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1 Hue I -(... w if TTTfpgff A I ' I!. fti x &> I j(i m *rlift Eric Garcetti Mayr Octber 17, 2016 Hnrable Members f the City Cuncil c/ City Clerk City Hall, Rm 395 Hnrable Members: Subject t yur cnfirmatin, I have appinted Mr. Mitchell Kamin t the Ls Angeles Hmeless Services Authrity fr the term ending June 30, Mr. Kamin will fill the vacancy created by Shane Gldsmith, wh has resigned. I certify that in my pinin Mr. Kamin is qualified fr the wrk that will devlve upn him, and that I make the appintment slely in the interest f the City. Sincerely, ^2 7^ ERIC GARCETTI Mayr EG:dlg Attachment

2 COMMISSION APPOINTMENT FORM Name: Cmmissin: End f Term: Mitchell Kamin Ls Angeles Hmeless Services Authrity 6/30/2017 Appintee Infrmatin 1. Race/ethnicity: Caucasian 2. Gender: Male 3. Cuncil district and neighbrhd f residence: 4 - Central 4. Are yu a registered vter? Yes 5. Prir cmmissin experience: Husing Authrity 6. Highest level f educatin cmpleted: J.D., Harvard Law Schl 7. Occupatin/prfessin: Partner, Cvingtn & Burling LLP 8. Experience(s) that qualifies persn fr appintment: See attached resume 9. Purpse f this appintment: Replacement 10. Current cmpsitin f the cmmissin (excluding appintee): Cmmissiner APC CD Ethnicity Gender Term End Bernard, Kelli N/A 0 African American F 30-Jun-19 Greuel, Wendy Suth Valley 2 Caucasian F 30-Jun-18 Pearsn, Bker West Ls Angeles 11 Caucasian M 30-Jun-17 Sauls, Kelvin N/A 0 African American M 30-Jun-17

3 Mitchell A. Kamin Cvingtn & Burling LLP Ls Angeles, CA (2015-present) Partner Litigatin Partner in Ls Angeles ffice f DC-based, internatinal law firm. Practice includes representatin f glbal media, entertainment and ther cmpanies in cmplex cmmercial disputes, with fcus n cpyright, trademark, cmmercial disputes, class actins and business trts. Als represent clients in gvernment investigatins and enfrcement actins. Serve as Managing Partner fr Legal Persnnel as well as Vice Chair f firm Public Service Cmmittee. Bird, Marella, Bxer, Wlpert, Nessim, Drks, Lincenberg & Rhw Ls Angeles, CA ( ) Principal/C-Managing Partner C-Managing Partner in law firm dedicated t cmplex civil and white cllar criminal litigatin. Respnsible fr law firm management, including finances, persnnel and human resurces, and strategic planning. Represented individual and crprate clients in federal and state curts in wide range f cmmercial matters and prvided regulatry cmpliance cunseling t a variety f clients. Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The Huse f Justice Ls Angeles, CA ( ) President/CEO Bet Tzedek is ne f the largest and mst successful nn-prfit law firms in the United States, serving lw-incme senirs, families, and disabled residents f Ls Angeles Cunty. Bet Tzedek s staff and vlunteers directly assist mre than 12,000 individuals annually, prvide educatin and training t thusands f cnsumers and service prviders, and advcate fr plicy refrm in areas including husing, elder law, cnsumer fraud, public benefits, wrkers rights and Hlcaust reparatins. As President/CEO, was respnsible fr leading sixty-five+ persn full-time staff and natinal netwrk f vlunteers, raising and verseeing $6.75+ millin annual budget, leading majr plicy initiatives, and creatively managing bard relatins, marketing and media, external and gvernment relatins, staff unin and emplyee issues, and prgram planning and versight. Oversaw majr litigatin in all practice areas, as well as amicus practice in appellate curts. Accmplishments include: Spearheading strategic plans fr develpment, prgrams and gvernance, resulting in: Increase f mre than 80% in fundraising revenues frm , and near tripling f endwment fund; Expansin f legal services, plicy advcacy and cnsumer educatin initiatives acrss the rganizatin; and Develpment f innvative prgrams fr natinal replicatin, including unprecedented, internatinal pr bn prgram fr Hlcaust survivrs that received natinal awards in 2009 frm the American Bar Assciatin, Pr Bn Institute and Natinal Law Jurnal. Leading successful fiscal turnarund and new, cllabrative apprach t labr negtiatins. Organizing and leading successful cllabrative, cmmunity initiatives, including: Effrt t preserve federal funding fr mre than 50 L.A. City nnprfit rganizatins; Campaign t increase state funding fr legal services fr lw-incme peple resulting in the passage f AB 1723; and

