City Council — 2026-09-22

Now call to order the September 22nd, 2026 special closed session of the City Council of the City of Commerce. Mr. City Clerk, please call roll.

Certainly, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Altamirano is currently absent. Council Member Artumedo?

Here.

Council Member Rebollo is currently absent. Mayor Pro Tem Garcia?

Here.

And Mayor Lainez? Here You have quorum, Mr Mayor.

Excellent. Thank you sir and just for the record, Councilwoman Rebollo

We did not receive any public comment cards, Mr. Mayor and I currently don't see any virtual hands raised online.

Okay sounds good thank you for that we will now recess to closed session.

Certainly, Mr. Mayor we have three items listed on tonight's closed session agenda beginning with conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code sections 54956.9 D2 regarding anticipated slash potential litigation of one case a second on the closed session agenda is conference with legal counsel Pursuant to Government Code 54956.9D1 regarding existing litigation of one case, Resource Environmental Services LLC versus City of Commerce Case Number 26STCV27457 and lastly item 3 on the closed session agenda pursuant to Government Code 54956.8, the city council will confer with its real property negotiator Negotiator Ernie Hernandez with respect to real estate negotiations concerning proposed price and other terms relating there to 5933 Telegraph Road, Commerce California 90040 APN number 6336-018-920.

And that concludes the closed session agenda Mr. Mayor.

Excellent thank you for that Mr. City Clerk and the City Council will now recess.

Duly noted thank you.

Okay.

Okay, good evening everyone. Thank you for being here. The council will now begin the closed session. If I can

have you please provide your report. Certainly Mr. Mayor with Council Members Arrumedo, Raboio, Mayor Pro Tem Garcia and Mayor Linus being present. The City Council met in closed session discussed the following items item number one was not discussed Item number two, city staff provided an update regarding the status of the litigation. Item number three, city staff made a presentation to City Council related to price and that concludes my report.

I now call to order the September 22, 2026 Special Concurrent Joint Meetings of the City Council of the City of Commerce, Joint Powers Financing Authority and the Governing Body of the Successor Agency to the Commerce Community Development Commission. Mr. City Clerk would you please call roll?

Certainly, Mr. Mayor, thank you. Council Member Altamirano is currently absent. Council Member Argumido? Here. Council Member Rebollo? Here. Mayor Pro Tempore Garcia? Here. And Mayor Lanez?

Here You have quorum, Mr Mayor.

Excellent. Thank you for that, Mr City Clerk. At this time I am proud to

Sure, thank you Mr. Mayor. Senator, what can we say right? I don't think that thank you is enough. Whoa! Thank you is enough. I think for a very long time a lot of us have been fighting for broader recognition as it pertains to how monies are distributed to cities like ours that are heavily industrial. For a long time it has fallen on deaf ears And this is such a huge step for us.

So thank you very much for really just making this bill come to fruition and for not Forgetting about commerce even though you don't represent us anymore right and I think that speaks volumes of Leadership and the type of leadership that you have Which is you? Don't forget the people that need your help And so I want to say thank you because we've been needing something like this for a really long time, and this is gonna really Impact us in such a positive way So thank you again

Thank You councilwoman Councilman Argumelo.

Thank you, Mayor. Senator, I just want to say thank you. Appreciate again your leadership, your friendship over the years for the community here, for District 30 who you represented in the past but you still have been there For for us every time we made a request- even when we were unsuccessful on that the S. P. To stop that. That's I'm going to be. Very much.

I really think this is going to be a big game changer, as you spoke already Mayor. It's going to give us fair share of the monies that get allocated to industrial cities so we're really happy and very proud of that and it'll be a great resource for us all. We absolutely need to continue to expand on our infrastructure, fixing our roads and streets. So again we thank you for your friendship and your support.

Thank you Councilman Mayor Pro Tem Garcia.

