Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 ­ 1:00 PM ROOM 401, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON, VICE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD (Mandy Morales ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1081 or mandy.morales@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) 23­0002­S82 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report and Resolution (Rodriguez ­ Soto­ Martinez – Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support for Senate Bill (S.) 2175 to amend Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the waiting period for employment authorization for asylum applicants, and allocate funding to address the asylum application backlog and provide supportive services to asylum applicants. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 23­0002­S84 CLA report and Resolution (Rodriguez ­ Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill (AB) 776 (Holden) that would require Caltrans to work with California Indian  208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the waiting period for employment authorization for asylum applicants, and allocate funding to address the asylum application backlog and provide supportive services to asylum applicants. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (2) 23­0002­S84 CLA report and Resolution (Rodriguez ­ Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill (AB) 776 (Holden) that would require Caltrans to work with California Indian tribes local to, or historically located along State Route 210, to identify appropriate locations for signs to recognize tribal lands and designate the highway as the Southern California Native American Freeway. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (3) 23­0002­S85 CLA to report and Resolution (Hutt ­ Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for AB 593 (Haney) which would require the California Energy Commission, on or before June 1, 2024, to identify an emission reduction strategy, with milestones, for the building sector to support achieving the net­zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and require the California Energy Commission to implement the strategy by July 1, 2025. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 23­0002­S86 CLA to report and Resolution (Hutt ­ Yaroslavsky – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program Support for AB 249 (Holden), a requirement to test for lead in potable water system outlets at all public K­12 and daycare facilities and require immediate notice and remediation of sources of lead exposure under penalty of citation by the State Board of Education. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 23­0002­S90 CLA report and Resolution (Blumenfield ­ Raman – Park) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support and/or sponsorship of legislation to abate benefit reductions for lived experience advocates in Supplemental Security Income or other programs when receiving compensation for providing services to better the homeless services delivery system. Fiscal Impact Statement: No (5) 23­0002­S90 CLA report and Resolution (Blumenfield ­ Raman – Park) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support and/or sponsorship of legislation to abate benefit reductions for lived experience advocates in Supplemental Security Income or other programs when receiving compensation for providing services to better the homeless services delivery system. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (6) 23­0002­S91 CLA to report and Resolution (McOsker ­ Raman) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support for House Resolution (H.R.) 4024 (Barragan), which would provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (7) 23­0002­S92 CLA to report and Resolution (McOsker ­ Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support for S.1664 (Sanders­DeLauro), the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a federal paid sick days policy for employees to earn minimum of seven paid sick days per year to care for themselves or their families. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 23­0002­S93 CLA report and Resolution (McOsker ­ Hutt) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program support for S.728 (Murray)and H.R.17(DeLauro), the Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 24­1100 City Clerk reports, City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to calling for a Primary Nominating Election on March 5, 2024, and a General Municipal Election on November 5, 2024, in the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, and authorizing their consolidation with the State Primary and General Elections to be held on the same dates; and, Resolutions requesting authority to consolidate special elections for four City of Los Angeles initiative measures with the March 5, 2024, State  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (9) 24­1100 City Clerk reports, City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to calling for a Primary Nominating Election on March 5, 2024, and a General Municipal Election on November 5, 2024, in the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, and authorizing their consolidation with the State Primary and General Elections to be held on the same dates; and, Resolutions requesting authority to consolidate special elections for four City of Los Angeles initiative measures with the March 5, 2024, State Primary Election. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes (10) 24­1100­S1 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for the City Mobility Plan Street Improvement Measures, and to consolidate this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council (11) 24­1100­S2 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for Hotel Land Use, Replacement Housing, and Police Permit Requirements, and a program to place unhoused individuals in vacant hotel rooms, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to b held on the same date. (12) 24­1100­S3 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for a minimum wage for employees working at certain healthcare facilities, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date. (13) 24­1100­S4 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for limits on healthcare executive compensation, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date. (14) 23­0868 Resolution (Krekorian – Park – Hutt) relative to the City of Los Angeles standing in support of updating the Uniform Guidance to explicitly allow states and localities to implement substantive procurement standards that advance high­quality jobs and equitable hiring, including lifting the local hire  (13) 24­1100­S4 City Attorney report and draft Ordinance calling a special election on March 5, 2024, for limits on healthcare executive compensation, and consolidating this special election with the City's Primary Nominating Election and the State Primary Election to be held on the same date. (14) 23­0868 Resolution (Krekorian – Park – Hutt) relative to the City of Los Angeles standing in support of updating the Uniform Guidance to explicitly allow states and localities to implement substantive procurement standards that advance high­quality jobs and equitable hiring, including lifting the local hire prohibition on all federally funded projects, and to empower state and local officials to create equitable infrastructure jobs that can strengthen our cities, counties, and state. 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., 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. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure 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) 978­1133. 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) 978­1960 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 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 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) 978­1960 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 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.