Economic Development and Jobs

JOURNAL – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE Tuesday, February 4, 2025 ROOM 401, CITY HALL ­ 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR., CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK (Jason Lopez – Legislative Assistant – (213) 925­2208 or jason.lopez@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 ofthe 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. 161 210 3883 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 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 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) 24­0643­S1 Economic and Workforce Development Department and Workforce Development Board joint report relative to modifications to the Program Year 2024­25 Workforce Development Annual Plan and its strategies, activities, and budget. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 23­0461­S1 CD 1, CD 14 City Clerk report relative to Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Greater Lincoln Heights 2024­2033 (Property Based) Business Improvement District . Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 12­3­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (3) 12­0071­S1 CD 3 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Historic Old Town Canoga Park (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 11­15­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 22­0271­S1 CD 5 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report  for the Historic Old Town Canoga Park (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 11­15­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 22­0271­S1 CD 5 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Century City (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 11­5­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (5) 22­0587­S1 CD 3 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Tarzana Safari Walk (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 11­13­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (6) 14­1515­S1 CD 5 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Westwood (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 10­10­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (7) 13­0705­S1 CD 5 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Melrose (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED City Clerk report dated 10­10­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (7) 13­0705­S1 CD 5 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for the Melrose (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 11­25­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (8) 20­0020­S1 CD 10 City Clerk report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Planning Report for West Adams 2021­2025 (Property­Based) Business Improvement District. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated 10­29­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (9) 14­1174­S79 CD 13 Motion (Soto­Martinez – Hutt) relative to amending prior Council action of November 9, 2023, relative to the appropriation of funds from the Wilshire Center/Koreatown Redevelopment Project Area for the Neighborhood Enhanced Network Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (10) 14­1174­S105 CD 14 CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee report relative to the appropriation of up to $102,841 plus $2,747 of earned taxable and tax­exempt interest for a combined total of $105,588 in CRA/LA Excess Non­Housing Bond Proceeds from the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area (Taxable Series 2005­B, 2007­C, and Tax­Exempt Series 2009­D) for the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project; and acknowledge that based on the Letter of Determination approved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission on March 26, 2019 (Case No. CPC­2018­998­DB­ CU), the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project does not require further CEQA action. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  Proceeds from the Adelante Eastside Redevelopment Project Area (Taxable Series 2005­B, 2007­C, and Tax­Exempt Series 2009­D) for the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project; and acknowledge that based on the Letter of Determination approved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission on March 26, 2019 (Case No. CPC­2018­998­DB­ CU), the La Guadalupe Commercial Improvement Project does not require further CEQA action. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) Bond Oversight Committee report dated 12­24­24 – (5) Yes; (0) No (11) 14­1174­S107 CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee report relative to allocating funds in CRA/LA Excess Non­Housing Bond Proceeds from all CRA/LA Redevelopment Project Areas to cover budgeted Fiscal Year 2024­25 staffing costs; and determination that the allocation of CRA/LA Excess Non­Housing Bond Proceeds (EBP) for staffing costs does not constitute a project as defined by Section 15378(b)(4) (Creation of Government Funding Mechanisms or Other Government Fiscal Activities) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee report dated 12­18­24 – (5) Yes; (0) No (12) 15­1207­S1 CD 9 City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst joint report and City Tourism Department report relative to the Status of the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion; and related matters (This item is referred to the Economic Development and Jobs, Budget and Finance, and Trade, Travel and Tourism Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst joint report dated 1­ 31­2025 AS AMENDED and NOTED and FILED the Department of Convention and Tourism Development report dated 8­14­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (13) 25­0006­S58 Motion (Park – Price) relative to a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Los Angeles Department of Economic Opportunity  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst joint report dated 1­ 31­2025 AS AMENDED and NOTED and FILED the Department of Convention and Tourism Development report dated 8­14­2024 – (5) Yes; (0) No (13) 25­0006­S58 Motion (Park – Price) relative to a Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Los Angeles Department of Economic Opportunity for the implementation of the LA Region Small Business Relief (SBR) Fund and the Worker Relief Fund; agreement with the Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) for the implementation of the SBR Fund and the Worker Relief Fund; and authorizing the SCG to accept donations related to the windstorms and wildfires for the benefit of the City; and related matters. (The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved this item on February 4, 2025.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Park – Price) – (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. 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. 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.