Transportation Committe — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2024-10-02
Time: 13:30

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024 ­ 1:30 PM
 ROOM 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
 COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN


 (Rita Moreno ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1074 or rita.moreno@lacity.org)

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also
be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro
Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other
channels.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional
languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as
possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 24­1200­S50
 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Communication from Mayor relative to the appointment of Nicole Chase to
 the Board of Taxicab Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2026.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(1) 24­1200­S50
 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Communication from Mayor relative to the appointment of Nicole Chase to
 the Board of Taxicab Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2026.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 18, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 15, 2024)


(2) 19­1250
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to authority to
 execute the First Amendment to Agreement C­134585 with Shelter Clean
 Services, Inc., for landscape management and facility maintenance
 services.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 19, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 19, 2024)


(3) 20­1041­S4
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to executing
 amendments to contracts with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Mobility
 Development Partners, and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation
 Authority for the South City of Los Angeles Universal Basic Mobility Pilot.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(4) 24­1003
 CD 10 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Resolution (Hutt – Park) relative to establishing a Temporary Preferential
 Parking District consisting of Ridgeley Drive from Venice Boulevard to
 Pickford Street, and from Pickford Street to the northeastern cul­de­sac.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(4) 24­1003
 CD 10 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Resolution (Hutt – Park) relative to establishing a Temporary Preferential
 Parking District consisting of Ridgeley Drive from Venice Boulevard to
 Pickford Street, and from Pickford Street to the northeastern cul­de­sac.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(5) 24­0985
 Motion (Raman – Hutt) relative to providing matching funds for the Southern
 California Association of Governments Regional Early Action Planning
 Grant Program 2.0 Urban Wilderness Feasibility Study project.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(6) 24­1116
 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to a Transit Service Analysis of
 the DASH line serving the Wilmington community to potentially reroute or
 extend the line to include the Wilmington Waterfront and Wilmington
 Promenade.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(7) 24­1151
 Motion (Park, Hutt – Krekorian) relative to a spending plan for the City
 revenue that will be collected from the Bus Lane Violation Enforcement
 Pilot Program.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(8) 24­0008­S25
 CD 10 Resolution (Hutt – Lee) relative to prohibiting the parking of oversize
 vehicles along certain street segments of Spaulding Avenue, Thurman
 Avenue, South Genesee Avenue, Clyde Avenue, Somerset Drive, Field
 Avenue, Chesapeake Avenue, Potomac Avenue, and Jefferson Boulevard.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(9) 24­1115
 CD 14 Resolution (de Leon – Blumenfield) relative to posting “No Stopping
 Anytime” signs on certain street segments of Valley Boulevard and
 Alhambra Avenue.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(10) 22­1476
 (9) 24­1115
 CD 14 Resolution (de Leon – Blumenfield) relative to posting “No Stopping
 Anytime” signs on certain street segments of Valley Boulevard and
 Alhambra Avenue.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 (10) 22­1476
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to amending Street Dedication and
 Improvement Investigation Criteria to promoting safety, sustainability, and
 multimodal street improvements.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 NoHo Neighborhood Council
 Studio City Neighborhood Council
 Venice Neighborhood Council
 Against, unless amended:
 Bel Air­Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council




 (Referred to Planning and Land Use Management, Public Works,
 and Transportation Committees)



 (11) 24­0562
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to an
 assessment of bus driver safety concerns, safeguards implemented, and
 recommendations to protect the City’s contract bus drivers and the transit
 riding public.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Studio City Neighborhood Council


 (Referred to Public Safety and Transporation Committees)




SUPPORTING MATERIALS
 For:
 Studio City Neighborhood Council


 (Referred to Public Safety and Transporation Committees)




SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item.

PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

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) 978­1122. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the
hearing impaired, please see the information below.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES

If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a
lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at
ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time
reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
peer­to­peer and third­party 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller 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,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
peer­to­peer and third­party 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller 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,
hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability.

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

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 JOURNAL – TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024 ­ 1:30 PM
 ROOM , CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER TRACI PARK
 COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN


 (Rita Moreno, Legislative Assistant — (213) 978­1074 or rita.moreno@lacity.org)

 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also
be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro
Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other
channels.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional
languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as
possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.


