THE. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
CALIFORNIA ARMENIA ARTSAKH
MUTUAL TRADE ART AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE COME TO ORDER GOOD
MORNING EVERYONE- HI MY STATE
SENATOR ANTHONY PORTANTINO AND
I'M HONORED TO CHAIR THIS-
SELECT COMMITTEE AND WELCOME YOU
ALL TO OUR FIRST HEARING- POST
PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY- NONE OF US
WERE IDLED DURING THE PANDEMIC
THOUGH WE WERE DISTANT SO IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM SOME OF THE PROJECTS
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON- BOTH IN
CALIFORNIA AND IN ARMENIA- WHICH
IS THE PURVIEW OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE FOSTER- BETTER
EXCHANGING CULTURAL AND BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES- SO- FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END
OF THE HEARING- WE HAVE A TOLL
FREE PARTICIPANT NUMBER WHICH IS
EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN. TWO TWO SIX
EIGHT ONE SIX THREE SEVEN AGAIN
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. ONE SIX ONE EIGHT ZERO FIVE
ONE AGAIN ONE SIX ONE EIGHT ZERO
FIVE ONE. WE HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY HAND FOR
A RIBBON OR MOST PARTICIPANTS
PLEASE MOVE YOUR COMMUTE YOUR
PHONES- OR YOUR COMPUTERS WHEN
YOU'RE SPEAKING- BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO HAVE FEEDBACK.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING FOR TODAY'S
HEARING WILL BE HEARING ALL OF
THE PANELS OF WITNESSES ON THE
AGENDA PRIOR TO TAKING PUBLIC
COMMENT ONCE WE'VE HEARD ALL OF
OUR PRESENTATIONS WILL OPEN UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE I SAID-
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING
TO ARMENIA FOUR TIMES AND-
VISITING THE IMPACT OF A NUMBER
OF TIMES AND EXCITED THAT
THEY'RE WITH US TODAY- ALSO WE
HAVE- WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN
UPDATE. ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN
GLENDALE WITH OUR TECH. HUB AND
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM- HERO
HOUSE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF A
STATE GRANT THAT WENT THROUGH
THE CITY. TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER-
TECH INCUBATION IN OUR WONDERFUL
CITY OF GLENDALE WE'RE GONNA
RIVAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIGHT
WE'RE GOING TO BECOME. THEY'RE
GOING TO SAY THAT SILICON VALLEY
IS THE GLENDALE OF THE NORTH NOT
THE OTHER WAY AROUND AND SO
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR. FROM THE
MAYOR AND ERA HOUSE WE'RE ALSO
GOING TO TALK ABOUT- THE
POSSIBILITY OF. A DIRECT FLIGHT
FROM LOS ANGELES TO ARMENIA
OBVIOUSLY CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO
THE LARGEST. ARMENIAN POPULATION
IN THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE GONNA
HEAR FROM EXPERTS ABOUT THAT
THOUGH. WE RECOGNIZE IT'S A-
DIFFICULT- SITUATION WE'RE GONNA
DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO- PUT SOME
. THE ON THAT DISCUSSION AND
THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HEAR
FROM A GROUP OF GLENDALE
RESIDENTS ABOUT THE BY OUR MEDIA
PROGRAM WHICH IS TRYING TO
FOSTER- MORE CALIFORNIANS TO
PURCHASE GOODS FROM ARMENIAN
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUPPLY
CHAIN. AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
RELATED TO THAT SO WE HAVE A
ROBUST AGENDA. AND WE'RE GOING
TO GO RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST-
AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS AN UPDATE
ON THE CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN TRADE
DESK AND WE DO HAVE. TO BOARD
MEMBERS FROM- THE IMPACT OF WITH
US AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
DON'T KNOW- SEVERAL YEARS AGO
THE GOVERNOR AND THE-
REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIA
SIGNED HISTORIC TRADE AGREEMENT
AN MO YOU IN NEW YORK- RIGHT
DOWN THE STREET FROM THE U. N.
AND I HAVE TO DEPEND ON HER TO
GO TO THAT- HISTORIC SIGNING AND
SO WE HAVE A- AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND- ARMENIA TO FOSTER. MORE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES I BELIEVE
THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE
HAVE WITH US TODAY ARE NOT
MAKING PRESENTATIONS THAT WE
HAVE. ON THE LINE WITH US WE
HAVE RAFI- SERGEANT RAFINHA WENT
TO STANFORD RIGHT. THAT'S
CORRECT. RILED CALIFORNIA RED
FOR THIRTY YEARS BEFORE MOVING
TO THE TO ARMENIA YEAH I JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
KNOWS THAT THAT STANFORD'S IN
THE HOUSE AND THEN WE HAVE NEVER
MARINATE- MISSOURI HAYNES- WHO
IS ALSO A CO FOUNDER. OF IMPACT
OF WITH THIS AS WELL AND SO I'M
GONNA BE MAKING THE COMMENTS AND
THEN YOU GUYS MAY ADD SOME
THINGS TO THAT IS THAT IS THAT
THAT'S THE- THAT'S THE PROGRAM
SO- AGAIN SINCE WE STARTED THE
CONVERSATION FOR HOSTING A
CALIFORNIA TRADE DESK AT IMPACT
HUB. AGAIN FOR THOSE OF YOU
DON'T KNOW IMPACT OF IS A
FANTASTIC INCUBATOR- IN THE
HEART OF YEREVAN THAT HAS
LAUNCHED MANY SUCCESSFUL. A
START UP COMPANIES AND HAS A
CALIFORNIA CONNECTION MANY OF
THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE
CALIFORNIANS AND THAT STARTED
HERE AND REPATRIATED BACK TO
CONTINUE TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA. AND ARMENIAN
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL FLUID INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL BOTH BETWEEN ARMENIA AND
CALIFORNIA. AND SO- WE HAD SOME
SETBACKS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC
BUT WE HOSTED THE THERE HAS BEEN
A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS- THAT HAVE
BEEN HOSTED. BY A LEGAL EXPERT
AND CERTIFIED BOTH IN ARMENIAN
U. S. BUSINESS- THERE HAVE BEEN-
WORKSHOPS FOR. SMALL AND MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES ON- THE LEGAL
STRUCTURES OF CALIFORNIA. AND
SOME OF THE ESOTERIC-
PECULIARITIES OF STARTING A
BUSINESS BOTH IN ARMENIAN HERE
SO THERE BEEN ACTUAL WORKSHOPS
ON THAT SUBJECT. HELP THE SMALL
BUSINESSES- JUST CONTINUE TO
GROW THE IMPACT OF HIS HOSTED.
THE BY OUR MEDIA TEAM FROM
CALIFORNIA AND ORGANIZED
COMMUNITY EVENTS. TO EXPLAIN HOW
ARMENIAN SMALL BUSINESSES CAN
JOIN THEIR PLATFORM MAKING IT
POSSIBLE TO SELL THEIR MADE IN
ARMENIA PRODUCTS. TO
CALIFORNIANS THERE'S THE IMPACT
OF IS CONNECTED TO COMPANIES-
WANTED TECH COMPANY AND WHEN THE
SOLAR PANEL PRODUCER- WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO FOSTER
MORE PARTNERSHIPS AGAIN THIS TO
DIRECT. RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE
ENCOURAGED THROUGH THIS
PARTNERSHIP. THEY'VE HAD A
NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS- BETWEEN
APRIL AND AUGUST TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY TWO WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF GO BIZ ON WORK- HAVING MORE
WORKSHOPS TRAININGS. AND IN
SESSIONS ON THE TRADE DESK
THERE'S A DRAFT PLAN OF
ACTIVITIES PREPARED- AND THEN
THAT- OBVIOUSLY CHO IT
INTERRUPTED SOME OF THE
RELATIONSHIP SO. WE DO HAVE.
DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH A U.
S. BUSINESSES. AND WE HAVE A
PLAN MOVING FORWARD- SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF
THESE WORKSHOPS AND- AND
DISCUSSIONS- IS- OBVIOUSLY WE
WANT TO FOSTER SOME OF THE-
FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS TO BOTH
ARMENIAN AND U. S. COMPANIES-
THERE'S LOTS OF. OPPORTUNITY
LOTS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
THEY'RE NOW FOCUSING ON
SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING OF THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BRINGING A
SYSTEMATIC SHIFT- TO CIRCULARITY
IN ARMENIAN ENGAGED IN THE
GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS AND MORE
START UPS- THERE'S GOING TO BE
AT. THERE'S A TWO TO THREE YEAR
PLAN THAT- IT LOOKS ROBUST AND
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT- WE REPORTED BACK TO
CALIFORNIANS. ABOUT HOW THE PLAN
AND HOW THE TRADE DESK HAD ITS
GENESIS IN AGAIN FOR THOSE OF
YOU. DON'T KNOW WHEN GOVERNOR
NEWSOM BECAME GOVERNOR HE HAD A
VISION TO HAVE A SERIES OF EIGHT
TRADE TESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND THE ONE IN THE OTHER ONE WAS
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE LAUNCHED
AND SO WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES
I DON'T KNOW IF NARNIA RAFI YOU
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE
COMMENTS THAT I MADE. TO FLUSH
IT OUT AT ALL. THIS WOULD BE
YOUR IDEAL I THINK CENTER I
THINK I THINK YOU COVERED YOU
KNOW MOST OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS I
MEAN OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE'VE GOT
THIS WAS A- GOOD START AND WE'RE
LOOKING TO EXPANDING THE
COOPERATION BETWEEN. OF IMPACT
UP IN THE STATE OR I SHOULD SAY
I ARMENIANS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND USING THE TRADE
DESK AT IMPACT HUB TO DO THAT
WOULD WELCOME ANY. DETAILS
FUTURE- OF VISITORS FROM- FROM
THE SENATE OR FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO COME AND VISIT THE
TRADE DESK WILL BE HAPPY TO
INTRODUCE THEM TO SOME OF THE
INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON. I
THINK SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS
THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY
SUCH AS- THE WORK THAT'S GOING
ON IN GLENDALE WITH YOUR HOUSE I
MEAN. HE'S OBVIOUSLY VERY
CONNECTED I THINK IN YOUR
COMMENTS YOU MENTIONED THAT. WE
HAVE WORKED ON HELPING- ARMENIAN
COMPANIES BETTER UNDERSTAND
THINGS LIKE LEGAL STRUCTURES
AND- WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS IN
CALIFORNIA AND FOR TACK AS YOU
KNOW CALIFORNIA STILL. A VERY
STRONG SORT OF TARGET MARKET AND
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LAUNCH
FROM FOR START UPS THAT ARE IN
OUR MEDIA SO I THINK UPS. WE
DEFINITELY SEE THINGS HEADING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE
USE OF THE SET OF ACTIVITIES AND
RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE A WE WANT
TO THANK THE- STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR GIVING THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO US. FANTASTIC.
NINE EIGHTY OF ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO ADD. NO NO I'M I'M VERY
CONTENT WITH SAID CONCURRING
WITH MIKE. ROB FANTASTIC- ONE
THING OF. THAT WE TALK. A LOT
AND I SEE MY COLLEAGUE- CENTER
MENJIVAR HAS JOINED US. WHO IS A
MEMBER OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE-
ONE THING THAT I FIND EXCITING
IS JUST THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
THE SORT OF THE FLUID NATURE OF.
