Budget and Finance Commitee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2022-02-14
Time: 14:00

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

 Monday, February 14, 2022

 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR.


 (Andrew Suh - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org)

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting
will take all public comment by teleconference.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be
heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro
Area).

Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254
5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 655 3266 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once
admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans
with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay
Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

 Click here for agenda packets


Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant
at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide
materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access
Real-Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided
upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event
you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly
recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information
is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1) 22-0070
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Eduardo Mendoza v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles
 Superior Court Case No. 19STCV21384. (This matter arises from a bicycle
 incident that occurred on June 12, 2018 on Victoria Avenue, between 12th
 Street and Country Club Drive, in Los Angeles.)




(2) 22-0071
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Baltazar Hernandez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los
 Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC668119. (This matter arises from an
 automobile accident that occurred on July 2, 2016 at the intersection of
 Adams Boulevard and Naomi Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.)




(3) 22-0072
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Robert Duran and Jesse Silva v. City of Los Angeles, et al.,
 Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV02354. (This matter arises
 from an automobile accident that occurred on January 10, 2018 at the
 intersection of Hubbard Street and Gladstone Avenue in the Sylmar Area.)
(4) 22-0074
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Mac Shorty v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District
 Court Case No. CV19-09355 DSF (KSx). (This matter arises from an
 incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on
 10/31/2017, in Los Angeles, California.)




(5) 22-0076
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Matthew Allen Haugle Jr, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Los
 Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC709005. (This matter arises from
 treatment administered by LAFD paramedics during an ambulance run on
 August 26, 2017.)




(6) 22-0131
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Lysa Cooper v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior
 Court Case No. 20STCV07211. (This matter arises from a trip and fall
 accident at 903 Superba Avenue in the Venice area on March 28, 2019.)




(7) 22-0134
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Armando Sandoval v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles
 Superior Court Case No. 21STCV14856. (This matter involves a traffic
 accident that occurred on March 31, 2020 near Vermont Avenue and 119th
 Street, in the City of Los Angeles.)




(8) 22-0136
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Tu Ly v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court
 Case No. 19STCV33791. (This matter arises from the employment of a
 contractor with the Information Technology Agency that ended in 2019.)




(9) 22-0107
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), (2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to
 the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Cellco Partnership, Case No. 17-
 CV-000810-TLN-AC; City of Los Angeles v. New Cingular Wireless
 National Accounts LLC, Case No. 17-CV-00816-TLN-AC; City of Los
 Angeles v. Sprint Solutions, Inc., et al., Case No. 17-000811-TLN-AC;
 Cost/Benefit Corporation, Contract No. C-120227. (The contractual
 dispute concerns payment on the City’s contract with Cost/Benefit
 Corporation for the audits of its wireless carrier invoices. The pending
 litigation concerns the City’s California False Claims Act claims for
 overcharges in connection with the provision of wireless services.)




(10) 21-1188-S2
 City Attorney report relative to the proposed legal services agreements with
 Beveridge and Diamond PC and Everett Dorey LLP; a conflicts waiver
 recommendation; and amendments to contracts regarding the July 11,
 2021 flooding incident at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant.
 (The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to California
 Government Code Sections 54956.9 (d)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(1).)
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




(11) 21-0874-S1
 City Administrative Officer reports relative to the COVID-19 Emergency
 Response Account – General City Purposes Fund Status Reports for the
 weeks ending January 14, 2022 through January 31, 2022.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




(12) 22-0095
 City Attorney report relative to approving the retention of Kutak Rock LLP,
 and Hawkins, Delafield and Woods LLP, to provide bond, special tax,
 disclosure and related legal counsel services.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




(13) 22-0096
 Motion (Blumenfield – De Leon) relative to the below market value sale of
 one tack truck to the City of Carson.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




(14) 22-0090
 Motion (Rodriguez – Harris-Dawson – Price) relative to funding the Mayor’s
 Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) for pilot
 programs regarding unarmed alternatives to policing at GRYD zones most
 acutely affected by the recent surge of gun violence.




If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at
the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing.
Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the
administrative record.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at
lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology,
telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with
a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-
to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.

Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive
telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long
distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state
or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.

What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment
available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay
Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail
descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay
service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is
deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's
Disability Rights Office website.

JOURNAL – BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

 Monday, February 14, 2022

 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR.


 (Andrew Suh - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1072 or andrew.suh@lacity.org)

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting
will take all public comment by teleconference.

The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be
heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro
Area).

Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254
5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 655 3266 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once
admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans
with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay
Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

 Click here for agenda packets


Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant
at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide
materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access
Real-Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided
upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event
you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly
recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above.

Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require
you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information
is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1) 22-0070
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Eduardo Mendoza v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles
 Superior Court Case No. 19STCV21384. (This matter arises from a bicycle
 incident that occurred on June 12, 2018 on Victoria Avenue, between 12th
 Street and Country Club Drive, in Los Angeles.)




(2) 22-0071
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Baltazar Hernandez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los
 Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC668119. (This matter arises from an
 automobile accident that occurred on July 2, 2016 at the intersection of
 Adams Boulevard and Naomi Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.)




(3) 22-0072
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Robert Duran and Jesse Silva v. City of Los Angeles, et al.,
 Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 19STCV02354. (This matter arises
 from an automobile accident that occurred on January 10, 2018 at the
 intersection of Hubbard Street and Gladstone Avenue in the Sylmar Area.)
(4) 22-0074
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Mac Shorty v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District
 Court Case No. CV19-09355 DSF (KSx). (This matter arises from an
 incident involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department on
 10/31/2017, in Los Angeles, California.)




(5) 22-0076
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Matthew Allen Haugle Jr, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Los
 Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC709005. (This matter arises from
 treatment administered by LAFD paramedics during an ambulance run on
 August 26, 2017.)




(6) 22-0131
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Lysa Cooper v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior
 Court Case No. 20STCV07211. (This matter arises from a trip and fall
 accident at 903 Superba Avenue in the Venice area on March 28, 2019.)




(7) 22-0134
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Armando Sandoval v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles
 Superior Court Case No. 21STCV14856. (This matter involves a traffic
 accident that occurred on March 31, 2020 near Vermont Avenue and 119th
 Street, in the City of Los Angeles.)




(8) 22-0136
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the
 case entitled Tu Ly v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court
 Case No. 19STCV33791. (This matter arises from the employment of a
 contractor with the Information Technology Agency that ended in 2019.)




(9) 22-0107
 The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government
 Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), (2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to
 the case entitled City of Los Angeles v. Cellco Partnership, Case No. 17-
 CV-000810-TLN-AC; City of Los Angeles v. New Cingular Wireless
 National Accounts LLC, Case No. 17-CV-00816-TLN-AC; City of Los
 Angeles v. Sprint Solutions, Inc., et al., Case No. 17-000811-TLN-AC;
 Cost/Benefit Corporation, Contract No. C-120227. (The contractual
 dispute concerns payment on the City’s contract with Cost/Benefit
 Corporation for the audits of its wireless carrier invoices. The pending
 litigation concerns the City’s California False Claims Act claims for
 overcharges in connection with the provision of wireless services.)




(10) 21-1188-S2
 City Attorney report relative to the proposed legal services agreements with
 Beveridge and Diamond PC and Everett Dorey LLP; a conflicts waiver
 recommendation; and amendments to contracts regarding the July 11,
 2021 flooding incident at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant.
 (The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to California
 Government Code Sections 54956.9 (d)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(1).)
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 APPROVED City Attorney report dated February 2, 2022 – (5) Yes
(11) 21-0874-S1
 City Administrative Officer reports relative to the COVID-19 Emergency
 Response Account – General City Purposes Fund Status Reports for the
 weeks ending January 14, 2022 through January 31, 2022.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 NOTED and FILED City Administrative Officer reports dated January 21, 2022 and
 February 4, 2022 – (5) Yes
(12) 22-0095
 City Attorney report relative to approving the retention of Kutak Rock LLP,
 and Hawkins, Delafield and Woods LLP, to provide bond, special tax,
 disclosure and related legal counsel services.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 APPROVED City Attorney report dated January 25, 2022 – (5) Yes
(13) 22-0096
 Motion (Blumenfield – De Leon) relative to the below market value sale of
 one tack truck to the City of Carson.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – De Leon) – (5) Yes
(14) 22-0090
 Motion (Rodriguez – Harris-Dawson – Price) relative to funding the Mayor’s
 Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) for pilot
 programs regarding unarmed alternatives to policing at GRYD zones most
 acutely affected by the recent surge of gun violence.




 APPROVED Motion (Rodriguez – Harris-Dawson – Price) – (5) Yes


If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at
the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing.
Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the
administrative record.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at
lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology,
telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with
a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-
to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.

Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive
telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long
distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state
or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.

What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment
available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay
Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail
descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay
service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is
deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's
Disability Rights Office website.