Council weighs county homelessness terms; Fire Department maps Measure FD

An appeal by the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space against the City Planning Commission's approval, under a CEQA statutory exemption, of a 744,906-square-foot mixed-use development at 12501–12665 West Ventura Boulevard: 814 homes, 46 of them for Very Low Income households, plus 75,968 square feet of restaurant space in a seven-story, 84-foot building. The project would remove 240 non-protected trees and export up to 521,000 cubic yards of earth (agenda). The planning committee recommended denying the appeal, with added fire-safety conditions and conditions from Council District 4. The council did not decide it at this meeting. 00:37:51

• Request, read by the clerk, to continue item 26 to October 21, 2026. Result: continued. 00:37:51

The council approved without discussion the items that had already gone through committee hearings and that no one called special. They include removing seven properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program, a pay and schedule amendment for Harbor Department boat crews, confirming an appointee to the Rent Adjustment Commission, denying Emerson College's appeal against a 109-unit Sunset Boulevard project, and Safe Clean Water funding requests. Each one is listed in the consent calendar. 00:38:05

• Adopt items 2 through 17, 19 through 20, 22 through 23, 25, and 27 through 28. Result: passed, 12 ayes. 00:38:22

• The city clerk noted that the Housing Department report cited in items 2 through 8 is dated September 28, 2026 00:36:35

The committee recommended that Branford Park, at 13306 Branford Street in Council District 6, be open only from sunrise to sunset, with the hours posted, enforced by Park Rangers seven days a week, and added by ordinance to the city's list of parks with closing times (agenda). The council approved it in the first voting block. It then voted to reconsider and voted again on a motion the chair called 'note and file'. 00:39:08

• Reconsider item 15, requested by Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:39:30
• Note and file item 15, as the chair stated it. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 00:39:37

• A speaker asked to call item 15 special for reconsideration; the rest of her request is garbled in the transcript 00:39:08

The council considered Karen Bass (Mayor)'s appointment of a San Pedro longshore foreman from ILWU Local 94 to the Board of Harbor Commissioners, which oversees the Port of Los Angeles, for a term ending June 30, 2027 (agenda). The trade committee waived consideration. Public speakers said he would be the first Local 94 member on the board and that the board has had no longshore union member for a couple of years. Several members of the council said the same thing about union representation. 01:50:45

▶ Hear it Can the port go zero-emission without automating away jobs? · 0:52

• Confirm Karen Bass (Mayor)'s appointment to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2027; Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) urged an aye vote. Result: passed, unanimous. 02:11:23

• The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners said he started as a longshoreman in 1998 and worked his way up to foreman in ILWU Local 94 01:52:36
• The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners said he would bring the view of someone who works on the docks and lives in the affected community, including what he learned about supply-chain disruptions during COVID 01:52:36
• A speaker asked how the nominee would balance environmental and economic justice without cutting jobs in the name of efficiency as new port technology arrives 01:54:08
• The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners answered that the port can cut emissions with human-operated zero-emission equipment rather than automation, pointing to EPA funding and equipment already in use at one terminal 01:55:17
• A councilmember praised the appointment as union leadership entering government and pledged his support 01:57:43
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the port area is unique and hard for people from elsewhere to understand, which makes a nominee from the community valuable 01:58:00
• A speaker stressed the port's long history of providing jobs and economic mobility, including for immigrant families 01:58:51
• A councilmember invited the nominee and union leaders to explain the port's work to people in other parts of the city 02:01:38
• A speaker said the Harbor Commission would be stronger with the nominee's voice on it 02:03:05
• A councilmember said the nominee could start right away with no learning curve 02:03:43
• A speaker thanked the mayor for appointing someone homegrown to serve at the port 02:04:32
• A councilmember said appointing people who live with the port's issues brings lived experience to the commission 02:05:06
• Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) praised the nominee's record of stepping up for labor and the community 02:06:42
• John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) said it is important to have a longshore union voice on the board 02:07:11
• A speaker closed by citing the nominee's roughly 25 years on the docks and his community service, and urged a yes vote 02:07:41
• A speaker welcomed the return of an ILWU member to the commission and credited the former commissioner who held that role 02:08:48

A councilmember welcomed students from Granada Hills Charter High School who were visiting through a civic engagement program. 02:11:57

• John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) welcomed students from his alma mater who were visiting to learn about civic engagement and public service 02:12:13

A motion by Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) and Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) instructs the City Administrative Officer to report within 90 days on city fees charged to small-scale for-sale housing, such as park fees, the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee, and subdivision fees. The report is to lay out options for exemptions, reductions, deferrals or other changes so that ownership housing isn't charged more than comparable rentals, and to estimate the fiscal effects. Projects that demolish covenanted, rent-stabilized or recently tenant-occupied units, or that sit on parcels with an Ellis Act withdrawal within 15 years, would be excluded (agenda). The motion changes no fees now. 02:12:56

▶ Hear it Should owning a new condo cost more in city fees than renting? · 0:38

• Adopt item 24, with amending motion 24A (Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District)–Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District)) before the council. Result: passed, 14 ayes. Recused: Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). 02:17:00

• Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) recused himself from the item as a precaution because he is a landlord 02:13:01
• The city clerk noted that the item came with an amending motion, 24A, from Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) 02:13:17
• A speaker asked why the same home should cost more to build because it will be owned rather than rented 02:14:11
• A speaker said the median LA home costs over $1 million and condo construction in Southern California has fallen about 90 percent from its 2005–2006 peak 02:14:11
• A speaker argued that city fees and processes make developers favor rental apartments over homes for sale 02:15:12
• A speaker said the motion eliminates no fees now and only asks the CAO for options to reduce, defer, or restructure them 02:16:16