4 Prjects t create public-private partnerships prviding interdisciplinary, wrap-arund services in key areas including caregiver supprt, elder abuse and affrdable husing. Greatly expanding pr bn prgram in partnership with internatinal law firms and crprate law departments, mre than dubling the number and hurs f vlunteer supprt. Filing amicus briefs in significant Califrnia and U.S. Supreme Curt cases, including Republic f Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677 (2004). O Neill, Lysaght & Sun Santa Mnica, CA ( ) Partner Partner in litigatin butique with practice fcused n cmplex business litigatin, white-cllar criminal defense, civil rights and gvernment regulatry matters. Representative matters include: O Melveny & Myers Ls Angeles, CA ( ) Assciate Attrney Assisted and cunseled large crpratins and educatinal institutins n gvernment investigatins, prsecutins and regulatry issues. Led extensive internal investigatins. Represented majr recrd label in transactins with n-line cmpanies. Brafman & Rss New Yrk, NY ( ) Assciate Attrney In prminent New Yrk criminal defense firm, represented clients in federal and state criminal prceedings n charges including securities vilatins, criminal RICO and bank fraud. Neighbrhd Defender Service f Harlem New Yrk, NY ( ) Supervising Attrney/Skadden Fellw Develped new prgramming and ccupied leadership rle in experimental, cmmunity-based public defender agency serving indigent residents f Nrthern Manhattan ( NDS ). Awarded Skadden Fellwship t develp Civil Unit representing clients in husing, civil rights and immigratin matters, as well as abuse and neglect and terminatin f parental rights prceedings in family curt; Trained and supervised lawyers, scial services staff and law student interns, including students enrlled in clinical prgram jintly administered by NDS and Clumbia Law Schl; Participated in verall ffice management including strategy, fund-raising effrts, legislative advcacy and grant develpment; Represented indigent clients, including children, in all stages f felny criminal cases, including trials and advcating fr alternatives t incarceratin; Cnducted cmmunity educatin and utreach prgrams, including award-winning Cnflicts with Cps prgram in lcal high schls. NAACP Legal Defense and Educatinal Fund, Inc. New Yrk, NY (1996) Skadden Fellw Represented indigent prisners in pst-cnvictin capital prceedings in federal and state appellate curts. Prvided legal supprt t death penalty lawyers natinwide

5 U.S. Curt f Appeals fr the Secnd Circuit New Yrk, NY ( ) Staff Attrney Researched and drafted bench memranda fr all Secnd Circuit judges in appeals invlving pr se litigants. Cunseled pr se litigants n appellate prcedure. educatin Harvard law Schl, J.D., cum laude, June 1993 Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Executive Editr Jamaica Plain Legal Services Center, Husing Unit, Student Attrney ( ) Ames Mt Curt Cmpetitin, Semi-finalist Trial Advcacy Wrkshp, Teaching Assistant University f Califrnia, Berkeley, A.B., Scial Sciences, December 1989 Highest Departmental & University Hnrs Phi Beta Kappa bar admissins New Yrk (1994), Califrnia (1999), and federal curts. prfessinal activities & hnrs Recent ONE JUSTICE, Vice Chair, Bard f Directrs (2014-present) Rse L. Schiff Cmmitment t Justice Award, Bet Tzedek (2014) Y&S Nazarian Center fr Israel Studies, UCLA, Advisry Bard (2013-present) Husing Authrity f the City f Ls Angeles, Chair, Bard f Cmmissiners ( ) BREED STREET Shul PROJECT, Bard f Directrs ( ) Living the Legacy Award, PJA/JFSJ (2011) Attrney General kamala Harris Transitin team, Civil Rights Enfrcement (2011) Opening Drs t Justice Award, Public Interest Clearinghuse (2009) LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION Selected Prir Bard f Directrs ( ) Grantmaking Cmmittee ( ) Pbladres Fund, Member (2006-present) Tp 100 Lawyers in Califrnia, Daily Jurnal (2005, 2006, 2008) THE GRAMMY MUSEUM Cmmunity Advisry Cmmittee ( ) Califrnia State Legal Services Crdinating Cmmittee ( ) Legal Aid Assciatin f Califrnia

6 President ( ) C-Chair Elder Law Sectin ( ) Bard f Directrs ( ) Ls Angeles pr Bn Cuncil Steering Cmmittee ( ) C-Chair f Hurricane Katrina Respnse Prject ( ) Califrnia Cmmissin n Access t justice Funding Cmmittee ( ) Advisry Cmmittee: Reprt n Achieving True Access t Justice in Califrnia ( ) Advisry Panel: Rural Task Frce ( ) ABA INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING PROJECT Advisry Cmmittee ( ) Califrnia State Advisry task frce n Legal Representatin pilt prject Member, Appinted by the State Bar f Califrnia (2007) Califrnia State task frce n lawyer Supprt fr Legal Services Member, Appinted by Assembly Member Dave Jnes ( ) WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING Cngressinal Delegate, Appinted by Rep. Hward Berman (2005) Lyla law Schl Adjunct Prfessr, Pverty Law Seminar (2005) Invited speaker: Harvard, Yale, U.C.L.A., Suthwestern law schls; 2008 ABA Equal Justice Cnference; Califrnia Cmmissin n Access t Justice 10th Anniversary Sympsium Ls Angeles Cunty bar Assciatin Bard f Trustees ( ) JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL New Leaders Prject (participant, ; C-facilitatr, 2014) Musicians Assistance prgram Bard f Directrs ( ) Skadden Fellwship ( )

