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Budget and Finance Committee

November 4, 2025 ·02:00 PM Final
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Agenda — 27 items

  1. 1 City Administrative Officer report relative to the First Financial Status Report (FSR) for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
  2. 2 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to applying for the Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Program. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Transportation Committee. The Transportation Committee approved the matter on October 22, 2025.)
  3. 3 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Second Construction Projects Report. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Government Operations Committee. The Government Operations Committee approved the matter on October 21, 2025.)
  4. 4 Department of Aging report relative to accepting grant funds from Communities Actively Living Independent and Free (CALIF) Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the Aging and Disability Resource Connection Program. (This item is referred to the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee and Budget and Finance Committee. The Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee approved the matter on October 17, 2025.)
  5. 5 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reports relative to the transfer of funds from the Unappropriated Balance Fund to the LAPD's Interim Homeless Housing Site Overtime Fund. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee, Housing and Homelessness Committee, and Public Safety Committee. Public Safety Committee amended the item on August 20, 2025.)
  6. 6 Motion (Hutt – Soto-Martínez) relative to authorizing City departments and bureaus to sell goods they produce. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee, Public Works Committee, and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. The matter was approved by the Public Works Committee on September 10, 2025. The Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee approved the matter on October 21, 2025.)
  7. 7 Motion (Lee – Hernandez) relative to establishing a Cannabis Business Tax Relief Program and related matters. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Government Operations Committee. The Government Operations Committee approved the matter on October 21, 2025.)
  8. 8 City Attorney report relative to entering into three-year contracts with Groom Law Group, Kutak Rock LLP, and Nossaman LLP for fiduciary services, to be funded by the Deferred Compensation Plan.
  9. 9 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Gilbert Penate v. City of Los Angeles, et al ., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV15106. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on May 28, 2021, on the sidewalk located at 527 N. Spring Street, in the City of Los Angeles.)
  10. 10 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Emebet Zewdie v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV31151. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on October 19, 2021, on the sidewalk located on Clyde Avenue, north of 5667 West Coliseum Street, in the city of Los Angeles.)
  11. 11 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Lawrence Craig Deutsch, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23BBCV01593. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on August 21,2022, over a portion of the sidewalk that was raised at 13350 Sherman Way, in North Hollywood.)
  12. 12 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Mitsuo Kato v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV29172. (This matter arises from a fall incident on December 12, 2021, at 8333 Lookout Mountain Road, Los Angeles.)
  13. 13 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jorge Ayala v. City of Los Angeles, et. al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV15452. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on August 31, 2020, on the sidewalk abutting 321 North Union Avenue, in Los Angeles.)
  14. 14 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Olivier Jean-Pierre Martinez v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV31797. (This is a fall matter that occurred on April 3, 2023, on Fairfax Avenue near 5 th Street.)
  15. 15 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled John Kim v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV00060. (This matter arises from a 2023 incident wherein Plaintiff, an Urban Forestry Division employee, complained of racial harassment and discrimination.)
  16. 16 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Dave Yallouz v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV04293. (This matter arises from a vehicle vs. pothole accident on February 6, 2023, on Valley Circle Boulevard near Calenda Drive in Los Angeles.)
  17. 17 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Mariano De La Rosa v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV23441. (This matter arises from a tree falling incident on November 8, 2022, at 2329 Berkeley Avenue, in the city of Los Angeles.)
  18. 18 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled T.L. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 22STCV24129. (This matter arises from allegations that the City's negligence resulted in the sexual assault of Plaintiff between 1978 to 1981, at the Alpine Recreational Center.)
  19. 19 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jodi Kay Gonda v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV02544. (This matter arises from a slip and fall incident that occurred on February 7, 2022, at 7870 Nollan Place, Panorama City, CA, 91402.)
  20. 20 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jose Reyes Garcia, et al. v. Matthew Jordan Martin, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24LBCV01255. (This matter arises from a vehicle versus vehicle traffic collision on July 5,2022, at Wilmington Boulevard and Opp Street, in Los Angeles, California.)
  21. 21 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Rama Real Estate Management Investments, LLC, et al. v. City of Los Angeles , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV15270. (This matter arises from the June 30, 2021, incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad detonated explosive material.)
  22. 22 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Archangel Augustine v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV15263. (This matter arises from a July 1, 2021, incident where Plaintifftripped and fell on the sidewalk at or near 5700 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles.)
  23. 23 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jose Adan Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCV08783. (This matter arises from a December 1,2018 automobile accident at the intersection of 7th Street and Alvarado Street involving a Los Angeles Fire Department Rescue Ambulance.)
  24. 24 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Jimmie Lindsey v. Fred K. Boone, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV02808. (This matter involves injuries caused by two dogs on December 16, 2022 at 5739 Brynhurst Avenue, in Los Angeles, CA 90043.)
  25. 25 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Daniela Arancibia v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24CHCV02664. (This matter arises from a March 21, 2024 trip and fall incident in the vicinity of 9901 Oso Avenue, Chatsworth, California.)
  26. 26 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Deanna Renee Mack v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23VECV00677. (This matter arises from a fall incident on April 1, 2022, on a damaged portion of the sidewalk located near 17148 Saticoy Street, in Los Angeles, CA.)
  27. 27 The Committee shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Kristin Wright, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. , Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV19436. (This matter arises from a serious dog bite incident at the residence of plaintiffs Kristen Wright and Hoyt Hart that occurred on August 15, 2022, just after they adopted the dog from the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter.)