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GUYS READY? YEAH.[Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS MARCH 7TH, 2023, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S IN VOCATION WILL BE LED BY MR. ANDREW SAL'S TRIBAL SHARE PERSON FROM THE GABRIELINO BAND OF MISSION, INDIANS TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, KESH NATION.
AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.
MY NAME IS ANDY SALAS, AND I'M THE TRIBAL CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT HERE OF THE INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN.
I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE LITTLE PRAYER FOR ALL OF US AND I, YOU USUALLY WE BOUND, BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK UP AND WE'RE GONNA CALL ON THE CREATOR.
OH, GREAT SPIRIT, LET US KNOW.
AS LONG AS THE MOON SHALL RISE, AS LONG AS THE RIVER SHOW FLOW, AS LONG AS THE SUN SHALL SHINE.
AND FOR AS LONG AS THE GRASS SHALL GROW, LET US KNOW.
PEACE LEAD US TO THE PATH OF PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING.
LET US ALL LIVE TOGETHER HERE ON EARTH.
AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR LIFE HERE ON EARTH IS SHORT.
LET US ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT THE CREATOR HAS PROVIDED HERE ON MOTHER EARTH TO ALL OF US.
FOR WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF US WILL BE HERE.
THANKS FOR THE BREATH OF LIFE.
AND WE ALSO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMALS FOR THEY TOO.
WE'RE GIVEN THE BREATH OF LIFE.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HANDLE PLEASE.
HE SET, I THINK MAN'S MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SIR, COULD I HAVE SOME ORDER? PLEASE ORDER.
DO YOU NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION? NO.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
WE HAD NO CLOSED SESSION TODAY, SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
CAN WE PLEASE BE QUIET? THANK YOU.
WE DID THE OKAY FOR ALL THESE KIDS THAT ARE HERE.
NO, WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT THEY'RE WEARING BEHIND THEIR SWEATERS.
SO, UM, CITY ATTORNEY SEAT ATTORNEY.
I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVE TO TOLERATE THIS.
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SO HOPEFULLY HE DOES[PRESENTATIONS]
THAT.UM, SO WHAT WE WANNA DO NOW IS WE REC, WE WANNA RECON, WE WANNA, UH, WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR THE PONY LEAGUE.
AND I'D LIKE TO, SO TONIGHT WE ARE CONGRATULATING THE PONY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND THE PINTO 2022 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE PLAYERS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE, UH, COACHES COME DOWN.
UM, WE HAVE CODY BLANDINO, BRIAN RICE, JOEL VALERIA, MIGUEL PONDS, AND JAMIE BLANDINO.
AND THEN TESTING, TESTING, TESTING.
DO THE KIDS STAY? IF YOU GO UP THERE? NO, NO, NO.
IF YOU COULD FOLLOW OUR DIRECTIONS.
CERTIFICATES ARE ALREADY SO, ME TOO.
DO I, IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE NAMES AND THEN I HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, DO YOU WANT TO GO? THE COACHES? OKAY.
SO, UM, WE CAN START WITH THE COACHES.
UM, CODY BLANDINO, IS THAT YOU? YES.
UM, BRIAN RICE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAY HERE.
MIGUEL
IS THIS WORKING? OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA START WITH NICHOLAS LANDINO.
SEBASTIAN GOMEZ, CRUZ, CLAREMONT, SAMAMI CHAVEZ, MAY JAMES.
WELL, THESE ARE OUR CHAMPIONS.
LET'S SCOOT OVER THIS WAY, THIS WAY, THIS WAY, THIS WAY, THIS WAY, WAY.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW, OKAY, SO WHAT COACH, WHO WANTS TO TALK? WHO WANTS TO, OKAY, HERE YOU GO.
I GUESS IT'S ME,
CITY OF WESTCO FOR DOING THIS FOR US.
UM, PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US.
A AS HAVING THREE, FOUR YEAR OLDS, UM, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
NOT THINKING MUCH OF ANYTHING.
UM, BUT THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DETERMINED.
THEY WORKED THEIR BUTT OFF AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARENTS,
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UM, THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH US.UM, WE WERE PRACTICING OR PLAYING ALMOST DAILY.
WE'RE OUT THERE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK, UM, JUST TO GET THESE KIDS GOING.
YOU GUYS GOT ANYTHING? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU.
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB BEING THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO ON THE PENALS.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH CALLING UP THE, UM, COACHES, LEWIS VELAZQUEZ, BOBBY CERNA, FRANCISCO ERRA, AND OUR TEAM MOMS. WE HAVE DOMINIQUE CERNA AND A COBANK.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE PINTOS.
NOAH SADAN, FRANCISCO HERRERA.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EVAN RIVERA.
I JUST WANNA, I WANT TO CON YEAH.
I WANT CON CONGRATULATE, UM, THE SEVEN PINTO ALL-STAR TEAM.
UM, LAST THREE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN IN EVERY DIVISION, UM, WORLD SERIES.
UM, 4, 5, 6, AND ACTUALLY FOUR YEARS AND SEVEN.
AND, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE FINAL GAME AND GROUP.
UM, A LOT OF ATHLETES OUTTA WALDO.
THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THAT PARK.
MY, I COACHED MY GRANDSON, SO I WAS HERE LIKE 10 YEARS AGO WITH MY BRONCO ROLL SERIES TEAM.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE HERE AND STILL SEE THE PRODUCTIVITY COMING OUT OF THAT PARK AND ACTUALLY GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
ALL THE FAMILY AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAD.
THIS DIVISION'S REALLY HARD TO WIN.
AND, UM, UM, THE PONY, UM, PIN ROW SERIES, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THERE.
WE GOT THERE AND, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD ATHLETES THAT WE HAD AND THE COACHING STAFF AND, UM, BOTH, BOTH TWO, YOUR MOMS DID A GREAT JOB IN KEEPING US TOGETHER, KEEPING US LINE, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING WAS PLANNED OUT.
WOULD YOU LIKE ONE? I THINK THEY WENT OUT.
MAYBE LET, JUST COULD GO ON THE BACK.
OH, YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY.
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YAY.NOW I WANNA CALL UP THE PRESIDENT.
I'M SURE THAT NOT WITHOUT YOU, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS.
AND WE WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDS.
DO YOU WANNA SAY YOUR, YOUR WORDS?
WE HAVEN'T WON A PINTO CHAMPIONSHIP.
WELL, WE WON IN LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE WE WON, BE BEFORE THAT.
SO THIS TALENT THAT COMES OUTTA THIS PARK IS AMAZING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD THEM TO DOING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO, THANK YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU PARENTS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MR. ANDREW SALAS, TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON FROM THE GABRIELINO BANDA MISSION INDIANS TRIBAL GOVERNMENT PEACE NATION.
MY NAME IS ANDREW SOAS AND I'M THE TRIBAL CHAIR OF THE GABRIELINO BANDA MISSION INDIANS KITCH NATION.
I RECOGNIZE, UH, A FEW OF THERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I'VE MET AT THE WEST COVINA SOCIETY OF THE, OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERE.
AND OVER HERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF OUR TRIBE SEE ME.
SO, I WANNA, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOU HAD A MEETING HERE AND THERE WAS INDIVIDUALS HERE.
I WASN'T HERE TO REPRESENT NONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
TRIBAL MEMBERS WERE HERE TO EVEN, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT ONE MEMBER THAT WE SENT LAST MINUTE SO THAT THEY COULD CLEAR THE RECORD THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME THAT DAY TO NOT REPRESENT THIS TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN.
AND THROUGH OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE A UNIQUE HISTORY HERE IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN IN CALIFORNIA.
THE HISTORY HERE BEGINS WITH OUR DIRECT TRIBE, WITH MY FAMILY, WITH OUR TRIBE, THE DESCENDANTS, MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHERS.
WE DESCEND FROM THE LOCATION, WHICH WAS CALLED
AND THIS AREA OF WHAT IS NOW WEST COVINA LAK, THE OLD MISSION AREA, MY GRANDMOTHER'S, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS DESCEND FROM RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS RANCHO LAE,
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OR HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS RANCHO LA.BUT A FORMALLY KNOWN IN PRE, HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS A WINK.
THIS AREA WE'RE THE NATIVES, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THE DESCENDANTS THAT NAMED CUCAMUNGA, TOPANGA, KANGA, CANOGA, PA.
SO WE ARE THE DIRECT LEAL DESCENDANTS IN HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA HERE IN THE GREAT BASIN, THE SPANISH THAT ARRIVED HERE, WE BECAME PART OF THEM.
WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVED HERE, LATER, WE BECAME A PART OF THEM.
MY FAMILIES AND COUSINS, OR BENJAMIN D. WILSON, A MOUNT WILSON AND RAMONA YORBA, YOUR BELINDA, MY FATHER ERNIE, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH US, BUT WAS OUR CHIEF AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF OUR TRIBE, LIVED WITH GEORGE PATTON AT THE PATTON RANCH OVER AT THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY.
I'VE SHARED THAT WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THESE DESCENDANTS THAT YOU SEE SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW ARE THE DIRECT LEAL DESCENDANTS OF THE LA BASIN.
SO FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANNA CORRECT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT CAME AND SHOUTED AND EVEN USED OUR NAME, THEY'RE NOT MEMBERS ENROLLED, MEMBERS OF OUR PEOPLE OF OUR TRIBE.
WE ARE D WE ARE THE TRIBE THAT RECEIVED STATE PROCLAMATION IN 1994.
WE'RE THE TRIBE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZ US, US AS THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT OF THE LA BASIN.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED AGAIN, I, I, YOU COULD SHOW THERE'S A SMALL, JUST SHORT, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE HISTORY HERE OF WHAT WAS KNOWN AS A WNA LATER, RANCHO ENTENTE.
MY FAMILY'S ALSO, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, AND SORRY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MORE DOCUMENTATIONS.
I HAVE, I BROUGHT, AND I WANNA SHARE THEM WITH YOU.
UH, WE'RE BEC WE'RE THE SERVANTS OF THE ROLANDS, THE TEMPLES, THE WORKMANS, AND EVEN THE BALDWINS WHO LATER RECITED IN THESE AREAS, IN THESE AREAS AND BECAME LAND OWNERS OF THESE AREAS.
WE ARE THE ACTUAL DESCENDANTS.
SO NO ONE SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THIS TRIBE OR THIS GOVERNMENT IN THE LA BASIN, BUT US I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, MY APOLOGIES, IF YOU HEARD OUR NAME, OUR TRIBAL NAME THAT DAY THAT THEY SCREAMED OUT SEVERAL TIMES WE WERE NOT HERE.
SO WITH THAT, I WANNA LEAVE YOU, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
AND ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO ADD, AND I FORGOT, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE HAD A LONGTIME RELATIONSHIP HERE WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE CONSULT WITH WEST COVINA ON THE PROTECTION OF TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE AND WE'VE BEEN INTERACTING JUST LIKE THOSE THAT CAME, THE SPANISH, MEXICAN AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS THAT SETTLED HERE TODAY.
OUR GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AND VERY RESPECTFUL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
CAN YOU COME BACK? I THINK WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
IS THAT OKAY? I WANT TO LEAVE THIS, I WANT TO LEAVE THIS PACKET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COME OVER HERE AND GIVE EXPLANATION AND, AND THE EDUCATION.
BUT DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THIS CLIP? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW IT OR ARE WE GOING TO SHOW IT? NO, YOU GET IT.
I MEAN, I, I KIND OF GAVE THE LITTLE, THE HISTORY, YOU GET BACKGROUND, BUT YOU COULD GO AHEAD.
IT'S HOW LONG IS THE SEGMENT? IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE, NOT EVEN FOR THE RECORD.
I, I WANNA MENTION THIS AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS, BUT WE, OUR TRIBE HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCING, UH, HAS HAVE EXPERIENCED, EXPERIENCED A
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GREAT ATROCITY IN THIS TIME.AND THAT IS PEOPLE USING OUR HISTORY TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES.
THIS TERM THAT HAS BEEN GOING AROUND TONGVA HAS DESTROYED OUR CULTURE, OUR HISTORY, OUR IDENTITY.
AND TODAY NOT MUCH OF OUR ELDERS ARE LEFT, BUT THESE YOUTH THAT ARE HERE ARE SPREADING THE WORD TO PROTECT OUR IDENTITY FROM THIS ATROCITY THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY.
SO OUR TRIBE, OUR PEOPLE, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE LA BASIN, I KNOW THAT YOU HEAR IT ALL OVER THIS TERM, TONGVA, BUT THIS IS, THERE WAS NO SUCH TRIBE.
AND THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT I BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY THAT I'M, THAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ RIGHT THERE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH TRIBE.
SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND SHOW THE SMALL LITTLE CLIP, IF YOU LIKE.
AND IT'S BASICALLY ON THE BACKGROUND OF OUR HISTORY HERE.
SO THIS IS A, REMEMBER THE HISTORY I JUST PROVIDED.
IT PERTAINS TO THIS TRIBE, SO WE COULD GET, SIR, I'M NOT GOOD WITH WATCHING AND TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, HEY, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO GO KIND OF ORAL, JUST LIKE THE OLD RAPPERS JUST FREELANCE, JUST GO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO THIS IS MY FATHER, CHIEF AND SPIRITUAL LEADER, ERNIE SALAS.
HE'S NO LONGER WITH US TODAY, BUT HE WAS THE LEADER OF OUR TRIBE, AND HE'S STILL IN OUR HEARTS, THE LEADER OF OUR TRIBE.
HE DESCENDS THROUGH HIS GRANDFATHERS FROM THE VILLAGE OF SBA SNA LIKE I ME MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THROUGH HIS GRANDMOTHER'S.
HE IS FROM MONA, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IN THE AREA OF RANCHO LA PUENTE.
NOW WEST COVINA, PARTS OF WEST COVINA.
THESE ARE SOME EVENTS THAT WE, THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WITH MY FATHER.
UH, THIS ONE HERE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER IN, UH, THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN ORANGE COUNTY.
WE HAD AN EVENT THERE SHOWING OUR, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT OUR CULTURE, SHOWING OUR RESOURCES, ARTIFACTS THAT ARE COLLECTED, COLLECTED OR PROTECTED DURING, UH, CONSTRUCTION OR GROUND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES, UH, ON DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, THE BOTTOM ONE THERE NEXT TO THE BEAR, THAT'S THE POMONA.
UH, WE WENT AND WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO PUT A PLAQUE THERE ON THE HISTORY OVER AT GISHA PARK.
AND THAT'S THE, UH, STATE PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE THE ORIGINALS, THAT'S A STRAIGHT STATE PROCLAMATION.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR STATE RECOGNITION AS GABRIELINO TRIBAL COUNCIL OF SAN GABRIEL, 1994, A J R 96, THAT'S THE NAME THAT WE GOT OUR, THAT, THAT WE DIRECTLY, UH, GOT OUR PROCLAMATION STATE RECOGNITION.
THIS IS A PICTURE PHOTOGRAPH OF LAK.
THIS IS WHAT THE FIRST MISSION WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE OVER IN THE AREA, CLOSER TO, UM, THE WHITTIER NARROWS AREA.
REMEMBER, OUR VILLAGES OVERLAPPED HERE.
LA PUENTE, WEST COVINA WERE PART OF LACA.
SO THE FIRST MISSION WAS BUILT, UH, WILLOW IN TULE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE IT LIKE THAT.
AND IF YOU ARE, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, ROSEMARY BOULEVARD AND RUSH, OR WHERE THE EDISON, UH, BUILDINGS AT TODAY, OVER WHERE, UH, EDISON'S CORPORATE OFFICES, THAT IS THE AREA OF SAVON.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THAT LITTLE AREA ROSEMEAD, SAVANNAH HIGH SCHOOL, SAVANNAH CEMETERY.
IT ORIGINATES FROM THE VILLAGE OF SNA.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE.
AND THEN WE MOVED UP TO HIGHER LAND UP TO SAN GABRIEL, WHERE YOU SEE THE MISSION TODAY.
THIS IS JUST A PHOTO GOOD LOOKING GUY, RIGHT? HEY, THIS IS JUST A, A PHOTO IN THE HISTORY OF MY GREAT-GREAT, GREAT-GRANDFATHER, 1785, NICHOLAS JOSEPH.
HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME NICHOLAS JOSEPH, WHO DESCENDED FROM THE VILLAGE OF CBA OF AGNA THROUGHOUT THE 21 MISSIONS.
OUR DIRECT HISTORY IS MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE DIRECT, THROUGHOUT THE 21 MISSIONS.
OUR LINEAGE IS MENTIONED IN THE RECORDS WHEN THE FIRST SPANISH ARRIVED HERE.
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GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER LED REVOLTS HERE IN 1785 AGAINST THE SPANISH FOR THE WAY WE WERE BEING TREATED.AND HE WAS SENTENCED FOR THOSE ACTIONS AND DID PRISON TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THIS IS THE HISTORY, OR IT GIVES THE HISTORY OF LA OF, OF OUR, OF OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S ALL IN THIS, IN THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED TO YOU, IT'S THE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO OUR INDIGENOUS BACKGROUND HERE IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN.
THIS IS WHEN THE SPANISH ARRIVED HERE, 17 69, 17 71 IN LA.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED THIS AREA.
WE WERE THE KE PEOPLE TO THE SPANISH.
WE WERE KNOWN AS THE KINOS LATER BECAUSE OF THE KEACH HOUSES THAT WE LIVED IN.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS EMBLEM HERE ON MY SHIRT HERE, WHICH, THAT'S HOW WE ARE, THAT'S HOW WE WERE RECOGNIZED, NOT ONLY BY US, BUT OUR SISTER TRIBES, SAN MANUEL, THE LUO, THE KOYA.
THEY ALL KNEW US LATER AS KIS, WHICH, WHICH IS BECAUSE OF OUR HOUSES.
THIS IS JUST A MAP OF THE OLD RANCHOS THAT ONCE EXISTED IN THESE AREAS HERE.
AND MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER THAT BECAME MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS, UH, JUAN CRISPIN PETTO, A RANCHO LOS NITOS.
HIS BROTHER WAS MANUEL PETTO, AND THEY RECEIVED THE LARGEST LAND GRANT OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY WERE OWNERS OF 360,000 ACRES.
THEY WERE THE OWNERS OF HUNTINGTON BEACH POL SI BEACH, LOS SALLA, MITOS GARDEN, BELLFLOWER, LOS PI RIVER, LA NORWALK, FULLERTON, ALL THE WAY UP TO LAK IN THIS AREA OF LA PUENTE RU FROM HERE'S THE MAP OF ANA, THE, THE AREA THAT IT ENCOMPASSED THROUGHOUT THE WEST COVINA, LA PUENTE AREA.
SO THAT'S ALSO IN THAT, UH, PACKET THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU.
AND HERE'S SOME OLD PICTURES OF THE OLD, UH, MORE UP TO DATE, PROBABLY IN THE EARLY, EARLY 19 HUNDREDS OF WHAT, UH, RANCHO LA PUENTE USED TO LOOK LIKE.
I DIDN'T WANT PROVIDE TOO MUCH INFO BECAUSE NO, THANK YOU.
WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRPERSON.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL, VERY EDUCATION NOW BECAUSE, UM, WE, I DO NOT EQUIP THIS KIND OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, A WEEK OF, UH, AGO, OF FRIDAY.
AND, UH, I ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION.
I KNOW YOU SAID AN EMAIL TO US.
YOU SAY, HEY, UH, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HISTORY, YES, I'LL COME TO MY, OKAY.
EVERYBODY CAME AND THOSE OF THE, THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO COME JUST TO HEAR MORE AND SHOW YOU MORE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AS, AS WHEN YOU SAW WHEN YOU ARRIVED, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A MUSEUM ON THE HISTORY HERE OF OUR CULTURE, OUR HISTORY BACKGROUND OF THE LA BASIN, THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY IN SPANISH.
AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T ABLE, I I, I SENT LETTERS OUT EMAILS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SEE US.
BUT THOSE ARE YOU THAT COULDN'T I UNDERSTAND.
AND THOSE ARE THE COULD THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I, I, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I, I KNOW.
WE HAVE A TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, OKAY? YES, SIR.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY GOOD.
AND I KNOW ALL OUR SECRA OKAY.
AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITI FOR LONG TIME.
I THINK THIS IS SUCH A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH THIS INCIDENT.
AND WE CAN KIND OF, UH, CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY I WANT TO PLEA WITH THE CITY AND YOU, YOUR TRIBE.
