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| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (42) 22-0151 MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - RAMAN, PARK) relative to the repeal of Ordinance No. 187714 in accordance with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ (9th Circuit) April 17, 2023 ruling on the case entitled California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, Case No. 21-16278. Recommendations for Council action: 1. INSTRUCT Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) to immediately stay enforcement of Ordinance No. 187714, including Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 99.04.106.8, 99.04.106.8.1, 99.05.106.14, and 99.05.106.14.1; until such time as federal law changes to allow its enforcement without preemption. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney to transmit an ordinance reviewed as to form and legality that would repeal the Ordinance in light of the 9th Circuit’s decision. 3. INSTRUCT the LADBS to report back, after consultation with the City Attorney’s Office and any other applicable departments, on alternative building standards that reduce ongoing operational emissions in new building construction through means such as, but not limited to, promoting the use of electric appliances, and regulating emissions in a manner similar to New York City’s Local Law No. 154 of 2021, which relates to the use of substances with certain emissions profiles, in addition to any possible exemptions to the Pacific Palisades. Post | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #42 |
| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (32) 25-0147 TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a report from the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and City Attorney regarding the implementation of the policy articulated in Ordinance No. 176580 for properties controlled by POLA, including the codification of hotel labor peace within the POLA Real Estate Policy, Leasing Policy, or any other guiding documents adopted by POLA; and a report on an update or amendment to Article 4 to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) that clarifies requirements of labor peace agreements for hospitality operations. Recommendations for Council action: 1. INSTRUCT the POLA and REQUEST the City Attorney report to Council on the implementation of the policy articulated in Ordinance No. 176580 for properties controlled by the Port of Los Angeles. This analysis should include the current status of implementation, if any, and specifically, whether the hotel labor peace has been codified into the POLA' Real Estate Policy, the Port of Los Angeles' Leasing Policy, or any other guiding documents adopted by the POLA. 2. DIRECT the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the POLA, and in coordination with the City Administrative Officer and City Attorney, to report to Council on an update or amendment to Article 4 to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code that clarifies Ordinance No. 176580's requirements of labor peace agreements for hospitality operations in which and department of the City of Los Angeles has a proprietary interest, including the Port of Los Angeles. If necessary, this analysis should provide any path required to amend the Los Angeles City Charter to enact such policy on proprietary departments, including the POLA. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #32 |
| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (29) 25-0159 CD 14 Related to Council file Nos. 25-0159-S1 and 25-0159-S2 PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2021-2232-EIR, [STATE CLEARING HOUSE (SCH) NO. 2021110015], AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS; and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, RESOLUTION, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to General Plan Amendments and Vesting Zone and Height District Change for the property located at 2045 Violet Street (2030 – 2060 East 7th Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 - 2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet Street). Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the Project was assessed in the previously certified EIR No. ENV-2021- 2232-EIR, SCH No. 2021110015, certified on May 13, 2025; and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent EIR, negative declaration, or addendum is required for approval of the Project. 2. ADOPT the modified FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. 3. DISMISS, pursuant to Los Angeles City Charter Sections 555 and Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.5.6, General Plan Amendments to: a. The Central City North Community Plan to change the land use designation for Lot 1 (located at 2016-2040 East 7th Place and 2017-2045 East Violet Street) of the Project Site from Heavy Industrial to Regional Commercial, inasmuch as the request is no longer necessary for development of the project. b. The Transportation Element of the General Plan (Mobility Plan 2035) to reclassify 7th Place along the Project Site frontage from a Collector Street to a Standard Local Street, inasmuch as the request has been superseded by the Downtown Community Plan. 4. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying modified ORDINANCE, dated May 14, 2025, effectuating a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change for Lot 1 of the Project Site from the M3-1- RIO Zone to the (T)(Q)C2-2-RIO Zone; and the maintenance of the M3-1-RIO Zone for the remainder of the site; for the redevelopment and expansion of an existing office campus on an approximately six-acre site, the Project proposes to demolish two buildings with 35,738 square feet of warehouse and office uses and associated surface parking for the new construction of a 13-story, 450,599 square-foot building comprised of 435,100 square feet of office uses, 15,499 square feet of ground floor retail and/or restaurant uses, and four subterranean and three above-grade levels of parking, all located on the southwestern portion of the Project Site (known as Lot 1); in addition, a Future Campus Expansion Phase could allow for the demolition of another existing 21,880 square-foot office building at the corner of Violet Street and Santa Fe Avenue for the new construction of up to 211,201 square feet of additional office and restaurant uses, the existing 222,915 square-foot Warner Music Group building (originally the Ford Factory building, a designated historic resource) and an existing five-story parking garage would be retained as part of the Project; for the property located at 2045 Violet Street (2030 - 2060 East 7th Street; 715 - 829 East Santa Fe Avenue; 2016 - 2040 and 2023 - 2043 East 7th Place; and 2017 - 2051 Violet Street). Applicant: AI Violet, LLC and AI Violet B2, LLC Representative: Jonathan Lonner, Burns and Bouchard, Inc. Case No. CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR Environmental No. ENV-2021-2232-EIR Related Cases: CPC-2021-2231-GPA-VZC-HD-VCU-ZV-SPR-1A; VTT-83382- 2A; VTT-83382-1A; VTT-83382 Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #29 |
| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (26) 25-0391 PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to implementing Charter Amendment FF for the transfer of membership and years of services for eligible sworn peace officers from the Los Angeles City Empoyees’ Retirement System (LACERS) to the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP). Recommendation for Council action: REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present all Ordinances necessary to implement the provisions of City Charter ballot Measure FF, which was approved by the voters in the November 2024 election. Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports that the implementation of the Measure FF will have a General Fund impact relative to the LACERS members employed by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Department of Recreation and Parks who elect to transfer to LAFPP Tier 6. The majority of the fiscal impact will be paid by the Department of Airports and Harbor Department, which will pay all costs for respective affected members. An updated actuarial report will accompany the implementing ordinances. The CAO previously estimated that Measure FF would cost $109,500,000 if all eligible LACERS Members elected to transfer to LAFPP Tier 6, including $106,000,000 for transfer costs and $3,500,000 for refunds. The estimated additional annual cost is $6,300,000, adjusted annually proportional to payroll changes. | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #26 |
| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (24) 25-0435 PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to ensuring that all full-time City employees, who are activated due to the deployment of military personnel in response to the Operational Mission to the Pacific Region, receive the difference between their regular City salaries and their military salaries and continuation of current City benefits retroactive to the date of their deployment. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Lee – Blumenfield): 1. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Personnel Department and the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to prepare and present an Ordinance to ensure that all full-time City employees who are activated due to the deployment of military personnel in response to the Operational Mission to the Pacific Region, receive the difference between their regular City salaries and their military salaries and enjoy continuation of current City benefits, including medical, dental and life insurance, for the duration of their military assignment, with an urgency clause and made retroactive to the date of the deployment. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney to report to Council on the feasibility and required actions to pre-approve all future long-term military operations orders for enhanced military employee benefits with said enhanced military employee benefits to not apply to military orders received for Annual Training, long-term military orders for training, weekend drill periods, and other military duty not in support of operations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst have completed a financial analysis of this report. | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #24 |
| 20250520 | LA County | Los Angeles | City Council | Item | (23) 25-0401 PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Subsection (a) of Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Sections 4.123 and 4.175, pertaining to Military Leave with Pay for civilian and sworn Fire/Police employees. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated March 10, 2025, approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney, amending Subsection (a) of LAAC Sections 4.123 and 4.175, pertaining to Military Leave with Pay for civilian and sworn Fire/Police employees, respectively, to add applicable sections of the referenced Military and Veterans Code of the State of California, and to restore a reference to one year of City service that was inadvertently omitted in the last amendment. 2. AUTHORIZE the Controller and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to correct any clerical or technical errors in said Ordinance. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that neither the General Fund nor any special fund is impacted by the proposed amendments to LAAC Sections 4.123 and 4.175 “Military Leave with Pay” for civilian employees and sworn Police and Fire employees, respectively. | May 20, 2025 LA County Los Angeles City Council Item #23 |