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General City Purposes

2020-21 Change From 2021-22
Program Changes Adopted Budget 2020-21 Budget Proposed Budget

64. Office of International Trade. Funding is provided for 610,000 - 610,000
the Office of International Trade to facilitate the growth of
LA’s trade-based economy, encourage direct foreign
investment, and engage the Mayor and municipal
government in critical international issues that affect the
City. The Office of International Trade helps to establish
Los Angeles as the premier hub for international trade
and affairs. The total program costs are reimbursed by the
Departments of Airports and Harbor.

65. Office of Re-entry. Funding is provided for the Office of 150,000 - 150,000
Re-entry to improve outcomes for and opportunities
available to justice-involved individuals. The Office
serves as a resource convener and collaborator for a
variety of stakeholders to address the short and long-term
needs of the City's justice-involved community members
by serving a vital role in policy advocacy, systemic reform,
and program architecture and development.

66. Open Data and Digital Services. Funding is provided to 1,250,000 - 1,250,000
enable the City to contract with vendor(s) for the
deployment, creation, or maintenance of open data
platforms and digital services that enable efficiencies,
openness, and participation. To support these efforts, the
City will also staff leadership for technology-driven
innovation through data and software.

67. Promise Zone. Funding is provided for the Promise 200,000 - 200,000
Zone Unit that was established in June 2014 to
coordinate the activities of the federally-designated Los
Angeles Promise Zone. This Unit supports a partnership
of more than 50 local organizations creating strategies to
address poverty and other conditions that impact the
quality of life in the Zone. The Promise Zone is located
west of Downtown and generally includes the
communities of Westlake, Pico Union, Koreatown, East
Hollywood, and Hollywood.

68. Racial Equity Baseline Study. One-time funding is - 350,000 350,000
provided for the completion of data analysis necessary to
determine whether there are disparate impacts along the
lines of race in City hiring, promotion, and contracting.

69. Reparations Commission. One-time funding is provided - 500,000 500,000
for the formation of an advisory Reparations Commission
and to engage an academic partner to advise on the
creation of a pilot slavery reparations program for Black
Angelenos.

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