Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla):

INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the City Attorney, the City Administrative Officer (CAO), the Los Angeles Housing Department and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, to evaluate the creation of a City department of homelessness or other means of centralizing coordination and oversight of the following, as well as other issues identified by the CLA:
 

1. The coordination of City funded outreach deployments including those related to sanitation and encampment response and coordination with the County of Los Angeles.
    
2. The identification and development of potential sites for interim and permanent housing.
    
3. Collection of real-time data related to homelessness and accountability of service providers
    
4. Contracting processes.
    
5. Emergency response.
    
6. Homelessness prevention.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no immediate General Fund impact. Grant funds are to be utilized for the performance of the services described in the agreement.

Financial Policies Statement: The CAO further reports that the recommendation in the report is in compliance with the City’s Financial Statement to the extent that the City has pursued grants and consideration of the ongoing cost of maintaining the park improvements shall be made through the City’s annual budgetary process.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 28, 2024

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 28, 2024)

1. DETERMINE that the matter is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 of California CEQA Guidelines and Article III, Section 1, Class 1(14) of City CEQA Guidelines.
    
2. APPROVE the proposed agreement detailed in the April 4, 2024 Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners (Board) report, attached to the Council file, with an initial term of five years and an option to renew for an additional five years, between LATA, a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, and the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP), allowing LATA continued shared use of designated indoor and outdoor areas of the Elysian Park Recreation Center for the operation of recreational theater and performing arts programs for the youth.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The Board reports that the agreement will have no fiscal impact on the RAP General Fund as all operational and program related costs will be covered by LATA and through the collection of the Board approved Cost Recovery Reimbursement Fees.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 3, 2024

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 31, 2024)

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

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:
Tarzana Neighborhood Council

Against:
Palms Neighborhood Council
Sun Valley Neighborhood Council
North Westwood Neighborhood Council
Encino Neighborhood Council
Northridge East Neighborhood Council
Reseda Neighborhood Council
South Robertson Neighborhood Council

1. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the Department of General Services, Bureau of Engineering, Bureau of Street Lighting, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Climate Emergency Mobilization Office, and all affected departments as necessary, to report to the Council on the coordinated city effort to eliminate municipal fossil fuel purchases and usage, municipal carbon emissions, electrification of vehicles and equipment, and the wide promulgation of solar + battery distributed energy systems, as directed by Council file Nos. 21-1039, 22-0532, 21-0890, 21-0890-S2, and 22-1402.
    
2. REQUEST the LADWP to report to the Council with an update on the implementation, investments, and expenditures needed to effectuate LA100’s Strategic Long Term Resource Plan, including staffing and infrastructure needs which will be required for vehicle and building decarbonization and electrification, as directed by Council file Nos. 21-0352 and 16-0243-S2.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:
Westside Neighborhood Council

Recommendation for Council action:

AUTHORIZE the City Attorney, or designee, to execute a conflict-of-interest waiver to allow the law firm, Raines Feldmen Littrell LLP (Raines), to represent Adam Bold. The matter in which Raines anticipates a potential conflict concerns a Class 1 slope failure at 11401 West Chalon Road in Los Angeles, California (Chalon Road) in which the City could be an adverse party. Raines is currently retained representing the City in a civil action entitled Fradin et al. v. 1233 Penmar LLC et al. (Fradin), Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23SMCV03914, Raines’ representation of Adam Bold in the Chalon Road matter is a discrete case wholly unrelated to the Fradin matter.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

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

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:

Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
Mar Vista Community Council
Westside Neighborhood Council

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker - Padilla):

REQUEST the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) to report to the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee and Public Safety Committee on how the POLA will ensure that terminal operators/tenants comply with the Presidential Executive Order of February 21, 2024; how the POLA will coordinate with the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure security; and, how the POLA and the City can actively promote the goal of development of U.S. manufacturing of cranes.

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

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

1. AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CITY GOVERNANCE REFORM REPORT
   
   Recommendations for Council action:
    
   1. AMEND the following Sections of the text of the Proposed Ballot Measure, dated April 10, 2024, attached to the Ballot Resolution, to read as follows:
      1. Section 482 (a) – Each Commission member shall be 18 years old and a resident of the City at the time of selection, and shall have resided in the City for at least five years immediately preceding the person’s submission of an application. A Commissioner is not required to be a registered voter. A Commissioner is not required to be a United States citizen.
          
