Immigration ordinance passes; lawyers for possible LAPD TV deal to committee

An ordinance adding a subdivision to the Los Angeles Administrative Code so Library Department publishing agreements no longer need City Council approval. As an ordinance on first consideration it needed a unanimous vote with at least 12 members present; it first passed with fewer members in the room, was set to be held a week, and was then reconsidered and adopted once 12 members were present. 00:11:34

• Adopt items 31 through 33 and 35 through 50 in one vote. Result: passed. 00:12:03
• Reconsider item 31 now that 12 members are present. Result: passed, 12 ayes. 00:17:06
• Adopt the ordinance on item 31. Result: passed, 12 ayes. 00:17:08

• The clerk noted the item would be held over for second consideration unless reconsidered with 12 members present 00:12:15

Instructs the Department of Transportation, with the Bureau of Engineering, Recreation and Parks and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, to report in 30 days on the cost, funding opportunities and resources needed to widen the Marvin Braude Bike Trail through Venice Beach to accommodate a pedestrian path in time for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (agenda). Adopted in the block vote and later sent forthwith, meaning it goes to the Mayor without the usual wait. 00:11:34

• Adopt items 31 through 33 and 35 through 50 in one vote. Result: passed. 00:12:03
• Send item 32 forthwith, requested after the chair called on Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District). Result: passed. 01:08:20

Authorizes the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to apply, as a subrecipient to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, for up to $5,014,000 from the state's Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 program, and to report back on implementation if selected (agenda). Per the agenda, the money would cover a Mobility Wallet component and transit operations for the existing Commuter Express 142 line, with Measure M and Prop A money used as matching funds. 00:11:34

• Adopt items 31 through 33 and 35 through 50 in one vote. Result: passed. 00:12:03
• Send item 50 forthwith, as requested by a speaker. Result: passed. 00:12:13

• A speaker moved to adopt the item and send it forthwith 00:09:19

Hearings to confirm Building and Safety liens for nuisance abatement or code-violation costs at 745 West 109th Place ($3,604.80), 918 East 95th Street ($2,815.75) and 6614 South 5th Avenue ($2,428.27), all in Council District 8 (agenda). They were continued before public comment began. 00:16:26

• Continue items 6, 19 and 22 to 11/18/2026, at a request read by the clerk. Result: continued. 00:16:37

Hearing to confirm a $3,940.39 Building and Safety lien on a property at 1255 West 55th Street in Council District 9 (agenda). Continued to November 18. 00:36:59

• A speaker, after the chair called on Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District), moved to continue item 29 until 11/18/2026. Result: continued. 00:37:05

Hearing to confirm a $2,827.15 Building and Safety lien on a property at 743 South Beverly Glen Boulevard in Council District 5 (agenda). Continued to November 18. 00:37:25

• A speaker, after Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) was named, asked to continue item 23 to November 18. Result: continued. 00:37:25

Hearing to confirm a $1,763.34 Building and Safety lien on a property at 6202 South 4th Avenue in Council District 8 (agenda). Continued to November 18 at a request read by the clerk during public comment. 00:42:14

• Continue item 16 to 11/18/2026. Result: continued. 00:42:20

A Building and Safety lien of $2,652.30 for nuisance abatement or code-violation costs on a property at 10210 North Encino Avenue in Council District 12 (agenda). The item was called special to confirm the lien and was then adopted with the large block of items. 00:58:42

• Adopt items 1–5, 8–10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24–27, 51–58, 62, 65, 66 and 68–70 in one vote, confirming the lien on item 2. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:59:07

• A speaker asked to call the item special in order to confirm the lien 00:09:46

Directs the City Administrative Officer to identify up to $4,000,000 in one-time state homelessness (HHAP) transitional-age-youth funds to buy 7033 Owensmouth Avenue in Canoga Park for interim housing for young adults experiencing homelessness. It also asks the Community Investment Department to look at federal block grant (CDBG) funding, and asks for a report in 30 days on what else is needed to acquire, rehabilitate and run the site (agenda). The Homelessness and Health Committee waived consideration. No councilmember spoke on it; an in-person speaker and two callers addressed it, and a third caller was told his remarks fell under it. 00:58:42

• Adopt items 1–5, 8–10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24–27, 51–58, 62, 65, 66 and 68–70 in one vote. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:59:07

Six Building and Safety lien hearings were received and filed rather than confirmed: 7508 North Denny Avenue ($2,918.45), North Saint Clair Avenue ($1,276.56), 7640 North Tujunga Avenue ($2,891.53), 6624 South 2nd Avenue ($4,158.94), 1837 North Phillips Way ($4,014.43) and 18756 West Lanark Street ($2,869.39) (agenda). For items 13 and 28, the members who raised them said the liens had been paid. The chair moved items 7 and 11 on behalf of Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District). 00:59:21

• Receive and file items 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 28 (item 14 raised by a speaker after Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) was named; item 12 raised after Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) was named, seconded per the chair by Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District)). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:59:34

• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) asked to receive and file item 28 because the lien had been paid 00:10:11
• A speaker asked to receive and file item 13 because the lien had been paid 00:11:07
• A councilmember asked, on behalf of another member, that the liens on items 7 and 11 be received and filed 00:10:41

