LA County Board

16.\nFiscal Stewardship and Equitable Access in County Fee Waivers\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Direct the Acting Chief\nExecutive Officer (CEO), in collaboration with the Directors of Internal Services\nDepartment, Department of Beaches and Harbors, and Library, to report back\nto the Board in writing within 90 days on recommendations to establish a\nCountywide Fee Waiver Policy. The report should include but not be limited to:\nCriteria to prioritize fee waivers for events with the greatest demonstrated\nequity impact, including but not limited to:\nEvents that improve quality and access to County services and\npublic amenities (e.g. beach cleanup, public resource fairs);\nEvents serving and directly addressing the needs of disadvantaged\ncommunities and/or low-income residents (e.g., homeless\noutreach events; community health fairs and clinics; food drives;\neducation and training events; job fairs; art and cultural events;\nadvocacy and safety workshops; re-entry events for\njustice-involved persons; and/or events for foster youth);\nEvents offering activities that are open and free to the community\nand/or where participation and entrance fees are affordably\npriced (e.g., less than $10 per person);\nEvents occurring in communities with concentrated disadvantage\n(i.e., high incidences of poverty, crime rates, or unemployment;\nlack of quality healthcare; lack of quality schools; high public\nassistance reliance; and high rates of serious health conditions or\nenvironmental hazards), or events led by community-based\norganizations that primarily serve these disadvantaged\ncommunities, or in areas that have historically received fewer\nCounty fee waivers; and\nCounty-sponsored events\nEligibility criteria to determine which types of organizations (e.g.,\ngovernmental entities, non-profit organizations, official County partners)\nand events may receive parking and non-parking fee waivers, including\ncriteria for high-value waivers and repeat waiver recipients;\nAnalysis and comparison of strategies to mitigate revenue loss, including\nfiscal impacts and tradeoffs, such as:\nCapping the total amount waived per event, regardless of waiver\ntype, especially for large-scale, revenue generating events;\nCapping the total amount waived as a percentage of gross\nreceipts;\nRestricting gross receipt waivers to certain types of non-profit or\npublic benefit events; and\nPartial or tiered parking waivers (for revenue share lots), transit\nincentives, or other alternatives to full parking fee waivers that may\nreduce fiscal and environmental impacts while maintaining access.\nDevelopment of a centralized formal application process, and public\nfacing materials that organizations can use to learn about and apply for\nfee waivers relating to County facilities;\nFormal tracking, monitoring, and annual reporting to the Board of all fee\nwaivers as financial and budgetary line items, including the type of fee\nwaived, dollar amount, requesting organization, event type, and event\nlocation; and\nDevelopment of a process that allows each Supervisorial District Office to\napprove fee waivers for events that do not meet established Countywide\ncriteria, provided the Board Office commits to reimbursing the associated\nwaived revenue using its discretionary funds. (26-1439)\nMotion by Supervisor Mitchell\nMotion by Supervisor Mitchell (Updates Following Cluster)