A motion by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) declares the city-owned fee interest beneath Industrial Street, between Central Avenue and Alameda Street, to be surplus property, and directs General Services to process the declaration with the help of the Bureau of Engineering and the City Attorney (agenda). The item was amended from the floor and reopened for public comment as amended. The amendment's content wasn't read aloud. 02:17:14

• Adopt item 18 as amended. Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:17:16

• A councilmember called items 18 and 24 special for an amendment 00:37:19

A motion by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District), Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) and others tells the Department of Building and Safety to report within 30 days on several things: a citywide program to find, secure, clean, repair or demolish vacant and nuisance properties; how many priority properties there are, where, and in what status, sorted by council district; the enforcement tools available; and funding sources, including the Demolition and Repair Fund, along with ways to recover costs from owners (agenda). The item was held at the start of the meeting and adopted with an amendment that the transcript describes only as an added recommendation. 02:17:26

• Adopt item 21 as amended, including Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District)'s additional recommendation. Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:17:58
• Send items 21 and 28 forthwith, at Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District)'s request. Result: passed. 02:18:11

• Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) clarified that his amendment to item 21 adds a recommendation 01:31:23
• A councilmember said he had been late because he was before a commission and that no comments were needed 02:17:42

A John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore)–Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) motion to transfer $438 from the council's heritage month line item to General Services for lighting City Hall on October 13, 2026, for Italian American Heritage Month (agenda). John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) offered a substitute motion, whose content wasn't read aloud. 02:18:01

• Substitute John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore)'s motion for item 36. Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:18:11
• Adopt the substituted motion on item 36. Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:18:26

• John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) called the item special to offer a substitute motion 00:38:44

A Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore)–Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) motion transfers $876 (agenda) from the council's heritage month and special events line item to General Services, to pay for lighting City Hall on October 7, 2026, in commemoration of the October 7 terror attack against Israel. A technical amendment corrected the account number. 02:18:34

• Adopt item 40 as amended by Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore), seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District). Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:18:49

• A speaker offered a technical amendment correcting the fund number to 947 instead of 832 00:43:20
• The city clerk noted that Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) seconded the technical amendment 02:18:40

The council approved, in one vote, the remaining items: the Whole Foods liquor license finding, members' fund transfers and motions, the continued Boyle Heights warehouse fire emergency, the police garage selection, and the revised CASP ordinance instructions. Each one is listed in the consent calendar. Item 50 was sent forthwith. 02:18:58

• Adopt items 1, 29 through 35, 37 through 39, 41 through 47, and 49 through 50. Result: passed, 15 ayes. 02:19:10
• Send item 50 forthwith, at Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District)'s request. Result: passed. 02:19:25

During announcements, a councilmember highlighted a resolution recognizing October 20 for Guatemalan Angelenos (the observance's name is garbled in the transcript). The member also honored the retiring founder and president of a Guatemalan American cultural association. 02:19:42

• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the resolution she introduced recognizes October 20 and celebrates more than 150,000 Guatemalan Angelenos, especially in Westlake and Pico Union 02:19:44
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) commended the founder of a Guatemalan American association, who is retiring this year, for decades of cultural and civic work 02:19:44

• About ten speakers, in person and by phone, supported confirming the Harbor Commission nominee (item 48). Most were longshore union leaders, members and pensioners; others were from a harbor-area youth nonprofit or were a former harbor commissioner. They cited his dock experience, his community service, the return of a union voice to the commission, and concern about automation cutting jobs. One speaker opposed, calling a union member's appointment a conflict of interest.
• Two speakers on item 43 asked the council to pause the non-ductile concrete retrofit ordinance's deadlines until Building and Safety publishes a list of affected buildings. One of them said historic properties and nonprofits face an unreasonable burden; the other warned of housing loss and tenant displacement.
• On item 1 (Whole Foods liquor license), a local neighborhood council representative supported the Sunset project and asked for a meeting about a neighboring project's sidewalk widths. Another speaker attacked the district councilmember over the license.
• One speaker questioned selling surplus property beneath a street (item 18).
• Callers and speakers criticized homelessness spending and contracts (items 29 and 42), including the RV outreach contract and the mayor's homelessness record.
• On item 40, one speaker raised Palestinian deaths in Gaza. Separately, a caller made conspiracy claims about the October 7 attack.
• Single speakers questioned spending on a speed feedback trailer (item 35), said LAPD did not respond to an alleged drunk-driving incident (item 31), and backed free parking for election workers (item 39).
• In general comment, two speakers urged the city to stop granting permits and parade arrangements to the Church of Scientology. One speaker objected to a proposed large increase in planning appeal fees. One warned against demolishing a historic hotel being converted to low-income housing. Others raised immigration enforcement, a public records request about the mayor's FOIA on immigration enforcement, the Destination Crenshaw delay, convention center costs, and Olympics preparation.
• Several speakers made personal allegations against the city, the police and other agencies; others made off-topic or profane remarks. Staff and the chair warned disruptive speakers, and a repeat caller was cut off.

