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Budget and Finance Committee

June 17, 2025 ·02:00 PM Final
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Agenda — 54 items

  1. 1 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Special Studies.
  2. 2 Budget Motion (Nazarian – Padilla) relative to amending the Mayor's Proposed Budget for 2025-26 to allocate a portion of the funding included in the Police Department's Overtime – Sworn budget for the Operations – Valley Bureau Human Trafficking Task Force to the Department's expense account, to be used for vehicle rentals by the Human Trafficking Task Force.
  3. 3 City Administrative Officer report relative to declaring a surplus in the 2024-25 Special Parking Revenue and transferring to the Reserve Fund.
  4. 4 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report relative to updates to the proposed project list for the Westside Cities Council of Governments Measure M Multi-year Subregional Programs funds.
  5. 5 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report relative to available South Coast Air Quality Management District funding programs for the electrification of the LADOT bus fleet and installation of charging infrastructure.
  6. 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to authorizing the Port of Los Angeles to apply for the Safe Streets and Roads for All 2025 grant program.
  7. 7 Department of Animal Services report relative to accepting a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for emergency relief efforts in response to the 2025 Windstorm and Fire Event.
  8. 8 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Sixth Construction Projects Report.
  9. 9 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance establishing the Fiscal Year 2025-26 tax levy for Community Facilities District No. 8 (Legends at Cascades).
  10. 10 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance establishing Fiscal Year 2025-26 tax levy for City of Los Angeles Community Facilities District No. 11 (Ponte Vista).
  11. 11 City Attorney report relative to a draft Ordinance establishing Fiscal Year 2025-26 tax levy for Community Facilities District No. 4 (Playa Vista - Phase 1).
  12. 12 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to the acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant.
  13. 13 Board of Police Commissioners (BPC) and City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to the grant application and subaward for the 2023 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant.
  14. 14 Board of Fire Commissioners (BFC) and City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to the acceptance of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CAL OES) Regional Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response Training Agreement.
  15. 15 Emergency Management Department and City Administrative Officer reports relative to accepting grant funds and requesting contracting authority for Fiscal Year 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant.
  16. 16 Department of Animal Services report relative to accepting a grant from Petco Love for lifesaving programs and for natural disaster emergency relief efforts in response to the 2025 Windstorm and Fire Event.
  17. 17 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to the 2021 Collaborative Approaches Towards Preventing and Addressing Hate Crime Program grant extension and budget modification.
  18. 18 City Attorney report relative to a restaffing plan with a cost/benefit analysis.
  19. 19 City Administrative Officer reports relative to adjustments to the spay and neuter voucher value program.
  20. 20 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Bureau of Sanitation Smart Meter Installation Project pilot.
  21. 21 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Bureau of Sanitation Fork-to-Fuel Initiative pilot project.
  22. 22 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funds from the Innovation Fund for the Los Angeles Police Department Use-of-Force Dashboard pilot project.
  23. 23 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Los Angeles Fire Department Digitization of Fire Reports and Electronic Payments pilot project.
  24. 24 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Los Angeles Fire Department Medical Supply Inventory Management System pilot project.
  25. 25 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Bureau of Sanitation Turning Waste into Wealth: Investing in the Circular Economy pilot project.
  26. 26 Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report relative to funding from the Innovation Fund for the Department of Cultural Affairs Watts Towers Arts Center Campus Virtual Accessibility Experience pilot.
  27. 27 City Attorney report relative to a proposed legal service agreement with Susman Godfrey L.L.P. to provide assistance with Civil Enforcement Actions.
  28. 28 Motion (Rodriguez - Padilla) relative to reauthorizing and appropriating Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles (MICLA) funds included in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Adopted Budget for Fire Station 31, into a new account to facilitate the design of Fire Station 31.
  29. 29 City Attorney report relative to a request for closed session to discuss a proposed amendment to the legal services agreement with Nossaman, LLP, related to LA Forward Institute, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al .
  30. 30 City Attorney report relative to a request for closed session to discuss proposed legal services agreement with Meyers Nave APC to provide legal services related to the litigation entitled Crane Boulevard Safety Coalition v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP02375.
  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 Herc Rentals, Inc., adv. City of Los Angeles , Claim No. C25-05132. (This matter arises from a property damage incident during the first week of February 2024 at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant.)
  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 Viktor Braginets v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV10580. (This matter arises from an October 29, 2023, fall incident involving an electric bicycle that occurred near 4523 Lomita Street, Los Angeles, California.)
  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 Bernardino Lopez Escobar v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV02698. (This matter arises from a trip and fall accident that occurred on June 24, 2023, at 4945 Eldred Street in Los Angeles, California.)