A LOT OF THE TECH- WORKFORCE AND
- ENTREPRENEURS SORT OF FLOWING
BETWEEN ARMENIA AND CALIFORNIA-
IT SEEMS LIKE IT. IT IT. IT'S
BEARING FRUIT AND VERY POSITIVE
BOTH FOR CALIFORNIA AND ARMENIA
. ABSOLUTELY I THINK IF YOU LOOK
ACTUAL UNIT IN SPECIALLY THE
TECH INDUSTRY AS- WE KNOW YOU
KNOW MANY OF THE AMERICAN TECH
COMPANIES START BASIC
HEADQUARTERS IN CALIFORNIA. AND
MANY OF THEM HAVE SIGNIFICANT
OPERATIONS IN IN ARMENIA SO.
NVIDIA VM WARE- SERVICE TIGHTEN
DOWN IN GLENDALE- DISCO SO
SIMPLE SORT OF FULL DISPARITIES
COMPANIES AS WELL AS NEWER. WHAT
USED TO BE START UPS WHAT ARE
GROWING VERY RAPIDLY THAT ARE
THAT ARE HEADQUARTERED IN
CALIFORNIA THAT ARE ACTUALLY.
MAKING USE OF THE TALENTED AND
IN ARMENIA AND YOU'RE RIGHT
THERE SORT OF THIS THERE'S A TWO
WAY THING GOING ON SO THEY'LL
BRING. OF FOLKS FROM THERE I
MEAN IT SEEMS TO THEIR OFFICES
IN CALIFORNIA FOR ADDITIONAL
TRAINING AND GET EXPOSURE TO HOW
THINGS WORK HERE SO I THINK IT'S
SPEND. YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN
FANTASTIC AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK
FORWARD TO DAILY LIFE AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER TO SING THE
SEPARATION SHIPS GROW. IT IS SO
CENTER MENJIVAR THIS IS-
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE IMPACT OF
WHICH IS THE HOST FOR THE
CALIFORNIA TRADE DESK IN
ARMENIA. AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE
CONNECTIONS TO CALIFORNIA WE'RE
JUST SORT OF DID AN OVERVIEW OF
SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS-
SPECIALIZING IN AND HOW TO HELP
ARMENIAN COMPANIES AND LEARN
ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA LAW- AND
HOW TO. CREATE COMPANIES HERE
AND TALK ABOUT THE INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL IS GONE BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN. THE TWO BUT BOTH
ARMENIA AND CALIFORNIA SO THAT'S
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW-
AND THAT NO I THINK IT'S
EXCITING AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU
POINTED OUT YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW
SERVICE TITAN IS IN IN GLENDALE
AND THIS CERTAINLY HAS PRESENCE
AND AS WE TALK LATER WITH BY
ARMENIAN AND ALSO. WITH HERE
HOUSE ALL OF THESE SUBJECTS ARE
VERY MUCH IN A RELATED AND- I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT- YOU
KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT.
ESTABLISHING THE TRADE DESK'S
THAT. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS COULD
SEE- AND FEEL AND HEAR WHAT'S
GOING ON THAT IT'S- YOU KNOW IT
IT'S AN EXCITING. PLACE TO BE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT JUST THE
STRONG CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA AND ARMENIA- DID YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT S. I
WANT TO ADD SOME THINGS I KNOW
WHEN HERE HOUSE PRESENTS- AGAIN
WE TALKED ABOUT. THE SORT OF THE
SYNERGY THAT'S GOING ON- BECAUSE
A LOT OF THE AND KEEP A LOT OF
THE TECH START UP SORT OF GO
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOUR
HOUSE AND- AND IMPACT UP SO.
WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO
OUR NEXT. SUBJECT WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT- THE TECHNOLOGY
INCUBATOR IN GLENDALE AND IN
GLENDALE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TECH
WEEK AND STARTED TO ATTACK. A
FOCUS ON TACK AND SEVERAL YEARS
AGO I WAS ABLE TO GET A GRANT TO
THE CITY TO HELP. LAUNCH SOME OF
THOSE TECH INCUBATORS AND AGAIN
I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY IN THAT
WE SHOULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY
WORKING AND HELPING AND SO WE
HAVE THE MAYOR OF GLENDALE DAN
BROTMAN WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE
AN OVERVIEW. OF HOW THE CITY IS
MANAGING- IT'S TECH INCUBATOR IN
THE STATE'S RESOURCES AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR. FROM ARMY
NAY- GLASS THE INFO TO THE
MANAGING DIRECTOR HERE HOUSE
WHICH WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS
OF ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT THE
CITY THEN FACILITATED AND GAVE
OUT SO MAYOR BROCKMAN PLEASE.
SAY HELLO AND SHARE WHAT'S GOING
ON. THANK YOU SENATOR- I'M HAPPY
TO BE HERE AND- TO MY SIDE HERE-
YOU CAN COME A LITTLE CLOSER
FRIENDLY CALVERT. TO IS- OUR.
AHEAD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
WHICH IS ECHO. THE AND IS THE-
OF. KEEP OVERSEE. YOU KNOW A LOT
OF FACT THAT WERE DOING I IN. A
MILE WIDE AND INCH DEEP SO I
WERE RED HERE FOR ANY- QUESTIONS
FIRST THE FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
THANK YOU. FOR THE- THE ONE
MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT WE
RECEIVED- FROM THE OFFICE OF
GOBIZ IT'S HELPED US START TO
ACCELERATORS ONE ZERO HOUSE
WHICH- WILL BE HEARING ABOUT
MORE DETAIL BUT- YOU KNOW THE
FOCUS THERE IS BRINGING. UP NOT
ONLY ARMENIAN ENTREPRENEURS IN
THE REGION BUT ENTREPRENEURS
FROM AROUND EASTERN EUROPE AND-
I WAS I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE-
SOME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON
CURRENTLY WITH A COMPANY OUT OF
THE UKRAINE. THAT PROVIDES-
PUBLIC E. BIKE CHARGING. AND AND
- APPARENTLY THEIR PRODUCTS IS
SUPPORTING E. BIKE DELIVERING
MUNITIONS AT THE FRONT LINE IN
THE UKRAINE SO. WE'RE GETTING
INTO SOME INTERESTING THINGS
BUT- THAT'S HERO HOUSE AND
ARMENIA WILL TALK. IN MORE DEPTH
ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES
THEY'VE HAD. OF THE OTHER IS THE
KIDS ACTS DIGITAL HEALTH.
ACCELERATOR RUN BY PEOPLE FROM
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS
ANGELES. ALL THE FOCUS THERE HAS
BEEN- FINDING TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS TO- IMPROVE PEDIATRIC
HEALTH. A I THAT WE SEEM TO SIX
X. SO FOR AND- OUT OF THE
PROGRAM AND OTHER. OF SUCCESS
CAPITAL- STILL BRADLEY CAN GIVE
US A LITTLE BIT MORE DO IF YOU
WILL TO DRILL THE INTO THAT- WE
ALSO. AS YOU KNOW WE HOLD TECH
WEEK EVER. YEAR- USUALLY IN
SEPTEMBER ARE. THIS YEAR I THINK
ARE SICK OR FOR HOW ARE SO. YEAR
DOING ARE WE BRING IN. TO TALK
ABOUT- THE THINGS THAT- OF A
COMPANY NEED TO. FUNDS HUMAN RE
. THE A COLD. I WILL TRY BASS.
AND AND WE HAVE OFFERED FOR. AND
WE'VE HAD TO ABOUT. THE GUN.
ABOUT CLOSED A THOUSAND PEOPLE A
YEAR- OF COMING TO THE EVENT-
WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE FROM
ALL THESE ACTIVITIES AND THE YOU
KNOW THE PRESENCE OF. SOME MAJOR
TECH COMPANIES HERE SERVICE
TITAN WAS MEASURE AND DISCO- WE
ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME- SPIN
OFFS FROM THOSE COMPANIES THAT
SYNERGIES WITH SOME OF THE
SMALLER COMPANIES. THAT ARE
PRESENT HERE- OPPORTUNITIES THAT
THEY HAVE TO EITHER PARTNER OR
JUST- RUB SHOULDERS WITH SOME OF
THE FOLKS AT THE EVENTS. WE HOLD
AROUND TOWN- SO THE SIX YOU KNOW
THESE TAKE OBVIOUS A LOT OF TO
OF SILICON VALLEY DIDN'T HAPPEN.
OVERNIGHT SO- WE JUST HAVE TO
KEEP WORKING THESE THINGS AND
MAKING SURE WE'RE WE'RE MAKING
THE CONNECTIONS. ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES IS- THAT WE NEED TO
FOCUS. IT IS VERY BROAD AND- SO
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT
SPECIFIC SEGMENTS MAKE MOST
SENSE HERE. ONE OF THEM CLEARLY
AS BIOMEDICAL- BECAUSE WE HAVE
THREE MAJOR HOSPITALS HERE IN
GLENDALE SO THERE'S A LOT OF
SYNERGY THERE- ALSO
TRANSPORTATION IS AN AREA WHERE
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
IN THE AREA OF CONSUMER PRIVACY
AND DATA SECURITY. BUT THIS IS
ALL OF ALL THE GOOD IT WILL HAVE
TO- WE'LL SEE OVER TIME. WHERE
WHERE THE BIG WINNERS ARE. BOB
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER
WITH BURBANK ESPECIALLY AROUND-
A MEDIA BOB MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER
SOMETHING FOR INTERESTED IN AND-
WE'VE LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE
CALLED UPSTART VALLEY. WITH
BURBANK I THINK TAKING A
REGIONAL APPROACH. REALLY MAKES
A LOT OF SENSE FOR US. I AND- I
THINK WILL I'LL IT THAT IF YOU
HAVE. QUESTIONS OR WANT YOU KNOW
JUST WANT TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE
BIT MORE INTO SOME OF THESE-
BRADLEY CAN FILL IN. THOSE
DETAILS. SIR DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS YOU KNOW THIS IS MY
FIRST SELECT COMMITTEE.
COMMITTING HEARING ON THIS I'M
HERE THE MORE OBSERVE NOT ABSORB
MORE THAN LISTEN THAN ANYTHING.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY- CHRIS FROM A
CASH OBSERVER SEEMS LIKE TECH
WEEK. TO GROW YEAR- AND THAT
THERE'S LOTS OF EXCITEMENT NOT
JUST WITHIN GLENDALE BUT WITH
ALL THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SORT
OF GLENDALE IS BECOME IS
BECOMING THE HUB WOULD YOU AGREE
MISTER MAYOR. YES WE'VE SEEN
MEGHAN BRADLEY COULD TELL US
MORE BUT I KNOW WE'VE SEEN YOU
KNOW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH I'VE
ATTENDED THE LAST COUPLE- AND
THEY'VE BEEN- IT'S ONLY BEEN
VERY EXCITING AND ACTIVE AND
WE'VE WE'VE ATTRACTED SOME
REALLY INTERESTING. PEOPLE TO
SPEAKERS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
SAY ABOUT THAT STUFF. I MEAN I
TECH WHICH YOU KNOW IS IT'S
BECAUSE KIND OF A THE PRE- AND
RELATED CON- IN ABOUT BUTTON-
ABOUT ECONOMICAL. DOES LOOK TO
US TO BE KIND OF A LEADER- IN
AND TO ABOUT SO I YOU'RE COMMENT
WHEN THEY MURRAY THAT. IS THIS
ACCURATE. BUT WE DO SEE WE GOTTA
EXPANDING GROWING TO MORE AS THE
TO MOVE ON MAYBE FOR ANY OTHER
TO. SO AS MULTI THESE THINGS
THAT NATURE- REALLY BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF- RELATION AND
SO THERE. AND THERE'S A COMPANY
SO WITH IT AS WELL DON'T DON'T
FOR COMPETE. WACHTELL TELL FOLKS
OF THAT. WE DO WE AS WILL CALLED
THE- OF START UP WITH THE RIGHT
COME IN WE HAVE A PANEL AT
USUALLY- THINK LOCAL LEADER-
SOME OF OUR ELECTED MY AS WELL-
IN WE ALL A SUITE OF SERVICES A
PACKAGE TO THEM BE THINGS. TO
MORE SO SOME DIRECT FOR- SOME.
