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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modifications to Board meeting policies and/or procedures, such as to assist members of the 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. Later requests will be

accommodated to the extent feasible. Please telephone the Executive Office of the Board at (213)

974-1426 (voice) or (213) 974-1707 (TTY), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 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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Supervisores del Condado de Los Angeles, por favor llame (213) 974-1426 entre las horas de 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).

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters are approved by one motion unless held.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1 - 5

Appointments to Commissions/Committees/Special Districts

Recommendations for appointment/reappointment or removal for Commissions/

Committees/Special Districts (+ denotes reappointments): Documents on file

in the Executive Office.

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

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, 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)

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 NOTE: Documentation not

available at the printing of the agenda. (25-0970)

Attachments:

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

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly Emergency

Contracts Report

10.

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

2024 Homeland Security Program Grant Award

12.

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

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association Represented

Employees Memoranda of Understanding

13.

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

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

Angeles, et al.

14.

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

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

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

15.

16.

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)

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)

17.

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

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Departmental Budget Presentations

19.

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:

Presentation

Public Comment/Correspondence

V. NOTICES OF CLOSED SESSION FOR FEBRUARY 11, 2025

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

(Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9)

CS-1.

Jane Doe 1 et al. v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior

Court Case No. 21STCV20949, and All AB 218 Cases Filed Against the County

of Los Angeles. (23-0273)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

(Paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9)

CS-2.

Initiation of Litigation (one case). (25-1039)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

VIII. ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS FOR FURTHER

DISCUSSION AND ACTION BY THE BOARD

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-1.

CONFERENCE REGARDING POTENTIAL THREATS TO PUBLIC SERVICES

OR FACILITIES

A-2.

(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-3.

A-4.

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)

A-5.

A-6.

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)

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-7.

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-8.

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-9.

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)

A-10.

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