      2. Section 483 (f) – Following the public review period, the City Ethics Commission shall evaluate the applications of the individuals in the applicant pool to identify individuals who satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in subsections (a) through (d) of Section 482 and who shall be included in the Commission Selection Pool. After the establishment of the Commission Selection Pool, the City Ethics Commission shall have the authority to receive information from the public and make determinations regarding the continuing eligibility of individuals in the Commission Selection Pool.
          
      3. Section 483 (g) – The City Clerk and City Ethics Commission, with assistance from the City Data Bureau and through a process that allows for pubic input, shall designate eight geographic regions of the City with generally equal population. The City Clerk shall conduct a random drawing at a public meeting to select one person from each of the eight geographic regions. The result of this selection process shall be the selection of eight members of the Commission, one from each of the eight geographic regions.
          
      4. Section 485 (d) – The Commission shall provide live translation of Commission meetings in English and Spanish and as further provided by ordinance. The Commission shall provide materials in the languages required by federal and state law and as provided by ordinance.
          
      5. Section 483 (c) – The City Clerk shall conduct an outreach and education program to ensure that there is publication and awareness of the Commission application process, with efforts to reach underserved communities and with efforts conducted in multiple languages as identified by ordinance. The City Clerk shall monitor and make public the demographic data of application submissions and enhance outreach as reasonably needed to ensure that the applicant pool has a sufficient number of qualified applicants and reasonably reflects the City’s diversity.
          
   2. AMEND the following Sections of the Ordinance, dated April 10, 2024, relative to adding provisions to the Los Angeles Administrative Code related to the establishment and operations of the City of Los Angeles Independent Redistricting Commission, to read as follows:
       
      1. Section 2.63 (c) – The City Clerk shall prepare and publicize the application to ensure wide outreach and awareness. Outreach shall include information regarding the eligibility requirements, responsibilities, and restrictions applicable to members of the Commission. Outreach shall include information regarding the public nature of the redistricting process, requirements to engage the public and comply with open meeting laws, and other elements of the public process that commissioners may encounter. Outreach is to be conducted in a manner that conforms with or exceeds the City’s language Access Plan. Outreach is to be conducted widely, including in communities not previously well-represented in the redistricting process.
          
      2. Section 2.65(b) -- The Commission shall provide live translation of all Commission meetings and events in English and Spanish at minimum. The Commission shall arrange for the live translation of a public hearing or workshop in an applicable language, as defined by Charter Section 485(d) and as provided by ordinance, if a request is made at least 48 hours prior to a hearing or workshop, as practical.
          
      3. Section 2.65 (e) – The Commission shall provide outreach materials, meeting agendas, minutes, and other important documents the fourteen most spoken languages in the City, all languages required under the federal Voting Rights Act for City elections and consistent with any applicable City language access plans or County Registrar of Voter requirements, and any other language upon request, including an Indigenous language, within 72 hours of the request, as practicable. The Commission shall make reasonable efforts to provide all other Commission materials in all languages required under the federal Voting Rights Act for City election or by the County Registrar of Voters.
          
      4. Section 2.66 (e) – The Commission shall receive training regarding redistricting and shall provide redistricting training and workshops for the public including by providing grants to community organizations to conduct such trainings and workshops. The Commission shall follow a grant-making process that ensures transparency, compliance with public contracting procedures, and that is consistent with the ex parte communication rules applicable to the Commission. The Commission shall take into consideration the diversity of audiences that will be captured by each community organization to which a grant is awarded.
          
   3. AMEND the Ordinance, dated April 10, 2024, to add a Section relative to adding provisions to the Los Angeles Administrative Code related to the establishment and operations of the City of Los Angeles Independent Redistricting Commission, to include:
      1. Compensation:
         1. Compensation shall be publicized with the application.
             
         2. Compensation shall be adequate to enable participation by the most economically disenfranchised potential Commissioners.
             
         3. In addition to compensation, stipends or reimbursements must be made available for childcare, transportation, and other costs incurred incidental to participation in Commission activities.
             
   4. REQUEST the City Attorney to transmit updated Ordinances and Resolutions incorporating the amendments made by the Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform, so that the Council may deliberate and adopt the revised documents.
      
      (Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)
       
2. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, REVISED ORDINANCES FIRST CONSIDERATION, and REVISED BALLOT RESOLUTIONS
   
   Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
    
   1. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying REVISED ORDINANCE dated April 24, 2024, relative to calling a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment establishing an independent redistricting commission for the City of Los Angeles, and consolidating this Special Election with the City’s General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date.
       
