Government Efficiency Committee approves funding and consolidation plan
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The committee approved three items: (1) funding from the Innovation Fund for a Los Angeles Fire Department Medical Records Requests Tracking System pilot (CAO report; Fiscal Impact: Yes) — vote 3-0; (2) funding from the Innovation Fund for the Los Angeles Police Department Booking Innovation Team pilot (CAO report; Fiscal Impact: Yes) — vote 3-0; and (3) the City Attorney's report and draft ordinance to create a new Community Investment Department by consolidating the Department of Aging, Community Investment for Families Department, Economic and Workforce Development Department, and Youth Development Department (Fiscal Impact: No) — vote 2-1 (Rodriguez No).
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What this means
The committee approved money for two pilot projects that aim to improve how the Fire Department tracks medical-records requests and how the Police Department handles bookings. The committee also approved a draft ordinance to merge four existing departments into a new Community Investment Department, combining services for aging, families, workforce/economic development, and youth. These approvals are recorded in the meeting minutes.
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- Approved CAO report to fund LAFD Medical Records Requests Tracking System pilot from the Innovation Fund (Fiscal Impact: Yes) — Vote: 3 Yes, 0 No.
- Approved CAO report to fund LAPD Booking Innovation Team pilot from the Innovation Fund (Fiscal Impact: Yes) — Vote: 3 Yes, 0 No.
- Approved City Attorney report and draft ordinance to create a new Community Investment Department by consolidating the Department of Aging; Community Investment for Families Department; Economic and Workforce Development Department; and Youth Development Department (Fiscal Impact: No) — Vote: 2 Yes, 1 No (Rodriguez).
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