City Council

(46) 25-1511 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a report on potential code or regulatory changes needed to allow the City to clear encampments and other fire hazards in hillside Very High Fire Severity Zones (VHFSZ) without property owner permission, including options for cost recovery. Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez - Lee, Park): 1. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and the Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), to report on what municipal code or other regulatory changes are needed to allow hazardous materials including encampments to be cleared in hillside VHFSZ without having to gain permission from the property owner, including cost recovery for the City of Los Angeles. 2. INSTRUCT the LAFD and the Department of Building and Safety, in consultation with the Office of the City Attorney, to report on the process for determining and documenting that the materials identified for removal in these hillside Very High Fire Severity Zones do in fact pose a fire hazard. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.