AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025, 9:30 A.M.

BOARD HEARING ROOM 381B

KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

500 WEST TEMPLE STREET

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012

Kathryn Barger

Chair

Fifth District

Hilda L. Solis

Chair Pro Tem

First District

Holly J. Mitchell

Supervisor

Second District

Lindsey P. Horvath

Supervisor

Janice Hahn

Supervisor

Third District

Fourth District

Executive Officer

Edward Yen

AGENDA POSTED: February 6, 2025

MEETING TELEVISED: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 11:00 P.M. on KLCS

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disability community who would like to request a disability-related accommodation in addressing

the Board, are available if requested at least three business days prior to the Board meeting.

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p.m., Monday through Friday.

Supporting documentation is available at the Executive Office of the Board located at the Kenneth

Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Room 383, Los Angeles, California 90012,

and is also accessible on the Board of Supervisors' website at http://bos.lacounty.gov/

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8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., lunes a viernes, con tres días de anticipación.

Invocation led by Pastor Robert Taylor, Beulah Baptist Church and President, Watts Area

Ministers, Los Angeles (2).

Pledge of Allegiance led by Michael Acosta, former E-4 Corporal Ammunition - 2311 - EOD,

United States Marine Corps., Los Angeles (3).

NOTE: Closed Session will be taken up at the beginning of the meeting.

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters are approved by one motion unless held.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1 - 5

Appointments to Commissions/Committees/Special Districts

Revised recommendations for appointment/reappointment or removal for

Commissions/ Committees/Special Districts (+ denotes reappointments):

Documents on file in the Executive Office.

Supervisor Hilda L. Solis

Cynthia Ann Telles, Board of Governors, Department of Museum of

Natural History

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath

Heidi Segal+, Civil Service Commission

Teresa Cisneros Burton (Alternate), Gender Responsive Advisory

Committee

Supervisor Janice Hahn

Roberta Fesler (Rotational), Board of Retirement

Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Charles Trevino, Los Angeles County Commission on Local

Governmental Services

Los Angeles County Youth Commission

Jessica Castillo and Mercedes Jackson, Los Angeles County Youth

Commission (25-0012)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

Motion to Proclaim February 11, 2025 as “211 Day” in Los Angeles

County, as submitted by Supervisor Barger. (25-0978)

Attachments:

Motion by Supervisor Barger

Public Comment/Correspondence

Motion to Recognize March 22, 2025 as the “126th Annual Golden

Dragon Parade,” and Fee Waiver on March 22, 2025, not to Exceed

$400, as submitted by Supervisor Solis. (25-0973)

Attachments:

Motion by Supervisor Solis

Public Comment/Correspondence

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes for December 2024 and Special

Districts for which the Board is the Governing Body, as recommended

by the Executive Officer of the Board. NOTE: The minutes for the

month of December 2024 can be found online at:

https://lacounty.gov/sop/ (25-0752)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Policy Matter

The following are links to the applicable Cluster Meeting Agenda(s) and

Transcript(s). (25-0008)

Attachments:

Health and Mental Health Cluster Agenda

Health and Mental Health Cluster Meeting Transcript

Evaluating the First Year of Community Assistance, Recovery, and

Empowerment Act Court in Los Angeles County

Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Hahn: Instruct the

Director of Mental Health to report back to the Board in writing in 30 days

with an overview and analysis of the first year of the Community Assistance,

Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court in the County, with the report

to include data on the total number of petitions submitted to CARE Court,

their sources, and outcomes, a summary of the outreach and public

awareness efforts that have been conducted, including any public

awareness campaign, a list of all the organizations that have received

CARE Court training, and help center visits, the number and type of

Department of Mental Health filled and vacant positions dedicated to CARE

Court, an update on State funding for CARE Court, and identified

challenges that were faced in the first year of implementation, anticipated

future challenges, and opportunities for improvement; and in collaboration

with the Mental Health/Behavioral Health Commission, gather stakeholder

feedback on CARE Court including, but not be limited to, family members

who have submitted petitions to CARE Court, first responders, city officials,

homeless outreach providers, medical professionals, the Independent

Defense Counsel Office, and Court officials; and report back to the Board in

writing in 60 days with a summary of the stakeholder feedback, an overview

of implementation best practices from other counties, recommendations for

improvement, and a plan to improve and enhance CARE Court in the

County. (25-0738)

Attachments:

