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LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
 

  
    Friday, February 21, 2025

10:00 AM
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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President EUNISSES HERNANDEZ, First District
MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, Eighth District ADRIN NAZARIAN, Second District
  KATY YAROSLAVSKY, Fifth District
President Pro Tempore IMELDA PADILLA, Sixth District
BOB BLUMENFIELD, Third District MONICA RODRIGUEZ, Seventh District
  CURREN D. PRICE, JR., Ninth District 
Assistant President Pro Tempore HEATHER HUTT, Tenth District
NITHYA RAMAN, Fourth District TRACI PARK, Eleventh District
  JOHN S. LEE, Twelfth District
  HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ, Thirteenth District
  YSABEL JURADO, Fourteenth District
  TIM McOSKER, Fifteenth District
 
PUBLIC COMMENT AND LIVE BROADCAST
 
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Written public comment may be submitted at LACouncilComment.com.
 
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Telecommunication Relay Services
 
Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.
 
What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
 
Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.
 
For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.
 
SE OFRECE UN SERVICIO DE TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL EN TODAS LAS REUNIONES DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL
 
Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to [email protected] as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.
 
BASIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
 
AGENDAS - The City Council meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 A.M. The agendas for City Council meetings contain a brief general description of those items to be considered at the meetings. Council Agendas are available in the Office of the City Clerk, Council and Public Services Division, Room 395, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and on the City's website at lacity.gov or lacouncilcalendar.com.
 
Ten (10) members of the Council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Council may consider an item not listed on the agenda only if it is determined by a two-thirds (10) vote that the need for action arose after the posting of an Agenda. Some items on the agenda may be approved without any discussion, however, any item may be called "special" by a Councilmember. If an item is called "special" it will be "held" until the remainder of the items on the Council agenda have been acted on by the Council. An item may also be called "special" if a member of the public has requested to speak on the item and a public hearing was not previously held.
 
The City Clerk will announce the items to be considered by the Council, however items will be grouped. For example, all items for which required public hearings have not previously been held are listed in one section on the printed agenda. The Council President will ask if any Councilmember or member or the public wishes to speak on one or more of these items. If anyone wishes to speak on an item, it will be called "special". The remaining items in this section will be voted on by Council with one roll call vote.
 
PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - An opportunity for the public to address the Council on agenda items for which public hearings have not been held will be provided at the time the item is considered or during the Multiple Agenda Item Comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on items shall be allowed to speak for up to one minute per item up to a total of three minutes per meeting. The Council has determined that a cumulative total of 20 minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda Item segment of each regular meeting.
 
The Council will also provide an opportunity for the public to speak on public interest items. Each speaker shall be limited to one minute of general public comment each regular meeting for a cumulative total of ten (10) minutes. The Council shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment.
 
If you wish to provide documents to the full Council for consideration on an item, please present the Sergeant-At-Arms with 35 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record.
 
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COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS - Councilmembers requesting to address the Council will be recognized by the Council President in the order requested. For any item, the Chairperson of the Committee, or the maker of the original motion, or the member calling a matter "special" shall have up to six (6) minutes to discuss the item. All other Councilmembers may speak up to three (3) minutes each on the matter. After all members desiring to speak on a question have had an opportunity to be heard once, the time for each Member desiring to speak again shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
 
A motion calling the "previous question" may be introduced by any member during a Council debate. If adopted, this motion will terminate debate on a matter and the Chair will instruct the Clerk to call the roll on the matter.
 
VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Most items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council (8 members). Items which have not been discussed in a Council Committee and have been placed directly on the agenda will require 10 votes to consider. Once considered, these items will normally require eight (8) affirmative votes to be adopted. Ordinances require a unanimous vote (at least 12 members must be present) in order to be adopted on first consideration. If an ordinance does not receive the necessary unanimous vote, it is laid over one calendar week. The votes required for approval on second consideration vary and depend upon the type of ordinance, but a typical ordinance requires eight (8) affirmative votes upon second consideration.
 
When debate on an item is completed, the Chair will instruct the Clerk to "call the roll". Every member present must vote for or against each item; abstentions are not permitted. The Clerk will announce the votes on each item. Any member of Council may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Council of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of eight (8) members of the Council.
 
When the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject an item, and has not lost jurisdiction over the matter, or has not caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for the purpose of allowing the Council to again vote on the matter.
 
The City Council rules provide that all items adopted by the Council will not be presented to the Mayor, or other designated officer by the City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the Council action. A motion to send an item "forthwith" if adopted by ten (10) votes, suspends these rules and requires the City Clerk to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other officer, without delay.
 
RULE 16 MOTIONS - Council Rule No. 16, in part, allows a member to send an item directly to the Council without it having to go to a Council Committee first, by giving the City Clerk a motion (seconded by an additional member) during a Council session to be placed on the next regular available Council agenda.
 

