TREAT

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THESE INDIVIDUALS TO ENSURE THAT NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T JUST GIVE UP AND INCARCERATE THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES FOR AN ACT THAT WAS COMMITTED AT 17 OR 16, NO MATTER HOW HEINOUS THAT CRIME WAS, IT'S NOT BEHAVIOR THAT WE FORGIVE OR THAT WE ACCEPT, OR THAT WE CAN DON'T.

IT IS TERRIBLE, AWFUL BEHAVIOR, BUT AS A CIVILIZED SOCIETY, AND ONE THAT SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY.

WE CAN LOOK AT A 16 YEAR OLD WHO COMMITS A VIOLENT ACT AND SAY, YOU NEED TO GET SOME SORT OF TREATMENT.

YOU NEED TO GO INTO A PROGRAM DJJ OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS BEHAVIOR DOESN'T OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT STEP.

AND AT ALL STAGES THROUGHOUT THIS, WE PROVIDE OUR VICTIMS WITH SERVICES.

WE, THEM WITH TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES, THIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS THE FIRST ONE TO CREATE A CRIME VICTIMS ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH HAS MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN IMPACTED BY CRIME IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND THEY'RE THE ONES PROVIDING US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY AND HOW TO PROCEED AND HOW WE WORK WITH OUR VICTIMS RIGHTS COMMUNITY.

OUR CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT IS ONE THAT WE INTEND TO BOLSTER.

WE WANT TO LOOK BACK ON CASES AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVING LONG TERMS AND LONG SENTENCES, IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CONVICTIONS THAT HAPPENED IN THE SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, MAYBE THAT THE SCIENCE WASN'T LEGITIMATE, MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES OF BIAS THAT IS NOT A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.

THAT IS A VERY THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THE RECORD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON DESERVES A SECOND LOOK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER, UH, CATEGORIES, MADAM MAYOR THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO ADDRESS, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I SEE, UM, THIS CITY HAD THE MOST CONCERNS WITH.

UM, I KNOW I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FIRST.

UM, BUT YES, I MEAN, I KNOW THE DIRECTIVES WAS, OF COURSE THE BIGGEST ONE WAS THE MISDEMEANOR, THE 20 DASH OH SEVEN, THE, UM, THE, THE YOUTH JUSTICE, UH, THE JUVENILES, THE PRE-TRIAL RELEASE, AND THEN THE, UM, CASH BAIL AND DEATH PENALTY.

CAUSE I KNOW THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT AND FOR HIM TO DISMISS THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT DIRECTOR, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LAWSUIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS CURRENT DIRECTIVE IS FOR THE CASH BAIL AND THE DEATH PENALTY.

UM, SO YOU COULD ANSWER THAT, BUT ALSO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE QUESTIONS YOU MEAN? OKAY.

AND, UH, UH, WE'LL COME BACK TO WEST COVINA.

YOU, I HOPE YOU BRING IN THE, SOMETHING MUCH MORE STRONGER TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK, I THINK YOU CAN TELL OUR RESIDENTS REALLY CONCERN.

I THINK OUR COUNCIL, OKAY.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLICY HISTORY ATTORNEY AND IS KIND OF SOFT ON CRIME AND THERE YOU SEE WEST COVINA, THE PREDOMINANT NO BINDING CITIES AND YOU CAN SEE THE WORRY.

AND HOW COCAINE CAN YOU CAN.

KEVIN T YOUR POLICY WILL WORK.

WHAT I SEE IS JUST EVERY SOLVE ON CRIME AND PREDOMINANTLY CREATE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL OKAY.

ARREST AND COME OUT TWO HOURS AND DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, AND HOW WE PROTECT OUR RESIDENT WITH ALL THIS BURGLARY AND OLDEST CRIME GOING ON.

AND THE UT EQUIPMENT LIES A LOT OF VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND LEA IS BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE.

WE ARE VERY CONCERNED AND ELECT THREE STRIKE AND LEPING APPROVAL.

AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH THE THREE STRIKE.

AND THEN YOU'RE ABOUT JUVENILE.

THE THING BY THE HEN IS CRIME.

IT NEED TO DISCOURAGE TO SOME OTHER KID TO FOLLOW THE SAME THING.

THERE'S SOME VICTIM WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING AND THE 14, 15 YEARS OLD KID HAVE A GUN AND STARTING SHOOTING.

AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONSEQUENCE, OKAY, HOW WE PROTECT OUR RESIDENT, I WILL SIT OVER HERE.

WE PROMISE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENT.

HOW CAN WE DO IT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY? SO I THINK TOO, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR TO HAVE THIS CHANCE WE CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO CAN LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE CONCERN.

WILLIE, WHERE WE OWED THIS POLICY AND OUR POLICE OFFICER.

AND ALREADY UNDERSTAND HOW WE PROTECT AND SERVE OUR CT, THE CT YOU CAME FROM.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

SO WOULD YOU PLEASE THE ANSWER? OKAY.

SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.

SURE.

SO I WANT TO START WITH, UM, THE CONCEPT OF BEING SOFT ON CRIME.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU A STORY.

COUNCILMAN W UM, WHEN I STARTED IN THE DA'S OFFICE, NOT, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SITTING IN COURT AND WE HAD CASES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD GET A 180 DAYS IN THE COUNTY JAIL.

AND I REMEMBER ONE SPECIFIC EVENT WHERE THE PERSON WHO WAS SENTENCED, I SAW THEM WAITING OUTSIDE THE ALHAMBRA COURT HOUSE WHEN

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I GOT OUT OF WORK.

SO THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY DOING TIME, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

AND THIS IS A QUESTION, UM, THAT CERTAINLY OUR OFFICE HAS PREVIOUSLY ASKED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE JAIL.

SO WHEN SOMEONE IS SENTENCED ON A COUNTY JAIL TERM, IF THE SHERIFF LETS IN THAT EARLY, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DA'S OFFICE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SHIFT HERE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, BUT THAT'S THE TRUTH.

SO THIS IDEA OF SOFT ON CRIME, WE'RE NOT PREVENTING THE POLICE FROM DOING THEIR JOB.

IF THERE'S PROBABLE.

CAUSE IF THEY BELIEVE AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE DETAINED OR ARRESTED, THAT THAT IS THEIR RIGHT, THAT'S THEIR JOB.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA.

I DON'T WANT TO, OKAY.

TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THE WAY YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, BECAUSE IF THE POLICE ARREST A PERSON AND THE DA REFUSED TO PROSECUTE, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS NOT EVEN WORST ALL THE TIME.

AND THEN THERE'S THE PROBLEM.

THEN HOW CAN WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO WASTE THEIR RESOURCE, ARRESTED THE PERSON, COMMITTED A CRIME AND TO PRINT INTO JUSTICE.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS A REAL CONCERN.

AND, UH, AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UNDERSTAND IT, WEST COVINA POINT OF VIEW, JUST BY MYSELF.

REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR RESIDENT CONCERNED, INCLUDING OUR FAMILY AND ALL RESIDENT FAMILY, THE CHILDREN TO SENIOR.

AND LOW BY NEW CITIZENS.

I'VE DONE WITH MY TIME.

I WANT TO GIVE ALL THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR CHANCE, BUT, BUT I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.

WE NEED TO, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE, THE JUSTICE VACATION, OR FOR FUNDS, CERTAIN GROUP AND MYSELF IS MINORITY.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE MAJORITY OF DEAL.

WE'LL BE OKAY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

YOU GUYS.

WELL, I, I ACTUALLY LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, UM, I KNOW THE CITY OF POMONA, THEY ARRESTED JUST DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, STARTING JANUARY, THE, THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE, THEY ARRESTED 500, UM, PROSTITUTION, LIKE, UM, AND ALL OF THEM WERE ZERO FILED, BUT OF COURSE I ONLY CARE FOR OUR CITY.

AND I ACTUALLY GOT THE DATA FOR OUR WEST COVINA TO JUST SEE HOW MANY CASES WERE ACTUALLY, UM, OCCURRED IN SOME OF THESE ARE WHAT YOU SAID, LIKE THE DRUGS OR AUTO THEFT OR POSSESSION, YOU KNOW, JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND FROM JANUARY, TILL APRIL 30TH, WE HAD 154 ARRESTS THAT OUR POLICE MADE, BUT 100% OF THOSE CASES WERE REJECTED AND THEY WEREN'T FILED.

SO, AND THE REASON WHY I HAVE CONCERNS IS BECAUSE I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS COME TO US OR THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY EXPLAINED AND THEY HIT.

AND IF I GET THESE THINGS, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR OUR POLICE TOO.

SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF ANSWER THAT.

UM, AND SO THE, I JUST HAVE, UH, I GUESS THE FOLLOWUP, THE 154, WAS THAT TOTAL ARRESTS THAT WERE DONE IN WEST COVINA FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, CORRECT? YES.

SO, SO EVERY SINGLE ARREST IN WEST COVINA WAS REJECTED BY THE DA'S OFFICE.

I KNOW THAT THAT, THAT DIRECTOR OF 2007 DISMISS OR DECLINED PROSECUTION ON 13 MISDEMEANOR CRIMES THAT SAYS DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, PROSTITUTION-RELATED OFFENSE, CRIMINAL THREATS, TRESPASS, AND RESISTING ARREST.

A TOTAL CASES REJECTED PER DA POLICY 20 DASH ZERO SEVEN, ONE 54.

AND I DO HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF, UM, AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE, UH, BUT THEY HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE, UM, THE CASES, BUT THAT WAS REJECTED.

UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY, UM, ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE OF COURSE I HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE THEY, UM, HAD ONE THAT HAD A PERSON ENTERED, UH, RESIDENT'S BACKYARD, UH, POLICE CALLED, I MEAN, POLICE WERE CALLED, THEY THREATENED THE OWNER AND THEY FOUND METH PIPE AND THEY DID ALL THE PAPERWORK.

AND IT CAME BACK AS PER THE COMMENT SAYS PER SPECIAL DIRECTIVE, 20 DASH OH SEVEN, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL NO LONGER BE FILING THESE CHARGES.

SO THAT IS MY CONCERN.

I'M HERE.

AND, AND I AM DEFINITELY A PUBLIC SAFETY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS, UM, I KNOW WE JUST HAD, UH, ANOTHER CASE, UM, RECENTLY, AND, AND THIS IS JUVENILES THAT THEY BROKE IN.

UH, YEAH.

SO WHAT I WILL ADDRESS, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU CITED, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ONLY BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE THAN 154 OF US IN WEST COVINA DURING THAT TIME.

SO, UM, THIS, THE CRIMES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, AGAIN, WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, I CAN'T SAY THAT THESE WERE ALL PER DIRECTIVE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN A CASE IS BROUGHT INTO THE DA'S OFFICE, IT'S EVALUATED, IF IT LACKS EVIDENCE, THAT'S ONE REASON TO REJECT THE CASE.

ANOTHER REASON FOR THESE DIRECTIVES, IT COULD ALSO BE THAT.

SO THERE WILL BE WHAT I'LL SAY IS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF OFFENSES THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE, UM, NOT THAT WE WOULD NOT FILE THOSE CASES.

THOSE WOULD, COULD SHOW UP IN YOUR NUMBER OF 154, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE ALL PER DIRECTIVE.

UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I, AGAIN, I WOULD SITE IN 20 DASH ZERO SEVEN, IF THERE ARE AGGRAVATING FACTORS OR SERIOUS RISK, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE RULES AND OUR OFFICE HAS FILED ON THOSE TYPES OF OFFENSES.

UM, SO AGAIN, WITHOUT THE SPECIFICS, I, I CAN'T COMMENT ON 154 TYPES OF CASES.

HE EXCEPTIONS.

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SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO MY HOME, CRIMINALLY THREATENS ME, UM, AND POLICE COMES AND THEY RE THEY RESIST THE ARREST OF THE POLICE.

DOES THAT GET FILED? YEAH.

WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED AS TWO FELONIES, UM, EACH FELONY IS CONSIDERED, UM, EITHER SERIOUS OR VIOLENT.

YOU JUST GAVE ME TWO.

AND SO YES, THOSE WOULD BE FILED, WHICH TO THE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, SOMEONE ENTERING YOUR HOME AND THE CRIMINAL THREAT OF SOMEBODY THREATENING YOU, BUT THAT THAT'S ON THAT FILE.

UH, RESIDENTS, PLEASE.

UM, THAT'S PART OF THE, NO, SO, UM, THERE'S THE MISDEMEANOR DIRECTIVE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL IS WHAT YOU DESCRIBED TO ME, SOMEBODY BREAKING INTO YOUR HOME AND COMMITTING A CRIMINAL THREAT.

THOSE SOUND LIKE FELONIES.

AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE ARE ELEMENTS TO CRIMES THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, BUT THOSE ARE NOT, THOSE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED TO BE ONES THAT WE WOULD DECLINE ON THE LANGUAGE THAT I WOULD CITE FROM 20 DASH ZERO SEVEN, IS THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS A CONTINUING THREAT TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, OR THERE EXISTS ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE OF SIMILAR GRAVITY, THEY CAN BE FILED.

SO WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED IS RIGHT ON POINT TO THE DIRECTOR, IT HAS TO CONTINUE, BUT THE FIRST, FIRST OFFENSE DOESN'T COUNT.

NO IT'S IN THE ALTERNATIVE.

SURE.

UM, WELL WE JUST HAD, I, AND CAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WEST COVINA.

I KNOW WE HAD ONE RESIDENT IN THE EAST SIDE WAS, UM, BURGLARIZED THREE JUVENILES.

THERE WAS, UM, SHE HAD THE CAMERA LIVE, WAS ABLE TO CONTACT POLICE.

THEY DID ARREST THE THREE JUVENILES, BUT THEY WERE RELEASED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

UM, THAT RESIDENT'S HOME WAS THEN BURGLARIZED LATER ON.

UM, HOW, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT, I MEAN, THE DIRECTIVE ON THAT CASE? CAUSE HE'S JUVENILE.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

UM, MADAM MAYOR, YOU'RE THE PREMISE OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I THINK FOR ME TO COMMENT ON THESE CASES WITH LIMITED FACTS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE JUVENILES AND THE BREAKING INTO THE HOME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN OPEN CASE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE SAME SET OF INDIVIDUALS BROKE INTO THE HOME TWICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CASE WAS PRESENTED.

I DON'T HAVE THESE FACTS.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME IS TO A PINE ON A SITUATION WHERE TAKING A CONSIDERATION, THIS DA TOOK OFFICE DURING COVID AND THE COURTS HAD SET AN EMERGENCY BAIL SCHEDULE.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RELEASE, YOU'RE TALKING.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, WITHOUT READING, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY THIS WAS A RESULT OF DIRECTIVES.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

I WANT TO RUN A SCENARIO THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO OUR NEW DA HAD HAPPENED IN GLENDORA.

LAST YEAR, DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A GUY I REMEMBER READING ABOUT.

HE WAS ARRESTED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY.

THE FIRST TIME WAS AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL A VEHICLE BOOKED RELEASED A SECOND TIME WAS, UH, STEALING PROPERTY OFF OF SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD BOOKED AND RELEASED THIRD TIME IN THAT DAY, HE ACTUALLY STOLE A VEHICLE.

WHAT I REMEMBER WAS THAT BASED ON THE NO BAIL POLICY SET DURING COVID, UH, THAT WAS THE REASON.

BUT IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR TODAY, I KNOW WITHOUT EXTREME DETAILS, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH, BUT WHAT WOULD OCCUR TODAY AGAIN? UM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IF CASES ARE NOT PRESENTED FOR FILING.

SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON IS CITED OUT TO APPEAR IN COURT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D NEVER LEARNED ABOUT.

RIGHT? SO IF THE PERSON IS EARNING THREE CITATIONS IN A DAY AND IS GETTING BOOKED AND RELEASED, THAT'S A SEPARATE FUNCTION FROM THE DA'S OFFICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE HAPPENED IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IF IT'S, IF IT'S HAPPENING IN THE SAME DAY, I MEAN, JUST THINKING ABOUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, HOW WOULD AN OFFICER PRESENT A CASE, HAVE REPORTS READY? GIVE IT TO US HAPPEN AGAIN? AND SO IT'S JUST NOT ONE WHERE I THINK WE WERE PROBABLY EVEN INVOLVED WITH AT THAT STAGE.

LET ME RUN ANOTHER SCENARIO.

THIS ONE.

CAUSE IT HAPPENED TO ME, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO OF SCOUTING OUR LOCAL PARKS, LOOKING AT OUR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND IN MAINTENANCE.

UM, AS I EXITED A RESTROOM, A GUY JUST LOST CONTROL ON ME, THREATENED ME, CAME UP TO ME.

I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT HIS HANDS CAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO PULL OUT A WEAPON.

HE CHILLED OUT AND WALKED AWAY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN.

IF SOMETHING WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN, ABLE TO STAB ME OR SOMETHING.

HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT PLAY OUT? HOW WOULD IT PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE, THE BAIL, LIKE IF HE GOT CAUGHT APPREHENDED, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE BLED OUT.

UH, I MEAN I HOPE, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M HAPPY NOTHING HAPPENED.

BUT YEAH, THAT PERSON, IF THEY STABBED YOU OR ASSAULTED YOU, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, YES.

THAT PERSON WOULD BE ARRESTED.

BAIL WOULD BE SET.

UM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED TO ME AGAIN IS A, IS

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A SERIOUS CRIME.

SO THAT WOULD NOT APPLY TO OUR DIRECTIVES OR ANY BAIL POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

MADAM MAYOR.

UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS IF WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST ENFORCE THEM? WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE LAWS? I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHY? SO THERE'S UM, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF CRIMES IN THE PENAL CODE.

THE PENAL CODE IS VERY THICK AND EVERY JURISDICTION THAT'S RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, CONTRA COSTA SACRAMENTO, THEIR OFFICES HAVE THOSE CRIMES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR CHARGING MANUALS THAT THEY WILL PURSUE.

UM, IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON HOW TO UTILIZE THAT DISCRETION, MEANING HOW WE PURSUE CHARGES, WHAT CHARGES ARE FILED.

UM, IF WE PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY OR NOT, THAT IS AGAIN, PREVIOUS DA'S IN THIS COUNTY HAVE NOT PURSUED THE DEATH PENALTY ON EVERY SINGLE CASE THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN A DA'S DISCRETION.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THAT HE'S USING HIS DISCRETION, SOMETHING HE TALKED ABOUT DOING WHEN HE RAN FOR OFFICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING NOW.

THE PROSECUTIONS ON LOW-LEVEL MISDEMEANORS.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERYBODY A FAIR, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SERIOUSNESS OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UH, YOURS AND LATER SHERIFF VILLENUEVA, UH, IT WASN'T LOST ON ME THAT IT WAS HAPPENING TODAY ON JUNE 1ST, UH, DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, UM, 100 YEARS AGO, UH, IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, OVER 300 BLACK BODIES, WORLD WAR ONE VETERANS WERE MURDERED ATTEMPTING TO PROTECT A BLACK TEENAGE BOY FROM A LYNCHING OF A WHITE MOB.

8,000 PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS, UM, BY ALL THE FLETCHER COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD AGE AND MY SON SHE'S 107 YEARS OLD.

I JUST, I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE, UM, WHAT SHE SAID HERE.

UH, SHE SPOKE ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

I WENT TO BED AND MY FAMILY'S HOME IN GREENWOOD.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD I FELL ASLEEP IN THAT NIGHT WAS RICH, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF WEALTH, BUT IN CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

MY FAMILY HAD A BEAUTIFUL HOME.

WE HAD GREAT NEIGHBORS.

I HAD FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH.

I FELT SAFE.

I HAD EVERYTHING A CHILD COULD NEED.

I HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE THEN CAME THE RAMPAGE 100 YEARS LATER.

I STILL SEE BLACK MEN BEING SHOT.

BLACK BODIES LYING IN THE STREET.

I STILL SMELL, SMOKE AND SEE FIRE.

I STILL SEE BLACK BUSINESSES BEING BURNED.

I STILL HEAR AIRPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD.

I HEAR THE SCREAMS. SHE IS STILL ALIVE.

NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.

AND, AND, AND HONESTLY, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU YOU'VE SAID.

AND, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE THE DATA BEHIND IT, BUT WE, WE NEED TO DEAL HONESTLY, WITH THE HISTORY HERE.

AND, AND THE REALITY IS MANY OF THESE DIRECTIVES ARE TO DEAL WITH THE ATTACKS ATTACKS THAT BLACK AMERICANS HAVE PAID AND CONTINUE TO PAY.

I UNDERSTAND FROM THE DIRECTIVE ON, ON YOUTH, UH, IN 2016, BLACK YOUTH WERE EIGHT AND A HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE TRIED AS ADULTS THAN WHITE YOUTH.

WAS THIS DATA POINT? DID IT PLAY A ROLE IN THE DECISION TO NOT TRY CHILDREN AS ADULTS? YES.

UM, I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THEM.

UM, ACCORDING TO THAT SUFFOLK COUNTY STUDY, 58% BY NOT PROSECUTING YOU'RE 58% LESS LIKELY TO COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME.

UM, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY.

AND HERE'S MY QUESTION FOR YOU.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW PROSECUTING THOSE NONVIOLENT MISDEMEANORS ACTUALLY DECREASE PUBLIC SAFETY? UH, NOT PROSECUTING THE MISDEMEANORS, DECREASED PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW, UH, HOW PROSECUTING THOSE MISDEMEANORS WOULD ACTUALLY DECREASE THE PUBLIC SAFETY? RIGHT.

SO I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS IN MY INITIAL

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RESPONSE, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CREATE AN ENTIRE CLASS OF MISDEMEANANTS, WHEN WE LABEL PEOPLE AS CRIMINAL FOR BEHAVIOR THAT COULD IMPACT THINGS LIKE QUALITY OF LIFE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS GO ON TO HAVE LESS SUCCESSFUL FUTURES AND WILL RESULT TO A LIFE OF CRIME.

AND SO THE STAT BY SUFFOLK COUNTY SAID THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FUTURE MISDEMEANOR COMPLAINT INCREASED BY 60%.

AND IN FACT, THE PROBABILITY, ONCE SOMEONE HAS A MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION THAT THEY WOULD COMMIT A VIOLENT OFFENSE, GOES UP 47%.

SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS INTRODUCING AN INDIVIDUAL TO REMAIN IN A SYSTEM AND NOT BE PRODUCTIVE IN SOCIETY.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSING ON LOW LEVEL MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES AS, AS FAR AS CASH BAIL.

UH, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY IN THE HUMPHREYS CASE, THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HAS ELIMINATED CASH BAIL FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT.

UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS DECISION IMPACTS THE DIRECTIVE? RIGHT.

SO WHAT OUR DIRECTIVE INTENDED TO DO WAS ADDRESS THE INEQUITY AND THE BAIL SYSTEM.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BAIL SET AT $5,000 WITH THEIR INDIGENT AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO POST BAIL, THEY WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY FOR UP UNTIL THE TIME THAT A TRIAL IS COMPLETED.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS THAT IS THAT FOR A LOW LEVEL OFFENSE, POTENTIALLY AN INDIVIDUAL COULD SPEND MONTHS AND MONTHS IN CUSTODY TO FIGHT A CASE THAT THEY MAY ULTIMATELY GET ACQUITTED UP.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE MEANTIME, THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOB.

THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING FOR THEIR FAMILY.

THERE ARE EVICTIONS IN PLAY FOR WHAT, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO POST BAIL, BUT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SITUATED WITH THE SAME TYPE OF OFFENSE THAT A HIGHER INCOME COULD POST BAIL, GET OUT, FIGHT THE CASE FROM OUT OF CUSTODY, NOT RISK LOSING THEIR JOB, NOT RISK LOSING THEIR CHILDREN.

AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT HUMPHREYS ALSO ADDRESSED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE SUPREME COURT, UM, PRI PRIOR TO HUMPHREYS, UH, THE ELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTED THAT THE BURDEN OF BAIL FELL DISPROPORTIONATELY ON BLACK AND LATINO WOMEN.

UM, CAN THAT BURDEN CREATE A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS OF LA COUNTY? ABSOLUTELY.

THE MORE THAT OUR CITIZENS OF LA COUNTY AND JUST GENERALLY IN THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTRY ARE SUBJECTED TO THESE CONDITIONS, THE LESS PRODUCTIVE THEY BECOME, THE MORE THEY COULD BE INVOLVED IN THINGS LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UM, AND OTHER EVENTS THAT COULD ACTUALLY CREATE MORE OF HARM, MORE OF A HARM TO OUR SOCIETY.

COUNCILS AND LEGISLATORS TO DO.

AND, UH, LAST ON THE DEATH PENALTY, UH, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MCCLESKEY VS KEMP.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY, UH, THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA SAID IN MCCLESKEY THAT THE STATISTICAL EVIDENCE OF DEFACTO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS REAL, THAT RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SENTENCING ARE INEVITABLE JUSTICE BRENNAN AND DESCENT WROTE THE COURT WAS AFRAID OF TOO MUCH JUSTICE.

UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN MCCLESKEY? UH, AND IF IT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DIRECTIVE SPECIFICALLY TO THE DEATH PENALTY AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO, TO, UH, BLACK DEFENDANTS, THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES OF MCCLESKEY DID PLAY A ROLE IN OUR DIRECTIVE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE CITED MCCLUSKEY SPECIFICALLY IN THE DIRECTIVE, BUT AGAIN, YOU CITED ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE JURISTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

AND THAT INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGED AND SAID YES, THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY, AS IT APPLIES TO PERSONS OF COLOR, SPECIFICALLY, BLACK AMERICANS WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.

AND IN FACT, IN THAT CASE, HE SHOWED THAT DEPENDING ON THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE DEFENDANT VERSUS THE VICTIM, THAT ALSO PLAYED A FACTOR INTO HOW THE, THE ULTIMATE IMPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WAS IMPOSED.

THAT'S IT? I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE, UM, WITH, WITH A QUOTE FROM JAMES BALDWIN, OH, BEFORE HE DIED, HE SAID, I WAS BORN HERE ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO.

I'M NOT GONNA LIVE ANOTHER 60 YEARS.

YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME IT TAKES TIME.

IT'S TAKEN MY FATHER'S TIME.

A MOTHER'S TIME.

MY UNCLES TIME, MY BROTHERS TIME, MY SISTER'S TIME, MY NIECES AND MY NEPHEWS TIME.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR PROGRESS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

THERE IS, THERE IS A COST TO PAY FOR OUR HISTORY.

AND WE, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INEQUITIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THESE DIRECTIVES DO.

WHEN, WHEN MCCLESKEY, WHEN SCALIA WROTE AND MCCLESKEY, HE SAID IT WAS UP TO CITY COUNCILS TO STATE LEGISLATORS, TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO BE THE ONES TO CORRECT THE RACISM IN THE SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY AS COUNCIL, THIS IS OUR POWER TO CORRECT THE WRONG THAT SCALIA JUDGE ANTONIN SCALIA SAID WAS THE JOB OF

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILL.

THANKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOPEKA.

I WAS A BIG SPEECH, SOUND LIKE A IN THE CONGRESS.

AND THEN WE'RE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR MUNICIPAL, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EQUALITY OF RACE AND IT IS ON THAT IS IDEOLOGY.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO TO IDEOLOGY AND DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE HISTORY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HISTORY LESSON, BUT WHO DOESN'T GET BUYERS IN THE HISTORY IN THE ONETIME, FOR EXAMPLE, CHINESE AMERICAN.

THE WHALE ROW WALKER.

AND THE, HOW ABOUT JAPAN IS CONCENTRATE CAM AND THE OLDEST AND HISPANIC HAD BEEN OPPRESSED.

THIS THAT NEVER END.

SO, SO WE NOT TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY.

WE UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, BUT WE ARE WANTING TO PROTECT OUR CURRENT RESIDENT WELLBEING, OUR CHILDREN WELLBEING, AND OUR SENIOR AND OUR FAMILY CAN WALK ON THE STREET FREE, FREE OF THE FEAR AND LESS OUR JOBS OVER HERE.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS MY TIME WHERE WE ARE PATIENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR TIME SAYING, OKAY, I WANT TO FINISH MY SPEECH, PLEASE.

DON'T DON'T OKAY.

BUT MY POINT IS, IS OVER HERE IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE HEAR ELECT A CITY COUNCIL IN WEST COVINA IS SERVE AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

OUR POLICIES, MAKE SURE OUR POLICE OFFICER CAN DO THE JOB AND THE ARREST, THE PEOPLE.

AND, UH, AND THE, WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR OUR VICTIMS. RIGHT? WE TALK ABOUT CRIMINAL.

HAWAII.

HOW ABOUT ALL OF THE VICTIM? HOW ABOUT OUR CRIME PARENT? HOW ABOUT MOM OVER YOUR CRYING ABOUT, OKAY.

THE DELTA, JUST INCENSE OF THIS KILLING AND WHY IS THERE JUSTICE? SO, SO ENOUGH OF ALL THIS IDEOLOGY, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

ENFORCE THE LAW, PLEASE, SIR.

