Council and Committee Referral "Hot Sheet"           
For Tuesday, January 16, 2018           
 
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14-1606
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
City Attorney report, dated January 12, 2018, relative to extending the Outside Counsel Program, at no cost to the City, for litigation challenging private development projects on California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other land use grounds.

15-0982-S1
 
  To Health, Education, and Neighborhood Councils Committee
City Administrative Officer report, dated January 12, 2018, relative to authorizing the Los Angeles Department of Aging to execute the proposed agreement with Saint Barnabas Senior Center of Los Angeles for a term retroactive to July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

16-0037-S23
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Board of Police Commissioner report 17-0483, dated December 19, 2017, relative to the donation of a Dispute Resolution Training from the Los Angeles Police Foundation for the benefit of the Los Angeles Police Department.

16-0037-S60
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Board of Police Commissioners report 18-0000, dated January 9, 2018, relative to the donation of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), for the benefit of the Los Angeles Police Department's Metropolitan Division.

16-0646
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
Department of Recreation and Parks report, dated January 11, 2018, and Board Resolution No. 10495, relative to retroactively approving the Department of Recreation and Parks submission to California Department of Education for 2017-18 of an expansion application under California State Preschool Program for subsidized preschool services at Ralph M. Parsons Pre-School.

17-0600-S113
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
To Transportation Committee

Department of Transportation report, dated January 11, 2018, relative to a report back on traffic officer employment and citation issuance.

18-0002-S4
 
  To Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Resolution (Martinez - Koretz) - Resolve that the City hereby includes in its 2017-18 State Legislative Program its position for SB 820 (Leyva) to provide greater transparency with regard to settlements in sexual harassment cases; and AB 403 (Melendez) to improve the legal protections of legislative staffers who report harassment and other ethical violations.

18-0039
CD 5
 
  To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Motion (Koretz - Huizar) - Relative to the Council to assert jurisdiction, pursuant to Charter Section 245, over the January 9, 2018 Central Area Planning Commission action to grant in part/deny in part the appeal and approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 6400 West Hayes Drive, in the Carthay Circle Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.

18-0040
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
City Attorney report R18-0007, dated January 12, 2018, relative to a settlement discussion in closed session regarding the case Zerefina Rodriguez and Juan Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles, et al.

18-0043
 
  To Budget and Finance Committee
City Attorney report R18-0008, dated January 12, 2018, relative to a settlement discussion in closed session regarding the case Mario Granados v. City of Los Angeles.

18-0044
CD 14
 
  To Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Motion (Huizar - Bonin) - Relative to the approval to use Parking Lot 5 at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, 711 North Alameda Street for temporary use as emergency shelter for men experiencing homeless for up to 36 months, pursuant to case law regarding the use of park land.

18-0045
 
  To Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Motion (Ryu - Wesson, Jr.) - Instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst to report within 30 days on the costs and feasibility of amending Council Rule 18 to establish one or more council meetings each month to be held at 5:00 p.m. instead of the currently proscribed 10:00 a.m.

18-0046
 
  To Public Safety Committee
Board of Fire Commissioners report 17-139, relative to a monetary donation to the Los Angeles Fire Department for additional advanced provider response units from Providence Health and Services Partnership.

18-1200-S3
 
  To Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee
City Ethics Commission report, dated January 16, 2018, relative to the pre-confirmation financial disclosure statement of Joseph Halper.

18-1200-S4
 
  To Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee
Mayor report, dated January 12, 2018, relative to the appointment of Aura Garcia to the Board of Public Works for the term ending June 30, 2019. Ms. Garcia will fill the vacancy created by Luz Rivas, who has resigned.