City Council

(28) 25-1402 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to modifications to the Program Year 2025-26 Workforce Development Board Annual Plan, Carry-in/Savings from Program Year 2024-25; and related matters. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. NOTE and FILE the Program Year (PY) 2025-26 Joint Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) and Workforce Development Board (WDB) Carry-In report dated November 25, 2025 attached to the Council file. 2. APPROVE the proposed modifications to the PY 2025-26 WDB Annual Plan budget as detailed in Attachment 1 of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated February 2, 2025, attached to the Council file. 3. REQUEST the Controller to implement the Controller instructions listed in Attachment 1 to said CAO report. 4. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, EWDD, or designee to: a. Reallocate and expend the WDB PY 2024-25 carry-in funds for the City General Fund portions of the Vision Lab, Cash for College, Day Laborer, Gang Injunction Curfew Settlement, Hire LA, Los Angeles Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise and related expansion programs, Summer Youth Employment, YouthSource Center (YSC), and other General Fund programs as appropriate. b. Allocate funding, negotiate, and execute agreements and amendments to agreements with the service providers as detailed in Attachment 2 of the Joint EWDD and WBD Report dated November 25, 2025, attached to Council file, subject to City Attorney review and approval as to form, legality, procurement requirements, and compliance with City contracting requirements, including Charter Section 1022. c. Prepare technical corrections as necessary to transactions included in this report to implement Mayor and Council intent, subject to the approval of the CAO. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the approval of the recommendations in the report would increase reimbursements for related costs to the General Fund from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Fund in the amount of $797,597 and increase reimbursements for related costs to the General Fund from non-WIOA workforce grants by $431,564. This results in a total net increase of $1,229,161 in reimbursements to the General Fund from the 2025-26 Adopted Budget. There is no additional impact to the General Fund. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations in the report are in compliance with the City’s Financial Policies in that funding for the 2025-26 Workforce Development Board Annual Plan is provided by special funds and the 2025-26 Adopted Budget.