Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 ­ 9:00 AM ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER KATY YARSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Mandy Morales ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (323) 439­2346 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. 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) 24­1435 CD 15 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance amending Subsection (b) of Section 23.49 of Article 1, Chapter 3, Division 23 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to revise residency requirements of Commissioners appointed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Wilmington Neighborhood Council APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 1­23­25 ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent:  CD 15 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance amending Subsection (b) of Section 23.49 of Article 1, Chapter 3, Division 23 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to revise residency requirements of Commissioners appointed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Wilmington Neighborhood Council APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 1­23­25 ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (2) 25­0118 CD 15 Motion (McOsker ­ Soto­Martinez) relative to proposing a new Charter section implementing a Port of Los Angeles Public Access Investment Plan to be considered within Charter Reform processes. (This item referred to Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee and Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Soto­Martinez) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (3) 23­1027­S8 Motion (McOsker – Soto­Martinez) relative to requesting the Executive Director of the Charter Reform Commission, with assistance from the Chief Legislative Analyst, the City Attorney, and the City Clerk, to provide updates on the Charter reform process to date. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Soto­Martinez) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (4) 25­0002­S8 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2025­26 State Legislative Program support for administrative action by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for its Local Solutions Fund (LSF) to select the methodology based on a two­year average of the jurisdiction’s Point­in­Time (PIT) Count (Methodology 1) and to consider the additional feedback from the City to add a third year to the average formula once the 2025 PIT Count results are available; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted  relative to including in the City’s 2025­26 State Legislative Program support for administrative action by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for its Local Solutions Fund (LSF) to select the methodology based on a two­year average of the jurisdiction’s Point­in­Time (PIT) Count (Methodology 1) and to consider the additional feedback from the City to add a third year to the average formula once the 2025 PIT Count results are available; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (5) 25­0002­S9 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Hernandez – Harris­Dawson) relative to including in the City’s 2025­26 State Legislative Program support of legislative or administrative action to amend the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) Program to provide recipients of the third round of ERF with flexibility relative to the expenditure deadlines established in the program. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution dated 3­12­25 dated­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (6) 25­0046 Motion (Park, Rodriguez – Padilla, Lee) relative to a proposed June 2026 Election ballot measure for a bond providing funding for fire station maintenance and new fire station construction. (This item referred to the Public Safety Committee and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.) Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council Pico Union Neighborhood Council CONCURRED with Public Safety Committee action of 2­5­25 in APPROVING the Motion (Park, Rodriguez – Padilla) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (7) 25­0029 Amending Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to Include information on infrastructure bond, including services for Fire and Recreation and Parks, including the recommendations from Motion (Park – Rodriguez ­ Lee ­ Padilla; Council file No. 25­0046). Community Impact Statement: None submitted  CONCURRED with Public Safety Committee action of 2­5­25 in APPROVING the Motion (Park, Rodriguez – Padilla) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (7) 25­0029 Amending Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to Include information on infrastructure bond, including services for Fire and Recreation and Parks, including the recommendations from Motion (Park – Rodriguez ­ Lee ­ Padilla; Council file No. 25­0046). Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Amending Motion (Rodriguez – Park) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (8) 25­0002­S10 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Lee – Park) relative to including in the City’s 2025­26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 701 (Wahab) which would add a new section to the California Penal Code to prohibit the possession, use or attempted use, manufacture, purchase, sale, distribution or importation of any Wi­Fi Jamming and/or Communication Signal Scrambler device. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution dated 3­7­25 dated­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (9) 12­1269­S7 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance amending Article 9.7, Chapter IV of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to make various revisions to the Campaign Finance Ordinance. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated 6­16­23 ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (10) 25­0183 Motion (Padilla – Price – Nazarian – Hernandez) relative to requesting the Ethics Commission, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Attorney, to report on the feasibility of allowing candidates for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education to participate in the Public Matching Funds Program, and related matters, including the steps necessary to place a ballot measure that would expand the eligibility of the Public Matching Funds Program to LAUSD Board of Education candidates for the ballot in 2026. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Padilla – Price – Nazarian – Hernandez) AS AMENDED ­ (3) Yes; (1) No: Yaroslavsky; Absent: Lee  the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education to participate in the Public Matching Funds Program, and related matters, including the steps necessary to place a ballot measure that would expand the eligibility of the Public Matching Funds Program to LAUSD Board of Education candidates for the ballot in 2026. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Padilla – Price – Nazarian – Hernandez) AS AMENDED ­ (3) Yes; (1) No: Yaroslavsky; Absent: Lee (11) 25­0002­S5 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Soto­Martinez ­ Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2025­26 State Legislative Program support for sponsorship and support of any legislative and/or administrative action that would increase funding for immigration removal defense in California. