Metro - File #: 2021-0745

• File #: 2021-0745
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/12/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 12/2/2021
• Final action: 12/2/2021
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Bonin, Mitchell, Hahn, Solis, and Dupont-Walker that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. In February 2022, report on the status of the initiatives funded by Motion 26.2 (March 2021), including projected launch dates, program elements, input received from PSAC, and projected funding needs in FY23. B. During the development of the FY23 budget, ensure a continued minimum commitment of $40 million for the public safety alternatives outlined in Motion 26.2, in addition to rolling over unspent funding from FY22. C. In April 2022, report to the Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee with a recommended public safety budget for FY23, including proposed funding levels for police services and public safety alternatives, with consideration of the Board's directive to realign resources. D. Consult with PSAC throughout the FY23 budget development process. WE FURTHER MOVE that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: E. Develop ...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Contracts, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Janice Hahn, Law enforcement, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Mike Bonin, Motion / Motion Response, Police, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Public service, Safety, Safety and security, South Los Angeles, System safety
• Related files: 2022-0399, 2022-0054

Date	Action By	Action	Result
12/2/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
11/18/2021	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
REVISED
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS BONIN, MITCHELL, HAHN, SOLIS, and DUPONT-WALKER

Related to Item 25: Transit Law Enforcement Services

Commitment to Reimagining Public Safety

In the summer of 2020, the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide demonstrations for racial justice that followed sparked a national conversation about the appropriate role of police in our society and the particular threats faced by Black people and other people of color during interactions with law enforcement. Here in Los Angeles County, those demonstrations renewed attention on longstanding issues of bias and disproportionate enforcement faced by Black and brown communities. Just this month the Los Angeles Times exposed a pattern of disproportionate stops and searches of Latino and Black bike riders by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department in unincorporated areas. Earlier coverage has documented a similar pattern for traffic stops by the Los Angeles Police Department in South Los Angeles. On Metro's own system, fare and code of conduct enforcement has also disproportionately targeted Black and Latino riders.

In June 2020, the Board voted to embark on a process to reimagine public safety on Metro. Metro has since taken significant steps toward this reimagining, including the creation of the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) to advise the agency on an appropriate reallocation of resources and the subsequent approval in March 2021 of over $40 million to launch alternative approaches to public safety on the Metro system.

This month, Metro staff is bringing a recommendation to the Board to extend the current police contracts in order to allow more time for PSAC to reenvision the role of law enforcement as part of an overall new approach to public safety on the Metro system. PSAC's new Mission & Values statement is a concrete first step toward this new direction, but much more needs to be ...