Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
 

1. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANACES dated December 21, 2020, approved as for form and legality by the City Attorney:
   1. Ordinance amending Schedule B of LAAC Section 4.900.1 to update the list of classifications, and salaries of non-represented classifications, employed in the LADWP.
   2. Ordinance amending Schedule B of LAAC Section 4.900.1 to update the salary of a non-represented classification to conform to the City’s minimum wage ordinance (Ordinance No. 184320).
   3. Ordinance amending LAAC Section 4.900.1 to replace obsolete language.
2. AUTHORIZE the LADWP to provide a retention bonus of 10 percent to three positions of Assistant General Manager Water and Power III (Class Code 0151-3), applied to the base salary rate of the class including any premium level compensation currently received by an incumbent, effective January 20, 2020, and until such time that said premium level compensation is incorporated into the base salary rate for the classification of Assistant General Manager Water and Power III (Class Code 0151-3), whereupon the 10 percent retention bonus shall cease for all incumbents receiving the bonus.
3. AUTHORIZE the Controller and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to correct any clerical errors, or, if approved by the City Attorney, any technical errors in the above Ordinance.

The CAO reports that any increase in salary costs for non-represented classifications will be absorbed within budgeted funds by the LADWP.  For Fiscal Year 2020-21, the LADWP estimates the additional direct cost of the 10 percent premium level retention bonus for three Assistant General Manager Water and Power III positions to be $94,029, and $9,262 for related (indirect) costs.  There is no cost impact on the General Fund.

1. ADOPT Recommendations II. A and B of the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) transmittal dated January 21, 2021, attached to the Council file, relative to the request for authority to accept grant awards $42,217,282 from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (State) to implement Round 5 of the Strategic Growth Council's AHSC Program: 
   1. Authorize the General Manager, HCIDLA, or designee, to execute the standard agreement and accept the AHSC Program grant award of $42,217,282. 
   2. Authorize the City Controller to:
      1. Recognize a receivable from the State to be recorded in the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Grant Fund 60V in the amount of $42,217,282.
      2. Establish new accounts and appropriate funds within Fund 60V as follows:

2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, HCIDLA, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions and make any necessary technical adjustments consistent with the Mayor and Council action on this matter, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and request the Controller to implement the instructions.
3. INSTRUCT the HCIDLA to resubmit reimbursement requests to the State as soon as the Standard Agreements for AHSC Rounds 3, 4, and 5 projects are executed.

The CAO reports that there is no impact on the General Fund at this time. There is a potential future impact on the General Fund since the City will have to front-fund the staffing and resources needed to implement the grant funded AHSC Sustainable Transit Infrastructure (STI) and Transportation-Related Amenities (TRA) improvements for awarded projects. Eligible costs will be reimbursed by AHSC Program funds. Staff costs for implementing the STI and TRA improvements that are found to be ineligible for AHSC Program fund reimbursement may ultimately have a General Fund impact.

1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to report with recommendations on implementing an immediate rent freeze on residential units with expired or soon to expire affordability covenants that is based on health and safety findings regarding undue tenant displacement during the CIVID-19 pandemic, and to continue said rent freeze until comparable affordable housing units are provided to impacted tenants.
2. INSTRUCT the HCIDLA to develop recommendations and options for impacted tenants to relocate to comparable low-income affordable housing units, as well as potential funding options to extend affordability covenants citywide in order to prevent widespread displacement. 

Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. 

