City Council Meeting: May 4, 2026

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AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL AND

THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE

PASADENA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

MAY 4, 2026

Closed Session: 5:00 P.M.

Public Meeting: 6:00 P.M.

Public Hearings: 6:00 P.M.

Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall

100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249

The City Council may take action on any item listed on this agenda as it deems appropriate following consideration and discussion of the matter.

CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 P.M.

A.

CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding pending litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)

Name of Case: City of Pasadena v. The Regents of the University of California

LASC Case No. 25STCV31621

B.

CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6

Agency Designated Representatives: Matthew Hawkesworth and Tiffany Jacobs-Quinn

Employee Organization: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

C.

CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE

regarding public employee employment pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)

Position: City Manager

D. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8

Property: 229 N. Euclid Ave. and 199 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA

Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment

Agency negotiator: Matthew Hawkesworth

Negotiating parties: David J. Shophet and David Pashaie

JOAN JETT OK. OK, THANK YOU. WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MAY 4TH 20 26 MEETING OF THE PAST THE CITY COUNCIL THE COUNCIL DID MEET IN CLOSED SESSION AND LET THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON THAT MOMENTARILY OR ALLOWS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT ON THAT MOMENTARILY. IN THE MEANTIME, ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN COLE. COUNCILMAN HAMPTON, BLESS HONORED TO BE HERE. COUNCILMAN JONES IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY AND IS NOT YET IN THE MEETING UNDER JUST CAUSE PROVISIONS. COUNCILMAN RELION HERE, COUNCILMAN MADISON IS ABSENT BUT WILL BE RETURNING TO THE MEETING CUSTOMER ASUDA HERE BISYMMETRY THIS YEAR. MAYOR GORDON HERE THERE'S A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT. OK, MR. WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE? HAND OVER HEART READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OK, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND WE'LL START WITH COMMANDER SURFY INTRODUCING OUR NEW SERGEANT AT ARMS BUT LET ME FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO SERGEANT CHRISTIAN ALLEN, OUR OUTGOING SERGEANT AT ARMS FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY OF PASSING AND GENERAL COMMANDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT ADAM ROSANN. SERGEANT ROSANN BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER WITH THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO IN 2011 AND IN 2015 HE LATERALED HERE TO PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE HAS SERVED IN A VARIETY OF ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDING PATROL THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT SECTION SWAT AND THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE STREET CRIME UNIT SERGEANT ROZIN HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER IS AN AVID JUJITSU PRACTITIONER WHO COACHES HIS CHILDREN AND WHILE ALSO PROVIDING DEFENSIVE TACTICS TRAINING TO THE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT ADAM ROZIN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MR. GRACEVILLE. FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I HAVEN'T BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BUT AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AND A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE CITY I LOOK FORWARD TO BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND SEEING HOW THESE MEETINGS SHAPE OUR GOVERNMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SERGEANT. AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE THE SAME POSITIVE ATTITUDE WHEN