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The vote follows months of review, interviews and negotiation with the U.S. Department of Justice and came after hours of public comment and a lengthy council debate about the teams’ qualifications, local participation, diversity and the timetable for court review.

Councilmembers and staff told colleagues the city and DOJ had worked toward a mutual recommendation. Tim McCosker of the City Attorney’s Office said the city and DOJ had to present a joint status to the court and urged the council to act: \"Mutual recommendation from the Department of Justice and from the city.\" Kelly, a member of the city selection team, summarized the selection rationale: \"On the basis of these criteria, both Kroll and Ginger satisfy.\" The council adopted a motion to approve Kroll as the monitor and Public Management Resources to develop the evaluation methodology; the motion directed staff to complete contracts and notify the court.

Why it matters: The consent decree remains unentered until the court sees the parties’ monitor recommendation. The monitor will report to the court and evaluate whether the Los Angeles Police Department meets the decree's requirements; the methodology for that evaluation is central to how compliance will be judged and how quickly the city can demonstrate progress.

What was debated: Councilmembers raised several concerns at length before the vote:
- Local involvement and familiarity: Multiple councilmembers asked why the top teams did not include an explicit local participant and whether local expertise should be built into the monitor team. Staff replied that the selection criteria used were those in the consent decree (integrity, evenhandedness, law-enforcement knowledge, absence of bias and no recent personal involvement in suits against the city) and that Public Management Resources’ front-end work would create clear compliance criteria.

- Demographics and perceived bias: Members asked for fuller demographic detail about the recommended teams and questioned whether prior litigation or local ties would preclude candidates. Staff said the teams recommended best met the consent-decree criteria and that some local applicants carried burdens (lawsuits or perceived conflicts) that made them less competitive under the stated criteria.

- Turnover and contingencies: Councilmembers asked how the monitor’s work would proceed if senior team members left (for example, because of other job prospects). Staff said contracts would require replacement plans and that the monitor would present replacements to the parties and court as needed.

Public comment prior to the vote included speakers urging swift implementation of oversight and stressing frustration at prior delays in hiring a monitor.

Formal action and next steps: Councilmember Misakowski moved the motion to approve Kroll and Public Management Resources; Councilmember Chick seconded. The council ultimately approved the corrected motion (which conforms to the consent decree’s requirement that both mayor and council act) and staff were directed to finalize contracts and notify the court. The final reported tally on the corrected motion was 9 ayes and 3 noes. The motion required the mayor’s concurrence under the consent-decree process and staff said contracts would be returned to the council and the court would be informed on Monday as required.

Quotes: \"Mutual recommendation from the Department of Justice and from the city,\" Tim McCosker said. \"On the basis of these criteria, both Kroll and Ginger satisfy,\" Kelly said of the recommended teams.

The council’s decision sets the city on a path to have an external, court-supervised monitor evaluate LAPD compliance with the consent decree. Contracts for Kroll and Public Management Resources were expected to be presented to the council the following week for formal execution.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regular City Council - 05/18/01","oneSentenceSummary","The Los Angeles City Council on May 18 approved Kroll and Associates as the primary independent monitor for the LAPD consent decree and directed Public Management Resources to develop the compliance methodology the monitor will use.","taxTitle","Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4025,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6348722,"Votes at a glance: key council actions May 18, 2001",7519,4347000,11866000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2240433-553040007b16c8b08d5e8bb97d009682&start=4347&end=11866","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2240433-553040007b16c8b08d5e8bb97d009682/thumbnail_4347000.jpg","/articles/6348722/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/Votes-at-a-glance-key-council-actions-May-18-2001","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6348722-e5f3d5d16f7451e72254f57e23b4c0e5/orig.mp4?Expires=1776285766&Signature=YqPZYHgVL7Zc8ZyJ~AWxaWkCBOilB4hlDAG21IznPgoSsRl5YvsJawuceEaxBEyMAnoHFpWsjn2ZYba~jGUDe30t5f6MGHmEfOAOGWNgs4cAE3aBXpUXLYMjBAl9uO3-k3ESRHS5x-bedPpCnJg8aKUW8ePMO6ulUN6x96U2dduEmhoRJbupY1FVa6o0a-SlRkZUjjBHaV0bdz0vg1xzIaDCdpG-1NIdz8rLXLjVj5iLNh058v1RrnlCfpnPh-uu6~B3G4nmpoiyil9Wt6bkLRJ4MV0v2Ib2HpyorlptLyhY0zR5OdeBI~vR3Ib2tBMZUy9vw5~nd-6-nc-5ZLt5Sw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Los Angeles City Council's May 18 meeting produced several procedural votes and a handful of roll-call outcomes. The list below summarizes the formal actions captured on the record during the session.

- Approval of minutes: The minutes for the prior meeting were approved \"without objection.\" (No roll call recorded.)

- Continuances: Item 2 (request from Council District 14 / Los Angeles Housing Department) was continued to May 22 (\"Item 2 is now continued\"). Item 3 was continued to June 26. Item 11 (a closed-session item) was continued to May 22. These continuances were taken by unanimous consent or without objection where noted.

