10550 North Mather Avenue. (Lien: $2,024.14)

10291 North Maude Avenue.  (Lien: $3,741.06)

913 West 74th Street. (Lien: $1,198.08)

1118 East 115th Street.  (Lien: $4,403.01)

11062 West Burbank Boulevard.  (Lien: $769.88)

11217 West Tuxford Street.  (Lien: $5,334.85)

10845 North Sherman Grove Avenue.  (Lien: $1,681.34)

(Continued from Council meeting of November 25, 2014)

HEARING PROTESTS and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to levying the Chatsworth Business Improvement District (District) special assessment for the District’s 13th fiscal year (operating year) beginning on June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015.

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. HEAR PROTESTS against the proposed levying of the special assessment for the District’s 2014-2015 fiscal year, pursuant to Section 36524 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
   
   
2. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE levying the special assessment for the District’s 2014-2015 fiscal year, if a majority protest, as defined by Section 36525 of the California Streets and Highways Code is found not to exist.
   
   
3. APPROVE the Chatsworth Business Improvement District Advisory Board for the District’s 2014-2015 fiscal year.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the City Clerk, subject to City Attorney approval, to prepare, execute and administer a contract between the City and the Chatsworth Business Improvement District Corporation, the nonprofit service provider for administration of the District.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Clerk reports that direct costs for Department administration of the District program for its 2014-2015 fiscal year will be recovered from the assessments collected. There are no assessments to be paid for City-owned properties located within the boundaries of the District. Therefore, there is no impact on the General Fund.

(Pursuant to Council adoption of Ordinance No. 183280 on November 12, 2014.)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to finding that the public interest and necessity require the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project, and the acquisition of property therefore.

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. FIND that, under State California Environmental Quality Act Guideline 15162, no further environmental review is required prior to approval of the Ordinance.
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) and the Department of Public Works, Office of Accounting, to take all necessary actions, without further instruction, to approve requests for payments in the amounts set forth in the report from the City Attorney (R14-0428), dated November 21, 2014, attached to the Council file, or such other amounts as may be ordered by the Superior Court or deemed necessary in the judgment of the BOE and/or the City Attorney; and INSTRUCT the Department of Public Works, Office of Accounting to process all such payments for the acquisitions of the subject properties and/or other amounts negotiated or otherwise determined necessary for the loss of business goodwill, if any, from the following accounts in Fund 54W/50: Account No. 50JR06 for Parcel 6F; Account No. 50JR16 for Parcels 16F and 16TC; Account No. 50JR19 for Parcels 19.1F and 19.2F; and Account No. 50JR20 for Parcel 20F.
   
   
3. AUTHORIZE the Office of the City Attorney to deposit with the California State Treasurer the probable just compensation as noted in the report from the City Attorney, dated November 21, 2014, attached to the Council file, for each of the subject properties which will be subject to this condemnation, and to seek orders from the Los Angeles Superior Court to obtain early possession of the subject properties prior to trial.
   
   
4. AUTHORIZE the BOE, Real Estate Division, to continue to attempt to acquire the subject properties, and all necessary interests therein, including for loss of business goodwill, via negotiated purchases, or settlements; and, if successful, to execute all documents necessary to accomplish the transfer of those interests to the City.
   
   
5. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE (Resolution of Necessity), dated November 19, 2014, authorizing the acquisition of the subject properties by eminent domain.
   
   
6. NOT PRESENT and ORDER FILED Ordinance dated November 14, 2014.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(10 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING)

(Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR AND MEMBER, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE relative to the 2014-2015 Appropriation Limit.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. ADOPT the following factors to be used to calculate the appropriations limit for 2014-15:
             

   Population:   City  1.00%

   California Per Capita Income:  -0.23%
   
   

2. RESERVE the right to re-calculate the appropriations limit for each year at such time as State legislation is enacted (or other information is available) to determine factors to be used to calculate the annual change in nonresidential new construction.
   
   

3.  ADOPT $4,555,372,559 as the appropriations limit for 2014-15.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The City Administrative Officer reports that there is no fiscal impact in adopting this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the application of Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on rooms rented by Airbnb and other entities that compete with the hotel industry.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. DIRECT the Office of Finance to send a notice to each host listed on the Airbnb site and all similar sites to inform the hosts of their existing obligation to pay TOT.
   
   
2. DIRECT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to identify any existing contractual relationships between cities and Airbnb/Airbnb competitors and report to the Budget and Finance Committee with a proposal for similar agreements for the City of Los Angeles. 
      

