Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee special meeting, September 15, 2026
From official records: On Sept. 15, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee acted on all 10 items 3-0. It advanced a staffing plan for an Office of Compliance to screen Councilmembers' conflicts of interest, backed City positions on DUI, autonomous vehicle and Roadless Rule measures, set aside a resolution for a gas tax suspension, and approved an Ethics Commission appointee who later withdrew.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 15, 2026 meeting of the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations 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 September 11, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Council Journal | Official Journal |
| Video | Recording |
| City Council districts | Council District 14 |
Committee members, per the agenda: Marqueece Harris-Dawson (chair), Hugo Soto-Martinez (vice chair) and John Lee. All three voted yes on every item (for example the committee report). The committee approved the amended LAPD conflict of interest code, a routine item, 3-0, and the Council adopted it Sept. 22 (CF 26-0972).
1. City supports SB 907: stiffer DUI sentencing and vehicular manslaughter added to the violent felony list
- What it does: Adds support for SB 907 (Archuleta) to the City’s 2025-26 state legislative program. The bill would add gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and related offenses to the violent felony list and toughen DUI enforcement and sentencing, including for repeat offenders (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 25-0002-S112).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: Mid City West.
- What happened: Approved, 3-0; Harris-Dawson, Soto-Martinez and Lee voted yes (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S112).
2. Revised resolution supporting AB 1685 and AB 1687 on traffic violations and impaired driving
- What it does: Tells the Chief Legislative Analyst to prepare a revised resolution supporting AB 1685 (Lackey) and AB 1687 (Lackey) only, because AB 1662 (Wilson) was held in the Legislature. The original resolution cites a gap in the state misdemeanor diversion program that lets drivers avoid points on their DMV record (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 25-0002-S114).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S114).
3. City supports AB 1814: 16 hours of field sobriety test training for traffic officers
- What it does: Adds support for AB 1814 (Alanis), which would require peace officers at supervisor rank or below assigned mainly to traffic enforcement to finish a federally approved field sobriety testing course of at least 16 hours within a year of that assignment (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 25-0002-S115).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S115).
4. Resolution backing a state gas tax suspension when oil prices spike set aside
- What it does: The resolution would have put the City on record for legislation or administrative action suspending the state gas tax whenever the global price of a barrel of oil exceeds 10 percent of the five-year average. The committee recommended receiving and filing the resolution rather than adopting it (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez; the Chief Legislative Analyst reported on it Sept. 9 (CLA report).
- What happened: Received and filed, 3-0; Lee voted yes with Harris-Dawson and Soto-Martinez (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted the committee report Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Hutt and McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S97).
5. City supports SB 1246: statewide safety and accountability standards for autonomous vehicles
- What it does: Adds support for SB 1246 (Cortese) so that autonomous vehicles on public streets meet safety standards, emergency responders are not pulled away to deal with vehicle failures, and companies bear responsibility for their fleets (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla (committee report).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: Los Feliz, Westside.
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S98).
6. City backs federal, state and County aid to clean up after the Lineage Logistics cold storage fire in Boyle Heights
- What it does: Adds support for federal, state and County action giving emergency assistance, funding, regulatory relief and resources for cleanup and recovery from the June 2026 fire at the Lineage Logistics facility, 1400 S. Los Palos St. (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 25-0002-S127).
- Who it affects: Council District 14. The resolution says the fire burned for eight days, led to a shelter-in-place order, and left about 85 million pounds of frozen food to spoil (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0002-S127).
7. City Attorney’s appointment of Dena Bloom to the City Ethics Commission
- What it does: Confirms City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto’s appointment of Dena Bloom to the City Ethics Commission for a term from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 (City Attorney letter).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0. The report lists the financial disclosure as filed and the background review as pending (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council continued the item the same day to Sept. 22. On Sept. 22 it voted 13-0 to receive and file the committee report because the appointee had withdrawn from consideration (Harris-Dawson and Rodriguez motion, CF 26-1200-S50).
9. City opposes the U.S. Forest Service plan to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule
- What it does: Adds opposition to the Forest Service’s Aug. 18, 2026 proposed rule rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to the City’s federal legislative program. The rule bars road building and commercial timber harvest on about 44.7 million acres of national forest (committee report).
- Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Traci Park (CF 25-0002-S137).
- Who it affects: The resolution cites a 2026 study in Fire Ecology finding 7.99 wildfire ignitions per 1,000 hectares within 50 meters of roads, against 1.97 in roadless areas (committee report).
- What happened: Approved, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it the same day, 14-0, with Imelda Padilla absent; Council action was final Sept. 28, 2026 (CF 25-0002-S137).
10. Staffing plan and automated screening for an Office of Compliance to flag Councilmembers’ conflicts of interest
- What it does: Has the City Clerk and CAO report on an updated staffing plan, resources and General Fund impact for an Office of Compliance inside the City Clerk’s Office, and has the Information Technology Agency and City Attorney report on an automated system to identify potential conflicts and required recusals (committee report). The wording came from an amendment from Council District 8.
- Who brought it: A 2023 motion by Nithya Raman and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Paul Krekorian and Traci Park; the City Attorney’s report is dated Dec. 4, 2024 (agenda).
- Money: No fiscal analysis was submitted (committee report).
- Neighborhood council positions: For: Elysian Valley Riverside, Greater Toluca Lake, Harbor Gateway North. For if amended: North Westwood (committee report).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it the same day, 14-0, with Padilla absent (CF 23-1097).