Transportation Committee · Held · Special

Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee special meeting, September 16, 2026

September 16, 2026, 9 a.m. · Updated October 8, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 16, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Transportation Committee approved 12 of 13 items, including reports on restoring weekly street sweeping citywide, bus lane cameras on DASH buses, and a fund for speed camera fines. Two oversize vehicle parking bans in CDs 12 and 15 passed 3-1 with Eunisses Hernandez voting no, according to the committee reports; a bike path motion was continued because it was scheduled in error (CF 26-1057). The Journal records different tallies than the committee records for three items.

As of October 8, 2026, outcomes for the September 16, 2026 meeting of the Transportation 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, per the agenda: Heather Hutt (chair), Traci Park, Eunisses Hernandez, Imelda Padilla and Adrin Nazarian. Votes are from each committee report; Padilla was absent for all but item 1, and Park for items 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 9.

The Journal agrees with the committee records on 10 items and conflicts on three. For item 1 it records 3-0 with Park and Padilla absent, where the committee report records 4-0 with Padilla voting yes. For item 5 it records 3-0 with Park and Padilla absent, where the transmittal letter records 4-0 with Park voting yes. For item 11 it records approval as amended 4-0 with Padilla absent, where the committee report records 3-1 with Hernandez voting no. The Journal records item 6 as continued.

1. State climate grant application for the Rancho San Pedro area

• What it does: Lets LADOT apply, as a subrecipient to the Housing Authority (HACLA), for up to $5,014,000 from the state Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 program, and report back if selected (committee report).
• Money: The grant needs at least a 50% match. LADOT names $1,007,000 in Measure M for a Mobility Wallet and $1,500,000 in Prop A for transit operations; because Commuter Express line 142 already runs, the transit piece would cut the City’s $17,140,000 Prop A contribution by $3,000,000 (committee report).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 4-0; Park absent (committee report). The Journal records approval 3-0 with Park and Padilla absent, so the two records conflict.
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 29, 2026, 11-0 (CF 17-0002-S137).

3. Restoring weekly street sweeping

• What it does: Asks Street Services and LADOT to report on the crews, equipment and parking enforcement needed to return to weekly sweeping citywide; asks the City Attorney about state law changes to allow cameras on sweepers; and asks for options to fund the notification system ($250,000 to maintain, $500,000 to expand), add text and multilingual alerts, and refund wrongly ticketed drivers within 15 days (committee report).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 24-1219-S1); the committee added the notification and refund items by amendment.
• Who it affects: Street Services sweeps 1,384 routes covering 13,891 curb miles; posted residential routes are swept every other week (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood.
• Coverage: The Daily News reported LADOT issued about 544,300 street sweeping tickets in 2025-26, about 26% of all parking citations, and that service on posted routes dropped to every other week in 2021 without new signs (Daily News, Sept. 30, 2026).
• What happened: Approved as amended, 4-0; Padilla absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 30, 2026, 14-0, with Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 24-1219-S1).

5. Speed camera revenue to the Traffic Safety Fund

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney to amend the Traffic Safety Fund ordinance so speed camera fines and fees go into it, their uses follow AB 645, and LADOT runs the fund. LADOT reports the 125-location pilot, run by Verra Mobility, starts this fall with a 60-day warning period (LADOT report).
• What happened: Approved, 4-0, and sent to the Budget and Finance Committee (committee transmittal). The Journal records approval 3-0 with Park and Padilla absent, so the two records conflict.
• What’s next: As of Oct. 8, 2026, the file showed no Budget and Finance Committee action (CF 26-0600-S100).

7. Truck weight limits on Watts residential streets

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney to add East 110th to 114th streets, between Compton Avenue and Graham, Monitor or Wilmington avenues, to the Municipal Code list of streets closed to vehicles over 6,000 pounds, and asks LADOT to study closing or making one-way East 114th Street to keep trucks out (committee report).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by John Lee (CF 26-0964).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Watts.
• What happened: Approved, 3-0; Park and Padilla absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Oct. 2, 2026, 12-0; Hutt, Nazarian and Rodriguez were absent (CF 26-0964).

9. Speed cameras on Paseo del Mar in San Pedro

• What it does: Asks LADOT to study moving or adding pilot speed cameras to Paseo del Mar between Gaffey and Barbara streets, and to report on speed tables, raised crosswalks and other traffic calming there (committee report).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-1135).
• What happened: Approved, 3-0; Park and Padilla absent (committee report).
• What’s next: Scheduled for the Council on Oct. 7, 2026 (CF 26-1135).

10. Overnight oversize vehicle parking ban in CD 12

• What it does: Bans parking of vehicles over 22 feet long or 84 inches high from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on parts of Gothic Avenue, Wilbur Avenue and Horace Street (committee report).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0008-S14).
• What happened: Approved, 3-1; Hernandez voted no and Padilla was absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 30, 2026, 11-3; Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martinez voted no (CF 26-0008-S14).

11. All-hours oversize vehicle parking ban in CD 15

• What it does: Bans parking of vehicles over 22 feet long or 84 inches high at all hours on West 189th Street and Patrice Place west of Figueroa Street, Hamilton Avenue between Knox Street and Del Amo Boulevard, and Normandie Avenue between 212th Street and Torrance Boulevard (committee report).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0008-S15).
• What happened: Approved with an amended resolution, 3-1; Hernandez voted no and Padilla was absent (committee report). The Journal records approval as amended 4-0 with Padilla absent, so the two records conflict.
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 30, 2026, 11-3; Hernandez, Jurado and Soto-Martinez voted no (CF 26-0008-S15).

13. Bus lane and bus stop cameras on DASH buses

• What it does: Adopts a resolution designating transit-only lanes for LADOT’s Automated Bus Lane Enforcement program on six DASH routes with up to 50 cameras, adopts an updated license plate reader use policy, and asks for a one-year report on citations and revenue (LADOT report).
• Money: LADOT reports Metro’s bus camera program in the City sent 281,000 potential violations and produced over $21 million in gross revenue from November 2024 through January 2026 (LADOT report).
• Coverage: Streetsblog Los Angeles reported a 60-day DASH pilot logged about 3,400 potential violations and that cameras could go on 30 downtown and Pico Union buses starting in November (Streetsblog Los Angeles, Sept. 23, 2026).
• What happened: Approved, 4-0, and sent to the Budget and Finance Committee (committee transmittal).
• What’s next: The Budget and Finance Committee concurred with this committee’s actions on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 21-1224).

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