February 27, 2024
COMMUNITY OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 1
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK ON 2
THESE ANCESTRAL LANDS. WE ARE DEDICATED TO GROWING AND 3
SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIVE PEOPLES AND LOCAL TRIBAL 4
GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER THE FERNANDENO 5
TATAVIAM BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, GABRIELINO TONGVA INDIANS OF 6
CALIFORNIA TRIBAL COUNCIL, GABRIELENO/TONGVA SAN GABRIEL BAND 7
OF MISSION INDIANS, GABRIELENO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS-KIZH 8
NATION, SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, SAN FERNANDO BAND 9
OF MISSION INDIANS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRST PEOPLES OF 10
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. AND I ALSO WANT 11
TO REMIND EVERYONE TO VOTE BY MARCH 5TH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 12
EVERYONE IS PARTICIPATING IN OUR ELECTION. THE INVOCATION 13
TODAY WILL BE LED BY RABBI YOSSI MINTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 14
THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION IN REDONDO BEACH IN THE SECOND 15
DISTRICT, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE 16
LED BY DANIAL HERMOSILLO, FORMER SERGEANT UNITED STATES ARMY, 17
FROM SYLMAR IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE 18
STAND.
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RABBI YOSSI MINTZ: THANK YOU. OUR GOD AND GOD OF OUR FATHERS, 21
BLESS US WITH THE THREEFOLD BLESSING WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE BY 22
MOSES, YOUR SERVANT. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND GUARD YOU. MAY GOD 23
SHINE HIS CONFIDENCE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. MAY GOD 24
TURN HIS CONFIDENCE TOWARDS YOU AND GRANT YOU PEACE. A VITAL 25
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