Council approves Van Nuys Airport leases; renames center for Curren Price

A motion by Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) and Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) (agenda) would hold a federally required public hearing and adopt a resolution letting the California Enterprise Development Authority issue up to $16,000,000 in conduit revenue bonds (agenda) to finance educational facilities at 14701 Friar Street and 14704 Victory Boulevard and a vacant parcel across Friar Street in the Sixth District. Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) asked that it be continued to November 10, and the November 10 agenda lists it as continued from November 6. 00:43:53

• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) asked that item 3 be continued to November 10. Result: continued. 00:43:53

The council marked Native American Heritage Month and the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission, with a tribal blessing, the commission's three annual awards, and a certificate for the commission. 00:46:44

The council honored the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library downtown on its 100th anniversary, with remarks from library leadership. 01:14:32

The council honored Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District), who is leaving office after representing the Ninth District since 2013, with a video, tributes from colleagues and from labor, faith, immigrant-rights, business and university leaders, and a framed resolution; during it Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) said he is taking over as chair of the economic development and jobs committee Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) had led. 01:31:02

• A speaker said in his farewell remarks that his office broke ground on Slauson Connect, describing it as a $40 million youth and community center 03:11:23
• A speaker acknowledged that his tenure saw setbacks and criticism 03:12:25
• A speaker said misinformation sometimes tries to tarnish a person's name 03:12:52

A motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), seconded by Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) and Hugo Soto-Martínez (Councilmember, Thirteenth District) (agenda), instructs the General Services Department, or another relevant department, to rename the Slauson Connect Center, a youth and community center, after Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) and to install signage. The council took a ceremonial voice vote during the tribute to Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District), before public comment, and an official vote after public comment, where several speakers objected to the renaming. 03:19:07

▶ Hear it Should a center be renamed for a sitting member? · 0:38

• Ceremonial voice roll call on renaming the Slauson Connect Center after Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). Result: passed, 14 ayes. 03:20:34
• Official vote on the Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) motion to rename the Slauson Connect Center after Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:40:43

• A councilmember asked the clerk to take up item 54 for a ceremonial voice vote during the farewell tribute 03:19:07

The Budget and Finance Committee recommended adopting a 2026-27 appropriations limit of $10,026,603,100 (agenda), calculated with a city population change of -0.87 percent and nonresidential new construction growth of 9.55 percent. The CAO reported no fiscal impact. The council passed it as amended by an amending motion from Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) and Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) whose contents were not described aloud. 04:40:48

• Adopt the committee report as amended by the Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District)–Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) amending motion. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:41:03

The report, from a motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District), instructs the CAO, CLA and Housing Department, with LAX's operator, Metro, LAHSA and the Housing Authority, to report in 90 days on a plan for encampment resolution, outreach and housing placement around Olympic venues and transit hubs during the 2028 Games, including timelines, costs, funding sources, bringing uninhabitable units up to code, and expanding time-limited subsidies. It also asks Los Angeles County to add mental health, substance use and recuperative care beds before the Games. The council passed it with amending motion 5A from Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District). 04:41:05

▶ Hear it How will the city treat unhoused people during the Olympics? · 0:53

• Adopt the Homelessness and Health Committee report as amended by amending motion 5A (Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District)–Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District)). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:43:45

• A speaker argued the city should take proactive steps on homelessness rather than pushing unhoused people out of public view during the Games 04:41:18
• A speaker said the council needs the timeline, cost and options for a housing-led approach 04:41:18
• A speaker said her amendment directs departments to work with the city's housing department and the housing authority on the report 04:41:18
• A speaker said the report should lay groundwork for more shelter capacity and humane conditions in housing units 04:42:26
• A speaker argued unhoused residents should not be treated as obstacles to successful Games 04:42:26

The report, from a motion by Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) and Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) and others (agenda), instructs the Housing Department, with the CLA, City Attorney and CAO, to recommend policies on landlords' use of algorithmic rent-setting and AI tools: a registration and disclosure program, notice to tenants when such systems affect rents or renewals, the city's legal authority to restrict software using nonpublic competitor data, possible fees and a special fund for tenant aid, fair housing risks, enforcement, and how Berkeley and West Hollywood regulate it. No financial analysis has been done (agenda). Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) recused from the item. 04:43:48

• Adopt the Housing Committee report. Result: passed, 13 ayes. Recused: Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). 04:45:42

• A speaker recused himself from the item, saying he is a landlord 00:45:17
• A speaker said corporate landlords are increasingly using AI to set rents and manage vacancies 04:43:54
• A speaker said the city has no way to track the effect of these tools on the local rental market 04:43:54
• A speaker described the motion as starting work on a registry of landlords using these tools and mandatory disclosure 04:43:54
• A speaker said it would also examine legal avenues to restrict the software and steer any revenue to tenant relief and homelessness prevention 04:43:54
• A speaker stressed that the motion only gathers information at this stage 04:44:55

Directs the Department of Animal Services to report on its staffing and deployment of Animal Control Officers and what it needs to keep response times safe for animals and residents citywide (motion by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District), agenda). No financial analysis has been done (agenda). 04:45:45

