Los Angeles — 2026-03-23

Budget & Finance

#1 Item
(1)\n26-0295\nController report relative to the Revenue Forecast Report for Fiscal\nYears 2025-26 and 2026-27.\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#10 Item
(10)\n22-0392-S1\nCity Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending Section\n5.121.16 of Chapter 6, Division 5 of the Los Angeles Administrative\nCode to establish the manner of allocation and programming of the\nTransportation Communications Network Revenue Fund’s receipts\nthrough the City’s annual budget process.\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#11 Item
(11)\n15-0316\nExemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\npursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and State CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15378(b); City Attorney report and draft Ordinance\ndated November 20, 2025, and City Attorney report and revised draft\nOrdinance dated February 19, 2026, relative to amending the Los\nAngeles Municipal Code to temporarily increase the current “One-Stop\nPermit Center” surcharge fee provisions to continue to help pay for the\ndevelopment and implementation of a citywide development services\nsystem known as BuildLA. (This item is referred to the Planning and\nLand   Use   Management   Committee   and   Budget   and   Finance\nCommittee. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee\napproved the item on February 24, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#12 Item
(12)\n26-0318\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Mario Prado Amezcua v. City of\nLos Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.\n24STCV14549. (This matter arises from from a trip and fall incident\noccurring on November 24, 2023, at 2330 South San Pedro Street, in\nLos Angeles.)
#13 Item
(13)\n26-0319\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Bryan Christopher Soc v. City of\nLos Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.\n24LBCV01140. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus vehicle traffic\naccident on June 2, 2022, at the intersection of Island Avenue and\nDenni Street.)
#14 Item
(14)\n26-0317\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Rachel Mendoza v. Hector Padilla,\nLos Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23BBCV01858. (This matter\narises from a May 29, 2023 traffic collision between a refuse collection\ntruck and civilian vehicle near 10615 Woodard Avenue, in Sunland.)
#15 Item
(15)\n26-0320\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Jernetta Houchins v. City of Los\nAngeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV38942.\n(This matter arises from a June 30, 2021 incident in which the Los\nAngeles Police Department Bomb Squad detonated explosives on\nEast 27th Street in Los Angeles.)
#16 Item
(16)\n26-0321\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Ken Klein v. City of Los Angeles, et\nal., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV29812. (This matter\narises from a December 23, 2022 automobile accident that occurred\non South La Brea Avenue at the intersection of West 8th Street, in the\nCity of Los Angeles.)
#17 Item
(17)\n16-0594\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Malcolm Thomas v. City of Los\nAngeles, et al., WC Case Nos. ADJ6544733, ADJ11010010,\nADJ13671471, ADJJ7164644, et al.; Lead Los Angeles Superior Court\n(LASC) Case No. BC416182 (Thomas l), LASC Case No. BC481137\n(Thomas ll), LASC Case No. 20STCV44823 (Thomas lll); and, 2nd\nAppellate District Case No. B305051. (This matter arises from Malcolm\nThomas’ Workers’ Compensation claims.)
#18 Item
(18)\n26-0167\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Blackline Systems, Inc. v. City of\nLos Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV10865.\n(This matter arises from a business tax payment.)
#19 Item
(19)\n26-0208\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Toluca Lake\nCollective, Inc., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 25STCP03652.\n(This matter arises from a Business License Tax assessment.)
#2 Item
(2)\n25-0874-S3\nCity Administrative Officer report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025-26\nFourth Construction Projects Report. (This item is referred to the\nGovernment   Operations   Committee   and   Budget   and   Finance\nCommittee. The Government Operations Committee approved the\nitem on March 3, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: Yes\nFinancial Policies Statement: Yes\nDebt Impact Statement: Yes
#20 Item
(20)\n26-0234\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Scott Burkett, et al. v. City of Los\nAngeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCP01675.\n(This matter involves payment of attorneys’ fees arising from a lawsuit\ninvolving a Complaint for Declaratory Relief and a Petition for Writ of\nMandate initially filed on June 3, 2024.)
#21 Item
(21)\n26-0324\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled The City of Los Angeles v. Greater\nLos Angeles Zoo Association, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.\n24STCV33753. (This matter involves a settlement proposal that the\nDefendant, Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, served the Office of\nthe City Attorney on February 17, 2026 in connection with this\nlitigation.)
#22 Item
(22)\n26-0277\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to pending litigation in the case entitled CD 11\nCoalition for Human Rights v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles\nSuperior Court Case No. 26STCP00040. (This matter concerns\nAssembly Bill 630.)
