SPECIAL MEETING, HOUSING COMMITTEE. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 ROOM 1060, CITY HALL - 1:15 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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1 SPECIAL MEETING, HOUSING COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 21, 2017 ROOM 1060, CITY HALL - 1:15 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON (John A. White - Legislative Assistant - (213) or john.white@lacity.org) Click here for agenda packets Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real-Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. ITEM NO. (1) Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department report and draft ordinance relative to amending Sections , , and of Article 1, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to clarify housing inspection procedures and the right of entry for inspectors to conduct Systematic Code Enforcement Program inspections. Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 1

2 If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., ). Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 2

3 TRANSMITTAL To: Date: 6/15/2017 THE COUNCIL From: THE MAYOR TRANSMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED. (Ana Guerrero) ERIC GARCETTI Mayor Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 3

4 <.m a Vi r Los Angeles HOUSING + COMMUNITY Investment Department Coed's! Eric Garcetti, Mayor Rushmore D. Cervantes, General Manager Regulatory Compliance & Code Bureau 1200 West 7th Street, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA tel I toll-free hcidla.laciiy.org June 9, 2017 Council File: New Council District: All Contact Persons: Daniel Gomez (213) Roberto Aldape (213) Honorable Eric Garcetti Mayor, City of Los Angeles 200 North Spring Street, Room 303 Los Angeles, CA Attention: Mandy Morales, Legislative Coordinator TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING CODE SUMMARY The Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) respectfully requests approval of an ordinance making technical amendments to Sections , and of Article 1 of Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, known as the Los Angeles Housing Code. The proposed amendments set forth in the proposed ordinance (attached) are necessary to eliminate perceived ambiguities in language that could lead to discretionary interpretation as to the right of entry for inspectors to conduct Systematic Code Enforcement Program inspections. Section is amended to add a provision regarding the right of entry when exigent circumstances exist and the amendments to Sections and clarify the right of entry for periodic inspections and complaint inspections respectively. RECOMMENDATIONS The General Manager of HCIDLA respectfully requests that: I. II. III. Your office schedule this transmittal at the next available meeting(s) of the appropriate Council committee(s) and forward it to City Council for review and approval immediately thereafter. The City Council adopt the accompanying ordinance prepared and submitted by the City Attorney to make various amendments to the Los Angeles Municipal Code described in this report. The Mayor concur with the action of the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT There is no impact on the General Fund. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 4

5 Transmittal: Housing Code Technical Amendments Page 2 Prepared By: Reviewed By: A 7 DANIEL V. GOMEZO Director of Enforcement Operations U? Roberto aldape * Assistant General Manager Reviewed By: Approved By: LAURA K. GUGLIELMO Executive Officer o RUSHMORE D. CERVANTES General Manager cc: Housing Committee Attachment: Draft Ordinance Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 5

6 ORDINANCE NO. Ordinance amending Sections , and of Article 1 Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to clarify housing inspection procedures. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 4 of Section of Division 3.5, Article 1, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Exigent Circumstances: Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the General Manager has reasonable cause to believe that the building, dwelling unit, or common area is so hazardous, unsafe or dangerous as to require immediate inspection to safeguard the public health or safety, the General Manager shall have the right to immediately enter and inspect the premises by use of any reasonable means to effect entry.sec. 2. Section of Division 6, Article 1, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: SEC The General Manager shall give written notice to the owner and tenants of the date and time of the periodic inspection. The General Manager may provide written notice to the tenants by mail or by the posting of the official notice in the public area of the premises. The General Manager shall adopt regulations to implement this section. Sec. 3. Section of Division 6, Article 1, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Subject to the limitations of Section , the General Manager may inspect those portions of buildings, dwelling units and common areas within the scope of this Article about which a complaint has been lodged. Sec. 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and have it published in accordance with Council policy, either in a daily newspaper circulated in the City of Los Angeles or by posting for ten days in three public places in the City of Los Angeles: one copy on the bulletin board located at the Main Street entrance to the Los Angeles City Hall; one copy on the bulletin board located at the Main Street entrance to the Los Angeles City Hall East; and one copy on the bulletin board located at the Temple Street entrance to the Los Angeles County Hall of Records. I hereby certify that this ordinance was passed by the Council of the City of Los Angeles, at its meeting of. 1 Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 6

7 HOLLY L. WOLCOTT, City Clerk By Deputy Approved Mayor Approved as to Form and Legality MICHAEL N. FEUER, City Attorney By DEBORAH BREITHAUPT Deputy City Attorney Date File No. 2 Wednesday - June 21, PAGE 7

SPECIAL MEETING - TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. Wednesday, June 14, 2017 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 1:15 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Called by Committee Chair SPECIAL MEETING - TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 14, 2017 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 1:15 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER MIKE BONIN,