AND, UH, YOU THE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER YES, SIR.
THAT MAYBE WE CAN PRESERVE OKAY.
OF YOUR CULTURE AND YOUR TRADITION.
I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR A YOUNGER GENERATION TO APPRECIATE.
OR WHAT THE HISTORY AND THE WHAT THE CULTURE.
THE TRADITION AND HOW THE, THE LIFESTYLE.
AND WE CAN KIND OF LET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TEACHING THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I HOPE PEOPLE WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME IN AND TEACH MORE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU GIVE US THAT, ALL THIS INFORMATION.
SO WE HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE HAVE EVENT AND WE CAN INVITE YOU.
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SO YOUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT TO US, THEN WE CAN KIND OF KNOW EACH OTHER MUCH MORE.BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, Z NO, THANK YOU.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, HELP EDUCATE THE CITY ON OUR HISTORY, OUR CULTURE.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE, BUT THERE IS, THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE, AND THE HISTORY HERE STARTS WITH US.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO SHARE THAT HISTORY WITH YOU BECAUSE THE CITY, AS A GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE THE MEDIATORS BETWEEN US AND THE GREAT PUBLIC TO, TO GIVE, GIVE THEM AWARENESS OF THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY HERE IN THIS GREAT BASIN THAT WE ALL SHARE, ALL OF US TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN OLEY.
UM, THA THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I, I SAID THE LAST TIME THAT I WANTED TO LEARN, AND SO I'M GONNA, I JUST NEED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO, TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS.
SO FIRST, UM, WHAT'S THE TERM
THAT THAT IS A TERM THAT WAS USED FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
THAT WAS A TERM THAT WAS INFILTRATED OR FORCED ON.
OUR ELDERS IN 19 93, 19 94 WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN WELCOMING PEOPLE.
MY FATHER SAVED A SITE IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA IN 19 92, 93, IT WAS CALLED, IT WAS IN THE AREA OF KIRUNA.
IT WAS A NATURAL SPRING THAT WAS GONNA BE DESTROYED BY DEVELOPMENT.
THE ORGANIZATION THERE, WHICH WAS WEST LA ORGANIZATION, WAS LOOKING FOR THE INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM PRESERVE THAT SITE.
THEY CAME TO SAN GABRIEL, THEY REACHED OUT TO MY FATHER AND THE TRIBE.
OUR ELDERS, REMEMBER HALF OF MY FAMILY AND THOSE ELDERS THAT ARE NO LONGER HERE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL.
AND HALF OF 'EM, I KNOW MY DAD WENT UP TO FIFTH GRADE, FOURTH GRADE.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE OCCUPIED BEING THE HOUSE SERVANTS AND PLANTATION WORKERS OF A LOT OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES HERE WHO REC RESIDE HERE.
BUT IN 1994, MY DAD'S MISSION WAS TO SAVE THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
AND WHEN HE DID, THERE WAS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING A PROFESSOR OF LONG BEACH STATE, WHO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR RECOGNITION.
AND WE FED THEM ALL THE, IT SOUNDED GOOD.
SO WE FED THEM ALL THE HISTORY WE COULD.
WHEN MY DAD SAVED THAT SITE AND RECEIVED THE SYMBOLIC KEY TO THAT SITE IS WHEN THESE INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF THEM THAT WALKED IN THAT DAY HERE AT YOUR MEETING, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND SAID, ERNIE, YOU JUST RECEIVED YOUR STATE PROCLAMATION.
YOU JUST RECEIVED YOUR VERY FIRST NONPROFIT.
NOW IT'S TIME THAT YOU USE THIS NAME TONGVA TO ESTABLISH FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION.
THE ELDERS FOUGHT AGAINST THAT TERM.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ACADEMIA SMART TOOK THEM OVER, THEY INFILTRATED THAT NAME ON OUR GOVERNMENT.
AND OUR PEOPLE STOLE OUR HISTORY AND RAN OFF TO GAIN OFF THAT NAME.
SCHOLARSHIPS, ACTING AS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS RECEIVING MONIES, FALSIFYING THEIR HISTORY, THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR LEGES.
AND THAT NAME HAS SPREAD LIKE CANCER TONGVA AND IS DESTROYING OUR CULTURE, OUR HISTORY.
SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE HERE SITTING HERE THAT ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR IDENTITY BECAUSE OF THAT NAME.
NOW LET ME EXPLAIN HOW THIS TEACHER FOUND THAT NAME.
IN THE 19 HUNDREDS, THERE WAS A HISTORIAN BY THE NAME OF SEA HART, MIRIAM.
HE WAS HIRED BY THE BERKELEY FAMILY TO STUDY THE LOCAL NATIVES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN.
WHEN HE DID, IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE WANTED TO DO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY PAID HIM TO DO.
THAT'S WHY HE WENT OUT ON THE MISSION TO START TO RESEARCH THE
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LOCAL INDIANS OF THE AREA.HE CAME TO SAN GABRIEL IN THE AREAS, THIS IS IN THE 19 HUNDREDS, 1903 CAME TO SAN GABRIEL.
AND WHEN HE CAME TO SAN GABRIEL, HE ASKED THE MISSION, WHERE ARE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND WHERE DO THEY LIVE? THE MISSION TOLD THEM RIGHT OVER THERE IN THAT LITTLE AREA, THERE'S A LITTLE BARRIO NEAR THE MISSION WHERE ALL THE INDIGENOUS SPANISH, MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FAMILIES STILL REC RESIDE.
SO THEY WENT KNOCKING THE DOORS, ASKING FOR INTERVIEWS.
WHY? BECAUSE WE WEREN'T CITIZENS IN OUR OWN HOMELANDS UNTIL 19 24, 19 26.
SO NOBODY SAID ANYTHING, WHICH MEANS NOT BEING A CITIZEN.
IT WAS OPEN GAME EVEN DURING THAT TIME AGAINST US INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
SO HE WENT BACK TO THE MISSION AND HE ASKED THE MISSION, WHERE COULD I FIND OUT? NOBODY WANTED TO TALK TO ME OVER THERE.
THEY SAID, GO OVER TO FORT DEONE OVER BY THE GRAPEVINE WHERE BENJAMIN D. WILSON OF MOUNT WILSON HELP ESTABLISH A RESERVATION.
THERE'S INDIANS THERE FROM ST.
HE WENT AND HE MET WITH JESUS HORO.
AND WHEN HE INTERVIEWED JESUS HORO, HE ASKED HIM, FROM, WHERE DO YOU DESCEND FROM? WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? JESUS HARROW TOLD HIM, I WAS BORN OF THE VILLAGE OF TOVA SNA.
AND HE SAID, COULD YOU MENTION THAT AGAIN? BECAUSE IN THE NOTES I HAVE IT, IT'S NOTED BY C HART, MIRIAM TONA.
BUT BE BECAUSE HE COULD NOT PRONOUNCE MIRIAM SEA.
HART COULD NOT PRONOUNCE OR WRITE DOWN THE NAME.
HE WROTE DOWNTOWN V TONGVA NEVER GOT HIS NOTES PUBLISHED.
IN 1965, STUDENTS AT BERKELEY GATHERED THAT INFORMATION AND PUBLISHED IT WITHOUT EVEN VERIFYING THE INFORMATION.
SO IN 19 93, 19 94, THAT SCHOLAR, THAT TEACHER THAT WAS TEACHING AT LONG BEACH STATE, CINDY VERE, THAT'S HER NAME, SHE BROUGHT THAT NAME.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENT WHERE SHE SAID THAT WE HAD TO USE THAT NAME.
BUT IN THAT DOCUMENT IN 2008 THAT I PROVIDED, YOU'RE GONNA READ, THEY INTERVIEWED HER AGAIN.
THEY, THEY INTERVIEWED HER ONCE AGAIN 2008.
AND SHE SAYS THERE WAS NO SUCH TRIBE CALLED TOVA AFTER THEY USED US, AFTER THEY DID.
AND SUCKED EVERYTHING OUT OF US.
NOT EVERYTHING CUZ WE'RE STILL HERE.
BUT AFTER THEY SUCKED EVERYTHING OUT OF OUR ELDERS, THEY RAN OFF WITH OUR HISTORY.
AND THEN SOME OF THEM NOW EVEN STATE THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH TRIBE BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH TRIBE.
THIS IS JUST HALF OF THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S HERE.
AND WE'RE STILL HAVING LITTLE ONES.
AND THAT, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN CONTOS? DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? WELL, UM, SO JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS STUNNING TO ME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE WORD TONGVA IS LITERALLY MADE UP? IT'S MADE UP, SIR.
AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE IT UP, I HAVE GENEALOGY ON ALL OF THEM.
THAT THEY ARE NOT EVEN BLOOD DESCENDANTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE.
SO WHAT IS THE, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, THE, THE TRADITION, UH, WHATEVER THERE ARE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT TRIBAL NATIONS WHO COME TO THE TRIBE OF ANOTHER NATION.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF PROTOCOL OF WHERE THEY NEED TO TALK WITH YOU OR CHECK WITH? IT'S CALLED RESPECT.
ANYTIME I GO, YEAH, IT'S CALLED RESPECT.
ANYTIME I GO TO ANOTHER NATION, ANOTHER TRIBE, IT'S LIKE ME COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
I'M GONNA CALL YOU BEFORE I GO TO YOUR HOME.
WE ARE BROUGHT UP BEFORE EVEN COMING HERE AND ANNOUNCING OUR NAME, IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE, THEY WOULD'VE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CONTACTED ME AS THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT OF THE LA BASIN AND NOTIFIED ME OF THEM BEING HERE.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE A PROTOCOL AND THE PROTOCOL IS CON CONTACTING NATIVES, OTHER NATIVES OF THOSE AREAS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COME WITHIN
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THEIR AREAS OF TRADITION, THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORY AND SPEAK.SO AGAIN, IF I WERE TO GO TO PGA, IF I WERE TO GO TO SAN MANUEL, I JUST DON'T GO OVER THERE.
I PICK UP THE PHONE AND LET THEM KNOW I'M COMING.
AND I COULD SEE ON THAT DAY DURING THE MEETING YOU HAD, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
CUZ I DIDN'T GET A PHONE CALL.
DID YOU, ANY OF YOU
I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THANKS THAT MICHAEL OF OUR MAYOR, HE SAW, HE DOES SOCIAL MEDIA.
HE SAW THAT AND HE SAYS, I BETTER RUN OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED AND I SAID, YOU BETTER GO OVER THERE.
I COULDN'T, I HAD A BAD BACK AT THE TIME, BUT I SAID, GO DOWN THERE.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO VENTURA FROM OUR OFFICE.
CUZ A LOT OF MY FAMILY MOVED IN THE, IN THAT AREA OF VENTURA EARLY ON.
BUT HE WAS GOING BACK AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL STOP OVER THERE AND I'LL JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KEACH NATION HERE.
I'M THE, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU IN A LATER TIME.
I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, I KNOW THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE COUNCIL INCLUDING STAFF OR I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WHOLE EMAIL LIST.
I KNOW YOU, UM, OR SOMEONE EMAILED US BEFORE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THE DAY BEFORE, AND THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS PROTEST LAST MINUTE.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COME BECAUSE IT WAS LAST MINUTE, UM, AND NOTED TO BE CAREFUL OF DOING ANY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ESPECIALLY WHICH TRIBE, WHICH TRIBE ACKNOWLEDGES IT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE IMPORTANCE AND WHAT THE VALUE OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
UM, BUT I, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, AND, AND, UM, I KNOW I'VE BEEN BUSY THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT I AM GONNA STOP BY TO UH, SURE.
MORE OF THE HISTORY OF THANK YOU, YOUR, UH, TRIBE.
BUT I JUST WANTED, WELL, I AND MYSELF DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS IMPORTANCE OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS.
AND, UM, IS IT ONLY LIKE CERTAIN TRIBES DO THIS? AND JUST IF YOU COULD SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HAS, UH, HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GAVE ITS APOLOGY, THE COUNTY TO GIVING THEIR APOLOGY, UH, FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, FOR THE ATROCITIES THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR PAST.
AND THEY SAY THEIR PAST, BUT WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING THEM TODAY.
BUT ATLANTIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS JUST THE WAY IT SOUNDS.
THE LITTLE PRAYER I GAVE EARLIER.
DID YOU HEAR ME COME UP AND SAY, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.
NO, I ACKNOWLEDGED THE LAND BECAUSE IT'S THE LAND THAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
IF, IF IT WAS REGARDING A TRIBE OR PEOPLE, THEN IT WOULD BE AN INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
BUT A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THROUGH WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM COMING FROM NATIVES, IT'S RECOGNIZING THE LAND FOR THE GIFTS THAT THE LAND PROVIDES TO US.
WITHOUT THE GIFTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US IN HERE, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WATER, THE OIL, THE MINERAL, THE TREES, THE PLANTS, THE ANIMALS.
AND MY GRANDPA ALWAYS USED TO SAY, AT THE END OF DAYS, WE'RE GONNA DESTROY OURSELVES.
SO WHEN YOU GIVE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING MOTHER EARTH.
SHE'S LIKE ALL THE MOTHERS OR IF THERE'S ANY MOTHERS, THERE IS MOTHERS IN HERE, MOTHERS IN HERE, YOU MOTHERS WHO GIVE BIRTH THE EARTH.
AND THOSE GIFTS ARE PROVIDED FROM THE CREATOR TO THE LAND, TO MOTHER EARTH.
AND THOSE GIFTS ARE WHAT SUSTAIN US EVEN TODAY, SUSTAIN A LOT OF US HERE.
A LOT OF THE CITIES HERE HAVE A RESOURCE THAT IS SUSTAINABLE TO THEM, THAT KEEP THEM THRIVING IN ANCIENT TIMES.
THOSE RESOURCES IS WHAT KEPT US ALIVE.
THAT'S WHY WE GIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE EARTH, MOTHER EARTH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
AND YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR PRAYER THAT IT FOCUSES IN THE PRESENT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE PAST, THE VIOLENCE, THE OPPRESSION, THE HATE.
WHICH WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THAT.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENT, THE NOW THE FUTURE.
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UM, SO THAT I, I GREATLY APPRECIATE.AND IS THERE, UM, AND IS, IS IT A BIG DEAL IF, UM, CERTAIN TRIBES, WHETHER THEY'RE LEGITIMATE OR NOT, GIVE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? THERE SHOULDN'T, THERE SHOULD.
THE ANCESTRAL TRIBE OF THE AREA SHOULD BE GIVING AN INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
JUST NOT EVERYBODY THAT'S OUTTA RESPECT.
WE, IF I, IF I WERE TO GO TO CANCUN, YOU THINK I'M GONNA GO GIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OVER THERE.
THOSE, THERE'S STILL NATIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
THE INDIGENOUS TRIBE OF THAT ANCESTRAL AREA SHOULD BE DOING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THE INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
THAT'S WHY A LOT OF US ARE ALL CONFUSED WITH A LOT OF THE HISTORY HERE.
SEE, WE COULD PROVIDE AN INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IS BASED ON FACTS, ON FACTS.
NOT JUST AT FACE VALUE OR HEARSAY ON FACTS.
JUST LIKE THE LITTLE ORAL HISTORY THAT GA THAT I GAVE EARLIER.
I COULD GIVE YOU THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO THE MUSEUM WHEN I HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION READY TO GO IN A FEW WEEKS.
JUST TO ANSWER, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, UH, IN ETHNIC STUDIES, UH, WE DO ACTUALLY, UH, CENTER, UH, THE INDIGENOUS NATION.
UH, AND JUST, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT ONE OF THOSE REBELLIONS, UH, LED BY YOUR GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, SOMETHING I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO.
I KNOW I HAD EMAILED ABOUT, UH, COMING THIS WEEK, SO YEAH, SURE.
WAITING FOR A RESPONSE, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IS WE ARE ACTUALLY NOW STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT PAST AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CENTER THE INDIGENOUS OF THIS SPACE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAD THIS, UH, HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO I I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY WE APPRECIATE THANK YOU.
UH, THE PRESENTATION, THE HISTORY, UH, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY ARE, I MEAN, I GOT SO MANY RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE J WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
UH, AND SO I THINK, AND WE WANT TO TEACH MORE OF COURSE.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UM, ORIGINALLY WE DESCEND NICHOLAS JOSEPH WAS, THAT WAS A SPANISH NAMED NICHOLAS JOSE, BUT HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME ILLA LATER.
AND FROM THERE HE HAD A SON, JOAQUIN, JOAQUIN, JOAQUIN, JOAQUIN, AND THEN JACK.
TIMES IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES AS COUSIN JACK AND HERE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OVER THERE STAND UP
HE STILL HAS THE GRAD'S NAME THAT NICHOLAS JOSEPH WAS GIVEN BY THE SPANISH.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE KIND WORDS AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE'RE HERE TO TEACH NOT ONLY THE INDIGENOUS, BUT THROUGH THE SPANISH MEXICAN AMERICAN BECAUSE WE BECAME PART OF THAT CULTURE, THAT HISTORY.
THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
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OKAY, GONNA MOVE NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW, UH, SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY DO YOU MAY I HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANGIE GILLINGHAM, FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
UH, AT LAST CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING ON THE AGENDA, THE CITY WAS DECLARING CITY OWNED LAND ONCE AGAIN AS SURPLUS.
THE, UH, DUE TO THE DUE CONTRACTS THAT WERE TERMINATED AT WHAT WAS KNOWN AS ONE AS THE YARD AND THE TWO PLOTS AT THE BK K I WATCHED OUR COUNCILMAN, SOMETIMES COMMERCIAL REALTOR SALIVATE OVER THE RE DECLARING OF THE PROPERTY AS SURPLUS AND THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HE SEES FOR OUR CITY AND THE POTENTIAL REVENUE.
AFTER SEVEN LONG YEARS TIED UP WITH THE COMPANY KNOWN AS SAPI, WE
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ARE NOW CONCERNED OVER CREATING REVENUE.HE QUESTIONED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ASK, CAN WE BUILD HOUSES UP THERE? RESPONSE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAS, YES.
WHAT I WISH THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD'VE ADDED WAS, YES, AFTER THE LAND IS REMEDIATED AT THE COST OF SEVEN TO 800 MILLION, WHICH WILL TAKE YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND AFTER THE EIGHT AGENCIES THAT AFTER THE AID AGENCIES APPROVE ANY PLANS FOR DEVE DEVELOPMENT.
REMEMBER, SIMPI NEVER SUBMITTED A PLAN TO THE AID AGENCIES IN THE SEVEN YEARS THEY WERE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY.
I WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT MY COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT FOUR WAS SILENT ON THIS SUBJECT.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE IN DISTRICT FOUR WHERE THIS RESIDES, ARE VERY MUCH AGAINST ANY TYPE OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR HOTEL, DO THE RIGHT THING.
LOOK INTO REVENUE GENERATING BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT DISRUPT THE ONLINE TOSSED TOXIC LANDFILL.
JUST ADJACENT TO THE CITY-OWNED LAND COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED CONTINUOUSLY OVER FIVE YEARS.
INFORMATION FROM LIVABLE WEST COVINA THAT SPELLS OUT FOR YOU VERY CLEARLY WHAT EXISTS ON THAT SITE PUT HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS BEFORE PROFIT.
MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ.
AND I'M NOT GOING BACK TO FLORIDA, I'M STAYING HERE.
NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF RACES BIGOTED HARRY NEARS OUT OF BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK.
AND I DON'T CARE HOW BIG HIS CHURCH IS.
FINBAR AND BURBANK, AFTER ALL BURBANK NOW HAS ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAS GONE FOR THE US SENATE.
WELL, WE OUGHT KNOW WHAT BURBANK'S REALLY ABOUT.
A LOT OF HATRED AND A LOT OF BIGOTRY.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
IN FACT, SHE'S AFTER HER IN THE LA UMPIRE UNIT, A MAN NAMED MEL PATTERSON USED TO UMPIRE THERE, BLACK MAN.
AND THOSE WHITE TRASH OAKIES WOULD CALL HIM A N****R FROM THE STANDS.
I JUST THOUGHT, FOR THE RECORD, WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
AND NOW PEOPLE THINK THAT AFTER LA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAUL GREGORIAN GOT, WENT FROM SCHOOL BOARD IN BURBANK TO ASSEMBLY AND THEN JUMPED OVER TO LA JUST THOUGHT, YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BACKGROUNDS NOW.
UM, I RECENTLY WENT BY THE CARUSO CATHOLIC CENTER, THE OUR SAVIOR'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.
