Budget and Finance Commitee

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Tuesday, February 4, 2025 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ (Mandy Morales ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (323) 439­2346 or Clerk.BudgetandFinanceCommittee@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. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 24­0275 City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to Prioritized Critical Hiring process updates for August, September, October, November, and December 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (1) 24­0275 City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to Prioritized Critical Hiring process updates for August, September, October, November, and December 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 21­1015­S16 CAO report relative to the submittal of two applications for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Political Subdivisions of States and Territories for Fiscal Year 2024. (This item referred to Energy and Environment Committee and Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 19­1002 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Board of Public Works report relative to California Environmental Quality Act determinations and execution of Memorandum of Agreement for the Stormwater Capture Parks Program. (This item referred to Energy and Environment Committee and Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 24­1447 Office of Finance report in response to Motion (Padilla – Hutt) relative to aligning the City’s definition of gross receipts tax with the provisions of Senate Bill 1059 in connection with the collection of business taxes for cannabis and cannabis­related products. (This item referred to the Government Operations Committee and Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  Office of Finance report in response to Motion (Padilla – Hutt) relative to aligning the City’s definition of gross receipts tax with the provisions of Senate Bill 1059 in connection with the collection of business taxes for cannabis and cannabis­related products. (This item referred to the Government Operations Committee and Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (5) 17­1352­S2 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting and expending the 2024 Community Development Grant (CDG) from First Citizens Bank for the Low Income Purchase Assistance Homeownership Program; and applying for the 2025 CDG. (This item referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 24­0446 CAO report and Community Investment for Families Department report relative to Request for Proposals (RFP) results for the expansion of the Survivors Services System, authority to execute contracts with the selected providers to operate the Survivor Services System; authority to establish a Survivor Services Replacement Operator List, transfer funds from the Unappropriated Balance, Domestic and Human Trafficking Shelter Operations Account; reallocate from the Victims of Crime Reserve Fund; and, reallocate Home Investment Partnership American Rescue Plan (HOME­ARP) funds from the City of Los Angeles Emergency Fund to support the Survivor Services System expansion. (This item referred to the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 25­0006­S55 Revised City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide tax relief to local businesses impacted by the January 2025 wildfires. (This item referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for City of Los  Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 25­0006­S55 Revised City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide tax relief to local businesses impacted by the January 2025 wildfires. (This item referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for City of Los Angeles Recovery and the Budget and Finance Committee) Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 24­1585 Motion (Hutt – McOsker – Hernandez) relative to transferring / appropriating from the Unappropriated Balance Fund (Department Payroll Reconciliation) to the Department of Transportation Fund (Salaries As­Needed) for continuing the same level of crossing guard services for the remainder of the school year. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 25­0054 City Attorney report relative to the proposed agreement with Bienart Katzman Littrell Williams, LLP, to provide legal services representing City employees and officials in a federal, criminal investigation of a City employee. [The Committee may recess recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1)] (10) 25­0051 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the retention of Joel Selik,Esq. to assist in judgment enforcement and collections in the litigation of People v. Polymer80, Inc. et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV06257. (11) 24­1513 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Cindi Witte v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV09168. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on February 20, 2020, at 222 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles.) (12) 24­0613 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to (11) 24­1513 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Cindi Witte v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV09168. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on February 20, 2020, at 222 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles.) (12) 24­0613 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Juana Ivett Busby Arango v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV05077. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on March 29, 2022, on the sidewalk near 1182 Crocker Street, in the City of Los Angeles.) (13) 24­1510 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Joseph John McCann, Jr. v. De Coral Plaza, LLC, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV33691. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on September 11, 2020, on the sidewalk of Gorham Avenue behind 11756 San Vicente Boulevard.) (14) 24­1392 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Celeste Haydee Echeverria De Franco v. County of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV16029. