City Council

(8)\n21-1108-S4\nCDs 1, 10, 13\nECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT\nAND ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST CONSIDERATION relative\nto the reconfirmation of the Wilshire Center, Merchant-Based,\nBusiness Improvement District (BID) and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Annual\nPlanning Report (APR).\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. FIND that:\na. The assessments imposed by the Wilshire Center BID for\nthe 2026 FY provide services that directly benefit each of\nthe businesses which pay the assessments.\nb. The services funded by the assessment are provided only\nto each of the assessed businesses within the boundaries\nof the BID.\nc. The assessment imposed does not exceed the\nreasonable cost of conferring the benefits.\nd. The proposed improvements and activities are completely\nseparate from the day-to-day operations of the City of Los\nAngeles.\ne. The assessments for the proposed business-based\nDistrict are not taxes and that the BID qualifies for\nexemption from Proposition 26 under exemption 1 of\nArticle XIII C §1(e)(1).\nf. The services to be provided by the Owners' Association,\nthe Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation,\nare in the nature of professional, expert, technical or other\nspecial services, that the services are of a temporary and\noccasional character, and that the use of competitive\nbidding would be impractical, not advantageous,\nundesirable or where the common law otherwise excuses\ncompliance with competitive bidding requirements.\n2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE OF\nINTENTION, dated December 5, 2025, confirming the Wilshire\nCenter BID Annual Report and levying an annual assessment\nfor the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District’s thirty-\nfirst operating year, January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.\n3. DIRECT the City Clerk to schedule, prepare, publish, and mail\nthe public hearing notice, as required by the provisions of\nSection 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways\nCode.\n4. INSTRUCT the City Clerk, subject to approval by the City\nAttorney as to form and legality, to prepare an enabling\nOrdinance levying the special assessment for the Wilshire\nCenter BID’s twenty-third operating period beginning January 1,\n2026 to December 31, 2026.\n5. APPROVE the Wilshire Center Business Improvement\nCorporation a California non-profit mutual benefit corporation, to\nadminister the proposed services of the Wilshire Center\nBusiness Improvement District pursuant to Section 36500 et\nseq. of the California Streets and Highways Code and City\nregulations.\n6. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, subject to City Attorney approval, to\nprepare, execute, and administer a contract between the City\nand the Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation to\nadminister the Wilshire Center BID, if the Ordinance\nreconfirming the BID is adopted.\n7. APPOINT the Advisory Board listed in the 2026 Annual Report\nattached to the Council file.\nFiscal Impact Statement: The City Clerk reports that this is a\nmerchant-based BID and there are no assessments for City-owned\nproperties within the BID, therefore, there is no impact on the General\nFund.