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Staff presenters described program elements including identification of \"vital documents,\" a vendor-list solicitation to streamline interpretation and translation procurement, department reporting on interpretation services, training for staff on plain-language and translation practices, and emergency-language communications. \"Hay más de 3,900 empleados bilingües dentro de 38 departamentos representando alrededor de 34 diferentes idiomas,\" a presenter said while summarizing departmental responses.

The report notes that departments identified and translated more than 2,000 documents considered \"vital\" for residents to access benefits and services, and that 28 of 41 departments reported providing interpretation services either by phone or in person. Staff said the city has recorded roughly $3.8 million in language-access expenditures for the reported year. CIFD has launched a multilingual public campaign that made rights and access information available in 29 languages and has issued a solicitation (RFI/RFQ) to establish a certified vendor list for interpretation and translation services so departments can procure vendors without issuing a full RFP each time.

Committee members asked questions about departments that had not yet identified vital documents, the city's capacity to serve Indigenous languages that are primarily oral, and the implications of a recent federal executive order designating English as the official language. Ivy Deleys, senior project manager for CFG on language access, told the committee that staff coordinated with other municipal language-access coordinators and advised continuing translation and interpretation work in light of civil-rights protections: \"No se nos dijo que dejemos de proveer acceso de idiomas, as\u0000 que es importante que nosotros continuemos haciendo el trabajo que venimos haciendo.\"

Staff said some Indigenous-language outreach is being handled with videos and oral materials because many Indigenous languages are not primarily written; staff also said the RFQ is intended in part to expand capacity to serve less-common languages.

After questions and discussion, the committee recorded a motion to file the report. The clerk read the roll call: Councilmember Soto Martínez, Nazarian, Jurado and Padilla voted in favor, Councilmember Rodríguez was recorded absent, and the committee chair declared the item filed 4–0.

Staff and councilmembers expressed support for continued investment in language access and for expanding department capacity as city finances allow. Presenters said training, improved language identification practices (asking residents about language-of-origin rather than defaulting to Spanish), and use of human validation alongside machine-translation tools are among the next steps the city intends to pursue.

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The action, presented by David Wimset of the CLA, included a $300,000 allocation to a Micro Enterprise assistance line from CVGD funds, a $27,000 reduction to the Holdenbek Park improvements line and creation of a $27,000 neighborhood improvements line to support Hold Parks, and an adjusted total for the PY51 plan of $12,649,909, among other technical corrections. \"El PY griega 51 para 2025 26, plan acumulado, se compone de 4 subvenciones federales,\" Wimset said in his presentation.

The committee also instructed CIFD to deliver a status report on each funded project by Sept. 1, 2025, to help identify projects that are ready to proceed and those that may require reprioritization. Committee leadership emphasized the need to move ready projects forward rather than leaving federal funds idle. \"Cuando dedicamos a los empleados para mover estos proyectos adelante, le pido a la gente, si tiene un proyecto, que asignen a alguien en su lista de empleados para tratar de llevarlo a cabo,\" a committee member said during debate.

Details discussed during the presentation and debate include the four federal grant sources that compose PY51 (an affordable housing investment alliance; Emergency Solutions Grants for homelessness services; housing opportunities related to HIV/AIDS; and a community development block grant for public services and neighborhood improvements). Staff reported a downward adjustment to the Mayor's previously published figures, noting a compensating change of $420,000 affecting SBGD grant allocations and nominal adjustments to other grants.

Project-level allocations named in the discussion included support for Casita Verde preschool, the Pocket Works Improvement in District 2, North Hollywood lighting (District 2), Columbus Avenue lighting (District 6), Laurel Canyon ADI improvements, Pacoima Little League structures, Holdenbek Park improvements (District 14), and Rose Hill Park improvements (District 14). The committee read and adopted the specific modifications presented for the record and approved the amended PY51 plan as modified.

The motion to adopt the modifications was moved and seconded on the record; the roll-call recorded Councilmember Soto Martínez, Nazarian, Jurado and (listed) Peria voting in favor, Councilmember Rodríguez marked absent, and the chair declared the item approved 4–0. The committee later moved to adopt the Mayor's report as amended and again passed the item by the same recorded vote, with the Sept. 1, 2025 CIFD status report requirement included in the adopted directions.

Speakers and staff acknowledged many department contributors to the report, including Abigail Márquez, Rebeca Ronquillo, Chris Espinoza, David Wimset and Julie Jacob, and noted coordination with CIFD and other city offices to identify funds already budgeted in other city lines so the PY51 reallocations would not defund existing shelter operations or family-support systems.

The committee vote implements the funding adjustments and creates a short-term oversight step (the Sept. 1 report) intended to surface projects that are ready to start so the city can reassign funds from stalled projects to active work.

Questions from councilmembers during debate requested clarification that a $400,000 allocation referenced for a vendor cart program was intended only for equipment purchase and not for program operations, and staff replied that the $400,000 was for equipment only. Other questions sought timelines for specific District projects such as the Sepúlveda pedestrian island and Phase 7 of Sun Valley lighting; staff responded that timing will depend on departmental follow-up and possible reallocation if projects cannot move forward in the near term.

The committee adoption does not on its face obligate new spending beyond the amended PY51 plan; it reallocates and re-strings federal and city funds within the consolidated plan and directs further reporting and departmental follow-up.

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