IT'S WRITTEN ONE TIME ON THERE.
CARUSO'S NAME IS ON THERE FOUR TIMES.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A MATH COURSE AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
I FULFILLED IT IN JUNIOR COLLEGE, BUT I CAN COUNT TO FOUR.
AND AFTER ALL, CARUSO DESPERATE TO BE MAYOR, SAID HE'LL TAKE HIS NAME OFF THAT CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WE'RE STILL WAITING, AREN'T WE? HE'S, HE'S SO SLIMY.
HE'LL SAY ANYTHING TO GET A VOTE.
AND THE PEOPLE IN LA SAW RIGHT THROUGH 'EM AND REJECTED HIM.
NOW, HE WAS GONNA TAKE HIS NAME OFF BECAUSE THEY WERE FOR, THEY WERE AGAINST PROPOSITION ONE, THE WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND HE WAS FOR IT.
BUT HE SPENT ALL HIS LIFE GIVING TO ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? NOW, K N X, THEY ASKED CRIB QUESTIONS.
THREE THINGS THE MAYOR CAN'T DO.
NOW, I'VE CUT LOTS OF CLASSES.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE CUT IN BRIAN'S CLASS IF I HAD BEEN MATRICULATED IN IT JUST FOR THE CHALLENGE, JUST BECAUSE IT'S FUN.
AND THREE THINGS THE MAYOR OF LA CAN'T DO.
HE CAN'T SIGN A DEATH WARRANT.
HE CAN'T APPOINT A JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT.
AND WHY AN IDIOT LIKE CARUSO COULDN'T ANSWER.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT, I WAS YOUNG AND PEOPLE SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
HE'S THE GUY WHO'S GIVEN MONEY TO MITCHELL ENGLANDER EACH AND EVERY TIME.
WHERE DID ENGLANDER WIND UP? FEDERAL PRISON.
UM, THOSE SCANDALS ARE BIGGER NOW.
JOSE WEEZER WEEZER'S PLED GUILTY.
MR. CHAN WAS, IS UNDER TRIAL RIGHT NOW.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD WERE DEPRIVED OF A 77 STORY BUILDING IN LA.
OF COURSE IT WAS DIRTY MONEY, DEPRIVED MONEY BEING PUT INTO IT.
BUT THINK OF ALL THOSE JOBS THOSE UNION GOONS WOULD'VE HAD.
WELL NOW WE'RE APPROACHING LENT, EVEN THOUGH JESUS NEVER WENT ON AN EASTER EGG HUNT ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ONE 10 FAVORITES OVER THERE AT FOOD FOR LESS, WHICH IS PART OF RALPH'S AND KROGER.
NOW THEY HAVE COOKED, LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON TO READ IT.
JESUS NEVER ATE ANY CATFISH, UM, PEELED SHRIMP RAW OR COOKED.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO READ LEVITICUS 11.
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SHOULD EAT AND THE FOODS YOU SHOULDN'T.I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA CELEBRATE EASTER.
EVEN THOUGH NONE THE DISCIPLES DID EASTER.
JESUS NEVER WENT ON AN EASTER EGG HUNT.
HE NEVER HAD BRUNCH WITH A BUNNY IN LA PUENTE ON SATURDAY THE EIGHTH, OR BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY OR BRUNCH WITH THE BUNNY IN DOWNEY.
JUST, HEY, MOST OF US WHO'VE CUT A LOT OF CLASS AND SKIPPED A LOT OF SCHOOL, STILL MANAGED TO DO A LOT OF LEARNING.
IT JUST WASN'T THE STANDARD STUFF.
AND NOBODY'S BEEN TO HELL FOR EATING MEAT ON FRIDAY.
WHAT CAN I SAY? PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO SHOVE FALSE DOCTRINES DOWN MY THROAT EVER SINCE I WAS A KID.
AND THE PRINCIPAL TRIED TO SING ABOUT IT.
THE OLD BAG TRIED TO GET ME TO EAT THAT STINKY YELLER FISH AGAINST MY DOCTRINES.
I NO JEW OR PROTESTANT OR NATIVE AMERICAN OR ANYBODY ELSE, OR BUDDHIST OR MUSLIM WOULD GO TO HELL FOR EATING MEAT ON FRIDAY.
SOMEBODY'S BEEN LYING FROM VATICAN CITY TELLING A BIG TIME LIE.
OF COURSE, THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT IMPRISONED THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN ST.
THE SPANISH CATHOLICS YES FOLKS, GREAT JOB THEY'VE DONE.
AND OF COURSE, LOOK OLD RICK WHO ENDORSED RICK.
WELL, ONE OF THOSE FOUR RACISTS.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE CARUSO BACKERS.
AND I'LL TAKE THIS FOR THE RECORD.
HERMAN FOLLOWED BY PEGGY MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY DARYL SPIVEY.
I NO, I AM NOT GONNA READ THAT.
I OFFICIALLY DID NOT PUT MY NAME ON IT.
STILL WHEN I WRITE THE WORD N****R ON IT AS MY NAME, YOU SHOULD PUT MY NAME ON THERE FOR THE RECORD.
IT WAS N****R N I G G E R FOR THE RECORD.
SO WHAT IS MY PROCLAMATION? MY PROCLAMATION IS THE END OF DAYS.
IT IS THE END OF DAYS BECAUSE SYMBOLISM FLAGS ARE VIEWS OF WHAT IS SYMBOLISM.
PLACARDS ARE CONSIDERED RACIST AND PREJUDICE.
BUT YET YOU DISRESPECTED THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF AMERICAS BY PLACING THEM IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND ORDERING THEM TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE INDIGENOUS LAND THAT THEY BELONG TO.
BUT TO YOUR HEART, IN CONSIDERATION, IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU.
I WILL ALWAYS BE A MINORITY CUZ THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.
I WILL ALWAYS BE IN FEAR OF THE GOVERNMENT CUZ YOU'RE WHITE M***********S TOO, JUST LIKE ME, BORN IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, BUT CALLED A WHITE N****R.
TWO, ACCORDING TO MY DOCUMENTS.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE HISTORY OF WHY I CAUGHT MYSELF A N****R.
THAT'S HOW YOU TREATED ME ALL THESE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
AND THE REASON YOU SAW THE ATTACK DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YOU PLEDGE AN ALLEGIANCE AND YOU ALLOW A MAN TO ATTACK SOMEBODY OVER A FLAG, OVER A FLAG AS PROTECTED SYMBOLISM OF FREE SPEECH.
HE WASN'T HITTING ANYBODY WHO WASN'T BLOCKING ANY VIEW.
HE WAS ATTACKED AND FELL RIGHT THERE TO HIS HEAD.
NOT ONLY WAS HE INJURED PHYSICALLY AT HIS ELBOW, BUT HE COULD HAVE DIED BY AN AISM, THE OLD F*****G MAN NAMED AS GREENSPAN FOR THE RECORD.
SO YOU BETTER GET YOUR S**T TOGETHER AND START EXPLAINING TO THE PUBLIC WHAT FREE SPEECH IS BEFORE YOU INSERT THAT.
THIS IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.
IF THE PEOPLE WISH YOU ENGAGE AND CIRCULATE BACK AND FORTH IN DEBATE, THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT.
BUT I RAISE MY VOICE FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF THE END OF DAYS, KNOWING THAT RACIST PREJUDICE IN 1924 TO 1926, YOU DIDN'T ALLOW INDIANS TO BE CALLED CITIZENS.
AND AS I WATCHED THE VIDEOS OF ADOLF HITLER MASSACRE, THOUSANDS IF NOT TRILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME OF GOD, BUT THE GERMAN GOD OF THE TIME.
SO EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT GOD, MR. WOO, A GOD OF MONEY.
MS. LETTI IS A A GOD OF BEAUTY.
MS. ROSARIO, THE MAYOR IS A GOD OF WHAT? THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU.AND THE REASON WHY WE NEED RESPECT AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, MR. WOO.
SO A RESULT THAT SOMEBODY HERE DOES NOT GET INJURED OVER A FLAG OR A CARDBOARD SIGN, F**K SACRAMENTO, F**K THE GOVERNOR.
RACIST, TYRANT PIECE OF S**T BECAUSE YOU BRING TERRORISM, INFLATION, GAS GOING UP, GAS IN OUR VEHICLES GOING UP AND NOW SOON A GENERATION OF PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD AND DISABLED WILL BE LIVING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE RENT.
NOW FOR THE RECORD, MALISSA VERSUS THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT, 5 62 US 4 43 UNITED STATES, BAGAN AND HES VERSUS INDIANA.
AND LET ME READ IT PASSIONATELY INTO THE RECORD, THE APPELLANT HAS SAID AND WAS SAYING, WE'LL TAKE THE F*****G STREET LATER OR WE'LL TAKE THE F*****G STREET AGAIN.
NOW, AS YOU HEARD, THIS IS NOT LANGUAGE OF VIOLATION OF ONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT.
THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTED SPEECH THE SAME WAY BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO THE N****R.
K KK ALLOWED YOU TO COME AND VIDEO HIM IN HIS OWN PROPERTY AND THEN YOU TOLERATE IT BY WHAT? IMPRISONING A MAN UNDER A FALSE DOCTRINE, JUST LIKE THE SAYING GABRIEL TRIBUNE AND WHATEVER PAPER THEY WRITE IN SAYING, GABRIEL, ALL LIES, HAVE I BEEN INCARCERATED FOR FREE SPEECH? LET'S GO ASK THE LONG BEACH JUDGE JENNIFER H COPS BECAUSE WHERE'S THAT FAT D*******G MR. WOO, YOUR FRIEND WHO WRITES FALSEHOODS IN STORIES ABOUT ONE GADFLY WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH OF FIRST AMENDMENT 40 Q C 1983.
UH, BLESS PEGGY MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY DARYL SPY, FOLLOWED BY JIM GR.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM SO IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FREE SPEECH, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESPECT, THE ONLY THING THAT PEOPLE WOULD ASK IS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THAT THERE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN HERE AND WHEN THERE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN HERE, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
SO IN THAT MA'AM ASPECT, THAT IS WHAT MA'AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I FELT THE NEED TO SAY IT.
ANYWAY, HELLO, MY NAME IS PEGGY MARTINEZ.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN WEST COVINA, DISTRICT ONE FOR 40 YEARS.
I NORMALLY WATCH AT HOME CAUSE I WATCH MY GRANDCHILDREN, BUT I FELT THE NEED TO COME TODAY BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND THEN INCLUDING THIS ONE.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF DISRESPECT GOING ON AND I, I CAME HERE AND I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M GONNA BRING SOMETHING UP THAT I HAVE NOT CLEARED WITH YOU, BUT I'M GONNA, I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, A RESIDENT TOLD ME THAT THIS COUNCIL TRIED TO PREVENT MARI PROTE TO BADAI FROM BEING SEATED IN THE MAYOR PROTEM SEAT.
NOW THAT WAS SECONDHAND INFORMATION.
SO I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE AND ASKED IF THAT WAS TRUE.
HE WAS HONEST AND ADMITTED THAT IT WAS, AND SAID THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE COUNCILMAN CONTOS WOULD NOT DO IT.
SO YOU DID NOT HAVE THE FOUR TO ONE.
I FELT SO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I WATCH THESE, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF DISRESPECT TOWARDS MAR THE MAYOR, PRO TIM TABBA TO BUY.
HE IS THE ONE WHO REPRESENTS MY DISTRICT.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THAT MADE HIM FEEL THAT YOU WOULD TRY TO DO THAT TO HIM.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN WITH SOME OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST ONE, IT WAS JAMIE ROCHA AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH JAMIE ROCHA? AND YOU SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
WELL, JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW AND YOU WEREN'T TOLD DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE GREEN LIGHT TO TREAT SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
OKAY? AND THEN TODAY YOU BRING ANOTHER GROUP WHO HAS TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THEY DON'T EXIST.
THAT'S ANOTHER FORM OF DISRESPECT AND HATE.
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THERE'S SO MUCH HATE IN OUR CITY.YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP THAT HE POSTED A PICTURE THAT WAS ON SOMEBODY'S GARAGE AND THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT PRIVATE.
YOU KNOW? NO, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
Y YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS BETWEEN YOU GUYS.
AND HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO TALK TO THAT PERSON AND POST IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A FORM OF HATE.
THERE'S SO MUCH HATE IN THIS WORLD.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE, THE COUNCIL BEF UH, MEETING BEFORE THAT, I FELT SO BAD FOR THE TRANSTEC PEOPLE.
THREE OF THEM STOOD HERE WHILE YOU GUYS WERE GONNA VOTE ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
AND YOU SAT THERE AND SAID, WHY DO WE NEED THREE YEARS? WHY ARE IT TWO YEARS? WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU DO? CAN WE CANCEL YOU? YOU SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I WAS AT HOME FEELING REALLY SORRY FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH DISRESPECT.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
YOU TRULY MAY NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
YOU NEED TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
YOU ARE REPRESENTING OUR CITY.
AND THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THIS IS NOT HOW TO RE HOW TO REPRESENT US.
I, I I'VE JUST BEEN SO FRUSTRATED AT HOME THAT I FELT THE NEED TO COME.
AND YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, THREE PEOPLE RAN AGAINST YOU IN THIS SEAT AND IF THERE WASN'T THREE OF 'EM, YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST YOU THAN FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, SEE, AND IT'S THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE.
IT'S THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE THAT BRINGS AMONG HATE AND DISRESPECT THE WAY YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S A PATTERN IN HERE AND IT NEEDS TO STOP BECAUSE IT'S UNBECOMING OF THESE SEATS THAT YOU SIT ON.
IT REALLY IS UNBECOMING OF THE SEAT AND WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THE CULTURE.
BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO COME UP HERE AND SAY HOW THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
IT BROUGHT ABOUT, NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE AT EACH OTHER.
OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE NOW BY BRINGING THEM HERE AND LETTING THEM DO THAT.
AND, BUT PREVENTING JAMIE ROCHA FROM DOING IT, YOU HAVE NOW CREATED DISTENSION AMONGST THEM.
OKAY? ANOTHER FORM OF HATE, I'M SORRY, BUT IT NEEDS TO THANK YOU.
DARL SPIVEY, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRGE, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE AND SPEAKING MY MIND ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ISSUES.
I'VE MET SOME OF YOU GUYS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
AND, UM, I HOPE I'M THE RIGHT SPOT FOR WHAT I HAVE TO ADDRESS HERE.
UM, MY, UM, WHAT I HAVE TO ADDRESS IS REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE POLICE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE OVER BY SHADOW OAK PARK.
I GUESS IT'S DISTRICT FIVE OR FOUR, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHICH, BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT WATCH COMMANDERS IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS.
BUT ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT CALMER OVER THERE.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE THEFT, WE HAVE CRIME, WE HAVE PEOPLE DOING DONUTS AND, AND THE CAR ENDS UP IN THE BUSHES AND WE HAVE TRASH BEING DUMPED AND WE HAVE GRAFFITI AND WE HAVE MALE THEFT.
I LOST ALL MY TOOLS IN MY CAR.
MY CAR GOT BROKEN INTO IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I SET UP RING CAMERAS, UM, TO TRY TO CATCH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING CRIME OR TRYING TO BREAK IN THE HOUSE.
UM, SOMEONE DID TRY TO BREAK IN OUR HOUSE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
I HAVE VIDEO OF THAT, THE RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT REALLY A CRIME AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIFT A FINGER TO DO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE USUAL RESPONSE I GET WHENEVER I REPORT A CRIME OR A CRIME IN PROGRESS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIREWORKS BANNERS THAT I, I DON'T KNOW WHO SPENDS THE MONEY ON THESE BIG FIREWORK BANNERS BY, UH, CHILE AND AMMAR.
UM, BUT IT, THEY'RE BASICALLY TELLING YOU TO REPORT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
SO I FIND THE PEOPLE SHOOTING OFF THE FIREWORKS AND I GIVE THEM THE, THE EXACT ADDRESS.
THEY'RE SHOOTING THEM UP ALL DAY AND NIGHT AND IT SHAKES THE HOUSE AND SOME HIT THE HOUSE AND SOME HIT THE CARS.
BUT THE POLICE DO NOT RESPOND EVER.
THEY JUST KIND OF BLOW ME OFF.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, OKAY,
I CALL ALSO ABOUT THE BOULDERS FALLING INTO, ONTO THE SIDEWALK THAT SIT
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THERE FOR WEEKS.I, I, I CALL ABOUT THE MAILBOXES FALLING DOWN.
NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
UM, THE PEOPLE BEHIND US ARE RUNNING AN ILLEGAL BUSINESS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH MACHINES RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT CONSTANTLY, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT BLOWS ME OFF, POLICE BLOWS ME OFF.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE INCIDENTS, BUT ANYWAY, THEY HAVE TIME TO COME OUT IN THE RAIN AND PUT THESE TICKETS IN PLASTIC BAGS.
WHEN IT'S POURING DOWN RAIN, I'VE GOT, OH, YOU GOTTA MOVE YOUR VEHICLE EVERY 72 HOURS.
OKAY, WELL, I DO THAT BECAUSE I GO TO WORK.
I HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I PAY MY PERMITS FOR MY BUSINESS AND, AND OTHER ENDEAVORS.
UM, AND I'M USING, I'M MOVING MY VEHICLES.
AM I BEING TARGETED? IS IT MY POLITICS OR IS IT MY NAME OR IS IT MY SKIN COLOR? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M BEING TARGETED HERE.
I'VE GOT A $65 TICKET FOR AN UNATTACHED TRAILER THAT WAS ATTACHED.
I, I SENT IT IN, BUT I STILL HAVE TO SEND THE MONEY IN AND GET DENIED.
SO THERE GOES $65 THAT COULD GO TOWARDS FOOD.
AND RIGHT NOW, TIMES ARE TOUGH.
AND I GOT ANOTHER TICKET HERE YESTERDAY.
UM, I GUESS THE COP SITTING THERE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO NOT STOP AT THE RIGHT PART OF THE CROSSWALK BAR, I STOPPED, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS I STOPPED AND HE STILL CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE I STOPPED BY THE CROSSWALK BAR, UM, WAS NOT ADEQUATE FOR HIM.
MEANWHILE, UM,
RIGHT NEAR THAT CROSSWALK IS, UH, LET ME FIND IT HERE, A PICTURE EARLIER.
OKAY? WE HAVE PILES OF TRASH RIGHT BY THAT CROSSWALK.
HE COULD MAYBE TAKE THAT TIME THAT HE'S TRYING TO SCRUTINIZE HOW FAR I AM FROM THE CROSSWALK AND GIVING ME TICKETS THAT I CAN'T AFFORD THAT'S GONNA AFFECT MY INSURANCE FOR THREE YEARS.
AND MAYBE HE COULD CALL IN THE TRASH OR SOMETHING, OR CATCH THE GUY DOING DONUTS OR THE MAIL THEFT, OR THE PACKAGE THIEF.
I, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M TARGETED.
JIM GR FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ.
UH, LAST JANUARY, SEVERAL RESIDENTS ADDRESSED YOU ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS THAT WAS ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND BASICALLY, THE REPORT WAS THAT AS PROPOSED, THEY WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, WAS KIND ENOUGH ON FEBRUARY 7TH TO VOTE TO AMEND THOSE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS, UH, TO, UH, CHANGE THE PARTS THAT WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND THAT'S APPRECIATED THAT THAT HAPPENED.
HOWEVER, SINCE THAT TIME, UH, NOTHING'S HAPPENED.
YOU WERE TOLD ON FEBRUARY 7TH THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK FOR A, UH, UH, ADOPTION, SECOND READING, AND THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.
I WAS, I ASKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
UH, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
UH, SO I'M DISTURBED THAT AT LEAST AS OF THIS MOMENT, UH, UH, THE ORDINANCE HAS, UH, HAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.
AND YOU STILL HAVE AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UH, UH, FINANCE CAMPAIGN, FINANCE REGULATION 2, 4 0 2 ON YOUR BOOKS.
UH, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF I LEAST YOU SOME KIND OF ANSWER ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY, WHY IT ISN'T BEING AED.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
I WAS GOING TO, WELL, I, I WAS WRITING A LETTER, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA ADDRESS YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 21ST.
I HAVEN'T FINISHED IT YET BECAUSE I WAS DOING SO MUCH RESEARCH AND I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
SO I'LL DO IT NEXT, UH, NEXT MEETING.
