Brief

The Economic and Workforce Development Department initiated a request for proposals to select operators for Los Angeles WorkSource Centers in program year 2026-27. The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved the item as amended on April 21, 2026. The full Council adopted it on May 8, 2026, with an 11-0-4 vote. The file is now closed and final.

Full summary

WorkSource Centers are federally-funded job training and employment service facilities operated through public-private partnerships across Los Angeles. This file covers the City's formal procurement process to select nonprofit and workforce development organizations to run those centers during the 2026-27 program year. The Economic and Workforce Development Department, working jointly with the Workforce Development Board, conducted the 2025 request for proposals process, evaluated submissions, and brought the results to Council on March 6, 2026. Council approved several concrete actions. It endorsed the RFP results as detailed in the EWDD-WBD joint report and directed the EWDD General Manager to seek contract authority through the forthcoming 2026-27 Workforce Development Board Annual Plan. The Council also authorized EWDD to build a Replacement Operator list from any proposal scoring 70 or higher, to be used if a selected operator cannot fulfill its contract during the procurement cycle. A notable gap emerged in the procurement: too few eligible proposals were received for WorkSource Centers serving the Boyle Heights, Southeast Los Angeles/Watts, and West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert community planning areas. Council concurred with EWDD's determination that those responses were insufficient and authorized the department to reissue the RFP for those areas, which overlap the East Los Angeles and South Los Angeles regions, to generate adequate competition. Council also authorized the Workforce Development Board Chair to reassess and potentially reallocate existing federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds to support a broader redesign of the WorkSource Center system. If federal funds fall short, the WDB Chair was authorized to submit a City General Fund budget request of up to $3.4 million to fully implement the redesigned system. The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved the recommendations as amended on April 21, 2026, with members Price, Soto-Martinez, Jurado, and Park voting yes and Nazarian absent. The full Council adopted the item 11-0-4 on May 8, 2026, and the action became final on May 12, 2026.

Activity (7)

• 2026-05-12 Council action final.
• 2026-05-08 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
• 2026-05-05 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 8, 2026.
• 2026-04-21 Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved as amended .
• 2026-04-17 Economic Development and Jobs Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 21, 2026.
• 2026-03-06 Workforce Development Board; Economic and Workforce Development Department document(s) referred to Economic Development and Jobs Committee.
• 2026-03-06 Document submitted by Economic and Workforce Development Department , dated March 6, 2026.

Documents (3)

• 2026-05-12 Council Action · council_action
• 2026-04-21 Report from Economic Development and Jobs Committee · report
• 2026-03-06 Joint Report from Economic and Workforce Development Department and Workforce Development Board · report