Budget and Finance Committee · Held

Los Angeles City Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting, October 20, 2026

October 20, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 25, 2026

From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's Budget and Finance Committee on Oct. 20, 2026 backed the Clean Corridors plan to move $7,849,362 and fund 81 positions, 4-0, approved $3,133,526 for the Bureau of Street Lighting's hiring hall workforce as amended, 4-0, and backed the $90.33 million transportation construction projects report, 3-0, its Journal shows. It continued the CAO report on the LAPD's request for 300 more Games vehicles and the advisory committee's finance report to Nov. 3. It approved 16 of the 17 closed-session lawsuit items in open session, each 3-0, and discussed the Nasco Petroleum oil and gas case in closed session. Eunisses Hernandez was absent for every vote, and Bob Blumenfield for all but three.

As of October 25, 2026, outcomes for the October 20, 2026 meeting of the Budget and Finance 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.

The agenda, posted Oct. 16, 2026, lists 34 items for 2 p.m. in Room 401, City Hall, with the note “PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM NUMBER.” The Clerk’s meeting notice gives the same time and room. Public comment is in person only. The meeting is also noticed as an incidental special meeting of the Public Works Committee for items 14, 15 and 16, because Budget and Finance members make up a majority of that committee; the agenda says only the Budget and Finance Committee will act (agenda).

Committee members since Aug. 31, 2026, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Katy Yaroslavsky (chair), Bob Blumenfield (vice chair), Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker. The agenda lists the same five members.

Most of the files come from other committees. The Transportation Committee approved items 3 and 4 on Oct. 7 and item 5 on Sept. 16, the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved items 6 and 7 on Oct. 7, the Public Safety Committee approved item 8 and the City Administrative Officer reports in items 9 to 11 on Oct. 6, the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee approved item 12 on Oct. 9, and the Public Works Committee acted on items 14 and 15 on Oct. 13. The Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games waived consideration of item 13 (agenda).

The council files record the committee’s Oct. 20, 2026 actions. Committee reports with this committee’s vote posted for items 3, 5, 6, 7, 14 and 17 by Oct. 22, 2026. Katy Yaroslavsky, Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker voted yes on all six; Bob Blumenfield voted yes on item 14 and was absent for the other five; Eunisses Hernandez was absent for items 3, 5, 6, 7 and 17 and is not listed in the item 14 vote block (item 3 report, item 5 report, item 6 report, item 7 report, item 14 report, item 17 report). The committee Journal gives a tally for every item but 1, 13 and 34. Yaroslavsky, Hutt and McOsker voted yes on all of them. Blumenfield voted yes on items 2, 14 and 15 and was absent for the rest. Hernandez was absent for every vote. The Personnel and Hiring Committee waived consideration of item 14 the same day (CF 26-1334).

Routine items:

• 4. LADOT asks to apply for and accept $922,191 in 2026-27 State of Good Repair funds from Caltrans for permanent electric bus chargers at the City-owned Sylmar Bus Maintenance Yard, 12776 Foothill Boulevard, which now charges its 12 electric buses with mobile chargers. LADOT says the grant needs no local match and has no General Fund impact (LADOT report). The Transportation Committee approved it 4-0, with Traci Park listed as “ABSENT (Recused)” (transmittal). This committee concurred on Oct. 20, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 17-0739-S4).
• 7. The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners asks to accept $950,743 from the California Department of Education for 2026-27, if awarded, under State Preschool Program Contract No. CSPP-6167. The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, with Monica Rodriguez and Adrin Nazarian voting yes and Yaroslavsky absent (transmittal, CF 25-1210). This committee concurred on Oct. 20, 3-0 (committee report).
• 18 to 34. Closed sessions in which the committee may confer with its lawyers under Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1). Item 18 covers two suits by Angels Landing Partners, LLC that the agenda says arise from the company’s Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the City for two acres of land Downtown (Contract No. C-131103) (CF 26-1436). Item 34 is a federal suit by Nasco Petroleum LLC challenging Ordinance No. 187,709, which bans new oil and gas extraction and makes existing extraction a nonconforming use in all zones (CF 26-1264). Items 19 to 32 are injury and collision cases, one of them (item 28) over an injury the plaintiff alleges at a June 14, 2025 protest at 2nd and Main streets. Item 33 is a federal police tort case against the LAPD (agenda). Items 29, 30 and 31 already carry earlier Council actions on motions by Yaroslavsky, seconded by Blumenfield (CF 26-0392, CF 25-0903, CF 26-0398). The agenda gives no settlement amounts. The committee approved items 18 to 33 in open session, each 3-0 with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal), as the council files also record (for example CF 26-1436, CF 26-1437, CF 26-1449, CF 26-1450 and CF 26-1317); the files do not give the terms. For item 34 the file records only that the committee discussed the matter in closed session (CF 26-1264). On Oct. 21, 2026 the City Administrative Officer filed a new report on item 33, which the Clerk referred to this committee (CF 26-1317).

