RESOLUTION POLICE OFFICER IIMARLISE ERVIN

WHEREAS, Police Officer Ervin started with the Los Angeles Police Department on October 9, 1990 and will be retiring, effective April 11, 2020, after her outstanding tenure; and

WHEREAS, during her distinguished career, Officer Ervin served with honor in the following assignments: Wilshire Area Patrol, Van Nuys Area Patrol, Juvenile Division in the School Buy Program, Hollywood Area Patrol, Uniformed Service Division, Tactical Planning Section, Special Events Planning Unit, Harbor Area Patrol/Jeopardy, D.A.R.E. Division, as an Elementary and Middle School Instructor, LAX Field Services Division and Detective Support and Vice Division, Detective Services Section, Court-On-Call Unit, adding to her knowledge, experience and expertise; and distinguishing herself as a “Subject Matter Expert” in the management of subpoenas, training Subpoena Control Officers Departmentwide, court overtime and working with the City Attorney and District Attorney Offices; and

WHEREAS, Officer Ervin’s outstanding work product is best demonstrated by the commendations she has received from supervisors, commanding officers, and private citizens; and

WHEREAS, after 29 and a half years of dedicated service, Officer Ervin will be putting her boots and Sam-Brown away to travel and work alongside her family as a business owner in the transportation and design industries:

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council does hereby commend POLICE OFFICER II MARLISE ERVIN for her outstanding record, commitment to excellence and affirmation of the Los Angeles Police Department’s motto “To Protect and to Serve.” Congratulations and best wishes for her continued success in the future.

PRESENTED BY: JOE BUSCAINO Councilmember, 15th District

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RESOLUTION Susan Stamberg

WHEREAS, nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR. Stamberg is the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program and has won every major award in broadcasting. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame and the . An NPR "founding mother," Stamberg has been on staff since the network began in 1971; and

WHEREAS, prior to joining NPR, she served as producer, program director, and general manager of NPR Member Station WAMU-FM/Washington, DC. Starting in 1972, Stamberg served as co-host of NPR's award-winning newsmagazine for 14 years. She then hosted Sunday, and now reports on cultural issues for and Weekend Edition Saturday. One of the most popular broadcasters in public radio, Stamberg is well known for her conversational style, intelligence, and knack for finding an interesting story. Her interviewing has been called "fresh," "friendly, down-to-earth," and (by novelist E.L. Doctorow) "the closest thing to an enlightened humanist on the radio." Her thousands of interviews include conversations with Laura Bush, Billy Crystal, Rosa Parks, Dave Brubeck, and Luciano Pavarotti; and

WHEREAS, Stamberg is also the author of two books, and co-editor of a third. Talk: NPR's Susan Stamberg Considers All Things, chronicles her first two decades with NPR. Her first book, Every Night at Five: Susan Stamberg's All Things Considered Book, was published in 1982 by Pantheon. Stamberg also co-edited The Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road, published in 1992 by W. W. Norton. That collection grew out of a series of stories Stamberg commissioned for Weekend Edition Sunday, and

WHEREAS, in addition to her Hall of Fame inductions, other recognitions include the Armstrong and duPont Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Ohio State University's Golden Anniversary Director's Award, and the Distinguished Broadcaster Award from the American Women in Radio and Television; and

WHEREAS, a native of New York City, Stamberg earned a bachelor's degree from Barnard College, and has been awarded numerous honorary degrees including a Doctor of Humane Letters from Dartmouth College. She is a Fellow of Silliman College, Yale University, and has served on the boards of the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award Foundation and the National Arts Journalism Program based at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and

WHEREAS, Stamberg has hosted several series on PBS, moderated three television specials for adults, served as commentator, guest or co-host on various commercial TV programs, and appeared as a narrator in performance with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and in Wendy Wasserstein’s Broadway production, An American Daughter, and

WHEREAS, Susan is well known among younger women and journalists of color as an extraordinary mentor. She has been instrumental in organizing NPR workers. Her advocacy for women and minorities has been a core part of her career; and

WHEREAS, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Susan Stamberg will be immortalized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with the 2,690 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council does hereby commend and congratulate SUSAN STAMBERG on the occasion of being presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Best wishes on many years of continued growth and success on all future endeavors.

