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Unappropriated Balance

Animal Sterilization Trust Fund - $500,000. Funding is set aside as a contingency for the Animal Services
Department to provide funding for the Community Cat program.

California False Claims Act Settlement - $4,325,250. Funding is set aside from the $10.5 million settlement
proceeds the City will receive from the resolution of False Claims Act litigation matters related to wireless
services (C.F. 22-0107) to pay settlement approved expenditures including: $1,575,000 for the qui tam plaintiff,
$1,445,000 to resolve contractor's claims for work performed for the City on a contingency fee basis auditing
wireless carriers, and $250,250 to support ongoing investigation and prosecution of false claims made against the
state or political subdivision pursuant to the California False Claims Act. Partial funding is set aside here and within
the UB Reserve for Extraordinary Liability for the City’s outside counsel for fees and expenses pursuant to the
contingency fee agreement, currently estimated at $1,250,000.

Cardiac Monitors - $850,000. Funding is set aside for the purchase of replacement cardiac monitors for the Fire
Department.

County Election Expenses – November 2022 - $10,000,000. Funding is set aside for the November 2022 General
Municipal Election, which represents the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's portion of the
costs. Funding is set aside based on an estimate of up to five ballot measures, three Citywide offices runoffs, and
two City Council District offices runoffs.

Department Payroll Reconciliation - $93,000,000. Funding is set aside to reconcile estimated department salary
accounts during the fiscal year to account for approved non-pensionable adjustments, against revised employment
levels and salary savings.

Equipment, Expenses, and Alterations & Improvements - $7,169,725. Funding is set aside as a contingency to
address necessary adjustments to accounts.

Fair Work Week - $2,000,000. Funding is set aside for costs to enforce the Fair Work Week Ordinance, including
an outreach campaign to inform businesses of the new requirements.

FMS Training - $1,000,000. Funding is set aside for a Citywide training program on the Financial Management
System (FMS). The upgraded system is scheduled to be deployed during 2022-23.

Graffiti Abatement Strike Teams - $1,670,000. Funding is set aside for the Board of Public Works to contract for
graffiti abatement services using strike teams. This funding is separate from the $11.52 million budgeted for graffiti
abatement services in the Board of Public Works budget.

Ground Emergency Medical Transport QAF Program - $6,700,000. Funding is set aside for the quarterly
payments and related contractual services cost for the Ground Emergency Medical Transport QAF Program.

Healthy Neighborhood Market Program - $500,000. Funding is set aside for the Economic and Workforce
Development Department to expand the Healthy Neighborhood Market Program, a business development program
implemented by the Los Angeles Food Policy Council that builds the capacity of neighborhood market owners,
managers, and staff to grow their business as successful healthy food retailers in low-income communities
designated as "food deserts.”

Horse Evacuation Trailers - $200,000. Funding is set aside for the Emergency Management Department to
purchase trailers to be used for evacuating horses during an emergency.

LAHSA Homeless Engagement Teams - $8,122,464. Funding is set aside for nine-months of funding for Los
Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Homeless Engagement Teams (HETs) to conduct direct outreach
to unsheltered homeless individuals. The General City Purposes, Homeless Strategies Account includes the
remaining three-months of funding for HETs ($2,707,488).

Low Rise Development Planning and Design - $500,000. Funding is set aside for the development
of low-rise design templates, code amendments, environmental analysis, construction methods, standard plans,
promotion, outreach, and design guidelines for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) duplex, triplex, fourplex and
bungalow court residential development.

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