September Motions from City Councilmembers Raman and Koretz

Each month, we track the city council motions introduced by our two local city council representatives, Nithya Raman (CD 4) and Paul Koretz (CD 5). Motions are the first step – but only the first step – in the lengthy process of creating a new city ordinance. Once a motion is filed, it is sent to the appropriate City Council committee(s) for more thorough review, discussion, and votes on whether or not to advance the motion to other committees and/or the full City Council for further action – a process which can take weeks, months or, in some cases with very complex issues, years.

But lots of information is available about each motion being considered by the city, at every step of its journey through the Council process, and tracking individual motions is a good way to keep abreast of our Councilmembers’ concerns and activity. We hope these monthly columns will help our readers learn more about the specific motions our local Council Members propose each month, and will help you follow – right from the beginning – specific issues you might find interesting or particularly important. For more information about a motion, to read its full text, or to track its progress through the Council process, just click on the Council File number next to each description below. You can even subscribe to e-mail updates on motions you’re interested in by clicking the envelope-shaped icon near the top of the screen on the pages the links take you to.

These were the motions introduced or co-sponsored by Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Paul Koretz during the month of September.

Airports & Ports

19-0418-S1 – (Krekorian – Koretz) Motion to authorize the City Attorney to execute a contract with Remy Moose Manly, LLP, to assist in representing the City, in the litigation related to the Federal Aviation Administration’s environmental review of the replacement of the terminal at Burbank Airport. Forwarded to:  Budget and Finance Committee.

21-1034 – (Buscaino – Koretz) Motion to request the Harbor Department to report on the backlog of container vessels waiting to enter the Port of Los Angeles. Forwarded to: Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee.

City Budget

21-0980 – (Martinez – Rodriguez – Raman) Motion to instruct the Los Angeles Fire Department to report with a status update of the organizational assessment funded in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget. Forwarded to: Public Safety Committee.

Community Beautification

21-1012 – (Raman – Blumenfield) Motion to transfer/appropriate funds from the AB1290 Fund for street beautification services coordinated by the Office of Community Beautification, with services provided by the Los Angeles Conservation Corps. Forwarded to:  City Council.

21-1044 – (Martinez – Rodriguez – Raman) Motion to accept the donation of artwork gifted by Saya Woolfalk Studio, entitled “Van Nuys Civic Center Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monument,” by artist Saya Woolfalk, to be installed at Van Nuys Civic Center, near the Van Nuys Branch Library; and as further instructed in this Motion. Forwarded to:  Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee.

Crime & LAPD

21-0984 -(Raman – Lee) Motion to instruct the Civil and Human Rights, and Equity Department and the Information Technology Agency, with support from the Los Angeles Police Department, to report on improving access for the reporting of hate incidents through technological solutions. Forwarded to: Immigrant Affairs, Civil Rights, and Equity Committee.

21-0010-S18 – (Koretz – Rodriguez) Motion to offer a reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the assault of a UCLA student on August 27, 2021. Forwarded to: City Council.

21-1014 – (Koretz – Harris-Dawson) Motion to transfer/appropriate funds from the General City Purposes Fund for various non-reimbursable Police Officer overtime activities in Council District Five, to be allocated to the Wilshire Division, West LA Division, West Valley Division, and Pacific Division. Forwarded to: City Council.

Environment & Sustainability

21-1042 – (Koretz – et al. – O’Farrell) Motion to direct/request the City’s Departments to work with, as needed, the City’s Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance, the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office, and the LA Cool City Challenge team, and report with a robust, world-leading plan to achieve the moonshot goal of carbon neutrality without offsets by 2030; and as further directed in this Motion. Forwarded to: To Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee.

21-0011-S14 – (Koretz – Bonin) relative to transferring/appropriating funds from the Street Furniture Revenue Fund for street tree related maintenance services, in Council District Five. Forwarded to City Council.

21-1040 – (O’Farrell – Koretz) Motion to authorize the Bureau of Sanitation to negotiate, accept, execute, and submit all documents to secure the grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, for the Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project. Forwarded to: Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee

Home Sharing/Short-Term Rentals

14-1635-S11 – (Koretz – et al. – Krekorian) Motion to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney and Los Angeles Police Department, to report on the feasibility of amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.22 A 32, to allow for the immediate suspension of a City Home-Sharing Registration when criminal activity is found to have taken place at a residence while being used as a short-term rental. Forwarded to: Planning and Land Use Management Committee.

Homelessness & Housing

21-0983 – (de Leon – Raman) Motion to instruct the General Services Department to enter into a lease with the State of California for the site located at 1405 South Broadway; and the Bureau of Engineering initiate the design process for temporary homeless housing; and as further instructed in this Motion. Forwarded to: Homelessness and Poverty Committee.

21-1041 – (Raman – Ridley-Thomas) Motion to approve funds from the Additional Homeless Services General City Purposes Fund for a Council District Four multi-site Encampment-to-Home Program; and instruct the Los Angeles Housing Department to amend Contract No. C-138630 with Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Forwarded to Homelessness and Poverty Committee.

Miscellaneous

21-0902 – (Krekorian for Harris-Dawson – Raman) Motion to amend the Council Action of August 17, 2021, regarding the transfer of funds in Council District Eight General City Purposes Fund for a Career Apprenticeship Program, to adopt the instructions detailed in the body of this Motion. Forwarded to: City Council.

21-1070 – (Raman – Blumenfield) Motion to instruct the Department of General Services, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to negotiate a long term, not-for-profit lease with the International School of Los Angeles for the City-owned property located at 4155 Russell Avenue.  Forwarded to: Information, Technology, and General Services Committee.

21-1080 – (Raman – Krekorian – O’Farrell) Motion to instruct the City Administrative Officer (CAO), with assistance of the Chief Procurement Officer and relevant City staff and departments, to provide a detailed report on establishing a permanent Office of Procurement within the CAO’s office. Forwarded to Economic Development and Jobs Committee, and to the Information Technology, and General Services Committee.

Positions on State-Level Bills

21-0002-S162 – (Raman – de Leon) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on AB 937 (Carrillo), the VISION Act, to protect community members who have already been deemed eligible for release, from being transferred by local jails and our state prison system to immigration detention. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S163 – (Koretz – Martinez) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on ACA 1, which would lower the threshold for passage of financing of public housing or infrastructure from two-thirds to 55 percent. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S164 – (Koretz – et al. – de Leon) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on the California Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which will be placed on the November 8, 2022, Statewide general election ballot. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S165 – (Koretz – Harris-Dawson) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on SCA 2, which would repeal Article 34 of the California State constitution, removing a requirement that public housing projects be approved by voters. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S167 – (Price – Raman) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on state legislative, administrative or executive action that would extend the statewide eviction moratorium until January 2022. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S168 – (Raman – de Leon) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State and Federal Legislative Program its position on legislation or administrative action to aid the City in its urgent effort to successfully resettle Afghan refugees, with resources for case management and comprehensive service assistance. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S169 – (Koretz – Blumenfield) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 Federal Legislative Program its position on H.R. 4999 (Hinson) and S. 2619 (Marshall), the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, which would prevent State and local jurisdictions from interfering with the production and distribution of agricultural product in interstate commerce. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S170 – (Raman – Price) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on legislation or administrative action to enact changes to the California Retail Food Code that will make it more sensitive to the context of sidewalk vending while ensuring food safety. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

21-0002-S174 – (Bonin – Raman) Resolution to include in the City’s 2021-22 State Legislative Program its position on AB 500 (Ward), which would require local governments in the coastal zone to amend their local costal programs, to provide streamlined permitting procedures for housing projects. Forwarded to: Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Special Events & Commemorations

21-1016 – (Raman – Lee) Motion to recognize the revenue that will be generated by the Fiscal Year 2021-22 L.A. Zoo Lights event, and allocating funding for contracts to produce the event. Forwarded to:  Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee, and the Budget and Finance Committee.

21-1033 – (Raman – Ridley-Thomas) Motion to appropriate from the Unappropriated Balance Fund for services in connection with the Mayor’s special recognition of the grand opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Thursday, September 30, 2021, including the illumination of City Hall. Forwarded to: City Council.

21-1035 – (Koretz – Rodriguez) Motion to transfer funds for services in connection with the District Five special recognition of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month at City Hall on September 29, 2021, including the illumination of City Hall. Forwarded to: City Council.

21-1088 – (Cedillo – Raman) Motion to request the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners rename Pico Union Vest Park, located at 1827 South Hoover Street, to Parque Nativo Lopez, in memory of Lawrence “Nativo” Lopez and in recognition of his contributions to Los Angeles and Southern California. Forwarded to: Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee.

Streets & Parking

21-0008-S22 -(Koretz – Lee) Resolution to prohibit the parking of oversized vehicles along both sides of Pickford Avenue, between South Shenandoah Street and South Holt Avenue, and of Alcott Street, between South Crest Drive and South Canfield Avenue. Forwarded to: Transportation Committee.

21-1066 – (Krekorian for Harris-Dawson – Raman) Motion to transfer/appropriate funds from the AB 1290 Fund for supplemental street sweeping services on Western Avenue, in Council District Eight. Forwarded to: City Council.

21-1068 -(Koretz – Bonin) Motion to authorize the Department of Transportation to receive funds from the California Community Foundation, for a new account entitled “San Vicente Boulevard Speed Feedback Signs” to address speeding along San Vicente Boulevard, between Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. Forwarded to: City Council.