- Budget public hearing (Item 1): The public hearing on the mayor’s proposed budget was left open and Item 1 was continued to a special Monday meeting to take up the committee report; hearing remains open for additional speakers.

- Items 4 through 10 (regular agenda, no public hearings): Approved on the roll call as a block; the clerk announced \"11 ayes\" on the vote.

- Item 12 (ordinance before the council): Approved on roll call; the clerk announced \"12 ayes\" and the item was adopted forthwith.

- Proposition 34-related resolution (special order): The council adopted a resolution opposing a state bill amendment that could change local disclosure rules; the clerk recorded \"11 ayes.\" The motion found the matter urgent and moved it forward after a finding that the need to act arose after agenda posting.

- Independent monitor selection (Item 13): See separate article for background; the corrected motion to approve Kroll and Public Management Resources later passed on a 9-to-3 vote and requires mayoral concurrence per the consent decree.

Details and provenance: Several of these actions were taken by unanimous consent or \"without objection\" (minutes, some continuances); where the clerk announced a roll-call tally, that tally is noted above. Items continued for lack of a quorum earlier in the meeting are described in the main transcript but later the council reached a quorum and proceeded to votes.","The City Council handled a range of procedural and substantive items May 18, continuing three items, approving routine agenda items and passing a resolution on state campaign disclosure. Independent monitor approval is recorded in a separate article.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6348727,"Public hearing on mayor's budget continues to special meeting after speakers urge funding for planning and Griffith Observatory",530,4389000,4919000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2240433-553040007b16c8b08d5e8bb97d009682&start=4389&end=4919","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2240433-553040007b16c8b08d5e8bb97d009682/thumbnail_4389000.jpg","/articles/6348727/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/Public-hearing-on-mayors-budget-continues-to-special-meeting-after-speakers-urge-funding-for-planning-and-Griffith-Observatory","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6348727-ef302368c38a08b29e21f033a93b1e27/orig.mp4?Expires=1776285766&Signature=dOqPqNyutDV9EdKzu8dFbbIe0NGYVoi0ImjgooUFCaIkkCvNZevO3X-v3Eiv0ojJFrbLrOBy5l1Bqj-Ocq5EoqnY6kdKjdgRoLkjPKbblbM80pcFKxrrp-yCk-FEpbT~8JqtqthPma60YThRxu7P6Woov3vO2zG347APqRc53MScn3KbJtjz8fXkbJHCMvwcirW7fszrSg3DxMcscaPEAeZvNx2bSJZ~gw2b8s1bFwih3W6ias3jCREZTcGLpUad0uI4TTqTrrjPxo9-~zRF9hi6pLeQT-Vz5CgMyLEF~PEhvuW-ilnXFdpUdfFowLTbPiVAHv3EmHW~uW0Tsgqttg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Los Angeles City Council on May 18 held a public hearing on the mayor’s proposed budget, heard three public commenters pressing the council to restore specific positions in the Department of City Planning and to add capital support for Griffith Observatory, and continued the budget item to a special meeting the following Monday.

Why it matters: The council’s budget timetable will determine whether requested staffing and one-time capital proposals can be added before final adoption. Speakers said increased planning staffing would speed reviews and protect hillside design standards, and that delayed city support for Griffith Observatory could imperil state matching funds and project timing.

What speakers asked: Barry Reed, executive director of Mulholland Tomorrow, urged reinstatement of two positions proposed earlier by the Department of City Planning: a city planner focused on implementing the Mulholland Scenic Parkway specific plan and an additional public counter staffer for the Valley planning office. Reed said the planner is the \"fulcrum position for the success of this specific plan\" and that current planners are overwhelmed.

Joan Lux, vice president of the Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations, echoed the staffing request, saying understaffing had led to incomplete reviews and instances where homes built should have gone before the Mulholland Design Review Board.

Camille Lombardo, executive director of Friends of the Observatory, told the council Friends of the Observatory had raised about 68% of a $63 million renovation and expansion project and asked the city to consider a capital contribution that would help secure $5 million the group was pursuing from the state. Lombardo said the observatory had never received direct city capital improvements in its 66-year history and asked council support to keep the project on schedule.

Action taken: The council left the public hearing open and continued Item 1 (the mayor’s proposed budget) to a special Monday meeting at 9:00 a.m.; staff said the council would take up the committee report and the budget then. The hearing was continued so additional speakers could appear at the special meeting and to allow the council to consider committee recommendations before final action.

Quotes: \"This is the person on whom the success of the plan rests,\" Barry Reed said of the Mulholland planner request. \"We need to raise $10,000,000 in order to award the construction projects in this coming fiscal year,\" Camille Lombardo said of Griffith Observatory fundraising needs.

Next steps: The council signaled the budget item would be discussed in detail at the Monday special meeting, when the committee’s approximately 34 recommended items would be considered.","The City Council kept the May 18 hearing on the mayor's proposed budget open and continued the item to a special meeting Monday, after public commenters urged restoration of two planning positions for the Mulholland Scenic Parkway specific plan and asked for city capital support for the Griffith Observatory renovation.","actionData","errors"]

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City Council approves Kroll as independent monitor with Public Management to set compliance criteria

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