County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury 222South HillStreet•Sixth Floor•Suite670•LosAngeles, California 90012

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  Actual start date of EVcharger project at (address of location).
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  Actual completion date ofIhStallatloh ofcharging stations.
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  Actual date the charging stations come Online and are available for charging.
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  Actual date when wall signsare Installed.
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  Actual date when ground signs are Installed. RESPONSE Agree. This recommendation has already been implemented. The County, through its Internal Services Department (ISO), currently tracks relevant dates for project management of new EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment)/EVCS (Electric Vehicle Charging Station) installations. Additionally, the County's Department of Public Works (DPW) is planning to implement an inventory system by 2027 that will include tracking the actual start date, completion date of installation, availability for charging, and installation dates of wall and ground signs at each location.
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  « 301 In regard to R15.16 (see below), theAlhambra Fire Departmentjarees and North FirstStreet is compliant. Within the last 12 months, we have taught thfee C^T Alhambra classilr Two have been in English, and one has been in Mandarin: California 91801-2495 R15.16All Fire Departments within the county should growtheir CERT training so that one out every 2,000 residents in their Fax jurisdiction istrained each year. Repeatthislevel oftraining for at 626 least three years. Attempt to conduct 30% of the training in 457-8961 languages other than English. Add "refresher" classes for those who were previously trained. (When responding, please indicate Adminstration the languages that would be included.) By August 1 each year, 626 reportthe numberoftraineesandthe languagein which theywere 570-5190 trained during the previous 12 months to the County's Chief Sustainability Office (in the Department ofthe County CEO). The CommunityRisk DepartmentofSustainability should include this information in their Reduction annual reports. 626 570-5193 Sincerely, Jeffrey D. Ragusa Fire Chief JDR:dma LE7TERS:ayiLGRANDJURY-CERT7RAINING December10,2024 PresidingJudge SuperiorCourtofCalifornia, CountyofLosAngeles ClaraShortridgeFoltz CriminalJusticeCenter City of 210W.TempleStreet,Thirteenth Floor, Room 13-3-3 Los Angeles, CA90012 Arcadia RE: Written Responseto CountyofLosAngelesCivilGrandJury Fire ToWhom ItMayConcern: Department Asrelated tothe findingsofthe reportthat are applicable tothe cityofArcadia,the Arcadia FireDepartmentagreeswith thefindings. In response to the grandjuryrecommendationsthat are applicable to the Arcadia FireDepartment,thefollowingactionsare reported: ChenSuen
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  The SierraMadre Fire Departmentis committedto the safetyand preparednessofourcommunity. We appreciatetheopportunityto contributeto thecountywide efforttoenhance CERTtrainingand will continueto workdiligentlytomeettheestablishedgoals. Shouldyourequireanyfurther informationorclarification, pleasedo not hesitateto contactouroffice. Respectfully, BrentBartlett Fire Chief, SierraMadre FireDepartment RESOLUTION NO.24-52 A RESOLUTIONOFTHECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOF SIERRAMADRE,CALIFORNIA, RESPONDINGTOTHE LOSANGELESCOUNTYCIVILGRANDJURY'S RECOMMENDATIONTO EXPANDCOMMUNITY EMERGENCYRESPONSETEAM(CERT)TRAINING RECITALS WHEREAS,the LosAngelesCountyCivilGrandJuryissued a reporttitled "EarthquakeSafety Readiness: HowtoSurvivethe Big'One'!"("Report"); WHEREAS, recommendation R15.16 states,"All FireDepartmentswithinthe county should growtheirCERTtrainingso that one outevery 2,000 residents intheir jurisdictionistrained eachyear. Repeatthisleveloftrainingforat leastthreeyears. Attempttoconduct 30%ofthe traininginlanguagesotherthan English.Add'refresher* classesforthosewhowere previouslytrained. (Whenresponding,pleaseindicatethe languagesthatwouldbe included.)ByAugust 1eachyear, reportthe number of traineesand the languageinwhichtheywere trained duringthe previous 12months to the County's ChiefSustainabilityOffice(inthe Departmentofthe CountyCEO).The DepartmentofSustainabilityshould includethisinformation intheirannual reports"; WHEREAS, CaliforniaPenal Code sections933(c), 933.05(a), and 933.05(b) mandatethatthe governingbodyofa cityrespond