Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee · Held
Los Angeles City Council Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee meeting, August 11, 2026
From official records: On Aug. 11, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee voted 3-0 on all 11 items. It approved a $2 rise in Los Angeles Zoo admission, asked for a pilot letting off-site advertising signs go up at park facilities, and asked whether a contractor could run one or more City animal shelters. The Council later adopted every item it sent forward.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 11, 2026 meeting of the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee 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.
| Where | Room 401, City Hall, 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
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| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 5, 2026) |
| Video | Recording |
| City Council districts | Council District 5, Council District 15 |
Committee members voting, per the committee reports: Ysabel Jurado (chair), Eunisses Hernandez and Adrin Nazarian. All three voted yes on every item.
1. Draft a pilot program for off-site advertising signs at park facilities
- What it does: Tells Recreation and Parks, with the City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst, to draft an Off-site Advertising Sign Pilot Program for park facilities, and asks the City Attorney for an ordinance changing the sign rules to allow off-site advertising at sports fields, courts, performance spaces and bandshells. It also asks Recreation and Parks how a share of sponsorship money could lower camp costs for families (committee report).
- Who brought it: A 2025 budget recommendation; the committee amended it by a motion from Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (committee report).
- Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 21, 12-0, as amended by Motion 2A (Jurado - McOsker); Hernandez, John Lee and Hugo Soto-Martinez were absent (CF 25-0600-S115).
3. Report on requiring most neighborhood council board members to hold CERT certification
- What it does: Asks the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, with LAFD, to report on requiring a majority of every neighborhood council board to get and keep LAFD Community Emergency Response Team certification, with options, timelines, costs, exemptions and remote training (joint committee report).
- Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Monica Rodriguez, in the series of motions after the Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse fire (CF 26-0906-S4).
- Neighborhood council positions: Against: Coastal San Pedro (10-0), West Hills. Against unless amended: North Hollywood Northeast, Greater Wilshire. For the amended version: Bel Air-Beverly Crest, Sylmar, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood Northeast. For if amended: South Robertson.
- What happened: Approved, 3-0. The Public Safety Committee concurred Aug. 12, 4-0, with Traci Park absent (joint committee report).
- What’s next: On Aug. 19 the Council adopted Amending Motion 15A, which drops the certification requirement and asks for a report on making CERT training more accessible, 13-0, with Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0906-S4).
4. Raise Los Angeles Zoo admission fees by $2
- What it does: An ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 22.715 sets general admission at $29 for adults 13 to 61, $24 for children 2 to 12 and $26 for seniors 62 and over, with group rates of $26 and $23 (draft ordinance).
- Who brought it: The City Attorney, at the Council’s request in the 2026-27 budget (City Attorney report).
- Money: No fiscal impact statement was submitted (joint committee report).
- Coverage: The Pasadena Star-News reported the increase follows a $5 rise in August 2025, that adult admission is now $27, and that the committee approved it without discussion (Pasadena Star-News, Aug. 12, 2026).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0. The Budget and Finance Committee concurred Aug. 18, 5-0 (joint committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted the ordinance on second reading Sept. 16, 15-0. It is Ordinance No. 189051, effective Nov. 2, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S22).
7. Watts Towers conservation contract with LACMA raised to $1.34 million
- What it does: Amends sole-source Contract No. C-143404 with Museum Associates (LACMA) for restoration, conservation and maintenance of the Watts Towers, setting the term retroactively at July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 (committee report).
- Who brought it: The Mayor, through a City Administrative Officer report dated July 15, 2026 (CF 26-1029).
- Money: The ceiling rises by $1,107,584, from $229,009 to $1,336,593, paid by the state parks program ($450,000), the Recreation and Park Sites and Facilities Fund ($500,000), Cultural Affairs special appropriations ($307,584) and the Cultural Affairs Trust Fund ($79,009) (committee report).
- Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-1029).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 21, 11-0 (CF 26-1029).
8. Study hiring an outside group to run one or more City animal shelters
- What it does: Asks Animal Services, with the City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst, to report on issuing a Request for Information for an animal care organization to run one or more City shelters, as at the contractor-run Northeast Valley Animal Care Center. It also asks how staff could move to the remaining City-run shelters without job losses (committee report).
- Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield and Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado (motion).
- Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 21, 12-0, with Hernandez, Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0582).
9. GameTime playground equipment contract extended six months
- What it does: Extends Contract No. 3608 with Playcore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime, a cooperative purchasing contract through OMNIA Partners, for as-needed playground equipment, surfacing and site furnishings (committee report).
- Who brought it: Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, Board Report 26-139 (CF 14-0787-S1).
- Money: The not-to-exceed amount stays at $7 million a year; funding is set project by project (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 12, 14-0, with Katy Yaroslavsky absent (CF 14-0787-S1).
10. Kompan playground and fitness equipment contract extended six months
- What it does: Extends Contract No. 3744 with Kompan, Inc. for as-needed playground and outdoor fitness equipment and installation (committee report).
- Who brought it: Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, Board Report 26-138 (CF 20-0151-S1).
- Money: The maximum stays at $4 million a year; funding is set project by project (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 12, 14-0, with Yaroslavsky absent (CF 20-0151-S1).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draft a pilot program for off-site advertising signs at park facilities, and an ordinance to allow them | Approved as amended, 3-0 |
| 3 | Report on requiring most neighborhood council board members to hold LAFD CERT emergency certification | Approved, 3-0; sent to Public Safety Committee |
| 4 | Raise Los Angeles Zoo admission fees by $2 in every category | Approved, 3-0; sent to Budget and Finance Committee |
| 7 | LACMA's Watts Towers conservation contract raised from $229,009 to $1.34 million, retroactive to 2022 | Approved, 3-0 |
| 8 | Study hiring an outside animal care group to run one or more City animal shelters | Approved, 3-0 |
| 9 | Six-month extension of GameTime playground equipment contract, up to $7 million a year | Approved, 3-0 |
| 10 | Six-month extension of Kompan playground and fitness equipment contract, up to $4 million a year | Approved, 3-0 |
| 2 | Animal Services to request a $240,000 mobile pet adoption vehicle in its 2027-28 budget | Approved as amended, 3-0 |
| 5 | Note and file report on tuition and aid at preschools run by contractors in City park child care centers | Noted and filed, 3-0 |
| 6 | Name the Melrose Avenue corridor between Fairfax Avenue and Citrus and Highland avenues the Melrose Arts District | Approved, 3-0 |
| 11 | Apply for and accept about $856,000 in state Summer Food Service money for park summer lunches | Approved, 3-0; sent to Budget and Finance Committee |