   2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying REVISED ORDINANCE dated April 24, 2024, relative to adding provisions to the Los Angeles Administrative Code related to the establishment and operations of the City of Los Angeles Independent Redistricting Commission.
       
   3. ADOPT the accompanying REVISED RESOLUTION requesting the consolidation of a Special Election for a City of Los Angeles ballot measure with the State General Election to be held in the County of Los Angeles on November 5, 2024, regarding the following subject: an independent redistricting commission for the City of Los Angeles.
       
   4. ADOPT the accompanying REVISED RESOLUTION providing the ballot measure text and the ballot title and question for a Charter amendment to be submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles regarding the following subject: an independent redistricting commission for the City of Los Angeles.
      
      (Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform and Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the Chief Legislative Analyst nor the City Administrative Office has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Recommendations for Council action:
 

1. REQUEST the City Attorney and INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of other Departments as necessary, to prepare ballot measure proposals concerning the LAUSD Independent Redistricting Commission program consistent with Attachment A, attached to the CLA report dated April 12, 2024, attached to the Council file, AS AMENDED, to include:
    
   1. A requirement that four of the 14 Commissioners be parents or guardians of pupils who attend a school within LAUSD.
       
   2. Section D.1.b to read: Shall be at least 16 years old.
       
2. INSTRUCT the CLA to work with LAUSD to determine what office within LAUSD will be working with the City Clerk and/or the City Ethics Commission to process the applications for the Redistricting Commission.
    
3. INSTRUCT the CLA, with the assistance of the City Ethics Commission, to report back on the cost recovery from LAUSD for the costs of redistricting for LAUSD and the cost of time spent by the City Ethics Commission on LAUSD matters.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the CLA. The City Administrative Office has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

1. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
   
   Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
   
   APPROVE the recommendations contained in the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report, dated March 15, 2024, attached to the Council file.
    
2. AMENDING MOTION 2-A (HUTT – McOSKER)
   
   Recommendation for Council action:
   
   AMEND the matter of the Government Operations Committee Report relative to the Fourth Construction Projects Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24, to adopt the following revised transfer instructions in lieu of the corresponding project in the CAO report, dated March 15, 2024, attached to the Council file, as follows:
   
   Recommendation No. 1
   Attachment No. 1
   Item K – Bureau of Engineering: Vision Theater Project
   
   Transfer From:
   Item K; Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering; Project: Vision Theater; Fund No. 424/21, Community Development Trust Fund 21WB24, Vision Theater Renovation;
   Amount: $1,200,000
   
   Transfer To:
   Fund No. 682/50, Engineering Special Services Fund 50RVDJ, CDBG Vision Theater; Amount: $990,000
   Fund No. 100/30, Department of Cultural Affairs, 003040, Contractual Services; Amount: $210,000
   Subtotal: $1,200,000

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations stated in the report include transfers, appropriations, and expenditure authority totaling $48.24 million consisting of $30.32 million from various special funds, $6.79 million in Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles (MICLA) financing, $6.69 million in Capital and Technology Improvement Expenditure Program (CTIEP) funds, $2.77 million from grant awards, and $1.67 million from the General Fund. All transfers and appropriations are based on existing funds, reimbursements, or revenues. There is no additional General Fund impact for operations and maintenance costs as a result of the recommendations detailed in Attachment No. 4 of the CAO report dated March 15, 2024, attached to the Council file.

Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations stated in the report comply with the City’s Financial Policies in that appropriations for funds are limited to available cash balances needed to fund ongoing maintenance, programming, project shortfalls, and critical operational needs in the current budget year.

Debt Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the issuance of MICLA debt is a General Fund obligation. An appropriation of $3,040,714 in MICLA funds (Items P, T and QQQ) would cause the City to borrow $3,040,714 at an approximate 5.5 percent interest rate over 20 years. The transfer of $2,305,696 in MICLA funds (Items IIII, JJJJ, KKKK, LLLL, QQQQ, and RRRR) would cause the City to borrow $2,305,696 at an approximate 5.5 percent interest rate over 20 years. The total estimated debt service for these nine MICLA-financed capital improvement projects totaling $5,346,412 is $8,947,685, including interest of approximately $3,601,275. During the life of the bonds, the estimated average annual debt service is $447,384 over 20 years. The appropriation of $197,445 in MICLA funds to Department of General Services' budgetary accounts (Items YY and SSS) for Yards and Shops Capital Equipment and electrical equipment replacement upgrades, respectively, would cause the City to borrow $197,445 at an approximate 5.5 percent interest rate over 10 years. The total estimated debt service for these two capital equipment Items is $261,947, including interest of approximately $64,502. During the life of the bonds, the estimated average annual debt service is $26,195 over 10 years.