Los Angeles City Council Agenda

Friday, February 21, 2025

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM

Roll Call

Approval of the Minutes

Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations

Multiple Agenda Item Comment

Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council

Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held

(1)
24-1146
CD 10
ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to recommendations to convert the current closure of Wilton Place at Pico Boulevard into a parklet.
   
 

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Hutt – McOsker):

INSTRUCT the Bureau of Engineering, with the assistance of the Department of Recreation and Parks and the City Attorney, to report to Council with recommendations to convert the current closure of Wilton Place at Pico Boulevard into a parklet, including the feasibility of vacating the public right-of-way, to allow for pedestrian access and community enjoyment of needed green space at this location.
   
 

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
   
(2)
24-1526
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an assessment of equipment and training needed to mitigate electric vehicle (EV) fires.
   
 

Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Rodriguez – Hernandez):
 

  1. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to report to Council with an assessment of equipment needed to mitigate EV fires. This report should include the following information:
     
    1. Tools and equipment the LAFD currently has to address EV fires.
       
    2. Additional tools or resources, with associated costs, needed to enhance the LAFD’s capability to manage EV fires.
       
  2. INSTRUCT the LAFD to report to Council with a training program that will help prepare LAFD personnel to handle EV fires. This report should also include response protocols for EV fires that may differ from internal combustion engine vehicle fire responses.
   
 

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:
Westside Neighborhood Council
   
(3)
23-1445
CD 1
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a survey of Red Flag streets in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) communities in Council District One.
   
 

Recommendation for Council action:

NOTE and FILE the Los Angeles Fire Department report dated November 26, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to a survey of Red Flag streets in VHFHSZ communities in Council District One.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(4)
20-1375
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of the City independently joining the 30x30 Conservation campaign, and committing to conserving 30 percent of City land for open space and conservation.
   
 

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Ryu, Koretz - Blumenfield):

INSTRUCT the Department of Recreation and Parks and Department of City Planning, in consultation with the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and any other department as needed, to report on the feasibility of the City independently joining the 30x30 Conservation campaign, and committing to conserving 30 percent of the City’s land for open space and conservation.
   
 

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

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:
Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood
   
(5)
15-0989-S47
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to drafting an ordinance to exempt Olympic and Paralympic temporary and permanent venues, training facilities, security perimeters, broadcast and media centers, transit infrastructure, live sites and fan zones, and associated structures from the requirements of City Planning approvals, zoning regulations, and conditions, including but not limited to Conditional Use Permits and conditions tied to such permits, Site Plan Review requirements, height restrictions, setback requirements, limitations imposed by Specific Plans, and any other planning or zoning regulations that could delay or impede the rapid deployment and or use of essential facilities; and related matters.
   
 

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Park - Nazarian), SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
 

  1. AUTHORIZE and DIRECT the Department of City Planning (DCP), in coordination with the City Attorney, Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), Department of Recreation and Parks, City Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), Office of Major Events, and other relevant departments, to prepare a report with recommendations, including budgetary/fiscal impacts, and an accompanying draft ordinance to exempt Olympic and Paralympic temporary and permanent venues, training facilities, security perimeters, broadcast and media centers, transit infrastructure, live sites and fan zones, and associated structures (2028 Games Projects) from the requirements of City Planning approvals, zoning regulations, and conditions, if applicable, including but not limited to Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) and conditions tied to such permits, Site Plan Review requirements, height restrictions, setback requirements, limitations imposed by Specific Plans, and any other planning or zoning regulations; but not to exempt 2028 Games Projects from mobility improvements required under Measure HLA (Section 85.11 of Division Q of Chapter VIII of the Los Angeles Municipal Code) that could delay or impede the rapid deployment and or use of essential facilities, with an option for the Council to exclude specifically-identified 2028 Games Projects from the ordinance. This does not apply to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) 28 by 28 transportation light rail projects, which will follow the established Master Cooperative Agreement (MCA) review process adopted by Metro and the City in 2023.
     
  2. INSTRUCT the DCP to utilize the California Code of Regulations Title 14 Statutory Exemption Section 15272 - Olympic Games, as follows:

    “California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to activities or approvals necessary to the bidding for, hosting or staging of, and funding or carrying out of, Olympic Games."
     
  3. INSTRUCT the LADBS to establish a dedicated unit to manage and expedite all development services related to the 2028 Games Projects and projects related to other major events. This unit shall coordinate all development-related services for 2028 Games projects, ensuring priority handling of all 2028 Games-related applications and projects to minimize delays and streamline the approval and construction process, providing a single point of contact, collaborating with other City departments, agencies, and external stakeholders to ensure that Olympic projects meet all requirements, tracking progress on 2028 Games Projects, and reporting to the Council and Mayor's Office on an ongoing basis to ensure that timelines are being met.
     
  4. APPROVE, with the concurrence of the Mayor, one exempt Resolution Authority enterprise-funded position of Deputy Superintendent of Building I at the LADBS to be used for the dedicated unit.
     
