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Los Angeles City Council Public Works Committee meeting, September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 8, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council's Public Works Committee approved three El Niño storm preparation motions, including Public Works crew plans, sandbag sites at two locations per district and post-storm reports, and with the Transportation Committee approved an ordinance raising scooter and bike-share permit fees. It approved nine of 11 items, 3-0, and continued two Capital Infrastructure Program reports to a date to be determined. The Council adopted the El Niño items on Sept. 16.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 8, 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.

Committee members voting, per the committee reports: Eunisses Hernandez, Imelda Padilla and Heather Hutt. All three voted yes on every item acted on.

1. Public Works storm plan for El Niño: crews, sandbag sites in every district, post-storm reports

• What it does: Asks the five Public Works bureaus for a verbal report on crews, overtime, catch basin clearing, damaged street lights, sandbags, hillside checks and how 311 and Council requests are triaged; post-storm reports after each major storm; at least two sandbag sites per Council District, with LAFD; and an Emergency Management plan to notify residents before storms (committee report).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-1248).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 16, 11-0, with Hutt, Jurado, Nazarian and Park absent (CF 26-1248).

2. Updated citywide El Niño emergency plans and guidance for hillside property owners within 30 days

• What it does: Tells Emergency Management, with Public Works, LAFD, LAPD, LADOT and DWP, to present updated El Niño plans within 30 days, including material for hillside owners on flooding and mud and debris flows (committee report).
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 26-1169-S1).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0, and sent to the Public Safety Committee (committee report).
• What’s next: Public Safety concurred Sept. 15 and the Council adopted it Sept. 16, 11-0 (CF 26-1169-S1).

3. Emergency Management briefing on super El Niño readiness: coast, burn scars, storm drains, evacuations

• What it does: Asks Emergency Management and six departments to present to the Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery on protecting low-lying coast and fishing piers, evacuations and shelter, clearing debris basins and drains, stabilizing slopes in the Palisades burn scar, and vegetation in fire hazard zones (committee report).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-1169).
• Neighborhood council positions: Bel Air-Beverly Crest and North Hollywood Northeast filed statements after this meeting (CF 26-1169).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0, and sent to Public Safety (committee report).
• What’s next: Public Safety approved it as amended Sept. 15 and the Council adopted it Sept. 16, 11-0 (CF 26-1169).

6. Ordinance raising permit fees for shared scooters and bikes (On-Demand Mobility Program)

• What it does: Amends Municipal Code Section 71.29.1(a) to update the Shared Mobility Device Permit Program fee schedule. The City Attorney says the ordinance raises fees and recommends published notice and a public hearing before adoption (City Attorney report).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0, in a joint meeting with the Transportation Committee, where Hutt, Hernandez and Padilla voted yes and Park and Nazarian were absent (joint report).
• What’s next: Budget and Finance concurred Sept. 15, 5-0; no Council vote was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 17-1125).

7. Plan and funding report to turn Broadway medians from 93rd to 112th streets into park space

• What it does: Asks Street Services, Engineering and Recreation and Parks to report on building benches, workout equipment and a walking path on the Broadway center medians, maintained by Recreation and Parks, and asks the CAO for funding options (committee report).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-1201).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 10-0 (CF 26-1201).

9. Create a Sixth Street Viaduct Maintenance Trust Fund for donations

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney for an ordinance creating a trust fund, run by the City Clerk, to take gifts and donations for trash and bulky item pickup, graffiti removal and other upkeep of the Sixth Street Viaduct (joint report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Curren D. Price, Jr. (CF 22-0708-S3).
• Money: The CAO says donations that offset maintenance costs would help the General Fund; no amount is given (joint report).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (joint report).
• What’s next: Budget and Finance concurred Sept. 15, 5-0 (CF 22-0708-S3).

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