Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability

JOURNAL – CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING, AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 - 2:00 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA (Jason Lopez – Legislative Assistant – (213) 925-2208 or jason.lopez@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 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) 17-0046-S4 City Administrative Officer report relative to options to increase RepresentLA funding.  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 23-1189 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to an overview of parking fines and fees levied by the City of Los Angeles; and related actions. (This item is referred to Budget and Finance, Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability, and Transportation Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (3) 24-1569 Los Angeles Police Department report relative to relative to the feasibility of the City utilizing the California Courts Protective Order Registry. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Los Angeles Police Department report dated 6-12-2025 – (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 25-0106 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to an overview of U- Visas.  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Board of Police Commissioners report dated 7-1-2025 AS AMENDED– (5) Yes; (0) No (5) 25-0695 Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) relative to department protocols followed to monitor and respond to federal immigration activity, and legal remedies against federal agencies that violate the constitutional rights of residents within the City. (This item is referred to the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al) – (5) Yes; (0) No (6) 25-0698 Motion (Soto-Martínez - Nazarian) relative to partnering with Los Angeles labor unions and immigrants' rights community based organizations to develop best practices, protocols, and trainings for City staff, contractors, and volunteers to serve as marshals or stewards that can proactively engage with community members participating in protest activity. (This item is referred to Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability and Public Safety Committees.) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez – Nazarian) – (5) Yes; (0) No (7) 25-0735  Motion (Soto-Martínez - Park) relative to Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs and Department of Internal Services reports regarding Preventing Human Trafficking in the Wake of Natural Disasters, and recommendations on how the City can coordinate with the County's existing efforts to combat human trafficking in the wake of the January 2025 wildfires. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez – Park) – (5) Yes; (0) No (8) 25-0747 Motion (Hernandez, Blumenfield - Padilla, et al.) relative to requesting the City Attorney to draft an ordinance requiring Los Angeles Police Department officers to verify the identity of any individual claiming to be a law enforcement officer when requested by a person who is the subject of the enforcement action and is seeking assistance from LAPD. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Hernandez, Blumenfield – Padilla, et al.) – (5) Yes; (0) No (9) 25-0748 Motion (Rodriguez - Padilla, et al.) relative to drafting a formal Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to seek records that provide transparency into federal immigration enforcement activity within the City since January 1, 2025. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) – (5) Yes; (0) No  (10) 25-0756 Motion (Blumenfield, Hernandez - McOsker) relative to amending relevant sections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to maximize any fines and fees associated with impersonating a federal, state, or local law enforcement agent, to intimidate or harass, threaten individual persons or property, or any other method that could be used by an individual to coerce a person or persons under the false pretense of being a public safety officer. (This item is referred to Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability and Public Safety Committees.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, Hernandez – McOsker) – (5) Yes; (0) No (11) 25-0759 Motion (Soto-Martínez, Jurado - McOsker) relative to the local impacts of federal policies targeting LGBTQIA+ people, including access to gender-affirming care, HIV and STD prevention and treatment services, housing and shelter access, and mental health support. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez, Jurado – McOsker) – (5) Yes; (0) No 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. 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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! 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