Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 16, 2022 ROOM 340, CITY HALL - 2:30 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NURY MARTINEZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO (Eric Villanueva - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1075 or eric.villanueva@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. 160 593 4341 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) 978-1133. 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 Click here for agenda packets 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 Real-Time 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) 978-1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org.  MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-0002-S4 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report and Resolutions relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 Federal and State Legislative Programs, as submitted by Los Angeles World Airports. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated January 13, 2022 and attached Resolutions – (3) Yes (2) 22-0002-S6 CLA report and Resolutions relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 State Legislative Program, the city’s efforts to plan for and provide access to housing, as submitted by the Planning Department. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated January 12, 2022 and attached Resolutions – (3) Yes (3) 21-0002-S8 CLA report and Resolutions relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 Federal and State Legislative Programs, as submitted by the Department of Transportation. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For  Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council Westside Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated February 1, 2022 and attached Resolutions – (3) Yes (4) 22-0084 Los Angeles City Ethics Commission report relative to the new Conflict of Interest Code for the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 20, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 13, 2022) APPROVED Los Angeles City Ethics Commission report dated January 20, 2022 – (3) Yes (5) 22-0002-S10 Resolution (Harris-Dawson – Price – Koretz) relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 State Legislative Program opposition to regulatory action by the California Public Utilities Commission that would disincentivize the adoption of rooftop solar in disadvantaged and low-income communities. Community Impact Statement: None submitted RECEIVED and FILED Resolution (Harris-Dawson – Price – Koretz) – (3) Yes (6) 21-0002-S65 Resolution (O’Farrell – Price) relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 State Legislative Program support for Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 (Senators Allen and Weiner) to repeal Article 34 from the California  Constitution and remove any limit on affordable housing units that can be supported by the City. Community Impact Statement: Yes For Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council South Robertson Neighborhood Council ADOPTED Resolution (O’Farrell – Price) – (3) Yes (7) 21-0002-S52 Resolution (Rodriguez – De Leon) and CLA report relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 Federal Legislative Program its position on legislation that would provide funds for immediate and long-term investments, to address systemic racism and historic under investment in communities of color. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted ADOPTED Resolution (Rodriguez – De Leon) – (3) Yes 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.