Senator thank you so much my colleagues have said it all thank you for your leadership and thank you

Mr. City Manager. Sorry, Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council. So if I may just add before these kinds of bills go to committee and certainly way before it goes to the Governor's desk, the really difficult part is finding a champion. The City Council did the innovative step to create the Big Four because like Vernon, like industry we produce more jobs in a whole 25% of the entire Lee County's commercial industrial zone in the entire county You have to find a champion, someone that's willing to take this fight on. And when Senator Chileto was contacted there was zero hesitation. He immediately got his team working on this and not only fought it initially with regards to the amendments required through committee but ultimately getting signed by the governor.

So I thank you personally on behalf of our staff and the staff from the other three cities. Thank you.

Again, Senator thank you so much and we would love to give you the opportunity to speak if you will.

Thank you very much and I'd just like to turn around for just a minute to see the community. The city is not very large, we all know that but you have a heart of gold, your community The City of Commerce is now on the map in California. Think about what we just did. Four cities that did not have a voice by themselves, four cities that were moving along representing all of you and with your wonderful city council and mayor and city manager, all of you have done a fantastic job But there was something missing, the strength that you needed to go to the next level.

And but it's not just your city, the City of Vernon, City of Santa Fe. It is so important that you understand when these cities come together as a strength then we've made something happen. Because people don't realize, and as a lot of you may or may not know but if certainly in California they didn't know that the City of Commerce during the course of the workday it swells up close to over 150,000 people will come into the city to drive work eat whatever in and out transportation trucks by the truckloads I mean it's just amazing of the traffic the industry That goes on here. And then at the end of the day, you have your normal population.

Well, how about Vernon? They've got the same situation. They swell up and then they come back down. City of Industry, I think the City of Industry has 57 people that live there but they go up to 120, right? So Bay Springs is the same way. You're not able to get the money from the state of California you need for infrastructure, for the roads. Things that you're going to be doing and building because they're torn up and well too bad! That's just the way it is. Well since the city was founded in all these four cities were founded that's the way it was So when your leadership came to me from all four of the cities and said, can you help us? Can you help us get recognized in the state of California that we can be recognized as an industrial city.

And if we're able to do that, we would have a classification of our own that no one else will have. So that means that we can join together with the large cities across the state of California that are just like yours, that are able to now knock on the door beginning next year when we do the budget again because remember, the budget for the state of California is $355 billion.

And you need to have a piece of that pie. Well, now you're going to be able to do it with your leadership, with us working together. Now I was proud and I am proud to be here tonight but I was proud to represent you when I first became the senator and then we shifted and they took me out to Orange County and the edge of LA County so I don't have commerce anymore but this bill doesn't matter This bill goes across the state because now you're helping, the City of Commerce and these four cities are helping other small cities in the state that now will be able to do the same thing. They'll be able to grab a few of the dollars that are needed. When I'm talking a few dollars, I'm talking millions of dollars over time. As I was telling your mayor earlier, now you're on the bus.

You're on the bus no longer watching it go by but you're on the bus and you'll be able to stand up and say where's my part? Where's our part? Take a look at our Washington Boulevard take a look at our streets we need a piece of that pie that's what this bill does classifies you as industrial cities And Senate Bill 1274, which I authored as shaken up Sacramento because it's never happened before. This is history.

Mr Mayor City Council members and the community please understand that this is not just something that a flight by night whatever this is opening up the doors for you to stand tall with your four as one could be able to say We are part of the economy. We are part of the industrial movement that's taken place if California is the fourth largest economy in the world, Well, the City of Commerce has got a piece of that pie and you should be recognized for it. And that's why I'm here tonight not to be acknowledged by you but for me to acknowledge you Mr.

Mayor, city council members and your city manager each one of your citizens here because if I know the City of Commerce I know what you do how you love your veterans I know how you love your children And our seniors that are here. And tonight, obviously Deaf Awareness Month is here and you don't let a single time go by without recognizing your seniors in the community. And I know the heart of gold that you have in the City of Commerce so when it was not easy But I tell you what, it was a labor of love on my part and I appreciate it. And I will tell you transportation is the big issue but now that you have this you're going to be able to again be part of it so when you go to Sacramento Mr. Mayor and your City Council members, I will welcome you and I will take you around so you can meet some of the people in the transportation dollars.