• Item 26 (Studio City Sports Center appeal, 12501-12665 W. Ventura Blvd) was continued to October 21, 2026, when the council denied the appeal (see that meeting's page, item 22).
• Item 21: The agenda calls for Building and Safety to report within 30 days on a citywide vacant and nuisance property abatement program, priority properties, enforcement options and funding. Items 21, 28 and 50 were sent forthwith.
• Item 24: The agenda calls for the CAO to report within 90 days on fees charged to small-scale for-sale housing and on options to reduce or defer them.
• Item 47: The Boyle Heights warehouse fire emergency continues. Departments are to report emergency purchases every two weeks, and the clerk is to keep putting the emergency on the agenda.
• Item 14: The CLA is to report on a permanent park gate closure program. Item 16: Recreation and Parks is to report on spending for boys' and girls' sports.
• Item 50: The City Attorney is to prepare CASP ordinances, with the warehousing urgency ordinance first.
• Item 39: Parking Lot 7 fees are waived October 31 through November 3, 2026, for the general election.

A Memorandum of Understanding between the city and Axon Enterprise, Inc. for a 'Lightpost Test Pilot Program' approved by the Board of Police Commissioners on Sept. 22, 2026. On Oct. 6 the council voted under Charter Section 245 to assert jurisdiction over the commission's action, which lets the council review it; the last day for council action is Oct. 27, 2026 (agenda). Several public commenters described it as automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance and urged the council to reject it. The council did not debate it on Oct. 21 and was not open for agenda comment on it; the item was first continued to Friday, Oct. 23, then moved to Tuesday, Oct. 27. 00:31:08

• Request by a councilmember to continue item 20 to Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. Result: continued. 00:31:22
• Revised request to continue item 20 to Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 instead of Friday. Result: continued, 10-0. 00:59:44

• A councilmember asked that item 20 be continued until Friday. 00:31:08
• The city clerk reported a request to continue item 20 to Tuesday, Oct. 27, instead of Friday. 00:59:30

The presiding member announced that it was Foster Youth Shadow Day and recognized youth from the National Foster Youth Institute's LA chapter who were shadowing councilmembers and their staff for the day. No action was taken. 00:32:05

• A councilmember recognized youth from the National Foster Youth Institute's LA chapter who were shadowing members and staff that day. 00:32:05

A Transportation Committee report from a motion by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District). It instructs the Fire Department to support Metro's authority to install and enforce TAP-to-Exit and modernized faregates at Metro rail and bus rapid transit stations in the city, to work with Metro on permitting and fire and life safety standards, and, with LAPD, to help with timely installation at stations with elevated crime, fare evasion, vandalism or trespassing. LAPD and LAFD are to report quarterly and track service calls at Metro stations (agenda). No financial analysis was done. Passed in a group vote without discussion. 00:33:14

• Adopt the Transportation Committee report (voted together with items 4-6, 8, 10-12, 14 and 22). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34

Two appeals of the vesting tentative tract map (VTT No. 84453) for a mixed-use development at 12501-12665 West Ventura Boulevard in Council District 4: 814 residential units and 75,968 square feet of restaurant uses, plus a haul route. One appeal was filed on behalf of the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space, the other by an individual. The council denied both appeals and upheld the City Planning Commission's approval, with conditions added by the PLUM Committee: a new 10-foot sidewalk with landscaped parkway on Valleyheart Drive, proof of compliance with state fire-safe regulations before the final map is recorded, and conditions in a Council District 4 letter dated Oct. 13, 2026. The project is exempt from CEQA under Public Resources Code Section 21080.66 (agenda). The last day for council action was Oct. 23. There was no council debate; most public commenters supported the project, and one opposed it over fire safety and evacuation. 00:33:14

• Adopt the PLUM Committee report, denying the appeals and sustaining the Planning Commission's approval (group vote with items 3-6, 8, 10-12 and 22). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34

• City staff told a caller that the Riverwalk item was not open for agenda public comment but could be addressed during general comment. 01:10:54

The companion appeal for the same Riverwalk development at 12501-12665 West Ventura Boulevard, carried over from the Oct. 20 meeting. Filed on behalf of the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space, it challenged the project review and specific-plan compliance approvals. The council denied it, upholding approval of a seven-story (84-foot), 744,906-square-foot development: 814 residential units, 46 of them reserved for Very Low Income households, and 75,968 square feet of restaurant space. It also includes 1,040 residential and 766 commercial parking spaces, removal of 240 non-protected trees on site and three street trees, and export of up to 521,000 cubic yards of earth (continuation agenda). Conditions added by PLUM require compliance with state fire-safe regulations and the Council District 4 conditions. The clerk said the item needed 10 votes and had a last day for action of Oct. 23. 00:33:14

• Adopt the PLUM Committee report, denying the appeal and sustaining the Planning Commission's approval (group vote with items 3-6, 8, 10-12 and 14). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34

• The city clerk noted a journal correction for item 22, said its last day for council action was Oct. 23, and said it needed 10 votes for consideration. 00:29:02

An ordinance letting the Board of Water and Power Commissioners award one agreement for the design and construction of the John Ferraro Building Renovation and Modernization Project through a competitive sealed proposal process, which allows negotiations. The project was found exempt from CEQA as a renovation of an existing structure. No financial analysis was submitted (agenda). The ordinance first passed 11-0, but ordinances need a unanimous vote with at least 12 members present to pass on first consideration, so the clerk said it would be held to Oct. 28. Once 12 members were present, the council reconsidered the vote and adopted the ordinance 12-0. 00:33:14

• Adopt the Energy and Environment Committee report and ordinance (group vote with items 3-6, 8, 10, 11, 14 and 22). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34
• Reconsider the vote on item 12. Result: passed, 12-0. 00:37:53
• Adopt the item 12 ordinance on reconsideration. Result: passed, 12-0. 00:38:03

• The city clerk said the item 12 ordinance would be held over to Oct. 28 for second consideration unless it was reconsidered with 12 members present. 00:33:37
• A councilmember noted that 12 members were now present and called for the reconsideration vote on the item 12 ordinance. 00:37:26

