Planning and Land Use Management Committee · Held · Special

Los Angeles City Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee special meeting, October 27, 2026

October 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m. · Updated November 2, 2026

From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee held a special meeting on Oct. 27, 2026 with one item, an ordinance to prohibit new oil and gas extraction citywide and make existing extraction a nonconforming use. The Clerk's meeting record shows the committee approved it 3-0, with Ysabel Jurado and Nithya Raman absent. The Council adopted the ordinance the next day, 13-0.

As of November 2, 2026, outcomes for the October 27, 2026 meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management 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 special meeting was set for 2:15 p.m., 15 minutes after the start time of the committee’s regular meeting that afternoon (special agenda). Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Bob Blumenfield (chair), Nithya Raman (vice chair), Ysabel Jurado, John Lee and Adrin Nazarian.

1. Citywide ban on new oil and gas extraction

• What it does: A City Attorney report and draft urgency ordinance amending Chapter 1 and Chapter 1A of the Municipal Code to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction a nonconforming use in all zones. The item also covered a mitigated negative declaration, a substitute mitigation measure, a mitigation monitoring program, and project, environmental and “credibility” findings (special agenda).
• Who brought it: The file began with the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. City Planning and the City Attorney each filed documents on Oct. 26, 2026 (CF 17-0447-S2).
• Money: The agenda marked the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (special agenda).
• Who it affects: The file is citywide (special agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda listed none submitted for this meeting. The file holds earlier Community Impact Statements from the North Westwood (2025), Downtown Los Angeles (2023), Westside (2022) and United Neighborhoods (2022) neighborhood councils.
• What happened: Approved, 3-0. Blumenfield, John S. Lee and Adrin Nazarian voted yes; Jurado and Raman were absent (meeting record, committee report). The Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration the same day (CF 17-0447-S2).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the committee report and ordinance forthwith on Oct. 28, 2026, 13-0. The Mayor’s concurrence was returned Oct. 29, and the file lists Nov. 3, 2026 as the ordinance’s effective date (CF 17-0447-S2).

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