Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee

Agenda — 23 items

1. 1 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance amending Subsection (b) of Section 23.49 of Article 1, Chapter 3, Division 23 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to revise residency requirements of Commissioners appointed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners.
2. 2 Motion (McOsker - Soto-Martinez) relative to proposing a new Charter section implementing a Port of Los Angeles Public Access Investment Plan to be considered within Charter Reform processes. (This item referred to Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee and Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee.)
3. 3 Motion (McOsker – Soto-Martinez) relative to requesting the Executive Director of the Charter Reform Commission, with assistance from the Chief Legislative Analyst, the City Attorney, and the City Clerk, to provide updates on the Charter reform process to date.
4. 4 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for administrative action by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for its Local Solutions Fund (LSF) to select the methodology based on a two-year average of the jurisdiction’s Point-in-Time (PIT) Count (Methodology 1) and to consider the additional feedback from the City to add a third year to the average formula once the 2025 PIT Count results are available; and related matters.
5. 5 Chief Legislative Analyst to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Hernandez – Harris-Dawson) relative to including in the City’s 2025-26 State Legislative Program support of legislative or administrative action to amend the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) Program to provide recipients of the third round of ERF with flexibility relative to the expenditure deadlines established in the program.
6. 6 Motion (Park, Rodriguez – Padilla, Lee) relative to a proposed June 2026 Election ballot measure for a bond providing funding for fire station maintenance and new fire station construction. (This item referred to the Public Safety Committee and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.)
7. 7 Amending Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to Include information on infrastructure bond, including services for Fire and Recreation and Parks, including the recommendations from Motion (Park – Rodriguez - Lee - Padilla; Council file No. 25-0046).
8. 8 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Lee – Park) relative to including in the City’s 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 701 (Wahab) which would add a new section to the California Penal Code to prohibit the possession, use or attempted use, manufacture, purchase, sale, distribution or importation of any Wi-Fi Jamming and/or Communication Signal Scrambler device.
9. 9 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance amending Article 9.7, Chapter IV of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to make various revisions to the Campaign Finance Ordinance.
10. 10 Motion (Padilla – Price – Nazarian – Hernandez) relative to requesting the Ethics Commission, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Attorney, to report on the feasibility of allowing candidates for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education to participate in the Public Matching Funds Program, and related matters, including the steps necessary to place a ballot measure that would expand the eligibility of the Public Matching Funds Program to LAUSD Board of Education candidates for the ballot in 2026.
11. 11 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Soto-Martinez - Hernandez) relative to including in the City’s 2025-26 State Legislative Program support for sponsorship and support of any legislative and/or administrative action that would increase funding for immigration removal defense in California.
12. 12 Resolution (Raman – Soto-Martinez) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for Senate Bill 960 (Wiener), which seeks to ensure all transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans provide complete street facilities, if amended to remove the phrase “to the extent feasible.”
13. 13 Resolution (Soto-Martinez, Hernandez – Price, et al.) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program sponsorship or support for any legislation and/or administrative action to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras.
14. 14 Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 2525 (Zbur), which seeks to increase the ability to use freeway underpasses and similar areas as parking and storage for vehicles including recreational or oversize vehicles.
15. 15 Resolution (Soto-Martinez – Raman, et al.) relative to establishing the City’s position on Measure A, which would repeal the Measure H tax and institute a half-cent sales tax to fund and accelerate the construction of affordable housing units.
16. 16 Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for for Assembly Bill 1961 (Wicks) that would create an End Hunger in California Master Plan Task Force to implement strategies to address food insecurity and promote healthy communities throughout the State.
17. 17 Resolution (Yaroslavsky – McOsker) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 Federal Legislative Program support for House Resolution 8682 (Huffman), the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act, and similar legislation.
18. 18 Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for Assembly Bill 1889 (Friedman), the Room to Roam Act, which would require a city or county, on or after January 1, 2026, to consider the impacts and barriers caused by development within the jurisdiction to wildlife and habitat connectivity, as part of the Conservation Element of its General Plan.
19. 19 Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman – Soto-Martinez) relative to including in the City’s 2023-24 State Legislative Program support for Affordable Care Act 16 (Bryan) which seeks to amend the
20. 20 Resolution (Hernandez – Hutt) relative to establishing the City’s support for Assembly Bill 2130 (Santiago) that would allow individuals requesting an administrative hearing to contest parking violations, to choose a virtual administrative hearing.
21. 21 Resolution (Park, Lee – de Leon) relative to establishing the City’s position opposition for Assembly Bill 1082 (Kaira) that would eliminate a number of parking enforcement prograrms used to manage curb space.
22. 22 Resolution (Padilla – Lee) relative to establishing the City’s support for Senate Bill 1059 (Bradford) to amend the amount of cannabis excise taxes, support commercial cannabis businesses and directly further the purpose of the Social Equity Program.
23. 23 Motion (Hutt – McOsker – Soto-Martinez) relative to instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, to report with a comprehensive list of infrastructure and maintenance needs, including new facilities and the rehabilitation of existing facilities, that would be eligible tor an infrastructure bond measure to be placed before the voters for the November 3, 2026 election, and related matters.