LA County Board

23. Leveraging Existing Health Expenditures to Promote the Local Economy\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Instruct the Director of\nHealth Services, in coordination with the Executive Director of Racial Equity,\nand in consultation with the Director of Internal Services, to report back to the\nBoard in writing in 90 days on steps taken by the Director of Health Services to\nimplement each of the recommendations identified in their December 14, 2023,\nreport entitled, “Advancing Countywide Strategic Diversity Goals,” with the\nreport to include, at a minimum, the following:\nAny progress made, since Board Order No. 106-A of September 12,\n2023, to promote equity, diversity, and local economic recovery through\nthe Department of Health Services’ (DHS’) contracting; and\nProgress in adding one or more new Fiscal Year 2023-24 Equity,\nDiversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (EDIA) positions to aid in efforts to\npromote EDIA goals through DHS contracting;\nInstruct the Director of Health Services, in consultation with the Directors of\nInternal Services and Economic Opportunity, to report back to the Board in\nwriting in 90 days on its progress implementing Board Order No. 4 of August 9,\n2022, “Implementing the Priority Strategies of the Equity in County Contracting\nProject Team,” regarding County contracting equity strategies, including the\nfollowing:\nHow DHS will work with the Office of Countywide Contracting within the\nInternal Services Department to forecast potential solicitations and\ncontracting opportunities, reach out to diverse communities and build a\npipeline of contract-ready firms, and how the Department could amend\nits solicitation and contracting documents and process to ensure greater\ninclusion;\nDHS’ efforts to implement each of the above directives, in particular\nwhich DHS existing contractors have been certified as County Local\nSmall Business Enterprises, Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises and\nSocial Enterprises; use by DHS of any prompt payment programs,\nand/or interest-free, revolving, or low-interest loan funds to assist smaller\nbusinesses, non-profits, and community-based organizations; and\nutilization by DHS of Community Business Enterprises, Women Business\nEnterprises, Minority Business Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business\nEnterprises and LGBTQ-Owned Business Enterprises in its contracts;\nand\nThe ratio of DHS contractors with headquarters located in the County vs.\ncontractors with headquarters outside the County, by overall spending\nand percentage utilization;\nInstruct the Directors of Economic Opportunity and Internal Services to work\nwith the Director of Health Services, to include in the next report back to the\nBoard in response to Board Order No. 9 of January 9, 2024, “Advancing High\nRoad Jobs by Harnessing the County’s Procurement Power as a Market\nParticipant,” DHS’ progress implementing high road training partnership\nprograms and other pre-apprenticeship and job training programs, including\nDHS’ participation in County pipeline programs, such as the Preparing Los\nAngeles for County Employment and Delete the Divide internship programs,\nnumbers of placements made by DHS in these internship programs, and how\nmany jobs these DHS contracts have created for County residents (vs.\nresidents from outside the County);\nDirect the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Directors of Health\nServices, Internal Services, and Economic Opportunity, and other appropriate\nDepartment Heads, to report back to the Board in writing in 90 days, and\nsemi-annually thereafter, with any other recommendations that promote\nAnti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion and DHS’ EDIA goals and the local\neconomy through contracting and other means; and\nDirect the Chief Executive Officer, and the Directors of Internal Services,\nEconomic Opportunity and Health Services, to provide a verbal report back to\nthe Board at the November 26, 2024 Policy and Presentations Board meeting\non the progress to improve contracting equity and local business opportunities\nthrough County contracts. (24-3164)\nDirector of Health Services Report