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution dated 3­10­25 dated­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee (12) 23­0002­S144 Resolution (Raman – Soto­Martinez) relative to including in the City’s 2023­ 24 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 960 (Wiener), which seeks to ensure all transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans provide complete street facilities, if amended to remove the phrase “to the extent feasible.” Community Impact Statement: Yes For, if amended: Rampart Village Neighborhood Council For: PICO Neighborhood Council Del Rey Neighborhood Council South Robertson Neighborhood Council North Westwood Neighborhood Council NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Raman – Soto­Martinez) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (13) 23­0002­S157 Resolution (Soto­Martinez, Hernandez – Price, et al.) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program sponsorship or support for any legislation and/or administrative action to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Community Impact Statement: Yes For:  NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Raman – Soto­Martinez) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (13) 23­0002­S157 Resolution (Soto­Martinez, Hernandez – Price, et al.) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 Federal Legislative Program sponsorship or support for any legislation and/or administrative action to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Resolution (Soto­Martinez, Hernandez – Price, et al) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (14) 23­0002­S151 Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­ 24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 2525 (Zbur), which seeks to increase the ability to use freeway underpasses and similar areas as parking and storage for vehicles including recreational or oversize vehicles. Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Studio City Neighborhood Council NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (15) 24­1261 Resolution (Soto­Martinez – Raman, et al.) relative to establishing the City’s position on Measure A, which would repeal the Measure H tax and institute a half­cent sales tax to fund and accelerate the construction of affordable housing units. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Soto­Martinez – Raman, et al) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (16) 23­0002­S156 Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for for Assembly Bill 1961 (Wicks) that would create an End Hunger in California Master Plan Task Force to implement strategies to address food insecurity and promote healthy communities throughout the State. Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Soto­Martinez – Raman, et al) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (16) 23­0002­S156 Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for for Assembly Bill 1961 (Wicks) that would create an End Hunger in California Master Plan Task Force to implement strategies to address food insecurity and promote healthy communities throughout the State. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (17) 23­0002­S154 Resolution (Yaroslavsky – McOsker) relative to including in the City’s 2023­ 24 Federal Legislative Program support for House Resolution 8682 (Huffman), the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act, and similar legislation. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Yaroslavsky – McOsker) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (18) 23­0002­S135 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 1889 (Friedman), the Room to Roam Act, which would require a city or county, on or after January 1, 2026, to consider the impacts and barriers caused by development within the jurisdiction to wildlife and habitat connectivity, as part of the Conservation Element of its General Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (19) 23­0002­S129 Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman – Soto­Martinez) relative to including in the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for Affordable Care Act 16 (Bryan) which seeks to amend the State’s constitution to enshrine the right to clean air, water, and a healthy environment for every Californian. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Mar Vista Community Council Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood  the City’s 2023­24 State Legislative Program support for Affordable Care Act 16 (Bryan) which seeks to amend the State’s constitution to enshrine the right to clean air, water, and a healthy environment for every Californian. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Mar Vista Community Council Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman – Soto­Martinez) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (20) 23­0002­S153 Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) relative to establishing the City’s support for Assembly Bill 2130 (Santiago) that would allow individuals requesting an administrative hearing to contest parking violations, to choose a virtual administrative hearing. Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (21) 23­0002­S152 Resolution (Park, Lee – de Leon) relative to establishing the City’s position opposition for Assembly Bill 1082 (Kaira) that would eliminate a number of parking enforcement prograrms used to manage curb space. Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Park, Lee – de Leon) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (22) 23­0002­S148 Resolution (Padilla – Lee) relative to establishing the City’s support for Senate Bill 1059 (Bradford) to amend the amount of cannabis excise taxes, support commercial cannabis businesses and directly further the purpose of the Social Equity Program. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: South Central Neighborhood Council NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Padilla – Lee) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (23) 25­0248 Motion (Hutt – McOsker – Soto­Martinez) relative to instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, to  Community Impact Statement: Yes For: South Central Neighborhood Council NOTED AND FILED Resolution (Padilla – Lee) ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent; Lee (23) 25­0248 Motion (Hutt – McOsker – Soto­Martinez) relative to instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, to report with a comprehensive list of infrastructure and maintenance needs, including new facilities and the rehabilitation of existing facilities, that would be eligible tor an infrastructure bond measure to be placed before the voters for the November 3, 2026 election, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt – McOsker – Soto­Martinez) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Lee; Amended as detailed in Committee Report 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. 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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. Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1076. 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 telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. 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