1. Budget and Finance Advisory Committee’s first progress report

• What it does: The agenda lists the Budget and Finance Advisory Committee’s Final Progress Report No. 1, dated June 26, 2026, with the advisory committee’s adopted action plan of July 10, 2026 and presentations from its meetings, the latest a City Administrative Officer presentation and a “BFAC Policy Matrix” dated Oct. 2, 2026 (agenda). The council file’s title is “Advisory Group on the Citys Finances and Budget / Financial Crisis / Long-Term Fiscal Health” (CF 25-0314).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, Imelda Padilla, Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez, in a March 21, 2025 motion. The Council adopted a joint Budget and Finance and Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations committee report on it April 25, 2025, 11-1, with Adrin Nazarian voting no and Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price Jr. and Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 25-0314).
• Members named in the file: The agenda lists appointment letters for Ron S. Galperin (from Blumenfield), Jessica Lall, Derric J. Johnson and Tom De Simone (from Yaroslavsky), and Gilda Haas and Joseph M. Lumarda (from Harris-Dawson) (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: Eight councils filed statements in 2025: Palms, Reseda, Del Rey, Harbor Gateway South, Hermon, Pico Union, Greater Wilshire and Sherman Oaks. The council file page does not list their positions (CF 25-0314).
• Earlier action: This committee continued the report on Sept. 1, 2026 to Sept. 15, and on Sept. 15 to a date to be determined (CF 25-0314).
• What happened: The committee continued the item to Nov. 3, 2026 (CF 25-0314).

2. Convention Center expansion status reports for August and September 2026

• What it does: The agenda lists City Administrative Officer status reports on the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project, dated Sept. 18, 2026 and Oct. 16, 2026, for August and September 2026. It marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 9, where the Convention Center sits (agenda).
• Earlier action: This committee noted and filed the previous two monthly reports on June 16, 2026 (CF 15-1207-S8). In a separate file, it approved up to $2.01 billion in Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles (MICLA) lease revenue bonds for the project on Aug. 18, 2026, 5-0 (committee report). The Council approved the bond recommendations Aug. 21, 9-3, with Nithya Raman, Monica Rodriguez and Katy Yaroslavsky voting no (CF 15-1207-S10).
• What happened: The committee approved the Sept. 18 report and noted and filed the Oct. 16 report, 4-0, with Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 15-1207-S8).
• What’s next: The reports are also referred to the Personnel and Hiring Committee and the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee (CF 15-1207-S8).

3. First transportation construction projects report for 2026-27

• What it does: The City Administrative Officer’s report updates the status and funding of transportation construction, repair and infrastructure projects in the public right-of-way. It asks the Council to let the Controller move $15,744,041 between departments and funds, move $2,826,519 between accounts and appropriate $6,614,198. It would also reauthorize $59,686,000 in MICLA front-funding for the Glendale-Hyperion Complex of Bridges and up to $4,000,000 in MICLA funding for electric vehicle charger infrastructure (CAO report, Oct. 1, 2026).
• Who brought it: The City Administrative Officer (CF 26-1392).
• Money: The report puts the total at $90.33 million: $63.73 million in MICLA reauthorizations from the adopted budget, $0.06 million in MICLA transfers, $21.94 million from special funds, $1 million in grants, $0.2 million in bond funds and $3.4 million from the General Fund. For the charger project, the CAO estimates $4.0 million in borrowing at about 5.5 percent over 10 years, with $5.3 million in total debt service (CAO report). The agenda marks fiscal impact, financial policies and debt impact statements “Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Projects in all Council districts, according to the report (CAO report).
• Earlier action: The Transportation Committee approved the recommendations with amendments on Oct. 7, 2026, 4-0, with Traci Park listed as “ABSENT (Recused)” (transmittal). The amendments drop a $74,891.60 appropriation for the Valerio Street Lighting Project in Council District 6 and add a $1,120,099 transfer from the Measure M Local Return Fund to the General Services Department to maintain bicycle and multi-use paths.
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Transportation Committee’s Oct. 7 action, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent. The joint report sends the amended recommendations to the Council (joint committee report, CF 26-1392).

