Public Safety

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025 - 2:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK (Heleen Ramirez - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1081 or heleen.ramirez@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 City Council and Committee meetings. SE OFRECE SERVICIO DE TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL EN TODAS LAS REUNIONES DEL CONSEJO Y COMITÉ MUNICIPAL. For interpretation services in additional languages and Sign Language Interpreters, at no cost, please contact clerk.interpretation@lacity.org or call (213) 978-1133 and provide the language desired, specific meeting, meeting date, and the number of people in the group. All requests should be submitted with as much advance notice as possible, preferably two business days prior to the meeting you wish to attend for additional language interpretation and five business days for Sign Language Interpretation. We will do our best to accommodate requests with shorter notice, but securing last-minute interpreters or captioners may not always be feasible. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 25-1200-S58 Mayor report relative to the appointment of Ms. Samantha Burg to the Police Permit Review Panel for the term ending June 30, 2026. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Review: Complete Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - JANUARY 10, 2026 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JANUARY 9, 2026) (2) 25-1181 Motion (Lee - Padilla) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety and the Department of City Planning, with assistance from the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles World Airports, and the City Attorney, to report back within 90 days on the steps necessary to allow or expand private access to existing helicopter pads across the City of Los Angeles. (This item is referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, and Public Safety Committee.) Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council (3) 24-0037 City Attorney and Los Angeles Department of Transportation reports relative to the impact of California Assembly Bill 436 regarding cruising laws and enforcement, and community engagement. (This item is referred to the Transportation Committee and Public Safety Committee. The Transportation Committee approved the item on March 26, 2025.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 25-1403 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to the acceptance of the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program Grant Award for Fiscal Year 2023-24. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Public Safety Committee.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the above matter.) (5) 25-1399 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to accepting a donation in the amount of $35,000.00, to purchase and install Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Camera Equipment for the Wilshire Area, from the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 25-1396 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to accepting a donation in the amount of $308,196.00, to purchase and replace all iron sighting systems currently in place for the Training Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), from the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 25-1400  Board of Police Commissioners report relative to accepting a donation in the amount of $85,000.00, to purchase two Foster + Freeman Crime Light Auto Kits for the Technical Investigation Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), from the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 25-1256 Motion (Nazarian - Hernandez) relative to proactive and coordinated strategies for traffic control and storm preparation during inclement weather. (This item is referred to the Transportation Committee and Public Safety Committee. The Transportation Committee amended the item on November 12, 2025.) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council (9) 25-0863 Motion (Blumenfield - Rodriguez) relative to repealing Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) 56.16. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council (10) 25-1428 Motion (Lee – Hernandez) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), in consultation with the City Attorney, to develop local rules for fire-safe landscaping around homes to reduce wildfire risk and protect residents and property, consistent with the Governor’s Executive Order N-18-25. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) 25-1424 Motion (Rodriguez - Lee) relative to instructing the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the City Attorney and relevant departments, to develop a permanent  City policy for waiving rebuilding fees for residents affected by disasters such as wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, to ensure a consistent and equitable approach to disaster recovery. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (12) 25-1370 Board of Fire Commissioners report relative to the proposed 2026 Los Angeles Fire Code. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (13) 25-1359 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to the request for payment of reward offer (DR No. 2303-13540) in a hit and run case. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (14) 25-0706-S1 Board of Police Commissioners report relative to approving the Supplemental Police Account Second Quarterly Report 2025 (April through June 2025). Fiscal Impact Statement: No 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. 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 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. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure 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) 978-1076. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a 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 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, 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.