Brief

The City Administrative Officer submitted the 2026-27 Personnel Authority Resolution on June 25, 2026, which sets departmental personnel ceilings and authorizes hiring for the upcoming fiscal year. This routine annual measure establishes the framework for how many positions each city department can fill and at what salary levels. The file is currently pending review in the Personnel and Hiring Committee, where it was referred on June 26, 2026.

Full summary

The 2026-27 Personnel Authority Resolution is the city's annual mechanism for authorizing departmental staffing citywide, bridging the gap between the adopted budget and the formal Departmental Personnel Ordinances that take effect later in the fiscal year. Submitted by City Administrative Officer Matthew W. Szabo, the resolution operates through three attachments. Attachment A grants temporary on-budget authority beginning July 1, 2026, for positions already funded in the 2026-27 Adopted Budget that require resolution-level approval. Attachment B provides blanket interim authority for all positions in the adopted budget pending formal enactment of the Departmental Personnel Ordinances. Attachment C continues off-budget resolution authority for positions approved in prior fiscal years that are grant-funded or otherwise outside the regular budget, and which departments still need. The scope of the staffing authorized is sweeping. Attachment A alone covers dozens of departments and bureaus, renewing or creating positions ranging from building inspectors supporting the Soft Story Retrofit Program and the virtual inspection program to firefighters added to enhance LAX safety operations, to housing investigators enforcing tenant protection ordinances, to 110 traffic officers being added for parking enforcement and traffic control in connection with the 2028 Olympic Games. Notable new additions in the 2026-27 budget cycle include 27 Fire Department positions at LAX, 40 positions in the Housing Department for Measure United to House LA programs, 12 additional positions in the Personnel Department to bolster the Police Hiring Division, and over 70 positions transferred to the Community Investment Department from the former Economic and Workforce Development Department as part of a departmental reorganization. Building and Safety receives new inspectors to oversee Pacific Palisades rebuilding efforts. The City Attorney's office is granted authority for 18 new litigation support positions to reduce existing caseloads, while the Transportation Department adds 110 traffic officers and 13 Communications Center operators. Attachment C covers off-budget positions funded by grants and special revenue sources, including positions for the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program, the Urban Areas Security Initiative, Community Development Block Grant-funded code enforcement inspectors, and grant-funded City Attorney positions supporting victim assistance, dispute resolution, and community law enforcement programs. The file was referred to the Personnel and Hiring Committee on June 26, 2026, and remains pending there. Council adoption, with the Mayor's concurrence, is required before the resolution takes effect.

Activity (2)

• 2026-06-26 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Personnel and Hiring Committee.
• 2026-06-25 Document submitted by City Administrative Officer, dated June 25, 2026.

Documents (1)

• 2026-06-25 Report from City Administrative Officer · report