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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 4, 2026

August 4, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 4, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council adopted 49 of 51 items. They included denying an appeal of DWP's Scattergood power plant rebuild, 10-3, placing a Palisades Fire exemption from Measure ULA on the November ballot, 13-1, and a 2026-27 homelessness spending plan with $54.7 million in Measure A money, 13-1. It also designated seven Westchester, Venice and West LA sites for sleeping and camping enforcement, 10-4, and continued two items; outcomes come from council files and the Clerk's Council Vote records.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 4, 2026 meeting 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.

Attendance and votes

• Curren Price (CD 9) is recorded absent on all 51 roll calls; Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13) is recorded absent on item 13. Every other roll call was 14-0 except the five below. Counts are our tally of the City Clerk’s Council Vote (CVVS) records for Aug. 4, 2026.
• Item 13, Scattergood appeal, 10-3: Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman and Katy Yaroslavsky voted no (CF 25-1360).
• Item 32, LAMC 41.18 sites in CD 11, 10-4: Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, Raman and Soto-Martinez voted no (CF 26-4118-S7).
• Item 24, homelessness funding, 13-1: Monica Rodriguez voted no (CF 23-1022-S33). Items 25 and 44, 13-1: Hernandez voted no (CF 26-1100-S9, CF 26-0968).
• Item 26 was continued to the next day’s meeting, 14-0, and adopted on Aug. 5 (CF 26-0929).

13. Scattergood power plant rebuild: appeal denied, environmental report certified

• What it does: Denies the CEQA appeal by Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, Communities for a Better Environment, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles and the Center for Biological Diversity, and certifies DWP’s EIR for the Scattergood Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Green Hydrogen-Ready Modernization Project. The Council adopted a statement of overriding considerations finding that significant air quality and cumulative effects remain (agenda).
• Who brought it: The DWP Board adopted the EIR Oct. 28, 2025; the Energy and Environment Committee recommended denying the appeal (CF 25-1360). Traci Park and Marqueece Harris-Dawson added an amendment asking DWP to keep up settlement talks with a goal of a resolution within 45 days, keeping the core draft terms already offered, and to report back (amending motion).
• Money: No fiscal impact statement was submitted (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: Mar Vista supported the appeal and asked the Council to send the EIR back to DWP (Mar Vista CIS).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 10-3; Hernandez, Raman and Yaroslavsky voted no; Price and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 25-1360).

19. Year-end 2025-26 budget transfers

• What it does: Carries unspent General Fund and special fund balances into 2026-27 and makes transfers including $3 million for Fire Department mutual aid overtime during wildfire season, up to $13.7 million for the state ambulance-transport (GEMT) program invoice, $1,052,262 to install radios in fire vehicles, $500,000 to replace a failed fuel tank at Fire Station 28, and $2,819,828 within LAHD accounts for homeless services administration (agenda).
• Who brought it: The City Administrative Officer’s Fourth Financial Status Report, through the Budget and Finance Committee (CF 25-0600-S138). Raman and Bob Blumenfield amended the LAHD transfer’s account split (Amending Motion 19A).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, forthwith, 14-0 (CF 25-0600-S138).

20. $3.37 million World Cup safety and security grant

• What it does: Accepts a $3,370,994.09 grant through the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee, covering July 4, 2025 to July 31, 2026, to reimburse Police, Fire, Emergency Management and Transportation projects (CAO report).
• Who brought it: The Mayor’s Office; John Lee and Harris-Dawson amended an LAPD account number (Amending Motion 20A).
• Who it affects: Council Districts 9 and 14 (CF 26-0820).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0 (CF 26-0820).

23. ASPCA and Best Friends grant funds 23 Animal Services jobs

• What it does: Uses grant money from the ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society for 23 positions, one Director of Field Operations, three District Supervisors and 19 Animal Care Technicians, from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 (agenda).
• Money: $1,240,660 for salaries and $2,026,990 for benefits and related costs, $3,267,650 in all, our sum (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0 (CF 26-0832).

24. 2026-27 homelessness spending plan

• What it does: Moves money for the year’s homelessness programs, including $54,725,376 in Measure A money for Tiny Home Villages ($40.8 million), Project Homekey sites ($8.9 million) and LAHSA administration ($5.0 million); up to $17,856,712.50 to advance first-quarter Inside Safe and LAHSA costs; and Alliance settlement money for interim beds and master leasing. It also pays to close the A Bridge Home site at 828 Eubank Ave. in Council District 15 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The City Administrative Officer’s Annual Homelessness Funding Report (CF 23-1022-S33). Raman and Blumenfield raised the Alliance “other interim housing” transfer to $18,138,675 and added $1 million for third-party monitoring of the Alliance settlement (Amending Motion 24A).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported the 13-1 vote and that Rodriguez, who opposed the plan, had earlier proposed a City-run homelessness department (Daily News, Aug. 5, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, forthwith, 13-1; Monica Rodriguez voted no (CF 23-1022-S33).