IN HELPING THEM SET UP THEIR
THIRD IS YEAR- THAT'S PROBABLY
MOST EVENT WE HOST. AND HOW MANY
I KNOW THE YOU YOU GAVE OUT TO
GRANT MANY I. WERE THERE FOR THE
GRANTS WHEN THE FIRST ROUND.
WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK
AT THAT I WILL LIKE TO CITY WAS
WITH OR SO OFTEN- MISTAKEN. YEAH
I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THEY TO
SHOW YOU THAT. FOR THANK YOU
BASS OF IDEAS THAT I MEAN THAT A
DOES. BUSINESSES CAN FOR A LOCAL
GUY- I THINK IT'S X. IT IS ALSO
FANTASTIC THANK YOU THAT- WE'RE
GOING GO RIGHT TO ARMENIA HERE
WHICH ONE OF THE GRANT T. WHO. A
I BELIEVE HALF IN THE DOLLARS
FROM THE CITY SO SHE'S IN PERSON
SO COME ON UP. AND US YOU WANT
TO SET A SITTING THAT. WERE
PODIUM I THINK HE'S HERE HERE
OKAY YES IT'S. GOOD MORNING GOOD
MORNING- I'M GONNA QUICKLY SHE
THE PRESS- THE SCREEN TO MAKE.
OF HIS JOY OVER CAN THIS.
THERE WE GO. CHAIRMAN PORTANTINO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE GUESTS
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY-
TO PRESENT HERE HOUSE GLENDALE
AND ITS ACTIVITIES MY NAME IS
I'M NOT GONNA STAND ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE VENTURE CAPITAL
FIRM CALLS MIGHT GET PC. AND I
ALSO RUN YOU'RE ALL SET UP A
SEVERITY DURING GLENDALE. IN
TWENTY TWO SMART IF YOU SEE OF
OUR DAY- FUND THOUSAND. OF
GOVERNORS OFFICE OF. OUR AND
BUSINESS TO GROUP- TO. A PILOT
ACCELERATOR IN UP- OVER THE LAST
TO KNOW YEARS US MARKET VIEWS HE
HAS- BECOME AN INSTANT OF
SUPPORT FOR TECH COMMUNITY. TECH
START UPS IN IN THE REGION. I'M
NOT TO SHARE OF THOSE THAT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO COME. WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS BUSINESS
INITIATIVES THE UP ACCELERATOR
FROM REGIONAL EVENTS BUSINESS ON
A INITIAL STUDENT INTERNSHIP HI
. CONFERENCE OVER THE LAST
ENOUGH YEARS OUR TEAM HAS
ACTIVELY WORKED A COLLABORATED
WITH FIVE IN FRONT OF FOR DANISH
OF HOUSE. I THINK GIVE- I THINK
A BIT OF A ABOUT GIVE ME AND
WORK WE DO WILL HELPFUL IN. THE
PHARMACY AND COMP OF THE PROGRAM
THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THANK
YOU YOU SEE IS EARLY STAGE
VENTURE FOR WHICH INVEST IN THE
TECH A. I. COMPANIES IT'S BY. IN
IN IN THE COMPANIES TO U. S.
OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF VIA
OF INTO IN FIVE PER COME- AND
PEOPLE TO INVEST ANOTHER FOR
MILLION. IN THE NIGHT FIVE YEARS
IN THE GRAND AND WE SIGNED AREA
. FOR EVERYONE MILLION DOLLAR
THAT BEING. IN THIS EARLY STAGE
COME. ARE PART FOR THE COMPANY
HAVE BROUGHT IN ADDITION FORTY
FOR MILLION OF. WHICH WILL BE
MOSTLY. INTO AND BIG BIGGER
UNITED STATES- THROUGH THE
COLLABORATION OF THE CITY OF
GLENDALE AND SMART PC FIVE YOU
HAVE RUN FREE BY OF ALERT
PROGRAM THAT WASN'T THIRTY. FOR
THIS TRIP OF THE PRO YEAH
ALREADY ABLE TO WORK WITH THREE
UPS THAT COME FROM TANK. THIS
UPS COME NOT ONLY FROM ARMY BUT
BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE BECAUSE AND
FEEL FEES OF THE START UP THAT
MOVED TO U. S. OTHERS OF THE-
ARE COMPANIES HAVE RAISED OF. A
SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF. THIS
FUNDING USED TO SET OPERATIONS
IN CAL. AND FOR SOME OF THEM TO
RELOCATE FULLY TO CAL. YOUR
HOUSE CLEANED BETWEEN THEIR HEAD
COACH FACE. HERE ARE SOME THE
LOGOS THE COMPANIES THAT MORE TO
STATES AFTER PROGRAM. AND IF YOU
LOOK AT THE FOR BELOW BELOW
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE TWO THAT
ARE WORKING FROM HOUSE IN
GLENDALE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE
OLDER THE HAVE SEVEN. THAT HAVE
EITHER. OR FULLY. TO GRAND
OTHERS OF THE- ARE. ARE ON COME
ARE SO OF THE TALKING. CUSTOMER
AND IN THE TECH INDUSTRY I YOU
LOOK AT THE LOG YOU'LL SEE ON
ARE COMPANIES ARE PART WITH-
SOME NAMES IN. MANTA NVIDIA
GOOGLE UCLA MET CHILDREN
HOSPITAL YOUR- YOU'RE NOT JUST
GOING IS. NOT DISCORD AND MANY.
THE IN TO THE A TO SEVEN. OUR
COMPANY HAVE BEEN GET- PUBLICITY
FOR THE- PROCEDURES- TECH. AMONG
THEM CUT DURING THE COVER OF MY
- BEING BY FOR NASH JOKE.
TECHCRUNCH WASHINGTON POST AND
MANY OTHERS THE IN A TO THEIR
WORKING ON BUILDINGS PUBLIC TO
GO AZ TECHNICAL HUB AND NEXTECH
CENTERING. I INCLUDE SOME-
PHOTOS WHICH FIT- CUP TO. AND
OTHER THAT IS IN HOUSE. YOU CAN
SEE OF THE FOR. THE FOUNDER AND
CEO SERVICE THAT- PHASING
GLENDALE BY BECAUSE I AM AND
YOU'LL CELLS OF FROM OUR PITCH
COMPETITION THAT BAHA GLENN ON
THAT MONDAY.
GOT SACKED- ESTEBAN X. IS- MET
MEDTECH COMPANY VEGGIES-
BUILDING TO THE NEXT GENERATION
OF STUDY GRAVERT ACCOUNTS THE
COMPANY STARTED IN UKRAINE OKAY
THEY JOINED THE PROGRAM OF FIRST
BATCH BACK IN TWENTY TWENTY AND
RECENTLY THE COMPANY MOVED TO
UNITED STATES CURRENTLY THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH FDA APPROVALS TO
MAKE THE PLACENTA CANS AVAILABLE
ALL ACROSS US- HOSPITALS. ALL
THE MESSAGE YOU'RE A HAS BEEN
AMAZING SUPER FOR US AND HELP US
A LOT TO THE SEPT PERIOD IF YOU
IF I COMPARE YOUR AUGUST VIDEO
ACTS OF THE WE WORK WITH- I CAN
SAY THAT THE IS THE BEST BECAUSE
THE TEAM OFFERS THE YEAR- DIRECT
. AND DIVE DEEP INTO OUR
BUSINESS CHALLENGES- ZERO IN
ADDITION TO HOSTING THE ABSOLUTE
PRO HAS BEEN ON ACHTEN INVOLVED
IN KIND OF PEOPLE TO ROLE IN
GOING TECH- EVENTS INTO TWENTY
TO LAST YOU GLENDALE THANK. FREE
DAY LONG FOR AT HOUSE. DURING
THE SENATOR FOR. ON ON THE US BY
ONE THE PANEL- DURING THE THREE
DAY LONG EVENTS MIGHT GIVE YOU
SEE TO GET OVER FIFTY SPEAKERS
FROM YOU LOS ANGELES- IS COAST-
SOMETIMES BAY AREA- TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEW. A. I. BY A IN THE
IPAD. AND ABILITY. AS YOU CAN
FROM THE LAW ON- THE SLY BEAVER
ABLE TO THAT OF THE MAY TECH AND
STUFF PLAYER. NOT ONLY LISTEN TO
BOTTLES IN GREAT CAL. DURING THE
WITH A SUIT FOR THE EVENTS THE
OVER THREE HUNDRED FIFTY P.
JOINED US DAY HEAR HOW- MEET THE
SPEAKERS TO NOT TO GET TO KNOW
THE THAT COMPANIES ARE DOING.
YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME
PARTNERS WITH LOW UNIVERSE
RESEARCH LABS AND PICK CORP THE
PUNCH NURTURE GROW IN .COM YEARS
. I'M I INCLUDED ALL. AND WOULD
LIKE TO SELL A SHOW VIDEO. OF
EACH CUP THIS SUMMER SOME OF THE
WORK THAT WE DO AND OF THEM
MOMENTS OF LOS YEAR'S GLENN TECH
WEEK- IF THIS HAVE TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FEEL HALF
AND THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE
AND- AND LIKE I SAID IN THE
BEGINNING I THINK YOU KNOW WE
OFTEN TIMES- THE STATE GIVES OUT
GRANTS AND WE DON'T SEE WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM AND THAT'S ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO
HAVE YOU HERE SO PEOPLE COULD
SEE THAT THIS LITTLE HALF A
MILLION DOLLAR GRANT IS REALLY
PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS SOME JUST
BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF EXPERT
YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER. TO TALK TO
THE COMMUNITY IS IMMEASURABLE
HOW MANY RIGHT NOW HOW MANY
START UPS ARE ARE LOCATED AT AND
HERE HOUSES JUST LIKE TODAY I
NOT ONLY HAVE SEVEN TEAMS
WORKING FROM YOUR HOUSE SPACE
THE SPACE ITSELF IS A SEVEN
THOUSAND SQUARE FEET SPACE BUT
DON'T YOU HAVE ONLY A LIMITED
NUMBER OF THE OFFICES WHICH
BASICALLY MEANS THE COMPANIES
COME TO YOUR HOUSE GROW ENOUGH
NOT TO FIT IN YOUR HOUSE AND
THEY GO OUT AND RENT THEIR OWN
OFFICES WE HAVE TWO COMPANIES
THAT. WE ARE EXPECTING WILL BE
MOVING OUT VERY SOON BECAUSE
THEY ALREADY ARE BIG ENOUGH TO
HAVE THEIR OWN OFFICES THEY NEED
MORE SPACE THEIR TERMS ARE
GETTING BIGGER SOLVE EXPECTING
TO BRING INTO IN TUNE IN TURN
TO. NEW TEAMS TO YOUR HOUSE TO
MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE NUMBER. OF
COMPANIES IN HILL HOUSE AND WE
KEEP THE SPACE FOR- OF MY
CONVERSATIONS IN THE NOBODY
SPEAKS. IN HOW MANY- IN HERE
HOUSING. YOU HAVE ON HOW MANY. I
OF THE MONTH. I THINK THE AROUND
FOUR TEAMS THAT. THE STATE WITH
SMALLER EVANS SOME CAN SEE TOO
MANY FIVE SO THE SPACE IS BIG
ENGLAND THE NEW YES THIS IS
BETWEEN. EXACT TOWARD IN. IT'S
BIGGER- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU I'VE TALKED ABOUT WHICH YOU
VERY PER OF IS THE NUMBER OF
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND WE- THE
- IMBALANCE I MEAN. GIVEN IN IN
YOU S. TECH WORLD. YOU'RE DOING
SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER WITH YOUR
WITH YOUR GENDER MAKE UP. YEAH
I'M A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY PROUD OF
YOUR WORK ON THAT. YEAH
ABSOLUTELY SO- I ALWAYS SAY THE
SPEND BE LOOK AT THE COMPANIES
THE- FOCUS ON PURELY ON THE- THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE FOUNDERS
AND THE TECH LAB LIKE THE
STRENGTH OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
THE FOUNDERS ARE BUILDING BUT
THE HAVE HAD THE LOCAL FOR
INSTRUCTING. IMPRESSIVE FEMALE
FOUNDERS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND
BEING ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY
BETWEEN THE PHONE TO SEE IF YOU
LOOK IN OUR PORTFOLIO WE HAVE
INVESTED- IN AT LEAST FOR FEMALE
LED COMPANIES AND- ALL OF THOSE
COMPANIES. FORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO RAISE FOLLOWING ROUNDS
AFTER US ONE OF THEM JUST
GRADUATED FROM BREAK THIS GUY
TODAY HE'S HE'S BASED BETWEEN
LOS ANGELES AND GLENDALE BACK
AND FORTH. THE OTHER ONE IS
BASED IN EAST COAST BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN GLENDALE AND
DISCLOSED. SO BE ACTIVELY. AND
OUR TEAM IF YOU LOOK INTO OUR
TEAM. OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE
FEMALES RIGHT OUT OF THE
SEVENTEEN. PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
EIGHT PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE IN
THE TEAM FIVE FIVE PHOENIX. SO
BEFORE ENOUGH TO WORK. AND NEXT
TO A MEETING A DIFFERENCE IN.