A resolution by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) that continues the local emergency declared Jan. 7, 2025 for the windstorm and wildfires. It keeps competitive bidding suspended for emergency purchases, requires departments using that authority to report every two weeks, asks departments to enforce against price gouging and fraud, and has the clerk keep the item on the agenda so the council can decide whether to continue the emergency (agenda). Passed in a group vote without council discussion. The Apartment Association representative argued in public comment that continuing the emergency restrictions hurts owners of rent-stabilized housing. 01:44:59

• Adopt the resolution continuing the local emergency (group vote with items 1, 2, 18 and 19). Result: passed, 14-0. 01:45:05

A motion by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) to move $356,372 from Council District 7's General City Purposes account to the Board of Public Works for supplemental small litter cleanup, corridor cleanups and weed abatement in the district, to be done by Northeast Graffiti Busters (agenda). Subject to the Mayor's approval. Passed in a group vote without discussion; one caller questioned the spending and suggested volunteers. 01:44:59

• Adopt the motion transferring $356,372 (group vote with items 1, 2, 15 and 18). Result: passed, 14-0. 01:45:05

An Economic Development and Jobs Committee report from a motion by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District). It instructs the Community Investment Department, with the Chief Legislative Analyst, to report on the feasibility of an 'LA Vacant to Vibrant' program to fill vacant storefronts, modeled on San Francisco's program, including structure, funding and implementation (agenda). It was adopted with amending motion 7A by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore), whose text is not in the packet. 01:45:05

• Adopt item 7 as amended by amending motion 7A (Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District), John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore)). Result: passed, 14-0. 01:45:12

• A councilmember called item 7 special for an amendment, item 13 for comments, and items 17 and 20 for a separate vote. 00:30:58

A committee report from a motion by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District). It directs the Department of Transportation to make and install three official community signs recognizing Reynier Village, at South Robertson/Cadillac, South Robertson/Cattaraugus and Holt/Cadillac, once the City Clerk confirms the locations are inside the community's boundaries (agenda). It was adopted with amending motion 9A by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District), whose text is not in the packet. 01:45:20

• Adopt item 9 with amending motion 9A (Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District), Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District)). Result: passed, 14-0. 01:47:19

• A speaker said the area was first known as Rainier Park, after the pioneering family whose homestead stood where the city park is today. 01:45:30
• A speaker said neighbors had formed an improvement association by the late 1920s to care for the community. 01:45:30
• A speaker thanked the South Robertson Neighborhood Council for endorsing the recognition. 01:46:35

An Energy and Environment Committee report asking the City Attorney, with the Bureau of Sanitation, to draft an ordinance changing the Fats, Oil and Grease rules. Newly built food service establishments, and buildings converted to food service, would have to install gravity grease interceptors. For existing restaurants, the tenant-improvement cost that triggers an interceptor requirement would rise from $100,000 to $180,000 and then adjust with the Consumer Price Index every three years starting July 1, 2029. Sanitation is also directed to expand outreach (agenda). A technical amendment by Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District), seconded by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District), corrected 'Customer Price Index' to 'Consumer Price Index'. Adopted as amended. 01:47:20

• Adopt item 13 as amended by the technical amendment (Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District), seconded by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District)). Result: passed, 14-0. 01:49:27

• A speaker proposed a technical amendment correcting the price index named in the report to the consumer price index for all urban consumers. 00:29:49
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) said the cost formula that triggers a grease trap requirement had not been updated in over 20 years. 01:47:32
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) argued that, as costs have risen, the threshold has become a barrier for restaurant owners investing in their businesses. 01:47:32
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) credited the program with a more than 90 percent drop in fatbergs breaking sewer lines since 2000. 01:48:32

A Transportation and Budget and Finance committees report on the Automated Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) program for six DASH routes. It adopts a resolution designating street segments as transit-only lanes, adopts LADOT's updated Automated License Plate Recognition Use Policy, and directs LADOT to report in one year on citations issued and collected, payment compliance and revenue. LADOT expects citation revenue to cover the program's annual contract costs; added costs depend on state authorization beyond Jan. 1, 2027 (agenda). John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) questioned contractor access to the data under the policy and was the only no vote. 01:49:27

• Adopt the committees' report and resolution on the ABLE program. Result: passed, 13-1. No: John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore). 01:54:49

• A speaker pointed out that the LADOT policy lists contractors helping LADOT as authorized users. 01:49:37
• A speaker raised serious concerns about the contractor, Hayden AI, having access to city data, citing recent accusations among its founders of fraud and espionage. 01:49:37
• A speaker said the policy lets LADOT and its contractors aggregate history data on specific vehicles and registered individuals for enforcement. 01:51:38
• A speaker argued the council's objection to plate readers depends on which department uses them, not on the technology itself. 01:51:38
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) said she had introduced a motion calling for the same data guardrails across all city departments and contracts. 01:52:29
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) argued law enforcement and DOT need these tools, supported the item, and called the inconsistent treatment hypocrisy. 01:53:34

Reports from the Government Operations and Budget and Finance committees, from a motion by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District), on identifying $460,000 for a study of a city-owned public bank. The Budget and Finance version has the City Administrative Officer find $460,000 minus funding already approved or pending under Council File 19-1235-S1, including possible council discretionary funds, and list the study among unfunded requests in each Financial Status Report (agenda). The clerk described the motion voted on, by Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) and Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), as adopting the Budget and Finance report. It passed after a split debate. 01:54:53

• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), moved to adopt the Budget and Finance Committee report dated Oct. 7, 2025. Result: passed, 11-3. No: John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore), Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District), Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District). 01:58:53

• A speaker asked that the separate vote on item 17 be on adopting the Budget and Finance Committee's report; the transcript renders it as 'removing' that report 00:37:12
• A speaker said several council offices had already pooled money for the study and this motion identifies the remaining funding to finish it. 01:55:08
• A speaker argued the city pays millions a year in fees to private banks that a public bank could keep in Los Angeles. 01:55:08
• A speaker said she would accept council office or philanthropic money but opposed looking for general fund dollars for the study. 01:56:25
• A speaker argued the city lacks the billions in startup capital a bank would need and has not earned the public's trust to run one. 01:56:25
• A speaker supported the study and asked that it examine how a public bank could reduce predatory and high-interest lending to low-income people. 01:57:39
• A councilmember asked that the study include earlier city work on letting libraries serve as alternatives to check-cashing businesses. 01:58:14

A motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asking the City Attorney to report on litigation options over the Los Angeles Continuum of Care bidding process, and asking city analysts and the Housing Department to report on negotiations with the County and on steps to form a city-only Continuum of Care. The agenda lists a possible closed session on one potential case about the city's applications to be the Homeless Management Information System lead and Coordinated Entry System manager. The council went into closed session. Afterward no report was announced, and the item was continued to Oct. 23. 01:59:08

• Request to continue item 21 to Oct. 23, 2026. Result: continued, 13-0. 03:01:14

• A councilmember said the closed session continued last week's discussion of negotiations with the County, the Alliance lawsuit and possible litigation over the Continuum of Care. 01:59:10
• The city clerk after the closed session, called the roll and reported a request to continue the item to Oct. 23. 03:00:56

The council adjourned in memory of two people, each motion seconded by all councilmembers per the journal. Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) honored a longtime Armenian community member and founder of an air cargo business who died Sept. 27 at age 80. Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) honored a 16-year-old killed on Sept. 22 by a hit-and-run driver while walking home with his mother and sister at 60th and 10th Avenue; the family attended. 03:01:32

• A speaker honored the founder of an air cargo business that later focused on shipments and humanitarian aid to Armenia. 03:03:05
• A councilmember said the 16-year-old was struck by a driver going over 60 miles an hour on a residential street. 03:06:00
• A councilmember said 65 people had been killed in traffic collisions in the South Traffic Division, 27 of them in hit-and-runs; he did not give the time period. 03:08:05

• Riverwalk development (items 14/22): about nine in-person speakers supported the project. They included two who said they represent the developer (one identified as paid), a business association and a transit advocacy group, and they cited housing near transit, the 46 very low income units, open space and replacing aging big-box retail. A developer representative said the project would pay about $7 million in park fees plus other fees for LA River improvements (speaker's figures). A caller for the Studio City Neighborhood Council described conditional support and said the council's conditions were met or in process, and then, speaking for himself, argued hillside residents can evacuate on foot or by other means. One caller opposed the project over fire safety, saying parts of two buildings cannot be reached by fire hoses, and cited a study finding that Riverwalk and the Sportsman's Lodge project together would add 27 minutes to an evacuation she said already takes more than six hours.
• License plate readers / Axon pilot (item 20): about six speakers, in person and by phone, urged the council to reject the Axon agreement and automated license plate readers generally. They raised concerns about mass surveillance, data being shared with ICE, stalking, data breaches, and error rates in a prior Inspector General review; one said hundreds of jurisdictions have dropped such systems.
• Public bank study (item 17): a Public Bank LA Coalition caller and one other caller supported funding the study, pointing to the Bank of North Dakota; two or three callers mocked or opposed it, questioning the council's financial expertise and the cost.
• Wildfire emergency (item 15): an Apartment Association representative opposed extending the emergency restrictions without data on who benefits, arguing they push small landlords to sell rent-stabilized buildings; another caller criticized the pace of fire recovery.
• Item 19 cleanup funding: one caller asked why the city needs roughly $400,000 for cleanups that volunteers or people doing community service could do.
• Item 21: one caller opposed the city taking over the Continuum of Care, criticizing city encampment sweeps.
• Violence against Black women and girls: two speakers from the Women's Leadership Project and the Standing for Black Girls Coalition called for sustained city funding for prevention and safe spaces and announced a rally in Leimert Park.
• Other general comments: a caller asked for a policy on pets of unhoused people and an audit of Animal Services; others spoke on the cost of rent, a complaint against the County's children and family services department, a request for a follow-up meeting on a local project, and objections to using a Scientology theater as a green room for a holiday parade.
• Several callers and in-person speakers made crude, abusive or off-topic remarks; city staff warned several of them, cut some off, and warned one repeat caller of exclusion under council rules 7 and 12.

• Item 20, the Axon Lightpost pilot agreement with LAPD, was continued to Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, its last day for council action.
• Item 21, the Continuum of Care litigation and negotiations motion, was continued to Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, when the council adopted it as amended (see that meeting's page).
• Item 16: LADOT is to report to the council in one year on bus-lane enforcement performance, including citations issued and collected, payment compliance and revenue.
• Item 3: LAPD and LAFD are to report quarterly on the TAP-to-Exit faregate efforts and on service calls at Metro stations.
• Item 17: the CAO is to report back to the Budget and Finance Committee with each Financial Status Report, listing unfunded requests including the public bank feasibility study.
• Item 13: the City Attorney and Bureau of Sanitation are to prepare an ordinance amending the grease interceptor rules.
• Item 7 and others: the requested feasibility reports (Vacant to Vibrant, ADA compliance, Executive Order 14224, DWP energization, Capital Infrastructure Plan) are due back to the council.
• Motions posted and referred on Oct. 21 (journal): Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) asked for a CAO report within 60 days on citywide public toilets, handwashing stations and water spigots, and on stable funding for the Skid Row public toilets; Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) moved to spend $200,000 on homeless outreach in Council District 10 through Homies Unidos through Dec. 31, 2027; Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asked LAPD to report on its policies for joining federal search-warrant operations, including Oct. 19 operations in Wilmington.

