City weighs legal fight with county over homelessness systems

Routine opening business: approval of the minutes of the October 9, 2026 meeting and of commendatory resolutions. Per the Journal, two commendatory resolutions were listed, one moved by Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) and seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), the other moved by Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) and seconded by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District). In the recording each was moved and seconded, and the meeting moved on with no vote or result announced. 00:49:06

Council file 25-1180, from the Economic Development and Jobs Committee, initiated by a motion of Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District), seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). It instructs the Office of Wage Standards and the Community Investment Department, working with the City Attorney and the Restaurant Equity Alliance and taking feedback from small and independently owned restaurants, BusinessSource Centers, local chambers of commerce, the California Restaurant Association and labor stakeholders, to come back with: recommendations to open the Legacy Business Program to restaurants and other small businesses that have operated in the city for at least 10 years and have a record of complying with local labor standards; an analysis of why legacy businesses close, with targeted interventions; succession-planning help for worker-owned transitions; and recommendations for a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance offering education, outreach, technical assistance and expedited processing for compliant restaurants and partnerships with groups that support immigrant entrepreneurs and restaurant workers. The report is due to the committee within 90 days. The file includes an amendment communication from Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District). No financial analysis has been done (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Economic Development and Jobs Committee report (voted together with items 4 through 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 15-0989-S59, from the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, initiated by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) and John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore). It instructs the Bureau of Contract Administration, the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Administrative Officer, with other city departments including Los Angeles World Airports, and with outside entities such as Metro and Los Angeles County, to report within 90 days on procurement opportunities for local, small and underrepresented businesses at Non-Venue Activations, the procedures now in place to support them, and ways to expand their contracting. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council filed a community impact statement in support (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report (voted together with items 3 and 5 through 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 15-0989-S73, from a motion by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District). It directs the Department of Cultural Affairs, with the City Administrative Officer, the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Mayor's Office, and in consultation with LA28, to report within 60 days on where planning for the LA28 Cultural Olympiad stands (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report (voted together with items 3, 4 and 6 through 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 15-0989-S76. It approves the Department of Recreation and Parks' 2026-27 Project Plan under the Youth Sport Partnership Agreement with the LA28 organizing committee, lets the City Administrative Officer prepare instructions to spend money from the Youth Sport Partnership Fund (Fund No. 63K), and instructs Recreation and Parks to report on whether youth sports subsidies could continue after the PlayLA Youth Sports Partnership ends in 2028, including whether the Games' legacy entity could support or endow them. Per the agenda, the plan has no General Fund impact because LA28 money pays for it, though Recreation and Parks will absorb separate operating and maintenance costs within its budget. The file includes an amending motion by Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) and Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council). This item is subject to the Mayor's approval. 00:50:03

• Adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report (voted together with items 3 through 5 and 7 through 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 26-1055, from a motion by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). It instructs the City Administrative Officer and the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the Mayor's Office and Recreation and Parks, to report on how the city's World Cup watch parties and fan festivals were planned and run, as preparation for the LA28 Games. The report is to cover attendance, public safety and crowd management, traffic, ADA accommodations, multilingual outreach, community feedback, local business activity, permitting, and all city costs and reimbursements (agenda). No deadline is given. 00:50:03

• Adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report (voted together with items 3 through 6 and 8 through 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 17-0744-S1, CD 10. It finds the project exempt from CEQA, approves the HOLA Rock Garden Project at Lafayette Park (625 South Lafayette Park Place), and approves the First Amendment to Lease No. C-129943 with Heart of Los Angeles Community Partners (HOLA), which leases it an additional portion of the park to install, operate and maintain the garden. Per the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, HOLA pays all project costs and the General Fund is not affected. The file's time limit was October 19, 2026, and its last day for council action was October 16 (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee report (voted together with items 3 through 7, 9 and 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 26-1162, CD 5. It approves an agreement with Rancho Preschool Inc., a nonprofit, to run a recreational child development and preschool program during the academic season in the Cheviot Hills Aquatic building at the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center on Motor Avenue, and finds the action exempt from CEQA. The Board reports no adverse effect on Recreation and Parks' General Fund, since the program pays for itself. The file's time limit was October 19, 2026 (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee report (voted together with items 3 through 8 and 10 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

Council file 26-1157, CD 1 and CD 2. It authorizes the Housing Department to recast debt and amend the loan agreements with Los Angeles Family Housing so that affordable units are preserved at two properties. Strong Residence gets a new loan maturity date of up to June 10, 2045. Harmony Place Apartments gets a new maturity of up to September 19, 2040, and its reserve requirements are updated to current department standards. The Housing Department reports no General Fund impact. The file's time limit was October 19, 2026 (agenda). 00:50:03

• Adopt the Housing Committee report (voted together with items 3 through 9 on one roll call). Result: passed, 13-0. 00:50:03

A ceremonial presentation led by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) and John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore), during Italian American Heritage Month. It declared a day honoring an Italian-born Catholic missionary, canonized in 1946 and described as the patron saint of immigrants. Leaders of the Little Italy of Los Angeles Association, Italy's consul general in Los Angeles, a descendant of a woman raised in one of the saint's orphanages, and two musicians took part, and the council presented a certificate. No vote was taken. 00:50:36

