MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

HILDA L. SOLIS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

HOLLY J. MITCHELL

LINDSEY P. HORVATH

JANICE HAHN

KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

500 WEST TEMPLE STREET

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012

(213) 974-1411 - FAX (213) 620-0636

EDWARD YEN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

KATHRYN BARGER

March 28, 2025

TO:

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair

Supervisor Hilda L. Solis

Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath

Supervisor Janice Hahn

Fesia Davenport, Chief Executive Officer

Dawyn Harrison, County Counsel

Press Room

FROM:

Edward Yen

Executive Officer

POSTED:

RE:

March 28, 2025

Additions and/or revisions to the agenda for the Board meeting of Tuesday,

April 1, 2025.

CHANGE:

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

REVISE:

Revised motion to Proclaim April 2025 as “Sexual Assault

Awareness Month,” April 27, 2025 as “Invincible Day,” and April

30, 2025 as “Denim Day” throughout Los Angeles County, as

submitted by Supervisors Mitchell and Solis. (25-1787)

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Revised motion by Supervisors Mitchell and Solis

Public Comment/Correspondence

REVISE:

19.

Preventing Human Trafficking in the Wake of Natural Disasters

Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Instruct

the Director of Consumer and Business Affairs, through the Office of

Labor Equity and the Office of Immigrant Affairs, to take action within

30 days to augment resources to help prevent individuals economically

impacted by the fires from becoming victims of human trafficking; …

Instruct the Director of Internal Services, in consultation with and

County Counsel to report back to the Board in writing within 60

days on recommended changes to the Los Angeles County -

Board of Supervisors Policy Manual, … (25-1644)

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell (Updates Following Cluster)

Revised Motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Public Comment/Correspondence

REVISE:

20.

Supporting Commercial Corridors as Community Anchors by

Expanding the Commercial Acquisition Fund Program

Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Find

that, pursuant to Government Code Section 26227, providing financial

support for the expansion of the Anti-Displacement Commercial

Acquisition Fund (CAF) Program meets the social needs of the

population of the County, by preventing displacement and supporting

and preserving communities of color, and thereby serves a public

purpose that benefits the County and its residents; instruct the Director

of Economic Opportunity to fund the CAF Program expansion through

forgivable loans, subject to long-term use restrictions and social impact

requirements by allocating $400,000 to each Supervisorial District, for

a total of $2,000,000, from the Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund,

and using $700,000 from the Social District CAF Second District

Catalytic Development Fund to support local small businesses and

mixed-use and affordable housing development along commercial

corridors in the Second Supervisorial District with displacement risk;

approve an appropriation adjustment to transfer $600,000 from the

Second District Economic Development Utility Unincorporated Users

Tax Fund to Department of Economic Opportunity's operating budget to

further fund the CAF Program expansion to support small businesses

and mixed-use and affordable housing development along commercial

corridors in the Second Supervisorial District with displacement risk

through forgivable loans, subject to long-term use restrictions and

social impact requirements;… (Relates to Agenda No. 1-D) (25-1641)

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell (Updates Following Cluster)

Revised motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Public Comment/Correspondence

Transparency in Planning During Probation’s Ongoing Crisis

21.

Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn:

Direct the Chief Probation Officer to seek Board approval,…

AMEND:

Also, consideration of Supervisor Solis’ recommendation to

amend Supervisors Horvath and Hahn’s joint motion to …

Departments; instruct the Chief Probation Officer to consult

collaborate and establish working groups with the Directors of

Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Internal Services,

Public Works, and Justice, Care, and Opportunities, and Youth

Development, the Superintendent of Schools of the Los Angeles

County Office of Education, and simultaneously develop a

community engagement process with any other appropriate

County stakeholders before submitting any further Global Plan or

Facilities Plan update to the Board or appropriate cluster; and

instruct the Chief Probation Officer to expedite planning for the

full closure of Central Juvenile Hall, including not reserving the

campus as an emergency evacuation site, and to facilitate the

expedient movement of healthcare services from Central Juvenile

Hall to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall; report back to the Board in

writing monthly on the progress of Directive No. 1 of the motion

and upon completion of Directive No. 1 tasks, return to the Board

with a formal action for the closure of the Central Juvenile Hall

along with appropriate environmental findings; and find that the

above directives are exempt from the California Environmental

Quality Act. (25-1376)

Motion by Supervisor Horvath

Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn (Updates Following Cluster)

Motion by Supervisor Solis

Public Comment/Correspondence

REVISE:

22.