  5. INSTRUCT the DCP, and the other departments mentioned in Recommendation No. 1 above, to provide the following:
     
    1. A definition of temporary and permanent infrastructure.
       
    2. Qualifying criteria for each for fast tracking; and how to be informed of the fast tracking process; and notification to the impacted Council office(s).
       
    3. The creation of a process for fast tracking.
       
  6. INSTRUCT the DCP, and the other departments mentioned in Recommendation No. 1 above, to approve a permitting process for fast tracking; and describe the process.
     
  7. INSTRUCT the DCP, and the departments mentioned in Recommendation No. 1 above, to prepare the report with recommendations before the draft ordinance is prepared.
   
 

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

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:
North Westwood Neighborhood Council

Against:
Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council
   
 

(Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games waived consideration of the above matter)
   
(6)
14-1174-S105
CD 14
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appropriation of up to $102,841 plus $2,747 of earned taxable and tax-exempt interest for a combined total of $105,588 in Community Redevelopment Agency/Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) from the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area (Taxable Series 2005-B, 2007-C, and Tax-Exempt Series 2009-D) for the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project.
   
 

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

  1. ACKNOWLEDGE that based on the Letter of Determination approved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission on March 26, 2019 (Case No. CPC-2018-998-DB-CU), the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project (Project) which was assessed in the previously certified EIR, State Clearinghouse No. 1997061065, certified on September 17, 1998, does not require further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) action; and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164 and the Addendum, dated January 2019, no major revisions to the EIR are required and no subsequent EIR, or negative declaration is required for approval of the Project.
     
  2. APPROVE the recommendations as stated in the CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee report dated December 10, 2024, attached to Council file No. 14-1175-S105.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee reports that there is no impact on the City’s General Fund from the proposed allocation of CRA/LA EBP. The EBP Fund No. 57D is funded solely from transfers of approximately $88.4 million in pre-2011 tax allocation bond proceeds from CRA/LA to the City (Council file Nos. 14-1174, 14-1174-S36, 14-1174-S78) plus interest. Said transfers have been deposited with the Controller.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(7)
24-1448
CD 14
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to issuing a revocable permit to The Broad in the public right-of-way along portions of Hope Street, 2nd Street, and General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Way, corresponding to the pending vacation application for this site and prior to finalizing and recording of the vacation (VAC- E1401457).
   
 

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (de Leon – Blumenfield):

AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Engineering to issue a revocable permit to The Broad, or designee, subject to satisfaction of the conditions for issuing such permit, to close, fence, occupy, demolish, excavate, and commence construction of permanent improvements in the public right-of-way along portions of Hope Street, 2nd Street, and General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Way, corresponding to the pending vacation application for this site and prior to finalizing and recording of the vacation (VAC- E1401457).
   
 

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
   
(8)
25-0073
PERSONNEL and HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to payroll issues at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in connection with the Workday payroll system.
   
 

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (McOsker – Hernandez), SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
 
  1. REQUEST the Mayor and Controller and INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Information Technology Agency, Personnel Department, and LAFD to establish a targeted task force to identify and expeditiously address LAFD sworn payroll issues that it’s are experiencing, specifically focused on identifying the necessary resources and technological fixes that may be necessary.
     
  2. APPROVE and INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to authorize substitute authority for nine positions in the LAFD comprised of the following:
     
    1. One Senior Personnel Analyst I
       
    2. Two Personnel Records Supervisors
       
    3. Five Senior Administrative Clerks
       
    4. Two Personnel Analysts
       
    5. Four Accounting Clerks
       
    6. One Systems Analyst
       
  3. INSTRUCT the CAO to identify funding for the nine substitute authority positions in a subsequent Financial Status Report.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the General Fund impact of approving the proposed nine interim substitute authority positions for the remainder of 2024-25 is $236,571. Funding for these nine substitute authorities will be identified in a subsequent Financial Status Report. Should the Mayor and Council elect to continue these resources in 2025-26, the total cost is estimated to be $1.2 million, including $795,042 in direct salary costs and $422,565 in related costs. These funds would need to be identified as part of the 2025-26 budget development process.
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the City’s Financial Policies only permit the consideration of expanded programs outside the annual budget development process in extreme circumstances. The addition of these nine substitute authority positions on an interim basis is necessary to address an urgent need in the LAFD, and is therefore considered an extreme circumstance in accordance with the City’s Financial Policies. The Financial Policies also require that changes to budget appropriations during the fiscal year shall be limited and subject to the review and approval of the Mayor and the City Council; salary funding for the nine positions will be provided as part of a subsequent Financial Status Report which shall require Council and Mayoral approval.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
   

Items Called Special

Motions for Posting and Referral

Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings

Closed Session

(9)
25-0098
The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Daniel Gonzalez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case No. 5:23-cv-00222-SSS-SHK. (This matter arises from an incident involving the Los Angeles Fire Department.)

(Budget and Finance Committee to consider this matter on February 18, 2025.)
   

Adjourning Motions

Council Adjournment

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the Council's action becomes final.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).