City Council

(7) 22-1327 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL SERVICES, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, and NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to a City-owned property inventory that identifies all underutilized, surplus, and/or remnant lands, and any county, regional, state, and federal public lands that could be transferred or redistributed to historically marginalized groups, and related matters. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Bonin - Raman - Harris-Dawson - Price):  INSTRUCT the Department of General Services, Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Harbor Department, Los Angeles World Airports, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer and other relevant agencies, to report back within 60 days with a property inventory that identifies all underutilized, surplus, and/or remnant lands within the City of Los Angeles held by the City, and, as feasible, any public lands held by county, regional, state, and federal agencies such as the Los Angeles Unified School District, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority among others, that could be transferred or redistributed to historically marginalized groups within the City. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Department of General Services and the City Administrative Officer, to report back with an analysis of how any potential policy recommendations that meet the intent of this motion may conform with Assembly Bill 1486, also known as the Surplus Land Act. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department, Department of General Services, Economic Development Department, Los Angeles Housing Department, Department of Recreation and Parks, Department of Cultural Affairs and other relevant agencies, to report back within 60 days with recommendations on how these identified underutilized, surplus, and remnant lands can be utilized for uses such as community land trusts, urban agriculture, environmental stewardship and restoration, cultural spaces, or any other uses that center principles of self-determination, community building, and healing. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.