LA County Board

18. Ensuring Representative Leadership of the Environmental Justice Center Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Solis: Instruct the Director of Personnel, in collaboration with the Director of Parks and Recreation, to: 4-VOTES Prepare job bulletins for the Regional Park Superintendent II position that will manage the day to day operations and programming of the Environmental Justice Center and Regional Park Superintendent III position that will manage the Environmental Justice Center and the Esperanza Hills Regional Park, which ensures identified candidates understand and recognize the cultural significance of the environmental injustices experienced by these communities, both past and present, and the roles the Esperanza Hills Regional Park and the Environmental Justice Center serves in correcting those historical wrongs, and immediately publicly post both bulletins upon approval of the September 29, 2026 Supplemental Budget, with a target date of initiating candidate interviews no sooner than November 1, 2026; Before holding candidate interviews, hold at least one public community engagement session with impacted stakeholders, including community-based organizations that have been involved throughout the design of the project, to gather input regarding the desired experience, leadership qualities, and community values that should inform the Department’s selection process; Ensure robust promotion, marketing, and distribution of the job bulletin to community and impacted stakeholders during the hiring and selection process; Incorporate interview questions that assess candidates’ knowledge of the surrounding community’s cultural history and historical environmental justice challenges; and Report back to the Board in writing in 30 days after the community engagement session describing the outreach conducted and the stakeholder input provided. Direct the Chief Executive Officer to allocate $463,000 of First Supervisorial District Utility User Tax funds from the Provisional Financing Uses budget unit to the Department of Parks and Recreation in Fiscal Year 2026-27 to partially fund the cost of five positions necessary to support the operation and maintenance of Esperanza Hills Regional Park. Instruct the Director of Regional Planning to allocate $121,000 if available, annually from tipping fee revenues deposited into the Trust to the LA County Parks through 2035 to support the operation, maintenance, and year round programming of Esperanza Hills Regional Park and Hilda L. Solis Environmental Justice Center (EJC), which may include adjustments to salaries and employee benefits of at most five Chief Executive Office (CEO) agreed upon staff at the EJC. Instruct the Executive Officer of the Board, in collaboration with the Director of Regional Planning, to allocate the annual funding amount of $121,000 made available from the Trust to LA County Parks’ operating budget through an annual Departmental Service Order or other appropriate budgetary mechanism, beginning in Fiscal Year 2026-27 and annually thereafter through 2035, to reimburse LA County Parks for the cost of the five CEO agreed upon positions for the operations and maintenance of the EJC, including Board-approved salary and employee benefit increases, subject to the availability of the tipping fee revenue. Approve an appropriation adjustment to transfer $463,000 in First Supervisorial District Utility User Tax funds from the Provisional Financing Uses budget unit to the Department of Parks and Recreation and increase the appropriation of the Executive Office of the Board by $121,000, funded with revenue from the Trust, for a total of $584,000 for the Department of Parks and Recreation to fund the costs of five positions necessary to support the operation and maintenance of Esparanza Hills Regional Parks. Instruct the Director of Parks and Recreation, in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer, to monitor the annual costs of the five agreed upon positions and the availability of funding in the Trust. If the Trust funds are insufficient to cover the $121,000 or prior to the conclusion of tipping fee revenues in 2035, develop a plan to address the funding needs. If sufficient alternative funding is not identified, the plan shall include the discontinuation of the five positions upon the conclusion of the tipping fee revenues. Find that the recommended actions to allocate and transfer funding for park operations are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. (26-5937) Motion by Supervisor Solis (Updates Following Cluster)