CLASSIFICATION FOR CLASSES OF POSITIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXCEPT FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 4, ch. 2, art. 2

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.49 Proposal to Change Allocation and Reallocation of Positions.

Sec. 4.49. Proposal to Change Allocation and Reallocation of Positions. It shall be the duty of the General Manager of the Personnel Department to bring to the attention of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners recommendations concerning the allocation or reallocation of any existing position to a different class in the Classification Plan, whenever in the General Manager’s judgment such allocation or reallocation is necessary to comply with Charter Section 1003. Such reports and recommendations of the said General Manager, submitted for action to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, shall be set for public hearing at the conclusion of which the Board of Civil Service Commissioners shall determine what modifications or amendments, if any, should be made in the Classification Plan. Prior to such hearing a report setting forth the proposed amendments or modifications of the Classified Plan shall be transmitted to any departments in which positions will be affected if the proposed change be made. No modification or amendment of the Classification Plan shall be made unless the appointing authority of the department concerned has been given notice and afforded opportunity to make such recommendations as may be deemed warranted. The hearing herein provided may be set for any regular or special meeting of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, provided that the notices herein required to be given shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the time set for such hearing. At any such hearing it shall be competent for any employee or group of employees affected by the proposed change to present any protests or recommendations in connection therewith and the same shall be considered by said Board of Civil Service Commissioners together with any recommendation of any appointing authority. A report setting forth any amendments or modifications of the Classification Plan which the Board of Civil Service Commissioners proposes to make shall be transmitted to the City Council and shall thereupon automatically stand referred to the Personnel Committee. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Ord. No. 90,377; Ord. No. 150,582, Eff. 3-24-78, Oper. 4-1-78; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.50 Amendment and Maintenance of Classification Plan.

Sec. 4.50. Amendment and Maintenance of Classification Plan. (a) Where the City Council after receipt of the request and the reports for which Section 4.131 of this Code provides, takes action to create any new position or positions to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners shall proceed to classify such position or positions; and in so doing shall consider the report and recommendations of the General Manager of the Personnel Department, thereafter amending the Classification Plan, if necessary, as a result of the creation of such positions. (b) Whenever any request is made for materially altering the duties required of any position in the Classified Civil Service the same procedure shall be followed as in the case of establishment of a new position. (c) In addition to the reports required by Section 4.131 of this Code the City Council may require such other and additional reports as deemed necessary from the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services or the General Manager of the Personnel Department, or from any office or department of the City. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Ord. No. 90,377; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.51 Official Copy of Class Specification in Classification Plan.

Sec. 4.51. Official Copy of Class Specification in Classification Plan. (a) The General Manager of the Personnel Department shall prepare and maintain a written specification for each class of positions and such class specifications when approved and adopted by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners shall constitute the official specifications of classes in the City service. Such specifications shall be based on study of the duties and responsibilities of all positions in the City service and after conference with the appointing authorities, the principal supervisory officials and the employees concerned or their duly accredited representatives. Each class specification shall set forth the title of the class, a general statement of duties, a statement of distinguishing features of the work, examples of duties of positions in a class, a statement of qualifications necessary and desirable for efficient performance of the work and such other pertinent information as the Board of Civil Service Commissioners deems appropriate. (b) The official copy of the specification for each class of positions shall be maintained in the office of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and shall indicate the date of adoption or last revision or amendment or the specification for each class. The official copy of the specifications shall be open to inspection by the employees and the public under reasonable conditions at all times during business hours. Duplicates of the official copy of any class specification shall be made available to the Council, to any appointing authority and employee and to persons seeking employment in the City service or to any other persons interested. (c) (None.) (d) The official copy of the specifications for each class of positions shall be maintained in the office of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and shall indicate the date of adoption or last revision or amendment of the specification for each class. The official copy of the specifications shall be open to inspection by the employees and the public under reasonable conditions at all times during business hours. Duplicates of the official copy of any class specification shall be made available to the Council, to any appointing authority and employee and to persons seeking employment in the City service or to any other persons interested. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Subsec. (c), repealed by Ord. No. 145,522, Eff. 3-7-74.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.52 Classification of Positions in the Exempt Service.