• A councilmember introduced the presentation as the first annual day honoring the missionary saint, held during Italian Heritage Month. 00:51:00
• A councilmember described her as the patron saint of immigrants and said that recognition matters today. 00:54:33
• A speaker announced that City Hall would be lit that night in red, green and white for the saint and for Italian Heritage Month. 00:58:05
• A guest presenter said the Italian American community had gone years without an officially recognized day celebrating its heritage. 00:59:08
• A guest presenter said the association had looked for a way to celebrate Italian Americans in the city after losing Columbus Day. 01:03:49
• A speaker stressed that the saint built her institutions as a woman at a time when women had little chance to lead. 01:11:17
• A councilmember connected the story to the United States being a country of immigrants and to the saint building services for her own community. 01:18:39
• A councilmember said the city should celebrate the contributions of women and of every diaspora community. 01:21:27
• A councilmember recalled studying in Florence during college and thanked the sponsors for the presentation. 01:23:53
• The presiding officer noted that a school in South LA, outside the city proper, is named for the saint and that many of his relatives attended it. 01:24:30
• A councilmember presented the council's certificate recognizing the day to the association leaders on behalf of the city. 01:25:39

Council file 17-1125, a joint report of the Public Works, Transportation, and Budget and Finance committees. It presents and adopts an ordinance, dated August 26, 2026, that amends Section 71.29.1(a) of the Municipal Code to update the fee schedule for the Shared Mobility Device Permit Program. The packet does not give the new fee amounts. The City Attorney submitted no fiscal impact statement, and the CAO and CLA did no financial analysis. Under council rules, an ordinance adopted on first consideration needs a unanimous vote with at least 12 members present. The item is subject to the Mayor's approval (agenda). 02:13:08

• Present and adopt the ordinance (voted together with items 2 and 11 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 18-0195, CD 14. It begins proceedings to vacate Turner Street from Alameda Street to Temple Street (VAC-E1401333) and finds that doing so is exempt from CEQA, consistent with the General Plan, and not needed for present or future public use or for non-motorized transportation. The stated public benefit is that the city no longer has to maintain the street or carry liability for it. Per the agenda, the petitioner paid a $47,100 investigation fee and owes any shortfall in costs. 02:13:08

• Adopt the Public Works Committee report and City Engineer's report (voted together with items 1 and 11 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1393, CD 2. It approves the final map of Parcel Map L.A. No. 2024-1839, west of Greenbush Avenue, along with its subdivision improvement agreement. The subdivider paid a $9,064 processing fee (agenda). 02:13:08

• Approve the final parcel map (voted together with items 1, 2 and 12 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 18-0269-S3, a motion by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District). It accepts $100,000 paid by Downtown Live, LLC and Marriott International, Inc. for Lightstone DTLA, LLC, the developer of a project at 1240-1260 South Figueroa Street and 601 West Pico Boulevard, under a 2018 development agreement. The money goes into the CD 14 Public Benefits Trust Fund for blight removal, facade improvements, street cleaning, graffiti removal and similar work in CD 14 (agenda). It is subject to the Mayor's approval. 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 and 13 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1395, a motion by Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) and Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). It transfers $438 from CD 4 community services funds to the General Services Department for services connected with CD 4's observance of Diwali at City Hall on November 8, 2026, including lighting City Hall (agenda). 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11, 12 and 14 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1396, a motion by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). It instructs the Chief Legislative Analyst to delete the MINC Music & Arts Festival ($75,000) from CD 10's entries on the List of Citywide Special Events and add the Mid City Music & Arts Festival ($75,000) (agenda). 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 13 and 15 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1397, a motion by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District). It reactivates and restores Council file 02-1520, which concerns putting in place a Decentralized Regional District System for delivering city services. The file had expired under council policy, and it returns to the legislative status it had when it expired (agenda). 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 14 and 16 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1401, a motion by Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). It moves $200,000 from CD 13's AB1290 redevelopment services account into Sanitation accounts for additional homeless services in CD 13 (agenda). It is subject to the Mayor's approval. 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 15 and 17 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1408, a motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore), CD 8. It moves $16,000 from the Pipeline Franchise Revenue portion of the CD 8 Real Property Trust Fund to the Transportation Department to install speed humps on 60th Street between Crenshaw Boulevard and 8th Avenue (agenda). It is subject to the Mayor's approval. 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 16 and 18 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1409, a motion by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore). It makes three transfers from CD 10's AB1290 redevelopment services account to Recreation and Parks for costs of the Los Angeles Korean Festival: $61,151, $7,871.74 and $1,164.26 (agenda). It is subject to the Mayor's approval. 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 17 and 19 through 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1352, a motion by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), CD 1. It moves $186,300 from a Transportation Department Vision Zero projects fund to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. The money pays for cleanup planning, cleanup work and administration for future crosswalks in the right of way near North Spring Street at Ann Street and at Mesnager Street, using Geosyntec Consultants under the Citywide Brownfields Program contract. The Transportation Committee waived consideration (agenda). It is subject to the Mayor's approval. 02:13:08

• Adopt the motion (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 18, 20 and 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1418, CD 5. It approves the final map of Parcel Map L.A. No. 2025-3285, west of Alta Vista Boulevard. The subdivider paid a $16,500 processing fee (agenda). 02:13:08

• Approve the final parcel map (voted together with items 1, 2, 11 through 19 and 21 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

Council file 26-1430, CD 13. It approves the final map of Parcel Map L.A. No. 2025-3923, east of Boyce Avenue, along with its subdivision improvement agreement. The subdivider paid a $16,500 processing fee (agenda). 02:13:08

• Approve the final parcel map (voted together with items 1, 2 and 11 through 20 on one roll call). Result: passed, 15-0. 02:13:08

The council adjourned in memory of two people. Per the Journal, both motions were seconded by all councilmembers. Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) moved the first, for a 42-year-old Culver City bus operator who was shot and killed on October 1 in Mar Vista. Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) moved the second, for a longtime teacher, driver-safety advocate and civic volunteer who died September 27. Before the adjournments, the clerk announced that motions for posting and referral were posted and referred. 02:13:38

