Economic Development and Jobs
Regular MeetingLos Angeles, CA · June 17, 2025
Minutes
JOURNAL – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
ROOM 401, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR.,
MEMBERS:
CHAIR
COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ
COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO
COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN
COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
(Jason Lopez – Legislative Assistant – (213) 925-2208 or jason.lopez@lacity.org)
Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com
The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. Additional information
regarding Committee procedures provided at the end 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) 15-1207-S1
CD 9 City Administrative Officer report relative to updates on the Los
Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Financial Policies Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 6-13-2025 – (4) Yes: (1)
Absent: Nazarian
(2) 19-1235-S1
Motion (Hernandez, et al. - Yaroslavsky) relative to confirming the
selected consultants will maintain the scope of work and timeline
provided in the responses to the Request for Proposals, and
transferring/appropriating funds from the AB 1290 Fund for the Public
Bank Feasibility Study Phase 1.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For:
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
APPROVED Motion (Hernandez, et al. – Yaroslavsky) AS AMENDED – (4) Yes: (1)
Absent: Nazarian
(3) 14-1371-S17
Motion (Soto-Martinez - Price) relative to a referendum petition
approved for circulation on May 30, 2025, which seeks to overturn
wage increases and healthcare benefits for hotel and airport workers,
and hotel training, under Ordinance No. 188610, and the estimated
loss in wages for workers if the Ordinance is suspended in July 2026
rather than July 2025.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez – Price) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes: (1) No: Park (1)
Absent: Nazarian
(4) 14-1174-S110
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds from the Beacon Street
Redevelopment Project Area for the San Pedro Gateway Sign Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes: (0) No
(5) 14-1174-S111
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds available to Council
District 15 from the Beacon Street Redevelopment Project Area, for the
Harbor Boulevard Street Lighting Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes: (0) No
(6) 14-1174-S112
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds, available to Council
District 15 from the Beacon Street Redevelopment Project Area, for the
San Pedro Business Facade Improvement Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes: (0) No
(7) 21-0270
Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to
the approval of a one-year extension to the contracts of the existing 10
BusinessSource Centers (LABSC) and the approval to release a
Request for Proposals to procure the LABSC for four one-year periods.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED Economic and Workforce Development Department report dated 6-12-
25 – (4) Yes: (1) Absent: Nazarian
(8) 25-0596
City Administrative Officer and Joint Economic and Workforce
Development Department and Workforce Development Board reports
relative to adopting the Workforce Development Board Year 26 Annual
Plan for Program Year (PY) 2025-26 and related actions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Financial Policies Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 6-11-25 AS AMENDED – (4)
Yes: (1) Absent: Nazarian
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., 00-0000).
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 peer-to-peer and third-party 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 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! 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, hard-of-hearing, 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.
Agenda
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
ROOM 401, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR.,
MEMBERS:
CHAIR
COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ
COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO
COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN
COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
(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.
The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end 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) 15-1207-S1
CD 9 City Administrative Officer report relative to updates on the Los
Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Financial Policies Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(2) 19-1235-S1
Motion (Hernandez, et al. - Yaroslavsky) relative to confirming the
selected consultants will maintain the scope of work and timeline
provided in the responses to the Request for Proposals, and
transferring/appropriating funds from the AB 1290 Fund for the Public
Bank Feasibility Study Phase 1.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(3) 14-1371-S17
Motion (Soto-Martinez - Price) relative to a referendum petition
approved for circulation on May 30, 2025, which seeks to overturn
wage increases and healthcare benefits for hotel and airport workers,
and hotel training, under Ordinance No. 188610, and the estimated
loss in wages for workers if the Ordinance is suspended in July 2026
rather than July 2025.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(4) 14-1174-S110
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds from the Beacon Street
Redevelopment Project Area for the San Pedro Gateway Sign Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(5) 14-1174-S111
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds available to Council
District 15 from the Beacon Street Redevelopment Project Area, for the
Harbor Boulevard Street Lighting Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(6) 14-1174-S112
CD 15 Motion (McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to recommendations to the
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee to allocate funds in taxable
CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds, available to Council
District 15 from the Beacon Street Redevelopment Project Area, for the
San Pedro Business Facade Improvement Project.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(7) 21-0270
Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to
the approval of a one-year extension to the contracts of the existing 10
BusinessSource Centers (LABSC) and the approval to release a
Request for Proposals to procure the LABSC for four one-year periods.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(8) 25-0596
City Administrative Officer and Joint Economic and Workforce
Development Department and Workforce Development Board reports
relative to adopting the Workforce Development Board Year 26 Annual
Plan for Program Year (PY) 2025-26 and related actions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
Financial Policies Statement: Yes
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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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to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda-items 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
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.
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SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION
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) 978-1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the
hearing impaired, please see the information below.
NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES
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lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at
ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably
to be considered by the Committee members. 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.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS
Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
peer-to-peer and third-party 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 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! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller 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, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the
FCC's Disability Rights Office website.