City Council Meeting

Los Angeles City Council, Journal/Council Proceeding Tuesday, June 25, 2024 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES. CA 90012 - 10:00 AM (For further details see Official Council Files) (For communications referred by the President see Referral Memorandum) Roll Call Members Present: Blumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, Park, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (13); Absent: de Leon, Harris-Dawson (2) Approval of the Minutes Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations Multiple Agenda Item Comment Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council Items Noticed for Public Hearing - PUBLIC HEAR ING CLOSED (1) 13-0347-S1 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PU B LIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the vacation of an L-Shaped Alley northerly of Olympic Boulevard and westerly of Mateo Street, VAC-E1401355 (Vacation). Recommendations for Council action: 1. FIND that the Vacation is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, pursuant to Article Ill, Class 5(3) of the City's Environmental Guidelines. 2. FIND that the street vacation proceedings pursuant to the Public Streets, H ighways and Service Easements Vacation Law be instituted for the vacation of the public right-of way indicated below and shown on the map of the September 29, 2020 City Engineer report, attached to the Council file: Tuesday - June 25, 2024 - PAGE 1  Ayes: Blumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, Park, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (13); Nays: (0); Absent: de Le6n, Harris-Dawson (2) (15) 24-1100-S9 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDE RATION, AND RESOLUTIONS relative to calling a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment regarding the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Rights, and consolidating this Special Election with the City's General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date. (Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - JULY 3, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JULY 3, 2024) Motion 158 (Soto-Martinez-Hernandez-Raman) Failed of Adoption - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: Hernandez, Price Jr., Raman, Soto-Martinez (4); Nays: Blumenfield, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, P ark, Rodriguez, Yaroslavsky (9); Absent: de Le6n, Harris-Dawson (2) Adopted Amending Motion 15A (McOsker-Krekorian) - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: Blumenfield, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, P adilla, P ark, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Yaroslavsky (11); Nays: Hernandez, Soto-Martinez (2); Absent: de Le6n, Harris-Dawson (2) Adopted Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Report and Revised Resolutions as Amended by Motion 15A (McOsker-Krekorian); Revised Ordinance Held Over to July 2, 2024 for Second Reading - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: Blumenfield, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, P adilla, P ark, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Yaroslavsky (11); Nays: Hernandez, Soto-Martinez (2); Absent: de Le6n, Tuesday - June 25, 2024 - PAGE15  Adopted Amending Motion 188 (8Iumenfield - Hernandez) - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: 8Iumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (12); Nays: (O); Absent: de Leon, Harris-Dawson, Park (3) Adopted Amending Motion 18A (Hernandez - 8Iumenfield) - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: 8Iumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (12); Nays: (O); Absent: de Leon, Harris-Dawson, Park (3) Adopted Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee Report as Amended by Motion 18A (Hernandez - 8Iumenfield) and Motion 188 (8Iumenfield - Hernandez) - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: 8Iumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, Price Jr., Raman, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (11); Nays: Rodriguez (1); Absent: de Leon, Harris-Dawson, Park (3) (19) 22-0231-S3 CD 15 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an application for a Hardship Exemption from the provisions of the City's Trucking-Related Uses Interim Control Ordinance (ICO) No. 187552 for the properties located at 712, 718, 720, 724, No address North Quay Avenue and 401-405, 411, and 413 East G Street. Recommendations for Council action: 1 . RESOLVE to GRANT the Hardship Exemption from the Wilmington­ Harbor City Trucking-Related Uses ICO No. 187552, as noted and as described in the application attached to Council file No. 22-0231- S3, subject to the following conditions: to replace the fence with a new fence; and replace the landscape on the entire parkway along Quay Avenue so as to not allow parking along the property, for the properties located at 712, 718, 720, 724, No address North Quay Avenue, 401-405, 411, and 413 East G Street. 2. ADVISE the applicant that this Hardship Exemption, if granted by the City Council, is not a permit or license and that any other approvals, permits and licenses required by law must be obtained from the proper agencies. Tuesday - June 25, 2024 - PAGE 22  Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Office nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (URGENCY CLAUSE 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING) Adopted Planning and Land Use Management Committee Report and Revised Ordinance as Amended by Motion 20A (McOsker - Krekorian) Forthwith - SEE ATTACHED Ayes: Blumenfield, Hernandez, Hutt, Krekorian, Lee, McOsker, Padilla, P ark, Price Jr., Raman, Rodriguez, Soto-Martinez, Yaroslavsky (13); Nays: (O); Absent: de Leon, Harris-Dawson (2) Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration) (21) 24-0900-S27 CD 7 COMMUNICATION FROM THE BUREAU OF STREET LIGHTING and ORDINANCE OF INTENTION FIRST C ONSIDERATION relative to establishing a hearing date for the maintenance of the Foothill Boulevard and Carl Street Lighting District. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. ADOPT the report of the Director, Bureau of Street Lighting, dated April 18, 2024. 