Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 ­ 1:00 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÍNEZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Michael Espinosa ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1064 or michael.espinosa@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed 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 are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. 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. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 24­1200­S9 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Lacy Wright to the Commission on Civil Rights. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted ITEM(S) (1) 24­1200­S9 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Lacy Wright to the Commission on Civil Rights. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ JULY 8, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ JULY 3, 2024) (2) 23­1200­S4 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Mary Lee to the Commission on Civil Rights. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ JULY 8, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ JULY 3, 2024) (3) 14­0756 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Courtney Morgan Green to the Board of Human Relations Commissioners. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ JULY 4, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ JULY 3, 2024) (4) 24­0500 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the 50th Program Year (2024­25) of the Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 24­0500 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the 50th Program Year (2024­25) of the Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 24­0491 CD 1 Motion (Hernandez ­ Hutt) relative to organizing a working group to develop a Guatemalan community area in the Westlake neighborhood, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 13­1493­S17 Motion (Soto­Martínez ­ Price) relative to implementation plans for Sidewalk Vending enforcement, education, outreach, and a process for receiving complaints; cultural competency training for City personnel who work with sidewalk vendors; and, related matters. (Referred to the Public Works Committee and Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee) Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 21­1187 Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department reports relative to the Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgement of Institutional Racism (REPAIR) Innovation Fund's Peace and Healing Center Pilot Program outcomes (Referred to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee and Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 23­0568­S1 Community Investment and Families Department report relative to the Request for Proposals (RFP) results and executing contracts pursuant to the results of the 2024 Opportunity L.A. (OLA) College Savings Account Program Outreach Strategies RFP, and to release an RFP for OLA Financial Institution and Technology Platform partner. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 23­0568­S1 Community Investment and Families Department report relative to the Request for Proposals (RFP) results and executing contracts pursuant to the results of the 2024 Opportunity L.A. (OLA) College Savings Account Program Outreach Strategies RFP, and to release an RFP for OLA Financial Institution and Technology Platform partner. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION 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) 978­1075. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 caller 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.