• A speaker asked to adjourn in memory of a Culver City bus operator who was killed on October 1 on Centinela in Mar Vista. 02:14:05
• A speaker said the county district attorney had filed murder charges against the accused man, including a special circumstance for killing a public transit operator. 02:15:09
• A speaker listed safety steps the city has taken on its own DASH buses: emergency buttons, upgraded surveillance and more roadway supervisors. 02:16:10
• A speaker called on transit agencies to work with operators and unions on enforceable safety plans. 02:17:11
• A councilmember asked to adjourn in memory of a man who taught business and economics on the Palos Verdes peninsula for 37 years. 02:18:29
• A councilmember credited him with helping pass California's teen driver safety law, which set nighttime and passenger limits for young drivers. 02:19:30

Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) presented a council certificate to a CD 6 staff member who is retiring after a career that began as a city intern and included work in a former councilmember's office and for state officials. Other members added tributes. 02:22:29

• A councilmember announced the retirement of a longtime public servant on the CD 6 team. 02:22:41
• A councilmember recalled working alongside the retiree in a former councilmember's Pacoima office. 02:25:49
• A councilmember thanked the retiree for warmth and kindness shown to people throughout City Hall. 02:27:41

• About 11 people commented in person and 7 by phone. Most comments were general public comment, not on agenda items.
• Two speakers, one in person and one by phone, raised illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste in the High Desert and Antelope Valley that they attributed to a city waste-hauling contractor. The in-person speaker cited a May 2026 jury verdict of nearly $750,000 and asked the council to require cleanup and stop awarding the company contracts; the caller asked for an investigation, accountability, and cleanup.
• A speaker pressed for action on a fatal hit-and-run on Central Avenue on September 30, saying there had been no arrest after 13 days. The speaker said Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) initiated a $50,000 reward, and asked that LAPD coordinate with other agencies, that the city sponsor billboards, that Karen Bass (Mayor) and LAPD leaders meet with her family, and that the council address hit-and-run crashes.
• A representative of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce supported item 3 and thanked Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) for an amendment seeking input from chambers and small restaurant operators.
• A cannabis social equity licensee asked the council to finish a tax exemption plan for social equity businesses and offered three amendments.
• One speaker raised animal cruelty against dogs on Skid Row and asked for a coordinated response and a temporary safe site. The speaker said the CD 14 office voicemail was full, and staff offered to help connect them.
• One caller praised staff at the West Valley animal shelter for taking time to help a homeless man who was about to give up his dog. The caller also supported speed humps (item 17) in the caller's neighborhood and urged councilmembers to honor the saint's day with extra service.
• Two callers objected to street and sidewalk closures and permits they tied to Scientology near the Shrine Auditorium and in Hollywood. One of them also opposed the street vacation (item 2) and called for more public visibility into the special events list (item 14).
• One speaker asked for a transgender-specific homeless shelter under item 16 and called for broader enforcement against street takeovers under item 17.
• Other comments covered AI risks, LA28 safety, a child custody and LAPD complaint, and the mayoral race. One caller urged voters to mark both candidates on the ballot.
• Several speakers made profane, off-topic or derogatory remarks, including stereotypes about the Korean Festival (item 18). City staff moderating comment repeatedly warned speakers to stay on topic and formally warned one in-person speaker under Council Rules 7 and 12. One caller was cut off.

• Item 3: the Office of Wage Standards and the Community Investment Department are to report to the Economic Development and Jobs Committee within 90 days on Legacy Business Program eligibility and a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance.
• Item 4: report on LA28 procurement opportunities for local and small businesses due within 90 days.
• Item 5: Cultural Affairs is to report on LA28 Cultural Olympiad planning within 60 days.
• Item 6: Recreation and Parks is to report on continuing youth sports subsidies after the PlayLA Youth Sports Partnership ends in 2028.
• Item 7: the CAO and CLA are to report on the World Cup watch parties and fan festivals (no deadline stated).
• Items 1, 6, 12, 13 and 16 through 19 are subject to the Mayor's approval.
• City Hall was to be lit in red, green and white on the night of October 13 for Italian Heritage Month.
• Item 13: CD 4's Diwali observance at City Hall, including City Hall lighting, is set for November 8, 2026.
• Item 2: the vacation proceedings for Turner Street are now instituted under the City Engineer's report and its conditions.

A Cultural Heritage Commission recommendation to add Mary Clay School, at 3911 West Adams Boulevard in Council District 10, to the city's list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. The city is the applicant and West Adams LLC is listed as the owner. The agenda lists October 14, 2026 as the last day for council action. The clerk first said no action would be taken because the item had been continued in committee. Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) then moved to continue it to October 30. 00:35:06

• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) moved to continue item 2 to October 30 (first stated as item 1, then corrected). Result: continued. 00:37:33

• The city clerk said no action would be taken on items 2 and 3 because the committee had continued them, and that they should go back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee 00:35:06

An ordinance on first consideration giving up a 25-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement and a 40-foot-wide sewer and drainage easement on 4466 East Florizel Avenue in Council District 14, at the petitioner's request. The City Engineer reports the petitioner paid a $7,075.91 processing fee (agenda). Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) first moved to continue this item to October 30, then said she had meant item 2 and that item 1 should stay on the agenda. It passed in the group vote after public comment. 00:36:18

• Adopt item 1 in the group vote with items 7, 9, 11 through 14, and 17 through 20. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:06:13

• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) moved to continue item 1 to October 30, then said that was a mistake and that the continuance was meant for item 2 00:36:18

