Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2025-02-06
Time: 10:00

AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR LA RECOVERY JOURNAL

 Thursday, February 6, 2025 ­ 10:00 AM

 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN
 COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÍNEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER


 (Luigi Verano ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1082 or juan.l.verano@lacity.org)

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 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) ­­­­­
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the California Department of Insurance relative to
 insurance impacts of the Los Angeles wildfires.


 CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED
 (2) ­­­­­
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal Update from the Bureau of Engineering and other government
 representatives relative to status of Phase I and Phase II private property
 debris removal.
 Verbal update from the California Department of Insurance relative to
 insurance impacts of the Los Angeles wildfires.


 CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED
(2) ­­­­­
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal Update from the Bureau of Engineering and other government
 representatives relative to status of Phase I and Phase II private property
 debris removal.


 NO ACTION TAKEN
(3) DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
 relative to the status of water quality and efforts to restore water service
 areas in the Pacific Palisades, in addition to temporary power.


 NO ACTION TAKEN
(4) ­­­­­
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the Chief Legislative Analyst relative to status of report
 requested in Council file No. 25­0006­S6 regarding department staffing
 needs and resources to aid in Los Angeles wildfire recovery.


 NO ACTION TAKEN
(5) ­­­­­
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the Chief Legislative Analyst relative to status of report
 requested in Council file No. 25­0006­S15 regarding a long­term recovery
 plan for the Pacific Palisades.


 NO ACTION TAKEN
(6) 25­0006­S18
 City Administrative Officer report relative to initial cost estimates for the
 January 2025 fire and windstorm event. (This item is referred to the Ad
 Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance
 Committee.)

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 NOTED AND FILED City Administrative Officer report dated January 21, 2025;
 APPROVED amendment introduced by Councilmember Park and seconded by
 Councilmember Rodriguez – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Nazarian
(7) 25­0006­S24
 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 NOTED AND FILED City Administrative Officer report dated January 21, 2025;
 APPROVED amendment introduced by Councilmember Park and seconded by
 Councilmember Rodriguez – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Nazarian
(7) 25­0006­S24
 CD 11 Bureau of Engineering report relative to updates on tasks completed to
 protect the Palisades Fire burn area from debris flow and landslide risks.
 (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and
 the Public Works Committee.)

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 NOTED AND FILED Bureau of Engineering report dated January 24, 2025;
 APPROVED amendment introduced by Councilmember Rodriguez and seconded by
 Councilmember Park – (5) Yes
(8) 25­0006­S60
 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to the
 2025 January Wildfires Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker
 Grant to provide temporary jobs for clean­up and humanitarian assistance.
 (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and
 the Budget and Finance Committee.)

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Economic and Workforce Development report dated January 29, 2025;
 APPROVED amendment introduced by Councilmember Park and seconded by
 Councilmember Rodriguez – (5) Yes
(9) 25­0006­S55
 City Attorney reports and Ordinances relative to amending the Los Angeles
 Municipal Code to provide tax relief to local businesses impacted by the
 January 2025 wildfires.
 (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and
 the Budget and Finance Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (URGENCY CLAUSE ­ 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND
(9) 25­0006­S55
 City Attorney reports and Ordinances relative to amending the Los Angeles
 Municipal Code to provide tax relief to local businesses impacted by the
 January 2025 wildfires.
 (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and
 the Budget and Finance Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (URGENCY CLAUSE ­ 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND
 READING)



 APPROVED Revised City Attorney report and Ordinance dated January 30, 2025 AS
 AMENDED; NOTED AND FILED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated January
 29, 2025 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: McOsker
(10) 25­0006­S22
 City Attorney reports and Ordinance relative to amending Section 47.12 of
 Article 7, Chapter IV of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to prohibit
 excessive price increases and excessive accumulation of supplies and
 services for resale at inflated prices during a declared emergency to add
 protection for housing and lodging; and status of enforcing state price
 gouging laws.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (URGENCY CLAUSE – 12 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND
 READING)