tothefindingsand recommendations ofthe Report within90days; WHEREAS,the FireChiefoftheCityofSierraMadre issued his responsetothe Report's recommendation concerning the expansionofCommunityEmergency ResponseTeam (CERT)trainingwithinthe CityofSierra Madre;and WHEREAS, inaccordancewithPenal Codesection933(c) theCityCouncil submitsthis responseto recommendation R15-16 oftheReport. NOW,THEREFORE,THECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFSIERRAMADRE DOESHEREBYRESOLVEAS FOLLOWS: SECTION1. Pursuantto Penal Codesection933.05,theCityCouncil agreeswiththe findings and notestherecommendation has notyet been implemented, butwill be implemented inthefuture. SECTION 2.TrainingTargets:The Sierra Madre FireDepartmentisdirected totrain oneoutofevery2,000 residentsannuallyforthreeconsecutiveyears. Thistargetis essentialforenhancing communitypreparedness. SECTION3. MultilingualTraining:TheSierra MadreFire Departmentisdirectedto makeCERTtraining accessibleto allresidentsand conduct30% ofCERTtraining in languagesotherthan English. Theidentified languages, based on thedemographic thresholdof5%withintheCityofSierraMadre, includeSpanish, Chinese(Mandarin and Cantonese), and Korean.The Citywillcontinuetomonitordemographicchanges and adjustour multilingualtrainingofferingsas necessary. SECTION4. RefresherCourses: Inadditionto newtrainingsessions,theSierra MadreFire Departmentisdirectedto implementongoing "refresher"coursesfor individualswho have previouslyreceived CERTtraining.Thisinitiativewillbe incorporatedintothe annualtrainingschedulestoensurethatallparticipantsmaintain currentand effectiveskills. SECTION5. Reporting:TheSierra Madre Fire Departmentisdirectedto submitan annual reporttotheCounty'sChiefSustainabilityOfficebyAugust1st. This reportwill includethenumberoftraineesandthelanguagesinwhich theyweretrainedoverthe previous12 months, inaccordancewiththeprovidedguidelines. 369469.1 273249.1 SECTION6.Certification: PursuanttoGovernmentCodeSection36932,the City Clerkshallcertifythe passage, approval,and adoptionofthisResolution bythe City Council. SECTION7.Records: PursuanttoGovernmentCodeSection40801, proofof certificationand publicationshall be entered inthe bookofOrdinancesofthe City Council. SECTION8.Effective Date:ThisResolutionshalltake effectimmediatelyupon adoption. PASSED, APPROVED ANDADOPTEDonthis 10th day ofSeptember, 2024. Kelly Kr/ebs,Mayor IHEREBYCERTIFYtheforegoing Resolutionwasdulyadopted bytheCity Councilofthe CityofSierraMadre, Califomia,at a regularmeeting held on the 10thday ofSeptember,2024, bythe followingvote: Mayor KellyKriebs, Mayor Pro Tem Robert Parkhurst, and AYES: Council Members Edward Garcia, GeneGoss, and KristineLowe NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAINED: None. LauraAguilar,CityClerk 369469.1 273249.1 CITY OF TORRANCE Torrance Fire Department David Dumals CommunityRiskReductionDivision FireChief September24,2024 Presiding Judge Superior Court ofCalifornia, County ofLos Angeles ClaraShortridgeFoltzCriminalJustice Center 210 W. Temple Street, ThirteenthFloor, P.ooml3-303 Los Angeles, CA 90012 SUBJECT: TORRANCE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CIVIL GRAND JURY, EARTHQUAKE READINESS, SECTION R15.16 Dear Presiding Judge: The CityofTorrancewasonlyrequiredto respondto RecommendationR15.16ofthe Recommendations contained in the Civil Grand Jury Report. The Torrance Fire Department, Community Risk Reduction Division has read and implemented Community Emergency ResponseTeam(CERT)programmodificationsto complywiththerecommendationSection R15.16. SectionR15.16 recommendsthe following: R15.16 AllFire Departmentswithin thecounty should growtheir CERTtraining sothat oneoutevery2,000residentsintheirjurisdictionistrainedeachyear. Repeatthis level oftraining for atleastthree years. Attempttoconduct 30%ofthetraining inlanguages other than English. Add "refresher*' classes for those who were previouslytrained. (Whenresponding, please indicate the languages that would beincluded.) By August 1 each year, report die number of trainees and the language in which they were trained during the previous 12 months to the County'sChiefSustainabilityOffice(intheDepartmentoftheCountyCEO). The Department of Sustainability should include this information in their annual reports. Accordingtothe UnitedStatesCensusBureauthe CityofTorrancehas aresidentpopulationof 143,000.R15.16requires oneoutofevery 2,000residentsto betrained annually inCERT. Per thisrecommendationthe City ofTorranceFireDepartmentwillneedto train 72residentsin CERTonan annual basis. It also recommendedto conduct30% ofthe training in languages otherthan English.The