Authorizes the Information Technology Agency to sign a contract with CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. to keep supporting the city's Financial Management System. The agenda gives a total of up to $78,192,332 over a five-year term, July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031, with an option to extend another five years. The City Administrative Officer reports the money is already in ITA's 2026-27 budget, with no additional General Fund impact (agenda). It passed with item 6 early in the meeting, without discussion. 00:37:48

• Adopt items 4 and 6. Result: passed, 12-0. 00:38:01

A ceremonial presentation by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) recognizing October as Armenian Heritage Month. He gave a certificate of recognition to LA Opera's new music director, who has Armenian roots, and LA Opera's president also spoke. A city planner described a citywide Armenian American historic context statement now in progress, and the presentation included a piano performance and an Armenian folk dance. No action was taken. 00:38:08

• A councilmember recognized October as Armenian Heritage Month in the city 00:38:33
• A councilmember welcomed LA Opera's new music director to City Hall 00:40:38
• A guest presenter said the music director's first season opens in four days with a new production of Carmen 00:45:32
• A guest presenter described growing up in Caracas as the son of a Venezuelan violinist and an Armenian lawyer 00:51:41
• A councilmember presented a certificate of recognition for the director's career and new role 00:54:56
• A councilmember welcomed the director and said opera is alive and well and will reach a new generation 00:56:23
• A councilmember described a two-year project his office supports to document Armenian American heritage sites in the city 00:57:48
• A guest presenter said that, as far as planning staff know, it is the first citywide historic context statement focused on Armenian American heritage in any U.S. city 01:00:31
• A guest presenter mentioned a separate program putting 140 markers on street lamps across the city to reflect Latino heritage 01:01:32
• A speaker invited residents to an online survey and announced a community workshop on the project on Sunday, October 25 in Hollywood 01:02:53

Authorizes the Controller to move money from the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Regional Threat Assessment Center grant subaward into police department accounts: $45,505 for sworn overtime and $4,495 for related costs (agenda). Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) each called the item special for a separate vote. It passed with three no votes. No one spoke on it. 01:15:17

• Adopt item 5 (separate vote requested by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District)). Result: passed, 11-3. 01:15:55

• A speaker called item 5 special for a separate vote 00:36:35

An appeal of the City Planning Commission's approval of a two-story, 2,283-square-foot wastewater pumping plant. It would add capacity to the existing Venice Pumping Plant for moving wastewater to the Hyperion Treatment Plant, and comes with a surface parking lot. The site is at 128, 133 and 139 East Hurricane Street, 3813 and 3817 South Esplanade, and 3913 South Esplanade West in Council District 11. The project includes a Venice Local Coastal Program amendment re-designating the site from Low Medium II Residential to Public Facility (agenda). The agenda lists October 16, 2026 as the last day for council action. At Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District)'s request it was sent back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. 01:16:01

• Item 3 referred back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee at Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District)'s request, without objection. Result: passed. 01:16:06

Asks the Controller to move $20 million within the Fire Department's budget to cover a projected deficit in its sworn overtime account: $10 million from sworn salaries and $10 million from constant-staffing overtime (agenda). The motion was by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District). The agenda notes that neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis. It passed in the group vote, and the council agreed without objection to send it to the Mayor forthwith, meaning right away. 02:06:04

• Adopt item 11 in the group vote with items 1, 7, 9, 12 through 14, and 17 through 20. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:06:13
• Send item 11 forthwith. Result: passed. 02:06:19

A Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee recommendation to add support for AB 2635 to the city's state legislative program. To the extent funding is appropriated, the bill would require air districts or local governments to offer commercial vouchers for zero-emission small off-road equipment, the kind used by gardeners and landscapers. The resolution was introduced by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) with Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District), per the agenda. Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) moved instead to note and file it, which files the item without adopting the support position, and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) seconded. No reason was given on the record. 02:06:19

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) moved, Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) seconding, to note and file item 8. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:06:51

• A speaker moved to note and file item 8 00:36:35

Nine closed-session legal matters that the Budget and Finance Committee considered on October 6. The clerk read the recommendations, which the council approved: - 21 and 22: business tax matters (Google Inc.; International Lease Finance Corporation), approving the City Attorney's recommendations. - 23: waiving $141,133.11 in penalties for EssenceMediacom LLC. - 24: refunding $121,644.41 plus accrued interest to One Source to Market LLC. - 25: up to $110,000 to settle a 2022 sidewalk trip-and-fall at 6426 Mammoth Avenue in Van Nuys. - 26: up to $150,000 for a 2023 trip-and-fall near 10924 Le Conte Avenue. - 27: up to $150,000 for a 2023 two-vehicle collision at Central Avenue and 120th Street. - 28: up to $1,600,000 for a 2019 pedestrian fall near Mountcrest Avenue in the Hollywood Hills. - 29: up to $3,666,726.18 plus applicable interest to pay a judgment over a 2020 dog bite at the East Valley Animal Shelter. The dollar amounts come from the clerk's reading; the agenda does not list them. 02:06:54

• Approve the recommendations on items 21 through 29. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:09:07

• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) recommended approval of items 21 through 29, which the Budget and Finance Committee considered on October 6 02:07:09
• The city clerk read the recommendation to waive penalties in the EssenceMediacom matter 02:07:22
• The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $1.6 million to settle item 28 02:08:25
• The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to about $3.67 million plus interest on the judgment in item 29 02:08:25