 APPROVED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated January 28, 2025; NOTED AND
 FILED City Attorney report dated January 22, 2025 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: McOsker
(11) 25­0002­S4
 Resolution (Nazarian, Park – Padilla) relative to including in the City’s
 2025­26 State Legislative Program support and/or sponsorship for any
 legislation that prevents the monopolistic concentration of homeownership
 in fire­damaged areas and encourages recovery efforts that prioritize the
 needs of families over the interest of large investors. (This item is
 referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Rules,
 Elections and Intergovernmetal Relations Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Resolution (Nazarian, Park – Padilla) – (5) Yes
 2025­26 State Legislative Program support and/or sponsorship for any
 legislation that prevents the monopolistic concentration of homeownership
 in fire­damaged areas and encourages recovery efforts that prioritize the
 needs of families over the interest of large investors. (This item is
 referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Rules,
 Elections and Intergovernmetal Relations Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Resolution (Nazarian, Park – Padilla) – (5) Yes
(12) 25­0006­S59
 Motion (Blumenfield, Park – Lee, Hutt) relative to disencumbering and
 reallocating funds from the United to House LA Fund ­ Administration to the
 Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program to assist Angelenos
 impacted by the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires; and requesting a report with
 additional expenditure categories to allocate to the ERA Program, and
 recommendations to sole­source, amend existing contracts and/or issue a
 Request for Proposals to administer the ERA Program; and requesting a
 report to enable the Council to reallocate funds from each expenditure
 category in Section 22.618.3(d) of the Los Angeles City Charter to be
 reappropriated for emergency rental assistance due to the ongoing
 Declaration of Local Emergencies. (Ad Hoc Committee for LA
 Recovery approved this item on February 6, 2025.) (This item is
 referred to the Budget and Finance and the Housing and
 Homelessness Committees.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, Park – Lee, Hutt) – (3) Yes; (1) No: Soto­Martinez;
 (1) Absent: McOsker
(13) 25­0006­S50
 Motion (Park, McOsker – Lee) relative to the feasibility and steps
 necessary to authorize the temporary reemployment of retired employees
 to aid in the City's wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts. (This item is
 referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget
 and Finance Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Park, McOsker – Lee) – (5) Yes
(14) 25­0006­S53
 Motion (Park – Hutt) relative to issuing additional parking permits to
 residents in preferential parking districts who are currently sheltering
 people displaced by the Palisades or Eaton fires.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 APPROVED Motion (Park, McOsker – Lee) – (5) Yes
(14) 25­0006­S53
 Motion (Park – Hutt) relative to issuing additional parking permits to
 residents in preferential parking districts who are currently sheltering
 people displaced by the Palisades or Eaton fires.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Park – Hutt) – (5) Yes
(15) 25­0006­S58
 Motion (Park – Price) relative to a Memorandum of Understanding
 between the County of Los Angeles Department of Economic Opportunity
 for the implementation of the LA Region Small Business Relief (SBR) Fund
 and the Worker Relief Fund; agreement with the Southern California
 Grantmakers (SCG) for the implementation of the SBR Fund and the
 Worker Relief Fund; and authorizing the SCG to accept donations related
 to the windstorms and wildfires for the benefit of the City; and related
 matters. (The Economic Development and Jobs Committee
 approved this item on February 4, 2025.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Park – Price) – (5) Yes
(16) 25­0006­S27
 Motion (Lee, Park – McOsker) relative to a comprehensive Emergency
 Preparedness Plan for mudslide risks and best practices for safeguarding
 public safety and City infrastructure. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc
 Committee for LA Recovery and the Public Works Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Lee, Park – McOsker) – (5) Yes
(17) 25­0006­S36
 Motion (Blumenfield, et al. – Rodriguez, et al.) relative to accounting for the
 City’s response associated with fire preparedness and response to the
 recent Palisades, Kenneth, Hurst and other fires exacerbated by human
 activity and climate change.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, et al. – Rodriguez, et al.) – (5) Yes
(18) 25­0006­S38
 CD 11 Motion (Park – Nazarian, Price) relative to the feasibility of creating a
 Climate Resilience District to the directly impacted and adjacent areas of
 the Palisades Fire to facilitate recovery. (This item is referred to the Ad
 recent Palisades, Kenneth, Hurst and other fires exacerbated by human
 activity and climate change.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, et al. – Rodriguez, et al.) – (5) Yes
(18) 25­0006­S38
 CD 11 Motion (Park – Nazarian, Price) relative to the feasibility of creating a
 Climate Resilience District to the directly impacted and adjacent areas of
 the Palisades Fire to facilitate recovery. (This item is referred to the Ad
 Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and the Budget and Finance
 Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Park – Nazarian, Price) – (5) Yes
(19) 25­0006­S45
 CD 11 Motion (Park – Nazarian) relative to requesting an After Action Report from
 the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power regarding
 communications to customers in the Pacific Palisades and Brentwood
 relative to power outages and its No Drinking Water Notice in the aftermath
 of the Palisades fire.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Park – Nazarian) AS AMENDED – (5) Yes
(20) 25­0006­S57
 Motion (Park – Blumenfield) relative to the feasibility of waiving plancheck,
 permit fees and arts fees for repairs and rebuilds of structures that were
 destroyed in the Palisades Fire.