YOUR TOUR OF DUTY IS OVER HERE. OK, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO A COUPLE OF CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND THE FIRST IS TO RECOGNIZE THE LONGTIME USC TEACHER AND ALSO A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT WHOM I HAPPEN TO KNOW WELL WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND THAT'S MICHAEL DUKAN WHO'S DEDICATED MORE THAN THREE DECADES AND I'M SORRY TAKEN VERY LIGHTING SOME MICHAEL DAKEN I APOLOGIZE HAS DEDICATED MORE THAN THREE DECADES TO SERVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ACROSS PESSINA AND THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. HE BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER AT DOLORES MISSION ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN BOYLE HEIGHTS WHERE HE TAUGHT FROM 1991 TO 1990 SIX . HE THEN CONTINUES HIS WORK IN EDUCATION FOR TWO YEARS AT ELLIOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL BEFORE JOINING BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1998 WHERE HE CONTINUED TO POSITIVELY IMPACT GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. MICHAEL BUT AS A GENEROUS AND OPEN HEARTED EDUCATOR WHO CONSISTENTLY PUTS STUDENTS FIRST OF FORMER STUDENTS FREQUENTLY SPEAK ABOUT THE LASTING EFFECT ON THEIR LIVES, CREDITING HIM WITH INSPIRING CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION AND A LOVE OF LEARNING HIS DEDICATION TO EDUCATION AND HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAS MADE HIM DEEPLY RESPECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. MICHAEL FIELD STEP UP HERE AT AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS YOU GUYS THAT YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED AS A FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MICHAEL AS HE'S TAUGHT SO MANY GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND DR. IS ONE OF YOUR FORMER STUDENTS. MY COLLEAGUE LISA, FOR THOSE OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, LISA BARRIO'S IS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TO MR. JONES DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU. YES. AND HAVE YOU GOT HER? YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB AND YOU KNOW, GOOD GOOD GOOD TO JONES FOR PICKING YOU UP AFTER THAT. ANYBODY? TODD LET ME KNOW. THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION ALASKA OLIVIA LOPEZ FROM OUR SENIOR COMMISSION CHELSEA MASON, KATIE BRANDON AND COCO AND TO COME FORWARD AND THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF OUR NATION, OF OUR CITY AND BEYOND THROUGH THEIR CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING OUR EXPANDING ELDER POPULATION. AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ALL OF US HERE IMPACTS EVERY FACET OF OUR LIVES AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE THAT SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY ENJOY ACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE AND HEALTHY LIVES AND DO SO INDEPENDENTLY AND SAFELY. THE CITY OF JOINS THE NATIONAL TRADITION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY AS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OLDER AMERICANS AND REDEDICATE OUR EFFORTS TO BETTER SERVING THEIR NEEDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I AM PLEASED TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY IN THE CITY OF PASADENA AS OLDER AMERICANS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THEIR CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CITY'S OLDER RESIDENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE FEELING MORE LIKE WE ARE A VITAL AND GROWING PART OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. EVERYBODY ON IN SOME OF YOU CAN COME ON IN ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU MAYOR GORDO AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION MY NAME IS KATIE BRANDYN AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PASADENA VILLAGE AND I'VE BEEN PROUD TO SERVE ON THE SENIOR COMMISSION FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. COINCIDENTALLY WE LAUNCHED PASADENA CELEBRATES OLDER AMERICANS MONTH FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AND THRILLED TO HAVE IT AGAIN AT VICTORY PARK ON MAY 20TH FROM TEN TO ONE P.M. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL JOIN US EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATION OF ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT OLDER AMERICANS MAKE TO OUR AMAZING CITY ON MAY 20TH WE WILL HAVE OVER 60 EXHIBITORS AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY AND BRING HOME RESOURCES THAT THEY WILL USE IN THEIR LIVES. THIS EVENT IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE CITY, THE PASADENA VILLAGE AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OLDER AMERICANS WHO RESIDE, WORK AND PLAY IN OUR CITY SUPPORT FROM HOME INSTEAD PASADENA WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY UKULELE, UCLA HEALTH AND VILLAGE GARDENS WHO'S ALSO HERE WITH US AND OTHER GENEROUS SPONSORS TOTALS OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE EVENT THE TENTS AND TABLES, THE FREE RESOURCE BAGS, COMPLIMENTARY FOOD AND PROMOTION AND OTHER EXPENSES THE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS EVENT AND WHO SERVE THE OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE TRULY PARTNERS AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE NEEDS, CONCERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS. AND THIS EVENT IS ONE WAY THAT WE NOT ONLY ADVISE BUT WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH EVERYONE WHO NEEDS IT. WE'VE ALSO PREPARED A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OLDER DOLTS AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOUR THEMES THAT CAME UP IN THAT LETTER LONELINESS AND SOCIALIZATION, TRANSPORTATION AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNICATION AND WE URGE YOU TO READ THE LETTER AND TAKE THOSE NEEDS INTO CONSIDERATION IN YOUR FUTURE PLANS FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT AND THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW SENIOR COMMISSIONERS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. ONCE AGAIN, I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN US ON MAY 20TH FOR PASADENA CELEBRATES OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT, UH, ONE MORE PROCLAMATION AND I'LL ASK MELODY WHO'S JOHNSON, COLIN BOGART AND ANDREW COBB TO JOIN ME. AND THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RELATED TO PASSING THE BIKE MONTH AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT CREATING BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE RESIDENTS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, BOOST COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY, REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND STREET CONGESTION. AND IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND PARTICULARLY THE ONE IN PASSINO WHERE WE ARE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING BIKE SAFETY WITH THE DRAMATIC INCREASE OF ELECTRIC BICYCLE AVAILABILITY AND AVAILABILITY AND USAGE, BICYCLING IS NOW AN EVEN MORE VIABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION. SO I AM PLEASED TO PROCLAIM MAY 14 20 26 AS PASSING THE BIKE TO WORK DAY AND THE MONTH OF MAY TWENTY TWENTY SIX IN PASSING AS PASSENGER BIKE MONTH I ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN BICYCLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT AND ALL OF THE EVENTS PLANNED AND ALL ROAD USERS TO SAFELY SHARE THE ROAD WITH PEOPLE ON BIKES CAN CONNIVING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THANKS FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS MALLORY WU, ASSOCIATE PLANNER WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JOINED TODAY BY SCOTT JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL PLANNER AS WELL AS COLIN BOGART FROM DAY ONE AND ANDREW COBB FROM PASADENA COMPLETE STREETS COALITION. SO MAY IS BIKE MONTH. IT'S OUR MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN OF FREE RIDES, EVENTS AND EDUCATION. AT ITS CORE IT'S REALLY ABOUT PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL, PROVIDING BIKE EDUCATION, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALSO CONNECTING PEOPLE TO PASADENA THROUGH ITS HISTORY, ITS PUBLIC SPACES AND ITS NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THIS YEAR TO PARTNER AGAIN WITH DAY ONE AND PASADENA COMPLETE STREETS COALITION WILL BE PROVIDING A MONTH LONG FULL OF FREE GUIDED RIDES FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES FROM THEMED RIDES TO COMMUNITY RIDES, BEGINNER RIDES. SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE BITLY VISIT OUR ALLIES PASADENA BIKE MONTH FOR FULL EVENTS AND LIST OF SCHEDULES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING BIKE MONTH WITH YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE IN ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE, WE DO HAVE A JOURNEY IN MEMORY REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAMPTON MR. HAMPTON. YES. I'D LIKE TO JOIN IN MEMORY OF JOHN ST. JUDE'S. HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS FATHERS BUT OUTSIDE OF BEING A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND FATHER HE WAS HE WORKED FOR ROBBINS. I MEAN ROBBIE'S BARBECUE FOR TWENTY FIVE PLUS YEARS WHEN HE FIRST CAME HERE TO THIS COUNTRY FROM HAITI HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH AT ALL SO HE SPOKE FRENCH AND HE WORKED IN A AND A KITCHEN WITH EVERYONE WHO SPOKE SPANISH. AND SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HEARING SOME OF THE STORIES AT THE FUNERAL THIS PAST FRIDAY FROM THOSE THAT WORKED WITH HIM AS HE WAS LEARNING ENGLISH. THEY WERE LEARNING FRENCH AND HE WAS LEARNING SPANISH. SO HE ENDED UP WORKING THROUGHOUT ROBBINS AND HE WAS KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN FOR EVERYBODY THAT WORKED AT ROBBINS AS THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON EARTH. AND I COULD SAY THAT AND ATTEST TO IT AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY I WENT TO ROBIN SO MUCH IS BECAUSE HE WORKED THERE AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE GET A FREE MEAL WITH MY WIFE. CHEAP CHEAP DATE, YOU KNOW, AND SO SO BUT HE WOULD HE WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM DISHWASHER TO BEING THE GENERAL MANAGER OF ROBBINS AND AFTER ROBBINS CLOSED HE WENT TO WORK FOR PIE AND BURGER AND SO HE WAS UP HIGH BURGER FOR QUITE A WHILE AS WELL. AND DURING HIS HE HAD A TERMINAL ILLNESS. HE DIED OF CANCER DURING THAT TIME. ONE OF THE NURSES ACTUALLY AT THE THIS PAST WEEK THIS PAST FRIDAY'S FUNERAL MENTIONED THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME HE JUST KEPT A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY KNEW HIM AS AS A MAN THAT ALWAYS KEPT A SMILE ON HIS FACE. EVERYTHING THAT HE DID EVERY TIME HE SERVED SOMEONE HE SERVED THEM WITH GRACE AND LOVE. AND I WANTED TO TURN IN TODAY'S MEMORY OF HIM BECAUSE I THINK THAT EVERYONE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHATEVER WORD WHATEVER WE'RE FACING, WE'RE ALL FACING SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SERVE ONE ANOTHER WITH LOVE AND DIGNITY AND SO I JUST THOUGHT TODAY WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR JEAN JOOSTE AND SO I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO CLOSING TONIGHT'S MEETING AND HIS IN HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR. HAMPTON. WELL SAID. AND IT'S A REMINDER THAT EVERYONE HAS A ROLE IN CONTRIBUTING CONTRIBUTING IN OUR CITY AND EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTES DOES CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER CITY AND A GREAT COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TO THE COUNCIL AND ON A MORE I WOULD SAY CELEBRATORY NOTE, A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT JUST CELEBRATED NINETY FIFTH BIRTHDAY ALMOST STOKES I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS ALMOST HER BIRTHDAY WAS MAY 1ST PRO HAVE ANOTHER AMAZING KNOW SO YEAH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALMOST NEWSMAKING CLOSED SESSION REPORTER OK CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU CAN REPORT OUT ON OUR CLOSED SESSION WHILE THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION UNDER THE LAW WE DO REPORT YES. AND BEFORE THAT I THINK WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTIN JONES REPORT ON HIS PARTICIPATION REMOTELY AND WHO OVER THE AGE OR EIGHTEEN OR OVER WOULD BE IN THE ROOM WITH HIM. THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY FOR FAVOR REMOTELY UNDER THE JUST CAUSE PROVISION BECAUSE I'M SICK AND I DON'T WANT TO GET ANYONE ELSE SICK AND THERE IS NO ONE KNOW INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 18 AH PRESENT IN THE ROOM OR WITH ME. THANK YOU. AND IN TERMS OF THE CLOSED SESSION THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED ITEMS A, B AND C ON THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION AGENDA AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION ON THOSE SESSIONS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU STAYING HOME BROTHER. I DON'T WANT TO BE SICK EITHER. OK, ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ELEVEN SPEAKER CARDS TWO MINUTES. YES. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, THE CLERK WILL CALL OUT A GROUP OF NAMES. IF YOU HEAR NAME PLEASE FORM A LINE IN THE CENTER AISLE. KATE E AND BROTHER STEVEN SAID LAFSKY BERT NEWTON ANGELO GLADDING, JAMES MADDOX, SAMANTHA LIOW, MADELINE OCAMPO, KEVIN NORTON, LES HAMMER, DYLAN BANNAN AND DONEN LAWRENCE. THOSE ARE THE NAMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND THEY WILL END WITH DONNA LAWRENCE FEEL STEP FORWARD PLEASE. I'LL RING A BELL WHEN YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS LEFT. GO AHEAD. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I'M HERE TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT ETHICAL INVESTMENT AND DIVESTMENT RECENTLY ISRAEL'S HAARETZ NEWSPAPER REPORTED ON THE TRAGIC SUFFERING IN GAZA OF IDF SOLDIERS IDF SOLDIERS LIKE YUVAL WHOSE UNIT SAW A SMALL GROUP OF PALESTINIANS WALKING IN GAZA WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WALK WITH NO EFFORT TO DETERMINE WHO THEY WERE. AND THERE ARE DRONES ALWAYS THEY CAN ALWAYS DETERMINE WHO PEOPLE ARE. THE UNIT ATTACKED, HE SAID I WAS FIRING LIKE A MADMAN WHEN THE UNIT FINALLY ARRIVED ON SCENE IT WAS AN UNARMED OLD MAN AND THREE BOYS. THEIR BODIES WERE RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. THEIR ORGANS WERE POURING OUT OF THEIR BODIES. AN IDF SOLDIER, AN IDF COMMANDER CAME UP, CURSED THEM AND SPAT ON THEIR BODIES. YUVAL, THEIR MURDERER IS VERY TRAUMATIZED. ANOTHER TOLD ANOTHER SOLDIER TOLD OF AN UNPROVOKED MACHINE GUN ATTACK ON FIVE UNARMED PALESTINIAN. THE LONE SURVIVOR WAS PUT IN AN OUTDOOR CAGE CUFFED, BLINDFOLDED AND FREEZING. SHE SAYS ONE UNIT, ONE SOLDIER UNZIPPED AND STARTED URINATING ON HIM. WE COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING. SHE IS VERY TRAUMATIZED NOW ANOTHER WATCHED AN INTERROGATOR ATTACH CABLE TIES TO THE AND OF A STRIPPED FORCEABLE STRIPPED DETAINEE WHEN HE DIDN'T ANSWER HIS INTERROGATORS QUESTIONS FAST ENOUGH, THE INTERROGATOR YANKED THE CABLES TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. THERE WAS CRAZY YELLING, HE SAID, AS IF HIS SOUL WERE LEAVING HIS BODY. THIS POOR SOLDIER IS VERY TRAUMATIZED. ALL OF US ADMITTED ON THE RECORD NOT ONE WORD OF COMPASSION FOR THEIR VICTIMS NOW IN LEBANON THE SAME PEOPLE THESE SAME PEOPLE ARE KILLING FAMILIES, JOURNALISTS, CHILDREN ALL BECAUSE AMERICAN POLITICIANS LIKE ALL OF YOU GUYS WILL NOT SAY ENOUGH THANKS SPEAKER BROTHER STEVEN SAID LASKI BELOVED PASADENA MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE SPEAKING BEFORE YOUR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN LONGING TO DO IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS TODAY I HAVE FULFILLED MY DESIRE IN PERSON. TODAY IS EQUALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE MY MOTHER'S DECEASED MOTHER'S DAY OF BIRTH MAY 4TH SO IT'S VERY SPECIAL. MY MOTHER WAS A TRADITIONAL STAY AT HOME MOM ENSURED THAT THE HOUSE WAS IN GREAT ORDER EVEN WITH OUR CHILDREN'S HELP I AM IN PASADENA TO HELP ALL OF YOU PUT YOUR CITY BACK IN ORDER ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY VALUES. I AM PROVIDING YOU A NEW PASADENA PREBORN PERSONHOOD RESOLUTION FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FUTURE CONFIRMATION VOTES. I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER FROM A PAST ROSE BOWL CHAMPION PLAYER WHO PLAYED FOR MICHIGAN AND WON THE ROSE BOWL WHO SUPPORTS MY EFFORTS AT YOUR CITY COUNCIL FAMILY VALUES ARE THE PROPER CHARACTER OF PASADENA THE ROSE BOWL CITY CLEARLY EQUALITY BEGINS IN THE FATHERHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD, CHILDHOOD AND PREBORN PERSONHOOD CAN NOW BE REESTABLISHED WITH THE US SUPREME COURT'S JUNE TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOBB DECISION PASADENA CITIZENS AGAIN HAVE A VOICE FOR FAMILY VALUES. HOW MANY MORE SECONDS DO I HAVE? THIRTY SECONDS. WELL THEN LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH A SONG LET THE BEATING HEART LET THE BEATING HEART SHOW YOU THERE IS LIFE IN THE EQUALITY BEGINS IN THE BELOVED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVE IN THIS NEW DIRECTION OF BECOMING A NEW USA PREBORN PERSONHOOD CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE OF THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR BERT NEWTON FOLLOWED BY ANGELO GLADDING THAN JAMES MADDOX. YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WELL FIRST I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT PASSANTINO FOR PALESTINE SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVA'S TO STRENGTHEN THE ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT WEEK. AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEMPTON PROPOSED A SIMILAR IDEA MONTHS AGO. WE ALSO ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COLE FOR STATING PUBLICLY THAT WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING IN PALESTINE AND THE US IS SUPPORTING IS A GENOCIDE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE POINT. WE WANT OUR CITY TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST GENOCIDE. THE CITY CONSISTENTLY AND RIGHTLY NAMES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WHICH HAPPENED ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO BUT STANDING AGAINST THE GENOCIDE WHILE IT IS HAPPENING IS MUCH MORE URGENT IF YOU STILL DOUBT IT IS A GENOCIDE. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GENOCIDE SCHOLARS HAS SAID IT'S A GENOCIDE. ALL THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS INCLUDING ONES IN ISRAEL HAVE SAID IT'S A GENOCIDE. EVEN J STREET, A SELF-IDENTIFIED ZIONIST ORGANIZATION NOW SAYS IT'S A GENOCIDE. THE U.N. INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL HAS SAID IT'S A GENOCIDE THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FRANCESCA ALBANESE HAS SPOKEN OUT FORCEFULLY AND REPEATEDLY SAYING IT'S A GENOCIDE. THE UN BACKED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS ISSUED ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU AND YOUR TALENT FOR WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? I'VE HAD A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH MOST OF YOU ABOUT MANY THINGS. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, CONCERNED AND INFORMED PEOPLE. I JUST DON'T GET THE HESITANCE . THE US IS INVOLVED IN A GENOCIDE RIGHT NOW. LET'S TAKE A STAND AGAINST IT. ANGELO. WELCOME SIR. COUNSEL, I HEARD ABOUT THE GOATS LAST YEAR. I WENT AND LOOKED I SPOKE TO KAPRE ENVIRONMENTAL JOSE MORALES ALONSO DANIEL ROSMAN OF THE ROYAL ONE FOUNDATION SOMEONE FROM FIRE I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRE CHIEF. IT'S ALL FLOODING BACK AS I SPEAK WITH THEM AGAIN. I TOLD THEM THEN WHAT A TERRIBLE IDEA WAS AND WHY AND THAT IT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE. NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THE FULL PICTURE AT ALL. I DEEPLY REGRET NOT HAVING BEEN HERE WHEN IT CAME TO COUNCIL I LOOK BACK THE AGENDA REPORT STATES TERRAIN MIXED SLOPES OPEN GRASSLAND VEGETATION, NON NATIVE GRASSES, INVASIVE SHRUBS AND SOME WOODY VEGETATION. THE NATIVE SHRUBS ELDERBERRY HOFFE BERRY TOYIN AND POISON OAK EVERYWHERE WITH BURROWS BENEATH EVERY SINGLE ONE YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF GO TAKE A WALK. THIS OPPORTUNIST MISCLASSIFICATION IS A RECURRING THEME, KAPRE SAID NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE BIOLOGY. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS DESIGNATED TO BE PROTECTED IN ALL OF THE HUNDRED ACRES OF GOAT GRAZING. I SENT YOU ALL A LETTER ON DAY ONE TO STOP IT DANIEL AND FIRE DID NOT GET BACK TO ME. THE OTHERS DON'T RECALL HAVING SPOKEN WITH ME COUNCIL MEMBER HAMPTON WENT ON INSTAGRAM TO GIVE A PUFF PIECE TO THE GREENWASHING ON DISPLAYS HISTORIC THEY ARE DECIMATING EVERYTHING EIGHT FEET UNDER EASILY 90 PERCENT OF OUR FAUNA EXIST ON THE FLOOR OF THIS ECOSYSTEM. THE FLORA THAT PROVIDES GROUND COVER FOR THIS FAUNA IS GONE, LEAVING THEM OPEN TO PREDATION AND THE ELEMENTS AND WITHOUT THEIR FOOD SUPPLY THE STRESS THIS OLD GROWTH ECOSYSTEM IS UNDENIABLE. AM I OVER THIRTY SECONDS? THE BALANCE IS DESTROYED. NOBODY HAS A CLUE. NOBODY DID THEN AND NO NOTHING HAS CHANGED. NEITHER