AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 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 20, 2025

MEETING TELEVISED: Wednesday, February 26, 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.

Pledge of Allegiance led by Alejandro Castillo, former Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, Sylmar

(5).

I. PRESENTATIONS

Presentation of scrolls to Eaton Fire faith-based community heroes, in honor of

“Black History Month,” as arranged by Supervisor Barger.

Presentation of scroll to Dr. Fernando J. Guerra, for his 40 years of dedicated

service as an educator supporting students and expanding resources to the

Latino community, as arranged by Supervisor Solis.

Presentation of scrolls to “Black History Month” Second District honorees, as

arranged by Supervisor Mitchell.

Presentation of scroll to Louvenia Jenkins, for her historic contributions to the

Pacific Palisades community as one of its first Black homeowners, recognizing

her resilience, strength, and decades-long commitment to the neighborhood, as

arranged by Supervisor Horvath.

Presentation of scroll to Dr. Wilburn Durousseau, in recognition of his 59 years

of service to the community, his patients, and the St. Francis Medical Center in

Lynwood, as arranged by Supervisor Hahn. (25-1059)

II. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1 - 3

Hearing on Project No. PRJ2023-003193-(All Districts) Amending County

Code, Title 2 - Administration and Title 22 - Planning and Zoning for the

Tune Up Series 003 Ordinance

Hearing on Project No. PRJ2023-003193-(All Districts) and Advance Planning

Case No. RPPL2023004662, amending County Code, Title 2 - Administration

and Title 22 - Planning and Zoning with the Title 22 Tune Up Series 003

Ordinance (Ordinance), to make modifications where necessary to correct

discrepancies, typographical errors and outdated and redundant provisions

including, but not limited to, removing outdated language regarding Regional

Planning Commission advisory membership (Chapter 2.108 - Regional Planning

Commission); clarifying definitions (Section 22.14.160 - P) and provisions

(Section 22.246.090) of the Public Art in Private Development Program;

illustrating provisions for Fences and Walls (Section 22.110.070); correcting

procedures for modifying or removing required fences and walls for Outdoor

Storage (Section 22.140.430); correcting Commercial Zone Accessory Use

code references (Section 22.20.030 - Land Use Regulations for Zones C-H,

C-1, C-2, C-3, C-M, C-MJ, and C-R) for Home-Based Occupations (Section

22.140.290); correcting typographical errors (Sections 22.20.050 -

Development Standards for Zones C-H, C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-M; 22.166.050 -

Discretionary Housing Permit; 22.196.010 - Applicability (Yard Modifications);

22.312.080 - Area-Specific Development Standards (Castaic Area Community

Standards District); and Chapter 22.140 - Standards for Specific Uses);

correcting outdated names of County offices (Sections 22.22.080 -

Development Standards for Zone M-2.5; 22.124.090 - Process for Designation

of a Landmark; 22.124.100 - Process for Designation of a Historic District;

22.222.290 - Bonds and Insurance; 22.240.050 - Fee for Appeals; 22.250.010

- Filing Fees and Deposits; and 22.250.040 - eRecordation Fee); correcting the

qualifying zones for Parking as a Transitional Use (Section 22.140.440);

clarifying Procedures for Appeals and Calls for Review (Section 22.240.060);

clarifying the Director’s authority to withdraw or revise interpretations (Section

22.234.020); streamlining the administration of a Supplemental Fee Agreement

(Section 22.262.040); administratively re-formatting Community Standards

Districts to conform with the Planning Areas Framework of the General Plan

(Division 10 - Planning Area and Community Standards Districts); clarifying the

prohibition of incidental walkways in landscaped buffers in the Altadena

Community Standards District (22.306.070 - Zone-Specific Development

Standards); and correcting errors in the Florence-Firestone Transit-Oriented

District Specific Plan Zones and Development Standards (Chapter 22.418);

additionally, find that the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the

California Environmental Quality Act (Class 5 and Section 15061(b)(3)). (The

Regional Planning Commission recommended approval of this project.)

(Department of Regional Planning) (Continued from the meeting of 12-10-24

and 1-28-25) (24-5471)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Hearing on Project No. PRJ2021-002039-(All Districts) the General Plan

Safety Element Amendment

Hearing on Project No. PRJ2021-002039-(All Districts), Plan Amendment No.

RPPL2024003096, to approve the General Plan Safety Element Amendment to

identify residential developments in any hazard area identified in the Safety

Element that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes in

compliance with Government Code Section 65302, subdivision (g)(5); and

consider the Addendum to the Negative Declaration for PRJ2021-002039-(All

Districts) Safety Element update, Environmental Assessment No.

