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Budget and Finance Committee

February 18, 2025 ·02:00 PM Final
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Agenda — 34 items

  1. 1 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account – General City Purposes Fund 23rd Status Report as of December 31, 2024 and funding recommendations. (This item is referred to Housing and Homelessness and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  2. 2 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the Fiscal Year 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  3. 3 City Administrative Officer report and Communication from the Mayor relative to the Fiscal Year 2023 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  4. 4 City Administrative Officer and City Attorney reports relative to grant funding for the Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving Vertical Prosecution Program, from the National Institute of Traffic and Highway Safety Agency. (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  5. 5 City Administrative Officer report relative to retroactively applying for and accepting the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program grant award. (This item is referred to the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  6. 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the strategy for integrating climate considerations into the City budgeting process. (This item is referred to the Energy and Environment and Budget and Finance Committees.)
  7. 7 City Administrative Officer report relative to initial cost estimates for the January 2025 fire and windstorm event. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance Committee.)
  8. 8 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to the 2025 January Wildfires Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant to provide temporary jobs for clean-up and humanitarian assistance. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance Committee.)
  9. 9 Collections Board of Review report relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Los Angeles Housing Department for the quarter ending September 30, 2024.
  10. 10 Motion (Park, McOsker – Lee) relative to the feasibility and steps necessary to authorize the temporary reemployment of retired employees to aid in the City's wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance Committee.)
  11. 11 Motion (Park – Nazarian, Price) relative to the feasibility of creating a Climate Resilience District to the directly impacted and adjacent areas of the Palisades Fire to facilitate recovery. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance Committee.)
  12. 12 Motion (Nazarian, Raman - Blumenfield) relative to the transfer/appropriation of funds from the Bicycle Trust Fund, NBC/Universal Bike Improvements, to develop a schematic design for a two-way Class IV bicycle facility, connecting the LA River Way biking/walking path to the Universal/Studio City Metro Station, and for a walking path on the north side of the Los Angeles River.
  13. 13 Motion (Padilla – Hernandez) relative to adding resolution authority and nine-months funding for one City Planner and two City Planning Associates in the Planning Department for the preparation of Specific Plan for the Van Nuys Airport, with funding anticipated from the Department of Airports.
  14. 14 Motion (Yaroslavsky - McOsker) relative to the transfer of funds within the Bureau of Sanitation for overtime and contractual service needs.
  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 Flying Food Group, LLC v. City of Los Angeles , United States District Court Case No. 2:23-cv-9146. (The case arises from the plaintiffs claims for declaratory and injunctive relief.)
  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 Cindi Witte v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV09168. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on February 20, 2020, at 222 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles.)
  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 Juana Ivett Busby Arango v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV05077. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on March 29, 2022, on the sidewalk near 1182 Crocker Street, in the City of Los Angeles.)
  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 Joseph John McCann, Jr. v. De Coral Plaza, LLC, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV33691. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on September 11, 2020, on the sidewalk of Gorham Avenue behind 11756 San Vicente Boulevard.)
  19. 19 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 Celeste Haydee Echeverria De Franco v. County of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV16029. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on October 7, 2021, on a sidewalk located at 5455 Bellingham Avenue, in Valley Village, California.)
  20. 20 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 Shawn Hendizadeh v. City of L.A. Dept. of Building and Safety, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV40177. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on April 7, 2022, on an uneven sidewalk located at located at 221 North Figueroa Street, in the city of Los Angeles.)
  21. 21 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 Guadalupe Castrellon de Leon v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV34413. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident on July 30, 2020, on a sidewalk located at 13401 Saticoy Avenue, in Los Angeles.)
  22. 22 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 Maria Estrada v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV21022. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on March 28, 2022, at 3323 Jeffries Avenue, Los Angeles.)
  23. 23 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 Efronia Manukyan v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV22473. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on August 15, 2018, at 5717 La Mirada Avenue, Los Angeles.)
  24. 24 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 Lauren Ruggiero v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV02274. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on June 21, 2020, on the sidewalk located near 6920 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, in the City of Los Angeles.)
  25. 25 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 Jo Anne Korngute v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV36947. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on December 28, 2021, near 300 South Willaman Drive, in Los Angeles.)
  26. 26 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 Juan Cardenas v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV15658. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident that occurred on May 28, 2020, on Cypress Avenue near Silver Street, in Los Angeles.)
  27. 27 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 Austin Huebner v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV37922. (This matter arises from a fall incident on January 8, 2022, at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and North Highland Avenue, in Los Angeles.)
  28. 28 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 Marques Bufor v. Anthony Handy, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV13843. (This matter arises from an automobile incident that occurred on October 26, 2023 on the southbound 1-5 Freeway about 500 feet south of Glendale Boulevard, in the City of Los Angeles.)
  29. 29 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 Byford (Peter) Whittingham v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. 2:16-cv-08412-TJH-E. (This matter arises from a complaint of First-Amendment retaliation—Freedom of Speech (42 U.S.C. 1983), whistleblower retaliation under California Labor Code section 1102.5 and retaliation in violation ofthe California Fair Employment & Housing Act against the City.)
  30. 30 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 Jesse Reyes v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV20728. (This matter arises from the June 30, 2021, incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad detonated explosive material.)
  31. 31 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 Daniel Gonzalez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. 5:23-cv-00222-SSS-SHK. (This matter arises from an incident involving the Los Angeles Fire Department.)
  32. 32 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 Cesar Osorio v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV12734. (This matter arises from claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act for: (1) Gender discrimination; (2) Age discrimination; (3) Disability discrimination; (4) Hostile work environment; (5) Harassment based on age, gender, and disability; (6) Failure to accommodate a disability; (7) Failure to engage in the interactive process; (8) Reta
  33. 33 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 Adam Hollands v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC684154. (This matter arises from alleged disability discrimination and failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process that occurred between 2007 to 2017 within the Los Angeles Police Department, and retaliation for reporting the allegations to management.)
  34. 34 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 Scott Harmon v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV18796. (This matter arises from a November of 2021 failure to promote claim.)