Appropriates $170,000 to the Bureau of Engineering for environmental study and CEQA review, and $96,761 to General Services for a hazmat survey, facility assessment, appraisal and title, survey and escrow costs. The work is needed to finish a purchase-and-sale agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Fire Station 88 site at 5101 North Sepulveda Boulevard in Council District 4 (agenda). City ownership would give the Fire Department long-term control of a site the city has leased. 00:59:36

• Adopt item 59. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:01:03

• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) described the station as the Valley Bureau headquarters, serving the San Fernando Valley since 1975 00:59:42
• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) said the city has leased the land from the Army Corps for decades 00:59:42
• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) said the council previously voted to accept about 11 acres from the Corps at no cost 00:59:42
• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) said the motion funds the environmental review and due diligence needed to complete the transfer 00:59:42
• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) said an easement along the LA River's north bank is being kept so a bike and pedestrian bridge over the 405 stays possible 00:59:42

A Public Convenience or Necessity determination letting the Grocery Outlet at 501 South Gaffey Street in Council District 15 sell alcohol for off-site consumption. The council's deadline to act was November 13, 2026 (agenda). It was approved as amended by an amending motion whose text is not in the packet. 01:01:12

• A councilmember moved to approve the PCN; voted as amended by amending motion 30A (Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)–John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore)). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:01:20

• A councilmember moved to approve the PCN application 00:08:36

Instructs the Bureau of Sanitation to create a recommendation plan so water it treats can detect and treat PFAS and similar contaminants, including stormwater capture. It asks the Department of Water and Power to continue and expand monitoring of water sources and the distribution system, and asks both to report in six months on PFAS testing (agenda). Adopted as amended by amending motion 34A; the amendment's text is not in the packet. 01:01:26

• Adopt item 34 as amended by amending motion 34A (Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore)–Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District)). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:01:39

• A councilmember called the item special for an amendment that was being prepared 00:10:41

As listed, a motion to transfer $438 from the Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line item for Council District 15's recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, including lighting City Hall on September 26, 2026 (agenda). A substitute motion replaced it; its text is not in the packet. 01:01:44

• Substitute motion (Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)–Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District)) for item 60. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:01:52
• Adopt item 60 as substituted. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:02:05

• A councilmember called the item special for a substitute motion 00:08:36

As listed, authorizes the Controller to disburse a remaining $95,565.00 balance, and up to $29,902.67 disencumbered from a contract with El Centro Del Pueblo, to U.S. Bank for Council District 13's Emergency Financial Assistance Program through the U.S. Bank ReliaCard (agenda). A substitute motion replaced it; its text is not in the packet. 01:02:06

• Substitute motion (Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District)–Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District)) for item 61. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:02:15
• Adopt item 61 as substituted. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:02:26

• A speaker called the item special to introduce a substitute motion 00:10:01

Adds support to the city's 2025-26 state legislative program for Assembly Bill 2465. The bill would bar companies that invest in, own, manage or operate private detention facilities, or contract with agencies doing immigration enforcement, from receiving state taxpayer-funded benefits, subsidies, grants, loans or tax credits (agenda). The Rules committee waived consideration. 01:02:26

• Adopt the resolution on item 63. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:04:07

• A councilmember cited the city's sanctuary ordinance and a million-dollar investment in Represent LA as ways the city protects immigrants 01:02:35
• A councilmember said private prison companies reported a 13% profit increase to 2 billion in 2025 while paying almost no state taxes 01:02:35
• A councilmember said the bill disqualifies immigration enforcement contractors and private immigration prison operators from state benefits 01:02:35
• A councilmember said the bill would also collect tax revenue from these companies for a fund paying for legal defense for immigrant families 01:02:35
• A councilmember said the vote lets the city join others in urging the governor to sign the bill 01:03:47

Adds support to the city's 2025-26 state legislative program for Senate Bill 1093, the Post-Disaster Mobilehome Park Community Resident Protections Act of 2026, which adds protections for mobilehome residents displaced by wildfire or other disaster (agenda). The Westside Neighborhood Council filed a statement in support. It was discussed together with item 67. 01:04:15

• Adopt the resolution(s) on items 64 and 67 (taken together). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:08:02

• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) asked to take items 64 and 67 together 01:04:21
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the Palisades had about 500 mobile homes, all under rent stabilization, that were destroyed in the fire 01:04:21
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said insurance often covers the lost structure but not the value of the leasehold 01:05:23
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the Palisades Bowl owners did not clear toxic debris until the city declared the property a public nuisance 01:05:23
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the owners put the park up for sale as a redevelopment site, affecting 170 families 01:05:23
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the bill requires owner communication, assessments and a viable rebuilding plan 01:06:24

Adds support to the city's 2025-26 state legislative program for Senate Bill 1301. The bill would require an insurer that refuses to renew a policy or eliminates coverage to give a detailed, plain-language explanation. Where a problem can be fixed by the policyholder, the insurer would have to allow 90 days to fix it (agenda). The Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council filed a statement in support. 01:04:15

• Adopt the resolution(s) on items 64 and 67 (taken together). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:08:02

• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said non-renewal notices often lack adequate explanation and include questionable photos and inaccurate information 01:06:24
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said many Palisades homeowners were dropped before the fire 01:06:24
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said underinsured residents moved to the California FAIR Plan lacked adequate coverage and many cannot afford to rebuild 01:07:30
• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the bill would not fix the crisis overnight but would give homeowners transparency and due process 01:07:30

An adjourning motion in memory of a councilmember's uncle, who had recently died. The councilmember gave a personal tribute. 01:08:54

• A councilmember rose to adjourn in memory of her mother's brother 01:08:54
• A councilmember said her uncle spent more than thirty years building boats 01:11:19

• About eight people spoke in person and about six called in; one more caller was cut off as a repeat caller.
• Two in-person speakers, one a neighbor living at the intersection, spoke about a 16-year-old boy killed by a driver while walking in the Hyde Park area. Both thanked the council president's office for responding. The first speaker called for a traffic-violence state of emergency, a renewed Vision Zero commitment and faster safety infrastructure, and said they would keep painting crosswalks. The neighbor said others had been hit at the same corner before and asked the city to stop waiting for deaths before acting. A caller added that residents had asked for improvements there earlier without results.
• Three callers criticized the $25,000 jazz festival funding (item 53), and one of them also criticized the heritage month item (54). One called the spending wasteful given a budget deficit he put at close to a billion dollars and asked for roads, trash and streetlights instead. Another asked whether the jazz festival was connected to a past controversy.
• Two callers addressed the reward offer (item 55). One said rewards rarely work and that people don't know they are taxable. The other asked whether rewards could apply to traffic killings.
• Callers commented on the youth interim housing item (62). One mocked the phrase 'experiencing homelessness.' Another said anyone could face homelessness and urged councilmembers to stop blaming each other.
• A caller said copper wire and catalytic converter thefts were rising in the Eagle Rock area and asked for Flock cameras.
• A caller from Council District 2 opposed any move to privatize city animal shelters and asked for more focus on spay and neuter.
• A caller opposed street vacations and asked the city to cut ties with the Church of Scientology, including over its role in a holiday parade.
• Other speakers raised a city employee's unanswered fraud complaint, a parental rights court case, election-season racism against Black women, and satellite mind-reading. Several speakers made crude or off-topic remarks and were warned or moved to general comment; one caller threatened to sue over how the speaking rules are enforced.

• Lien items 6, 16, 19, 22, 23 and 29 were continued to the November 18, 2026 meeting.
• Item 32: the Department of Transportation is to report back in 30 days on the cost and funding of widening the Venice Beach bike trail for a pedestrian path (agenda).
• Item 34: the Bureau of Sanitation and DWP are to report in six months on PFAS testing and updated recommendations (agenda).
• Item 62: the City Administrative Officer is to report back in 30 days on what is needed to acquire, rehabilitate and run the Owensmouth Avenue site (agenda).
• Item 50: if the grant application advances, LADOT is to report back on implementation and the authority needed to accept the funds (agenda).
• Item 63: A councilmember said the vote adds the city to those urging the governor to sign AB 2465.

Building and Safety asked the council to confirm liens for nuisance-abatement or code-inspection costs on four properties: 10839 West Chandler Boulevard (item 12, CD 2, $1,276.56), 928 West 28th Street (item 14, CD 9), 6539 North Camellia Avenue (item 19, CD 2, $1,276.56) and 14851 West Bessemer Street, also listed as 6100 Kester Avenue (item 25, CD 6, $2,345.00) (agenda amounts). Receiving and filing them means the council did not confirm these liens. Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) moved to receive and file item 14, and a speaker said the lien had been paid. 00:17:12

• Motions to receive and file items 12 and 19 (Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District), seconded by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)), item 14 (Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District), seconded by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District)) and item 25 (Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District), seconded by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)), voted together. Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:20:45

• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) moved to receive and file items 12 and 19. 00:17:12
• A speaker moved to receive and file item 14, saying the lien had been paid. 00:18:33

These are protest hearings on liens Building and Safety wants placed on properties for nuisance-abatement or code-inspection costs: item 1, 637 East 111th Place (CD 8, $4,078.27); item 4, 1815 North Boca Avenue (CD 14, $1,276.56); item 5, 2150 North Beverly Glen Boulevard (CD 5, $1,276.56); item 16, 932 West 20th Street (CD 1, $3,993.59); item 21, 9508 South Graham Avenue (CD 15, $2,806.63); item 26, 1858 North Avenue 53 (CD 14, $1,281.56); item 30, 3837 North Hellman Avenue (CD 14, $1,276.56) (agenda amounts). Items 1, 4 and 5 had already been continued from earlier meetings. Continuing them means no lien was confirmed or dropped on September 30; they come back on November 18. 00:17:28

• Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) moved to continue items 4 and 26 to November 18. Result: continued. 00:17:28
• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) moved to continue item 5 to November 18. Result: continued. 00:18:10
• A councilmember moved to continue item 1 to November 18. Result: continued. 00:19:57
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) called item 21 special and moved to continue it to November 18, 2026. Result: continued. 00:43:28
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) moved to continue item 16 to November 18, and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) moved to continue item 30 to November 18. Result: continued. 00:52:54

