Credit Presentation of the City of Los Angeles Richard H. Llewellyn Jr., City Administrative Officer

Presentation by Ben Ceja, Assistant City Administrative Officer

March 19, 2018

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Disclaimer

• Overview of the City of Los Angeles

• 2017-18 Adopted Budget Summary and Update

• Focus on Infrastructure

• Policy Initiatives and Priorities

• Budget Outlook Considerations

• Debt Management

Executive Summary

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Overview of the City of Los Angeles

• Founded in 1781, second largest City in the US • Population of approximately 4.04 million as of January

2018, approximately 39% of the County • 15 Council Districts within the City with average population

of 260,000 residents • Area of 470 square miles

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City Governance Structure

• Elected Officials o Mayor: Elected at-large to 4 year

term; eligible for 2 terms o City Council: Full-time Council

consisting of 15 members elected to 4 year terms; eligible for 3 terms

o Controller o City Attorney

• 38 City Departments manage public safety, sanitation, public works, homelessness, cultural, and recreational issues

o In addition, 3 independent Proprietary Department: Airports, Harbor, and Water and Power; and

o 2 pension departments, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) and the Fire and Police Pension System (LAFPP)

• Major financial policy targets o Appropriated 1.28% of General Fund to capital

improvements, exceeding target of at least 1%

o Reserve Fund at 6.08% of General Fund revenues, above the 5% policy level

o Nominal deposits to the Budget Stabilization Fund, but $75 million of growth in economically sensitive tax revenues are budgeted for capital improvements

o Applied all one-time revenues ($65 million) for one-time expenditures ($108 million)

2017-18 Adopted Budget Summary

Source: City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Administrative Officer 4

Budget ($ Millions)

Budget Component Adopted 2016-17

Adopted 2017-18

Percent Change

General Fund $ 5,576.4 $ 5,826.5 4.5%

Special Funds $ 3,200.6 $ 3,465.6 8.3%

Total $ 8,777.0 $ 9,292.1 5.9%

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Budget Reserves (Reserve Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund, and UB Reserves)

As of July 1 Actuals

Emergency Reserve Contingency Reserve Budget Stabilization FundUB Reserves Total Percentage of General Fund

Staffing Remains Below Peak Levels

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Revenue Trends and Growth

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Property (including VLF), Utility, Business, Sales, Hotel, Documentary and Parking Taxes

7 Major General Fund Revenues, 71.4% Licenses, Permits, Fees and Fines,

18.0%

Power Revenue Transfer, 5.0%

Parking Fines, 3.0%

Miscellaneous Revenue, 2.0% Transfers from Special and

Reserve Funds, 1.0%

Sources of General Fund Revenue for Fiscal Year 2017-18

• Actual General Fund revenues in 2016-17 exceeded the adopted budget by $52.4 million and prior year revenue by $294.7 million

• Total General Fund Revenue for 2017-18 through 2021-22 is forecast to increase at an average of 3.4% annually

2017-18 Adopted Budget Update

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Strong Reserves • Began 2017-18 with Reserve Fund of 6.08% and total reserves of 8.05%, both above budget

• At Mid-Year, the Reserve Fund totals 6.24%, with total reserves of 7.95%

• Committed to maintaining a Reserve Fund above 5% Revenues • Based on data through January 2018, revenue is $28.3 million above plan due to Property Taxes,

ex-CRA remittances, Business Taxes, Sales Taxes, and Transient Occupancy Tax

• Potential shortfalls in Utility Users’ Taxes and Documentary Transfer Taxes exist that may bring total revenues closer to plan

Expenditures • Fire emergencies caused cash-flow shortfalls in Fire Department due to delayed

reimbursements

• Workers Compensation expenses above budgeted amount

• Based on Mid-Year adjustments and recommended future actions, remaining 2017-18 “over-expenditures” are under $30 million

Focus on Infrastructure

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• Sidewalk Repair o $1.4 billion over 30 years; $31 million a year with 15.3% increase every 5 years o 60.5 sidewalk miles repaired since March 2015

• Street Reconstruction o Annual pavement preservation program aimed at maintaining the Pavement Condition Index o Recommending $80 million for first Complete Streets Projects that incorporate reconstruction, with

Vision Zero goals, sidewalk improvements, and Green Streets elements

• Clean Water o Proposition O (GO Bonds): 43 projects of which 26 have been completed and 17 active o Several Stormwater Projects to address Total Maximum Daily Load (“TMDL”) limits initiated in 2017-18

• Affordable Housing o Estimated need is approximately 4,000 units a year:

o Linkage Fee adopted to create a funding mechanism to increase the supply of affordable workforce housing in the City

o Leveraging Federal funds and Tax Credits, CA Cap and Trade competitive grant awards, and new state $75 fee on mortgage refinances and other real estate transactions

o Commitment to invest $200 million over 10 years to produce 4,000 units of Accessible Rental Housing

Homelessness • City voters approved $1.2 billion in bonds to build Permanent Supportive Housing over 10 years • First bond issuance in 2017 • County voters approved $355 million for homeless services • City and County signed historic MOU to provide services in housing built by City