RPPL2024004068, along with the previously adopted Negative Declaration,

prior to making a final decision on the Project. (Department of Regional

Planning) (Continued from the meeting of 1-28-25) (25-0504)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Hearing on a Resolution to Increase the Developer Fee for the

Consolidated Fire Protection District

Hearing on adoption of a resolution, acting as the Governing Body of the

Consolidated Fire Protection District, to increase the 2024 Developer Fee

Program (DFP) rates for three Areas of Benefit, including Area 1, Malibu/Santa

Monica Mountains/City of Calabasas, to $1.1851 (+$0.0095) per sq ft; Area 2,

Santa Clarita Valley, to $1.6710 (+$0.0534) per sq ft; and Area 3, Antelope

Valley, to $1.1407 (+$0.0127) per sq ft (3 and 5); and find that updating the

DFP is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (Fire

Department) (25-0836)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

III. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 4 - 10

Board of Supervisors

Ratification of Proclamation of Local Emergency for the Winter Storm

Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Barger and Horvath: Ratify the

Proclamation of Local Emergency made on February 19, 2025, for the winter

storm, in the County of Los Angeles, the Proclamation of Local Emergency

shall remain in effect until its termination is proclaimed by the Board; direct the

Chief Executive Officer, through the Director of the Office of Emergency

Management to forward a copy of the Proclamation of Local Emergency to the

Director of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Director), and

request the Director to find it acceptable in accordance with State law; request

that the Governor of the State of California, pursuant to the Emergency Service

Act, issue a proclamation declaring an emergency in Los Angeles County;

make available recovery assistance under the California Disaster Assistance

Act, and expedite access to State and Federal resources and any other

appropriate Federal disaster relief programs; and instruct County Department

Heads to implement all assessment, assistance and monitoring efforts as

applicable. (25-1178)

Attachments:

Motion by Supervisors Barger and Horvath (Exempt from Cluster)

Public Comment/Correspondence

County Operations

Resolution of the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Protecting

Qualifying Income Eligible Tenants Directly Financially Impacted by the

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Wildfire Events

Recommendation: Adopt a resolution to protect each qualifying, income eligible

tenant residing in the County from eviction for non-payment of rent originally

due between February 1, 2025 and July 31, 2025 as may be revised, renewed,

or repealed by the Board, where the tenant has been directly financially

impacted by the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Wildfire Events by

providing the tenant an affirmative defense against such unlawful detainer

actions, with protections to remain in effect through July 31, 2025, unless

revised, renewed or repealed by the Board. (County Counsel) ADOPT NOTE:

Documentation not available at the printing of the agenda. (25-1177)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly Emergency

Contracts Report

Recommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by the

Director of Internal Services, under delegated authority by the Board, acting as

both the County and the Governing Body of various districts, under Board

Order No. 13-C of January 28, 2025, to respond to and recover from the

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, including the Palisades Fire,

Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Kenneth Fire, and multiple other fires (LA County Fires)

including actions enumerated in the aforementioned authorities (Actions),

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 (25-1148)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Family and Social Services

Report on the General Relief Program Redesign

Report by the Director of Public Social Services with recommendations for the

General Relief Program redesign, including options for funding, as requested at

the Board meeting of December 3, 2024. RECEIVE AND FILE (Continued from

the meetings of 1-14-25 and 2-18-25) (25-0086)

Attachments:

Presentation

Public Comment/Correspondence

Community Services

Armed Security Guard Services for LA County Library Area Contracts

Recommendation: Find that armed security guard services for LA County

Library facilities can be performed more economically by an independent

contractor; approve and instruct the Chair to sign five contracts with Inter-Con

Security Services Systems, Inc. (Inter-Con, Inc.), for the provision of as

needed armed security guard services at LA County Library facilities, for a

maximum period of five years and six months and a potential aggregate total of

$65,795,597.19, effective on February 15, 2025, or three weeks following

Board approval, whichever is later; authorize the County Librarian to approve

unanticipated work within the scope of the contract, and execute amendments

to exercise renewal options, increase or decrease the number of facilities or the

days of service; amend terms and conditions in the contract, as may be

required by the Board, and adjust the contract amount, accordingly; and find

that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental

Quality Act. (LA County Library) APPROVE (Continued from the meetings of

1-21-25 and 2-4-25) NOTE: The County Librarian requests that this item

be continued to March 18, 2025. (25-0385)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly Emergency

Contracts Report

Recommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by the

Director of Public Works, under authority delegated by the Board, acting as

both the County and the Governing Body of various districts, under Board

Order No. 13-C of January 28, 2025, to respond and recover from the January

2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, including the Palisades Fire, Eaton

Fire, Hurst Fire, Kenneth Fire, and multiple other fires (LA County Fires),

including 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 (Actions),

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 (25-1149)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

Temporary Waiver of Wasteshed Restriction and Increase in Disposal

Tonnage Limits at Local Landfills

10.