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

(Continued from Council meeting of November 25, 2014)

ADOPTED

AMENDING MOTION (KREKORIAN - LABONGE)

Recommendation for Council action:

AMEND the Budget and Finance Committee report, Recommendation No. 1 to state as follows:

DIRECT the Office of Finance, in consultation with the City Attorney, to send a notice to each host on the Airbnb site and all similar sites to inform the hosts of City laws regarding temporary occupancy.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a refund claim filed by Encino Motorcars LLC.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

APPROVE the refund claim filed by Encino Motorcars LLC for overpayment of business tax in the amount of $109,514.25 plus accumulated interest.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Office of Finance.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a refund claim filed by The J Paul Getty Trust.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

APPROVE the refund claim filed by The J Paul Getty Trust for overpayment of business tax in the amount of $62,831.56 plus accumulated interest.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Office of Finance.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a refund claim filed by 4 Over Inc.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

APPROVE the refund claim filed by 4 Over Inc. for overpayment of business tax in the amount of $58,258.70 plus accumulated interest.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Office of Finance.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a refund claim filed by Beringia Central LLC.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

APPROVE the refund claim filed by Beringia Central LLC for overpayment of business tax in the amount of $65,856.00 plus accumulated interest.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  None submitted by the Office of Finance.  Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City's position regarding strengthening the enforcement of laws regulating unsafe excavation practices.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Englander - Buscaino), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the accompanying revised RESOLUTION to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for and/or SPONSORSHIP of legislation that would strengthen the enforcement of laws regulating unsafe excavation practices and identify a primary enforcement entity of One-Call laws, in order to protect the public's health and safety and mitigate costs to municipalities incurred by unsafe excavation practices.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to proposed amendments to the Campaign Finance Ordinance to improve the laws regarding officeholder and legal defense committees.

Recommendations for Council action: 

1. ADOPT the proposed amendments to the Campaign Finance Ordinance as reflected in Attachment B of the City Ethics Commission (CEC) report dated August 26, 2014, attached to the Council file, including the following amendments:
   
   
   1. Amend Post Service Activity - 49.7.21(D)(1) to allow officeholder committees to be closed or redesignated within 180 days after the officeholder leaves elected office.
      
      
   2. Amend Surplus Funds - 49.7.21(D)(2) to allow legal defense committees to be closed within 180 days after the final resolution of the case or matter for which they were created and the payment of all debt.
      
      
   3. Amend Surplus Funds – 49.7.20(C)(3) to provide that surplus funds may be returned to contributors, paid to the City’s general fund, or used for another legal defense committee as currently allowed under city law.
      
      
   4. Amend Behested Payments – 49.7.8 to allow payments made by a person to a third party at the behest of an officeholder to be disclosed if the person’s behested payments total $5,000 or more in a calendar year as currently allowed under city law.
      
      
   5. Amend Fundraising and Expenditure Limits – 49.7.19(G)(1)(3) and 49.7.19(G)(2)to cap expenditures for City Council officeholder committees to $93,000 per fiscal year and to cap expenditures for Citywide officeholder committees to $150,000 per fiscal year.
      
      
   6. Amend Blackout Period – 47.19(H)(2)(a) to keep current language regarding blackout period provisions. 
      
      
2. ADOPT the following technical changes as proposed by the City Attorney’s office to the Campaign Finance Ordinance:
   
   
   1. In Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 49.7.10, Subsection A, add the word "primary" after the words "date of the" and before "election."
      
      
   2. In LAMC Section 49.7.10, Subsection B, add the word "general" after the words "date of the" and before "election" and delete the word "to" after the word "used."
      
      
   3. In LAMC Section 49.7.32, add an "s" to person in Subsection A and in Subsection B(1) replace the phrase "a candidate files" with "an individual may."
      
      
   4. In LAMC Section 49.7.35, Subsection B(5)(b) revise the reference from section to Subsection.
      
      
   5. In LAMC Section 49.7.36, Subsection B(1)(b)  add the word "Ethics" before Commission.
      
      
   6. In LAMC 49.7.33, Subsection C, the reference to Section 49.7.31(A)(3)(b) to be replaced with Section 49.7.31(A)(2)(b).
      
      

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the CEC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

1457 East 48th Street.  (Case No. 246148) Assessor I.D. No. 5107-013-022

1654 South Hobart Boulevard.  (Case No. 411994) Assessor I.D. No. 5074-021-005

1027 North Bonnie Brae Street.  (Case No. 463432) Assessor I.D. No. 5404-003-019

1031 North Bonnie Brae Street.  (Case No. 463444) Assessor I.D. No. 5404-003-018

4642 East Grey Drive.  (Case No. 437565) Assessor I.D. No. 5213-022-008

4675 East Grey Drive.  (Case No. 437573) Assessor I.D. No. 5213-020-015

COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR AND MEMBER, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE relative to requesting authority to amend 11 legal services contracts with various law firms under the Attorney Conflicts Panel to increase funding for each contract.

Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to execute amendments and encumber funds totaling $1,382,000 within the Attorney Conflicts Panel (ACP) Fund No. 46T/10, for the following ACP law firms, subject to the review and approval by the City Attorney:
   
   
   1. $200,000 for Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 123123 for the law firm of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo for the matter of Zna Houston, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. and Vivienne A. Swanigan v. City of Los Angeles.
      
      
   2. $75,000 for Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 122798 for the law firm of Ballard, Rosenberg, Golper & Savitt, LLP for the matter of James Gordon v. City of Los Angeles.
      
      
   3. $150,000 for Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 123298 for the law firm of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP for the matter of Obie Steven Anthony v. City of Los Angeles, et al. and Reggie D. Cole v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   4. $80,000 for Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 123866 for the law firm of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP for the matter of Tushana Howard, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   5. $12,000 for Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 122235 for the law firm of Collinson Law for the matter of Alphinia Boone, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   6. $75,000 for Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. 116291 for the law firm of Ferguson, Praet & Sherman for the matter of Rukhsana Chaudhry, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   7. $25,000 for Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. 119636 for the law firm of Haight Brown & Bonesteel, LLP for the matter of Rukhsana Chaudhry, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   8. $165,000 for Amendment No. 5 to Contract No. 120730 for the law firm of Hurrell Cantrall, LLP for the matter of Anthony Garrett v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   9. $200,000 for Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 123166 for the law firm of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for the matter of Stephen Miller v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
      
      
   10. $150,000 for Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 123932 for the law firm of Lozano Smith for the matter of Loren Farell, et al. v. City of Los Angeles.
       
       
   11. $250,000 for Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. 122797 for the law firm of Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson for the matter of Jack Fry, et al. v. City of Los Angeles.

    
2. AUTHORIZE the CAO to make any technical adjustments needed to implement the intent of the Mayor and Council action, and AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these instructions.
   
     

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The CAO reports that the proposed contract amendments are in compliance with City Financial Policies. The recommendations in this report will not have an impact upon the General Fund. However, based upon the proposed contract amendments, in combination with other Attorney Conflicts Panel contracts, additional funds for the ACP Fund No. 46T may be required to fund future necessary expenses this fiscal year. The CAO will report on the Fund Balance in future Financial Status Reports.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR AND MEMBER, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE relative to a request to reassign two Attorney Conflicts Panel cases and to enter into contracts with McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

AUTHORIZE the Office of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to:

1. Reassign two case matters, Rukhsana Chaudhry, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Case No. CV09-01592 and Brian C. Mulligan v. James Nichols, et al., Case No. CV13-00836, to McKenna Long & Aldridge.
   
   
2. Execute two legal services contracts with the law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge for legal representation, commencing October 1, 2014, in the case matter of Rukhsana Chaudhry, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, Case No. CV09-01592, in the amount of $50,000; and in the case matter for Brian C. Mulligan v. James Nichols, et al., Case No. CV13-00836, in the amount of $80,000, with the funds to be encumbered within the Attorney Conflicts Panel (ACP) Fund No. 46T/10.
   
   

3. Prepare Controller instructions for any technical adjustments; and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions.
   
   

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The CAO reports that the proposed legal services contracts with the law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge will be in compliance with the City's Financial Policies. The recommendations in this report will not have an impact on the General Fund. However, in combination with other Attorney Conflicts Panel contracts, additional funds for the ACP Fund No. 46T may be required to fund future necessary expenses this fiscal year. The CAO will report on the Fund Balance in future Financial Status Reports.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (KORETZ - HUIZAR - O'FARRELL) relative to establishing a position in regards to the full and timely implementation of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act.

Recommendation for Council action,  SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

RESOLVE to include in the City's 2015-16 State Legislative Program SUPPORT for the full and timely implementation of AB 32, including the inclusion of transportation fuels within the Cap-and-Trade program, and continuation of the program as long as needed to achieve the City's long-term climate goals.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

MOTION (KORETZ - LABONGE) relative to installing street banners to encourage stakeholders to become involved in the La Cienega Design Quarter (LCDQ) programs and activities.  

