August 11, 2009

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August 11, 2009

[REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009 BEGINS ON PAGE 58.]

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE. COLOR GUARD?

[GARFIELD H.S. COLOR GUARD]

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: OKAY. THIS MORNING WE WILL BE LED IN THE INVOCATION BY THE REVEREND CARLOS PERLA, NORTH HOLLYWOOD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, MR. RAY RODRIGUEZ.

REV. CARLOS PERLA: SUPERVISOR, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. IT IS A VERY GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE. LET'S PRAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE YOUR EYES. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WHOLE NATION. AND AS WE PRAY, LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THE SIN THAT WE COMMIT AS PEOPLE. TODAY, WE SEEK YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE IN ALL THAT TAKES PLACE IN THIS ROOM. WE ASK YOU TO BE OUR LIGHT IN OUR PATH. WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT ALL MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE SERVING IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS CITY IN ANY CAPACITY. WE ASK YOU TO HELP EVERY BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE THEY ARE OBSERVING ALL THE FRUSTRATION, THE ANGER AND THE HATE OF MANY PEOPLE DUE TO SOME DECISIONS THAT THEY TAKE IN POWER OF THIS CITY. BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY. BLESS THEIR FAMILIES. IN THE NAME OF OUR MIGHTY GOD WE PRAY, AMEN.

RAY RODRIGUEZ: PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY, BEGIN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.]

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. (BUGLE -- NATIONAL ANTHEM) [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: SUPERVISOR YAROSLAVSKY?

SUP. YAROSLAVSKY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE WERE LED THIS MORNING IN THE INVOCATION BY THE REVEREND CARLOS E. PERLA.

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: PLEASE BE SEATED.

SUP. YAROSLAVSKY: HE WAS BORN IN SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR AND CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1981. HE WORKED HERE AS A CARPENTER FOR 13 YEARS. REVEREND PERLA TOOK ENGLISH CLASSES AT NIGHT AND EARNED AN ASSOCIATES OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY AT LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE. HE ALSO ATTENDED NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE IN 1998, AND WAS ORDAINED AS AN ELDER IN THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN MAY OF 2002. IN 2004, REVEREND PERLA BECAME SENIOR PASTOR OF THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. REVEREND PERLA IS MARRIED AND HAS EIGHT CHILDREN, AND WE ARE VERY HONORED THAT YOU CAME DOWN HERE THIS MORNING TO LEAD US IN PRAYER AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU.

REV. CARLOS PERLA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE.] SUPERVISOR MOLINA?

SUP. MOLINA: WELL, THIS MORNING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S MY HONOR THIS MORNING, HE LED US TODAY IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THAT'S UNITED STATES NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RAY RODRIGUEZ. HE IS RETIRING AFTER 10 YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ARMY JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS COLOR GUARD. WE ALSO WELCOME THE GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COME ON UP AND JOIN US. JOSE HERNANDEZ, WHO IS GOING TO ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE COLOR GUARD. THE COLOR GUARD OFFERS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR EAST LOS ANGELES YOUTH, MANY OF WHOM PURSUE MILITARY CAREERS AS WELL AS HIGHER EDUCATION. UNDER RAY'S LEADERSHIP, THE COLOR GUARD HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS WORTHY EAST LOS ANGELES EVENTS AND CEREMONIES, SUCH AS THE EAST LOS ANGELES CHRISTMAS PARADE, THE EAST LOS ANGELES CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAME, AMONG MANY OTHERS. WE'VE BEEN HONORED WHEN THEY HAVE LENT THEIR SERVICES TO US, AND LAST YEAR WE WERE VERY PROUD WHEN THEY WERE PART OF THE GRAND OPENING OF THE EAST LOS ANGELES CIVIC CENTER. RAY IS A LIFELONG COUNTY RESIDENT. HE IS A VERY DEDICATED COMMUNITY LEADER AND VOLUNTEER. COUNTLESS GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE RELIED ON HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS WISDOM OVER THE YEARS. RAY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE UNBELIEVABLE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED NOT ONLY TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY BUT ALSO TO ALL OF THE YOUTH IN THE EAST SIDE. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOUR EFFORTS HAVE REALLY ENRICHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE. AND SO WE CONGRATULATE YOU AS YOU GO OFF WITH YOUR FAMILY TO START A WHOLE NEW CAREER, A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE. I AM SURE IT WILL BE EXCITING FOR YOU. SO SIR, I AM SO PROUD, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS SCROLL, RECOGNIZING YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. ANTONOVICH: LET ME ALSO SAY THAT COMMANDER RODRIGUEZ PARTICIPATES EACH YEAR AT OUR VETERANS' PROGRAM AT ARCADIA PARK WITH THE STUDENTS FROM GARFIELD AND WE APPRECIATED HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS BEING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, RAY.