Implementing the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness

Report Recommendation No. 1 (Establish a County Entity

Dedicated to Homeless Service Delivery) and No. 3 (Streamlined

LAHSA)

Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and

Barger: Direct the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the

Executive Director of the Homeless Initiative, Chief Information Officer,

the Directors of Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Public

Social Services, Military and Veterans Affairs, Children and Family

Services, Personnel and Internal Services, the Sheriff, County

Counsel, Auditor-Controller, and:…

Create the job description for this department’s Director within

30 days, incorporate feedback from stakeholder engagement, …

related systems; and

Instruct the Director of Housing for Health and the Executive

Director of the Homeless Initiative, Chief Executive Office, to

establish a five-member Service Provider Work Group to provide

input to the joint administrative team and on the implementation

of the directives listed in this motion, the Work Group’s expertise

be integrated into the creation of the new County Department,

with the Work Group shall provide updates to the Board, as

requested, and will sunset one year after the establishment of the

new County Homeless Department, unless the Work Group

participants or the new Department requests its extension; and

… (25-1679)

Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Barger

Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Barger (Updates Following Cluster)

Revised motion by Supervisors Horvath and Barger

Chief Executive Officer's Report Dated 2/28/2025

Auditor-Controller’s Report Dated 11/19/2024

Public Comment/Correspondence

REQUEST:

37.

Supervisor Barger requests that the following item be continued

two weeks to April 15, 2025:

Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment Sole Source Contract

Recommendation: Approve and instruct the Director of Public Health to

execute a new sole source contract with Marn DDS Dental Practice

P.C. (Marn), for conducting the Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment

in Los Angeles Unified School District schools, … (25-1656)

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

REQUEST:

40.

The Director of Parks and Recreation requests that the following

item be continued two weeks to April 15, 2025:

Castaic Lake State Recreation Area Overlook Picnic Area Share

Shelters Replacement and Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park North

Shore Picnic Shelters Replacement Projects

Recommendation: Establish and approve the proposed Castaic Lake

State Recreation Area Overlook Picnic Area Shade Shelters

Replacement Project, Capital Project No. 8A103, with a total project

budget of $2,000,000, and the proposed Frank G. Bonelli Regional

Park North Shore Picnic Shelters Replacement Project, Capital Project

No. 8A104 (Projects) (5), with a total project budget of $1,500,000; …

(25-1671)

Board Letter

Public Comment/Correspondence

REVISE:

1-D.

Supporting Commercial Corridors as Community Anchors by

Expanding the Commercial Acquisition Fund Program

Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell:

Authorize the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County

Development Authority to transfer up to $1,500,000 from the Second

District’s Economic Development Administration’s defederalized loan

funds to a selected nonprofit organization through the County of Los

Angeles’ Commercial Acquisition Fund Program for property

acquisition for redevelopment, job creation and workforce development,

and economic revitalization and to execute any necessary documents

to effectuate such transfer of funds for such purpose. (Relates to

Agenda No. 20) (25-1789)

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Motion by Supervisor Mitchell (Updates Following Cluster)

Revised motion by Supervisor Mitchell

Public Comment/Correspondence

SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

Proactively and Urgently Removing Fire Debris from

Non-Responsive Properties

54-A.

Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Barger:

Authorize the Director of Public Works, in collaboration with the Chief

Executive Officer, and in consultation with, and the assistance and

approval of, County Counsel, to negotiate, draft, and enter into a

memorandum of agreement with the City of Malibu, whereby the

County would act as the City of Malibu's agent in taking all appropriate

and necessary steps to facilitate the removal of debris on coastal

properties belonging to non-responsive owners; instruct the Director of

Public Works, in coordination with the Assessor, Treasurer & Tax

Collector, Director of the Office of Emergency Management, Chief

Executive Office, including all other relevant Departments, in

consultation with County Counsel, take the necessary steps to conduct

a targeted outreach campaign to ensure that non-responsive properties

in all fire impacted communities across the County, apply for opting in,

or out, of the Private Property Debris Removal (PPDR) program before

the April 15, 2025 deadline and all properties are cleared as

expeditiously as possible, including but not limited to:

Sharing data across Departments to identify contact information

for displaced property owners that have yet to respond to the

debris removal program, Departments should use existing lists of

people affected by the fires including, but not limited to:

Partner agency lists of affected populations seeking relief,

including Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA), United States Postal Service, non-profits and

others legally able to share their customer data; and

Departmental interest lists for the various relief programs;

Outreach campaign shall include multiple strategies, to secure

outstanding property owner compliance with the County’s debris

removal program to maximize FEMA reimbursements and

expeditious clearing of affected properties; and

Report back to the Board, in writing, within seven days, on a

strategy to ensure that property owners that did not opt into the

government run debris removal program clear properties

expeditiously to ensure the safety of our community members

who will begin rebuilding, including:

A deadline for when debris must be removed from private

property;

A nuisance abatement process for the fire footprints,

inclusive of the staffing and resources necessary to

implement and effectively enforce; and

An outreach campaign proposal that is inclusive of

multiple strategies directed at property owners within the

fire footprint that did not sign up for the opt in program,

and advise them of the debris removal deadline, including

potential enforcement actions should properties not be

cleared by the stated deadlines. (25-1944)

Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Barger

Public Comment/Correspondence

Supporting Disaster Recovery by Supporting Small Business

54-B.

Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Adopt a

resolution authorizing the Director of Regional Planning to approve

applications for pop-up events, pop-up restaurants and other eating

establishments, and pop-up retail and commercial uses, including

alcoholic beverage sales for on-site and/or off-site consumption,

subject to any required approvals by the California Department of

Alcohol and Beverage Control, with a ministerial Type I Review in

parking lots and vacant lots on properties that have been cleared of

debris in commercial and industrial zones in Altadena, for a five-year

period, with an initial period of three years and with two possible

one-year extension options, subject to the requirements and limitations

set forth therein; find that the actions and projects encompassed by this

motion and the enclosed resolution including, but not limited to

response, recovery, and construction activities, are critically needed to

respond to and recover from the emergency related to the Eaton Fire,

and are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and take

the following actions: (Relates to Agenda No. 6-D)

Instruct the Director of Economic Opportunity to set aside 500

Youth@Work positions in Fiscal Year 2025-26 for youth

impacted by the Eaton Fire, to work with school districts,

community-based organizations, the Los Angeles County

Workforce Development Board, and other partners to promote

these opportunities, work with the Chief Executive Officer to

report back to the Board in writing in 30 days with a plan to

establish a satellite America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC)

in Altadena to ensure priority access of worker and employer

resources including job training, employer hiring and incentive

supports, upskilling, resume and interview skills training, and

rapid re-employment services, with services available at the

temporary AJCC should include, at a minimum:

Workforce programs needed to serve displaced workers,

including those that address short-term surge capacity

and address workforce needs for long-term recovery;

Related services and supports like a worker equity fund

that provides financial help to individuals as they complete

training and transition into employment; and

Programs for impacted businesses and employers,

including access to qualified candidates to meet current

hiring needs, layoff aversion support, subsidized wages,

and other business services;

Work in coordination with local municipalities, including the

Cities of Pasadena, Santa Monica, Malibu, Sierra Madre, and

Los Angeles, the Altadena community, as well as community

business organizations, such as Independent Hospitality

Coalition, Latino Restaurant Association, and the California

Restaurant Association to take immediate steps to establish a

regional public awareness campaign, along with related

programs and services, and resources that both encourages the

idea of “Shop/Dine/Recover Local” and promotes the fact that

many commercial businesses within the Eaton, Palisades, and

other fire zones are still in business, thereby ensuring their

short- and long-term economic resiliency, this campaign should:

