Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee

JOURNAL – BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE Monday, February 27, 2023 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL ­ 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER TIM MCOSKER COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Andrew Suh ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, 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.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other channels. 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. 160 468 3647 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) 978­1133. 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 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. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 17­0758­S2 CAO and City Attorney reports relative to the Phase II eCivis Grants Management Program; and acceptance of the California Board of State and Community Corrections Proposition 47 Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Grant Program ­ Los Angeles Diversion Outreach and Opportunities for Recovery for Fiscal Years 2022­26. (Approved by Public Safety and Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated September 20, 2022 and City Administrative Officer report dated October 27, 2022 – (5) Yes (2) 21­1015­S1 City Administrative Officer report relative to the authority for the Board of Public Works, and General Manager, Bureau of Sanitation, to prepare federal and state grant applications for various programs, and related matters. (Referred to the Energy and Environment and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer revised report dated February 17, 2023 – (5) Yes (3) 22­1042 CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 13, 2023 Los Angeles Police Department report relative to the release and use of overtime funds allocated for A Bridge Home and other homeless housing sites. (Public Safety Committee approved this matter on December 7,  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer revised report dated February 17, 2023 – (5) Yes (3) 22­1042 CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 13, 2023 Los Angeles Police Department report relative to the release and use of overtime funds allocated for A Bridge Home and other homeless housing sites. (Public Safety Committee approved this matter on December 7, 2022) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted Transmitted Council file back to Public Safety Committee (4) 22­0256 Office of Finance reports relative to the Investment Reports for July 2022 – October 2022. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Office of Finance reports dated August 29, 2022, October 4, 2022, November 1, 2022, and November 18, 2022 – (5) Yes (5) 23­0043 Collections Board of Review report relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Los Angeles Housing Department for the quarter ending September 30, 2022. APPROVED Collections Board of Review report dated February 6, 2023 – (5) Yes (6) 23­0186 Collections Board of Review report relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Los Angeles Housing Department for the quarter ending December 31, 2022. APPROVED Collections Board of Review report dated February 6, 2023 – (5) Yes (7) 23­0085 Motion (Blumenfield – Raman) relative to current process of paying city vendors, best practices of the County of Los Angeles and other municipalities, and next steps necessary to ensure city vendor invoices are paid within 30­90 days. APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Raman) – (5) Yes (8) 22­0600­S71  quarter ending December 31, 2022. APPROVED Collections Board of Review report dated February 6, 2023 – (5) Yes (7) 23­0085 Motion (Blumenfield – Raman) relative to current process of paying city vendors, best practices of the County of Los Angeles and other municipalities, and next steps necessary to ensure city vendor invoices are paid within 30­90 days. APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Raman) – (5) Yes (8) 22­0600­S71 Board of Public Works report relative to the Fiscal Year 2022­23 Budget recommendation regarding the potential use of funding in the Unappropriated Balance for Graffiti Abatement. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Public Works report dated December 22, 2022 – (5) Yes (9) 19­1193 City Attorney and City Administrative Officer reports relative to acceptance of a grant award from the Los Angeles County Department of Workforce Development, Aging, and Community Services, for the City Attorney’s Dispute Resolution Program, Fiscal Year 2022­23 Dispute Resolution Program (Community) Funding ­ Year 4/5. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated August 29, 2022 and City Administrative Officer report dated December 9, 2022 – (5) Yes (10) 21­0822 Controller, City Administrative Officer, and Board of Public Works joint report relative to approving the Second Amended and Restated Contract C­131440 with Macias, Gini and O’Connell, LLP, for the Annual and Single Audits for Fiscal Years 2020­21 and 2021­22. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Controller, City Administrative Officer, and Board of Public Works joint report dated November 29, 2022 – (5) Yes (11) 23­0174 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Abbie Gray v. City of Los Angeles, et al, Los Angeles  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Controller, City Administrative Officer, and Board of Public Works joint report dated November 29, 2022 – (5) Yes (11) 23­0174 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Abbie Gray v. City of Los Angeles, et al, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC686939. (This matter arises from an incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department that occurred on November 4, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (12) 23­0173 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Regina Autrey v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV0755. (This matter arises from a trip and fall that occurred on March 15, 2019, at approximately 12:00 pm, concrete stairs adjacent to 100 N. Main Street, in the City of Los Angeles.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (13) 23­0185 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jose Castellon v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV03369. (This matter arises from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on March 17, 2020, on Corbin Street.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (14) 22­1494 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Montcell Chauncey Bolen v. Silverio Munoz, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 18STCV09971. (This matter arises from a bicycle v. car accident. Plaintiff was riding his bicycle on Riverside Drive when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a non­City driver.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (15) 23­0181 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Anthony Joseph Krol v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV06754. (This matter arises from th  Angeles Superior Court Case No. 18STCV09971. (This matter arises from a bicycle v. car accident. Plaintiff was riding his bicycle on Riverside Drive when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a non­City driver.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (15) 23­0181 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Anthony Joseph Krol v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV06754. (This matter arises from a solo motorcycle accident that occurred on 6th Street at Rimpau Boulevard.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (16) 23­0183 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Juan Jose Romo v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV04938. (This matter arises from a July 3, 2019 motorcycle accident on Whitsett Street in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (17) 23­0180 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Kimberly Ann Miller v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 18STCV01372. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on June 20, 218, near 422 Bauchet Street, in the City of Los Angeles.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (18) 23­0179 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Floris Mikail Kalime v. County of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCv24543. (This matter arises from a trip and fall, August 14, 2018, on a residential sidewalk in front of 7119 Lasaine Avenue, in the Lake Balboa community in Los Angeles.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (19) 23­0176 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Christian Jaimes v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV22268. (This matter arises from  Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCv24543. (This matter arises from a trip and fall, August 14, 2018, on a residential sidewalk in front of 7119 Lasaine Avenue, in the Lake Balboa community in Los Angeles.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (19) 23­0176 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Christian Jaimes v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV22268. (This matter arises from Plaintiff’s claims of Disability Discrimination, Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation, Failure to Engage in the Interactive Process, Retaliation, and Failure to Prevent Discrimination and Retaliation.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (20) 13­1482­S3 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to pending litigation entitled AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. City of Los Angeles / CRA/LA, CRA/LA Governing Board; CRA/LA Oversight Board, Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34­2020­80003462­CU­WM­GDS and Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCP04589. Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (21) 23­0138 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled George Lakner v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC708560. (This is an inverse condemnation action in which George Lakner seeks recovery for alleged damage to his property at 17603 West Posetano Road, Pacific Palisades, from a landslide.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (22) 23­0139 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled LAGD Properties LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV02977. (This case involves damages to plaintiff’s residential property allegedly caused by storm waters from Montecito Drive.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (23) The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the following cases: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 22STCV39662; Newcastle Courtyards,  case entitled LAGD Properties LLC v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV02977. (This case involves damages to plaintiff’s residential property allegedly caused by storm waters from Montecito Drive.) Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committee considered this matter in Closed Session on February 27, 2023. (23) The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the following cases: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 22STCV39662; Newcastle Courtyards, LLC, etc., et al. v. City of Los Angeles, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Case No 2:23­cv­00104 JAK (ASx); Newcastle Courtyards, LLC, etc., et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 23STCV00352. (These cases challenge Measure ULA, commonly known as the “mansion tax,” which imposes a new “Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax” on certain transfers of residential and commercial real property in the city of Los Angeles.) 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., 00­0000). 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 peer­to­peer and third­party 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. 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, hard­of­hearing, 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.