• A councilmember asked to continue items 4 and 26 to November 18 and called items 62 and 63 special for a separate vote. 00:17:28

Building and Safety proposed a $3,584.55 lien (agenda) for nuisance-abatement or code-inspection costs on 843 East Sunset Avenue in Council District 11. The hearing had been continued from August 28. The council voted to receive and file the lien, as amended by amending motion 3A, so it was not confirmed. The packet does not include what the amendment says. 00:18:57

• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) moved to receive and file the lien, as amended by amending motion 3A (Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District)–Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District)); seconded by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:20:26

• A speaker moved to receive and file the lien on item 3. 00:18:57

Items 35 through 61 and item 64 went through in one roll call without discussion. They included 21 resolutions taking properties out of the Rent Escrow Account Program, requests for reports on private paid events in parks and on animal shelter security, hours and facilities, a new temporary preferential parking district (No. 346) in CD 10, an expanded preferential parking district (No. 270) in Winnetka in CD 3, and an instruction to expand Overnight Parking District No. 551 in CD 10. See the consent calendar list. 00:19:16

• Adopt items 35 through 61 and 64. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:20:09

The joint Public Works and Transportation committee report asks the Bureau of Street Services to report what staff, equipment and money it would take to bring back weekly street sweeping citywide, and asks the Department of Transportation to report what parking enforcement would need to go with it. The city attorney's office is asked to report on the state Vehicle Code changes needed to authorize automated enforcement technology on street sweeping vehicles. It also asks for reports on modernizing sweeping notifications, including options to provide $250,000 to maintain the current system and a separate amount to expand it (agenda), clearer and multilingual alerts, and text messages. The Transportation Department is to recommend a process for regularly reviewing sweeping citations and refunding drivers who were wrongly ticketed within 15 days, and to report the findings of its street sweeping audit. These are report-back instructions only. No service is restored yet, and no fiscal analysis was completed. 00:43:43

• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) moved, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District), to adopt the Transportation Committee report (voted together with items 67 and 72). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:26:13

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) urged support for having the two departments report on the gap between sweeping and ticketing, update notifications, and refund citations proactively. 01:20:58
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said sweeping service was cut after pandemic budget cuts but the posted street signs were never updated, so working families are being penalized. 01:20:58
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the motion aims at new rules to stop tickets on routes where sweeping is canceled or the sweeper has already passed. 01:22:00
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the Transportation Department would be required to audit ticket errors on missed routes and reimburse drivers within fifteen days. 01:22:00

After public comment the council confirmed Building and Safety liens for nuisance-abatement and code-inspection costs on 21 properties, voted together with other items. Most liens run about $750 to $8,000 (agenda), for example $2,863.63 on 138 North Cabrillo Avenue (item 2, CD 15) and $7,845.35 on 243 East Florence Avenue (item 10, CD 9). Two are much larger: $37,877.46 on 15013 West Ventura Boulevard (item 32, CD 4) and $160,199.96 on 14242 West Victory Boulevard (item 33, CD 6) (agenda). On item 15 (3976 South 3rd Avenue, CD 10), the agenda's heading gives $2,880.89 and its recommendation gives $1,276.56. 01:19:24

• Confirm the liens on items 2, 6-11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22-24, 27-29 and 31-33 (voted together with items 65, 66, 68, 70 and 71). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

The council again continued the local emergency first declared on January 7, 2025, for the windstorm, extreme fire weather and wildfires, as it has done at a series of earlier meetings (agenda). The resolution keeps competitive bidding suspended for emergency purchases, requires departments to report those purchases every two weeks, and asks departments to pursue price gouging, fraud and theft by deceit. In public comment, a representative of a landlord group said the city's emergency rent restrictions tied to the declaration hurt property owners after twenty months, and another speaker criticized the pace of recovery. 01:19:24

• Adopt the resolution continuing the local emergency (voted together with other items). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

The council continued the local emergency declared on June 20, 2026, after a major fire at a cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights that began June 17, 2026 (agenda). The resolution keeps competitive bidding suspended for emergency purchases, requires purchase reports every two weeks, and has departments track their response costs. 01:19:24

• Adopt the resolution continuing the local emergency (voted together with other items). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

Right now businesses with under $100,000 in gross receipts are exempt from the city business tax (agenda). The Budget and Finance Committee report has the Office of Finance report on alternative tax structures such as flat or tiered taxes. It also asks for a revised report on: how many businesses fell under thresholds of $200,000, $300,000 and $1,000,000 in 2025-26; the General Fund cost of raising the exemption to $125,000, $150,000 or $200,000; indexing the $100,000 threshold to inflation; average savings; and exempting only restaurants. This orders analysis; the threshold itself did not change. In public comment, a Chamber of Commerce representative asked for a threshold of at least $500,000. 01:19:24

• Adopt the Budget and Finance Committee report (voted together with other items). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