Presented by: 22 MITCH O’FARRELL Councilmember, 13th District FEB 2 8 2020

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101st Anniversary of the Korean Independence Movement

WHEREAS, on March 1st 1919, Korean students and citizens assembled in Pagoda Park to announce a series of nonviolent protests to begin all across the country and to publicly read the Korean Declaration of Independence which initiated the storied Sam-il Movement, declaring independence from Japan’s imperial rule; and

WHEREAS, Japan deployed overwhelming military force to subdue over 1,500 peaceful protests which led to the arrest, injury, and death of tens-of-thousands of Korean people; and

WHEREAS, in an effort to shut down the resistance movement, Japan drafted Korean prisoners of war to fight for the Japanese Army and to work in factories under excruciating conditions; and

WHEREAS, in 1941, the Korean provisional government, established in southwestern China, declared war against Japan, and four years later in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, the Korean Restoration Army, in coordination with Allied forces, defeated Imperial Japan; and

WHEREAS, on August 15th , Korea celebrates Gwangbokjul, “the day light was restored”, by displaying the Taegukki, South Korea’s national flag, and all Korean citizens honor and give thanks to the courageous students and citizens who sacrificed their lives for the independence of Korea.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that by the adoption of this Resolution, the Los Angeles City Council does hereby recognize March 1st, 2020 as the 101st Anniversary of the Korean Independence Day movement, and extends its respect and gratitude to the thousands of Koreans who so bravely fought for the ideas and ideals of sovereignty, civil rights, the rule of law, and independence during Japanese occupation.

PRESENTED BY: LSL »10 David E. Ryu 1 f© Councilmember, 4th Distri

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RESOLUTION LIEUTENANT II ANITA McKEOWN

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Anita McKeown was bom on July 5, 1961, in Van Nuys, California, and attended Chatsworth High School where she graduated in 1979; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown went on to California State University at Northridge where she played basketball for the Lady Matadors on an academic and athletic scholarship where her team won a State Championship in 1981. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1983 and in 1992 earned her Master of Arts in Public Administration; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown joined the Santa Monica Police Department in 1984 where she served as a Police Officer for five years. While she was an officer there, she earned the nickname “Calamity Jane” for multiple shooting, traffic accidents, fights, stitches, broken bones, bruises during several tactical events during her first year on the job and appeared in PEOPLE Magazine and on the Johnny Carson Show and the Merv Griffin Show. She also received a Medal of Courage when she disarmed a gun wielding suspect on the Santa Monica Pier; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990 where she was known as either McClown or Twin Peaks. She graduated from the Academy and was assigned to Rampart Area where she worked patrol and CRASH; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown worked as a Police Officer II at Van Nuys Patrol and Bike Detail and Planning and Research Division as a staff writer. She was promoted to a Field Training Officer in 1993 and was assigned to West Los Angeles Area; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown earned the number one position on the Sergeant List and promoted to Sergeant in 1994 where she was assigned to Southwest Area where she worked as a patrol sergeant, CRASH sergeant and captain adjutant, then later assigned to Internal Affairs and Devonshire Vice. Lt. McKeown promoted to Lieutenant in 1998 and was assigned to Van Nuys Patrol, Office of the Chief of Police’s Public Affairs Section, Emergency Command Control and Communications Division, Emergency Services Division - Operation Archangel, and finished her career after nine years at Major Crimes Division; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown participated in twenty-three Police and Fire Olympic Games on both basketball and softball teams, winning eighteen gold medals and seven silver medals. She participated in twenty two Baker to Vegas Teams and “Mugged” twelve times; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown received the LAPD’s Police Star in 1993 for her ability to negotiate the release of a hostage from a distraught suspect holding his wife at gun point and the Unit Citation Medal in 2000 for her deployment of the new Computer Aided Dispatch System at the Y2K transition; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown has received over one hundred LAPD and/or citizen commendations for her commitment to leadership, training ability, professionalism, expertise, work ethic, initiative, and team work; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown was selected to attend the Department of Homeland Security’s Naval Post Graduate Academy in 2017 and graduated with a Master of Arts in Terrorism and International Management; and FEB 2 8 202 WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown was dubbed the “Queen” of the Leadership in Counter-Terrorism (LinCT) Alumni Program for her exceptional deployment of the world-renowned Annual LinCT Terrorism Conferences; and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown survived thirty-five years of telling very appropriate jokes, innuendos and insinuations without a single “mouth beef;” and