25. Palisades Fire exemption from Measure ULA goes to the November ballot

• What it does: Final reading of the ordinance calling a Nov. 3, 2026 election on exempting from the ULA transfer tax, retroactive to Jan. 7, 2025, residential properties damaged or destroyed in the Palisades Fire and sold within five years of the fire (agenda).
• Who brought it: The City Attorney drafted it after the Council’s July 1 action; the Rules Committee named Traci Park author of the ballot argument in favor of Proposition TE, and no one asked to write the argument against (Rules Committee memo).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported Park’s July 1 statement that some fire victims “have no choice but to sell” and Hernandez’s concern that the exemption could be used by investors; it also reported ULA had raised nearly $1.2 billion from 1,633 sales through April 30, 2026, citing the Housing Department (Daily News, Aug. 4, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-1; Hernandez voted no (CF 26-1100-S9).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189009 took effect Aug. 7, 2026 (CF 26-1100-S9).

27. Infosys LATAX cloud support contract grows by $1.22 million

• What it does: A fourth amendment extends the Office of Finance’s contract for Amazon Web Services support of the LATAX business tax system to Sept. 15, 2027 and raises the ceiling from $6,258,951 to $7,482,842 (agenda).
• Money: $1.22 million from the Office of Finance’s 2026-27 budget (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; the Budget and Finance Committee had waived consideration (CF 25-1289-S1).

30. LAFD to study demolishing fire-risk abandoned buildings before they burn

• What it does: Asks LAFD, with Building and Safety, the CAO and City Attorney, to report on a program to demolish abandoned buildings that pose a significant fire risk, with owner notice and a last chance to abate, criteria for “high-risk” buildings and cost recovery through liens or tax-roll assessments (agenda). An amendment adds a 14-day Office of Historic Resources review before demolishing any building listed in HistoricPlacesLA (Amending Motion 30A).
• Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by John Lee; amendment by Padilla and Soto-Martinez (CF 26-0386).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Westside and Downtown Los Angeles (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0 (CF 26-0386).

32. LAMC 41.18 sleeping and camping ban at seven Council District 11 sites

• What it does: Designates 8925 and 8921 S. Sepulveda Blvd., 8651 S. La Tijera Blvd., 604 and 720 Rose Ave., 204 Hampton Drive and 12054 Wilshire Blvd. for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping or storing property in the public right-of-way, citing public safety (agenda).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 26-4118-S7); CD 11 filed findings for each site (findings).
• What happened: Adopted, 10-4; Hernandez, Jurado, Raman and Soto-Martinez voted no (CF 26-4118-S7).

33. More time to negotiate a grocery and housing project at 9402 S. Broadway

• What it does: Extends the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with 94B, LLC for the City-owned former Broadway Hospital site, vacant since 1993, planned for a full-service grocery and 180 homes, 27 of them affordable. It also lets Sanitation hire a contractor for environmental cleanup with CDBG money (motion).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-0974).
• Who it affects: Council District 8 (CF 26-0974).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0 (CF 26-0974).

44. Talks with police unions on Charter Reform Commission Recommendation 54

• What it does: As filed, told the CAO, with the City Attorney and LAPD, to begin required meet-and-confer talks on Recommendation 54 and report back with any agreements and the steps to carry it out. A Soto-Martinez and Tim McOsker amendment changed “all required meet and confer obligations” to “voluntary discussions” (agenda, amending motion).
• Who brought it: Harris-Dawson, seconded by McOsker (CF 26-0968).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, forthwith, 13-1; Hernandez voted no (CF 26-0968).

45. $450,000 for a consultant on a new City homelessness structure

• What it does: Funds the CAO to hire consultants quickly to help design a new homelessness structure with an implementation plan. The motion as filed said “a transition plan away from LAHSA”; a Harris-Dawson and Soto-Martinez amendment replaced that wording (agenda, amending motion).
• Who brought it: Harris-Dawson, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0966).
• Money: $450,000 from 2024-25 Shelter and Housing Interventions money (agenda).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported the vote as a step toward separating the City from LAHSA (Daily News, Aug. 5, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0 (CF 26-0966).

49. Convention Center and Arena sign district amended for the expansion

• What it does: Amends the 2023 sign district for the Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena to change the size of digital signs on Figueroa Street and the freeway-facing signs on the South Hall Green Wall and New Hall, and to allow pedestrian-scale pillar signs in Gilbert Lindsay Plaza (City Attorney report).
• Who brought it: City Planning Commission (CPC-2025-5329-SN); the PLUM Committee waived consideration (CF 22-0536-S1).
• Who it affects: Council District 9 (CF 22-0536-S1).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0 (CF 22-0536-S1).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189010 took effect Sept. 14, 2026 (CF 22-0536-S1).

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