5 4 Resumes
David Davis
President
Mr. David Davis is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with over 30 years of experience in solid waste management, program planning, and regulatory compliance for public agencies. He specializes in working with municipal managers to maximize the value of their solid waste services, drawing on his extensive background in both the private and public sectors. As a chief financial executive for local hauling and landfill divisions of a national waste company, and as a senior manager in the City of Riverside’s Department of Public Utilities, he has overseen financial reporting, budgeting, cost analysis, rate design, and operational reviews.
Mr. Davis’s expertise includes the analysis and design of customer rates, competitive procurement for collection and recycling services, feasibility studies, diversion program evaluation, compliance audits, and operational funding strategies. He also leads the strategic direction of MSW Consultants’ software solutions, ensuring they deliver actionable data and measurable results for city clients.
Lucas Arias
Director of Operations
Mr. Lucas Arias is the Director of Operations for MSW Consultants, managing client implementation, system optimization, and ongoing support for municipal users. Since joining the firm in 2022, he has worked with cities including Corona, Lomita, Murrieta, Orange, Rancho Palos Verdes, San Jacinto, Temecula, and Stanton, as well as the County of Riverside and the Western Riverside Council of Governments.
Mr. Arias has conducted thousands of waste assessments, trained dozens of recycling coordinators, secured sustainability grants, and developed diversion reporting tools. He also played a key role in SB 1383 roll out and strategic planning for one of the City of Los Angeles’ recycLA waste haulers. Drawing on a background in professional music performance, he brings creativity, adaptability, and strong communication skills to solving complex compliance challenges and ensuring MSW’s software delivers accurate, actionable insights.
6 Tim Krueger
Application Manager
Mr. Tim Krueger is a skilled information systems and technology professional with expertise in user experience, network and systems management, website and cloud application design, and security. Since joining MSW Consultants in 2022, he has re-architected the Minerva platform to support the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of SB 1383.
Mr. Krueger leads the development team, oversees software updates and feature builds, and works closely with municipal clients to develop best practices for data analytics and compliance tracking. He has supported the County of San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Fresno, and Merced, as well as the cities of Whittier, Placentia, Rancho Palos Verdes, La Habra, Lomita, Lynwood, Orange, and Stanton—many with open competition hauler relationships. His role includes managing extensive data imports, ensuring technical functionality, and providing responsive support for seamless client operations.
Brian Marshall
Data & Client Success Specialist
Mr. Brian Marshall manages data imports, quality control, and client support for MSW Consultants’ software platform, ensuring compliance tracking and reporting accuracy for municipal programs. With over 10 years of business experience in financial forecasting, data analysis, and customer service, he brings both technical expertise and a strong focus on client satisfaction.
Since joining MSW Consultants in 2022, Mr. Marshall has worked on software engagements for the County of San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Fresno, and Merced, and the cities of Whittier, Placentia, Rancho Palos Verdes, La Habra, Lomita, Lynwood, Orange, and Stanton. He has managed over 36 onboarding instances, provided client training, and developed solutions to process challenges, helping cities fully leverage the capabilities of the Minerva application.
7 Keeli Holm
Client Success Coordinator
Ms. Keeli Holm provides day-to-day client support, onboarding, and training for municipal users of MSW Consultants’ software solutions.
With an Associate’s degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences and over 15 years of experience in customer service, sales, marketing, and coaching, she brings adaptability, strong communication skills, and a focus on operational excellence.
Since joining MSW Consultants in 2023, Ms. Holm has contributed to outbound marketing efforts, technical support, and data collection for compliance tracking, particularly for SB 1383 organics and edible food recovery programs. She leverages her expertise in Excel, research, and client coordination to ensure smooth implementation and ongoing success for city clients.
8 5 Minerva Application Details
This section details the features and benefits of Minerva, with application screenshots.
5.1 Feature Highlights of Minerva™
Implementation Record
Records are organized by year, regulatory category, and sub-category for easy navigation, adding new records, status review and auditing.
Easily include single or bulk file attachments such as photos, documents, and spreadsheet records. Quick reference regulatory text to see what is required for each sub-category. View summary list by entire Implementation Record, listing category and sub-category. Click to view uploaded documents.
Easy text and files audit export of the Implementation Record files and text.
