Personnel and Hiring Committee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2025-04-11
Time: 08:30

PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025 ­ 8:30 AM

 ROOM 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT


 (Adam Lid ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1076 or adam.lid@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 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) 25­1200­S9
 Communication from the Mayor and City Ethics Commission report relative
 to the appointment of Carlton Jenkins to the Board of Fire and Police
 Pension Commissioners for the terms ending June 30, 2025 and June 30,
 2030.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 28, 2025


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 25, 2025)


 (2) 25­0322
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ APRIL 28, 2025


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ APRIL 25, 2025)


(2) 25­0322
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Malaika
 Billups as the permanent General Manager of the Personnel Department.

 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending

 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MAY 8, 2025


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MAY 7, 2025)


(3) 22­0159
 Personnel Department report relative to the implementation benchmarks
 and hiring goals for the Targeted Local Hiring and Strategic Workforce
 Development Task Force for February 2025.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(4) 25­0254
 Department of Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) report relative to the
 LAFPP Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023­24.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 (Also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee)


(5) 24­1258
 City Administrative Officer to report in response to Motion (Harris­Dawson
 – McOsker) relative to fund transfers in connection with a pilot program to
 recruit and train a pool of candidates for the Materials Testing Technician
 classification.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 (Also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee)


(5) 24­1258
 City Administrative Officer to report in response to Motion (Harris­Dawson
 – McOsker) relative to fund transfers in connection with a pilot program to
 recruit and train a pool of candidates for the Materials Testing Technician
 classification.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


(6) 23­0600­S115
 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025
 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to sole­source contracts in
 connection with homelessness and alternative response.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


(7) 25­0031
 City Administrative Officer report relative to retroactively applying for and
 accepting the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Oriented Policing Services
 Hiring Program grant award.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Public Safety, Personnel and Hiring, and Budget
 and Finance Committees)


(8) 24­0600­S2
 CD 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the addition of three positions
 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Public Safety, Personnel and Hiring, and Budget
 and Finance Committees)


(8) 24­0600­S2
 CD 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the addition of three positions
 for the preparation of the Specific Plan for the Van Nuys Airport.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


(9) 25­0342
 Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to recruitment and hiring practices
 being used by the City and its contractors as part of the Pacific Palisades
 reconstruction.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 (Referred to the Public Works and Personnel and Hiring
 Committees)


(10) 25­0073
 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025
 Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to report and Information Technology
 Agency report relative to payroll issues at the LAFD in connection with the
 Workday payroll system to include payroll issues resulting from Network
 Staffing System integration with Workday.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


(11) DISCUSSION ITEM
 Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles verbal status report relative to
 personnel hiring goals, labor agreements, and other human resources
 partnerships in Council District 15.
 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 (11) DISCUSSION ITEM
 Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles verbal status report relative to
 personnel hiring goals, labor agreements, and other human resources
 partnerships in Council District 15.



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) 978­1075. 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
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.

JOURNAL – PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE

 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025 - 8:30 AM

 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
 ROOM Room 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
 COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT


 (Adam Lid - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 or adam.lid@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) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-
CITY (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 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 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) 25-1200-S9
 Communication from the Mayor and City Ethics Commission
 report relative to the appointment of Carlton Jenkins to the Board of
 Fire and Police Pension Commissioners for the terms ending June 30,
 2025 and June 30, 2030.

 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed

 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE - APRIL 28, 2025

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - APRIL 25, 2025)


(2) 25-0322
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Malaika
 Billups as the permanent General Manager of the Personnel
 Department.

 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending

 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 8, 2025

 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 7, 2025)


 APPROVED Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(3) 22-0159
 Personnel Department report relative to the implementation
 benchmarks and hiring goals for the Targeted Local Hiring and
 Strategic Workforce Development Task Force for February 2025.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 NOTE & FILE Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(4) 25-0254
 Department of Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) report relative to the
 LAFPP Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 (Also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee)


 NOTE & FILE Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(5) 24-1258
 City Administrative Officer to report in response to Motion (Harris-
 Dawson – McOsker) relative to fund transfers in connection with a pilot
 program to recruit and train a pool of candidates for the Materials
 Testing Technician classification.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


 APPROVED AS AMENDED Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(6) 23-0600-S115
 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025
 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to sole-source contracts in
 connection with homelessness and alternative response.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


 APPROVED Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(7) 25-0031
 City Administrative Officer report relative to retroactively applying for
 and accepting the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Oriented Policing
 Services Hiring Program grant award.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Public Safety, Personnel and Hiring, and Budget
 and Finance Committees)


(8) 24-0600-S2
 CD 6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the addition of three
 positions for the preparation of the Specific Plan for the Van Nuys
 Airport.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to the Personnel and Hiring and Budget and Finance
 Committees)


 APPROVED Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
(9) 25-0342
 Motion (Rodriguez – Park) relative to recruitment and hiring practices
 being used by the City and its contractors as part of the Pacific
 Palisades reconstruction.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 (Referred to the Public Works and Personnel and Hiring
 Committees)


 APPROVED Yes (2), Absent (1) – Rodriguez
 (10) 25-0073
 CONTINUED FROM MARCH 14, 2025
 Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to report and Information
 Technology Agency report relative to payroll issues at the LAFD in
 connection with the Workday payroll system to include payroll issues
 resulting from Network Staffing System integration with Workday.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


 CONTINUED
 (11) DISCUSSION ITEM
 Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles verbal status report
 relative to personnel hiring goals, labor agreements, and other human
 resources partnerships in Council District 15.



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) 978-1075. 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.