Vision Zero • Mission is to end all traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2025 • Focus on High Injury Network of streets accounting for the majority of deaths

Policy Initiatives and Priorities

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HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND PEDESTRIAN SCRAMBLE

Public Safety • Ongoing recruitment and hiring of Fire and Police personnel reflecting the diversity and values of Los

Angeles residents • Process underway for selection and appointment of new Police Chief to lead Department of over 10,000

Sworn Officers and approximately 3,000 civilians Transit • County voters approved Measure M for $860 million annually; City share is approximately $42 million,

gradually increasing based on sales tax growth within the County • New State Gas Tax legislation (SB1) provides additional funds for City transportation needs

2028 Summer Olympics • International Olympic Committee selected the City to host the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic

Games

Policy Initiatives and Priorities

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• Both pension systems reduced their investment rates to 7.25%, which will impact City contributions beginning in 2018-19; LACERS may consider further reduction in 2018-19 to 7.00%

• Impact to the General Fund will be based on the Contribution Rates that include the investment rate as well as other factors such as economic and demographic assumptions

Budget Outlook Considerations: Pensions and OPEB

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• City fully funds both pension and OPEB Annual Required Contributions

• Funding for OPEB began in 1989-90

Budget Outlook Considerations: Labor Relations Labor Contracts • 41 individual MOUs covering 36,400 full-time City employees (including Airports & Harbor) • 22 Labor Unions/ Employee Associations • 800 non-represented employees

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Organization Full-Time

Employees Represented

Number of Bargaining

Units

Status of Memorandum of Understanding

Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) 9,896 1 Current Contract expires

6/30/18 New Contract expires

7/31/2019 United Firefighters of Los Angeles City 3,231 1 Contract expires 6/30/19

Coalition of LA City Unions 15,653 17 Contracts expire 6/30/18

Engineers and Architects Association 4,937 4 Contracts expire 6/22/19

Municipal Construction Inspectors Association 866 1 Contract expires 6/22/19

Contract Status • New LAPPL MOU certified by Union and expected to be considered by Council next month • Beginning negations for Coalition MOU, which expire June 30, 2018

Disciplined, Policy-Driven Debt Management

• Over a third of the City’s direct debt is supported by property and special tax receipts

• 74.8% of the City’s net direct debt will be retired over the next 10 years

Source: City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Administrative Officer 13

General Obligation Bonds

31%

Judgment Obligation Bonds

1% MICLA Real Property Leases

49%

MICLA Equipment Leases

19%

Outstanding Direct Debt as of January 1, 2018 Total: $2.25 Billion (Voter-Approved in Blue)

Debt Category Ratings (F/K/M/S&P)* Outstanding*

General Obligation Bonds AA/AA/Aa2/AA- $ 700,210,100

Judgment Obligation Bonds A+/- -/A1/AA 22,545,000

MICLA - Real Property A+/AA-/Aa3/AA- 1,103,236,203

MICLA - Capital Equipment A+/AA-/Aa3/AA- 426,234,731

MICLA - Commercial Paper Program F1+/- -/P-1/A-1+ 282,200,000

Solid Waste Resource Revenue Bonds AA-/AA/Aa2/A+ 178,720,000

Wastewater System Senior Revenue Bonds AA+/AA+/Aa2/AA+ 1,050,760,000

Wastewater System Subordinate Revenue Bonds AA/AA/Aa3/AA 1,629,370,000

* Outstanding as of January 1, 2018. Ratings as of February 23, 2018.

By policy, debt service is limited to 15% of general revenues for all direct debt and 6% for non-voter approved debt Current ratio of Voter

& Non-Voter Approved Debt is 5.70%

Current ratio of Non-

Voter Approved Debt is 4.02%

Debt Charts

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Voter Approved and Non-Voter Approved Debt

Non-Voter Approved Debt

Source: City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Administrative Officer

3.95% 4.02%

4.32% 4.18% 3.93% 3.77%

3.11% 2.67% 2.67%

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Debt Calendar

Proposed Schedule of Bond Issuances as of March 13, 2018

Expected Estimated Bond Issuance Sale Date Amount

Solid Waste Resources Revenue Bond, Series 2018-A May 2018 $87 million General Obligation Bonds, Series 2018 June 2018 $100 million Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes 2018 June 2018 $1.6 billion

Other Transactions

The City’s Wastewater System Commercial Paper program letters of credit expire in December 2018

A request for proposal for credit providers and remarketing agents

The City’s MICLA Convention Center Commercial Program letter of credit expires in November 2018

A request for proposal for credit providers and remarketing agents

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Investor Relations

Contact Information

200 N. Main Street City Hall East, Room 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90012-4137 (213) 473-7500 Email: cao.debt@lacity.org Web: www.cao.lacity.org

Richard H. Llewellyn, Jr. City Administrative Officer

Ben Ceja Assistant City Administrative Officer

Natalie R. Brill Chief of Debt Management

• The CAO’s investor relations website is a centralized source of information that aggregates useful materials for ease of access, including links to other information

http://cao.lacity.org/debt/

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Source: City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Administrative Officer