FROM AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE
- NUMBER OF THE AI THE TECH
FEMALE FOUNDERS GOING. GREAT
YEAH AND WHEN I DID MY TOUR IN-
IN OF ON THE FILM I THINK OF
FIVE PEOPLE WHO TOOK ME ON A
TWO. FOR ONE ONLY ONE AND YOU
KNEW ALL OF THEM. YEAH WE ALWAYS
ABOUT THE I'LL SAY- LIKE THE YOU
KNOW I MEAN YOU HAVE AN I USED
TO HIDE THE TO. I HIRE OLDER
FEMALE. AND THEN WHEN I. ARMENIA
ONE OF I'M MY COLLEAGUES THAT
HIRING THEN WE GOT A COUPLE
PEOPLE. IN THE TWO WEEKS TO
BECAUSE EVEN DIVERSE. AND
THOUGHT THE OPINIONS YEAH
EXCITED TO- MAJORITY THE PEOPLE
IN THE TO THE FEMALES AND WHEN I
TO. A MEMBER AUTUMN BURKE
TIRMIDHI- PRE PANDEMIC WAS VERY
EXCITED BY WITHIN THE CLASS
JUST. JUST HOW WITHIN THE WORLD
HOW MUCH GENDER BY IN WAS THERE
VERSUS HERE WERE OF COURSE 98%
OF THE COBRA IN THE S. NOW EIGHT
PER ARE ARE MEANT. AND IT'S IT
JUST AS THE OF IT'S EXCITING.
VERY COLD TODAY. IF I GET A GOD
MOTHER THE WHOLE.
IF THE HIGHEST OF FEMALE TECH
EMPLOYMENTS IN ALL ACROSS
EASTERN EUROPE AND EUROPE SO
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE AND THAT'S
VERY EXCITING TO SEE I THINK
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY
COMPETITIVE TALENT AND A BUNCH
OF COMPANIES HIRING NINETY.
THREE TESTING SO WOULD YOU SAY
THE- YOUR HOUSE IS DOING WELL-
YES I WOULD SAY THEY ARE DOING
VERY WELL VERY EXCITING FOR
WHAT'S TO COME. I'M VERY MUCH
LOOKING FORWARD TO WE HAVE A LOT
OF CAPITAL TO THE PLANE GLENDALE
AND BECAUSE LOS ANGELES AREA SO
THEY ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING
FORWARD TO. BUILDING STRONG
PIPELINE OF TECH COMPANIES AND-
GROWING GLENDALE TEXTING WITH
THAT. AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF
A SENATOR MENJIVAR WANTED TO
COME DO A TOUR OF YOUR HOUSE YOU
WOULD BE EXCITED TO HAVE HER
COME TO A TOTAL OF TO DO THAT WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND SHOW
YOU THE SPACE INTRODUCED HIMSELF
THE COMPANIES. INTO AND JUST THE
THIS IS A SOFT QUESTION BUT THE
IT THE STATE INVESTMENT WAS WELL
SPENT- YEAH I THINK- I WANT TO
MENTION THIS ONE MORE TIME NOT
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN
POSSIBLE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
STATE INVESTMENT THE- ONLY VAPE-
THE MOVE TO U. S. FLOWS. THE
STATE- LOOK GROUND AND THAT'S
BECAUSE OF THIS GRANT THAT BE
ABLE TO OPERATE OF YOUR- THAT
VERY TO WORK WITH THIS COME.
INVESTING HI RETUNING- THE
PRESENT- AND THE LIKE ENOUGH
JOIN THE CA ENGLAND OF AND I
THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW WE HEAR
THIS LEAVE CALIFORNIA UTAH ABOUT
. YOU KNOW WHAT A DOZEN.
BUSINESSES THAT RELOCATED. TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. YEAH RETRACTING THIS
THIS TOWN. YEAH- ALL THE COME-
THAT STARTING NEXT EUROPE MOST
OF THEM IN. MOVED TO CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE THEY TARGET TO MARKET
AND TO BE TO SELL TO US THEY
WANT TO BE. TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THOUGHT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
IS A SET OF. THIS FOUNDERS
MOVING TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
BECAUSE THE PRIMARY LOCATIONS
THAT MOST OF THEM TARGETED. WE
WANT THEM TO COME TO GLENDALE
BECAUSE IF YOU COMPARE THE TWO
REGIONS YOU'LL SEE THAT. EASE
BAY MORE AFFORDABLE. NICER PLACE
TO LEAVE HAS THE RESOURCES VERY
CLOSE THE BURBANK AIRPORT THE
TALENT IS AMAZING THEY'RE
SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE TOP
UNIVERSITIES IN THE REGION.
CALTECH USC UCLA ARE JUST LIKE.
BUT CATHOLIC IT'S TWENTY MINUTE
DRIVE FROM THE GROUND UP. SO
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED
THE OFFICE SPACES ARE PLENTY TO
COMMON TO SET UP IN GLENDALE THE
ONLY THING THEY NEED IS THE-
SMALL SPACE INITIALLY TO START
FROM WHICH IS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
HOMELESS AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
A STATE- AS THEY ATTRACT MORE
FUNDING THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE
THEIR OWN SPACES THEIR OWN
OFFICES AND THEY GONNA FEEL.
THEY JUST NEED THE INITIAL.
SUPPORT TO MOVE TO LONDON. IS OF
GOING TO SOME OTHER RICH SAY
CYNTHIA SOME. AND THEN GO THERE
. NO WE- HEARD EARLIER FROM
IMPACT OF- AND I. YOU'RE WITH
IMPACT AND THERE ARE SOME SAY
BETWEEN HERO HOUSE AND- OF-
MEANS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
OF AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF COMPANY
THAT HAVE OVERLAPPING. US AND
THEM BACK UP AND I. THE AND THE
REST OF THE TEAM OF HUB ALSO-
SADIE'S BE MORE WORK WITH THE
OTHER- IF THERE COME. THAT HAVE
SPECIFIC IMPACT. IMPACT IS
THERE'S SUPPORT. THE NUMBER OF
COME LEFT. OR FOUNDER. LIKE
THANKS AGAIN BYE OF A THE
COMMUNITIES ISN'T. SO GIVE X. I
CAN MAYBE I'LL TO THAT ARE- I
COULD.
SHE MECHANISM THEY'RE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO- BASICALLY
INCLUDE BAIT THERE ARE- THERE
START UPS IN PAT IMPACTANTE IT'S
USUALLY ONE OR TWO UP TO THREE
TEAM MEMBERS THAT'LL BE THERE
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN
THERE'S A SORT OF NATURAL.
GRADUATION FOR SOME OF THEM TO
SEEK. ANGEL INVESTMENT OR EARLY
STAGE INVESTMENT WHICH IS WHAT
YOUR HOUSE SINCE MARKET BC OF
OFFERS SO WE SEE THIS KIND OF IT
IS AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE WALL WHERE
WHAT- THE YOU KNOW REACH DOING
AND WE DO EXPECT THAT THERE
WOULD IN THE FUTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE
THAT'LL- START OUT VERY SMALL
WITH US AND THEN MOVE ON TO YOUR
HOUSE AND MOVE ON TO. A GREATER
LEVEL OF SUCCESS AND ESTABLISH
OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL
SO YES I DEFINITELY THINK THIS
IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S WORK
CONTINUING. AND I MENTION THAT
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE STATE HAS
A PRESENCE WITH IMPACT OF IN
YEREVAN THROUGH THE TRADE DESK
AND GLENDALE HAS THE PRESENCE
WITH HERO HOUSE IN GLENDALE AND
SO WE HAVE BOTH THE STATE.
RELATIONSHIP AND THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP AND THE
MORE WE COOPERATE AND
COLLABORATE I THINK IT MAKES IT
JUSTIFIES BOTH. THE PRESENCE IN
BOTH WORLDS. ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT
CENTER EIGHT TEST. WELL THANK
YOU VERY FOR FREE PRESENT- RAFI
AND THAT ARMENIA THANK YOU IT'S
EXCITING I MEAN I AGAIN WHEN WE
EXPAND. YOU KNOW TAXPAYER
DOLLARS FOLKS NEED TO SEE YOU
KNOW JUST HOW THAT SMALL
INVESTMENT RIPPLES AND MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN A COMMUNITY
INTEREST CONTINUES THAT. THAT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHICH WHICH
CONTINUES TO BUILD SO THANK YOU
. ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO ON
TO OUR OUR DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
QUE. YOU'RE GOOD WE'RE GONNA GO
ON TO OUR NEXT- A DISCUSSION
WHICH IS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT-
TRANSPORTATION AND MIKE THORPE
IF YOU COULD COME ON UP WE HAVE-
MIKE THORPE WHO IS AN AVIATION
CONSULTANT AT DOT EIGHT ONE
EIGHT. AND THE OWNER OF- GLOBAL
AVIATION CONSULTING FIRM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA BASED FIRM- SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING- ABOUT
FOR A LONG TIME IS YOU KNOW.
