Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Civil, Human Rights, and Equity Department

(Title amended by Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.)

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A Civil, Human Rights, and Equity Department (“Department”) is hereby created, which shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in this chapter and elsewhere in the City Charter, Los Angeles Municipal Code, and Los Angeles Administrative Code.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 186,134, Eff. 6-30-19. Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.

The Department shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) The Department shall support the work of the Commission on Civil Rights.

(b) The Department shall work with the Commission on Civil Rights, the Board of Commissioners on the Status of Women, and the Board of Human Relations Commissioners and, whenever practical, coordinate with related offices and entities in other

jurisdictions to serve and defend the liberties of Los Angeles’s diverse communities.

(c) The Department shall, within the scope of its authority, promote the general welfare of the residents of the City of Los Angeles
against discrimination, threats, and retaliation based on an immutable characteristics or real or perceived status.

(d) The Department shall enforce Chapter IV, Article 16 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (“Human Rights Law”), in
conjunction with the Commission on Civil Rights.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.

The Department shall be under the control and management of a general manager who shall be the Department’s chief administrative officer. The General Manager shall have the power and duty to:

(a) Investigate complaints of violations of Chapter IV, Article 16 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, or initiate investigations of

violations of Chapter IV, Article 16 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and make enforcement determinations, including administrative penalties, compensatory penalties, and corrective actions;

(b) Administer oaths and affirmations on behalf of the Department and the Commission on Civil Rights;

(c) Delegate investigative and enforcement authority to subordinate officers, except that requests for subpoenas to the Commission

on Civil Rights may only be made by the General Manager;

(d) Administer the affairs of the Department as its chief administrative officer;

(e) Appoint, discharge, suspend, or transfer the employees of the Department, other than the Commission on Civil Rights secretary,

subject to the civil service provisions of the Charter;

(f) Issue instructions to employees, in the line of their duties, subject to the civil service provisions of the Charter;

(g) Expend the funds of the Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations or of appropriations made

after adoption of the budget;

(h) Recommend to the Department prior to the beginning of each fiscal year an annual budget covering the anticipated revenues

and expenditures of the Department, conforming so far as practicable to the forms and dates provided in Article III in relation to the general City budget;

(i) Certify all expenditures of the Department, and;

(j) Exercise such additional powers as may be conferred by the Commission on Civil Rights.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.

There is hereby established, within and under the purview of the Department, the Office of Racial Equity.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.