Seven items not called for discussion were adopted together on a single roll call. Items 2 through 7 note and file reports: the Pico/Genessee Community Pocket Park Trust Fund for FY 2023-24, two reviews of the LAwell employee benefits program for FY 2025-26, Personnel Department reports on city departments' succession plans, and a report on alternative qualifications for becoming a Housing Inspector or Building Inspector. Item 8 is a motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District), seconded by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore), about establishing a Programmatic Fatal Crash Rapid Response Program; the clerk said the Transportation Committee report for it had been posted to Council File 26-1426. What that report recommends is not in the packet. 00:58:45

• Adopt items 2 through 8 on a single roll call. Result: passed, 12 ayes. 00:58:58

Ceremonial presentations. John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) recognized Rotary International for World Polio Day (October 24) and said City Hall would be lit for it the next evening. The council then marked National Clergy Appreciation Month: most council offices, plus the mayor's office and the City Attorney's office, honored a faith leader or congregation in their districts for community service such as food pantries, peace work, homeless services and disaster relief. 00:58:59

• A speaker recognized Rotary International members for World Polio Day and their decades of work on vaccination to eradicate polio 00:59:28
• The council president said the city is going through hard times, citing neighbors living on the street and what he described as the government coming in and kidnapping neighbors, and called faith leaders the leaders of service 01:02:30
• The council president presented the mayor's honoree, the pastor of First New Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, on the mayor's behalf 01:07:28
• A speaker recognized the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, which was described as the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles 01:10:27
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) honored an Episcopal priest serving churches in Echo Park and Lincoln Heights who helped form the Lincoln Heights Peace Committee 01:14:59
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) presented the Ninth District's honoree on behalf of a colleague who could not attend 01:31:15
• A councilmember presented the Tenth District's honoree, saying neither the district's councilmember nor the pastor could be there at that moment 01:51:36

Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) led a presentation declaring Patty Giggins Day in Los Angeles. It honored the longtime executive director of Peace Over Violence, the sexual and domestic violence prevention agency that started Denim Day in Los Angeles in 1999. The honoree announced she is retiring from the agency. Several councilmembers spoke in tribute. 01:56:54

• A councilmember declared the day Patty Giggins Day in Los Angeles, citing four decades leading violence prevention work 01:58:44
• A councilmember said Peace Over Violence started Denim Day in Los Angeles in April 1999 in response to a court ruling that blamed a survivor 02:00:48
• A speaker said she is retiring from Peace Over Violence and introduced the agency's interim executive director 02:09:09
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) thanked the agency for training her office staff in self-defense and pledged continued support for Denim Day 02:13:03
• The council president noted the council now has a majority of women and credited the honoree's generation of women with building the conditions for that 02:23:23

A committee report recommending that the council note and file the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners' December 18, 2025 report on the 2025 Citywide Parks Needs Assessment (Council File 25-1538). The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council filed a statement in support (agenda). Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) called the item special to comment on it, and the council then noted and filed it. 03:14:16

• Note and file the Recreation and Park Commissioners report on the 2025 Parks Needs Assessment (committee recommendation). Result: passed, 12 ayes. 03:16:50

• A speaker described the park system's size: more than 500 sites, 16,000 acres, more than 6,700 employees and about 4.2 park acres per thousand residents 03:14:30
• A speaker said Los Angeles parks rank ninetieth among the 100 largest park systems in the country 03:14:30
• A speaker said the assessment found worn playgrounds, too little shade and too few trees, restrooms not cleaned often enough, and workers worried about their safety 03:15:30

A motion by Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) and Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) (Council File 26-1330). It instructs the Fire Department, working with the City Administrative Officer's and Chief Legislative Analyst's offices and the Personnel Department, to report before November 3, 2026, with initial recommendations for a Measure FD implementation and Fire Department expansion plan. The motion asks the plan to cover hiring, apparatus, stations, wildfire and air operations, technology, and a separate accounting of Measure FD money with a public dashboard, quarterly reports and audits. It also asks for an updated plan within 60 days of the measure passing and annual updates after that (agenda). Measure FD goes to voters on November 3. In the meeting it was described as a sales tax whose revenue would go only to the Fire Department. Department leadership presented the report, councilmembers asked questions, and the council voted to note and file. Seven firefighters spoke for the measure in public comment. 03:16:56

▶ Hear it Would the fire sales tax money go to pensions? · 1:11

• Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) moved to note and file item 9; the presiding member said he planned to second. Result: passed, 11 ayes. 04:22:16