7 SI ' c : : t - - K J III ::::: ::::: m c. U i: C... &.J) 111 '1 w '' Eric Garcetti Mayr Octber 17, 2016 Mr. Mitchell Kamin Dear Mr. Kamin: I am pleased t infrm yu that I hereby appint yu t the Ls Angeles Hmeless Services Authrity fr the term ending June 30, In rder t cmplete the prcess as quickly as pssible, there are several steps that must be taken, many f which require visiting City Hall. If yu require parking during these prcedures, please call Claudia Luna in my ffice at (213) t make arrangements fr yu. T begin the appintment prcess, please review, sign and return the enclsed Remuneratin Frm, Undated Separatin Frms, Backgrund Check Release and Infrmatin Sheet within ne week f receiving this letter. These dcuments are necessary t ensuring the mst efficient, pen and accuntable City gvernment pssible. Further, Mayr s Office plicy requires yu t be fingerprinted as part f the backgrund check that is dne n all ptential Cmmissiners. T d s, please bring this letter t the Backgrund Unit f Emplyment Services Divisin, Persnnel Department Building, 700 East Temple Street, Rm 235, Ls Angeles, Califrnia The divisin phne number is (213) Fingerprints must be taken within three wrking days frm the receipt f this letter. Under separate cver yu will be receiving a packet frm the City Ethics Cmmissin cntaining infrmatin abut the City s cnflict f interest laws and a cpy f the State Frm 700/Statement f Ecnmic Interests. Yu are required t cmplete and return this frm within 21 days f yur nminatin t the City Ethics Cmmissin, 200 Nrth Spring Street, City Hall, 24th Flr, Ls Angeles, Califrnia Any inquiries regarding this frm shuld be directed t Nicle Enriquez at the Ethics Cmmissin at (213)

8 Mr. Mitchell Kamin Octber 17, 2016 Page 2 As part f the City Cuncil cnfirmatin prcess, yu will need t meet with David Ryu, yur Cuncilmember, and Cuncilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawsn, the Chair f the Hmelessness and Pverty Cmmittee, t answer any questins they may have. Yu will be hearing frm a City Cuncil cmmittee clerk wh will let yu knw when yur appintment will be cnsidered by the Hmelessness and Pverty Cmmittee. Smetime thereafter, yu will be ntified by the cmmittee clerk when yur appintment will be presented t the full City Cuncil fr cnfirmatin. Once yu are cnfirmed, yu will be required t take the ath f ffice in the City Clerk s Office in Rm 395 f City Hall. Claudia Luna will assist yu during the cnfirmatin prcess if yu have questins. Cmmissiners must be residents f the City f Ls Angeles. If yu mve at any pint during yur term, have any changes in yur telephne numbers, r in the future plan t resign (resignatin must be put in writing), please cntact my ffice immediately. Cngratulatins and thank yu fr agreeing t serve the peple f Ls Angeles. Sincerely, 7 ERIC GARCETTI Mayr EG:dlg

9 Attachment I Mr. Mitchell Kamin Octber 17, 2016 Nminee Check List I. Within three days: Get fingerprinted t cmplete a backgrund check. N appintment is necessary. Bring the Mayr s letter t: Backgrund Unit f Emplyment Services Divisin, Persnnel Department Building, 700 East Temple Street, Rm 235, Ls Angeles, Califrnia Phne: (213) II. Within seven days: III. Within 21 days: Mail, fax r the fllwing frms t: Legislative Crdinatr, Office f the Mayr, Office f Intergvernmental Relatins, City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Ls Angeles, CA r Claudia.Luna@lacity.rg. Remuneratin Frm Undated Separatin Frms Backgrund Check Release Cmmissiner Infrmatin Sheet/Vluntary Statistics File the fllwing frms with the City Ethics Cmmissin. If yu are required t file, yu will receive these frms via frm that ffice. Statement f Ecnmic Interest ( Frm 700 ) IMPORTANT: The City Cuncil will nt cnsider yur nminatin until yur cmpleted frm is reviewed by the Ethics Cmmissin. CEC Frm 60 IV. As sn as pssible, the Mayr s Office will schedule a meeting with yu and: Yur City Cuncilmember David Ryu (cntact at (213) ). Cuncilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawsn, Chair f the Cuncil Cmmittee cnsidering yur nminatin (cntact at (213) ). Staff in the Mayr s Office f Intergvernmental Relatins will assist yu with these arrangements.