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.