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I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR.FIRST ONE, I WANT TO, UH, COMMEND THE WEST COVINO FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR FAST RESPONSE TO THE ROLLING WOOD APARTMENTS THAT STARTED JUST BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK, UH, AM ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARRIVED QUICKLY, UH, AN APARTMENT WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN FLAMES TRAPPING AND KILLING THE OCCUPANTS INSIDE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEROES UNABLE TO SAFELY ENTER THE STRUCTURE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVERY AND THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIONS, THE WEST COVINO FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH SOME MUTUAL AID, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONFINE THE MAJOR TRAGEDY TO THE ONE APARTMENT AND A COUPLE OF SMOKE-FILLED ADJACENT, UH, UNITS WITHIN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
SO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DOING A GOOD JOB ON THAT RESPECT.
I ALSO WANNA WISH MY, UH, CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THIS TRAGIC DEPARTMENT FIRE, A GRANDMOTHER, TODDLER, AND AN INFANT DIED AT THE SCENE.
I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO DONATE, UH, TO THE GRIEF STRICKEN PARENTS, UM, CHANGING THE SUBJECT ON BEHALF OF MY AESTHETIC NEIGHBORS.
I ALSO NEED TO THANK THE CITY MAINTENANCE CREW FOR PLANTING TWO TREES, UH, IN THEIR FRONT YARD IN THE CITY EASEMENT, AND TO REPLACE THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE TREE, UH, TO REPLACE THE, THE, UH, PRIVILEGED DAMAGE TREE, WHICH THE CITY REMOVED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
UH, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HELPING ON THAT.
UM, I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO, UH, RAUL ALVARADO, THE DEPUTY, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR WHO NOTICED THE CITY TREE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED DUE TO SEVERAL SAFETY ISSUES, AND HAS, UH, STARTED THE PROCESS TO TAKE AWAY THE PROBLEM TREE AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW TREE.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA PROBABLY, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ISSUE NEXT TIME, BUT ONE THING REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT I HAVE TO GET OUT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS THE MAYOR PROTE, WHEN HE, UH, SAID THAT, UH, THAT HE IS A, IS A COUNCILMAN OF THE PROMP WHEN HE IS SITTING HERE ON THE DIAS, BUT WHEN HE IS OUTSIDE, HE'S A RESIDENT.
WELL, I'M SORRY, YOU TOOK AN OATH WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED, YOU TOOK AN OATH.
YOU'RE COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE THE PRO TEMP 24 HOURS A DAY, JUST LIKE A POLICEMAN IS.
HE DOESN'T JUST DO HIS 10, 12 HOURS A DAY AND THEN WALK HOME AND FORGET ABOUT LAW AND ORDER.
24 HOURS A DAY, YOU'RE OUR MAYOR, PROTE, 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING AS ARROGANT TO THAT, I'M ASHAMED.
I'M ALMOST THE DIFFERENCE, OPPOSITE DIFFERENCE OF THE POOR LADY THAT CAME UP THREE PERSONS AGO, BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT MORE ON MY KNICKS, UH, ON THE NEXT, UH, MEETING.
UM, THEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ALREADY DID STUFF REGARDING YOU GUYS.
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOPPING CARTS AND ABOUT, UH, ABOUT, UH, FINDING STORES.
IF THEY DON'T PICK 'EM UP, I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT THE WAY ALDI DOES THEIR THINGS, WHETHER YOU PUT A QUARTER INTO THE, TO THE, UM, CART, AND IT GETS, WHEN YOU RETURN IT, YOU GET YOUR QUARTERBACK AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY'RE HARD TO BE STOLEN.
ALSO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE STEALING THE CARTS AND START CHARGING THEM.
BRIAN GUTIERREZ, FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ALSO WELCOME MR. ANDREW SALAS, THE TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON FROM THE GAMBINO BANNON MISSION, INDIANS OF THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT NATION,
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WHICH I KNOW IS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A RECOGNIZED TRIBE.KINE MAYOR DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS RU COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS OLI CONTOS.
I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SHARP DISAPPOINTMENT IN BRYAN TABBA TO BUY FOR PUTTING THE TAXPAYERS OF WESTCO IN DANGER OF LI IN LITIGATION, OUR CITY'S 100 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO BUY TO BY BROKE CITIES PROTOCOLS AND PRO, AND DEMANDED THAT HIS SO UNDER HIS SOLE AUTHORITY, THAT RULES AND REGULATIONS BE CHANGED.
SOME CITY STAFF DECIDED THAT ONE VOTE WAS ENOUGH TO CHANGE CITY REGULATIONS.
SOMETHING THAT THE OVER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE, THE TREASURER, A TREASURER'S REPORT HAS RECOMMENDED THAT ONE VOTE IS NOT ENOUGH.
MR. TAVA HAS, UH, CONTINUED TO DISREGARD REGULATIONS AND PROTOCOL, AND HE SHOULD RESIGN FROM HIS POSITION AS MAYOR PROTE AND STOP LYING TO THE VOTERS OF WEST COVINA, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT ONE.
WHEN YOU MAKE THE ALLEGATION THAT SOMEHOW THIS, THIS MAJORITY WAS GONNA REMOVE YOU AS MAYOR PROTE OR NOT APPOINT YOU, YOU DO YOU COME UP WITH OTHER SCENARIOS THAT THEY, IF, IF THEY WANTED TO BE EVIL LIKE THAT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT RIGHT BEFORE ALREADY WAS SWORN IN, THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT WITH DARIO BEFORE HE WAS, UH, TURNED OUT.
THEY COULD HAVE REMOVED IT, THEY COULD HAVE NOT APPOINTED YOU AS MAYOR APPROACH HIM, BUT THEIR HEARTS CONTINUED TO DO SO.
SO MAKING ALLEGATIONS TO THE VOTERS OF LIES IS JUST WRONG.
I'M ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT IN AMERICANS AND DIS DISABILITY ACT AREA, UH, IS BEING, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I CANNOT SIT IN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN LABELED AS, UH, PROTECTED UNDER THE AMERICA'S DISABILITY ACT BY CITY STAFF.
AND TO BUY TOBIS, YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE OF, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND YOU SPEAK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, I'LL CALLING YOU TO ASK FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CITY IS NOT HONORING AND ENFORCING THE A D A LAW IN THIS, IN, IN THE CITY OF ESCO VITA, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CHAMBER.
AND SO I COMMEND THE TRIBAL LEADER WHO CAME TODAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST MEETING YOU SAW TO BUY TO BY DIMINISH AND TELL HIS OTHER COLLEAGUES THERE, THERE WERE HORRIBLE PEOPLE.
BUT THEN TODAY, AFTER TRIBAL LEADER SOLA SPOKE, YOU SIT THE OPPOSITE.
SO, UH, OF, OF THEIR, OF THEIR, OF THEIR TRIBAL NATION.
AND SO, JUST SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT A FEDERAL RECOGNIZED TRIBE IS AN AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE TRIBAL ENTITY THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY HAVING A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH UNITED STATES, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES, POWERS, LIMITATIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS ATTACHED TO THAT DESIGNATION, AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AND SERVICES FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
FURTHERMORE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES ARE RECOGNIZED AS PROCESSING CERTAIN INHERENT RIGHTS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CERTAIN FEDERAL BENEFITS, SERVICES AND PROTECTIONS BECAUSE THEIR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES.
MOST OF TODAY'S 573 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES RECEIVE FEDERAL RECOGNITION STATUS THROUGH TREATIES, ACTS OF CONGRESS, PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS, OR PART OF 83 ADMINISTRATIVE RECOGNITION PROCESS.
STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBES ARE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES, NATIONS, AND HERITAGE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY A PROCESS OF E ESTABLISHED UNDER A SOURCES STATE LAWS.
BY VARYING THE PURPOSE, MANY STATES HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION TO RECOGNIZE SOME TRIBES AND A KNOWLEDGE OF SELF DETERMINATION AND CONTINUITY OF HISTORIC ETHNIC GROUPS.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE GROUPS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT IS A, A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT YOU WILL ASK THE CITY OF WEST SCREEN ORDER CITY STAFF TO BREAK PROTOCOL AND DESIGNATE LAND TO A GROUP THAT HAS NOT BEEN FEDERALLY OR STATE RECOGNIZED, INCLUDING BY OUR LOCAL SUPERVISOR HILL SALISE.
AND SO I ASKED THE CITY CONS, UH, TO CONTINUE IN THEIR FAIRING AND CONTINUOUS INVESTIGATION TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, AND ALSO TO INVESTIGATE MY COMPLAINT THAT THE ADA REGULATIONS ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED IN THIS CHAMBER.
THANK YOU, BILL ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY JAMIE ROCHA.
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UH, GOOD EVENING.UM, UH, THE, UH, OFFICIAL MEDIA WON'T TALK MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW NOTHING'S TOO GOOD FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, HERE'S MY, UH, MARCH BRIEFING FOR THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE U US, UH, DISTRICT JUDGE FEDERAL TRU CALI IS DELIBERATING, UH, UH, IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS ON, UH, CASE, UH, THE ATTORNEYS, UH, FOR A WHISTLEBLOWER.
BROOK JACKSON IS ALLEGING VIOLATION, UH, BY VIN TEVIA, WHICH IS A SUBCONTRACTOR OF PFIZER AND PFIZER.
UH, THE, THE ALLEGATION, UH, UH, UH, UH, THAT THE, UH, VAX CLINICAL TRIALS WERE, UH, FRAUDULENT.
THIS CASE IS BEING BROUGHT UNDER, UH, FOR AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT.
UM, IF THE CASE SURVIVES A MOTION TO DISMISS, UH, THE TRIAL IS SET, UH, FOR 2024 AND, UH, DISCOVERY WILL COMMENCE.
UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT, UH, NAOMI WOLF, UH, UH, HAS A BOOK THAT'S COMING OUT RIGHT AWAY.
UH, YOU COULD CHECK THE DAILY CLOUT, UH, SLASH SHOP WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S, UH, THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS PFIZER DOCUMENTS ANALYSIS REPORTS.
UH, IT'S BASED, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON A, A PROJECT, UH, 303,250 VOLUNTEERS TOOK A LOOK AT, UH, 450,000 PAGES OF PFIZER DATA.
THE, THE FDA SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF, BUT THOSE VOLUNTEERS, UH, DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND THEY PUT TOGETHER THIS, THIS BOOK I TALKED ABOUT.
UH, THE TITLE IS PFIZER DOCUMENTS ANALYSIS REPORTS, UM, UH, 500 PAGES.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S QUITE A PROJECT.
AND, UH, MAYBE IT'S MAYBE THIS BEAUMONT, TEXAS CASE.
AND, UH, THAT BOOK, UH, UH, MY HOPE IS THAT IT PUTS, UH, PFIZER INTO BANKRUPTCY.
I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU A NICKEL FOR PFIZER SHUT.
I'M GLAD I'M NOT A STOCKHOLDER.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S NEWS.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S COMING OUT.
UH, ANYWAY, I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND ALL CAUSE MORTALITY COMPARISONS AND, AND CAUSAL IMPACT ANALYSIS.
FOLLOWING COVID 19 VACCINATION, UH, CL CLEARLY SHOW, UH, AGE STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATES FOR DEATHS INVOLVING CORONAVIRUS FOR THE UNVACCINATED HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY LOWER FOR THE ALL, ALL THE MONTHS SINCE SEPTEMBER, 18 MONTHS AGO, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD, WHO HAD NOT RECEIVED EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY ON INOCULATIONS.
THE RE, THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY TAKEN TOGETHER DEMONSTRATE A, A PRODUCT THAT DIRECTLY CAUSES MORE COVID 19 ASSOCIATED CASES AND DEATHS THAN OTHERWISE WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE EXISTED WITH ZERO VACCINES.
CONSEQUENTLY, THESE EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY INJECTIONS KNOWN AS COVID 19 VACCINES CANNOT BE MANDATED BY ANY PUBLIC POLICY THAT INTENDS TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE REGULATIONS.
THE INFORMED CONSENT POLICIES OF THE NUREMBERG CODE OF, UH, 1949 AND THE ETHICS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, I'M REFERRING TO THE BROOK JACKSON, THE WHISTLEBLOWER, ANY ANYWAY, THE VIOLATION OF THE HELSINKI ACCORDS AND THE DECLARATION OF HELSINKI ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS, UH, COVID 19 VACCINE, UH, CAUSED MORE SIDE EFFECTS THAN ANY OTHER VACCINE, UH, AFTER I DIVED INTO THE DATA AND, AND, AND FIND OUT THAT, UH, VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN INDUCE SPREAD COVID, EVEN IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, NOT ONLY COVID, BUT OTHER UNWANTED SIDE EFFECTS.
NOT ONLY THOSE, UH, THAT THAT SPIKE PROTEINS PRODUCE, BUT MESSENGER, RNA AND NANOPARTICLES DO AS WELL.
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THE DAMAGE THAT ME MESSENGER RNA VACCINES DO TO, UH, HUMAN D N A.BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY JAMIE ROCHA.
GOT UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HATERS BIGGEST HATE GROUP IN WEST COVINA IS WEST COVINA FORUM, WHICH THE MAYOR PROTE IS A MEMBER OF.
AND THE CHIEF HATER OVER HERE.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR DIAZ AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN WEST COVINA.
TONIGHT I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN ADDRESSING WHAT IS VIRTUALLY THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY LEFT IN THE COUNTY OF 11 MILLION PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF.
LION BRIAN, NOT SO MUCH AT THE CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL.
I WITNESSED MRS. TABATA LIE, INTERJECT HER UNSOLICITED OPINION INTO DISCUSSION BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
APPARENTLY SHE HAS SWAY AGAIN.
BRIAN WAS THE ONLY NO VOTE OPPOSING FLOCK CAMERAS AND ONLY NO VOTE.
OPPOSING REPLACEMENT AT 10 POLICE OFFICERS WE LOST THROUGH ATTRITION.
HE HAS TOTAL DISREGARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THOSE COLLAGEN FILLED LIPS OF HIS HAVE NEVER ONCE UTTERED ARREST, UH, RETRACTION OF HIS DESIRE TO DEFUND OUR POLICE.
THAT'S VERY LOW BAR, EVEN FOR A MORALLY BANKRUPT AND REPREHENSIBLE SOCIALIST.
LIKE TABATA LIE, HIS FAMILY IMMIGRATED HERE AND FROM IRAN IN 1978, VORACIOUSLY CONSUMING AMERICA'S MILK AND HONEY LIKE LOCUST, WHILE TEACHING HIM TO HATE AMERICA.
THIS KNOWN MARXIST COMMUNIST IS OBSESSED WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND HIS DEEP HATRED OF WHITE PEOPLE VIOLATES THE CORE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY.
HE CERTAINLY LEARNED HOW TO PRONOUNCE ABLA AND TACO VERY WELL, BUT ENOUGH OF THE MASQUERADE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REVERSAL OF HIS RAZOR THIN ELECTION IN 2024, BECAUSE THIS DANGEROUS FOOL HAS NO PLACE SERVING ON THIS CITY COUNCIL.
HE'S A DISGRACEFUL BIGOT, AND SHOULD RESIGN TONIGHT.
THE PEOPLE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT DESERVE BETTER.
I FIRST STOOD AT THIS PODIUM 10 YEARS AGO, ESTABLISHING MYSELF AS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN THE LOCAL ICON OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
I HAVE TIRELESSLY ADVOCATED FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF SELF PROTECTION, WHICH IS A NATURAL RIGHT AND A HUMAN RIGHT, AND A CIVIL RIGHT.
THESE ARE NOT GIFTS GRANTED TO US BY THE GOVERNMENT, BUT BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, AND MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF MY CRITICS.
THE RECENT BRUIN DECISION BY SCOTUS AGREES WITH ME.
MY EFFORTS HAVE NOT BEEN MEASURED MERELY BY DAYS, BUT BY A DECADE.
AND I JUST LOVE A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING.
THIS HISTORICALLY CORRUPT SYSTEM OF CONCEALED CARRY, EMBRACED BY AND PERPETRATED BY ARROGANT LITTLE TYRANTS LIKE JOHN DISSEL WRATH, FRANK WILLS, DAVID FAULKNER AND MARK TAYLOR.
ONCE POWERFUL MEN WITH UNFETTERED AUTHORITY NOW SEEM A LITTLE MORE THAN NEUTERED AND TOOTHLESS DOGS.
WITHOUT EXCEPTION, EVERY SINGLE FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION FOR DECADES.
AND THEIR COLLECTIVE LEGACY OF INJUSTICE IS NOW BUT ABSTAINED UPON THIS CITY.
THIS COUNCIL NOW HAS A MANDATE TO REQUIRE CITY MANAGERS TO ONLY CONSIDER FUTURE CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF WHO ARE COMMITTED TO, TO RESPECTING SETTLE LAW WITHOUT QUALIFICATION OR RESERVATION OF ANY KIND.
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS AND OTHER ILLEGAL MANDATES ARE A TRANSPARENT ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT THE LAW BY THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUSTED AND SWORN TO UPHOLD IT.
THE SHERIFF HAS ISSUED OVER 5,000 CCWS, AND EVEN LITTLE GLENORA UP HERE HAS ISSUED DOZENS ALREADY.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WEST COVIN HAS ISSUED ZERO SO FAR.
THE INEXPLICABLY, THE INEXPLICABLY DRAGGED THEIR FEET FOR FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THE RULING WITHOUT SO MUCH OF THE WHISPER ABOUT IT.
WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THE DELAY, DELAY, INDIGNANT EXCUSES WERE GIVEN.
WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE SAYS FIRST.
WE'VE NEVER REALLY DONE THIS BEFORE, WHEN THEY REALLY MEAN SHUT UPS, WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN.
THANK GOD FOR THE PROVERB THAT THE PROVERBIAL SHOE IS NOW ON THE OTHER FOOT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE LIKE BURBANK, WHO ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN POLICE COMMISSION PROVIDING CIVIL CIVILIAN, UH, OVERSIGHT LONG AGO.
COPS ARE FAMOUS FOR SAYING, IF YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.
PERHAPS NOW THE SAME STANDARD WILL APPLY TO THEM.
AFTER A AUTHORITY FOR ISSUING CCWS WAS RE RETURNED TO THE POLICE CHIEFS BY THE SHERIFF
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IN YOUR FACE, DAVID FAULKNER FEES IMMEDIATELY SKYROCKETED TO OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS DOUBLING THE COUNTY FEE.THESE ILLEGAL MEASURES ARE PRECISELY WHAT JUSTICE THOMAS WARNED US ABOUT.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THE EXPLORER PROGRAM AND THE CITIZENS ACADEMY CONSUMED VALUABLE RESOURCES AND ARE NOT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED IMMEDIATELY IN FAVOR OF LAWS THAT ARE, THANK YOU, HONEY.
I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY SICK OF SEA IN MY FACE, BUT OH, WELL, ACTUALLY, I WAS NOT PLANNING TO BE HERE TO TODAY.
UM, I WAS AT WORK AND LITERALLY WE GOT HERE IN 15 MINUTES FROM EL SERENO.
SO, UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JAMIE ROCHA.
I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE GABE SHOSHONE TRIBAL COUNCIL, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND I DO HAVE MY COLLEAGUE, I'M GONNA HAVE HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
I AM A MEMBER OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE IN ARIZONA.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF A PROGRAM HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
I ALSO WORK ON THE BOARD OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES, UH, UNITED, UM, YOU, OH, GOT A COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP.
I'M ALSO A CHAPLAIN FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, UH, INCARCERATED IN BOTH C D C R AND ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I WAS NOT PLANNING TO COME IN TONIGHT.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE ISSUES AND I WANNA STAY ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I JUST REALLY WANNA CALL ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, I'M NOT COMING FROM A PLACE OF HATE.
I'M COMING FROM A PLACE OF EDUCATION.
UM, PLEASE DON'T GET THAT CONFUSED.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA CALL ON THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF CRAZINESS TONIGHT.
UM, A LOT, A KIND OF INSIGHT OF WHAT MANY TRIBAL GROUPS GO THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH I AM RELATED, THE, THE SALS ARE MY COUSINS.
UM, BUT I'M COMING FROM A PLACE WHERE A RESPONSIBILITY OF TO CONSULT ALL TRIBAL GROUPS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KEISHA VALID.
AND, AND SO THOSE OTHER GROUPS HERE, AND ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM A GROUP WHO, UM, MAY NOT BE ON ANY WEBSITES, BUT WE HAVE DECADES UPON DECADES, UPON DECADES, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF MY HISTORY HERE, TO THE POINT WHERE MY FAMILY IS BURIED AT THE SAN GABRIEL MISSION, WHERE I HAVE DIRECT TIES TOO.
