Public Works Committee · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council Public Works Committee special meeting, August 26, 2026
From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's Public Works Committee approved 11 of 12 items on Aug. 26, 2026, including up to $30 million in grant reimbursements for the Glendale-Hyperion bridges, $3.35 million for the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program and reports on the Council's role under the proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan. It continued options to fund up to $6.6 million for Street Lighting to an unset date.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 26, 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 24, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Council Journal | Official Journal |
| Video | Recording |
| City Council districts | Council District 6, Council District 8, Council District 15 |
Votes recorded in the posted committee reports list three members: Eunisses Hernandez (chair), Imelda Padilla and Heather Hutt (committee report). Routine items: item 9 went to the Council, which adopted it Sept. 1 and adopted a follow-up motion Sept. 22 (CF 26-1107); item 11 was adopted Sept. 11 (CF 26-1142).
1. Options to fund up to $6.6 million for Street Lighting staff and services after the failed assessment vote
- What it does: Responds to a July 1 Council motion seeking $6.6 million for the Bureau of Street Lighting. The CAO recommends a budget-cut exercise in Public Works or other departments to find up to $6.47 million, fee studies for banner, “streetlights as a service” and EV charger programs, and a report on restructuring the bureau (CAO report).
- Who brought it: Motion by Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 26-0955).
- Money: The CAO says the bureau’s main funding, property assessments, has not changed since 1996, and the 2026 Proposition 218 street lighting assessment failed. Street Lighting listed $6,315,691 in immediate needs (CAO report).
- What happened: Continued to a date to be determined (CF 26-0955).
2. Interactive sidewalk kiosk program: fold into the street furniture contract or bid it separately
- What it does: Considers Tourism Department and CAO reports on an interactive kiosk program. The CAO recommends that Street Services run it, either inside the existing Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program contract or through a separate request for proposals (CAO report).
- Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 22-1154-S2).
- What happened: Approved as amended; the committee report with the amendment was not posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 22-1154-S2).
- What’s next: The item was also referred to the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee (agenda).
3. Move $3.35 million to Street Services and Street Lighting for the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program
- What it does: Moves $2,875,000 to Street Services and $475,000 to Street Lighting overtime from Fund 67H for staffing and construction of the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (committee report).
- Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by John Lee (CF 20-1536-S6).
- Money: $3,350,000 in all, our sum of the report’s transfers (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (Hernandez, Padilla, Hutt) (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 11, 2026, 11-0, with Bob Blumenfield, Padilla, Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-Martinez absent (CF 20-1536-S6).
5. Route up to $30 million in grant reimbursements to the Glendale-Hyperion bridges project
- What it does: Directs Public Works and asks the Controller to deposit up to $30 million in grant reimbursements for the Glendale-Hyperion Complex of Bridges project into the SB 1 road fund and use them to repay front-funding sources (committee report).
- Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Nithya Raman (CF 26-1116).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 11, 2026, 11-0, with four members absent (CF 26-1116).
12. Reports on how the proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan would change the Council’s role in picking capital projects
- What it does: Asks the Chief Legislative Analyst to report on how the Mayor’s proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan and the Bureau of Engineering’s project intake process would affect the Council’s ability to start, rank and fund capital projects, and asks the CAO to report on budget effects, including possible delays to current projects (motion).
- Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by Traci Park (CF 26-1170).
- What happened: Approved and sent on to Budget and Finance and Government Operations (CF 26-1170).
- What’s next: After a committee re-referral, Arts, Parks and City Facilities concurred Sept. 16 and sent it to Budget and Finance. North Hollywood Northeast filed a Community Impact Statement Sept. 23 (CF 26-1170).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Options to fund up to $6.6 million for Street Lighting staff and services after the failed assessment vote | Continued to a date to be determined |
| 2 | Interactive sidewalk kiosk program: fold into the street furniture contract or bid it separately | Approved as amended |
| 3 | Move $3.35 million to Street Services and Street Lighting for the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 5 | Route up to $30 million in grant reimbursements to the Glendale-Hyperion bridges project | Approved, 3-0 |
| 12 | Reports on how the proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan would change the Council's role in picking capital projects | Approved; sent to Budget and Finance and Government Operations |
| 4 | Confirm reappointment of Jenny Chavez to the Board of Public Works | Approved, 3-0 |
| 6 | Change conditions on vacating part of an alley west of Broadway between 87th and 88th streets | Approved, 3-0 |
| 7 | Vacate an alley west of Figueroa Street, south of Pacific Coast Highway | Approved, 3-0 |
| 8 | Name Van Nuys Boulevard from Laurel Canyon to Foothill "Pueblo Magico" | Approved, 3-0 |
| 9 | $290,000 for a temporary repair of the Franklin Fields bridge in Encino | Approved, 3-0 |
| 10 | Name 41st Street and Compton Avenue "Chet Brewer Square" | Approved, 3-0 |
| 11 | Accept $948,147 from Caltrans for preventive maintenance on 10 San Fernando Valley bridges | Approved, 3-0 |