Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Duties and Responsibilities of the Department

Section

22.1420 Duties and Responsibilities.

22.1421 Transferred Resources, Rules, and Regulations.

The Department shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) Plan, develop, implement, and administer programs, policies, and neighborhood capital improvement projects related to poverty reduction and improving quality of life for low-income families, including improving access to financial literacy and child-care services and programming relating to early childhood education, as directed by and authorized by the Mayor and City Council;

(b) Plan, develop, and administer the City’s Community Action Plan and Consolidated Plan and all related reports and documents. The development of the City’s Community Action Plan and Consolidated Plan includes, but is not limited to, tracking the attainment of proposed goals on an annual basis to ensure compliance with federal rules and regulations as prescribed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(c) Manage grant and City funds to support the City’s existing programs and new initiatives supporting its low-income families and poverty reduction efforts, including neighborhood capital improvement projects funded through the Consolidated Plan:

(d) Establish and direct specific task forces and committees, as needed, for the purpose of analyzing specific issues and making specific recommendations on an as-needed basis;

(e) Administer public facilities and infrastructure improvement programs as part of the City’s community development strategy for a safer and more accessible infrastructure essential to quality of life;

(f) Have centralized authority over the planning, coordinating, promoting, implementing, and managing of all economic development activities within the City;

(g) Be responsible, upon the provision of resources, for the proper administration of Department activities, including the administration of any publicly funded economic development activity, whether funded by federal, state, county, or other governmental agencies or departments via grants-in-aid, block grants, special revenue sharing, loans, loan guarantees, new market tax credits, industrial development bonds, or other economic development programs, and of any privately funded economic development activity, including public-private partnerships with financial institutions, investors, for-profit and non-profit corporations, or any other person or entity, and other activities assigned by the Council and the Mayor in order to carry out the functions set forth in this chapter;

(h) Recommend to the Council and Mayor a four-year City-wide economic development strategy with input from the Mayor, the City Council, interested private economic development entities, and the City’s other economic development partners that will be updated annually and that will set forth, among other things, the intended use of funds for economic development activities;

(i) Assist businesses with navigating the City’s business-related processes and procedures and provide assistance to such entities in accessing state or federal programs;

(j) Establish a more business-friendly environment within the City to achieve the goals of increasing jobs, stimulating business activity, and growing the City tax base;

(k) Administer the BusinessSource Center Program and make recommendations and/or implement changes to the program to ensure the City fulfills its objective of assisting small businesses;

(l) Establish a workforce development team to manage federal development initiatives and establish partnerships with industry groups, employers, labor, educational institutions, and community-based organizations to further develop job training and career pathway programs and opportunities for City residents in compliance with all applicable laws and agreements, including the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Workforce Development Board-Local Elected Official Agreement;

(m) Manage WorkSource Center, YouthSource Center, and other employment and training programs to ensure consistent service delivery, performance accountability, and alignment with the City’s economic development priorities and the workforce policies and strategies established by the City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board, pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the Workforce Development Board-Local Elected Official Agreement, and other applicable authority;

(n) Carry out and oversee administrative responsibilities in accordance with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, City ordinances and administrative procedures, and the Workforce Development Board-Local Elected Official Agreement, if applicable. Such responsibilities may include but are not limited to development and implementation of the Four-Year Local Plan, Regional Plan, and the Local Annual Plan, including receipt and disbursement of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds in accordance with grant requirements, preparation of grant applications, contracting and contract administration, fiscal administration, and accounting and auditing;

(o) Administer social services programs and commissions relating to poverty reduction and low-income families, including the Community Action Board, the Domestic Violence Alliance, the Commission on Community and Family Services, FamilySource Centers, domestic violence and human trafficking shelters, early childhood programming, and homeless prevention programs;

(p) Prepare, maintain, and update, as necessary, a comprehensive analysis of the City’s economic environment, including physical, economic, and social factors of economic development;

(q) Provide technical assistance and information relative to economic development to City departments, bureaus, agencies, officers, and offices;

(r) Propose, develop, and implement older adult programs established by the Mayor and City Council for the purpose of promoting health, independence, social connection, and overall quality of life for older adults;

(s) Establish comprehensive, coordinated services and opportunities for older adults;

(t) Provide assistance to individuals and organizations desiring to initiate or develop services for older adults;

(u) Administer and oversee older adult programs, services, and activities funded by federal and state grants, including Older Americans Act funds, City appropriations, and other sources of funds, whether private or governmental. The Mayor and the City Council intend that the Department shall implement and carry out all programs, services, and activities developed by the City to benefit older adults;

(v) Plan and coordinate older adult programs and activities which may be implemented by or through the cooperation of other City departments;

(w) Prepare area plans which describe the distribution and utilization of funds, such as Older Americans Act funds, available for older adult programs, for consideration by the City Council and the Mayor;

(x) Serve as the central information center for the public to access youth services in the City of Los Angeles;

(y) Review and report on all youth-serving activities within all City departments, including the collection of programmatic information that is necessary to obtain baseline data about the quality of the City’s youth development efforts;

(z) Develop a road map for long-term youth program planning;

(aa) Coordinate with other City departments, regional agencies, and other providers of youth services to develop and implement a youth strategy as part of the Department’s broader strategic planning efforts, including a City-wide three-year Youth Development Strategic Plan;

(bb) Advise the Mayor and the City Council on the City youth program to ensure efficient use of City resources and the greatest return on investment; and

(cc) Provide necessary staffing for the Olivia E. Mitchell Youth Council.

SECTION HISTORY

Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8-8-21.

Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 188,945, Eff. 6-29-26, Oper. 7-1-26.

(a) The budgetary and grant resources, assets, and personnel of the Department of Aging, Community Investment for Families Department, Economic and Workforce Development Department, and Youth Development Department are hereby transferred to the Department, consistent with adopted instructions.

(b) Rules and regulations previously authorized and adopted by any predecessor department, and operative on the effective date of this chapter with respect to existing City programs, activities, and services, shall remain in full force and effect until further action or order.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 188,945, Eff. 6-29-26, Oper. 7-1-26