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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 11, 2026

August 11, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 11, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council adopted 32 of 43 items and continued ten street lighting district hearings. It asked for a report on limiting clusters of sober living homes on a 10-4 vote, reorganized its committees and created ad hoc committees on Charter review and Boyle Heights fire recovery 13-1, and paid $2.2 million in fees in the LA Alliance homelessness case 13-1. The Council Journal was not posted as of Oct. 1, 2026; outcomes come from council files and the Clerk's Council Vote (CVVS) records.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 11, 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 D. Price (CD 9) is recorded absent on all 44 roll calls in the Clerk’s Council Vote (CVVS) records for Aug. 11; Nithya Raman (CD 4) is also absent on items 15 and 16. Counts are our tally of the CVVS roll calls.
• Recorded no votes: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martinez on the final sober living vote (CF 25-1484); Hernandez and Soto-Martinez on an earlier 12-2 roll call on that item (CF 25-1484); Hernandez on the CARE+ overtime money (CF 26-1063); Raman on the committee restructuring, twice (CF 26-2000); and Adrin Nazarian on the LA Alliance fee payment (CF 20-0263).
• The ten street lighting district hearings (items 2 to 11) were continued; the Council reconsidered them on Aug. 12 and moved the hearings to Aug. 18, with ordinances set for Sept. 15 (CF 26-0900-S1).

12. Mood Ring Inc. at 425 W. Gin Ling Way: finding that on-site alcohol sales serve public convenience

• What it does: Mood Ring Inc. asked for the Council finding the state needs before it licenses on-site alcohol sales at 425 W. Gin Ling Way in Chinatown (agenda).
• Who brought it: Applicant Vanessa Li, represented by La Tierra Consulting. Eunisses Hernandez and Bob Blumenfield moved Motion 12A to grant it (CF 26-0967).
• Who it affects: Council District 1 (CF 26-0967).
• What happened: Motion 12A adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-0967).
• What’s next: The Clerk notified the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Aug. 13 (CF 26-0967).

13. Extend the Council District 15 ban on new smoke and vape shop permits

• What it does: Extends Interim Control Ordinance No. 188977 by 10 months and 15 days. It bars by-right land use permits and tobacco retailer permits for smoke and vape shops in Council District 15 while City Planning works on permanent rules (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by Tim McOsker, seconded by Bob Blumenfield; the Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• Money: No fiscal impact statement was submitted (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: Earlier filings on the file came from Coastal San Pedro, Wilmington and Westside, as listed on the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Price absent (CF 25-0916).

14. Report on spacing limits and other ways to reduce clusters of sober living homes

• What it does: Tells City Planning, with the City Attorney, to report on minimum spacing between sober living facilities modeled on Costa Mesa’s ordinance, caps or dispersal rules by community plan area, thresholds for homes with more than six residents, and current approval policies (agenda). Amendments added reports on how the City identifies and acts against negligent operators and past citations (Motion 14A), public notice before a facility opens (Motion 14B), and whether residents of these homes have the same tenant protections as other renters (Motion 14C).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by John Lee (CF 25-1484).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Del Rey, Harbor Gateway North, West LA-Sawtelle, Westside, Northridge South, Arleta, Studio City and Coastal San Pedro, per the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 10-4. Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Jurado and Soto-Martinez voted no; Price was absent (Council Action). An earlier roll call on the item was 12-2, with Hernandez and Soto-Martinez voting no (CF 25-1484).

17. Reports on overhauling the Sidewalk Repair Program

• What it does: Asks Engineering and Street Services for reports on the access request prioritization matrix, curb ramp and sidewalk costs in other cities, whether City standards go beyond ADA requirements, the Sidewalks LA rebate program’s funding and waitlist, cost recovery under Municipal Code Section 62.104, and the cost of a lane mile of repaving and its required curb ramps (agenda). Amendments added neighborhoods without sidewalks to the equity criteria (Motion 17A) and a look at alternative materials (verbal amendment).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0481).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Los Feliz and North Westwood, per the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-0481).

19. One more year of talks on two Lincoln Heights parking lots for the Marigold affordable housing project

• What it does: Extends the exclusive negotiation agreement for LADOT Lot 660 at 154-164 S. Avenue 24 and Lot 661 at 2416-2422 N. Workman St. to Aug. 4, 2027 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Los Angeles Housing Department; the Housing and Homelessness Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• Money: LAHD reports no General Fund impact (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Price absent (CF 16-0600-S145).