WHAT WE CAN DO- IN CALIFORNIA TO
FOSTER A MORE EFFICIENT TRAVEL
BETWEEN- THE U. S. IN PARTICULAR
CALIFORNIAN ARMENIA- THERE ARE
NO DIRECT FLIGHTS I KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM THE BUYER
MEDIA FOLKS TO HAVE. SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES- CARGO ISSUES THAT
THEY'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BUT
HERE WE ARE HOME TO FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ARMENIANS LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA- AND THE MOST POPULAR
DESTINATION I BELIEVE FOR MOST
OF THEM IS- IS YET OF ON AND SO
IF YOU WOULD GIVE US SUCH. A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE- WHAT
SOME OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES I
DO KNOW WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE
AIRLINES WHO ARE WATCHING WHO-
WANTED TO HEAR THIS DISCUSSION-
DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO TALK
OR SOME- FEDERAL ISSUES RELATED
TO WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO
BUT I KNOW THERE IN THE AUDIENCE
LISTENING AND WE APPRECIATE
THEIR INTEREST. IN THIS
CONVERSATION AND YOU'RE YOU'RE
OUR LOCAL EXPERT MIKE ON ON WHAT
WE CAN DO AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING FOR THE STATE TO DO IN
TRYING TO ENCOURAGE. GETTING IN
NONSTOP I KNOW MYSELF ON THE
FOUR TRIPS THAT I'VE GONE I'VE
HAD ANYWHERE FROM TWO HOUR TO
SIX HOUR LAYOVERS- IN DIFFERENT
CITIES WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO FLY
DIRECT AND YOU KNOW IT IT MAKES
IT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN WE HAVE
SUCH A POPULATION SO. PLEASE
SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION. THE YOU
CHAIRMAN PORT AND- SENATOR MAN
HE BOUGHT IN SCENT ON. OF THE
COMMITTEE WHO BE- VIEWING
VIRTUALLY. I WILL GIVE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET- THE U.
S. ARMENIA AND LOS ANGELES
ARMENIA MARKETS. TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT HOW THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF
THE LEVEL DEMAND AND THEN. HOW
THEY RECOVERED SINCE THE
PANDEMIC- BUT YOU KNOW QUICKLY-
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE
BY FAR THE LARGEST POPULATION OF
ARMENIAN AMERICANS IS HERE IN
SOUTHERN. IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. IN THE GLENDALE
BURBANK AREA- AND THAT WAS
REFLECTED IN YOUR TROUBLE
BETWEEN UNITED STATES ARMENIA
OVER TWO THIRDS THAT TRAVEL-
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES COMES
FROM. THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GREATER LOS ANGELES MARKETS SO.
OUT OF ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FIVE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL EACH WAY
EACH DAY BETWEEN OUR TWO.
NATIONS A HUNDRED AND TWELVE
THOSE PASSENGERS COME FROM THE
GREATER LOS ANGELES MARKET. AND
THAT HAS CONSISTENT EVEN THE
CASE- SO THE CHALLENGE FOR
AIRLINES IS OBVIOUSLY GEOGRAPHY
WHERE YOU'RE ON THE FAR WEST
COAST. YEAH THE LARGEST MARKETS-
DOMINANT MARKET SHARE. BUT FOR A
DESTINATION THAT'S NOT ONLY
CROSS AN OCEAN BUT ACROSS THE
CONTINENT AS WELL SO. DISTANCE
BECOMES A CHALLENGE BUT
OBVIOUSLY WITH NEW AIRCRAFT AND
YOU KNOW EACH GENERATION OF.
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT BECOMES MORE
FUEL EFFICIENT. IT ALLOWS
SMALLER NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO FLY
FARTHER. OF AIRPLANES LIKE THE
SEVENTY SEVEN OR THREE THREE
EIGHT THREE FIFTY FROM AIRBUS
THE BOEING AND AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
THAT ARE USED TODAY. HAVE
CREATED NEW MARKETS THAT WERE
NOT POSSIBLE FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR SURE SO-
THERE'S YOU KNOW FEES. FOR THAT
MORE TO WERE- ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW IS
BEEN THE- JUST THE RECOVERY THE
SLOW RECOVERY OF INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
THAT'S BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS IF YOU LOOK BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC THERE I MENTIONED
EARLIER THERE'S ABOUT. A HUNDRED
AND TWELVE PEOPLE TO GO BETWEEN
LOS ANGELES AND YET OF ON EACH
DAY BOTH GOING AND COMING BACK.
THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT- HUNDRED
THIRTY TWO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SO OVERALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT
RECOVERY- STILL NOT TO TWENTY
NINETEEN LEVELS VERY STRONG
COMPARED TO A LOT OF
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. BUT THE
RECOVERY'S BEEN SLOW BECAUSE
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE OPENED
UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES DIFFERENT
STAGES- BUT ALSO THERE'S BEEN-
YOU KNOW SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY
- THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS
OUR NATIONAL TRAVEL. AND- THE
OTHER ISSUES THEN THE- THE-
SEVERE GLOBAL PILOT SHORTAGE SO
CHAIR AIRLINES- IN THE U. S. AND
REALLY ALL OVER THE WORLD VERY
CHALLENGE TO HAVE ENOUGH PILOTS
TO FLY. A LOT OF ROUTES TO THE
LIKE TO FLY- AND THAT'LL
CONTINUE THE CASE FOR NUMBER OF
YEARS AND TELL. AS AN INDUSTRY
WE CAN BEGIN TO HAVE AND HOW
THAT WORK FORCE THE BILL BACK UP
TO WHERE WE CAN- YOU KNOW SORT
OF PARKING POINTS PUTTING THEM
INTO USE OPEN NEW MARKETS AND
GROW- SO I THINK THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE SHORT TERM CHALLENGES BUT
THE REALITY IS. THERE IS A
VIABLE MARKET- NOT NECESSARILY
DALY SERVICE CLEARLY THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH PASSENGERS FOR A FLIGHT
EACH DAY- BETWEEN LOS ANGELES
AND YET OF ON BUT A LOT OF
AIRLINES ARE VERY CREATIVE
PARTICULARLY INTERNATIONALLY IN
THOSE KIND OF MARKETS IN. IN
LESS THAN DALY SERVICE THREE
TIMES A WEEK OR TWO TIMES A WEEK
AND FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
THAT CAN WORK MORE VERY WELL
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
TOPICALLY TRAVELING FOR
BUSINESS. OR LEISURE THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR TWO
OR THREE DAYS ARE GOING FOR A
SERIES OF WEEKS OR OR AT LEAST A
WEEK SO. THAT'S WHAT- WE HAVE
HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE U. S.
AIRLINES ABOUT AND- LOOKED INTO
THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET
RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANNA MARKET
SHARE BASIS BECAUSE THERE'S NO
U. S. OR- ARMENIAN AIRLINE
FLYING BETWEEN THE U. S. ARMY
AND DETAILS FROM THE ARMENIAN
SIDE OF THINGS THERE'S NOT A
NATIONAL CARRIER THAT HAS. THE
AIRCRAFT OF THE CITY THAT SO
WOULD HAVE TO BE. ONE OF THE
THREE MAJOR U. S. CARRIERS IT
HAS A GLOBAL NETWORK. BUT THEY
DO HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIVITY
WITH OUR PARTNERS TODAY IF YOU
LOOK BEFORE. THE PANDEMIC
AEROFLOT HAD ABOUT 45% OF MARKET
NOW OUT COMING OF THE PANDEMIC.
THAT IS SHIFTED TO QATAR AIRWAYS
WHICH SUPPORT AMERICAN THEY NOW
CARRY ABOUT 45% OF THE MARKET-
ONE FLAILING GREAT SERVICE
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT'S
ALONG. WITH LONG FLIGHT FILE THE
CAR THE COMPACTOR. AIR FRANCE
DELTA'S PARTNER FLIES- CONNECTS
. THROUGH- S. WHICH IS A WHICH
IS A SHORTER CONNECTION.
CONNECTS BUT- THAT ONLY CAPTURES
. TEN PER. OF THE U. S. MARKET
AND MAY 8% OF THE L. A. MARKETS.
YOU KNOW. IT'S I THINK IT'S ONE
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON
BUT THERE CLEARLY IS VIABILITY
THERE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY
THERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF.
GROWTH IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT
TODAY JUST IN THE TECH SECTOR
BETWEEN THE U. S. ARMENIA SO
CRITICALLY LAWCENTER LOS ANGELES
REGION AN ARM AND ARMENIA- BUT
THAT'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO GROW
AND ALSO JUST TO. THE GROWING
IMPORTANCE OF ARMENIA AS FAR AS
APART AS A PARTNER FOR THE
UNITED STATES. SO- IT'S AN
EFFORT THAT WILL WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON AND WE DO BELIEVE
THERE FIVE BILLION FEASIBILITY
CERTAINLY THERE'S ENOUGH REVENUE
AND PASTOR TRAFFIC. TO SUPPORT
LESSEN DAILY SERVICE TODAY BUT
THEIR STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FOR
THE AIRLINES TO MAKE THAT KIND
OF A SERVICE HAPPEN. WITHOUT
HAVING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MAJOR
HURDLES WHY WHAT WHAT WHAT HAS
PREVENTED IT. TO THIS POINT. I
THINK WHAT WILL BE. THE TWO
BIGGEST PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS
JUST GROWTH BECAUSE THE PILOT
SHORTAGE BUT I THINK ALSO. IT'S
JUST BEEN A MARKET THAT DO
NOTHING BUT YEARS AGO WHEN I
WORKED AT LA ACTS AND ARMENIANS
ARE LYING TO THE TIME CAME AND-
WENT TALK ABOUT FLYING TO LOS
ANGELES- RANGE IS ALWAYS GOING
TO CHALLENGES VERY LONG FLIGHT.
BUT CLEARLY. THERE ARE FIGHTS
ALONG FROM LOS ANGELES TODAY.
THE GO TO POINTS THAT ARE
FURTHER AWAY THAN THAN THE OTHER
ONE IS. I THINK IT'S ALSO JUST
A- THERE IT'S NOT A MARKET
THAT'S BEEN VERY- PROMINENT ON
THE INTERNATIONAL. INTERNATIONAL
AIR TRAVEL STAGE. WE KNOW
THERE'S NEVER OWNED ARMENIAN
AIRLINES NOT BEEN A PART OF A
GLOBAL ALLIANCE NECESSARILY YOU
KNOW THE PROPERTY. THE ALLIANCE
IS THAT AMERICAN UNITED DELTA
MEMBERS OF- THE MARKET HAS BEEN
A LITTLE BIT- OVERLOOKED IS NOT
IT IS NOT AS LARGE AS A-
MARKETS. THAT READ. AND ALLOW OF
THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAS HAPPENED
IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. HAS
COME FROM. VERY WELL FUNDED
CARRIERS IN THE IN THE IN THE-
YOU KNOW THEIR GULF REGION IN
QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES- AND IN TURKEY WITH
TURKISH AIRLINES WELL SO YOU
HAVE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE
GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED IN SOME
OF THE OTHER. AREAS BUT I THINK
ALSO JUST. THE THERE'S NOT BEEN
THE ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING RECENTLY I
THINK IN IT ARE HIGHLIGHTS NOT
BEEN HIGHLIGHTED THE SAME WAY.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF. YOU
KNOW- THEY'RE JUST MARKETS WITH
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL THAT
AREN'T. THEY'RE KIND OF
OVERLOOKED UNTIL PEOPLE REALIZED
OF THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND THE
VIABILITY OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS WE'RE RAISING THE- RATE
REVIEW ELEVATING THE AWARENESS
OF THE MARKET. WITH THE AIRLINES
AND THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST STEP
IN GETTING THEM TO SEE. NOT JUST
THE VIABILITY BUT ALSO THE
GROWTH POTENTIAL THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE WITH THE
WITH THE U. S. ARMY MARKET.