Recommendation: Find that the temporary waiver of the wasteshed restrictions

at the Calabasas Landfill to allow it to accept debris generated by the January

2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, which is necessary to eliminate

immediate threats to life, public health and safety, and improved property, and

to ensure economic recovery of the affected communities to the benefit of the

community-at-large; authorize the Calabasas Landfill to temporarily accept

material from outside of the wasteshed to accommodate the emergency

disposal of debris generated by the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire

Events, effective immediately and continuing for six months initially, with a

possible extension options, as necessary, by the Director of Public Works, in

concert with the Chief Engineer of the County Sanitation Districts, as part of

disaster response and recovery efforts and when it is in the public interest to do

so, provided that the excess tonnage amounts consist solely of debris resulting

from the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events; authorize the

Sunshine Canyon and Lancaster Landfills to temporarily increase their tonnage

limits effective immediately and continuing for 120 days initially, with an option

of extension by the Board, upon joint recommendation from the Directors of

Public Health and Public Works, as part of disaster response and recovery

efforts and when it is in the public interest to do so, provided that the excess

tonnage amounts consist solely of debris resulting from the January 2025

Windstorm and Critical Fire Events; and find that the proposed activities

recommended herein are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

(Department of Public Works) APPROVE (Continued from the meeting of

2-18-25) (25-1112)

Attachments:

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

IV. BUDGET MATTER 11

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Departmental Budget Presentation

11.

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 presentation to the Board of Supervisors by the

following department of their Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget request: (Continued

from the meeting of 2-18-25)

Regional Planning

*Presentations not completed are automatically continued to a future

Departmental Budget Presentation meeting date. (25-1110)

Attachments:

Chief Executive Office Presentation

Regional Planning Presentation

Chief Executive Officer’s Memo dated February 10, 2025

Public Comment/Correspondence

V. NOTICE OF CLOSED SESSION FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2025

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS

(Government Code Section 54957.6)

CS-1.

Agency designated representatives: Fesia Davenport, Chief Executive Officer

and designated staff.

All individual member unions of the Coalition of County Unions, AFL CIO; SEIU,

Local 721; All affiliated member unions of SEIU; All affiliated member unions of

AFSCME Council 36; Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defenders Union;

Program Managers Association; Child Support Attorneys; Supervising Child

Support Officers; and Probation Directors. (25-1080)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

VII. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2025

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

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

(CS-1)

The People of the State of California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General

of the State of California vs. County of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles County

Superior Court Case No. 21STCV01309.

In open session, this item was taken off calendar. (23-1790)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

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

(CS-2)

Raul Gutierrez, et al. v. Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles

County Superior Court Case No. 24STCV06193.

In open session, this item was taken off calendar. (24-3888)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

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

(CS-3)

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

The Board authorized County Counsel to initiate litigation. The

defendant(s) and the other particulars will, once the action is formally

commenced, be disclosed to any person upon inquiry. The vote of the

Board was unanimous with all Supervisors being present. (25-1039)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

Audio

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

(Paragraph (2) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9)

(CS-4)

Significant exposure to litigation (one case).

In open session, this item was taken off calendar. (24-4859)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS

(Government Code Section 54957.6)

(CS-5)

Agency designated representatives: Fesia Davenport, Chief Executive Officer

and designated staff.

All individual member unions of the Coalition of County Unions, AFL CIO; SEIU,

Local 721; All affiliated member unions of SEIU; All affiliated member unions of

AFSCME Council 36; Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defenders Union;

Program Managers Association; Child Support Attorneys; Supervising Child

Support Officers; and Probation Directors.

No reportable action was taken. (25-1080)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

(Government Code Section 54957(b)(1))

(CS-6)

Chief Probation Officer

Director of Health Services

Director of Mental Health

Director of Public Health

Director of Internal Services

Director of Youth Development

Director of Personnel

Superintendent of Schools of the Los Angeles County Office of Education

In open session, this item was taken off calendar. (24-3887)

Attachments:

Public Comment/Correspondence

END