* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] LET'S GET OVER. [Call to Order ] GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. NIGHT TO CELEBRATE. WELCOME TO OUR DECEMBER 20TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TIME IS 7 0 2. MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. I'M GONNA START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES. UM, AFTER THAT, WEST COVINA POLICE EXPLORER POST 4 99 WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND AFTER THAT, MS. BIANCA CAMBERS FROM WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. ALL RISE, PLEASE. THANK YOU MAYOR HEAVEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THIS EVENING AS WE GATHER TO DISCUSS THE AFFAIRS OF OUR COUNTRY, OF OUR CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR NATION SINCE SCRIPTURE STAYS TO TRUST IN YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, AND LEAN THAT INTO OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL FATHER, ESPECIALLY OUR INCOMING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND, AND COUNCILMAN ROSA. SHE TAKES THE POSITION OF MAYOR SINCE SCRIPTURE ALSO LOOKS TOWARDS US TO PRAY FOR ALL AUTHORITY. GRANT WISDOM TO ALL THAT SERVE OUR CITY FATHER, OUR CITY MANAGER OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS. AND WE PRAY, HEAVENLY FATHER, IN THIS CHRISTMAS TIME, FOR THE HURTING IN OUR CITY THAT MAY HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE OR LOSS IN HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, OR SUFFERED IN SOME OTHER WAY. YOU ARE THE RESTORE OF OUR SOULS, AS KING DAVID SAID IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. WE PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE HAVENS AND THAT YOU PROTECT ALL OUR CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS. AS WE SHORTLY ENTER THE NEW YEAR, WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE PSALMS OF ALL WHO SAID THAT YOU CROWN OUR YEAR WITH YOUR GOODNESS, CROWN WITH COVINA, WITH YOUR GOODNESS. FATHER, MAY ALL OUR BUSINESSES PROSPER. PROTECT EVERY POLICE OFFICER, FIRST RESPONDER, EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY HOME. AND I BLESS WEST COVINA AND EVERY HOME AND EVERY FAMILY IN OUR CITY. THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST. COVINA THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU. BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. MAY THE LORD LIFT UP HIS CONFIDENCE UPON YOU AND GRANT YOU PEACE. GOD BLESS AMERICA IN GOD BLESS OUR BELOVED CITY WEST COVINA. AMEN. AMEN. NOW FOR THE PLEDGE, WE'VE GOT OUR POLICE, UH, EXPLORER, POST NUMBER 4 99. HERE THEY COME. READY? BEGIN I PLEDGE. DO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TESTING. OH, CAN YOU SEE THE LIGHTS? WHAT SO PROUD? WHO'S BROAD STRIPES, SAND, BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE OR. THE PARTS WE WATCH WERE SO GALL STREAMING AND THE ROCKETS RED, THE BOMBS [00:05:02] NIGHT LET OUR FLAG WAS STILL OH, SAVE. DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVE OR THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE BE SEATED. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA PRESENT. COUNCILMAN WU? YEP. COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO. PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ. HERE. MAYOR CASTELLANOS. HERE. THANK YOU. TODAY WE DID NOT HAVE A CLOSED SESSION. IT WAS CANCELED, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT. WE ALSO HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT. I RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT, SO IF YOU'D LET ME READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. IT'S, UH, REGARDING CHARLES H SPICER. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 12TH, 1927 IN LU LYNN, KENTUCKY. HE PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022 IN WEST COVINA. CHUCK, AS HE WAS KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS, MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO WEST COVINA IN 1962. CHUCK SERVED IN THE NAVY AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II. HE WAS FIVE DAYS SHORT OF YEAR, SO HE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH HIS MILITARY OBLIGATION BY SERVING ONE YEAR IN THE NAVY. WITHOUT A GUARANTEE HIS WIFE COULD JOIN HIM OR FOUR YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, HE CHOSE THE FOUR YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE. HE HAD TRAINING IN WASHINGTON, DC AND VIENNA, AUSTRIA FOR SERVICE. IN THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS. HE WAS SENT TO LONDON FOR THREE YEARS, WHERE HE TESTED AMERICAN SECURITY DURING THE COLD WAR. AFTER COMPLETING HIS MILITARY OBLIGATION, CHUCK BECAME A TEACHER. HE TAUGHT HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT IN THE, AND IN THE EVENINGS CITIZENSHIP. HE TAUGHT TWO YEARS AT COVINA HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN AT SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. DURING RETIREMENT, CHUCK WAS VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, MOST NOTABLY VOLUNTEERING COUNTLESS HOURS WITH A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. CHUCK TOUCHED MANY LIVES DURING HIS CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, ANDREA AND SONS, MICHAEL AND MARK AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND MANY FRIENDS. HE WILL BE MISSED. [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker ] NOW MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING. MAYOR. THREE. THREE. OKAY, THEN LET'S PROCEED, PLEASE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LLOYD JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT. MR. JOHNSON, GOOD EVENING COUNCILS. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, UM, OFTEN REMINDS ME OF MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STOOD UP HERE, I COULDN'T EVEN TALK TO THIS MIKE, THE MAYOR THAT WAS SAT IN MY, THE TIME WAS STEVE HERFORD. HE CAME DOWN AND GAVE ME A GLASS OF WATER. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, STEVE. NO, BUT I'VE GOT BETTER AT SINCE THEN. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO DO SOME CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE, FIRST OF ALL. SO OUR MAYOR, DAR CASTANOS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS OUR MAYOR THIS PAST YEAR AND FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WISH YOU ON ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY WOO, THIS BECOMING A WHOLE HABIT. CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND, ANOTHER FOUR YEARS WE HAVE REELECTION. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST ENROLLED TO AND THIS SPECIAL LADY OVER HERE, COUNCILWOMAN LADY LOPEZ. FIDO. SEE, I FINALLY GOT YOUR LAST NAME RIGHT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, , CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING RE-ELECTED AGAIN. AND I DO HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ELECTED RENA CITY TREASURE COLLEEN MOI ON OUR RE-ELECTION ELECTION, AND TO OUR ELECT CITY CLERK, NICK LEWIS FOR HIS REELECTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS. AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO SAY TO OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW COUNCIL ELECT ONLY COUNTS ON YOUR ELECTION. TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, I RECEIVED ALL THE BEST AND GOOD LUCK. AND TO OUR INCOMING MAYOR, ROSA O DIAZ. [00:10:01] I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. I KNOW YOU AND DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. AND AFTER THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO Y'ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU LORD. MERRY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY ETHAN BAIS. SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT EVENING. COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL REORGANIZE. IT'S ALWAYS A SPECIAL NIGHT, RIGHT? WE, UH, WE GET TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND IN THE SEATS UP HERE. WE GET TO SWEAR IN SOME PEOPLE, EITHER NEW OR OLD, UH, BACK INTO THEIR OFFICE. SO CONGRATS ARE OBVIOUSLY FIRST THING ON THE ORDER. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO LETTY AND TONY FOR REELECTION. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INCOMING MAYOR AND TO, UH, I CONGRATULATE YOU, BUT YOU'RE STILL THERE FOR TWO MORE YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS, , UM, TO CONGRATULATIONS TO DARIO. UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE POLITICALLY. PROBABLY MORE OFTEN WE DIDN'T AGREE, UH, WHICH IS OKAY. THAT'S PART OF THE WAY POLITICS WORKS. THAT'S PART OF THE WAY, UM, THIS RELATIONSHIP IN THIS ROLE IS, BUT I ALWAYS RESPECT SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHEN IT'S TIME, UM, TO HANG IT UP, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT AND SAY, I'M, I'M READY TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. SO I GIVE YOU A LOT OF RESPECT FOR KNOWING WHEN THAT WAS. I WISH YOU THE BEST. I KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW, UH, CHILD, SO I WISH YOU THE BEST. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S MORE FUN THAN WATCHING THE GROWTH OF A CHILD, MANY OF YOUR PARENTS UP HERE. UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING MORE FUN THAN THAT. AND I, I LOVED THE, PROBABLY THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE YEARS THE MOST. THAT WAS MY SPECIAL THING. BUT WHATEVER YOU END UP WITH, WHATEVER THAT CHILD'S SPECIALTY IS OR, OR ENJOY, I, I HOPE YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM. UM, TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER SWEARING IN AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM AS WELL. OLI CANTOS. UM, HE'S, HE'S KIND OF A RAY OF SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY COMING INTO THIS COUNCIL. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE GREAT THINGS OUTTA HIM. AND I THINK THAT WITH THE NEW DYNAMIC ON THIS COUNCIL, IT SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I'M, I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. I WISH YOU ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS. ENJOY, I BELIEVE YOUR FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR CHILD. SECOND, SECOND CHRISTMAS. WELL, I WISH YOU THE BEST. UM, IT'S A LITTLE OLDER THAN I THOUGHT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OLD, UH, BUT I WISH YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND, UH, I'M SURE I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AROUND AND GOOD JOB, ETHAN BALLAS. HELLO, UH, HELLO, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS ETHAN BULE. I COME FROM TROOP 8 88 IN WEST COVINA. AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, AN INTERSECTION ON, UH, CITRUS IN SOUTH GARVEY IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, NORTHBOUND ON CITRUS. THERE IS A, UH, RIGHT TURN ONLY SIGN ON THE, THE FAR RIGHT LANE THAT I FEEL LIKE DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD. UH, I BELIEVE THESE SIGNS WERE PUT IN PLACE DURING CONSTRUCTION ON THE FREEWAY, AND THEN IT HAVEN'T BEEN REMOVED SINCE. AND SO IT REALLY DISRUPTS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IS ALSO COMMONLY IGNORED, WHICH PUTS OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK THAT DO FOLLOW IT CONCERNING THAT WIND GOING STRAIGHT IN THE PROPER LANE. IF YOU WANNA MOVE ONTO THE FREEWAY GOING WEST, THEN YOU HAVE TO CROSS OVER FOUR SEPARATE LANES IN ORDER TO GET ON THE FREEWAY. SO I PROVIDED SOME PICTURES AND EXAMPLES IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM. YOU CAN HAND THEM RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. UM, THERE IS ALSO A SIGN FOR, UH, THE CROSSWALK BEING CLOSED THAT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED SINCE CONSTRUCTION. AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE REMOVED AS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PAINTING ON THE, THE ARROWS TO INSTRUCT YOU WHERE TO GO NEED TO BE REPAINTED. THE BUS, THE BUS STOP, MOST OF THE BUSES AT THE BUS STOP, WHICH IS IN THE LANE THAT CAN ONLY TURN RIGHT SINCE THERE IS OFTEN THEY CAN'T TURN INTO THE LEFT LANE TO GO STRAIGHT. THEY OFTEN IGNORE IT AS WELL AND GO STRAIGHT ON THE RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE. AND SO I FEEL LIKE, UH, THAT THE LANE SHOULD JUST BE CHANGED. IT BENEFIT EVERYBODY, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES THAT COULD DO MORE HARM. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP A FEW THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ARE BEING LOOKED AT, BUT THE FIRST ISSUE ABOUT THE RIGHT TURN LANE IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING ACTIVELY REVIEWED. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TO SPEAK ON IT. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT. YEAH, WE, WE REQUEST THIS CT TRAFFIC TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL REMINDER AND WE'LL PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A COPY. HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU, BILL ROBINSON. GOOD EVENING. UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE. UM, TONIGHT'S HEADLINE IS THAT THE, UH, FDA HAS, UH, FINALLY ADMITTED THAT THE CLOT SHOT IS REALLY A CLOT SHOT. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN OBVIOUS FOR YEARS, BUT STROKES, HEART ATTACKS, [00:15:02] UH, WE'VE ENDURED TWO YEARS OF MARTIAL LAW. OUR CONSTITUTIONS, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, NEED TO BE RESTORED. OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS, UH, NEED TO BE RESPECTED. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS THAT EMERGENCY CALLS ARE UP 40%. SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY GOING ON IN THE CITY AND NATIONWIDE. UH, WE NEED TO STOP BELIEVING THE PROPAGANDA NARRATIVE AND PROVIDE SOME PASSIVE AND PEACEFUL RESISTANCE TO, UH, THE GOVERNMENT'S AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY'S AGENDA. UH, I'LL SUMMARIZE SOME SUBJECTS I'VE MENTIONED THIS YEAR. UM, UH, EVEN EVEN PHYSICIANS, UH, UH, DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S IN THE, UH, THE CLOT SHOT. UH, IT'S, IT'S IN THE PATENT FILE AND IT'S PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. AND, UH, MEDICAL TYRANNY IS, UH, GETTING IN THE WAY OF, UH, THE DOCTOR PATIENT, UH, RELATIONSHIP. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, UH, PHYSICIANS ARE JUST BLINDLY FOLLOWING, UH, THE OFFICIAL DICTUM FROM THE FDA, THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IN THEIR HEARTS THAT, UH, MOST OF THEM THAT THIS ISN'T RIGHT. BUT THERE'S, UH, A BILL AB, UH, 2098, UH, THAT BILL IS ABOUT READY TO COME BECOME LAW, BUT IT'S BEING CHALLENGED. UH, AS I SPEAK. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S BOARD, UH, GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE BEING SUED. UH, YOU KNOW, PHYSICIANS HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. ANYWAY, UH, AB 2098 IS, UH, IS THE REASON, UH, WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE ENDURING THE SITUATION, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. I MEAN, PHYSICIANS ARE, UH, TO BLAME TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAINED LIKE MONKEYS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE SHILLS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THEY TRAIN. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. AND, UH, AND THE, THE MEDIAS AND THE AD REVENUE IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, OWNED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. SO THAT'S WHY, UH, UH, THE, THE TRUTH THAT COMES OUT IS, LET'S PUT IT, LET'S SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT SKEWED. SO THE, THE JAB IS REALLY EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY. AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T THINK THAT THEIR, UH, THEIR DNA NEEDS TO BE EDITED. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THEIR BODY THE WAY IT IS ANYWAY. UH, COMMON SENSE IS, UH, SUFFICES. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE, HAVE A MEDICAL DEGREE TO HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT THE JAB IS NEITHER SAFE NOR EFFECTIVE. THE JAB DOES NOTHING TO HELP YOUR HEALTH. AND, AND MOST, UH, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS KNOW THIS. UH, SO THE, THE GENE THERAPIES ARE JUST STRAIGHT UP POISONED. ACCORDING TO DR. BEN MARBLE, WHO HAS TREATED 15,000 PATIENTS, UH, FROM HIS, UH, MY FREE DOCTOR WEBSITE, UH, GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH IS JUST, UH, BIOWEAPONS RESEARCH. IT, IT TRIGGERS, UH, UH, TURBO CANCER, WHICH IS SURGING. I MEAN, CANCER, UH, POPS UP AND IT RUNS ITS COURSE. AND WITH GREAT SPEED, UH, RELI RELIABLE INTERNET SOURCES CONSIST OF, UH, KAREN KINGSTON'S CK. SHE'S A FORMER PFIZER EMPLOYEE TOGETHER WITH, UH, DR. DAVID MARTIN OF VIRGINIA AND REINER FULK, UH, UH, CALIFORNIA AND GERMAN LICENSED LAWYER. UH, THEY'VE FIGURED THIS OUT. I MEAN, THERE'S A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE THAT ALREADY EXISTS THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, BUT THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IS SLOW. YOU, BILL, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MAYOR, THANK YOU. AND CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND [00:20:01] TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'LL TRY AND JUST PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT TO THIS MEETINGS AND SEEK ADDRESS OF THEIR GRIEVANCES AND SHARE THEIR OPINIONS. UM, ETHAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION. WE'VE GOT, UM, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER LOOKING AT IT. UM, I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF SOME CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, SO DOES OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER. SHE'S GONNA REPORT BACK TO OUR TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. AND, UM, I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES IN THAT INTERSECTION, UM, PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, MR. ROBINSON, AB 2 0 98 IS NOT ONE OF THE BILLS WE ARE FOLLOWING, BUT I'LL, I'LL LOOK IT UP AND IF APPROPRIATE, SEND IN A LETTER ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. UM, DO MONITOR LEGISLATION WHEN THE COUNCIL REQUESTS ME TO DO SO. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ASIDE FROM, UH, RESPONDING TO THAT, YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE NORMALLY DO A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EVENING, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ONE TONIGHT. ACCEPTING. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO EVERYONE HERE, UM, I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS, UH, NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, DAVE. EXCUSE ME THROUGH THE CHAIR. MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD. IT WAS SUBMITTED LATE. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO CALL HIM TO SPEAK. SURE. LET'S GO AHEAD. VICTOR. YES. HELLO. YOU REPRESENTING MR. JOHN SHOEMAKER AND HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR YOU GUYS. DO THE DECENT THING, RESIGN. GINGER ELLIOT, ROSARIO ELLIOT, ROSARIO DIAZ, OR WHATEVER NAME YOU ARE KNOWN, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THE POSITION OF ME SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN FROM OFFICE. THE REASONS ARE SIMPLE AND CLEAR. YOU HAVE CLEARLY STATED YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE. AND IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, DO NOT CONTACT ME. NOW, YOU MUST AS MAYOR REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY YOU ARE MARRIED TO. WILLIAM WILD BILL ELLIOTT, A PERSON WHO IS CALLED FOR THE CONSUL TO RECRUIT MOORE WHITE FAMILIES TO THE CITY. HE HAS SAID IT WAS IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY. WELL, VASCO DOES NOT HAVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES, BUT DOES NOT CALL FOR THE CITY TO RECRUIT MORE BLACK FAMILIES IN THE NAME OF DIVERSITY. THE SAME PERSON WHO IS CALLED FOR A RENTER'S LICENSE TO TRACK RENTERS WHO MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, MAYBE OF A CERTAIN ECONOMIC AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND, A PERSON WHO HAS CALLED IMMIGRANTS DREAMERS, COCKROACHES, THE SAME PERSON WHO BLAMES THE LICENSING OF IMMIGRANTS FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS. YOU YOURSELF HAVE CALLED DISTRICTS RACIST AS TO YOUR OWN HERITAGE. YOU SAY YOU'RE A HISPANIC WOMAN AND PLAYED IT UP DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN. TO THE EXTENT YOU NEVER MENTIONED YOUR HUSBAND, WILLIAM WILD BILL ELLIOT, WHO IS NOT HISPANIC, WHILE CLAIMING TO UNDERSTAND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU WILL REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY, BUT HAS STATED YOU DO NOT THINK LIKE THEM. I TAKE IT YOU THINK LIKE YOUR HUSBAND, YOU HAVE SAID AT YOUR CONSOLE SEAT AND LAUGHED WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COMMENTS MADE BY YOUR HUSBAND AND THE RESPONSE FROM A CANDIDATE ABOUT THE COMMENTS ABOUT MY DEAD WIFE. YOU'VE REMAINED SILENT WHEN YOUR HUSBAND SAID PEOPLE OF JEWISH HERITAGE, WISH THEY WERE WHITE. YOU SET SILENT WHEN YOUR HUSBAND STATED PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS WISHED THEY WERE WHITE. YOUR HUSBAND WITHOUT COMMENT FROM YOU, HAS ATTACKED FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEW FROM YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND. YOUR HUSBAND HAS ATTENDED MEETINGS ON YOUR BEHALF AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND ENFORCER. SO HOW DO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WHITE OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER, COME TO YOU FOR ASSISTANCE WITH PROBLEMS? WHEN YOUR HUSBAND HAS CLEARLY STATED HIS POSITIONS ON ISSUES RELATED TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, ECONOMIC STATUS, COLOR, ETHNIC BACKGROUND, ANCESTRY, OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND YOU HAVE REMAINED SILENT. THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL IN THE NEXT CONSOLE PRIOR TO MAKING ANY ROTATION MUST DISCUSS THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM REGARDING NOT THINKING LIKE THEM, AND HER OBVIOUS SUPPORT OF WILLIAM WILD BILL ELLIOT'S COMMENTS SILENCED BY THE MAYOR, PRO TE IS AGREEMENT SILENCED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILS MEANS THEY ALSO AGREE, PLEASE SAVE THE CITY, THE EMBARRASSMENT, PAIN, AND EXPENSE OF THE STEPS THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION. RESIGN. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO YOUR HUSBAND SAYS, I WISH I WERE WHITE. LAST I CHECKED, I AM WHITE. THE LAST WHITE PERSON WHO HATED OTHER WHITE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS YOUR HUSBAND DOES. HIS NAME WAS ADOLPH HITLER. HI. OKAY, THE WE'LL CLOSE THE [00:25:01] ONE MORE. OH, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE. OKAY. YES. ROSE LOPEZ. THANK YOU MS. ROSE LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING. I WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY YOU REPRESENTING MY DISTRICT. MY NAME'S ROSE LOPEZ. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST CAMINA MY WHOLE LIFE. I WON'T GIVE MY AGE UP, BUT MY WHOLE LIFE, ALL MY EDUCATION, MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, I MET MY HUSBAND AT ONE OF OUR WEST COVINA SCHOOLS. I JUST REALLY WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU. AND I REALLY WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. I KNOW WE SIT HERE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE TAKE A LOT OF PUNCHES AND YOU STILL GREET IT AND YOU ACCEPT IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY AND IT'S A HARD PLACE TO BE SOMETIMES. BUT JUST NOTICE YOU HAVE MANY, MANY VOTES THAT PUT YOU IN THOSE SEATS, AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY. AND WE SUPPORT WHAT YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, AND WE KNOW THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE, CUZ I KNOW THIS CANNOT SUSTAIN YOUR FAMILIES. SORRY, I'M GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I WAS IN THAT SEAT NOT TOO LONG AGO. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S LIKE. I WANNA COMMEND YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MAYOR, CUZ OOH, YOU DID TAKE SOME PUNCHES TOO, BUT JUST KNOW THE VOTES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT GOES BEHIND THIS. REALLY, IT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT NOTICE. LET ME JUST SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. SO I WANTED TO END THAT NOTE AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE SPEAK, THE VOTES ARE OUT THERE AND YOU ARE TRULY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LO UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. VITO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND ALSO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSE LOPEZ, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, COMING UP AND SPEAKING, BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. [CONSENT CALENDAR ] WE'RE GOING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR NEXT, UH, WE'VE GOT SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, RIGHT? YES. WE HAVE SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. NOW, UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE SIX ITEMS? GOOD. UH, I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO, WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL SIX AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO. AND WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAB ABOUT TO BUY. AYE. COUNCILMAN WOG. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR CASTELLANOS. AYE. ITEMS PASS. FIVE ZERO. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [7) RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATION OFOATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS] AND AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MAYOR PROTE DIAZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS? MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY FIRST. I'LL, I'LL WAIT UNTIL, OKAY. OKAY. UM, UM, COUNCILMAN TONY BU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU SURE YOU WANT ME TO GRAB A FLOOR? WOW. I'M GONNA TALK. WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME. OKAY. OKAY. SO ONLY LIKE FIVE MINUTES, OKAY? UH, NO, NO WORRY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY. OKAY. UH, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR DARIO CAST FOR THIS FOUR YEARS CONTRIBUTION. OKAY? AND, UH, I HAVE TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD OKAY? TO HAVE YOU TO SEEK OKAY WITH US, OKAY? WITH YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, OKAY? A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, OKAY? YOU HELPING SO MUCH. THE FIRST THING THIS FOUR YEARS WITH YOUR FINANCE BACKGROUND, YOU HELP US TO FIX THE FINANCE. CURRENTLY OUR SURPLUS. AND CURRENTLY FROM $89 MILLION FOUR YEARS AGO NOW WE ARE 25 MILLION STRONG. SO MEANING WE ARE RUNNING A VERY, VERY GOOD BUDGET. OKAY? WE HAVE, UH, OKAY, ON THE RESORT TO $25 MILLION, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FINANCE BACKGROUND. SECOND SCENE. OKAY? SECOND SCENE IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. LAST YEAR YOU ASKED FOR, OKAY, HIRE 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER, WHEN LAST YEAR EVERYBODY WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE. AND YOU SAY, NO, WE NEED MORE POLICE. AND, UH, WE APPROVE ADDITIONAL 10 POLICE OFFICER, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY NEED LAND, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU, OKAY. HELPING US AT THE SAME TIME WITH YOUR BACKGROUND, OKAY? AS A MEDICAL, AND YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROTECT CITY WITH NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLUS THE PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WITH THAT, AND WE PUSHING TO HELP, MAYBE YOU CAN GET MORE RESOURCE TO DIRECT TO OUR RESIDENT AND THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WILL HELP OUR FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. AND ALTOGETHER, YOUR DREAM IS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE, I KNOW IT, THE EMPTY BUSES RUNNING AROUND. YOU HATE US SO MUCH, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU WANT TO CAST THE STONE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT SEE THE EMPTY BUSES AND [00:30:01] YOU REQUEST TO HAVE A UBER DIAL RIDE, OKAY? ALL THAT TOGETHER AND THE NEW ROUTE, OKAY? SO NO EMPTY BUSES, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY FUTURE, OKAY. WITH OUR HELP. OKAY? SO YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF FOR THIS FOUR YEARS. SO TOO BAD YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN. I KNOW IT'S SO DIFFICULT, BUT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE A YOUNG KID AND YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIAPER, OKAY? AND LET'S, I DOWNLOADED 30 YEARS AGO, OKAY? SO, AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE. AND I, NOT TOO LONG AGO, OKAY, WELL, BLANK OF YOUR EYES, 30 YEARS. SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO KEEP MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I WANT YOU OKAY. SHARE WITH YOU. YOU SHOULD. YOU ARE A PROUD FATHER. AND ONE DAY YOUR KID GROW UP, THEY WILL APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR DARIO CASTANO. THANK YOU TONY. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ROSARIO DIAZ. UH, UH, I WOULD JUST FIRST LIKE TO SAY, UH, AS, AS, AS A RESIDENT, UH, MAYOR DARIO CASTANOS, UH, WHEN YOU WERE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I EVER INTERACTED WITH. UM, YOU ACTUALLY, UM, SPOKE TO MY ISSUE. I KNOW I WAS HAVING SOME, SOME ISSUES WHEN IT CAME TO BOOKING IMAGES, UH, AND I KNOW, UH, THAT YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN GETTING THE CHIEF TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I I REALLY FELT, UM, HEARD. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AS A RESIDENT, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, I'VE, I'VE APPRECIATED YOU AS MAYOR, UM, BEING ABLE TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, ATHENS AND TRANSPORTATION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I, UH, BOTH CAN REALLY HAVE A LOT OF AGREEMENT ON, UH, AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT JUST THE, THE WAY, UM, YOU'VE RUN THE MEETINGS, YOU'VE KEPT US, UH, ON THE AGENDA. YOU, YOU'VE ALLOWED US ALL TO, TO SPEAK. YOU'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN US TIME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN WOO AND I TEND TO SPEAK A LOT, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT YOU, YOU DID GIVE US, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO BE HEARD AND, AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'VE, I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, THAT I'VE, I'VE APPRECIATED. UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FIRST ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, BEING IN, IN CLOSE SESSION, JUST YOU, YOU SHARED SOME THINGS WITH ME THERE, THERE WAS SOME VOCABULARY THAT I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH. AND, AND YOU, YOU JUST, UM, LENT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO ME AS A, AS A NEWCOMER. AND, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU COME HERE ON THE DIAS, YOU DON'T, NO ONE TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO. UM, BUT, BUT YOU DID THAT, UH, FOR ME, AND I'M VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. UH, YOU ARE GONNA BE MISSED. UH, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU'RE A PRIVATE CITIZEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE, UH, WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, SO MAYOR CASTANOS, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW WE BOTH WERE COMMISSIONERS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2018, SO IT WAS A INTERESTING JOURNEY, UM, EVEN HERE WHEN SITTING IN THAT THRONE, I GUESS, WHEN YOU GET ATTACKED IN MULTIPLE THINGS IN, UM, BUT YOU TOOK IT LIKE A CHAMP. SO IT WAS, UH, VERY COOL. AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU. AND NOW YOU GET TO SPEND THOSE EXTRA PRECIOUS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE CHILDREN THAT COMES INTO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND, UH, YOU UTILIZE ALL THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. AND OUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. DARIO, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR GUIDANCE THAT YOU'VE, UM, GUIDED ME DOING DURING THE BEING YOUR MAYOR PRO TE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITY ALL YOUR LIFE, AND I KNOW YOU LOVE IT. AND I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR, OR WHAT YOU DID DURING THE CITY COUNCIL YEARS, YOU DID IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR CITY. AND I REALLY ADMIRE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE, AND I VALUE OUR FRIENDSHIP. AND, UM, I JUST, I WANNA WISH YOU WELL AND YOU'RE NEW ENDEAVORS. I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY BUSY MAN, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE EVEN BUSIER WITH THE BABY. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME OUT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO NOW, OKAY, UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO GET, HEAR SOME COMMENTS FROM MR. CAST IF YOU'D LIKE TO. OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, [00:35:01] YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL HERE SERVING WITH ME, UH, THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. UH, YOU, BRIAN, AND ROSARI, YOU GUYS CAME ON IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TERM, BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGERS, LISA, ALL OF OUR STAFF REALLY ARE PD, OUR FIRE, EVERYONE WHO I'VE INTERACTED WITH, UM, THE RESIDENTS, EVERYBODY HERE FOR COMING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THIS IS, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HERE. NICK LEWIS, FORMER MAYOR, STEVE HERFORD, LLOYD JOHNSON, UM, OTH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD E EVERYONE WHO'S HERE. WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A TON OF PEOPLE, TOO MANY TO NAME, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE. AND, UH, IT IS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE SOME GOOD, UM, WE ENDURED SOME ROCKY WATERS. UH, NOT EVERYONE ALWAYS AGREED WITH US, BUT THIS PROCESS KEEPS MOVING FORWARD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALI CONTOS UP HERE WITH THIS COUNCIL. AND I THINK, UM, I KNOW THINGS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GO WELL. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS EXPERIENCE. AND AGAIN, THANK, THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND HERE AT CITY HALL FOR SUPPORTING US. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS AND, AND MY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE, AND SUPPORTING ME. YOU SEE, TOO, TOO MANY, TOO MANY. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL. VERY SORRY, MY NAME'S YOUR FATHER. WELL, YEAH, MY FATHER IS HERE, DR. CAS AND MY SISTER, WHO'S ALMOST A PHYSICIAN HERSELF. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR OKAY, NOW I'LL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MAYOR CASTANOS TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM FOR A PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, AND THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. MIC, MICROPHONE, MICROPHONE, MIC. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ? WELL, THE AUDIENCE WATCHING CAN'T TESTING. THANK YOU. OKAY, MARIO. I MEAN, WHY DO I KEEP CALLING YOU MARIO MAYOR DARIO CASTANOS, THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES ITS GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, NOVEN NOVEMBER, 2021 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022. AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' NAMES ARE ON THERE, SO I WANNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR, IF YOU CAN LOOK OVER HERE, PLEASE, IN THE COUNT OF 3 1 3. ONE MORE PLEASE. ONE OH, WE HAVE A FEW CERTIFICATES. HAVE A FEW CERTIFICATES HERE. OKAY. CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO DRIO CASTANOS FROM GRACE NAPOLITANO'S OFFICE, UM, US CONGRESSWOMAN, UM, HONORING YOUR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. THIS IS HORRIBLE. AN INVALUABLE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. DURING YOUR TENURE AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, YOUR SELFLESS GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GRACE NAPOLITAN. ALL RIGHT. FROM CONGRESS, THANK YOU. TWO, ONE MORE, CONGRESS, SENATOR RUBIO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OF COURSE, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. I KNOW EVERYONE HAS A LOT TO DO TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO COME AND SAY HELLO AND ALSO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE. I KNOW THE PROGRAM IS SHORT TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE DIAS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SACRIFICE SO MUCH PERSONAL TIME. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW ALL THE SATURDAY NIGHTS, SUNDAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE'S SOMETHING TO DO. AND, AND YOU DO IT WITH, UH, A LOT OF PASSION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COURAGE TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EASY. SO I WANTED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE [00:40:01] OF RECOGNITION AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND I THINK, UH, ONE OTHER GENTLEMAN SAID IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW IT WAS TIME TO GO. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WHEN SOMEONE KNOWS THAT THEIR PRIORITIES IS SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT'S GOOD TO LET SOMEONE ELSE LEAD. AND SO WE COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU. AND, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE AROUND TO SUPPORT YOU, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY I WHAT TIME? THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE CALIFORNIA STAND CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO DARIO CASTANOS IN RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE FROM JOSH NEWMAN'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COOL ICE CREAM TRUCK. WENDY IS HERE FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCO RUBIO'S OFFICE. WENDY, HI. IS IT OKAY? YES. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WENDY S AND I'M A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE OFFICE OF EST LU AND BLANCA RUBIO. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AND RECOGNIZE OUTGOING MAYOR CASTANOS. THANK YOU MAYOR COSTANOS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO PRESENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE. AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE MAYORS. I'LL HOLD IT. COUNT 3, 1, 2, 3, BACK THERE. WITH THAT, I ALSO HAD A CERTIFICATE FOR MAYOR, INCOMING MAYOR ROSARO DIAZ. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE AND RESIDENCE OF THE 48TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO MAINTAINING THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS IS ADMIRED BY MANY. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE FIRST MEXICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR IN WEST CORINA'S 100 YEAR HISTORY. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEST WISHES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE TIME. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU, MS. VALERIE MUNOS. VALERIE. LINDA, THERE, WE GOT IT. OKAY, HERE WE GO. . GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. I'M VALERIE MUNOS, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF LA BUIN, NEIGHBORING CITY, BUT ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, REPRESENTING CITIES WITH NON PUMPING RIPS HERE IN THE CITY OF, UM, WEST COVINA. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DEDICATED AND YOUR HARD WORK. UM, NOT ONLY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, I KNOW YOUR FATHER'S ALSO AN AN MD, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CHILDREN, AND I KNOW FAMILY COMES FIRST, SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT. AND YOU'RE GONNA BE STEPPING AWAY. I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A DISSERVICE FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA BE MISSING A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, COMING, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THAT WORKS. TWO, THREE. ONE MORE. ONE THREE, MS. LINDA SANTOS. YES. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LINDA SANTOS, AND, UH, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA. AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT, UH, SOME CERTIFICATES. SO, AND ALSO WE HAVE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD HERE ATTENDING. SO, ANYWAY, [00:45:01] AND, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO, UH, SAY THAT THANK YOU MAYOR DARIO, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD FOR YOU TO BE BACK. . THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. PHOTO, JUST HAVE A PICTURE OF IT. OKAY. GONNA ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS PLACE, PLEASE. 2, 3, 1 MORE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE. THANK YOU. HAVE IT. I WANT'S WAY, RIGHT? THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. FINALLY GOT MY STREET SIGN. HEY, I LOVE IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WOO. WELL, I JUST WANNA WISH YOU WELL. AND, UM, I, I REALLY, I'M SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU, TYLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU CAN HOLD IT UP. OH, YEAH. HOLD 1, 2, 3, AND ONE MORE. ONE. THANK YOU, . HEY, . SIT, WHAT'D I DO IN MY PEN? OH, OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE ADMINISTERED THE ALSO OFFICE TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, NICK LEWIS. I'LL HAVE TO SAY IT. