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(30)
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. |
February 25, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
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City Council |
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17-0409-S1
CD 15
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and
ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the sale of City-
owned property at 438 North Mesa Street in Council District 15
(CD15).
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. DETERMINE that the sale of City-owned property at 438 North
Mesa Street, in CD15, is in the public interest; in accordance
with Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Division 7,
Chapter 1, Article 4 Section 7.27.
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated
September 24, 2025, authorizing the sale of a certain City-
owned real property that is no longer required for use by the
City, and the public interest or necessity requires the sale
thereof without calling for bids, to the Housing Authority of the
City of Los Angeles (HACLA) for the sum of $580,000.
3. AUTHORIZE the Department of General Services (GSD), with
the assistance of the City Attorney, to execute a purchase and
sale agreement and all documents necessary to effectuate the
sale of the Property to HACLA, based on the terms specified in
the Findings Section of the February 3, 2026 Municipal
Facilities Committee (MFC) report, attached to the Council FIle,
for the sale of the property; and, INSTRUCT the GSD to
complete the transactions outlined in the Ordinance, process
the necessary documentation to execute the sale, and deposit
the proceeds into the appropriate accounts, as directed by the
LAAC and as approved to form and legality by the City Attorney.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the sale of City-owned
property located at 438 North Mesa Street, in CD15, to HACLA for a
total purchase price of $580,000 will have a positive impact on the
CD15 Real Property Trust Fund 697/14/5141 and the General Fund
100/40/5141, with 50 percent of the sale proceeds less closing costs
and administrative fees deposited into each fund.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the
recommendations stated in the February 3, 2026 MFC report,
attached to the Council File, comply with the City’s Financial Policies
in that a real property is to be disposed of at fair market value. |
February 24, 2026
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
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#34
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