Reporting
Compliance Dashboard with visual status indicators, EAR metrics, and simple 1 click advanced filter reports for SB 1383 (SLCP), AB 1826 (MORe), and AB 341 (MCR).
Desktop Compliance Reviews become very quick and easy to determine where to focus attention. Advanced, transparent, generator location-based editing and reporting, which accounts for all active accounts and services a generator may have, even generators with multiple haulers. Reports can be exported as .xlsx or .csv files or can be printed directly from the browser. Reports can be filtered by thirty-four (34) different variables like “hauler”, or “Container Collection System”, or “SLCP, MORe, or MCR recycling status.” allowing quick and specific customizable reports. Extensive custom reporting through easy and detailed data exporting capabilities.
Compliance Matrix Tracking
Tracks the SLCP, MORe, & MCR compliance status of individual commercial waste generators by location and can report on the associated accounts that comprise any reported figure. Tracks the specific organic material types (per SB 1383) generated and the recycling status for each, ensuring that all non-waivered generators have the containers needed to recycle all organic waste generated. Identifies which generators recycling have a SLCP 3, or 3+ container collection system, and tracks MORe & MCR alternative compliance methods like self-hauling and 3rd party recycling. Issue and integrate waivers and exemptions with status monitoring, issue date tracking, and automatic compliance updates.
Edible Food
Mark accounts as edible food generators and link them to edible food recoverers. Dynamic fields determine edible food generator, tier 1, tier 2, or unregulated status. Easy export of commercial edible food generator, an edible food recoverer lists for addition to the Implementation Record.
Realtime calculation of the total number of commercial edible food generators and recoverers in the jurisdiction.
9 Create manual accounts to track edible food recoverers outside of the jurisdiction.
Education and Outreach
Location or account linked activities such as notes, photos, documents, waivers and more that remain accessible even as haulers change account numbers, services or information. Facilitates mobile site visit documentation, uploading of documents and photos right from a tablet or mobile device.
Outreach history per location independent of hauler billing system account level changes. Saved contacts can be directly emailed to, which promotes ease of communication.
Data Importing System
MSW works directly with your hauler to obtain commercial and residential compliance related service data. Data importing using existing consistent hauler billing system data query. No template required. Standard plan includes four (4) imports per year with additional service data imports as often as weekly if needed at no cost.
o Requires consistent data query. New data schema creation fee of $500 per import if non-standard reports are provided by hauler in future periods.
Data and Compliance Management
Add manual accounts to Minerva™ to:
o Track commercial edible food generators or recoverers that do not have their own hauler service account or are outside of the jurisdiction.
o Track individual businesses that do not have their own hauler service account, for example: businesses that are located in a multi-business location, like a strip mall, or track a Food Recovery Organization/Service that is outside the jurisdiction.
o Track the compliance of other entities that you do not want to be included in the service level compliance calculations for CalRecycle.
Edit the Generator Type. If a hauler categorizes an account as commercial due to having commercial containers, but the location is actually a single-family residence, you can change the Generator Type to a residential to accurately report their CalRecycle Generator Type. Link a Minerva account to a different Generator by Generator ID or address. If an imported account address is incorrect or incomplete, or shares containers with another Generator, the Generator can be edited to make it correct, or accurate for the jurisdiction’s compliance reporting needs.
Activity Manager
Assign and track completed and pending activities by type including waivers, route review inspections, edible food inspections, notes, site visits, NOV’s, follow-ups, and more.
User Access
Unlimited users for jurisdiction staff, IT, and outreach consultants. Jurisdiction staff can view all hauler data rolled up, or filter the data down to a single hauler. Unlimited hauler users. Each hauler user is constrained to view only data related to their accounts. Regulator can be added as a user during implementation record audits.
10 System Capabilities
Microsoft Azure, cloud-based, encrypted, data protection and backup. Standard Microsoft SSO included. (Federation with one or more Identity Providers can be added at an additional cost)
Designed for use on desktop and tablet but accessible via mobile phone as well.
On-boarding Process
During the setup and on-boarding process, our staff will:
Schedule a kickoff meeting with the jurisdiction to coordinate the on-boarding process. Work with each hauler and their staff to obtain hauler services data export file using an existing hauler billing system query and gaining an understanding of the available containers and diverted materials for each container by jurisdiction.
Create initial hauler specific data schema, unique to the jurisdiction, to import service data consistently over time.
