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  
January 10, 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:  
January 10, 2025  
Additions and/or revisions to the agenda for the Board meeting of Tuesday,  
January 14, 2025.  
ADD:  
Invocation led by Pastor Carmen Quevedo, The Church on the Way, Van  
Nuys (3).  
REVISE:  
6.  
Reports on the Status of the Probation Department  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Instruct  
the Chief Probation Officer to provide a verbal presentation at the  
January 14, 2025 Board meeting on the status of the Probation  
Department, including efforts to bring Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall into  
compliance, and provide monthly reports at a Board meeting on the  
third Tuesday of every month thereafter; and instruct the Directors of  
Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Internal Services, Youth  
Development, Personnel, and the Superintendent of Schools of the Los  
Angeles County Office of Education to attend the meetings and be  
available for questions. (25-0369)  
Motion by Supervisor Barger  
Revised motion by Supervisor Barger  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
REVISE:  
11.  
Proclaiming January 29, 2025 as the start of “Lunar New Year  
2025”  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Solis and  
Barger: Proclaim January 29, 2025 as the start of the “Lunar New  
Year” in Los Angeles County, and join with Asian American and Pacific  
Islander (AAPI) residents in ushering in the Year of the Snake; and  
direct the Chief Executive Officer, through its County Communications  
Branch, to promote all County Lunar New Year events on the County’s  
website and social media platforms, including ensuring information is  
provided in highly utilized AAPI languages. (25-0366)  
Motion by Supervisor Solis  
Revised motion by Supervisors Solis and Barger  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
REVISE:  
13.  
Los Angeles County Violence Prevention Centralized Access  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and  
Solis: Authorize the Director of the Public Health to negotiate and  
execute an agreement in the amount of $338,100 from the Office of  
Women’s Health Net County Cost Funds with Southern California  
Grantmakers, a fiscal agent of the Center for Strategic Partnerships,  
for the provision of consulting services … (25-0368)  
Motion by Supervisor Horvath  
Revised motion by Supervisors Horvath and Solis  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
REVISE:  
14.  
Regulation of Household Hazardous Waste through Extended  
Producer Responsibility  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Horvath: Instruct  
the Director of Public Works, in coordination with the Fire Chief, Chief  
Sustainability Officer, the Directors of Public Health, and Consumer  
and Business Affairs, and County Counsel, to report back to the Board  
in writing in 120 days on the feasibility of creating an ordinance that  
would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program  
… (25-0351)  
Motion by Supervisor Horvath  
Revised motion by Supervisor Horvath  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA  
Ratification of Proclamation of Local Emergency, Curfew Order,  
and Local Health Emergency Declaration for the January 2025  
Windstorm and Critical Fire Events  
31-A.  
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Barger and Horvath:  
Ratify the Proclamation of Local Emergency made on January 7, 2025,  
for the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, in the County  
of Los Angeles, the Proclamation of Local Emergency shall remain in  
effect until its termination is proclaimed by the Board; 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, 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; ratify the Curfew Order,  
issued on January 9, 2025, for the Evacuation Order and Evacuation  
Warning Zones within the County unincorporated areas and  
incorporated areas of the City of Los Angeles, the City of Santa  
Monica, and the City of Malibu; ratify the Declaration of a Local Health  
Emergency, issued on January 10, 2025, due to the impactions of the  
Critical Fire Events and Windstorm Conditions in Los Angeles County,  
this declaration shall remain in effect until its termination is proclaimed  
by the Board; Direct county Departments to implement all assessment,  
assistance, and monitoring efforts as applicable; recommend that the  
Superintendent of Schools of the Los Angeles County Office of  
Education work with affected school districts to coordinate the  
continuation of education for students whose schools have been  
damaged or destroyed or who have been displaced by this emergency,  
provide coordination and support for transportation needs for displaced  
students, and provide coordination and support to rebuild or repair  
impacted schools; direct the Chief Executive Officer to report back to  
the Board in writing in five days on the development, oversight and draft  
parameters of a fund to be managed by a third-party fiscal sponsor to  
provide flexible spending that supports the most impacted individuals,  
which may include options to partner with philanthropy, receive private  
sector donations and provide relief and support to those impacted by  
the windstorm and critical fire events, with the report to include “Plan Z”  
funded programming currently allocated to departments by program  
category and a list of unspent funding currently within departments that  
could potentially be directed to those impacted by the fires; and direct  
Chief Executive Officer, through the Legislative Affairs and  
Intergovernmental Relations Branch, to support legislation and pursue  
funding opportunities at both the State and Federal levels to support  
efforts to promote the recovery of the Los Angeles County economy in  
the wake of the Windstorm and Critical Fire Events. (25-0395)  
Motion by Supervisors Barger and Horvath  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
Expediting Economic and Worker Relief Efforts in Response to  
Los Angeles County Fires Through an Equity Lens  
31-B.  
