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Council accepts $100,000 Trijicon job-training funds for Hollywood development; some members call amount insufficient
Summary
The council directed staff to accept $100,000 in job-training funds from the Trijicon-related developer for the Hollywood & Highland project and to work on local-hire efforts; the motion passed 14–0 after council debate about whether the community benefits package is adequate for a project valued at roughly $650 million.
The City Council on Tuesday voted to accept $100,000 in job-training funds from the developer associated with the Hollywood & Highland project and to direct staff to work with community-development partners to administer local-hire efforts.
Why it matters: council members debated whether the $100,000 commitment is adequate relative to the scale of redevelopment and the tax credits and public subsidies the project received. Supporters said the developer has made commitments to local hire and that the funds will be used for job fairs and local-training programs; critics said the amount is small compared with the project’s value.
Council discussion Councilmember Garcetti explained the motion would allow the city to accept job-training funds from Trijicon and to direct the Community Development Department and Workforce Investment Board to work with the developer to run job fairs and training targeted to local residents. "These funds at a hundred thousand dollars will go forward to help the CDD and [developer] work together to do job fairs and other similar banks," Garcetti said.
Several members noted that the total project cost discussed in the chamber was approximately $650 million and questioned whether a larger, city-administered local-hire fund might produce stronger outcomes.
Formal action and vote - Motion: authorize the city to accept $100,000 in job-training funds from Trijicon and direct CDD and partners to administer local-hire training and job fairs. Vote: 14 ayes. Outcome: approved.
Context and next steps Councilmembers suggested the CRA, the mayor’s office and council committees should pursue a menu of community-benefit options for future redevelopment projects and consider reserving a portion of subsidies for city-administered local-hire programs. Staff were asked to follow up and report on implementation of the training program and local-hire results.
Ending: The motion passed unanimously; councilmembers said they would continue to press for stronger, enforceable local-hire commitments in redevelopment deals going forward.