20. City supports wildfire liability reform and a wildfire or broader perils fund

• What it does: Adds support to the City’s state and federal legislative programs for action on wildfire or catastrophic event liability reform and a wildfire or broader perils fund (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, through the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee (CF 25-0002-S126).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 25-0002-S126).
• What’s next: Sent to the Mayor Aug. 12; action final Aug. 24, 2026 (CF 25-0002-S126).

21. LAFD report on the Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse fire

• What it does: Asks LAFD, with City Planning and Building and Safety, to report on the cause of the June 17 fire at 1400 S. Los Palos St., the investigations, and the facility’s compliance history, including state Cal/OSHA inspections from 2023. It also asks for recommendations to strengthen inspections of large cold storage sites that use ammonia refrigeration (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Bob Blumenfield; the Public Safety Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 14 (CF 26-0906-S2).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-0906-S2).

22. Council takes jurisdiction over the Harbor commission’s 700 W. Paseo del Mar decision

• What it does: Asserts Council jurisdiction under Charter Section 245 over the Harbor Area Planning Commission’s June 2 action on Case ZA-2023-7218, which sustained the Zoning Administrator’s approval of a coastal permit, two variances and Mello Act review to keep a 736-square-foot historic cafe with beer and wine and build a two-story home with an ADU (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-0975).
• Who it affects: San Pedro, Council District 15 (CF 26-0975).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-0975).
• What’s next: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee noted and filed the matter Aug. 25, and the Council adopted that on Aug. 26 (CF 26-0975).

30. Up to $25.41 million in bonds for a 145-space mobile home park at 7560 Woodman Place

• What it does: Adopts a TEFRA resolution, after a June 30 hearing, approving tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds to buy and improve the park (agenda).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-1062).
• Money: Up to $25,410,000 in revenue bonds (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 2 (CF 26-1062).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-1062).

31. $500,000 for LAPD overtime on CARE+ cleanups in Council District 6

• What it does: Moves $500,000 from the Council District 6 share of the AB 1290 redevelopment fund to LAPD sworn overtime for CARE+ cleanup work (agenda).
• Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-1063).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-1; Hernandez voted no and Price was absent (CF 26-1063).
• What’s next: Sent to the Mayor Aug. 12; action final Aug. 24, 2026 (CF 26-1063).

35. Up to $40 million in bonds for Figueroa Heights, 145 affordable units on S. Figueroa Street

• What it does: Adopts a TEFRA resolution, after an April 9 hearing, approving revenue bonds for 145 affordable units at 7311, 7313, 7315 and 7317 S. Figueroa St. (agenda).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-1066).
• Money: Up to $40,000,000 in revenue bonds (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 8 (CF 26-1066).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 26-1066).

37. New Council committee structure

• What it does: Reorganizes the Council into 15 standing committees and six ad hoc committees, effective Aug. 31, 2026. It renews the ad hoc committees on the 2028 Games, unarmed crisis response, LA Recovery, and film and entertainment, and creates ad hoc committees on Charter review and on recovery from the June 2026 Lineage warehouse fire (substitute resolution; agenda).
• Who brought it: Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-2000).
• What happened: The Council voted 13-1 to take up the substitute and 13-1 to adopt it as amended; Raman voted no both times and Price was absent (CF 26-2000).
• What’s next: Item 39 set the committees’ meeting schedule, as amended by Motion 39A to move Trade, Travel and Tourism to the second and fourth Fridays (CF 26-2000-S1).

38. Create an Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review

• What it does: Creates the committee to review Charter matters and tells the City Clerk to send it all pending Charter reform files (agenda).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, through the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee (CF 24-2000-S4).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 24-2000-S4).

40. $2.2 million in attorney and intervenor fees in the LA Alliance homelessness case

• What it does: Gives payment instructions for fees the Council approved May 5 under a court-approved stipulation: $1,900,000 to Umhofer, Mitchell & King and $300,000 to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, from the Liability Claims Fund (City Attorney report R26-0452).
• Who brought it: The City Attorney; the Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-1; Nazarian voted no and Price was absent (CF 20-0263).
• What’s next: Sent to the Mayor Aug. 12; action final (CF 20-0263).

42. LAX and Van Nuys airport IT contracts: combined limit raised to $180 million

• What it does: First amendments to 18 as-needed digital and IT master service agreements, including Accenture, KPMG, Boston Consulting Group, Gensler and Wipro, with terms still ending between April and May 2031 (agenda).
• Who brought it: Board of Airport Commissioners; the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• Money: Combined authority rises by $100 million, from $80 million to $180 million, paid from airport operating and capital funds, with no General Fund impact, per the City Administrative Officer (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Price absent (CF 24-0296-S1).

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