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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 18, 2026

August 18, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 18, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council adopted 31 of 41 items and continued hearings on 10 street lighting districts to Sept. 15, according to the Clerk's Council Vote (CVVS) records and each council file. It voted 10-3 to rescind the 41.18 no-camping zones set in Council District 13 in 2021 and remove four Hollywood-area parks from the zones, with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez voting no. It approved up to $2.2 million to settle an LAPD employee's lawsuit and authorized up to $85 million in housing revenue bonds for 252 W. Imperial Highway and Sky Castle II downtown (our sum). John Lee and Curren Price were absent all day.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 18, 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

• John Lee (CD 12) and Curren D. Price (CD 9) are recorded absent on all 41 roll calls. Katy Yaroslavsky (CD 5) is recorded absent on items 15, 16 and 18 to 26. Counts are our tally of the Clerk’s CVVS records for Aug. 18, 2026.
• Split votes: item 27, police overtime in Topanga Division, passed 11-2 with Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez voting no (CF 26-1096). Items 37 and 38, the Council District 13 no-camping zones, passed 10-3 with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez voting no (CF 21-4118-S14, CF 21-4118-S1).
• Items 5 to 14 are protest hearings on street lighting assessment districts. The Council continued each hearing, with the ordinance to be presented Sept. 15, 2026 (CF 26-0900-S1).

15. Exempt LACERS’s chief investment officer job from civil service

• What it does: Approves the Mayor’s request to exempt one Chief Investment Officer position at the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System from civil service under Charter Section 1001(b). The officer manages LACERS’s $27 billion portfolio (Personnel and Hiring Committee report).
• Who it affects: The Mayor reports this would be the 132nd of 150 exempt positions the Charter allows (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-0949).

17. BlueLA electric car-share status report and follow-up instructions to LADOT and DWP

• What it does: Notes and files LADOT’s July 23 report on the BlueLA program and asks LADOT and the City Attorney to report on permits for the new operators, Envoy Carsharing and It’s Electric, charging-station fees, cost recovery for curb upkeep, use by location and other uses for low-use stations (Transportation Committee report). Amending Motion 17A asks DWP to speed review of LADOT charging-station permits.
• Who brought it: Motion by Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Adrin Nazarian; Motion 17A by Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado (CF 19-0131-S2).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Downtown Los Angeles.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 13-0; Lee and Price absent (CF 19-0131-S2).

19. Blue Systems scooter-data contract amended to a $1.1 million total

• What it does: A second amendment to contract C-139579 pays Blue Systems for its dockless-mobility data platform for Jan. 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, which LADOT uses to audit per-trip fees and monitor scooter and bike-share operators (Transportation Committee report).
• Money: Total compensation up to $1,100,428 from the City Parking Permit Program Revenue Fund; no General Fund impact (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 22-1049-S1).

20. Tie private ambulance rates in Los Angeles to rates set by the County

• What it does: Amends Administrative Code Section 22.484 so the LADOT general manager automatically matches private ambulance rates in the City to the rates the County of Los Angeles sets (Transportation Committee report).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was submitted (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0583).
• What’s next: The ordinance was published Sept. 2 and takes effect Oct. 9, 2026 (CF 25-0583).

27. $80,000 for added police patrols in LAPD Topanga Division

• What it does: Moves $80,000 from the North West Valley Project Mitigation Fund to LAPD overtime for added police services in Topanga Division (motion).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-1096).
• Who it affects: Council District 12 (CF 26-1096).
• What happened: Adopted, 11-2; Hernandez and Soto-Martinez voted no; Lee and Price absent (CF 26-1096).

31. Up to $30 million in housing revenue bonds for 166 apartments at 252 W. Imperial Highway

• What it does: A resolution lets the City issue revenue bonds or notes of up to $30,000,000 to finance buying, building and equipping a 166-unit rental project (motion).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-1098).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-1098).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-0; Lee and Price absent (CF 26-1098).

36. Negotiate a long-term, fully reimbursed City services contract with Goldenvoice for Camp Flog Gnaw

• What it does: Tells the CAO and Chief Legislative Analyst to negotiate a contract of up to five years under which Goldenvoice reimburses the City for police and other services at Camp Flog Gnaw, held Nov. 14 and 15, 2026 at Dodger Stadium, and future events (motion).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 26-1102).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-0; Lee and Price absent (CF 26-1102).

37. Rescind all 41.18 no-camping zones the Council set in Council District 13 on Nov. 16, 2021

• What it does: Rescinds every site designated in the Council’s Nov. 16, 2021 action under Municipal Code Section 41.18 and asks the CAO how to remove the signs (motion).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson. The motion says street homelessness in the district has fallen more than 40% since 2023 and that 41.18 enforcement causes outreach teams to lose contact with people they are housing (motion).
• Coverage: The Larchmont Chronicle reported that 12 zones in the district will be removed, including near Sunset Junction and in Silver Lake and Echo Park, that zones around schools and day care centers stay, and quoted Rodriguez saying 41.18 is “about protecting public spaces for families” (Larchmont Chronicle, Sept. 23, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted, 10-3; Padilla, Park and Rodriguez voted no; Lee and Price absent (CF 21-4118-S14).
• What’s next: CAO report on removing signage (motion).

38. Remove four parks in Council District 13 from 41.18 no-camping zones

• What it does: Amends the Council’s Nov. 3, 2021 action to remove Barnsdall Art Park, the Las Palmas Senior Citizen Center, Hollywood Recreation Center and Madison West Park from the 41.18 zones (motion).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 21-4118-S1).
• What happened: Adopted, 10-3; Padilla, Park and Rodriguez voted no; Lee and Price absent (CF 21-4118-S1).

39. Up to $55 million in housing revenue bonds for Sky Castle II, 271 units at 350 S. Figueroa St.

• What it does: A resolution lets the City issue multifamily housing revenue bonds of up to $55,000,000 to finance acquisition, construction and renovation of the 271-unit Sky Castle II project (motion).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-1114).
• Who it affects: Council District 14 (CF 26-1114).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 13-0; Lee and Price absent. The file lists Council action final the same day (CF 26-1114).

41. Pay up to $2.2 million to settle Bridget Pickett v. City of Los Angeles

• What it does: Settles a Superior Court case over employment claims by an LAPD employee (motion).
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield, after the Budget and Finance Committee recommended it 5-0 in closed session on Aug. 4 (motion).
• Money: Up to $2,200,000 in 2026-27: $826,951.87 to the plaintiff’s settlement trust, $1,073,048.13 to McNicholas and McNicholas LLP’s client trust account, and $300,000 in back wages (motion).
• What happened: Adopted in open session, 13-0; Lee and Price absent (CF 26-0901).

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