Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 27
(27) 241314 CD 15 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT and ECONOMIC, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to the workers affected by the Phillips 66 refinery closure in Los Angeles, next steps for remediation and reuse of the site with a timeline and cost estimates and personnel needs to assess, clean up, and revitalize potential impacts onsite; and related matters. A. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky – Krekorian): 1. REQUEST the Economic and Workforce Development Department to: a. Assign staff and prepare a transition plan to assist workers affected by the Phillips 66 refinery closure in a. Assign staff and prepare a transition plan to assist workers affected by the Phillips 66 refinery closure in Los Angeles. Such a plan should include opportunities to reskill and upskill workers for new economy jobs. b. Coordinate with the appropriate County and State entities, and Phillips 66, with the transition plan to assist the workers impacted by the closure as well as for the future use(s) of the site. 2. REQUEST the Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration, with assistance from the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) Citywide Brownfields Program, and input from Phillips 66, to present next steps for remediation and reuse of the site with a timeline and cost estimates and personnel needs to assess, clean up, and revitalize potential impacts onsite. B. ECONOMIC, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky Krekorian): 1. CONCUR with the action taken by the Energy and Environment Committee on November 12, 2024, attached to Council file No. 241314. 2. REQUEST the Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration, with assistance from the BOS Citywide Brownfields Program, and input from the Department of City Planning and the Port of Los Angeles, to include information and an analysis on an adjacent parcel, the Rancho LPG tanks, in the closure report. This should include a roadmap for abatement and closure of the use, including a timeline for remediation of the site. 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. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Public Works Committee waived consideration of the above matter)