Setup jurisdiction users and establish user access via established jurisdiction/company email. Setup and train users on full functionality of the system.
Other Included:
Cyber liability insurance up to $2,000,000.
Enterprise grade hosting, security and IT infrastructure.
11 5.2 Application screenshots:
Dashboard (includes easy to use, clickable “info cards” for easy to access EAR required data for SLCP, MORe, & MCR reporting)
Non-Compliance by specific material type analyis
12 Implementation Record (Category & Sub-Category view) with Tool Tips Implementation Record (Sub-Category “Quick Note”)
13 Summary Top Level page at Generator (location-based reporting) Location based Compliance “Status” Matrix (for each location)
14 Generator location with multiple accounts
One generator with multiple haulers and multiple services and pickup schedule
15 Edible Food Generators and Recoverers Management Page Individual Edible Food Generator and Recoverer Setup
List view of Activities (with in-line editing). Includes Implementation Record listings.
16 Implementation Record-Tracking all activity for CalRecycle annual requirements.
Add manual accounts (Accounts with no contracted service or FRO’s out of the jurisdiction)
17 Edit Generator type (i.e. from commercial to residential) Activity Manager – List Report
18 Activity Manager – Calendar View
Online Knowledge Base and FAQ portal (in addition to immediate phone/email support)
19 The features described above represent only a portion of Minerva’s capabilities. We welcome the opportunity to provide additional information, address any questions, or schedule a follow-up discussion to review the proposal in detail and outline potential next steps.
We appreciate your consideration and interest in Minerva and look forward to the possibility of partnering with the City of Cudahy to support its program goals.
David Davis
President
MSW Consultants
41760 Ivy St., Suite 203,
Murrieta, CA 92562
(951) 704-9776
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STAFF REPORT
Date: October 21, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Juan Arauz/Richard Iglesias Interim City Managers By: Raul Diaz, Public Works Director
Subject: Consideration to Approve the Sub-Recipient Agreement by and between the City of Bell Gardens and the City of Cudahy for the operations and maintenance of the John Anson Ford Park Infiltration Cistern Project
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to approve the Sub-recipient Agreement with the City of Bell Gardens and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
BACKGROUND
1. On November 8, 2012, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB) adopted the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4 Permit) which became effective December 28, 2012.
2. On June 4, 2013, the City Council approved and accepted membership into Gateway Water Management Authority ( GWMA) and approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the GWMA, the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 (LAR-UR2) Subgroup Cities and Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD) in order to comply with the MS4 Permit (Order No. R4-2012-0175). The Group of which Cudahy is a member is commonly referred to as the LAR-UR2, which consists of the cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, and Vernon and LACFCD.
3. On June 27, 2013 the LAR-UR2 Group submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the LARWQCB announcing formation of the Group and the intent to develop a Watershed Management Program (WMP) and Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) to meet MS4 Permit objectives. Final approval was received on August 13, 2015.
4. The LAR-UR2 WMP identified six regional projects, with the John Anson Ford Infiltration Cistern (‘JAF Park’ or ‘Project’) as the highest priority project. The cost of the project was beyond the cities’ collective budget, so outside funding was sought.
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5. In May 2013, the LAR-UR2 entered into an MOU with GWMA as the lead agency to submit an application for funding through the Proposition 1 grant program for the Project. The Project was ultimately awarded funding.
6. In 2018, the LAR-UR2 entered into an MOU to support the funding match for the project.
This MOU requires the LAR-UR2 to enter into a separate MOU at the Project’s completion for its operation and maintenance for the useful life of the Project.
7. The Project was completed and in operation as of Summer 2025.
ANALYSIS
The City is regulated under an NPDES MS4 Permit assigned and enforced by the California Water Quality Resources Control Board (State Board) and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) for all discharges of water into the stormwater system.
The current permit allows for the forming of regional groups to jointly develop a CIMP and WMP for the purpose of establishing a program by which individual agencies can work together to make a good faith effort to comply with all applicable MS4 Permit requirements. Council approved the formation of a regional group in 2013 to develop a WMP and CIMP and subsequently a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the GWMA for administration and cost-sharing of regional efforts among the regional group members was implemented. The WMP Group of which Cudahy is a member is commonly referred to as the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 (LAR UR2).