This authorizes Jaime Moore (Chief, Fire Department), or a designee, to keep spending up to $5,103,040 from the federal Fiscal Year 2022 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant, which pays for an engine at Fire Station 7 (agenda). The grant period runs March 13, 2024 through March 12, 2027. The administrative officer's analysis says no city match is required, but the city must keep paying bonuses and overtime for the 12 firefighters whose salaries and benefits the grant covers. 01:19:24

• Adopt the Public Safety and Budget and Finance Committees' report (voted together with other items). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

The council authorized the office of Hydee Feldstein Soto (City Attorney) to accept, retroactively, a $400,000 grant from the California Department of Industrial Relations for workers' rights enforcement, covering August 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026 (agenda). The program costs $425,317 in total. The other $25,317 is related General Fund costs already in the adopted budget, and no match is required. 01:19:24

• Adopt the recommendations to accept the grant (voted together with other items). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:19:57

This ordinance writes certain provisions of Executive Directive 17, issued by Karen Bass (Mayor), into city law. The ordinance text is not in the packet. Speaking for it, a councilmember said city land should not be used as a staging area for federal immigration enforcement, city tax dollars should not fund surveillance of residents, and contractors profiting from family separation should be held accountable. The committee waived consideration, and no fiscal impact statement was submitted (agenda). On first consideration an ordinance needs a unanimous vote, and it got 14 ayes. It was sent forthwith and is subject to the approval of Karen Bass (Mayor). 01:20:45

• Adopt the ordinance (first consideration), voted together with items 34 and 72. Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:26:13
• Send item 67 forthwith. Result: passed. 01:27:06

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) argued that no city land should be used as a staging area or launch point for federal immigration raids. 01:23:03
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) argued that city tax dollars should not pay for surveillance of residents. 01:23:03
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called for enforcing city law and holding accountable contractors who profit from family separation. 01:23:03

The Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services report directs the offices of Matthew Szabo (City Administrative Officer) and Sharon Tso (Chief Legislative Analyst) to review the city's community safety programs under three core functions: community-based crisis response and mental health; crime and violence prevention, including domestic and gender-based violence; and victim and survivor support. For each program they are to report who it serves, where, how it is staffed and deployed, its metrics and its budget. They are also to design a model for one citywide unarmed crisis response program that builds on the UMCR and CIRCLE pilots, and to inventory all related city services. The staff report says these steps have no fiscal impact. 01:20:45

• Adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report (voted together with items 34 and 67). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:26:13

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the directive has city analysts inventory existing safety and diversion programs and sort them into three categories. 01:24:04
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said it also asks for a citywide unarmed crisis response model that applies lessons from the UMCR and CIRCLE programs. 01:25:06
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the committee has already examined barriers such as emergency dispatch and obstacles keeping qualified clinicians out of these jobs. 01:24:04

Two resolutions ban parking for vehicles longer than 22 feet or taller than 84 inches, and direct the Transportation Department to post tow-away signs. Item 62 (CD 12) bans them from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on stretches of Gothic Avenue, Wilbur Avenue and Horace Street. Item 63 (CD 15) bans them at all hours on both sides of West 189th Street, Patrice Place, Hamilton Avenue between Knox Street and Del Amo Boulevard, and Normandie Avenue between 212th Street and Torrance Boulevard (agenda). Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) called the items special for a separate vote. They passed 11 to 3, and who voted no was not announced. 01:26:21

• Adopt the Transportation Committee reports and resolutions for items 62 and 63. Result: passed, 11 ayes, 3 noes. 01:26:34

The council adopted the Budget and Finance Committee version of this item. It directs the office of Sharon Tso (Chief Legislative Analyst), consulting the Office of Finance, to report within 60 days on re-establishing a Business Tax Advisory Committee modeled on the one whose recommendations led to the business tax reforms signed in December 2004. The report is to cover membership, scope, stakeholders, staffing and a meeting schedule for finishing the work within 12 months. Unlike the Rules Committee version, the Budget and Finance version puts adjustments to the small business tax exemption in the committee's scope (agenda). 01:26:41

• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) moved, seconded by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District), to adopt the Budget and Finance Committee report. Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:26:51

During announcements, members honored two staff members who are leaving council offices. One is a communications staffer from the Second District office who is leaving city service after five years. The other is the First District's deputy chief of staff, who is moving to the Community Investment Department. 01:27:23

• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) recognized a member of the Second District team who is leaving city service soon and presented a certificate signed by the council. 01:27:25
• A councilmember honored the First District's deputy chief of staff, who is moving to the Community Investment Department, and presented a certificate. 01:30:50
• A councilmember thanked both departing staffers and wished them well. 01:33:43

