Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

REVISED – RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 - 9:00 AM REVISED DESCRIPTION TO ITEM NO. 6 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, MEMBERS: CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Mandy Morales - Legislative Assistant - (323) 439-2346 or mandy.morales@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 Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person 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) 25-0002-S28 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Nazarian - Padilla) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 630 (Allen) which would amend, update, and modernize California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 25-0002-S30 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Nazarian - Park) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 1138 (Zbur - Bryan), which would amend, update, and modernize California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 25-0002-S24 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Nazarian - Blumenfield) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program opposition to any legislation that seeks to undermine the City's jurisdictional control over its utility assets. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 25-0002-S23 Chief Legislative Analsyt report and Resolution (Nazarian - Hernandez) to include in the City's 2025-26 Federal Legislative Program Federal Legislative Program support for the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act and similar state or federal legislation that provides tax exclusions for financial incentives issued by a local water agency for participation in water conservation, water use efficiency and/or storm water runoff improvement programs. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (5) 25-0002-S13 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Padilla - Blumenfield) relative to including in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program a position on Assembly Bill 467 (Fong), which would extend the  authorization for Neighborhood Councils to use alternate teleconferencing provisions to conduct meetings remotely until January 1, 2031. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Palms Neighborhood Council Pico Union Neighborhood Council Westside Neighborhood Council Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council (6) 25-0002-S15 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Blumenfield – Nazarian) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 279 (McNerney), which will expand composting capacity on farms and in communities, divert more food scraps from landfills, and provide California growers with a climate-friendly alternative to open burning. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council (7) 25-0002-S11 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Lee) relative to relative to including in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program a position on Assembly Bill 476 (Gonzalez) which would regulate the purchase and sale of nonferrous metals by junk dealers and recyclers. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council (8) 25-0002-S31 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Raman – Jurado) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 71 (Wiener), which would make permanent the statutory California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for transit and active transportation projects that advance the state's climate,  safety, and public health goals, while improving access and mobility options. 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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure 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) 978-1076. 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) 978-1960 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 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 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, 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.