UM, SO I NOT ONLY GIVE, UH, MY LOVE TO THEM, EVEN THOUGH I IDENTIFY AS GABE SHOSHONE AND THEY IDENTIFY AS KEY SHOULD, WE GOTTA REMEMBER, OUR NATION IS HUGE.
WE COME FROM CATALINA ISLAND ALL THE WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA AGREE ON A MONOLITH NAME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE NOT GONNA AGREE A LOT OF US IDENTIFY BY OUR VILLAGES OR BY NAMES, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE ON A CALL OF RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT ONLY LISTEN TO THE KEYS AS SHE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THEIR CONVERSATION CUZ THEY ARE OUR RELATIVES AND THEY ARE RELATED, BUT TO CONSULT WITH ALL TRIBAL, UH, GOVERNMENTS, AND I KNOW OUR, OUR NATION AND I'LL SAY OUR NATION INCLUDES ALL MY GROUPS.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE UPSET THAT I DIDN'T MENTION THEM, BUT I SEE THEM AS OUR, THEY ARE RELATIVES.
UM, ALSO TOO, COMING IN AFTER LAST MEETING'S, CRAZINESS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE COMMUNITY THAT COME OUT FOR THE ONE THING THAT DID WA BOTHER ME, UM, BESIDES, UH, OBVIOUS WE WERE ALL THERE.
UM, THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, UM, WHEN EVERYONE WAS LEFT, CUZ I KNOW EVERYONE WAS TIRED, I HAD WORK THE NEXT MORNING.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE, ESPECIALLY BRIAN AS A TEACHER TOO.
FIRST IN THE MEETING YOU SAID IT WAS A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM.
THEN YOU SAID THAT YOU WEREN'T INFORMED, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CONFIRMED TO ME THAT NONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ANY PART OR SAY.
IN THE PLANNING OF THAT EVENT, I WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH THE CITY CITIZEN, CITY MANAGER, THE WONDERFUL ROXANNE LOOMER.
AND THEN TO SAY, KIND OF USING THAT POWER TO INFLUENCE OVER THAT OVER JUST A SIMPLE LANDING KNOWLEDGEMENT, SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING FROM A PLACE OF LOVE.
SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING FROM AS SOMEONE, A LIFELONG RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA WAS COMING FROM TRYING TO BE A PROUD CITIZEN IN WEST COVINA.
AND AFTER THAT NIGHT, I'M GONNA SAY I WAS NOT REALLY FEELING PROUD AS SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY WAS HERE DURING MY WHOLE LIFE, WENT THROUGH, WENT THROUGH, UM, CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY, SIERRA VISTA, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE GRADUATED FROM WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2003.
BUT AS AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN, AND YES, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A BUNCH OF STUFF, BUT I KNOW MY ROOTS, I KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.
I KNOW WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER FOUGHT FOR.
MY GRANDMOTHER FOUGHT FOR THROUGH DEATH THREATS.
PEOPLE WERE OUT TO MURDER HER BECAUSE SHE WAS AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN.
NOT ONLY INDIGENOUS WOMAN, BUT INDIGENOUS WOMAN IN AUTHORITY.
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE NOT GONNA LIKE THAT.SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD A LOT FROM MY RELATIVES TODAY, YOU KNOW, AND AS SHE SHOULD, WE ARE RELATED.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA CALL IN NOT ONLY TO REALLY WATCH YOUR WORDS AND THEIR MEETING, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANNA SAY IT WAS ON STOLEN LAND, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN OPINION.
AND EVEN THOUGH I HELPED SUGGEST A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT NIGHT, NO WORDS HAD UNS STOLEN IN THERE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
SO YEAH, JUST WANNA SAY NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
UH, CITY MANAGER, MAY YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNS.
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'LL TRY TO JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE OFFERED TONIGHT.
UM, ANGIE GILLINGHAM REFERRED TO A RESOLUTION COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH DECLARED TWO PROPERTIES AS SURPLUS AND SOME OTHER ONES AS EXEMPT UNDER THE SURPLUS LAND ACT.
UM, I THINK HER POINT WAS THAT, THAT SOME OF THOSE PARCELS ARE CONTAINING OF, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, RESTRICTIONS IN COVENANTS.
AND THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN COVENANTS WILL BE RESPECTED AND HONORED.
UM, SHOULD DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS COME IN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
THAT'S MANY STEPS AWAY, BUT, UM, THE CITY WILL, WILL RESPECT THOSE REGULATIONS.
UM, MIKE GREENSPAN TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS I PICKED UP ON EASTER.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE A, ITS, UM, EGG EXTRAVAGANZA, THE EASTER EVENT, PARTNERING AGAIN WITH THE QANTAS ON APRIL THE FIRST.
UM, HERMAN TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS.
UM, WE ALWAYS RESPECT HIS FIVE MINUTES OF FREE SPEECH.
WE ALWAYS RESPECT HIS FIVE MINUTES OF FREE SPEECH.
I WOULD HOPE EVERYONE WOULD RESPECT MY SPEECH.
UM, PEGGY MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR RESPECT IN THESE CHAMBERS.
UM, DARRELL SPIVEY, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE, UM, MATTERS INCLUDING, UH, ILLEGAL BUSINESSES, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AND THE MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION WITH SOME, SOME TRASH ACTIVITIES.
JIM MCG GRISH ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING.
I'M RELIABLY INFORMED THAT THAT'LL BE ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA.
IT'LL COME BACK AS A SECOND READING, UH, WITH THE REVISED LANGUAGE THAT YOU DIRECTED.
UM, DAVID SCHWARTZ, THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I THOUGHT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DID A, A AMAZING JOB IN A VERY DIFFICULT AND, AND TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE KUDOS TO STAFF FOR THE FOLLOW UP FROM THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE TREES AND THE SIGN AND THE MAINTENANCE, UM, NEEDS.
UM, MR. ROBINSON TALKED ABOUT, UM, HEALTH ISSUES.
I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST GET THEIR MEDICAL ADVICE FROM A, A DOCTOR.
UM, BRIAN GUTIERREZ, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UM, ADA WE TAKE SERIOUSLY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS OF DISABILITY ACT.
AND I WILL, UM, LOOK INTO THE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, ACCESS TO, TO THESE CHAMBERS.
UM, MR. ELLIOT MENTIONED SEVERAL THINGS, INCLUDING CONCEALED CARRY.
I WOULD MENTION, I THINK THE COUNCIL IS AWARE THE CITY'S ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES ON ITS WEBSITE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE, UM, NOW BEING PROCESSED.
AS I RECALL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, JAMIE ROCHA TALKED AGAIN ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THESE ISSUES OF AB 52 AND THE TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THE CITY GETS ITS DIRECTION UNDER STATE LAW, UNDER SQUA.
UM, THE CITY AS LEAD AGENCY WHEN IT CONSIDERS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS GETS, UM, ITS DIRECTION AND WILL CONSULT WITH, UM, THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AS, UH, REQUIRED UNDER, UNDER TH THOSE RULES.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M JUST GONNA TAKE, UH, ONE THING OFF YOUR PLATE.
UH, FOR THE GENTLEMAN HERE,
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THEM AND, UH, MAYBE, HOPEFULLY RESOLVE THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE LESS THING OFF YOUR PLATE TO FOLLOW UP.
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CAN WE MOVE ON TO, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? THANKS AGAIN,[01:50:01]
MARIA.I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME AGENDA BUSINESS TO GET TO TONIGHT, SO I'LL TRY AND BE REALLY BRIEF WITH THE MANAGER'S REPORTS.
AND I, UM, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT OUR ANNUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL, UM, BOOKLET ANNUAL REVIEW IS AVAILABLE.
IT PROVIDES, UM, A, A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS AND ITS SERVICES.
UM, WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL ENJOY IT.
IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE UNDER ANNUAL REVIEW.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT NOT ONLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC, UH, PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
IT'S A REALLY WELL DONE DOCUMENT, AND I AM MUCH APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
WANTED TO, AGAIN, REMIND THAT WE HAVE A HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT'S UP AND RUNNING NOW.
UM, THERE ARE SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN THAT ARE OFFERING THIS PROGRAM.
A HYSTERIA BY LENAR VINCENT, PLACED BY MERITAGE WEST CAMERON, TWO BY MERITAGE, UM, THE GROVE AT MERCED BY RC HOMES.
UM, IT'S REALLY DESIGNED AND SET UP TO HELP FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS THAT WANT TO PURCHASE A HOME.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO IT AND TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
IT'S A, IT'S A PATH FORWARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE, UM, WON'T BE ABLE TO GET INTO, UH, OWNERSHIP OF A HOUSE.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I WANTED TO MENTION, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE ROOF OF OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
NOT SOMETHING WE LOOK AT OR THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN, BUT THE ROOF'S BEEN LEAKING THERE FOR SOME TIME.
UH, TODAY THE ROOF WAS COMPLETELY CLEANED OFF AND PASSED ITS INSPECTION AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT, UM, RE-ROOFED HOPEFULLY RIGHT AWAY.
WE KNOW WE'RE DODGING RAINDROPS TO GET IT DONE THIS WEEK.
BUT, UM, THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR US AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
UM, WE PUT IN PLACE, I SEE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION IS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, A NEW, UH, SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING CITIZEN REQUESTS FOR TRAFFIC REVIEW.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THESE AND IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE CHAOTIC, I THINK.
UM, THE ANTIDOTE FOR CHAOS IS A PROTOCOL.
AND SO WE HAVE A PROTOCOL NOW, IF RETICENCE INFORM US ABOUT A CONCERN, THEY CAN HAVE A, A FILLABLE FORM OR THEY CAN EMAIL US AND THEN THEY'LL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THOSE, AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THEN BE ADOPTED AS AS APPROPRIATE.
BUT WE PUT IN PLACE THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING SO MANY OF THESE.
IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN A BIT, UM, OVERWHELMING.
WE THINK THIS IS A TOOL THAT'LL HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THOSE.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING THE, UM, CITRUS STREET AT CAMERON INTERSECTION.
THIS HAS BEEN, UM, ONE THAT LAST TIME WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
MATT WARRENS MET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
IT WAS WARRANTED TO INSTALL A NEW SIGNAL.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT FINDING THE MONEY, IT WAS ABOUT FINDING COMMUNITY, UM, ACCEPTANCE OF IT.
SO THIS TIME WE WANTED TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND INVITE THEM TO COME TO THE SENIOR CENTER ON MARCH 29TH AT SIX O'CLOCK AND SHARE THEIR COMMENTS AND TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STAFF.
WE KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM AND WE'VE GOT SOME SOLUTIONS IN MIND.
WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL COME AND LISTEN TO THOSE AND OFFER THEIR OPINIONS, UM, IN A ONE-ON-ONE SETTING.
A MORE INFORMAL SETTING THAN, THAN THESE MEETINGS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A CITIZENS ACADEMY COMING UP FOR THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
WE HOPE PEOPLE CAN, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AVAILABLE A APPLY AND, AND COMMIT TO COMING TO OUR, OUR TRAINING REGIMEN.
AND THEN, UM, BECOME, UM, MORE ACTIVE IN, IN, UM, COMMUNITY POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ISSUES.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THIS NEXT ONE WAS REQUESTED, UM, RECENTLY.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRE CHIEF WILL BE HERE, I'LL BE HERE AS WELL, MARCH 19TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM JUST TO TALK ABOUT STANDARDS OF COVERAGE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, RESOURCES.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'LL BE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION.
I SAID THE WRONG DATE, I'M SORRY.
MARCH 15TH AND, UM, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS, A LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY, MARCH THE 11TH.
AND, UM, IN COOPERATION WITH THE ROTARY CLUB, UH, SHOE DRIVE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
I THINK CITY MANAGER, YOU FORGOT TO ANNOUNCE ONE BIG ACHIEVEMENT PLEX.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
WE HAD SAID AT UH, ONE OF THESE MANAGER REPORTS, TWO OR THREE MEETINGS BACK THAT WE WERE INTENDING TO BE OPEN BY MARCH.
WELL, NOW THAT MARCH IS HERE, I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE OPEN AND WE'VE STILL GOT SOME WORK TO DO ON TWO OF THE FIELDS.
THE OTHER ONES ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND KUDOS TO OUR CREW WHO'S DONE A LOT OF PAINTING.
THEY MUST HAVE GOT SOME OF THAT BLUE PAINT ON SALE CUZ THEY SURE USE GALLONS OF IT, BUT IT'S UP AND
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COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE USING THE FACILITY AND THEY CAN, UM, MAKE APPLICATION FOR FACILITY USE.AND WE WOULD WELCOME, UM, ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT IS, UH, NOW AGAIN, A REALLY NICE FACILITY.
AND REALLY QUICK I WANT TO ADD ON, OKAY.
BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY, UH, STOPPED BY, UH, THE PLEX SATURDAY MOLIN.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST CHECKING ABOUT THE RENOVATION, BUT I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE FULL OF, UH, CAR PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT AND CHILDREN COMING OUT WITH A BASEBALL BA BAT.
I WENT INSIDE AND I SEE GAME, LIKE A NATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST DO THE TOURNAMENT.
SO, AND THEN THE STAFF CAN WALK ME AROUND AND THEN I SEE THE BEAUTIFUL VERSA BEAUTIFUL PAINT JOB AND, UH, IT IS MAGNIFICENT.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, SO GORGEOUS.
AND, UH, YOU SEE CHILDREN'S ARE REALLY HAPPY PLAYING THE, THE GAME.
I KNOW THEY'RE USING THE FOUR RIGHT NOW AND STEVE WALK ME AROUND.
SHOULD BE READY PRETTY SOON, BUT I JUST HAVE A REQUEST.
AND I HOPE IN THE FUTURE CITY WILL GIVE US INFORMATION OKAY.
WHEN WE HAVE THIS REOPEN BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE REOPENED AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD NEWS.
SO THEY TOLD ME THAT WE OPENED SATURDAY.
AND HOPEFULLY ANNOUNCE TO THE, OUR PUBLIC, ANY PEOPLE MAYBE CAN BOOK THE PLACE.
I KNOW THEY, STEVE, THE MANAGER OVER THERE TOLD ME THE ESPN COMING BACK.
A LOT OF, UH, TEAM GOING TO COMPETITION OVER THERE.
AND THE, AND THE WEEKDAY HAVE SOME, OUR LOCAL, UH, LEAGUE IS GOING TO PRACTICE.
SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A FULL USE OF THE PLACE NOW.
HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN LEASE OUT THE RESTAURANT.
I THINK TWO RESTAURANT OVER THERE MAY BE OKAY, WE CAN UTILIZE FOR PEOPLE, PROVIDE THE SERVICE SO THE PEOPLE OVER THERE CAN FILL AND DRINK.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, VERY GOOD NEWS.
SEE THE BEAUTIFUL BULL PARK AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, UTILIZE.
UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER.
I WAS JUST WONDERING OF JUST TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE WITH REGARD TO THE FIELD USE USAGE POLICY THAT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LIMA TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WHERE THERE WOULD BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A STATUS OF THAT AS, AS INCLUDING AS IT RELATES TO THE SPORTSPLEX? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, TO A, TO ADDRESS, UM, COUNCILMAN CON'S QUESTIONS REGARDING PHILI FACILITY USE POLICY AS WELL AS PARK USE POLICY AS INDICATED.
UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA GO START OFF WITH OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION.
UM, SO IT MAY TAKE A FEW, UM, MEETINGS IN ORDER TO PUSH THAT ALONG.
UM, BUT WE DO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND, UM, WE DO PROVIDE OUR COMMISSIONS WITH THE REALLY THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS FAR AS ANY POLICIES ARE CONCERNED.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE, UM, MAKING APPROVALS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO APPOINT YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND THOSE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A ROLE IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALSO WITH OUR SPORTS LEAGUES.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, THE SPORTS COUNCIL, WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE VARIOUS YOUTH LEAGUES THAT, UM, REPRESENT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND PROVIDE, UM, THE SPORTS SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO BODIES BEFORE.
UM, AGAIN, JUST MORE OF, OF A GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND GETTING THEIR INPUT BEFORE IT COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THE OTHER QUESTION, UNRELATED TO THE FIRST IS WITH REGARD TO THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT, CAN YOU BRIEFLY DES DESCRIBE WHAT THAT ENTAILS OF, UH, TO, TO, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF, OF PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM AS THEY LOOK TO BUY NEW HOMES? THE, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE, THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERS GRANTS, UM, 15,000 TO 20,000, WHICH COULD HELP SOMEONE WITH A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
IT'S SET UP TO HELP FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS THAT WANT TO GET IN THE DOOR.
IT'S A WAY TO GET IN THE DOOR WITHOUT BREAKING THE DOOR DOWN.
BUT THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS, UM, BROUGHT AS A CONDITION OF, UM, THESE PROJECT APPROVALS.
AND, AND THE DEVELOPERS WERE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS A, A KEY MARKET FOR THEM.
BUT PREFERENCES PROVIDED TO, UM, EXISTING WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND OR, UM, LOWER AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS,
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UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND, AND LEARN SOME OF THE, THE DETAILS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE.THESE ARE, UM, STARTER HOMES, UM, STARTER HOMES THAT COME WITH A PRETTY BIG PRICE TAG, SOME $590,000 OR $600,000.
BUT IN TODAY'S MARKET, IN TODAY'S HOUSING WORLD, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD VALUE.
AND, UM, NOTHING SAYING SOMEBODY BUYS ONE OF THESE HOMES, THEY'D HAVE TO LIVE THERE FOREVER, BUT IT MIGHT BE A WAY IN AND TO BUILD EQUITY.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF THEY'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AND TO GIVE IT A, A CAREFUL, UH, SCRUTINY.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, ACTUALLY THE, THOSE GRANTS I REMEMBER HERE IN THE COUNCIL, WE FOUGHT FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS TO GIVE MORE
SO I'M GLAD THAT IS PULLING THROUGH AND IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT.
UH, THOUGH HOUSING IS STILL PRETTY HIGH.
BUT, UM, THE LANDSCAPE FLYER, UM, THE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP, I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THAT.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE THE FULL DETAILS, BUT WANTING TO KNOW, UM, ARE THEY GIVING AWAY? AND I CAN'T READ THE FULL, UH, DETAILS OF THAT, BUT ARE THEY GIVING OUT LIKE, TOLERANT PLANTS OR TREES OR ANYTHING, UM, SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN TAKE HOME AND TO MAKE THAT WORKSHOP A REALITY? UM, THE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP IS EDUCATIONAL.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVING AWAY PLANTS.
AND MAYBE I COULD PERSUADE PEOPLE THAT THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S INTENDED TO COVER WHAT WE AS CALIFORNIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DROUGHT.
UM, IT MIGHT BE OVER FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 10 MINUTES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME RAIN.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS, AS RESIDENTS TO RE LANDSCAPE OUR GROUNDS WITH THESE XSCAPE TECHNIQUES THAT'LL HELP OUR STATE LONG TERM REACH A MORE SUSTAINABLE, UH, WAY OF LIFE FOR, FOR WATER SECURITY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST WORKSHOP.
UM, SATURDAY, MARCH THE 11TH, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE ON, UM, MAY THE SIXTH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM IT'LL BE AT THE CORTES PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA TRY AND COME BECAUSE I NEED TO DO SOME OF THIS AT MY OWN HOME.
UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, OTHERS TO COME.
WELL, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED AND AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT VIRTUALLY, THEY HAVE TO COME IN PERSON.
UH, YOU HAVE TO COME NEXT TIME.
WE SHOULD HAVE THEM, UH, DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN THINGS.
CUZ NORMALLY WHEN RESIDENTS COME TO THESE WORKSHOPS, THEY ALSO TAKE AWAY TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE SPECIALLY DROUGHT TOLERANT LANCE.
SEE IF WE CAN'T MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UH, REALLY QUICK, HOW MANY FIRST TIME HOME BUYER OR OUR LOCAL RESIDENT OF THE
AND THE GOT GRANT, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, ON THE MARRIAGE HOME THEY SOLD 40 AND, UH, AND THE, OKAY, THE, THE NOW HOME THEY SOLD MAYBE 37.
SO TOGETHER IS ABOUT 77 PROPERTIES.
SO HOW MANY GET THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER OR ASSISTANT DUMP PAYMENT PROGRAM? DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR THAT? I, UM, GOOD EVENING.
