Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026 - 9:00 AM ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER KATY YARSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Rita Moreno - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1074 or rita.moreno@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. 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-S90 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report and Resolution (Raman – Rodriguez, et al.) relative to establishing the City’s position on H.R. 3874 (Friedman)/S. 1870 (Schiff), the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 11-25-25 and Resolution (Raman – Rodriguez, et al.) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (2) 26-0002-S2 CLA to report and Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Jurado) relative to establishing the City’s position on any legislative and/or administrative action that designates the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator as the implementation partner for the California Climate Innovation Fund. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 2-05-26 and Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Jurado) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (3) 25-1152 Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla) relative to the feasibility of requiring the disclosure of registered sex offender status for individuals who seek election, appointment, or selection to serve on a Neighborhood Council. (This item is referred to the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment (APLCE) Committee and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. The APLCE Committee approved the matter as amended, on December 9, 2025.) Community Impact Statement: Yes. For: Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (4) 15-0989-S60 Motion (Harris-Dawson – Yaroslavsky) relative to establishing Brisbane, Australia as an Olympic Friendship City. Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  APPROVED Motion (Harris-Dawson – Yaroslavsky) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (5) 26-0129 Motion (Soto-Martinez – Rodriguez) relative to preparing for a complete and accurate count for the 2030 Decennial Census. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martinez – Rodriguez) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (6) 26-0028 Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission (Commission) report relative to outside legal counsel for the Commission. Community Impact Statement: Yes. For: Valley Village Neighborhood Council CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 25-1357 Resolution (Padilla – Lee) relative to Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) efforts to ban the sale of products containing kratom and the synthetic kratom compound known as 7- Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH). Community Impact Statement: None submitted. CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (8) 23-1027-S10 Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield) relative to amending the City Charter to establish the Chief Legislative Analyst as the official representative of the City on policy matters.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (9) 25-0002-S72 CLA report and Resolution (Padilla – Lee) relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill 492 (Valencia), which would require written notification when a license is issued by the Department of Health Care Services to a residential alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 9-08-25 and Resolution (Padilla – Lee) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (10) 25-0002-S35 CLA to report and Resolution (Soto-Martinez – Hernandez) relative to establishing the City’s position on implementing an alternative methodology for determining the subsidy reimbursement rates for child care providers. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 2-06-26 and Resolution (Soto- Martinez – Hernandez) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (11) 24-0002-S15 CLA to report and Resolution (Blumenfield - McOsker) relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill 535 (Schiavo), which would restore legal protections for victims and witnesses in the criminal justice system, at all stages of the process. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Resolution (Blumenfield – McOsker) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman  (12) 25-0002-S14 CLA to report and Resolution (Blumenfield, Jurado – Hernandez) relative to establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill 239 (Arreguin) that would amend the Ralph M. Brown Act to authorize the use of teleconferencing for subsidiary, purely advisory bodies. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED Resolution (Blumenfield, Jurado – Hernandez) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman (13) 26-0002-S1 CLA to report and Resolution (Soto-Martinez – Rodriguez) relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill 1537, would prohibit secondary employment for peace officers with any entity that assists with or engages in immigration enforcement. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (14) 26-0046 Resolution (Raman, Nazarian – Rodriguez) relative to the proposed alternatives described in the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. Community Impact Statement: Yes. For, if Amended: Reseda Neighborhood Council APPROVED Resolution (Raman, Nazarian – Rodriguez) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee, Raman 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. 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