Meeting


		AGENDA LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
		Friday, April 11, 2025 10:00 AM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

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

The Council meetings will be broadcast live on Cable Television Channel 35, on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar, and on YouTube.

Written public comment may be submitted at LACouncilComment.com.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information below.

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.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES - If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or [email protected].

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, April 11, 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)

24-0932
	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a response provided by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for an overview of the current status of the LAPD Cadet Program, the Police Academy Magnet Schools (PAMS) Program, the Police Orientation Preparation Program (POPP), and the Associated Community Officer Program (ACOP).

	Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the Board of Police Commissioners report dated December 13, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to a response provided by the LAPD for an overview of the current status of the LAPD Cadet Program, the PAMS Program, the POPP, and the ACOP.

	Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(2)

25-0322
	COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Malaika Billups as the permanent General Manager of the Personnel Department. (Personnel, Audits and Hiring Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

	TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 8, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 7, 2025)

(3)

25-0211
CD 14	CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND COMMUNICATION FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION (CHC) relative to the inclusion of Maycrest Bungalow Court, located at 4215 – 4221 1/2 North Maycrest Avenue, in the list of Historic Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Lindsay Mulcahy, Los Angeles Conservancy Owners: Housing Opportunity for Angelenos, Inc.; Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles; and California Department of Transportation* (*Assessor records provided by the applicant show the property was transferred to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and Housing Opportunity for Angelenos as of August 31, 2024) Case No. CHC-2024-6633-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2024-6634-CE (Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to be submitted in Council. If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)

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

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 16, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 11, 2025)

(4)

23-0600-S9
	COMMUNICATION FROM THE BUREAU OF SANITATION relative to the Solid Resources Program proposed rate action.

	(Public Works and Energy and Environment Committees' report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) (Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

(5)

25-0166
	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to execute a proposed agreement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., to provide routine and emergency hazardous waste management services at LAFD facilities.

Recommendations for Council action:

DISAPPROVE the execution of an Agreement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. to provide routine and emergency hazardous waste management services at all LAFD stations and facilities for an amount to not exceed $700,000 annually and an aggregate total of $3,500,000, for a term of three years beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, with two one-year options to renew, subject to approval of the City Attorney as to form.
INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and the LAFD to report to Council with the following information:
1. Whether Clean Harbors Environmental Services has any recent safety issues on job sites, any injuries or other health and safety matters that have arisen in jobs that they have done for the City. Whether any workers who are under any collective bargaining agreement are paid prevailing wages.
2. Who Clean Harbors subcontracts with for their work. Do they subcontract for local workers? Do they subcontract for workers out of area? Local hire being very important to this analysis.
3. How does Clean Harbors compare on their subcontracting to their direct competitors?
4. How long has Clean Harbors been working for the City? Does the City have any history with them of any recent issues related to work or safety issues, as they have performed for the City of Los Angeles, including the Bureau of Sanitation or anywhere.

	Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of this agreement would not have resulted in a fiscal impact to the General Fund. The LAFD’s 2024-25 Adopted Budget allocated $700,000 in its Contractual Services Account for this purpose.

	Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations in the report to approve the agreement are consistent with the City’s Financial Policies in that current operations will be funded by current revenues.

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

	TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 14, 2025

	(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 11, 2025)

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14-1106-S3
CD 15	ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION, TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges to modify parking rates.

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

ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners (BOHC) that this action is administratively exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines.
APPROVE BOHC Resolution No. 24-10459 which authorizes the adoption of the proposed Permanent Order No. 24-7384 and the corresponding Ordinance to amend POLA Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges, Item No. 1300 (a), with a 10 percent Parking Rate increase, effective January 1, 2025, and a 9.1 percent Parking Rate increase, effective January 1, 2026.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated November 13, 2024, approving Permanent Order No. 24-7384 of the BOHC of the City of Los Angeles, amending POLA Tariff No. 4.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that approval of the proposed Permanent Order No. 24-7384 would amend Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges, Item No. 1300(a) to increase parking rate charges for designated parking at the POLA World Cruise Center Terminal, Catalina Express Terminal, and Liberty Hill Plaza Parking Lot. The proposed Amendment would increase the maximum daily parking rate for standard or regular-size vehicles from the current rate of $20 to $22, effective January 1, 2025, and from $22 to $24 effective January 1, 2026. The annual gross receipts are estimated to increase through this proposed Amendment by $272,403, from $5.95 million to $6.23 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, and by $544,805, from $6.23 million to $6.77 million in FY 2025-26. The parking rates are inclusive of the City's parking occupancy taxes. Funding from the increase to the parking charge rates will be deposited into the Harbor Revenue Fund. The proposed actions comply with the Harbor Department's Financial Policies. There is no impact on the City's General Fund.

	Community Impact Statement: None submitted

Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)

(7)

25-0030
	RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025, and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City), pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.

Recommendation for Council action:

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated January 14, 2025, to:

Resolve that a local emergency exists resulting from ongoing windstorm and extreme fire weather system and the devastating wildfires in the City within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., as set forth in the Mayor’s January 13, 2025 Updated Declaration of Local Emergency, which incorporated the declaration of emergency dated January 7, 2025, which the City Council hereby ratifies.
Resolve that because the local emergency, which began on January 7, 2025, continues to exist, there is a need to continue the state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies.
Instruct and request all appropriate City departments (including proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel, in accordance with LAAC Code Section 8.21 et seq., to continue to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in this matter to respond to and abate the emergency and prevent further harm to the life, health, property, and safety, and receive, process; and, coordinate all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain whatever State and Federal assistance that may become available to the City and/or to the citizens of the City who may be affected by the emergency.
Instruct the General Manager, Emergency Management Department, to advise the Mayor and City Council on the need to extend the state of local emergency, as appropriate.
Resolve that, to the extent the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard life, health, or property in response to the local emergency and to support the emergency operations of the City and its departments (including its proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel (including mutual aid resources) in responding to the declared local emergency, the competitive bidding requirements enumerated in City Charter Section 371, and further codified in the LAAC, including LAAC Section 10.15 be suspended until termination of the state of emergency and solely with respect to purchases and contracts needed to respond to the declared state of emergency.
Direct and request City departments and agencies making purchases pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph five (5), above, to report every two weeks to the City Council regarding the purchases and contracts made during the prior two week period on the reasons justifying why such purchase or contract was necessary to respond to the emergency, including why the emergency did not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids or proposals, and why competitive proposals or bidding was not reasonably practicable or compatible with the City’s interests.
Request all City departments and agencies who have the authority to investigate and/or enforce any/all forms of price gouging, fraud, and theft by deceit, as described in the California Penal Code, to do so to the fullest extent permissible under federal, state, and local law.
Instruct the City Clerk, unless and until Council directs otherwise or discontinues the state of emergency, to timely agendize this matter so that Council may consider whether to continue the state of emergency.
Instruct the City Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to the Governor of the State of California, the Director of the Office of Emergency Services of the State of California, the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Items Called Special

Motions for Posting and Referral

Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings

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).

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