The Project was one of two projects that were chosen by GWMA for application to the Proposition 1 Grant Program, of which the Project was awarded $9,904,842 with a 10% match.
The LAR-UR2 Watershed Group members entered into the 2018 MOU to contribute to the match for the project. Section 1.9 of this MOU provides for the cities to share the cost of the operations and maintenance of the Project based upon a pre-determined share.
Bell Gardens will serve as the lead agency for the operations and maintenance of the Project for its useful life and will prepare an annual budget for the purposes of funding the operations and maintenance of the project. Invoices will be submitted annually to each of the subrecipient cities for the annual cost of the operations and maintenance of the project per the sub-recipient’s individual cost share as provided in the below Table A. The cost share is based upon an estimated annual cost of 100,000 – 50% of which ($50,000) is divided equally among the seven cities; the remaining 50% is divided based upon land area percentage in the watershed.
Watershed City Land Area in
Square Miles
Percentage of
Total Land Area
Equal Share of
50%1
Pro Rata Share
of 50%2
Total per
Watershed City
Bell 2.64 11.09% $7,142.86 $5,545 $12,688
Bell Gardens 2.49 11.22% $7,142.86 $5,610 $12,753
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Commerce 6.57 29.61% $7,142.86 $14,805 $21,948
Cudahy 1.12 5.05% $7,142.86 $2,525 $9,668
Huntington Park 3.03 13.65% $7,142.86 $6,825 $13,968
Maywood 1.18 5.32% $7,142.86 $2,660 $9,803
Vernon 5.16 23.25% $7,142.86 $11,625 $18,768
22.19 100% 1Approximate rounded value
2Based upon estimated annual total operations and maintenance cost of $100,000. Added values are approximate and have been calculated based upon the formulas provided in the MOU.
CONCLUSION
In the interest of the City to utilize regional projects to achieve individual agency mandates as required by the MS4 Permit. The City will enter into a sub recipient agreement with the City of Bell Gardens for the operations and maintenance of the John Anson Ford Park Infiltration Cistern Project as part of the ongoing effort to fulfill MS4 permitting requirements.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The estimated annual cost to the City is anticipated to be $9,668 per the cost sharing formula in the above Table A. The first invoice is expected to be distributed this FY 2025/26 upon final execution of this agreement by all participating agencies.
ATTACHMENTS
A. John Anson Ford Park Operations and Maintenance Memorandum of Understanding B. John Anson Ford Subrecipient Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding
Maintenance and Operations of
John Anson Ford Park Infiltration Cistern Project
This Agreement is made and dated this ____ day of _________, 2024, by and between the Cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, and Vernon (collectively the “Cities”) for the maintenance and operations of the John Anson Ford Park Infiltration Cistern Project.
WHEREAS, the State of California Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB) adopted Board Order No. R4-2012-0175, Waste Discharge Requirements for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharges Within the LA Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles County (LA County MS4 Permit) effective December 28, 2012; and, WHEREAS, the LA County MS4 Permit regulates all surface water discharges from all municipal jurisdictions in the LA Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles County; and, WHEREAS, the LA County MS4 Permit allows Permittees the option to develop either a Watershed Management Plan or an Enhanced Watershed Management Plan for implementation of the permit requirements on a watershed schedule through customized strategies, control measures, and Best Management Practices (BMPs) to comply with Part V.A (Receiving Water Limitations), Part VI.E and Attachments L through R (Total Maximum Daily Load Provisions), by customizing the control measures in Parts III.A (Prohibitions – Non-Storm Water Discharges) and VI.D (Minimum Control Measures), except the Planning and Land Development Program of the LA County MS4 Permit; and,
WHEREAS, the Cities lie exclusively within the Los Angeles River Watershed and each Permittee discharges to Reach 2 of the Los Angeles River, a concrete-lined river channel and the Cities of Bell Gardens and Commerce also drain southeast to the Rio Hondo, a concrete-lined tributary channel to Reach 2 of the Los Angeles River; and, WHEREAS, the Cities agreed to collectively form the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Area (LAR UR2 WMA) defined as the drainage area made up of the Cities collective boundaries; and,
WHEREAS, the Cities entered into an Agreement on April 29, 2013 to develop a WMP and a Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Plan (CIMP) for the LAR UR2 WMA to comply with the LA County MS4 Permit; and,
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WHEREAS, the Cities on June 27, 2013 submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI) letter, to the LARWCB Executive Officer, announcing the formation of the LAR UR2 WMA Group, and their intent to prepare a Reasonable Assurance Analysis (RAA), to guide development of the WMP Plan, and a Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) Plan to track progress in attaining the LA County MS4 Permit objectives, through the Adoptive Management Process (AMP) identified within LA County MS4 Permit Part VI.C.8.a; and, WHEREAS, the Cities submitted a RAA and WMP to the LARWQCB on June 26, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the LARWCB gave final approval of the LAR UR2 WMA RRA and WMP on August 13, 2015; and,
WHEREAS, the LAR UR2 RAA and WMP identified six regional BMP projects, estimated to cost a total of $210 million, and an additional $90 million in residential and commercial LID street renovations that may need to be implemented to achieve Permit numeric limits; and, WHEREAS, the LAR UR2 RAA and WMP identified the John Anson Ford Park Infiltration Cistern (JAF Park) Project as the highest priority BMP; and, WHEREAS, the cost of the JAF Park Project is beyond the Cities’ budget, the Cities sought outside funding support for its construction.
