Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee · Cancelled

Los Angeles City Council Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee meeting, October 23, 2026

October 23, 2026, 1 p.m. · Updated November 1, 2026

The Los Angeles City Council's Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee's Oct. 23, 2026 meeting was cancelled, according to a Notice of Cancellation the City Clerk posted that afternoon. The notice gives no reason. Its agenda had 12 items. They included two Van Nuys Airport leases to subsidiaries of Sky Harbour Group for up to 32 years, worth at least $29.24 million and $83.4 million, and a $14,781,600 increase to the Port's Wabtec contract for the Port Optimizer. A motion asked the Port to report on the Goods Movement Training Campus and its $110 million state grant. As of Oct. 25, 2026, the items' council files showed no committee action.

The October 23, 2026 meeting of the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee of the Los Angeles City Council was cancelled.

The agenda, posted Oct. 20, 2026, set the meeting for 1 p.m. in Room 1010, City Hall. Public comment was in person only. Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Traci Park (chair), Heather Hutt (vice chair), Tim McOsker, Curren D. Price Jr. and Monica Rodriguez. The agenda lists the same five members and no neighborhood council Community Impact Statements on any item.

Items 1 to 9 come from the Board of Airport Commissioners and items 10 and 11 from the Board of Harbor Commissioners. The five Van Nuys Airport leases (items 1 to 5) came out of requests for proposals the airport released on Dec. 5, 2025.

Routine items:

• 5. A 10-year lease to The Condor Squadron Officer’s and Airmen’s Association, a nonprofit that has held the 0.99-acre site at 7800 Hayvenhurst Avenue for more than 60 years. It was the only proposer. Rent is about $30,700 in the first year and at least $307,000 over 10 years (staff report).
• 9. A one-year extension, to Feb. 2, 2028, of La Petite Academy’s contract to run the First Flight Child Development Center for airport employees on Lincoln Boulevard. The report lists no fiscal impact. The airport plans a new request for proposals (staff report).

1. Van Nuys Airport lease to Joby Aero at 7646 Hayvenhurst Avenue

• What it does: A 10-year lease of 2.4 acres of aviation land and 3,481 square feet of office and hangar space. Joby Aero, Inc. ranked highest of four proposers (staff report).
• Money: About $175,000 in the first year and at least $1,750,000 over 10 years, before rate adjustments. Joby would invest about $2.5 million in facility upgrades, aircraft charging, battery energy storage, and an Aviation Community Center and public observation area (staff report).
• Who it affects: Council District 6 (agenda). The report expects at least seven permanent full-time jobs (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

2. Van Nuys Airport lease to Paramount Global Corporate Aviation at 7150 Hayvenhurst Avenue

• What it does: A 10-year lease of a 3.06-acre general aviation site with 27,120 square feet of hangar and office space. Paramount Global Corporate Aviation LLC ranked highest of three proposers. In 2009 the airport board consented to a 15-year sublease of the site to Paramount Pictures Corporation (staff report).
• Money: About $831,317 in the first year and at least $8,313,168 over 10 years. Paramount would invest about $2.1 million in hangar, ramp and roof work, solar and battery storage (staff report).
• Who it affects: Council District 6 (agenda). The report counts about 18 permanent jobs kept at the site and about 10 temporary construction jobs (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

3. Van Nuys Airport lease to VNY Development II at 16425 Hart Street

• What it does: A lease to VNY Development II LLC, wholly owned by Sky Harbour Group Corporation, of 8.83 acres with 69,400 square feet of hangar and office space. The term is five years, plus up to two years for construction delays and one 25-year option, for up to 32 years. About 1.17 acres are zoned commercial, and the company will try to rezone them for aviation. It ranked highest of two proposers. The lease does not approve any construction, which must first go through state and federal environmental review (staff report).
• Money: About $820,000 in the first year and at least $29.24 million over 32 years. The company would invest about $23 million in hangars, offices, ramps and tenant amenities. If the rezoning fails, the plan may include office or other commercial space (staff report).
• Who it affects: The report projects 227 temporary construction jobs and 120 permanent jobs (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

4. Van Nuys Airport lease to VNY Development at 7701 Woodley Avenue

• What it does: A lease to VNY Development LLC, also wholly owned by Sky Harbour Group Corporation, of about 16 acres with 150,559 square feet of hangar, office and storage space, on the same terms of up to 32 years. It ranked highest of six proposers. The lease does not approve any construction (staff report).
• Money: About $1.95 million in the first year and at least $83.4 million over 32 years. The company would invest about $110 million in new and renovated hangars, ramps and a possible aviation campus for home-based aircraft (staff report).
• Who it affects: The report projects 427 temporary construction jobs and 173 permanent jobs, an internship program for up to 12 local trainees a year, and a labor partnership with LiUNA Local 300 (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