#23 Item
(23)\n21-1240\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to national settlements with Remnant Defendants in\nthe case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et\nal., Case No. 1:18-OP-45601-DAP [This matter involves national\nsettlements with a group of defendants known as the “Remnant\nDefendants”. The Remnant Defendants are Associated Pharmacies,\nInc., American Associated Pharmacies, J M Smith Corporation,\nLouisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., Morris & Dickson Co., North\nCarolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., United Natural Foods,\nInc. (including without limitation its direct and indirect subsidiaries\nSuperValu, Inc., Advantage Logistics Southwest, Inc., Advantage\nLogistics USA West, L.L.C., Advantage Logistics USA East, L.L.C., and\nUNFI Distribution Company, LLC) collectively, and all their past and\npresent subsidiaries (excluding, in the case of United Natural Foods,\nInc., New Albertsons, Inc., a former subsidiary of SuperValu, Inc.),\ndivisions, predecessors, successors, and assigns (in each case,\nwhether direct or indirect). ]
#24 Item
(24)\n21-1188-S13\nCity Attorney report relative to proposed amendments to Contract Nos.\nC-140018 and C-139942 with Beveridge & Diamond PC for legal\nservices related to the July 11, 2021 flooding incident at the Hyperion\nReclamation Plant, in the cases entitled Mecklenburg v. Hyperion\nWater Reclamation Plant, Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) Case\nNo. 21STCV28114; Abdelnur v. City of Los Angeles, LASC Case No.\n22STCV00153; and, Konig v. City of Los Angeles, LASC Case No.\n22STCV00970.\n[The   Committee   may   recess   to   Closed   Session   pursuant   to\nGovernment   Code   Sections   54956.9(d)(1),   (d)(2),   and   (e)(1),   to\nconfer   with   its   legal   counsel   to   discuss   the   need   for   term\nextensions   and   additional   funding   for   the   outside   counsel\ncontracts relative to significant exposure to litigation, including\nthe pending personal injury litigation case entitled Mecklenburg v.\nHyperion Water Reclamation Plant, Los Angeles Superior Court\n(LASC)   Case   No.   21STCV28114;   mass   tort   litigation   case\nentitled   Abdelnur   v.   City   of   Los   Angeles,   LASC   Case   No.\n22STCV00153; and, Konig v. City of Los Angeles, LASC Case No.\n22STCV00970. (These cases arise from regulatory enforcement,\ncivil, and administrative matters that pertain to the July 11, 2021\nflooding incident at the Bureau of Sanitation’s Hyperion Water\nReclamation Plant.)]\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#25 Item
(25)\n26-0281\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Mark Granado v. City of Los\nAngeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV04408. (This\nmatter arises from an employment litigation case against the City of\nLos Angeles.)
#26 Item
(26)\n26-0254\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Beth Kennedy v. City of Los\nAngeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV38546. (This\nmatter arises from employment litigation case against the City of Los\nAngeles.)
#27 Item
(27)\n26-0062\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to a proposed settlement in the case entitled Art\nTobias v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case\nNo. 2:17-cv-01076-DSF-AS. (This matter arises from a police tort\nlitigation case against the City of Los Angeles.)
#28 Item
(28)\n26-0399\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Timothy Scott v. City of Los\nAngeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23CHCV03817\n(This matter arises from a motor vehicle accident on June 15, 2022, on\nthe Porter Ranch Drive onramp to the State Route 118 freeway.)
#29 Item
(29)\n26-0403\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Susan Evans v. City of Los\nAngeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24VECV05009.\n(This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on January 25, 2024, on\nthe sidewalk located at 20101 Sherman Way, Winnetka.)
#3 Item
(3)\n25-1126\nDepartment of Cannabis Regulation report relative to amending Article\n4, Chapter 10, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code concerning the\nCity’s commercial cannabis record refiling and renewal requirements.\n(This item is referred to the Government Operations Committee\nand Budget and Finance Committee. The Government Operations\nCommittee approved the item as amended on March 3, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#30 Item
(30)\n26-0397\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Roohangiz Radparvar Eghbali v.\nCity of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.\n23VECV02463 (This matter arises from a December 8, 2022 trip and\nfall incident on the sidewalk of Topham Street near Yolanda Avenue, in\nLos Angeles.)
#31 Item
(31)\n26-0394\nThe Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal\ncounsel relative to the case entitled Edwin Gonzalez, et al. v. Richard\nKaufman, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV01423.\n(This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on\nSeptember 16, 2022 at the sidewalk adjacent to 14303 Haynes Street,\nVan Nuys, California 91401.)
#4 Item
(4)\n26-0193\nLos Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) report\nrelative to the Postemployment Healthcare Plan (115 Trust) financial\nstatements reported in the LACERS Annual Financial Report for Fiscal\nYear Ended June 30, 2025. (This item is referred to the Personnel\nand Hiring Committee and Budget and Finance Committee. The\nPersonnel   and   Hiring   Committee   noted   and   filed   the   item   on\nFebruary 27, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#5 Item
(5)\n26-0362\nCity Clerk report relative to the Volunteer Trust Fund No. 892 for Fiscal\nYear 2024-25.\nFiscal Impact Statement: No
#6 Item
(6)\n25-1541\nMayor and City Administrative Officer reports relative to the\nacceptance of a grant award from the Fiscal Year 2024 State\nHomeland Security Program. (This item is referred to the Public\nSafety Committee and Budget and Finance Committee. The Public\nSafety Committee approved the item on March 11, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: Yes\nFinancial Policies Statement: Yes
#7 Item
(7)\n24-1557\nBoard of Fire Commissioners report relative to continued expenditures\nof the Fiscal Year 2024 Port Security Grant Program funds for fire boat\ntraining using a navigation simulator. (This item is referred to the\nPublic Safety Committee and Budget and Finance Committee. The\nPublic Safety Committee approved the item on March 11, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: Yes
#8 Item
(8)\n23-0690-S3\nCity Administrative Officer report relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022\nand 2023 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program\nreappropriations for FY 2025-26. (This item is referred to the Public\nSafety Committee and Budget and Finance Committee. The Public\nSafety Committee approved the item on March 11, 2026.)\nFiscal Impact Statement: Yes\nFinancial Policies Statement: Yes
#9 Item
(9)\n23-1027-S3\nCity Administrative Officer report relative to an analysis and\nrecommendations for the City’s transition to a two-year budget cycle.\nFiscal Impact Statement: Yes\nFinancial Policies Statement: Yes