Focus on awareness of small business impact as a result

of wildfires;

Establish and promote a listing of all small businesses that

survived the Eaton Fire and are still open in their current

or temporary space in the areas immediately within or in

close proximity to the fire zone;

Consider ways to promote and support these small

businesses, including marketing campaigns utilizing video

testimonials and advertisements, financial incentives for

businesses, affordable space sharing and commercial

access opportunities, capacity building, and capital and

contracting access during the rebuild and for other

regional events, such as the 2028 Summer Olympics

hosted in Los Angeles; and

Engage with the Altadena community, holding community

engagement forums, to best understand the unique needs of the

small business community in a post-Eaton Fire landscape; and

Authorize the Director of Economic Opportunity, in consultation with

County Counsel, to negotiate, execute, and amend any agreements,

and necessary amendments for assistance with administration or

implementation of the directives listed, with the Board to waive the

requirements of Board Policy No. 5.100 for these agreements; and

transfer $850,000 from the Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund budget,

$637,639 from the SD5 allocation of Catalytic Development Funds, and

up to $3,000,000 from the Los Angeles County Bioscience Investment

Fund to the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA), for

the creation of a small business loan program that would assist the

small businesses in Altadena unscathed by the Eaton Fire in the

unincorporated area of Altadena but surrounded by devastation, and

authorize the Director of Economic Opportunity to execute a funding

agreement, or amendment to an existing funding agreement, with

LACDA for the transfer of the funds to LACDA. (25-1939)

Motion by Supervisor Barger

Public Comment/Correspondence

Report on Options for Non-Pathway Home Funds

54-C.

Report by the Executive Director of the Homeless Initiative, Chief

Executive Office, and possible Board action, on options for

non-Pathway Home Funds for remaining funding needed to restore

Transitional Age Youth and Prevention items in the Fiscal Year 2025-26

Homeless Initiative Funding Recommendations after the use of

$5,000,000 from Housing Acquisition, Housing Location, as requested

at the Board meeting of March 25, 2025. DISCUSSION AND ACTION

(25-1950)

Verbal Report

Public Comment/Correspondence

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

ADD:

6-D.

Supporting Disaster Recovery by Supporting Small Business

Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Authorize the

Executive Director of Los Angeles County Development Authority, in

consultation with County Counsel, to accept $4,487,639 from the

County and accept and incorporate up to $4,487,639 into the Los

Angeles County Development Authority’s approved Fiscal Year

2024-25 budget as needed; authorize the Executive Director of Los

Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA), to utilize up to

$850,000 in Manufacturing Revolving Loan Funds (MRLF), $637,639 in

Catalytic Development Funds, up to $3,000,000 from the Los Angeles

County Bioscience Investment Fund, and up to $2,000,000 from the

Economic Development Administration (EDA) de-federalized revolving

loan funds for economic development activities as allowed by EDA,

which includes any LACDA administrative expenses, in support of

disaster relief efforts associated with the Eaton Fire in the

unincorporated area of Altadena, and in consultation with County

Counsel, to execute any agreements, and necessary amendments for

assistance with administration and implementation of the small business

loan program; authorize the Executive Director to execute a funding

agreement, or amendments to an existing funding agreement, with the

County to accept the funds from MRLF for the creation and

implementation of a small business loan program for small businesses

in Altadena; execute agreements, including sole-source agreements,

with nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, service

providers and other consultants and to hire or contract for LACDA

positions as appropriate and necessary to implement the directives

contained herein; and work with the Director of Economic Opportunity

to ensure that repaid loans that utilized funds from the Los Angeles

County Bioscience Investment Fund be returned to the Department of

Economic Opportunity and be reinvested in the Los Angeles County

Bioscience Investment Fund. (Relates to Agenda No. 54-B) (25-1940)

Motion by Supervisor Barger

Public Comment/Correspondence