Economic Development and Jobs Committee · Held
Los Angeles City Council Economic Development and Jobs Committee meeting, September 18, 2026
From official records: On Sept. 18, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved, 5-0, reports on opening the Legacy Business Program to longtime restaurants and drafting a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance. It moved oversight of $1 million in CRA/LA bond money for Hollywood Walk of Fame restrooms to the Community Investment Department and noted and filed a CD 15 Healthy Neighborhood Market report (agenda).
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 18, 2026 meeting of the Economic Development and Jobs 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.
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 15, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Video | Recording |
| City Council districts | Council District 13, Council District 15 |
Committee members voting, per the committee reports: Hugo Soto-Martinez, Curren Price, Eunisses Hernandez, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez. The agenda lists Soto-Martinez as chair and Price as vice chair.
2. Legacy Business Program and a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance
- What it does: Instructs the Office of Wage Standards and the Community Investment Department, with the City Attorney and the Restaurant Equity Alliance, to report in 90 days on opening the Legacy Business Program to restaurants and small businesses open 10 or more years with a record of meeting local labor standards, on why legacy businesses close, on worker-owned succession, and on a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance with outreach, faster permits for compliant restaurants and partnerships for immigrant entrepreneurs (committee report).
- Who brought it: Heather Hutt and Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 25-1180). Monica Rodriguez offered the amendment rewriting the instruction.
- What happened: Approved as amended, 5-0 (committee report).
3. Hollywood Walk of Fame amenities project: CID takes over bond monitoring
- What it does: Amends the Council’s June 2025 action on up to $1,000,000 in CRA/LA excess non-housing bond money from the Hollywood project area, for a public restroom and visitor space in the City-owned Vine Street garage at 1627 N. Vine St. The Community Investment Department, formed by merging EWDD and CIFD, replaces General Services as lead department and fiscal agent and would contract with the Hollywood Partnership Community Trust for three years (motion).
- Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 14-1174-S40).
- Money: Up to $1,000,000 in tax-exempt bond proceeds available to CD 13 (motion).
- What happened: Approved, 5-0 (committee report). The companion change on CF 18-0534-S1 passed 5-0 (committee report).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Reports on widening the Legacy Business Program to 10-year restaurants and a Citywide Restaurant Protection Ordinance | Approved as amended, 5-0 |
| 3 | Move monitoring of $1 million in CRA/LA bond money for Hollywood Walk of Fame restrooms and visitor space to CID | Approved, 5-0 |
| 1 | Note and file report on expanding the Healthy Neighborhood Market Program in CD 15 | Noted and filed, 5-0 |
| 4 | Matching change naming CID as project manager for the Hollywood Walk of Fame amenities project | Approved as amended, 5-0 |