WE, WE HERE, OKAY.

DOING THIS JOB, IT SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT ALL RESIDENT.

AND IF YOU GUY IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WE FEEL TO DO OKAY.

IN FORCE THE LAW, NO MATTER HOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS OR HOW MANY WE TALK ABOUT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY.

THEY WON'T BRING JUSTICE OKAY.

INTO OUR CRIMINAL SYSTEM.

SO HERE I DO WANT, I WANT, I WANT TO NAME SOME TIME.

AND NOW WE WANT TO FINISH OUR MEETING.

I DON'T WANT TO STAY IN HERE TOMORROW MORNING, BUT ONE THING IS, PLEASE BRING BACK TO YOUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MR. COSTCO, TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS POLICY AND THAT WE WORRY ABOUT OUR CITY SAFETY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH QUICK.

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED THAT ARE NOT BEING FILED? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON, UH, IN OUR CITY STREETS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEFT, YOU KNOW, BURGLARY, UM, LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED MISDEMEANORS.

CAN, CAN YOU GUYS, CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE? OKAY.

MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED THAT ARE NOT BEING FILED? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR CITY ARE CONSIDERED MISDEMEANORS, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, I'LL POINT YOU TO A SPECIAL DOCTOR, 2007, WHICH HAS BEEN THE TOPIC OF TONIGHT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THAT POLICY, WE LAY OUT DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND HOW WE WORK WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OFFICE OF THE ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, WHICH IS THROUGH THE LA SUPERIOR COURT.

WE HAVE DEDICATED HEARING OFFICERS.

UM, ONE, WE HAVE ONE THAT WORKS IN WEST COVINA.

AND WHAT THOSE HEARING OFFICERS DO IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS BROUGHT IN THE CRIME OR WHATEVER HAS OCCURRED IS SOMETHING THAT IS ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT FORM FIRST.

AND SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO RE-OFFEND, THERE WILL BE CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES.

BUT OUR FIRST STEP IN OUR POINT OF INTERVENTION IS TO, AGAIN, WORK WITH DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND, WELL, WHAT IF THEY DON'T WANT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM? AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTAKE IN THAT, BECAUSE WE IT'S THE SAME SITUATION AND MIND YOU, I, I MEAN, I JUST, LAST MONTH I JUST DEALT WITH A 13 YEAR OLD, UM, GANG MEMBER WITH A GUN.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THAT PROCESS? LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CASIANOS MENTIONED, UM, WHEN THIS DA TOOK OFFICE, IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND THERE WERE CURRENT EXISTING BAIL ORDERS BY THE SUPERIOR COURT.

I HAVE TWO MONTHS PRIOR, I HAD A YOUTH ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING.

SO I'M IN THE FIELD, SEEING ALL THESE SITUATIONS OCCUR AND, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH ALL THIS.

AND I LIKE TO SEE ACTION THAT OCCURS NOW AT THE MOMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, I DO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS, GANG PREVENTION, GRID, ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS IF THEY DON'T WANT THE HELP, IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE, YES, WHO WANT IT, THOSE WHO DON'T.

NOW MY QUESTION IS IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? WE JUST WANT TO KNOW CONSEQUENCES.

IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, WHERE IF THE PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T WANT TO DO A DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD GUARANTEE THEM A DISMISSAL OR A NON-PROSECUTION OF THE OFFENSE.

THAT'S THE SAME AS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CHARGED WITH THE CASE THAT NEVER SHOWS UP TO COURT.

AND IT'S AT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYER.

SO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE ISSUE BENCH WARRANTS.

WE START THE COURT PROCESS.

IF THE PERSON IS AGAIN, CITED IN THE FIELD, UM, THAT CITATION DOESN'T ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT TO COURT.

AND SO IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

OTHERWISE, IN THIS SCENARIO, WE'RE GIVING FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT BEHAVIOR AND HOPEFULLY NOT RECIDIVATE IN THE FUTURE, THE CATCH AND RELEASE SITUATION THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING.

UM, AND I KNOW IT APPLIES TO OUR OFFICERS AS RESIDENTS SEEKS, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB, THEY ARE, BUT THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE RELEASED BACK.

UM,

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SO EVEN BEFORE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GOT A SCORE AND YOU WERE HAVING THESE TYPES OF CASES WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE PICKED UP ON CERTAIN DEFENSES, THEY WERE CITED OUT.

THEY'RE PICKED UP AGAIN, ALL OF THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE HUMPHREYS COURT DECISION.

SO NOW WE ARE BOUND BY A COURT DECISION THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT SET BAIL IN AN AMOUNT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CANNOT AFFORD.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW IS STATE LAW AND THAT AFFECTS EVERY JURISDICTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTS THAT OCCURRED.

I KNOW THE SPECIAL DIRECTIVE, UM, THE 2012 REGARDING THE FA UH, VICTIM SERVICES.

UM, I SEE THAT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THEY WILL COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF FELONS KILLED BY POLICE IN THE ACT OF COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIME, REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO EVEN IF THE POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THAT PERSON, AND WE HAPPEN TO GET KILLED IS THAT THEY COVER THOSE COSTS AND THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, IF AN OFFICER'S KILLED WELL, KNOW THAT THEY, THEY SAID THAT IT REQUIRES A DA TO USE PUBLIC FUNDS, TAXPAYER MONEY, TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF FELONS KILLED BY POLICE AND THE ACT OF COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIME.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I MEAN, OUR, I DON'T WANT LIKE A LOT OF THE DIRECTIONS TO OCCUR WHERE OUR POLICE ARE KIND OF SAYING THAT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO DROP THE FILES.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FILE.

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING TO ARREST AND CONTINUE WITH THESE THINGS.

AND EVEN FOR THE SAFETY, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTING.

SO, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IS THAT YOU WERE SAYING FELONS KILLED IF THE, YEAH.

IF, IF, WELL, IF THEY'RE KILLED, IF THE PERSON IS, UM, WE'D BEEN HAVING SHOOTING AND STUFF.

SO IF THE LANGUAGE IS, IF INDIVIDUALS ARE KILLED BY THE POLICE AND I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT DOESN'T SAY, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SORT OF PAYOUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING.

BUT WHAT IT DOES SAY IS THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE POLICE, THAT THEIR FAMILY, OKAY.

AGAIN, BECAUSE THE FAMILY DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT ACT, THE FAMILY IS NOT SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORT THEIR LOVED ONE WHO HAD ENGAGED IN THAT CONDUCT THAT LED TO THE, THAT DEATH WE'RE SAYING IS THAT FOR THAT FAMILY, WE WILL PROVIDE OUR OFFICE AND RESOURCES TO THE FAMILY.

AND THAT OCCURS FOR ANY HOMICIDE THAT OCCURS, UM, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

AND, UM, PLEASE, UH, QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE RESERVOIR.

IF I COULD ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER WU, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE NOT PROSECUTING CRIMES IS JUST THAT YOU GO IN A COURTHOUSE, YOU CAN GO TO WEST COVINA COURTHOUSE, YOU KNOW, POMONA, WHICH IS WHERE YOUR FELONIES ARE SENT TO THAT COURTHOUSE.

WE'RE STILL HAVE, THERE ARE STILL PROSECUTIONS ARE STILL CASES.

WE'RE STILL DOING OUR JOB.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS BODY TO SUGGEST THAT OUR OFFICE HAS ABDICATED IS REALLY, WE HAVE A THOUSAND ATTORNEYS THAT ARE EXCELLENT AT THEIR JOB THAT STAND UP FOR VICTIMS THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THIS CITY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IS IT A RESULT WHATEVER'S HAPPENING IN WEST COVINA? DID IT HAPPEN IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS? OR HAS THIS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THIS CITY THAT WE COULD HELP WITH, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SAY, HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA? THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN.

I TOLD YOU, MY FATHER LIVES HERE.

THIS IS A CITY THAT I CARE ABOUT, BUT WHAT I'VE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, I USED TO GO TO THE WEST COVINA CLEANERS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

I CAN'T GO AT NIGHT.

SO THE NIGHTTIME DROP-OFF BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THAT AREA THAT WAS BEFORE GEORGE GASCON.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY REFLECT ON HOW DO WE MAKE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND WHAT THAT INCLUDES IS THIS BODY MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR OFFICE, OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC FORUM TO REALLY SAY, HERE ARE THE ISSUES.

AND THEN WE COULD TOGETHER ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER.

BUT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT, I THINK THAT THE VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE ACTUALLY IMPEDE THAT PROGRESS WHILE CERTAINLY IT'S YOUR RIGHT TO DO IT.

UM, WE WOULD PREFER TO WORK TOGETHER WELL, SINCE YOU WERE APPOINTED TO ME ABOUT, REGARDING MY SPEECH, MY QUESTION TO ANSWER THE REQUEST, WE BEGGED HER IN POSTAL LAW, A REQUEST.

AND YES, TRUE.

WE HAVE SOME ATTORNEYS STILL AGAINST OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THEY WANT TO PROSECUTE THE EQUIPMENT NOW.

AND I THINK THEY DO HAVE TO SIGN AND SOME OF THE ATTORNEY ALREADY, OKAY, FILE A LAWSUIT AND THIS AND THAT.

AND I THINK THE CONCERN TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENT AND THE, IN OUR AREAS IN GABRIEL VALLEY IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE REQUIREMENT IS, IS, IS, IS SPIKE UP OKAY, WITH ALL THESE PANDEMIC AND AUTO PANDEMIC.

AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE ISSUE AND MENTAL ISSUE IS ON THAT.

AND PLUS, OKAY.

AND THE, YOU STARTING WITH THE CELL CRIME AND THE RELEASE.

A LOT OF ALL THESE WITHOUT PROSECUTION AND YOU SET THE EXAMPLE THAT THE CRIME IS, IS, IS FREE.

YOU CAN JUST DO IT AND THERE, YOU CAN JUST DO ANYTHING.

AND THIS IS THE CONCERN THAT WHAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH SIT OVER HERE, TRY TO POTENTIAL OF OUR RESIDENT.

WE EVEN HAVE ANY CONSEQUENCES.

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AND WE HIRE POLICE AND IF THEY'LL ARREST AND THEY CANNOT BE POSITIVE CUE.

AND THEN WHETHER WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE STAMP OUT AND THE WAY THE WAY GO BACK TO THE BURGER VOCALIZE.

OR UNTIL TO MAKE A PUB IN TROUBLE FOR ALL THE KID OR OUR SENIOR.

SO THAT IS THE CONCERN.

I UNDERSTAND YOU.

THAT'S WHY WE HERE HAVE A COMMUNICATION AND I HOPE, OKAY.

YOU BRING THIS BACK.

SEE HOW CONCERN OKAY.

WE AREN'T.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND, AND THEN LESSON TWO, WE WERE PRESENT THE RESIDENT DOESN'T TO US.

SEE WHAT THIS IS REALLY CONCERNED.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CHANCE WHILE RESIDENT TO MAYBE ASK SOME QUESTION.

IS THAT A CRIME? YES, IT'S A ONE 48.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S OUTLINED IN 20 DASH OH SEVEN AND THERE ARE FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE MET WHEN IT GETS FILED.

DO THEY GET PROSECUTED FOR SOME OF THEM WILL GET PROSECUTED.

THEY ALL GET, THEY GET MADAM MAYOR.

I JUST SAID SOME OF THEM WILL BE PROSECUTED.

I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS AND LIKE I MENTIONED, NO BASHING.

NO.

YOU KNOW, DIRECT QUESTION.

QUICK QUESTION.

NO STATEMENTS, NO STORIES.

JUST IF WE CAN, UM, IF YOU HAVE A DIRECT QUESTION, 30 SECONDS, PLEASE.

UM, AND THERE'S, UH, HE'LL BRING THE MIC AND, UH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL, HE'LL, HE'LL WALK TO YOU, BUT PLEASE RESPECT YOU LOOK OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A FAMILY OR YOUR FATHER.

GOOD QUESTION.

YOU SAID IF YOU'RE A FATHER, I ACTUALLY DO NOT DISCUSS MY PERSONAL LIFE IN THESE SETTINGS.

HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU WERE A FATHER, YOU'RE SO SLIPPERY, YOU SLIP OUT OF EVERY QUESTION I ASKED YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE A FATHER, LET'S SAY YOU HAD A 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, DO YOU KNOW POLY CLASSES? I DO.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S A BRUTALLY RAPED AND MURDERED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HURT KILLER DID WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED, YOU GAVE ONE OF THESE TO THE FATHER.

AND RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS SENTENCED, HE SAID, I HAVE SOME FINAL WORDS BEFORE I GET SENTENCED.

JUST, SHE SAID, RIGHT BEFORE I KILLED HER, JUST DON'T DO ME LIKE MY DADDY.

DID YOU DON'T THINK THAT SON OF A BITCH, WE'RE GOING TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS.

I'M ASKING YOU.

YOU DON'T THINK HE DESERVES TO PASS ON THAT.

CAN YOU GET, TAKE THE MIC PLEASE? WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THAT.

WE WANT LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS.

BILL.

DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION WORKING IN THE SYSTEM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE? IS IT STILL THAT WHEN YOU GO INTO LIKE LOS PADRINOS DAY, BREAK IT DOWN BY ETHICS, BY CRA YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS.

THIS IS A WORLD.

WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND THEY'RE MAKING THESE TERRIBLE.

YOU COULD BE GONE NEXT WEEK.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE THEY TAKEN AWAY THE CHILDREN TO LEARN? SOME OF THEM WERE TAUGHT AT HOME, NOT ON THE STREET.

THERE'S A LOT OF THEM IN JUVENILE HALL THAT ARE SEX OFFENDERS.

AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, I WORKED WITH THEM.

WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE KIDS? THAT THE MOM AND DAD PUT THE NEEDLE IN THEIR ARM AT A YOUNG AGE, THAT THEY COULDN'T GO OUT AND BUY THE DRUGS THEMSELVES.

BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT, BY WORKING IN JUVENILE HALL AND WORKING CHINO PRISON FOR MEN, WE GOT TO STOP AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE IN WEST COVINA, ASHLEY NEVER SEEN ANY OF YOU.

THEN YOU ASK THE DIRECT QUESTION.

THE DIRECT QUESTION IS, DO YOU GUYS STILL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY TIMES THOSE JUVENILES AND WERE THEIR FAMILIES INVOLVED? NOT EVERYBODY'S A STRANGER.

THAT'S THE QUESTION? THAT'S THE QUESTION.

IF I'M SORRY.

VISITOR COMING IN MY HOUSE AND I, I CAN DEFEND MYSELF.

THAT'S AS I STILL DO IT THAT SAME WAY, BECAUSE THEY BREAK IT DOWN.

LIKE THERE WAS 945 BOYS AND OUT OF THE 945, YOU GOT TO MINISTER, YOU GOT TO WORK WITH EVERY ETHIC.

THERE IS YOU CAN'T BE .

DO THEY STILL DO IT? OKAY.

I THINK HE DOESN'T DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

THAT'S SOCIAL SOCIAL SERVICES THEN.

RIGHT? OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION NOW THAT A LOT OF THE POLICIES HAVE CHANGED? UM, SUPPOSE I HAVE, UH, A NIGHTTIME

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AM I GOING TO HAVE NO BAIL? AM I GOING TO BE EXONERATED? BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST TIME WITH ANYTHING HAPPENING TO ME, WHAT IS, HOW AM I GOING TO FEEL? HOW ABOUT THE REST OF US GOING TO FEEL WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER INTO WEST COVINA? WE HAVE CHANGED IN OUR IMMIGRANT.

WHAT ABOUT US? WE'LL BE VICTIMS, BUT WE'LL BE A VICTIM THAT HAS COMMITTED A CRIME.

WHERE ARE WE IN THIS SITUATION WITH GASTONE I, I GUESS, UM, THE LAST PART THAT THE CITY HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF ITS DEMOGRAPHICS.

WE'RE GETTING A LOT, I'M SORRY, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF HOMELESS SIN.

WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT ARE COMING IN PANDEMIC OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY CHANGING, NOT THE CITIZENS, BUT WHO IS COMING INTO OUR, OUR CITY.

AGAIN, IT'S BEING IN THIS ROLE.

IF YOU HAD AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT YOUR HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND YOU, YOU HAD TO DEFEND YOURSELF, UM, CERTAINLY THAT, THAT IS YOUR RIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CASE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY NOT GET FILED.

I JUST, AGAIN, WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE FACTS, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO YOUR HOME IS GOING AFTER YOU AND YOU DEFEND YOURSELF.

THAT IS THAT'S MUCH DIFFERENT, UM, THAN, THAN OTHER TYPES OF CASES THAT WERE BEING DESCRIBED EARLIER TONIGHT.

CAN WE NEXT QUESTION? YEAH.

WE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE BRIEF YOUR QUESTION REALLY QUICK.

WE HAVE TO RESPECT.

WE ALSO DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION HE'S WAITING FOR US.

SO GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JEFFERSON DURU.

MY QUESTION IS, IS THE DA'S OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF SHUTTING OUT FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS FOR THE PAROLE PROCESS.

THOSE ARE ACCUSATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD AGAINST THE DA'S OFFICE, THAT WHILE I COMPLETELY AM OFFENDED BY IT, I THINK IT ALSO SETS A TONE OF LENIENCY TO THE EXTENT THAT POURS DOWN TO MISDEMEANORS, WHICH SEEMS INNOCUOUS, INNOCUOUS, AS YOU DESCRIBE IT AS SOMEWHAT ATTRACTIVE, BECAUSE MANY DO GET CAUGHT IN THAT WEB OF AN JUST, JUST A SYSTEM QUESTION, BUT DOES THE DA, SHOULD WE SUCH POLICIES? WE DO NOT KEEP VICTIMS OUT OF THE PAROLE PROCESS.

SO VICTIMS HAVE A RIGHT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENT, TO BE NOTIFIED.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LEGAL POLICIES MANUAL, WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT HOW WE NOTIFY VICTIMS. AND SO THAT IS NOT TRUE THAT WE'RE SHUTTING VICTIMS OUT OF PAROLE HEARINGS.

NEXT QUESTION.

IS IT TRUE THAT, UM, ONE OF YOUR DIRECTIVES STATES PROSECUTE OR NOT, OR NOT ESCORT OR GO WITH THE VICTIM TO A PAROLE HEARING SO THAT RIGHT.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

WE ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN PAROLE HEARINGS LIKE WE USED TO.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE PAROLE BOARD AND WHAT OUR POLICIES REFLECT ARE THAT WHATEVER HAS OCCURRED WITHIN STATE PRISON.

SO LET'S SAY A PERSON GETS 20 YEARS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE OUT FOR PAROLE AT A CERTAIN POINT.

THEY ARE DOING CERTAIN THINGS WHILE THEY'RE IN CUSTODY.

THERE'S A FILE GENERATED ON HOW THEY'VE DONE IN STATE PRISON.

THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE PAROLE BOARD.

THE VICTIM HAS THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD.

BUT WHAT THIS DA HAS SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND DA'S IN THERE TO RE-LITIGATE WHAT HAPPENED 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO.

SO HIS APPROACH IS DIFFERENT.

NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING OUR VICTIMS. WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THEM WITH VICTIM ADVOCATES OR RESOURCES.

WE'RE JUST SAYING WHEN IT COMES TO THE TIME OF PAROLE, WHAT HAS THAT INDIVIDUAL DONE? YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY'VE BEEN INCARCERATED AND THAT'S UP TO A DIFFERENT BODY, THE PAROLE BOARD, AND ULTIMATELY THE GOVERNOR, WHETHER OR NOT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO ALLOW THAT INDIVIDUAL TO BE PAROLED.

I'LL TAKE THREE MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE UP.

MOVE ON.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE COME DOWN.

JUST LIKE I DID.

DIDN'T SAY IN HIS CAMPAIGN? BECAUSE I PAID ATTENTION AND ALL OF THESE POLICIES THAT I'M HEARING PEOPLE DON'T LIKE, ALL THESE REFORMS WERE IN HIS CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

UM, I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS BRIEF, BUT I NEED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BEFORE I ASK THE QUESTION.

UM, WE SAW WHEN SHERIFF VIA NUEVA WAS ELECTED THAT THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIS POLICY AND HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO TAKE HOURS AWAY FROM HIM AND HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED MAKING THE POSITION NOT ELECTED ANY LONGER.

AND NOW WE'RE SEEING WITH DA GASCON AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO HIS POLICIES, BUT THE SAME SORT OF THING WITH LET'S RECALL HIM BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH HIS POLICIES.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE THAT HE

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HE SAID, THIS IS WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

AM I MISREMEMBERING? OR ARE PEOPLE REACHING THE POINT WHERE YES, YOU DON'T DISAGREE WITH HIM, BUT THAT'S WHAT VOTING IS FOR.

YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN FOUR YEARS, THE QUESTION MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE.

RIGHT? SO TO YOUR POINT, UM, YES, YOU DID YOUR RESEARCH DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

THESE THINGS WERE SAID, UM, THE SHERIFF FACED SOME REALLY SERIOUS CHALLENGES EARLY ON.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY HE HAS SINCE PIVOTED TO ATTACKING THIS DA.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S SORT OF SOWS YOU, WHAT ARE THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND SOME OF THESE THINGS? AND IS IT THE POLICIES BECAUSE THE POLICIES WERE ACTUALLY MADE VERY CLEAR DURING THE CAMPAIGN, OR IS IT A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THAT? YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE USING POLITICS AND INJECTING THAT INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE CONVERSATION, BUT LIKE YOU JUST SAID, WHEN PEOPLE VOTE, THAT'S THEIR POWER, RIGHT? THEY, THEY USE THEIR VOICE, EVERY VOTE COUNTS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LAST ELECTION AND WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, IT WAS RESOUNDING.

AND SO AGAIN, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ELECTION FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN LA COUNTY, AND THAT'S THE TIME TO SHOW UP TO VOTE.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO PITCH A CERTAIN CANDIDATE OVER THE OTHER.

I'M HERE, I'M HERE TO SAY VOTE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN VOTING, GO OUT AND DO IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US AND OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO, I KNOW HE SAID HE HAS TO LEAVE.

HE HAS A ZOOM MEETING.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO WITH ONE FINAL QUESTION.

AND THEN HE PUT OFF THE QUESTIONS.

I'LL, I'LL SIMPLY SAY TO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTING AND INFORMED VOTING.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, GUS GUM WAS GUS.

GUM WAS ELECTED AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

INDIVIDUALS VOTED FOR HIM RATHER, THEY WERE INFORMED OR NOT THAT SAME PROCESS THAT HE UTILIZED TO GET ELECTED AS ALSO THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE USE, WHERE 9 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED TO RETAIN THE CASH BAIL SYSTEM PER HIS DIRECTIVE IN 20 DASH, ZERO SIX.

HE INDICATED IN THAT DIRECTIVE THAT ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT, AND HE THINKS THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE VOTERS AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE, HE'S NOT GOING TO WAIT.

EXPLAIN TO ME HOW HE EMBRACES BEING ELECTED AND A VOTING PROCESS WHERE THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED FOR HIM ALSO VOTED 9 MILLION PEOPLE TO RETAIN CASH BAIL EXPLAINED TO ME TO HYPOCRISY OR WHAT HIS THINKING IS.

OH, THAT'S LOADED.

THAT'S LOADED.

NO, IT'S NOT LOADED.

UM, LISTEN, I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK A QUESTION.

9 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED TO RETAIN CASH BAIL, HIS DIRECTIVE.

HE BASICALLY CIRCUMVENT IT, THAT, THAT VOTING PROCESS AND SAYS THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

LET'S I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT 9 MILLION PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

CORRECT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DID LA COUNTY VOTE BECAUSE HE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

SO I'LL ALSO CITE TO YOU THAT LA COUNTY VOTERS HAVE VOTED REPEATEDLY TO GET RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY WHILE STATEWIDE IT HAS BEEN UPHELD.

SO THERE IS NO HYPOCRISY.

THIS IS AN ELECTED.

LET ME, THIS IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HAS SAID, WHAT DO THE PEOPLE OF LA COUNTY BELIEVE IN THAT'S HOW I'LL LEAD AND THAT'S HOW HE'S LED.

AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE ARE DIRECTIVES, THERE WAS CAMPAIGN LITERATURE ON POINT, AND HE'S ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THE VOTERS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ASKED FOR THAT IS NOT HYPOCRISY.

AND I'LL HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION HERE.

AND THEN, UM, THIS HAS GONE QUITE, SO HE'S GOING TO TAKE HIS, HE SAID, HE'LL TAKE YOUR LAST QUESTION.

YOU SAID, OKAY, GO AHEAD.

YOU'LL TAKE THE CRITICISM.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP DATA TO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN FULLED WITH HYPOTHETICAL'S AND WHAT IFS, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, JUST REALLY FAST.

I I'M AGAINST GATSBY.

I'M A GUEST CASH BAIL, BUT I VOTED AGAINST REMOVING CASH BAIL.

WHY? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T GO ENOUGH.

SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE AGAINST CASH BAIL AND THE CERTAIN WAY THAT IT WAS FORMATTED IN THERE, SIR, THAT CAN EXPLAIN WHY SOMETIMES GETS ELECTED, BUT YET HIS PAULIE'S THERE AGAIN.

CAN YOU ASK THEM A QUESTION PLEASE? YOU DON'T NEED AN ADDRESS.

SURE THING.

HE GOT THREE MINUTES.

MA'AM PLEASE.

UM, THE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THIS, UM, I WANT TO, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT DIVERSION PROGRAMS. IT'S SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT 14, 15, 16 YEAR OLD AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S TALK, LET'S TALK SOME PRISON.

MOST OF THE TIME, THESE ARE HISPANIC MALES, BLACK MALES.

SO WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT CAN SCONE IS IMPLEMENTING IN ORDER TO REDUCE JUVENILES MOST, MOST OF THE TIME, HISPANICS AND BLOCK INDIVIDUALS FROM GOING TO JAIL.

SO IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIVERSION PROGRAMS. AND I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WE HAVE A JUVENILE SPECIAL ADVISOR WHO IS PROBABLY WAY BETTER SITUATED TO ANSWER THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE HAVE.

I'M NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND MAKE STUFF UP.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS DECIDED THAT DJJ, WHICH WAS OUR STATE FACILITY FOR JUVENILES WILL BE CLOSED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, AS WELL AS OUR JUSTICE PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY ENGAGE OUR YOUTH IN THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS.

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SO NOW THAT HAPPENED BEFORE MR. GASCON, BUT WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO AT THIS POINT, IT STARTS TO CONSIDER WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE YOUTHS AS WE GO FORWARD, RIGHT? WHEN WE DON'T HAVE DJJ AS AN ALTERNATIVE, HOW DO WE CREATE PROGRAMMING THAT ENSURES PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST.

AND NUMBER TWO, THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT ENTER A LIFE OF CRIME AND CONTINUE TO RECIDIVATE IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE SPECIFICS, I HAVE A SPECIAL ADVISER HERE.

WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ON AN EMAIL OR HOWEVER YOU, OKAY.

CAN YOU, UM, SEND, UH, LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, IF THEY WANT TO ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN DO IT IN ONE MINUTE.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU SEE THAT? I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, OKAY.

LAST ONE, OBVIOUSLY, VERY COMPLICATED.

WHY DON'T YOU GUYS? YOU CAN ALWAYS VOTE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND THE NO CONFLICT.

WHY DON'T YOU CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE INSTEAD OF KNEE JERK IN THIS AND, AND, AND IT'S NOT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER, CAN YOU ASK THIS TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DISCUSSION NEED TO BE CONTINUED? OKAY.

I AGREE.

UM, SO OUR SPECIAL ADVISOR MARCHER HE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE INFORMATION, HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

I APPRECIATE THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT A MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WE PERSONALLY HAVE, UM, OUR LA COUNTY SHERIFF, ALEX VILLANUEVA HIMSELF, UM, TO HELP EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, CRIME TRENDS IN THE END, JUST OVERALL PRESENTATION.

THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA CITY THAT I TRULY LOVE THAT I GREW UP IN.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AS WELL.

THANK YOU, KEN.

UP NEXT,

[Presentation to the Council by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's Office]

SO IF WE CAN HAVE HIM HERE AND, UH, YEAH, I GOT MUSIC.

WELL, NOW WE KNOW THAT WORKS.

I NEVER SEEN THAT GO THROUGH.

IT'S WORKING.

THAT'D BE GOOD.

UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

UH, PERSONALLY, UM, AND I, AND PARTS GO TOWARDS TODAY'S SHOOTING WITH A FIRE, UH, FIREMEN AND THE FIRE STATION.

SO OUR HEARTS GO TOWARDS THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND IT'S YESTERDAY HAS BEEN A TOUGH DAY THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

OUR TRAGEDY WITH OUR, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LA COUNTY FIRE REMEMBRANCE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN TULSA A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

HOWEVER, MY JOB HERE IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE TODAY.

AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SIMPLE STATISTICS.