1. AMEND the City Council’s prior actions on July 8, 2019 on Council file No. 18- 0054, and October 11, 2019 on Council file No. 19-1084 to REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), to prepare and present an ordinance as follows:
   1. The Commission will be formally titled the Climate Emergency Mobilization Commission.
   2. The Commission will be appointed as set forth in Council’s action on July 8, 2019 (Council file No. 18-0054), with the exception that section 1(g) (nonvoting City staff members) in Council’s Amending Motion 7A dated July 3, 2019 (Council file No. 18-0054) is deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: The Mayor may appoint Assistant General Manager-level representatives from any department in the City to serve as non-voting members on, or as advisors to, the Commission.
   3. The Commission's functions will be limited to advising the Mayor and the Council on issues related, directly or indirectly, to the climate emergency, toxic pollution, biodiversity, related environmental justice and health concerns, including job creation and a just transition, and the impacts upon the communities of Los Angeles and the global community of any of these.
   4. Climate Emergency Mobilization Office and its Director, as set forth in the Council's actions on July 8, 2019 (Council file No. 18-0054) and October 11, 2019 (Council file No. 19-1084), will be established to operate within the Department of Public Works under the Board of Public Works' authority, and the Commission will advise the City Council, the Mayor and thereby, the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office and its Director.
   5.  In the future, the Council may consider additional changes to the structure.
2. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to work with the Board of Public Works and report with administrative, operational, and funding needs and sources, to support the office and the commission.

1. REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the Small Business Commission, to draft a Foodware Accessories Upon Request ordinance that would require restaurants and other food service providers, including virtual restaurants (also known as cloud or ghost kitchens) to provide all disposable foodware accessories, including but not limited to straws, utensils, condiments, napkins etc., only upon the request of the customer, and to require third party food delivery companies and other online platforms for ordering prepared meals to enact an opt-in model for foodware accessories across all digital platforms and applications, using the City’s current Disposable Plastic Drinking Straws ordinance as an enforcement model.
2. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) to provide the City Attorney with the assistance it needs in the development of the Foodware Accessories Upon Request ordinance, and components which are needed for its implementation including definitions, applicability, exemptions, timing, enforcement, and any environmental notice requirements.
3. REQUEST the City Attorney, and DIRECT the BOS, and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report in 30 days, or April 1, 2021, on the status, including an assessment of the requests contained in Motion (Blumenfield - O'Farrell), under Council file No. 18-0737.

1. NOTE and FILE the February 26, 2021 Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) report relative to the RecycLA service providers and a short-term plan commensurate with other City emergency ordinances or orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with consideration of payment deferments, payment plans, deferred increases, and late fee waivers; and related matters.
2. INSTRUCT the BOS to report in 60 days on the status of the RecycLA impact rate relief plan.

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. AUTHORIZE the Department of Animal Services (DAS) to accept a donation of $30,000 from the Annenberg Foundation for unrestricted purposes.
2. APPROVE the:
   1. Deposit of $15,000 into Appropriation Unit No. 06005A within the Animal Sterilization Fund- Fund No. 842 entitled, Spay and Neuter Program for the spay and neuter of owned cats.
   2. Deposit $15,000 into Appropriation Unit No. 060053 within the Animal Sterilization Fund- Fund No. 842 entitled, Community Cat Spay and Neuter Program for the spay and neuter of community cats.
   3. Disbursement of these funds in accordance with the provisions of the Animal Welfare Trust Fund.

The DAS reports that there will be no financial impact to the General Fund.  This donation will be deposited into the Animal Sterilization Fund and disbursements will be made pursuant to the provisions of the Fund.

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Martinez - O’Farrell):

NOTE and FILE the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) verbal report relative to the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, including the categories of funding, how much funding the City could receive in each category, and the guidelines for restrictions on said funding.

1. DIRECT the ChiefLegislative Analyst (CLA) to identify and report in 14 days the policy and procedures used by the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management and Homeless Prevention Initiative compared to the City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department and provide recommendations for an alignment that allows the City to use thresholds that take into consideration the totality of a situation including weather, citywide winter shelter sites, equity, and access to trigger activation of Augmented Winter Shelter sites to modify and improve activation during the current and future winter season.
2. DIRECT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) with the assistance of the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to identify and report in 14 days the funding and facilities currently to support the Winter Shelter Program sites and Augmented Winter Shelter sites for Fiscal Year 20-21 including the ability to expand site utilization beyond March 31, 2021, when these programs are set to end.
3. DIRECT the CAO with the assistance of the Department of Recreation and Parks, HCIDLA, and the LAHSA to identify and report in 180 days the funding and facilities needed to open a Winter Shelter Program and Augmented Winter Shelter site for FY 21-22 in every Council district.

1. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Engineering, in coordination with the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), and Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) to initiate the design process for temporary homeless housing on the parking lot located at 7570 North Figueroa Street as well as the unused section of Arroyo Drive located adjacent to Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 5492021900.
    
2. AUTHORIZE the CAO and the RAP to execute any agreements with SoCal Edison and the County of Los Angeles for the property located at 7570 North Figueroa Street in order to effectuate the construction of temporary homeless housing.
    
3. REQUEST the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners to hear this matter within 30 days for consideration of approval of the usage of the parking lot at 7570 North Figueroa Street for temporary interim housing for people experiencing homelessness.
    
4. INSTRUCT that upon completion of construction, priority for all units shall be given to unhoused individuals in Council District 14, starting with the neighborhoods that each site is located within.
    
5. INSTRUCT the CAO and the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department to modify any necessary contracts with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to ensure that homeless individuals in Eagle Rock and Highland Park are given the right of first refusal for the new units to be constructed at both sites.
    
6. INSTRUCT the CAO to identify the necessary funding to construct temporary homeless housing on the aforementioned sites.

1. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) and REQUEST the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to identify options for a reliable funding source for the Homeless Housing and Recovery Program and report back on policy changes, if any, that would be needed for implementation.
2. INSTRUCT the CAO, CLA, HCIDLA. and request LAHSA, in consultation with Los Angeles County Public Health and Housing for Health, to report back on models and policies that include housing, and options for housing that support substance use recovery as well as housing retention policies, including feedback from people with lived experience. 

1. INSTRUCT  the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA), and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, in coordination with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to develop metrics to determine if hotels and motels will be suitable for temporary and permanent homeless housing, as amended by the Homeless and Poverty Committee.
2. INSTRUCT that these metrics specifically look at the cost per unit and the ability to turn temporary homeless housing units into permanent supportive housing units.
3. INSTRUCT the Department of General Services to contact all hotels and motels in the City to determine if they meet the aforementioned criteria and determine if any of them are willing to participate in a Lease to Own program, and, upon doing so, develop a priority site list that prioritizes value for volume.

1. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of all other necessary departments, to evaluate what other California jurisdictions have done under the authority granted to them by Assembly Bill (AB) 2553 and based on this analysis, develop a new set of design standards that provides the most amount of design flexibility and reduces capital costs. 
2. REQUEST the City Attorney, in coordination with the CLA, to draft an Ordinance establishing these new design requirements. 
3. INSTRUCT that this matter be deemed an urgent necessity and that the CLA report and the draft Ordinance be transmitted to Council for review and approval within 30 days of the adoption of this motion. 
4. REQUEST that the City Attorney, in consultation with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), prepare and present an Ordinance amending the relevant sections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, as amended by the Homelessness and Poverty Committee, to: 
   1. Establish a definition for temporary structures for homeless housing.
   2. Establish that during a Declared Shelter Crisis, the Chief of the LAFD, or their designee, is authorized to modify hydrant and access requirements as well as fire protection requirements for temporary structures for homeless housing in order to accommodate additional units as needed, as long as the life and safety of teh occupants are preserved.

1. WRITE OFF $146,809.97 in Reserve Fund loans and advances listed on Attachment 1 of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated January 14, 2021, attached to Council file No. 13-1465.
2. INSTRUCT departments with outstanding loans to work with the special fund administrators and report to the Office of the CAO in 90 days on the status of loans listed on Attachment 1 of said report as requiring further analysis.
3. INSTRUCT departments to prioritize and expedite the submission of invoices to the appropriate City department(s) in order to recover Reserve Fund loans made for special fund expenditures.
4. AUTHORIZE the CAO to make technical corrections as necessary to those transactions included in this report to implement Mayor and City Council intentions.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Rodriguez - O'Farrell):

DIRECT the LAPD to:

1. Report within 30 days in regard to Identifying peer intervention training programs to include a plan for fully adopting peer intervention training and incorporating peer intervention principles throughout the LAPD.
2. Report within 30 days in regard to the LAPD's current peer intervention policy and fully integrate peer intervention training and policies into the department’s early warning system, otherwise known as TEAMS II, as well as other risk management functions of the LAPD, to better identify, track, and report an officer’s misconduct to include plans for implementation.