Sec. 4.52. Classification of Positions in the Exempt Service. The provisions under Section 4.49 to 4.56 inclusive of this chapter shall apply to all positions in the Exempt Service. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.53 Allocation and Reallocation of Positions to Classes.

Sec. 4.53. Allocation and Reallocation of Positions to Classes. The allocations of all positions in the departments of the City service as classified by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners under specific classes in the Classification Plan and as listed in Schedule “A”, are hereby adopted. Schedule “A” naming and listing the positions provided and established by the Council under class titles in the Classification Plan shall be in the custody of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and shall be currently maintained by the said Board of Civil Service Commissioners in accordance with any amendments to the Classification Plan as provided under Section 4.50 of this Code and pursuant to the provisions of Section 1003 of the Charter, provided that the Council and any appointing authority and any employee or the employee’s representative shall be permitted to consult Schedule “A” during business hours at reasonable length under conditions prescribed by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Ord. No. 184,252, Eff. 5-5-16.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.55 Interpretation of Class Specifications.

Sec. 4.55. Interpretation of Class Specifications. The class specifications are descriptive and explanatory and not restrictive. They are intended to indicate the kinds of positions that should be allocated to the various classes and shall not be construed as declaring to any extent or in any way what the duties and responsibilities of any position shall be, or as limiting or modifying the power of any appointing authority to assign duties to, and to direct and control the work of, employees under the appointing authority’s supervision, provided that no employee shall be regularly assigned to a class of position having duties and responsibilities which differ substantially as to kind, character and importance from those of the employee’s class. The use of a particular expression, or illustration as to duties shall not be held to exclude others not mentioned that are of similar kind or quality. In determining the class to which any position should be allocated, the specification of each class shall be considered in its entirety and in relation to others in the Classification Plan. Consideration shall be given to the general duties, specific tasks, responsibilities, qualifications desired, and relation to other classes. The statement of qualifications in the specification for any class, as interpreted herein, constitutes a guide for the establishment of minimum qualifications, if any, for examination purposes, for the tests to be included in the examinations for the class, and for the evaluation of the qualifications of applicants by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.56 Use of Class Titles of Positions.

Sec. 4.56. Use of Class Titles of Positions. Pursuant to Section 1003 of the Charter, the title or the appropriate code number of a class to which any position is allocated shall be used to designate the position in making requests for appropriation of funds for personal services, in the budgets submitted to the Mayor and the City Council, on all payrolls and all other records and communications of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, the Controller, the Treasurer and all reports and payrolls providing for the payment of personal services and dealing with recruitment, promotion, leaves of absence and other personnel activities. For purposes of internal administration or for any other purpose not involving personnel processes covered by Article X of the Charter, the standard code designation for each class of position as set out in Schedule “A” may be used where in the judgment of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners and the Controller such action is necessary or desirable. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.57 Declaration of Policy on Adjustments to Classification Plan.

Sec. 4.57. Declaration of Policy on Adjustments to Classification Plan. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Council that adjustments in personnel authority or salary amendments to reflect changes in the Classification Plan or changes in pay grades, shall be made only once each fiscal year. In accordance with this policy, any request for adjustments or changes which is forwarded to the Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.49 of this Code shall be reviewed by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services and submitted with the Director’s recommendations as part of the proposed budget. Emergency requests for adjustments to the Classification Plan, or requests for new positions pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.131 of this Code, may be submitted and considered at any time, notwithstanding the above provisions of this section. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 89,100. Amended by: Ord. No. 103,534; Ord. No. 146,255, Eff. 7-9-74; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-8418Fetched: 10/24/2026