City Council

(46)\n25-1511\nPUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a\nreport on potential code or regulatory changes needed to allow the City\nto clear encampments and other fire hazards in hillside Very High Fire\nSeverity Zones (VHFSZ) without property owner permission, including\noptions for cost recovery.\nRecommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion\n(Rodriguez – Lee, Park):\n1. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Los\nAngeles Fire Department (LAFD) and the Department of\nBuilding and Safety (LADBS), to report on what municipal code\nor other regulatory changes are needed to allow hazardous\nmaterials including encampments to be cleared in hillside\nVHFSZ without having to gain permission from the property\nowner, including cost recovery for the City of Los Angeles.\n2. INSTRUCT the LAFD and the Department of Building and\nSafety, in consultation with the Office of the City Attorney, to\nreport on the process for determining and documenting that the\nmaterials identified for removal in these hillside Very High Fire\nSeverity Zones do in fact pose a fire hazard.\nFiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor\nthe Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this\nreport.