City Council Meeting

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

Agenda — 20 items

1. 1 PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the implementation benchmarks and hiring goals for the Targeted Local Hiring (TLH) and Strategic Workforce Development Task Force for January 2025 .
2. 2 PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the employee development and training programs in the City during Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24.
3. 3 (Transportation Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
4. 6 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (Raman, Padilla – Blumenfield) relative to the preparation and submission of a Letter of Intent to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) for funding for Segment 4 of the Valley LA RiverWay for Cycle 2 of the Metro Active Transportation grant program, and related matters.
5. 7 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 960 (Wiener), which seeks to ensure all transportation projects funded or overseen by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) provide complete street facilities, if amended to remove the phrase “to the extent feasible.”
6. 8 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City’s position regarding legislation and/or administrative action to redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, and Venezuela.
7. 9 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 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.
8. 10 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding 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.
9. 11 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 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.
10. 12 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding House Resolution 8682 (Huffman), the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act.
11. 13 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 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.
12. 14 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Affordable Care Act (ACA) 16 (Bryan) which seeks to amend the State’s constitution to enshrine the right to clean air, water, and a healthy environment for every Californian.
13. 15 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 2130 (Santiago) that would allow individuals requesting an administrative hearing to contest parking violations, to choose a virtual administrative hearing.
14. 16 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1082 (Kaira) that would eliminate a number of parking enforcement programs used to manage curb space.
15. 17 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City's position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 1059 (Bradford) to amend the amount of cannabis excise taxes, support commercial cannabis businesses and directly further the purpose of the Social Equity Program.
16. 18 (Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympics and Paralympic Games report to be submitted in Council. If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
17. 19 BUDGET AND FINANCE and HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account (HEA) – General City Purposes Fund 23rd Status Report as of December 31, 2024, and funding recommendations.
18. 20 (Housing and Homelessness Committee report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
19. 21 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to the acceptance of a grant award of $3,500,000 for the 2025 Cannabis Equity Act Grant from the State of California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).
20. 22 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to employment opportunities available for the local workforce in the City of Los Angeles in connection with the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.