WHEREAS, Lt. McKeown is the proud mother of Nicholas Ryan Holland:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that by the adoption of this resolution the Los Angeles City Council hereby congratulates LIEUTENANT ANITA MCKEOWN for her 30 years of service to the Los Angeles Police Department and commends her for her commitment to duty and professionalism in serving the people of the City of Los Angeles. On behalf of the people of the City of Los Angeles, best wishes are extended for a long, healthy and rewarding retirement.

PRESENTED BY: JOE BUSCAINO Councilmember, 15th District

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WHEREAS, this year marks the 31st Anniversary since its founding in 1989, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) has remained dedicated to improving the education, political and economic status of Latinas through its conferences and flagship programs, the HOPE Leadership Institute (HLI), the Binational Public Service Fellowship, the HOPE Youth Leadership Program (HYLP), and the HOPE College Leadership Program (HCLP); and

WHEREAS, HOPE has impacted the lives of60,000 Latinas statewide. Last year, HOPE trained over 750 Latinas during its Latina Empowerment Days throughout the State. The HOPE Leadership Institute has trained 595 professional Latinas, the HOPE Youth Leadership Program has trained 468 11th grade youth, now in its fifth year the HOPE College Leadership Program has served 130 Latinas, and the Binational Fellowship has trained 34 professional Latinas. Latinas learned the importance of energy and the environment by understanding California’s key energy goals with the help of HOPE’S well researched energy toolkit; as well as learning how to start their own microbusiness; and how to self-promote for career growth; and

WHEREAS, HOPE has anchored itself by the principle that knowledge of Latina historical contributions to our society coupled with knowledge of the political process will guarantee a more representative, democratic government; as well as a more focused concentration on policy by expanding and placing HOPE at the state capitol to focus on advocacy, and

WHEREAS, the proclamation of Latina History Day during “Women’s History Month” memorializes the important role Latinas play in American society; as well as the importance HOPE places on the census and educating Latinas on the significance of voting to ensure then- voices are heard; HOPE is committed to elevating the perspectives of Latinas on crucial issues that impact our communities and shape our collective future; and

WHEREAS, Latina entrepreneurs are a key economic engine for the state, generating $19 billion in revenues and employing over 86,000 individuals in California. Latina-owned businesses fill gaps and serve community needs that other business owners have been unwilling or unable to meet. HOPE provides findings with a well researched microbusiness report. Their ability to provide culturally relevant services gives them a competitive edge in meeting the demands of a Latinx market with a purchasing power of $ 1.7 trillion; and

WHEREAS, Latinas are being elected to public office and appointed to powerful positions, HOPE alumnae serve on City Councils, the Assembly, and the Senate. HLI Alumn Nury Martinez is the first Latina to hold the position of City Council President. To date, close to 200 are appointed to state and local positions and serve on over 250 non-profit boards and commissions; and

WHEREAS, we celebrate contemporary Latinas who continue to build upon the foundation of our ancestors for the betterment of future generations; and

WHEREAS, we challenge each other through HOPE to ensure that Latinas achieve political and economic parity to benefit all communities and the status of all women.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that by the adoption of this resolution the City Council of the City of Los Angeles along with the Mayor does hereby declare March 13,2020 as the 29th Annual Latina History Day and congratulates Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, HOPE, for their service to the Latinas of this great city.

PRESENTED BYi NURM MARTINEZ Council Presldait, 6th District

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