Because future interest rates cannot be fully predicted, actual interest rates are dependent on market conditions at the time of issuance. In accordance with the City's Debt Management Policy, the City has an established debt ceiling to guide in evaluating the affordability for future debt. The debt ceiling for non-voted direct debt as a percentage of General Fund revenues is 6.0 percent. The 2023-24 Adopted Budget non voter-approved debt ratio is 2.54 percent. The issuance of debt for these projects will not cause the City to exceed the six percent non voter-approved debt limit.

The issuance of MICLA for the reauthorization of the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion project, which requires an additional $500,000, would cause the City to borrow $500,000 at an approximate 5.5 percent interest rate over 20 years. The total estimated debt service for the projects is $1,105,302, including interest of approximately $444,863. Actual interest rates may differ as rates are dependent on market conditions at the time of issuance.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the matter above.)
(Continued from the Council meeting of April 26, 2024)

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter.)

Recommendations for Council action:
 

1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) to consult with the City Attorney’s Office to ensure enforceability with the approved deal between the City of Los Angeles and 636 NHP LLC pertaining to Item 33 on the April 19, 2024 Council agenda, as detailed in the LAHD report dated April 12, 2024 and Housing and Homelessness Committee Report dated April 17, 2024 relative to the acquisition analysis and execution of a new covenant agreement for the Hillside Villas Apartments located at 636 North Hill Place in Council District 1.
    
2. REQUEST the City Attorney to ensure that all covenants approved in the deal are recorded against the title to the affected property located at 636 North Hill Place in Council District 1, that the recordation occur with reference to specific units and guarantees to audit rights for the City, and to ensure that the City receives annual reports from the owner with unit-by-unit detail to demonstrate compliance with the proposed settlement.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(Housing and Homelessness Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. 636 NHP LLC / 636 NHP LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. CIVSB2301946. (This matter arises out of an action to inspect private property and a cross-complaint for inverse condemnation.)

Recommendations for Council action:
 

1. DETERMINE that the proposed action is statutorily exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21080.27 and Government Code § 65660(b), applicable to City of Los Angeles (City) low barrier navigation centers, Government Code § 8698.4, governing homeless shelter projects under a shelter crisis declaration, and PRC § 21080(b)(4) and State CEQA Guidelines, 14 California Code of Regulations (CCR) § 15269(c) as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency.  The current leasing approval is an action toward implementing and furthering the previously approved and exempt project.
    
2. AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services (GSD) to negotiate and execute a lease amendment with Kirby Properties LP c/o Reliable Properties (Landlord) and a sublease with Hope the Mission (HTM) to continue operating the Tiny Home Village interim housing facility located at 1455 -1461 North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 under the terms and conditions substantially outlined in the report.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The MFC reports that there is no additional impact to the General Fund. Funding for leasing and operational costs are included in Roadmap reports. Funding for leasing and operational costs in 2024-2025, is expected to be allocated in a future Roadmap Funding report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 24, 2024

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 21, 2024)

(Housing and Homelessness Committee waived consideration of the above matter.)

Recommendations for Council action:
 

1. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), in consultation with the City Attorney, to immediately prepare and present an ICO within the geographical boundaries of Council District One to impose temporary regulations establishing a discretionary review process on the issuance of permits associated with any demolition, building, use of land, grading, and any other applicable permits for properties subject to the RSO containing five or more occupied residential dwelling units, or units that have been vacated as a result of the Ellis Act within the past five years for the new construction of housing projects that are subject to a ministerial approval process that does not provide an appropriate or adequate number of Extremely Low Income or Very Low Income affordable units within the ratio of the development size, scope and impact on current affordability or relocation assistance.
    
2. DIRECT the DCP to include an urgency clause, making it effective upon publication; and consistent with California Government Code §65858, the ICO shall run for 45 days, with a 10-month and 15 day extension by Council Resolution, and can be further extended for an additional one year, or until the adoption of the appropriate land use regulatory controls have been prepared by the DCP, adopted by the Council and become effective, whichever occurs first.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

(Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee waived consideration of the above matter)