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on October 7, 2021, on a sidewalk located at 5455 Bellingham Avenue, in Valley Village, California.) (15) 25­0016 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Shawn Hendizadeh v. City of L.A. Dept. of Building and Safety, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV40177. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on April 7, 2022, on an uneven sidewalk located at located at 221 North Figueroa Street, in the city of Los Angeles.) (16) 24­1519 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Guadalupe Castrellon de Leon v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV34413. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident on July 30, 2020, on a sidewalk located at 13401 Saticoy Avenue, in Los Angeles.) (17) 24­1518  Angeles.) (16) 24­1519 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Guadalupe Castrellon de Leon v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV34413. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident on July 30, 2020, on a sidewalk located at 13401 Saticoy Avenue, in Los Angeles.) (17) 24­1518 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Maria Estrada v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV21022. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on March 28, 2022, at 3323 Jeffries Avenue, Los Angeles.) (18) 24­1517 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Efronia Manukyan v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV22473. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on August 15, 2018, at 5717 La Mirada Avenue, Los Angeles.) (19) 24­1516 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Lauren Ruggiero v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV02274. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on June 21, 2020, on the sidewalk located near 6920 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, in the City of Los Angeles.) (20) 24­1509 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jo Anne Korngute v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV36947. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on December 28, 2021, near 300 South Willaman Drive, in Los Angeles.) (21) 25­0026 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Tsuki Sugiyama, et al. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV04103. (This matter arises from a March 1, 2023, incident wherein a City tree branch fell on a pedestrian at 22024 Martinez Street in Woodland Hills, California, causing injury.) (22) 25­0023  South Willaman Drive, in Los Angeles.) (21) 25­0026 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Tsuki Sugiyama, et al. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV04103. (This matter arises from a March 1, 2023, incident wherein a City tree branch fell on a pedestrian at 22024 Martinez Street in Woodland Hills, California, causing injury.) (22) 25­0023 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Juan Cardenas v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV15658. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident that occurred on May 28, 2020, on Cypress Avenue near Silver Street, in Los Angeles.) (23) 25­0022 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Joel Chovon Sohom v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV27305. (This matter arises from a fall incident on October 27, 2021, incident at 437 North Vermont Avenue, in Los Angeles.) (24) 24­1529 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Stop LAPD Spying Coalition v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV34800. (This matter arises from a December 2022 California Public Records Act (CPRA) request, which was submitted by the organization Stop LAPD Spying Coalition to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) seeking a “current roster of all LAPD officers” with the following information for each officer: “name, serial number, ethnicity, gender, area, rank, year of hire, weight, and height.”) (25) 24­1515 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Amelia Sellers, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV29902. (This matter arises from a tree fall over incident occurring on November 3, 2021, in parking lot “H” of the Greek Theater.) (26) 24­1511 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Austin Huebner v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV37922. (This matter arises from a fall incident on January 8, 2022, at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and  the case entitled Amelia Sellers, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV29902. (This matter arises from a tree fall over incident occurring on November 3, 2021, in parking lot “H” of the Greek Theater.) (26) 24­1511 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Austin Huebner v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV37922. (This matter arises from a fall incident on January 8, 2022, at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and North Highland Avenue, in Los Angeles.) (27) 24­1507 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Nicole Jennifer Bastidas v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV14996. (This matter arises from an incident wherein Plaintiff was riding a motorized scooter and hit an uneven divot in the roadway located at 3585 West Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.) (28) 24­1397 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Nicole Juarez Zelaya v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case No. CV20­08382 ODW MAA. (This matter arises from an in­custody death that occurred on April 8, 2019 and involved Los Angeles Police Department officers that encountered a man sitting in the driveway of a 76 Gas Station near Woodman Avenue and Sherman Way in Van Nuys, California.) (29) 25­0028 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Joel Sydanmaa v. Los Angeles Police Department, et al., United States District Court Case No. 8:20­cv­02190­FLA (JDEx). (This is an Employment Litigation matter against the City of Los Angeles.) 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. 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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 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. 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