Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 20
(20) 241129 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to protocols for emergency response, roles, and responsibilities when a multifamily residential building faces an incident such as a fire, flood, or landslide; recommendations to streamline and improve multiagency emergency response; and related matters - October 15, 2024 - Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (20) 241129 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to protocols for emergency response, roles, and responsibilities when a multifamily residential building faces an incident such as a fire, flood, or landslide; recommendations to streamline and improve multiagency emergency response; and related matters. Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Hernandez Raman): INSTRUCT the Emergency Management Department, with assistance from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP), and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, in consultation with the Red Cross, to report to Council within 30 days on: a. The protocol(s) of all relevant responding agencies when a multi family residential building suffers an emergency, such as a structure fire, flood, or landslide, including: i. Delineation of roles and responsibilities, including how and when each agency is notified of and activated in emergency response, and how and when each agency is determined to have completed its respective role in emergency response. ii. Designated points of contact and processes for communication between agencies, with property owners, and with building inhabitants. b. Resources and services available and offered to inhabitants during and after these events, including, but not limited to, healthcare, short term shelter, longterm housing, legal services, clothing, food, transportation, and financial assistance. c. Recommendations to (1) streamline and improve communication for multiagency emergency response for multifamily building incidents; and, (2) fill any gaps that exist in supporting the immediate needs of those living in these buildings and in cases when occupants will be displaced from their units longterm. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report