24-0932 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a response provided by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for an overview of the current status of the LAPD Cadet Program, the Police Academy Magnet Schools (PAMS) Program, the Police Orientation Preparation Program (POPP), and the Associated Community Officer Program (ACOP). Recommendation for Council action: NOTE and FILE the Board of Police Commissioners report dated December 13, 2024, attached to the Council file, relative to a response provided by the LAPD for an overview of the current status of the LAPD Cadet Program, the PAMS Program, the POPP, and the ACOP. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted
24-0932
Decision: Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
25-0322 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Malaika Billups as the permanent General Manager of the Personnel Department. (Personnel, Audits and Hiring Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 8, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 7, 2025)
25-0322
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25-0211 CD 14 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND COMMUNICATION FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION (CHC) relative to the inclusion of Maycrest Bungalow Court, located at 4215 – 4221 1/2 North Maycrest Avenue, in the list of Historic Cultural Monuments. Applicant: Lindsay Mulcahy, Los Angeles Conservancy Owners: Housing Opportunity for Angelenos, Inc.; Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles; and California Department of Transportation* (*Assessor records provided by the applicant show the property was transferred to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and Housing Opportunity for Angelenos as of August 31, 2024) Case No. CHC-2024-6633-HCM Environmental No. ENV-2024-6634-CE (Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to be submitted in Council. If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.) (Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.) Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the CHC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 16, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 11, 2025)
25-0211
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23-0600-S9 COMMUNICATION FROM THE BUREAU OF SANITATION relative to the Solid Resources Program proposed rate action. (Public Works and Energy and Environment Committees' 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.) (Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the above matter) Community Impact Statement: None submitted
23-0600-S9
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25-0166 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to execute a proposed agreement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., to provide routine and emergency hazardous waste management services at LAFD facilities. Recommendations for Council action: DISAPPROVE the execution of an Agreement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. to provide routine and emergency hazardous waste management services at all LAFD stations and facilities for an amount to not exceed $700,000 annually and an aggregate total of $3,500,000, for a term of three years beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, with two one-year options to renew, subject to approval of the City Attorney as to form. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and the LAFD to report to Council with the following information: Whether Clean Harbors Environmental Services has any recent safety issues on job sites, any injuries or other health and safety matters that have arisen in jobs that they have done for the City. Whether any workers who are under any collective bargaining agreement are paid prevailing wages. Who Clean Harbors subcontracts with for their work. Do they subcontract for local workers? Do they subcontract for workers out of area? Local hire being very important to this analysis. How does Clean Harbors compare on their subcontracting to their direct competitors? How long has Clean Harbors been working for the City? Does the City have any history with them of any recent issues related to work or safety issues, as they have performed for the City of Los Angeles, including the Bureau of Sanitation or anywhere. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of this agreement would not have resulted in a fiscal impact to the General Fund. The LAFD’s 2024-25 Adopted Budget allocated $700,000 in its Contractual Services Account for this purpose. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations in the report to approve the agreement are consistent with the City’s Financial Policies in that current operations will be funded by current revenues. Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 11, 2025)
25-0166
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14-1106-S3 CD 15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION, TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges to modify parking rates. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: ADOPT the determination by the Board of Harbor Commissioners (BOHC) that this action is administratively exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines. APPROVE BOHC Resolution No. 24-10459 which authorizes the adoption of the proposed Permanent Order No. 24-7384 and the corresponding Ordinance to amend POLA Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges, Item No. 1300 (a), with a 10 percent Parking Rate increase, effective January 1, 2025, and a 9.1 percent Parking Rate increase, effective January 1, 2026. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated November 13, 2024, approving Permanent Order No. 24-7384 of the BOHC of the City of Los Angeles, amending POLA Tariff No. 4. Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that approval of the proposed Permanent Order No. 24-7384 would amend Tariff No. 4, Section Thirteen - Parking Charges, Item No. 1300(a) to increase parking rate charges for designated parking at the POLA World Cruise Center Terminal, Catalina Express Terminal, and Liberty Hill Plaza Parking Lot. The proposed Amendment would increase the maximum daily parking rate for standard or regular-size vehicles from the current rate of $20 to $22, effective January 1, 2025, and from $22 to $24 effective January 1, 2026. The annual gross receipts are estimated to increase through this proposed Amendment by $272,403, from $5.95 million to $6.23 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25, and by $544,805, from $6.23 million to $6.77 million in FY 2025-26. The parking rates are inclusive of the City's parking occupancy taxes. Funding from the increase to the parking charge rates will be deposited into the Harbor Revenue Fund. The proposed actions comply with the Harbor Department's Financial Policies. There is no impact on the City's General Fund. Community Impact Statement: None submitted
14-1106-S3
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25-0030 RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025, and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City), pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27. Recommendation for Council action: ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated January 14, 2025, to: Resolve that a local emergency exists resulting from ongoing windstorm and extreme fire weather system and the devastating wildfires in the City within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et seq., as set forth in the Mayor’s January 13, 2025 Updated Declaration of Local Emergency, which incorporated the declaration of emergency dated January 7, 2025, which the City Council hereby ratifies. Resolve that because the local emergency, which began on January 7, 2025, continues to exist, there is a need to continue the state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby ratifies. Instruct and request all appropriate City departments (including proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel, in accordance with LAAC Code Section 8.21 et seq., to continue to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in this matter to respond to and abate the emergency and prevent further harm to the life, health, property, and safety, and receive, process; and, coordinate all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain whatever State and Federal assistance that may become available to the City and/or to the citizens of the City who may be affected by the emergency. Instruct the General Manager, Emergency Management Department, to advise the Mayor and City Council on the need to extend the state of local emergency, as appropriate. Resolve that, to the extent the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard life, health, or property in response to the local emergency and to support the emergency operations of the City and its departments (including its proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel (including mutual aid resources) in responding to the declared local emergency, the competitive bidding requirements enumerated in City Charter Section 371, and further codified in the LAAC, including LAAC Section 10.15 be suspended until termination of the state of emergency and solely with respect to purchases and contracts needed to respond to the declared state of emergency. Direct and request City departments and agencies making purchases pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph five (5), above, to report every two weeks to the City Council regarding the purchases and contracts made during the prior two week period on the reasons justifying why such purchase or contract was necessary to respond to the emergency, including why the emergency did not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids or proposals, and why competitive proposals or bidding was not reasonably practicable or compatible with the City’s interests. Request all City departments and agencies who have the authority to investigate and/or enforce any/all forms of price gouging, fraud, and theft by deceit, as described in the California Penal Code, to do so to the fullest extent permissible under federal, state, and local law. Instruct the City Clerk, unless and until Council directs otherwise or discontinues the state of emergency, to timely agendize this matter so that Council may consider whether to continue the state of emergency. Instruct the City Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution to the Governor of the State of California, the Director of the Office of Emergency Services of the State of California, the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
25-0030
Decision: Items for which Public Hearings Have Not Been Held - (10 Votes Required for Consideration)