About CityHallPass

CityHallPass is an independent guide to Los Angeles city government. It is not a City of Los Angeles website and has no connection to the City, the County, or any campaign.

What we cover

• The City Council and its committees: every meeting since July 2026, each member's record, votes and donors.
• The Mayor: ordinances signed or vetoed, executive directives and appointments.
• All 99 neighborhood councils: boards, budgets, board meetings and the positions they file with City Hall, plus the alliances they form.
• Commissions that make binding decisions: Planning, Police, Water and Power, Ethics and the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners.
• The November 3, 2026 ballot as a City of LA voter sees it, from City Hall to Congress. County, state and federal pages say what each item means for the City.

How we work

• Every page says what something does and what it costs, in plain English. Ballot pages also say what a yes or no vote means.
• Agendas come out days before a meeting and minutes often months after. Each meeting page says whether it rests on the agenda, on official records of what was decided, or on the minutes.
• Facts come from official records: the City Clerk's council files and agendas, the County Registrar, the Secretary of State, the City Ethics Commission, the FPPC and the FEC. When we cite a news outlet, we name it.
• We report campaign money as filed: totals, and the committees, companies, unions and organizations that gave, with the filing date and a link.
• We don't endorse candidates or measures, rate candidates, or publish opinion pieces.
• We use AI tools to help research and draft pages. Every fact links to its source, and a person reviews and approves every page before it's published.
• The site is written in English. Names of people, government bodies and ballot measures are marked so a browser's built-in translator leaves them as they are. Five pages explain how to read the site with a translator: Español, 한국어, 繁體中文, Tagalog.
• When we get something wrong, we fix it and say so on the page. See the corrections policy.

What we leave out, on purpose

Pages about candidates and officeholders stick to the official record. That means some things are left off by choice:

• Complaints, investigations and lawsuits with no official finding. We list a fine, a warning letter, discipline, a conviction or a court judgment, with a link to the agency's or court's document. We don't list matters that are pending, were dismissed, or were reported only in the news. One exception: a sitting official's pending criminal case, stated in one sentence from the court's or prosecutor's record.
• Names of private individuals who gave money. We name the committees, companies, unions and organizations that gave, and report individual donors as counts and totals. Candidates and elected officials who donate are named, and so are individuals who gave $50,000 or more to a ballot-measure or independent-expenditure committee.
• Controversies and personal matters. We cover votes, bills, official actions, stated positions and debates.

Leaving something off says nothing about whether it is true or important. Each candidate and Council member page links to the public databases where anyone can look up donors, enforcement cases and court cases.

How to reach us

CityHallPass is an independent project. It isn't run by a campaign, a party or a government agency, and it doesn't take money from any of them. See Independence and funding. You can reach us at [email protected], send corrections to [email protected], or get updates by email.