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. AYE. NICHOLAS LEWIS. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH IN ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. FOR PURPOSE OF THAT I WILL. AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT, UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. 3, 2, 3. ONE MORE. [00:50:01] THREE, CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS OUR ASSISTANT, UM, CITY CLERK, AND THAT IS NICHOLAS LEWIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I, I THINK YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST VOTE, RIGHT? CANNOT. FAIR . OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, CITY TREASURER, ROSATI ZO OFFICE. IS SHE COMING UP? COLLEEN ROSATI AS TREASURER? I, I KNOW COLLEEN IS HERE. WE'LL, WELCOME HER TO COME FORWARD. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR CITY CLERK. NICHOLAS, MAY I, I'M SORRY, I NEED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT. I KNOW THEY SAID THE PROGRAM WAS SHORT, BUT I WAS ELECTED ONCE. SO I KNOW HOW SPECIAL THIS DAY IS FOR ALL OF THE ELECTED. SO I'M SORRY, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME. UM, PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT EASY. AND, UH, NICHOLAS, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW. MY FIRST JOB WAS THE ELECTED CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK. SO, SO I DO KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE AHEAD OF YOU. AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO SERVE, AND I ALSO WANNA COMMEND YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE FOR WANTING TO, TO REALLY GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT. SO I WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO PER PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESS, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. AND ANYWAY, I CAN. AND I, YOU KNOW, I HAD FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SO HOPEFULLY I COULD SERVE AS A GUIDANCE. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY AND TO YOU. AND THERE YOU GO. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, COME ON AHEAD, COLLEEN. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND I'M HERE TO, SO IN OF COURSE, COLLEEN ROSATI, UH, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I ELAINE ROSATI. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH PENALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY. I MAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY. I WILL. AND FAITHFULLY I WILL. WELL, I WILL, WELL AND, AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER ON, UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR AG, HONOR OF APPLAUSE TO OUR NEW PRETTY TREASURE. AND I ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE STATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, AND THREE. . I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY. THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS TEAM, ROSATI, THIS IS MY THIRD TERM. I APPRECIATE ALL I, I APPRECI APPRECIATE ALL OF THE VOTERS THAT CAME OUT THIS TIME. SINCERELY, I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED TO REMAIN YOUR ELECTED CITY TREASURER, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO FULFILL THIS POSITION TO THE BEST OF MY CAPABILITY. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT CAME OUT HERE TONIGHT. AND FOR ALL OF YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. [00:55:05] IF I COULD HAVE, OH, IF I CAN HAVE COUNSEL, UH, LOPEZ, SEATTLE, COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. PART OF IT TOO. , NOW WE'RE GROWING. IF I CAN GET YOU TO TRADE PLACES SO THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD ON MIC. OKAY. I REPEAT STATE YOUR NAME, I LET YOU GO. CHRIST. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR. THAT I WILL BEAR. TRUE FAITH. TRUE FAITH. AND ALLEGIANCE. AND ALLEGIANCE. TO THE CONSTITUTION. TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. AND THAT I, AND THAT I WILL, WILL AND FAITHFULLY, WILL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES DISCHARGE UPON WHICH, UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. I'M ABOUT TO RIGHT OVER HERE. HAVE A 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, SORRY, I'M NOT AS TALL AS EVERYONE ELSE. I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE MY FRIEND. UH, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE BOTH RUNNING. AND THE ONE THING THAT I CAN ASSURE ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS THAT YOU ARE EVERYWHERE. EVERY EVENT THAT I GO TO, WHETHER IT'S AT NIGHT AND THE MORNING, WEEKENDS, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE REPRESENTING HER COMMUNITY. SO I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON SO MANY ISSUES. SO ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCUSE, KEEP TAKING THIS OFF. SORRY. OH, BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AND OF COURSE, AND OF COURSE ALL OUR, THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN VASCO. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER LETTER LOPEZ BDO, A PRIDE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. . THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOLD ON THE COUNT 3, 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE BISHOP GORDON PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. IF WE COULD HAVE BISHOP GORDON, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT RIGHT HERE. I'M, UH, OLI CANTOS AS BISHOP, AND THEY ASKED ME TO DO A SHORT PRAYER, UH, BEFORE HIS, HIS PART OF THIS. OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANKED YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MEET, TO MEET, UH, THIS EVENING IN THIS, UH, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND TO SEE [01:00:01] THE REORGANIZATION OF THIS CITY RESULTING FROM, UH, THE FREE ELECTION THAT JUST OCCURRED. AND WE THANKED YOU FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING AND WORKING SO HARD TO HELP MAKE THIS A GREAT CITY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MY FRIEND OLI HAS TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. AND PLEASE BLESS ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING SO HARD IN THIS CITY TO, UM, BE ABLE TO HELP MAKE THIS CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT CITY AND A BETTER CITY. AND, UM, BLESS ONLY AS HE LEARNS THE, UM, HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS AS HE SERVES ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WELL WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND ON THE COUNCIL. AND WE SAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. IF WE COULD HAVE MR. DAVID HERBST COME UP AND, UM, ALI, UH, OR COUNCIL MEMBER AT LIKE, TO ALI CONTOS, PLEASE COME UP. MADAM MAYOR, MAY I JUST SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE I SWEAR? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS DAVID HERST. I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY. I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A 30 YEAR PLUS FRIEND OF OLI CANTOS. OLI AND I WERE IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT TOGETHER AT LMU OLI, I BRING YOU THE GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES OF YOUR ALMA MATER LMU. WE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY PROUD OF YOU. UM, I CAN TELL YOU ALL MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT YOU ARE GETTING ONE OF THE VERY BEST HUMAN BEINGS I HAVE EVER KNOWN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND I ALSO BRING TONIGHT, IF I MAY, UM, THE GREETINGS OF FORMER HOUSE MAJORITY WITH TONY CUELLO, A FELLOW LMU ALUM. AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, TONY IS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, A FELLOW REPUBLICAN, SAID IT WAS THE BEST THING HE EVER SIGNED. I SPOKE WITH CONGRESSMAN CULO EARLIER TODAY AND HE NOT ONLY ASKED ME ONLY TO CONGRATULATE YOU, BUT HE ALSO ASKED ME TO THANK THE VOTERS OF WEST COVINA FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO GET THE JOB DONE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. AND I CAN ATTEST FOR KNOWING YOU FOR OVER 30 YEARS. YOU ALWAYS GET THE JOB DONE. DONE WELL. SO NOW LET'S SWEAR YOU IN MY FRIEND, SO YOU CAN GET THE JOB OF COUNCIL MEMBER UNDERWAY AND BECOME, AS TONY AND I UNDERSTAND IT, ONLY THE SECOND ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AMERICA WHO IS BLIND. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I OLI GARO, DOUG DUGGAN CANTOS THE SEVENTH. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY AND THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES ON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCILMAN, WE GOING GOOD DIRECTION THIS DIRECTION, PLEASE. ON THE COUNT OF THREE. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE PLEASE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE TO DO ANOTHER. OKAY. SORRY. HI, ONCE AGAIN, SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO. HOW'S IT FEEL? PERFECT. THANK YOU MR. OGDEN. UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE [01:05:01] WITH, YOU KNOW, SUCH PRIDE AND HONOR. I THINK THAT WEST COVINA IS BREAKING SO MANY BARRIERS, AND I WAS A TEACHER FOR 17 YEARS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I USED TO ALWAYS TELL MY STUDENTS THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT YOU ARE NOW SOMEONE THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN CAN LOOK UP TO. SO I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING, UM, THE INITIATIVE TO WANT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. I'M HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU FOR SERVING HERE. AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HIM SO EARLIER, UM, IN THE YEAR, I THINK IT WAS VETERAN'S DAY AND, AND HE'S SUCH A LOVELY INDIVIDUAL AND I THINK YOU MAKE US PROUD. THANK YOU, SIR. BUT I HAVE A CERTIFICATE, , I HAVE A JOB TO DO. I FORGOT. AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF THIS TODAY, CALIFORNIA. WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO SERVE. THANK YOU. AND WE APPLAUD YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESS IN THE REGION. SECOND AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THAT IS PRETTY SPECTACULAR. SO WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK UP TO AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, SIR. THANK YOU. IN THIS DIRECTION. COUNT 3, 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1, 2, 3. ONE, TWO, AND THREE. MS. LINDA? YES, LINDA, HERE. SORRY. THANK YOU, HOLLY. OH, THE, WE HAVE NOW TWO REPRESENTATIVES OR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND AS, UH, FROM THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY, WE ARE SO WE FEEL BLESSED THAT, UH, WE ARE HERE AND, UH, TOGETHER WITH THEM, WE WILL BE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE WEST COVINA EVEN A GREATER CITY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. SO, UH, IN BEHALF OF THE PILLAR, UH, ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA AND SOME OF OUR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE, ONLY THE I CONGRESS, CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BE SERVING TOGETHER WITH YOU, WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. HOLD ON. ON THE THREE. 