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Instruct the  
Director of Economic Opportunity, in collaboration with the Chief  
Executive Officer, and to the extent feasible, the City of Los Angeles, to  
lead the coordination of all economic and workforce relief initiatives  
related to recovery from the ongoing County fires, including directing  
all County Department Heads to collaborate with the Director of  
Economic Opportunity on matters related to economic recovery from  
the fires to ensure streamlined delivery of grants, loans, and relief  
services to affected businesses and workers; and take the following  
actions:  
Instruct the Director of Economic Opportunity, in coordination  
with the Chief Executive Officer, including the Directors of Racial  
Equity and Consumer and Business Affairs, and the City of Los  
Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department, to  
establish two dedicated funds that will be available to receive and  
collect outside funding, which includes a Business Interruption  
Fund to provide financial assistance to businesses experiencing  
significant operational disruptions due to the fires, and a Worker  
Recovery Fund to support workers who may not be eligible for  
unemployment benefits, which includes those who are  
self-employed and/or independent contractors facing  
employment challenges as a result of the fires, the funds should  
establish equity-focused criteria for disbursing funds to affected  
workers and businesses using the Anti-Racism, Diversity, and  
Inclusion Initiative equity explorer, as well as incorporate need,  
impact, and consideration of other sources of Federal, State and  
local funding that may cover the cost of the harm or loss  
experienced, the Director of Economic Opportunity should  
immediately identify a third-party intermediary, report back to  
the Board in writing within 15 days on funding criteria, and begin  
disbursing funds through the third-party intermediary within 30  
days of adoption of this motion;  
Authorize the Director of Economic Opportunity to execute  
agreements with philanthropic organizations to act as fiscal  
agents for the aforementioned funds, ensuring efficient and  
timely distribution of resources to impacted parties with an equity  
lens, waive the requirements of Board Policy 5.100 so that this  
can proceed on the necessary expedited timeline, but require  
that the Director of Economic Opportunity complete the sole  
source checklist, including review by the Chief Executive  
Officer;  
Instruct the Director of Economic Opportunity, in partnership  
with relevant County Department Heads and the County’s  
Emergency Operations Center, and leveraging their network of  
America’s Job Centers of California and Community Based  
Organizations, to increase awareness of and increase access to  
existing Unemployment Insurance and Disaster Unemployment  
Assistance and other critical resources for workers that have lost  
wages due to the fire disaster and its impacts, prioritizing  
workers with the highest socioeconomic need; and  
Instruct the Directors of Economic Opportunity and Consumer  
and Business Affairs to coordinate with the Chief Executive  
Officer, relevant County Department Heads and State agencies,  
the Federal Small Business Administration, Office of Immigrant  
Affairs, regional business associations, local chambers of  
commerce, labor and community organizations that work with,  
but not limited to, small business employers, retail and service  
workers, day laborers, domestic workers and care workers, to  
conduct a culturally competent and linguistically appropriate  
education and outreach campaign to all those in the County  
affected by the fires to raise awareness about available relief  
resources and facilitate access to funds for eligible businesses  
and workers, further, as part of this comprehensive campaign,  
instruct the Director of Consumer and Business Affairs to  
conduct robust education, outreach, and enforcement of County  
and State anti-price gouging laws and worker protections, and  
instruct the Directors of Economic Opportunity and Consumer  
and Business Affairs to report back to the Board in writing within  
120 days on progress, outcomes, and impact of this outreach  
work. (25-0393)  
Motion by Supervisor Mitchell  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
The Hollywood Arts Collective Project Funding Allocation  
American Rescue Plan Act Funds  
31-C.  
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Horvath: Find that  
pursuant to Government Code Section 26227, the use of funds in the  
amount of up to $1,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)  
enabled funding is deemed by the Board to be necessary to meet the  
social needs of the population of the County and serves a public  
purpose; authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute, and if  
necessary, amend or terminate a funding agreement with the  
Entertainment Community Fund in an amount of up to $1,000,000, to  
contribute to demolition and re-construction of the Rita Moreno Arts  
Building Project (Project); and find that execution by the County of a  
funding agreement with the Entertainment Community Fund for the  
Fund's development of the Project and related actions herein, are  
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (25-0394)  
Motion by Supervisor Horvath  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
NOTICES OF CLOSED SESSION  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION  
(Paragraph (1) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section  
CS-1.  
54956.9)  
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. (23-1790)  
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. (24-3888)  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION  
(Paragraph (2) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section  
54956.9)  
CS-3.  
CS-4.  
Significant exposure to litigation (one case). (24-4859)  
Public Comment/Correspondence  
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION  
(Government Code Section 54957(b)(1))  
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 (24-3887)  
Public Comment/Correspondence