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Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, as well as applicable Federal, State and local laws, the General Manager shall:
(a) Have full charge and control of all work of the Department;
(b) Have centralized authority over the planning, coordinating, promoting, implementing and managing of all economic development activities within the City;
(c) Be responsible, upon the provision of resources, for the proper administration of Department activities including the administration of any publically 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 and 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;
(d) 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;
(e) Assist businesses with navigating the City’s business-related processes and procedures and provide assistance to such entities in accessing State or federal programs;
(f) 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;
(g) Evaluate the Los Angeles Small Business Source Program and make recommendations and/or implement changes to the program to ensure the City fulfills its objective of assisting small businesses;
(h) Establish a workforce development team to manage federal development initiatives and establish partnerships with industry groups and educational institutions to further develop job training programs for City residents;
(i) Manage WorkSource Center and YouthSource Center programs and other comprehensive employment and training programs to ensure that program priorities are consistent with the City-wide economic development strategy;
(j) Execute contracts and contract amendments in accordance with the Charter and Los Angeles Administrative Code to implement economic development projects, programs and activities;
(k) Prepare, maintain and update, as necessary, a comprehensive analysis of the City’s economic environment, including physical, economic and social factors of economic development;
(l) Provide technical assistance and information relative to economic development to City departments, bureaus, agencies, officers and offices;
(m) Expend the funds of the Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations;
(n) Certify all expenditures to the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department; and
(o) Submit to the Mayor, with a copy to Council, an annual administrative budget prior to the beginning of each fiscal year covering the anticipated revenues and expenditures of the Department.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,500, Eff. 5-22-13.
All departments, employees and officers of the City shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Department to transfer and consolidate all economic development duties and functions into the Department; provided, however, that no such department, employee or officer shall be required to do anything which would conflict with the lawful, proper and necessary conduct of the department’s, employee’s or officer’s duties.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,500, Eff. 5-22-13.
Notwithstanding the authority provided to the Department of General Services in Division 22 of Chapter 21 of this Code, the Department shall have charge, superintendence and control of all City-owned real property, the use of which currently is or is intended to be for economic development purposes, projects or activities.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,500, Eff. 5-22-13.
The Department shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, as well as applicable Federal, State and local laws, have the powers provided in this Section for the acquisition, development and disposition of real property for economic development purposes, projects and activities.
(a) Acquisition of Real Property. The Department, subject to Council authorization, shall have the power and is authorized to acquire any real property by purchase, lease, gift, devise or any other means authorized by law that may be necessary or convenient to carry out its economic development functions under this Chapter.
(b) Demolition and Clearance of Real Property. Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the Department is authorized to perform the following powers on City- owned real property:
(1) Demolish and clear buildings, structures and other improvements as necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of this Chapter;
(2) Take such actions as it deems reasonably necessary to prepare real property for development; and
(3) Take such actions as it deems reasonably necessary to remedy any hazardous material or condition.
(c) Conveyance of City Interests in Real Property. The Department is authorized to convey any interest owned or controlled by the City in real property at its fair reuse value to carry out the pubic purposes and objectives of this Chapter in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.27.2 of this Code. Any such conveyance shall be made pursuant to one or more agreements requiring the development, use and maintenance of such real property for economic development, and such agreement(s) shall additionally require as a condition precedent to the conveyance that one or more deed restrictions be recorded against the conveyed interest restricting the development and use and requiring the maintenance of such real property so as to insure that the economic development purpose for which the conveyance was made is fulfilled for such period of time as is determined to be appropriate. The conveyance of any such interest under the terms and conditions stated herein shall not render the real property as “surplus property” within the meaning of Chapter 1, of Article 4 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (commencing with Section 7.21), nor shall it render the real property as “surplus land” within the meaning of Section 54221 of the California Government Code.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,500, Eff. 5-22-13.
If and to the extent the execution of any agreement or any aspect of development or operation of an economic development project or activity results in the permanent or temporary displacement of any occupants of a site, the Department shall insure full compliance with applicable statutes and regulations with respect to relocation planning, advisory assistance and payment of monetary benefits.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 182,500, Eff. 5-22-13.