UH, MAYOR CO UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I BELIEVE IT'S 12 FOR A STEREO LANAR AND SOMETHING LIKE 15 FOR THE VINCENT PLACE.
UM, AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF UNITS AND DIFFERENT, UM, MONETARY FUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM.
SO, UM, 15,000 TO 20,000 AND WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE WHICH PROGRAM OR WHICH DEVELOPMENT GETS WHICH TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.
SO, SO BASICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A, A CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER AGREE UPON, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP THEIR END OF BARGAIN WITH, PROVIDE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT TO CITY TO MORNING TO MAKE SURE THEY, THEY DO THEIR BARGAIN AND TO GIVE OUR OKAY.
SO THEY, UM, WE HAVE THE, THE GUIDELINES OF THE PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PROVIDE A PHASING FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES THE, ALL OF THE PHASING.
SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE VINCENT PLACE HAS 120 UNITS.
SO FOR EACH PHASE THAT THEY COMPLETE, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THE HAT PROGRAM.
WHERE WE'RE THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHAT WE'RE DUBBING THE HAT PROGRAM.
SO, SO WE ARE MONITORING, MAKE SURE THEY, THEY PROVIDE THE DUMP PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO OUR HOME BUYER.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FINISH THE DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE ALL OF THE HAP UNITS, UM, LEFT OVER.
SO IT'S, AS THE PHASES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, THEY'RE TO PROVIDE, UM, THOSE UNITS THROUGHOUT.
UM, GREAT, GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
SO, UH, CUZ I KNOW WHEN I WENT INTO THE A HYSTERIA BY LENAR, SO THEY HAVE A, UH, A SET SET ASIDE THAT
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ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE APP.I, I KNOW THIS IS FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, SO, UM, ARE THEY, IS, IS THERE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE UNITS ARE O ONLY KEPT FOR THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS? CUZ I CAN SEE A SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT A FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS BUT CAN ONLY AFFORD THOSE UNITS WOULD, WOULD WANNA BUY THEM.
AND THEN WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE UNITS LEFT OVER FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
SO I I, IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT SAYS ONCE THEY'VE SOLD RIGHT, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE, LET'S SAY IT WAS 12, THOSE 12 UNITS FOR ONLY PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR THE GRANT, CUZ I I RIGHT CUZ I COULD IMAGINE THEY, THEY SELL AND THEN MAYBE YOU'RE ONLY LEFT WITH SEVEN OF THOSE UNITS AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, SO, SO DO WE HAVE A, A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? UM, YEAH, SO BEFORE THEY EVEN SELL ANY OF THE HOMES THERE TO PROVIDE US WITH, UH, UH, PHASING AND WITHIN EACH PHASING THE NUMBER OF UNITS, AND IF THEY CAN'T MEET IT PER EACH PHASE, THEN WE ARE STAFF IS WORKING WITH THEM AND SEEING WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, WHY ARE THEY NOT QUALIFYING? BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T WANT THEM TO STOP FROM SELLING THOSE PROJECTS, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO NOT PROVIDE THOSE UNITS, UM, FOR OUR HAT PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM, UM, IN ALLOWING, UM, THE HOMES TO CONTINUE TO SELL, BUT ALSO MAKING, ENSURING THAT THOSE UNITS ARE MET BY THE END OF THE PROJECT, BY THE END OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
SO, SO MIGHT THERE BE A SCENARIO THEN WHERE THE UM, DIFFERENT UNITS THAT MAYBE INITIALLY WEREN'T, UM, AVAILABLE FOR THE HAP PROGRAM COULD THEN BECOME AVAILABLE? CUZ I, AGAIN, I KNOW THERE, THERE'S THESE CERTAIN STARTER UNITS THAT THEY SAID THESE ARE THE HAP UM, UNITS, BUT LIKE I SAID, AS THEY'RE SELLING AND, AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE WE DON'T WANNA HOLD THEM FROM SELLING JUST TO WAIT FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.
UM, WHAT IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING OF? THE, THE HAP PROGRAM? DOES IT, DOES IT DESIGNATE THE UNIT OR MODEL TYPE THAT HAS TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE HAP PROGRAM? UM, THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS, UM, ARE USING IT PREDOMINANTLY FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL UNITS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO.
SO IT CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY UNIT OR MODEL WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THERE IS FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE, THE GRANT TO YOUR, YOUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER? YEAH.
CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE WITH WITH LENAR, THEY, THEY, THEY SEEMED LIKE IT WAS VERY RESTRICTED AND IT WAS THESE CERTAIN UNITS AND SO I CAN SEE US RUNNING OUT OF THOSE UNITS FOR THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO IF THE DEVELOPERS, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, HEY, WE'VE SET ASIDE 12 IF YOU RUN OUT OF THE UNITS THAT YOU'RE KIND OF POINTING TO, WE STILL NEED TO MAKE AVAILABLE 12.
WE'LL, WE'LL REITERATE THAT TO THEM, BUT THANK YOU.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? MADAM MAYOR? YES.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
NUMBER FIVE IS OKAY, SINCE THE JENNA IS OVER HERE, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T MIND I PUT THE NUMBER FOUR SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO THE, OKAY.
AND THE, TO THE RESIDENT ABOUT THIS NEW SYSTEM.
I THINK THEY, IT NEEDS SOME EXPLANATION.
I'M INTERESTED TO USE LESS SYSTEM TO FILL IT UP.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL BUT FOR, UM, FIVE AND FOUR.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO AND SECOND BY MAY APPROACH SABBA TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE PULLING, UH, COUNCILMAN WOO PULLING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPTION OF CITIZEN REQUEST POLICY FOR TRAFFIC REVIEWS.
AND COUNCILMAN CONTOS, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO PULLING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION AND PRAGUE PROBATION.
THANK YOU PROMULGATION OF UPDATED CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
[4) ADOPTION OF CITIZEN REQUEST POLICY FOR TRAFFIC REVIEWS]
COUNCILMAN, OH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR? YEAH.ADOPTION OF CITIZEN REQUEST POLICY FOR TRAFFIC REVIEWS.
I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME TO TRY OVER HERE.
SO I THINK TO YOU TO GET SOME EXERCISE TO EXPLAIN TO US REGARDING THE NEW SYSTEM.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO VERY EDUCATION
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THOUGH FOR US.THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY.
SO WE'RE JUST DEFINING IT AS A POLICY SO THAT RESIDENTS KNOW WHEN THEY CALL US WITH REQUESTS, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS AT SOMEONE'S SAYING AND WE UNDERSTAND IT.
SPEEDING ON MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I WANT SPEED BUMPS, BUT THAT'S LIKE THE VERY FIRST THING THEY COME OUT WITH INSTEAD OF DOING SOME MORE INITIAL REVIEW FIRST.
SO, AND THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE ITEMS AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S COMING.
WE HAVE ANOTHER 15 WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO GET CONSTRUCTED.
WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS 19.
SO, AND THE CITY'S BIG AND RESIDENTS ARE VERY, UM, CONSCIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING ON
SO WE HAVE AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED, WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST THING WE DO, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT COLLISIONS TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT HAS PRIORITY.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HIGHER COLLISION RATES THAN SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE THEY CAN DO SOME SPOT ENFORCEMENT, THEY HAVE A SPEED TRAILER.
WE DO SOME OF THAT FIRST, SEE IF THAT WORKS.
AND THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM, WE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE.
SO PART OF OUR THING THAT WAS IN THERE IS, UM, HOW TO FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE, LIKE A, A FORM NOW.
AND THEN ALSO WHEN IF IT PASSES THROUGH LEVEL ONE WE CALL IT GOES TO LEVEL TWO OR THREE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD BUY-IN.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON REQUESTING SOME BIG ITEM.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS ALSO FEEL THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ISSUE SO THAT IT'S MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO WE'VE JUST KIND OF OUTLINED THAT.
AND THEN PART OF OUR PROCESS WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN, WE HAVE LIKE LITTLE BROCHURES THAT PEOPLE CAN, UM, LOOK AT THAT SHOWS LIKE WHERE DO WE PUT A CROSSING GUARD OR WHAT QUALIFIES FOR ANWAY STOP OR A SPEED HUMP.
THERE ARE RULES THAT WE FOLLOW ENGINEERING RULES AND SO NOW IT JUST PUTS IT OUT THERE SO THE RESIDENTS CAN BE MORE INFORMED AND THEN, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE JUST TELLING US NO.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE CITY, PROTECTS THE RESIDENTS AND THAT ISSUE.
AND THEN, UM, BRIAN CAN QUICKLY GO OVER HOW TO FIND
SO ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER ENGINEERING AND IT'LL HAVE ITS OWN TABS SIMILAR TO ON THE WEBSITE NOW WHERE THERE'S INFORMATIONAL STUFF SUCH AS, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A PAGE ON DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS WILL BE A SUBPAGE OF THE ENGINEERING, UH, PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
AND I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE TO DO A QA, KIND OF MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR TEXTS AND EVERYTHING'S CORRECT.
BUT IT WILL BE UP REALLY SOON.
THIS NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING AND PEOPLE CAN UM, GO AND FIND THAT.
AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO STILL EMAIL US HOW THEY NORMALLY DO CALL ENGINEERING OR THEY EMAIL US AND WE TRY TO GET BACK TO 'EM AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT YOUR REQUEST.
UH, SO BASICALLY WITH THE NEW SYSTEMS, OKAY, YOU CAN GO TO A WEBSITE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE GET A UPDATE ONE SO WE CAN EASILY FIND THE LOCATION.
SO THEY CAN CLICK AND THERE THE PHONE WILL COME OUT.
SO IT CAN THEY JUST FILL IT UP THAT RIGHT? OH, IT'S A, A FORM.
IT'S ONE, I THINK IT WAS IN THE AGENDA PACKET ON, ON THE WEBSITE.
AND TURN IT UP TO ABOUT THE, THE PROBLEM AND THE CONCERN.
THE CURB NEED TO BE RED OR SOME ISSUE STOP SIGN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EITHER STOP SIGN OR THE CURB ON THE RED PEOPLE PARK OVER THERE, THEY CANNOT SEE IT.
IT'S A PRETTY KIND OF A DANGEROUS FOR THEM.
AND THE NUMBER THREE, YOU SAY FLYER, FLYER IS HOW YOU THEY CAN PRINT IT UP ON THE FLYER ON THE WEBSITE OR THEY CAN, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY TO GET A FLYER? OH NO, EVERYTHING'S ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WEBSITE HAS A FLYER, UHHUH
SO EVERYTHING, SO EVERYTHING HAS A LIKE A LITTLE REQUEST, VALID REQUEST FORM.
THEY CAN PRINT OUT AND THEY CAN JUST EMAIL US.
OR IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN STILL GO THE REGULAR WAY.
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IT A PHONE CALL COMING TO THE DESK AT ENGINEERING FOR THE SENIOR, WE WILL GET YOUR REQUEST FOR THE SENIOR KIND OF EMAIL.SO THAT IS SOME ISSUE AND THEY HOME ALL THE TIME OR THEY WALK ON THE STREET AND THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE.
WEBSITE OR OUR OTHER STAFF IS THERE.
SO THEY'LL TAKE THEIR PHONE CALL, GET THEIR PHONE NUMBER, THEIR NAME, WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS, AND THEN UM, WE TAKE IT FROM THERE.
AND THEN CAN, CAN THIS COMBINE WITH OUR WEST COVINA APP? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE WEST COVINA APP TO REPORT ISSUE.
SO IF THEY REPORT ISSUE, I REMEMBER THEY HAVE ONE TRAFFIC, SO CAN THEY TRAFFIC AND LINK INTO THIS SITE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? CAN TALK TO THE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, THIS APP SEEMS TO HAVE A PRETTY OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS FOR US.
BUT LET, LET ME, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT.
BECAUSE WE TRY TO PROMOTE THE WEST COVINA APP TO REPORT THE GRAFFITI.
THE SHOPPING CAR, SINCE WE HAVE A SHOPPING CAR OPEN IS COMING UP, SO, OKAY.
AND, UM, UH, ALL THE ISSUE THREE ISSUE, THIS AND THAT.
SO IF PEOPLE CAN GET USED TO IT.
SO THE ONE APP DOING EVERYTHING AND THE CONNECT LINK INTO THE SITE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE CONVENIENT.
OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER GO TO CITY SIDE AND TRY TO GO TO THE MAZE TO FIND YOUR PAGE.
AND I THINK IT'S A LOT OF TIMES KIND OF, THEY JUST FORGET IT.
SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVENIENCE OKAY.
AND UH, THE APP IS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT ALL IN ONE, BUT IN RE REFERENCE TO THE CITIZEN REQUEST THE PETITION THAT THEY NEED THE NEIGHBORS TO DO A BUY-IN.
UM, IS THERE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF SIGNATURES FOR THAT? I KNOW THAT THERE'S 16 LINES.
YEAH, THAT'S AFTER IF IT, EXCUSE ME.
IF IT GOES TO LEVEL THREE AND THEY WANT THE MORE, YOU KNOW, THE SPEED HUMPS OR THE FLASHING BEACONS, THE MORE EXPENSIVE THINGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON AND UM, WE DO HAVE 67% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THAT BLOCK, JUST THE ONE BLOCK OR AROUND THE AREA, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT IS THERE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF SIGNATURE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO GET, UH, THIS PAGE TO BE SIGNED? IS IT JUST, HOW MANY DO THEY HAVE TO GET? WE'RE SAYING 67% OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ON YOUR BLOCK, BUT HOW WOULD THEY KNOW
THE CITY IS GOING TO HELP THEM.
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO TO LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE.
SO WE'VE ALREADY TRIED SOME OF THE CHEAPER OR THE LESS EXPENSIVE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, STANDARD OPTIONS AND THEY ARE NOT WORKING.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT, NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THAT RESIDENT.
UM, WELL AS LONG AS YOU HELP THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMPUTER SAVVY.
I KNOW I ACTUALLY SENT YOU A WHILE BACK, ONE OF OUR ELDERLY RESIDENT, WHICH I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME TRAFFIC COLLISION ON THAT AREA, BUT, UM, I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL ON THAT ONE.
WELL, UM, WHAT I DO WANNA, UH, MENTION IS I RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL FROM MR. OCHOA.
THE ONE THAT LIVES ON GARVEY
REALLY BAD ACCIDENT AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE.
I MEAN, I WAS SAYING SPEED BUMPS, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, FORWARD THAT EMAIL TO YOU AND, UM, AND WE GOT IT ALSO DIRECTLY FROM HIM.
SO WE ARE, I THINK OUR NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE OUR ENGINEERS LOOK AT ADDITIONAL ITEMS. WE HAVE SPEED SIGNS, WE HAVE FLASHING BEACONS, WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, SO IT DOES, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, WE CAN'T CONTROL HOW PEOPLE DRIVE, RIGHT.
SO WHO KNOWS? SO WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
NOW, SPEED HUMS, YOU SAID THAT, BUT WE WOULDN'T WANNA PUT 'EM ON A CURVE
SO WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE AWARE, AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, HUH? THANK YOU.
ANYONE WANNA MOVE TO APPROVE? SHALL MOVE? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR, UM, EXCUSE ME, BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VITO, TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADOPTION OF CITIZEN REQUEST POLICY FOR TRAFFIC REVIEWS.
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CONTOS? AYE.[5) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION AND PROMULGATION OF AN UPDATED CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN]
OKAY.UH, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, WHO, WHO PUT TOGETHER THIS, THIS REPORT, INCLUDING AMONG, UH, THOSE ON STAFF AS WELL AS CONSULTANTS.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UH, TELL, TELL US, MAY I ANSWER? GO AHEAD.
UM, THIS IS A CASE OF, UM, MANY HANDS MAKES A LIGHT LOAD.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR FIRE CHIEF HERE.
HE WAS A, A KEY PLAYER HERE, AS WAS, UM, THE, THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, LIKE TO COMPLIMENT, ESPECIALLY CAPTAIN CORTINA.
AND THEN MUCH OF THE HEAVY LIFTING WAS DONE BY, UM, A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, CONSULTANT TO THE CITY, MR. JIM SIMS, WHO'S SEATED HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS DOCUMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR PULLING IT OFF THAT WE MIGHT HIGHLIGHT IT.
WE'VE GOT A POWERPOINT TO SHOW YOU.
IF YOU'RE THAT INTERESTED TONIGHT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT.
SO I'M GONNA ASK THE FIRE CHIEF IN THE LEAD, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND I THINK CITY MANAGER ANSWERED IT MOSTLY, BUT YEAH, IT WAS A LOT OF HANDS AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR DISASTER MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, OUR, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, FOLKS, WE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF HANDS.
WE'RE IN THIS TO MAKE IT A GOOD EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY AND TO MITIGATE IT.
UH, THAT, THAT IS REALLY, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING EVERYBODY.
THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO ASK IS BECAUSE IT'S A DOGGONE AMAZING DOCUMENT.
I, UH, IT, IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.
IT, IT, IT, FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, IT, IT ADDRESSES A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IN LOOKING AT THAT, IT'S, IT'S A MODEL THAT OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER CITIES WOULD DO WELL TO FOLLOW IT.
IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL TEAM EFFORT.
AND, UM, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THERE THAT TALKED ABOUT THOSE WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS.
AND SO THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS, UH, WHAT IS, IS IT THAT, THAT, UM, IS THE PLAN A A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY TO, TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE ACCESSIBILITY OR FUNCTIONAL NEEDS SO THAT IF THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE OR OTHER EMERGENCY, WE'LL KNOW TO, TO GO IN AND, AND, AND FIND THEM AND IDENTIFY THEM, SO THAT WAY IT CAN MINIMIZE THE, THE POSSIBILITIES OF, OF, OF INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS IN RELATED TO THIS DOCUMENT, OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING WITH THIS, THERE'S OTHER ANNEXES THAT COME WITH THIS.
UM, THIS ONE IS GONNA BE OUR EMERGENCY PLAN TO RESPOND TO MITIGATE THE DISASTER.
THERE'S OTHER PLANS THAT HELP US PREPARE FOR THE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AN EMERGENCY AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO RECOVER FROM THE EMERGENCY.
SO THOSE QUESTIONS, TO IDENTIFY THOSE IN THE, IN THE PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCY WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH PLANS IN OUR OTHER ANNEXES.
IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY A WONDERFUL PLAN.
I WAS JUST REALLY, UH, CHEERING FOR IT.
IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE I, I ACTUALLY DID EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE PAST IN, IN A PRIOR ROLE.
AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.
AND, AND MY PERSONAL, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMENDATION TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH WRITING IT.
I KNOW I'M STANDING UP HERE, BUT CITY MANAGERS DID MENTION IT, BUT MR. SIMS DID MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER.
SO I DON'T, I KNOW I GET TO STAND UP HERE, BUT JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AGAIN.
AND THE WORKING WITH HIM WAS VERY, VERY INSPIRATIONAL TOO.
HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPED US CREATE A GREAT PLAN AND, AND THE FUTURE PLANS ARE COMING WITH IT.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN LADO ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO YOU.
MAKE A, YOU'RE QUICK A TIMER RIGHT NOW AND STILL.
UH, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, WE NEED THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
I THINK LAST TIME UPDATES, WHAT? 30, 40 YEARS AGO? FIVE YEARS? FIVE.
I DON'T, I'M JUST TRYING TO, IT'S NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE.
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS ABOUT 35, 35 YEARS.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW THE, A LOT OF THING LIKE EARTHQUAKE, OKAY.
THEY SAY IT IS NOT GOING TO, IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO PREPARE AND THE WILDFIRES, THE TREE, THE, THE BUSHES.
A LOT OF ISSUE THAT POTENTIALLY CREATE A ISSUE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO PREPARE FOR OUR CITY TO EMERGENCY FOR ALL THE KIND OF THING FOR POLICE AND FIRE, FOR RESIDENT, FOR OUR STAFF.
AND, UH, INCLUDING THE, WE AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR RESIDENT, HOW WE REACT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, A QUICK, OKAY.
SO, UH, HOW WE, BASED ON THIS AND HOW WE DO EXERCISE, OKAY.
AND MAKE SURE WHEN THE THING REALLY HAPPEN, WE CAN BE THERE AND WE READY.
MAYBE A CONSULTANT CAN COME UP TO SHARE SOME LIGHT WITH US QUICKLY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME EMERGENCY
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OPERATIONS CENTER MOCK PLANS THAT YOU GUYS WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THAT WE, WE HAD TO GET A PLAN, HAVE SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY TEACH YOU IN, IN HAND EVERYBODY TO GO BY.JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE, UH, NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM'S OUT THERE.
WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE A DOCUMENT YOU CAN HAVE AND TEACH YOU.
SO, SO BASICALLY EVEN IN, AS A, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE ALL HAVE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE PROTOCOL, OKAY? WHEN, WHERE THIS AND THAT, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME TO US, PEOPLE WILL COME TO US AND SAY, HEY TONY, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? SO HOW WE CAN HELP THEM.
AND, AND WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM YOU HOW WE CALL YOU GUY AND HOW YOU PUT THE NETWORK.
THIS, THIS PLAN, THE EXTENSIVE, UM, DOCUMENT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE EVERYBODY'S ROLE IN.
SO MY POINT IS BESIDE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE READING, UM, HOW WE EXERCISE THIS THING IN PRACTICE.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SCHEDULE A THING IN THE, WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND SO WE CAN GET COUPLE PRACTICE.
AND SO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN THE SITUATION HAPPENED, HOW WE REACT.
BECAUSE WHY NOT JUST BASED ON WHAT THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY SAY IN CALIFORNIA.
IT IS ABOUT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WILL.
AND THE OTHER ANNEX IS, LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT, THERE'LL BE A PLANNING AND PREPARING PORTION OF THAT, WHICH IS, IS WHAT WE DO WHENEVER THERE'S, UH, EMERGENCY, WE PLAN, WE PREPARE FOR IT, WE PRACTICE, AND THEN WE RESPOND TO IT.
AND THEN WE RECOVER FROM IT, MITIGATE IT, AND RECOVER FROM IT.
SO ALL THAT WE WILL DO ONCE WE GET, WE ONLY GET THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANNED BECAUSE WHEN IS GONNA HAPPEN IS CORRECT.
WE'RE GONNA MITIGATE THE EMERGENCY, WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
BUT PLANNING, PREPARING FOR IS OUR NEXT YEAH.
YOU GUYS EXACTLY HOW WE WILL, WE CAN HELP HOW WE CAN FEEL, WHO WE GET WATERS, UH, HOW WE PUT NETWORK, HOW WE HELP EACH OTHER.
SO THE NETWORKING, HOW WE MAKE THE THING.
SO EACH OF THE DIVISION, EACH OF THE AREA, WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF A QUARTERS HOOK HEADQUARTERS.
SO WE CAN GET THIS TO HELP PEOPLE TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
LET, WELL, I'M GONNA BE LONG
UH, WE HAVE ONE WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AS WELL, AND IT'S VERY INTENSIVE AND WE HAVE PUT IT TO USE WITH THE RECENT COVID TRANSITIONING OUR REC CENTERS TO HOMELESS SHELTER SITES TEMPORARILY.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE INTENSIVE TRAININGS, ALL THAT NIMS AND ALL THAT.
AND WE DO HAVE, UH, A YEARLY FULL ON EXERCISE PROGRAM FROM LIKE SETTING UP CERTAIN LOCATIONS, UM, AND JUST THE FULL WORK.
SO FIRST QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU DONE A RECENT TRAINING? WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL CITY EXTENSIVE ONE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING, GETTING THIS WORK ON NEED THE EOC GOING.
WE CURRENTLY, UM, OUR E O C IS ALSO THE POLICE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE PORTIONS OF ALL THIS.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADAPT, IMPROVISE, WE'RE GONNA OVERCOME IF THERE'S ANY EMERGENCY, AND WE'RE ALL GONNA BE PREPARED TO DO IT.
AND WE WILL HAVE A EXTENSIVE MOCK DRILL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON, UM, DO WE HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER? WE DO AT THE, AT THE BASEMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT, THE PHONES, SALLY PHONES, EVERYTHING AND, AND ALL THE BUCKETS THAT ARE ALL THERE.
SO IF YOU EVER WANT A TOUR, WE CAN SHOW YOU.
UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE IT BETTER TO PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY.
UM, AND THEN ARE ALL OUR STAFF INVOLVED, UM, INTO THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING AS WELL? UM, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OR JUST POLICE AND FIRE? I KNOW IN RECREATION WE ARE FALL INVOLVED.
EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED CUZ EVERYBODY AT THE LEVEL OF AN EMERGENCY WILL RESPOND TO IT HAS TO BE PREPARED AND KNOW THE PLAN.
SO EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED AND EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE IN, IN THE, IN WHEN WE SET IT UP.
AND THEN ON PAGE 37, IT, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ENCOURAGES PERSONS WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE TO REGISTER WITH NICKEL AND ALERT LA WHO PUTS THIS OUT AND WHO ASSISTS WITH THIS? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, UM, I'VE SEEN THAT OUT.
AND LIKE I SAY, THAT'S PART OF, UH, THROUGH THE QUESTION OF, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS IS, IS IN THE PREPAR PREPARATION FOR AN EMERGENCY AS WE DO SEND OUT THOSE THINGS.
AND, UH, THE NICKEL IS RAN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HANDLE THAT.
NO, I KNOW THOSE ARE SENT OUT.
I MEAN, IF YOU ARE REGISTERED, THEN GREAT.
I, I GET THOSE NICKEL, UM, ALERTS AS WELL.
BUT IS THERE, UM, A POSTING FOR RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THAT OUT OR TO PROMOTE IT OUT FOR RESIDENTS TO REGISTER FOR THAT AT THIS TIME? LIKE IN THE PLANNING, IN THE STAFF REPORT, EXPLAINS HOW THAT'S STUFF WE WANT TO GET TO.
WE WANT TO GET, THAT'S PART OF OUR PREPARATION PLANNING.
WE STILL NEED TO BUILD THAT STUFF.
OKAY, SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK YES, MA'AM.
UM, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I MEAN, THAT NIXLE THING IS REALLY QUICK.
IF YOU JUST PUT SOMETHING OUT, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, TEXT THIS, PUT THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, THAT ONE,
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UM, CAN BE DONE QUICK.SO AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM BECAUSE THINGS WILL COME OUT.
UM, IF WE COULD GET THAT ONE OUT, GET THAT WORD OUT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, NO, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UM, EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN.
I KNOW THIS INVOLVES A LOT OF HANDS.
IT'S, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE LEVEL WHERE YOU HAVE TO INVOLVE THE RED CROSS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
UH, MADAM MAYOR ONE, ONE SUPPLEMENTARY IN, IN SUPPORT OF, OF, OF COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, UH, LOPEZ, VITO, UH, C CAN, CAN SOMETHING BE PUT TOGETHER FOR DISCOVER WEST COVINA, UH, AND OTHER PLACES, SO THAT WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR NICKEL? ABSOLUTELY.
WE WILL WORK SOMETHING WITH THAT.
AND AND LAST QUESTION, CHIEF CAPELLI, UH, WITH WE ON THE COUNCIL ARE ALSO EMPLOYEES HERE.
SO WITH, UH, THE TABLETOP EXERCISES AND OTHER THINGS, WE, ARE WE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE SIMULATIONS AS WELL, SO THAT, WE'LL, THAT WAY WE'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO IF AN EMERGENCY STRIKES? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN WE HAVE OUR MOCK DRILLS AND WE, ANY PLANNING PREPARATION DOES INVOLVE YOU FOLKS, YOU'RE A VERY IMPORTANT, INTEGRAL PART OF OUR RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY.
SO OF COURSE, YOU'LL HAVE TO BE PORTIONS OF IT, PART OF IT.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SOMEBODY WANNA MOVE? ACTIVE SHOOTER
THEY INVITED US, SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE, WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY, CERT'S NOT FULLY BUILT YET, BUT WE'VE JUST STARTED OUR, UH, WE GOT, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO STATION TWO, WE HAVE SOME TRAILERS THERE.
WE PUT OUR, WE'RE GETTING ALL OUR SEARCH STUFF TOGETHER.
AND THERE IS A PLAN FOR THIS YEAR TO GET OUR CERT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
BUT DON'T WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT YET? WE'RE NOT READY TO REBUILD IT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE YET.
SO IT IS DEFINITELY IN THE, IN THE WORKS PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY INTENSIVE TRAINING.
LOTS OF HOURS TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SIT ON THE COMPUTER EVEN TO, TO PROCESS TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATION TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
WE'RE SENDING FOUR MEMBERS TO BE TRAINERS, CERT TRAINERS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE GOTTA GET EVERYTHING IN LINE PRIOR TO START RUNNING THAT TO GET IT BACK UP.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS ROBUST BEFORE.
WE'VE MOVED IT OVER TO STATION TWO AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE CITY YARD.
AND, UH, THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR HELPING US WITH ALL THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THAT GOING.
SO WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS? LIKE THE, THE MAIN PERSON OF THIS, UH, EMERGENCY? LIKE WHO'S A LEAD? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL AND HOW IT GOES.
YOU KNOW, IF IT, IT'S A FULL BLOWN EARTHQUAKE, MAJOR EMERGENCY, THEN THE CITY MANAGER BECOMES, AND IT'S A COMMANDER AND IT'S, IT'S DEVELOPS IT.
WELL, NOT ANYBODY, BUT IT'S ACTIVATES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE EMERGENCY.
BUT I FEEL SO BAD FOR OUR CONSULTANT.
MAYBE YOU COULD COME OUT QUICKLY, SAY SOMETHING SINCE YOU HERE DRIVING LIKE TWO HOURS OVER HERE.
SO GIVE YOU MAYBE FIVE MINUTES.
I'M, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE.
WE HAD, UM, ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT INVOLVED.
WE HAD, UH, CAPTAIN CORTINA DID A GREAT JOB AS A PROJECT MANAGER.
SO, UH, AS, AS CITY MANAGER SAID THIS, LOT OF HANDS ON THIS PROJECT.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO PROUD OF, PROUD OF THE DOCUMENT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S A PLAN.
AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S, IT'S A START.
UH, ADDITIONAL PLANS AND TRAINING AND EXERCISES ARE CRITICAL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I'M PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO BASICALLY IT'S A DOABLE PLAN, OKAY? LEAD THAT CAN BE EXERCISE AND, UH, OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND OUR CT DEALERSHIP CAN REACT DURING THE DISASTERS.
AND, UH, SOME KIND OF CATASTROPHE OR SOME ISSUE HAPPEN, WE CAN RIGHT AWAY REACT, RIGHT? THE, UH, AND ALSO YOU LEARN A LOT.
YOU DO THE TRAINING, YOU DO YOUR EXERCISES, AND YOU ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING FROM THAT EXERCISE.
AND YOU DO AN AFTER ACTION REPORT AND THAT CIRCLES BACK.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU NEED TO DO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE PLAN BASED UPON THAT EXERCISE.
YOU PLAN, YOU TRAIN, YOU EXERCISE, YOU MODIFY YOUR PLANS, MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK IN THAT WAY WE CAN SAVE LIFE.
OKAY, SOMEBODY WANNA MOVE TO APPROVE? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO
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AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPT CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION AND PROMULGATION OF AN UPDATED CITY EMERGENCY ORDINANCE PLAN.[6) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2023-2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ACTION PLAN]
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.UH, THE MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS A DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT OF A DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW GRANT, C D B G ACTION PLAN.
WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DEVELOPMENT BY OF THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024 C D B G ACTION PLAN.
THERE WILL FIRST BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THEN WE SHALL HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, THIS HEARING CONCERNS THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT C CDBG ACTION PLAN.
THE CITY RECEIVES AN ANNUAL GRANT OF CDBG FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE, UH, CDBG PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, TO CREATE AND, UH, TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH THE EXPANSION IN RETENTION OF BUSINESSES.
AS A RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS, THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT GUIDES THE INTENDED USE OF THE GRANT FUNDS.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITY'S USED THE CDBG FUNDS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATE, UH, POSITION IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM, BUSINESS ASSISTANCE LOAN PROGRAM, UH, HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS, UH, FOOD BANKS, MEALS ON WHEELS, AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S HEARING IS TO PROVIDE AN, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ON WHICH THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN WILL BE BASED IN APRIL, 2021.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE 20 20 20 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN BASED ON THE PRIOR, BASED ON A PRIORITIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS AMENDED IN, UH, 2022.
THE CURRENT PRIORITIZATION IS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE.
THERE ARE EIGHT CATEGORIES OF NEED IDENTIFIED, OR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOMELESSNESS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND RENTAL HOUSING.
AND ALL THESE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A PRIORITY LEVEL OF HIGH.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES AND NON-HOMELESS SPECIAL NEEDS, BOTH ASSIGNED A PRIORITY LEVEL OF MEDIUM.
NOW THE CATEGORIES OF NEED ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE.
AND FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE PRIORITY LEVEL DOESN'T RELATE TO RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OR URGENCY.
BUT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CDBG FUNDS WILL BE USED TO, TO ADDRESS THE NEED, UM, HIGH, A HIGH PRIORITY LEVEL WILL, UH, MEANS THAT, UH, CDBG FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEED.
MEDIUM MAY BE IN LOW, WILL NOT BE USED TO, UH, UH, CDBG FUNDS WILL NOT BE USED TO EXPEND, UM, OR TO ADDRESS.
NOW THE, THE NEEDS AND PRIORITY LEVELS, UH, MAY BE AMENDED TONIGHT OR AT ANY TIME WITH PROPER NOTICE.
WITH THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, STAFF WILL BEGIN TO DRAFT THE ACTION PLAN AND START THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING PUBLIC SERVICE PROPOSALS AND POTENTIAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AGAINST THE APPROVED PRIORITIZATION.
AND ONCE THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN IS FINALIZED, IT'LL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR A REQUIRED 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
THEN IT'LL BE PRESENTED ALONG WITH PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND, UH, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IN A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION.
UH, NOTICE FOR THE HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 24TH, AND, UH, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT RESULTING FROM THIS REPORT.
SO IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT A FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 ACTION PLAN BASED ON THE 20 20 20 20 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN PRIORITIES AS AMENDED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO TONIGHT.
UM, SO CURRENTLY I KNOW THE C D B G, UM, I MEAN IT, WE STILL KEEP THE,
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UH, THE PRIORITIES ARE STILL, UM, EXPECTED, BUT DO DOES ANY OF THE CD B G CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY USE? AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I, I KNOW WE HAD TWO FIRES, TWO TRAGEDY FIRES, AND, AND THE FIRST ONE, IT'S AN ELDERLY, UM, ELDERLY WOMAN, LOW INCOME WHO HAD HER HOME BURNED.UM, OF COURSE SHE SURVIVED, BUT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST, AND I, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO SEE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, WE HAVE OUTSIDE ORG ORGANIZATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO REBUILD, UM, IT, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PERMITS FEES AND, YOU KNOW, WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD, LIKE, IF THERE'S A REQUEST TO, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST C FOR EMERGENCY USAGE TO WAIVE CERTAIN FEES.
BUT WITHIN THESE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, HOMELESS OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, RENTAL HOUSING, UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S O OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING CAN, UM, THEY, UH, GET CD BG, UM, FOR FURTHER NEEDS.
AND WHAT ARE, WHAT CAN THOSE BE OFFERED THE, AT THE CURRENT TIME, THERE IS NOT AN ACTIVITY FOR, FOR THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO AMEND THE ACTION PLAN, SET UP THE ACTIVITY, AND, AND THEN FUND IT.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.
CERTAINLY WE COULD BRING THAT BACK.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A C D B G FUND FOR SPEC SPECIAL USAGE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR, OR AN EVENT THAT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST A TRAGEDY EVENT THAT THEY CAN ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS, UM, HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT QUALIFIER CLASSIFY AND HOW THAT WORKS.
UH, THE, THE RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO QUALIFY O ON AN INCOME BASIS, I BELIEVE.
UH, IT'D HAVE, WELL, I KNOW THAT THEIR INCOME, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE AT THIS MOMENT, CAN THIS, UM, ELDERLY PERSON COME AND CURRENTLY, WHAT CAN, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES IS SHE ABLE TO GET WITH ANY OF THESE CDBG PROGRAMS? CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM IDENTIFIED OR, OR FUNDED.
WE, WE, WE COULD RESEARCH THAT, BRING THAT BACK AS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR PLAN.
AND, AND NUMBER TWO, WITH THE HOMELESS ALLOCATION CDBG FUNDS TO PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, THAT CAN ADDRESS A PORTION OF THESE NEEDS.
WHAT DO THEY RECEIVE OR WHAT DOES THAT PROVIDE? THE, THE, UH, WHAT IS CDBG FUND TO ATTEND A HOMELESSNESS CURRENTLY? YEAH.
UH, WE, THERE IS A, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE, COUPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICES THAT ARE FUNDED.
UH, LACA IS FUNDED IN, IN PART, UH, $60,000 THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, THEN THE UC, GABRIEL VALLEY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS IS ALSO, UH, FUNDED, UH, APPROXIMATELY $10,000 CDBG FUNDS.
SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, CURRENTLY CAN WE PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION TO THOSE RESIDENTS? I MEAN, WE FUND THEM ANYWAYS.
CERTAINLY HOW OUR RESIDENTS UTILIZE THOSE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, UH, FOOD BANKS ALSO THAT WE FUND AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
IF WE CAN RELAY ALL THIS INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED WHAT OUR CITY CAN PROVIDE, AS WELL AS I KNOW THEY GET THE EXTERNAL.
UM, NUMBER SIX, WITH RENTAL HOUSING.
IT'S SAYS RENTAL HOUSING NEEDS ARE, UM, ADDRESSED BY THE SECTION EIGHT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUNDED BY THE C E D LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING FUNDS.
UM, I KNOW THE SECTION EIGHT, THERE'S LIKE NO SPACE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LONG WAITING LIST.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN TAKING ANYTHING.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THIS? UM, C D B G PROGRAM FOR THE RENTAL HOUSING, UM, UH, THE, THE PRIORITY WAS, UH, WAS IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN THOSE, THOSE ARE THE SOURCES THAT ATTEND TO A C CDBG.
I, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THAT YET.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SEARCH RESEARCHING TO, TO ESTABLISH ONE WITH THE, THE COVID FUNDS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, WHAT THAT WAS, I BELIEVE FROM, FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS A, AN AMENDMENT FROM, UH, 2022 TO, TO MAKE THAT A HIGH PRIORITY WHERE IT'S BEEN A LOW PRIORITY FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THERE'S PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN, HIGH PRIORITY WAS ASSIGNED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, BECAUSE C B G FUNDS CAN HELP TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, FRAIL, ELDERLY YOUTH, AND OTHER LOW MODERATE INCOME POPULATION.
UM, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE? I NOTES AS PUBLIC, THAT'S THE PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY? YES.
UH, A FUND OR, UH, SENIOR MEALS IN PART THROUGH THAT, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM ADVOCATE, UM, UH, THE, UH, ST.
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VALLEY, UH, Y W C A, THEY DO OUR, UM, THEY DO CASE MANAGEMENT AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, UM, COUNSELING OF, OF SENIORS.THEY HAVE A, UM, PERSON WHO, WHO DOES HOURS OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL AS IS HOME VISITS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WE, WE HAVE A, UH, OUR CARE SHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A CHILDCARE SUBSIDY, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THO THOSE ARE THE, CURRENTLY THE ONES THAT WE, WE FUND.
WELL THANKS FOR THE REMINDER AND THE REFRESHER COURSE, CUZ SOMETIMES WE FORGET
UM, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I, I WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LADY LOPEZ VIDO REGARDING THE, THE EMERGENCY FUND.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY OF FUN FOR EMERGENCY FOR RESIDENTS? CERTAINLY IMPACT BY TRAGEDY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRE, WHICH JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE KNOW WE HAVE A MAJOR TRAGEDY FOR ONE UNIT.
AND, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER THREE UNIT.
AND THEN ONE IS TOTALLY DAMAGED AND I THINK TWO RED TAPE AND TWO YELLOW TAPE.
SO, SO I KNOW WE HAVE A GO FOR ME.
FOR THE, THE ONE UNIT FOR FATALITY.
AND WE TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN BY, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
BUT HOW ABOUT ALL THE UNIT RESIDENT? DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, CDBG FUND? WE CAN AT LEAST KIND OF HELP THEM.
I KNOW RED CROSS IS HELPING THEM, BUT THEY TEMPORARILY DO, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
U C CCC D P G FUND TO MAYBE KIND OF PAY FOR SOME OF THEIR OKAY.
AND, UH, UH, HOTEL BELT FOR THE TIME BEING FOR THEN TO KIND OF HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME BECAUSE IT'S A FOUR UNIT.