5. Holding account in the Traffic Safety Fund for speed camera revenue

• What it does: The agenda lists LADOT’s July 31, 2026 report on creating a holding account within the Traffic Safety Fund for the Automated Speed Enforcement Program, with a budget recommendation dated June 24, 2026 (agenda). The report asks the City Attorney to amend the Traffic Safety Fund ordinance so speed camera fines and fees go into it, their uses follow AB 645, and LADOT runs the fund. LADOT reported that the 125-location pilot, run by Verra Mobility, would start with a 60-day warning period (LADOT report).
• Who brought it: The 2026-27 budget process; the file title is “2026 Budget Recommendation / R78 / Transportation / Automated Speed Enforcement Program / Special Fund / Creation” (CF 26-0600-S100).
• Earlier action: The Transportation Committee approved the report on Sept. 16, 2026. Its transmittal records 4-0, while its Journal records 3-0 with Park and Imelda Padilla absent, so the two records conflict.
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Transportation Committee’s Sept. 16 action, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent. The joint report goes to the Council and recommends that it ask the City Attorney to draft the Traffic Safety Fund amendment. Its Transportation Committee vote block lists Hutt, Hernandez, Park and Nazarian voting yes and Padilla absent, which differs from the Sept. 16 Journal (joint committee report).
• Fines: The report lists $50 for 11 to 15 mph over the limit, $100 for 16 to 25 mph over, $200 for 26 mph or more over and $500 for 100 mph or more. All 125 cameras are to be in the 60-day warning phase by January 2027, and citations with collectible revenue could begin on or after Oct. 31, 2026 (joint committee report).

6. State child development grant for park preschools

• What it does: The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners’ Aug. 20, 2026 report asks the City to accept California Department of Social Services funding under the 2026-27 Local Agreement for Child Development Services, Contract No. CCTR-6104, for subsidized preschool at the department’s licensed preschools (agenda, CF 25-1536).
• Money: $2,531,358 from the state for 2026-27 (transmittal).
• Earlier action: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, with Rodriguez and Nazarian voting yes and Yaroslavsky absent (transmittal). The Council adopted an earlier report in this file in February 2026, 11-0 (CF 25-1536).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee’s Oct. 7 action, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (committee report).

8. FEMA grant for the Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

• What it does: A City Administrative Officer report dated Sept. 2, 2026 asks the City to accept the 2025 Federal Emergency Management Agency Cooperative Agreement grant for the Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (CF 26-1316).
• Money: The agenda marks fiscal impact and financial policies statements “Yes” (agenda).
• Earlier action: The Public Safety Committee approved it on Oct. 6, 2026 (agenda).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Safety Committee’s action to approve the CAO’s Sept. 2 report, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 26-1316).

9. State grant for the City Attorney’s impaired driving prosecution program

• What it does: Reports from the City Attorney (Nov. 12, 2025) and the City Administrative Officer (Sept. 21, 2026) ask the City to accept a 2025-26 California Office of Traffic Safety grant for the City Attorney’s Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving Vertical Prosecution Program (agenda).
• Earlier action: The Public Safety Committee approved the CAO report on Oct. 6, 2026 (agenda).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Safety Committee’s action to approve the CAO’s Sept. 21 report, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 26-1177).

10. County sub-award for the City Attorney’s Victim Assistance Program

• What it does: Reports from the City Attorney (Jan. 13, 2026) and the City Administrative Officer (Sept. 21, 2026) ask the City to accept a grant sub-award from the County of Los Angeles for the City Attorney’s Victim Assistance Program (agenda). The file title identifies the money as 2025-26 Victims of Crime Act funds through the California Office of Emergency Services (CF 26-1176).
• Earlier action: The Public Safety Committee approved the CAO report on Oct. 6, 2026 (agenda).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Safety Committee’s action to approve the CAO’s Sept. 21 report, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 26-1176).

