City Council

(7) 23-1277 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an inventory of the City’s critical infrastructure. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Park – Lee): INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) in coordination with Bureau of Engineering, Department of City Planning and Los Angeles Department of Transportation, with other Departments as necessary, to prepare an inventory of the City’s critical infrastructure that is essential to the provision of public services, including but not limited to freeway underpasses, overpasses, bridges, train tracks, tunnels, waterways, drainage systems, public utilities, telecommunications systems, government buildings, facilities that house government operations, and transportation systems. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to report within 30 days regarding the number of encampment-related fires that have occurred along freeway underpasses, overpasses, and embankments in 2023, year to date. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present potential amendments to existing City laws that would protect critical infrastructure and our City’s High Fire Severity Zones and Environmentally Sensitive Areas with the City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento Ordinances being used as a framework. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.