Council keeps risk-management functions with city administrative office, refers amendment to committee

The Los Angeles City Council on April (date not specified) voted to retain the city’s risk-management functions in the city administrative office and the Office of Administration and Research (OARS) under an ordinance approved by the full council. The council also voted to send a competing amendment asking that risk management be moved to the newly created Office of Finance to committee for further review.

Council members and city staff debated whether moving risk management to the Office of Finance would improve accountability or instead undermine other charter-mandated duties of that office. “This is not a turf war. This is not an attempt to just keep something in the office without a business reason,” Bill Fujioka said, urging that risk management remain where its functions can be coordinated with budgeting and loss-prevention…