Public Safety

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2024 ­ 3:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTINEZ (Adam Lid ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1076 or adam.lid@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 live audio can also be accessed 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 are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person 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) 22­1438­S1 Board of Police Commissioners reports relative to the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle Quarterly Inspection Report for Quarter 1 of Fiscal Year 2023­24. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTE & FILE (4); (1) Absent – Rodriguez ITEM(S) (1) 22­1438­S1 Board of Police Commissioners reports relative to the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle Quarterly Inspection Report for Quarter 1 of Fiscal Year 2023­24. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTE & FILE (4); (1) Absent – Rodriguez (2) 24­0016 Board of Police Commissioners and City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to grant application and award for the 2023­24 Off­Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program­ Education and Safety grant. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (3) Yes; (1) No – Soto­Martinez; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (3) 24­0017 Board of Police Commissioners and CAO reports relative to grant application and award for the 2023­24 Off­Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program­ Law Enforcement grant. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (4) 24­0019 Board of Police Commissioners and CAO reports relative to application and sub­award for the 2022 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (3) Yes; (1) No – Soto­Martinez; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (5) 24­0020  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (3) Yes; (1) No – Soto­Martinez; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (5) 24­0020 Board of Police Commissioners and CAO reports relative to grant award of $138,270 for the 2023 Paul Coverdell Program from the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for the period of October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (6) 24­0282 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the donation of gym equipment and interior painting in the value of $25,000 for the Los Angeles Police Department Operations West Bureau. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (7) 24­0362 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the non­monetary donation of four commercial grade stamping machines in the value of $26,259.08 from the American Automobile Club. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (8) 23­0158 CD 15 Board of Fire Commissioners and CAO reports relative to continuation of grant funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 Port Security Grant Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (8) 23­0158 CD 15 Board of Fire Commissioners and CAO reports relative to continuation of grant funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 Port Security Grant Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (9) 24­0334 Board of Fire Commissioners report relative to the in­kind donation of a Mobile Treatment Hospital Trailer and Support Trailer valued at $56,154. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (10) 22­0988 CAO report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the Fiscal Year 2022 Urban Areas Security Initiative grant award budget modification and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (11) 24­0297 CAO report relative to proposed Second Amendment to Contract No. C­ 135669 with Loyola Marymount University to continue providing public sentiment survey services to the City of Los Angeles. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 10, 2024  135669 with Loyola Marymount University to continue providing public sentiment survey services to the City of Los Angeles. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 10, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 10, 2024) APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (12) 24­0207 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Padilla) relative to addressing compliance with the Presidential Executive Order of February 21, 2024, procurement of cranes and additional machinery to securely operate out of port terminals, maritime cyber threats, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Government Operations Committee considered and approved this matter on March 15, 2024; the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee considered and approved this matter on March 19, 2024) APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (13) 24­0037 Motion (Padilla – Hernandez) relative to compliance with Cruising Laws (Assembly Bill 436 (Alvarez). Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (14) 24­0238 Motion (Park – Lee) relative to integrating existing public camera networks into the LAPD's Real Time Crime Centers and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (15) 24­0239 Motion (Rodriguez – Hernandez – Blumenfield – McOsker) relative to the Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program budget and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (15) 24­0239 Motion (Rodriguez – Hernandez – Blumenfield – McOsker) relative to the Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program budget and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (16) 24­0251 Motion (Park – Padilla) relative to the relative to the status of life/safety repairs of Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) facilities that were damaged in the February 2024 storm. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (17) 24­0326 CD 14 Motion (De Leon – Park) relative to potential locations for new Los Angeles Fire Department facilities in Downtown Los Angeles. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to the Public Safety and Government Operations Committees) APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (18) 24­0390 Motion (Rodriguez – De Leon) relative to reviewing existing laws designed to control street racing and takeovers and determine their efficacy. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez (19) 14­0366­S34 Motion (Soto­Martinez – Hernandez – McOsker) relative to limiting criminalization to the owners of unlicensed commercial cannabis activities and unlawful establishments. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to the Public Safety and Planning and Land Use Management Committees) APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez  (19) 14­0366­S34 Motion (Soto­Martinez – Hernandez – McOsker) relative to limiting criminalization to the owners of unlicensed commercial cannabis activities and unlawful establishments. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to the Public Safety and Planning and Land Use Management Committees) APPROVED (4) Yes; (1) Absent – Rodriguez 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., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up 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 subject­matter 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 agenda­items 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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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 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 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 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 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, hard­of­hearing, 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.