City Council

(15) 25-0125 GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the existing process for repairing damaged street and pedestrian lighting infrastructure, current timeline, bottlenecks, and a comparative analysis of the street lighting repair process in other major cities. Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla): 1. DIRECT the Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) to report on the existing process for repairing damaged street and pedestrian lighting infrastructure and the current timeline for repairs, as well as on potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies in the existing process. 2. DIRECT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the BSL, to report with a comparative analysis of the street repair process in other major cities, and how best practices in other cities can be adopted for the process in the City of Los Angeles. 3. REQUEST the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to report on recommendations to help reduce the backlog of damaged pedestrian and street lights in need of repair, including any additional resources needed. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.