You could meet some of the people in the education dollars. I'm also on the committee for the budget and I handle my corner about budget is all education. All education K through 12 Your community colleges, your Cal State L.A.'s and also your UCI's so that's my part and also I'm the chair of the military veterans committee. So the veterans that you have here and across the state, I'm your fighter. I'm with you and I know the City of Commerce honors your veterans like very few cities and I've been here for your 4th of July and your days that you come together to celebrate and acknowledge our veterans on our flag So now let's go ahead and talk one last thing before I go.

This is just the beginning, as I mentioned earlier. This is just a start. This gives you the authorization to get on that bus. Now it's up to you to go ahead and make the request for things that you need, and you'll go ahead and put them through the channels. And I will be fighting for you along with Lina Gonzalez who is your direct representative. But I will be side by side with her to help and do whatever I can And I will also tell you that over the years, you know I've been there for you with the Commerce Casino. And I just passed another bill that was signed by the Governor, Senate Bill 920, which has to do with transparency, that when the City of Commerce I am a voice.

And I am your partner. So this is just the beginning because there's a lot of things we're going to do in the future. I may not represent the city directly, but I represent you in California when we have the broad look at things because whether it's veterans, whether it's housing, whether it seniors, whether its construction or it's jobs, jobs and more jobs that's what it's all about so Mr. Mayor thank you for Well, the proclamation. Thank you for what you're giving City Council each and every one of you I'm honored as I go and visit the other three remaining cities who've also I'm looking forward to talking with they too now feel as strong as you do that The coalition that you put together the big four Congratulations City of Commerce, and I'm so proud to represent you on this issue Don't be bashful call me on others as well again ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for your time

Senator, thank you so much for those words. And at this time I would love to invite you to come up to the front and take a picture with us so that we can present your proclamation. Right, it's to policy and really push that through to really collaborate on advocacy. And you know, really help our community out and it's because of champions like Senator Archuleta that we were able to make something like this happen so very grateful and humbled that he was here today. So now we'll go ahead and move on to the second item which is a proclamation declaring September 2026 as Death Awareness Month.

Good evening, Honorable Mayor Lainez and City Council. My name is Mary Ann Griego and I'm a Recreation Center Supervisor. September is National Deaf Awareness Month, a time to honor and recognize the experiences of the deaf community. Deaf awareness is celebrated to bring knowledge to the public about rights, culture and achievements of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

What better way to learn about someone who has lived that experience but a mother of a deaf son? I would like to introduce Grace Popevin She is a commerce resident along with her son Ruben Arias, who was recognized last year. And Grace is going to share her story as a mother.

Grace? Good evening. My name is Grace Padvin. I am a mother of a 61-year old son, Ruben, who is here impaired. During my pregnancy with Ruben, I got contact with German measles as rubella. At the time in 1960, rubella was very high contagious for affected many children including Ruben. In my pregnancy, I had a normal pregnancy through my eight months. Ruben was born His first few months of his life, I noticed that he was not responding to me. So I took him to the children's hospital and they told me that he was 99% hard of hearing.

Having a child with a disability it is very difficult. At that time we did not have no support, no research, no service. We had to do on our own Learning. How can I say support based on my experience as a mother? I would like to see the City of Commerce create some kind of program for our children's to go summer camp, winter camp, to communicate with other children and to know how to spend time with them And to see the challenge what they go and face up to. Thank you very much for hearing my story.

