Personnel and Hiring Committee · Held
Los Angeles City Council Personnel and Hiring Committee meeting, August 14, 2026
From official records: On Aug. 14, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Personnel and Hiring Committee approved the 2026-27 Unfreeze Resolution, which keeps new partly funded positions vacant until Jan. 1, 2027, and amended it 2-0 so LADOT can fill 50 Traffic Officer II positions sooner. It also backed a study of low or no-interest micro loans for City employees and five civil service exemptions at LACERS, the airports and the Community Investment Department. All 12 council files with committee action that day were approved.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 14, 2026 meeting of the Personnel and Hiring 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.
| Where | Room 401 |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 10, 2026) |
| Council Journal | Official Journal |
| Video | Recording |
Items are lettered in council file order because the agenda order was not available to us. Items K and L were added Oct. 1, 2026 from council files that show committee action on Aug. 14: a pension contribution comparison (committee report) and a salary range ordinance (committee report). Each posted committee report records a 2-0 vote. The committee report on the Unfreeze Resolution records Tim McOsker and Hugo Soto-Martinez voting yes and Monica Rodriguez absent.
C. Study a low or no-interest micro loan pilot for City employees
- What it does: Asks the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the Personnel Department and the CAO, to report on how common and effective city-sponsored employee micro loan programs are, whether the City could offer low or no-interest micro loans to its employees, and which local financial partners could run a pilot (motion).
- Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-0923).
- Who it affects: The motion cites a Personnel Department payroll review finding that part-time workers in most of the departments studied earned less than $1,000 a pay period (motion).
- What happened: Approved and sent to the Budget and Finance Committee. No committee report or vote was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0923).
- What’s next: The Budget and Finance Committee concurred Sept. 15; no Council vote is listed as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0923).
D. 2026-27 Unfreeze Resolution: new partly funded positions stay vacant until Jan. 1, 2027
- What it does: Allows departments to fill vacated positions in fiscal year 2026-27, except the new positions listed in the attachment, which may not be filled before Jan. 1, 2027. The CAO says the budget funded those positions for part of the year and that no exceptions were granted (CAO report, June 24, 2026). The committee cut the frozen Traffic Officer II positions at LADOT from 105 to 55, so 50 can be filled earlier (committee report).
- Who brought it: City Administrative Officer (CAO report).
- Money: No fiscal impact statement was submitted (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 2-0; Rodriguez absent (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Aug. 25, 14-0, with Traci Park absent, adding Amending Motion 5A (McOsker, Harris-Dawson). That motion has the CAO report monthly on new revenue that could let departments fill frozen positions before Jan. 1, 2027 (CF 26-0943).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| C | Study a low or no-interest micro loan pilot for City employees | Approved; sent to the Budget and Finance Committee |
| D | 2026-27 Unfreeze Resolution: new partly funded positions stay vacant until Jan. 1, 2027 | Approved as amended, 2-0 |
| A | Personnel Department to report on civilian attrition and its effect on services | Approved, 2-0 |
| B | Report on alternative qualifications for Housing Inspector and Building Inspector candidates | Approved, 2-0 |
| E | Exempt the LACERS Chief Investment Officer position from civil service | Approved, 2-0 |
| F | Exempt an airports deputy general manager position (Chief of Airports Finance) from civil service | Approved, 2-0 |
| G | Exempt an airports deputy general manager position for Strategy, Innovation and Experience from civil service | Approved, 2-0 |
| H | Exempt an airports deputy general manager position for Airport Development from civil service | Approved, 2-0 |
| I | Exempt two Community Investment Department assistant general manager positions from civil service | Approved, 2-0 |
| J | 2026-27 Personnel Authority Resolution for budgeted and continuing resolution positions | Approved, 2-0 |
| K | Fire and Police Pensions to report on how its employee contribution rates compare with other large public plans | Approved, 2-0 |
| L | Ordinance moving the Community Investment for Families general manager salary range from M-8 to M-9 | Approved, 2-0 |