Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2022-03-08
Time: 14:30

JOURNAL – RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

 Tuesday, March 8, 2022

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL - 2:30 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NURY MARTINEZ, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O’FARRELL
 COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO


 (Eric Villanueva - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1075 or eric.villanueva@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. 160 593 4341 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.

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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
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 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1) 22-1300-S1
 Designation of person(s) or organization(s) to write arguments for and
 against the following June 7, 2022 ballot measure: Competitive Bid
 Preference for Local Contract Bidders; Charter Amendment BB.




 APPROVED Ballot Authors; Attached to the Council file – (2) Yes; Absent: Buscaino
(2) 22-0002-S17
 Resolution (Rodriguez – O’Farrell – Martinez) relative to including in the
 City’s 2021-2022 State Legislative Program, its position for the $200 million
 appropriation in the Governor’s proposed budget for 2022-2023 for the
 State to permanently plug and seal orphan wells across the state in order
 to mitigate the risks posed by these wells and protect public health, safety,
 and the environment.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 APPROVED Resolution (Rodriguez – O’Farrell – Martinez) – (2) Yes; Absent:
 Buscaino
(3) 21-0002-S194
 Resolution (Blumenfield – Koretz – Krekorian) relative to including in the
 City’s 2021-2022 Federal Legislative Program, its position for combatting
 national origin bias and strongly urges Unilever to reverse its immoral
 commercial boycott policy by overriding Ben & Jerry’s boycott.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 CONTINUTED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED
(4) 21-0002-S173
 Resolution (Lee – O’Farrell) relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022
 State and Federal Legislative Programs, its position for any legislation
 and/or administrative action that would ban the import and sale of
 aftermarket, single-use, new built printer cartridges since they are harmful
 to the environment and cannot be recycled or remanufactured.

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Westside Neighborhood Council




 APPROVED Resolution (Lee – O’Farrell) – (2) Yes; Absent: Buscaino
(5) 21-0002-S184
 Resolution (Lee – Buscaino) relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022
 Federal Legislative Program, its position regarding H.R 1978 (Kuster),
 which would reduce financial barriers for seniors by ensuring that the
 treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under Medicare Part D is consistent
 with the treatment of vaccines under Medicare Part B; and improve patient
 education by providing information regarding vaccines for seniors as part
 of the Medicare & You handbook.

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Westside Neighborhood Council




 APPROVED Resolution (Lee – Buscaino) – (2) Yes; Absent: Buscaino
(6) 21-0002-S42
 Resolution (Krekorian – Martinez) and Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA)
 report relative to including in the City’s 2021-2022 Legislative Program,
 sponsorship of legislation that establishes specified procedures for the
 administrative and judicial review of the environmental review and
 approvals granted for new and upgraded transmission lines required to
 supply and maintain reliability of energy services to the City of Los Angeles
 as it moves toward a 100% clean energy supply.
 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted




 APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report and Resolution – (2) Yes; Absent:
 Buscaino
(7) 21-0002-S120
 Resolution (Koretz – Lee – O’Farrell) and CLA report relative to including in
 the City’s 2021-2022 Federal Legislative Program, its position for S. 1459
 (Padilla), the PUBLIC Lands Act, which would protect California’s iconic
 landscapes, provide critical access to open space for communities, support
 California’s outdoor recreation economy, and fight the climate crisis.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: Yes
 For:
 Westside Neighborhood Council




 APPROVED Resolution (Koretz – Lee – O’Farrell) – (2) Yes; Absent: Buscaino


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.