1, 2, 3, ANOTHER 1, 3, 1, 2, AND THREE. THANK YOU. YES. IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN WOO, PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT. UH, ALL MY CHILDREN COME UP. I CHANGE YOUR DIAPER BEFORE. COME UP. , DON'T BE SHY. COME UP, HUH? [01:10:03] OKAY. UH, THIS IS ALL MY KID. YOU CAN SEE I'M VERY PRODUCTIVE, TONY. SO MANY. AYE. AYE. STATE YOUR NAME. TONY. WOO. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AGAINST ALL ENEMY. FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC. FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR. THAT I WILL BEAR. TRUE FAITH. TRUE FAITH. AND ALLEGIANCE. AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT I TAKE, I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION. THIS OBLIGATION, FREELY. FREELY. WITHOUT ANY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL, MENTAL RESERVATION. MENTAL RESERVATION. OR PURPOSE. OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. OF EVASION. AND THAT EYE AND THAT AYE WILL, WELL, WELL, WELL AND FAITHFULLY. FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTY UPON WHICH, UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, ABOUT, I'M TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS. AND A PHOTO OKAY ON THE CAMERA. 3, 1, 2, 3. ANOTHER 1, 1, 2, AND THREE. OH, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA CRY FOR YOU TONY, JUST KNOW THAT. BUT, UM, , I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER TONY, WILL YOU BRING SO MUCH ENERGY TO THIS COUNCIL AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT'S ALWAYS AN INTERESTING MEETING BECAUSE HE LOVES TO, TO CHIT CHAT AND HE, UM, WILL TELL YOU HIMSELF. BUT I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND, AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT YOU PUT OF YOUR TIME AND IT'S ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT I SEE EVERY SINGLE TIME I COME TO WEST CAMINA TO THEIR EVENTS. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY PRESENT. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PERSONAL FAMILY SACRIFICE. YOU INSTEAD OF BEING OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY EATING DINNER, YOU'RE OUT TAKING CARE OF, UH, CITY BUSINESS. SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE COMMENDED. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO SERVE ONCE AGAIN. AND ON BEHALF OF THAT CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE IS ALSO MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CERTIFICATE AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR TIME HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. NOW MAY I HAND YOU THIS? 1, 2, 3. HELLO. GO AHEAD. I FORGOT, I THOUGHT WE ONLY HAVE TWO FILIPINOS IN THE CITY OF WEST OR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE HAVE AN ADOPTED MEMBER, ADOPTED SON BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, TONY HAS BEEN IN ALL OUR EVENTS, SO THE FILIPINOS THOUGHT THAT IS HE FILIPINO . BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU TONY FOR BEING THERE WITH US. SO, UM, IN BEHALF, UH, MY NAME IS HER RAMAS. IN BEHALF OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCAA AND THE BUSINESSES OF WESTCO, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR CONTINUUM, SERVICE AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE. 1, 3, 3. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. [01:15:09] THANK, YES. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL AND UM, AND FIND OUT IF THEY'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COUNCILMAN CANTOS. OKAY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS, FELLOW RESIDENTS HERE THROUGHOUT WEST COVINA, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND WHO ARE WITH US IN SPIRIT. GOOD EVENING. IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT FIRSTS OCCUR IN ONE'S LIFE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR ME TO SERVE IN ELECTED OFFICE. AND WHEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT THERE IS TO COME, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO BUILD ON COMMONALITY ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUMS AND TO CALL UPON THE TALENTS, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS THAT MAY BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF WEST COVINA. MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TODAY TO MY MOM AND DAD, ORLANDO AND LINDA CANTOS, WHOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF ME AS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY HAS LED TO THIS VERY MOMENT, MOM AND DAD AND MY SISTER JENNIFER, AND MY NIECES NATALIE AND MALIA. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE TODAY. I ALSO WISH TO EXTEND A HELLO TO MY BOYS, LEO, NICK AND STEVEN, WHO ARE WATCHING THESE PROCEEDINGS FROM VIRGINIA. I ALSO WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STEVE HERFORD, MY TREASURER, AND WHO IS ALSO THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL HERE THROUGHOUT THE, THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AL ALSO PRESENT HERE IS MAYOR AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEN, MIKE TUEY AND MAYOR AND THE CITY, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEN LLOYD JOHNSON, APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE AS WELL. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS, I WISH TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. AND TONIGHT, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE THINK ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING NEW BRIDGES WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE CAMPAIGN WAS HARD AND THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. AND WITH THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, WE ALL COME TOGETHER FROM EVERY BACKGROUND TO UNITE BEHIND THE COMMON CAUSE OF MAKING WEST COVINA THE BEST PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND PLAY. SO AS TONIGHT, WE FIND OURSELVES NEARING THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH ITSELF IS THE EVE OF OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY. SINCE OUR FOUNDING, WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE DAYS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MAXON JR. WHERE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO STARTED THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WAS OUR FIRST MAYOR. THERE WERE ROUGHLY 500 RESIDENTS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH THIS CITY. AND THEN SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SWELLED TO MORE THAN 109 TO 115,000. THAT MEANS THAT THROUGH ALL OF OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE MADE OUR LIVES HERE. WE HAVE MADE OUR HOMES HERE, AND TOGETHER WE WILL DEDICATE OURSELVES IN THE SPIRIT OF POSITIVE ENERGY AND IN BUILDING CAMARADERIE TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER BY DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO BUILD THOSE [01:20:01] BRIDGES THAT HAVE DIVIDED US. AND ALSO TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE IN EVERY WAY. MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF SERVICE AND SOON WE ARE TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ VIRO. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH I RAN UNOPPOSED, I STILL APPRECIATE THOSE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO PENCIL AND BALLOT ME. AND, UM, THERE ARE OVER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED. SO I WANTED TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS. UM, THOUGH I REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO, I REPRESENT THE WHOLE WEST COVINA. SO I'M HERE FOR EVERYONE OF THE RESIDENTS. UH, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT ANY TIME, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALI. UM, I KNOW HE'S THE FIRST BLIND PERSON OF WEST COVINA, BUT HE THOUGH HE CAN'T SEE WITH HIS EYES, HE SEES WITH HIS HEART, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. UH, HE'S A VERY INTELLIGENT, WELL-SPOKEN GENTLEMAN, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU. AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO BEING OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, , AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. WOO. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. AND REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I, I CANNOT FORGET, I HAVE TO THANK LAST TIME I FORGOT. OKAY. I HAVE TO SLEEP IN GARAGE FOR A COUPLE YEARS, SO I WANNA THANK MY WIFE. OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH, HELEN, FOR YOUR ENDURANCE FOR THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, OKAY? UH, SEVEN YEARS. OKAY? AND, UH, WHEN I WANT TO RUN, YOU SAY I'M CRAZY, OKAY? AND, UH, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. OKAY? THIS IS MY THIRD TIME SITTING OVER HERE AND SW IN. SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOU TAKING ALL THE BEATING, OKAY? HOPE NOT FAILED TO YOU, BUT, BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE VERY HARD WAIT AND TO HELP OUR CITY AND HOW HELP OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, UM, MY WIFE, MY TOGETHER FOR HOW LONG? SINCE 1987 HERE NOW, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE, UH, WITH, WITH MY VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, OKAY? AND I WANNA THANK MY SON, MA. UH, HELL, UH, JUSTIN, SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR NAME. OKAY. JUSTIN . I CHANGED YOUR DIAPER NOT TOO LONG AGO. OKAY? OKAY, JUSTIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, MEGAN, AND SHE'S STILL, I WORK AT THE, UH, OTHER CITY, OKAY? AND, UM, SO SHE CANNOT COME AND MY ADOPT KID, OKAY? AND, UH, UM, OKAY, UH, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, SHE'S A ONE GREAT KID. I HAVE, OKAY? AND, UH, STEPHANIE AND HELPING ME SINCE, UH, 2015, UH, HERE TODAY. OKAY? AND, UH, JAKE MIGHT ANOTHER ADOPT SON. OKAY? HE HELPING ME, BOTH OF THEM HELPING ME BIG TIME SINCE 2015. AND, UH, WITH EVERYTHING HELPING ME AND HELPING THE COMPANY AND HELPING THE CITY AND A NEWLY MEMBER, I JUST HAVE BABY. LET, LET SELENA THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY JOINED THE FAMILY, BUT I WANNA THANK OKAY. AND THE FAMILY AND THE SUPPORTER. BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING, I WANNA SEND ALL THE THANK ALL THE VOTERS, UH, TO VOTE FOR ME AGAIN. OKAY? I KNOW SOMETIMES I DO THINK VERY, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THE WAY. BUT I WANNA THANK TO VOTE, GIMME ANOTHER CHANCE TO SERVE. BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS, OKAY, WITH THIS, UH, FOUR YEARS, I WANNA FINISH WHERE WE START. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHY I PROMISE TO BE A PROUD CITY. I THINK THIS IS HOW WE WANT A SAFE, A BEAUTIFUL AND PROUD CITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS OUR COMMITMENT AND TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. LAST, I WANNA SAY ONE THING. THIS, THIS, A MIRACLE IS ONLY HAPPENED TO THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT YOU CAN ELECT THREE TIME, I DUNNO, I CAN BEAT OUR MAYOR HOPEFUL, OKAY? WITH HIS RECORD. HOPEFULLY I CAN DO, NO, NO, I'M NOT GOING ZI THAT WAY TOO LONG, OKAY? AND, UH, SO, SO THREE TIMES, I DON'T KNOW, WILL BEFORE TIMES A CHAMP, OKAY? BUT MAYBE NOT. OKAY. BUT I WANNA SAY, UH, AS AN ASIAN IMMIGRANT CAN BE ELECTED THREE TIMES IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA, THEY DON'T SEE WHO I AM. THEY SEE MY HEART, THEY SEE MY ARTWORK, OKAY? AND THAT THEY WANT TO GIMME A CHANCE TO SERVE. SO TELLING THE PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, PUT YOUR MIND TO IT. YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU. AND SAME THING, TO HAVE OUR NEWLY ELECT, OUR MR. CANTOS. OKAY? HE HAS A CHANCE WITH HIS ABILITY AND THAT PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR HIM. THIS ONLY HAPPEN IN WEST COVINA. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER CITY WILL DO THIS THING BECAUSE WHAT? BECAUSE THE VOTER REALLY APPRECIATE WE COMING OUT OKAY. AND TO, TO TRY TO SERVE OUR CITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, OKAY? O IF YOU ARE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY. BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING, THIS I THINK I CAN TELL IN OUR FUTURE MEETING WILL BE VERY, VERY LONG . [01:25:01] I FIND OUT THEY HAVE A THREE GUY WILL TALK FOREVER, , OKAY? AND, UH, OF COURSE, THE DRAMA BETWEEN MYSELF AND MR. TOBA. AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW JOIN, THE NEW CHARACTER THAT OLI CANTO, AND HE CAN SPEAK GREAT. HE SPEAK LIKE A CONGRESSMAN. BUT I THINK THIS A GOOD, GOOD. THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD, OKAY? AND, UH, OKAY TEAM, THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND TO IMPROVE OUR CITY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW TALKING ABOUT FAMILY, FAMILY IS THE MOST, UH, PRECIOUS AND MOST IMPORTANT THING. THAT'S WHY, UH, FORMER MAYOR CASTANO'S GONNA FOCUS ON HIS FAMILY. BUT YES, I WANTED TO THANK MY FAMILY AS WELL. THEY DO PUT A LOT OF SACRIFICE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. WITHOUT THEM, I'M UNABLE TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF FACTOR WITH THIS AS WELL, TO MY KIDS AND, AND TO MY HUSBAND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR DIAZ. UH, BEFORE, UH, I FORGET, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, , MY, MY, UH, WIFE, UH, SEIA, MY SON, ANTHONY, UH, MY NIECE TATIANA, MY NEPHEW JOSIAH, WHO I THINK FELL ASLEEP. UH, OH, UNCLE TONY'S STORIES. AND, UH, MY SISTER-IN-LAW, LORENA. UH, THANK YOU. UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT FAMILY, UH, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SERVE. UM, LOTS OF SACRIFICES, BUT, UM, WE DO IT BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY. UH, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, TO COUNCILMAN WOO. UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING REELECTED. UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK, UH, SENATOR RUBIO SAID, YOU BRING A GREAT ENERGY TO THE CITY, TO EVERY EVENT. UH, AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR DISAGREEMENTS, UH, I, I THINK WE, WE BOTH COME WITH A, WITH A FIRE, AND, AND WE JUST WANNA SEE CERTAIN THINGS, UH, FOR THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ, VITO, UH, IT'S, UH, AGAIN, IT'LL BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL, UH, AT LEAST TWO YEARS AND, AND HOPEFULLY LONGER THAT WE CAN SERVE TOGETHER. UH, AGAIN, YOU, THE, THE KNOWLEDGE YOU BRING, UH, TO SO MANY THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST ALL OF OUR EVENTS, I THINK BECOME A A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE YOU BRING, UH, JUST SO MUCH BACKGROUND ON HOW TO DO THINGS AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER. AND, UH, I JUST, UH, HAVE REALLY ENJOYED SERVING. AND, AND I'M GONNA REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE NEXT TWO YEARS TOGETHER. AND COUNCILMAN CANTOS, UH, AGAIN, I REALLY, UH, THE, THE ENERGY, THE, THE SPIRIT THAT YOU DO BRING, UH, OUR TALK TOGETHER, UH, ONCE YOU HAD GOTTEN ELECTED, AND, AND JUST, UH, TO KNOW THE, THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR THREE SONS, FOR YOUR FAMILY, UH, AND JUST AL ALREADY THE WORK YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING INTO, TO THE CITY, RIGHT? THE, THE TRANSPARENCY YOU'VE BROUGHT, THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH, WITH ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS, UM, YOU ARE GOING TO BRING, UH, SOMETHING TO THIS COUNCIL THAT, UH, IS NEEDED. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU AND TO OUR NEW MAYOR, MAYOR DIAZ. UH, WELL, I WANNA GIVE YOU THE MIC AND THEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALL GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAYOR AFTER, UH, BUT I WILL GIVE IT OFF TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANNA WELCOME OUR, UM, NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMAN CANTOS. UM, YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, HE HAS SO MUCH PASSION. UM, I KNOW HE LOVES THE CITY, AND I REALLY ENJOYED OUR TALKS AND, UM, ARE WORKING TOGETHER ALREADY. UM, SO WELCOME, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. LET LOPEZ, VITO, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU, UH, ARE BACK ON THE DIAS UNCHALLENGED . SO, WELCOME AND COUNCILMAN WOO . UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER. WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK. AND, UM, AT THE END OF, AFTER I GET SWORN IN, THEN I, I HAVE MY LITTLE SPEECH I WILL SAY, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT EVERYONE. SO, THANK YOU. SO NOW I'M GONNA GO DOWN . OH, THAT'S RIGHT, MAYOR [8) REORGANIZATION OF MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM] THROUGH THE CHAIR. IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTS ITS ANNUAL REORGANIZATION AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMS THE OFFICIAL RES RESULTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION DURING ELECTION YEARS. THE MUNICIPAL CODE OUTLINES THE MAYOR ORIAL SUCCESSION PROCESS PROCESS, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE LENGTH OF THE CURRENT TERM OF INCUMBENCY [01:30:01] FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER, 2022 ELECTION. THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION IS AS FOLLOWS, ROSARIO DIAZ, MAYOR BRIAN TABATA BY MAYOR PROTE, TONY WU, COUNCIL MEMBER LETTI LOPEZ VIDO, COUNCIL MEMBER, OLI CONTOS, COUNCIL MEMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? HEARING? NO OPPOSITION. WE WILL NOW PROCEED, PROCEED WITH THE MAYOR'S OATH OF OFFICE MAYOR PRO, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE FRONT, CHARLIE HAK, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT ALONG WITH MONIQUE POSITION, YOU GUYS BY THE MICROPHONE, I STATE YOUR NAME. I ROSARI O DIAZ. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE, THAT I WILL WELL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER THE DUTIES THAT I'M, I'M ABOUT. SO HELP ME, GOD. SO HELP ME, GOD, TWO, THREE, THANK YOU, CERTIFICATE FROM SENATOR. THANK YOU. IT WORKS. YES, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR A FEW WORDS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU THESE LAST FEW YEARS. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, BUT ONE THING IS, IS CLEARER AND THAT IS THAT YOU'RE BREAKING BARRIERS TODAY. YOU ARE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, LATINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY. AND I WANNA ALSO COMMAND LETTI WHO HAS, LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND I WANNA LOOK BACK TO, TO LET LOPEZ VIDO, WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS THERE SOMEONE BEFORE YOU? OH, THAT'S RIGHT, SHELLY. MY APOLOGIES. SO WE REALLY WANNA JUST SAY THAT I WANNA COMMEND THIS COUNCIL. I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, AND IF YOU NOTICE THE COUNCIL TODAY, YOU COULDN'T BE MORE DIVERSE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO I WAS JUST AT AWE BECAUSE I REPRESENT 16 CITIES, AND THIS IS THE MOST DIVERSE THAT I DO HAVE, AND THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO, TO ACCEPT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AND DIFFERENCES IN BACKGROUNDS AND, AND, UH, NATIONALITY. SO I WANNA JUST GET BACK TO OUR MAYOR HERE, WHO, WHO ALSO IS NOW, YOU KNOW, MAKING HISTORY FOR YOUR CITY. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND, AND SHE'LL TELL YOU THAT I ALSO SEE HER EVERYWHERE BECAUSE SHE'S IN EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I GO TO, AND THAT'S OFTEN EVERY DAY, UM, IN THE DAYTIME AT NIGHT. AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THE PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT COMES WITH THIS JOB, AND SHE'S WILLING TO DO IT. AND I THINK ANYONE THAT'S WILLING TO PUT THEIR PERSONAL TIME DESERVES THE CREDIT. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND, AND DOING A LOT OF WORK FOR YOUR CITY TOGETHER. THANK YOU. BIG RUN OF APPLAUSE TO OUR MAYOR HERE. THANK YOU. [01:35:08] YOU DO THIS. OH, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. MAYBE. THERE YOU GO AGAIN. WE ARE HERE AS, UH, REPRESENTING THE PHILIP ASSOCIATION OF PESCO. AND, UH, WE WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW, NEW MAYOR ROSA. YES. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WITH HER AND OUR FILIPINO, THE WHOLE FILIPINO COMMUNITY WILL BE REALLY BE WORKING WITH HER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE WEST COVINA. YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I HAVE, I HAVE BEEN HERE IN SINO FROM THE PHILIPPINES SINCE 1983. NEVER MOVED BECAUSE I LOVE THE CITY OF WESTCO. OKAY, SO WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU THIS CERTIFICATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1, 2, 3 MORE. ONE, TWO, AND THREE. WE WANTED TO SAY . AND, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. MAY I, MAYOR, I HAVE A FEW MORE CERTIFICATES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. HERE. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO ROO ROSARIO DIAZ FROM US CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE NAPOLITANO PANO. THANK YOU. TAKE SOME PICTURES. YOU WANT ME WITH ME? 1, 2, 3. MAYOR, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN, PRESENTED TO DIAZ MAYOR OF WEST COVINA. AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR, FOR ROSARIO DIAZ MAYOR, FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVA COVINA FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCO RUBIO'S OFFICE. CONGRATULATIONS. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. NEVER HAVE TOO MANY. OH, THIS ONE YOU WANNA PICTURE? THAT'S FINE. OH BOY. DO I DIG THIS HERE, LET ME HELP YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. AND IF WE CAN HAVE BIANCA CAMAROS FROM THE WEST COVINO HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE COME UP AGAIN. GOD BLESS AMERICA. LAND THAT I LOVE. STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE, FROM THE PRAIRIES TO THE MOUNTAINS OR THE OCEANS LIGHT WITH FALL. GOD BLESS AMERICA. MY HOME, SWEET HOME. BLESS WEST CO TOWN THAT I LOVE. EDUCATION, DESTINATION. START A BUSINESS WAY, A FAMILY OWN A HOME, KIDS AND SENIORS, [01:40:01] FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. HUNDRED YEARS NOW GOING STRONG. BLESS MY HOME. SWEET HOME. BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME. SWEET HOME. WOO, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS BY THE [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ] COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL START WITH LETI LOPEZ, VITO, AND WE'LL GO THIS WAY. RIGHT? WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MAYOR? UM, IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND BRING TO THE TABLE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR, AND YOU'RE PART OF THE HUNDREDTH YEAR, SO THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE AGAIN? UH, CONGRATULATIONS. UH, MAYOR DIAZ, UH, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. VIRO SAID, UM, TO THINK THAT ON THE HUNDREDTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, UH, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, LATINA MAYOR. I DON'T THINK THE FOUNDERS COULD HAVE IMAGINED IT, BUT HERE WE ARE. AND IT JUST SHOWS THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE CITY. WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY REPRESENTED THE CITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. UM, CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR DIAZ. OKAY. AND, UM, I THINK YOU WILL BE, YOU WILL BE A GREAT REFEREE. OKAY? RIGHT? ENOUGH TO STOP THE FIGHT BETWEEN, YEAH, MR. TABBA. MR. WOO. OKAY. SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE A GREAT DEBATE, OKAY? AS, AS SAY YOU ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU WILL ENFORCE THE LAW, OKAY? , MAKE SURE OUR DEBATE WON'T GO OUTTA HAND, OKAY? BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLING TO SERVE AND, UH, I LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOUR FUTURE, DAVID. OKAY? AND, UH, HELP TO HOST THE MEETING AND REPRESENT US. AND I KNOW, I KNOW NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE CITY AND THAT YOU WILL REPRESENT US GREAT. AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY EVENT. AND YOU'LL BE THERE REPRESENTATIVE US, AND, UH, HOST THE MEETING. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU WILLING TO SERVE THE CITY AND WILLING TO BE A REFEREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, . THAT'S MY KNOWLEDGE. MADAM MAYOR HARDIES, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WITH YOU BEING OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO UNITE ALL OF US IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND COMRADERY AND SUPPORT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS AND THAT ENERGY DEDICATED TO THOSE PURPOSES, I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A MAGNIFICENT YEAR. HARDIES, CONGRATULATIONS MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS HERE. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE SWORN IN AS THE CENTENNIAL MAYOR OF WEST COVINA. THIS MARKS MY 36TH YEAR IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I AM HUMBLED BY YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN ME. THANK YOU TO MY, MY AWESOME FRIENDS WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE STANDING TO SUPPORT ME. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE MY FAMILY MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THIS HISTORICAL OCCASION. JOINING ME TONIGHT IS MY MOTHER, ROSARIO, MY LOVELY DAUGHTER, MONIQUE HOWK, AND HER BOYFRIEND DREW, AND MY SON CHARLIE, AND HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER. I MEAN HIS LOVELY WIFE TINA, AND MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER, AMINA RILEY, AMINA GRANDMA'S THE MAYOR. NOW , MOVING INTO THE NEXT 100 YEARS. WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. THIS COUNCIL IS POISED TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY. AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT. OF COURSE, I DO REALIZE YOU CAN'T PLEASE EV ALL THE PEOPLE ALL [01:45:01] OF THE TIME. SO TO MY CRITICS, ALL I CAN SAY IS WELL, BLESS YOUR HEART. HAS YOUR MAYOR. I PLEDGE TO LEAD THIS JEWEL OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY INTO THE CENTENNIAL YEAR WITH DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND OLD FASHIONED HARD WORK. TO PARAPHRASE, PRESIDENT KENNEDY, ASK NOT WHAT WEST COVINA CAN DO FOR YOU. ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR WEST COVINA. MANY THANKS TO OUR CITY MANAGER, DAVID CARMEN AND HIS STAFF, AND MUCH GRATITUDE TO MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO COUNCILWOMAN LETTI LOPEZ VIRO, WHO IS RETURNING TO THE DIAS, AGAIN UNCHALLENGED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO. GOOD JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER TO COUNCIL MAN TONY WOO ON HIS DRAMATIC VICTORY IN DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR VISION FOR WEST COVINA. AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO A NEWLY ELECTED DISTRICT FOUR COUNCILMAN ALI CANTOS. I LOOKED FORWARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO CREDIT ALL THE FORMER CANDIDATES WHO RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL. YOU ARE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. AND I ADMIRE AND COMMEND EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU GOD, FOR YOUR AMAZING GRACE AND FOR YOUR INFINITE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE. HER CLOTHING IS STRENGTH AND DIGNITY, AND SHE LAUGHS WITHOUT FEAR OF THE FUTURE. PROVERBS 31, 25, MAY GOD CONTINUE TO RICHLY BLESS AMERICA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. WE ARE ALL SO BLESSED. I PRAY FOR HIS GUIDANCE, FOR HIS WISDOM OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR PRAYERS. I COULDN'T CLOSE MY REMARKS WITHOUT THANKING MY HUSBAND BILL FOR HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. AND FINALLY, A HEARTFELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND FOR LOVING THE CITY AS MUCH AS I DO NOW. LET US MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER INTO THE NEXT CENTURY AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S SEE. WHERE DO WE GO NOW? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS? REPORTS. REPORTS? IS THAT ALL THROUGH THE CHAIR? I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE. OKAY. MR. CONTOS TO MADAM MAYOR. AS MY FIRST ACT ON THIS COUNCIL, I WISH TO, UM, UH, MAKE YOU AWARE THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED A REPORT ON MY ACTIVITIES DURING THE TRANSITION. IT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD AND SHOULD BE ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. AND IT HAS ALSO GO, GONE OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTING, ON ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENTS, ALL OF THE MEETINGS, AND EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE WORKED, UH, THROUGH THIS POINT IN ORDER TO HELP BUILD MOMENTUM AND TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, LETTI. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU. A SHOUT OUT TO OFFICER SAM LING, UH, FOR PUTTING ON THE SHOP WITH A COP EVENT. UH, IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT TO SEE ALL THE NEEDY FAMILIES, ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, SHOPPING WITH THEM AND FILLING THEIR CARTS WITH WHAT THEY, WITH THEIR HEARTS DESIRED. SO THANK YOU TO THE POA OFFICER ASSEMBLY AND THE POA ALSO. I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND WE WILL RESUME AND SEE EVERYONE NEXT YEAR. SO ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL REQUESTS? [01:50:02] NONE. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOTHING. OKAY. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AND OUR RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA, UH, DO A MOTION RIGHT NOW. SO THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS FOR JANUARY THE 17TH OF 2023. IT SAYS 2022 HERE. AND, UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO ADJOURN? A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND. GREAT. I WANNA WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND SAFE, UH, NEW YEAR. AND, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. AND WE HAVE CAKE, CAKE AND COFFEE IN THE, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE CAKE AND COFFEE IN THE, UM, WHAT IS IT? THAT RECEPTION. RECEPTION ROOM. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.