THESE ARE NOT ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT STATISTICS.

THESE ARE JUST HARD NUMBERS.

VICTIMS OF CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME.

WE CLOSED THE YEAR 2020 WITH A 36% INCREASE IN HOMICIDES ACROSS LA COUNTY JURISDICTIONS THAT WE SERVE 36% INCREASE IN HOMICIDE IS A VERY BIG NUMBER.

A CITY COUNCIL, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR WOULD BE THAT'S PRIORITY.

NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A THREAT TO EVERYONE'S SITE SAFETY.

WHAT CAN WE DO? AND WE GOT PRETTY MUCH CRICKETS ACROSS THE BORDER FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT NOW FIVE MONTHS COMPLETED WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH, UH, GEORGE GUS CALLING AT THE HELM.

OUR HOMICIDES HAVE INCREASED 95 POINT 24%.

THAT IS A HUGE JUMP FROM LAST YEAR AND IS ALL UNDER GEORGE GUS COHEN NUMBERS.

ALL RIGHT, WE WERE IN A BAD SITUATION.

WE'RE IN A WORST SITUATION RIGHT NOW THAT IS CONCERNING FORCIBLE RAPE UP SEVEN POINT 82% AGGRAVATE ASSAULT UP 12 POINT 94%.

YEAH, GRAND THEFT AUTO AT 40 POINT 11% ARSON UP 22 POINT 40%.

ALL OF THESE SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIMES UP DOUBLE DIGITS FACT DOUBLED ENTIRELY 100% ALMOST ON HOMICIDE.

I'VE ONLY TWO CRIMES THAT HAVE DECREASED AT OUR SAVING GRACE FOR THE OVERALL CRIME RATE.

AND THOSE ARE ROBBERY DOWN 23.9, 4% AND BURGLARY DOWN 19 POINT 95%

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IN THOSE TWO PRIMARY PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS.

WELL STORES AND MOST BUSINESSES ARE NOT OPEN YET FULLY.

SO THEY CAN'T BE ROBBED.

MOST HOMES ARE FULL OF PEOPLE.

THEY CAN'T BE BURGLARIZED.

THAT IS OUR ONLY SAVING GRACE.

IF WE GET BACK TO FULL OPEN ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS JUMP UP DOUBLE DIGITS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CRIME WAVE.

LIKE WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE 1990S, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MR. ZUNIGA WAS IN 1991, BUT I WAS ON THE STREETS OF EAST LA THREE DECADES AGO.

AND IT WAS A BLOODBATH.

YOU WERE DROPPING DEAD LEFT AND RIGHT.

WE HAD HOMICIDES EVERY WEEK IN ONE PATROL STATION, EAST LA.

MY FAMILY STILL LIVES IN EAST LA TO THIS DAY.

SO THEY, THEY FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF GEORGIA SCONES POLICIES UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

AND WHAT THESE POLICIES THAT MOUNTAIN TOO IS HE'S EXPERIMENTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

HE'S NOT GOING TO FEEL THE BRUNT OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMES IS HE LIVES IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, MANICURED LAWNS.

THEY CAN AFFORD 24 HOUR SECURITY AND THEY'LL KNOW IF EITHER BRENDAN, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON UNION PACIFIC AND SUNOL IN EAST LA ONE OH SIX AND BUD LONG IN A SOUTH LA STATION, ALL THESE JURISDICTIONS LAPD THROUGHOUT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, LANCASTER PALMDALE, OUR COMMUNITIES, WE FEEL THE BRUNT AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND THE REASON WHY WE INCARCERATE PEOPLE SERVES FOUR FUNCTIONS, FUNCTION.

NUMBER ONE IS RETRIBUTION EYE FOR AN EYE.

YOU DO THIS.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.

NUMBER TWO, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN CAPACITATION.

WHEN YOU IN JAIL, YOU CANNOT RECIDIVATE.

YOU CAN NOT HARM PEOPLE.

IF YOUR CHILD, MELISSA COOLING YOUR HEELS IN THE STATE PRISON OR WAITING TRIAL, YOU CANNOT MOLEST OTHER CHILDREN.

IF YOU'RE A KILLER, YOU CAN'T KILL MORE PEOPLE.

ALTHOUGH YOU STILL HAVE A POTENTIAL OF KILLING A FELLOW INMATE THAT IS OF CONCERN.

AND THAT DOES HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

THIRD REASON IS DETERRENCE.

TWO TYPES.

YOU HAVE GENERAL DETERRENCE, SELF DETERRENCE.

GELATIN TURNS IS THAT GUY WENT TO JAIL FOR THAT REASON.

MAYBE I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT HAPPEN TO ME.

WHAT HAPPENED TO AS GENERAL DETERRENCE SELF DETERRENCE IS I GOT BUSTED, STEALING AND ROBBING A STORE.

MAYBE I WON'T ROB A STORE AGAIN, JUST THE TWO TYPES OF DETERRENCE AND THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST IS REHABILITATION.

OUR JAIL SYSTEM, STATE PRISON SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO REHABILITATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR CARE AND CONTROL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

WE OWE IT TO THEM TO TRY TO GET THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE.

THEY'RE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WHEN THEY GOT TO THE JAIL.

WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT WORK.

WE'RE BEING DEFUNDED.

A DISCREDITED DE-LEGITIMIZED MARGINALIZED IS SOMEHOW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS ON TRIAL WHILE ALL THESE CRIMES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I HAVE ENDORSED AND SIGNED THE RECALL PETITION, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING TO SHERIFF OF LA COUNTY.

HIS POLICIES REPRESENT A THREAT TO A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, MAKE NO, UH, NO MARK ABOUT IT.

IT IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO EVERYONE'S PUBLIC SAFETY.

THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES.

IF YOU ENGAGE IN CRIME RIGHT NOW, I HAVE MERCHANTS THAT ARE WATCHING PEOPLE GO UNDER THIS STORE SHOP TO THEY GET $949.

AND JUST WALK OUT THE BIG BOX STORES WON'T EVEN ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO STOP THE PERSON BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY IS THAT THE DA IS NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE.

SO WHY THE HASSLE LET'S AVOID THE LAWSUIT, JUST LET THEM WALK AWAY.

AND THEY'RE INSTRUCTING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT.

NOW THE SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO WRITE OFF THE LOSS.

THEY JUST GO BANKRUPT.

THEY CLOSED THEIR DOORS.

THEY CAN SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS ANYMORE.

SO THEY HAVE TO LET GO OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND CLOSE SHOP.

I HAVE FRIENDS WHO WERE RESTAURANT OWNERS EVERY NIGHT, A BIG TABLE OF EIGHT, 300, 400 BUCKS.

THEY JUST WALK AWAY LAUGHING.

ALL THEY KNOW IS TO KEEP THE TAB UNDER NINE 50.

THEY FACE NO CONSEQUENCES.

THAT IS A PROBLEM.

AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, BUT THEY'RE ALL UNDER ESCO'S DIRECTIVE.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE AGAIN, INCLUDING MR. NEAGAS WITH HIS VAST EXPERIENCE IN PROSECUTING CRIME, SUGGEST SOMEHOW THAT IT MAKES US SAFER.

IF WE DON'T ENGAGE IN ARRESTING MISDEMEANOR CRIMES, I CAN TELL YOU NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH WOULD EVER BE UTTERED.

THEN THAT STATEMENT RIGHT THERE, WHEN THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES, PEOPLE ADAPT TO THE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES AND THEY JUST DON'T REPORT THE CRIME ANYMORE.

THEY DON'T WHAT WE USED TO GET TO THE CAUSE OF PETTY THEFTS.

IT WAS A CHARGE, A CHARGE CALLED PAY

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THEFT WITH A PRIOR SIX 66 IN THE PENAL CODE.

THEY JUST DON'T EVEN BOTHER REPORTING IT ANYMORE.

IT'LL APPEAR ON.

AND EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TO PAY MORE TAXES BECAUSE THEY'RE OFFSET FROM THE LOSS OF THE STORE, WHATEVER THE BUSINESSES, THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEN DISHONEST ACADEMICIANS AND PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE COSTCO AND SAY, LOOK, THERE'S SNOWFALL COUNTY SAYS, HEY, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T ARREST THESE PEOPLE FOR THIS MISDEMEANOR CRIMES, THERE'S LESS CRIME.

NO, THERE'S LESS PEOPLE REPORTING CRIME.

CRIME IS ACTUALLY INCREASING, BUT THEY WILL NOT CAPTURE IT.

AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO THAT.

AND THAT IS DISHONESTY.

IT'S ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.

AND ALSO PEOPLE PUTS PEOPLE'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING MORE CLOSER TO HOME, A LOT PERSONAL THE DEATH, UH, THE MURDER OF KEITH BOYER.

THIS HAPPENED IN BACK IN 2017.

I WAS A WATCH COMMANDER AT PICO RIVERA STATION.

WE GOT THE CALL.

WE SEND EVERYBODY ROLLING CODE THREE TO WHITTIER.

AND, UH, THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT.

UH, THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, WAS GOING TO FACE A DEATH VALLEY THAT DAY.

NOT ONLY DID HE SHOOT AND KILL HIS COUSIN, HE THEN SHOT AND KILLED.

KEITH BOYER SHOT ANOTHER OFFICER FROM WHITTIER PD.

AND HIS ONLY REGRET WHEN INTERVIEWED IS THEY DIDN'T KILL ENOUGH COPS AND THIS PERSON NO LONGER FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

AND LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE AS IF THAT YOU CAN GET, COULDN'T GET WORSE THAN THAT, BUT YOU CAN UNDER GEORGIA.

GASCONE A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS 17 YEARS OLD, AND I BELIEVE 11 MONTHS DECIDES TO KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FRIEND, AND TO BURN DOWN THE APARTMENT TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

SO MR. GLASGOW WANTS TO RELAX COMFORTABLY IN THE BELIEF THAT HIS BRAIN WASN'T FULLY DEVELOPED.

HE'S GOING TO RELEASE HIM AT THE AGE OF 25.

SO HE'S GOING TO DO SIX YEARS FOR A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

AND HE'S GOING TO COME OUT UNREPENTANT JUDGING BY HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS AND IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE.

THAT IS GEORGE GUS COLIN'S POLICY.

THAT IS HOW WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY AND AFFECTS PRIMARILY THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, NOT THE PLACES WHERE MR. GLASGOW AND LIVES, NOT THE MANSION'S OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN OR THE BAY AREA, BILLIONAIRES THAT FUNDED HIS CAMPAIGN, NOT AT ALL.

SO THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

I'LL GIVE YOU ONE REALLY CLOSE TO HOME.

SOUTH OF MONEY, THE ELDERLY ASIAN RIDESHARE DRIVER GETS ASSAULTED PISTOL-WHIPPED AND ROBBED AT GUNPOINT BY A PERSON WHO HAD MULTIPLE STRIKES ON HIS RECORD, GANG MEMBER, 26 YEARS OLD, HE ELIMINATED GUN ENHANCEMENTS, GANG ENHANCEMENTS, ALL THE STRIKES.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE JUST CHARGED FOR ONE ROBBERY, NOTHING.

MAYBE THEY THREW AN ELDERLY ABUSE.

SO THIS PERSON CAN POTENTIALLY BE RELEASED IN HIS EARLY THIRTIES.

THAT PERSON DOES NOT BELONG ON THE STREETS IN HIS EARLY THIRTIES.

THAT IS SOMEONE I'D LIKE TO SEE IN HIS FIFTIES OR SIXTIES, MAYBE WHEN HE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE STREETS.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, HE SHOULD WORK DILIGENTLY TO RECOMPENSE THAT POOR A RIDESHARE DRIVER OR WHAT HE SUFFERED AND PUT THROUGH EVERYONE.

I THINK EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE VIDEO ON THAT.

THAT IS A TRUE FACE OF CRIME, BUT UNDER GEORGE PESCO COLIN'S COCKTAIL PARTIES, THEY DON'T SEE THAT ALL THEY THINK ABOUT IS CRIMINAL OFFENDERS ARE THE NEW VICTIMS. VICTIMS ARE JUST INCONVENIENT TO THE NARRATIVE.

AND SOMEHOW HE WAS ELECTED ON THIS GROUND.

SWELL OF SUPPORT FOR REFORM.

EVERYONE WANTS TO REFORM THINGS THAT DON'T WORK, BUT THAT'S ASSUMING THEY'RE BROKE.

TOTALLY.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DOES WORK.

IT DOES HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

CAN IT BE FIXED BY ALL MEANS, WE NEED INCREASED CAPACITY TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, TREAT PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DEFINITELY THAT CAPACITY ISN'T THERE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THROWING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT IT, IT LOOKS ASTONISHING.

JUST LIKE THE RESOURCES I HAD WAY BACK IN 1991.

IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.

SO WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT, OH, THE DIVERSION ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, I'M SORRY.

BUT, UH, AT THE END OF APRIL, WE DID A TALLY OF CASES THAT, UH, GEORGE GASCON REJECTED 2,690 FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THAT NUMBER IS OVER 3000 NOW.

AND THESE ARE CASES THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SPECIAL DIRECTORS OF THE NEW DA ALL THE TIME THERE'S CASES THAT ARE NOT FILED BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING AND PROCEDURAL OR LACK OF EVIDENCE, WHICH IS FINE.

THAT'S HOW THE GOAL AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCE OF THE SYSTEM WORKS.

AND THAT IS OUR PROPER ROLE.

AND WE RESPECT THAT.

IN FACT, WE NEED THEM TO DO THAT, BUT

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I NEED A DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

I NEED A PUBLIC DEFENDER.

I CAN'T HAVE TWO PUBLIC DEFENDERS IN OFFICE THAT DOES NOT WORK.

THAT'S WHY OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO PAROLE HEARINGS NOW BECAUSE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS ABANDONED THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, THE PERSON WHO IS APPLYING FOR PAROLE, THEY HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT WITH THEM.

THEY HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF ADVISORS AND CONSULTANTS TO TRY TO SWAY THE, UH, PAROLE BOARD TO GRANT THEM ROLE VICTIMS DON'T HAVE THAT.

TRADITIONALLY IT WAS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S JOB BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS THE PERSON APPLYING FOR PAROLE IS GOING TO TRY TO SELL.

THE IDEA WAS A CRIME REALLY WASN'T THAT HEINOUS, OR THEY WEREN'T THAT RESPONSIBLE.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SELL THEIR INNOCENCE TO A PAROLE BOARD AS PART OF THE GAME THAT'S PLAYED.

AND THE DA'S JOB WAS TO CALL THEM OUT ON IT, SAY, NO, NO, NO.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

THESE ARE THE FACTS OF THE CASE.

SO OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE PROVIDING THE FACTS OF THE CASE.

HOWEVER, I ONLY CAN ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CASES BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO THIRDS LIVES WITH LAPD IN OTHER INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITIES.

SO I'M ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING.

AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THEM WILL.

AND HOPEFULLY ULTIMATELY ALL OF THEM WILL UNTIL THESE DIRECTIVES ARE DONE.

NOW, LET ME CLOSE WITH ONE FINAL THING.

WHEN YOU REFORM, I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HAT, THERE'S A WAY TO REFORM ANY LARGE ORGANIZATION.

ANY COMPLEX OPERATION INVOLVES MULTIPLE PARTIES.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS MULTIPLE PARTNERS.

WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WEST COVINA PD.

THAT'S ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE.

WE'RE THE ONE THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

24 SEVEN, 365.

TALK TO VICTIMS, TALK TO SUSPECTS, TALK TO THE FAMILIES, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE THE ONE EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF CRIME AND THE IMPACT OF A CRIME.

WE EXERCISE DISCRETION.

WHEN WE DECIDE TO TAKE SOMEONE TO JAIL, WE'VE ALREADY EXERCISED THAT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, WE TRY TO FIND WAYS TO DEESCALATE DE-CONFLICT AND WHERE WE CAN AVOID AN ARREST.

YOU TRY TO DO THAT FIRST.

THAT'S OUR VERY FIRST THING LET'S TRY NOT TO ARREST IS ONE.

WE DON'T WANT TO SADDLE SOMEONE WITH AN ARREST RECORD.

PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE YOUNG, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE REHABILITATABLE, BY ALL MEANS, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

WE NEED MORE RESOURCES ON THAT SIDE.

ONCE WE HAVE THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME, CRIME IS COMMITTED AND I'LL TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE DO STING OPERATIONS.

WE RESCUE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE ARREST THE JOHNS.

WE ARREST THE PIMPS FOR PRESENT THIS MATERIAL MATERIAL TO THE DA.

AND HE SAYS, PURSUANT TO THE NEW POLICIES.

HE'S NOT FILING ANY CHARGES OF PROSTITUTION.

SO I DO NOT RECALL ANYBODY VOTING TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION IN LA COUNTY, BUT HE IS DEFACTO HAD DONE EXACTLY THAT BY REFUSING TO PROSECUTE.

NOW WE HAVE CITY ATTORNEYS SCRAMBLING TO, TO FORM ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR THAT IS, SHARE THE COST AND ACTUALLY START DOING THE PROSECUTION THEMSELVES.

SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DUE TO LACK OF, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE THEY'RE DOING THAT.

YOU REMEMBER THE, THE ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED IN BEVERLY HILLS, BROAD DAYLIGHT, THREE MEN JUMPED INTO A RESTAURANT, A VERY, UH, POPULAR RESTAURANT, WRESTLED A GUY TO THE GROUND, STOLE HIS $500,000 WATCH, SHOT ANOTHER, A PATRON IN THE RESTAURANT AND TOOK OFF RUNNING BEVERLY HILLS PD, SKIP THE DA'S OFFICE, WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FEDS AND THEY GOT A FEDERAL FILING WITH THE ASSISTANT US ATTORNEY, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE, BUT THEN THEIR PART, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY NEED A PROSECUTORIAL RESOURCE THAT THEY CAN RELY ON TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE.

IT IS NOT AT DESK ON.

NOW, THE RECALL PROCESS IS JUST LIKE VOTING PROCESS.

I VOTED ON A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN AND I FULFILLED EVERY SINGLE PROMISE.

EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE SOME CONTROVERSIAL.

I SAID, NO, EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS.

EVEN COPS, I STUCK TO IT.

I IMPLEMENTED IT.

AND WE'RE ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR NOW IS NOW THINGS ARE WORKING THE RIGHT WAY.

THE DEPARTMENT IS SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND WE'RE ADJUSTING EXISTENTIAL THREATS THAT HE IS ACTUALLY EXACERBATING THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN LA COUNTY AND THE ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATIONS AS WELL.

BECAUSE NOW HE'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES FOR ENGAGING IN THAT.

AND YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.

I'M SURE YOU GET AN EARFUL ABOUT THEM.

I GOT ANOTHER DISPENSARY IS POPPING UP TWO HOMICIDES SO FAR THIS YEAR IN DISPENSARY'S.

SO THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM.

SO THIS IS MY POSITION.

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AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, WHEN I HEARD THE MR. INIGUEZ, UH, UH, DEFENSIVE HIS BOSS.

BUT WHEN I BECAME SHERIFF, I HAD ALREADY BEEN ON THE JOB 32 YEARS.

I WAS A LIEUTENANT AND I HAD A LONG, LONG HISTORY WITH A DEPARTMENT AND UNDERSTAND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGES, BUT I WOULD NOT TAKE A DEPUTY THEN TO SEND THEM TO BECOME THE UNDERSHERIFF.

I PICKED SOMEONE WHO WAS ACTUALLY SENIOR TO ME AS A LOT MORE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HELPS ME NAVIGATE ALL THE CHALLENGING WATERS OF BECOMING A NEW SHERIFF UNDER VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.

HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IF HE PICKS SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY IS SENIOR TO HIM OR EXPERIENCED THAT PERSON WILL TELL HIM, BOSS, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

THAT'S A BAD IDEA.

WHEN YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH YES, MEN, THEY'LL RUBBER STAMP, WHATEVER THE DECISION IS, AND WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

YOU CAN'T COME DOWN LIKE MOSES WITH THE TABLETS, AND THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAND BECAUSE EDDIE PUT THOSE SPECIAL DIRECTORS OUT PUBLICLY PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, YOU'D HAVE LOST IN A LANDSLIDE.

I'M VERY CERTAIN OF THAT.

SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OKAY.

OPEN IT UP.

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, I, I, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, AND I WAS INTERESTED.

UH, I'VE, I'VE READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOUR, YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

UH, I WASN'T SURE IF I SHOULD CALL YOU DR.

VILLANUEVA, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I LOVE MY, UH, MY STUDENTS TO SEE THE LATINO DOCTOR.

UH, SO I READ AN INTERVIEW, UH, WHERE YOU STATED, UH, THAT BECAUSE OF GROUP THINK, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR.

CAN, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST GROUP THINK IN GENERAL? CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF PLAYS A ROLE IN, IN A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY.

IS THIS WORKING NOW? IS THERE A PROBLEM HIM SPEAKING ON THIS MIC? HOW ABOUT NOW? OH, WE'RE GOOD.

I THINK, UH, IF I RECALL THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THE DAYS WHEN LEE BAKA WAS IN CHARGE AND PAUL TANAKA MIGHT MAKE RIGHT THAT THEORY, THERE WAS NO ONE REALLY TO CHALLENGE BAD POLICIES OR CORRUPTION BECAUSE THEY SURROUNDED THEMSELVES WITH PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT JUST LIKE THEM ENABLED THEM, SAID, OH YES, GOD, GREAT JOB BOSS.

GOOD IDEA.

AND THEY HAD NO CHECK AND BALANCES, NO COUNTERPOINT TO THAT.

SO IF THERE WAS AN IDEA, A CONCEPT THAT COULD PENETRATE A BAD PROCESS, IT WAS REJECTED.

THEY BASICALLY ENGAGED IN SELF CENSORSHIP BECAUSE THE GROUP IS ALWAYS RIGHT INSIDE THE GROUP.

UH, THINK THAT WAS, UH, UH, JOURNALISTS BACK, I THINK 1937 OR SO.

SO, SO, AND THEN, UH, I UNDERSTOOD WHEN, WHEN YOU YOUTUBE, SORRY.

THAT WAS JANICE.

NOT JANOS.

THAT WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.

ALL RIGHT.

PROFESSOR YELL.

THEY'RE NOT FACILITATING.

UH, SO I WAS, UM, I UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU FIRST, UH, BECAME SHERIFF, YOU, YOU, YOU DID HAVE THE, THE, A LOT OF THE LEADERSHIP, UH, REAPPLY.

YOU, DID YOU, UM, I THINK REASSESSED THE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE HIGHER PLACES, CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, THAT PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.

I ENDED UP, UH, UH, TERMINATING OR ENDING, UH, 19 EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT WAS, UH, THE TOP LEADERSHIP, THE AT-WILL EMPLOYEES.

AND THEY WERE LITERALLY PART OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE HAD THEY SERVED THEIR JOB WELL UNDER MY PREDECESSOR, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE NEED TO ACTUALLY INTERVENE.

SO THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO CHANGE, TO ENGAGE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, THE BIGGER THE ORGANIZATION, THE BIGGER THE CHALLENGES IS YOUR MANAGEMENT, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

IF THEY'RE NOT CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE FOR CHANGE, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING IT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY DELIBERATELY STONEWALLING, SLOW, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BOGGING IT DOWN AND PREVENTING THAT CHANGE FROM OCCURRING.

SO BY OF COURSE THERE'S A THREAT WHEN YOU GET RID OF THE ENTIRE THING, YOU LOSE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT FORTUNATELY OUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE RUNS SO DEEP IN SO MANY PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT SWORN AND SOME OF THE SWARM RANKS THAT I BROUGHT BACK.

SO WE KIND OF BALANCED IT OUT.

AND I THINK EACH WAVE OF NEW PROMOTIONS GETS A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP AND IT KEEPS IMPROVING, YOU KNOW, DAY AFTER DAY.

UH, LAST QUESTION.

UM, IDEA OF, OF THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITH, WITH, WITH THE TATTOOS.

I'M HERE.

UH, SO I THINK MY, MY ONE CONCERN, UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GROUP THINK, UH, I WAS WONDERING, UM, HOW THAT'S IMPACTED YOUR APPROACH ON THE DEPUTY CLIQUES, THE BANDITOS, THE EXECUTIONERS, THOSE GROUPS, AND, AND HOW YOU'VE APPROACHED THAT.

CAUSE I, I, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A,

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BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME INVESTIGATIONS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THOSE KIND OF CLIQUES, THAT THAT GROUP THINK THAT THERE'S REAL DANGER OF THAT.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, UH, HOW YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

MY PREDECESSORS, UNFORTUNATELY, SUBSCRIBED TO THE GROUP THING IDEA.

THERE'S NOTHING CAN BE DONE.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS FIRST AMENDMENT FOURTH AMENDMENT.

I MEAN, THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ARE LEGITIMATE, BUT WE TOOK AN OPINION FROM COUNTY COUNCIL FROM 2014, SAME COUNCIL THAT'S THERE TODAY.

2014 SAID, UH, YOU ON THE TATTOO POLICY, YOU CAN REALLY DICTATE WHAT PUTTS, WHAT SOMEBODY PUTS ON THEIR BODY, BECAUSE IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE, TATTOOS OR SPEECH.

SO IF IT'S NOT VISIBLE PUBLICLY, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT SOMEBODY PUTS ON THERE BY NOR DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK WHAT PEOPLE PUT ON THEIR BODY AS WELL.

THAT IS MY LIMITATION.

SO WITH THAT, WE CRAFTED A POLICY THAT FORBIDS THE PARTY PARTICIPATION IN OR JOINING A SUBGROUP, BUT IT HAS TO BE CONNECTED TO MISCONDUCT.

AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST WHERE THERE WAS MISCONDUCT.

THERE WERE GROUPS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND THEY JUST TOOK NO ACTION.

SO WE TOOK THE ACTION.

WE FORMED THE POLICY, WE IMPLEMENTED IT TO DATE, I'VE TERMINATED 97 EMPLOYEES.

BUT ON THE BANDITO CASE IN PARTICULAR, WE TERMINATED FOUR EMPLOYEES.

22 OF THEM WERE SUSPENDED.

AND THESE ARE LIKE MID TO LONG RANGE SUSPENSIONS, 15 TO 30 DAYS.

SO THESE WERE NOT LIGHTWEIGHT.

WE TRANSFERRED OUT 36 PEOPLE.

SO WE BROKE UP THE ENTIRE THING.

AND NOW WE'RE IN FAR BETTER PLACE BECAUSE NOW WERE WE INFORMED AND WE W I GAVE THE EXPECTATIONS TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE PUT IT ON VIDEO.

WE HAD EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE SIGN, AN ATTESTATION FORM THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD.

THEY VIEWED THE VIDEO IS ON THEIR PERSONNEL FILE.

NOW, FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, EVERYONE'S ACCOUNTABLE.

AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO WEST COVINA.

I HOPE YOU LOVE THE TOWN.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

BEEN THERE MANY TIMES.

LOVE YOUR RESTAURANTS.

YEP.

COME OVER HERE.

WE HAVE ALL THE GOOD RESTAURANTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

I WANT TO SHOW THE APPRECIATION THAT OKAY.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

WHAT WAS THE SHERIFF? OKAY.

WAS YOU WITH YOUR STAFF AND, UH, WITH THE CHP AND WE CONTINUE TO PATROL AND THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CTE SAFETY.

SO I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS JOINT VENTURE.

JOIN TESS TO CONTINUE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

AND THE, AND THE, I KNOW IS SOMETHING IS SOME THE COUNTY.

SUPERVISORS.

WE HAVE A JOINT TEST TOO, WITH THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR HOMELESS OKAY.

IN AND THE ISSUE.

AND THAT WE WANT TO WORK, CONTINUE TO GET, TRY TO HELP OKAY.

THE PEOPLE UP THE STREET.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A RESOLVE AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND OUR CITY PD.

SO FAR UNSOLVED MURDER THAT HAPPENED ON AMR AND AZUSA.

AND THEY'LL WORK TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AND PROTECT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WELCOME.

SORRY.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF, FOR BEING HERE FOR SPEAKING, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, AS FAR AS CRIMES THAT DON'T GET PROSECUTED, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO PUBLISH THOSE UPDATE THOSE, UH, SOMEWHERE EASILY OBTAINABLE.

AND THEN WE ARE, WE'RE GATHERING STATISTICS RIGHT NOW ON EVERYTHING.

THAT'S NOT PROSECUTED.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING ALL THE NON PROSECUTIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S FURTHER ARRESTS FOR THE SAME CRIME.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL THEIR WAYS, IF THEY'RE REALLY SERIOUS OR VIOLENT CRIMES, AND WE MAY GO FOR A FEDERAL OPTION IF IT'S AVAILABLE.

AND, UH, WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEYS, IF THEY'RE UP TO THE TASK OF FILING AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE LINED UP ALL THEIR DUCKS FOR THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION.

SO YOU FOLKS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONSUMERS OF THIS BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU DO IT WELL.

SO, UH, UH, I NEED YOU TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

DEFINITELY.

