Budget and Finance Commitee

JOURNAL – BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITEE Monday, February 28, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. (Andrew Suh - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 655 3266 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Click here for agenda packets Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 21-1362-S1 CAO report relative to Targeted Local Hiring and Bridge to Jobs Programs position requests. (At its meeting held on February 16, 2022, the Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare Committee approved the matter, as amended.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. CONCUR with the action taken by the Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare Committee on February 16, 2022, attached to the Council file – (5) Yes (2) 20-0963 City Clerk, and Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, reports relative to the Neighborhood Council 2021 Election Outreach update. (At its meeting held on January 11, 2022, the Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee noted and filed this item.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Rampart Village Neighborhood Council Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council Reseda Neighborhood Council Against, unless amended: East Hollywood Neighborhood Council  CONCUR with the action taken by the Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee on January 11, 2022, attached to the Council file – (5) Yes (3) 22-0162 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report relative to implementing the Universal Basic Mobility Program. (At its meeting held on February 15, 2022, the Transportation Committee approved the matter, as amended.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONCUR with the action taken by the Transportation Committee on February 15, 2022, attached to the Council file – (5) Yes (4) 22-0177 Motion (Lee - Buscaino) relative requesting the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), CAO, LADOT, and the Los Angeles Police Department, report to the Council, in closed session, with an update on the pending litigation and what legal options are available to the City in order to protect the City’s streets from an oversaturation of scofflaw vehicles. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Lee – Buscaino) – (5) Yes (5) 22-0153 Motion (Bonin – Koretz) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with assistance from any relevant City Departments, to report regarding the case entitled Henry Levi, et al., v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 218MCV00964 in closed session if necessary, and to prepare a strategy to engage and coordinate with the California Coastal Commission in order to follow and adhere to all appropriate development standards, rules, and regulations.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Bonin – Koretz) – (5) Yes (6) 17-0046-S2 CLA report relative to the Justice Fund and related matters; and, CAO report relative to the California Community Foundation’s Los Angeles Justice Fund: Final Bridge Funding Report for the period of July 1, 2020, through June 20, 2021. (At its meeting of January 20, 2022, the Immigrant Affairs, Civil Rights, and Equity Committee approved the matter as amended.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED to the next Budget and Finance Committee meeting. (7) 22-0195 CAO report relative to approving the qualified list of 28 firms for investment banking services for various debt programs, and authorizing the CAO to negotiate and execute contracts. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Debt Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 25, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 13, 2022) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated February 22, 2022 – (5) Yes (8) 21-1015  CAO and CLA joint report relative to the proposed internal review process for federal and state grant funding opportunities. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED joint City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst report dated February 22, 2022 – (4) Yes; Absent: De Leon (9) 21-0112 CAO and Los Angeles Housing Department reports relative to the funding of the State’s Homekey Program, and related matters. (At its meeting held on February 10, 2022, the Homelessness and Poverty Committee approved the matter, as amended.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council CONCUR with the action taken by the Homelessness and Poverty Committee on February 10, 2022 with an additional recommendation; attached to the Council file. – (4) Yes; Absent: De Leon If you challenge this Committee's action(s) 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. 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). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer- to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.