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Los Angeles City Council Housing Committee meeting, October 7, 2026

October 7, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

From official records: On Oct. 7, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Housing Committee approved all 11 items on its agenda, the council files show. It approved as amended motions calling for a study of cutting or deferring City fees on small for-sale housing projects and a review of a Measure ULA tax exemption for nonprofits' property-holding subsidiaries. It approved new loan terms for 24 affordable units at two Los Angeles Family Housing properties, a Rent Adjustment Commission appointment and the removal of seven properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program; the committee reports on the loan and removal items record 3-0 votes, and the City Clerk scheduled the loan item for the Council on Oct. 13, 2026 (CF 26-1157). As of Oct. 10, 2026, the committee's Journal was not posted, and neither amended motion's file had a committee report.

As of October 10, 2026, outcomes for the October 7, 2026 meeting of the Housing 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 Clerk’s meeting notice set the meeting for 2 p.m. in the John Ferraro Council Chamber and listed the members: Imelda Padilla (chair), Ysabel Jurado (vice chair) and Traci Park, matching the Council President’s assignment letter.

As of Oct. 10, 2026, the committee’s Journal was not posted. The outcomes below come from the council files and the committee reports posted on them, such as CF 26-1157.

Routine items:

• Item 4 was the Mayor’s appointment of Antonio Gallo to the Rent Adjustment Commission for a term ending May 20, 2030, filling the seat left by Dash Stolarz (Mayor’s letter, Sept. 21, 2026). The file lists Nov. 4, 2026 as the last day for the Council to act under Charter Section 502 (CF 26-1200-S58). The agenda lists his financial disclosure statement as filed and his background review as pending (agenda). The committee approved the appointment (CF 26-1200-S58).
• Items 5 to 11 were reports on removing seven properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP). The Los Angeles Housing Department says all of them have met the requirements of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 162.08, and it asked that the cases go on the City Council agenda for Oct. 21, 2026 (LAHD report, Sept. 28, 2026). The committee approved all seven, each 3-0 with Padilla, Jurado and Park voting yes, according to the committee report in each file (for example, CF 14-0005-S316 and CF 26-0005-S181).

1. City fees on small for-sale housing projects

• What it does: Asks the City Administrative Officer, with City Planning, Recreation and Parks, the Housing Department, Building and Safety, the Bureau of Engineering and the Office of Finance, to report within 90 days on the City fees charged to small for-sale housing projects, including park fees, the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee and subdivision and mapping fees. The report is to list options for exemptions, reductions, credits, deferrals or proportional fees, with the fiscal effect of each, and to look at fees charged only because homes are subdivided or sold as condominiums. The motion says the City should look at a deferral program that would let developers pay impact fees later, such as at the certificate of occupancy, instead of when the building permit is issued (motion).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 26-1341).
• Money: No fee amounts are set. The motion asks the CAO and the Office of Finance to estimate the property-tax effect of turning one property into several separately owned lots or condominium units (motion).
• Who it affects: Builders and buyers of condominiums, townhomes and other for-sale homes. The motion says the fees add tens of thousands of dollars per unit in upfront costs (motion).
• What happened: The committee approved the motion as amended. As of Oct. 10, 2026, the file had no committee report, so the amendment and vote tally were not posted (CF 26-1341).

2. Measure ULA exemption for nonprofits’ property-holding subsidiaries

• What it does: Asks the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the Office of Finance, to present an exemption proposal to the ULA Citizen Oversight Committee, so that committee can say whether the exemption and its possible retroactive use further the purposes of Measure ULA. It also asks the Office of Finance to report within 90 days on the nonprofit organizations the change would have covered and, with the City Attorney, on whether the City could apply the exemption retroactively and refund the tax collected (motion).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-1072).
• Money: The motion says Measure ULA has raised more than $1 billion since April 2023. It gives no estimate of the tax that would be exempted or refunded (motion).
• Who it affects: Nonprofits that buy property through subsidiary corporations set up for that purpose. The motion says those subsidiaries are taxed under the current rules even when the parent nonprofit qualifies for an exemption (motion).
• What happened: The committee approved the motion as amended. As of Oct. 10, 2026, the file had no committee report, so the amendment and vote tally were not posted (CF 26-1072).

3. New loan agreements for Strong Residence and Harmony Place Apartments

• What it does: Would let the Los Angeles Housing Department sign new loan agreements with Los Angeles Family Housing for two properties the City took over from the former Community Redevelopment Agency. The Strong Residence loan, for six units at 826 Coronado Street, would run to June 10, 2045, with a new regulatory agreement keeping the units for very low income households. The Harmony Place Apartments loan, for 18 units at 5321 Harmony Drive, would run to Sept. 19, 2040, and the affordability limits that expired on Sept. 20, 2020 would be restored through the same date (LAHD revised report, Sept. 22, 2026).
• Who brought it: Los Angeles Housing Department (CF 26-1157).
• Money: Both loans matured in 2022. As of Sept. 15, 2026, Strong Residence had $999,711 in principal and $978,582 in unpaid interest, and Harmony Place had $1,591,000 in principal and $1,640,416 in unpaid interest. That is $5,209,709 in all (our calculation). LAHD says neither property can repay or refinance the debt from its cash flow, and that there is no impact on the General Fund (LAHD revised report).
• Who it affects: Tenants of the 24 units, in Council Districts 1 and 2 (LAHD revised report).
• What happened: The committee approved the recommendations 3-0, with Padilla, Jurado and Park voting yes. They authorize LAHD to negotiate and sign the documents and ask the City Attorney to prepare the new loan agreements (CF 26-1157, committee report).
• What’s next: The recommendations need Council and Mayor approval. The City Clerk scheduled the item for the Council on Oct. 13, 2026 (Oct. 13 meeting). The file lists a time limit under Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.5(a), with Oct. 16, 2026 as the last day to act (CF 26-1157).

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