IT'S BASICALLY IT'S FOUR FAMILY.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WITHOUT CT CAN USE CDBG FUND? I KNOW I DON'T, I KNOW CD MAYBE DON'T HAVE A, ANY OF EMERGENCY, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OF, UH, USING CDBG TOOL FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSE? AGAIN, PRESENTLY THERE'S, THERE'S NOT AN ACTIVITY OR THERE'S, THERE'S NOT AN ACTIVITY OR, OR, UH, A FUNDED ACTIVITY FOR THAT WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND OUR PLAN, ESTABLISH AN ACTIVITY IN FUNDING.
CAN WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY RE RESEARCH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
DAVE, YOU WANT TO CITY MANAGER.
WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN INVOLVED, UM, IMMEDIATELY, WE'VE HAD TWO OF THESE FIRE INCIDENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ONE INVOLVING A, A LOW INCOME LADY WHO LIVED IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WHICH SHE OWNED.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T WANNA PUT HER BUSINESS IN THE STREET, BUT I CAN ATTEST TO YOU ALL THAT WE'RE WORKING QUITE HARD TO TRY AND GARNER RESOURCES.
I WAS DIRECTLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, THE MAIN FAMILY MEMBER TODAY TO TRY AND CONNECT HER WITH SOME RESOURCES.
WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.
YOU ASKED TONIGHT, COUNSEL, IF WE COULD LOOK INTO USING CDBG AS A WAY TO GET MORE AND WE'LL RETURN WITH THAT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HELP IN BOTH OF THESE FIRE, UH, TRAGEDIES TO CONNECT TO RESOURCES.
UM, THE, THE, THE COUNTY HAS SOME RESOURCES.
WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY OFFICES.
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS COM.
CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS, UM, ABILITY TO OFFER TENANTS, UM, ASSISTANCE AND POTENTIALLY CONNECT THEM WITH HOUSING SERVICES.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OFFERS GRIEF COUNSELING SERVICES.
THERE'S, UH, FOOD ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE THROUGH A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND AS WAS MENTIONED, PRIVATE SECTOR EFFORTS TO GET THEM WITH, UM, GOFUND ASSISTANCE WITH GOFUNDME.
UM, WE ALSO THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MAJOR MONIES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COUNTY'S, UM, ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THOSE THINGS IN BOTH SITUATIONS.
ONE OF THE AFFECTED FAMILIES REALLY DOESN'T WANT THEIR BUSINESS IN THE, THE STREET AND THEY WANNA REMAIN, UM, PRIVATE ABOUT IT.
THE OTHER FAMILY IS KEENLY INTERESTED IN US HELPING IN ANY WAY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
AND, AND JUST TO REPEAT, AS YOU DIRECTED, WE'LL RETURN WITH A REPORT ABOUT WHETHER CDBG CAN ALSO BE USED FOR, FOR SOME OF THIS.
BECAUSE I THINK THESE THINGS ARE ALWAYS A PACKAGE OF, OF MONIES.
AND IF WE CAN HELP PIECE THINGS TOGETHER, THAT WOULD REALLY BE, UM, THE WAY TO GO.
AND, AND THE WORRY I ABOUT WHICH WHEN YOU MENTION SO MANY OF, UH, AGENCY, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, A GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER.
YOU NEED PAPERWORK, THIS AND THAT.
SO MAYBE WE CAN USING CT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, USE CDBG PHONE.
BUT WE VERIFY, WE KNOW THE SITUATION, WE KNOW THE RED TAPE, WE KNOW THE YELLOW TAPE.
AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE BLOWING INSIDE THE HOUSE.
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OKAY.INSTANTLY THE TIME, THE TIMING.
SO RATHER THAN JUST WAITING FOR APPLICATION PAPERWORK, IT TAKE MONTHS.
AND THAT, I DON'T THINK THE TIME THEY HAVE.
SO, SO MY SUGGESTION IS CAN WE DO SOMETHING OKAY.
LOOK INTO THE EMERGENCY FUND AND THEN WE CAN USE CDBG AND UH, MAYBE MAKE THE PAPERWORK LATER ON TO GET APPROVAL.
BUT AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN USE IN THAT.
AND TO DO SOMETHING, THIS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN HERE THERE.
SO AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED.
MAKE SENSE? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I, I HEAR YOU COUNSEL, AND WE WILL, UM, RETURN WITH THE, THE C D B G PIECE AND WE'LL TRY AND CONNECT TO THE, ALL THESE OTHER RESOURCES AS WELL ON BEHALF OF THESE FAMILIES.
ON, ON A CITY LEVEL, WHEN I, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY LEVEL, I TALK ABOUT PERMIT FEES AND I BELIEVE IN THE PAST THEY HAVE WAIVED, UH, PERMIT FEES FOR FIRE OR FIRE, IF YOU CAN CHECK ON THAT.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE DONE THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT A BURDEN, UM, FOR THEM.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE AS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA MOVE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT A FEE WAIVER WOULD BE IDEAL ON TOP OF ANY OTHER THINGS WE COULD PROVIDE.
BUT I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE LOOKED INTO, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
UM, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WHATEVER REBUILD OCCURS FIRST MEET CODE.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION IN WEST COVINA LIKE THEY'VE HAD IN, IN TURKEY WHERE THEY HAVE SHODDY WORKMANSHIP AND BUILDINGS COMING DOWN IN EARTHQUAKES AND ALL THE REST.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROCESS, HAVE INTEGRITY.
IT'S NOT IN MY MIND ABOUT THE CITY REVENUE ESPECIALLY CUZ THAT'S A ASPECT OF CITY OPERATIONS.
IT SEEMS TO BE PERFORMING REALLY WELL FOR US.
SO A FEE WAIVER I THINK IS DEFINITELY IN THE CARDS.
BUT MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS WHATEVER REBUILDING OCCURS HAS TO, HAS TO BE, UM, UNDER A LICENSED CONTRACTOR, HAS TO BE UNDER BENEFIT OF A PERMIT, HAS TO BE INSPECTED, HAS TO BE SAFE.
I MEAN THAT IS PRIORITY SAFETY PARTY AND THE FEE WAIVER.
UM, IT'S JUST, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE PERMIT FEES.
ADDS UP IN COSTS, CERTAINLY CAN.
SO YEAH, IT'S, I DON'T WANT A BURDEN ANYMORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE.
SO I TURNED IN THE CARD EARLIER.
MA'AM, THIS WAS NOT ON THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS NOT THE I'LL TURN THE CARD OUT.
MATTER FACT, BROWN SAYS I ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK? ARE ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK? SO REGARDING C D B G, WHERE'S THE FIRST DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS ISSUE ON, UM, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS? YOU KNOW, THESE BLOCK GRANTS SHOULD BE GIVEN OUT RIGHT WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BUDGET, NOT IN THE MIDDLE AND NOT TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE PEOPLE GET F****D OVER.
LET'S JUST BE HONEST ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROCESS IN WHICH YOU CAN FAST TRACK SLASH RED TAPE THE F*****G INSPECTION BY THOSE PERMITS AND FINISH A G*****N F*****G JOB INSTEAD OF WASTING THE TAXPAYERS OF WEST CORINA'S TIME AND WASTING MY F*****G TIME TO DEBATE AND REVISE AND AMEND ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS CANNOT GET YOUR S**T TOGETHER TO FIX THE G*****N ACTION PLAN.
IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT? NO, THAT IS THE ACTION PLAN THAT I SAY TO DO.
BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU WOULD DO WITHOUT THE TRANSPARENCY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST BEHIND CLOSED DOORS MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
I WANT TRANSPARENCY TO SEE THAT THESE PUBLIC SERVICES BY THESE J*****S APARTMENTS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE.
LA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY F*****G YEARS I'VE WAITED FOR A F*****G LOAN? TWO YEARS, TWO M***********G YEARS.
AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH A HORRIBLE PROCESS TO DRIVE MY F*****G WHITE N****R ASS TO THE POINT OF STRESS AND MELTDOWN.
ALL BECAUSE SOME A*****E D******D TOLD ME THAT THIS DOES
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NOT BELONG HERE.AND THIS DOESN'T FIT IN TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WELL, I SAID, WELL M**********R, WOULD I ADD SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO ME TO WHAT I RECEIVED? NO.
SO EDISON KIMS OUT, THEY PUT A BRAND NEW ONE LINE VERSUS THREE LINES TO A PIECE OF PART PARCEL THAT I OWN.
AND GUESS WHAT? THEY FIXED THE F*****G PROBLEM.
AND HOW IS THAT DONE? CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING.
AND THAT CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING DOESN'T MEAN I GET A PERMIT TO SPEND THREE TO $5,000 TO ADD FOUR FEET OF A UTILITY POLE TO A F*****G OLD HOUSE BUILT BACK IN 62.
SO I SAVED THAT MONEY THREE TO $5,000 CUZ I'M A WHITE N****R JEW THAT WANTS THINGS DONE RIGHT AND FIXED.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC GRANTS, MEASURES AND BONDS, STOP F*****G OVER THE PUBLIC WHEN YOU'RE MORE TRUTHFUL TO FACTS THAN YOU GET OUT OF THE RACKETEERING, BRIBERY, AND ABUSE OF THOSE FUNDS.
CUZ NO, TONY W KNOWS THAT FOR A FACT CUZ THAT F*****G A*****E CHINESE MAN FROM BUILDING AND SAFETY, MR. CHAN CRYBABY ATTORNEY CRIED.
HE NEEDS 60 DAYS CUZ HE'S SICK.
AND HE DIDN'T WANNA TELL THE FEDERAL JUDGE THAT HE WAS F*****G EVERYBODY IN THE ASS WITH DEVELOPMENT IN LA THAT'S ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM WITH THESE PERMITS.
AND WHO, WHO YOU PASSED THE MONEY TO? WHO GETS THE MONEY BACK? JOSE WEEZER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HERE.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CASINO, WOMEN, B*****S, HO CUNTZ, YOU NAME IT.
BUT ALL THAT MONEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THAT D******D JOSE LEWIS WEEZER, CD 14 OF LOS ANGELES ADMITTED THAT HE'S GUILTY FOR HIS CRIMES RICO RACKETEERING.
AND BY THE WAY, F B I CUZ YOU'RE GOOD AT LISTENING TO ME WHEN I SPEAK AND YOU HEAR US OUT AT 3 10, 4 7, 7 6 5 6 5.
WE'RE GOING AFTER THE BIG FISH, THE BIG KAUNA.
MITCHELL INLANDER, THE LITTLE DU F*****G PIG RESERVE COP SAID TO ME IN LOS ANGELES, GET THE F**K OUT ON MY PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
AND I SAID, 40 C 1983, F**K YOU MITCHELL INLANDER.
AND NOW WHAT DID HE DO? FEDERAL TIME AND A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY FOR THE SAME RACKETEERING WITH DEVELOPMENT, STEALING PUBLIC GRANTS, STEALING FROM THE BONDS, ISSUING IT TO DEVELOPERS.
THE F*****G COUNCILMEN ARE GETTING RICH.
EVERYONE'S GETTING THEIR GREASY PALMS IN A WALLET PAD IT F**K DO IT RIGHT.
AH, HE GOT TO SPEAK AFTER ALL MEETING, MAN.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE HIM A RIGHT TO BE HEARD AFTER ALL I'VE BEEN JUDGE DID THE ATTORNEY YEAH.
ASK MR. HERMAN TO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING AND ALLOW MR. GREENSPAN TO GIVE US SI MINUTES.
AFTER ALL I'VE, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING MR. HERMANN ON THIS ROOF THING FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
GOES BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SUPERVISOR WHEN IT WAS HANS TERRITORY, NOW CAME REDISTRICTING AND IT'S AT BROAD HILL.
AND GUESS WHAT? THAT COUNTY HAS JERKED MR. HERMAN AROUND TERRIBLY.
AFTER ALL, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL, MR. HERMANN'S NOT A DO IT YOURSELFER.
AND EVEN IF HE'S A CONTRACTOR, HE'S NOT AN ELECTRICIAN THAT'S FOR EDISON TO HANDLE.
AND IF EDISON'S MADE SOME KIND OF ERROR ON YOUR HOUSE, THEY HAVE TO FIX IT.
IT'S NOT TO BE ABSORBED IN THE COST OF DOING THE ROOF.
THAT STUFF HAS TO BE FIXED FIRST BEFORE THE ROOF.
ANOTHER THING, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH THESE PEOPLE.
WE GOT AN IN PERSON CONFERENCE TODAY.
THEY WERE TRYING TO CLAIM THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MR. HERMAN LIVES, THAT THAT BEAM THAT STARTS AT THE GARAGE AND I GUESS GOES INTO THE LIVING AREA UNDER THE ROOF OF THE LIVING AREA WITH SOME TYPE OF ILLEGAL, WELL THEN EVERY HOUSE, ALMOST EVERY HOUSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE BUILT ILLEGALLY.
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I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS A BUILDER HAS THEIR OWN TRADEMARK OR SIGNATURE OR THUMBPRINT ON A HOUSE OR A BUILDING THAT THEY BUILD.AND THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOMEHOW THE BEAM STARTS AT THE GARAGE AND GOES INTO THE LIVING AREA.
THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE RIGHT.
AND THIS IS LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
THEY CAN'T TAKE THE GARAGE AND THE LIVING AREA AND GET IT RIGHT.
AND THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY THAT THE PATIO WAS A LIVING AREA.
NO, IT'S ENCLOSED, BUT IT'S NOT HEATED.
THERE'S NO PLUMBING TO IT, NO WATER, JUST, JUST AN ENCLOSED PATIO.
SO YOU CAN SHELTER YOURSELF FROM SOME OF THE HEAT ON EXTREME HEAT DAYS.
NOW IF THIS IS, IT'S $25,000 UP TO 25,000, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO EAT AWAY EVERYTHING AND IT WAS GONNA BE COMING OUT OF HIS POCKET PROBABLY.
I FIGURED AT LEAST TO THE TUNE OF 5,000 OR MORE BY THE TIME THE BUREAUCRATS WERE MESSING IT UP BIG TIME.
AND SO YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
NOW I KNOW AMERICAN INTENTION.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPEAKER STAND? HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CUT THE RED TAPE.
THE RED TAPE WILL KILL THINGS.
THE BEST OF INTENTIONS WILL LEAVE HER HIGH AND DRY AND ON THE STREET BY THE TIME THEY GET THROUGH THIS AGENCY AND THAT AGENCY AND EVERYTHING ELSE SAYS YOU NEED SOMEBODY BASICALLY TO HOLD THE LADY'S HAND THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EMOTIONALLY, SHE'S PROBABLY NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT.
AND YOU NEED TO WALK THE PERSON THROUGH.
AND IF DONE SOMEHOW PEOPLE COULD SAY, HEY, GOVERNMENT'S SOMEWHAT WORKING.
I SAY SOMEWHAT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW THERE COULD BE BROWN BAGS OF MONEY INVOLVED.
YOU GOTTA STICK TO THE SUBJECT.
WELL THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE A LOT OF PADDING.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MR. HERMANN'S HOUSE, ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATION, HAD WHEELS UNDER THE HOUSE? CAN YOU STICK TO THE SUBJECT? I, I AM.
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A L A C D A ASSESSMENT WHEELS UNDER THE HOUSE.
IF IT WAS OFF GRADE, THERE WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
BUT ON GRADE SLAB, THERE'S NO WHEELS UNDER THE HOUSE.
AND YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU START GOING OVER THESE THINGS WITH A TOOTH COMB, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND.
IT'S LIKE HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL YEAR ROUND.
SO I WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I HOPE THIS LADY GETS BACK ON HER FEET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I HOPE SHE'S THE BUSINESS IS PRODUCING REVENUE FOR THE CITY, EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HANDLE IT IN A WAY IT'S HUMANE.
I KNOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BO BLOCK GRANTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE BLANK CHECKS TO, TO SLUSH FUNDS.
I, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN REALLY LOOK AT A COM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
IS IT SOME TYPE OF A SLUSH FUND? AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR SUCCESSOR AGENCIES OR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PROVIDING JOBS TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND NO SERVICES TO PEOPLE.
BUT I AM FOR THIS VICTIM MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, MORE THAN ANY BUREAUCRAT, ANY HIGH PAID PERSON, CITY MANAGER, NO OFFENSE, NOT OURS, BUT I'M SURE HE'S GOT FELLOW ONES LIKE PAUL PHILLIPS WHO ARE GREAT AT EMBEZZLING.
SO I WANNA BE CERTAIN NO, NO HANKY HANKY.
AND TAKE A FEW SECONDS BACK, BUT GIVE IT, GIVE HER A FAIR SHAKE.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, UM, SO WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AS AND ASK THE COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION.
BUT I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THE DISCUSSION, RIGHT COUNSEL? I'M NOT SURE.
SO NOW WE'RE, UM, THE MOTION IS, UH, IN ORDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP A DRAFT.
MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE.
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RU AND IS SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE TABBA TO APPROVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
OKAY.UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, REPORTS.
PORT MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILMAN CONTOS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE I HAVE JUST, UM, THIS MORNING I SUBMITTED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE A 20 PAGE DETAILED REPORT THAT, THAT, UH, LAYS OUT ALL OF MY ACTIVITIES SINCE DECEMBER 20TH, UH, 2020, UH, TWO.
UH, AND IT IT INCLUDES 12 DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS OF ACTION ALONG
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WITH, UH, UH, A READOUT OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT NEXT ACTION STEPS FOR ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT I, UH, TOPIC ITEMS. SO THAT WILL BE, UH, POSTED PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT, THAT, THAT REPORT IS, HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, UM, PU PUBLISHING ONLINE.[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
ANY REQUESTS, COUNCIL REQUESTS? UH OH, MADAM MAYOR.UM, UM, THE, I WAS WONDERING IF WE, IF WE, UH, COULD DIRECT CITY, UH, STAFF TO, UH, GET IN TOUCH WITH CALTRANS.
UH, THERE'S A SITUATION ON THE FREEWAYS WHERE THERE'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A, A FOOT, FOOT AND A HALF, UH, BETWEEN THE ACTUAL PAVEMENT, UH, AND THE LANDSCAPING WHERE THEY'RE JUST WEEDS THAT ARE APPARENTLY GROWING ALL OVER.
AND I ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SOME CHECKING DONE.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THEIR WEEDS GROWING ALONG THE WEST COVINA BORDER, BUT OTHER PLACES LIKE BALDWIN PARK, IT'S THERE.
AND SO IF, IF, UM, THERE'D BE A WAY THAT STAFF COULD PLEASE LOOK INTO GETTING IN TOUCH WITH CALTRANS TO GET THAT CLEANED UP SO THAT WAY THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, WEEDS DON'T CONTINUE TO, TO GROW THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.
IT'S JUST REALLY PROBLEMATIC AND IT MAKES OUR CITY LOOK BAD AS PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA.
AND PLUS IT'S CAL FRIENDS'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND IF THEY CAN DO THAT FOR OTHER CITIES, BY MAKING SURE TO HAVE IVY THAT GROWS NICE, TO COVER GRAFFITI OR TO STOP GRAFFITI FROM GROWING, THEY SHOULD DO THE SAME SORT OF THING WITH MAINTENANCE.
UM, ON, WITH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, LIKE COUNTY LAND THAT, THAT GOES THROUGH, UM, OR IS RIGHT NEXT TO, UH, OUR CITY IS DOES THAT REQUIRE A SECOND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO.
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA MONOPOLIZE NO, GO AHEAD.
UM, I, I REALLY, UM, JUST IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S TRANSPIRED TONIGHT WITH, WITH THE EARLIER PRESENTATION WITH AISH NATION AND EVERYTHING, IT'S, IT'S VERY, UM, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA JUST KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE I JUST, IT'S JUST WEIGHING ON ME.
SO I, I'M, I'M A F UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UM, ASK IF THE CITY MANAGER COULD LOOK INTO CONSIDERATION OF THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE, UM, RE REMOVAL OF MAYOR PRO TE BRIAN TABATA TABBA FROM THE POSITION OF MAYOR PROTE.
AND THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION.
DO WE NEED A SECOND? DO WE NEED A SECOND? ALL SECOND.
TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S A, UH, MOTHER, MAY I REQUEST TO HAVE THAT PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA? YES.
JUST, JUST FOR AGENDA, JUST JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.
OH, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
MAYOR DIAZ, I, IT'LL BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME I JUST WANNA ADJOURN OUR MEETING.