WHEREAS, in May 2013 the Cities entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles Gateway Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (GWMA) for GWMA to act as lead agency for applying to the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) for a Grant to fund the planning, design, and construction of the Project; and, WHEREAS, on January 15, 2018 the Cities entered into a Sub-recipient Agreement with GWMA to provide for funding the administrative support for the design, construction, maintenance and operation costs of the Project in compliance with the Grant Agreement and for payment of the local match. Section 1.9 of the Sub-Recipient Agreement provides for the Cities to share the costs of the maintenance and operation of the Project based upon a predetermined percentage share; and, WHEREAS, on January 2018 the State Board executed an Agreement with GWMA for the JAF Park Infiltration Cistern: Phase I in the amount of $9,904,842 requiring the Cities to provide matching funds in the amount of $1,100,538; and,
WHEREAS, the Sub-recipient Agreement requires Bell Gardens to maintain and operate the Project throughout its useful life as required in the Grant Agreement and WMP; and,
WHEREAS, the Sub-recipient Agreement requires the costs associated with operating and maintaining the Project shall be paid by each Sub-recipient in accordance with each Subrecipients’ individual Percentage Share for the useful life of the Project as defined in the Grant Agreement; and,
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and conditions in this Agreement the parties agree as follows:
1. The City of Bell Gardens shall maintain and operate the JAF Park Infiltration Cistern Project throughout its useful life.
2. The City of Bell Gardens shall prepare and submit an annual budget for the purposes of funding the maintenance and operations of the JAF Park Infiltration Cistern Project.
3. The City of Bell Gardens shall submit invoices annually to each of the Sub-recipient Cities for the annual maintenance and operations costs of the JAF Park Infiltration Cistern Project in the individual Sub-recipient City’s Percentage Share of the annual costs as further defined in the Attachment to this Agreement.
4. Each Sub-recipient City shall pay the invoice submitted by the City of Bell Gardens within 60 days of the invoice date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this document to be fully executed with all formalities required by the laws of the State of California. The parties are signing this Agreement as of the date stated in the introductory clause. [Signatures for Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, and Vernon begin on next page]
City of _________________________
a California municipal corporation
By: _____________________________
Name: ________________________
Title: _________________________
ATTEST:
By: ______________________________
Name: _________________________
Title:___________________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By: ______________________________
Name: _________________________
Title: ___________________________
Attachment
The Watershed Permittees of each UR2 Watershed City shall pay an equal one seventh (1/7th) share of fifty percent (50%) of the annual cost and each Watershed Permittee shall pay its prorate share, based on its percentage of land area of the total UR2 Watershed Area of fifty percent (50%) of the annual cost provided in Table 1.
Watershed City Land Area in
square miles
Percentage of
Total Land Area
Bell 2.64 11.90%
Bell Gardens 2.49 11.22%
Commerce 6.57 29.61%
Cudahy 1.12 5.05%
Huntington Park 3.03 13.65%
Maywood 1.18 5.32%
Vernon 5.16 23.25%
TOTAL 22.19 100%
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STAFF REPORT
Date: October 21, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor/City Council/Agency Members
From: Juan Arauz/Richard Iglesias Interim City Managers Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. 764 Repealing Section 9.04.360 (Parking of Vehicles for Sale) of Chapter 9.04 (Criminal Code) of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Welfare)
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to adopt Ordinance No. 764 (Attachment “A”), repealing Section
9.04.360 (Parking of Vehicles for Sale) of Chapter 9.04 (Criminal Code) of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Welfare).
BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS
Pursuant to the Cudahy Municipal Code (“CMC”) Section 9.04.360 (Parking of Vehicles for Sale), it is unlawful to display a sign or placard on a vehicle which is located on any city street or city property when it appears that because of the sign or placard, the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at the location is to advertise to the public the sale of that vehicle. CMC Section
9.04.360 further states that vehicles in violation of this code section may be cited and/or impounded.
However, case law has determined that enforcement of laws prohibiting the placing of “for sale” signs on vehicles parked on city streets violate the First Amendment, and therefore cannot be enforced. The attached ordinance would repeal CMC Section 9.04.360 to bring the City into compliance with federal law.
CONCLUSION
If adopted, the attached ordinance would repeal CMC Section 9.04.360 to bring the City into compliance with federal law.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT
The adoption of this ordinance has no financial impact to the City’s General Fund beyond standard processing and staff time.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Draft Ordinance No. 764
ORDINANCE NO. 764
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING SECTION 9.04.360
(PARKING OF VEHICLES FOR SALE) OF CHAPTER 9.04
(CRIMINAL CODE) OF TITLE 9 (PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS
AND WELFARE) OF THE CUDAHY MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Cudahy (“City”) is a general law city, incorporated under the laws of the State of California (“State”); and
WHEREAS, the City previously adopted Section 9.04.360 which prevents the display of a sign or placard on a vehicle located on any City street or City property where the primary purpose of parking the vehicle, is to advertise to the public the sale of said vehicle; and WHEREAS, such type of provisions have since been challenged and have found to be unconstitutional; and
WHEREAS, the City shall repeal the unconstitutional provision from its municipal code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUDAHY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated into the body of this Ordinance by this reference.
SECTION 2. Section 9.04.360 (Parking of Vehicles for Sale) of Chapter 9.04 (Criminal Code) of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Welfare) of the Cudahy Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety:
“9.04.360 Parking of Vehicles for Sale
(1) It shall be unlawful to display a sign or placard on a vehicle which is located on any city street or city property when it appears that because of the sign or placard, the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at the location is to advertise to the public the sale of that vehicle.
(2) In addition to the grounds for removal specified in the California Vehicle Code, and pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22651.9, a vehicle shall be subject to removal by the city or its authorized agent if all the following requirements are satisfied:
a) Because of a sign or placard on the vehicle, it appears that the primary purpose of parking the vehicle at that location is to advertise to the public the sale of that vehicle;
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b) Within the past 30 days a notice of parking violation was issued for the vehicle under the Cudahy Municipal Code which contains a notice of all of the following:
i. A warning that an additional parking violation may result in the impoundment of the vehicle;
ii. A warning that the vehicle may be impounded pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.9, even if moved to another street, so long as the signs or placards offering the vehicle for sale remain on the vehicle; and
iii. A statement that all the city streets are subject to this chapter.” SECTION 3. CEQA. This Ordinance is not subject to CEQA under the general rule set forth in Section 15061 (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. Inconsistent Provisions. Any provision of the Cudahy Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, that conflicts with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such conflict and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. Construction. This Ordinance is intended to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent. To the extent the provisions of the Cudahy Municipal Code, as amended by this Ordinance, are substantially the same as the provisions of that Code as it read prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, those amended provisions shall be construed as continuations of the earlier provisions and not as new enactments.
SECTION 7. Publication and Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign, and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after adoption.
Ordinance No. XXX
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cudahy at a regular meeting on this ____ day of _____________ 2025.
Elizabeth Alcantar Loza
Mayor
ATTEST:
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
Ordinance No. XXX
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF CUDAHY )
I, Richard Iglesias, City Clerk of the City of Cudahy, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 764 was introduced for a first reading on the ___th day of __________2025 and approved for a second reading and adopted by said Council at its regular meeting held on the ___ day of _________ 2025 by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Date: October 21, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: City Attorney’s Office
Subject: Adoption of Proposed Resolution No. 25-56 Proclaiming a Local Emergency, Ratifying the Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency for Federal Immigration Actions in the County of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to approve proposed Resolution No. 25-56 proclaiming a local emergency ratifying the proclamation of existence of a local emergency for Federal Immigration Actions in the County of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
The City of Cudahy (“City”) is home to a vibrant, diverse, and predominantly immigrant community, with many families who contribute to the cultural and economic fabric of our City.
