Archived Motions

Motion

1. Once a measure under consideration has accumulated five Community Impact Statements (CISs), Neighborhood Councils must be given a minimum of 14 days notice before a public hearing or other legislative action on that item may occur.
2. Neighborhood Councils who have filed CISs must be notified within 72 hours if substantive changes to a measure occur in a Council committee or Commission hearing.
3. In the event Council files are renumbered or combined, extant CISs must be transferred to the new file.

Motion

The _________NC/CC requests that Council Districts 5 and 11 prepare regular email planning bulletins that compile current land use issues, including citywide policy issues, current hearing dates, and details about Westside developments being considered by the City.

Motion

The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils formally requests:

1. that LA City Planning compute the maximum build out under existing zoning for low, medium and high density residential zones as well as commercial zones. These calculations shall include the highest possible SB 1818 and JJJ density bonuses, as well as Accessory Dwelling units (‘granny flats’) for each of the neighborhood and community councils in the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils area.
2. updated current figures on population and population density in the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils area and including a comparison to 2010 figures.

Motion

Refers to City Council file 17-0078

The _________ (Neighborhood Council / Community Council) supports the “Back to Basic Car” proposal (Council File # 17-0078) authored by Councilmember Mike Bonin and co-sponsored by Councilmember Joe Buscaino — a smart, sensible and achievable neighborhood police patrol enhancement strategy that would result in a larger and more robust LAPD patrol force, and would greatly improve the safety of neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.

Motion

Refers to City Council file 17-0600

The ___________________________NC/CC hereby supports the works of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates and their White Paper dated 3/8/2017 and approves the filing of a Community Impact Statement for Council file 17-0600.

Motion

The_________Neighborhood/Community Council supports creating a county-wide stewardship program for the safe and convenient disposal of unwanted medicines from households. Ensuring easy access to collection sites providing secure and environmentally sound disposal of leftover medicines and sharps will reduce risks of medicine abuse and poisonings, help prevent dangerous and costly needle sticks, and protect our waterways and environment. We support the provisions of the 1/5/16 draft language, and strongly urge the county to adopt this legislation.

Motion

Refers to City Council file 14-0366-S5

The ________ NC/CC supports the 3/8/17 recommendations of the City’s Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations, and Neighborhoods Committee to establish the administrative structure for adult-use and medical cannabis business licensing, including:

1. The creation of a new Cannabis Licensing Commission with the authority to administer the cannabis license and hearing process, as well as renewals, revocation, inspection co-ordination, and audits:
   • Commission comprised of five members with 4-year staggered terms;
   • No member may have been a registered lobbyist within the City for any cannabis-related activities for the 12 months prior to appointment;
   • Three appointments by the Mayor and two appointments by the City Council;
   • Minimum of one Commission appointee by the Mayor to be an elected member of a Neighborhood Council at the time of the appointment.
2. The hiring of an Executive Director by July 1, 2017 to oversee Commission staff.
3. Requiring the CAO to immediately prepare budget and staffing plans to allow the Commission to be fully operational by Sept. 1, 2017, and conduct a fee study to achieve full cost recovery for cannabis regulations.
4. The establishment of an online cannabis licensing program.

Motion

Request appropriately sited city, county, state and federal government properties which meet the criteria of the safe parking program be considered for use.

Motion

Refers to City Council file 14-03660-S5

The ___________ NC/CC supports the passage of Measure M, the Cannabis Enforcement, Taxation, and Regulation Act ballot measure as an important first step towards establishing a community-forward framework for the regulation, enforcement, and taxation of recreational marijuana in the City of Los Angeles.

Motion

To recommend to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners and the Los Angeles City Council that the City administrative code be amended to define Neighborhood Council stakeholders as such:
Stakeholders shall be defined as those who live, work, or own real property within the Neighborhood Council boundaries. With the approval of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, Neighborhood Councils may—and are encouraged to—expand this definition within their bylaws to include other defined groups of stakeholders.