Los Angeles — 2023-09-15

(1) 22-1507-S4 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amendments to Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) for Bargaining Units 03, 04, 08, 14, 15, 17, 18, 34, 36, and 37. Recommendations for Council action: APPROVE the attached Amendments to MOUs for Bargaining Units 03, 04, 08, 14, 15, 17, 18, 34, 36, and 37. AUTHORIZE the Controller and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to correct any clerical errors in the MOUs, or make necessary technical corrections subsequent to City Council approval. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that implementation of the MOU amendments for the subject bargaining units will result in an additional six-month cost to the City of approximately $898,000 for the Service Employees International Union (MOUs 04, 08, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 36) consisting of approximately 8,700 unit members, and approximately $180,000 for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 36, Locals 3090 and 3672 (MOUs 03 and 37), consisting of approximately 6,100 members.  There is no projected immediate cost for the implementation of the MOU amendments for the Teamsters (MOU 34) with approximately 450 Crossing Guards.  These funds will be expensed by the City departments that employ members from the subject bargaining units within their authorized budgets.

(10) 13-1049 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the reappointment of Eric Eisenberg to the Board of Transportation Commissioners. Recommendation for Council action: RESOLVE that the Mayor's reappointment of Eric Eisenberg to the Board of Transportation Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2028, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Eric Eisenberg’s term expired on June 30, 2023. Appointee currently resides in Council District 15. (Composition: F = 3; M = 4) Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed

(11) 23-1200-S135 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Kelly Besser to the Board of Library Commissioners. Recommendation for Council action: RESOLVE that the Mayor’s appointment of Kelly Besser to the Board of Library Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2028, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Kelly Besser will fill the vacancy created by the departure of Bich Ngoc Cao. Appointee currently resides in Council District 1. (Current Composition: F=4; M=1). Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Pending

(12) 16-0528 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the reappointment of Debra Wehbe to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. Recommendation for Council action: RESOLVE that the Mayor’s reappointment of Debra Wehbe to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2028, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Appointee currently resides in Council District 13. (Current Composition: F=3; M=3; Vacant=1). Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed

(13) 22-1528-S1 CD 15 MOTION (McOSKER – HUTT) relative to a street banner program to promote the Centennial Anniversary of the Watts Towers and to celebrate over 100 years of museum and arts education in Los Angeles from October 2023 – December 2023. Recommendations for Council action: APPROVE the Street Banner program being coordinated by the Department of Cultural Affairs Watts Towers Arts Center Campus to celebrate over 100 years of museum and arts education in Los Angeles, as well as to promote the Centennial Anniversary of the Watts Towers, as a City of Los Angeles Non-event Street Banner Program for the period of October 2023 – December 2023. APPROVE the content of the attached street banner designs, attached to the Motion. Motion (McOsker - Hutt) dated 9-08-23.pdf

(14) 23-0839 CD 11 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (PARK – YAROSLAVSKY) relative to identifying additional funds for water erosion repair work on Temescal Canyon Road. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: ESTABLISH a new capital project entitled “Temescal Canyon Road Repair Project” and transfer/appropriate $395,912 within the Proposition C Anti-Gridlock Transit Improvement Fund No. 540/94 from Erosion Control for Hillside Damage Account No. 94YC18 to a new account entitled “Temescal Canyon Road Repair Project” for water erosion repair work on Temescal Canyon Road AUTHORIZE the City Administrative Officer to make any technical corrections or clarifications to the above fund transfer instructions in order to effectuate the intent of this Motion, including any corrections and changes to fund or account numbers.

(2) 23-0922 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the re-exemption of one Director of Police Training and Education position (Class Code 2383) for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b). Recommendation for Council action: AUTHORIZE the exemption of one Director of Police Training and Education position (Class Code 2383) for the LAPD from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b). Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Mayor.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

(3) 22-0159 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to impediments that delay the hiring of individuals through the Targeted Local Hire Program.  Recommendations for Council action: NOTE and FILE the August 9, 2023 Personnel Department report, inasmuch as this report is for information only and no Council action is required. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable.

(4) 23-0420 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to vacancy rates in City Departments. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the August 10, 2023 and August 31, 2023 Personnel Department reports, inasmuch as these reports are for information only and no Council action is required. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable.

(5) 23-0726 CDs 2, 4, 6, 7 TRANSPORTATION and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to adding the Streets of Significance within Area W, which will encompass the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project to the Major Transit and Transportation Construction Impact Areas, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 62.250. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the June 21, 2023 Board of Public Works report, inasmuch as this report is for information only and no Council action is required. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable.

(6) 23-0832 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (DE LEÓN – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to designating the intersection at Spring and Second Streets as "Willis O. Tyler Square”. (Public Works Committee 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.)