AND THAT'LL KIND OF GUIDE YOU.

AND THE, THE DANGER, THE THREAT IS, IS HOW TO QUANTIFY THE UNKNOWN.

BUT TYPICALLY WE LOOK AT WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR PETTY THEFT.

AND IF WE SEE A NOSE DROP IS UNEXPLAINABLE AND STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, THEN WE CAN POINT TO THAT.

AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, THE EVIDENCE IS STARTING TO SURFACE AND AS ANECDOTAL, HOWEVER, THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT.

NOW THAT WE'RE PRETTY, FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT THE IMPACT OF THE DIRECTIVES IS PEOPLE ARE NOW LESS LIKELY TO FILE A COMPLAINT ON A MISDEMEANOR CRIME.

CAUSE IT'S SAYING WHY, WHY BOTHER? OKAY, SO IT'LL BE PUBLISHED AT, AND AS FAR AS OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS PATROL A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDINGS, ESPECIALLY THAT POINT.

AND THERE'S BEEN FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD AND READ A HUGE SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SOME OF IT SPILLED OVER AND THERE WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATE, I MEAN, ALL CRIMES UNFORTUNATE, BUT, UH,

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DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS IN PLACE TO BEEF UP THE PATROL? WE'RE, WE'RE FACING THREE EXISTENTIAL THREATS RIGHT NOW.

SO EVERYONE'S SAFETY.

NUMBER ONE IS A VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH YOU JUST MENTIONED.

NUMBER TWO IS HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

IS THAT THE POINT NOW WHERE IT'S IMPACTING PEOPLE'S LIVES, THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEIR RESIDENCES, THEIR BUSINESS, ENTIRE ECONOMY IS STARTING TO FEEL THE WEIGHT.

WE CAN NOT BE THE RECEPTACLE THAT THE ENTIRE NATION'S HOMELESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BECOME AND SHAME ON EVERY ELECTED PERSON, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LA CITY COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR FOR ALLOWING IT TO GROW UNDER THEIR WATCH.

SO WE ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE THAT WE DIDN'T DO BEFORE, BUT WE ARE DOING IT NOW.

SO THAT'S THREAT NUMBER TWO, THREAT.

NUMBER THREE IS ILLEGAL, UH, CANNABIS OPERATIONS, BOTH THE GROWS, THE DISPENSARY'S IT'S IMPACTING THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN THAT ONE.

NUMBER THREE IS RELATED TO NUMBER ONE NOW WITH A RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN DISPENSARIES.

SO WE HAVE, UH, A THREE THROAT THREEFOLD THREAT.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL RIGHT THERE, AND WE'RE GETTING DEFUNDED.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE LOST 145 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE LOSING ANOTHER 143 MILLION.

WE HAVE LOST OVER 1300 POSITIONS.

SO OUR ABILITY TO D IS, UH, TO, UH, FIGHT CRIME, INVESTIGATE CRIME AND DO ALL THE LIFE-SAVING.

THINGS ARE BEING DEGRADED.

AS WE SPEAK THE DA HARDCORE GANG UNIT, THE MOST SEASONED PROSECUTORS THAT HANDLED THE TOUGHEST MOST VIOLENT CRIMES, THEY THERE'VE BEEN DISMANTLED AND PRETTY MUCH SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WINDS.

AND THAT'S DEGRADING THE CAPACITY TO HOLD ORGANIZED CRIME.

MULTI-GENERATIONAL GANG MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ATROCITIES THAT COMMIT.

AND HE'S TRYING TO PACKAGE IT AS SOMEHOW.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY SAFER.

NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE'S LIVES MORE IN DANGER.

AND, UH, WE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH HARD AGAINST THAT.

AND WE'LL AT LEAST WITH THOSE TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND HOMICIDES, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

THANK GOD.

THE FEDERAL, THE FEDS ARE, ARE KEEPING CLOSE TABS, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO THEM.

SOMETIMES THE CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T LINE UP, WE RELY ON THE STATE OR WE'LL GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AS WELL, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO PROSECUTE AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE I KNOW THE FAD RIGHT NOW IS LET'S HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE AND THERE'S PEOPLE, OH, THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND.

THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY OFF THAT.

YOU KNOW, GEORGE FLOYD IS LURKING.

YOU KNOW, DEREK CHUBB IS LURKING UNDER EVERY CORNER AND EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IT'S A FALLACY, BUT IT'S USEFUL TO RAISE MONEY, DEFINITELY LEVERAGE GUILT, BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE THREAT TO ARTICULAR AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATINO COMMUNITIES IS HOMICIDE DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS SALTS WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

THAT'S THE THINGS THAT THEY FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THEY DON'T FACE A DERRICK CHOPPIN.

AND ONE MORE, HOW FEASIBLE IS IT TO GET THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO FILE? IF YOU, IF WE WERE TO ASK THEM, ARE YOU UNDER NORMAL, NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE? CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD NOT BE THAT HARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE CURRENT DA SHARE A LOT IN COMMON PHILOSOPHY WISE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

WE'LL HAVE TO RUN A FEW CASES THAT THE BEG FOR IT.

AND I'LL MAYBE BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY IN THE GAME.

DO YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC COUNCIL WOMAN? YES.

UM, YES.

UM, MY QUESTION, WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US.

UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, WELL, LET ME GO BACK WHAT THE INCREASE IN CRIME AND, UM, AND THE LACK OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE NOW WITH THE DEFUNDING.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON CONCEALED CARRY? WELL, WE DID, UM, WE DID A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF OUR HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONCEALED CARRY.

UM, THERE'S TWO ENTITIES THAT CAN GRANT A CONCEAL CARRY PERMIT, AND THAT IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

AND THEN THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF CAN GIVE A ONE, SAY A CHIEF OF POLICE DENIES IT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS.

THE SHERIFF CAN GRANT IT.

SO WE, UH, WE FACIL FACILITATING THE PROCESS.

WE ADDED MORE PERSONNEL.

MY GOAL WAS TO INCREASE IT BY 400%.

OUR CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS.

WE'RE WAY PAST THAT.

NOW WE'RE APPROACHING THE THOUSAND MARK THAT WE'VE HANDED OUT.

THAT'S ABOUT 800 MORE THAN EVER BEEN ISSUED IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE A SAME PROCESS, SAME QUALIFICATIONS.

WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE THE GOOD CAUSE STANDARD ACHIEVABLE PAST SHERIFFS, AND I'LL SINGLE OUT SHERMAN BLOCK, UH, BAKA AND MACDONALD.

THEY MADE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS YOU WERE A RETIRED JUDGE OR A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS, SOME BIZARRE

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COMBINATION.

SO HARDLY ANYBODY GOT IT.

AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW IS ONE.

YOU ARE QUALIFIED.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY I SHOULD TRUST YOU WITH HAVING A FIREARM IN PUBLIC BECAUSE THE JOB YOU'RE DOING IS HAZARDOUS IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, OR THE CONDITIONS SAY YOU HAVE A STALKER FROM HELL THIS OUT OF JAIL, YOU KNOW, VIOLATED RESTRAINING ORDERS, YOU KNOW? OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE THEM THE CCW PERMIT.

SO IT IS WORKING AND THE TURNAROUND TIME NOW IS ONLY 60 DAYS.

SO WE CUT IT DOWN AND THAT'S ME BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S LESS AND LESS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I CAN'T LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED WITHOUT A MEANS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.

EVERYONE CAN EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IN THEIR HOME OR THEIR PLACE, THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IT'S THE IN-BETWEEN, WHICH IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR A QUICK, UM, QUESTIONS.

DID THE, OH, OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

YOU HAVE ONE RIGHT THERE.

GOOD EVENING, SHERIFF.

UH, YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT BEING THE HOMELESS SITUATION.

AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE DEPARTMENT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN ACTIVE MEASURES TO CORRECT IT.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ACTIVE ROLES YOU'RE CURRENTLY TAKING TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM? WE HAVE A HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICE TEAM WE HAD WHEN I TOOK OFF BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY SIX OF THEM, FOUR DEPUTIES, A SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT JEFF DIEDRICH UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.

HE CREATED THE PROTOCOL FOR THE LA HOMELESS SERVICE AUTHORITY, MEET THE FIVE STEP PROTOCOL TO BREAK UP A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND TO DO SO CONSTITUTIONALLY SAFELY COMPASSIONATELY AND GET PEOPLE MOVED ON TO THE SITE, CLEANED UP.

THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK OUT THERE WHERE NOW THE, THE, UH, THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE HOST DEPUTIES AND ACTUALLY TRUST THEM MORE THAN THEY DO ALL THE LITANY OF SOCIAL WORKERS.

I SHOW UP WITH OUR CLIPBOARDS.

THEY ACTUALLY, THEY ASK THE DEPUTIES, HEY, CAN WE TALK TO THEM? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AT THAT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MOSTLY SCATTERED THROUGH ALL THE ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NOT THE PLACES THAT ARE CONGREGATED, BUT I GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONE OH ONE FREEWAY OLVERA STREET, VENICE BEACH, THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE WILDLANDS AND THE URBAN COMMUNITIES LIKE THE, AT THE FALL, ALONG THE FOOTHILLS, PACIFIC PALISADES MALIBU, ALL THAT AREA THERE, EXISTENTIAL THREATS RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE DYING.

EVERYDAY FIVE PEOPLE A DAY ARE SCRAPED OFF THE STREETS OF LA AND THROWN IN THE CORONER'S VAN FIVE A DAY.

THAT'S 150 A MONTH, 1800 A YEAR.

AND THERE'S PEOPLE ARGUING.

YOU CAN'T EVEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

OH, WE DON'T WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED.

THEY'RE MEAN THEY HAVE GUNS.

WOO.

YET HOW COMPASSIONATE IS TO LET PEOPLE DIE FACE DOWN IN THE GUTTER.

I WANT THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THEY KNOW YOU TAKE ONE HOME WITH YOU, FEED THEM, HOUSE THEM, GIVEN THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND THEN WE'LL TALK UNTIL THEN.

NO, NO, NO.

UH, WHO'S THEIR PROGRAM OR OURS IS THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

OUR HOST HOST TEAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I'M SORRY.

THOUGHT WAS THE HOPE, HOPE IS LAPD.

WEEK IN VENICE, THAT CAME FROM MARYLAND TO DECEMBER.

NOW LAPD, I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LAPD.

THEY CAN GET THE JOB DONE, BUT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH LAPD.

IT'S THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP THAT HAS HANDCUFFED LAPD.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR JOB.

SO WE'RE GONNA, I HAVE THE AUTHORITY, ACTUALLY THE STATE CONSTITUTION GOVERNMENT CODE GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO GET INVOLVED IN BREACHES OF THE PIECE OF PHRASE IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT EVERYONE'S COMMUNITY.

SO I'M GOING TO HELP LAPD IN THEIR AREA AND IN BOTH IN VENICE OLVERA STREET, ONE OH ONE.

AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF SILOS THAT WE'VE GOT TO NAVIGATE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT SHORT TERM.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING LONGTERM.

WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE WANT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.

AND PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FROM ALL OVER THE NATION AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.

AND WE CAN'T ENABLE THIS TO CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER.

AND SOMEHOW THINK WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF IT BY BUILDING $600,000 CONDOS, THAT'S INSANITY, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE CITY OF LA.

AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.

WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'RE GOING FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE TURN IF POSSIBLE, GIVE PEOPLE THE HOUSING THEY NEED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REGULATE PUBLIC SPACE.

THAT IS A MISSING ELEMENT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IS REGULATE PUBLIC SPACE.

SO THAT GENTLEMEN, I MEANT LAST

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HE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO MARYLAND.

HOWEVER, HE FIND HIS WAY HERE.

WE'LL FIND HIM A WAY TO GO BACK THERE.

AND THAT'S ONE LESS PERSON THAT I GOT TO WORRY ABOUT IN VENICE.

SO WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, BUT I WON'T DO AN EVAL UNTIL WE HAVE SOME, SOME TRACK RECORD.

HMM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND I PLEASE CONTINUE TO, I MEAN, HELP OUR WEST COVINA POLICE ALSO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY JOB.

I HAVE TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

PERFECT.

UM, GUEST CONS DIRECTIVE WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN HIS DIRECTIVE.

I WANTED TO KNOW THAT.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT MOSES COMING DOWN FROM THE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, ANYTHING THAT IS THAT IMPACT IMPACTFUL ON SO MANY FACETS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.

YOU HAVE TO INCORPORATE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO RESPONSIBLY ADDRESS REFORM.

AND IF HE BELIEVED HE HAD THE MANDATE FOR REFORM, AND I THINK THE REFORM THAT COULD HAPPEN, YOU START WITH INVITING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE.

NOAH'S INVITED, BUT APPARENTLY THE BLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVISTS.

AND THAT WAS IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, GANG ENHANCEMENT AND GRAFFITI.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT.

I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE STREAM FROM HERE.

UM, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT IN RELATION TO THE DIRECTORS? WELL, THOSE DIRECTIVES ENDED GANG ENHANCEMENTS AND DID A OUTLAW, ALMOST ALL THE MISDEMEANOR CRIMES.

AND THEY CALL THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHILE THE PERSON THAT JUST GOT TWO OR $3,000 OF THEIR PROPERTY DEFACED BY GRAFFITI, THEY MIGHT VIEW IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE SIMPLE, UH, EXAMPLE THAT REALLY SHOWS HOW ELIMINATING THESE ENHANCEMENTS THREATENS PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WE HAD SOMEONE, UH, WHO HAD A CATERING TRUCK AND THEY WERE BEING TAXED BY THE LOCAL GANG EXTORTION.

AND THEY SEND THE LOCAL GANGSTER.

THEY HAD TO PAY THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND THEY KEPT UPPING THE ANTE.

THIS GUY IS ALMOST OUT OF BUSINESS.

SO HE DECIDED TO CALL THE LOCAL POLICE, TOOK THE REPORT, CONVINCED HIM GOOD JOB.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND THEN ALONG CAME GAS GONE.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED, THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PERSON ARRESTED.

THERE WERE FACING NOT JUST THE EXTORTION, BUT HE ADDED THE GUN ENHANCEMENT, THE GANG ENHANCEMENT THE CONSPIRACY, EVERYTHING ELSE.

NOW, INSTEAD OF PUTTING SOME AWAY FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT 20 TO 30 YEARS.

BUT WHEN THEY GOT RID OF ALL THOSE ENHANCEMENTS, THAT PERSON IS SEEING THE PEOPLE OUT THAT HE JUST SAID HE WAS GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST.

AND THEY'RE SCARED OF DEATH.

THAT IS HOW YOU BASICALLY ABANDONED VICTIMS OF CRIME.

AND, UH, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE, IRRESPONSIBLE PUTS THEIR LIVES LITERALLY IN JEOPARDY NOW, OR THEY HAVE TO CLOSE BUSINESS AND LEAVE.

THAT'S A HORRIBLE OUTCOME.

AND THAT'S ALL COURTESY.

WE GOT SQUAT, A HOMELESS QUESTION ABOUT THE HOST TEAM PROTOCOLS.

SO, UM, I, I WAS UNDER THE, UH, UNDERSTANDING, UH, FROM, UH, JUDGE CARTER THAT, THAT IN ORDER TO, TO MOVE, UH, HOMELESS, WHO REFUSED SERVICES, YOU NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THEM WITH A BED.

IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE OR IS THAT A MAY HAVE TO FOLLOW? WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE BOISE PRO UH, AGREEMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM A BED SPACE, BUS TICKET, SAFE, CAMPGROUND, SAFE PARKING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE OF OUR CHOOSING AND WE CAN DO THAT UNDER BOISE AND GET THEM OUT OF THE PUBLIC SPACE BECAUSE EVERYONE OWNS A PUBLIC SPACE.

IT'S NOT FOR ONE PERSON TO SQUAT ON.

SO IT'S A TO THEN.

SO THEN AS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE, THERE IS THAT, THAT, THAT BED, THAT SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED.

BUT, BUT THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THE BOISE REQUIREMENT.

ACTUALLY, THERE WAS THREE QUESTIONS.

UM, IF YOU CAN KINDLY MAKE IT QUICK, GO AHEAD, MR. VELON WAVE ON JOHN CARSON.

I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED YOU TO COME OUT HERE AND UH, OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MY DAUGHTER WAS MURDERED IN LAS VEGAS 10 YEARS AGO.

SO I DEALT WITH THE DA IN VEGAS AND WHEN I SEEN WHAT GASCON WAS DOING, IT JUST ENRAGED ME.

IT ABSOLUTELY.

IT WAS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY, BUT I JUST LIKED THE THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

I KNOW WHAT YOU HAD A HECTIC DAY.

I WAS WATCHING ON TV.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

MY SON'S A CAPTAIN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, IN THE TALARI CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY'RE ALL BROTHERS.

THEY'RE ALL, THEY ALL STICK TOGETHER.

IT'S A TIGHT KNIT GROUP.

AND, UH, LIKE THE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA AND OUR COUNCIL.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EMAIL.

IT WAS VERY, VERY TOUCHING, TOUGH TO READ, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANECDOTES, A LOT OF STORIES, BUT NOT TOO MUCH DATA.

UH, MR. VILLANOVA, I DID SEE THAT YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF, UH,

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CAN YOU, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UH, DEREK SHARVIN, THERE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE HIDING IN THEIR RECORDER.

UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH, UM, ELLIE IS D SPENDS ON SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS BY ANY CHANCE? DO YOU KNOW, BY ANY CHANCE HOW MUCH ELLIE IS DEE SPENDS ON SONOMA PAYMENTS? UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS, SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS, I BELIEVE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS SPECIFICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ALLUDE AS ABOUT 55 MILLION, SORRY, 55 MILLION, IT'S OVER 50 FIELD, $5 MILLION.

I'VE BEEN GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EITHER BRUTALIZE OR SOME OTHER WAVE AND D UH, UH, ASSAULTED BY LSD DEPUTIES.

IS THAT CORRECT? WEST COVINA.

AND WE'D LIKE TO STICK WITH, UH, YEAH.

QUESTION IN REGARDS TO DIRECTORS AND STUFF.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT RELATES TO STITCH FIX.

HE'S BRINGING UP.

UM, HE MENTIONED DEREK SHAW WHEN HE MARRIED.

HE MENTIONED GEORGE FLOYD.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE A DISTRUST FOR THE POLICE IN MY OPINION.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UM, CAN YOU REALLY SEE THAT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY DEREK SHELVINGS IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE PAID OUT SO MUCH MONEY THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THIS IN, SINCE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON PAYMENTS, WE HAD A LAWSUIT FROM A COMPTON DEPUTY, AND HE ALLEGED ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WHICH YOU PROBABLY AGREED WITH AS SOON AS YOU SAID, THE ALLEGATION BETWEEN ALLEGATION IMPROVING TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS.

SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAD A DEPOSITION, WE HAD TO ASK HIM AND HE HAD TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH OF ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS.

WHAT IS EVIDENCE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES EVIDENCE WAS? EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE.

THE CASE GOT DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

SO WHAT DO THE ATTORNEYS DO? THEY'RE MAKING MONEY, TRUST ME, THE REFILE WITH A NEW SET OF DEPUTIES AND, UH, TRY TO THROW MORE MUD AT THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS.

HOWEVER, NO.

CAUSE WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK FOR THE EVIDENCE I HAD THE EVIDENCE TO DO WITH THE KENNEDY HALL INCIDENT, WE TOOK ACTION.

WE WILL HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU WITH THAT BEING SAID, ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT MULTIPLE ARRESTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE DON'T HAVE ANY ORDER PLEASE OR TALKING.

THIS IS WEST COVINA SHERIFF QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ASK THE SHERIFF INFORMATION AFTERWARDS.

EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION SOUND INVESTIGATIONS.

NEXT QUESTION.

NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE ORDER NEXT QUESTION.

AND PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S RELATED TO THE CITY.

I MEAN, TAXPAYER MONEY IS RELATED TO THE CITY, BUT UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID WAS VERY CONCERNING COMING FROM A SHERIFF.

UM, BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME IS YOU SAID, UM, GAS GONE.

THE POINT OF, UM, LAW AND ORDER IS EYE FOR AN EYE POLICIES.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING TO GET RID OF THE GANG ACTIVITY.

YOUR SHERIFF'S HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, ARE YOU FOR, I FOR, AND I POLICIES FOR THE DEPUTY WHO MURDERED UNDRESSED CARLO, GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION.

WHEN I ANSWERED THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, WE HAD THE ISSUE ABOUT THE KENNEDY HALL AND EAST LA STATION.

THE CONCERN WE TOOK ACTION AND, UH, WE, UH, INVESTIGATED BOTH CRIMINALLY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE GAVE HER THE DA.

THEY DID THEIR ANALYSIS AS WHETHER JUSTICE SYSTEM INTEGRITY DIVISION.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ENDED UP, UH, TERMINATING FOUR EMPLOYEES DISCIPLINING 22, TRANSFERRING 36.

MY FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, I REMOVED THE CAPTAIN OF LA FROM HIS COMMAND BECAUSE I HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN HIM DOING HIS JOB.

NOW YOU TELL ME WHAT ELSE I COULD HAVE DONE SHORT OF LINING UP PEOPLE AND SHOOTING THEM ON THE STREET.

THIS IS GOING TO IN YOUR MIND, BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS MATTER.

SERIOUSLY.

WE HAVE TO GO ON EVIDENCE AND ON, I ALSO INHERITED 66 WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUITS.

REMEMBER THE JUMP OUT BOYS BACK IN A LI BAUCUS TIME.

WELL, IF YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, THEN THEY, UH, THEY FIRED.

I BELIEVE SEVEN EMPLOYEES, SIX OF THEM GOT THEIR JOB BACK.

ONE OF THEM, I HAD TO PAY NINE YEARS OF BACK PAY BECAUSE THEY VIOLATED THEIR FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENT.

AND IT DID NOT GIVE THEM THE DUE PROCESS GUARANTEED BY THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.

SO I HAVE TO WALK THAT FINE LINE.

WE TAKE ALL INFORMATION.

WE VERIFY EVERYTHING.

AND WHEN I MAKE THAT DECISION, IT STICKS BECAUSE THE RIGHT DECISION AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

HOWEVER, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BLACK LIVES MATTER, LA UH, ALL THESE DIFFERENT AND UH, UMBRELLA GROUPS THAT ARE, THEY CALL THEMSELVES PROGRESSIVE.

WHEN WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

THEY CAN'T BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SERVE THE NARRATIVE.

BUT WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? WELL, I MEAN, KTA DID COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT TODAY THAT LSD IS REFUSING TO HAND OVER ANY OTHER SHERIFFS.

BUT MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH GAVISCON.

SO THEREFORE HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY.

UM, GASKIN'S POLICIES HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO WORK IN OTHER STATES AND CITIES, SUCH POLICIES ALSO ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE OF POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS.

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WHY ARE YOU AGAINST SUCH POLICIES? IF THEY SUPPORT, THEY END UP SUPPORTING YOU.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE AGAINST THIS.

THE REASON YOU'RE AGAINST THIS IS PURELY POLITICAL.

I'D SAY, WHO PROVED WHAT? THAT'S A, WHO PROVED? THAT'S A CANNED CAMPAIGN STUMP SPEECH FROM THE SAME CROWD THEY ONCE DID.

REPRESENTATIVE CAME IN, GAVE YOU A BUNCH OF DATA COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT TO BUY A BUNCH OF DATA ABOUT WHY THESE POLICIES ARE BENEFICIAL.

SO IF YOU'RE ATTACKING ME FOR NOT LISTENING, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE NOT, OH, I LISTENED VERY CLEARLY.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPINIONS AND FACTS, THE NUMBERS I GAVE YOU HERE.

THESE ARE FACTS.

HERE'S FACTS, HOMICIDES.

THIS TIME, LAST YEAR WE HAD 63 HOMICIDES.

THAT'S 63 GRIEVING FAMILIES THIS YEAR, SAME TIME, 123.

THOSE ARE FACTS.

AND I REPORT A 95 POINT 24% INCREASE.

THOSE ARE FACTS.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTITY LIKE CRIME SURVIVORS FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, IT'S A FRONT GROUP FOR GEORGE SOROS AND BERIA BILLIONAIRES WHO ARE TRYING TO DEFUND OR, UM, DISCREDIT LEGITIMATE CRIME SURVIVOR GROUPS LIKE MOTHERS OR MURDERED CHILDREN.

THERE'S THAT THERE'S A GROUP CALLED CRIME SURVIVORS AND THEY'RE A FIVE OH ONE C3.

AND THEY SUPPORT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME.

UH, THERESA WINCE SKEWNESS IS A DIRECTOR.

THEY CO-OPTED THE SAME GROUP.

CO-OPTED THEIR NAME AND ADDED FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, THEIR CRIMINAL OFFENDER ADVOCACY GROUP AS WELL.

THEY ARE, THEY DID A PUSH POLL WHERE THEY BOUGHT THE RESULTS OF THE POLL SAYING THAT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME WANT TO SEE MORE REHABILITATION AND LESS INCARCERATION OF THE ONES THAT KILL THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND THAT IS A, THAT IS A SICK JOKE CAUSE I GOT ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

UH, DONE QUESTION.

LET'S ANSWER.

LET'S ASK THESE 9,323 FAMILIES ASSETS, ASK THEM WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT.

IN FACT, YEAH, YOU CAN ASK THEM RIGHT THERE.

AND I ACTUALLY DID ATTEND THAT MURDER FOR VICTIM'S CRIME.

WE HAD HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND I DID SPEAK TO THE FAMILY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MORE SO PERSONALLY THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAME HERE PERSONALLY, UH, HERE WITH US TODAY.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE, IT'S NICE TO HEAR TWO SIDES OF THE STORY.

UM, AND TODAY'S MORE, UM, THAT THEY GET THE EDUCATION OUTREACH.

LIKE I MENTIONED, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE CONFUSED.

THEY SEE ALL THESE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND I, I KNOW WE WENT OVER OUR TIME WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING IN GENERAL, BUT I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, ON YOUTUBE THAT THEY COULD FORWARD THIS INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYONE ELSE, UM, THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN HEAR THIS.

UM, I, I KNOW IT'S CLOSE TO HOME TO ME.

I WORK IN LA, SO I SEE THOSE, UH, THOSE STATISTICS.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

UM, AND UH, IF THE RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS TO THE SHERIFF, IF, IF YOU CAN LEAVE LIKE AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WE'LL LEAVE THAT.

AND I THINK ALL FIVE OF YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR, UH, YOUR TIME.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THIS NO VOTE.

I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE A CALL FOR ACTION.

UM, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A LETTER TO MS. MR. GAS, GONE TO DEMAND TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES TO HIS POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES THAT AFFECT OUR RESIDENT'S SAFETY AND VICTIMS. RIGHT.

I PERSONALLY DON'T SUPPORT WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND, UH, I'D LIKE THE INPUT OF LAW ENFORCEMENTS TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, WITH 88 CITIES UNDER THE COUNTY, I'M SURPRISED THAT THE HEAD OF, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR DIFFERENT CITIES, UM, ARE NOT PART OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

ALSO, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE GUEST GUN'S OFFICE COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE, UH, AND THOSE WERE STATS WITH POMONA, THE ARRESTS, AND WITH OUR POLICE ARRESTS, UM, THAT THEY WEREN'T PROSECUTED.

AND SINCE GASKIN'S OFFICE DID MENTION THAT WE CAN, UH, GO AHEAD AND PUT OUT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THOSE WEREN'T PROSECUTED THOSE 152 ARREST THAT WAS MADE IN CITY OF WEST COVINA, WHY THEY WEREN'T PROSECUTED.

SO I LIKED THAT INFORMATION AHEAD, UM, ALSO, BUT I'D ALSO, UH, SO YES, UM, IF COUNSEL IS OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO I, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WHICH, WHICH DIRECTIVES ARE YOU SPEAKING OF? BECAUSE AS FAR AS THE DATA GOES, THE, THE DIRECTIVE ON CASH BAIL, THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT IN HUMPHREYS, AS FAR AS THE SHE'LL DIRECTIVE, 20 DASH OH SEVEN MISDEMEANORS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES IN WEST COVINA THAT RESIDENTS COME TO US, COME TO OUR POLICE AND THEN HANDS ARE TIED AND THEY'RE RELEASED OUT THE DATA FROM NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OBJECTIONS, WHAT ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH AS YOU REQUEST THE DEMAND, UM, TO MAKE THE NECESSARY, NECESSARY CHANGES FOR HIS POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES.

AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE, UH, VICTIM, I MEAN, THE POLICE ENFORCED, I MEAN, LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE INVOLVED, UM, AND INCLUDING THE, UH, GUESTS FOR RIGHT THE REST, HAS IT BEEN PROSECUTED THINGS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN OUR CITY?

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WE'RE GETTING THE, A CALL SO FAR.

WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE, THE DATA FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY REPORTING IS THAT IT ACTUALLY INCREASES PUBLIC SAFETY TO NOT PROSECUTE THEM.