Reallocates $130,219.42 among American Rescue Plan Act projects to prepare for the final grant closeout (agenda). The pieces are: - moving $93,138.92 from business assistance programs to Community Investment Department administrative costs - returning up to $28,622.86 in unspent contract balances to the Reserve Fund - moving $37,080.53 from the Digital Inclusion Fund to Bureau of Street Lighting administrative costs The CAO reports no General Fund impact. Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) called it special for an amendment, and it was adopted with amending motion 10A by Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore), whose contents were not read aloud. It was first announced as 12-1. After closed session the clerk corrected Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)'s no to a yes, making it 13-0. 02:09:09

• Adopt item 10 as amended by amending motion 10A (Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore)). Result: passed, 12-1. No: Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District). 02:09:23
• Correct the recorded vote on item 10: Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District), recorded as a no, was a yes. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:36:36

• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) called item 10 special for an amendment being circulated 00:37:12

Moves $438 to General Services so Council District 14 can mark Trans Day of Remembrance, including lighting City Hall on November 19, 2026 (agenda). The motion was by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District). Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) called it special for an amendment, and it passed with amending motion 15A by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District), whose contents were not read aloud. 02:09:27

• Adopt item 15 as amended by amending motion 15A (Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District), Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District)). Result: passed, 13-0. 02:09:39

• A speaker called item 15 special for an amendment 00:36:55

The original motion by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) would spend a total of $61,000 from the Sunshine Canyon Community Amenities Trust Fund in Council District 12 on organizations and schools listed in the motion (agenda). John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) called it special for a substitute motion, which John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) carried. The council voted first to substitute, then on the substituted motion. What the substitute changed was not read aloud. 02:09:42

• Question of substituting the substitute motion (John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore), Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District)) for item 16. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:09:50
• Adopt item 16 as substituted. Result: passed, 13-0. 02:10:01

• A speaker called item 16 special to offer a substitute motion 00:35:41

A closed-session item on a federal lawsuit alleging that the police chief's standard for issuing concealed-carry weapons permits before June 23, 2022, which required good cause, violated the Second Amendment. Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) called it special for a separate vote, and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked to discuss it in closed session. The council went into closed session. Afterward it was reported there was nothing to report, and no vote on the item appears on the record. 02:10:01

• Closed session discussion of item 30. Result: no action. 02:36:16

• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked to take item 30 into closed session 00:37:12

A discussion-only special meeting item with the City Administrative Officer, the Chief Legislative Analyst, and the City Attorney. It covered the city's application to lead two parts of the federally funded homelessness Continuum of Care: HMIS, the data system, and CES, the coordinated entry system that matches people to housing. Staff reported that the Continuum of Care board and general membership had already picked Los Angeles County as collaborative applicant for the federal funds and to run the point-in-time count. The board has recommended the county lead HMIS and CES too, with a membership vote not yet scheduled. Because of ongoing and potential litigation, the council discussed the item in closed session. Afterward the council president stated the council's direction, and the clerk said no vote was needed: - the City Attorney is to develop litigation options before a hearing in Judge Carter's court on the 27th - the CAO is to keep negotiating with the county, under instructions from Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) - the CAO and CLA are to revisit past motions on standing up a city Continuum of Care and/or health department 02:48:07

▶ Hear it Would today's homelessness debate surface in a pending lawsuit? · 0:55

• Direction to the City Attorney, CAO, CLA, and housing department, stated by the council president after closed session. Result: no action. 04:29:06

• A councilmember explained that the 2027 Continuum of Care application is the federal grant that funds the homelessness service system 02:49:17
• A councilmember said the board has already decided the county will be collaborative applicant and run the point-in-time count 02:49:17
• A councilmember said the CAO and CLA have been negotiating with the county over who manages HMIS and who stewards CES 02:49:17
• City staff reported that the HMIS and CES leads are still undecided 02:50:24
• City staff said the board recommended that the county lead those programs as well 02:50:24
• City staff said the membership vote on that recommendation has no date yet because of technical issues 02:51:32
• City staff listed seeking co-leadership agreements with the county for each federal program as one option 02:51:32
• City staff listed fully separating from the county by forming a city-only Continuum of Care as another option 02:51:32
• City staff said the options also include litigation over the Continuum of Care board's ongoing process 02:52:32
• The council president asked how likely the day's discussion was to come up in the Alliance lawsuit before Judge Carter 02:52:47
• City staff answered that in his estimation it was guaranteed 02:53:19
• The council president cited that lawsuit and a separate one between HUD and parties in Los Angeles in putting the item into closed session 02:53:22
• City staff reported there was nothing to announce from closed session 04:26:37
• The council president said the council is formally asking the City Attorney to develop litigation options to protect the city and its housed and homeless constituents 04:26:50
• The council president said that work should be done before the hearing in Judge Carter's court on the 27th 04:26:50
• The council president said the CAO was asked to keep negotiating with the county under specific instructions from Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) 04:26:50
• The council president said the CAO and CLA should quickly revisit past motions on standing up a Continuum of Care and/or a health department 04:27:50
• City staff restated the instruction: as an alternative to litigation, the CAO, CLA, and housing department would negotiate co-management terms with the county, possibly including city leadership of HMIS and/or CES 04:28:06

A special-agenda closed-session item under Council File 23-1068 for the council to confer with legal counsel about possibly starting litigation in one case, which the agenda does not identify. It was brought before the council with special item 1 and opened for public comment. The transcript does not show it taken up separately, and nothing was reported out of closed session. 02:36:36

During announcements, Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) reported that a 36-year-old Long Beach motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run at about 7 a.m. on September 22, at Ventura Boulevard and Carpenter Avenue. The victim's family and LAPD are asking the public for help identifying the driver. Tips go to LAPD Valley Traffic Division at (818) 644-8036, or anonymously at lacrimestoppers.org. 04:29:34

