Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Friday, January 27, 2023 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL ­ 1:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON (Eric Villanueva ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1075 or eric.villanueva@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.org/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. 160 731 7575 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 ITEM(S) 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) 23­0002­S18 CD 9 Resolution (Price – Harris­Dawson) relative to including in the City’s 2023­ 2024 State Legislative Program support for extending the Proposition 84 grant performance period for Nevin Avenue Elementary Park (CD 9; Project No. SW­19­003) from June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 23­0002­S13 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to recommendations for legislative positions for the 2023­2024 State and Federal Legislative Program, submitted by the Department of Cannabis Regulation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 23­0002­S22 Resolution (Harris­Dawson – Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2023­2024 State Legislative Program support for Legislation and/or Administrative Action to ensure that City projects designed to provide quality broadband access in dense, high­need urban areas of the City, including South Los Angeles, are eligible for SB 156 grant funding. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 23­0047 Motion (Krekorian – Hernandez, et al.) relative to an ordinance to remove all references to gender from the Los Angeles Municipal Code and replace those references with the name of the office or title of the position. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 23­0002­S19 Resolution (Krekorian – Rodriguez – Martinez – Price) relative to including in the City’s 2023­2024 Federal Legislative Program support for and sponsorship of any legislation and administrative action which would condemn Azerbaijan's illegal and unprovoked attack on Armenian territory,  Motion (Krekorian – Hernandez, et al.) relative to an ordinance to remove all references to gender from the Los Angeles Municipal Code and replace those references with the name of the office or title of the position. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 23­0002­S19 Resolution (Krekorian – Rodriguez – Martinez – Price) relative to including in the City’s 2023­2024 Federal Legislative Program support for and sponsorship of any legislation and administrative action which would condemn Azerbaijan's illegal and unprovoked attack on Armenian territory, and call for other actions detailed in the Resolution. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 22­0436 Motion (Rodriguez ­ Raman), and City Clerk report relative to expanding live interpreting services to all City Council Committee meetings, and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Reseda Neighborhood Council (Also referred to the Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee) 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. 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.