HE DID NOT PRESENT ANY DATA REGARDING MS. OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN THEY COULD BRING THEM WITH, OKAY.

NO, THERE, THE SECOND OF THE MAYOR REGARDING, OKAY.

DEMAND LETTERS.

HAVE A CD TO, TO PREPARE AND BRING BACK TO COUNCIL TO OKAY.

SO, SO MAYBE WE NEED A ROLL CALL FOR THIS.

ARE WE BEATING THE EMOTION? NO MATTER MAYOR PANAMERA WILL BRING BRAC BETTER FOR THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE ON.

PERFECT.

UM, I KNOW IT'S ON TWO ORAL COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY THAT DESPITE CERTAIN POLICIES AND DIRECTORS THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, IT WILL NOT STOP OUR WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND ARRESTING THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIME, EVEN IF THEY ARE CONSIDERED A MISDEMEANOR.

AND EVEN IF THEY CANNOT GET CRIMINAL FILINGS, OUR OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, PD.

AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN NOW, MOVING FORWARD.

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

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? MAYOR? WE HAVE 21 IN HOUSE.

WE'LL LIMIT IT TO THREE MINUTES.

NEED MORE OFFICERS INTERACTING WITH OUR USE IN THE SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN CARSON FOLLOWED BY COLETTE LEWIS, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MASSMAN.

HELLO, MADAM MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.

I'M JOHN CARSON FROM WEST COVINA, THE FATHER OF A MURDER MURDER CHILD, MICHELLE CARSON.

I AM ONCE AGAIN, ASKING OUR COUNCIL TO PUT A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST GEORGE GASCON.

I SOMETIMES WONDER IF WE HAVE BECOME SO DESENSITIZED TO MURDER AND VIOLENT THAT OUR DA IS WILLING TO GO LIGHTLY ON THESE CRIMES.

THERE ARE ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR EXTREME VIOLENT CRIMINALS.

GOING LIGHTLY ON SENTENCES WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE VIOLENCE.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, HIS DIRECTIVES MAKE NO SENSE AND WILL PUT ALL OF US IN DANGER.

GASCON IS UNLAWFULLY, GONE AGAINST VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR THE CASH BAIL AND JUST REDUCED IT TO $1 OR ZERO BAIL.

PEOPLE VOTED FOR THAT.

I HAVE READ GAS, GONE SAID, W TALKING EARLIER THAT MOST FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS WANT LIGHTER SENTENCES AND REFORM.

I CAN ASSURE YOU SPEAKING AS A MURDER VICTIMS FATHER AND BEING AROUND AND SPEAKING TO OTHER MURDER VICTIMS FAMILY FOR 10 YEARS.

NOW, THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A VICTIM SAY THAT THE MURDER OF THEIR CHILD OR FAMILY MEMBER GOT TOO MANY YEARS IN PRISON.

I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT COME OUT OF ANY MURDER VICTIMS, FAMILY.

IT IS NO LONGER A CRIME TO RESIST ARREST OF AN OFFICER.

THIS WILL LEAD TO ESCALATING VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR OFFICERS.

I KNOW OUR OFFICERS WANT TO RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES EVERY DAY.

THIS WILL DEFINITELY MAKE THEIR JOBS A LOT MORE DANGEROUS.

GAVISCON REFUSES TO PRESS SOME CHARGES AGAINST MINORS WHO COMMIT MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES.

AND WE'LL NEVER TRY THEM AS AN ADULT.

THIS IS A CALLING CARD FOR GANGS TO USE MINERS, TO COMMIT CRIMES.

TRUST ME ON THIS ONE, TRUST ME, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

UH, HE HAS HIRED A PUBLIC DEFENDER AS PART OF HIS STAFF THAT SCREAMS VOLUMES AS TO HIS COMPLETE DISREGARD TO VICTIMS OF CRIME.

AND, UH, WE'VE HAD 16 OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE VOTED NO CONFIDENCE SO FAR.

I HAD TO CUT IT SHORT.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM ALL, BUT IT'S ON RECORD.

GAVISCON HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR CRIMINALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED TO BE RE-SENTENCED FOR LIGHTER SENTENCES.

I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER TO REDUCE CRIME.

I BELIEVE IT IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.

I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT.

IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT AN ISSUE, HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR A SOLUTION.

I KNOW THAT GOING EASY ON CRIMINALS AND CRAPPING ALL OVER VICTIMS CERTAINLY IS NOT THE ANSWER.

MY DAUGHTER, MICHELLE, WHO WAS MURDERED, GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE.

SHE BELIEVED YOU HAVE TO CHANGE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AT A YOUNG AGE.

PERHAPS WE

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THAT'S AN IDEA THAT I HAD IN CLOSING, AND THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER'S OPINION.

SO, UH, IN CLOSING, I DO NOT SUPPORT A LAW BREAKING DA.

AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT THINK OUR CITY COUNCIL SHOULD EITHER.

I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO VOTE TONIGHT, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY STATED YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD LET LEWIS FOLLOWED BY LC MESS, MAN, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. BRIAN, WHO TOOK THE TIME WHEN I MADE THE PHONE CALLS MONTHS AFTER MONTHS TO COME TO MY HOME AND PRAY AND ASK QUESTIONS.

WHEN I WAS TRYING TO REACH AND LEAVE TECHSMITH, NOT EVERYBODY HAS A COMPUTER.

FIRST OF ALL.

SO NOT ALL OF US KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY OF WEST GALENA.

I LIVE IN WEST COVINA, THE WONDERFUL SOFT SIDE THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I'VE BEEN THERE 33 YEARS.

I'VE MADE 18 PHONE CALLS IN THE LAST MONTH OR THE GRAFFITI ON THE TREES.

OUR MAILBOXES GET BROKEN TOO.

AND THERE'S PICTURES POSTED.

THEY'RE NOT LITTLE KIDS.

THESE ARE GROWN MEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS THE MAYOR HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR TIME SINCE YOU BECOME MAYOR AND DROVE TO THE SALT SIDE AND YOU CAN TELL ME FROM NO GELLIS AND LA POINTY ROAD AND FRIENDSHIP PARK, THAT AREA RIGHT THERE, WHAT YOU MAY HAVE WITNESSED.

AND IF YOU'VE GONE OUT THERE, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK THE WHOLE TIME.

OH, SO YOU WON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO I'M HERE WASTING MY TIME.

NOT GOING TO GET ANSWERS.

IT'S YEAH.

IT'S NOT A DIALOGUE.

IF SHE, IF SHE IS THE MAYOR, I'M ASKING IF SHE'S BEEN OUT THERE TO SEE THAT AREA.

THAT'S WHAT I ASKED.

WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT QUESTION? NOTHING WRONG.

IT'S JUST NOT THE FORMAT WE CAN CONTINUE.

WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO CONTINUE FOR? BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT AREA.

BEING A DUMP, THE GRAFFITI NOT BEING REMOVED PARK I'LL ANSWER.

I I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE DRIVEN AROUND.

WHEN I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT I ALMOST GOT ATTACKED.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DOING THAT DAY.

AND MY QUESTION WAS TO THE MAYOR, NO DISRESPECT TO YOU.

I'VE BEEN AROUND.

I DROVE AROUND THE CITY, BUT SO YOU DO SEE ALL THE HOMELESS THERE AND YOU DO SEE THE PARK AND, AND THE, THAT WE CAN'T USE THE FIELD ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S BEING USED FOR WHATEVER TRASH AND BEDS.

AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

WE HAVE FIVE DISTRICTS, MR. WU IS MY DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH HIM AND REACH HIM.

AND TODAY HE RETURNED CALLS.

I DID NOT RETURN HIS CAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

WHAT ARE THE FUNDS THAT YOU RAISED FOR DIFF DISTRICT FIVE? WHERE ARE THEY GOING FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE DESTROYED AT THE PARK? NOT THE NICER PLACES THAT YOU GUYS LIKE, BUT WE'RE RIGHT.

AND IT'S SAD THAT WE'RE WEST COVINA RIGHT THERE.

BECAUSE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS BEING MADE FOR THAT BUILDING, NANO GALLIS AND VALLEY WITH THE MEDICAL BUILDINGS AND THEN THAT PRECEPT PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT NOBODY CAN PARK.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I WILL CALL YOU TOMORROW.

AND NOW WE'LL HAVE ALL YOUR CONCERN.

LSD MASSES ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.

CUTE.

MY DISTRICT COUNSEL AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.

MY NAME IS ELSIE.

MESSMAN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA ON APRIL 20TH.

I SPOKE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER FROM THE CITY MANAGER EITHER.

HE DIDN'T HEAR ME OR IT WENT IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER.

WHAT I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DISCOVERY MAGAZINE IN WEST COVINA IS STREET CLEANING TWICE A MONTH OR MORE.

HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE GRAFFITI TONIGHT.

NOW I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS FINALLY LISTING THE RETAINER FOR THE ATTORNEY.

WHEN CHRIS FRIEDLAND WAS HERE, THE MONTHLY RETAINER OR, UH, WAS JUST 13, A LITTLE OVER 13,000 A MONTH.

AND NOW IT'S $30,000 A MONTH FOR

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A RETAINER.

MY QUESTION NOW IS WHY DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER? IT LOOKS LIKE THE ATTORNEY IS DOING ALL THE WORK.

NUMBER TWO IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE, COUNCILMAN STATED THAT THEY WERE REBUILDING WEST COVINA.

MOST OF US FEEL THAT HE'S JUST DRAWING WEST COVINA, GOING FROM 17TH PLACE TO NINTH, WORST IN 400 CITY.

THAT'S NOT REBUILDING.

WE'RE NOT STUPID.

NUMBER THREE.

NOW THE MIRROR IS TELLING US THAT TRANS TECH IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND THAT SHE REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWER LIFT ON A ZEUS OR DESIGNING A TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

MOST OF THE WORK IS ON THE TRAFFIC FOR ENGINEERING THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU MUST BELIEVE IN THE TOOTH FAIRY BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE CHECKING ANY OF THIS.

AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME THAT FOUR PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL ARE PUSHING FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF A FEW COMPLAINTS.

YOU WERE VOTED IN TO UPHOLD WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT AND NOT TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF.

THINK, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT MY FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH AND IT'S GOING TO STILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH, IT'S HEARTBREAKING AS MANY OF US TODAY, MY GRANDSON WHO I RAISED WAS KILLED ALONG WITH ANOTHER, IN DECEMBER OF 2017, STILL HASN'T GONE TO TRIAL WHEN MR. GASCON WAS PUT INTO OFFICE IN DECEMBER TWO DAYS LATER, HE TOOK OFF THE SPECIAL ENHANCEMENT FOR GANG RELATED.

BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY JESSICA SHOEMAKER, EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, YOU KNOW, UM, EARLIER TONIGHT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THAT SLIPPERY LAWYER THAT WAS STANDING HERE REPRESENTING THE DA.

UH, I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS A FATHER, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO HUMANIZE THIS ISSUE WITH HIM.

UH, HE WOULDN'T GO FOR IT.

TYPICAL.

UH, YOU DON'T BECOME THE SECOND GUY IN A DA'S OFFICE RUN BY SOMEBODY LIKE GAS GONE AND NOT BE A SLIPPERY LAWYER, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WHY WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE ANOTHER LAWYER, ESPECIALLY A GOVERNMENT LAWYER ON OUR CITY COUNCIL TO DISASTROUS.

UH, I MENTIONED MARK CLASS, MARK CLASS, THE FATHER OF POLY CLASS WHO WAS KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND MURDERED WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

AND, UH, JOHN WALSH FROM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS SON, ADAM.

HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND THEY FOUND HIS BODY DECAPITATED IN A CANAL.

WE HAVE OUR OWN JOHN WALSH.

WE HAVE OUR OWN MARK CLASS.

AND THIS GENTLEMEN OVER HERE LOST HIS DAUGHTER AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR PARENTS IMAGINE IF YOUR CHILD WAS MURDERED AND GEORGE GASCON WOULD NOT GIVE YOU JUSTICE.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR YOURSELF, YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBER.

WOULD YOU PASS THAT ALONG ON SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHOSE CHILD WAS MURDERED? GOD FORBID, ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS TO ANY OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES? I HOPE IT DOESN'T, BUT I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT, IF IT WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME ALWAYS SAYS NOBODY CARES UNLESS IT AFFECTS THEM.

NO TRUER WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN.

I REALLY HOPE YOU PAID SPECIAL CLOSE ATTENTION.

HOW SLIPPERY THAT LAWYER WAS.

MR. NEGUS.

ALSO, WHY DIDN'T GEORGE GASCON, GRACE US WITH HIS PRESENCE.

THIS GUY WAS WIGGLING ON THE END OF A FISHING HOOK, SQUIRMING PRINTER, TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE RIGHT ANSWER SO HE CAN GET OUT OF HERE TO A ZOOM MEETING.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HE, UH, IS A DESPICABLE PERSON FOR COMING HERE AND ADVOCATING FOR SUCH HORRIBLE PUBLIC POLICY.

THE PEOPLE ELECT LAWMAKERS, LAWMAKERS MAKE BILLS.

THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY PROMOTE THE BILLS.

THEY PASS THE BILLS, IT BECOMES LAW.

AND THEN THE DA DOESN'T WANT TO THE LAW.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAD AN ELECTION ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY AND OVERWHELMINGLY IT PASSED.

AND GEORGE GASMAN IS NOT WAITING BY THE LAW.

JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY JESSICA SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY RACHEL DOMINGUS.

CANCEL TODAY.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK.

UH, THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT TO MY FAMILY

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TODAY.

I GET A BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT MY FAMILY, MY MOM, REALLY GOOD PERSON, BUT I HEAR TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE PERSON.

IT'S MY DAD STAFF, SERGEANT MARK PHILIPPE BARRETT, UNITED STATES, MARINE SNIPERS STATION CAMP COUNT TALENTED.

MY DAD, GRILLED PLAYING HOCKEY, OTHER SPORTS.

HE WAS EDUCATED IN DIVING AND BIKE LIST.

WELL, JUNE 8TH, 2007, THAT ALL CRASHED, JUST COME HOME AND SEE ME FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I WAS TWO YEARS OLD AND WAS KILLED ON HIS MOTORCYCLE DIAZ, YOUR FAMILY DIAZ, YOUR FAMILY TO COME OUT TO MY FAMILY.

SO NOW HERE'S THE, THERE'S MY BACKGROUND.

I COME FROM A MILITARY BACKGROUND THAT I HEAR HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS.

I'M A GREAT PERSON ABOUT TO BE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, PLAY BASEBALL, SWIM, AND TRY AND GO TO THE MLB.

THANK YOU, JESSICA FOLLOWED BY RACHEL.

DOMINGAS FOLLOWED BY KATHY KATIE.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BEING ON THIS SIDE.

UM, THE REASON MY NEPHEW CAME UP IS BECAUSE THERE IS A POSTING BY YOUR HUSBAND COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ.

AND NORMALLY I DON'T HOLD THE COUNCIL MEMBER ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEIR FAMILY IS DOING, BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING HERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR HUSBAND LOSES HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC, GIVE YOU KNOW, HIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHTS, BUT THIS HAS CROSSED A LINE.

THERE IS A POSTING WHERE HE IS CALLING MY MINOR NIECES AND NEPHEWS NAMES.

HE'S CALLING RESIDENTS LAZY ASSES, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY.

A FAT ASSES.

UM, F-ING COWARDS ALL BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT YESTERDAY.

AND I'LL BE HONEST.

I THOUGHT ABOUT ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, BUT I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS EVEN ONE GOING ON.

AND SO IN MY FAMILY, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM MY NEPHEW, WHOSE FATHER IS A DECEASED MARINE.

SO I HOPE THE, OF THE 16 YEAR OLD ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, UM, MEMORIAL DAY IS A VERY SACRED DAY FOR US.

AND I HAVE A COUSIN WHOSE FATHER WAS KILLED.

HE WAS A FIGHTER PILOT IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD AND SHE POSTED THIS.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING MORE INTO WHAT YOUR HUSBAND SAID, BUT THIS REALLY SUMS IT UP.

PLEASE.

THANK THE LIEUTENANT.

THE YOUNG POLICE OFFICER AT THE AIRPORT SAID IT WITH A WIDE GRIN.

EDDIE HAS MADE ME MY MILITARY ID BACK.

HE DIDN'T LOOK AT THE LINE ABOVE THE RANK THAT RED ADY DC ACTIVE DUTY DECEASED.

IT WAS QUICK TODAY.

ISN'T A HAPPY DAY.

IT'S NOT A HOLIDAY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BARBECUES AND THE NEWLY OPEN POOLS.

IT'S NOT THE BEGINNING OF SOME OR A DAY OFF WORK THAT MAKES IT A THREE-DAY WEEKEND.

IT'S NOT A CELEBRATION.

THERE ARE OTHER DAYS FOR THAT.

IT'S NONE OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO AREN'T ALIVE ANYMORE, TO BE THANKED, YOU DON'T PASS THEM IN THE GROCERY STORE.

YOU CAN'T SEE THEM IN UNIFORM.

THEY DON'T WEAR A VETERANS HATS.

IT'S A DAY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN, WHOSE SENSE IS LIMITED TO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THOSE THAT LEFT BEHIND TODAY IS A SOMBER DAY, A DAY OF QUIET THANKSGIVING, A DAY TO STOP AND REALIZE THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR WE HAVE YET TO GO AS A COUNTRY, WE ONLY HAVE COME AS FAR AS WE ARE BECAUSE WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE GIANTS WHO CAME AND WENT BEFORE US FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER COME HOME FOR THOSE WHO DIED IN TRAINING MISSIONS, WARS, ACTIVE DUTY COVERT MISSIONS FOR EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN THEIR LIFE SO THAT OURS MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER TODAY IS FOR THEM.

PLEASE THINK THE LIEUTENANT I WILL.

SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THAT'S WHAT MY FAMILY WAS BUSY DOING.

RACHEL DOMINGEZ FOLLOWED BY KATHY KATIE FOLLOWED BY FRANCE WAS A COLTON EVENING.

EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.

ALL WHICH AS A VICTIM, I HAVE NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT ALL.

UH, MR. NAG WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A ADVISORY SET UP FOR THOSE, UH, CRIME VICTIMS FAMILIES, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE SUCH FOR VICTIMS, THE FAMILY.

AND UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

UH, EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

UM, UM, WHEN WE

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AND THEN IN JANUARY, MY DATES ARE ALL WRONG.

WE WENT BACK TO COURT, UH, TO TRY AND GET THOSE SPECIAL EMAN IN THE HANSMAN BACK ON AGAIN, NO, IN JANUARY, ACTUALLY THERE WAS AN INJUNCTION PUT ON BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, UH, UNION TO STOP IT.

SO THEY, WE STOPPED IT.

SO NO MORE, UH, SPECIAL ENHANCEMENTS COULD GET REMOVED.

SO THIS WAS GOOD FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT WERE COMING IN WITH SUCH TRAGEDIES, BUT NOT GOOD FOR US BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY REMOVED AND THEY WOULDN'T BE PUT BACK ON.

SO, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THE PERSON WHO DID THIS CRIME WOULD, UH, HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, TWO MURDERS, FIRST DEGREE WHILE THEY WERE ASLEEP, WHEN THEY WERE MURDERED FOR MONEY.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL THAN THAT.

HOWEVER, WE HAD TWO GREAT LAWYERS, STEVE COOLEY, AND KATHY KATIE WHO REPRESENTED US AND WENT BACK TO COURT WITH THIS JUDGE WHO ACTUALLY REMOVE THOSE SPECIAL ENHANCEMENT, TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

AND THEY'RE BACK ON AGAIN, WHICH IS GREAT, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, WHICH GIVES HOPE FOR OTHER FAMILIES.

WHEN MR. TALKED ABOUT, UH, JUVENILES AND I'M GOING AWAY FROM THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH IN HERE TO GO OVER, NOT JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A JUVENILE, UM, AND THEY TALK ABOUT BEING TRIED AS ADULT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE JUVENILES DO CRIMES FOR THEM THAT ARE ADULTS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TRIED AS AN ADULT.

SO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT ALSO.

UM, WHAT ELSE SO MUCH MORE, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I WISH I HAD MORE, KATHY KATIE FOLLOWED BY FRANCE WAZE HOLTON, FOLLOWED BY DAVID WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING FROM ME.

MY NAME IS KATHY KATIE AND I HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING ABOUT 70 CRIME VICTIMS SINCE, UM, MR. GASCON WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE.

UM, I WORK WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER ATTORNEYS WHO ARE PROVIDING PRO BONO REPRESENTATION TO CRIME VICTIMS IN RESPONSE TO GAS, GUNS POLICIES.

UM, MANY OF THE VICTIMS THAT I HAVE REPRESENTED, FIRST OF ALL, ONE IS, UH, MR. MINGUS, WHO JUST SPOKE.

I'VE REPRESENTED A NUMBER OF VICTIMS WHO ARE ON THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY AND HAVE BEEN TO THE POMONA COURTHOUSE FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE VICTIMS TO TRY TO HELP THEM IN ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT.

UM, MY CAREER WAS AS A PROSECUTOR AND I STARTED HERE IN WEST COVINA AND WORKED AS A DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR 30 YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT GAS, GUNS POLICIES ARE DEVASTATING CRIME VICTIMS, UH, OF ALL OF THE CRIME VICTIMS OF I SPEAK TO AND THEY CALL ME THERE.

THEY'RE CALLING, BEGGING ASKING IF I CAN PLEASE COME IN AND ASSIST THEM.

THEY FEEL AS THOUGH NO ONE HAS THEIR BACK.

THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE, UH, THERE IS NO JUSTICE THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND, UM, IN GENERAL, I WANTED TO AT LEAST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UH, THE DIRECTIVES ARE.

SO I'M THE ONE THAT AFFECTED MS. DOMINGO'S CASE, UM, WAS, UH, WHERE ENHANCEMENTS AND ALLEGATIONS HAD TO BE DISMISSED.

AND THAT WAS AS MOST OF, UH, GAS, COLLINS POLICIES ARE BLANKET POLICIES.

AND SO IN EACH AND EVERY CASE, PROSECUTORS WERE REQUIRED TO GO INTO COURT TO ASK THAT THESE ENHANCEMENTS, GANG ENHANCEMENTS, GUN ALLEGATION, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE ALLEGATIONS ALL BE DISMISSED ON EVERY CASE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

AND SO THESE VICTIMS WERE CALLING AND SAYING, CAN YOU PLEASE COME HELP US? WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

WHY ARE THESE ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE LEGAL ALLEGATIONS BEING DISMISSED IN OUR CASES? SO THANKFULLY MANY, UH, MANY OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS ARE NOW BEING PUT BACK.

AND, UM, AT LEAST ON CASES THAT WERE FILED BEFORE HE CAME INTO OFFICE.

BUT, UM, FOR CASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AFTER HE'S COMING TO OFFICE, THE ALLEGATIONS HAVEN'T BEEN FILED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO, UH, PRESENT

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FOR INSTANCE, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM.

YOU CAN HAVE ONE PERSON WHO MIGHT HIT, UH, THEIR PARTNER AND CAUSE A NUMBER OF BRUISES, BUT YOU COULD ALSO HAVE THAT SAME PERSON WHO USES A GUN AND SHOOTS THAT, UH, THEIR PARTNER.

AND THEN THEY END UP HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH GREAT BODILY INJURY, UNDER GAS GONE.

THOSE ARE TREATED THE SAME BECAUSE HE DOESN'T ALLOW FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF EACH CASE AND TO ALLOW FOR ALLEGATIONS TO ACTUALLY BE FILED WHEN THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.

AND, UM, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT THAT AFFECTS IS THE BAIL.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT'S NOT A SERIOUS OR VIOLENT CRIME AND UNDER HIS POLICIES WHEN IT'S NOT A SERIOUS OR VIOLENT CRIME, BECAUSE THE LEGAL ALLEGATIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FILED WARRANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE HAVING TO GO INTO COURT AND ESSENTIALLY, UM, AGREE THAT SOMEONE CAN BE RELEASED WITHOUT HAVING TO POST BAIL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, SO THAT I COULD AT LEAST BEING PERFECT PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THIS IS AFFECTING CRIME VICTIMS IN YOUR CITY.

YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT NUMBER.

JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE HER CONTACT INFO.

FRANCOISE.

SAY COLTON FOLLOWED BY DAVID WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH PEREZ.

I FINALLY MADE IT HERE.

IT'S BEEN A LONG WAIT.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

SO MY NAME IS FRANCOISE COLTON, AND I'M A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AS WELL AS A SUPPORTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA.

SO MOMS DEMAND ACTION IS A NONPARTISAN GROUP.

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF NON GUN OWNERS AS WELL AS GUN OWNERS WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND IMPROVING GUN SAFETY FOR EVERYONE WE BELIEVE IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND THAT CAN BE RESPECTED WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HAVING BETTER PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE THROUGH COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION.

SO I'M REACHING OUT TO ALL OF YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND I HOPE YOU'LL AGREE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY PROCLAMATION AND A SAFE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCE, I'VE EMAILED ALL OF YOU, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A REPLY UNTIL LAST WEEK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

UH, GETTING SPEAKING WITH PAULINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS WELL.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY PROCLAMATION, UH, PLACED ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO GET THE SAFE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.

SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I HAVE.

UM, SO THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY PROCLAMATION DECLARES THE FIRST DAY IN JUNE TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS DAY IS TO HONOR AND REMEMBER ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND EDUCATE CITIZENS TO DECLARE THAT WE AS A COUNTRY MUST DO MORE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.

THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JUNE IS MEANINGFUL AS IT COINCIDES WITH WEAR ORANGE.

AS YOU SEE I'M WEARING ORANGE TODAY, AND IT'S THIS WEEKEND IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE.

SO WE'RE ORANGE WAS CREATED IN MEMORY OF A FUTURE SUPERSTAR.

HADIYA PENDLETON WHO LIVED IN ILLINOIS.

SHE, UH, PERFORMED IN THE SECOND INAUGURATION FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.

AND THEN WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME TO ILLINOIS, SHE WAS KILLED BY GUN.

A BULLET KILLED HER.

SHE WAS A SUPERSTORE.

AND SO FAMILY WANTED TO COMMEMORATE HER.

HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS ORANGE IN COLOR.

ORANGE IS ALSO WHAT HUNTERS WEAR SO THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE WHILE THEY'RE HUNTING.

SO, UH, WHERE ORANGE IS NOW AGAIN, OBSERVED EVERY YEAR, THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE.

AND I WANT, AND I THINK, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING ALL THESE PEOPLE, WHO'VE HAD INCIDENTS OF INDIVIDUALS BEING KILLED BY GUNS IN WEST COVINA.

WE NEED TO HAVE A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND EDUCATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS CITY.

SECONDLY, UM, I'M HERE ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PUT ON THE AGENDA, THE SAFE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCE WOULD, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ALL FIREARMS IN A HOME, GO HOME, BE SECURED IN A LOCKED CONTAINER OR DISABLED WITH A TRIGGER LOCK.

AS WE KNOW CHILDREN DIE FREQUENTLY WHEN THEY FIND THEIR PARENTS' GUNS, BECAUSE PARENTS THINK IF THEY JUST PUT A GUN IN A CLOSET AND HIDE IT, KIDS WON'T FIND IS FOR NEXT COUNSELOR ANYWAYS.

SO I'M HERE TO BASICALLY IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

UH, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

SPEAKER IS DAVID WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH PEREZ, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRISSE, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

YOU SAFE HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

BYE-BYE AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE START LINING UP.

THE NEXT

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UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL PREPARE SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME, BUT QUITE HONESTLY, AFTER HEARING, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECT I'M NO, I CAN'T GET THAT.

UM, BUT AFTER HEARING COUNCILMAN BRIAN AND WHAT HE SAID, I'LL SAY THIS, I DIDN'T ALWAYS LIVE IN WEST COVINA.

I DIDN'T ALWAYS LIVE IN THE BEST OF AREAS.

THERE WERE AREAS THAT I LIVED IN, WHERE WE WERE SOLICITED BY NEIGHBORHOOD GANG MEMBERS FROM MY BROTHER AND I TO JOIN A GANG.

DIDN'T LIVE IN THE BEST HOUSEHOLD.

DIDN'T, UH, DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST LIFE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG THAT IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT MY PARENTS INSTILLED WITH ME WAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERYTHING.

I THINK THIS WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE WITH THIS SUBJECT OF, OF GEORGE GASCON.

WHAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE IS THAT EVERYONE'S MISSING THE POINT HERE.

IT'S ABOUT DECISIONS AS A BLACK MAN LIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE UNITED STATES.

IS THERE AN IMBALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO PROSECUTION? ABSOLUTELY.

