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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 12, 2026

August 12, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 12, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council adopted all 51 items on its agenda and redid ten lighting district votes from Aug. 11. It approved the Olympics master agreement on how LA28 repays the City 10-4 with an added audit requirement, voted 14-0 to plan a move of City homelessness programs away from LAHSA, and gave the Office of Wage Standards power to enforce overtime and break rules 12-2. It also approved 27 lawsuit settlements totaling $11,266,998, our sum of the settlement motions. 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 12, 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

• Katy Yaroslavsky (CD 5) is recorded absent on all 81 roll calls in the Clerk’s Council Vote (CVVS) records for Aug. 12; Monica Rodriguez is also absent on item 13. Counts are our tally of the CVVS roll calls.
• Recorded no votes on final actions: Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, Nithya Raman and Rodriguez on the Olympics master agreement (Council Action); Traci Park and Rodriguez on wage enforcement (Council Action); Hernandez and Jurado on AB 1588 (CF 25-0002-S113); and Park on the Alejandra Garcia settlement (CF 26-0996).
• Item 3 had eight roll calls and item 24 had four, including split votes on amendments (CF 15-0989-S68; CF 25-0207).
• Items S1 to S10 are a special agenda: the Council reconsidered its Aug. 11 votes on ten street lighting district hearings and moved them to Aug. 18 (CF 26-0900-S1).

3. Olympics master agreement on repaying the City for extra services

• What it does: Authorizes the Mayor and Council President to sign the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement with LA28, which sets how LA28 reimburses the City for services beyond normal levels, including staff salary and benefit costs, through venue-by-venue agreements. A First Amendment to the Games Agreement lets LA28’s $270 million Allocated Contingency fund cover City costs not otherwise reimbursed (CAO and CLA report). Amending Motion 3E adds an independent audit of LA28’s books at LA28’s cost before any surplus goes to the Legacy Entity, LA28 dissolves, or City money covers a shortfall.
• Who brought it: City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst; the Ad Hoc Committee on the Olympics sent it without recommendation. Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Tim McOsker moved approval (CF 15-0989-S68).
• Money: The report finds no impact on the 2025-26 or 2026-27 budgets and says the future cost of hosting cannot be determined (agenda).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported that LAPD and other Games security, estimated at $732.2 million, is not covered by the agreement, and quoted Rodriguez saying it “fails to provide any safeguards for Los Angeles taxpayers” (Daily News, Aug. 13, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended by 3E, 10-4; Hernandez, Jurado, Raman and Rodriguez voted no and Yaroslavsky was absent. Amending Motions 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3F, including Raman’s 3A, were referred to the Ad Hoc Committee (Council Action; CF 15-0989-S68).

4. DWP North Hills customer service center lease extended ten years

• What it does: First Amendment to the lease with 9136 Sepulveda LLC for about 4,920 square feet at 9154 Sepulveda Blvd., in holdover since Sept. 13, 2025 (DWP Board letter).
• Who brought it: Board of Water and Power Commissioners, Resolution No. 027 002, through the Energy and Environment Committee (agenda).
• Money: About $1,961,571 in base rent over ten years, starting at $34.78 a square foot, plus DWP’s share of operating costs (DWP Board letter).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1008).

5. Notch Peak Project power agreements

• What it does: Approves, by ordinance, Power Sales Agreement BP 26-011 and Agency Agreement BP 26-012 between DWP and the Southern California Public Power Authority for the Notch Peak Project (committee report).
• Who brought it: Board of Water and Power Commissioners, Resolution No. 027-014; the Energy and Environment Committee approved it Aug. 4, 4-0 (committee report).
• Money: No fiscal impact statement was submitted (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent. Ordinance No. 189023 took effect Aug. 27, 2026 (CF 26-1009).

6. Office of Wage Standards gets power to enforce overtime, break and late pay rules

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney for ordinance changes letting the Office of Wage Standards investigate overtime, meal break, rest break and late pay violations, letting the Bureau of Contract Administration director issue administrative subpoenas, and focusing the law on workers earning two-thirds or less of the City’s median household income. It asks for a complaint triage index, a public online list of completed cases, targeted enforcement in high-violation occupations and work with the County (agenda). Amendments added labor unions to outreach and information sharing and asked how due process would be protected in the online list (Motion 6C; Soto-Martinez amendment).
• Who brought it: Motion by Tim McOsker and Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky; on Aug. 12 McOsker and Soto-Martinez moved the Personnel and Hiring Committee version (CF 23-0932).
• Money: The Chief Legislative Analyst estimated a nine-month cost of $2.89 million for its July 2025 recommendations (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Pico Union, per the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 12-2; Park and Rodriguez voted no and Yaroslavsky was absent (Council Action).

