Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025 - 9:00 AM ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER KATY YARSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Mandy Morales - Legislative Assistant - (323) 439-2346 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. 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) 25-0002-S55 Resolution (Rodriguez – Hernandez) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 1043 (Umberg) to require the developers of devices, operating systems, and app stores to collect their users' age and birthdate information to ensure age- appropriate access to digital products and provide support tools for  parents and guardians. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (2) 25-0002-S47 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Lee) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 592 (Gabriel), which would allow for permanent outdoor, patio, and al fresco dining at restaurants, among other changes. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (3) 25-0002-S45 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Park – Soto-Martinez) to include in the City's 2025-26 Federal Legislative Program support for legislation and/or administrative action that funds the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery program and includes the City as an awardee to address long term recovery efforts relative to the January 2025 wildfires. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (4) 25-0002-S41 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Blumenfield) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 782 (Perez), which would authorize the establishment of Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District: Climate Resilience Districts to accelerate community recovery by providing funding through a community-based approach. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (5) 25-0002-S38 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Rodriguez - Park - Lee) to include in the City's 2025-26 Federal Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 1323, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against tax for disaster mitigation expenditures (the FIREWALL Act) that would create a tax credit that would cover 50% of eligible upgrades, subject to income adjustment, for upgrades that promote community resilience to natural disasters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (6) 24-1073 City Clerk report relative to the feasibility of adding a digital component to the Proposition 218 protest submittal process. (Referred to Budget and Finance and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committees) Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTED and FILED City Clerk report dated February 25, 2025 – (5) YES; (0) NO (7) 25-0002-S36 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Yaroslavsky - Raman) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 638 (Rodriguez), which seeks to save water and protect public health by establishing state guidelines for stormwater reuse in urban public areas Community Impact Statement: Yes. For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (8) 25-0002-S44 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Yaroslavsky - Harris-Dawson) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for both Assembly Bill 1243 (Addis) and Senate Bill 684 (Menjivar), the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025,  which would establish a framework for fossil fuel polluters to pay their fair share of the costs of climate damages, adaptation, and mitigation. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (9) 25-0002-S57 Resolution (Yaroslavsky - Hutt) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program opposition to Assembly Bill 630 (Gonzalez) which will ensure inoperable RVs are removed from city streets by increasing the value cap for dismantling abandoned RVs, adding additional notifications and reporting requirements before a vehicle can be scrapped, and requiring that an RV that is inoperable or is a public safety or environmental hazard is scrapped. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (10) 25-0002-S22 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Blumenfield - Raman - Yaroslavsky) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 346 (Durazo) that would authorize the City of Los Angeles to enact an ordinance that requires each short- term rental facilitator to report the assessor parcel number of each short-term rental and additional information necessary to identify the property; impose administrative fines or penalties for violations; and audit or examine the records of the short-term rental facilitator documenting the receipt of the TOT revenue due to the City. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Westside Neighborhood Council APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (11) 25-0002-S40  Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Park - Rodriguez) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 1253 (Schultz) which would ensure that for qualifying reconstructed properties that meet the 110% size standard, the adjusted base year tax assessment value of the property would apply to the rebuilt property. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and REVISED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (12) 25-0002-S58 Resolution (Lee - Hernandez) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 695 (Fong) which would create the California Community College Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act, to support students facing immigration enforcement actions and allow them to continue their education online through California Community Colleges. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (13) 25-0002-S48 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Soto-Martinez - Price) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for a $60 million increase in state funding for immigration legal services. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (14) 25-0002-S37 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Padilla - Jurado) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 495 (Rodriguez) to expand the definition of a caregiver for minors under 18 years of age, prohibit child care facilities from collecting citizenship/ immigration status information, and clarify emergency plan requirements and protocols in schools and child care facilities in the event that a child's parent is not available.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (15) 25-0002-S49 Resolution (Soto-Martinez - Hernandez - Price) to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 635 (Durazo) to amend the State’s sidewalk vending law to prohibit local authorities from inquiring or collecting information about an individual’s immigration status or criminal history to issue a sidewalk vending permit; providing the personally identifiable information of sidewalk vendors to federal immigration agents in the absence of a judicial warrant; and contracting with nonpublic entities to enforce local sidewalk vending rules and regulations. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (16) 25-0002-S42 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution relative to include in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program, a position on Assembly Bill 1002 (Gabriel), which would authorize the State Attorney General to bring a civil action against a contractor to suspend, revoke, or deny a contractor's license due to the contractor's failure to pay its workers. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (5) YES; (0) NO (17) 25-1200-S24 Charter Reform Commission report relative to the appointment of Carla Fuentes to the Charter Reform Commission, to serve until the Commission is dissolved as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.335(a). Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated June 18, 2025 – (5) YES; (0) NO (18) 25-1200-S25 Charter Reform Commission report relative to the appointment of James M. Thomas to the Charter Reform Commission, to serve until the Commission is dissolved as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.335(a). Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated June 18, 2025 – (5) YES; (0) NO (19) 25-1200-S26 Charter Reform Commission report relative to the appointment of Diego Andrades to the Charter Reform Commission, to serve until the Commission is dissolved as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.335(a). Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated June 18, 2025 – (5) YES; (0) NO (20) 25-1200-S27 Charter Reform Commission report relative to the appointment of Andrea Mac to the Charter Reform Commission, to serve until the Commission is dissolved as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.335(a). Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated June 18, 2025 – (5) YES; (0) NO (21) 25-1200-S28 Charter Reform Commission report relative to the appointment of Michael Yap to the Charter Reform Commission, to serve until the Commission is dissolved as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.335(a). Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated June 18, 2025 – (5) 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., 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. 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