City Council Meeting

AGENDA LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Friday, May 2, 2025 10:00 AM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com President EUNISSES HERNANDEZ, First District MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, Eighth ADRIN NAZARIAN, Second District District KATY YAROSLAVSKY, Fifth District President Pro Tempore IMELDA PADILLA, Sixth District BOB BLUMENFIELD, Third District MONICA RODRIGUEZ, Seventh District CURREN D. PRICE, JR., Ninth District Assistant President Pro Tempore HEATHER HUTT, Tenth District NITHYA RAMAN, Fourth District TRACI PARK, Eleventh District JOHN S. LEE, Twelfth District HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ, Thirteenth District YSABEL JURADO, Fourteenth District TIM McOSKER, Fifteenth District Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 1  PUBLIC COMMENT AND LIVE BROADCAST The Council meetings will be broadcast live on Cable Television Channel 35, on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar, and on YouTube. Written public comment may be submitted at LACouncilComment.com. 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 below. 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website. SE OFRECE UN SERVICIO DE TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL EN TODAS LAS REUNIONES DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 2  BASIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES AGENDAS - The City Council meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 A.M. The agendas for City Council meetings contain a brief general description of those items to be considered at the meetings. Council Agendas are available in the Office of the City Clerk, Council and Public Services Division, Room 395, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and on the City's website at lacity.gov or lacouncilcalendar.com. Ten (10) members of the Council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Council may consider an item not listed on the agenda only if it is determined by a two-thirds (10) vote that the need for action arose after the posting of an Agenda. Some items on the agenda may be approved without any discussion, however, any item may be called "special" by a Councilmember. If an item is called "special" it will be "held" until the remainder of the items on the Council agenda have been acted on by the Council. An item may also be called "special" if a member of the public has requested to speak on the item and a public hearing was not previously held. The City Clerk will announce the items to be considered by the Council, however items will be grouped. For example, all items for which required public hearings have not previously been held are listed in one section on the printed agenda. The Council President will ask if any Councilmember or member or the public wishes to speak on one or more of these items. If anyone wishes to speak on an item, it will be called "special". The remaining items in this section will be voted on by Council with one roll call vote. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - An opportunity for the public to address the Council on agenda items for which public hearings have not been held will be provided at the time the item is considered or during the Multiple Agenda Item Comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on items shall be allowed to speak for up to one minute per item up to a total of three minutes per meeting. The Council has determined that a cumulative total of 20 minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda Item segment of each regular meeting. The Council will also provide an opportunity for the public to speak on public interest items. Each speaker shall be limited to one minute of general public comment each regular meeting for a cumulative total of ten (10) minutes. The Council shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment. If you wish to provide documents to the full Council for consideration on an item, please present the Sergeant-At-Arms with 35 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record. 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) 978-1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS - Councilmembers requesting to address the Council will be recognized by the Council President in the order requested. For any item, the Chairperson of the Committee, or the maker of the original motion, or the member calling a matter "special" shall have up to six (6) minutes to discuss the item. All other Councilmembers may speak up to three (3) minutes each on the matter. After all members desiring to speak on a question have had an opportunity to be heard once, the time for each Member desiring to speak again shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes. A motion calling the "previous question" may be introduced by any member during a Council debate. If adopted, this motion will terminate debate on a matter and the Chair will instruct the Clerk to call the roll on the matter. Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 3  VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Most items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council (8 members). Items which have not been discussed in a Council Committee and have been placed directly on the agenda will require 10 votes to consider. Once considered, these items will normally require eight (8) affirmative votes to be adopted. Ordinances require a unanimous vote (at least 12 members must be present) in order to be adopted on first consideration. If an ordinance does not receive the necessary unanimous vote, it is laid over one calendar week. The votes required for approval on second consideration vary and depend upon the type of ordinance, but a typical ordinance requires eight (8) affirmative votes upon second consideration. When debate on an item is completed, the Chair will instruct the Clerk to "call the roll". Every member present must vote for or against each item; abstentions are not permitted. The Clerk will announce the votes on each item. Any member of Council may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Council of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of eight (8) members of the Council. When the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject an item, and has not lost jurisdiction over the matter, or has not caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for the purpose of allowing the Council to again vote on the matter. The City Council rules provide that all items adopted by the Council will not be presented to the Mayor, or other designated officer by the City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the Council action. A motion to send an item "forthwith" if adopted by ten (10) votes, suspends these rules and requires the City Clerk to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other officer, without delay. RULE 16 MOTIONS - Council Rule No. 16, in part, allows a member to send an item directly to the Council without it having to go to a Council Committee first, by giving the City Clerk a motion (seconded by an additional member) during a Council session to be placed on the next regular available Council agenda. Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 4  Los Angeles City Council Agenda Friday, May 2, 2025 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM Roll Call Approval of the Minutes Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations Multiple Agenda Item Comment Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council Items Noticed for Public Hearing (1) 25-0160-S13 CD 6 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS to the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety report and confirmation of lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and/or Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC), for the property located at 6851 North Cedros Avenue. Recommendation for Council action: HEAR PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS relative to a proposed lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to the LAMC and/or LAAC, and CONFIRM said lien for the property located at 6851 North Cedros Avenue. (Lien: $1,276.56) Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 5  (Continued from Council meeting of April 1, 2025) (2) 25-0160-S4 CD 8 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEARING PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS to the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety report and confirmation of lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and/or Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC), for the property located at 132 West 109th Place. Recommendation for Council action: HEAR PROTEST, APPEALS OR OBJECTIONS relative to a proposed lien for nuisance abatement costs and/or non-compliance of code violations/Annual Inspection costs, pursuant to the LAMC and/or LAAC, and CONFIRM said lien for the property located at 132 West 109th Place. (Lien: $3,813.75) (Continued from Council meeting of April 1, 2025) Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held (3) 23-0002-S149 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1775 (Haney) to allow for the preparation or sale of non cannabis food or beverage products and to sell tickets for live musical or other performances, on the premises of a licensed retailer. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Padilla - Harris-Dawson), attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for AB 1775 (Haney) to allow for the preparation or sale of non cannabis food or beverage products and to sell tickets for live musical or other performances, on the premises of Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 6  a licensed retailer, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded and the bill was adopted. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (4) 23-0002-S119 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 1170 (Menjivar), which would permit the use of campaign funds to pay for or reimburse mental health care expenses for a non-incumbent candidate that does not have health insurance or has been denied coverage. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Hernandez - Raman) and the Chief Legislative Analyst report dated June 18, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for SB 1170 (Menjivar), which would permit the use of campaign funds to pay for or reimburse mental health care expenses for a non-incumbent candidate that does not have health insurance or has been denied coverage, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council (5) 23-0002-S146 RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024 to provide citizenship to foreign-born adoptees of United States citizens. Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 7  Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Lee - Hutt), attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024, to provide citizenship to foreign-born adoptees of United States citizens, regardless of their date of birth, inasmuch as the 2023-24 Federal Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (6) 23-0002-S145 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding a position on House Resolution 8606 (Carter), the Never Again Education Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024, which would reauthorize an appropriation for the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Lee - Blumenfield), attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for House Resolution 8606 (Carter), the Never Again Education Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024, which would reauthorize an appropriation for the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, inasmuch as the 2023-24 Federal Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (7) 23-0002-S141 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding any ballot initiative that would seek to overturn the 2022 adopted Senate Bill 1137 law, which initiates health and safety setback Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 8  regulations for modified oil and gas wells. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Yaroslavsky - McOsker), attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program opposition to any ballot initiative that would seek to overturn the 2022 adopted Senate Bill 1137 law, which initiates health and safety setback regulations for modified oil and gas wells, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (8) 23-0002-S142 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 1255 (Durazo), which would require water suppliers with over 3,300 connections to provide low income ratepayer assistance to eligible ratepayers, through a voluntary ratepayer contribution fund. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Yaroslavsky - Hernandez), attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for SB 1255 (Durazo), which would require water suppliers with over 3,300 connections to provide low income ratepayer assistance to eligible ratepayers, through a voluntary ratepayer contribution fund, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (9) 23-0002-S103 Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 9  RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 2031 to expand the One California Immigration Services funding to individuals with criminal histories, and cover related services such as interpretation and translation, medical examinations, expert witness testimonies, and other litigation costs. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Hernandez – Padilla) and Chief Legislative Analyst report dated June 12, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for AB 2031 to expand the One California Immigration Services funding to individuals with criminal histories, and cover related services such as interpretation and translation, medical examinations, expert witness testimonies, and other litigation costs, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (10) 23-0002-S100 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1990 (Carrillo) which would update the criminal procedure for arrests related to shoplifting. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE Resolution (Lee – Park) and Chief Legislative Analyst report dated April 15, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for AB 1990 (Carrillo) which would update the criminal procedure for arrests related to shoplifting, inasmuch as the 2023-24 State Legislative Session has concluded. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: Yes Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 10  For: Studio City Neighborhood Council Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council Westside Neighborhood Council (11) 24-1556 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) Family Justice Center Program Grant Award. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to: a. Accept on behalf of the City, the FY 23 California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), Victim Services and Public Safety Branch, FY 23 Family Justice Center (FJ) Program in the amount of $311,470, for a performance period of April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026. b. Execute the Grant Award Agreement and authorize the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety to submit any other necessary agreements and documents relative to the grant award, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form. c. Execute on behalf of the City, a Professional Services Agreement with Peace Over Violence, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form, for the distribution of the FY23 (FJ) grant funds for a term within the applicable grant performance period and for a cumulative total not to exceed $215,000. d. Execute on behalf of the City, a Professional Services Agreement with a selected contractor for language translator/interpreter services, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form, for the distribution of the FY23 (FJ) grant funds for a term within the applicable Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 11  grant performance period and for a cumulative total not to exceed $2,000. 2. APPROVE the FY 23 Family Justice Center (FJ) Program budget and authorize the Mayor's Office of Public Safety to expend the grant in accordance with the approved budget. 3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: a. Establish a new interest-bearing Fund entitled “FY23 (FJ) Grant”, create a receivable in this new Fund in the amount of $311,470, and create new Appropriation Accounts within the new Fund No. XXX/46, as follows: i. Account No. 46A946, Grant Management and Administration; Amount: $34,000 ii. Account No. 46A304, Contractual Services; Amount: $217,000 iii. Account No. 46A601, Operating Exercise; Amount: $3,470 iv. Account No. 46A965, Disability; Amount: $2,000 v. Account No. 46A146, Mayor; Amount: $39,104 vi. Account No. 46A299, Related Costs; Amount: $15,896 b. Transfer appropriations from Fund XXX/46 to the General Fund to reimburse grant related expenditures, as follows: $39,104 from Fund No. XXX/46, Account No. 46A146, Mayor, to Fund No. 100/46, Account No. 001020, Grant Reimbursed. Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 12  c. Expend funds upon presentation of proper demands from the Office of the Mayor. 4. AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer up to $15,896 from Fund No. XXX, Account No. 46A299, to the General Fund No. 100/46, Revenue Source No. 5346, for reimbursement of grant- funded fringe benefits. 5. AUTHORIZE the Controller to transfer cash from Fund No. XXX/46 to reimburse the General Fund, on an as-needed basis, upon presentation of proper documentation from City departments. 6. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions for any necessary technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO); and, authorize the Controller to implement the instructions. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the approval of the recommendations within the CAO report dated February 19, 2025, attached to the Council file, will have no additional impact to the General Fund and will provide $311,470 for personnel and operating expenses to support the Central Bureau Family Justice Center. The FY 23 FJ Grant is awarded on a reimbursement basis and requires grant recipients to upfront program expenditures. No matching funds are required for this grant. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the acceptance of the grant and the recommendations in the above-mentioned report are in compliance with the City’s Financial Policies in that all grant- eligible costs are fully covered by grant funds. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the above matter) Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 13  Items Called Special Motions for Posting and Referral Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings Adjourning Motions Council Adjournment EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action 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. CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the Council's action becomes final. 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). Friday - May 2, 2025 - PAGE 14