Thank You Grace for your share After speaking to Grace, I had asked her what she would have liked her son to participate in when he was a child and like she just stated day camp resources for her and for parents and more people knowing how to sign. Our Department of Parks and Recreation has worked very hard to make all our programs more inclusive. At the Senior Center, we have a staff member, Nadine Cardenas who does some signing which helps her son. And we would like to recognize a former rec leader slash camp counselor Pavi Noel who is now an interpreter for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. She has been working in the community for 13 years and has been involved for 25 years. She will be passing out some information for you all.

Pavi used to work at Veterans and at a camp. I would like to share some upcoming events, classes and support groups for the community. Some upcoming events are Gardena Cinema, which they're playing Marching Band on September 23rd, Halloween Deaf Truck or Tree Carnival on October 17 in the city of Los Angeles. There are also ASL classes, Bill Vickers on YouTube, ASL Shop Instagram, Oklahoma School for the Deaf Parents support groups are Deaf Latinos y Familias, California Hands and Voices and My Deaf Therapy.

At this time I would like to Sincerely thank Grace for sharing her beautiful and courageous story, and Pavi for her dedicated service and for being here with us tonight. Your contributions truly enrich our community. And thank you to our interpreter Melissa Daly. We now have a quick video for you. Thank you.

Hiya, I am Sarah Adedati and this is my sign name. And I am a deaf audiologist. If you have been suspecting that your child has a hearing loss then I have created a five part video series talking about how to spot different signs of deafness, how to prepare for an audiology appointment and what happens afterwards. Part 1. Signs of deafness. One, your child is not responding to anything whether this is their name, their favourite song or their favourite sound like opening a crisp packet.

Two, your child is always asking you to turn up wherever it is they're watching whether it's an iPad or a TV. Three, your child is struggling to follow instructions at home and at school Four, your child is having speech difficulties which could be due to the fact they can't access certain speech sounds. Which is why we do a hearing screening before Speech and Language Therapy.

So Marianne, thank you for the presentation. Thank you for the wonderful video. Pavi, thank you for coming back and being here today to hand out the pamphlet with the resources. And Melissa, thank you for interpreting. Grace, I've had the privilege of knowing A few years now through the Senior Center and Ruben as well. And I really appreciate you coming in and just sharing your story and experiences, and really just opening up, right? And advocating for the deaf community, right? I think camp to socialize, right? I think that's a wonderful idea. That's something that we certainly should look into. And so I really want to thank you for being here today. I think it takes a lot of courage but In talking to you and talking to Ruben I know. You guys are great people, right?

You're always full of joy, very social and you're just a wonder to be around so thank you for being here tonight. Thank you for being a part of our community and thank you for your advocacy for the deaf community. Thank you.

Thank you.

And so with that I do have a proclamation to read because the City of Commerce is going Recognize September twenty twenty six as deaf awareness. So a proclamation of the City Council of the city of commerce proclaiming September twenty twenty six is Deaf Awareness Month in the city of commerce whereas Deaf Awareness Month provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate deaf and hard of hearing individuals promote understanding of deaf culture and encourage accessibility inclusion and equal participation throughout our community And whereas American Sign Language is a complete and distinct language that plays an important role in the culture, communication, identity, and connection of many deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and their families.

And whereas the City of Commerce recognizes that meaningful accessibility includes removing communication barriers and creating opportunities for deaf and hard-of hearing individuals to participate fully in civic life, recreation, public services, and community activities. And whereas the City of Commerce is committed to creating an inclusive community where residents of all abilities can participate in city programs, services, meetings, recreational activities and special events.

And whereas through city facilities and programs including our parks, community centers, Brenda Via Aquatic Center, Senior Citizen Center, Teen Center, Camp Commerce, recreation programs and community events, the City strives to provide welcoming opportunities for residents of all ages and abilities. And whereas community events and programs such as Fiestas Patrias, Concerts in the Park, the Turkey Trot 5K, Petalpalooza, and the All Abilities Color Fun Run, aquatics programs and youth and senior activities and library services provide opportunities to promote inclusion, connection, and participation throughout commerce.