THERE IS YOU AND I WILL AGREE WITH THAT 107% IF WE DON'T AGREE ON ANYTHING ELSE, BUT TO, TO INSTITUTE OR TO BRING FORTH ANY KIND OF POLICY THAT IN SOME WAY, AS SOME GRATUITOUS EFFORT, TO TELL SOMEBODY THAT, WELL, YOU DID THAT WRONG, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A PASS ON THAT.

IT'S WRONG IN ITSELF BECAUSE THERE ARE VICTIMS THAT ARE ON THE BACKEND OF ANYONE'S WRONGDOING.

I'VE PUT FORTH SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT TO EDUCATE MY KIDS AND GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT LISTEN, THERE'S CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERYTHING.

WHEN THIS STATE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, MARIJUANA IS LEGAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I TOLD THEM, IT'S NOT LEGAL ON MICHELLE STREET AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

AND SO IF YOU'RE DOING IT AND I FIND OUT YOU'RE DOING IT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR THAT.

BUT I FEEL THAT WHEN I BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE OF THE 9 MILLION CALIFORNIA VOTERS, I THINK THAT IS SAD.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT STATE LAW SUPERSEDES EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME AND INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE AND TELL ME THAT, WELL, WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU WHAT THE COUNTY WANTED.

LISTEN, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS DID THEIR RESEARCH ON MR. GAVISCON.

I DID MY RESEARCH JUST LIKE THEY VOTED THE WAY THEY WANTED.

I VOTED THE WAY I WANT IT.

AND THOUGH I MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM OR HIS POLICIES.

ALL THAT I ASK IS THAT WE JUST RESPECT THAT WE ARE IN A, IN A COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS ME THAT IF I DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, THEN I CAN STAND UP FOR IT.

AND DISAPPROVE OF IT ACCORDINGLY, JUST LIKE, IF YOU AGREE WITH SOMETHING, YOU CAN DO THE SAME.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S UNFAIR THAT TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF VICTIMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN LA COUNTY.

AND I'VE SPOKE TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS TWO PREVIOUS TIMES.

I THINK THAT IT'S UNFAIR NOT TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE VICTIMS. THIS IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL THING.

THIS IS ABOUT FACTS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT EMOTIONS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT, BUT I URGE YOU THAT WHEN I FIRST SPOKE TO YOU, THERE WERE ONLY FOUR CITIES.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER.

NOW WE'RE AT 14 CITIES.

SO WE CAN BE NUMBER 15 AND THERE'S A FIVE IN THAT.

AND I'M FINE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

ARE MOBILE AND TRAVEL FROM ONE PART OF THE CITY TO ANOTHER.

GO STEPH PEREZ FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATCHES, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.

MR. JOSEPH PEREZ, JERRY, UH, PATCHES FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.

SORRY.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN SPEAKING BEFORE ME.

ANYWAY.

UM, TONIGHT I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM.

I REALIZED THAT BOTH THE POSSESSION AND LIGHTING OF ALL FIREWORKS IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

I ALSO REALIZED THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A ZERO TOLERANCE PARTY POLICY REGARDING FIREWORK VIOLATIONS AND THAT THE FIREWORKS REWARD PROGRAM, ISN'T AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO CITE VIOLATORS AND REWARD WITNESSES WHO REPORT THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

REWARDING RESIDENTS FOR REPORTING CRIMINAL ACTS IS NOT NEW IN WEST COVINA AND OTHER CITIES.

FOR INSTANCE, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT ONE TIME IN WEST COVINA RESIDENTS COULD GET A REWARD, A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

I THINK IF THEY REPORT AN ACT OF GRAFFITI VANDALISM, AND THE VANDAL WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO REWARD CONCEPTS.

GRAFFITI VANDALS

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AND FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER RESIDENCE ARE STATIC.

THEY OFTEN LIVE ON THE SAME BLOCK AS THE PERSON THEY ARE REPORTING.

IT IS THE FINANCIAL REWARDING OF RESONANCE FOR TURNING IN THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THAT IS MY CONCERN.

I BELIEVE THE FIREWORKS REWARD PROGRAM TAKES YOUR ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOO FAR.

AND THE REWARD PRO PRO PROGRAM WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

NOT ALL NEIGHBORS GET ALONG.

PERCEPTIONS OF SNITCHING CAN, AND OFTEN DOES RESULT IN VINDICTIVE BEHAVIOR.

I KNOW I LIVED IN AN HOA IN WEST COVINA AND SERVED ON ITS BOARD.

NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRIED TO BE OBJECTIVE WITH FAIR AND, UH, AND FAIR WITH ENFORCING OUR RULES.

NOT ALL RESIDENTS SAW IT THAT WAY.

BEN ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS KING AND NEIGHBOR'S CAR OR EGGING A HOUSE SOMETIMES OCCURRED WHEN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR REPORTED A VIOLATION TO THE HOA.

SOME RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW WON'T REPORT THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF KEYING THEIR CAR.

PLEASE TABLE THE FIREWORKS REWARD PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ.

WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS AGENDA ITEM, I KIND OF CHUCKLED ABOUT GUS SONG, THAT FIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T KEPT ONE SINGLE PROMISE FROM THEIR CAMPAIGN OR SITTING IN JUDGMENT OF A PERSON WHO KEPT EVERY PROMISE HE MADE.

I MEAN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WHEN THE SHERIFF CAME DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOSES WITH, WITH THE LAW, I'M THINKING, WOW, THAT DESCRIBES SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CITY CONSOLE, UH, MOSES, THIS IS THE LAW.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU EXCEPT THEY DON'T THINK THEY'RE MOSES.

THEY THINK THEY'RE GOD, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DA AND THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY TEACHER ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THEM.

REAL ESTATE PERSON ASKS GOOD QUESTIONS OR WHO WORKS WITH THE PUBLIC AND IN RECREATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

TRYING TO KEEP ARTS KIDS AWAY FROM GANGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ASK GREAT QUESTIONS.

PERSON IN THE MEDICAL FIELD ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS.

WELL, RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL WAS SILENT, EXCEPT WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON CCWS, NOT A QUESTION ON HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT OR IMPACT, YOU KNOW, IF WE REMOVE THE PERSON FROM OFFICE OR SUPPORTED THIS TYPE OF THING, ASKING A QUESTION THAT DRAWS ON THAT EXPERTISE AND THAT EXPERTISE, EVERY ONE OF YOU BROUGHT FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, SOMETHING THAT, HEY, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT, WHICH WAS GOOD? YOU SAID, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU ON IT, BUT HEY, YOU, AT LEAST YOU ASK QUESTION THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT, NOTHING.

HOW DISAPPOINTING IS THAT? HOW DISAPPOINTING IS THAT SOMEBODY WITH THE EXPERTISE TO DO SOMETHING, IT'D BE LIKE, IF THERE WAS AN EDUCATION PROGRAM COMING UP, YOU NOT ASKING A SINGLE QUESTION, YOU'RE A TEACHER, HOW IT WOULD BE IMPACTED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR FINANCE QUESTIONS.

WELL, YOU GUYS KIND OF IGNORE FINANCE ANYWAY.

SO WE GO FROM THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, CLEAN OUR OWN HOUSE WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THE OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

NO, FROM, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND, UH, I HOPE SO.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, WAS MY GRANDSON FINALLY GETTING FED UP WITH THE ATTACKS ON HIM, THE SON OF A DEAD MARINE WHO SERVED IN IRAQ AND SERVED IN KOSOVO.

I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF YOUR HUSBAND CONSOLE WOMAN DIAZ, BECAUSE YOU'RE SURE NOT PROUD ENOUGH TO USE HIS NAME.

R ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SEITZ.

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HOW COMES THE CLOCK IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHEN YOU START TALKING, SORRY, WHAT, WHERE WE SAID IT.

COUNCIL BILL ROBINSON RESONANT.

UH, I PREFER A ZERO TOLERANCE.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WASTING $2,000, UH, TONIGHT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, YOU SHOULD DO A ZERO TOLERANCE OF GRAFFITI INSTEAD OF ZERO TOLERANCE OF FIREWORKS AND STARTING, UH, RESIDENTS IN FORMING ON THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF WEST COVINA.

NOW, UH, IT WAS INTERESTING WHAT THE SHERIFF SAID ABOUT HOMELESS THAN PERHAPS 1800 A YEAR ARE, UH, DYING FACE DOWN IN THE GUTTER.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, ALSO, UH, THE, UH, LA TIMES A SCIENCE REPORTER, UH, DOESN'T WANT TO, UH, UH, DO ANY NEWS ON THE SUBJECT THAT I'M ABOUT READY TO TALK ABOUT.

UH, LA TIMES IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG PHARMA AND, UH, THEY, THEY FUND THE MEDIA NOWADAYS.

SO, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, VACCINE INJURIES WON'T BE IN THE LA TIMES, BUT THERE'S A, THE ACRONYM OF FARES OF VACCINE INJURY WEBSITES, A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ON BETWEEN FIVE AND 50,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR THIS YEAR FROM VACCINE INJURIES.

ARE YOU GOING TO READ THAT IN THE LA TIMES? NO WAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE SHERIFF.

SO, UH, SO NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS TURNED THE STATE INTO A, UH, VIRTUAL OPEN AIR PRISON.

AND I, I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS HAS BEEN MISMANAGED AT ALL LEVELS, THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL AND WIPING OUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES STATEWIDE AND CLOSING SCHOOLS WAS UNNECESSARY.

UH, I'D LIKE TO READ A PARAGRAPH IN THIS BOOK.

I WAS READING ON THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 IS IT'S TITLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST FRAUDULENT SARS.

COVID TWO TESTING IN EARLY OCTOBER TWO, TWO 20, AND AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF CLASS ACTION LAWYERS LED BY RYAN OR FULL MC HE'S THE GERMAN AND ALSO CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY AND ANNOUNCED THEY WILL SOON BE FILING MASSIVE LAWSUITS AGAINST A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS FOR UTILIZING IMPRECISE PCR AND ANTIBODY TESTS, WHICH GENERATE HUGE PROFITS FOR BIG PHARMA, AS WELL AS VACCINE AND TESTING COMPANIES.

AND THEN KNOWINGLY USING THE DATA FROM THESE FAULTY TESTS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, YOU GET SCARED, UH, TO JUSTIFY LOCKDOWNS AND SUSPENSIONS OF BASIC CIVIL LIBERTIES RESULTING IN MASSIVE DAMAGE TO PUBLIC HEALTH BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS AS FULL MIXED STATES, PCR TESTS.

ACCORDING TO THE LEAFLETS THAT ACCOMPANY THE TEST KITS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED YOUR DIAGNOSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, THE PRESENCE OF SEEDS.

SO THAT'S THE BASIS OF THE PANDEMIC IS PCR TESTS AND THE WHOLE HOUSE, A CAR.

THIS IS A FRAUD, OKAY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG PHARMA.

GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY HONORABLE STEVE COOLEY.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.

AFTER LISTENING TO SHERIFF VILLANOVA'S TESTIMONY TONIGHT, IT WAS CONCERNING TO HEAR HIS SUPPORT FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE.

FIRST, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE SHEER POLITICAL NATURE OF THIS VOTE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER HAS BEEN BOMBARDED BY OUTSIDE GROUPS LOOKING TO TURN WEST COVINA INTO THEIR POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE FOUR OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BOUGHT IN SUGGEST THAT NARRATIVE DURING THE TESTIMONY, ALL FOUR OF YOU JUST LOOKED FOR SOUNDBITES.

IT'S FURTHER YOUR POLITICAL CAREER, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT THE VOTERS NEED TO KNOW.

VA GAS, GUNS POLICIES WILL ULTIMATELY DO MORE GOOD AND HELP US ACCOMPLISH JUSTICE PRACTICES IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY.

THE DA'S POLICIES INCLUDE NO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, NO LOOKING, UH, NO LONGER TRYING MINORS AS ADULTS, NO LONGER PURSUING PETTY MISDEMEANORS OR FORMING CASH BAIL AND ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY.

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NOT ONLY DO THESE POLICY REFORMS MAKE EMPATHETIC SENSE, THEY MAKE LOGISTICAL SENSE.

AND JUST TO MAKE COMMON SENSE, THIS IS SIMPLY NOT AN ISSUE THAT THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE SPENDING VALUABLE TIME AND RESOURCES ON WHEN IT INSTEAD SHOULD BE USED TO TACKLE THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET CRISIS ASSISTING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS OR WORKING ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THIS COUNCIL SEEMS OBSESSED OVER.

I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO WHEN YOU DECIDE TO HOLD THAT VOTE LATER ON.

UM, AND INSTEAD GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON ISSUES.

OUR CITIES FACE VOTING FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WILL ONLY FURTHER WASTE THE MONEY.

OUR OF WEST COVINA RESIDENTS, COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF TAXPAYER MONEY HAVE GONE INTO THE TOUGH ON CRIME POLICIES.

THE SHERIFF SEEKS TO RETURN TO ONLY TO BE WASTED BY THIS INEFFICIENT SYSTEM.

IN FACT, THEY'VE BEEN SO UNCONFIDENT THAT THEIR OPERATIONS OF ELA OF LSD HAVING COMPARED TO THAT OF A GANG BULL IN A WAVE HAS LOST SO MUCH OF ITS CONTROL THAT HE'S COMPELLED COMPELLED TO REMOVE A SIZABLE PORTION OF HIS DEPUTIES.

ANYONE WHO WAS FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IS NOT KEEPING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS IN MIND.

FREDERICK THAT'S FOLLOWED BY HONORABLE STEVE COOLEY FOLLOWED BY LIZBETH HERNANDEZ.

EVEN, EVEN MAYOR REMEMBERS THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AND FOR DICK SYKES TO OUR DEPUTY SHERIFF 42 YEAR RESIDENT AND FORMER MAYOR OF THIS CITY TONIGHT, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, LAW AND ORDER ESTABLISHING A WEST GROUP IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT ADDRESSING LAW AND ORDER IN WEST COVINA, PUBLIC AND SCHOOL SAFETY, SAFE, CLEAN, AND POTHOLE, FREE STREETS AND PROFESSIONALS, ABATING GRAFFITI.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF UPGRADES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE STATION, THE OUTDATED FIRE STATIONS.

ALL THESE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITY LONG BEFORE YOU STARTED SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND STAFF TIME DEVOTED TO DEVELOPING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

ONE THAT THE RESIDENTS DO NOT NEED, AND THAT WE CAN NOT AFFORD EVEN THE PROBLEM OF THE BDO.

THE BIGLY DREAMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A WEST COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND APPARENTLY THE TWO FEMALES, UM, COSTUME MEMBERS HAVE NOT VISITED.

THE MEN'S ROOM IS STILL ATROCIOUS TO YONAS, MISSING FLOORS, ALL MESSED UP AND YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIDICULOUS THE GRAFFITI SITUATION.

IT WAS A SIMPLE PROBLEM.

THAT'S BEEN COMPLICATED BY POLITICS AND I WON'T GET INTO THE DEMANDS THAT WERE MADE FOR MONEY TO GET THE CONTRACT.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONALS DOING THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT.

YOU CAN SEE IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP, YOU GO DOWN TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS ATROCIOUS.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

IF WE FLEX ON US, JUST LIKE THAT BATHROOM, IT REFLECTS ON OUR CITY.

A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

FURTHERMORE, WHEN WE DID HAVE PROFESSIONAL COMPANIES TAKING CARE OF THE DECREE, THE GRAFFITI, WHEN WE PUT IT VULGAR, OR WHEN IT WAS RACIAL AND HATEFUL, IT WAS, HE MOVED VERY QUICKLY.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT KIND OF RESPONSE AND LOCKING, PUTTING LOCKS ON GATES IS NOT REMOVING GRAFFITI AND TAKING CARE OF OUR LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE.

YOU DON'T LIVE DOWN THERE.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT AREA.

THAT DIVIDES UNINCORPORATED SOUTH SAN JOSE HILLS FROM WEST COVINA, BUT YOU NEED TO GET A, TAKE A TOUR SO YOU CAN SEE THE MESS THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

BEING AT A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HONORABLE STEVE COOLEY FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY OR KOZO

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I, THIS IS A GREAT INTEREST TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS SESSION WHERE MR. NIG WAS THE NUMBER TWO DISTRICT DISTRICT ATTORNEY NUMBER TWO FIRST, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

THAT WAS ONE PROSECUTORS THAT GUY'S NUMBER TWO, HE'S A GRADE TWO, DEPUTY DA OR FIVE GRADES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT DA.

THEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THIS GUY DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THE LAW TRIED FOUR CASES IN HIS CAREER.

AND THESE YOU'RE LECTURING, THESE PEOPLE AND YOU ON THE LAW, MADAM MAYOR, YOUR EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE BROKE IN YOUR HOUSE AND CRIMINALLY THREATENED YOU.

WOULD THAT BE PROSECUTED ON OTHER DIRECTIVES? HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE IT'S A FELONY.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, NO, HER RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IS VERY SIMPLY ENTERING THE RESIDENCE, BUT ANOTHER WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT THEFT OR A FELONY THERE, IN YOUR EXAMPLE, RE MISDEMEANORS, LET'S JUST MISS CHIP OR MORE THREAT.

AND OF COURSE TRESPASSING, IT WOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED.

SO HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE LAW.

NOW I'M GOING TO MENTION ONE NAME IN THE CONTEXT OF MISDEMEANORS.

KENNETH SCOTT REEDY RECOGNIZE THAT NAME.

ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS MURDERED.

HE WAS ENFORCING THREE MISDEMEANORS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED BY GAS, GOING UNDER HIS DIRECTIVES, POSSESSION OF DRUGS UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND RESISTING ARREST.

HE'S DEAD.

HE HAS THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE MY OFFICE PROSECUTED, UH, HIS ASSAILANT IS MURDERER.

NOW I DON'T WANT TO DEVIATE TOO MUCH.

THERE WERE SO MANY TOPICS TO ADDRESS IS MY INTENTION TO WRITE YOU AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

MY OBSERVATIONS, ONE OBSERVATION I WILL MAKE HERE VERY PUBLICLY IS THAT THIS COUNTY IS BLESSED WITH A VERY GOOD SHERIFF.

HE IS A STRAIGHT TALKER, STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

HE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH TONIGHT IN A VERY ELOQUENT WAY.

AND HE DOES IT WITHOUT ANY REAL CONSIDERATION OF WHAT MAY BE FALSE CRITICS.

HE DID IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR CITY.

THIS IS YOUR COUNTY, AND HE IS GIVING YOU A CHANCE TELLING YOU GET RID OF GAS SCONE SO YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR CITY, TAKE CARE OF YOUR CITIZENS AND TAKE OF YOUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY OR KOZO FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE.

ON THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND.

UM, GOOD EVENING COUNSELORS.

UM, AFTER LISTENING TO SHARE A FEW OF HIS TESTIMONY, I, UM, EVIDENTLY HAD CONCERNS.

UM, HIS SUPPORT FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IS PURELY POLITICAL.

IT WAS EVEN MORE CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WITHOUT ANY REAL RESEARCH OR REAL INFORMATION.

UM, SO AS I SAID BEFORE, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE SHEER POLITICAL NATURE OF THIS VOTE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER HAS BEEN BOMBARDED BY OUTSIDE GROUPS, LOOKING TO TURN WITH COVINA INTO THEIR POLITICAL BATTLE GROUND.

THIS IS SIMPLY NOT AN ISSUE FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE SPENDING VALUABLE TIME AND RESOURCES ON POLICIES WILL ULTIMATELY DO MORE GOOD AND HELP US ACCOMPLISH JUSTICE PRACTICES.

AND IN MORE EFFICIENT WAY, THE DA HAS POLICIES INCLUDE NO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, NO LONGER TRYING MINORS AS ADULTS, NO LONGER PURSUING PETTY MISDEMEANORS REFORM CASH BAIL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY.

THESE ARE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO DECREASE CRIME RATES, REDUCE RECIDIVISM RATES AND SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY VOTING FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE WILL HARM EVERYONE, NOT JUST VA GUS GONE REGRESSING TO THE WAY THINGS WERE, DOES NOT MAKE THE CITY MORE SAFE.

AND ONE DRAIN THE CITY OF ITS RESOURCES, NO CO VOTING FOR VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE DOES NOT MAKE THE CITY MORE SAFE.

AND IT DRAINS THE CITY OF HIS RESOURCES.

I THINK FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND LEARNING TO DO BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CONSIDER VOTING THIS.

UM, SO AS YOU'RE GETTING TO VOTE, I URGE YOU PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS, UM, AND REMEMBER TO KEEP THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE F

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THANK YOU, ANTHONY, OR KOZO FOLLOWED BY SARAH LEFT, FOLLOWED BY J D SARAH FOLLOWED BY J D FOLLOWED BY OLLIE CANTOS.

MR. CONSOLE'S WILL HELP YOU TO THE PODIUM.

DON'T WORRY.

GREETINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, I'M SARAH LOVE A HOMEOWNER WEST COVINA SINCE 2004 DISTRICT ONE.

UM, I ONLY CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE DO YOU HAVE MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS FROZEN? I'M JUST KIDDING.

SORRY.

YOU GOTTA HAVE A LITTLE HUMOR, BUT NO, I DO HAVE SOMETHING SERIOUS.

SO I'M GOING TO READ YOU WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT.

I REALLY WISH SHE WOULD, BUT, UM, I'M URGING YOU TO BE BRAVE, LIKE THE OTHER 14 CITIES IN LOS ANGELES AND GET A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR DA GEORGE GUEST CONE.

YES, HE HAS THE EVIL BILLIONAIRE MONEY BEHIND HIM AND AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF SOROS, GOONS AND PAID ACTORS.

THAT'S HOW HE GOT ELECTED.

I KNOW I'M WASTING MY BREATH HERE, BUT I WILL NEVER BE QUIET ON THIS ONE.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY, BUT I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT THE FOCUS BEYOND INCREASING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO BE QUITE A LARGE PROJECT.

UH, I MEAN, THE GOVERNOR'S JUST LIKE, UH, IT'S JUST ENTERTAINMENT, BUT THIS ONE'S IMPORTANT.

UM, IN MY MIND, THE GUY'S A CHARLATAN SENT TO CREATE DIVISION AND CHAOS, WHICH HELPS THE RICH GET RICHER AND MORE POWERFUL AND THE POOR GET POORER AND THEY LIVE IN HORRIFIC CONDITIONS.

SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK SHERIFF VILLANOVA FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME TO OUR CITY AND BE THE VOICE FOR VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS AND THOSE TO COME.

UM, AND I, WASN'T GOING TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES ON HIS, UH, THEIR COMRADE AND THE SAN BERNARDINO WHO WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND.

UM, BUT I GUESS THERE WAS MORE STUFF THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

SO MY CONDOLENCES FOR THAT ALSO, UM, I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON ITEM TWO QUICKLY.

I GUESS WE'RE IN A PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY AND, UH, NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.

YOU KNOW HOW I ALWAYS FEEL GRANTS ALWAYS COMES WITH STRINGS PERIOD, AND THEN ITEM 10, I DISAGREE WITH OFFERING REWARD MONEY FOR FIREWORKS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TURN IN THEIR NEIGHBORS AND MOST LIKELY THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR WILL PAY FINES.

SO IT JUST BOTHERS ME.

AND, UM, I, IF THERE'S A DANGEROUS GARAGE FULL OR SOMETHING, MAYBE THAT, UH, BUT NO, NOT JUST FOR BASIC FIREWORKS.

UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN THAT I DO NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I DO NOT VOTE THERE.

I HAVE NO PLANS TO EVER MOVE THERE AND I WILL NOT ADDRESS THE VERY LARGE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

AND AS MY DAD SAYS, IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE AND THEN YOU MOVE ON TO A NEW SPORT I'M OUT OF HERE ARE J D FOLLOWED BY OLLIE CANTOS FOLLOWED BY ANGELA BRUNSON, J D GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE DIGNITARIES TO US.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

IT WAS FUN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ASK THAT YOU REFOCUS, UH, BECAUSE THE PRIORITY FOR COUNCILS, THIS COUNCIL AND PRIOR COUNCILS HAS BEEN THE NEED FOR INCREASING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT IS THE ULTIMATE DETERMINANT TO CRY, WHETHER IT'S FIREWORKS, HOMELESS, WHAT HAVE YOU? THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THE STATS THAT WERE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.

THEY WERE ATTRIBUTED TO MR. CASCO, EXCLUSIVELY BY BJ.

I WROTE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE, BEGAN WAIVERS.

YOU DON'T WAVE US SERGEANT OR SHERIFF , BUT I THINK THAT MOST STUDIES WHEN IT COMES TO DATA HAS A LAG TIME IN IT.

AND I RECALL THERE'LL BE AN EARLY RELEASE MANDATED BY THE COURTS THAT ATTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE CRIME THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

IT WAS ALSO EARLY RELEASE OR MANDATORY RELEASE AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.

I THINK THAT ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN CRIME.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO SAY, IT'S ALL MR. KATZ COHEN.

UM, WHILE I DISAGREE WITH MR. COSTCO'S DIRECTION, I LIKE TO TRY TO LEASE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, TRY TO SEE SEPARATE THE TRUTH FROM THE EXAGGERATIONS, WHAT THE REAL FACTS ARE AND HEATS.

HE STAYED AT THAT.

THOSE WERE FACTS.

BUT, UM, I'M WONDERING IF THOSE FACTS DON'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE OTHER TWO FACTORS THAT I MENTIONED,

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THAT'S GOING TO CONSUME QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND SOMEHOW POLICE HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO IT, AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE DIRE NEED WE HAVE FOR POLICE.

SO WHETHER, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I'M NOT, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF REFORMING POLICE BECAUSE LIKE, UH, MR. ZUNIGA SAID, THE SYSTEM DOES HAVE A WAY OF SUCKING IN MINOR SOMETIMES AND PUTTING THEM ON THE WRONG PATH AND STIGMATIZING THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

AND SOMETIMES BECAUSE POLICE HAD DONE THE WRONG THING, THEY REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THE HONORABLE THING.

SO THAT, THAT POSSIBILITY EXISTS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

THAT IS NOT THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.

SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO REFOCUS ON GROWING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUTTING SOME, SOME, SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE TO ENFORCE THESE RULES AND MEET, MEET THESE OBJECTIVES.

GOOD NIGHT, OLLIE CANTOS FOLLOWED BY ANGELA BRUNSON.

MS. BRUNSON, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF AND BE READY TO SPEAK.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY, COUNCIL, STAFF, FELLOW NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS.

MY NAME IS OLLIE CANTOS, AND I'M HONORED.

GET TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

WE HERE IN OUR CITY HAVE FACED A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAYED OUR LIVES FOR A GOOD DEAL OF TIME.

WE WORRY ABOUT OUR SAFETY.

WE WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS TO HAPPEN.

AS WE WALK OUT OF OUR DOORS, WE ALSO LOOK TO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AVAIL OURSELVES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

ULTIMATELY HAVING THE GOAL OF STRIVING TO BE AT OUR VERY BEST BY HAVING AT OUR DISPOSAL CITY SERVICES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND ADEQUATE AS WELL AS EFFORTS THAT CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR WAYS TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

BY HAVING AGGRESSIVE APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING GRAFFITI, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN, ESPECIALLY OF LATE, THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD DEAL OF RANKER REGARDING ANIMOSITY OF ONE GROUP TOWARD ANOTHER OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, ASCRIBING MOTIVES TO THE REASONS OR ACTIONS OF OTHERS.

TONIGHT, I CALL UPON ALL OF US TO UNITE WITH A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH A VISION OF DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT CITY SERVICES, TO JOIN WITH NEIGHBORS AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER, NOT TO JUST RELYING ON GOVERNMENT TO BE THE SOURCE OF SOLUTIONS, BUT RATHER HAVING EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OF EVERY POLITICAL AFFILIATION JOINED TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

THIS IS NOT MERE KUMBAYA TALK.

THIS IS RATHER A SENSE OF IDEALISM THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AS I LIVE AND BREATHE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND AS I SEE THE DIRECT VALUE AND THE RESULT OF BUILDING UP INDIVIDUALS AROUND US, FINDING WAYS TO BUILD UPON COMMON GROUND.

AND EVEN WHEN THERE ARE AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT FOR US TO FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER WITHOUT A SPIRIT OF HATE OR VITRIOL, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE ALL FELLOW CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY.

MY PARENTS MOVED HERE MORE THAN 45 YEARS AGO.

I GREW UP IN THIS CITY SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND I MOVED TO WASHINGTON ROUGHLY 20 YEARS AGO, COMING BACK SEVERAL MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF BEING AUTHORIZED TO TELEWORK.

BUT WHILE I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND, GO AHEAD.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN FINISH.

I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE VALUE OF TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS INDIVIDUALLY AS CITIZENS TO MAKE A AND I CALL UPON ALL OF US TO DO THE SAME.

MS. BRUNSON, IF YOU CAN PLEASE DIAL STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, ANGELA BRUNSON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU MR. ALI, COMPOST FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND BEING HERE.

THANK YOU,

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DIAL STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.