2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE OF INTENTION, dated March 6, 2024, setting the date of August 27, 2024 as the hearing date for the maintenance of the Foothill Boulevard and Carl Street Lighting District, in accordance with Proposition 218, Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the California Constitution and Government Code Section 53753. Tuesday - June 25, 2024 - PAGE 25  Failed of Adoption 15 B MOTION I HEREBY MOVE that Council REQUEST the City Attorney to draft language to eliminate the ambiguity about whether a person was terminated under SB 2 or not in the arbitration process. PRESENTED BY___________________________ HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ Councilmember, 13th District SECONDED BY___________________________ EUNISSES HERNANDEZ Councilmember, 1st District ___________________________ NITHYA RAMAN Councilmember, 4th District June 25, 2024 CF 24-1100-S9  15A MOTION I MOVE that the matter of the Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Report relative to calling a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5,2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment regarding the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Rights, and consolidating this Special Election with the City’s General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date, Item No. 15 on today’s agenda (C.F. 24-1100-S9), BE AMENDED to: 1. Suspend the Council Rules; 2. Include the following changes to the Revised Ballot Text Resolution, dated June 24, 2024, as follows: AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED TEXT OF THE PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURE CHARTER AMENDMENT____ Sec. 1070. Rights and Due Process Procedures. (Page 1) • Above (b) - Add: “After following predisciplinary procedures otherwise required by law, the Chief of Police may directly terminate.” • (c) Temporary Relief from Duty; Suspension; Demotion. (Page 2) ■ Add “Removal” to the title, so that it reads, as follows: “Temporary Relief from Duty; Suspension; Demotion; Removal” • 1 Add surbd ivision (5) to state: * As Awended . (5)romov the member — 00 Hvht McOSFer-Krekorian) • (n) First sentence of the second paragraph, add: “or Arbitration”, as follows: ■ All testimony at a Board of Rights or Arbitration the hearing shall be given under oath and shall be reported by a stenographer for possible transcription. ♦ (n) third paragraph, strike “as agreed upon between the parties” from the sentence, as follows: * All testimony at an arbitration hearing shall be given under oath and may be reported or otherwise transcribed or recorded as agreed upon between the parties. 3. Adopt the City Attorney’s Revised Draft Ordinance, Revised Consolidation Resolution, and Revised Ballot Text Resolution, dated June 24, 2024, as amended by the above language. I \ PRESENTED BY: TIM McOSKER Councilmember, 15th District “I mrtVT SECONDED BY: June 25, 2024  File No. 24-1100-S9 RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to calling a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment regarding the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Rights, and consolidating this Special Election with the City’s General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date. Recommendation for Council action: ​REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present amended Ordinance and amended necessary Resolutions, that incorporates proposed amendments and technical corrections presented during the June 21, 2024 meeting of the Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, attached to the Council file, calling for a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment regarding the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Board of Rights, and consolidating this Special Election with the City’s General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE – JULY 3, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – JULY 3, 2024) Summary: On June 21, 2024, your Committee considered a June 20, 2024 City Attorney report, Ordinance, and Resolutions relative to calling a Special Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Los Angeles a Charter amendment regarding the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Rights, and consolidating this Special Election with the City’s General Municipal Election and the State General Election to be held on the same date. According to the City Attorney, on June 4, 2024, the City Council requested this Office to prepare the documents necessary for a Charter amendment changing the Board of Rights composition, authorizing the Chief of Police to terminate police officers for cause, and to establish binding arbitration as the appeal process following terminations that are directed by the Chief of Police. The City Attorney has hereby transmits the draft Charter amendment and the ballot resolutions and election ordinance necessary to place the Charter amendment on the ballot at the City’s General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024. The City Attorney has approved the Charter amendment, draft ordinance, and resolutions as to form and legality. After consideration and having provided an opportunity for public comment, the Committee moved to recommend amending the Ordinance and Resolutions to incorporate a series of amendments that were presented in Committee and are attached to the Committee report and the Council File for reference. This matter is now submitted to Council for its consideration. Respectfully Submitted, Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee COUNCILMEMBER VOTE KREKORIAN: YES HARRIS-DAWSON: ABSENT BLUMENFIELD: YES ARL 6/21/24 -NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL COUNCIL ACTS-  20i MOTION I MOVE that the matter of Categorical Exemption and related California Environmental Quality Act Findings, Planning and Land Use Management Committee report and Ordinance First Consideration relative to adding Subdivision 36 to Subsection A of Section 12.22 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to regulate new or expanded trucking-related uses in the Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan Area, Item 20 (CF 24-0555) on today’s Council Agenda, BE AMENDED to ADOPT the revised City Attorney ordinance with an urgency clause dated June 21, 2024, attached to the Council file, in lieu of any prior Ordinance.- — AIM/ a. PRESENTED BY: It • __ TIM MeOSKER Et • a Councilmember, 15th District SECONDED BY: /l/L June 25, 2024 rrm