11. State grant for the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

• What it does: Reports from the Board of Police Commissioners (July 31, 2026) and the City Administrative Officer (Sept. 30, 2026) cover a grant application and award from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the 2025 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program (agenda).
• Earlier action: The Public Safety Committee approved the CAO report on Oct. 6, 2026 (agenda).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Safety Committee’s action to approve the CAO’s Sept. 30 report, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 26-1071).

12. State grant of $17,940,190 for the Youth Service Corps

• What it does: A Community Investment Department report and resolution ask for authority to accept $17,940,190 in Round 4 funding from the Office of the Governor’s California Volunteers for the Youth Service Corps employment program, for May 8, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2027, and to adjust the program’s Round 3 allocations, which cover June 19, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026 (report, Sept. 3, 2026). The department sent an amended transmittal dated Oct. 2, 2026 (CF 22-0014-S2).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Who it affects: The report lists all Council districts (report).
• Earlier action: The Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee adopted the recommendations in the department’s Oct. 2 communication on Oct. 9, 2026, with Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez voting yes and Ysabel Jurado absent (transmittal).
• What happened: The committee concurred with that Oct. 9 action and noted and filed the department’s Sept. 3 report, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (Journal; CF 22-0014-S2). The file’s activity entry calls the Sept. 3 report a City Administrative Officer report; the agenda lists it as a Community Investment Department report.

13. LAPD request for 300 more vehicles for the 2028 Games

• What it does: The agenda lists the City Administrative Officer’s Sept. 28, 2026 report on LAPD vehicle procurement for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (agenda). The report recommends that the Council note and file the department’s request for MICLA financing for 300 dual-purpose vehicles, “as this Office does not recommend the procurement of additional vehicles for the 2028 Games” (CAO report). This committee asked for it on Aug. 18, 2026: the CAO was to report on the cost of 300 more vehicles for the Games, including maintenance, the Police Commission’s three options and alternatives such as leasing, mutual aid and federal money (committee report).
• Who brought it: The Board of Police Commissioners, in a July 28, 2026 report. Yaroslavsky moved the amended instructions, seconded by Blumenfield (committee report).
• Money: The Police Commission’s Option 1 would spend $23,250,000 in MICLA financing on 300 dual-purpose SUVs; Option 2 would lease 300 patrol cars for 48 months with a $1 buyout; Option 3 combines the two (committee report). The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Coverage: LAist reported that City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo advises the Council to reject the LAPD’s request for 300 more vehicles, and that “more than 1,100 police vehicles not yet in use by the department were funded in the past three budget cycles” (LAist, Sept. 30, 2026).
• Earlier action: The committee approved the Aug. 18 instructions as amended, 4-1, with Hernandez voting no (committee report). The Council adopted them Sept. 9, 8-3, with Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Raman voting no and four members absent (CF 26-0600-S111). The Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games waived consideration of the CAO report on Oct. 16, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S111).
• What happened: The committee continued the item to Nov. 3, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S111).

14. 2026-27 Clean Corridors Program

• What it does: A Sept. 16, 2026 joint report from the Bureau of Street Services, the Bureau of Sanitation and the General Services Department lays out a citywide Clean Corridors Program: weekly motor sweeping of all 800 miles of commercial corridors, dedicated Sanitation crews for illegal dumping and bulky items, 12 Street Services investigators for dumping enforcement and 500 metal slatted trash receptacles. It asks for $10,982,888 from the Unappropriated Balance and 81 positions starting Jan. 1, 2027 (joint report).
• Who brought it: The three departments, under the Council’s 2026-27 budget action, which put $10,982,888 for the program in the Unappropriated Balance and required a report before any transfer (CAO report).
• Money: The CAO recommends transferring $7,849,362 instead of the full amount: $3,461,480 to Street Services, $3,948,123 to Sanitation and $439,759 to General Services, with the 81 positions funded for five months. That would leave $3,133,526 in the account, which the CAO proposes to send to the Bureau of Street Lighting (item 15). The CAO puts related costs at $1,565,730 for health benefits in 2026-27 and up to $1,088,914 for retirement in 2027-28 (CAO report). The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Who it affects: The pilot’s 70 corridor segments run through most Council districts, including Vermont, Western, Crenshaw, Wilshire, Pico, Venice, Lankershim and Roscoe boulevards (CAO report, Attachment 1).
• Earlier action: On Oct. 13, 2026 the Public Works Committee noted and filed the joint report and approved the CAO report with amendments (agenda; Public Works clerk communication).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Works Committee’s Oct. 13 action, 4-0. The Journal lists Yaroslavsky, Blumenfield, Hutt and McOsker in the vote and Hernandez absent; the committee report’s vote block does not list Hernandez. The Personnel and Hiring Committee waived consideration (joint committee report, CF 26-1334).
• What the recommendations say: Subject to the Mayor’s approval, the Council would move $7,849,362 from the Unappropriated Balance to Street Services, Sanitation and General Services and authorize the positions starting Jan. 1, 2027. Beyond the CAO’s two recommendations, the joint report adds instructions: quarterly progress reports from Street Services and Sanitation; work with Council offices on other areas of need, including alleys and commercial zones; filling all positions by Feb. 1, 2027, including through emergency appointments and the Targeted Local Hire program; letting City and Council office contractors drop trash at Sanitation facilities; and a report on options to split service by equal street mileage per Council district or by need (joint committee report).
• What’s next: The report goes to the Council. No Council date was listed as of Oct. 22, 2026 (CF 26-1334).

