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.