  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 Roberto Vargas v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV02848. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus vehicle traffic collision on January 27, 2020, occurring west of the intersection of Division Street and West 33rd Avenue, in Los Angeles.)
  35. 35 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 Susie Mamzhi, et al., v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV29851. (This matter arises from a trip and fall on an uplifted sidewalk at the Southwest Corner of Pico Boulevard and Beverwil Drive, near 9700 West Pico Boulevard.)
  36. 36 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 Mark Alan Clark v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV05766, Court of Appeal Case No. B335656, California Supreme Court Case No. S289586. (This matter arises from a Los Angeles Fire Department equipment superintendent's allegations of violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act in 2021 and 2022.)
  37. 37 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 Lesly Garcia, et al., v. Fernando Ayala Munoz, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV06108. (This matter arises from a March 23, 2021, vehicle versus pedestrian incident at the intersection of North Main Street and Johnston Street, in Los Angeles.)
  38. 38 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 Karl Augustus v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. 2:22-cv-02640-SB-AGR, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Case No. 24-1367. (This matter arises from a June 11,2021 incident involving a "high-risk" traffic stop at approximately 2:30 a.m. in Los Angeles, California.)
  39. 39 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 Cinthia Karina Alvarez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV12104. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus pedestrian accident on September 24, 2021, at the intersection of San Pedro Street and East 42nd Place, in the City of Los Angeles.)
  40. 40 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 Suzanne Green v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV33557. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus vehicle traffic accident on Alvarado Street on December 19, 2019.)
  41. 41 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 Willey v. Los Angeles Police Department, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV13983. (This matter arises from an April 2017 incident which gave rise to a personnel investigation against Plaintiff Joseph Willey and ultimately resulted in Plaintiff's administrative transfer out of Metropolitan Division and the Mounted Platoon.)
  42. 42 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 Miriam Schwartz v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV14384. (This matter arises from trip and fall incident that occurred on June 17, 2020, near the intersection of Valley Meadow Road and Woodvale, in Encino.)
  43. 43 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 Ayman Hussein Zahran v. Los Angeles Police Department, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV24033. (This matter arises from a traffic accident that occurred on December 1, 2022, on Adams Boulevard, at the intersection with Flowers Street, in Los Angeles.)
  44. 44 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 Arbi Mangasar v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23BBCV00736. (This matter arises from a March 13, 2022 vehicle versus vehicle incident at the intersection of Sunland Boulevard and Sunland Place, in Los Angeles.)
  45. 45 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 Cheryl Christensen v. Los Angeles Fire Department, et al. , Claim No. C24-02878. (This matter arises from a claim of violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act which occurred between 2021 and 2023 at the Los Angeles Fire Department.)
  46. 46 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 Lise Dupuis v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV05291. (This matter arises from a motor vehicle collision which occurred on February 26, 2018, on the Westbound 10 Freeway near the Robertson Boulevard exit, in Los Angeles, California.)
  47. 47 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled 2 1300 Oxnard Master Site, LP . (This case arises from a documentary transfer tax payment.)
  48. 48 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to potential litigation in the matter of San Fernando Valley Hebrew High School. (This case arises from a documentary transfer tax payment.)
  49. 49 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 Bey v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP04662. (This matter arises from a February 2023 California Public Records Act request, which was submitted to the Los Angeles Police Department.)
  50. 50 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to pending lititagtion in the matter of Chatsworth Mobile Home Park LLC. (This case arises from a documentary transfer tax payment.)
  51. 51 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section No. 54596.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to pending litigation in the matter of Triunity JLRLA, LLC. (This case arises from a business license tax assessment.)
  52. 52 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 Jeffrey Fried, et al., v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC713530. (Jeffrey Fried and his wife Tamar Dames seek recovery for damages to their property located at 4118 Colbath Street, in Sherman Oaks, claiming inverse condemnation and negligence against the City. They further claim that the City's sewer line repair work destabilized the neighboring property, causing their concrete retaining wall to co
  53. 53 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 Oceans 11 RV Park, LLC, v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV16728 and United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:25-CV-02758. (This lawsuit seeks a writ, or court order, for alleged violations of the Housing Accountability Act and constitutional provisions relating to due process and takings; and seeks a court order for the issuance of building permits for a Recreatio
  54. 54 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 Michael Ruiz v. Alba Susanna Enriquez, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV39584. (This matter arises from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on November 6, 2017, on the 110 Freeway westbound, involving three motor vehicles and a City of Los Angeles Sanitation truck driven by now retired City employee Christopher DeWayne Fields.)