Public Safety

JOURNAL – PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Wednesday, May 4, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 3:30 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ, MEMBERS: CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS- DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 or Juan.L.Verano@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, 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.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). 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. 161 586 7607 and then press #. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 11-0255 City Administrative Officer and City Attorney reports relative to the Underserved Victim and Outreach Program Grant for Fiscal Year 2021-22. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 21, 2022 and City Attorney report dated December 1, 2021 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (2) 16-1189-S2 City Administrative Officer and City Attorney reports relative to the County Victim Services Program Fiscal Year 2022 Victims of Crime Act Grant Award. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 21, 2022 and City Attorney report dated January 3, 2021 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (3) 20-1156-S1  City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to budget modifications and contracting authorities for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 of the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Programs. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 16, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 13, 2022) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 29, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated March 17, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (4) 20-1127 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the Fiscal Year 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Grant. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 25, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated March 8, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (5) 21-1320 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the Fiscal Year 2021 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Award. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 27, 2022 and Communication from the Mayor dated March 8, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (6) 21-1293 City Administrative Officer and Board of Fire Commissioners reports relative to the acceptance of the 2021 Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant Award for the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 12, 2022 and Board of Fire Commissioners report dated November 3, 2021 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (7) 20-1387 City Administrative Officer report relative to the continuation of the 2020 Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant Award for the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 12, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (8) 22-0317 Board of Fire Commissioners report and Resolution relative to the annual cost of Special Services Fee Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2021-22. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Fire Commissioners report dated March 15, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (9) 22-0411 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to a donation of surplus ballistic helmets and ballistics vests from the Los Angeles Police Department to the First-In Fire Foundation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated April 5, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (10) 22-0413 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the Official Police Garage contract renewal for U.S. Tow, Inc. for Service Area 13. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 7, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JUNE 7, 2022) APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated April 5, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (11) 22-0461 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to a monetary donation of $20,363.66 to be used toward the costs associated with the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Los Angeles Area Holiday party from Police and Community Together.  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated April 5, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (12) 20-1601 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to community engagement expectations of the Los Angeles Police Department and the metrics used to measure the success of these assignments. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated April 20, 2021 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (13) 22-0455 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to a monetary donation of $1,000,000 to support the implementation of Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Training from the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Police Commissioners report dated March 22, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (14) 21-1059 Los Angeles Police Department report relative to the 2021-22 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program; traffic enforcement and education strategies; and related matters.  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Police Department report dated March 22, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (15) 21-1115 City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to adding Section 56.15.3 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to prohibit the assembly, disassembly, sale, offer of sale, distribution, offer of distribution, or storage of bicycles and bicycle parts on public property. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: South Robertson Neighborhood Council Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council Against: Atwater Village Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council Palms Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Public Works Committees) APPROVED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated Febraury 28, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (16) 22-0415 Motion (Buscaino – O’Farrell) relative to improving safety in City transit systems and station stops as it relates to serious and violent crimes; and past and upcoming efforts to curtail the issue of violent crimes on trains, buses and transportation stops, including an analysis of armed and unarmed response models.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Transportation Committees) APPROVED Motion (Buscaino – O’Farrell) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (17) 22-0029 CD 2 Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to an Ordinance requiring property owners to install and maintain fire life safety equipment and enhanced security measures at any structure that remains vacant for more than 180 days; and a proactive vacant structure inspection program that will ensure that vacant structures throughout the City are held to the standards contemplated in the aforementioned Ordinance; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: Yes For if Amended: Studio City Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (18) 20-0769-S5 Motion (Martinez – Wesson) relative to existing City Unarmed Crisis Response Programs. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Martinez – Wesson) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz (19) 22-0390 Motion (Lee – O’Farrell - Krekorian) relative to an Ordinance prohibiting the unlawful possession of catalytic converters, similar to those approved by the Cities of Lake Forest, Desert Hot Springs, Mission Viejo, Irvine and others. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council  APPROVED Motion (Lee – O’Farrell – Krekorian) – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Lee; Koretz 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.