SENDING ALL OF THAT ECONOMIC
DATA DIRECTLY TO THE AIRLINES
YES YEAH. AND AGAIN FOR THE
RECORD I KNOW THE AIRLINES ARE
TUNING IN TODAY THE HOUSE DIDN'T
WANT IT. YEAH SURE CERTAIN
FEDERAL. RARE THEY CAN'T TALK
ABOUT THE SORTS OF THINGS THEY
CAN'T TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS
BUT I KNOW THERE THAT YOU KNOW
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
CONVERSATION OR HERE AND I WANT
TO GIVE THEM THE RESPECT FOR.
YEAH FOR BEING WILLING TO AT
LEAST LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION
WHAT CAN WE DO AS STATE
LEGISLATORS IS THERE A ROLE FOR
US HOW CAN WE BE TRUE LEADERS TO
THIS WHAT CAN WE DO- FROM- FROM-
IS FREE TO CORPORATE. OR AN
ALLY. YEAH THAT'S A THAT'S A
REALLY GREAT QUESTION AND JUST
TO BE CLEAR TO YOUR COMMENTS A
MOMENT AGO I MEAN. EITHER I HOPE
I MADE CLEAR THERE ARE
CHALLENGES FOR THE U. S.
CARRIERS AND THIS IS CERTAINLY.
YOU KNOW THEY THEY- IF IT WAS A
SLAM DUNK IT WOULD HAPPEN. YEAH
IT ONCE AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO. YOU HAVE TO ALSO HELP. I WAS
TOLD TO TELL PEOPLE THAT. THE
BUT YOU'RE RUNNING A GLOBAL
AIRLINE YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AT
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
AND SO IT'S A YOU KNOW IT'S A
IT'S A MULTI YEAR PROCESS TO GET
THIS TO HAPPEN WITH CAROLINE I
WANTED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
BECAUSE- YOU KNOW AGAIN I. I
JUST WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S A
ROLE FOR US YEAH WHAT CAN WE DO.
AS AN ALLY- OF THE STATE WITH
THE LARGEST ARMENIAN POPULATION
WITH YOU KNOW CONSTITUENTS THAT.
COME UP TO ME CONSTANTLY AND SAY
I TRAVEL MORE. IF IT WILL BE IF
WE HAD DIRECT FLIGHTS. THAT'S
THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION IT'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION- THERE
ARE TWO THINGS I THINK FIRST YOU
KNOW ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS
ABOUT THE ARMENIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IS. THAT THEY- PUT THEIR SUPPORT
BEHIND INITIATIVES LIKE THIS AND
NOT JUST YOU KNOW. NOT JUST
DEPORTED TALK BUT FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES AND SUPPORT AND
THERE'S AN EFFORT UNDERWAY TO
TRY TO BEGIN TO DO THAT AND
CREATE A- A- A- SUPPORT BASIS
TO. TO HELP AIRLINES DURING THAT
DIFFICULT LUNCH PERIOD WHEN ITS
EXIT EXPENSIVE TO LAUNCH A NEW
MARKET PARTICULAR MARKET. IN A
COUNTRY WHERE THAT NONE OF THEM
FLY TO TODAY. THAT'S THERE'S A
THERE'S AN UP FRONT- INVESTMENT
ANALYSTS AND MAKE. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THE STATE CAN DO-
IS- YOU KNOW MAKING COMMITMENT
WITH THAT WHEN IT HAS. TRACK TO
TOUR. THAT THEY USE. IF THERE'S
NONE OF A- NON. FLIGHTS THERE
ISN'T. THAT THEY- CODE SHARE.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU. IT AMERICAN.
OR OR AIR FOR. WITH AMERICAN
AIRLINES IN QATAR. THE YOU CAN
BUY. AN AMERICAN AIRLINE TICKETS
THROUGH QATAR AIRWAYS ARE YOU
CAN DEALT WITH HER FRIENDS BUT
AT LEAST IT. IT SHOWS SUPPORT
FOR THOSE U. S. CARRIERS THAT
HAVE. HAVE DEVELOPED A LEAST A
PARTNERSHIP FOR A PARTNER THAT
CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTED IN
TORONTO. THAT'S A GOOD FIRST
STEP AND THEN- I THINK JUST
CONTINUED- A RECENT CONVERSATION
WITH THE U. S. CARES ABOUT NOT
JUST THE TRAVEL THAT THAT DID.
THE TRAVEL OF PEOPLE GOING BACK
AND FORTH. BUT IMPORTANT THINGS
YUP TREE FOR OUR CAR ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT- THE PANDEMIC REALLY
SHOULD ALL OF US AROUND THE
WORLD IS THAT OUR CARGO. KEEPS
THE WORLD ECONOMY ALIVE IN A WAY
THAT NO OTHER FORM OF TRADE
CANNOT YOU KNOW THE OLD
INDUSTRY- YOU KNOW. YARDSTICK
WAS ABOUT HALF OF THEM THE VOTE
THE WEIGHT OF GOODS ARE SHIPPED
AROUND THE WORLD ARE CARRIED ON
AIRPLANES BUT THEY ACCOUNT 440%
OF THE VALUE. SO YOU KNOW
THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT FOR THAT
AND SO. IF YOU HAVE TRADE GROW-
AND WHETHER IT'S PERISHABLE
COMMODITIES WHETHER IT'S HIGH
VALUE GOODS- THOSE KIND OF
THINGS NEED TO BE CARED BY
AIRPLANES THAT'S A WHOLE PART OF
THE BUSINESS AND ALSO
UNDERWRITES AND SUPPORTS. FOR A
PASSENGER AIRLINE THE COST OF
OPERATING A PASSENGER FLIGHT
THERE PRIMARILY NOT THE PRIME
AND PRIMARILY THE BUSINESS OF
CARING PEOPLE. BUT THAT CARGO IN
TRADE GROWTH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. TO BE TALKING
INDUSTRY ABOUT FILLING THE BELLY
OF THE PLANE THAT NONE OF US
SEE. BUT THAT IS THAT IS EXTRA
REVENUE THAT HELPS. REALLY YOU
KNOW DROP THE BOTTOM LINE OR
OFFSET EXPENSES THAT THEY MIGHT
NOT OTHERWISE COVER WITH. THE
AFFAIRS OF THE CHARGING
PASSENGERS SO HOW DO WE QUANTIFY
THAT. CARGO POTENTIAL IN YOUR
ECONOMIC MODELING HAVE YOU
LOOKED AT THE CARGO PIECE OF IT
OR YOU'VE ONLY FOCUSED ON THE-
PEOPLE PIECE I'VE- FOCUSED ON
THE PEOPLE PIECE OF CARGO DATE
IS NOT ALWAYS EASILY AVAILABLE
PARTICULARLY FOR THE US AND ANY
OF YOUR. WORK TO DO YEAH. YEAH
WELL IN A PART OF IT IS. THAT
THE PEOPLE ARE EXPERTS IN THE US
ARMENIAN- BEGIN TO HELP QUANTIFY
PROVIDE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE IF
YOU LOOK AT U. S. TRADE DATA
WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF. THAT
SUCH A IT'S SUCH A I WOULD SAY
SMALL IT'S IN NASCENT
RELATIONSHIP IS ONE THAT IS.
REALLY JUST BEGINNING BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH
POTENTIAL AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
ANYONE HAS REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON
WHAT THAT GROWTH POTENTIAL IS TO
UNDERSTANDING BETTER. YOU KNOW
THE TYPES OF COMMODITIES-
ULTRALOW OR OTHERWISE-
INDUSTRIAL THAT ARE BEYOND THAT
ARE SHIPPED BACK AND FORTH-
TRADED TODAY BETWEEN ARMENIAN
THE U. S. AND LOOKING THOSE
COMMODITIES AND SAYING THESE ARE
THE KIND THAT WOULD BE PUT IN
AIRPLANES. THERE'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THAT THEIR-
BUT ALSO YOU KNOW BETTER
UNDERSTANDING HOW. THE GROWTH IN
THE TECH SECTOR FOR EXAMPLE HERE
AND IN ARMENIA HOW THAT
TRANSLATES TO TRIPS. HOW THAT
TRANSLATES TO- YOU KNOW. MORE
AND MORE NEED FOR. FOREIGN
PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH BUT
ALSO YOU KNOW THERE'S
COOPERATIVE EFFORTS THAT THAT
FOR EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW TOURISM IS
TYPICALLY NOT SO NECESSARY THE
HIGHER YIELD TRAVEL BUT IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT. TO THE COULD BE
COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
BETWEEN. TOURISM CALIFORNIA IN
ARMENIA'S TOURISM BOARD- TO LOOK
AT. HAD PEOPLE COMING FROM THERE
TO HERE MORE OFTEN OR
CALIFORNIANS LOOKING TO GO TO I
KNOW YOU KNOW PART EVERY TOURISM
BOARD ABOUT BRING PEOPLE TO
THEIR COUNTRY. BUT THERE COULD
BE PARTNERSHIPS AND BRIDGES BILL
WHERE. WERE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR
STATE CAN DISCOVER AND FIND FIND
OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT
THERE ARE AND CAN ARMENIA TO SEE
AND EXPERIENCE. AND VICE VERSA
SO THERE'S SOME OF THOSE SOME OF
THOSE WAYS THAT. THE STATE CAN
SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD-
THE BASIS FOR EVENTUALLY HAVING
THAT NONSTOP FLIGHT HAVE YOU
TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HAVE
YOU. MADE CONTACT WITH GO BIZ.
WE HAVE NOT YET TALKED WITH
COBUS ABOUT ABOUT. ABOUT THE-
THE FIGHTS BETWEEN ARMY AND THE
US I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE
CONVERSATION. TO HAVE- WE CAN
HELP FOR. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM
ON OTHER ISSUES FURTHER CALL. IN
MY PAST YOU KNOW IN IN- CARE
ENTRY SO. GABBY HAPPY TO DO THAT
YEAH I THINK THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING AND I. IN OTHER ARE I.
THAT WE AS A AS THE LEGISLATURE
CAN. CAN DO- YOU KNOW- IT'S LIKE
SAID IT'S SOMETHING THAT
CONSTITUENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP. I
EVEN WHEN I WAS HAVING A MEETING
WITH PRIME MINISTER FIVE YEARS
AGO WAS SOMETHING THAT. CAME UP
IN THAT MEETING- THAT I KNOW IS
A PRIORITY. FROM YELLOW TO. I
THINK ONE THE GREATEST THINGS TO
DO A COMMUNITY MEETINGS THIS AND
TO TALK ABOUT IT AND- FRANKLY
YOU KNOW. ASK FOR UPDATES AND
RIGHT EXPECT. ASK PROPER.
ABSOLUTELY THANK. CENTER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU COULD. NOTE THAT
YOU ALL MY QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY.