• About 22 people spoke: roughly 15 in the chamber and 7 by phone.
• Small business tax (items 68 and 69): about four speakers backed tax relief for small businesses. A Chamber of Commerce representative asked for an exemption threshold of at least $500,000, phased in like the 2004 change, and offered the chamber as a partner on the advisory committee. One caller supported raising the exemption but suggested a time limit to prevent abuse. Another said a business owner had left the city for lower taxes elsewhere.
• Emergency declarations (items 65 and 66): an apartment owners' association representative opposed extending the citywide emergency rent restrictions, saying the county and state ended theirs months ago, and asked for data or an exemption for multifamily properties. Another speaker criticized the pace of fire recovery in the Palisades and in Boyle Heights. One caller asked for parking enforcement on Reseda Boulevard in Porter Ranch ahead of windstorm season.
• Immigration ordinance (item 67): three speakers addressed it. A photographer who documents immigration enforcement urged the council to prepare for an expected federal enforcement surge. One speaker asked whether LAPD facilities would face fees for helping ICE. One caller argued the item lacked a fiscal impact statement and risked federal funding.
• Two speakers welcomed a new chief of policy in the office of Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council).
• A property owner asked the council to deny a lien because her appeal to the building department had been pending since 2023, and said a November continuance would waste time. She did not name the item.
• Other general comments covered: calls to fire Jim McDonnell (Chief, Police Department); complaints about Scientology's street closures and permits and its role on city advisory bodies (two callers); a tenant complaint about rodent infestation and crime at an apartment complex and about Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) not meeting with residents; animals at homeless encampments and a call to audit Animal Services; support for ranked-choice voting; a request for city help with a job fair before a cultural festival; and several personal matters.
• One caller made offensive remarks about sex workers and immigrants. The public comment moderator apologized afterward, saying the remarks did not reflect the views of the council or the city.

• Lien hearings on items 1, 4, 5, 16, 21, 26 and 30 return on November 18, 2026.
• Item 67's ordinance was sent forthwith to Karen Bass (Mayor); it is subject to the Mayor's approval.
• Item 69: the office of Sharon Tso (Chief Legislative Analyst) is to report within 60 days on re-establishing a Business Tax Advisory Committee.
• Item 68: the Office of Finance is to report back to the Budget and Finance Committee on alternative business tax structures and options for raising the small business exemption threshold.
• Item 34: the Bureau of Street Services, the Transportation Department and the city attorney's office are to report on restoring weekly street sweeping, matching parking enforcement, automated enforcement on sweepers, notification upgrades, a 15-day refund process for wrongly issued tickets, and the street sweeping audit findings.
• Item 72: the offices of Matthew Szabo (City Administrative Officer) and Sharon Tso (Chief Legislative Analyst) are to report on the community safety program review, a unified unarmed crisis response model, and an inventory of related services.
• Items 65 and 66: the City Clerk is to keep placing the two emergency declarations on future agendas until the council ends them, and departments are to report emergency purchases every two weeks.
• Items 56-59: Recreation and Parks and Animal Services are to report back on paid private events in parks and on shelter security, hours and facilities.

A Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee report on a motion by Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) and Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). It instructs the General Services Department, working with the City Attorney and the City Administrative Officer, to review the city's vehicle procurement policies for compliance with local, state, and federal labor, employment, and procurement laws, and to report back with recommended changes so the city's vehicle purchases are free from child labor, forced labor, and habitual workplace health and safety violations (agenda). It passed without discussion in a single vote on items 2 through 9. Three public speakers from the group Jobs to Move America thanked the council, citing their research into labor abuses in the U.S. supply chains of Hyundai and Kia. 00:48:57

• Adopt items 2 through 9 together, including item 6. Result: passed, 12 ayes. 00:49:15

A Public Works Committee report on a motion by Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). It authorizes the Bureau of Engineering to issue a revocable permit letting the Department of Water and Power close, fence, occupy, demolish, excavate, and build permanent improvements in parts of the alley next to 1900 South Main Street, between East Washington Boulevard and East 21st Street (agenda). No financial analysis was done. It was voted on separately between the presentations, with no discussion. 01:09:34

• Adopt item 1. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 01:09:50

The City Attorney asked for authority to hire the law firm Heller Waldron & Pepper, Inc., for its expertise in entertainment transactional law, to represent the city in negotiating a potential television production agreement between LAPD and 44 Blue Productions, LLC. The contract would run one year for an initial $15,000, and the revised report would move the money from LAPD into the City Attorney's Outside Counsel Account (agenda). The Budget and Finance Committee waived its review, and no financial analysis was done. Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called the item special for questions at the start of the meeting. About seven public speakers criticized it, some calling it police propaganda and others objecting that it had no committee hearing and no information on costs. In the end the council took no vote on the contract. On a motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), it sent the item to the Public Safety Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film and Television. 03:03:46

• Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) moved to refer item 11 to the Public Safety Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film and Television. Result: passed. 03:04:00

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called the item special so she could ask questions about it 00:48:37
• A councilmember moved to send the item to three committees: Public Safety, Budget and Finance, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film and Television 03:04:00

A motion by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), subject to the Mayor's approval. It moves $12,978,581.08 from the Unappropriated Balance (Ground Emergency Medical Transport QAF Program line item) into LAFD's contractual services account, and directs LAFD to send that amount electronically to the State Department of Health Care Services by October 16, 2026, as its payment to take part in the state's Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transport (PP-GEMT) Intergovernmental Transfer program. LAFD may deposit the revenue it gets back from the program into its Emergency Ambulance Services revenue account. The City Administrative Officer is to report in future Financial Status Reports on any transfers needed so that fire services are not affected (agenda). The Budget and Finance Committee waived its review, and no financial analysis was done. The council did not discuss the item. 03:04:16