On or about June 6, 2025, and increasingly thereafter, ongoing immigration raids and unlawful enforcement tactics initiated by the federal government have caused residents of the City be fearful of leaving their homes to go to work, take public transportation, access County services including medical services, access open public programs and resources, and attend appointments with immigration lawyers and legal service providers.
Such enforcement actions and tactics have created a climate of fear, leading to widespread disruption in daily life and adverse impacts to our region due to decreased attendance at workplaces, the temporary or permanent closure of businesses and restaurants, and increased strain on our local institutions such as schools and places of worship. Indiscriminate immigration raids have destabilized entire neighborhoods and reverberate through critical sectors of the economy, leading to long-term harm to workers, families, and businesses. A recent survey of Los Angeles County by The Rent Brigade found a 62% drop in average weekly earnings of immigrants, that 71% returned to work because of fear of eviction despite unsafe Item Number
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or unstable conditions, and one in eight received threats from their landlords that they would be reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in violation of state law.
Based upon these conditions of extreme peril, on October 14, 2025, the County proclaimed a local emergency for federal immigration actions in the County of Los Angeles.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact associated with adoption of this resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution No. 25-56
RESOLUTION NO. 25-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMING A LOCAL
EMERGENCY, RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF
EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION ACTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
WHEREAS, the City of Cudahy (“City”) is home to a vibrant, diverse, and predominantly immigrant community, with many families who contribute to the cultural and economic fabric of our City; and
WHEREAS, on or about June 6, 2025, and increasingly thereafter, ongoing immigration raids and unlawful enforcement tactics initiated by the federal government have caused residents of the City be fearful of leaving their homes to go to work, take public transportation, access County services including medical services, access open public programs and resources, and attend appointments with immigration lawyers and legal service providers; and
WHEREAS, such enforcement actions and tactics have created a climate of fear, leading to widespread disruption in daily life and adverse impacts to our region due to decreased attendance at workplaces, the temporary or permanent closure of businesses and restaurants, and increased strain on our local institutions such as schools and places of worship; and
WHEREAS, indiscriminate immigration raids have destabilized entire neighborhoods and reverberate through critical sectors of the economy, leading to longterm harm to workers, families, and businesses. A recent survey of Los Angeles County by The Rent Brigade found a 62% drop in average weekly earnings of immigrants, that 71% returned to work because of fear of eviction despite unsafe or unstable conditions, and one in eight received threats from their landlords that they would be reported to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in violation of state law1; WHEREAS, based upon these conditions of extreme peril, on October 14, 2025, the County proclaimed a local emergency for federal immigration actions in the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of its residents and property.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CUDAHY DOES HEREBY DETERMINE, FIND AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1 The Rent Brigade, September 2025, Disappeared and Displaced: ICE pushes LA Tenants Towards Eviction Attachment A Page 275 of 279
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SECTION 1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct, constitute a material part of this Resolution, and are incorporated herein in their entirety as part of the findings.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that as a result of the immigration enforcement actions and tactics initiated by the federal government throughout the region, conditions of disaster, and/or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist throughout the City, within the meaning of Government Code Section 8558(c)(1), and such conditions are or will likely be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City, and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.
SECTION 3. The City Council for the City of Cudahy hereby proclaims that a local emergency exists due to the immigration enforcement actions throughout the region; and SECTION 4. That, during the existence of said local emergency, emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of the Disaster Council, pursuant to Chapter 2.44 of the Cudahy Municipal Code shall be those prescribed by State law and by ordinances and resolution of the City; and
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Resolution and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of this Resolution would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption and shall be effective until the earlier of (i) November 20, 2025, (ii) such time the City Council adopts a subsequent resolution, or (iii) until the City Council terminates the local emergency and shall terminate this local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.
[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of October 2025. ________________________________
Elizabeth Alcantar Loza
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF CUDAHY )
I, Richard Iglesias, City Clerk of the City of Cudahy, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.25-56 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Cudahy, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a special meeting of said Council held on the 21st day of October 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
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