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Good evening. Six months ago I addressed this council requesting that steps be taken to reduce or prevent the automobile accidents occurring in the Mid -City intersection of Wilshire and S. Baker Streets. To date the only action taken was to elongate and re -paint the curbs red on the south and north corners at Wilshire and S. Baker St. This was done after meeting with city engineer Ortiz who actually came out and commented that she and her assistant had parked on a weekday and witnessed the dangerous situation at this intersection. The re -painting was a good move however some people believe the laws are for everyone else but them. Two Sundays ago, there was a family who mistook the corner for a park. They bought food at the truck, set out t.v. trays and chairs sat under the tree and ate while their children played around them. Their van was parked on the red, blocking the view of anyone attempting to turn left. Maybe an occasional police presence or a sign warning they would be ticketed in both English and Spanish might help. I was also made aware that warrants had been applied for by city engineers and a machine would be placed that would count the traffic to determine the necessity of additional stop signs, a stop -light or a round -a -bout. My reason for wishing to be alerted when the engineers or investigators were coming out was to show them what their machine would not capture. It wouldn't capture all the near misses; it wouldn't capture the pedestrian foot traffic and those near misses; it wouldn't capture how the parked cars block the drivers view; it wouldn't capture the fact that drivers must pull onto the traffic lane to look for oncoming traffic so they could complete their turn; it wouldn't capture people parking their cars alongside the food truck blocking the lane