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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 19, 2026

August 19, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: The Los Angeles City Council adopted 35 of 38 items on Aug. 19, 2026, with no recorded no votes, according to the Clerk's Council Vote (CVVS) records and each council file. It passed, 13-0, an ordinance exempting temporary 2028 Olympic and Paralympic projects from zoning and planning rules, asked for an ordinance giving builders more than 18 months to finish plan check, and adopted five Boyle Heights fire follow-up motions, including parking ticket relief. It received and filed a proposal for up to $85 million in bonds for a downtown hotel and continued two rent escrow removals to Sept. 11. John Lee and Hugo Soto-Martinez were absent all day.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 19, 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

• No member cast a recorded no vote on any of the 40 roll calls for this meeting (CVVS).
• John Lee (CD 12) and Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13) are recorded absent on all 40. Adrin Nazarian (CD 2) is recorded absent on items 1 to 8, 10, 21 and 29. Counts are our tally of the Clerk’s CVVS records for Aug. 19, 2026.
• Item 9 has three roll calls: adopted as amended, reconsidered, and adopted as amended again, each 13-0 (CF 15-0989-S47).

6. LAHD to design a Handyworker program for smoke cleanup and air filters for seniors after the Boyle Heights fire

• What it does: Tells LAHD, with the Community Investment Department, to report within 30 days on using Handyworker Program money to help seniors and other low-income residents with HVAC cleaning, odor removal and air filtration, including outreach, eligibility rules and award amounts (Housing and Homelessness Committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by John Lee (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Nazarian and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0965).

7. Report on effects of the County taking over as lead of the region’s homeless services system

• What it does: Directs the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the CAO, LAHD and LAHSA, to report on how the County Department of Homeless Services and Housing becoming lead of the Continuum of Care and Coordinated Entry System affects City funding, access to supportive housing built in the City, interim housing referrals, and shared decisions on board seats, assessment tools, funding notices and data sharing (Housing and Homelessness Committee report).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-0673).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Nazarian and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0673).

8. LAHD Rent Division temporary staffing contract with Partners in Diversity, up to $1.81 million

• What it does: Authorizes a contract with Partners in Diversity, Inc. through Sept. 19, 2028 for temporary staff in LAHD’s Rent Division (Housing and Homelessness Committee report).
• Money: Up to $1,811,179.44, funded by moving $1,115,756 in the Just Cause Enforcement Fee Trust Fund and $446,303 in the Rent Stabilization Fund, and cutting $893,371 from LAHD General Fund salaries (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Nazarian and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-1013).

9. Ordinance exempting temporary 2028 Olympic and Paralympic projects from zoning and planning rules

• What it does: Adds Municipal Code Section 12.22 A.41 and Chapter 1A Division 1.7 so that certain temporary projects needed to host the 2028 Games are exempt from Zoning Code rules such as conditional use permits, site plan review, height limits, setbacks and specific plan limits. The Council found it statutorily exempt from CEQA as an activity necessary to host the Games (City Attorney report; PLUM report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Traci Park, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, in December 2024 (City Attorney report). Amending Motion 9A by Bob Blumenfield and Nazarian has City liaisons and City Planning act within 14 business days of a complete application.
• Neighborhood council positions: Against unless amended: Westside. Against: North Hollywood Northeast (PLUM report).
• Coverage: LAist reported that exempt projects could range from training sites to fan zones and security perimeters, and that United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles objected that the ordinance also allows permanent projects (LAist, Aug. 19, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent. The ordinance carries an urgency clause requiring 12 votes (CF 15-0989-S47; PLUM report).
• What’s next: Published Sept. 9 and effective that day (CF 15-0989-S47).

10. Run DASH Boyle Heights/East LA buses every 10 to 15 minutes during the fire emergency

• What it does: Tells LADOT to add buses and drivers so the route runs every 10 to 15 minutes Monday through Saturday until the emergency declaration is lifted, to cut outdoor waits in smoke (Transportation Committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 26-0906-S3).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Lee, Nazarian and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0906-S3).

11. Ordinance to extend building plan check expiration past 18 months, excluding single-family homes

• What it does: Tells Building and Safety, with the City Attorney, to draft an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 98.0603 so applicants get more than 18 months to finish plan check and get permits under the codes in effect when they applied (PLUM report). Amending Motion 11A by Katy Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield excludes single-family homes.
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by John Lee (CF 26-0347).
• Neighborhood council positions: Against unless amended: Palms, filed after the vote.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0347).

12. Up to $85 million in 501(c)(3) bonds for an 11-story hotel at 1130 S. Hope St.

• What it does: A resolution would have approved qualified 501(c)(3) bonds of up to $85,000,000 for the hotel (motion).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Bob Blumenfield. Jurado and Eunisses Hernandez then moved to receive and file the item (motion).
• Who it affects: Council District 14 (CF 26-0132).
• What happened: Received and filed, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0132).

15. Report on requiring most neighborhood council board members to hold LAFD CERT certification

• What it does: Tells the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, with LAFD, to recommend how to require a majority of each neighborhood council board to get and keep Community Emergency Response Team certification, with options, costs, exemptions and remote training (committees’ report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (committees’ report).
• Who it affects: Board members of the City’s neighborhood councils (committees’ report).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0906-S4). Amending Motion 15A by Jurado and Rodriguez strikes the certification requirement and asks for a report on making CERT training more accessible to board members.

17. Relief from parking tickets and tows tied to the Boyle Heights fire

• What it does: Tells LADOT to report on canceling citations for people hit by “extenuating circumstances” during the fire under Vehicle Code Section 40215(a), and to define the term with the City Attorney to include stay-at-home orders, emergency declarations and financial hardship. LAFD and LAPD are to report on towing during the fire, and LADOT on offering remote post-storage hearings to every affected owner (committees’ report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by John Lee (committees’ report).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-0906-S6).

20. Set 2026-27 property tax rates for City general obligation bond debt

• What it does: Adopts the ordinance setting the 2026-27 debt service tax rate at 0.012603 per $100 of assessed value, up from 0.012232 (Controller report).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 26-1089).
• What’s next: Published and effective Aug. 21, 2026 (CF 26-1089).

38. Approve up to $15 million in state-issued bonds for Westside Neighborhood School, 5340 Alla Road

• What it does: Approves, as federal tax law requires, the California Municipal Finance Authority’s issuance of up to $15,000,000 in bonds for the private school’s facilities. No City money is pledged and the City has no repayment liability (motion).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 24-0179).
• Who it affects: Council District 11 (motion).
• What happened: Adopted, 13-0; Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (CF 24-0179).

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