Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023 ­ 1:00 PM ROOM 401, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON (Michael Espinosa ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1064 or michael.espinosa@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. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23­0630 Motion (Krekorian – Harris­Dawson) relative to suspending Councilmember Price from the office of Councilmember of the 9th District of the Los Angeles City Council, pursuant to Charter Section 211. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 23­0633 Motion (Harris­Dawson ­ Krekorian) relative to the eligibility requirements for potential appointments by the Council to fill the temporary vacancy in a Council District; and, the options for selecting a voting representative for the Council District that includes public input from constituents and civic institutions of the District.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 23­0633 Motion (Harris­Dawson ­ Krekorian) relative to the eligibility requirements for potential appointments by the Council to fill the temporary vacancy in a Council District; and, the options for selecting a voting representative for the Council District that includes public input from constituents and civic institutions of the District. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Central Alameda Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (Harris­Dawson ­ Krekorian) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (3) 23­0002­S43 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Park ­ Krekorian) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 43 (Eggman) which would expand the definition of "gravely disabled" to include conditions that will result in serious harm to the physical and mental health of an individual. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Studio City Neighborhood Council APPROVED Resolution (Park ­ Krekorian) ­ (2) Yes; (1) No: Soto­Martinez (4) 23­0002­S47 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Price – Harris­Dawson) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1565 (Jones­Sawyer) to require the Controller to appropriate and disburse funding annually that directly furthers the purpose of the Social Equity Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Price – Harris­Dawson) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (5) 23­0002­S48 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Park – Rodriguez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 376 (Rubio) to provide human trafficking victims the right to have a human trafficking advocate and support person present during law enforcement and legal interviews, and  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Price – Harris­Dawson) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (5) 23­0002­S48 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Park – Rodriguez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 376 (Rubio) to provide human trafficking victims the right to have a human trafficking advocate and support person present during law enforcement and legal interviews, and notification of their rights and confidentiality limitations. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Park ­ Rodriguez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (6) 23­0002­S49 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Soto­ Martinez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 85 (Wiener), the California Extended Case Management Act, which would expand services for refugees and asylees. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Soto­Martinez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (7) 23­0002­S51 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 963 (Schiavo), the End the Foster Care­to­Homelessness Pipeline Act, which would require the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) to guarantee qualified loans for the construction, acquisition, and renovation for housing for current or former foster youth who are 18 to 25 years of age. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (8) 23­0002­S53 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Hernandez, et al. – Hutt) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for legislation that would support the development of social housing in the City.  Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (8) 23­0002­S53 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Hernandez, et al. – Hutt) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for legislation that would support the development of social housing in the City. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Hernandez, et al. – Hutt) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (9) 23­0002­S54 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolutions relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 434 (Min) which would require California's major public transit operators to collect and publish survey data relative to their efforts to improve the safety of riders and reduce street harassment. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Revised Resolution ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (10) 23­0002­S55 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Blumenfield – Harris­ Dawson) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 645 (Friedman­ Santiago­Ting) that would authorize the City to implement a speed safety pilot program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Revised Resolution ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (11) 23­0002­S57 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Hutt – Park, et al.) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for legislation that would require bicycle and pedestrian safety to be taught and included in the California Driver's  Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Revised Resolution ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (11) 23­0002­S57 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Hutt – Park, et al.) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for legislation that would require bicycle and pedestrian safety to be taught and included in the California Driver's Handbook, the California Commercial Driver's Handbook, Driver's License Knowledge Tests, Instruction Permits, Behind­the­Wheel Drive Tests, California Department of Motor Vehicles approved traffic school classes, and any other relevant area of instruction and licensing of vehicle drivers. (On June 3, 2023, the Transportation Committee approved this item.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONCURRED with the Transportation Committee action of June 3, 2023 to approve the Revised Resolution ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (12) 23­0002­S58 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 529 (Gonzalez), the EVs for All Act of 2023 which would require the California Energy Commission to develop and administer a new competitive grant program to facilitate the establishment of EV car sharing services at affordable housing facilities. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (13) 23­0002­S59 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Soto­Martinez – Yaroslavsky) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1620 (Zbur), which would authorize a jurisdiction to require an owner of a rent­controlled unit to allow a permanently physically disabled tenant to relocate to a comparable accessible unit and retain their same rental rate. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council  2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1620 (Zbur), which would authorize a jurisdiction to require an owner of a rent­controlled unit to allow a permanently physically disabled tenant to relocate to a comparable accessible unit and retain their same rental rate. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Resolution (Soto­Martinez – Yaroslavsky) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (14) 23­0002­S60 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (De Leon – Krekorian) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 710 (Durazo), to require the California Department of Transportation to establish and administer a Terminus Regional Planning Committee to report on potential land uses associated with the former State Route 710 Terminus Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (De Leon – Krekorian) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (15) 23­0002­S62 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1317 (Carrillo) which would unbundle parking from the price of rent. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (16) 23­0002­S63 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Price – Soto­Martinez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 525 (Durazo), to increase wages for healthcare workers across California. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Price – Soto­Martinez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No  Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Price – Soto­Martinez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Senate Bill 525 (Durazo), to increase wages for healthcare workers across California. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Price – Soto­Martinez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (17) 23­0002­S64 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (McOsker ­ Price) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for HR 36 (Gipson) which would annually declare the month of June as Fatherhood Well­being Month. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED (3) – Yes (18) 23­0002­S65 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Raman – Soto­Martinez) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 1738 (Carrillo) which would require the DMV to establish the Mobile Homeless Connect Pilot Program in specified areas to assist persons experiencing homelessness with obtaining an identification card. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Raman – Soto­Martinez) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No (19) 23­0593 Motion (McOsker – Rodriguez, et al.) relative to amending the Los Angeles Administrative Code in order to allow for the City to raise the Progress Pride Flag in the Civic Center, which includes City Hall, City Hall East, City Hall South, and at other City facilities where the American, Californian and City flags are displayed during the month of June; and updating the city’s flag policy. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Government Operations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)  Hall South, and at other City facilities where the American, Californian and City flags are displayed during the month of June; and updating the city’s flag policy. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Government Operations Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Rodriguez, et al.) ­ (3) Yes; (0) No 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. 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 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.