• Adopt item 10. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 03:04:33

Special meeting item. A Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee report asking the council to agree that the action is categorically exempt from CEQA review and to approve Port of Los Angeles Resolution No. 26-10778, the First Amendment to Concession Agreement No. 791 with California Yacht Marina-Cabrillo, LLC. According to the Board of Harbor Commissioners, the amendment exempts the marina's sublease with the nonprofit Pathway to Podium from percentage rent requirements, does not change the monthly rent the marina pays the Harbor Department, and has no General Fund impact. October 2, 2026 was the last day for council action (agenda). It passed without discussion in a single vote with special items 2 and 3. 03:24:51

• Adopt special meeting items 1 through 3 together. Result: passed. 03:25:12

Special meeting item. A motion by Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) to spend $13,863.88 from Council District 4's share of the Street Furniture Revenue Fund. The money goes to the Sunset Heights Neighborhood Association, through its fiscal sponsor the Laurel Canyon Land Trust, to close the funding gap on an Adopt-a-Median project at the traffic triangle at Selma Avenue and Crescent Heights Boulevard (agenda). Two callers raised concerns about who maintains adopted medians, pointing to a past adoption they said had been neglected. It passed without discussion in a single vote with special items 1 and 3. 03:24:51

• Adopt special meeting items 1 through 3 together. Result: passed. 03:25:12

Special meeting item. A resolution by Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) and Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District), subject to the Mayor's concurrence. It adds to the city's 2025-2026 Federal Legislative Program opposition to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule "Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs" (RIN 0970-AD30; Docket No. ACF-2026-0595). It also urges HHS and the Administration for Children and Families to withdraw the proposed rules entirely and keep the existing Head Start Program Performance Standards (agenda). It passed without discussion in a single vote with special items 1 and 2. 03:24:51

• Adopt special meeting items 1 through 3 together. Result: passed. 03:25:12

Special meeting item. A Board of Public Works communication asking for approval of Amendment No. 1 to each of 21 pre-qualified on-call consultant contracts with 15 firms (among them Rincon Consultants, AECOM, Dudek, ICF Jones & Stokes, Environmental Science Associates, Stantec, and Psomas). The amendments stretch the total contract term from five years to eight. According to the Board, the contracts are for as-needed environmental documentation and specialty studies and commit the city to no spending; money is set aside project by project when task orders are issued (agenda). The Public Works Committee waived its review. Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) recused himself, saying his wife's previous employer had worked with an organization on the list, and the item was voted on separately after he left the room. 03:25:16

• Adopt special meeting item 4. Result: passed, 12 ayes. Recused: Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). 03:25:42

• A speaker recused himself from the item, saying his wife's previous employer had worked with an organization listed on it 03:05:05

A ceremonial presentation from Council District 3 recognizing the Information Technology Agency (ITA) and city technology staff the day before National Techies Day. Certificates went to ITA teams including the help desk, website services, Channel 35, cybersecurity, public safety communications, and the MyLA311 team. No action was taken. 00:50:05

• A councilmember said city staff now use AI tools such as Gemini, citing 50 percent time savings in code searches and automated document auditing 00:52:07
• City staff said the city has a responsibility to adopt AI carefully, protecting privacy, security, human judgment, and public trust 00:55:19
• A speaker urged in-house technology staff to speak up from their experience as the city turns more to outside vendors and contractors 01:04:12
• Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) argued the technology agency deserves cabinet-level standing and budget priority because it is the city's public face online 01:06:37
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) described technology staff as the city's front line of protection as artificial intelligence spreads 01:07:57

A ceremonial presentation from Council District 8 welcoming ComplexCon, a streetwear convention, to the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena that weekend after a year in Las Vegas. City tourism staff projected 70,000 visitors and $25 million in economic impact. The presenter declared ComplexCon Day. No action was taken. 01:10:31

• A councilmember said the convention will bring 70,000 people and 300 streetwear brands to the convention center and arena that weekend 01:10:31
• A speaker projected 70,000 downtown visitors and 25 million dollars in economic impact, and said that revenue helps fund city services 01:12:43
• A speaker said the organizers hope to spread to more downtown venues and draw over 100,000 people per weekend in future years 01:16:29
• A speaker argued that government's role is to create the tools for events like this to grow on their own and then get out of the way 01:19:50
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said the event is the kind of return she wanted from her vote to invest in the convention center 01:22:04
• A councilmember declared October 2 ComplexCon Day in Los Angeles 01:25:02

A ceremonial presentation for Council District 7, given on Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District)'s behalf because she was absent, welcoming the fifth cohort of the city's youth council. Department staff said the cohort has 30 members from all 15 council districts and will spend ten months learning city government, including the budget. No action was taken. 01:26:44

• A speaker introduced the fifth cohort of the youth council and said she had served on it herself in ninth grade 01:26:44
• A speaker said the cohort has 30 members representing all 15 council districts 01:32:11
• A speaker said the members will serve ten months learning local government 01:33:13
• A speaker read a message from the council's namesake, saying the youth council tradition began in 1974 01:35:40
• A councilmember recognized her district's two youth council representatives for their focus on environmental issues 01:37:41

