Meeting

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 3:30 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS:   COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ, CHAIR
    COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL
    COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO
    COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE
    COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON
     

(Keyonna Kidd - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1071 or [email protected])

In conformity with the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, 2020) and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will be conducted telephonically.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area).

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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 located at the end of this agenda.

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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)
21-0898
Mayor's report relative to the appointment of Carol Parks as the Permanent General Manager of the Emergency Management Department. 

Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending

Background Check Review: Pending
   
  Community Impact Statement: None submitted
  TIME LIMIT FILE - 9/23/2021(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - 9/22/2021)
 
(2)
18-0529-S1
City Administrative Officer and City Attorney reports relative to authority to accept grant funding from the California Victim Compensation Board for the Joint Powers of Verification Unit to provide reimbursement for staff conducting claims verifications and related program expenses for a grant performance period from July 1, 2021 though June 30, 2022. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(3)
21-0858
Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the distribution of funds for the Los Angeles Police Department’s Revolving Training Fund (RTF) budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(4)
20-1079-S2
Board of Police Commissioners report relative to a Supplemental Police Account (SPA) Third Quarterly Report for July through September 2020. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. 
 
 
(5)
21-0556
Board of Police Commissioners report relative to a Supplemental Police Account (SPA) First Quarterly Report for January through March 2021. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(6)
21-0913
City Administrative Officer report relative to proposed adjustments to the Police Commission Service Fee study for Fiscal Year 2021-22 and recommended fee decreases for three services: False Alarms, Information Cards, and Noise Variances. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(7)
21-0892
Motion (Rodriguez – De Leon) relative to funding from the Biden Administration for various Community Violence Intervention (CVI) strategies, designed to reduce violence without relying on incarceration including violence interruption programs. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(8)
21-0870
Motion (Rodriguez – Blumenfield) relative to examining the feasibility of both temporary and permanent traffic calming measures including but not limited to speed humps, rumble strips, raised center medians, curb extensions, and traffic circles, in light of the increasingly dangerous nature of illegal street racing on local roads. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 
 
(9)
20-0769
City Administrative Officer report relative to a second status update and draft Request for Proposals (RFP) relative to an unarmed model of crises response.
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: Yes
For: Hermon Neighborhood Council 
 
 
(10)
20-1267
Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to enforcement of regulations for modified mufflers, and whether the current local laws are sufficient to address public safety and quality of life issues that modified mufflers pose for communities. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes. 
For: 
West Hills Neighborhood Council 
Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council 
Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council 
United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council 

Against unless Amended:
Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council  
 
 
(11)
21-0899
Motion (Koretz – Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to the use of “ghost guns”, weapons that are assembled from parts or kits that include one unfinished piece and have no serial number; and, establishing an Ordinance like that recently approved in the City of San Diego that prohibits buying, selling or possessing the frame of an unfinished gun unless it has a serial number essentially treating the unfinished part like a completed firearm, a violation that would be a misdemeanor. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(12)
20-0776
Motion (Harris-Dawson – Price – O’Farrell) relative to the President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing recommendation that all police departments create a policy on seeking consent before conducting warrantless searches in order to build public trust. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted 
 
 
(13)
20-0793
Verbal status report from the City Attorney relative to a Motion relating to the use of the 911 Emergency System to make a false or frivolous report of an emergency when the call is motivated or based on racial bias. 
   
  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes. 
For: West Hills Neighborhood Council 
 
 

If you challenge this Committee's action(s) 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.

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).

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 theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.