Executive Directive No. 16 – Implementation of the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy – Issued April 29, 2016

Executive Directive No. 16 – Implementation of the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy

Mayor:  The City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles undertook an historic joint effort to address homelessness regionally when the Board of Supervisors approved the County’s Recommended Strategies to Combat Homelessness on February 9, 2016, and I approved the City’s Comprehensive Homeless Strategy on February 10, 2016. This effort emerged out of a joint planning process that engaged local, regional, and national stakeholders, and that included the voices of residents experiencing homelessness.

The City’s Comprehensive Homeless Strategy report presents sixty-four strategy briefs that align with my three-pillar approach: house those who are currently homeless; prevent residents who have homes from falling into homelessness; and implement a street-based plan that protects public health and public safety along with the civil rights of people experiencing homelessness. The report will guide us through this current crisis and after.

The Comprehensive Homeless Strategy incorporates national best practices including a coordinated entry system to navigate people from the streets into housing; a housing first approach to prioritize placement in permanent housing as a primary solution; and the decriminalization of homelessness. These practices are evidence-based and have contributed to ending homelessness among high-need sub-populations including persons with substance-abuse and other mental disorders, veterans, persons in the criminal-justice system, and persons experiencing chronic homelessness.  …

Executive Directive No. 15 – Equitable Workforce and Service Restoration – Issued April 29, 2016

Executive Directive No. 15 – Equitable Workforce and Service Restoration

The City of Los Angeles delivers fundamental services upon which the people of Los
Angeles rely for a good quality of life for our families, the safety of our neighborhoods,
and cultural enrichment for people of all ages. A municipal workforce of more than
40,000 employees is the driving force behind all of that work-from street repairs and
emergency response to libraries and park programming.

Every day across Los Angeles, our workers deliver on the mission to get Los Angeles
back to basics-as we invest and innovate in the core services that our residents,
visitors, and businesses need and deserve. Today, City workers are implementing a
$1.4 billion plan to repair our sidewalks; City workers are paving 2,400 miles of streets
per year; City workers are removing thousands of tons of illegally dumped waste from
our communities; City workers are putting a library card into the hands of every
schoolchild in Los Angeles; City workers are helping residents who are immigrants
become United States citizens; City workers are running youth and adult sports leagues,
concerts, and even a world-class observatory in our neighborhood parks; City workers
are serving hot, well-balanced meals to seniors at senior citizen centers and at
homebound seniors’ homes; and City workers are developing more universally
accessible playgrounds than ever before so that children of all abilities can play side by
side.

That work will continue, but with 46% of the City’s workforce eligible to retire by 2018,
Los Angeles is presented with a challenge: to recruit, hire, and train a new generation
of public servants prepared to reform our service delivery by meeting the technology,
efficiency, and transparency demands of the 21st century. And with that challenge
comes an opportunity to revitalize the ranks of City employees in a manner that aligns
with our obligation to lead on employment equity.

Neighborhood Council presentations during City Council and Council Committee meetings, and City Board or Commission meetings.

CF 15-0389, 15-0524   At City Council

Adopted, (12); Absent: Cedillo, Englander, Krekorian (3)

ELECTIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to Neighborhood Council presentations during City Council and Council Committee meetings, and City Board or Commission meetings.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

ADOPT the following Council Policy:

The Presiding Officer of the City Council, or the Chair of a Council Committee, shall provide an opportunity for duly authorized members of a Certified Neighborhood Council board in the City of Los Angeles, to address the City Council or Council Committee on matters for which a Community Impact Statement has been submitted and posted to the Council File currently under consideration. This opportunity will allow Certified Neighborhood Councils to elaborate on issues raised in filed Community Impact Statements, on behalf of that particular Neighborhood Council, in a manner consistent with opportunities provided to City departments or commission officials.

The opportunity to speak may be provided early in the meeting, and shall be considered separate from the public comment process. The Presiding Officer/Chair may exercise his/her discretion in allocating an amount of time for Neighborhood Council comments. In addition, authorized board members of Certified Neighborhood Councils shall be asked to identify themselves for the record, the Neighborhood Council to which they are a member, and the position(s) they hold on the Neighborhood Council board. Comments shall speak directly to the Community Impact Statement and the official position of the Neighborhood Council.

