Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability

JOURNAL – CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE Friday, March 3, 2023 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 1:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÌNEZ, MEMBERS: CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Michael Espinosa ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1064 or michael.espinosa@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.gov/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. 160 047 1942 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 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) (1) Verbal report from the Department of Disability relative to the Department’s goals and recent initiatives. NO ACTION REQUIRED FOR VERBAL REPORT (2) 23­0150 Department of Aging report relative to transferring General City Purpose (GCP) funds to support social services for seniors. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Department of Aging report dated February 15, 2023 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (3) 22­1025­S1 Department of Aging report relative to accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP­ED) and CalFresh Healthy Living and CalFresh Expansion Grant Funds from the California Department of Aging (CDA); executing the standard agreement with the CDA, agreements and amendments to agreements with agencies providing SNAP­ED and CalFresh expansion services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Department of Aging report dated February 15, 2023 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 21­1372 Department of Aging reports relative to accepting Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) grant funds, amending the standard agreement for HICAP, and executing a contract with the Center for Health Care Rights for HICAP­related services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Department of Aging report dated February 15, 2023 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 21­1372 Department of Aging reports relative to accepting Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) grant funds, amending the standard agreement for HICAP, and executing a contract with the Center for Health Care Rights for HICAP­related services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Department of Aging reports dated February 22, 2023 and December 8, 2022 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (5) 22­1562 CD 11 Motion (Park ­ Lee) relative to the operational status of the Westchester Senior Center including an overview of their current operational capacity and the resources needed to further activate the space for the senior community. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Park ­ Lee) ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (6) 23­0152 Motion (Park ­ Soto­Martinez) relative to requiring businesses to activate closed captioning on televisions in public spaces to make communication more accessible to individuals with disabilities and English language learners. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Park ­ Soto­Martinez) ­ (5) Yes; (0) No 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. 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. 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.