(7) 23-1200-S136 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Nareg Gourdikian to the South Valley Area Planning Commission (SVAPC). Recommendation for Council action: RESOLVE that the Mayor’s appointment of Nareg Gourdikian to the SVAPC for the term ending June 30, 2028, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Appointee currently resides in Council District Four. Nareg Gourdikian will fill the vacancy created by the departure of Anna Mendjian. (Current composition: M = 1; F = 4) Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Pending

(8) 23-0300 RESOLUTION relative to the Declaration of Emergency by the Mayor, dated March 14, 2023, concerning rainstorms causing flooding from extreme runoff and resulting in the partial collapse of a portion of a Los Angeles Aqueduct wall, pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27. Recommendation for Council action: Adopt the accompanying RESOLUTION to: Resolve that a local emergency regarding rainstorms causing flooding from extreme runoff and resulting in the partial collapse of a portion of a Los Angeles Aqueduct wall existed throughout the City-owned lands adjacent to the City's Los Angeles Aqueduct, its water-gathering facilities and air-quality control facilities located in Mono, Inyo, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties and in the City of Los Angeles, within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., at the time of the Mayor’s March 14, 2023, Declaration of Local Emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies. Resolve that because the local emergency continues to exist within the City, within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., there is a need to continue the declared state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies and continues through 30 days from the adoption of this Resolution. In accordance with LAAC Section 8.21 et seq., instruct and request all appropriate City departments, agencies, and personnel to continue to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in this matter to prevent and abate the emergency 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. Insofar as 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 mitigation efforts related to the local emergency, the competitive bidding restrictions enumerated in Charter Sections 371 and 372, and LAAC Sections 10.15 and 10.17, are hereby suspended until April 21, 2023 or the termination of the state of emergency, whichever comes first, for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to authorize and order any action relative to the procurement of construction contracts, supplies, and equipment but only if monies for related payments be drawn from LADWP’s proprietary funds. Request the LADWP to report to the City Council every two weeks on the reasons justifying why such aforesaid action 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. 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. Council Action dated 8-31-23 Attested Resolution_08-29-23 Council Action dated 8-03-23 Attested Resolution_8-01-23 Council Action dated 7-06-23 Attested Resolution_07-05-23 Attested Resolution _6-7-23 Council Action dated 6-09-23 Council Action dated 5-17-23 Council Action dated 3-22-23 Council Action dated 4-25-23 Amending Motion (Price - Park) dated 03-21-23 Motion (Krekorian - Price) with accompanying Resolution dated 03-21-23 Report from Mayor dated 3-14-23 Speaker Card(s)_03-21-2023 Speaker Card(s)_04-21-2023 Speaker Card(s)_05-16-2023 Speaker Card(s)_06-07-2023 Speaker Card(s)_08-29-2023

(9) 23-0869 RESOLUTION relative to the Declaration of Emergency by the Mayor, dated August 19, 2023, concerning extreme conditions caused by Tropical Storm Hilary, such as power outages, damage to power lines, fallen trees, and damaging floodwaters, including a commercial stretch of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27. Recommendation for Council action: Adopt the accompanying RESOLUTION to: Resolve that a local emergency regarding extreme conditions caused by Tropical Storm Hilary, such as power outages, damage to power lines, fallen trees, and damaging floodwaters, including a commercial stretch of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., at the time of the Mayor’s August 19, 2023, Declaration of Local Emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies. Resolve that because the local emergency continues to exist within the City, within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., there is a need to continue the declared state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies. In accordance with LAAC Section 8.21 et seq., instruct and request all appropriate City departments, agencies, and personnel to continue to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in this matter to prevent and abate the emergency 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. 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. Council Action dated 8-25-23 Attested Resolution_8-23-2023 Resolution (Krekorian - Blumenfield) dated 8-23-23 Report from Mayor dated 8-19-23.pdf Speaker Card(s)_08-23-2023

(1)\nVerbal report from the Bureau of Contract Administration relative to the Bureau’s goals and recent initiatives.

(2)\n23-0934\nMotion (Soto-Martinez, McOsker - Harris-Dawson) relative to an analysis on how the Bureau of Contract Administration’s Office of Wage Standards and Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department can better assist and support workers who have been subject to wage standards and civil rights violations in the workplace.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nMotion (Soto-Martinez - McOsker - Harris-Dawson) dated 9-01-23

(3)\n23-0932\nMotion (Soto-Martinez, McOsker - Harris-Dawson) relative to increasing the authority and capability of the Bureau of Contract Administration’s Office of Wage Standard to enforce claims against employers for overtime, break times, late pay, and gratuities violations.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nMotion (Soto-Martinez - McOsker - Yaroslavsky) dated 9-01-23.pdf

