- Add $1 million to the city's Innovation Fund.
- Fund Fire Department projects for the Automated Vehicle Locator project, Mobile Data Network, Fire Station Alerting System, Move-Up Command Table Project and Firefighter Tablet projects.
- Put an additional $1.7 million is allocated to support completion of the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system upgrade.
- $5.1 million for upgrades to the Los Angeles Convention Center, including: solar array expansion, lighting, fiber-optic upgrade and improvements to security.
- Increase funding by $5.6 million for the ongoing deployment of 7,000 body cameras for L.A. police officers.
- $2.4 million in continued funding for the co-location of newer and faster cellular technologies on the city’s streetlights.
- More than $4.7 million to support communications and technology upgrades at city libraries.
- About $6.2 million is earmarked for work modernizing the Supply Management System. "The city’s current procurement system is being replaced with a self-service module that will enable use of modern procurement technology, build organizational capabilities, decrease contracting timelines, improve the vendor experience, and generate significant cost savings for the city," the budget says.
- Meanwhile, the city's Financial Management System (FMS) "is being transitioned to vendor-hosted cloud services, which will enable the vendor to take over all technical support."
- In addition, "the city is currently reviewing the benefits and feasibility of transitioning more of its technology infrastructure to the cloud for data storage and other services and in the budget proposes to spend $2 million "to establish a network rescue plan that will replace equipment that is at end-of-life."