• A speaker described the crash, saying the motorcyclist was struck by a minivan making a left turn and the driver did not stop 04:29:39
• A speaker said the family and LAPD are asking the public to help identify the driver 04:29:39
• A councilmember asked whether the remarks were an announcement or an adjourning motion 04:31:12

• Regular meeting: roughly seven people spoke in person and about ten callers spoke by phone; two callers who were called never unmuted.
• At least five speakers, in person and by phone, used profanity, racial and anti-gay slurs, or personal insults against members and staff. A caller made demeaning comments about transgender people and about domestic violence victims. Council staff twice apologized on the record, saying the comments did not reflect the views of the council or its staff.
• One speaker on item 15 described discrimination against transgender people in medical care and harassment in public places, and said they had been cut off at earlier meetings.
• One speaker argued ARPA money had gone to the police instead of pandemic recovery and asked where city investments go. The same speaker raised treatment of trans athletes at LA28 and called for firing police chief Jim McDonnell (Chief, Police Department).
• Two speakers, one in person and one by phone, raised illegal dumping and mulch fires in the Antelope Valley and asked the council to investigate.
• Two callers urged the city not to grant Scientology street or event permits.
• One caller on item 29 criticized Animal Services and the city's handling of the liability case.
• One caller welcomed the Domestic Violence Awareness Month item and asked that domestic abuse outside the household also be covered.
• One caller asked Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District)'s office for help with financial and other problems at a large downtown mixed-use residential complex, saying emails had gone unanswered.
• A few speakers made conspiracy-type or unrelated claims. One caller addressed the police chief, asking him to speak out and act for the city's residents.
• Special meeting: two people spoke in person and about three callers spoke. One argued the city should not lead the homelessness data system, citing encampment sweeps, and criticized rising liability payouts. The others were mostly off topic and used slurs. The council president gave one commenter a final warning that using banned words again would get them dismissed from meetings under council rule seven.

• Item 2 (Mary Clay School monument nomination) was continued to October 30; the agenda had listed October 14 as the last day for council action.
• Item 3 (Venice pumping plant appeal) goes back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee; the agenda lists October 16, 2026 as the last day for council action.
• Item 11 (the $20 million Fire Department overtime transfer) was sent to the Mayor forthwith.
• The City Attorney is to develop litigation options on the homelessness system leads before the hearing in Judge Carter's court on the 27th.
• The CAO, CLA, and housing department are to keep negotiating with the county on co-management of Continuum of Care programs, possibly including city leadership of HMIS and/or CES; the CAO and CLA are to revisit past motions on a city Continuum of Care and/or health department.
• The Continuum of Care general membership is to vote on the board's recommendation that the county lead HMIS and CES, date not yet set.
• The Homelessness and Health committee was announced to meet at 2:30 that afternoon.
• Community workshop on the Armenian American Historic Context Statement: Sunday, October 25, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Hollywood Neighborhood City Hall on Fountain Avenue, with Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District)'s office.
• LA Opera's season opens with a new production of Carmen, which its president said was four days away.
• City Hall lighting on November 19 for Trans Day of Remembrance (item 15).
• The council's winter recess is now December 16 to December 30, 2026 (item 18).
• LAPD Valley Traffic Division is asking for tips on the September 22 hit-and-run at Ventura Boulevard and Carpenter Avenue: (818) 644-8036 or lacrimestoppers.org.

A ceremonial presentation led by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District), called on by the chair, marking ninety years since the first power from Hoover Dam reached Los Angeles over LADWP's Boulder transmission lines in 1936. LADWP staff described the history of the city-owned utility. No action was taken. 00:43:18

• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) said the first Hoover Dam power reached Los Angeles on the evening of October 9, 1936 00:45:04
• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) said that in the 1940s Hoover Dam supplied up to 97 percent of the city's power at peak demand 00:46:05
• City staff described the Boulder transmission system as a 266-mile line ending at a receiving station in what is now Council District 8 00:49:51
• A speaker said the cheap power let the department go thirty-six years without a rate increase, with twelve rate decreases in that time 00:53:51
• City staff said LADWP will keep defending its ownership of its own generation and transmission as it works toward full decarbonization by 2035 00:54:26
• A speaker credited the city's ability to bring in water and power for its existence and spoke well of public ownership of the power system 00:56:42
• A councilmember praised the city's history of building big public infrastructure itself when the private sector would not 00:59:02
• A councilmember noted that wartime manufacturing with little regulation polluted the San Fernando Valley aquifers, which LADWP is now working to clean up 01:00:40

Once a quorum arrived, the clerk called the roll and reported 11 members. A motion to approve the minutes of October 14, 2026 was made by Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) and seconded by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District). A motion on the commendatory resolutions was made by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and seconded by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District). No vote or result was announced on the recording before the chair moved on. 01:02:33

A ceremonial presentation led by Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District), called on by the chair, honoring the Los Angeles Food Policy Council and naming 'Good Food Champion' organizations from thirteen council districts: food distribution groups, college basic-needs pantries, community gardens, a grocer and farmers markets. Speakers tied the event to food insecurity and federal cuts to food aid. Good Food Day was declared in the city. No vote was taken. 01:03:15

• A councilmember introduced the fifteenth annual Good Food Day honoring the Food Policy Council 01:04:16
• A speaker said the July 2025 federal budget is projected to cut federal SNAP funding by 186 billion dollars nationwide through 2034, and that Los Angeles is already feeling the cuts 01:08:26
• A councilmember highlighted Mudtown Farms in Watts, run by WLCAC, and asked for volunteers there 01:21:56
• A speaker invited the public to Nuestra Huerta in Mission Hills, a cleaned-up former brownfield becoming a two-and-a-half-acre community garden and urban farm 01:24:33
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said Council District 1 has put $500,000 into food distribution, citing worsening food insecurity tied to immigration enforcement 01:27:37
• A councilmember described the honoree garden in Westchester as a one-acre outdoor classroom at a school near LAX 01:31:28
• A councilmember argued that groups like these are needed because food distribution was handed over to corporations in the late 1970s and 1980s 01:35:56

