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24-1524
CD 5
TRANSFER OF FUNDS relative to funding for the purchase and
installation of automated license plate readers in the Cheviot Hills
neighborhood within Council District Five (CD 5).
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
AMEND the Council action of December 10, 2024 relative to funding
for the purchase and installation of automated license plate readers in
the Cheviot Hills neighborhood within CD 5 (Council file No. 241524), to read as follows:
1. Appropriate and allocate $114,000 in the Century City
Neighborhood Traffic Protection Trust Fund No. 47M/50,
Account No. 50V031 (Constellation Place Neighborhood) for the
acquisition/purchase and installation of automated license plate
readers in the Cheviot Hills Neighborhood, to be coordinated by
the Los Angeles Police Foundation.
2. Instruct and authorize the Los Angeles Police Department
(LAPD) and/or the Board of Public Works to prepare, process
and execute the necessary documents with and/or payments to
the Los Angeles Police Foundation, or any other agency or
organization, as appropriate, utilizing the above amount, for the
above purpose, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as
to form, and that the Councilmember be authorized to execute
any such documents on behalf of the City.
3. Authorize the LAPD and/or the Department of Public Works to
make any corrections, clarifications or revisions to the above
fund transfer instructions, including any new instructions, in
order to effectuate the intent of this Motion, and including any
corrections and changes to fund or account numbers; said
corrections / clarifications / changes may be made orally,
electronically or by any other means.
(Pursuant to Council action of June 24, 2025) |
July 01, 2025
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25-0718
CD 12
MOTION (LEE - HERNANDEZ) relative to funding from the Sunshine
Canyon Community Amenities Trust Fund for the purchase and
installation of solar-powered lights within five miles of the Sunshine
Canyon landfill in Council District (CD) 12.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. RESOLVE that $300,000 in the Sunshine Canyon Community
Amenities Trust Fund No. 699/14 be transferred
and appropriated to the below listed accounts in the amounts
specified in the Street Lighting Fund No. 100/84, for the
purchase and installation of solar-powered lights within five
miles of the Sunshine Canyon landfill in CD 12:
Account No. 001090, Salaries – Overtime; Amount: $58,000
Account No. 008780, Street Lighting Improvement & Supplies;
Amount: $211,000
Account No. 006020, Operating Supplies & Expense; Amount:
$31,000
2. AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Street Lighting to make any
corrections, clarifications, or revisions to the above fund transfer
instructions, including any new instructions, in order to
effectuate the intent of this Motion, and including any
corrections and/or changes to fund or account numbers; said
corrections / clarifications / changes may be made orally,
electronically or by any other means. |
July 01, 2025
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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. |
July 01, 2025
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23-0038-S7
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to
approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 (FY 25-26) United to House Los
Angeles (ULA) Expenditure Plan.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. APPROVE the FY 25-26 ULA Expenditure Plan contained in the
Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) report dated June 11,
2025, attached to Council file No. 23-0038-S7, as submitted by
the LAHD.
2. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. Establish new appropriation accounts and appropriate
funds within the ULA Fund No. 66M as outlined in the
table contained under Recommendation No. 2.a.i of the
LAHD report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council
file.
b. Establish new appropriation accounts and appropriate
funds within the ULA Fund No. 66M as outlined in the
table contained under Recommendation No. 2.a.ii of the
LAHD report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council
file.
c. Transfer $3,035,984 within the ULA Fund No. 66M,
Account No. 43CU04 - Protections from Tenant
Harassment to the accounts outlined in the table
contained under Recommendation No. 2.a.iii of the LAHD
report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council file.
d. Increase appropriation in the amount of $1,850,280 for
Account No. 001010-Salaries, General within LAHD Fund
No. 100/43.
e. Transfer $668,194 within the ULA Fund No. 66M from
Account No. 43CU04 - Protections from Tenant
Harassment to the accounts outlined in the table
contained under Recommendation No. 2.a.v of the LAHD
report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council file,
for the City Attorney (Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance).
f. Increase appropriation in the amount of $419,535 within
the City Attorney, Fund No. 100/12, Account No. 001010Salaries, General.
3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. Decrease appropriation in the amount of $228,829 for
Account No. 43Y112 - City Attorney within ULA Fund No.
66M.
b. Decrease appropriation in the amount of $54,818,945
from Account No. 43Y00C - Affordable Housing Program
within ULA Fund No. 66M.
4. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
prepare Controller instructions and any necessary technical
adjustments consistent with the Mayor and Council actions,
subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO);
and, REQUEST the Controller to implement the instructions.
5. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
prepare and release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit a
qualified agency/contractor for the City’s Eviction Defense
Program for the purposes of providing comprehensive eviction
defense, eviction prevention, tenant outreach and education,
and legal support services for income-qualified tenants,
including the scope of services described in the ULA
Homelessness Prevention Programs Guidelines for eviction
defense and prevention, tenant outreach and education,
protections from tenant harassment, and the short-term
emergency assistance for settlement of rental arrears of lowincome tenant households at risk of eviction in the City. The
RFP shall be subject to review and approval by the City
Attorney as to form, and LAHD shall report to the Mayor and
Council with the RFP results, recommendation for contractor
selection, funding amount, and any necessary Controller
instructions; and, DIRECT the LAHD to return to Council with
options that would ensure the services detailed above continue
to be provided while the RFP process is completed.
6. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
prepare and release a RFP to solicit qualified service providers
to design and develop outreach campaigns using public media
to inform tenants about the existing protections, programs, and
resources offered to them by the City. The RFP shall be subject
to review and approval by the City Attorney as to form, and the
LAHD shall report to the Mayor and Council with the RFP
results, recommendation for contractor selection, funding
amount, and any necessary Controller instructions.
7. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
execute a Second Amended and Restated Agreement with
Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. (Contract No. C-144080) to
increase the contract amount by $214,000 for a new total
contract amount not to exceed $1,014,000, for continued
financial analysis and loan underwriting services, in substantial
conformance with the draft document contained in the LAHD
report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council file, as
Attachment C, subject to the contractor’s performance, funding
availability, and approval of the City Attorney as to form.
8. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
expend up to $15,634,376.63 in ULA Homeownership
Opportunities Program funds, through the City’s existing Low
Income Purchase Assistance Program using the previouslyapproved Low Income Purchase Assistance Program
Guidelines (Council file No. 22-0038), to provide down payment
assistance to qualifying lower-income households who are firsttime homebuyers.
9. AMEND Recommendation No. 2 contained in the Los Angeles
Housing Department (LAHD) report dated June 11, 2025,
attached to Council file No. 23-0038-S7, respectively, to strike
out the following language:
“INSTRUCT the City Clerk to place on the agenda of the first
regular Council meeting on July 1, 2025, or shortly thereafter,
the following instructions:”
10. DELETE Recommendation Nos. 3.a-e, 6 and 10 from the LAHD
report dated June 11, 2025, attached to the Council file.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LAHD reports that there is no impact to
the General Fund. The recommendations in this report will be funded
by revenues collected from ULA. In the event ULA is invalidated, the
City’s General Fund may be obligated to cover any spent funds. |
July 01, 2025
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