Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review special meeting, September 30, 2026
From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review held its first meeting, a special meeting, on Sept. 30, 2026, on Tim McOsker's motion setting the committee's procedures, deadlines and a public list of proposals and 10 recommendations from the Charter reform package the Council considered on June 17, 2026. The committee continued both items to a date to be determined, the council files show (CF 26-1238, CF 26-0489). The agenda also listed a presentation on the 1999 Charter process; no Journal was posted as of Oct. 6, 2026. The Daily News reported that McOsker proposed four topic phases running through July 2027.
As of October 6, 2026, outcomes for the September 30, 2026 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review of the Los Angeles City Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 28, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Video | Recording |
This was a special meeting; the special agenda was posted Sept. 28, 2026. Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Tim McOsker (chair), Heather Hutt (vice chair), Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman and Katy Yaroslavsky. The Council’s Aug. 11 resolution gave the Rules Committee Charter matters not assigned to this committee.
Item 1 on the agenda was a verbal presentation by Raphe Sonenshein, executive director of the Haynes Foundation, on the work that led to the 1999 Charter and on questions pending in the current review. It had no council file.
2. Set the committee’s procedures, deadlines and a public matrix of proposals
- What it does: The motion asks the committee to start by taking stock of Charter proposals already studied and those left unresolved, and to hear from residents, current and former officials, labor and civic groups and governance experts. The file title lists amendments, governing provisions, deadlines and procedures, a public-facing matrix and solicited testimony (motion).
- Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-1238).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: North Hollywood Northeast.
- Coverage: The Daily News reported that McOsker proposed taking up separation of powers through November, service delivery in December and January, fiscal governance from February to April, and elections and representation from May to July, with final reports and Charter language by the Council’s 2027 summer recess (Daily News).
- What happened: The committee continued the item to a date to be determined. No vote count was posted as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 26-1238).
3. Ten recommendations from the Council’s June 17 Charter reform package
- What it does: Takes up recommendations 15, 22, 23, 28 to 30, 35, 37, 38 and 67 of the Charter reform package the Council considered on June 17 (agenda). The numbers follow the Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report the Council acted on that day. They cover the CAO’s Chief Financial Officer role, the Council’s authority over Police Department policy and Police Commission actions, Civil Service changes proposed by the Personnel Department, the Police Chief’s duties on protest rights and officer removal, and No. 67, a note-and-file recommendation the Council sent to the ad hoc committee (Charter Reform Recap). The City Clerk re-referred the file here on Aug. 21, 2026 (CF 26-0489).
- Background: On June 17 the Council voted on each recommendation and sent some to the Nov. 3 ballot, including a Capital Improvement Program (15-0) and a General Plan amendment deadline that passed 8-7 (Charter Reform Recap). The Daily News reported that proposals held back include noncitizen voting in City and LAUSD elections, Council oversight of LAPD discipline, Council expansion, a voting age of 16, ranked-choice voting and splitting the City Attorney’s office (Daily News, Sept. 30, 2026).
- Neighborhood council positions: Ten neighborhood councils filed statements on the file between April and June, before the June vote (CF 26-0489).
- What happened: The committee continued the item to a date to be determined. No vote count was posted as of Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 26-0489).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Set the committee's procedures, deadlines, a public matrix of proposed Charter amendments and public testimony | Continued to a date to be determined |
| 3 | Recommendations 15, 22, 23, 28 to 30, 35, 37, 38 and 67 from the Charter reform package the Council considered on June 17, 2026 | Continued to a date to be determined |
| 1 | Presentation by Raphe Sonenshein of the Haynes Foundation on the process and themes behind the 1999 Charter | Not posted yet |
Council files on other pages
- CF 26-2000: Los Angeles City Council, Aug. 11 · Los Angeles City Council, Aug. 14 · Ad Hoc Committee on Film, Entertainment, and Creative Industry, Oct. 16 · Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council, Aug. 24
- CF 26-2000-S1: Los Angeles City Council, Aug. 11 · Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sept. 30 · Energy and Environment Committee, Oct. 1 · Economic Development and Jobs Committee, Oct. 2 · Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Oct. 2 · Budget and Finance Committee, Oct. 6 · Public Safety Committee, Oct. 6 · Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee, Oct. 7 and 11 more