CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Office of the HOllY L WOLCOTT CITY CLERK Interim City Clerk Council and Public Services Room 395, City Hall Los Angeles, CA 90012 General Information" (213) 97B-1133 Fax: (213) 97B-1040 When making inquiries relative to SHANNON HOPPES this matter, please refer to the Council and Public Services Division Council File No. ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR www.cityclerk.!acity.org April 30, 2014 To All Interested Parties: The City Council adopted the action(s), as attached, under Council File No. 14-0540, at its meeting held April 29, 2014. City Clerk cr An Equal Employment Opportunity - Affirmative Action Employer APR 2 9 2014 S¥ECIAL -1 MOTION (~ 17'" Ii''' C g Afi 1\ if" 11. ~"'~"-,,,'.~t..Jl ~ .frftH ,~'JL.,l'.I$_ Disturbing and unbelievable reports surfaced over the past week-end about unacceptable and racially-biased comments attributed to Clippers basketball team owner, Donald Sterling. The comments are very offensive and are completely inconsistent with United States . Human Rights Laws, the long-standing positions of the City Council, the diversity of our community, the fan base of the Clippers and the very high percentage of minorities who worked for and are working for the National Basketball Association (NBA). These comments, .' '. ~ actions and statements have no place in today's society. Immediate action is needed to for the City Council to condemn these actions and statements, to urge appropriate action by affected organizations as well as the public prior to today's Clippers game, and encourage Clippers fans and the community to contact the team's offices and the team's sponsors to voice their displeasure over the comments. I THEREFORE MOVE that the Council determine, as provided in Section 54954.2(b)(2) of the Government Code, and pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the City Council, that there is a need to take immediate action on this matter AND that the need for action came to the attention of the City Council subsequent to the posting of the agenda for today's Council meeting. I FURTHER MOVE that the Council take the following actions in response to the racially-biased comments attributed to Clippers basketball team owner, Donald Sterling: A) condemn the derogatory, racial and biased statements attributed to Clippers Owner Donald Sterling; B) demand a personal apology to the entire Los Angeles community and specifically Erving "Magic" Johnson - an iconic, national figure; C) request the Commissioner of the NBA to investigate and take appropriate censorship actions, against Donald Sterling for the actions which are deemed detrimental to the operations of the NBA, similar to action taken by Major League Baseball with the owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott's racial bias case; D) request the President of the Los Angeles NAACP, Leon Jenkins, and its Board of Directors to revoke its nomination of Donald Sterling as the recipient of the NAACP fl..DOPT!P Humanitarian Award at its May 2014 annual gala; and A':>A'~29201: E) request the Los Angeles Times and other local newspapers to consider not running . ~CJ.WW~onald Sterling's weekly publicity ads which public' his commercial real estate r~GELES_~~n~~~¥I~'Pire and his alleged civic activities. /:/ ......... , v.~~~. PRESENTED BY: BERNARDC.P~ ~ '\~\\tJ Councilman, 8- District /J1~% April 29, 2014., SECONDED B~~ t/( AMENDING MOTION I HEREBY MOVE that Council AMEND Special 1 Motion (Parks - O'Farrell - et al.) to include the following recommendations: 1. REQUEST the National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner, Adam Silver, come to Los Angeles to meet with the City Council and Mayor and to come up with a mechanism to address the City to help rebuild confidence in the NBA's leadership. 2. DEMAND that the NBA remove Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers franchise, and immediately begin a transition process to a new ownership. 3. STRONGLY ENDORSE the NBA Commissioner's decision to ban Donald Sterling for life and to impose a fine of $2.5 million. PRESENTED BY __ HERB J. WESSON, JR Council member, 10th District SECONDED BY ---- BERNARD C. PARKS Councilmember, 8th District ADOPTED APR 292014 LOSANGELESC\l~ COUNCil ene'" ""0"""1:·· W:;~PLFt, ... April 29, 2014 ;~~L.