LA Council Watch

Personnel and Hiring Committee

14 files

26-0600-S81 · 2026-07-07

2026 Budget Recommendation / R59 / Personnel / Addressing Civilian Attrition Levels / Service Delivery Impact / Resources Needed / Prioritizing Filling New Positions

Council is examining civilian workforce attrition and its impact on service delivery as part of 2026 budget planning.

Pending — the Personnel and Hiring Committee is examining why the city's losing civilian workers and how staffing gaps are affecting services, but hasn't scheduled a hearing yet to recommend next steps.

26-0600-S80 · 2026-07-07

2026 Budget Recommendation / R58 / Fire and Police Pensions / Employee Contribution Rate / Comparison to Other Large, Public Pensions Plans

Budget recommendation examining whether LA's fire and police pension employee contribution rates align with other major public pension systems.

Under review — the city is gathering data on how much its fire and police employees contribute to pensions compared to similar cities nationwide, to see if LA's rates are competitive. The Personnel and Hiring Committee is working through it.

26-1200-S32 · 2026-06-26

Sung Won Sohn / City Employees Retirement System Board / Commission Re-Appointment

Mayor seeks reappointment of Sung Won Sohn to the City Employees Retirement System Board; approved by Personnel Committee.

Under review — the Personnel Committee backed Sung Sohn's reappointment to the city's pension board, and the full City Council has until July 1 to confirm or reject the nomination.

20-1200-S5 · 2026-06-26

Christine Diaz-Herrera / Employee Relations Board / Commission Appointment

Reappointment of Christine Diaz-Herrera to the Employee Relations Board, approved by committee in June 2026.

Pending — Christine Diaz-Herrera's reappointment to the Employee Relations Board has cleared committee review and heads to a full Council vote by July 1, 2026, to secure her term through mid-2031.

10-1868 · 2026-06-26

Medical Plan Premium Subsidies

Ordinance freezing city employee medical plan premium subsidies for new retirees, adopted in 2011 and recently re-approved by committee in 2026.

Under review — the city is finalizing ordinances to implement a settlement with police and firefighter unions over how their retiree health subsidies will be calculated going forward. Council's Personnel Committee approved the approach; it now needs full council action to take effect.

26-0876 · 2026-06-26

Plan Year 2027 LAwell Civilian Benefits Program

Personnel Department seeks City Council approval of the 2027 LAwell civilian benefits program plan year.

Under review — the Personnel Committee recommended approving the 2027 benefits plan covering 59,000 city employees and dependents, and it's now waiting for the full City Council to vote on the program's final authorization.

26-1700 · 2026-06-26

2026-27 Personnel Authority Resolution / Departmental Personnel Ordinances

Annual personnel authority resolution and departmental ordinances for 2026-27 fiscal year, establishing hiring and staffing limits across city departments.

Pending — the city is authorizing hundreds of staffing positions across departments for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, but the Personnel and Hiring Committee hasn't yet approved it, so final council adoption is still ahead.

26-0949 · 2026-06-26

Chief Investment Officer (Class Code 9147) / Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) / Exemption Request

Mayor seeks exemption from Civil Service rules to hire a Chief Investment Officer for LACERS outside standard recruitment procedures.

Pending — the mayor is asking the City Council to exempt the Chief Investment Officer job at LACERS from civil service rules so the city can hire based on specialized credentials rather than standard exams. It's waiting for the Personnel Committee to review and recommend.

26-0943 · 2026-06-24

2026-27 Unfreeze Resolution

City Administrative Officer seeks council approval to unfreeze positions for the 2026-27 fiscal year budget.

Pending — the city is clearing most job openings for 2026-27, but hundreds of newly created positions across Transportation, Public Works, Fire, and other departments must stay vacant until January to protect salary budgets. The Personnel Committee is still reviewing it.

24-0427-S3 · 2026-06-12

Engineers and Architects Association (EAA) / Technical Rank and File Unit (MOU 21) / Letter of Agreement (LOA)

Labor agreement between the City and the Engineers and Architects Association covering technical rank-and-file employees; approved by committee in June 2026.

Under review — the City Council is considering a one-time $12,000 payment to compensate a LADOT employee for work substantially beyond her civil service classification while serving as Deputy Director of the Charter Reform Commission. The Personnel Committee recommended it in June; Council has yet to vote.

24-1458 · 2026-05-27

AB 2561 / New Requirements / Public Agencies / Position Vacancy Reporting

Los Angeles adopts state law AB 2561 requiring city agencies to report job vacancy data to comply with new state public employment transparency requirements.

Approved — the city has implemented new state requirements to publicly report on job vacancies and recruitment efforts annually, with the most recent council adoption in May 2026 confirming continued compliance with the law.