AREN'T PLEASE YOU TOOK THE TO BE
HERE I KNOW THAT THE LAW
INDUSTRY. FOLKS YOU KNOW. HOW
BROUGHT YOU TO HELP. TRY TO
FACILITATE THIS BECAUSE THE CON
CAL IT. WILL DO BETTER. IF WE
CAN FACILITATE THE STATE'S
TRANSPORTATION AND- THE SUBJECT
YOU BROUGHT UP IS OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION ARE ARE FROM THE BY
OUR MEDIA FOLKS WHO. AGAIN I HAD
A MEETING WITH THEM LAST YEAR
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR
MORE CARGO SPACE SO- THAT'S PART
OF THE SYNERGY OF THIS
CONVERSATION SO THANK YOU MIKE
FOR BEING HERE AND- WE'LL GO TO
OUR NEXT PRESENTERS WAS JOURNEY
SHOT IN THE LEG. FROM BY OUR
MEDIA. AND HAVE A PRESENTATION
AND- FOR A THEIR THEIR THEY'RE
THEY ARE. YES- GIVE A YOUR PRIZE
. THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME. GOOD
MORE EVERYONE- ACTUALLY GLAD THE
WE WERE LAST SPEAK I GOT HEAR
LOT OF THE- HERE I WANNA. ONE OF
BY TAKING OF THEM AS A CENTER-
FULLER HAVING A LITTLE AND I
HAVE. THIS COMMITTEE ON THE-
ARMY OUTSIDE MUTUAL- BEEF I
START OUR PRESENT. I A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS TO MY FOODS HAVE THE-
THE PRESS. ON THE DIRECT FROM
ARMENIA. TO- YEAH. TO- LOS
ANGELES AND- THEN ONE OF
QUESTIONS WAS HOW DO WE- HOW DO
WE GET MORE. PASSENGERS ON
FLIGHT AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IT'S THROUGH AND-
JUST ADDRESS. THE WHAT. ARMY CAN
BE AS A BEST A FOR TOURISTS IN
UTAH UPON- IS THE OF. THIS MUCH
HE IN ARMENIAN THERE SO THIS
MUCH TO SEE. TO SEE THE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DON'T THINK OF A ONE
THERE ON THEIR BIG THEY MAY BE
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT- OR
YOU'RE OR SOUTH OF BUT THE IT'S
VERY RARE THAT YOU SEE I'M- MY
FAMILY- SOME OF TO OUR- AND
THAT'S WHAT. WE NEED TO DO IS WE
NEED TO MARKET ARMY AS OF THIS.
FOR TOURISM AND THE- WHETHER
THEY IT'S THAT AND THE OF ARTS
THE CALL THE AVAIL THERE- THE I
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT- SOME.
SOME COMMITTEE ON SYMBOL NEEDS
TO THAT WORK ON TO ME TO ARMENIA
AS A TOUR THIS. SO THE AYE I
WANNA TO SAY THAT AT THE OUT AND
THEN- HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THEY
AT I'M SURE LOT OF PEOPLE AGREE
THAT THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE
HELPFUL AS FAR AS GETTING- MONEY
. IN ARMENIA AND ALL THAT THE-
POP BE CAL AND THE- AND I THAT
SENSE- SO I HAVE SAID THE I.
WANNA JUST- HAVE A AT THE WHO IS
THE- MAINS OF BY A- ITS ACT BY A
- NOT BY A- AND I JUST- SHE CAN
. GO OVER HOW HOW THE I CAME
ABOUT THE WAR. A LETTER TO GO
THROUGH THAT AND THEN I'LL HAVE
FEW THINGS TO SAY. HI EVERYONE
THANK THANK- FOR THE OVER TO.
THE WHOLE OF MY ARM START DURING
THE WAR WELL VERSION. TWENTY
TWO. I WAS THINKING WE CAN I DO
FOR MY- AND THEN I SAID- OPEN A
FACEBOOK GROUP AND WE'RE MEDIAN
ARM AND THE- PEOPLE TO ARMY.
THAT'S HOW STARTED I WILL THE
FACE GROUP IT'S THOUGHT GROWING
PEOPLE'S JOIN FROM PEOPLE START
JOINING. FROM CAL AND ALL OVER
THE AND THOUGH. IT STARTED
GROWING SO MUCH THAT I COULD DO
IT MY SO I ASKED THE SHAUN FOR
HIS HELP SAID SO WE DO HAVE A
GROUP THAT ARE STILL THE PEOPLE
SUPPORTING IN OUR- AND WHAT'S OF
. WAY OF. INCOME OR IS THAT THE
NEXT TO PEOPLE. THE PRESENTING
COULD INCREASE ADVERTISE THERE
PRODUCTS SOLD HOW WE STORE. I'LL
LET YOU KNOW CONTINUE. SO
ANALYSTS SAID WEDNESDAY STARTED
I IN THAT- BOARDS OF P. START
THE JOY THAT AND THE WE NOTICED
THAT THEY WAS A- PEOPLE FROM
ARMENIA AND WITH THAT PRODUCTS
ON OUR OF WEBSITE. AND PEOPLE
HAVE A TO- THE FACE FOR A- AND
PEOPLE HAVING TO GO AND- THOSE-
BENDER- TRYING TO SEND THE MONEY
. A MONEY- THERE WAS A LOT- A
LOT OF MOVE PARTS AND SO- WE'D
BE TO WITH LIMIT THAT WOULD BE A
IDEA IF WE CAN CREATE A WEBSITE
- MY PLACE WHERE. ALL THESE
VENDORS CAN ADVERT THEIR- AND-
SELIM TODAY OUTSIDE WORLD MAIN
MAINLY THE UNITED STATES. AND
SO- WE HAVE THAN TO AS IT WAS
MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE BEEN- AND
PRESENTED THAT IMPACT CLUB- WE
HAD- WE FEATURED SARAH- I'M NOT
SURE THAT ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR-
MEETINGS- WE- THE ANNUALLY WE GO
TO OUR- AND- A WHOLE SIMPLE. AND
THE- SPEAKER OF- HIGH CALIBER
FROM ARMENIA- TO PRESENT TO OUR
VENDORS HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR
CUSTOMER SERVICE THEIR PRESENT
PACKAGE PRESENTATION HOW TO-
INCREASE THE VALUE OF WHAT
THEY'RE SELLING HELPED IMPROVE
THE PRODUCTS AND THE- THEREBY-
OVERALL IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
THE SERVICE AND THE PRODUCTS-
WE- REALLY ARE. CONSIDERED- MANY
MANY MANY ARMENIAN AMAZON- ONE
POINT- IT WAS MENTIONED HERE I
THINK- THAT THE- IT IT IS THINGS
DON'T HAPPEN. OVERNIGHT AND WE
ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH BEEN-
HAD- WATER BY- BUSINESS FOR A
LITTLE OVER TWO A HALF AND WE
ARE. AND HAVE- THAN ALL IN OUR
OFFICE HERE IN IN- IN GLEN- MOST
MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FOR
ARMENIA ALTHOUGH WE A FEW AND
ALL AND HUNDRED ARMENIAN ELEVEN
AND ARMY IN. IN- IN GERMAN- SO
WE TRY TO PRESENT THE- AND THE
VALUABLE- PRODUCTS ARE CREATED-
MANUFACTURED IN ARMENIA TO THE
OUTSIDE WORLD LAST YEAR WE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY AND- I WANT TO
SAY YOU WANT A LOT OF SUCCESS
STORIES SO MANY SUCCESS STORIES
IS TWO PRESENTS SIX- SIX
COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES TO TJ
MAXX AND HOMEGOODS. ARKANSAS AND
STUFF AND- THAT'S RIGHT BY- BY
THIS WAS A THE COMPANY IN SOFT
THAT THE THESE VERY TEAS-
PRESENT. AND THE- WE GOT THE
ORDER FROM- HOME GOOD AND THE
HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE HAVE
HEARD WITH ARE PUTTING IN
ANOTHER ORDER- AND- IT WILL NOW
. TENDED PART- COME ON WE TOLD
THEM THAT RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT-
WE TRY THAT FROM OUTSIDE OF-
ASSEMBLY KNOWS THE ISSUES WITH
TRY TO OUR OFTEN. AND PEOPLE
COMING AND PROUD COMING OUT SO-
ONE OF THE THINGS A SENATE THE-
HAD MEN WITH THIS THE ONE OF
ARMY A IS THE- THE SHIPMENT-
COMING. ARMENIA TO LOS ANGELES
BEFORE THE U. UKRAINE WAR- AS A
I BELIEVE IT WAS- LIKE MEN THAT
THE FEDERAL FLOOD HAVE 5% OF THE
- OF THE- OF TRYING THAT.
WHETHER A PASSENGER OR WE USED
TO DO THE WHOLE THE CARGO
TRANSPORT THROUGH ERROR FLOW.
AND AFTER BUT AFTER WAR- WE DO
WITH THAT WHICH IS- ACTUAL- I
WOULD SAY MORE X. MAYBE BY AS AS
- 50% AND SO IN THE LAST TWO AND
A HALF YEARS WE'VE- IMPORTED
OVER HUNDRED FIFTY TONS OF-
PRODUCTS FROM ARMENIA BUT I CAN
SAY THAT THAT WOULD EASILY HAVE
BEEN- MAYBE EVEN DOUBLE IF. THE
CARD GOAL- TRANSPORTATION FEES
WERE NOT SO HIGH- WE'VE LOOKED
INTO- WOULD SEVERAL INTERESTED
PARTIES ABOUT- MAYBE HAVING A
HORRIBLE PLANE- THAT TRANSPORTS
CARGO FROM IN AND OUT OF ARMENIA
OF COURSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
THAT IS QUITE A FEAT AND- WOULD
REQUIRE A LOT OF FINANCIAL
SUPPORT- I AM GLAD THAT- THAT'S
BEING DISCUSSED AND I'M GLAD
THAT DR- SUPPORTS IN CHINO-
LOOKING INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT
WOULD REALLY HELP I BELIEVE THE
ECONOMY. OF ARMENIA- WANTS THAT
- OLD I WOULD SAY- THAT THE-
THEY IMPOSE. OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING OF THE- OF OUR- AS FAR AS
THIS. AND MICRO BUSINESSES ARE
MANY OF- WATER THEN. ARE
GRADUALLY OF IMPACTO THE I'M
SURE THAT IF GO DOWN A LIST OF
THAT WOULD BE- MANY HAVE GONE
THROUGH IN HOW HAVE A EITHER
ONE- FAR AS- YOU KNOW BEING THE
INCLUDE. THERE JUST TO GIVE A
OVER OF THOSE WHO KNOW BY ARMY
HAS. OVER ELEVEN DEFENDERS-
NINETY MORE THAN 95% OF THEM ARE
FROM ARMENIA 95% ARE WOMEN I
WANT TO MENTION THAT. AND THAT'S
IS THAT HAVE TO BE THE CASE
YEAH- WE DO HAVE MANY WILL WHO
ARE VENDORS ON TRIPS. WHO GONE
THROUGH THE RANKS OF YOU KNOW
GOING TO- WHETHER IT'S IMPACT
HUB OR OTHER THINK YOU BETTER- I
REDUCING. ANOTHER IN IN THE END
OF ON THE WE'VE THAT WE WORK SO
- WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE DONE-
AND BUT GOT A WAY TO GO- WE-
WE'VE BROUGH IT WEARS ARRIVED
THE TIP OF THE ICE SO AND THIS A
LOT OF WORK THAT TO BE AND THEN
- WANTED THINGS THAT THE WE- ARE
WILL BE LOOK FOR A IS- TO SEE IF
WE CAN GET- IN. RENTS OR- HI I'M
NOT I LET ME HERE LET ME LET ME
ASK AND QUESTION WE TALKED THE
CAR P. THIS YEAR GOING BACK TO A
MIKE WAS. YOU KNOW TRYING TO
CREATE ECONOMIC. AND OBVIOUSLY
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S CARGO THAT WOULD GO FROM
BOTH CALIFORNIA TO ARMENIAN
ARMENIA TO DO YET OF ON DO YOU
HAVE ANY OF THAT. POTENTIAL
CARGO- ECONOMICS WE CAN WITH ME
TO WHAT WHAT WHAT BECAUSE ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU SAID AS SHE THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO. IN ANNEX IF
WAS MORE SHIP- MORE CARGOES AND
ADAM ADAM ECONOMICAL- PRICE AND-
I'M GUESSING THAT THAT IF- LET'S
SAY THE DIRECT FLIGHT. THE
PASSENGER DIRECT FLIGHT- IS- IS
SOMETHING THAT IS. ABLE TO BE
REALIZED THE- LIKE MIKE MIKE-
MENTION- FARGO WOULD BE ABLE TO
ALSO TRANSPORTED WITH THE SAME
FLIGHTS AND SO THAT WOULD BRING
DOWN THE- THE- PER KILOGRAM OR
PER POUND TO TRANSFER. EIGHT
AND- WE THE- IT'S SIMPLE IT CAN
ONE LOW PRICE GO DOWN THE- WHAT
- WHEN WE THE MAN GOES UP THE
SCHOOL DOWN VICE VERSA AND SO-
SOMETIME A- IT'S PROHIBITIVE THE
TRANCE TRANCE. AS WELL AS
PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE OF THE- THE-
THE FEE FOR THE TRANSFER OF FOR
THE TRANSFER AND SO IF WE ARE
ABLE TO CREATE- MEANS WHERE
CARGO IS. ABLE TO- TO GO
DIRECTLY FROM- LOS ANGELES LET'S
SAY AND BRINGING THE PRICE DOWN-
I AM I'M CERTAIN THAT THEN WE
CAN. COME UP WITH SOME NUMBERS
AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND
MAYBE- HAVE CONTACT WITH MIKE SO
THAT WAY WE CAN SHARE
INFORMATION WHICH I DON'T HAVE A
CURRENTLY WITH ME RIGHT NOW YEAH
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I CONNECT YOU TO
HIM SO YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT
THE OVERALL ECONOMICS- BECAUSE
THAT WOULD HELP EVERYBODY IF WE
CAN. YOU KNOW GET THAT
INFORMATION SO ABSOLUTELY. YEAH
SO- SO TYPICAL GOOD. SO WHEN YOU
HAVE YOUR MENU. IN IN IN THE OUT
OF ON HOW WHAT WHAT'S THAT WHERE
WHAT'S THE TYPICAL PATH THAT
THAT GOOD TAKES SO- SO RIGHT
NOW- CURRENTLY WHAT HAPPENS IS-
IF SOMEBODY PURCHASES- THERE A
PRODUCT ONLINE- THE- THE VENDOR
TAKES THAT PRODUCT PACKAGE
PRODUCT TO OUR OFFICE IN
ARMENIA. THAT GETS- OF THE
TOGETHER FOR A WEEK AND THEN
WEEKLY WE HAVE FLIGHTS- THAT- WE
USE THAT RIGHT NOW I THOUGHT IT
WAYS. TO BRING THOSE ITEMS TO
CALIFORNIA AND THEN- AND THEN
DISTRIBUTE THEM HERE- AS I HAD
MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING GOOD
ABOUT- FOR A MINUTE- SINCE WE'RE
NOW OPENING ALSO A PHYSICAL
LOCATION IN GLENDALE- WHEREBY
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF HAVING. MAYBE
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
NEED FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR
EXAMPLE AND THEY CAN'T WAIT
UNTIL THE- THE CARGO ARRIVES SO
WE HAVE- WILL HAVE A BLOCK FROM.
