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City Council Meeting

May 27, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

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

Agenda — 31 items

  1. 1 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT / FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (FEIS/EIR) and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the vacation of Bellanca Avenue from Arbor Vitae Street to its southerly terminus, VAC-E1401401.
  2. 2 MOTION (LEE - BLUMENFIELD) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of one or more series of its revenue bonds or other obligations, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11,000,000 (Obligations) for the purpose of financing and/or refinancing the acquisition, construction, installation, furnishing, and equipping of certain educational and ancillary facilities located at 20801 Rinaldi Street in Council District (CD) 12.
  3. 3 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the ability of a property owner, who has been issued a Notice and Order to Comply, to continue to operate the use in question during the 30-day notice period.
  4. 4 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to an inventory of available Port of Los Angeles (POLA) owned properties in Wilmington.
  5. 5 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Julio Esperias, Jr. to the South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (SLAAPC) for the term ending June 30, 2026.
  6. 6 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to potential amendments to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Sections 91.7007.1 and 61.02 to improve the City's ability to abate erosion and flood hazards; and related matters.
  7. 7 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a court-issued Writ of Mandate and court judgment issued in the case entitled Yes in My Back Yard v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCP00385, commanding the City Council to set aside, vacate, and annul the City Council’s November 8, 2023 action adopting the PLUM Committee report for the property located at 7745 - 7751 North Wilbur Avenue.
  8. 8 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a court-issued Writ of Mandate and court judgement issued in the case entitled Yes in My Back Yard v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCP00524, commanding the City Council to set aside, vacate, and annul the City Council’s January 30, 2024 action denying the appeal filed by MAMBA 24 LLC and sustaining the determination of incompleteness by the Department of City Planning (DCP) under the Permit Streamlining Act for the property located at 10898, 10898½, and 10900 West Olinda Street.
  9. 9 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to implementing Charter Amendment FF for the transfer of membership and years of services for eligible sworn peace officers from the Los Angeles City Empoyees’ Retirement System (LACERS) to the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP).
  10. 10 FINAL INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (IS/MND) and ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Los Angeles Phase IV River Bike Path IS/MND to advance the Los Angeles River Bike Path Phase IV Project (Project).
  11. 11 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to pending litigation and court issued Writ of Mandate in the case of Janet Jha v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP03499, the case concerns a Permit Streamlining Act Appeal related to a 40-unit housing development at 13916 West Polk Street under the Housing Accountability Act.
  12. 12 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS, and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Site Plan Review appeal for the properties located at 7014 - 7022 West Sunset Boulevard; and 1438 - 1446 North Sycamore Avenue.
  13. 13 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending Articles 1, 1.2, 1.5, 4 and 9 of Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to correct technical and clerical errors in Ordinance No. 187719, which adopted portions of the 2022 California Building Standards Code and made local administrative, climactic, geological, topographical or environmental changes.
  14. 14 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SCEA), MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS; and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Transfer of Floor Area Rights (TFAR) for the property located at 1105 – 1123 South Olive.
  15. 15 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Fifth Construction Projects Report.
  16. 16 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to include a position in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 476 (Gonzalez) which would regulate the purchase and sale of nonferrous metals by junk dealers and recyclers.
  17. 17 RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to including a position in the City's 2025-26 State Legislative Program for Assembly Bill 467 (Fong), which would extend the authorization for Neighborhood Councils to use alternate teleconferencing provisions to conduct meetings remotely until January 1, 2031.
  18. 18 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to approving proposed projects for the Strategic Growth Council's Round Nine Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program.
  19. 19 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the selection of Tim O’Connor to serve as the Executive Director of the Office of Public Accountability (OPA).
  20. 20 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to funding for the close-out process of the Tiny Home Village (THV) site located at 2377 Midvale Avenue in Council District Five (CD 5), also known as Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) Lot No. 707, the site will provide 33 beds to single adults experiencing homelessness.
  21. 21 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Bianca Gervacio to the Police Permit Review Panel.
  22. 22 RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON – RAMAN) relative to the Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor, dated July 7, 2023, concerning local housing and homelessness in the City of Los Angeles (City), pursuant to the provisions of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.33, et seq.
  23. 23 Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
  24. 25 Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
  25. 26 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (YAROSLAVSKY - BLUMENFIELD) relative to designating locations in Council District Five (CD 5) for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property, or otherwise obstructing the public right-of-way, as further detailed in Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 41.18.
  26. 27 Recommendation for Council action:
  27. 28 MOTION (BLUMENFIELD - PARK) relative to entering into an agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to accept the 2025 Recovery Planning Grant.
  28. 29 CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (BLUMENFIELD – PADILLA) relative to the acquisition of properties in Council District Three in connection with Behavioral Health Continuum Program (BHCP) Round 1 Award.
  29. 30 MOTION (JURADO - HERNANDEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to the issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, in an amount not to exceed $102,905,000, to finance the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and equipping of the 271-unit multifamily housing development known as The Emerson, located at 225 South Grand Avenue in Council District (CD) 14, which will provide 55 units of affordable housing.
  30. 31 Recommendations for Council action:
  31. 33 Community Impact Statement submitted by Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Council_05-22-2025