And whereas September includes the International Week of Deaf People, September 21st through September 27th, 2026. A worldwide celebration of deaf people, their culture, sign languages and human rights. And whereas September 23rd is recognized as the International Day of Sign Languages, emphasizing the importance of sign languages in promoting communication, accessibility, cultural identity and the full participation of deaf people.

And whereas the City of Commerce encourages residents, businesses, schools, community organizations, city employees and families to learn more about deaf culture, American Sign Language, communication accessibility and ways to build a more inclusive community. Now therefore I Kevin Laina as Mayor of the City of Commerce on behalf of the City Council do hereby proclaim the month of September 2026 as Deaf Awareness Month in the City of Commerce and encourage all members To recognize the contributions of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, celebrate deaf culture and sign language, promote accessibility and understanding, and reaffirm our commitment on ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to participate fully in programs, services, events, and civic life of our city.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause the official seal of the City of Commerce to be affixed this 22nd day of September 2026 This proclamation is signed by myself, Kevin Laine as the Mayor of the City of Commerce. As well as all of the members of the Commerce Committee. Thank you so much. And so at this time Ms. Poppin if you don't mind coming up to take a picture with us with the proclamation if you would?

Again, Grace thank you for being here and please give Ruben our best on behalf of everyone here. At this time we'll now go ahead and move onto item number three which is breast cancer awareness resource and healthcare.

Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council. Silvia Cisneros, Senior Librarian from City of Commerce Public Library. Each October, the City Council along Social Services Division proclaims Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the importance of raising awareness about breast cancer early detection and access to health resources. Since the event I'm here to share with you will be taking place earlier in October, I wanted to take this opportunity to personally invite the City Council and our community to join us.

The City of Commerce Public Library in partnership with Family Health Care Center in Greater Los Angeles, also known as FHCCGLA will be hosting a breast cancer awareness resource and health fair on Saturday October 10th from 10am to 1pm outside the Rosewood library. Family Health Care Center has hosted this annual event for over 13 years at another city. And we are very excited that, for the first time, the event will be held here in the City of Commerce at our library.

We will begin the day with a community walk in support of breast cancer awareness. Anyone wishing to participate can meet at the Rosewood Library parking lot at 930 AM. Transportation will be provided from the library to the FHCCGLA building on Washington Boulevard The walk will begin from the Family Health Center at 10 a.m., and we'll conclude back at the Rosewood Library.

From 10 a-m to 1 p-m, our outdoor resource and health fair will feature more than 15 resource tables providing health and community information as well as on site clinical services, raffles, music, and other activities. At 10.30 a.m., inside the library, Maribel Vera, a registered nurse will present a workshop titled Breast Cancer Awareness What Should You Know?

Focusing on early detection and breast self-awareness. I would also like to recognize our city's safety, transportation, parks and rec, and social services division as well as our community partners whose support has helped make this event possible. We hope our mayor and council will join us in we invite our entire commerce community to come out, participate in the walk, and visit the resource fair Take advantage of the health information and services that will be available for them.

We look forward to seeing everyone Saturday, October 10th at the Rosewood Library. Thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions if there's any. If not, I will hope to see you there.

Excellent. Thank you for that, Sylvia, for being here and helping raise awareness for this what I think is a great collaborative effort between the Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles and our City of Congress. So definitely I will plan to attend. Really needs awareness, right? And you know they say that early protection is very important but also really understanding what resources are available to help you with that. So I love this the fact that we have a clinic here in the City of Palmers and they're so integrated with our community it's great.

I personally don't have any questions. I just love that we're shuttling people over but do my colleagues have any questions or comments?

Thank you.

Well definitely looking forward to attending, thank you so much. Okay, so that concludes appearances and presentations. And we'll go ahead and move on to public comments. At this time members of the public who wish to address the City Council on any agenda item or any matter not in the agenda and have submitted a speaker slip I will call you up to the podium.

