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- SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN
- SHEILAH WARD
- EPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION NOVEMBER 12, 2014
SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER. NEXT? GO AHEAD, MA'AM. WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO GO. SABA MASKEL: MY NAME SABA MASKEL: SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: THERE YOU GO. SABA MASKEL: MY NAME IS SABA MASKEL AND I AM FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF AFRICA, ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE AFRICAN [INAUDIBLE] CENTER. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE YOUR LAW MEANING NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR LAW BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT'S NOT IMPLEMENT CORRECTLY. THE AFRICAN REFUGEES IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN HERE AT LEAST MYSELF AND OTHERS, OTHER AFRICAN REFUGEES, MORE THAN 35 YEARS. AND I HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT LONG. AND WE HAVE PROBLEM WITH D.M.H. WE HAVE PROBLEM WITH D.P.S.S. WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH I.S.S., SOCIAL SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION, HOUSING, MEDICAL, LANGUAGE. ETHIOPIA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY WHERE LUCY COME FROM. AND NO OTHER LANGUAGE WAS FIRST BEFORE MY LANGUAGE. MY LANGUAGE IS [INAUDIBLE] ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES YOU HAVE 19 LANGUAGES TRANSLATED AND IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR THEIR PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, AFRICANS HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED OUTRAGEOUSLY. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS LAW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED LIKE ANY OTHER REFUGEE. WE ARE DEGRADED. ONE, THE ORIGIN OF MAN COME FROM. BUT TODAY WE ARE UNDER YOUR WELFARE. I AM NOT A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY. I'M AN EXILE. I'M A REFUGEE. AND I TOOK IT AS DUTY AND AS OBLIGATION TO SERVE MY PEOPLE. SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: TIME IS UP IS ANYBODY FROM D.P.S.S. TO VISIT? THE YOUNG MAN WILL VISIT WITH YOU OVER HERE. SABA MASKEL: I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: YOUR TIME IS UP. SEE THAT BIG SIGN? IT SAYS TIME EXPIRED. SPEAKER: HE HAS SOMEBODY THAT WILL TALK TO YOU OVER THERE. SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: THE GENTLEMAN WILL VISIT WITH YOU OVER HERE. WAVING HIS HAND. ALL RIGHT, NEXT? SHEILAH WARD: GREETINGS: I'M SHELIAH WARD. I'M COMING HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT M.T.A. NOVEMBER 6 LAST YEAR I LEFT THE MAYOR'S DEBATE. ON MY WAY BACK ON THE TRAIN I GOT OFF ON PICO STATION. THERE WAS A PIECE OF WOOD A HALF-INCH, INCH AND A HALF BY 6 FEET LONG WAITING FOR JUST ME. THERE WERE ONLY FIVE PEOPLE ON THE CAR. I WAS THE ONLY ONE STANDING AT THE DOOR TO GET OFF AT THAT TIME WHERE THERE WAS A MAN THAT WORKED THE TRANSIT STANDING THERE. AS I STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN, I ROLLED OVER AND ALMOST HAD A WAS MURDERED WITH THE ONCOMING TRAIN. BUT BEING LIMBER AS I AM, I BROKE MY FALL AND I DIDN'T TUMBLE OVER ON THE ON GOING TRAIN. I WENT TO COURT AND ABIDED BY THE LAW OF THE LAND. THEY DISMISSED MY CASE WITH PREJUDICE. WITH PREJUDICE, LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT? AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY ADD INJURY I HAVE A NEXT M.T.A. INCIDENT WHERE THEY CLOSED THE DOOR ON ME COMING OUT THE BACK DOOR WITH MY CART ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JANUARY 15 THIS YEAR? I DIDN'T DIE AT THAT ONE EITHER. BY THE GRACE OF GOD. I FELL DOWN AND PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER. SAT DOWN ON MY CHAIR THAT I CALL HERE EVERY TUESDAY AND A SPIDER JUMPS UP TO ADD INSULT AND BITES ME ON THE LEG. NOW I'M ALMOST TO DIE. I GOT TO GO TO MY DOCTOR. I WENT TO EMERGENCY. NOW I'M BEING BILLED BY THE COUNTY FROM OBAMA PLAN. I'M NOT EVEN A CITIZEN LIKE THIS LADY SAID. I'M A SLAVE IN MY OWN LAND. SLAVERY IS NOT OVER, OKAY? WHEREAS I FALL DOWN, I'M THE PROBLEM? I'M THE VICTIM? WHERE IS MY RECOURSE? AND I HAVE TO LISTEN AT EVERYBODY. YOU PEOPLE GET PAID TO DO WHAT YOU DO, I DON'T I GOT TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE ABOUT BURNING THE WORLD DOWN AND GO LISTEN TO THEM DON'T STOP WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THIS? WHERE IS MY PLAN? AND THEN I APPLY FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE AND NOW YOU PEOPLE ARE SENDING ME A BILL AFTER I TOLD YOU PEOPLE I DON'T WANT THE BUSINESS LICENSE? SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MA'AM. HOPE THE SPIDER BITE GETS BETTER. WAIT. JACQUELINE AYER. JOHN WALSH AND INSUNG CHO. JABRIELL MUHAMMAD: OKAY. THIS IS JABRIEL MUHAMMAD FROM BISMULAH THE JUSTICE MOVEMENT. MY COMMENTS ARE REGARDS MRS. LACEY'S REPORT IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH. AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I MADE A COMMENT I SAID WELL MAYBE MRS. KAY SHOULD DO A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF MIND REGARDING ALL OF US WHO ARE ENGAGED IN TRYING TO BE BETTER CITIZENS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. BUT THIS IS MY POINT. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IS -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. LISTEN TO THIS. THE INCREASE IN POLICE BRUTALITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS A FRIGHTENING REALITY. IN THE LAST DECADE ALONE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MURDERED BY POLICE HAS REACHED 5,000. THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS KILLED SINCE INCEPTION OF THE IRAQ IS 4,489. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, MISS LACEY. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THE EXAMINATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED SO THAT WE AS CITIZENS FEEL THAT THEY'RE TRUSTWORTHY? OKAY, THAT'S ONE ISSUE. THE SECOND ISSUE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON ON CRENSHAW BOULEVARD IN THE SECOND SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT. IT'S AN AWESOME PROJECT. I SAW THEM OPEN UP THE STREET. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME. WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE, MAN, THAT SHOULD BE WHAT THEY CALL THAT? THE MAGNUM OPUS. BUT THE POINT HERE BEING IS THIS. THAT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT MAGNANIMOUS GOING ON, THERE IS A POSTER THAT DEGENERATES THE ENTIRE EFFORT. THEY ARE WORKING UNDER A POSTER WITH SIX GUYS CARESSED WITH H.I.V. TEACHERS SAYING ONE COMMUNITY WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE LIKE THEY'RE PROPAGATING DECADENCE. WE'RE ASKING THAT THAT BILLBOARD BE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE IT'S OF -- SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT? IT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HERE WE GO. NEXT, PLEASE. SPEAKER: MR. CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THIS ISSUE THAT I AM SUBSTANTIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. LAST MONTH, THE CALIFORNIA HIGH- SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY FILED A PETITION WITH THE FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD REQUESTING FEDERAL PRE-EMPTION IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. ESSENTIALLY THE AUTHORITY HAS ASKED THE BOARD FOR PERMISSION TO AVOID C.E.Q.A. STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE RESIDENTS OF ACTON INCLUDING ME WERE. WITH NOT NOTICED ON THIS PETITION. WHAT I FILED WITH THE SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BOARD LAST WEEK I POINTED OUT THAT THE AUTHORITY'S PETITION SEEKING TO AVOID C.E.Q.A. COMPLIANCE IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD SIDE STEPPING ALL OF THE PROTECTION PROVISIONS SECURED BY PROPOSITION 1 A. I URGE THE COUNTY TO ACT SWIFTLY TO INTERVENE IN THE BOARD'S PROCEEDING IN THIS MATTER AND TO PROTECT ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE PATH OF THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT BY INSURING THAT APPROPRIATE MITIGATION MEASURES ARE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO C.E.Q.A. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL ITSELF. I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE C.E.Q.A. REGULATIONS AS PROP 1A CLEARLY STATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUP. KNABE, CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU. WOULD YOU READ THE BOARD INTO CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE? LORAYNE LINGAT: IN ACCORDANCE WITH BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEMS NO. CS-1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION, ITEM NO. CS-3 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CS-4 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POSITION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ITEM NO. CS-6, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS WILLIAM T FUJIOKA AND DESIGNATED STAFF AS INDICATED ON THE POSTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDAS. THANK YOU. EPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION NOVEMBER 12, 2014 There was no reportable action taken on items CS-1, CS-3, CS-4, or CS-6. Item CS-2 was taken off calendar. Item CS-5 was continued in open session one week to November 18, 2014. I, JENNIFER A. HINES, Certified Shorthand Reporter Number 6029/RPR/CRR qualified in and for the State of California, do hereby certify: That the transcripts of proceedings recorded by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors November 12, 2014, were thereafter transcribed into typewriting under my direction and supervision; That the transcript of recorded proceedings as archived in the office of the reporter and which have been provided to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as certified by me. I further certify that I am neither counsel for, nor related to any party to the said action; nor in anywise interested in the outcome thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of November 2014, for the County records to be used only for authentication purposes of duly certified transcripts as on file of the office of the reporter. JENNIFER A. HINES CSR No. 6029/RPR/CRR Directory: bos bos -> Chapter Six English Colonies in North America (1607-1732) bos -> Biographies of Patriots of Color at The Battle of Bunker Hill John Ashbow Colony: Connecticut Age: 22 Race: Native American Status: Free Rank: Private Position: Rail Fence Unit: Putnam/Durkee bos -> The Boston Revolution bos -> Los angeles dodgers clips bos -> - bos -> Los angeles dodgers clips bos -> Section 13700 detection and alarm bos -> Proposition de thèse 2016 de stage m2 bos -> Introduction 1 Background and objectives Download 390.59 Kb. Share with your friends:
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