
City Attorney seeks $1.5 million more for Hyperion spill outside counsel
The added money would raise the outside law firm's contract ceiling to $7.45 million, paid from Sanitation special funds.

The added money would raise the outside law firm's contract ceiling to $7.45 million, paid from Sanitation special funds.

Outside crews would trim trees and maintain ponds and irrigation at city water and waste facilities for up to nine years.

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado asks Sanitation to halt CARE+ sweeps and post cancellation notices when the city or state declares an emergency.

LASAN would report back in 30 days on notice methods, signage accuracy and costs of switching to posted paper notices.

The report lists seven city pilot projects funded last year and a $500,000 cut to the commission's budget.

Contaminated soil must be removed near Ann and Mesnager streets before signalized crosswalks can be built in Council District 1.

Departments ask Council for funding and 81 new positions to sweep 800 miles of commercial corridors weekly.

Motion asks the utility to explain a decade of rate hikes, estimated meter readings and missed billing cycles within 30 days.

Redevelopment money would pay Bureau of Sanitation overtime, contractors and equipment for added homeless services.

Sanitation already applied in August for CalRecycle funds to buy two trailers and 15 refill stations for city events.

Curren Price proposes moving redevelopment money to pay overtime for crews investigating illegal dumping in South LA.

The Chief Plant Officer overseeing the city's four wastewater plants could be hired outside civil service rules.

A $206,000 transfer would upgrade one day a week of homeless encampment cleaning to the larger CARE+ service for a year.

Councilmember Tim McOsker asks city crews to fix flooding on a truck route being used as a detour during the Vincent Thomas Bridge closure.

Money would pay for added sanitation crew shifts, overtime, contractors and supplies in the northeast San Fernando Valley district.

The city shifts money to the Bureau of Sanitation and LAPD to cover overtime for homeless encampment cleanups on the Westside.

Councilmember Curren Price asks the city to convert three CARE Team days into CARE+ days, which include heavy cleanup.