Budget and Finance Committee

Agenda — 13 items

1. 1 Motion (Padilla - Yaroslavsky) relative to initiating and effectuating the escheatment and transfer process for idle funds associated with the Panorama City Business Improvement District for the purpose of implementing traffic safety measures on Lanark Street in Panorama City.
2. 2 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round Six grant application.
3. 3 Motion (Padilla – Yaroslavsky) relative to the impacts of Cannabis taxation.
4. 4 Controller and City Attorney reports and draft Ordinance relative to levying taxes and setting the tax rates for the several interest and sinking funds for bonded indebtedness of the City for the Fiscal Year 2025-26.
5. 5 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 Sabrina Neely v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV08865. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident which occurred on March 29, 2022, on the sidewalk near 321 Wall Street, in the city of Los Angeles.)
6. 6 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 Julio Martinez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV41937. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus vehicle accident at 7th Street and Bixel Street, in the city of Los Angeles.)
7. 7 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 Sara Marin v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV14185. [This matter arises from claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Labor Code, and the California Family Rights Act for: (1) gender discrimination; (2) disability discrimination; (3) retaliation; (4) retaliation under the California Family Rights Act; (5) retaliation under Labor Code §1102.5; (6) failure to prevent discrimi
8. 8 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 Bladimir Rivera, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV31888. (This matter arises from automobile vs. pedestrian accident that occurred on September 11, 2021, on Vista Del Mar, in the City of Los Angeles.)
9. 9 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 Roesler v. City of Los Angeles, et al , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV27185. [This case consists of a Complaint asserting declaratory and injunctive relief arising as a taxpayer and for violation of the California Coastal Act, (Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, commencing with section 30000), related to the City's removal of street parking on Vista Del Mar next to Dockweiler Beach in August 2017.]
10. 10 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 Griffith J. Griffith Charitable Trust et al. v. City of Los Angeles et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCP03390. (This litigation consists of a Petition for Writ of Mandate asserting California Environmental Quality Act claims challenging the City Council's August 2, 2023, approval of the Los Angeles Zoo Vision Plan and certification of its revised final environmental impact report.)
11. 11 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 Arman Burmayan v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV29583. (This matter arises from an automobile versus motorcycle accident, which took place on August 4, 2020, at the intersection of Amestoy Avenue and Rinaldi Street, in Granada Hills.)
12. 12 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 Robert Danbom v. LAFD, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV28056.
13. 13 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 Arturo Aceves Jimenez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. , United States District Court Case No. 2:21-cv-07117.