MAYBE. ABOUT FORTY VENDORS.
WE'RE BY THE GO IN FOR OF
PHYSICALLY- ALL OF WILL MAY IN
ARMY. AND SO WE'RE- VERY- ON-
THE MADE IN THE- ASPECT OF IT
AND TO. NOT ONLY- ONLY EXTEND-
NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY- REMOTING
THE ARMENIAN- THE ARMENIAN
PRODUCT BUT ALSO ARMENIAN
SERVICE- AND THE CULTURE AND SO
ON. RIGHT AND OBVIOUSLY FROM
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE WANT TO
SEE GOODS FLOWING IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS- IS ABSOLUTELY AND
THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE
ARE- THERE ARE SEVERAL.
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES IN
GLENDALE THAT TRANSPORT. GOODS
FROM CALIFORNIA AND I BELIEVE IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN CALIFORNIA
ITSELF. IS IS. IT PROBABLY THE
SECOND LARGEST IMPORTER INTO
ARMENIA- AFTER THE SOVIET UNION
THAT THAT IS PRE WAR PRIESTS-
PREVIEW CRANE RUSH OR SO- WE'RE
PROUD NEVER ONE RIGHT NOW. YES
YES BECAUSE- YEAH WELL MIKE DID
YOU HAVE ANY AND YOU DID YOU
WILL HAVE ANYTHING FOR THESE
GUYS WHILE YOU'RE. STILL HERE.
YEAH COME ON UP. I'M SORT OF ADD
LIVING HERE BECAUSE MIKE'S
HEARING YOUR THERE AND YOU KNOW
I THOUGHT MAYBE HE MIGHT HAVE A
QUESTION OR TWO AND YOU GUYS
SHOULD CONNECT TO EACH OTHER AS
WELL YEAH NEED W. WONDERFUL MAKE
SURE PROVIDE MY CONTACT
INFORMATION LOADED TO- HAVE ANY
INFORMATION THAT HE HAS ABOUT-
THERE'D BE NO AIR CARGO TRADE.
LOVE IT RIGHT NOW JUST THERE'S
JUST A POLICY OF IT IN THE YOU
KNOW LACK OF IN IN THE U. S.
GOVERNMENT'S DATABASES AND SO I
THINK. BECAUSE THIS IS A RAPIDLY
GROWING EMERGING IMMIGRATED TO
REALLY GET MORE OF MUCH BETTER
FEEL A PARTICULAR THING FROM THE
ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVE THEY TEND
TO HAVE MUCH BETTER DATA THAN WE
DO IN OUR COUNTRY. I'M HAPPY BY
MY COUNT INFO TO STAFF- LET TAKE
IN- OR EMAIL ADDRESS TO. YOU MAY
ME AND THEN GET AND ASK FOR SO
THAT AND YOU AND SO RIGHT YES IN
ORANGE COUNTY IS AN ARCHED SO
YOU GOT CAN SING GET THAT. NO
THIS IS OUR EGGS WHAT I WANTED
TO OUT THERE ARE THERE IS THIS
POTENTIAL THERE IS YOU KNOW YOU
GUYS ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB
POST WAR. STIMULATING THE
ECONOMY GETTING ALL OF THAT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP GETTING THE
GOODS- THERE AND JUST. YOU KNOW
THE CONNECTIONS TO THE MAJOR
RETAILERS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
TO FACILITATE IS EXTREMELY
LAUDABLE AND HELPFUL. I'M SURE
YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING YEAH
IF I CAN ALSO MENTION- WELL I
BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE STORE TO
BUY ARMENIAN STORE IT'S ACTUALLY
WAS TORN EVENTS CENTER AND WHAT
WE ARE ALSO PLANNING. ON HAVING
EVENTS WHERE WE CAN PRESENT- THE
ITEMS THAT ARE THERE AS A
SHOWROOM TO BUYERS. OF
DIFFERENT- OF. DIFFERENT-
COMPANIES- WHAT IT'S A WHOLE
FOODS GALS OR- HEY THERE- AND-
OTHER- ARMY. AND NON ARE.
MARKETS THAT. SO THAT THEY'RE
ABLE TO LOOK FEEL AND THEN- AND
- OR- SO- THAT WOULD BETTER X.
ABOUT THE- ABOUT- ABOUT THAT AND
HOPE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE
MORE JOBS IN ARMENIA CREATE
MORE- ECONOMIC- TRANSFER. IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS- BOTH IN AND FOR
GLENDALE AND I MEAN IT'S- FUNNY
WHEN- LAST YEAR WHEN- MISTER RT
KUSTOK AND WAS MADE HE GAVE A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CITY OF
GLENDALE AND OBVIOUSLY HE HAD
THE COMPANIES THAT STARTED OUT
IN GLENDALE AND THERE IS A BIG-
RIGHT NOW SUCH A SERVICE THAT
AND THEN I SAID. MAYBE HOPEFULLY
BY ARMENIAN WOULD BE UP THERE
AND ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE
SOMEONE WILL SAY WELL BY
ARMENIANS STARTED IN GLENDALE
SO- IN THAT SOMETHING THAT HAVE
A OF A OF A FOR WE CAN WE CAN
ALSO. THAT WIPED YOU SHARING
YOUR STORY AND- YOU KNOW WE WERE
ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
BEST WAY TO HELP BOTH CALIFORNIA
AND ARMENIAN AND CONTINUE TO
TRADE IN THAT THE TECH IN THE
GOOD SIN AND THAT WHAT WE CAN DO
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING
HERE- WE'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A
TIGHT SCHEDULE SO I'M GONNA GO
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND- THANK
YOU TO FOR BEING HERE MIKE- SOME
OF THAT- AGAIN THANK ALL THE
PRESENTERS FOR PRESENTING THEIR-
THEIR- THEIR PURPOSE THEIR
MISSION THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S
EXCITING THAT WE'VE GOT THIS
GREAT TRADE DESK. AT IMPACT HUB
IT'S EXCITING THAT WE'VE GOT-
HOUSE. IN GLENDALE IT'S EXCITING
THAT- BY OUR ARMENIAN IS IN
GLENDALE AND THAT. WERE WORKING
ON TRYING TO FACILITATE-
TRAVELING GOOD SERVICES SO WITH
THAT I'M GONNA READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE AGAIN IT'S EIGHT
SEVEN SEVEN TWO TWO SIX. EIGHT
ONE SIX THREE THAT'S
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS ONE SIX ONE EIGHT OH FIVE
ONE. THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS
TO- MAKE A BRIEF BRIEF PUBLIC
COMMENT THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT
OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR
FROM YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF WE
HAVE ANYBODY QUEUED UP.
MODERATOR THANKS FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE HAVE NO RESPONSE IN
QUEUE AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT WE
WILL OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO THANK
MY STAFF I SPEAK FOR HELPING AND
MY CHIEF AND MY TEAM FOR PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER. WANT TO THANK
THOSE WHO TRAVELED FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO BE HERE AND THEN
THE FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATED FROM
ARMENIA THE ASSUME AND- ALSO THE
MAYOR GLENDALE AND- ENVIRONMENT
IN FOR ALL OF YOU PARTICIPATING
IN OUR FIRST. SELECT COMMITTEE
HEARING OF THIS LEGISLATIVE
CYCLE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
PUTTING IT TOGETHER ANOTHER A
LOT OF TECH ISSUES WE'RE ON
MULTIPLE CONTINENTS IN MULTIPLE
TIME ZONES- AND- RAFI IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU- SOMEDAY I'LL BE BACK
TO YEREVAN I CAN'T WAIT. TEN
WITHOUT A DACA GERMAN ABSOLUTE
AND I WILL SAY ONE THING THE
NISSAN MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW
THE BEAUTY OF ARMENIA AND THE
RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE IT
REALLY SHOULD BE. ON THE TOP OF
EVERYBODY'S TOURIST DESTINATION-
IT IS IT IS A VIBRANT EXCITING-
HISTORY RICH. PLACE AND THE FOOD
IS FANTASTIC AS WELL AND SO
THAT'S MY COMMERCIAL FOR ALL THE
FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
TOURIST DESTINATION- AND THANK
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND THAT
WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE
I'M SURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL
FOR PARTICIPATING AND- WE'RE
GOING TO PUT ALL OF THE
CONNECTIONS TOGETHER THOSE FOLKS
WHO WANT TO NETWORK- AND THAT
KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING
FORWARD TO THINK EVERYBODY WE'RE
GOING TO ADJOURN. THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU.