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The council announced the settlement as item 33 in open session; the roll call tabulated 14 ayes. The payment schedule was described on the record as $18,700,000 distributed over four years.

Why it matters: the payment is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar settlement approved by the council and will require budgetary processing by city finance authorities.

The action followed a closed executive session and was reported out in open session with the vote recorded on the council floor, 14 ayes.

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Votes at a glance

- Items 9–13, 16–17 (ordinances): Committee reports were adopted and ordinances were held until enough members were present; the roll call adopting these items was recorded as 12 ayes. (Agenda items: ordinances for which public hearings had not been held.)

- Item 15 (ordinance fleshing out charter provisions on franchising and commissions): Adopted after a staff presentation. Final roll call recorded 14 ayes.

- Item 22 (grass-cycling / recycling program): Approved 12-0 when the council returned with a sufficient quorum. Public comment urged expanded recycling access; the council approved the item and sent it forthwith.

- Item 27 (conservation corps / community garden, Prop 5 finding): Council asserted jurisdiction and approved the Prop 5 finding and the project on the roll call, 14 ayes.

- Item 29 (use of 1% art fund from a Studio City parking structure): Approved on roll call, 13 ayes, to move the collected art funds into an alternate art fund given constraints on completing the original project.

Notes and context: several ordinance items were initially held until a 12-member quorum was present for first reading or adoption; the council revisited those items later in the session. Several items were continued to the next day to allow staff or the city engineer to be present. The transcript shows motions, seconds and the tabulated roll-call votes as listed above.","At the Los Angeles City Council meeting, the council approved multiple items including ordinances and administrative measures, passed a recycling/grass-cycling measure, approved a community garden funding item and moved a parking-structure art fund transfer; votes and tallies are listed below.",{"_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},6542859,"City Council approves four police psychologist appointments after public comment",139,1333000,1472000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3805290-efdfacd8350b3b67155f009e9776c982&start=1333&end=1472","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3805290-efdfacd8350b3b67155f009e9776c982/thumbnail_1333000.jpg","/articles/6542859/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/City-Council-approves-four-police-psychologist-appointments-after-public-comment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542859-9b85141b692c245f3cd566fb1db00540/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178715&Signature=lAFZ~wSNwUpP-ZnY~TSdPh-OmHqFQrGRwDYtrY1Ya9Q4hdc2FYuzJTtO0q9VQfsJexBR4vIMAEvydkAAKNc2nnOjYjN2QX~kU9gsP-ldvImB~n~4aF1AdsWki31p12yGgGj0oN2~VBnSMQKZzWgmSQXRKJvuqTvVzJ14ecEfSZrtEHPMRsCGy2H0V-4-a3XQDD402dvNTVAnugfm72-Fh7RNWJKeMnLaOtgl-rDYfM86iFzH~OTmE1P-CuKzvGBrE7NcKJhppkUwJgpuFV30UzPUVNwiidGlNBzM5yrI9LaOkl3WQoHqgLDG6CdFWDx5x2puwU9bow0xMtdY6Piq6g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Los Angeles City Council approved appointments for four police psychologists on an emergency basis and ordered the appointments be made permanent forthwith, recording a 10-0 roll call.

During the public hearing on item 18, public commenter Mr. Shapiro told the council the backup material did not clearly explain whether the psychologists’ roles would focus on training officers, providing crisis intervention during incidents involving people with mental-health conditions, or providing aid to officers themselves. “Are these psychologists…supposed to give training to the police officers so that the police officers don't get involved in incidents with mentally handicapped people…or are they trained to give aid to the police officers who have psychological problems? It’s not explained explicitly in the back of material,” Shapiro said.

Shapiro argued the psychologists could be used both to train officers and to accompany officers to emergency events, and cited the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s use of psychologists as a model.

Council member Ridley-Thomas moved the item; council member Wax seconded. The motion to approve the four appointments passed on the roll call with 10 ayes. The council indicated the appointments are to be recorded “forthwith.”

Why it matters: the council’s action adds four professional psychologists to the police department’s roster. Public comment requested clearer documentation of the positions’ duties; the record before the council indicates the positions are being categorized as professional, scientific and technical and were presented as emergency appointments to be made permanent.

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Council member Pacheco Padilla introduced the plan and urged colleagues to support formation of an interim JPA that would complete studies, final analysis and an application to the MTA. “I would ask for the support of all the council, to take this next step, to sign on to an interim joint powers authority,” Padilla said.

The measure authorizes planning and study only; it does not transfer operation of bus service to a new entity. Jerry Miller of the City Administrative Office clarified the day’s action was to approve an interim JPA that will conduct a feasibility study and not operate transit. Tim McCosker of the City Attorney’s Office told council members the proposed agreement is “for a interim period and is not for purposes of conducting the operations of the transit system,” and that the city’s exposure to operational liability would be limited because the JPA would be a planning body.

Why it matters: supporters say a Valley transit zone could reallocate existing dollars to expand service for transit-dependent riders and pressure the MTA to improve service. Opponents warned the change could fragment the regional system, add cost and reproduce past problems when zoning required riders to pay multiple fares.

Council members debated governance, labor and equity. Council member Bernsen and others flagged the potential cost and the disparity between the per-hour amounts discussed at the MTA and the amount the Valley consortium might receive — figures discussed in the meeting included $60 an hour for the proposed consortium compared with $108 an hour for MTA operations, and Foothill at $80 an hour — and warned the difference could translate into tens of millions in city cost. “Something’s wrong here,” Bernsen said, and he estimated a potential $70 million annual cost difference if negotiations failed to secure parity.

Several members said governance on the proposal remains unsettled. Miller said negotiations produced an allocation of four votes out of nine for the city’s partners with veto authority on major decisions; he said the allocation was not based on population. Council member Hernandez emphasized civil-rights concerns and said the study should examine whether a separate zone could offer equitable service across geographic and racial lines.

Other speakers focused on riders’ needs. Council member Feuer said the council’s principal test should be whether the change improves service for riders. Council member Goldberg and council member Holden cautioned against repeating historical problems when smaller zones led to higher fares and poor coordination across boundaries.

The council approved an amending motion, 11-3, and then passed the item as amended by the same margin. The action was recorded on the roll call after extended debate; council members also asked that the interim JPA return with detailed recommendations about governance, funding and labor implications.

Next steps: the interim JPA will conduct studies and return recommendations to the council. The council did not approve operational authority, and any future transfer of operations would require further votes and negotiations with MTA and labor representatives.

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