• A speaker argued the department is half the size it should be, with many stations falling apart and dozens more needed 03:17:18
• A speaker said that if voters are asked to put hundreds of millions of dollars into the department, City Hall owes them a concrete plan for spending it 03:18:21
• The fire chief said the department has about as many firefighters as in the 1960s, with six fewer stations and roughly ten times the emergency call volume 03:19:52
• The fire chief said the department wants to enlarge its next two recruit classes from 120 recruits in total to 180 03:21:56
• The fire chief said the preliminary estimate to repair the supply and maintenance facility is more than $9 million 03:23:00
• The fire chief said the academy's single drill tower limits how much classes can grow 03:25:17
• The fire chief said a first engine or ambulance can reach about 49.2 percent of city roads within the recommended four minutes, less than half 03:27:26
• The fire chief said 56 of the department's 106 stations are between 50 and 85 years old 03:27:26
• The fire chief cited a prior study finding the city needs 32 more peak-hour ambulance companies 03:28:29
• The fire chief said six of the 22 hoists at the Lincoln Heights maintenance yard are out of service and the first phase would replace three failed ones 03:31:32
• The fire chief listed technology plans: a drone program, better command software, video 911 calls and finishing the Workday integration 03:31:32
• The fire chief said Measure FD money is meant to add to the department's general fund support, not replace it 03:33:34
• The fire chief committed to quarterly reports to the council and a public dashboard, and said a citizens oversight committee would review spending 03:34:37
• The fire chief said that if the measure fails, improvements would be delayed, scaled back or not happen unless future budgets prioritize them 03:37:08
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) asked how the department would decide which services cut over the last twenty years, such as engine companies, get restored first 03:39:40
• The fire chief said Sylmar has a single fire station serving an area the size of Burbank, which has six stations 03:41:28
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) stressed prevention and grant-seeking, noting she secured $2.5 million from Prop 4 for fire breaks in Foothills communities in her district 03:42:46
• Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) warned the department and the whole city will be closely watched on what the money delivers, and called for guardrails 03:43:47
• A speaker asked the department to confirm the measure adds to its current budget rather than replacing it 03:48:56
• The fire chief said the measure keeps general fund support at about 16 percent, based on the past ten years, with measure money added on top 03:49:26
• The fire chief said an unusual number of firefighter paramedics are leaving for other agencies amid a national shortage and heavy workloads 03:50:13
• The fire chief said the oversight committee would include the public safety committee chair, a mayor's office representative, the controller, the city administrative officer and the fire chief 03:52:56
• The fire chief said the measure keeps its money out of the city's general fund and away from other uses 03:54:07
• The fire chief said a new fire engine takes about three years to get, and called for fast response vehicles in every battalion 03:56:01
• The fire chief said the goal is a fully staffed hazmat unit and a fully staffed urban search and rescue unit in each of the four bureaus 03:58:03
• The fire chief said a mayoral executive directive had the department review low-acuity calls, and changes would roll out in the near future 03:59:31
• A speaker asked whether Measure FD has any connection to pensions or pension spiking 04:01:36
• The fire chief said no Measure FD money would go to pensions or bonuses, and that it would cut overtime 04:02:16
• A speaker raised the criticism that the measure is a regressive tax 04:03:04
• The fire chief described the measure as a half-cent sales tax and said it would benefit everyone, not hurt any one group 04:03:41
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) asked how the hiring plan would use a state program for certifying and hiring formerly incarcerated firefighters 04:06:07
• The fire chief said the plan does not yet include that program but he is willing to look at it 04:07:23
• The fire chief said the department started a concierge program to support pregnant firefighters, part of recruiting more women 04:11:42
• The fire chief said a second, parallel dispatch center is a priority, with a goal of having it before the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics 04:16:11
• City staff said the dispatch center often gets 3,000 calls a day and needs more staff 04:17:19
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) asked that the report have a section on local hiring, on how council districts can help, and on hiring formerly incarcerated firefighters 04:18:25
• The council president urged that communities paying for their own safety, including South LA, get a clear path to fire department jobs 04:20:07

A motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) (Council File 26-1485), continued from October 21. It asks the City Attorney for a report on possible litigation over the Los Angeles Continuum of Care bidding process. It also instructs the City Administrative Officer's and Chief Legislative Analyst's offices and the Los Angeles Housing Department to report on negotiations with the county for City leadership and a fair share of resources, and on steps to form a city-only Continuum of Care (agenda). The council adopted it with amending motion 10A, presented by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District). Staff presented a term sheet reached with county staff covering two federally required programs now run by LAHSA, whose new lead agency is being chosen. Under the homeless data system (HMIS), the city would get access to data on everyone experiencing homelessness with any link to the city, and proportional representation on reporting bodies. Under coordinated entry (CES), the county would contract with the city to match people to housing in all city-funded projects, and the two would jointly recommend a local preference for city residents experiencing homelessness. Staff said binding agreements would come back to the council and to the Board of Supervisors. 04:22:18

▶ Hear it Can the city enforce a deal the county can only recommend? · 1:02

• Adopt item 10 as amended by amending motion 10A (Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District), with Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), as the council president said it). Result: passed, 10 ayes. 05:16:26