A ceremonial presentation led by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District), called on by the chair, with musical performances, remarks from Kenneth Mejia (Controller) and a Philippine consular official, and honors for a musician, a singer, and a community member put forward by the Los Angeles Filipino Association of City Employees. No vote was taken. 01:39:21

• A speaker said that as the council's first and only Filipino member she uses the role to deliver recognition and support the community 01:41:17
• A city official urged people to look for Filipino American contributions that have been left out or underrepresented, in line with this year's theme 01:55:16
• A speaker thanked a colleague for partnering on the new Kapwa Square dedication in Panorama City 02:14:56
• A speaker spoke of representing Historic Filipino Town and mentioned an upcoming Larry Itliong Day and lighting City Hall for the month 02:18:03

A presentation led by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District), called on by the chair, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with the Community Investment Department and survivor-service groups. Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) described a motion, coauthored with Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District), directing city departments to strengthen domestic and intimate partner violence training for city employees and managers, aiming to launch at the start of fiscal year 2027-28. Department staff described the Survivors First homelessness prevention program and the city's share of the county's survivor shelter beds. No vote was taken at this meeting. 02:24:21

▶ Hear it A council member speaks of surviving financial, controlling abuse · 1:00

• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) described introducing a motion for the personnel department and other departments to strengthen domestic violence training for city employees 02:26:49
• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) said the training's target launch is the start of fiscal year 2027-28 02:27:56
• City staff said the Survivors First program keeps 97 percent of survivors housed after they leave shelter 02:31:01
• City staff said the city funds close to 70 percent of survivor beds countywide, and fewer than 1,500 such beds exist across the county 02:32:06
• Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) shared a personal experience of domestic violence that was financial and controlling rather than physical, and urged survivors to seek help 02:34:20
• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) recalled volunteering at a San Fernando Valley domestic violence clinic helping people seek restraining orders, which led him to public service 02:37:39
• A councilmember argued that the city is filling gaps left when federal and state governments withhold funds for these services, at the cost of other city services 02:40:24
• Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) praised the Survivors First program and said she hopes to expand resources for survivors 02:42:03
• A councilmember called budget allocation a political choice and urged providers to push for more beds and services at budget time 02:43:12

A councilmember welcomed a delegation from Fundación Instituto Salvadoreño del Migrante (INSAMI), a group that works with deported people in El Salvador, on behalf of Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore), who invited them. Speakers also recognized its Los Angeles partner group El Rescate. Ceremonial; no action. 02:46:05

• A councilmember described INSAMI's work since 2013 providing psychosocial care and economic reintegration for deported people and their families 02:46:09

An announcement by Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District), called on by the chair, of a running festival based on the South Korean variety show Infinite Challenge. It was set for the next day (October 17) at the West Harbor development on San Pedro's waterfront, with a 5K and 10K and a concert. No action. 02:47:37

• A councilmember said San Pedro's waterfront was picked as the first location in the event's global expansion after sold-out runs in Seoul and Busan 02:48:53

Concurs with the Board of Water and Power Commissioners' August 25, 2026 approval of a Second Amendment to the governance agreement for the Statewide Clean Fuel Rewards Program, extending it through January 28, 2030 (agenda). No fiscal impact statement was submitted. The council adopted it with items 2–5 in one roll call, and Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) asked that it be sent forthwith. 02:44:22

• Adopt items 1 through 5 together. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:23
• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) requested that items 1 and 2 be sent forthwith. Result: passed. 02:45:49

Concurs with the DWP board's approval of Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 47525 with Kiewit Infrastructure West Company for progressive design-build services on San Fernando Groundwater Basin remediation. The amendment adds one year, for a total term of eight years ending September 8, 2027 (agenda). Adopted with items 1–5, with a forthwith request from Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District). 02:44:22

• Adopt items 1 through 5 together. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:23
• Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) requested that items 1 and 2 be sent forthwith. Result: passed. 02:45:49

Instructs the Bureaus of Street Services, Street Lighting and Engineering and LADOT, with the City Administrative Officer, to report in 30 days (agenda) on: a multiyear plan to deliver first/last mile projects around eligible rail stations; priority projects; a staffing plan that lasts beyond the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and a funding strategy beyond the 3 percent Measure M local return requirement, including grants and sub-regional money. The United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council supported it if amended. Adopted with items 1–5. Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) asked that it be sent forthwith. 02:44:22

• Adopt items 1 through 5 together. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:23
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) requested that item 3 be sent forthwith. Result: passed. 02:45:02

Creates Preferential Parking District 338 in Mid-City Heights, bounded by Washington Boulevard, West Boulevard, the 10 Freeway and La Brea Avenue. The agenda cites parking pressure from nearby businesses, an assisted living facility, Metro riders, and an auto repair shop. It authorizes permit-exempt restrictions such as two-hour parking 8 AM to 6 PM and overnight no-parking. LADOT will sell resident permits and post restrictions on blocks where at least 75 percent of dwelling units petition (agenda). The board reports permit revenue will cover costs. It is exempt from CEQA. Adopted with items 1–5. A Mid City Neighborhood Council member thanked the council for it during public comment. 02:44:22

• Adopt items 1 through 5 together. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:23