 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 24­1200­S50
 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Communication from Mayor relative to the appointment of Nicole Chase to
 the Board of Taxicab Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2026.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(1) 24­1200­S50
 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Communication from Mayor relative to the appointment of Nicole Chase to
 the Board of Taxicab Commissioners, for the term ending June 30, 2026.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 18, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 15, 2024)


 APPROVED communication from Mayor dated 9­03­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez; de
 Leon
(2) 19­1250
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to authority to
 execute the First Amendment to Agreement C­134585 with Shelter Clean
 Services, Inc., for landscape management and facility maintenance
 services.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 19, 2024


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 19, 2024)


 APPROVED Los Angeles Department of Transportation report dated 9­18­24 – (3) Yes; (2)
 Absent: Hernandez; de Leon
(3) 20­1041­S4
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to executing
 amendments to contracts with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Mobility
 Development Partners, and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation
 Authority for the South City of Los Angeles Universal Basic Mobility Pilot.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED LADOT report dated 9­12­24 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez;
 de Leon; Amended to reflect the amount and purpose of each contract amendment.
(4) 24­1003
 Development Partners, and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation
 Authority for the South City of Los Angeles Universal Basic Mobility Pilot.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED LADOT report dated 9­12­24 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez;
 de Leon; Amended to reflect the amount and purpose of each contract amendment.
(4) 24­1003
 CD 10 CONTINUED FROM 9/18/24
 Resolution (Hutt – Park) relative to establishing a Temporary Preferential
 Parking District consisting of Ridgeley Drive from Venice Boulevard to
 Pickford Street, and from Pickford Street to the northeastern cul­de­sac.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Resolution (Hutt – Park) dated 8­28­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez; de
 Leon
(5) 24­0985
 Motion (Raman – Hutt) relative to providing matching funds for the Southern
 California Association of Governments Regional Early Action Planning
 Grant Program 2.0 Urban Wilderness Feasibility Study project.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Raman – Hutt) dated 8­27­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez; de Leon
(6) 24­1116
 CD 15 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to a Transit Service Analysis of
 the DASH line serving the Wilmington community to potentially reroute or
 extend the line to include the Wilmington Waterfront and Wilmington
 Promenade.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) dated 9­17­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent:
 Hernandez; de Leon
(7) 24­1151
 Motion (Park, Hutt – Krekorian) relative to a spending plan for the City
 revenue that will be collected from the Bus Lane Violation Enforcement
 Pilot Program.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Hutt, Park – Krekorian) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent:
 Hernandez; de Leon; Amendment attached to Council file
 APPROVED Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) dated 9­17­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent:
 Hernandez; de Leon
(7) 24­1151
 Motion (Park, Hutt – Krekorian) relative to a spending plan for the City
 revenue that will be collected from the Bus Lane Violation Enforcement
 Pilot Program.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Hutt, Park – Krekorian) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent:
 Hernandez; de Leon; Amendment attached to Council file
(8) 24­0008­S25
 CD 10 Resolution (Hutt – Lee) relative to prohibiting the parking of oversize
 vehicles along certain street segments of Spaulding Avenue, Thurman
 Avenue, South Genesee Avenue, Clyde Avenue, Somerset Drive, Field
 Avenue, Chesapeake Avenue, Potomac Avenue, and Jefferson Boulevard.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Resolution (Hutt – Lee) dated 9­27­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez; de
 Leon
(9) 24­1115
 CD 14 Resolution (de Leon – Blumenfield) relative to posting “No Stopping
 Anytime” signs on certain street segments of Valley Boulevard and
 Alhambra Avenue.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Resolution (de Leon – Blumenfield) dated 9­25­24 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent:
 Hernandez; de Leon
(10) 22­1476
 Bureau of Engineering report relative to amending Street Dedication and
 Improvement Investigation Criteria to promoting safety, sustainability, and
 multimodal street improvements. (Referred to Planning and Land Use
 Management, Public Works, and Transportation Committees)

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 NoHo Neighborhood Council
 Studio City Neighborhood Council
 Venice Neighborhood Council
 Against, unless amended:
 Bel Air­Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 NoHo Neighborhood Council
 Studio City Neighborhood Council
 Venice Neighborhood Council
 Against, unless amended:
 Bel Air­Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council




 APPROVED Bureau of Engineering report dated 8­07­24 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2)
 Absent: Hernandez; de Leon; Amendment attached to Council file
 (11) 24­0562
 Los Angeles Department of Transportation report relative to an
 assessment of bus driver safety concerns, safeguards implemented, and
 recommendations to protect the City’s contract bus drivers and the transit
 riding public.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Studio City Neighborhood Council


 (Referred to Public Safety and Transporation Committees)



 APPROVED Los Angeles Department of Transportation report dated 9­26­24 AS
 AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Hernandez; de Leon; Amendment attached to Council file


SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item.

PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure
PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

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) 978­1122. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the
hearing impaired, please see the information below.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES

If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a
lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at
ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public
hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time
reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
peer­to­peer and third­party 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller 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,
hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability.

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