Public Works Committee · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council Public Works Committee special meeting, August 12, 2026
From official records: At a special meeting on Aug. 12, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Public Works Committee voted 2-0 for an ordinance making the Department of Public Works responsible for maintaining City bike and multi-use paths, and added requests for reports on the staff, equipment and money Street Services needs to do it. It was the only item. The Council adopted the ordinance Aug. 26, 15-0; it takes effect Oct. 21, 2026.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 12, 2026 meeting of the Public Works 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.
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 10, 2026) |
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The committee report records Eunisses Hernandez and Imelda Padilla voting yes and Heather Hutt absent.
1. Ordinance assigning maintenance of City bike and multi-use paths to the Department of Public Works
- What it does: Amends Administrative Code Section 22.322 so the Department of Public Works maintains City bicycle and multi-use paths, except those run by Recreation and Parks or the Harbor, Airports and Water and Power departments (City Attorney report). The committee added instructions for Street Services to report on the staffing and equipment it needs to take over path maintenance and cleaning citywide, and for the CAO to report on ways to pay for it (committee report).
- Who brought it: Motion by Bob Blumenfield and Nithya Raman, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 25-0481). The Transportation Committee approved the ordinance May 27 (Transportation Committee report).
- Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (committee report).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood, Studio City.
- What happened: Approved as amended, 2-0; Hutt absent (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted a Hernandez and Hutt motion to move the committee report Aug. 26, 15-0. Ordinance No. 189036 takes effect Oct. 21, 2026 (CF 25-0481).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
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| 1 | Ordinance assigning maintenance of City bike and multi-use paths to the Department of Public Works | Approved as amended, 2-0 |