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Workforce Impact Report (WIR) / Port of Los Angeles / Approval Processes / Proposed Procedures / Framework

Council File 26-0426-S2

Under review — the City Council approved a framework to assess job impacts before major Port decisions and to restrict automation subsidies, but it's stalled in the Rules Committee pending governance review, with no scheduled return date and overdue staff reports.

Introduced
2026-03-24
Last changed
2026-06-15
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-15
Committee
Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee
Mover
TIM MCOSKER
Second
IMELDA PADILLA

Brief

Councilmember Tim Mosker introduced a motion to establish procedures and approval processes for Workforce Impact Reports at the Port of Los Angeles. The proposal creates a framework for how such reports are conducted and approved. The motion passed the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee in April 2026 but has stalled in the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, which has continued consideration multiple times since late May without setting a final hearing date.

Full summary

Councilmember Tim McOsker, seconded by Imelda Padilla, introduced this motion on March 24, 2026, to create a Workforce Impact Report framework specifically tailored to the Port of Los Angeles. The core idea is to embed worker-centered assessments into Port decision-making so that the employment consequences of major Port actions are evaluated before decisions are made. A key provision would prohibit public funds from being used to subsidize or advance automation that results in job loss or displacement at the Port. The Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee approved the motion on April 14, 2026, forwarding three specific directives to the Chief Legislative Analyst. First, the CLA is directed to develop recommendations for implementing the WIR framework at the Port, aligned with a broader citywide worker-centered WIR effort, within 45 days. Second, the CLA must report on how to integrate the framework into Port decision-making processes, specifying timing, responsible parties, and mechanisms for worker, labor, community, and Neighborhood Council input, as well as any needed changes to existing Port policies and approval structures. Third, the CLA, working with the City Attorney, must recommend how to enshrine the WIR requirement in law, including possible amendments to the City Charter or Administrative Code. Following committee approval, the Council President issued a corrected referral in late April adding the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee to the review chain, indicating that the governance and procedural dimensions of the proposal warranted additional scrutiny. Since late May, the Rules Committee has scheduled and then postponed consideration multiple times, continuing the item to a date to be determined as recently as June 15, 2026. No fiscal analysis has been completed by the CAO or CLA, and no community impact statements have been submitted. The file remains pending in the Rules Committee with no scheduled return date. The motion does not expire until June 2028, so there is no immediate deadline pressure, but the repeated deferrals have delayed the CLA reporting directives that the Trade Committee approved more than two months ago.

Activity (10)

  • 2026-06-15 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee continued item to date to be determined.
  • 2026-06-12 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 15, 2026.
  • 2026-06-12 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee continued item to June 15, 2026 .
  • 2026-06-11 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 12, 2026.
  • 2026-05-28 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee continued item to date to be determined.
  • 2026-05-27 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 28, 2026.
  • 2026-04-29 Corrected Referral per Council President to include Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.
  • 2026-04-14 Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-04-10 Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 14, 2026.
  • 2026-03-24 Motion referred to Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee.

Documents (8)

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