(4)\n23-0287\nMotion (McOsker – Blumenfield, Hernandez, Soto-Martinez) relative to an analysis of current resources used to prosecute wage theft cases and fulfilling any staffing or resource needs within the office to better effectuate wage theft cases, and related matters. (This item was referred to the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee and Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committee)\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nMotion (McOsker - Blumenfield - et al.) dated 8-08-23\nCommunication(s) from Public_08-14-2023\nSpeaker Card(s)_08-15-2023

(9)\n24-1100\nCity Clerk reports, City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to calling for a Primary Nominating Election on March 5, 2024, and a General Municipal Election on November 5, 2024, in the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, and authorizing their consolidation with the State Primary and General Elections to be held on the same dates; and, Resolutions requesting authority to consolidate special elections for four City of Los Angeles initiative measures with the March 5, 2024, State Primary Election.

(10)\n24-1100-S1\nCity Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for the City Mobility Plan Street Improvement Measures, and to consolidate this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date.\nCommunity Impact Statement: Yes\nFor: North Westwood Neighborhood Council\nCommunity Impact Statement submitted by North Westwood Neighborhood Council_09-07-2023\nAttachment to Report dated 8-14-23 - Draft Ordinance\nReport from City Attorney dated 8-14-23.pdf

(11)\n24-1100-S2\nCity Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for Hotel Land Use, Replacement Housing, and Police Permit Requirements, and a program to place unhoused individuals in vacant hotel rooms, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to b held on the same date.\nReport from City Attorney dated 8-14-23.pdf\nAttachment to Report dated 8-14-23 - Draft Ordinace.pdf

(12)\n24-1100-S3\nCity Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for a minimum wage for employees working at certain healthcare facilities, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date.\nCity Attorney Report dated 8-14-23.pdf\nAttachment to Report dated 8-14-23 - Draft Ordinance.pdf

(13)\n24-1100-S4\nCity Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for limits on healthcare executive compensation, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date.\nReport from City Attorney dated 8-14-23.pdf\nAttachment to Report dated 8-14-23 - Draft Ordinance.pdf

(14)\n23-0868\nResolution (Krekorian – Park – Hutt) relative to the City of Los Angeles standing in support of updating the Uniform Guidance to explicitly allow states and localities to implement substantive procurement standards that advance high-quality jobs and equitable hiring, including lifting the local hire prohibition on all federally funded projects, and to empower state and local officials to create equitable infrastructure jobs that can strengthen our cities, counties, and state.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nResolution (Krekorian - Park - Hutt) dated 8-18-23.pdf

(1)\n23-0002-S82\nChief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Soto-Martinez – Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for Senate Bill (S.) 2175 to amend Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the waiting period for employment authorization for asylum applicants, and allocate funding to address the asylum application backlog and provide supportive services to asylum applicants. \nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nResolution (Rodriguez - Soto-Martinez - Hernandez) dated 8-09-23

(2)\n23-0002-S84\nCLA report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill (AB) 776 (Holden) that would require Caltrans to work with California Indian tribes local to, or historically located along State Route 210, to identify appropriate locations for signs to recognize tribal lands and designate the highway as the Southern California Native American Freeway.

(3)\n23-0002-S85\nCLA to report and Resolution (Hutt - Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for AB 593 (Haney) which would require the California Energy Commission, on or before June 1, 2024, to identify an emission reduction strategy, with milestones, for the building sector to support achieving the net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and require the California Energy Commission to implement the strategy by July 1, 2025.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nResolution (Hutt - Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) dated 8-18-23

(4)\n23-0002-S86\nCLA to report and Resolution (Hutt - Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program Support for AB 249 (Holden), a requirement to test for lead in potable water system outlets at all public K-12 and daycare facilities and require immediate notice and remediation of sources of lead exposure under penalty of citation by the State Board of Education.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nResolution (Hutt - Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) dated 8-22-23

(5)\n23-0002-S90\nCLA report and Resolution (Blumenfield - Raman – Park) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support and/or sponsorship of legislation to abate benefit reductions for lived experience advocates in Supplemental Security Income or other programs when receiving compensation for providing services to better the homeless services delivery system.

(6)\n23-0002-S91\nCLA to report and Resolution (McOsker - Raman) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for House Resolution (H.R.) 4024 (Barragan), which would provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nResolution (McOsker - Raman) dated 8-29-23.pdf

(7)\n23-0002-S92\nCLA to report and Resolution (McOsker - Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for S.1664 (Sanders-DeLauro), the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a federal paid sick days policy for employees to earn minimum of seven paid sick days per year to care for themselves or their families.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nMotion (McOsker - Hernandez) dated 9-01-23

(8)\n23-0002-S93\nCLA report and Resolution (McOsker - Hutt) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for S.728 (Murray)and H.R.17(DeLauro), the Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.