MALE NOR HOSIE ARE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE LIFE CYCLES OF THE INVASIVE BEING TARGETED. THE NATIVES WILL EXPEND RESERVES TO SPROUT BACK NEW GROWTH SURE BUT IT WILL BE SECONDARY GROWTH. IT WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FIRE THE INVADERS WILL COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. IF THIS IS REPEATED ONE MORE TIME IT'LL SEND THE SYSTEM INTO STEEP DECLINE. STOP THE GO GRAZING THE ARROYOS, TAKE A WATER REUSE PROJECT. I NEED MY PUBLIC RECORDS FOR MINE. THANK YOU SIR JAMES MADDOX FOLLOWED BY SAMANTHA LIOW, MADELINE OCAMPO, KEVIN NORTON, LES HAMMER, DYLAN BANAN AND YARDIE SOMATICS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M TROUBLED I AM REALLY TROUBLED ABOUT WHAT WENT ON WITH THE CHOOSING OF THE CITY MANAGER. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE, HOW MUCH DID THE DID WE PAY THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM A.K.A. THE HEADHUNTERS? ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR MONEY BACK FOR THE UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH? ARE YOU GOING TO RETAIN THE SAME EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM? DID IT DID THE SEARCH FIRM VET ALL OF THE CANDIDATES? HOW DID THEY THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH NOT KNOW THAT THE CANDIDATE WAS USING THE CITY OF PASADENA AS A PROCESS THE CITY OF PASADENA PROCESS TO GET MORE MONEY FROM THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE ANY OF US WHO WERE USED HEADHUNTERS KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU USE THEM. AND THEN THE LAST IT'S AN OBSERVATION AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC. ANY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE WILL PROBABLY WATCH SOME OR ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. SAMANTHA LAO, MISLAV. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF OF PASADENA. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KOHL FOR INVITING US TO COME SPEAK THIS ISSUE FROM THE LAST ISSUE FORUM THAT YOU HOSTED TWO WEEKS GO FOR ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY IN PASADENA. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA LAU AND I AM A CITY CAMPAIGNER AND U.S. LIAISON FOR A PLANT BASED TREATY. WE ARE A NONPROFIT GLOBAL INITIATIVE ALL GRASSROOTS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT BY CENTERING THE FOOD SYSTEM. LET ME START BY SAYING THANK YOU AND COMMENDING THE CITY OF PASADENA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN A PROGRESSIVE NET ZERO PLAN BY 2030. ALSO A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TARGETING AN 83 PERCENT REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES BY 2050. THESE INITIATIVES SHOW REAL LEADERSHIP IN TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND PLANT BASED TREATY IS DEFINITELY MISSION ALIGNED IN PROTECTING THE PLANET. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF PASADENA IN REACHING YOUR NET ZERO AND CLIMATE GOALS CURRENTLY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE TAKES UP 83 PERCENT OF ALL FARM LAND USE AND ONLY PROVIDES THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF GLOBAL PROTEIN AND 18 PERCENT OF GLOBAL CALORIES. ALSO IT IS A CAUSE OF OVER 70 PERCENT OF DEFORESTATION. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH OVER WITH 70 CITIES GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY HERE IN THIS AREA WITH CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WEST HOLLYWOOD AND CULVER CITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST HOSTED A IMPACTFUL EVENT CALLED FOOD DAY FESTIVAL IN THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD WHERE WE HAD OVER TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED ATTENDEES AND OUR VENDORS SOLD OVER THIRTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY PLANT BASED MEALS. LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW IMPACTFUL FROM A PUBLIC EVENT IT WOULD BE FOR PLANT BASED FOOD. IT TAKES 660 GALLONS OF WATER TO MAKE ONE BURGER ONE BURGER PATTY AT A RECENT EVENT EARTH DAY EVENT WE SERVED OVER TWO HUNDRED AND POSSIBLE BURRITOS INSTEAD OF BEEFBURGERS. NOT ONLY WAS IT DELICIOUS AND INCLUSIVE, IT WAS SAVED OVER A HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER IN JUST ONE LU