• A speaker said the city had already agreed the county should be the collaborative applicant and run the point-in-time count, leaving data and matching as the open issues 04:23:47
• A speaker said the agreement does not rule out continuing to research a city-only Continuum of Care 04:24:54
• The city administrative officer said the Continuum of Care board had already given the county the lead roles for the collaborative applicant and the point-in-time count 04:26:23
• The city administrative officer said the general membership is set to vote on Monday on the HMIS and coordinated entry roles 04:27:26
• The city administrative officer said city and county staff agreed on the terms as joint recommendations, and the county CEO will present them to the Board of Supervisors 04:28:26
• The city administrative officer said the terms set out markers, with binding agreements to be negotiated in more detail and brought back to the council 04:29:26
• The city administrative officer said the city would get access to all data on people experiencing homelessness who have any documented link to the city 04:29:26
• The city administrative officer said the meaning of proportional representation is still to be set in the data use agreement or MOU 04:31:31
• The city administrative officer said the county would contract with the city to handle housing matching for all city-funded resources in the city 04:33:31
• The city administrative officer said that within 60 days of the county taking the coordinated entry lead, the two would jointly recommend priority for city residents experiencing homelessness 04:34:36
• The city administrative officer said the county would recommend dedicated city seats on the CES Policy Council for the housing authority, the housing department, the CAO and the community investment department 04:35:39
• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked whether the agreement is enforceable and what happens if the county does not comply 04:37:34
• Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked to add input on agendas and work plans to the HMIS system-improvements terms 04:39:36
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) argued the county is not giving the city its fair share of Measure A money, given the city's much larger housing portfolio 04:41:57
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) stressed that service providers, who start the placement process, need access to data across both jurisdictions 04:44:41
• City staff said frontline service providers face no limits on the HMIS data they can see 04:46:09
• The city administrative officer said the agreement covers only data and matching, not funding for service providers, which belongs in a broader conversation about the system's future 04:50:32
• Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) credited the negotiators, saying the city had been heading toward the county running coordinated entry with none of these terms 04:51:39
• Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) noted proportional representation could be based on share of population, share of the homeless population or other formulas, with very different results 04:56:08
• Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) flagged that new supportive housing built without city money, such as an ED1 project in his district, would stay outside city matching 04:59:44
• Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said he would not hold up the deal over that concern, and asked about access to county mental health (DMH) data 05:00:49
• City staff said the city does not have direct access to the county mental health systems, but talks on access will continue 05:01:24
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) said he was more skeptical, noting the city was effectively negotiating settlement-like terms in open session amid existing and threatened litigation 05:02:34
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) argued proportional representation should not reward parts of the county that push homeless people into the city without providing alternatives 05:03:39
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) pointed out that on charter changes the county only commits to recommending them to an independent Continuum of Care body 05:04:47
• The city administrative officer said a recommendation was the most the county could commit to, since the Continuum of Care general membership decides charter changes 05:05:44
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asked why city matching shouldn't cover all housing resources in the city regardless of who funded them 05:06:23
• Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asked what impasse procedure would keep the county from stonewalling on the commitments still to be worked out 05:08:25
• The city administrative officer said the city subsidizes about 94 percent of the subsidized supportive housing beds, and currently manages matching for none of them 05:10:07
• Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called the change from current conditions night and day 05:12:48
• The council president asked that the city attorney's representations in an upcoming court hearing reflect the council's discussion, and recommended forgoing the day's special meeting 05:13:49
• A speaker said the agreement gives the city the raw HMIS data for its own reports and dashboards, plus matching for city-funded housing, and urged a yes vote on amendment 10A 05:14:56

• Seven in-person speakers, all identifying as Fire Department firefighters, captains or paramedics, several of them officers of the firefighters' union, spoke on item 9 in support of Measure FD. They cited response times of about eight minutes against a four-minute national standard, aging stations, and engine companies closed since 2011. One said the union had spent $4.5 million of members' money on the campaign, and another said the measure does not tax basic groceries or prescriptions.
• About four callers also supported more resources for the Fire Department under item 9, several thanking firefighters for help they had received. One said fire should get more funding than the police.
• On item 10, one caller called the threatened litigation over the Continuum of Care frivolous and the council sore losers. Another urged the council not to spend money on litigation.
• One in-person speaker used profanity, accused the Fire Department of responsibility for the Palisades fire, and called the Measure FD motion a payoff. Staff warned the speaker about disruption under council rules.
• General comment covered a range of topics: one speaker asked that workers at sexualized businesses get the protections victims of domestic violence have; one speaker criticized a councilmember's candidacy and attendance; others alleged corruption by medical examiners and human trafficking tied to county agencies; two callers urged the city to stop issuing permits to Scientology; one asked for an audit of Animal Services and more spay/neuter vouchers; one thanked a councilmember for charter reform meetings; and one criticized the mayor during the mayoral race.
• Several callers were cut off or disconnected for audio feedback, off-topic or abusive remarks, or not unmuting. Staff warned that a caller suspected of being a previously warned speaker could be excluded from future meetings.

• Measure FD goes to voters on November 3, 2026. The item 9 motion asks the Fire Department to update and present its preliminary plan within 60 days of passage and to update it annually (agenda).
• A councilmember asked that the Fire Department's report include a section on local hiring, how council districts can help, and hiring formerly incarcerated firefighters; department leadership said it would explore that and using retirees in cadet and magnet programs.
• Department leadership said changes to low-acuity call dispatch are expected to roll out in the near future, and that it aims to have a parallel dispatch center before the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.
• The Continuum of Care general membership was set to vote on Monday (October 26) on who leads HMIS and the coordinated entry system.
• Binding agreements based on the term sheet (a data use agreement and MOUs) are to come back to the council and to the Board of Supervisors, including a definition of proportional representation; the county CEO is to present the joint recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
• Within 60 days of the county taking the coordinated entry lead, the city and county are to jointly recommend prioritization of city residents experiencing homelessness for housing in the city.
• The council president asked that the city attorney's representations at a court hearing on October 27 reflect the council's discussion of item 10.
• The closed sessions planned for the canceled October 23 special meeting (Council Files 23-1068 and 20-0263, LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City of Los Angeles) were not held, and no new date was given.
• The Trade, Travel and Tourism committee meeting set for that afternoon was canceled, to be rescheduled.
• Motions were posted and referred.
• Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) announced the Reseda Rising art walk on Saturday, October 24, 5 to 10 p.m., on Sherman Way at Lindley.
• City Hall was to be lit on the evening of October 24 for World Polio Day.