Motion by Supervisor Hahn

Motion by Supervisor Hahn (Updates Following Cluster)

Revised motion by Supervisor Hahn (Updates Following Cluster)

Public Comment/Correspondence

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 6 - 17

County Operations

Price Gouging Protection for Renters and Consumers Resolution

Recommendation: Adopt a resolution to increase the maximum civil penalty

allowed under County Code, Title 8 - Consumer Protection, Business and

Wage Regulations, Chapter 8.09, for price gouging, in an amount not to

exceed $50,000 per violation. (County Counsel) ADOPT (25-0970)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Emergency

Contracts Report

Recommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by the

Director of Internal Services under authority delegated to the Director by the

Board, acting as both the County Board of Supervisors and the Governing

Body of the various districts, (under the Board's resolution dated January

28, 2025), to respond to and recover from the LA County Fires, without

giving notice for bids to let contracts, and determine that there is a need to

continue the emergency actions; find that there is substantial evidence that

the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events continue to constitute

an emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050, which

requires that immediate action be taken to cleanup and reconstruct public

property, buildings, facilities, and infrastructure because the emergency

does not permit the delay resulting from a formal competitive solicitation of

bids and/or proposals to procure construction, materials, equipment and

services for projects and initiatives necessary to respond to and recover

from the LA County Fires; and find that authority should therefore continue

to be delegated to the Director of Internal Services to amend or extend and

supplement existing as-needed or on-call contracts without giving notice for

bids to let contracts related to facilities and related support services, and to

award new contracts for response to and recovery from the LA County

Fires, and such contracts should be issued because they are necessary to

respond to the emergency. (Internal Services Department) APPROVE

4-VOTES (25-1038)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Family and Social Services

Specimen Collection and Drug and Alcohol Testing Services Contract

Recommendation: Authorize the Director of Children and Family Services to

execute a specimen collection and drug and alcohol testing services

contract with Phamatech, Inc., effective July 1, 2025, or the date of

execution, whichever is later, through June 30, 2026, with two one-year

extension options through June 30, 2028; and authorize the Director to take

the following actions: (Department of Children and Family Services)

APPROVE

Exercise the extension options and further extend the contract upon

the California Department of Social Services’ approval, provided that

applicable Federal, State, and County contracting regulations are

observed, and sufficient funding is available;

Execute amendments to the contract in alignment with any changes

to meet program needs, provided that applicable Federal, State and

County contracting regulations are observed, and sufficient funding is

available;

Increase or decrease the maximum annual contract amount by 10%

per year during the term of the contract to accommodate any

increase or decrease in services, provided that sufficient funding is

available;

Execute amendments to the contract in instances of acquisitions,

mergers, or other changes in ownership; and

Terminate the contract for contractor’s default, County's convenience,

or contractor initiates termination for convenience. (25-0715)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Community Services

10.

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly

Emergency Contracts Report

Recommendation: Review the emergency actions to repair or replace public

facilities, actions directly related and immediately required by the

emergency, and actions to procure the necessary equipment, services and

supplies for such purposes, without giving notice for bids to let contracts

(collectively, Actions), ordered and taken by the Director of Public Works

under authority delegated to the Director by the Board, acting as both the

County Board of Supervisors and the Governing Body of the various

districts, (under the Board's resolution dated January 28, 2025), to respond

to and recover from the LA County Fires, without giving notice for bids to let

contracts, and determine that there is a need to continue the emergency

Actions; find that there is substantial evidence that the January 2025

Windstorm and Critical Fire Events continue to constitute an emergency

pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050, which requires that

immediate action be taken to cleanup and reconstruct public property,

buildings, facilities, and infrastructure because the emergency does not

permit the delay resulting from a formal competitive solicitation of bids to

procure construction services for projects necessary to respond to and

recover from the LA County Fires; and find that authority should therefore

continue to be delegated to the Director of Public Works to amend or

extend and supplement existing as-needed or on-call contracts without

giving notice for bids to let contracts, and to award new contracts for

response to and recovery from the LA County Fires, and such contracts

should be issued because they are necessary to respond to the emergency.

(Department of Public Works) APPROVE 4-VOTES (25-0960)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

12.