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated December 16, 2015, adding Section 22.819 to the Los Angeles Administrative Code to enable a City Board or Commission to give enhanced consideration to a Neighborhood Council’s position on a pending item for Neighborhood Councils.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Chief Legislative Analyst nor the City Attorney. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: Yes.
Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council
Mid City West Neighborhood Council
Northridge West Neighborhood Council
Canoga Park Neighborhood Council
Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council
Northridge East Neighborhood Council
Los Feliz Neighborhood Council
Winnetka Neighborhood Council
Valley Village Neighborhood Council
Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council
Venice Neighborhood Council
Chatsworth Neighborhood Council
West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council
Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council

Sylmar Community Plan Implementation Overlay District

CF 15-0622  At PLUM
CD 7

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings to the previously certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (ENV-2006-5624-EIR certified on June 24, 2015) and CEQA “no project” finding related to the fee ordinance, reports from City Attorney and Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and Ordinances relative to establishing the Sylmar Community Plan Implementation Overlay District and accompanying fees, and replacing and superseding Ordinance No. 153386 to amend the boundaries of the Sylmar “K” Equinekeeping District, and the Ordinance for the Zone and Height District changes.

Case No. CPC-2006-5569-CPU
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(On June 10, 2015, Council referred the Zone Change and Height District Ordinance back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee)

Establishing Homeless Shelters During the 2016 El Nino Shelter Crisis / Proposed Ordinance

CF 15-1138-S7 At City Council Action 04/01/2016 Vote Action: Adopted, Vote Given: (11 – 0 – 4)

Case No. CPC-2016-12-CA

An ordinance adding Section 12.82 to Article 2 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow the operation and establishment of temporary emergency shelters for the homeless throughout the City for the duration of the 2016 El Nino precipitation cycle. WHEREAS, the El Nino cycle of 1997-1998 brought tremendous rainfall to Los Angeles, during which there was significant loss of human life and property damage; WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has confirmed that the winter of 2015 ­ 2016 will present one of the most powerful El Nino cycles ever recorded; WHEREAS, as a result of this El Nino cycle the City of Los Angeles will likely experience heavy rainfall well into the early spring of 2016; WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles has declared a shelter crisis under California Government Code Section 8698 based on a finding that a significant number of homeless people in Los Angeles are without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety; WHEREAS, the threat to the health and safety of the homeless population in Los Angeles is further exacerbated by the torrential rain that is anticipated with the commencement of El Nino’ s precipitation cycle; and WHEREAS, in order to address the threat to the health and safety of the , homeless there must be an increase in the number of shelters available to the homeless j to find refuge from the rain.

  • 04/01/2016 Council Action.
  • 03/31/2016 Mayor transmitted file to City Clerk. Ordinance effective date: April 5, 2016. Final Ordinance No. 184,168
  • 03/30/2016 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is April 11, 2016.
  • 03/30/2016 Council adopted item forthwith.
  • 03/23/2016 Council adopted item (vote: 11-0); Ordinance over for second reading on March 30, 2016.
  • 03/22/2016 Council Action.
  • 03/22/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
  • 03/18/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 22, 2016.
  • 03/18/2016 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 23, 2016 .
  • 03/16/2016 Council referred item to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; and, instructed City Clerk to schedule matter for Council consideration on March 23, 2016.
  • 03/15/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
  • 03/11/2016 Housing and Community Investment Department document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 03/11/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 15, 2016.
  • 03/11/2016 Document(s) submitted by Housing and Community Investment Department, as follows:

Housing and Community Investment Department report, dated March 11, 2016, relative to draft Ordinances amending Municipal Code sections and adding a section to the Municipal Code section to provide for the establishment and operation of temporary homeless shelters during shelter crisis.

  • 03/04/2016 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 03/03/2016 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows:

City Attorney report R16-0068, dated March 2, 2016, relative to draft ordinances to expand and correct the definition of Shelter for the Homeless and to align the Citys shelter crisis regulations with State Law and adding Section 12.82 to the Municipal Code to provide for the operation and establishment of temporary homeless shelters in any zone during the 2016 El Nino weather cycle.

  • 02/17/2016 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 02/12/2016 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows:

Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated February 12, 2016, relative to the proposed Homelessness Emergency Ordinance and the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) for the purpose of establishing homeless shelters during the 2016 El Nino shelter crisis.