City Council

(5) 23-0050 CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the creation of an Office of Survivor and Victims Services within Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD) to serve as the sole provider of survivor and victim services. Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Hernandez - Hutt): INSTRUCT the CIFD, in collaboration with the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, City Administrative Officer (CAO), and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), in consultation with the City Attorney to report within 60 days on funding and procurement process necessary to create an Office of Survivor and Victims Services within the CIFD to serve as the sole provider of survivor and victim services, including in cases of police violence. This report should include a process and timeline to end the Office of the City Attorney’s Victim Services Program and Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Family Liaison Program, replacing those programs with the new Office of Survivor Services housed within the CIFD. INSTRUCT the CAO, in consultation with the City Attorney's Victim Assistance Program and the LAPD Family Liaison Program, to report on the following data from the last two years: Number of cases received, broken down by: Category of assistance for which the case is eligible and/or was requested by the participant. Category of crime or harm related to each case. A breakdown of services rendered for each case received.