MOTION-- The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, pursuant to his powers under Administrative
Code Section 8.27, declared the existence of a local emergency due to the introduction of
the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the United States and Los Angeles County on March
2, 2020. The Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution ratifying the existence of a
local emergency and the need for continuing the state of a local emergency on March 4,
2020.

The nature of the emergency and the need to procure supplies, materials,
construction, equipment, services, and labor necessary to safeguard life, health, safety, and
property, requires the city and its departments to take extraordinary action. In order to
secure resources in a streamlined fashion, city policies that delay procurement must be
suspended until the declaration of the emergency is lifted.

I THEREFORE MOVE, that the City Council REQUEST the City Attorney, with the
assistance of the Chief Procurement Officer, to prepare and present an ordinance amending
relevant sections of the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) so that during times of
declared national, state, and/or local emergencies, the City Council may, through adoption
of a resolution by a two-thirds vote and approval by the Mayor, suspend the contracting
restrictions within Division 10 of the LAAC for contracts that safeguard life, health, safety,
and property, continue city services, and/or contracts that are mandated by state or federal
law.

I FURTHER MOVE that the City Council REQUEST the City Attorney, with the
assistance of the Chief Procurement Officer, to prepare and present an ordinance to add
provisions to the LAAC so that during times of declared national, state, and/or local
emergencies, the City Council may, through adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds vote
and approval by the Mayor, authorize the general managers of departments and bureaus to
sign emergency contract extensions, up to one year, for contracts that will expire within a
year.