City Council

(53) 23-1276 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT. and PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to addressing pending public nuisance properties in the City, improving the public nuisance declaration process, and preparing an ordinance to add to the definition of public nuisance. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Price - Blumenfield): 1. INSTRUCT the Board of Public Works and the Bureau of Sanitation to report with a breakdown of all the pending public nuisance properties in the City, a plan to address these properties, and recommendations on how to improve and speed up the public nuisance declaration process, including staffing and budgetary needs. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney's Office to prepare and present an ordinance to amend Los Angeles Municipal Code Sec. 58.02 to add to the definition of public nuisance: hazardous materials, biohazards, and fire hazards. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.