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25-1700
PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT and
ORDINANCES FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the 2025-
26 Departmental Personnel Ordinances.
Recommendation for Council Action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
PRESENT and ADOPT the following accompanying ORDINANCES,
dated December 5, 2025, authorizing the employment of personnel
for 39 Departments and Offices of the City of Los Angeles:
1. Aging
2. Animal Services
3. Building and Safety
4. Cannabis Regulation
5. City Administrative Officer (CAO)
6. City Attorney
7. City Clerk
8. City Planning
9. City Tourism
10. Civil, Human Rights and Equity
11. Community Investment for Families
12. Controller
13. Council
14. Cultural Affairs
15. Disability
16. Economic and Workforce Development
17. El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
18. Emergency Management
19. Employee Relations Board
20. Ethics Commission
21. Finance
22. Fire
23. General Services
24. Housing
25. Information Technology Agency
26. Mayor
27. Neighborhood Empowerment
28. Personnel
29. Police
30. Public Accountability
31. Public Works – Board
32. Public Works – Bureau of Contract Administration
33. Public Works – Bureau of Engineering
34. Public Works – Bureau of Sanitation
35. Public Works – Bureau of Street Lighting
36. Public Works – Bureau of Street Services
37. Transportation
38. Youth Development
39. Zoo
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that funding for these
positions is provided in Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget. |
February 04, 2026
LA County
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#5
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(31)
25-0030
RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the
Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025,
and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated
January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather
system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City),
pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.
Recommendation for Council action:
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated January 14, 2025,
to:
1. Resolve that a local emergency exists resulting from ongoing
windstorm and extreme fire weather system and the devastating
wildfires in the City within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et
seq., as set forth in the Mayor’s January 13, 2025 Updated
Declaration of Local Emergency, which incorporated the
declaration of emergency dated January 7, 2025, which the City
Council hereby ratifies.
2. Resolve that because the local emergency, which began on
January 7, 2025, continues to exist, there is a need to continue
the state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby
ratifies.
3. Instruct and request all appropriate City departments (including
proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel, in
accordance with LAAC Code Section 8.21 et seq., to continue
to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in
this matter to respond to and abate the emergency and prevent
further harm to the life, health, property, and safety, and receive,
process; and, coordinate all inquiries and requirements
necessary to obtain whatever State and Federal assistance that
may become available to the City and/or to the citizens of the
City who may be affected by the emergency.
4. Instruct the General Manager, Emergency Management
Department, to advise the Mayor and City Council on the need
to extend the state of local emergency, as appropriate.
5. Resolve that, to the extent the public interest and necessity
demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard
life, health, or property in response to the local emergency and
to support the emergency operations of the City and its
departments (including its proprietary departments), agencies,
and personnel (including mutual aid resources) in responding to
the declared local emergency, the competitive bidding
requirements enumerated in City Charter Section 371, and
further codified in the LAAC, including LAAC Section 10.15 be
suspended until termination of the state of emergency and
solely with respect to purchases and contracts needed to
respond to the declared state of emergency.
6. Direct and request City departments and agencies making
purchases pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph five
(5), above, to report every two weeks to the City Council
regarding the purchases and contracts made during the prior
two week period on the reasons justifying why such purchase or
contract was necessary to respond to the emergency, including
why the emergency did not permit a delay resulting from a
competitive solicitation for bids or proposals, and why
competitive proposals or bidding was not reasonably practicable
or compatible with the City’s interests.
7. Request all City departments and agencies who have the
authority to investigate and/or enforce any/all forms of price
gouging, fraud, and theft by deceit, as described in the
California Penal Code, to do so to the fullest extent permissible
under federal, state, and local law.
8. Instruct the City Clerk, unless and until Council directs
otherwise or discontinues the state of emergency, to timely
agendize this matter so that Council may consider whether to
continue the state of emergency.
9. Instruct the City Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to the Governor of the State of California, the Director of
the Office of Emergency Services of the State of California,
the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management,
and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Items Called Special
Motions for Posting and Referral
Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings
Adjourning Motions
Council Adjournment
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City
Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on
a matter will become a part of the administrative record.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code
of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which
the Council's action becomes final.
Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System,
at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000). |
February 03, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
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#31
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(30)
25-0006-S57
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the waiver
of plan check and permit fees associated with the reconstruction of
private property damaged or destroyed in the January 2025 Wildfires.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. NOTE AND FILE the following reports and Amending Motions,
attached to the Council file:
a. City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated May 7,
2025
b. CAO report dated October 2, 2025
c. City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated June 20,
2025
d. Amending Motion 23C (Rodriguez – Yaroslavsky) dated
December 2, 2025
e. Amending Motion 23D (Park – Nazarian) dated December
2, 2025.
2. APPROVE Option 3 (A, B, and C) as detailed in the CAO report
dated January 16, 2026, attached to the Council file, for the
waiver of fees for all structures, regardless of rebuild/repair
scale, only up to the amount attributed to 110 percent of the
original footprint, with an aggregate cap of $90 million, for three
years. Property owners would be liable for fees in excess of 110
percent rebuild/repair scale.
3. FIND that the waiving of plan check and permit fees for
rebuilding properties that were damaged or destroyed as a
result of the January 2025 Wildfires represents a clear public
benefit inasmuch as the waivers would remove barriers to
reconstruction and benefit the economy of the City of Los
Angeles.
4. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present a new
Ordinance consistent with its recommendations and including
all previous provisions around eligibility subject to ownership at
the time of the January 2025 Wildfires, including relative
positions from previous draft Ordinances that align with this
report, with a timeline for eligibility retroactive to the date of the
fire and not longer than three years from the date that the
Council acts.
5. REQUEST the Controller to establish a new account, Wildfire
Emergency Permit Fee Subsidies, in the General City Purposes
(GCP); and, appropriate $10 million from a temporary revolving
loan from the Building and Safety Building Permit Enterprise
Fund (Enterprise Fund) to be repaid with interest.
6. INSTRUCT the Department of Building and Safety and other
relevant City departments to establish fee subsidy procedures,
including the process for obtaining reimbursements of
subsidized fees from the GCP to ensure full cost recovery for
the Enterprise Fund.
7. INSTRUCT the CAO to:
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a. Identify unrestricted funds to repay the Enterprise Fund,
for any and all fees waived in connection with the January
2025 Wildfires, with interest calculated at the City Daily
Interest Pool Rate.
b. Recommend a funding strategy to the Mayor and Council,
for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget, that
would limit the General Fund obligation to a maximum of
$30 million per year over the next three fiscal years.
c. Report back to the Budget and Finance Committee, with
support from affected City departments, via the Financial
Status Report process with updates on the use of this
waiver program, including the types of properties for which
permits have been issued.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that should the Council
approve the recommendations contained in the CAO report dated
January 16, 2026, and waive fees for all structures (single family
dwelling, duplexes, accessory dwelling units, multi-family dwellings,
and commercial properties), regardless of rebuild/repair scale, up to
the amount attributable to 110 percent, the General Fund impact is
$98.30 million, not including the costs of borrowing. Should the
Council choose to limit the fee waivers to only single-family dwellings
and duplexes that are rebuilding only up to 110 percent of the original
footprint, the estimated General Fund impact is $80.4 million, not
including the costs of borrowing. Should the Council choose to extend
the fee waivers to all structures with no limit on the rebuild/repair
scale, the General Fund impact could be over $126.43 million, not
including the costs of borrowing.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that in order to comply
with the City Financial Policies, the City Council needs to make a
finding of public benefit to waive fees for services for individual users.
Because the fees to be waived are for services funded through a
source of funds generated by the collection of those fees, a General
Fund appropriation would be required to prevent other service users
from improperly subsidizing such fees. |
February 03, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
Item
#30
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Los Angeles |
City Council |
Item |
(23)
25-1469
CD 15
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a
report on the City’s enforcement authority and options to improve
safety, emergency preparedness, and community protections related to
operations at the JCI Jones Chemicals facility in Harbor Gateway.
Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker –
Blumenfield):
1. DIRECT the Office of the City Attorney, in consultation with the
Emergency Management Department (EMD), the Los Angeles
Fire Department (LAFD), the Department of Building & Safety
(LADBS), and the Department of City Planning (DCP), to report
back in 30 days on the City's criminal and/or civil enforcement
capacities, as well as steps to abate any present nuisance, with
respect to the JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. (JCI) facility and their
operations, including:
a. A record of any prior local, state, or federal violations of
law in the JCI operations or site conditions within the past
15 years, the response to any violation notices, and the
current status of any violation, nuisance, or substandard
condition in the JCI operations or at the JCI site.
b. The City's authority and procedural path for criminal or
civil enforcement, or nuisance abatement, regarding the
operations or site conditions.
c. Existing authority and available enforcement mechanisms
to require or incentivize emergency-preparedness
measures in the current operations.
d. The City's authority to require facility upgrades,
operational safety improvements, or use restrictions
related to community safety and emergency
preparedness.
e. Options for voluntary agreements or partnerships to
enhance community safety.
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f. Opportunities for interagency coordination with the
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), the
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD),
and federal partners on oversight and compliance.
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2. DIRECT these departments, in coordination with the Council
Office, to continue engagement with JCI to pursue community-
requested safety initiatives, including: the distribution of shelter-
in-place kits, community emergency-response training,
installation of warning systems such as windsocks and alarms,
and exploration of a vegetation wall or similar buffer
improvement(s).
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor
the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this
report. |
February 03, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
Item
#23
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LA County |
Los Angeles |
City Council |
Item |
(11)
25-1256
CD 2
PUBLIC SAFETY and TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES’ REPORT
relative to proactive and coordinated strategies for traffic control and
storm preparation during inclement weather.
Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Nazarian
– Hernandez):
INSTRUCT the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the
Bureau of Street Services, Bureau of Sanitation, Los Angeles Police
Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, and Emergency
Management Department, to report to the City Council in 60 days
with a comprehensive plan for proactive traffic management and
storm preparation for major streets in Council District Two (CD 2) that
are prone to significant flooding, and to include, but not be limited to,
the following elements:
a. Street drainage preparation at chronically flooded areas.
b. An identification of the most critical and recurrent flooding
hotspots on roadways in CD 2, including but not limited to
Vineland Avenue adjacent to the Hollywood Burbank Airport.
c. A detailed protocol for the pre-deployment of traffic control
resources, including traffic officers, detour signage, and digital
message boards, in advance of and during predicted major
storm events.
d. A plan for the rapid deployment of physical barricades to
prevent vehicles from entering deeply flooded or impassable
street sections.
e. A strategy for a public information campaign to alert residents
and commuters about flood-prone areas and alternative routes
during storm events.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor
the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this
report. |
January 27, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
Item
#11
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