Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2025-09-12
Time: 09:00

RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 - 9:00 AM

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN
 COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY
 COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE


 (Rita Moreno - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1074 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 Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person 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 or call
(213) 978-1133 to allow time for scheduling. It is strongly encouraged that a request for interpretive services is made at
least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Interpretation requests are not a guarantee and are dependent on availability. You
will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.



 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT



 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT



ITEM(S)

 (1) 25-0315
 Motion (McOsker, Padilla for Park – Blumenfield) relative to a review of
 the current structure, operation, and budgeting process of the Los
 Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Port of Los Angeles, and
 the Los Angeles World Airports.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Trade, Travel and Tourism and Energy and Environment
 Committees approved this item on April 22, 2025, and August 5,
 2025, respectively.)


(2) 25-0002-S74
 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report and Resolution (Rodriguez –
 Soto-Martinez, Jurado) relative to establishing the City’s position on
 any legislative and/or administrative action that would increase the
 annual cap for U nonimmigrant status visas in the United States.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(3) 25-0002-S85
 CLA to report and Resolution (McOsker – Soto-Martinez) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill (SB) 34 (Richardson),
 which emphasizes voluntary agreements among ports, cities, and the
 South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to advance
 environmental goals.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(4) 25-0002-S73
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on S. 2212 (Padilla), the Visible
 Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement
 (VISIBLE) Act of 2025, which would require immigration enforcement
 officers to display clearly visible identification and prohibit them from
 wearing non-medical face coverings during public-facing immigration
 enforcement actions.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(5) 25-0002-S71
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.), the No
 Masks for ICE Act, which would require immigration enforcement
 agents to wear clearly marked clothing displaying their name and
 affiliation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and
 prohibit them from wearing facial coverings during enforcement
 actions.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(6) 25-0002-S75
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Raman) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on reforming the Uniform Commercial
 Code system.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(7) 25-0002-S84
 CLA to report and Resolution (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky, et al.) relative
 to establishing the City’s position on H.R. 4759 (Gomez), the Ban
 Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(8) 25-0002-S79
 CLA to report and Resolution (Blumenfield, Padilla – Hutt) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on proposed cuts in the budget for the
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(9) 25-1023
 Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky – Raman) relative to conducting a
 comprehensive, multi-year evaluation of alternative legal service
 models for the City.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(10) 25-0002-S80
 CLA to report and Resolution (Park – Blumenfield) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill 749 (Allen - Wahab),
 which would amend the Civil Code and the Government Code to
 preserve mobile home parks and protect mobile home park residents.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 (11) 25-0808
 City Ethics Commission report relative to the proposed new Conflict of
 Interest Code (COI) for the Community Investment for Families
 Department.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2025

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - OCTOBER 21, 2025)


 (12) 23-1027-S6
 City Attorney report and ordinance relative to relative to amending the
 Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) to increase the maximum
 inter-departmental transfer amount.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 (13) 23-1027-S7
 City Attorney report and ordinance relative to amending the Los
 Angeles Administrative Code to set the threshold requirement for
 Council approval of Los Angeles World Airports contracts.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 (14) 25-0869
 Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission report relative to its outreach
 and engagement plan.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.




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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure

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) 978-1076. 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) 978-1960 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
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 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, 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 the
FCC's Disability Rights Office website.

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 - 9:00 AM

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN
 COUNCILMEMBER KATY YARSLAVSKY
 COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE


 (Rita Moreno - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1074 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. 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) 25-0315
 Motion (McOsker, Padilla for Park – Blumenfield) relative to a review of
 the current structure, operation, and budgeting process of the Los
 Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Port of Los Angeles, and
 the Los Angeles World Airports.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (McOsker, Padilla for Park – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(2) 25-0002-S74
 Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report and Resolution (Rodriguez –
 Soto-Martinez, Jurado) relative to establishing the City’s position on
 any legislative and/or administrative action that would increase the
 annual cap for U nonimmigrant status visas in the United States.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-11-25 and Resolution
 (Rodriguez – Soto-Martinez, Jurado) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(3) 25-0002-S85
 CLA to report and Resolution (McOsker – Soto-Martinez) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill (SB) 34 (Richardson),
 which emphasizes voluntary agreements among ports, cities, and the
 South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to advance
 environmental goals.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-09-25 and Resolution
 (McOsker – Soto-Martinez) – (3) Yes; (2) No: Raman, Yaroslavsky

(4) 25-0002-S73
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on S. 2212 (Padilla), the Visible
 Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement
 (VISIBLE) Act of 2025, which would require immigration enforcement
 officers to display clearly visible identification and prohibit them from
 wearing non-medical face coverings during public-facing immigration
 enforcement actions.

 Community Impact Statement: Yes.
 For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council
 *Journal correction


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-10-25 and Resolution
 (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(5) 25-0002-S71
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.), the No
 Masks for ICE Act, which would require immigration enforcement
 agents to wear clearly marked clothing displaying their name and
 affiliation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and
 prohibit them from wearing facial coverings during enforcement
 actions.

 Community Impact Statement: Yes.
 For: North Westwood Neighborhood Council

 *Journal correction


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-10-25 and Resolution
 (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(6) 25-0002-S75
 CLA to report and Resolution (Rodriguez – Raman) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on reforming the Uniform Commercial
 Code system.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-09-25 and Resolution
 (Rodriguez – Raman) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(7) 25-0002-S84
 CLA to report and Resolution (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky, et al.) relative
 to establishing the City’s position on H.R. 4759 (Gomez), the Ban
 Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-09-25 and Resolution
 (Hernandez – Yaroslavsky, et al.) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(8) 25-0002-S79
 CLA to report and Resolution (Blumenfield, Padilla – Hutt) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on proposed cuts in the budget for the
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED Resolution (Blumenfield, Padilla – Hutt) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(9) 25-1023
 Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky – Raman) relative to conducting a
 comprehensive, multi-year evaluation of alternative legal service
 models for the City.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED Motion (McOsker, Yaroslavsky – Raman) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(10) 25-0002-S80
 CLA to report and Resolution (Park – Blumenfield) relative to
 establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill 749 (Allen - Wahab),
 which would amend the Civil Code and the Government Code to
 preserve mobile home parks and protect mobile home park residents.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9-08-25 and Resolution (Park
 – Blumenfield) – (5) Yes; (0) No

(11) 25-0808
 City Ethics Commission report relative to the proposed new Conflict of
 Interest Code (COI) for the Community Investment for Families
 Department.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Ethics Commission report dated 7-23-25 – (5) Yes; (0) No

 (12) 23-1027-S6
 City Attorney report and ordinance relative to relative to amending the
 Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) to increase the maximum
 inter-departmental transfer amount.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated 1-07-24 – (5) Yes; (0) No

 (13) 23-1027-S7
 City Attorney report and ordinance relative to amending the Los
 Angeles Administrative Code to set the threshold requirement for
 Council approval of Los Angeles World Airports contracts.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED City Attorney report and Ordinance dated 2-06-25 – (5) Yes; (0) No

 (14) 25-0869
 Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission report relative to its outreach
 and engagement plan.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 APPROVED Charter Reform Commission report dated 8-01-25 – (5) Yes; (0) No



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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure

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) 978-1076. 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) 978-1960 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
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 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, 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 the
FCC's Disability Rights Office website.