CityofTorranceFireDepartmentcurrentlyprovidestwo CERTtraining 3031 TorranceBlvd • Torrance, California90503 • Telephone310-618-2973 VisitTorrance'shomepage:https://wvyw.torranceca.gov sessions andtwoCERTRefreshertraining sessionsannually. Starting in2025 Torrance Firewill expandtheCERTtraining sessions tofourwithtwoCERTrefreshertraining sessionannually for atleastthreeyears. AllCERTtraining willdonewithatleastonebilingual instructorinSpanish. OurfirstreportingwillbedoneonAugust1,2025. Additionally, theCityofTorrance wouldliketocommentontheTable1found onpage376of theGrandJuryReport. Table1needstobeupdated asitrelatestotheCityofTorrance. On April 11,2023,theCityofTorranceCityCounciladoptedaseismicretrofitordinanceunder OrdinanceNumber3916,whichiscodifiedintheTorranceMunicipalCodeassection815.1.010 etseq. Theordinance covers soft-story, steel,concreteandtilt-up buildings. Forreference, the link belowwill provide you accessto OrdinanceNo. 3916. https://www.codepublishing.eom/CA/Torrance/ords/3916.pdf. Inaddition,onDecember 15,1987,the CityadoptedOrdinanceNumber3215to address unreinforced masonry buildings. All unreinforced masonry buildings were retrofitted to comply withordin^ce. OrdinanceNo. 3215 is codified in the Torrance Municipal Code section 811.1.1 etseq., which can be found by using the following link https://www.codepublishing.eom/CA/Torrance/#l/Torrance08/Torrance0811.html#811. The table onpage 376 needs to beupdated to reflect current informationregarding the seismic retrofit ordinance andthe unreinforced masonry ordinance. Ifyou haveany questions,please feel freeto contact meat anytime, thank you. Respect )hard Kazandjian Fiife Marshal City ofTorrance Fire Department 3031Torrance Blvd• Torrance, California 90503 • Telephone 310-618-2973 VisitTorrance'shomepage:https://www.torranceca.gov 'tVERNON CALIFORNIA September23, 2024 Presiding Judge SuperiorCourt of California, County of Los Angeles Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center 210 W. Temple Street, Thirteenth Floor, Room 13-303 Los Angeles, CA 90012 DearSir or Madam: The City of Vernon is in receipt of the correspondence dated June 17,2024 from the 2023-2024 County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury (Grand Jury), regarding the portion of the Grand Jury report which includes recommendations for the City of Vernon. Specifically, findings R15.11 and R15.15 inthe section on Earthquake Safety Readiness - How to Survivethe 'BigOne'! require a response from the City. The City's responses to the recommendations are as follows: Recommendation R15.11: The Cities of Industry and Vernon should consider having a Back to Businessprogram to benefit the large number of businesses in their cities and to help the economy recover. Response: The respondent agrees with the findings. The Cityof Vernon has through its municipal code been promoting voluntary seismic strengthening of structures for decades. The recommendation requires further analysis and Public Worksstaffwill contact the Cityof Glendale regarding that city's Back to Business program. Public Works will report those findings to the City's Business and IndustryCommission at its February 2025 meeting to determine if there is a need or desire to establish a similar program inVernon. Should the Business and IndustryCommission recommend that a Back to Businessprogram should be established inVernon, staffwill develop a Back to Business program for proposed adoption by the City Council no laterthan July 2025. Recommendation R15.15: If there is a lot of damage to buildings, more building inspectors would be needed. Plan for how temporary inspectors will be obtained and how they will be assigned, keeping in mind that businesses inthe medical field should be inspected first, followed by those who were enrolled inthe Back to Business program. City Administration 4305Santo FeAvenue, Vernon,CA, 90058 CityofVernon.org |[email protected] eVERNONCALIFORNIA Response: The respondent agrees with the finding. The recommendation has been implemented. The City of Vernon has contracted for on-call building inspection services through Interwest a consulting firm with 200 building and safety professionals in California, and nationally an additional 1,700 employees outside of the state. These inspectors along with the City's employee building inspectors will be dispatched to inspection sites through the City's Emergency Operations Center. Should the Back to Business program become established in Vernon, priority would be given to businesses enrolled in the program after businesses inthe medical field have been inspected. Sincerely, Daniel Calleros Interim City Administrator Page2 of2