6. Glass and storefront contract with A to Z Glass & Mirror

• What it does: A five-year contract with two one-year renewal options for glass, mirror and storefront installation and repair at LAX and Van Nuys Airport. The last contract, with Woodbridge Glass, ended Dec. 28, 2024, and the airport has used a $125,000 emergency purchase order since Jan. 15, 2026 (staff report).
• Money: Up to $2,345,000 (staff report).
• What’s next: Dec. 15, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

7. LAX taxicab staging: Authorized Taxicab Supervision extension and fee change

• What it does: Extends the concession agreement and ground lease with Authorized Taxicab Supervision, Inc. for up to 12 months, with 30 days’ notice to end them. The company runs the taxicab holding lot at 9301 South Jetway Boulevard, inspections, dispatch and terminal taxi stands. Both agreements were set to expire Sept. 30, 2026. The airport released a request for proposals for a new operator on Sept. 3, 2026 (staff report).
• Money: The company collects a $4 fee per trip and now sends $1.70 of it to the airport. Under the amendment the airport’s share drops to $0, and the company keeps up to $4 to cover costs, which the report says rose under the Airport Employee Living Wage Ordinance while taxi demand has not returned to past levels. The report counts about 50,000 taxi trips a month from LAX, $200,000 in fees, and $65,383.12 in monthly rent (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

8. Air Canada’s Terminal 6 lease extended to 2035

• What it does: Extends Air Canada’s lease of about 22,500 square feet and two preferential-use gates in Terminal 6 from Dec. 31, 2027 to June 30, 2035, to match the LAX rate agreement. It adds the airport’s new Gate Use Protocol and rent credits when common-use airlines use Air Canada’s gates. The report says all airline leases are being amended the same way (staff report).
• Money: About $8.7 million in revenue this fiscal year under the lease (staff report).
• What’s next: Nov. 13, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

10. Port Optimizer: Wabtec contract grows by $14.8 million

• What it does: The Eighth Amendment to the Harbor Department’s agreement with Wabtec Transportation Systems, LLC extends it three years, from Nov. 4, 2026 through Nov. 3, 2029, for a 13-year total, to run, maintain and upgrade the Port Optimizer cargo data platform. It moves the contract from system development to operating services and revises the intellectual property terms (CAO report).
• Money: The ceiling rises by $14,781,600, from $41,550,420 to $56,332,020. The City Administrative Officer recommends approval (CAO report). The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 15, Port of Los Angeles (CAO report).
• What’s next: Dec. 11, 2026 is the last day for Council action (agenda).

11. WWL vehicle terminal at Berths 195-200A: permit extension and rent

• What it does: The First Amendment to Permit No. 900 extends WWL Vehicle Services Americas, Inc.’s vehicle import and export terminal at Berths 195-200A from Jan. 1, 2027 to Dec. 31, 2031. WWL may add one more five-year term, to Dec. 31, 2036. An order keeps the minimum annual guarantee unchanged at $20.8 million for 2026 (CAO report, Harbor Board report).
• Background: The CAO reports the terminal has handled about 120,000 vehicles a year over the past six years and recommends approval (CAO report).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (Harbor Board report).
• Council action: The committee waived consideration, and at its Oct. 30, 2026 meeting the Council adopted the item forthwith, 10-0 (CF 14-0185-S1).

12. Report on the Goods Movement Training Campus

• What it does: The motion asks the Port’s Executive Director for a written report on the campus, first planned as a joint Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach workforce training center. It asks whether the agreement with Long Beach is still in effect after Long Beach’s February 2026 notice of withdrawal. It also asks about the possible move from Wilmington to the former U.S. Customs building on Terminal Island, the cost, schedule and funding plan, and spending and contracts to date, including the AECOM design contract.
• Money: The motion says the State awarded $110 million for the project and the grant expires in 2026. It asks how much has been received and spent and whether the grant has been extended (motion).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt, on Sept. 18, 2026 (agenda, CF 26-0149).
• Earlier action: An earlier McOsker motion in the same file, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, asked for a verbal update on the project. The Council adopted that committee report at its March 10, 2026 meeting, 11-0, with Hutt, Adrin Nazarian, Hugo Soto-Martínez and Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Council Action).

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