• Adopt the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee report. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:47:16

• A speaker argued the city must address animal control staffing and response times citywide 04:45:51
• A speaker said a recent cleanup under the San Fernando Road bridge in Sun Valley found many roaming animals in encampments 04:45:51

Instructs the Housing Department to report within 90 days on city pet housing policies, including allowable deposits and fees, best practices to expand pet-inclusive housing and reduce pet surrenders, and effects on housing stability, shelter intake and the budget; asks the City Attorney to recommend an ordinance reducing or removing breed, weight and size limits on pets in housing that is not publicly funded; and, under the Housing Committee report, directs outreach to tenants and landlords on insurance, liability and operational impacts. The council adopted the Housing Committee report on a motion by Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) seconded by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District). 04:47:19

• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) moved, Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) seconded, to adopt the Housing Committee report. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:50:53

• A speaker argued no one should have to give up a pet to stay housed 04:47:26
• A speaker said 64 percent of city rentals allow pets but only 5 percent do so without breed, weight or size limits 04:47:26
• A speaker said the city keeps paying liability costs out of the General Fund that could improve shelters 04:48:31
• A speaker noted city code already bars pet discrimination in housing the city finances 04:48:31
• A speaker said the City Attorney would recommend an ordinance easing breed, weight and size restrictions 04:49:35

Notes and files the Animal Services report on 2025-26 spay and neuter vouchers, and instructs the department to report on resources needed to get vouchers to those who need them, projected procedures for 2026-27, provider limits, and programs for high-need areas such as Skid Row. 04:50:56

• Adopt the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee report. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:55:47

• A speaker argued shelter conditions won't improve without preventing widespread breeding of cats and dogs 04:51:01
• A speaker said she has directed Animal Services to report on focusing on high-need areas and reinstating a mobile program 04:52:16
• Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) said Skid Row currently has only one animal control officer 04:52:47
• A speaker said she made an added $1 million for spay and neuter one of her top budget priorities last cycle 04:54:04
• A speaker said she hopes to double that amount in the next budget cycle 04:54:04
• A speaker said the Chesterfield Square shelter in his district is the city's top surrender location and housing is the top reason for surrenders 04:55:13

Instructs the Information Technology Agency, with the CLA, to recommend a citywide data privacy policy for all city and proprietary departments covering data collection, storage, retention, access, sharing, cybersecurity, allowed and prohibited uses of city technology and data, and oversight and auditing (motion by Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) and others, agenda). 04:55:49

• Adopt the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee report. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:57:52

• A speaker argued departments should not operate under different standards for handling sensitive data 04:55:53
• A speaker said the scrutiny LAPD has faced over technology should apply to all departments 04:55:53
• A speaker said the motion is about consistent rules, not limiting technology 04:56:54

An ordinance amending the Administrative Code's salary schedule to give the City Ethics Commission's executive director a salary adjustment approved by the commission; the CAO says the cost will be absorbed within the commission's 2026-27 budget (agenda). John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) called it for a separate vote. It passed on first consideration with one no vote and returns for a second reading. 04:57:54

• Adopt the ordinance on first consideration (called for a separate vote by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore)). Result: passed, 12-1. 04:58:08

Uses $30,000 (agenda) from the Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area Special Fund for speed humps, tables or other speed-reduction work at or near the Franklin Avenue and Las Palmas Avenue crosswalk in the Fourth District. Passed as amended by motion 39A, offered by Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) for Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District); the amendment's contents were not read aloud. 04:58:19

• Adopt item 39 as amended by amending motion 39A (Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) for Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District)–Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District)). Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:58:31

As posted, moves $2,924 (agenda) from the council's heritage month and special events funds for services marking the death of a civil rights leader, including lighting City Hall on October 28 and 29, 2026. The council first voted to substitute a new motion from Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) and Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore), then passed the substituted item; the substitute's contents were not read aloud. 04:58:34

• Substitute the Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District)–Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) motion for item 40. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:58:45
• Adopt item 40 as substituted. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:58:53

Council approval of five Van Nuys Airport leases the Board of Airport Commissioners approved September 23, 2026: a 10-year lease with The Condor Squadron Officer's and Airmen's Association at 7800 Hayvenhurst Avenue (about $307,000 over the term); a 10-year lease with Joby Aero at 7646 Hayvenhurst Avenue (about $1,750,000); a 10-year lease with Paramount Global Corporate Aviation for a general aviation facility at 7150 Hayvenhurst Avenue (about $8,313,168); and two leases with subsidiaries of Sky Harbour Group for general aviation facilities at 16425 Hart Street (about $29.24 million) and 7701 Woodley Avenue (about $83.4 million), each with a maximum term of 32 years. Revenue figures are the board's estimates (agenda); the agenda says none affects the General Fund and that the CAO and CLA did not complete a financial analysis. The leases drew the meeting's largest block of item-specific public comment, split between nearby residents seeking airport-wide environmental review first and business and labor groups backing the jobs. They passed without debate; Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) spoke on them afterward. 04:58:56

• Approve items 47 through 51, the five Van Nuys Airport leases. Result: passed, 13 ayes. 04:59:37

• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said she expected a presentation from the airport department before the vote; none was given and she agreed the items could move to a vote 04:59:02
• A speaker said the leases fit her vision of a more sustainable, community-friendly, job-creating airport 05:03:29
• A speaker said residents told her the airport must change how it deals with its neighbors 05:03:29
• A speaker said the projects upgrade buildings to high energy standards and remove lead-contaminated buildings 05:04:29
• A speaker credited voters' passage of Charter Amendment PRT with giving the community a more direct role in airport decisions 05:04:29
• A speaker said she introduced a new motion so remaining airport sites prioritize high-paying aviation jobs 05:04:29
• A speaker said the motion also seeks air quality and noise measures so future leases deliver measurable reductions 05:04:29

Members made announcements, chiefly a roughly 16-month full closure of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the harbor area starting the night of the meeting, along with event notices and a committee start time. 04:59:40

• A speaker announced the Ad Hoc Boyle Heights Fire Response Committee would begin at 2:30 p.m. 04:22:48
• A speaker announced Caltrans would fully close the Vincent Thomas Bridge for a deck replacement starting at 12:01 a.m. 04:59:49
• A speaker said the closure will last about 16 months, with reopening scheduled for February 29, 2028 04:59:49
• A speaker said city transportation officers will direct traffic and cite truck drivers who leave designated detour routes 04:59:49
• A speaker said Caltrans is paying for those officers as a mitigation measure 05:00:51
• A speaker named the two main alternative routes to Terminal Island 05:00:51
• A speaker said tens of thousands of trucks and cars use the bridge daily 05:01:52
• A speaker announced, on behalf of himself and Mayor-elect Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District), that City Hall will be lit in the Indian flag's colors on Sunday for the first day of Diwali 05:02:58
• A speaker announced a Día de los Muertos celebration the next day at San Fernando Mission Cemetery 05:06:00

• About eight speakers, in person and by phone, opposed item 54, renaming the Slauson Connect Center after Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District). Several said he faces criminal charges (citing 12 felony counts and a December trial), claims the council did not take up. Two objected that the ceremonial vote was held before public comment, and some complained about the roughly two-hour tribute, one saying public comment was limited after it.
• About six speakers, most of them neighbors of Van Nuys Airport including members of its Citizens Advisory Council, urged the council to delay or reject the five airport leases (items 47-51). They cited the lack of an airport-wide environmental review, a specific plan dating to 2005, jet noise and fumes, the Joby lease's unclear long-term use, and the advisory council not being consulted before the proposals went out. Several said they were not asking to close the airport.
• About six speakers supported the airport leases, from a business group, a Valley economic alliance, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, Laborers Local 300, and Sky Harbour. They cited jobs, investment and electric aviation; Sky Harbour speakers said the two Sky Harbour projects would create about 600 jobs and keep 300 maintenance jobs at the Woodley site.
• Two speakers said the speed hump items (30, 31) fall short on traffic safety, one calling for street design and transit that get cars off the road.
• About three speakers supported Sunday library hours (item 41), and two, one in person and one by phone, supported the backpack drive (item 42).
• A few speakers opposed the alcohol sales findings for the Trader Joe's and Island Pacific stores (items 1 and 2).
• One speaker opposed accepting the federal DNA grant extension (item 43); another supported expanding DNA testing.
• A representative of a landlord group said state law already restricts common rent-pricing algorithms (item 6) and that requiring owners to allow pets (item 11) could put small landlords' property insurance at risk.
• In general comment, two speakers criticized the police chief and called for his removal; several commented on the week's election, which they said Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) won for mayor; one said remote comment isn't offered at most committee meetings and called that a violation of state law; one warned that the 2028 Olympics could displace about 6,000 unhoused people near venues and called for repealing 41.18 enforcement zones; one caller congratulated the library, an honoree and the election winners.
• Many speakers used profanity and personal insults against members, and one said the chair limits who can speak.

• Item 3, the $16,000,000 bond hearing for school facilities on Friar Street and Victory Boulevard, was continued to Tuesday, November 10.
• Item 21, the Ethics Commission executive director salary ordinance, is held over to Friday, November 13, 2026 for a second reading.
• Caltrans was to close the Vincent Thomas Bridge fully at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 7, for about 16 months; reopening is scheduled for February 29, 2028.
• Item 5: city departments are to report in 90 days on a homelessness plan for the 2028 Games.
• Item 9: the Bureau of Sanitation is to report within 30 days on more stormwater testing tied to the Boyle Heights warehouse fire.
• Item 11: the Housing Department is to report within 90 days on pet-inclusive housing, and the City Attorney is to report on a possible ordinance.
• Item 24: Personnel is to submit a $50,000 domestic violence training request in the 2027-28 budget process.
• Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said she introduced a new motion on job priorities and air quality and noise reductions for the remaining Van Nuys Airport sites.
• City Hall is to be lit for Diwali on Sunday; a Día de los Muertos event is set for Saturday at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
• The Ad Hoc Boyle Heights Fire Response Committee was to meet at 2:30 p.m. that day.