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Los Angeles Government Operations Innovation Model Los Angeles Government Operations Innovation Model A PLAYBOOK FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN CITY GOVERNMENTS 2 At the heart of every great city is a healthy government Angeles and the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & that provides its residents reliable public services, a job Jobs. We achieved success in bringing together talent from creating economy and thriving communities. In recent the private and public sectors to gather data, best practices decades, growing populations and stretched budgets have and insights to transform the management of government placed increasing demands on city leaders and public spending, to improve government functions, and services Foreword administrators to do more with less. That has led to a to reduce costs and drive new revenue. realization by government, community and civic leaders that government cannot meet these challenges alone. Since its inception, the L.A. Model has placed city government operations in a better The path forward must take a more collaborative approach position to cut costs, increase transparency, improve between the public and private sectors. In Los Angeles oversight, and: we created the Los Angeles Government Operations Innovation Model (“The L.A. Model”). This platform ■ Streamline the city’s procurement process to reduce fostered the development of cross-sector leadership costs and diversify the vendor pool, especially women- and partnerships to inject innovative ideas into the city’s owned and minority-owned businesses; bureaucracy to bring about system reform. ■ Digitize the management of the city’s real estate assets, allowing for greater transparency and I believe that the L.A. Model blueprint is broadly applicable management; for all leaders looking to implement systemic changes and strategic reforms. This model will help city governments ■ Reduce workplace safety risks and associated costs. foster new ways to develop cutting-edge partnerships with non-profit and private sector organizations, two very In sharing the L.A. Model with you, I look forward to creating important sectors capable of helping your city transform a dialogue among city leaders who share a mutual goal of scarce resources into positive, sustainable change. strengthening city government’s role in putting its residents and communities first. The L.A. Model was a newly established partnership between the Mayor’s Office, the Mayor’s Fund for Los Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles 3 The good news is that city workers want to be engaged and already know where most of the problems are. Their active participation is instrumental in making efficiency and service improvements. To help ensure long-term success, it is critical that the Project Team create detailed implementation plans, define performance indicators and milestones, and collect data to monitor progress. LOCAL GOVERNMENT The L.A. Model is a good starting point for any city, no matter how unique its challenges, the size and diversity of its population, the scale of its geographic environment, or the structure of its governance system. PROJECT TEAM PRIVATE SECTOR PHILANTHROPY “Instituting new technology solutions were a critical piece in each of our projects in Los Angeles, helping us to The L.A. Model brings together public and private sector talent to implement systemic change to a City’s most outdated operational drive operational efficiency, increase business systems. The strength of this model is found in its ability to transparency & oversight and think develop a collaborative platform that encourages interactions, and more strategically. In the end, our Public-Private Partnership Public-Private innovative thinking, between public officials, business leaders and civil projects were successful, because we service workers. secured the buy-in of long-time public Government will work better and provide better services if the employees.” fundamentals are in order and working to maximum efficiency. The success of this model builds on an understanding that driving Shmel Graham, Director, Operations positive change will cause some disruption of the status quo and Innovation Team, City of Los Angeles require the necessary resources to implement long-term changes. 4 A successful public-private partnership can be an effective driver of long-term civic change by: ■ leveraging a broader set of skills and ■ accelerating innovative solutions in a experiences to advance solutions bureaucratic environment ■ facilitating skills development and ■ unlocking new sources of financial knowledge transference across sectors capital to serve as seed money to pilot new ideas or technology L.A. Model Benefits L.A. Model Differentiators accelerating step-change public and private mid-career improvements in government professionals on one Project Team operations innovating and implementing significant private funding fresh ideas Public-Private Partnership Public-Private access to pro-bono advisory advancing city priorities services, data, and technology targeted, time-limited, fostering systemic change intensive intervention 5 Philanthropy Role The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles LOCAL GOVERNMENT Philanthropy acts as an independent convener The philanthropic component of the L.A. of multiple perspectives and interests to Innovation Model was fulfilled by the accomplish the common goal of systemic Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a non-profit PROJECT TEAM reform in city government. The philanthropic organization positioned at the crossroads of PRIVATE SECTOR component of the partnership should have the local government, business, philanthropy, PHILANTHROPY stature and agency to foster the conditions that and the non-profit sector. The Mayor’s Fund create meaningful, long-term change. raised money to finance the Project Team and provided financial oversight. Private Sector Role The LA Coalition for the Economy LOCAL and Jobs GOVERNMENT The Private Sector, in partnership with the local government, creates an Advisory Council The LA Coalition is an independent bipartisan composed of private sector leaders to support alliance that brings together leaders from PROJECT TEAM the Project Team. The Advisory Council business, labor, academia and nonprofits to PHILANTHROPY provides periodic feedback on work plans and advance sound policies that help grow the PRIVATE SECTOR execution. The Council meets to review the economy and create quality jobs throughout Project Team’s progress and offers counsel and the Los Angeles region. Since its founding in-kind support to the Project Team Director in 2009, the Coalition has leveraged public and team members. Additionally, the Private and private sector resources to advance Sector provides capital, advice, mentoring and investments that have lead to the revitalization additional in-kind resources to the team. of the region’s transportation infrastructure, Government Innovation Model Innovation Government city government’s business systems and workforce development programs. These efforts are fostering the redevelopment and new development of community infrastructure, a skilled workforce and creating good-paying jobs for hundreds of thousands of Angelenos. 6 Local Government Role The Mayor and City Council Leadership and executive sponsorship from The Mayor’s Back to Basics Agenda and the LOCAL elected officials is integral to achieving success. Council’s Ad Hoc Jobs Committee created GOVERNMENT As with any organization, public or private, the policy and priority framework to make there will be competing priorities and it is the implementation of the Project Team’s PROJECT important to ensure adequate visibility and recommendations successful and long-term. TEAM executive support to ensure the results are The Mayor and City Council also led this effort PRIVATE SECTOR PHILANTHROPY sustainable. by endorsing the concept, requiring regular reports, and providing direction as appropriate. Project Team Role L.A. Innovation Model Project Team LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Project Team should be presented as The project team was created with a mix of a collaborative effort between the city and people with private sector and public sector private partners. The Team secures internal backgrounds. The private sector members support, maps out priority reform initiatives, committed to a full-time tour of service for the PROJECT and secures partnerships with universities, duration of the project. The City employees TEAM PRIVATE SECTOR PHILANTHROPY technology companies and other stakeholders were temporarily transferred to work full-time to bring forth the best metrics and execution on this project for its duration. to reform City operations. The Project Team is not intended to replace city employees, rather Government Innovation Model Innovation Government to provide the additional bandwidth needed to focus on driving transformative change in the business or operational practices. 7 Driving Systemic Change Systemic Change Codify reforms through legislation or Reforms executive actions Data Propose systemic reforms Collect data and assess opportunities/barriers to Create systemic change Create Project Team, budget, and timeline On-going Implementation Pilot Refine City formalizes reform Pilot solutions during effort through target hires, Project Team Refine scope to identify Identify project by embedding budget adjustments, Recruit and on-board potential solutions with Project Team members investment in technology Identify government Project Team Advisory Council, Mayor, as advisors within and assignment of on- operations problems Philanthropy, and Private
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