Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations

JOURNAL – SPECIAL - RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026 - 1:00 PM 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 (Rita Moreno - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1074 or rita.moreno@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) 26-0489 CONTINUED FROM 5/14/26 Charter Reform Commission report relative to recommendations for amendments to the City Charter, in accordance with Ordinance No. 188303.  Overview of Commission Report Government Efficiency, Planning, City Powers, Neighborhood Councils Budget, Infrastructure and Procurement Elections and Ethics Personnel, Police and Matters Not Addressed in Preceding Meetings Final Recommendations Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Palms Neighborhood Council For, if Amended: Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council Westside Neighborhood Council CONTINUED TO 05/28/26 (2) 26-0489-S2 CONTINUED FROM 5/14/26 Motion (Jurado – Rodriguez, et al.) and Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) report relative to a Charter amendment to increase the City’s annual appropriation to the RAP from 0.0325 percent of assessed value of all property, as assessed for City taxes, up to 0.0650 percent of said taxes. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (3) 26-0489-S3 CONTINUED FROM 5/14/26 Motion (Soto-Martinez – Harris-Dawson) relative to a Charter amendment to require a regular schedule of fee studies from all Charter and ordinance departments that charge fees. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (4) 26-0489-S6 Motion (Rodriguez – Blumenfield) relative to a Charter amendment to reform voting in the City, such as Ranked Choice Voting and Approval Voting, it’s associated costs, and the ability of the County of Los Angeles to administer the changes. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (5) 26-0638 Motion (Soto-Martinez – Jurado) relative to a ballot measure to enable the City Council to authorize noncitizen voting in elections for City offices and for members of the Los Angeles Board of Education. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (6) 26-0489-S5 Motion (Rodriguez – Blumenfield) relative to a Charter amendment to establilsh an Inspector General within the City Ethics Commission and its role. Community Impact Statement: None submitted  CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 26-0489-S8 Motion (Rodriguez – Blumenfield) relative to a Charter amendment to clarify suspension for misconduct for all elected officials. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (8) 26-0647 Motion (Rodriguez - Blumenfield) relative to a Charter Amendment to require Commissions and Boards to submit the Statement of Economic Interests and Restricted Source Financial Disclosure Statements prior to their consideration by the Council. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (9) 26-0658 Motion (Rodriguez - Blumenfield) relative to a Charter amendment to restrict an appointed caretaker of a vacant Council Office from seeking election to the same Office. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED 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. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda-items 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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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 caller is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay service…" when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! 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