Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services special meeting, August 28, 2026
From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services approved all four items as amended on Aug. 28, 2026: a CAO and CLA review of City community safety programs and a model for one citywide unarmed crisis response program, reports on recruiting crisis workers, an LAPD report on calls for service at homelessness service centers and use of opioid settlement money for unarmed crisis teams. The recorded votes were 4-0, with John Lee absent (committee report).
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 28, 2026 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services 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 August 27, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Video | Recording |
Items are lettered in council file order because the agenda order was not available to us. Item D was added Oct. 1, 2026 from a council file that shows committee action on Aug. 28. Committee members, per the committee report: Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez, John Lee, Nithya Raman and Curren Price; Lee was absent.
A. Reports on recruiting behavioral health workers into the City’s unarmed crisis response teams and future career workshops
- What it does: Notes and files a June 10 Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department report on workshops for future crisis workers. Directs the CAO, with the Community Investment Department, to report on linking behavioral health training programs to hiring for the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response (UMCR), CIRCLE and dispatch, and directs the Community Investment Department to report on the workshops’ four objectives (committee report).
- Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 25-0358).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: NoHo (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 4-0; John Lee absent (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0358).
B. Review of City community safety programs and a model for one citywide unarmed crisis response program
- What it does: Directs the CAO and Chief Legislative Analyst to review every City community safety program under three functions (crisis response and mental health, violence prevention, and victim support), covering who is served, where, staffing, metrics and budgets. It also directs a model for one citywide unarmed crisis response program built on the UMCR and CIRCLE pilots, and an inventory of all related services. The underlying April 27 joint report concerned a possible new Department of Community Safety (committee report).
- Money: The CAO and CLA report no fiscal impact from the recommendations (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 4-0; Lee absent (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 30, 2026, 14-0, with Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 25-0600-S137).
C. LAPD and LAFD to report on calls for service at publicly funded homelessness service centers
- What it does: Asks LAPD, with LAFD, the CAO and LAHD, to report on nuisance calls, crime, medical responses and police and fire time at or within 500 feet of publicly funded homelessness service centers over three years, and on corrective steps up to fines or closure where legal. It also asks the Chief Legislative Analyst and LAHSA to report on all fixed service sites and their performance (motion).
- Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by John Lee and Imelda Padilla (CF 26-0817).
- What happened: Approved as amended. No committee report or vote record was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0817).
- What’s next: On Sept. 15 the Public Safety Committee concurred, with a Council District 13 amendment asking operators to report people served, outcomes and their use of public safety resources (CD 13 amendment). The file was also re-referred to the Homelessness and Health Committee (CF 26-0817).
D. Use opioid settlement money to expand unarmed crisis response teams
- What it does: Directs the CAO to use opioid settlement money to keep expanding the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response and CIRCLE programs, including opioid response training, tracking of opioid incidents and specialized mobile teams. The Chief Legislative Analyst reports in 30 days on how other jurisdictions use settlement money for crisis response (committee report).
- Who brought it: Motion by Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-1171).
- Money: No amount is stated and no fiscal analysis was completed (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 4-0; Lee absent (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 26-1171).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| A | Reports on recruiting behavioral health workers into the City's unarmed crisis response teams and future career workshops | Approved as amended, 4-0 |
| B | Review of City community safety programs and a model for one citywide unarmed crisis response program | Approved as amended, 4-0 |
| C | LAPD and LAFD to report on calls for service at publicly funded homelessness service centers | Approved as amended |
| D | Use opioid settlement money to expand unarmed crisis response teams | Approved as amended, 4-0 |