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Votes at a glance: key Los Angeles City Council actions and outcomes, March 15, 2000
Summary
Summary of recorded formal actions taken by the Los Angeles City Council on March 15, including adoption of a CEDAW resolution, confirmation of a commission appointment, a bond award, the adoption-in-concept of Sullivan principles, and budget/finance steps to address Rampart liabilities.
The Los Angeles City Council recorded several formal actions on March 15, including symbolic resolutions, confirmations and finance items. Key outcomes recorded on the official roll follow.
- Item 82 (CEDAW resolution): Adopted unanimously. Clerk recorded "13 ayes." The resolution urges local implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
- Item 62 (Sullivan/global principles): Council voted to suspend the rules and adopt in concept the presentation by Reverend Leon Sullivan and the theology-of-work task force; the clerk recorded a unanimous approval (13 ayes). The city attorney was instructed to draft implementing language.
- Item 26 (confirmation): Terry Ogawa confirmed to a permanent appointment as executive director to the Commission on Children, Youth and Their Families. Motion moved and seconded; the clerk recorded approval (tally not clearly specified in the transcript excerpt).
- Item 27 (acceptance of bids — bond award): Council adopted a CAO-prepared resolution awarding a bid to Fidelity Capital Markets for an aggregate principal amount of $14,285,000 with a true interest cost of 5.25%; the clerk recorded the vote as approved on the roll (13 ayes noted in the sequence of approvals).
- Item 3 / Budget & Finance core items (reserve for extraordinary liability claims; hybrid financing concept): Council adopted core recommendations (creation of ordinance establishing a liability reserve and a hybrid financing approach preferring cash and judgment-obligation bonds); specific transfers and securitization items were continued for one week; the motion passed 10 ayes, 1 no.
- Items continued/held for later consideration: Items related to the transfer of funds and potential securitization alternatives were continued for one week to allow further CAO, CLA and mayoral review.
- Closed-session settlement (reported publicly after closed session): Case of Nadir Azadi v. City of Los Angeles — settlement of $134,060.39 approved in closed session and reported out.
Where the transcript did not record a numeric roll-call tally, this summary reflects the council’s announced outcomes as recorded in the public minutes and by the clerk during the meeting. Items with follow-up requirements were noted in council directions (CAO/CLA, City Attorney, or relevant departments).
