Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee · Held

Los Angeles City Council Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee meeting, October 9, 2026

October 9, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

From official records: On Oct. 9, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee approved, as amended, all three items on its agenda: accepting a $17,940,190 state grant for the Youth Service Corps, a motion on how Executive Order 14224, the federal order naming English the official language, affects City help for residents with limited English, and a motion to name an area in Council District 10 Reynier Village. The council files record each action as "approved as amended" without the amendments or a vote count; committee reports and the Journal were not posted as of Oct. 10, 2026.

As of October 10, 2026, outcomes for the October 9, 2026 meeting of the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods 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 set the meeting for 8:30 a.m. in Room 401, City Hall, and said the committee takes public comment in person only. It lists the members as Nithya Raman (chair), Hugo Soto-Martinez (vice chair) and Ysabel Jurado, the same three named in the Council President’s assignment letter. The agenda shows no Community Impact Statement filed on any of the three items. Each council file carries an Oct. 9, 2026 entry reading “Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee approved as amended,” with no committee report, amendment text or vote count posted as of Oct. 10 (CF 22-0014-S2, CF 26-1281, CF 26-1386).

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

• What it does: A Community Investment Department report and resolution ask for approval and 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 funding allocations, which cover June 19, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026 (Community Investment Department report, Sept. 3, 2026; agenda).
• Who brought it: The Community Investment Department. The Mayor sent the report to the Council on Sept. 11, 2026 (report; 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).
• What happened: The Mayor’s office sent the Council an amended transmittal of the request on Oct. 6, 2026, over a department letter dated Oct. 2; its title describes the same $17,940,190 Round 4 request and the Round 3 adjustments. The committee approved the item as amended on Oct. 9. The council file does not say what the amendment was or give a vote count (CF 22-0014-S2).
• What’s next: The file is also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee (CF 22-0014-S2).

2. Reynier Village name and signs

• What it does: Asks City departments to take the steps needed to name the Reynier Village community, bounded by Holt Avenue on the east, Cadillac Avenue on the north, Robertson Boulevard on the west and Cattaraugus Avenue on the south, including putting up signs (motion, Sept. 4, 2026).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky. The motion first went to the Public Works Committee, and the Council President changed the referral to this committee on Sept. 8, 2026 (CF 26-1281).
• Money: The motion gives no cost for the signs (motion).
• Who it affects: Residents of the Reynier Village area in Council District 10 (CF 26-1281). The motion says the area’s owners filed in 1923 to subdivide it for single-family homes and that it was known as Reynier Park in the 1920s and 1930s (motion).
• Neighborhood council positions: No Community Impact Statement is filed on the file. The motion says the South Robertson Neighborhood Council supports the signs (motion).
• What happened: The committee approved the motion as amended on Oct. 9, 2026. The council file does not give the amendment or a vote count (CF 26-1281).
• What’s next: This committee is the only one the motion is referred to, so the next step is the full Council (CF 26-1281).

3. Executive Order 14224 and residents with limited English

• What it does: The agenda describes the motion as “evaluating the impacts of Executive Order 14224 on the City in connection with assisting City residents with limited English proficiency and related matters” (agenda). The council file is titled “Executive Order 14224 / English Language - Only Federal Websites / Provide Multilingual Assistance” (CF 26-1386).
• Background: Executive Order 14224, signed March 1, 2025, designates English as the official language of the United States and revokes Executive Order 13166 on services for people with limited English proficiency. It says agency heads are not required to stop producing documents or services in other languages (Federal Register).
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman, seconded by Bob Blumenfield. It was referred to this committee on Sept. 30, 2026 (CF 26-1386).
• What happened: The committee approved the motion as amended on Oct. 9, 2026. The council file does not give the amendment or a vote count (CF 26-1386).
• What’s next: This committee is the only one the motion is referred to, so the next step is the full Council (CF 26-1386).

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