City Council Meeting

AGENDA LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Friday, May 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 2025 - PAGE 4  Los Angeles City Council Agenda Friday, May 9, 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) 25-0477 CD 4 MOTION (RAMAN - SOTO-MARTINEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $65,000,000 for the acquisition, development, construction and equipping of a 116-unit multifamily affordable housing project known as Oaks on Balboa (Project) located at 5435-5445 Balboa Boulevard in Council District Four (CD 4). Friday - May 9, 2025 - PAGE 5  Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. HOLD a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) Hearing at the City Council Meeting to be held on Friday, May 9, 2025. 2. ADOPT the accompanying TEFRA RESOLUTION, attached to the Motion, to allow the California Municipal Finance Authority to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $65,000,000 to provide financing for the acquisition, development, construction and equipping of the 116-unit multifamily housing Project located at 5435-5445 Balboa Boulevard in CD 4. Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held (2) 25-0332 GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Innovation and Performance Commission (IPC) 2023-24 Annual Report. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the IPC report dated March 26, 2025, attached to the Council file, relative to the IPC Fiscal Year 2023-24 Annual Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (3) 25-0377 GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to funding from the Innovation Fund (IF) for the Department of Animal Services (DAS) Wildlife Education project. Friday - May 9, 2025 - PAGE 6  Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the City Administrative Officer report dated April 9, 2025, attached to the Council file, relative to funding in the amount of $65,000 from the IF for the DAS Wildlife Education project, inasmuch as the funding request was withdrawn from consideration. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (4) 24-1012 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the resources needed to host gun buyback events throughout the City. Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the Board of Police Commissioners report dated December 19, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to the resources needed to host gun buyback events throughout the City. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 22-0947-S1 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER relative to the Second Status Report on Federal Clean Energy Tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act. (Energy and Environment Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted Friday - May 9, 2025 - PAGE 7  (6) 25-0002-S28 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST and RESOLUTION (NAZARIAN – PADILLA) relative to include a position in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 630 (Allen) which would amend, update, and modernize California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program. (Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 25-0002-S30 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST and RESOLUTION (NAZARIAN – PARK) relative to include a position in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1138 (Zbur - Bryan) which would amend, update, and modernize California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program. (Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 25-0088 CD 2 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (NAZARIAN – JURADO) relative to the transfer of jurisdiction of the City-owned property described as a portion of the alley south of and parallel to Sherman Way and west of Fulton Avenue from the Department of General Services (GSD) to the Bureau of Engineering (BOE). (Government Operations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) Friday - May 9, 2025 - PAGE 8  (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted. 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 9, 2025 - PAGE 9