Energy and Environment Committee · Held

Los Angeles City Council Energy and Environment Committee meeting, August 18, 2026

August 18, 2026, 3:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 18, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Energy and Environment Committee approved all nine items 3-0, with Katy Yaroslavsky and Ysabel Jurado absent, according to the committee Journal. They included a framework to electrify and add solar to existing City buildings by 2045, up to $14.4 million in Sanitation landscaping contracts, and three Boyle Heights fire motions, including a report on stormwater testing from the Lineage warehouse fire.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 18, 2026 meeting of the Energy and Environment 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.

Committee members: Adrin Nazarian (chair), Katy Yaroslavsky, Ysabel Jurado, Nithya Raman and Imelda Padilla. Nazarian, Raman and Padilla voted on every item; Yaroslavsky and Jurado were absent (Journal).

1. Framework to electrify and add solar and batteries to existing City buildings, with a 2045 target

• What it does: Approves the “Los Angeles Existing Building Decarbonization Workplan” framework for replacing gas equipment and adding solar and battery storage in City buildings, subject to yearly project and budget review by the Municipal Facilities Committee. It tells the Bureau of Engineering to revise the Year-1 workbook toward a 2045 completion target and creates a “Decarbonization Rebates” account (committee report).
• Money: The Municipal Facilities Committee reports no General Fund impact from approving the framework (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Westside.
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 2, 10-0, with five members absent (CF 21-1039-S4).

2. DWP response to the after-action report on the Aug. 5, 2025 Granada Hills and Porter Ranch water outage

• What it does: Notes and files DWP’s Feb. 27, 2026 report on how it responded to the after-action review of the water service disruption (committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by John Lee, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 25-0922).
• Who it affects: Council District 12 (Journal).
• What happened: Noted and filed, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the committee report Sept. 4, 11-0 (CF 25-0922).

4. Third amendment to BlueLA agreement to finish transferring its EV chargers to LADOT

• What it does: Extends agreement C-128717 by one year through April 20, 2026 to complete the transfer of BlueLA’s charging equipment and liabilities to LADOT and reimburse the operator for the last station, at Vermont Avenue and Exposition Boulevard (Transportation and Public Works committees’ report).
• Money: Paid with California Air Resources Board grant money. The CAO says that without the amendment the City would owe BlueLA $1.8 million for amortized construction costs (committees’ report).
• What happened: Concurred with the Transportation Committee, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it forthwith Aug. 21, 11-0 (CF 19-0131-S3).

5. Report in 90 days on modernizing the City’s street tree spacing guidelines

• What it does: Asks Street Services’ Urban Forestry Division, LADOT, Street Lighting, Engineering, DWP and City Planning to recommend updates to internal tree-spacing rules. The motion cites a USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute study finding the City’s standards among the nation’s most restrictive (motion).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-1050).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Palms, North Hollywood Northeast, both filed after the committee vote.
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 15, 14-0, as amended by Motion 13A (Yaroslavsky, Lee) and a Harris-Dawson and Lee amendment (CF 26-1050).

6. Four Sanitation landscaping and site-service contracts, up to $14.4 million over nine years

• What it does: Lets the Board of Public Works sign agreements with Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman; The Pond Co.; Yunsoo Kim Design; and FarEast Landscape and Maintenance for tree trimming, water features, irrigation and other site work, for five years with two two-year options. It also reopens the qualifications process to attendees of a July 1, 2021 pre-proposal meeting (committee report).
• Money: Up to $14.4 million across all four agreements, from the sewer, solid waste and stormwater funds; no General Fund impact (committee report).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it forthwith Sept. 8, 12-0 (CF 26-0999).

7. Sanitation to report stormwater test results and cleanup order status after the Boyle Heights Lineage fire

• What it does: Asks Sanitation to report final water-quality test results on runoff from the June 17, 2026 Lineage warehouse fire, contaminants found, effects on receiving waters, and the status of the cleanup and abatement order requested from the Regional Water Quality Control Board (motion).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-0906-S7).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 26, 15-0. Sanitation filed its report Sept. 11, which went to the Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery (CF 26-0906-S7).

8. Study creating an Environmental Justice and Advocacy Advisory Commission

• What it does: Asks the Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department to report in 90 days on a commission, appointed by the Mayor and Council, to advise on environmental justice policy (committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 26-0906-S9).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee approved it Aug. 21, and the Council adopted it Aug. 26, 15-0 (CF 26-0906-S9).

9. Prioritize Boyle Heights bulky item pickup, street sweeping and power washing for 60 days

• What it does: Tells Sanitation to give Council District 14 requests in Boyle Heights priority for 60 days, with attention to alleys and sidewalks near schools. The motion says this does not authorize enforcement under Municipal Code 41.18 (motion).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-0906-S14).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Journal).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 26, 15-0, as amended by Motion 19A (Jurado, Hernandez) (CF 26-0906-S14).

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