The vote requested the Bureau of Engineering to report on recommendations on transitioning all existing al fresco participants into permanent sidewalk dining locations.
The city attorney was also requested to report on the feasibility of revising the Department of Transportation s People St. Program to let restaurants have the exclusive use of the public right-of-way, and the Department of Building and Safety, City Planning and the Los Angeles Fire Department were instructed to draft recommendations on developing a regulatory framework for a permanent al fresco program.
Mayor Eric Garcetti s budget proposal for the 2021-22 fiscal year which is currently being reviewed by the Budget and Finance Committee includes $2 million in grants for low-income neighborhood restaurants to create permanent areas for outdoor dining as part of the program.
The Bureau of Engineering will need to offer recommendations on transitioning all existing al fresco participants into permanent sidewalk dining locations while adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The city attorney will need to report on the feasibility of revising the Department of Transportation s People St. Program to let restaurants have the exclusive use of the public right-of-way.
The Department of Building and Safety, Los Angeles City Planning and the Los Angeles Fire Department will need to draft recommendations for a regulatory framework for a permanent al fresco program.
During a State of the City address in April 2021, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, In a city whose unofficial motto is 72 and sunny, let s make al fresco dining permanent.
Recall Nithya Raman
I have been key in starting the initiative to recall.
I have lived in Los Angeles City Council District 4, for the most part since 1994, and I believe Raman is not the right representative we need for our area, at this time.
Raman seems a nice person, based on my limited interaction with her. But in my view, she is not cut out to lead 250,000 constituents from the San Fernando Valley to Silver Lake at a time as precarious as this. And as one poster wrote recently on NextDoor: Tom LaBonge is, without certain, rolling in his grave.
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