15. Bureau of Street Lighting funding after the failed assessment ballot

• What it does: The CAO’s Oct. 9, 2026 report recommends that the Council, subject to the Mayor’s approval, move $3,133,526 from the Unappropriated Balance’s Clean Corridors Program account to the Bureau of Street Lighting: $1,740,848 for hiring hall salaries and $1,392,678 for hiring hall benefits. The CAO says the bureau expects this money, with pending and expected interim transfers for work by hiring hall staff, to cover its hiring hall needs through the end of the fiscal year (CAO report, Oct. 9). The agenda also lists the bureau’s Aug. 7 report, the CAO’s Aug. 21 report and the bureau’s Oct. 13 presentation slides (agenda).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, in a June 26, 2026 motion the Council adopted July 1, 2026, 14-0, with Curren D. Price Jr. absent (CF 26-0955). The motion asked for options to find $6.6 million for the bureau after the street lighting assessment ballot failed (motion).
• Money: The bureau put its immediate need at $6,315,691, mostly hiring hall salaries and benefits, to avoid losing 27 hiring hall positions, about 15 percent of field staff (BSL report). The CAO says moving the $3,133,526 from the Unappropriated Balance’s Clean Corridors account has no additional General Fund impact (CAO report, Oct. 9). In August the CAO said the Street Lighting Maintenance Assessment Fund is subsidized by about $23 million from the General Fund this year (CAO report, Aug. 21).
• Earlier action: The Public Works Committee approved the CAO’s Oct. 9 report with amendments on Oct. 13, 2026 (agenda; Public Works clerk communication).
• What happened: The committee concurred with the Public Works Committee’s action, as amended, 4-0, with Yaroslavsky, Blumenfield, Hutt and McOsker in the vote and Hernandez absent. The Journal says the amendments are detailed in a Budget and Finance Committee report dated Oct. 20, 2026. The council file did not show that report as of Oct. 23, 2026 (CF 26-0955).

16. State Proposition 64 grant for Angeles National Forest restoration

• What it does: Reports from the Mayor (Sept. 4, 2026) and the City Administrative Officer (Oct. 15, 2026) and a resolution ask the City to accept a Proposition 64 Cohort 4 grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections for the Angeles National Forest Hazardous Fuel Reduction, Habitat Restoration and Reforestation Project (agenda).
• Money: The agenda marks fiscal impact and financial policies statements “Yes” (agenda).
• What happened: The committee approved the CAO’s Oct. 15 report, 3-0. The Journal lists Yaroslavsky, Hutt and McOsker voting yes and Blumenfield and McOsker absent, so it names McOsker both ways; the other 3-0 votes that day list Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (CF 26-1286).
• What’s next: The file is also referred to the Public Works Committee, and Nov. 3, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda, CF 26-1286).

17. Linkage fee refund claim for 2333 North Nottingham Avenue

• What it does: A Department of Building and Safety report dated Aug. 25, 2026 covers a request from Villard LLC for a linkage fee refund, Refund Claim No. 181410 (agenda). The file title gives the property as 2333 North Nottingham Avenue (CF 26-1472).
• Money: The refund is $85,488.41, under Building Permit No. 22010-10000-05163. The report says the Department of Building and Safety submitted no fiscal impact statement and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst analyzed it (committee report).
• What happened: The committee approved the refund, 3-0, with Blumenfield and Hernandez absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The report goes to the Council, subject to the Mayor’s approval (committee report).

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