A ceremonial presentation from Council District 14 honoring the author Anne Rice on the 50th anniversary of her novel Interview with the Vampire, ahead of the Rare Books LA fair at Union Station that weekend. The organizers said all proceeds from a special anniversary ticket package go to the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. The day was named Anne Rice Day. No action was taken. 01:45:16

• A speaker honored the author's legacy and her influence on modern supernatural fiction 01:45:16
• A speaker said all proceeds from a special anniversary ticket package go to the Library Foundation of Los Angeles 01:49:20
• A speaker said the author lived in Southern California for the last decade of her life 01:51:18
• A speaker presented a resolution naming the day Anne Rice Day 01:54:38

A ceremonial presentation from Council District 6 for Latino Heritage Month. It honored the Yanteros 503, a Sun Valley family of Salvadoran tire repairers known for social media dance videos, one of whom appeared in the Oscar-winning short film The Singers. It also recognized the artist whose painting is on the cover of the Department of Cultural Affairs' 2026 Latino Heritage Month calendar and cultural guide. No action was taken. 01:55:54

• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said the honored family fled the war in El Salvador in the 1980s and built a life here fixing tires 01:58:04
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said a family member was cast in a short film that went on to win an Oscar 01:59:07
• A guest presenter described the film as an exploration of whether the American dream is still alive for immigrants in Los Angeles 02:12:43
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said she chose the honorees in part because they are from Sun Valley in the San Fernando Valley 02:25:37

Under adjourning motions, a councilmember asked the council to adjourn in memory of a four-month-old girl who died that week in South Los Angeles. He said her mother has been charged and the case is pending. He said the loss was felt throughout Pueblo Del Rio, where neighbors tried to save her, and described a vigil and a healing circle with neighbors. 03:26:17

• A speaker asked the council to adjourn in memory of a four-month-old girl who died that week in South Los Angeles 03:26:53
• A speaker noted that the girl's mother has been charged and said the legal process will determine what happened 03:26:53
• A speaker said he joined local mothers to organize a vigil and that a healing circle was held for the community 03:27:57

• Before comment began, the moderator said new rules adopted in light of SB 707 limit speakers to one minute per agenda item, two minutes total because only items 10 and 11 were open, plus one minute of general comment, and that speakers who stray off topic forfeit their time.
• Regular meeting: about 9 speakers in person and 7 by phone.
• Item 6: three speakers from Jobs to Move America thanked the council for passing the vehicle procurement review. They cited their two years of research into child labor, prison labor, and unsafe conditions at Hyundai and Kia auto parts suppliers, and pointed to the city's sweat-free procurement ordinance.
• Item 11 (outside counsel for an LAPD TV production deal): about seven speakers criticized it. Two called it police propaganda; one of them cited an LAPD filming policy that he said calls for a positive portrayal. One objected that there was no committee hearing, no LAPD report, and no information on costs or revenue, and questioned why the city's own attorneys could not handle the negotiation. Another said the money should go to social services instead.
• General comment topics included: a request for a status update and deadline on a CAO economic analysis of lowering the city's cannabis tax (council file 25-0720), which the council ordered more than a year ago; a request to bring back call-in public comment at council committee meetings; the Abilities Expo leaving the Convention Center; a call for more oversight of school bullying after a student's death; a call to declare an emergency over homelessness and conditions in shelters; thanks to members for work on charter reform; and a charter high school government teacher thanking council staff for hosting his students.
• Several in-person and phone speakers used profanity and made personal attacks and accusations against council members. The moderator warned one in-person speaker that he could be removed under council rules 7 and 12, and moved off-topic callers to general comment.
• Special meeting: one speaker in person and about five by phone. On item 2 (Adopt-a-Median), two callers asked how the city makes sure adopted medians are maintained, citing a median they said an organization adopted and then neglected, and one called the spending ill-advised. On item 3 (Head Start), callers who addressed it generally supported opposing the federal rule changes. On item 4, speakers asked which firm prompted the councilmember's recusal. One caller argued the city should improve existing medians instead.

• Item 11 (Heller Waldron & Pepper outside counsel for the LAPD television production deal with 44 Blue Productions) now goes to the Public Safety Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film and Television.
• Item 10: LAFD is directed to transfer $12,978,581.08 to the State Department of Health Care Services by October 16, 2026, and the CAO is to report in future Financial Status Reports on any transfers needed to protect fire services (agenda). The item is subject to the Mayor's approval.
• Item 6: General Services, with the City Attorney and CAO, is to report back with recommendations on vehicle procurement labor standards.
• Item 7: the Information Technology Agency is to prepare a progress report on the Angeleno Account.
• Item 8: the City Attorney is to prepare the truck weight limit amendment for the East 110th through 114th Street stretches, and LADOT is to do a traffic study.
• Item 9: LADOT is to report on truck idling and traffic control in Harbor Gateway South.
• Special item 3 (Head Start opposition) is subject to the Mayor's concurrence.
• The youth council's fifth cohort serves ten months; department staff said members will present capstone projects to council offices.
• ComplexCon was scheduled for that weekend at the Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena, and Rare Books LA that weekend at Union Station.