Recommendations for Council action:

1. APPROVE the street banner program identifying the La Cienega Design Quarter (LCDQ) as a City of Los Angeles Non-Event Street Banner Program.
   
   
2. APPROVE the content of the street banners for the above specified event.

MOTION (O'FARRELL - PARKS) relative to holding a special reception for Liberty Hill Foundation in the City Hall Tom Bradley Room.  

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

APPROPRIATE $203 from the Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58 to the General Services Fund No. 100/40, Account No. 1070 (Salaries - As Needed), for services in connection with the November 13, 2014 Council District 13 special reception for Liberty Hill Foundation in the City Hall Tom Bradley Room - said funds to be reimbursed to the General Fund by Liberty Hill Foundation.

MOTION (CEDILLO - PRICE) relative to reinstating the reward offer in the unsolved murder of Michelle Lozano for an additional six months.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

REAFFIRM Council’s findings and REINSTATE the reward offer relative to the unsolved murder of Michelle Lozano (Council action of February 1, 2012) for an additional period of six months from the publication of the offer of reward by the Office of the City Clerk and, further, that the sum of $50,000 shall be the aggregate maximum sum of any payment or payments of a City reward in this instance.

MOTION (O'FARRELL - KREKORIAN) relative to the issuance of one or more series of revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for the purpose of financing the construction, development, and equipping of a 73-unit mixed-use affordable housing facility located at 3200 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90026.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. WAIVE all City of Los Angeles Bond policies to allow the California Municipal Finance Authority to issue the bonds on behalf of the project.  
   
   
2. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to schedule a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) Hearing on the agenda for the City Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, DECEMBER 16, 2014 at 10:00 am located at 200 North Spring Street, Room 340, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
   
   
3. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to place on the Council agenda for the City Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, DECEMBER 16, 2014 consideration of the TEFRA hearing results and adoption of the attached TEFRA hearing Resolution to follow the conduct of the public hearing.

FINAL MAP OF TRACT NO. 71749 located at 2927-2941 West Francis Avenue and 2914-2924 West 8th Street easterly of Vermont Avenue.

(Quimby Fee: $412,080)

Subdivider: Mercy Housing California XLIII, L.P.; Surveyor: Psomas/John Chiappe Jr.

FINAL MAP OF PARCEL MAP L.A. NO. 2012-0220 located at 3217 South Fay Avenue northerly of Washington Boulevard.

(Quimby Fee: $12,088)

Subdivider: US Pacific II, LLC; Surveyor: Iacobellis & Associates, Inc.

Blumenfield,  Buscaino, Cedillo, Fuentes, Huizar, Koretz, Krekorian, LaBonge, Martinez, O'Farrell,  Price and President Wesson (12); Absent: Bonin, Englander and Parks (3)

ATTEST:                        Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

Council Clerk                                   PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS relative to requesting reports on legal and illegal medical marijuana dispensaries in the City and related matters. 

1. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (PLUM) REPORT
      
   Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Martinez - Huizar - O'Farrell): 
   
   
   1. REQUEST the City Attorney to provide a status update as to their work in the closure of illegal marijuana dispensaries and the number of staff members who are assigned to oversee their closure.
      
      
   2. INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), with the assistance of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) and Department of City Planning (DCP), to report and map the geographical location distributed by Council District, on the number of legal and illegal marijuana dispensaries in the City.
      
      
   3. DIRECT the Office of Finance (Finance) to report on the number of Business Tax Registration Certificates that they have issued to medical marijuana dispensaries, the amount of funds collected, and whether they make a distinction between legal and illegal medical marijuana collectives and dispensaries when they issue permits, and whether Finance coordinates with the LADBS and/or DCP prior to the issuance of any permits.
      
      
   4. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO), with the assistance of Finance and in consultation with the City Attorney, to develop a recommendation to direct, as needed, a portion of the medical marijuana taxes and revenues collected by the City to the enforcement against illegal dispensaries and those ineligible under Proposition D.
                     
2. BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
   
   

   Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Martinez - Huizar - O'Farrell):
   
   

   1. CONCUR with the recommendations of the PLUM Committee relative to requesting reports on legal and illegal medical marijuana dispensaries in the City and related matters.
      
      
   2. INSTRUCT Finance to provide an updated list of all medical marijuana dispensaries that have been issued a business tax registration certificate to the LAPD and City Attorney's Office.
      
      
   3. INSTRUCT Finance, LAPD and Information Technology Agency to work together and report back on the feasibility of using crowd-sourcing techniques to track illegal medical marijuana dispensaries.

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement:  Yes

Support proposal: 

Studio City Neighborhood Council

North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council