Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee

Agenda — 18 items

1. 1 Verbal presentation by the Office of Finance relative to potential reforms to the Business Tax Ordinance.
2. 2 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to the Fiscal Year 2024-25 United to House Los Angeles (ULA) Expenditure Plan.
3. 3 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to grant applications to the Southern California Association of Governments for the Joint Surface Transportation Block Grant, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, and Carbon Reduction Program Solicitation and grant funds awarded.
4. 4 City Administrative Officer report and Authorizing Resolution relative to extension and substitution of the credit facilities for the Los Angeles Wastewater System Commercial Paper Program.
5. 5 Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to the re-appropriation and transfer of $285,140 in Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles (MICLA) funding for the Information Technology Agency to continue the installation of communication equipment in Los Angeles Fire Department vehicles.
6. 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account - General City Purposes Fund 19th Status report as of August 31, 2024.
7. 7 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) reports relative to proposed revisions and Interim Guidelines for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 United to House Los Angeles (ULA) Expenditure Plan Income Support for Rent-Burdened At-Risk Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Program.
8. 8 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Nikou Mehrsaz v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV11407. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on a sidewalk at or near 18342 Ventura Boulevard, in the City of Los Angeles, occurring on October 8, 2019.)
9. 9 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Steve Ongele v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV01724. (This matter arose on October 17, 2019, when Plaintiff was terminated from his City employment. Plaintiff alleges his termination was retaliatory and violated Labor Code section 1102.5.)
10. 10 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Rosa Becerra v. Yesenia Emestica, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV05714. (This matter arises out of a traffic accident that occurred on May 13, 2021, at the intersection of South Western Avenue and West 108th Street, Los Angeles.)
11. 11 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled M. M. G., A Minor, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. CV21-03845-HDV(KSx). (This matter arises from an incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.)
12. 12 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Erick Vidrio v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV12600. (This matter arises from a sidewalk trip and fall that occurred near 19434 Roscoe Boulevard.)
13. 13 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Samuel Stringer v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV33735. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on April 1, 2019, on 6th Avenue near its intersection with St. Paul Avenue, in Los Angeles, California.)
14. 14 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Zachary De Corse v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV02352. (This matter arises from incidents beginning in 2017 and continuing through 2021 which the Plaintiff alleges were retaliatory in violation of Labor Code section 1102.5.)
15. 15 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Bianca Alvarado v. City of Los Angeles, et al , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV26388. (This matter arises from an automobile collision that occurred on January 22, 2020, at the intersection of Denker Avenue and West Martin Luther King Boulevard, in Los Angeles.)
16. 16 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Maribel Murillo v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. 2:22-cv-03188-DMG-SKx. (This matter arises from an incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on May 19, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.)
17. 17 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Boyd Fire Subrogation Cases / Victor Aguirre, et al v. Steve S. Lee, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV15906. (This matter arises from an incident that occurred on May 20, 2020 at 437 East Boyd Street in Downtown, Los Angeles, California.)
18. 18 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Raymond Levy v. City of Los Angeles , Claim No. C24-01556. (This matter arises from an automobile collision that occurred on August 1, 2023 in the City of Los Angeles.)