Public Safety

JOURNAL – PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 2, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 3:30 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ, MEMBERS: CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS- DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 or Juan.L.Verano@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. 161 586 7607 and then press #. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-0083 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Kristin Crowley as the Permanent Fire Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check Review: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MARCH 7, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MARCH 4, 2022) APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated January 18, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (2) 22-0061 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the Official Police Garage contract renewal with Seventh Street Garage Inc. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MARCH 15, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MARCH 11, 2022) APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated January 11, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (3) 08-0010 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the payment of reward in the amount of $75,000 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the perpetrator in connection for multiple sexual assault cases at Tarzana Hospital (DR No. 0610-13138). Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated January 11, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (4) 19-0695 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappropriation of funds for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 of the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated December 21, 2021; APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 AS AMENDED – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (5) 20-1156 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappropriation of funds for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 of the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated December 21, 2021; APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 AS AMENDED – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (6) 21-1060 Board of Police Commissioners and City Administrative Officer reports relative to the grant application and award for the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grant Program in the amount of $150,000 for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated September 22, 2021 and City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (7) 21-1292 Board of Police Commissioners and City Administrative Officer reports relative to the grant application and award for the 2021 Community Policing Development De-Escalation Training Program in the amount of $200,000 for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated November 2, 2021 and City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (8) 21-1379 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the grant award for the Fiscal Year 2020 State Homeland Security Program in the amount of $525,644 for the period of September 1, 2020 to February 28, 2023. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 AS AMENDED; APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated November 17, 2021 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (9) 13-1301-S5 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to extending the grant performance period and contract authorities for the Securing the Cities Grant Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 24, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated November 23, 2021 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (10) 21-1364 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the grant application and award for the Fiscal Year 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program in the amount of $2,306,740 for the period effective from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2023. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 27, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated November 17, 2021 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (11) 21-1365 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the grant award for the Fiscal Year 2021 Regional Catastrophic  Preparedness Grant Program in the amount of $945,859 for the period effective from September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 25, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated November 17, 2021 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (12) 17-0860 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Los Angeles Police Department Basic Car Area Boundary Study. (This item was also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (13) 21-1465 Motion (Rodriguez - Koretz) relative to violent and property crimes originating from or occuring within corridors populated with recreational vehicles. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez - Koretz) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (1) No: Buscaino: (1) Absent: Koretz (14) 21-1461 Motion (Rodriguez - Krekorian) relative to replacing the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Complaint Tracking System (CTS) with the Training Evaluation and Management System (TEAMS II), or a comparable system, to track internal complaints and investigations of misconduct.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez - Krekorian) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (15) 21-1283 Motion (Cedillo - Rodriguez) relative to maintaining adequate sworn personnel staffing levels in the event of substantial noncompliance with the City’s vaccination requirement for City workers. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Against: Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Cedillo – Rodriguez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz (16) 21-0028 Motion (Buscaino - Rodriguez - Martinez) relative to the security measures the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) currently has in place to control access to City Hall; the actions taken to prepare for large-scale demonstrations in the Civic Center area; and enhancing City Hall security to prevent an intrusion similar to the January 6th, 2021 incident at the United States Capitol. (The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(a), to confer with the LAPD on matters posing a threat to security of public buildings, a threat to the security of essential public services, or a threat to the public’s right of access to public services or public facilities.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED Motion (Buscaino – Rodriguez – Martinez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Koretz 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.