Instructs LADOT and the Bureaus of Engineering, Street Services and Street Lighting to list the city's active transportation projects and their grant deadlines: protected bike lanes, pedestrian safety, greenways, and sidewalk work, with priority for the High Injury Network, transit access and disadvantaged communities. It also asks the City Administrative Officer to identify staffing levels and funding options, including MICLA lease revenue bonds (agenda). Adopted with items 1–5. 02:44:22

• Adopt items 1 through 5 together. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:23

Instructs LADOT, with the City Administrative Officer, to report within 14 days (agenda) with a traffic safety assessment of 60th Street and 10th Avenue and the nearby residential stretch of 60th Street. The report is to include options such as signage, striping and speed humps, and possible funding. A councilmember called it special for an amendment, and it was adopted as amended by amending motion 6A. The packet does not include the amendment's content. 02:51:26

• Adopt item 6 as amended by amending motion 6A (amendment offered by a councilmember). Result: passed, 11 ayes. 02:51:44

Asks the City Attorney to draft an ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 22.484(g)(A)7. Under the change, the Transportation Commission's advisory role over city off-street parking would not cover facilities the council and Mayor have approved for housing or homeless programs. The Housing Department would control city-owned property approved for affordable housing, with LADOT maintaining a site until a ground lease is signed and 30 days' notice is given. The City Administrative Officer would update the Asset Evaluation Framework (CF 12-1549-S3) to remove the Board of Transportation Commissioners from those approvals (agenda). Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) asked to hold it for an amendment, and Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) asked for a separate vote. It passed as amended by amending motion 7A, which the packet does not include, on a 10-1 vote. 02:51:47

• Adopt item 7 as amended by amending motion 7A (amendment requested by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District); separate vote requested by Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District)). Result: passed, 10-1. 02:52:07

At a special meeting held after regular public comment, the council took up a motion by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) with a TEFRA resolution. It lets the California Municipal Finance Authority issue up to $21,000,000 (agenda) in revenue bonds or notes to finance acquisition and rehabilitation of a 97-unit (agenda) affordable multifamily development at 1624 South Hope Street, after a TEFRA hearing held April 9, 2026 (agenda). The resolution is subject to the Mayor's approval. No in-person speakers came forward. One caller was cut off as off-topic, and another did not speak. The council adopted it and sent it forthwith. 03:17:54

• Adopt the TEFRA resolution (motion by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore)). Result: passed, 10 ayes. 03:21:57
• Request to send the item forthwith. Result: passed. 03:21:59

• Only general public comment was open at the regular meeting. City staff said comment on the agenda items had been satisfied at committee under SB 707. About eight people spoke in person and about nine callers spoke by phone.
• One in-person speaker from the Mid City Neighborhood Council thanked the council for passing item 4, the Mid-City Heights parking district.
• One tenant in Council District 10 objected that a rental was taken out of the rent escrow program too early, saying open complaints had not been fixed and accusing housing inspectors of siding with the landlord.
• A tenant advocate urged the council to speed up overdue report-backs on the maximum indoor temperature motion during an October heat wave.
• Two in-person speakers spoke about human trafficking and domestic violence. One raised child custody and poor data sharing between social workers, police, the sheriff, and the courts. The other described a personal matter involving LAPD and the sheriff.
• One in-person speaker urged asking the governor to have the National Guard investigate public corruption and extortion.
• Two in-person speakers made largely off-topic remarks, one about LA28 and one, speaking in the persona of Doctor Doom, calling for more parks and gathering spaces. Staff warned the second to tie comments to city business.
• Two callers objected to Scientology's yearly shrine event: street and sidewalk closures, security checking IDs, and city permits. One asked that L. Ron Hubbard Way be renamed back to North Berendo Street.
• One caller criticized the long presentations, said SB 707 call-in rules were not followed at committee, complained about the livestream's moving background, and urged the council to remove Jim McDonnell (Chief, Police Department) over cooperation with ICE.
• One caller made profane accusations against Hydee Feldstein Soto (City Attorney) over an alleged outside-counsel conflict of interest.
• Two callers praised the Filipino American History Month, food, and DWP presentations. One also thanked Council District 6 for a stormwater capture meeting and asked council members to work together.
• One caller made anti-LGBTQ slurs and also mentioned lost animals at shelters. Staff later warned the same caller against calling in again to disrupt. A separate caller's comments about buying drugs were cut off as off-topic.
• At the special meeting, no one spoke in person on the bond item. One caller was cut off as off-topic, and another did not speak.

• Item 3: city bureaus, LADOT and the CAO are to report back in 30 days on first/last mile project delivery and funding (agenda).
• Item 6: LADOT and the CAO are to report within 14 days on traffic safety at 60th Street and 10th Avenue (agenda; the amendment 6A changes are not in the packet).
• Item 7: the City Attorney is to prepare an ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 22.484(g)(A)7, and the CAO is to update the Asset Evaluation Framework (agenda). The ordinance would come back to council.
• Item 5: departments are to report a list of active transportation projects and grant deadlines, and the CAO is to report on staffing and funding options (agenda; no deadline given).
• Items 1, 2 and 3 and the special-agenda bond resolution were requested to be sent forthwith. The bond resolution is subject to the Mayor's approval (agenda).
• Domestic violence training for city employees and managers is targeted to launch at the start of fiscal year 2027-28, per the presentation.
• The ad hoc committee on entertainment was to meet fifteen minutes after council adjourned, per a councilmember's announcement.
• Announced events: the Infinite Challenge Run at West Harbor in San Pedro on October 17; Taste of Soul on Crenshaw Boulevard that weekend, 10 AM to 7 PM; lighting City Hall for Filipino American History Month; and a Larry Itliong Day later in the month.