7. City opposes proposed federal rules on gender-affirming care for young people

• What it does: Adds opposition to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s declaration and proposed rules affecting gender-affirming care for young people to the City’s federal legislative program (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Sherman Oaks. Against: Echo Park, per the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0002-S100).

9. City supports AB 1588 on street sideshows

• What it does: Adds support for AB 1588 (Stefani), the Sideshow Accountability and Community Safety Act, which raises penalties for taking part in or aiding a sideshow (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Mid City West and North Hollywood West, per the agenda.
• What happened: Adopted, 12-2; Hernandez and Jurado voted no and Yaroslavsky was absent (CF 25-0002-S113).

20. Council takes jurisdiction over a Melrose Avenue small-lot subdivision

• What it does: Asserts jurisdiction under Charter Section 245 over the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission’s May 12 denial of an appeal by Dustin Canez and Stephen Webb, which upheld splitting a three-lot, 15,513-square-foot bungalow court at 4061-4069 1/2 W. Melrose Ave. into nine small lots (agenda).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-1079).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1079).
• What’s next: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee granted the appeal Aug. 25 and the Council adopted that Aug. 28 (CF 26-1079).

22. $1.11 million for the Ohio Avenue Safety and Mobility Project

• What it does: Moves $1,110,000 from the state-funded Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program fund (Vision Zero projects) to Street Services for the Ohio Avenue project in Council Districts 5 and 11, mostly for overtime and hiring hall labor (agenda).
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Traci Park (CF 26-1077).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1077).

24. Plan to move City homelessness programs away from LAHSA

• What it does: Adopts the Budget and Finance Committee version, replaced and amended by Motion 24E. It asks for a report on HUD’s June 11, 2026 suspension letter to LAHSA, then talks with the County on a Joint Powers Authority with City majority control of the LAHSA Commission; asks staff to explore the City becoming lead or co-lead of the Continuum of Care; requires monthly progress reports; and appropriates $450,000 for consultants to plan the transition away from LAHSA (Motion 24E). Motion 24C moves the report on how to run each category of City homelessness spending to 2027, and Motion 24D sets all reports at 30 days.
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman, seconded by Bob Blumenfield and Katy Yaroslavsky; Raman and Harris-Dawson moved 24C (CF 25-0207).
• Money: $450,000 from the 2024-25 Shelter and Housing Interventions account for consultants (Motion 24E).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent. Earlier roll calls on the item were 13-1 (Rodriguez no) and 12-2 (Hernandez and Heather Hutt no) (Council Action; CF 25-0207).
• What’s next: The Mayor approved it Aug. 17, 2026 (Council Action).

26. $1 million settlement: Melissa Lilly trip and fall near Griffith View Drive

• What it does: Settles Lilly v. City of Los Angeles over an April 16, 2024 fall at or near 3778 Griffith View Drive (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Budget and Finance Committee recommended it in closed session; Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield moved it (motion).
• Money: Up to $1,000,000 from the Liability Claims Fund (motion).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1020).

32. $850,000 settlement: Alejandra Garcia, LAPD actions during May and June 2020 protests

• What it does: Settles Garcia v. City of Los Angeles over LAPD actions between May 29 and June 2, 2020, paid to the plaintiffs’ counsel, Carpenter & Zuckerman (motion).
• Who brought it: The Budget and Finance Committee recommended it 5-0 in closed session Aug. 4 (motion).
• Money: $850,000 from the Liability Claims Fund through Police Liability Payouts (motion).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-1; Park voted no and Yaroslavsky was absent (CF 26-0996).

44. $2.95 million settlement: LaJune Shannel Newborn

• What it does: Settles Newborn v. City of Santa Clarita, et al., on appeal in the Second Appellate District: $2,550,000 to Levin & Nalbandyan and Newborn, and $400,000 to an annuity (motion). An amending motion names MetLife Assignment Company as the annuity company.
• Who brought it: The Budget and Finance Committee recommended it in closed session; Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield moved it (motion).
• Money: Up to $2,950,000 from the Liability Claims Fund (motion).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, forthwith, 14-0; Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-0946).

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