SUP. MOLINA: ABSOLUTELY. HE TRULY IS. [APPLAUSE.] BEFORE I ASK HIM TO COME UP AND JOIN ME, I'M ALL ALSO GOING TO PRESENT TO JOSE HERNANDEZ, ALSO RECOGNITION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK IN REPRESENTING ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS, JOSE. MAY WE TAKE A PICTURE? [APPLAUSE.] AND BEFORE I CALL ON RAY TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I'D LIKE TO INVITE -- WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MARINE CORPS, THERE THEY ARE, RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER IF THEY WOULD COME UP AND JOIN US.

JOSE HERNANDEZ: GOOD MORNING. ON BEHALF OF CORPORAL JOSHUA C. BRADLEY AND LANCE CORPORAL DIEGO ASOSO CHAVEZ, WE WANT TO PRESENT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RAY RODRIGUEZ, IN RECOGNITION FOR 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND DEVOTION TO OUR TROOPS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT IMPACT ON OUR LIVES AND BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. MOLINA: ALSO, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION IS HERE TO ALSO HONOR.

SPEAKER: ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 139, ALHAMBRA, CONGRATULATIONS. WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PLAQUE HERE, SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. AND FINE JOB. [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. MOLINA: ALSO, SOMEONE WHO HAS WATCHED AND SEEN A LOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HAS DONE ON THE EAST SIDE IS OUR VERY OWN CAPTAIN ROMERO. [APPLAUSE.]

CAPT. HENRY ROMERO: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ'S WORK AT EAST LOS ANGELES. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES YOUR 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN DEFENSE OF OUR GREAT NATION AND FOR THE 11 YEARS OF MOLDING AND MENTORING OUR YOUTH THROUGH THE R.O.T.C. PROGRAM. YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE R.O.T.C. PROGRAM HAVE BEEN EXEMPLARY. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING YOU IN THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF YOUR RETIREMENT, AND WE WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. DATED THIS 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2009, PRESENTED BY BY HENRY ROMERO FOR LEROY D. BACA, SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. MOLINA: NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RODRIGUEZ. [APPLAUSE.]

SPEAKER: A COUPLE OF THE CADETS AT THE R.O.T.C. AT GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL PITCHED IN SOME MONEY TO BUY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RODRIGUEZ THIS PLAQUE, ON THIS TROPHY. ON THE TROPHY IT SAYS "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RAY RODRIGUEZ IN RECOGNITION FOR 10 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING, FAITHFUL, HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS SERVICE TO THE GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL J.R.O.T.C. PROGRAM. WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS GENEROSITY AND DEDICATION TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS. [APPLAUSE.]

LT. COMMANDER RAY RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE THIS DAY. I'VE BEEN DEDICATED MOST OF MY LIFE. I CAME FROM A BROKEN HOME. MY FATHER LEFT ME WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE SITTING -- ACTUALLY STANDING HERE. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME STANDING HERE, ACTUALLY, BY SUPERVISOR ANTONOVICH ONCE BEFORE. BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG CAREER. I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE, DONE SO MANY THINGS. ASTRONAUTS, BUZZ ALDRIN, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, YOU NAME IT, ALL THE MOVIE STARS WHEN WE DID THE HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE, EAST LOS ANGELES CHRISTMAS PARADE. WE'VE DONE 9/11, WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING UP AGAIN. IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. MOSTLY THE SUPERVISORS THAT ARE HERE BEFORE ME. A LOT OF MAYORS. I'VE BEEN HONORED BY TWO GOVERNORS, SEVERAL CONGRESS MEMBERS, SENATORS, A STATE ASSEMBLYMEN, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT. I COULD PROBABLY FILL THIS HALL UP WITH AWARDS. BUT MOST OF ALL IS WHEN I'M HONORED, I TELL THEM, HONOR THESE KIDS, ALSO, BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR FUTURE. IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM MAKING ME LOOK GOOD AND MAKING EVERYBODY ELSE LOOK GOOD, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE. KIDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO YET. I'M ALREADY BORED. BUT I'LL FIND SOMETHING TO DO. IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR OF WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE.]

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: OKAY. WE WILL DO THE AGENDA. BEFORE I DO THAT, JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES OR PUT THEM ON VIBRATE. THANK YOU.

CLERK SACHI HAMAI: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WILL BEGIN TODAY'S AGENDA ON PAGE 3, AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ITEMS 1-D THROUGH 3-D.

SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: MOVED BY SUPERVISOR MOLINA. THE CHAIR WILL SECOND. WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.

CLERK SACHI HAMAI: AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. ON ITEM 1-H, THERE IS A REQUEST FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO HOLD THIS ITEM.