Please note that you do have a three minute time limit per comment.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Juan Sosa. What I'd like to talk about tonight is 7222 Gage near the Once Veterans Park. It's a warehouse slash trucking company and I'd like to remind you that it's an unlicensed company that's still operating I brought it up before. It's still operating, and what I'm referring to mainly is nights. I know that there's due process and it takes time for due process but what I'm here to ask is if there's anything that could be done so the residents of Sindel can sleep nights?

Some nights are worse than others It's getting to the point where there are residents confronting the truck drivers. And I mentioned that to several people here at the City of Commerce, and they've given me no response to what the answer is going to be. So what I'm here to do tonight is just to remind you not to forget the residents of Zindel because we still are unable to sleep nights It's taken a toll on people like myself. I'm 66 years old and my health isn't its very best, and certainly this doesn't help.

And so what I'd like to do, what I'd like to ask all of you today is if I can get some sort of an answer, some sort of an update. What is the plan? And if you do have a plan, I'd like to say that it's not working and maybe we need to do something different. And in a nutshell, that's what I'm here to do tonight.

Mr. Sosa, thank you for being here. You know the situation on Zindel, it is something that we are aware of. I know our sergeant is also aware of it as he's heard the complaints from several different residents. I've heard them as well personally and it is something that we are actively working on if Mr. City Manager, if we could have one of our staff members take Mr. Sosa's information just to give him a full update on where we are with the enforcement of what's going on overnight on that unlicensed business

That'd be great. That's what I'm asking. I know that it's going to take a while, I know that there's a lot of things to do but what I'm asking as an emergency perhaps if you want to call it that is if you can provide some rest and quiet at night because the whole operation just continues throughout the night and of course it's during the day as well but I'm worried about nights because no one is getting any sleep

Absolutely. Mr. Sosa, we'll have a staff member come and talk to you and we'll work out a way to add some relief to that meeting.

Will that be tonight or at some other point?

I think somebody will be approaching you here at the

meeting. Thank

you. Okay, the next speaker I have is Mr. Mark Chavez.

Hi Mayor and Councilman. My name is Mark Chavez, a resident of Commerce at 6359 Avenida Alvas Calientes. Referencing today's discussion you should have in front of you two home assessments that were executed by GeoBear and New Beginning Engineering, NBE. These two home assessments were executed due to damage to my home as a result of the Modelo project build-out.

As you will note, both reports are thorough and provide great detail of the damage to my home and what it will cost to make me whole. In fact, the GeoBear report is six pages long The NBE report is 12 pages long. It is unfortunate that these two reports by these two reputable companies were dismissed as not valid by the developer, Adrian Comstock. The developer classified these reports as vague.

Twelve pages long. One report is twelve pages long. As the developer mentioned, there just was not adequate enough information to move on these assessments. I and many of the Vista del Rio residents who had similar assessments think this is very disingenuous. Additionally, residents at Vista del Rio haven't been given a path forward to file a claim And this is after months of asking.

In fact, the developer was here in this very forum touting his insurance, proclaiming it's great and don't worry neighbors everything will be taken care of. So I'm puzzled as to why the hesitation? Anyway, I ask for your help and your leverage to support us at Vista Del Rio and have the developer move on these assessments. Finally it comes with great disappointment that I must file a complaint against Jessica Serrano.

In confidence, I sent Jessica Serrano these two reports and made some statements that the developer was gatekeeping his insurance information to file a claim. I asked my comments be kept confidential because I did not want to escalate matters further and fortunately that did not occur. Additionally, Jessica Serrano spread misinformation about myself when it comes to selecting NBE engineering.

I know I'm out of time but I just think it's very unprofessional of Jessica Serrano, someone who hurts statute, to not be neutral or respect my request for confidentiality. Thank you

for your comments Mr. Chavez. Appreciate you coming out tonight. The next speaker we have here is Veronica Chavez.