GO AHEAD, MS. BRUNSON, THESE OPINIONS ARE MY OWN AND DO NOT REFLECT THOSE OF MY OFFICE OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION DID EVENING.

I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

I VOLUNTEER AT LORD BEER, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT DIAMOND BAR HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE BEEN A DEPUTY DA SINCE 1997.

AND FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE SPECIALIZED IN THE PROSECUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, ONLINE PREDATORS AND INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

MY WORDS AND ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE HAPPINESS AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME, WHICH IS WHY I URGE YOU TO VOTE.

NO CONFIDENCE IN DA.

GEORGE GETS GONE ON FRIDAY, MAY 21ST, LORETTA HO AND HER SON WERE STABBED AND SHOT TO DEATH IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

THE DEFENDANT'S ARRAIGNMENT IS JUNE 17TH IN POMONA.

I DO NOT KNOW THE VICTIMS. I AM NOT ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT PURSUANT TO DA GETS CON'S DIRECTIVE.

OUR OFFICE WILL NOT SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY, NOT FOR THIS CASE, NOT FOR ANY CASE AND PURSUANT TO THE DA GUS GONE DIRECTED.

OUR OFFICE WILL NOT SEEK LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, NOT FOR THIS CASE.

NOT FOR ANY CASE.

IF CONVICTED THE ALLEGED KILLER AT WORST WILL GET LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, WHICH MEANS EVENTUALLY HE'LL BE RELEASED.

AND EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE AT RISK.

THINK OF THE MESSAGE.

THIS SENDS TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS, THE MESSAGE IT SENDS TO LAW, ABIDING CITIZENS AND TO CRIMINALS.

MY CASES INVOLVE DEFENDANTS.

WHO'VE PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF MOLESTING A CHILD OR MULTIPLE CHILDREN AND HAVE SERVED TIME IN PRISON.

I GET THESE CASES ASSIGNED TO ME BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF POSSESSING OR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY UNDER THE DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY DA GIFTS GONE.

I WAS NOT PERMITTED TO ALLEGED THESE PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS.

I WAS FORCED TO PRETEND AS IF THESE DEFENDANTS HAD NEVER PREVIOUSLY RAPED THEIR 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AS IF THEY HAD NEVER PREVIOUSLY SODOMIZED THEIR TEN-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW AS IF IT WAS THEIR FIRST OFFENSE AS IF THEY HAD NEVER SERVED TIME IN PRISON.

DA GUS GONE POLICIES REQUIRED ME TO ALSO SEEK PROBATION SENTENCE WITH NO TIME IN CUSTODY.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH, BUT DIEGO SPAWN IS BOARDING THAT SEARCH ORDERING PROSECUTORS LIKE MYSELF, NOT TO FILE HATE CRIME ALLEGATIONS ENHANCEMENTS, OR TO COMPLETELY REFUSE TO FILE CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES THAT AFFECT ALL OF US.

HE IS CREATING INJUSTICE FOR CRIMINALS VICTIMS, SURVIVORS, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK.

DA GETS GONE IS A BITING AND ABETTING CRIMINALS TO VIOLATE YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR LOVED ONES AND YOUR SENSE OF SECURITY.

DESPITE BEING A THING, DESPITE BEING A PROSECUTOR FOR 23 YEARS, I'M HELPLESS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE HAS WATERED ME.

THANK YOU, MS. BRUNSON.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.

MA'AM OKAY.

UH, CITY MANAGER, MAY YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, COUNCIL TONIGHT, WE HAD A COUPLE DOZEN SPEAKERS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM TAKING THE TIME TO COME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

UM, HALF OF THOSE, I COUNTED 12 WERE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SHERIFF AND OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THERE IS NO ACTION ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT REGARDING A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE OR NO CONFIDENCE, BUT WE WILL TAKE YOUR DIRECTION AND PREPARE A LETTER LEGISLATIVE OPINION FOR YOUR NEXT AGENDA.

UM, A LETTER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, REGARDING THE POLICY CHANGES THAT, UM, ARE OF CONCERN.

SO THAT'LL BE ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA TIMEFRAME SO THAT, UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS CALL THAT LEWIS, UM ASKED ABOUT FRIENDSHIP PARK.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE QUALIFIED A FEDERAL CDBG PROJECT FOR A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO RENOVATE A NUMBER OF THE PARK FACILITIES THERE REGARDING THE GRAFFITI ON TREES, HER THE ABILITY TO REPORT.

I PROMISE I'LL GET OUT THERE TOMORROW AND TURN THOSE IN PERSONALLY BECAUSE, UM, I HATE GRAFFITI AND TRY TO NEVER DRIVE BY IT

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WHENEVER I SEE IT.

BUT I'LL GET DOWN THERE TOMORROW AND TAKE A LOOK WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS ON THAT ISSUE.

UM, IF APPROVED TONIGHT A $200 REWARD WOULD GO INTO AN EFFECT AND THAT'LL BE TAKEN UP BY COUNCIL LATER IN THE AGENDA.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE OH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY WE HAVE SUBMITTED A 12 COMPONENT OVERVIEW AND PLANNED THE CALIFORNIA STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE ASSIGNED THREE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS TO REVIEW THAT WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM NOW FOR NEXT WEEK THAT WE MIGHT HEAR THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED.

SO THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SEE EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NOT CONTAINED IN THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER'S

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

REPORT.

I HAVE A BRIEF REPORT AND I'LL TRY AND MAKE IT BRIEFER.

GIVEN THE HOUR IT'S APPROACHING 10 30.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT.

UM, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CREDIT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT YESTERDAY'S MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, OUR, OUR OWN POLICE OFFICER, UM, ERIC MELNICK.

I THOUGHT HE SPOKE ELOQUENTLY AND FROM THE HEART, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED HIS COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SHARE THAT THOSE, UM, THOSE REMARKS WITH US YESTERDAY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT VACCINATIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

UM, AND PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT.

WE ARE STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY THROUGH WHICH WE RECEIVED MUTUAL AID, UM, INCLUDING PERSONNEL ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND OTHER AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN ASSIST A, THAT MUNICIPALITIES LIKE OURS AS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARED EMERGENCY CAN ASSIST THE COMMUNITY DURING A LOCAL EMERGENCY.

THE FULL AGENT PEOPLE HAVE MADE SOME INQUIRY ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD SEGUE THIS INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS AND UNDER THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, WE HIGHLY SUPPORT ANYTHING.

THAT'LL PUT A VACCINATION NEEDLES IN ARMS. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NEXT SLIDE.

UM, I WANTED TO WELCOME, WE'VE GOT A NEW, UH, PART-TIME TWO DAY A WEEK.

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WE'RE BRINGING IN, UM, MIR FOUGHT TO HE AND MIR HAS MORE THAN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE DIRECTLY RELATED IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

HE'S A, UM, REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER AND, UH, HE FIRST DAY WAS TODAY AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO GET HIS ARMS AROUND SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECT DELIVERY OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING, UM, THIS MONTH WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A $2 MILLION PAVEMENT PROJECT AND HE'S PRETTY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST, UM, FOR ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BY WAY OF A RESIDENT HAD ASKED FOR SOME SIDEWALK REPAIRS.

SO WE SKIPPED AHEAD OF OUR $2 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT.

AND DID THIS PIECE, UM, JUST USING CITY FORCE ACCOUNT WAS ONLY ABOUT THREE YARDS OF CONCRETE, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT ONE IS ESPECIALLY BAD.

ONE TO OUR ATTENTION.

IT'S UNDER REPAIR.

I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF CITY HALL REOPENING.

AS OF TODAY, I KNOW THE COUNTY-WIDE, UM, LIFTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE 15TH OF JUNE.

WE'RE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT FOR FIRE BUILDING ENGINEERING, PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO COME IN ON THE BASEMENT LEVEL AND WHERE WE ONLY WANT ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PER DEPARTMENT AT A TIME WE'RE TAKING TURNS.

WE'RE ASKING THAT PEOPLE WEAR MASKS WHEN IN THE BUILDING.

UM, WE'RE ALSO OPENING A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY FACILITIES AND EVENTS OR HOSTING EVENTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

CAMERON SENIOR CENTER ARE NOW ACCEPTING RENTAL RESERVATIONS.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IS COMING IN JULY.

UM, I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 PM ON JUNE THE NINTH.

WE HAD, UM, SOME ATTENDANCE AT THE LAST ONE.

THEY ASKED THAT WE DO IT AGAIN AND WE'LL CHEERFULLY DO THAT.

SO ON THE NINTH, PLEASE COME TO THESE CHAMBERS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE SENDING A COUPLE PERSONNEL TO PICK UP A TYPE SIX.

WILD-LAND A PATROL FIRE ENGINE THAT'S IS BEING GIVEN TO US ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM CAL OES HEADQUARTERS IN SACRAMENTO.

UM, IT'S UM, GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR USE AND FOR MUTUAL AID STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE WHEN APPROPRIATE IT WILL REMAIN, UM, PROPERTY OF THE STATE, BUT IT'LL BE HOUSED IN ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS.

AT THE LAST MEETING WE ANNOUNCED ON CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION THAT A REAL ESTATE DEAL HAD BEEN, UM, AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL.

IT'S NOW BEEN EXECUTED, UH, THE SUCCESSOR TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND MNA KOBE HAVE BOTH NOW SIGNED A PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT FOR TWO OF THE SUCCESS REGENCY PARCELS, UM, JUST ABOVE THE SPORTSPLEX COMPLEX, THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS COMPLEX AND SIGNIFICANTLY IT OFFERS THE CITY A RIGHT TO A REPURCHASE WAS THIS, WHICH WAS A RIGHT,

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I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR THIS EVENING.

THANKS VERY MUCH WELCOME MR. MIR.

I KNOW HE'S HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION? SO, UM, ON, ON THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THERE, THERE WAS A MAY 31ST DEADLINE WITH, UH, COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

CAN YOU UPDATE THE COMMUNITY ON THAT? WELL, THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HAS HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY TO DELIVER HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

UM, A CONTRACT IS A, IS A SERIOUS THING AND THERE'S AN ANNUAL NOTICE PROVISION, WHICH, UM, ONLY TRIGGERS ONCE A YEAR ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, WHICH HAS NOW COME AND GONE.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT IN EFFECT AND CONTINUE TO PURSUE AN INDEPENDENT CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF ALL ASPECTS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE, UH, ONTO YOUR

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

CONSENT CALENDAR CITY COUNCIL.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? JUST NUMBER TWO, NUMBER TWO.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER TWO SECOND, WE'LL CALL.

SORRY THAT MOVE WAS BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

PULLED BY COUNCILMAN TWO.

COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT DUBAI.

HI, COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY APPROACH TIM CASTELLANOS, MAYOR LOPEZ VETO.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO ITEM NUMBER TWO

[2) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2021-65 DETERMINING THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY]

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION, UM, W WITH, WITH THE STATE FULLY OPENING ON JUNE 15TH, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN NEED FOR THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION BEYOND THE 15TH? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, THE GOVERNOR AS THE STATE'S DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH HIS OFFICE EMERGENCY SERVICES AS A DISASTER DECLARATION SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT ENABLES THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO, UM, RECOVER FROM THE DISASTER IN THIS CASE, THE PANDEMIC, AND TO BE ELIGIBLE, TO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AND AID, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDERS, WHICH ARE NOW, UM, THANKFULLY, UM, LIFTING.

WE INTEND TO NOT ASK THAT THIS BE RENEWED AND TO ALLOW IT TO LAPSE.

AS SOON AS THAT DISASTER PERIOD ENDS AND TELL, THEN IT MAKES US ELIGIBLE FOR THESE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.

I MENTIONED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, THE FOLGER VACCINATIONS, WHICH IS A BENEFIT THAT IN NOURISH THE COMMUNITY AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT BE CONTINUED UNTIL EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE A LOCAL DISASTER, WHICH IS AN EARTHQUAKE ONLY AFFECTING US, BUT RATHER A STATEWIDE NATIONWIDE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

AND AS LONG AS, UM, FEDERAL FEMA AND STATE OES MONIES ARE AVAILABLE, I'D LIKE TO AVAIL THEM OURSELVES OF THEM AS WE ARE ELIGIBLE.

AND WHEN WE'RE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE, WE'LL, WE'LL STOP THIS.

AS SOON AS THAT MOMENT COMES, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT IS YET.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

QUICK QUESTION.

SO WE HAVE A, I THINK CURRENTLY TWO EXPLANATIONS SITE, ONE IS A CAMERON PARK AND THE ONE IS OUR SENIOR CENTER, SO THAT OKAY.

ELIGIBLE FOR OKAY.

AND A FOUR HOUR STAY OR FUNDING.

IF WE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS TEAM, WE MIGHT HAVE DON'T HAVE THIS SERVICE.

IS THAT TRUE? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT OUTSIDE ANOTHER EXAMPLE, COUNCIL'S AWARE RECENTLY WE DID DOOR KNOCKS ON SOME 1400 HOMES OF HOME BOUND SENIORS USING POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF A IN-HOME VACCINATION.

WE DIDN'T GET A GREAT PARTICIPATION RESPONSE RATE TO THAT, BUT WE MADE THE EXTRA EFFORT USING PERSONNEL, SOMETIMES PERSONNEL.

AND OVER TIME, THOSE OVERTIME EXPENSES, AS THEY'RE RELATED TO THE BOTANIC, UM, PANDEMIC ARE, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP MAKING OURSELVES ELIGIBLE.

SO WE HAVE OUR, UH, FIREFIGHTERS STAFF.

I SAW IT AT THE CAMERA.

AT THE SENIOR CENTER, HELPING OUT TOO.

VACCINATION FOR OUR RESIDENT.

I WAS THERE CHECKING THEM OUT.

SO LET OTIS DEFIN CAN BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE DUE TO OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY.

YES, SIR.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE JUDICIOUS.

WE'RE TRYING TO ONLY DO THINGS THAT ARE DIRECT RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC WHEN THEY COME OUT A YEAR LATER AND AUDIT YOU THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE MUNICIPALITY THAT ACTS LIKE THEY JUST WON THE LOTTO OR SOMETHING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS AND DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL, BUT DURING THE PANDEMIC, THOSE MONIES HAVE PROVED VERY USEFUL TO US AND WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

SO, SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY.

STILL EMERGENCY STEER IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO STAY STILL FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE REIMBURSED, OUR EXPENDITURE, BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC DOES A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER A YEAR.

WE OKAY.

MAYBE OPEN A JUNE 15, BUT MEANING WE STILL HAVE A THING LINGLING WE STILL WON.

WHEREAS IT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO

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VACCINE EYES.

SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ELLIS FOR THIS MONTH.

THEN WE SEE HOW THE JULY LOOK LIKE.

SO I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WE'LL CALL.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY I APPROACH HIM CUSTOM LLANOS MAYOR LOPEZ, VIEJO, AYE.

MOTION PASSES

[Items 7 - 9]

ONTO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THIS, WE CAN COMBINE ALL THREE, CORRECT? SEVEN, EIGHT.

WELL, I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE ONE PRESENTATION FOR ALL THREE.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS THOUGH, TOO.

AND I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

OH GOODNESS.

OTTAWA MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS SHANNON GRINNELL.

I'M WITH BUILD-ON FINANCIAL SERVICES.

AND I, I, I PUT TOGETHER THE ENGINEERS REPORTS TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING HELD TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR THE LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 ASSESSMENTS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.

THESE ARE FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.

THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE WORK UNDER THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE MINT MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN, AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2122 AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 18TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY APPROVED THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.

THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO DECLARED ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT THE ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2122, AND SET JUNE 1ST AS THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LMD FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN ARE 1972 LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS.

THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE UTILIZED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PAY FOR LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES LOCATED WITHIN PUBLIC AREAS.

IT IS A FORM OF BENEFIT ASSESSMENT THAT IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF ASSESSING PROPERTIES.

THAT BENEFIT FROM IMPROVEMENTS BEING FINANCED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LMD FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN PAY FOR LANDSCAPING, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LANDSCAPING, PLANTING, SHRUBBERY, TREES, HARDSCAPE, SIDEWALK, MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, PUBLIC LIGHTING FACILITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO POLES, FIXTURES, BULBS, POSTS, PEDESTALS, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS CLEANING, SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING OF WALLS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO REMOVE OUR COVER.

GRAFFITI 1972 ACT DISTRICTS ALSO PAY FOR STATUES, FOUNTAINS, RECREATIONAL, AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COURTS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC RESTROOMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE ASSESSMENT OR CHARGE IS BASED ON THE COST OR BUDGET AND THE BENEFIT PARCELS RECEIVED FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE ASSESSMENT OR CHARGE THAT PAY FOR ONGOING SERVICES WILL CONTINUE.

AS LONG AS THE SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

BUT THEN EACH LMD ARE CHARGED ONLY TO PROPERTIES THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS REVENUES WITHIN EACH LMD ARE USED ONLY FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN EACH SPECIFIC LMD.

THERE IS NO CO-MINGLING NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

NOW WE HAVE THE MAP FOR LMD FOUR, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN AMAR ROAD NOGALAS STREET AND ROAD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

LMD SIX IS LOCATED ALONGSIDE CAMERON AND GRAND AVENUE.

LMD SEVEN IS LOCATED ALONG HILLSIDE DRIVE THE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT, OR YOU METHOD OF ASSESSMENT IS UTILIZED FOR THE LMDS AND ESTABLISHES A BASIC UNIT OR BASIC VALUE OF BENEFIT.

THE EDU METHOD OF A PORTION OF BENEFITS IS TYPICALLY SEEN AS THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.

AS A BENEFIT TO EACH PARCEL FROM IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPORTIONED AS A FUNCTION OF COMPARABLE PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE LAND USE AND PROPERTY SIZE EXERCISE, ANNUALLY, STAFF REVIEWS AND ANALYZES A MAINTENANCE NEED OF EACH LMD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FUNDS ON HAND TO ARRIVE AT THE NET COST TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE PARCELS WITHIN EACH LMD.

AND ASSESSMENT RATE IS DETERMINED FOR EACH LMD BY DIVIDING THE LMT COSTS BY THE LMD TOTAL EDU'S IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE DISTRICTS ARE UNDERFUNDED.

THE ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF INCREASING MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.

AS A RESULT, MAINTENANCE HAS DECREASED OVER THE YEARS DUE TO LIMITED FUNDING ASSESSED, THE RATES CAN ONLY BE INCREASED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER VOTE.

ALSO KNOWN AS PROPOSITION TWO 18 CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO VISIT PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS NEXT YEAR FOR THEIR DISTRICT.

HELLO FOR RATES, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE RATES FOR PREVIOUS YEAR RATES.

THIS DISTRICT INCLUDES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH ZONE IS BROKEN UP BY THE PROPERTY TYPE, AS WELL AS BENEFIT TYPE, THE MORE THE BENEFIT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE HIGHER RATE FOR THAT PROPERTY TYPE IT TOTAL SETUP FOR THIS DISTRICT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION NEXT SLIDE FOR LMDC.

AGAIN, THERE'S NO CHANGES

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TO PREVIOUS YEAR RATES.

THIS DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES AT A RATE OF 650 PER PROPERTY.

TOTAL SETUP FOR THIS HISTORIC WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 154,000 LMD SEVEN, NO CHANGES AGAIN TO PREVIOUS YEAR RATES.

THIS DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES AND BROKEN UP INTO TWO ZONES.

C ONE ARE UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES OR UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES AT A RATE OF ONE 39, 22, WHILE C2 ARE IMPROVED PROPERTIES OR DEVELOP PROPERTIES, OUTER RATE OF FOUR 64 OH SIX.

THE TOTAL SYSTEM FOR THIS DISTRICT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 173,000.

NOW THE, FOR NEXT STEPS, CITY COUNCIL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESOLUTION WHICH PERMITS ASSESSMENTS BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLE IS NOW CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION ON LMD FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO, GO TO QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY WITH THE CITY CLERK ON ALL THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT THESE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.

YES MA'AM.

SO, UH, QUESTION CITY COUNCIL.

OH, OKAY.

UM, SO BASICALLY YOUR HOME HISTORY, FOURTH, FIVE AND SEVEN OR SIX AND SEVEN.

AND THEN NOW YOU SAY YOU FIRST, YOU SAY IT'S UNDERFUNDED, BUT THEN YOU SAY WE HAVE NO CHANGE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO AT THIS POINT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE RATES JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS.

AND THAT HAS, THAT INCLUDES A VOTE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO BASICALLY THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVE TO EVOLVE IT, CORRECT.

THIS IS HOA AND I SIMILAR.

BECAUSE, UH, WE CT COLLECT ON THE PROPERTY TAX AND INTO THE TRUST ACCOUNT FOR THEIR DISTRICT AND TO UTILIZE HIS MONEY, TO MENTION A STAIR COMING AREA, CORRECT ENDED BECAUSE THE HILLSIDE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMON AREA AND SPECIALTY, A SLOPE AND PITCH ON THE TOP AND LE IS EXTREMELY THE DENSITY OF THE WOOD.

AND THE BRUSHES AND THAT IS CREATIVE, A FIRE HAZARDS.

A LOT OF THE RESIDENT COMPLAINED.

AND WE ONLY ONE OUT OF BLUE MOON.

I DON'T KNOW HOW REGULARLY WE BASE ON THIS BUDGET AND TO CLEAN THE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

UM, I'M GOING TO TURN TO, TO THE CITY STAFF.

I'M NOT SURE AS FAR AS HOW OFTEN, HOW OFTEN THEY GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN EVERYTHING.

UM, BECAUSE ON HILLSIDE, YOU KNOW, HILLSIDES, IF YOU GO TO THE GOOGLE MAP, YOU SEE, THEY HAVE A, QUITE A LOT IN BETWEEN THE HOME.

THEY HAVE A OKAY.

AND UH, OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S UP TO HERE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN GO ON THE TOP, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TREE AND A LOT OF VEGETATION.

AND, UH, IT BEEN OVERGROWN.

AND I THINK ONE TIME, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE RESIDENT, WE DID REQUEST AND WE WENT INSIDE AND, UH, THE CLEAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEAPT BUDGET IS BELONG TO.

THIS, YOUR BUDGETS ON THE TEACHER NUMBERS SIX ON THE HILLSIDE, OR THIS IS EXTRA BUDGET.

THE CITY HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE THERE'S A TREE AND THERE'S, IF YOU DON'T DO THE TREE TREE MEAN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, WHOSE JURISDICTION IS FROM THE HOA OR THIS SPECIALTY STREET.

MAINTENANCE, DISTRI, ALL THE BELONG TO OUR CD PURCHASE.

SO MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS BEING, UH, UH, AGES OVER ISSUE ON THOSE NEO PSI.

AND, UH, THE FOUR, SIX, SEVEN BASICALLY IS ALL IN THE HILLS, HILLS ARIA.

AND, UH, RIGHT.

I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT THE MAINTENANCE HAS DECREASED OVER TIME AND THAT'S WHY YOU STILL SEE ALL THE SHRUBBERY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS HOW OFTEN THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, AND CLEAN EVERYTHING.

THIS IS A QUESTION I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THAT SECOND QUESTION.

AND I THINK I ANSWERED, I ASKED THIS QUESTION ALMOST A YEARLY.

MAYBE LAST YEAR, REMEMBER I ASKED THIS QUESTION TOO, AND THEN, BUT THERE'S A NEW ONE USE EQUIP VIDEO REMOVAL.

SO IS INCLUDING THE, THIS MAINTENANCE DISTRI THAT MANY, INCLUDING WITHIN FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN WITHIN THE AREA, THAT'S WHAT IT PAYS FOR.

SO, BUT IT CAN'T BE FROM OTHER AREAS.

UM, SO WE CAN'T USE THOSE FUNDS TO GO FROM COMING AREA, BUT IT'S NOT ON, SOMEBODY IS WORRIED IN THE RESIDENTIAL.

SOMEBODY JUST IS POTENTIALLY EITHER PROPERTY, OWNER OR CITY TO REMOVE A BUDDY.

WE TALKING ABOUT, COME ON AIR, COME IN AREA.

MAYBE THE, LIKE A WASH, THESE AND LAD AND LEE IS BELONG TO THE YOUTH IS UNDER THE DISTRICT.

AND LET WE MOVE OUT.

WE'LL BE INTO THIS BUDGET.

AM I RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN, DO I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU? YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THE HERE SIDE AND I THINK, I THINK WE REMEMBER FOR SO MANY YEARS, EVERY YEARS, I ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD BECAUSE, AND THE DON'T FORGET LAST YEAR WE GOT A FIRE ON THE WAY.

AND THEN POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHE.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN NOW JULY FALLS AND A FIREWORK.

UH, THE DISTRICTS DO INCLUDE, UH, LANDSCAPING, UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE HILLSIDE.

FIRE, ILLEGAL FIREWALL WOULDN'T BE, BECOME AN ISSUE.

UM, SO I HAD A MAYOR, UM, THE,

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SO THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE DISTRICTS IS IN THOSE PHOTOS FROM BEFORE, UM, THREE FREE FROM THE CURB AND THREE FEET CLEARANCE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO THAT'S, AS FAR AS THE, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE GOES, AND IT'S UP TO SIX FEET HIGH FROM THE BUSHES AND SHRUBS.

SO THAT'S THE LIMITED AREA OF WHERE THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, UM, MAINTAIN.

SO THE HILLSIDE IS NOT COVERED, UM, AS ROUTINE, BUT THEN WHO'S GOING TO PEOPLE IT'S CURRENTLY NOT PART OF THE SCOPE.

I'M SORRY.

LET ME OKAY.

THEN, THEN WHO IS JOEY ADDICTION TO, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, BUT WE'D HAVE TO, UM, CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

AND, AND NOT AN OKAY ISSUE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UNDERFUNDED.

YOU WANT TO DO SOME KIND OF HAVE A RESIDENT TO BODE WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY, SO THEY HAVE TO VOTE.

THEY AGREE OR NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT KIND OF SERVICE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE COUP AND THE GAS.

THE MEN POWER, THE LABOR.

ET CETERA, ET CETERA, AND SO INCREASE.

AND, UH, BUT YOU NEED TO, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY, LIKE INDUSTRY PEOPLE HAVE A CONCERN.

THEY, WE, THEY COLLECT THE MONEY INTO THE TRUST ACCOUNT, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE OR WE NEED TO IN THE MANDARINS MAINTENANCE INCREASE AND NO SIDE.

AND I THINK THE SOUTH SIDE IS SHADOW THE COMING QUEEN BALE AREAS.

SO, SO, SO WE NEED TO, IF WE WANT TO, UH, OKAY.

AND, UM, INCREASE THE K ALL THIS KIND OF, UH, ISSUE IN YOUR JOB, PEOPLE, HOW YOU CAN KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NICE AND PRETTY RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, W WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS IS, IS, IS EDUCATE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING WHEN THEY INCREASE THE RATES.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD 'EM HOLD MEETINGS, TOO.

YOU GO, WE HAVE A HEARING, HAVE ALL THE HOMES ARE COMING OUT OR OKAY.

PROPERTY OWNER IN THE NAVY WHO COMING OUT TO KIND OF KNOW, SO THEY CAN PRINT THEIR CONCERN ABOUT, OKAY, ALL THESE TREE TENTS.

AREAS HOW, OKAY.

WITH A BUNCH OF VEGETATION.

YOU SEE A LOT OF PLACES REALLY OVERGROWN.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THEY GO CRAZY AND, UH, AND IT POTENTIALLY IS REALLY A HUGE ISSUE.

SO, SO WE W W HOW WE UTILIZE THIS FUN.

AND IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE, OKAY.

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A HEARING WITH A RESIDENT AND TELL THEM, OKAY.

HOW WE DO IT.

AND IS THAT INCLUDING ALL, IS THIS BELONG TO THE CT IN THE OLD GENERAL AREA, OR THIS BELONG TO THE DISTRICT? I THINK, OKAY.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

THEY WANT THEM TO PAY MORE.

THEY HAVE TO TELL THEM WHAT KIND OF SERVICE IS GOING TO IMPROVE.

AND, UH, SO THAT, SO ANYWAY, BUT TODAY IS JUST A NOTIFICATION, RIGHT.

AND THAT NOTHING'S CHANGING.

IT'S THE SAME, SAME SCOPE IT'S BEEN, FAT'S BEEN FOLLOWED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

I UNDERSTAND.

I, AGAIN, I WENT THROUGH THIS A FEW TIMES, SO, SO I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER SIX TIME.

SO, SO I UNDERSTAND.

UNDER DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENABLING LEGISLATION IN 1911, ACT WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION, WHICH IS NOW PROGRESSING.

SO, SO IN A WAY, UM, COUNSEL, WE HAVE QUESTIONS HERE.

GO AHEAD.

AND ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, YOU, UM, IT MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT GRAFFITI REMOVAL, WHERE, OR SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU BE REMOVING GRAFFITI IN THOSE AREAS? I I'M JUST WONDERING, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT SHRUBS AND CLEANING MAINTENANCE, AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE GRAFFITI REMOVAL.