2024 Homeland Security Program Grant Award

Recommendation: Adopt a resolution authorizing the Sheriff, as an agent

for the County, to execute the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security

Grant Program (HSGP) award, and take the actions necessary to obtain the

HSGP Federal financial assistance provided by the United States

Department of Homeland Security, and sub-granted through the California

Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), as a requirement of

the grant application process; and authorize the Sheriff to take the following

actions: (Sheriff’s Department) ADOPT

Execute a grant award in the amount of $2,887,500 with no required

match, for the FY 2024 HSGP grant funds, as distributed through Cal

OES, for the grant period of September 1, 2024 through May 31,

2027;

Execute and submit all required grant documents including, but not

limited to, agreements, amendments, modifications, extensions,

augmentations, and reimbursement requests necessary for

completion of the FY 2024 HSGP;

Execute funding agreements with various outside law enforcement

agencies including, but not limited to, the District Attorney's Office,

the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol,

and the State Department of Justice for reimbursement of FY 2024

HSGP funds, and execute, as necessary, all future amendments,

modifications, extensions, and augmentations to such funding

agreements; and

Apply and submit a grant application to Cal OES for the Regional

Threat Assessment Center Program in future fiscal years, and

execute all required grant application documents, including

assurances and certifications, when and if such future funding

becomes available. (25-0714)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Miscellaneous

13.

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association Represented

Employees Memoranda of Understanding

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association’s (LACERA)

recommendation: Approve the successor memoranda of understanding

between LACERA and Service Employee International Union Local 721 for

Bargaining Unit 850 - LACERA Administrative, Technical, Clerical and Blue

Collar Unit, and Unit 851 - LACERA Supervisory Unit, for a term ending

December 31, 2025; approve an ordinance for introduction amending

County Code, Title 6 - Salaries, applicable only to LACERA, to facilitate

personnel administration within LACERA; and instruct the Auditor-Controller

to make all payroll system changes necessary to implement the

recommendations. APPROVE 4-VOTES (Relates to Agenda No 18)

(25-0708)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

14.

Settlement of the Matter Entitled, Michael D. Simpson v. County of Los

Angeles, et al.

Los Angeles County Claims Board's recommendation: Authorize settlement

of the matter entitled, Michael D. Simpson v. County of Los Angeles, et al.,

United States District Court Case No. 2:21-cv-04403, in the amount of

$800,000, and instruct the Auditor-Controller to draw a warrant to

implement this settlement from the Sheriff's Department's budget.

This Federal civil rights lawsuit arises out of the fatal deputy-involved

shooting of plaintiff's son. (25-0713)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Miscellaneous Additions

15.

16.

Additions to the agenda which were posted more than 72 hours in advance

of the meeting, as indicated on the supplemental agenda. (12-9995)

Items not on the posted agenda, to be presented and (if requested) referred

to staff or placed on the agenda for action at a future meeting of the Board,

or matters requiring immediate action because of an emergency situation or

where the need to take immediate action came to the attention of the Board

subsequent to the posting of the agenda. BOARD MEMBERS - (2)

(12-9996)

17.

Recommendations by individual Supervisors to establish, extend or

otherwise modify cash rewards for information concerning crimes,

consistent with the Los Angeles County Code. (12-9997)

II. ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION 18

County Code, Title 6 - Salaries Amendment

18.

Ordinance for introduction amending County Code, Title 6 - Salaries

relating to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

(LACERA) only, by amending Tier I and Tier II Management and Appraisal

and Performance Plan salary tables specific to LACERA; and changing the

salaries and/or effective dates of various LACERA non-represented classes

to denote class designation changes in conjunction with the Tier I and Tier

II Management Appraisal and Performance Plan, and reflect a 3% general

salary adjustment effective October 1, 2024, for Non-Represented LACERA

Classifications applicable only to LACERA, and a 3% salary adjustment for

Classifications subject to the provisions of the Management Appraisal and

Performance Plan effective January 1, 2025. INTRODUCE, WAIVE

READING AND PLACE ON AGENDA FOR ADOPTION 4-VOTES (Relates

to Agenda No. 13) (25-0709)

Attachments:

Ordinance

Public Comment/Correspondence

IV. BUDGET MATTER 19

19.

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Departmental Budget Presentations

Pursuant to Section 25⅔ of the County Charter, as amended by the

Measure G Charter Amendment (as approved by voters in the November 5,

2024, General Election), Department Head presentations to the Board of

Supervisors by the following Departments of their Fiscal Year 2025-26

budget requests:

Beaches and Harbors

Child Support Services

Military and Veterans Affairs

Agricultural Commission/Weights and Measures

Museum of Art

Natural History Museum

*Presentations not completed are automatically continued to a future

Departmental Budget Presentation meeting date. (25-1022)

Attachments:

Beaches and Harbors Presentation

Child Support Services Presentation

Military and Veterans Affairs Presentation

Agriculture Commission/Weights and Measures Presentation

Museum of Art Presentation

Natural History Museum Presentation

Public Comment/Correspondence

VIII. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS FOR FURTHER

DISCUSSION AND ACTION BY THE BOARD

A-1.