 Community Impact Statement: None submited


 APPROVED Motion (Park – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes
(21) 25­0006­S37
 Motion (Nazarian – Raman, et al.) relative to the Los Angeles Department
 of Water and Power reporting on preparedness measures, planned
 emergency responses and identification of gaps in current emergency
 procedures. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA
 Recovery and the Energy and Environment Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of the
 above matter)
 of Water and Power reporting on preparedness measures, planned
 emergency responses and identification of gaps in current emergency
 procedures. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA
 Recovery and the Energy and Environment Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of the
 above matter)


 APPROVED Motion (Nazarian – Raman, et al.) – (5) Yes
(22) 25­0006­s26
 Motion (Nazarian – Rodriguez) relative to requesting the Los Angeles
 Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to report on why certain areas
 of the City are more susceptible to power outages compared to others,
 what factors contributed to the disproportionate impact of outages around
 the City and what contingencies the LADWP has to address these
 impacts. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA
 Recovery and the Energy and Environment Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of the
 above matter)


 APPROVED Motion (Nazarian – Rodriguez) AS AMENDED – (5) Yes
(23) 25­0006­s25
 Motion (Nazarian – Yaroslavsky) relative to requesting the Los Angeles
 Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to report on existing protocols
 and procedures for LADWP infrastructure, particularly reservoir
 maintenance, how these measures can be made adaptable to account for
 extreme weather events and the longer­term impact of increasing climate
 change, such as the Santa Ana winds that blow yearly; and what
 contingencies are in place for our water conveyance systems in emergency
 situations. (This item is referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA
 Recovery and the Energy and Environment Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of the
 above matter)


 APPROVED Motion (Nazarian – Yaroslavsky) – (5) Yes
 Recovery and the Energy and Environment Committee.)

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council


 (Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration of the
 above matter)


 APPROVED Motion (Nazarian – Yaroslavsky) – (5) Yes
 (24) 25­0006­S61
 Motion (McOsker, Lee – Park) relative to the feasibility of developing and
 implementing a proactive, semi­annual brush clearance program; and
 resources needed to ensure enforcement of brush clearance rules.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (McOsker, Lee – Park) – (5) Yes
 (25) 25­0006­S35
 Motion (Raman, Yaroslavsky – Jurado) relative to increasing the fine for
 violation of any existing or future Red Flag Warning ordinances.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Raman, Yaroslavsky – Jurado) – (5) Yes


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