Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery · Held · Special

Los Angeles City Council Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery special meeting, October 27, 2026

October 27, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 28, 2026

On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Council's Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery held a special meeting on Oct. 27, 2026, with two items about the June 17 Lineage cold storage warehouse fire on its agenda. It listed a Bureau of Sanitation report on final water quality test results for stormwater runoff from the fire and the status of the Regional Water Quality Control Board's cleanup and abatement order, with presentations by UC Irvine and UCLA researchers and East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. It also listed City Administrative Officer, Community Investment Department and Sanitation reports on a Mitigation Response Fund for the fire's effects. A Community Investment Department report added to the file Oct. 23 proposes a $2.5 million program of monthly payments to affected businesses and Lineage workers. The committee Journal was not posted as of Oct. 28, 2026, and neither council file showed a committee vote. The City Clerk had already scheduled the fund reports for the City Council's Oct. 28, 2026 meeting (CF 26-0906-S12).

Agenda only. As of October 28, 2026, minutes for the October 27, 2026 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery of the Los Angeles City Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The committee chair called this special meeting for 8:30 a.m. in the John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340, City Hall. The Clerk posted the agenda on Oct. 23, 2026. Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Ysabel Jurado (chair), Adrin Nazarian (vice chair) and John Lee. The agenda listed the same three and said the committee takes public comment in person only. The City Clerk’s meeting list shows the meeting as adjourned, with video.

1. Stormwater test results after the Lineage warehouse fire

• What it does: A Bureau of Sanitation report and presentation on the final results of water quality testing of stormwater runoff from the June 17, 2026 Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights: contaminants found, effects on receiving waters and any recommendations for ongoing monitoring. It also covers the status of the cleanup and abatement order issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (agenda). Sanitation filed a report on the file on Sept. 11, 2026 (CF 26-0906-S7).
• Other presenters: The agenda listed Dr. Jill Johnston, associate professor of environmental and occupational health at UC Irvine; Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, assistant professor of environmental health sciences at UCLA; and Mark Lopez and Emmanuel Carrera of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (agenda).
• Who brought it: The report answers an Aug. 4, 2026 motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Adrin Nazarian. The Energy and Environment Committee approved it on Aug. 18, and the Council adopted it on Aug. 26, 2026, 15-0 (Aug. 26 Council meeting, CF 26-0906-S7).
• Money: The agenda marked the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Boyle Heights, Council District 14 (CF 26-0906-S7).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).
• Record: As of Oct. 28, 2026 the council file listed the item as pending in this committee, with no committee action or vote recorded (CF 26-0906-S7).

2. A Mitigation Response Fund for the fire’s effects

• What it does: Reports from the City Administrative Officer, the Community Investment Department and the Bureau of Sanitation on whether the City can set up a Mitigation Response Fund for the effects of the June 17, 2026 Lineage Logistics cold storage fire. The agenda listed a CAO report dated Oct. 16, 2026 and a Sanitation report dated Oct. 22 (agenda).
• What the Community Investment Department proposes: Its Oct. 23, 2026 report asks the Council to set up a Lineage Fire Response Assistance Program with $2.5 million the CAO identified in the Unappropriated Balance. It would give $1,897,000 to businesses in ZIP codes 90023, 90033 and 90063 that lost money because of the fire: $2,500 a month for six months for businesses with one to five employees and $5,000 a month for larger ones. The department estimates that would reach about 101 businesses. It would give $228,000 to Lineage employees who live in the City, at $2,000 a month for six months, which would serve up to 19 employees. The report counts 120 affected Lineage employees and estimates that about 1,133 small businesses in Boyle Heights were hurt by the fire. The other $375,000 would pay for administration, including contracts of $141,500 with Geocko, Inc. (FORWARD), $110,000 with New Economics for Women and $30,000 with Managed Career Solutions.
• What Sanitation proposes: Its Oct. 22, 2026 report asks that Sanitation work with the CAO and the Chief Legislative Analyst to report on whether more money can be found for pressure washing sidewalks, debris and illegal dumping removal, and rodent and fly control in the area bounded by the 10 Freeway, North Mission Boulevard, the Los Angeles River, South Indiana Street and East Washington Boulevard. It says crews have serviced more than 1,200 locations since July 15, 2026 and removed more than 97 tons of material.
• Who brought it: An Aug. 4, 2026 motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky. The Council adopted the joint committee report on it on Sept. 16, 2026, 14-0, asking for reports on a fund of up to $10 million (joint committee report, Sept. 16 Council meeting, CF 26-0906-S12).
• Money: The agenda marked the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” and “Financial Policies Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Other committees: The reports are also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee, which waived consideration on Oct. 21, 2026 (CF 26-0906-S12).
• Who it affects: Boyle Heights, Council District 14 (CF 26-0906-S12).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).
• What’s next: On Oct. 23, 2026, before this committee met, the City Clerk scheduled the reports for the City Council’s Oct. 28, 2026 meeting. As of Oct. 28 the council file listed the reports as reported out of this committee on Oct. 23 and recorded no committee vote (CF 26-0906-S12).

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