SO I GUESS I WILL TURN TO CITY STAFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH LOCATIONS WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT WITH THIS DISTRICT.

IF I MAY ANSWER GENERALLY, ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAVE WITH THIS AND THESE LANDSCAPE DISTRICTS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LOVE, HATE RELATIONSHIP.

WE WOULD LOVE MORE SERVICE, BUT WE HATE TO PAY FOR IT.

AND SO WE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLE WITH KEEPING UP WITH DEADWOOD, DEADFALL, GRAFFITI, WHATEVER WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE ADOPTED TONIGHT, JUST TO KEEP THE CURRENT LEVY IN PLACE.

WE CAN PUT IT ON THE TAX BILL AND CONTINUE TO COLLECT THIS AND THAT WE WOULD THEN BE DIRECTED TO RETURN, TO GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, WHAT SERVICES ARE REQUIRED AND WHAT THAT WOULD COST.

SO, FIRST STEP TONIGHT, JUST RENEW IT, PUT IT BACK ON THE TAX BILL, AS IT HAS BEEN.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT, BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK AT IT.

ONE OTHER PIECE COUNCIL'S AWARE IT'S IN PLAY IS OUR, UM, STATE LEGISLATORS ARE HELPING US WITH SOME LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW US A BROADER RANGE OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONEY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF, BUT SOME OF THESE WERE ENACTED

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EACH LEGISLATOR IS ASKED BY THE GOVERNOR TO LIMIT TO 12 BILLS.

AND OURS IS ONE OF THE 12 FOR SENATOR RUBIO.

UM, IT JUST WENT THROUGH ON CONSENT.

WE EXPECT THE NEXT ROUND, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND CONSENT AGAIN.

IT JUST ENABLES US A BROADER RANGE OF TARGET ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH THAT MONEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AGAIN, JUST TO RECAP, YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THE WAY IT IS, AND THAT WE GO BACK AND GIVE A HOLISTIC, COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE SO WE CAN RECONSTITUTE THEM GOING FORWARD.

I THINK I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE, OKAY.

I HAVE, UH, UH, THE RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HILLSIDE AND THEY HAVE A JENNY'S CEMENT DRAINAGE AND LAST GRAFFITI.

THAT'S WHERE THEY GRAFFITI.

THERE'S SOMEBODY JUST, OKAY.

AND A BUNCH OF KID I'LL GO, THE DAD'S SMOKING DOPE IN THE SAME TIME AND JUST VANDALIZED.

AND LA IS KIND OF A, NOT BELONG TO THE HOMEOWNER BY THE SAME TIME DOES NOT BELONG TO THE POVERTY.

THE HILLSIDE SO POSSIBLE IS TO, OKAY, WHAT AM I WHAT'S? I WAS, THANK YOU.

YOU ALWAYS SAY RIGHT.

OF COURSE.

SINCE YOU SAY THAT I MOVED THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO, UH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO, UH, WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR AGAINST YES.

MAYOR? I HAVE TWO, UH, SPEAKERS, OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S OPPOSED.

OUR NEUTRAL IS ELSIE MESSMAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR THESE.

MY NAME IS ELSIE MASSMAN AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN WEST COVINA NEXT MONTH.

THERE'LL BE 48 YEARS.

AND ON DISTRICT FOUR, FIRST OF ALL, UH, ON ONE OF THE NOTICES I HAD SEEN, UH, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS 10 YEARS SINCE THEY GOT A RAISE.

AND THEN IN ANOTHER ARTICLE I SEE IS 15 YEARS.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON STAFF HERE HAS BEEN IN THE CITY FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, THIS HAS TO GO ON OUR TAX BILL AND THE RESIDENTS THAT I'VE TALKED TO, UH, FEEL THAT WE DO NEED A MEETING AND WE NEED A BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.

THEY JUST HAVE ONE AMOUNT AND THAT'S IT.

AND THEN THEY HAVE SOMEBODY'S SALARY ON IT.

AND WE GOT TO PAY FOR ALL THEIR BENEFITS AND ALL THE REST OF THIS STUFF.

SO STAFFING INSURANCE.

AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED A MEETING BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO APPROVE IT.

SO IT JUST CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, UM, RAISED JUST BY HEARSAY SORT OF THING.

BUT I THINK THAT, LIKE YOU SAY, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ADDING ON AND ADDING ON AND ADDING ON, AND THIS IS NEVER ENDING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE THE GRAFFITI SORT OF THING.

I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID, THE CITY PAYS FOR GRAFFITI EVERY PLACE ELSE.

WHY CAN'T THEY PAY HIM IN HOURS IF THEY PAINT A WALL SORT OF THING.

SO IT A LOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FRED SYKES.

DISTRICT FOR, AND I THINK THAT THEY, THOSE, THOSE MONIES SHOULD BE RETURNED THAT, UH, UH, NOT DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT.

BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 42 YEARS AND, UH, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT AND IT HAS BOUNDARIES AND THEN AGREEMENT.

AND SO I, UM, CONCUR WITH, UM, MS. MESSMAN THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEETING TO CLARIFY THINGS BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT, UH, SOMEHOW MAGICALLY THAT AGREEMENT IS STARTING TO EXPAND AND, AND GET FLUID.

AND I'M BEEN PARTICULARLY CONCERNED HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK OUT SOME KIND OF WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH LITIGATION THAT, UM, ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT AGREEMENT, UM, THOSE FINANCES THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY SHOULD BE RESTORED.

I'LL REPEAT, THERE IS AN AGREEMENT AND SOMEHOW THINGS HAVE GOTTEN FLUID WITH OUR FINANCES FOR THAT

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AND I CERTAINLY DON'T REMEMBER GRAFFITI BEING IN THAT AGREEMENT, BUT, UH, I'M NOT PERFECT.

WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND CLARIFY.

SO I DEFINITELY, UH, WITH, UH, ELSIE ON THAT, WE NEED TO MEET WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND FIND OUT WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? AND, UM, HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, WE'LL GET IT BACK TO HOW IT'S WRITTEN AND STICK TO THAT AGREEMENT.

YEP.

NO, I DON'T THINK STAFF IS REALLY PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH AND I HAD SEEN WHERE ONE, UM, ONE OF OUR SUBURBAN WATER ANYWAY, ON ONE OF THE AREAS WE HAD TO PAY FOR ONE MONTH, OVER $5,000 FOR WATER.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR WATER.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT EITHER PEOPLE AREN'T REPORTING IT OR SOMETHING IS WRONG SOMEPLACE.

SO I THINK THAT, UM, MORE ATTENTION HAS TO BE PAID TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WATER WASTED AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY THE WATER IS NOW, BUT THAT'S $5,000 FOR ONE MONTH IS A LOT, A LOT OF WATER AND A LOT OF MONEY TOO.

IT'S ALL RETURNING QUESTIONS.

IT'S JUST YOUTUBE.

WHAT'S HIS NAME, MIKE? UH, THE GUY THAT, UH, HERE TONIGHT IS HE KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK HE CAN EXPLAIN ABOUT THAT $5,000 WATER BILL THAT WAS A BROKEN VALVE.

AND I REMEMBER THAT DAY IN, IN THE, IN, UM, I DID REPORT IT TO SUBURBAN AND TO THE CITY.

IT WAS ON STACEY.

WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STACY, STACY HAD A FLOOD.

AND SO HOPEFULLY, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE READING TO CLARIFY WHAT I TOLD HIM.

WE TEND BACK TO YOU.

COUNSEL HAS FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO MAYOR, NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

AND I RECEIVED NOTHING IN WRITING IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR.

THE COMMENT, UM, I KNOW THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS HAVE LONG BEEN A SOURCE OF COMPLAINTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL DETAILS, ALL ASPECTS OF HOW THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT.

I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES EARLIER TODAY, I DID VENTURE AROUND OUR CITY AND LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.

SOME OF THE HILLS, THE BUSHES ARE SO OVERGROWN.

THEY LOOK LIKE TREES THAT CREATES PERFECT HIDING SPOTS FOR A HOMELESS.

THAT'S A DANGER TO ALL OF US AND TO THEM TO POTENTIALLY, UM, SOME AREAS WHERE THERE'S POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

SO, UM, TO MR. SYKES AND MS. MESSMAN YET.

YES, WE CERTAINLY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE DETAILS.

WE DO WANT TO KNOW THE BEST, MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, BECAUSE I COULD SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER.

SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE EMBRACED AS A NECESSARY PROCESS.

DID WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. ALMOST, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SURE.

WE'LL WORK.

WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE TO ASSIST YOU.

HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE MEETING THAT WE WILL SCHEDULE REGARDING THESE DISTRICTS AND THE QUICKLY FOLLOWED, SORRY.

YOU VERY MUCH MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST AS A QUICK A POSSIBILITY, UM, AS WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE LANDSCAPING ISSUES AND OTHER OTHER POSSIBILITIES, UM, DOES, UM, AND MAYBE THIS MAY BE, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER, IS THERE A RUNNING LIST THAT WE CAN EITHER BEGIN OR CREATE THAT CAN, UM, UM, ENTAIL THE CITY IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED? LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, WITH THESE LANDSCAPING ISSUES, A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF IT COULD BE, LET'S SAY GETTING BOY SCOUT TROOPS TO DO THIS, THIS IS PART OF THEIR EAGLE PROJECTS OR OTHER SUCH NEEDS SO THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY FACILITATE A GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MINIMIZING COSTS.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD WELCOME VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISTRICTS, AND I'M

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AND THEN REGARDING THE LIABILITY ISSUE AND I, I, I REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS.

AND THE GOING TO THE, YOU HAVE A CHANCE, ALL YOU HAVE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT, OKAY.

THEY'RE SAFE.

I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU.

A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND WORK TOGETHER VOLUNTEERED WITH ALLAH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT THE SAFETY AND THE, I DON'T KNOW, ON THE HILLSIDE AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING IS THAT MAYBE SOME OLDER PROJECT FOR THE SAFETY FIRST, WE DON'T WANT MINERS WITH CHAIN.

SO AS I HEAR YOU, WE'LL BE CAREFUL.

THOSE HILLS ARE TRICKY, VERY TRICKY.

I SAW IT AS NOT EVEN A HUMAN, YOU CAN CLIMB UP.

DO TO, THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

SO, BUT THE TREES REALLY OVERGROWN.

INCLUDING THE OLDEST VEGETATION.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT A MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, CASTIANO SAID ABOUT, UM, AS WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, IF WE CAN, UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TREE TRIMMING, UH, IF WE CAN REALLY KIND OF LAY OUT TIMELINES FOR RESIDENTS OF, OF WHEN THINGS ARE BEING DONE.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY OPEN.

IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT.

THEY CAN SEE WHERE THEIR MONEY'S BEING SPENT.

THEY KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT.

UH, AND I THINK THAT WILL, UH, NOT ONLY EASE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE OF MONEY BEING WASTED, BUT, UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN SEE THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY USING THE FUNDS IN THE WAY THEY'RE MEANT TO BE AND, AND BUILDS AGAIN, THAT, THAT TRUST, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, OKAY.

SO, UH, JUST FOLLOW UP PREVIOUSLY MOVED TO A MORE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT, UH, OKAY.

I, OKAY.

I CONCURRED TO MY COLLEAGUE REGARDING OKAY.

AND, UH, WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT ALL THE DETAIL, HOW WE SPEND AND THE MONEY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

I THINK WE, AS A TRUST ACCOUNT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS TRUSTED.

COME COLLECT FROM THE TAXPAYER IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND THIS MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT IN THIS HISTORY.

SO THAT ACCOUNTING, IT NEED TO PROVIDE FOR LET THIS TREE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNER SINCE THEY PAID FOR OKAY.

THE SERVICE.

SO I THINK WE SLED PEOPLE, WE EASE THEIR OUT.

AND THE, HOPEFULLY THEY UNDERSTAND, OKAY.

AND THEY CAN INPUT ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERN BY THE HILLSIDE, THE COMMON AREA THAT IS REALLY A PROBLEMATIC.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KIND OF HELP WITH THAT GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WORKING TOGETHER.

SO I MOVED THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, TWO ZERO TWO, ONE DASH 56.

AND THIS IS FOR, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TO DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.

WE'LL NEED TO TAKE EACH DISTRICT SEPARATELY.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S MAYOR LOPEZ.

BEATO AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ONTO THE NEXT, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 57.

SO MOVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY I APPROACH HIM CUSTOM ON US.

MAYOR LOPEZ BEATO AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

NUMBER NINE, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 58.

SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS, SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY ON.

SO MEN WILL ANNOUNCE A WOMAN DIAZ.

I MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANOS.

HI MAYOR LOPEZ VIANO.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ITEM, NUMBER 10, A CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE UPDATE.

THAT ENDS THAT NOW ONTO DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS

[10) CONSIDERATION OF FIREWORKS REWARD PROGRAM]

I SEE OUR FIRE CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST ITEM OF TONIGHT.

JUST MAKE IT A GOOD, RIGHT.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.

THOSE THAT ARE LEFT, UH, THE CITY HAS TAKEN A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARDS FIREWORKS VIOLATIONS.

UM, EVERY YEAR BETWEEN MAY AND JULY THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SEE AN INCREASE IN FIREWORKS RELATED SERVICES.

I WAS OUT THERE LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST THAT I'VE

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SEEN IN AWHILE.

UM, WITH THE LIMITED NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IN THE INCREASED NUMBER OF CALLS THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET TO, UH, OTHER CALLS.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A BACKLOG OF 15 OR 20 FIREWORKS CALLS ALONG WITH THE OTHER CALLS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, UM, OFFICERS ARE EXTENDED TO IN OUR TIE.

OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE EXTENDED AND GET ANY OTHER CALLS.

ONCE WE'RE ON SCENE OF A FIREWORKS CALL, IT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO, UH, LOCATE WHERE THE FIREWORKS ACTUALLY COMING FROM.

IF IT'S FROM A BACKYARD AND I'VE STATED THIS BEFORE, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

UM, IN SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES ARE JUST RELUCTANT TO EVEN BOTHER WITH IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM CALLING.

THIS IS PROBLEMATIC FOR US.

SO I'VE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THE OFFICERS TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WILL ACTUALLY ASSIST US IN ONE OF OUR SERGEANTS CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT NEW.

WE HAVE A GRAFFITI PROGRAM THAT'S ON THE BOOKS ALREADY.

UH, THERE IS A REWARD FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

IT HASN'T GONE AWAY.

IT'S STILL EXIST IF HE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AFTER LOOKING AT IT.

UM, I DID NOT DISAGREE WITH HIM.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, IS NOT TO BRING, UM, UNWORN, UNWANTED, UH, UH, UH, HARM TO THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S REPORTING IT.

BUT RATHER FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS TO HELP US REDUCE REPEATEDLY, GOING BACK TO THE SAME AREA FOR THE SAME CALL, IF WE CAN AVOID IT.

UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING THIS FIREWORKS PROGRAM, LIKE I SAID, IS SIMILAR TO THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM.

AND IT WORKS, UH, IN THIS MANNER, ANY PERSON WHO WITNESSES ILLEGAL FIREWORK ACTIVITY CAN CALL AND REPORT IT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UH, THEY CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND I, UM, HAVE TAKEN, UH, TO THOUGHT WHAT MS. PORTRAIT SAID ABOUT DIAMOND OFF YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBOR.

BUT, UM, WHEN YOU RECEIVE A HUNDRED CALLS IN THE NIGHT FOR FIREWORKS, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY SOME PEOPLE ARE PRETTY ANNOYED, UH, BUT YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND WE'LL TAKE DOWN YOUR INFORMATION.

OFFICER WILL RESPOND TO THE AREA.

IF THE OFFICER RESPONDS TO THE AREA AND THEY GET THE DESCRIPTION, IDENTITY, THE LOCATION, AND WE ACTUALLY SITE THE SUBJECT, THAT PERSON WILL BE ENTITLED TO A $200 REWARD.

IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS IN THE SAME AREA, THEN IT'S THE FIRST PERSON WHO GIVES THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL RECEIVE THE REWARD.

ALL OF THESE DETAILED, UH, TRANSACTIONS WILL BE LOGGED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ACCOUNT OF WHERE THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEELS THE PROGRAM WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN ENCOURAGING CITIZENS TO CALL THE REPORT.

ANY FIREWORK VIOLATIONS.

IF GRANTED, TONIGHT, WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT WE START THIS PROBLEM, THIS PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY, UH, THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT.

AND I, UH, CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

COUNSEL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF THEY REPORTED ANONYMOUS, ARE THEY STILL ENTITLED TO THE REWARD? YES.

AND, UM, COMPLETE.

SO THEY COULD BE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THEY WOULD CALL IN AND SAY, HEY, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M CALLING TO REPORT FIREWORKS AT ONE, TWO, THREE WALK AND DON'T WALK.

I DO NOT WISH TO, UM, HAVE, UH, OFFICERS CONTACT ME OR MY NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING.

I WANT TO RENAME REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

THEY WILL TAKE DOWN A PERSON'S NAME BECAUSE WE GOT TO KNOW WHO WE GOING TO GIVE THE REWARD TO.

WE'LL SEND THE OFFICER TO THE AREA, THEY'LL GO STRAIGHT TO WHEREVER THEY SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE, IF WE MAKE CONTACT AND WE DO ISSUE THE SITE AND WE'LL CALL THEM BACK AND GIVE THEM THE REWARD.

SO THEY'RE NOT COMING TO THE PERSON'S HOUSE.

IF THEY WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, THEY CAN.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, SO, UH, AT $200, UM, THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY, UH, 10 REWARDS.

UH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT WILL START OUT TOO.

UM, I MEAN, IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT.

IF WE, IF WE ENDED UP CITING THAT MANY PEOPLE SHOW HER, WE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY ASK FOR MORE MONEY.

IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT, WHAT WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH 2000, WHICH WILL BE 10 REWARDS.

TORRENTS, NO, WE DIDN'T CHOOSE LAND.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, UM, YOU, YOU DID TALK ABOUT USING DISCRETION WITH, WITH CERTAIN FIREWORKS.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT SPARKLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THE SCENARIO SOMEONE CALLS AND THEY'D SEE THE PERSON WITH THE SPARKLERS, UM, DO THEY STILL GET THE REWARD EVEN THOUGH THE, THE OFFICERS MAY DECIDE NOT TO CITE THAT YOU ONLY GET THE REWARD IF WE SITE.

UM, I THINK WHEN RESIDENTS SAY, UH, WE CHOSE TO SEE WHAT

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IT WAS VOTED OKAY.

AS A ZERO TOLERANCE, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, AS I REMEMBER, LIKE YOU SAID, 80, 20, 80% OUR RESIDENT.

VOTE FOR ZERO TOLERANCE ABOUT THE FIREWALK IN, IN OKAY.

THAT A VOLTED DECISION AND THAT WE JUST HAVE TO ENFORCE THE DEPARTMENT IS JUST, WE JUST SO DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THIS LAW.

AND DOING THIS A SEASON.

AND, UH, WE JUST SEE THE FIREWORK ILLEGAL FIREWALL, ESPECIALLY EVEN MY AREA.

CLOSE TO THE MESA.

SOME PEOPLE NIGHTTIME, THEY WITH A HAWK AND 90 OR SOMETHING AND THE WIZARD LOUD.

SOMETIMES EVEN.

AND, UH, YOU CONTRIBUTE DANGEROUS FIREWALL.

AND THE POTENTIAL DEPENDS ON PEOPLE'S HOME.

AND I UNDERSTAND MAYBE SOME ARE SAFE, SAVING SENSE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A LAD, OKAY.

THEN YOU HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS YOU CAN CANNOT TOW AND JUST WENT IN AND DUE TO THE VOTER OVER THE BOLTS, THERE'S ZERO TOLERANCE.

SO IN THAT WAY, WE JUST HAVE NO CHOICE UNLESS WE GO TO THE BALLOT AGAIN AND SEE WHAT THE VOTES ARE, DECISION.

NOW, IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE, ARE WE ALLOWED TO CHANGE? OKAY.

AND IN THAT WAY, WE JUST HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

SO IN THAT WAY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THIS.

AND WHILE THEY'RE SAVED AND SORRY, YOU SEE THE FIRE.

COHEN, THE POTENTIALLY WILDFIRES.

A CITY COUNCIL REQUEST ITEM 11 IS COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ REQUEST.

THIS YEAR DUE TO THE DROUGHT AND THE, AND THE PEOPLE REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THAT WE, SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO HAVE A PLEASURE IN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN MAYBE WILL BECOME A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE.

SO IN THAT WAY, THAT'S HOW OUR JOB OKAY.

AND, UH, SOME WOULD JUST HAVE SACRIFICED SOME OF THE FREEDOM AND THEN MAYBE THEY CAN GO TO ALL THE CT.

THEY ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.

SO IN NO WAY, I WANTED TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY, COOL.

THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO COUNCILMAN BOO COUNCILMAN DIAZ.

I MAY APPROACH TIM CASTELLANOS.

MAYOR LOPEZ, VETO.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

FOUR ONE, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR CONFERENCE AND MEETING FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL.

NO,

[11) REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ REQUESTING FOR STAFF TO REVIEW AND IMPLEMENT A GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM]

GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON ITS BEHALF.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, YES.

I'D LIKE TO INSTRUCT THE STAFF TO REVIEW, UM, THE CURRENT PROGRAM FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY IMPLEMENTATIONS, LIKE A CASH AWARD, UM, OR, UH, FOR REPORTING THE CRIME AND, UM, INSTITUTE OF FINE.

I KNOW WE HAVE ONE NOW, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE THAT.

AND ALSO IF THEY CANNOT PAY THAT FINE, UM, INSTITUTE, SOME SORT OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM OR, UM, THESE VANDALS THAT ARE CAUSING A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND, UM, MAKING OUR CITY LOOK REALLY BAD.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING IT LOOK BAD, BUT IT'S ABOUT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GANGS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GANGS COMING IN AND CROSSING OUT OTHER GANGS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE INCREASE THOSE FINES, LIKE I SAID, AND OFFER A REWARD FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN REPORTING ANY OF THESE, UM, VANDALS COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

UH, ANY, UH, AND THIS AMOUNT OF MAY RA.

UM, AND I WAS APPALLED IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR QUIT PT IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL.

AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR STAIR RUNNING AROUND THE PLACES AND THEY'RE JUST THE LADY TALKING ABOUT SOUTH SIDE.

AND THEN SPEAKING TO KNOWS THAT SOUTH SIDE, EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, OTHER SIDE, WHERE YOU HAVE A QUICK VIDEO, ALL THE PLACES.

SO, SO THIS IS, WE NEED TO REALLY STOP THIS GRAFFITI OUTBREAK.

WE NEED TO ON TABO, MAKE SURE.

AND, UH, THAT WE WILL, WE CAN STOP THIS AND THAT WE CAN COVER AWFULLY SAME COLOR OF THE PAINT.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE MORE PAVIN.

WELL THEN YOU FIX THE PROBLEM.

SO, SO OUR STAFF NEED TO WORK ON THAT, BUT I WILL A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT.

AND WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING.

W WE, WE DO HAVE THAT AND WE CAN INCREASE THE FINES.

AND THEN MAYBE CHIEF CAN ALLOW ME TO BE AWAY FOR NEXT TIME.

SO IT'S A SUBJECTION OF WHAT WE SHOULD BRING BACK FOND.

THE SUBJECTION, MAYBE 17,500 SIMILAR WAY IS THAT IT'S A COUNSELING WOMAN, DIAZ, YOUR SUGGESTIONS.

I WOULD RECOMMEND A, UM, A FINE OF $1,000 AND A REWARD OF $500.

THAT WAS MY PLAN.

I PERSONALLY RECOMMENDATION ZERO TOLERANCE FOR GRAFFITI.

AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY, THEY CAN PAINT IT AND CLEAN IT UP.

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MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK ANYWAY, IT'S SET AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS NOW.

UM, WE CAN INCREASE IT TO WHATEVER LEVEL YOU WOULD.

LIKE.

THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE TO CHECK IS IF WE ARREST SOMEONE FOR VANDALISM, SO NOW YOU HAVE A CRIME, RIGHT.

THEN WE ISSUE THEM A FINE, I GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET PROSECUTED CRIMINALLY, AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FINE DOESN'T IMPEDE THAT, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY CHECK THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET ONE OR THE OTHER ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT.

IF, IF, IF, IF, UH, IF THE DA IS NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE, THEN OF COURSE THE FINE IS WHAT WE'LL DO.

WE'LL JUST ISSUE ALL FINES.

AND WE WON'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, GO THE PROSECUTION ROUTE.

BUT, BUT WE DO NEED TO JUST RESEARCH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY THAT FINE, CAN WE MANDATE THAT THEY DO COMMUNITY SERVICE? WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE COURT.

RIGHT? BUT WE, AS A CITY CANNOT DO THAT.

BUT REMEMBER IF IT'S A JUBILEE, A JUVENILE OR MISS, USUALLY THE PARENT THAT WE GO AFTER FOR THE FINE, THE JUVENILE.

NOW, WHO DO YOU HAVE DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE PARENT, OR THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING IT, RIGHT.

YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD SET OF WHO JUST HAS A CHILD THAT'S OUT OF CONTROL.

SO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY GOTTA LOOK AT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FORCE HIM TO DO THAT.

IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COURT.

AND NOW IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COURT, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE WAY WE WANT.

SO I JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT THE CURRENT, UH, GRAFFITI REWARD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, BECAUSE PRIOR TO ME BEING IN COUNCIL, I ACTUALLY REPORTED IT AND FOLLOWED THE GUY WHO GRAFFITIED AND ACTUALLY, UM, OFFICER ERIC MELNICK, WHO PRESENTED YESTERDAY, HE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE VISIT ME.

NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT THE FINE.

I MEAN, I DID THAT.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN THE KITTY.

SO WE WERE KEEPING IT FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, AS WE DECREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE, IT JUST KIND OF FELL BY THE WAYSIDE.

IT'S STILL ON.

THE BOOKS IS STILL THERE.

IF SOMEONE CALLED AND WE ACTUALLY ARRESTED SOMEONE, THEY COULD STILL CALL IN AND SAY, WHERE'S MY MONEY.

WE'D HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THEM.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T KEEP UP WITH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, IT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES AND WE NEED TO PAY SOME ATTENTION TO IT.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

UH, WE'LL INCREASE THE FINE.

AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL, I'LL CHECK INTO THOSE AREAS FOR YOU.

UM, I KNOW MR. MEARS STAYED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DURATION.

THANK YOU, NOBODY AGAINST, OKAY.

SO I GUESS WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

[Additional Item]

DID YOU WANT TO COME UP REALLY QUICK AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING THIS LATE.

I KNOW WE'LL COME BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT.

ON OUR MAYOR AND AUTUMN OR COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M MAYOR FATALE.

I WAS SITTING THERE ALL NIGHT, ALL NIGHT, BUT I ENJOYING THE MEETING.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY, THE WAY THE CITY IS RUN.

AND I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED, UH, TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SERVE THIS, UH, BEAUTIFUL CITY.

AND, UH, UH, RATHER THAN DUFF SAYS, UH, UH, WONDERFUL CITY ON THERE, MR. HARMON INSTRUCTION.

AND I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY AS TOO LATE, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

EXCELLENT.

AND I MET YOU THIS MORNING AT THE CITY MANAGER, ONE ON ONE MEETING AND OKAY.

AND THEN YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF.

ADDED SOMEBODY PROMISE, LIKE WE DON'T NEED STUDY DAY ONLY NEED 15 DAY TO IMPROVE.

I JUST HAVE TO GET, UM, WELL, I'M ACTUALLY, I WAS DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND I WAS LOOKING AT THOSE CAPE AREA, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, WHATEVER.

AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE SHARP TREES.

BS.

I SEE.

WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM AWAY.

AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE GRAFFITI'S OUT ON, YOU KNOW, THE TRASH CANS AND SIGNS ON EVERYTHING'S PART OF THE LASTING LANDSCAPE.

I BEGAN TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

I'M GOING TO GET TOWARD PRETTY SOON, A BIT MORE THAN 15 DAYS, 16 PARKS.

AND THE PARKS WITH THE TRASH.

LIKE OOZE OUT.

AND THE LAKE IS REALLY BECOME AN ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENT REGARDING THE PARK ISSUE.

AND I THINK THEY, INCLUDING A PUBLIC WORK FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK HOW'D YOU MAKE OUR POWER PRESENTABLE.

HOW TO MAKE SURE THE TRASH OKAY.

AND MISS SURE.

I KNOW WE JUST IMPOSE PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU, BUT HEY, YOU, YOU BUY AMONG THE RECOMMENDATION.

YOU'RE LIKE A SUPERHUMAN THAT YOU HELP US OVERNIGHT TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.

SO WE PUT A HIGH HOPE IN YOU.

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AND WE'LL HIT THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

MEANING WHY YOU REALLY PASSION TO SERVE AND HELP US.

WELCOME AGAIN, SHAVEN.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.