FORM GEN. 160

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May 04, 2018

CITY OF LOS ANGELES INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE

Budget and Finance Committee

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Memo No. 86

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT - TRANSGENDER SENSITIVITY TRAINING

During its consideration of the Personnel Department (Personnel) 2018-19 Proposed Budget, the Budget and Finance Committee requested Personnel to report on initiatives recommended in C.F. No 17-0356, including budgetary requirements for implementing an online mandatory training and an in-person training program on transgender sensitivity. The Department's response is attached.

Personnel proposes a two-phase transgender sensitivity training. Phase one will be an online training course. Phase two will be in-person training. Personnel estimates that developing an online training course will cost $50,000, and conducting contracted in-person training sessions will cost approximately $3,000 per session for a group of approximately 50 City employees, with 23-24 sessions proposed for the initial year. The Department requests $70,000 for in-person training. The estimated total cost for the first year of implementation for transgender sensitivity training is $120,000.

FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT

The General Fund impact of adding funding to develop the online training course and in-person training as proposed by Personnel is $120,000. Should these items be funded, offsetting General Fund appropriations or additional revenues will need to be identified.

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Question No. 62

BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS

Room 360, PERSONNEL BUILDING

(Vacant) PRESIDENT

JEANNE A. FUGATE VICE PRESIDENT

COMMISSIONERS: GABRIEL J. ESPARZA

NANCY P. McCLELLAND RAUL PEREZ

BRUCE WHIDDEN COMMISSION EXECUTNE DIRECTOR

May 4, 2018

CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR

The Honorable Members of Budget & Finance Committee c/o Erika Pulst Room 395, City Hall Los Angeles, CA 90012

Attn: Leah Chu, Office of the City Administrative Officer

BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE QUESTION 62 (REVISED)

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL BUILDING

700 EAST TEMPLE STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Wendy G. Macy GENERAL M".NAGER

The Committee asked th1e Department to report back on budgetary requirements for implementing an online mandatory training and in-person training program.

Report on initiatives in CF 1i'-0356, lnciuding budgetary requirements for Implementing an online mandatory training and an in-person training program on transgender sensitivity.

The Personnel Department has been meeting regularly with a committee led by Council District 13 and including members of the Housing Department and the Transgender Advisory Committee to develop transgender sensitivity training. Plans for the training program include two phases.

Phase One of the Training Program will include an on line training course estimated to be 30-60 minutes in length which will cover fundamental information about the transgender community. The cost for the online training course is estimated to be $50,000. Phase Two of the training will be in-person training, delivered most likely by a vendor. While the number of in-person sessions has not been finalized, the cost per session is estimated to be $3,000. In anticipation of this training taking place at smaller venues, we anticipate the need for 23 or 24 sessions of in-person training.

The Department believes that the preliminary total to begin training efforts for Phases One and Two is $120,000: $50,000 to develop the online training course, and $70,000 for in-person training sessions

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (213) 473-3470 or Susan Nakafuji at (213) 473-9120.

WEN~CY General Manager

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