1. FIND that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act as a Sustainable Communities Project (SCP), Case No. ENV-2020-88-SCPE, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21155.1.
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the LACPC as the Findings of the Council.
3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION as recommended by the Mayor and the LACPC, APPROVING the GPA to amend the Central City Community Plan to re-designate the land use of the project site from Light Manufacturing to Regional Commercial, pursuant to Los Angeles City Charter 555 and Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC).
4. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated November 19, 2020, effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change on the project site, pursuant to LAMC Sections 12.32 F and 12.32 Q, from M2-2D to [T][Q]C2-4D, consistent with the recommended GPA; and, APPROVE three Developer Incentives to permit a 60 percent reduction in the overall required open space, a 35 percent interior common open space to be provided toward the total Open Space requirement in lieu of 25 percent; and, that no parking space be required for units set aside at the Extremely Low and Very Low Income levels, as determined by the State of California (State) Department of Housing and Community Development or the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; for the demolition of one existing vacant manufacturing building, and the construction, use, and maintenance of a seven-story, 178,200 square-foot mixed-use building with 175 dwelling units, including nine units restricted to Extremely Low Income Households, 146 dwelling units restricted to Very Low Income Households, 18 units restricted to Low Income Households, and two market rate manager's units; and, 8,691 square feet of commercial space on a 35,750 square-foot site; to be constructed with ground floor commercial space, and six levels of residential units, over one level of subterranean parking for a total building height of 87 feet, and a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 4.99:1; the project includes 86 studio units, 60 one-bedroom units and 29 two-bedroom units; and, will provide 29 vehicular parking spaces, 125 bicycle parking spaces, and 7,291 square feet of open space; for the properties located at 412-426 Crocker Street and 411-425 Towne Avenue, subject to the Conditions of Approval as modified by the LACPC, attached to the Council file.
5. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to update the General Plan and appropriate maps pursuant to this action.
6. ADVISE the applicant, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32 G:
   
   ...the Council may decide to impose a permanent Q Qualified classification...identified on the Zoning Map by the symbol Q in brackets... There shall be no time limit on removal of the brackets around the [Q] Qualified designation nor on removal of the T Tentative designation. After the conditions of the permanent [Q] Qualified classification have been fulfilled, the brackets surrounding the Q symbol shall be removed.
7. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to State Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City shall monitor or require evidence that mitigation conditions are implemented and maintained throughout the life of the project and the City may require any necessary fees to cover the cost of such monitoring.
8. ADVISE the applicant that, pursuant to State Fish and Game Code Section 711.4, a Fish and Game Fee and/or Certificate of Fee Exemption is now required to be submitted to the County Clerk prior to or concurrent with the Environmental Notice of Determination filing.

1. FIND, based on the whole of the administrative record, including SCPE Case No. ENV-2020-88-SCPE, that the project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155.1; FIND that the project is a transit priority project pursuant to PRC Section 21155; and, FIND that the project is a sustainable communities project that meets all of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b), and one of the requirements of subdivision (c), of PRC Section 21155.1.
2. FIND that the project, which involves the demolition of one existing vacant manufacturing building, and the construction, use, and maintenance of a seven-story, 178,200 square-foot mixed-use building with 175 dwelling units, including nine units restricted to Extremely Low Income Households, 146 dwelling units restricted to Very Low Income Households, 18 units restricted to Low Income Households, and two market rate manager's units; and, 8,691 square feet of commercial space on a 35,750 square-foot site; to be constructed with ground floor commercial space, and six levels of residential units, over one level of subterranean parking for a total building height of 87 feet, and a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 4.99:1; the project includes 86 studio units, 60 one-bedroom units and 29 two-bedroom units; and, will provide 29 vehicular parking spaces, 125 bicycle parking spaces, and 7,291 square feet of open space; for the properties located at 412-426 Crocker Street and 411-425 Towne Avenue, is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act as a Sustainable Communities Project, SCPE Case No. ENV-2020-88-SCPE, pursuant to PRC Section 21155.1.