Government Operations Committee · Held

Los Angeles City Council Government Operations Committee meeting, August 4, 2026

August 4, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 4, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Government Operations Committee approved all six items, 3-0 where votes are posted, including declaring 24 City lots in Pacific Palisades and Playa del Rey surplus, a lease of Little Tokyo's Mangrove lot for a Japan House during the 2028 Games, and a $490,585 first-year lease for a CD 10 field office. The Council later sent the surplus-land item back to committee and noted and filed a Caltrans park-land study.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 4, 2026 meeting of the Government Operations 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 voting, per the committee reports: Imelda Padilla (chair), John Lee and Ysabel Jurado. All six items went on to the Council: five on Aug. 14, 2026, with five members absent, and item 4 on Aug. 19.

1. Council District 10 field office at 2922 S. Crenshaw Blvd.

• What it does: Lets General Services lease about 5,616 square feet in Suite 350 for 33 months at $4.60 per square foot per month, about $25,834 a month, with three months of rent abatement and four one-year options (committee report).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Ysabel Jurado; terms from the Municipal Facilities Committee (CF 25-1423).
• Money: $490,585 in 2026-27, including $280,000 in one-time furniture, moving and IT costs; $303,000 is budgeted, leaving $187,585 unfunded (committee report).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 14, 2026, 10-0, with Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez, Adrin Nazarian, Monica Rodriguez and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-1423).

2. Caltrans freeway parcels used as parks

• What it does: Lets Recreation and Parks start due diligence on buying Caltrans freeway remnant parcels it now leases for parks, about 422,968 square feet or 9.71 acres citywide (joint committee report).
• Who brought it: Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners (CF 26-0570).
• Money: The board expects acquisition costs to be “substantial” and grant money to be needed; amounts would be set parcel by parcel (joint committee report).
• What happened: Concurred with the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee, 3-0 (joint committee report).
• What’s next: On Aug. 14, 2026 the Council instead adopted a Jurado and Tim McOsker motion to note and file the item, 10-0 (CF 26-0570).

4. Public information campaign and emergency alerts after the Boyle Heights fire

• What it does: Calls for campaigns to raise awareness of City services; as amended, it asks the Information Technology Agency, with Emergency Management, to report in 30 days on an automatic emergency notification system through MyLA311 (amendment).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 26-0906-S5).
• What happened: Approved as amended and sent to the Public Works and Public Safety committees (CF 26-0906-S5). The joint report records Padilla, Lee and Jurado voting yes (joint report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 19, 2026, 13-0, with John Lee and Hugo Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0906-S5).

5. Japan House on the Mangrove lot in Little Tokyo for the 2028 Games

• What it does: Tells the CAO, LADOT and General Services to negotiate a lease of the City’s Mangrove parking lot at 426-462 E. Temple St. with the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Investment Group and partners for a Japan entertainment and hospitality pavilion, and to report in 60 days on market-rate terms, profit sharing and parking impacts (committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Curren Price (CF 26-0735).
• Who it affects: Council District 14. The report says partners include Tokyo Dome and Mitsui Fudosan and lists multi-sport facilities, hospitality zones and an Obon festival ground (committee report).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 14, 2026, 10-0 (CF 26-0735).

6. Surplus City land in Pacific Palisades and Playa del Rey

• What it does: Declares six lots in Playa del Rey and Pacific Palisades “exempt surplus land” and 18 more in the Castellammare and Porto Marina Way area of Pacific Palisades “surplus land,” and finds all 24 no longer needed by the City (committee report).
• Who brought it: Municipal Facilities Committee, from a 2025 budget recommendation to raise revenue from City property (CF 25-0600-S86).
• Money: No General Fund impact, per the Municipal Facilities Committee (committee report).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0, after a June 16 continuance (committee report).
• What’s next: On Aug. 14, 2026 the Council sent it back to this committee on a Traci Park and Bob Blumenfield motion, 10-0 (motion, CF 25-0600-S86).

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