Council Member Carlina Rivera expresses gratitude for the previous speaker's advocacy and shares her thoughts on the alarming trend of book banning across the country. She emphasizes the gravity of the situation, describing it as an attempt to erase people.

• Rivera agrees that book banning is a real and widespread issue in the United States
• She characterizes the practice as 'horrifying' and an attempt to 'straight up erase people'
• The council member's comments demonstrate strong support for the previous speaker's advocacy against book banning