Continue local emergencies as a result of the following: (a) Discovery of an

infestation of fruit flies, as proclaimed on May 10, 1990; (b) Conditions of

extreme peril to the safety of persons exist on the basis of pervasive and

pernicious homelessness in Los Angeles County, as proclaimed and ratified

by the Board on January 10, 2023; (c) Conditions of extreme peril to the

safety of persons and property arose as a result of severe winter storms

beginning January 1, 2023 affecting areas throughout Los Angeles County,

as proclaimed on January 10, 2023 and ratified by the Board on January

17, 2023; (d) Conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons

and property on the basis of the frigid winter storms beginning February 23,

2023 affecting the areas throughout Los Angeles County, as proclaimed on

March 1, 2023 and ratified by the Board on March 7, 2023; (e) Conditions of

extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist on the basis of the

arrival, presence, and impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary throughout Los

Angeles County beginning August 20, 2023, as proclaimed on August 20,

2023 and ratified by the Board on August 22, 2023; (f) Conditions of

disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist on

the basis of winter storms in the County beginning February 1, 2024, as

proclaimed on February 4, 2024 and ratified by the Board on February 6,

2024; (g) Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property

exist as a result of the Bridge Fire in the County beginning on September 8,

2024, as proclaimed on September 10, 2024 and ratified by the Board on

September 17, 2024; (h) Conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the

safety of persons and property exist as a result of the Franklin Fire in the

County beginning on December 9, 2024, as proclaimed and ratified by the

Board on December 10, 2024; (i) Conditions of disaster or extreme peril to

the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of the County

exist at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall caused and/or exacerbated by the Board

of State and Community Corrections’ order to immediately shutter Los

Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the only available juvenile hall in the County,

beginning on December 12, 2024, as proclaimed and ratified by the Board

on December 17, 2024; and (j) Conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the

safety of persons and property exist as a result of the January 2025

Windstorm and Critical Fire Events in the County, beginning on January 7,

2025, as proclaimed on January 7, 2025 and ratified by the Board on

January 14, 2025. (A-1)

A-2.

A-3.

CONFERENCE REGARDING POTENTIAL THREATS TO PUBLIC

SERVICES OR FACILITIES

(Government Code Section 54957)

Briefing by Sheriff Robert Luna or his designee and related emergency

services representatives. (A-2)

Discussion on the impact of rain storms, flooding, high-surf and swells, and

any other weather-related or natural disaster event in Los Angeles County

associated with El Niño, to include the County’s preparedness and ability to

coordinate response and recovery activities, as requested by the Board at

the meeting of January 12, 2016. (A-10)

A-4.

A-5.

A-6.

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions relating to the County’s

homeless crisis, as requested at the Board meeting of May 17, 2016, and

proclaimed as a local emergency on January 10, 2023. (A-11)

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions on the progress of

issues related to Exide, as requested at the Board meeting of June 8, 2016.

(A-12)

Discussion on the status of the Federal and/or State Budgets, Federal

and/or State legislative matters and Executive Orders, and their impact on

Los Angeles County, as requested by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas at the

meeting of January 17, 2017. (A-13)

A-7.

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions on issues or action

taken by the Federal government relating to immigration policies, as

requested by Supervisors Barger and Solis at the meeting of January 17,

2017 and revised by Supervisors Solis and Hahn on September 12, 2017.

(A-14)

A-8.

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions on issues related to the

repeal of the Affordable Care Act, health reform and its impact on Los

Angeles County, as requested by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas at the Board

meeting of February 21, 2017. (A-15)

A-9.

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions on issues related to the

implementation of Measure H, as requested by Supervisors Ridley-Thomas

and Hahn at the Board meeting of March 14, 2017. (A-16)

A-10.

Discussion and consideration of necessary actions related to declared

outbreaks of infectious disease threatening the public’s health in Los

Angeles County, as requested by Supervisors Solis and Hahn at the Board

meeting of April 30, 2019. (A-18)

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