Good evening, Mayor, Council Members and my name is Veronica Chavez. I live at 6359 Avenida Huescalientes and tonight I need to speak directly about the developer's conduct, Adrian Comstock and Comstock Realty and the fact that the City continues advancing its financing agenda while Vista de Rio residents, the closest neighbors are left with damage unanswered questions and no protection.

The developer is seeking $60 million in financing, and while he pursues that financing, Vista del Rio, a community located 27 feet from the project fence line, continues to suffer real documented damage from excavation and demolition. Let me be direct, the developer caused these impacts. The developer is responsible for these damages and the developer has not taken responsibility.

Adrian Comstock has not released his insurance information. He has not provided remediation plan. He has not committed to repairing the homes he has impacted. This is not a partner acting in good faith. This is a developer who is avoiding accountability while aggressively pursuing financing, and yet despite all of this the city manager Ernie Hernandez and City Attorney Noel Tapia continue to advance his agenda.

The city manager, Ernie Hernandez knows Vista del Rio exists with damages. The City Attorney Noel Tapia knows we exist with damages. Both know our homes are damaged. Both know the developer has not taken responsibility. Both know the residents are living with vibration, structural cracking, roading intrusion now. Thus, debris and unsafe conditions along the fence line. And despite knowing all of this they continue to push the developer's financing forward.

So I'm asking the City Council directly, Mayor why is the city helping a developer secure 60 million in financing when he has not even taken the basic step of addressing the damage he caused to the homes next to his project? This project is no longer purely private. The city's involvement, the city manager and the city attorney means the city also benefits and when the city benefits the city also carries responsibility.

Right now the city has leverage and leverage must be used before any finances move forward And that leverage is here. Mayor Kevin Linus, you know Vista del Rio residents exist and you know that our homes are damaged as a result of the Modelo Project build-out and we ask for your support to assure the developer does what is right and provide a path to his insurance so we can become whole.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments Mrs. Chavez. The next comment or speaker card I have here is Cassandra Batiste.

Good evening. As my neighbors have stated, here we are again. We've been here before. I heard the, um, I can't think of his name but he was here earlier, stated that Commerce, can you help us? That echoed in my head. I'm asking the Mayor and the City Council members, can you help us? We are affected by the Mandela Project. We have asked recently, Adrian, because of our homes and the HOA. We just got our homes painted last year, the ending of last year. And the debris, the dirt now there's the mice and rats are coming or driven from the project to our homes.

To take care of that, have not heard anything since last week. We asked that just make an effort to power wash our homes every couple of months until the project is over. He claims that I have millions of insurance, I got lots of insurance but I guess we're the little people. It's only eight homes it's not like it's 800 homes. We're just asking for help. We need your support. I know that the things are happening right now with the voting and people are running for office, just please assist us. And it may seem like small talk and after this is over with you go about your business but our homes are damaged.

We are the residents. You guys gotta help us. I don't want just talk and okay, we're gonna make an effort and we're gonna get back to you. And we need your help. And we needed ASAP. So I'm just asking please consider us only eight homes Eight homes. We pay taxes, we live in the city. My husband purchased before the ground even broke. I came on board later on from Marina Del Rey.

Need your

assistance.

Thank you.

Mrs. Batiste thank you so much for coming over today. The next speaker card I have is Carmen Padilla.

Buenas tardes, mi nombre es Carmen. Soy vecino de las personas que ya hablaron y pues tenemos todos el mismo problema. Y vengo aquí porque también mi casa se dañó. Y hubo un tiempo que temblaba mucho ahí la tierra. Y un día duró como tres horas columpiándose en la casa sin parar. Yo pienso que eso daña mucho la construcción. Y estoy aquí pues para ver si nos pueden ayudar a hacer algo, porque el señor prometió mandar un inspector y hasta ahorita no ha mandado nada.

Y no dice nada, vamos a las juntas y no dicen que vayan a arreglar. Y por eso estamos aquí, para ver si nos pueden ayudar con ese problema. The next speaker card I have is from Yvonne Sandoval.