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City Council Meeting

March 5, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

John Ferraro Council Chamber Room 340, City Hall 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Agenda — 27 items

  1. 1 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to transferring and appropriating funds from the Unappropriated Balance to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) for continuing the same level of crossing guard services for the remainder of the school year.
  2. 2 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 742 (Jackson/Kalra), Law enforcement: police canines, which would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person, and any use of a police canine for crowd control.
  3. 3 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1306 (Carrillo), and urging the California State Legislature to pass AB 1306 (Carrillo) in order to harmonize state policy with broadly-supported, existing criminal-justice reforms that have already been enacted into law.
  4. 4 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1082 (Kalra), which would delete the authority of a peace officer or public employee to immobilize a vehicle found on a highway or on public land, or removed pursuant to the California Vehicle Code, and has been issued five or more notices of parking violations; and, make other technical changes.
  5. 5 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 14 (Grove), which would include human trafficking of a minor within the definition of a serious felony under the Penal Code, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law.
  6. 6 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1431 (Zbur) to establish a statewide pilot program to provide rent subsidies to housing insecure individuals and families to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to stable housing and ultimately reduce homelessness.
  7. 7 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 3151 (Gipson), which would extend the protections of California Vehicle Code Sections 34505.0 and 4000.21, for intermodal chassis related to port terminals and specifically for the Port of Los Angeles.
  8. 8 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1986 (Bryan), which would increase the transparency of banned books in State prisons and incarcerated individuals’ access to information and ensure their rights and protections.
  9. 9 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 1249 (Roth) to provide counties the option to assume control of local Area Agencies on Aging.
  10. 10 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 867 (Allen, Becker, et. al.), which would authorize a $15.5 billion climate resilience bond to be placed before voters at a future statewide election, in an effort to improve the State’s resilience against the effects of climate change.
  11. 11 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 2354 (Bonta), which would allow a person to petition the court to dismiss or vacate sentences directly related to their victimization of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and other forms of violence, thereby allowing them to seek justice and heal from their hardships.
  12. 12 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 2216 (Haney), which would prohibit landlords from screening out pet owners during the application process.
  13. 13 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to releasing Westwood Presbyterian Church, located at 10822 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, from the Covenant and Agreement recorded on April 21, 1982 (Recorded Document No. 82-413151) with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.
  14. 14 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to preparing a report with recommendations, and corresponding proposed ordinance to establish development standards that enable the use of storage containers for the purposes of equestrian equipment storage in the ‘K‘ Overlay Zones; and related matters.
  15. 15 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to preparing a report with recommendations to revise Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) sections including but not limited to, Sections 11.5.7, 12.21, 12.22, 12.24, and 13.05, and their respective Chapter 1A sections for equine structures; and related matters.
  16. 16 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to initiating a Sign District, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 8.2.3 of Chapter 1A, for the properties located at 911-915, 925, 927, and 933-939 South Figueroa Street; 845 West Olympic Boulevard; 932-36, 940-942 ½, and 944 South Francisco Street; 941 Cottage Place; 816-822 West James M. Wood Boulevard, and Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 5138-003-002; and related matters.
  17. 17 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a discontinuance appeal of the transient motel use, known as Hi Lite Motel, main location address: 10317, 10321, and 10325 South Broadway; subject properties: 10309, 10313, 10315, 10317, 10321, and 10325 South Broadway; 316 West 103rd Street, and 317 West 104th Street.
  18. 18 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to delinquent accounts receivables submitted by the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) for the quarter ending September 30, 2024.
  19. 19 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the use of $85,000 in the Department of City Planning (DCP) Fiscal Year 2024-25 Adopted Budget for program administration and outreach coordination relative to Phase II Outreach of the Environmental Justice Policy Program.
  20. 20 EXEMPTION, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Section 165.03 of Article 5 of Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to temporarily prohibit residential evictions for substantially remodeling residential real property through June 1, 2025.
  21. 21 PUBLIC SAFETY and BUDGET, FINANCE AND INNOVATION COMMITTEES” REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) application.
  22. 22 Recommendation for Council action:
  23. 23 MOTION (JURADO - LEE) relative to reinstating the reward offer relative to the unsolved murder of Emmery Munoz for an additional six months.
  24. 24 MOTION (HERNANDEZ - LEE) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Joey Darnell Thomas on August 6, 2024.
  25. 25 MOTION (BLUMENFIELD - LEE) relative to funding for services in connection with Council District Three’s (CD 3) special recognition of Murder Victims Vigil on February 26, 2025, including the illumination of City Hall.
  26. 26 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST (CLA) and UPDATED RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position on legislation or administrative action that would increase the number of federal Housing Choice Vouchers and lift the cap on a jurisdiction’s utilization of Project-based Vouchers to 50 percent of its allocation.
  27. 27 The Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(2) (one potential case), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the significant exposure to litigation involving potential claims relating the 2021 City Council redistricting plan and its compliance under the Fair Maps Act and open meeting and records laws relating to the City's 2021 redistricting process.