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Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 26, 2026

August 26, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 4, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 26, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council adopted 47 of 48 items, including a $16 million LAX turbine service contract, a Landscape and Site Design Ordinance amended to require a street tree every 25 feet, and a LAHSA review of 2026 homeless count errors in every council district. The only split votes were 12-3 on two oversize-vehicle parking bans in CD 15; a Housing Authority appointment went to committee. Outcomes come from council files and the Clerk's Council Vote records; the Council Journal was posted by Oct. 4, 2026.

As of October 4, 2026, outcomes for the August 26, 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

• All 15 members voted on 46 of the 48 items. Curren Price is recorded absent on items 17 and 40, and no one else is recorded absent, by our tally of the Clerk’s roll calls (CVVS).
• The only no votes came from Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martinez, on the two oversize-vehicle parking bans, items 5 and 6 (CF 26-0008-S12, CF 26-0008-S13).
• Item 42, Daniel Tenenbaum’s appointment to the Housing Authority board, was referred to the Housing Committee on a motion by Soto-Martinez and Imelda Padilla (CF 26-1200-S48).

1. Ordinance: Public Works maintains City bike and multi-use paths; Street Services to report on staffing and funding

• What it does: Amends Administrative Code Section 22.322 so the Department of Public Works maintains City bicycle and multi-use paths. The Public Works Committee added instructions for the Bureau of Street Services to report on the staff and equipment it needs and for the CAO to report on funding options (agenda).
• Who brought it: Motion by Bob Blumenfield and Nithya Raman, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez; Eunisses Hernandez and Heather Hutt moved the Public Works Committee report on the floor (motion).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood and Studio City (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 25-0481).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189036 takes effect Oct. 21, 2026 (ordinance).

3. LAX: five-year, up to $16 million Solar Turbines contract to service two gas turbines at the Central Utility Plant

• What it does: A five-year contract for service, maintenance and repairs on two Mercury 50 gas turbines at the LAX Central Utility Plant (agenda).
• Who brought it: Board of Airport Commissioners, through the Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee (CF 17-1446-S4).
• Money: Up to $16,000,000; no General Fund impact, per the Board (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 17-1446-S4).

4. LADOT may seek bids to run South Region transit, paratransit and microtransit for up to seven years

• What it does: Lets the LADOT general manager release a request for proposals to manage and operate South Region transit, paratransit and microtransit, for a five-year contract with two one-year options (agenda).
• Money: Paid from Proposition A (Fund 385); LADOT reports no General Fund impact (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-1035).

5. Overnight oversize-vehicle parking ban on Pacific Avenue between 34th and 36th streets

• What it does: Bans parking of vehicles over 22 feet long or 7 feet high from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on both sides of Pacific Avenue between 34th and 36th streets, with tow-away signs (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by Tim McOsker, seconded by John Lee (CF 26-0008-S12).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-0008-S12).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-3; Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martinez voted no (CVVS; CF 26-0008-S12).

6. Overnight oversize-vehicle parking ban on West 130th and West 132nd streets west of Figueroa

• What it does: The same 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. oversize-vehicle ban on West 130th Street and West 132nd Street from South Figueroa Street to the western cul-de-sacs (agenda).
• Who brought it: Resolution by Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-0008-S13).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-0008-S13).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-3; Hernandez, Jurado and Soto-Martinez voted no (CVVS; CF 26-0008-S13).

7. Port of LA to deliver a 60-day plan for all active waterfront public access projects, including 2028 Games readiness

• What it does: Asks the Port to deliver within 60 days a plan for every active Public Access Investment Plan project, with sequencing, schedules, funding, barriers and the projects needed for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 15-0989-S71).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 15-0989-S71).

8. Deny CEQA appeals by Citizens for a Better LA and UNITE HERE Local 11 on a hotel expansion at 6415-6419 Selma Ave.

• What it does: Finds the project exempt from CEQA and denies appeals by Casey Maddren (Citizens for a Better LA) and Romulus Zamora and UNITE HERE Local 11. The approval lets an existing hotel grow by 14,427 square feet, to 93,803, and remove all on-site parking (agenda).
• Who brought it: Applicant 6417 Selma Holdings, LLC; the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission approved the exemption and PLUM recommended denying the appeals (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 13 (CF 21-1404).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 21-1404).

9. Grant CEQA appeal on a hillside house at 4230 N. Saltillo St.; fire-rules study ordered

• What it does: Grants the appeal by Girard Tract Community Preservation, overturns the South Valley Area Planning Commission’s CEQA exemption, and sends the case back for a study of state and local fire rules. The project is a two-story, 1,899-square-foot house with a four-car garage, basement and pool, removing two oak trees (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 3, inside the Girard Tract and Mulholland specific plans (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0412).

10. Declare Fox Apartments, 10251-10257 Santa Monica Blvd., a Historic-Cultural Monument

• What it does: Adds Fox Apartments, 10251-10257 W. Santa Monica Blvd. and 1749-1755 S. Ensley Ave., to the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. The Los Angeles Conservancy applied; the owners are SM Ensley Property LLC and the Saundra Borie Trust (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Westwood (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0622).

12. City Planning on-call programming contracts with 19 firms grow by $6.5 million and two years

• What it does: Extends City Planning’s on-call programming contracts with 19 firms, including 3Di, Psomas and Urban Insight, by 24 months through June 30, 2028 (agenda).
• Money: Ceiling rises by $6.5 million, from $7 million to $13.5 million, paid from existing budget appropriations (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-1010).

13. Technical fixes to the New Zoning Code (Chapter 1A); City Attorney to draft the ordinance

• What it does: Approves targeted amendments to Chapter 1A, the New Zoning Code, to fix errors and cross-references and refine standards, and asks the City Attorney to draft the ordinance (Case CPC-2026-259-CA) (agenda).
• Who brought it: City Planning Commission, through PLUM (CF 26-0987).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0987).

14. Landscape and Site Design Ordinance with a point system, amended to require a street tree every 25 feet

• What it does: Updates the Landscape Ordinance with Landscape and Site Design Standards scored on a point system and new rules for outdoor amenity areas (agenda). Amending Motion 14A (John Lee, Bob Blumenfield) asked for a revised ordinance requiring one 24-inch box street tree for every 25 feet of street frontage where feasible.
• Neighborhood council positions: Neutral: North Westwood. Against unless amended: Elysian Valley Riverside. For if amended: Palms and West Los Angeles Sawtelle (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 15-0 (CF 24-1399).
• What’s next: The City Attorney sent a revised ordinance on Sept. 14, and the Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 24-1399).

15. No-bid lease and PATH sublease for 26-unit family bridge housing at 3061 Riverside Drive

• What it does: Finds competitive bidding undesirable and impractical and lets General Services sign a ground lease with L&R Construction, Inc. (ground lease) and People Assisting the Homeless (sublease) to keep running the interim housing site (26 family units) (agenda).
• Money: About $1.3 million in state HHAP grants for operations and $419,430 for lease costs through June 30, 2027; the CAO warns of a possible future General Fund cost once grant money runs out (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 23-1022-S37).

16. No-cost lease for Salvation Army to run a 75-bed tiny home village at 1221 S. Figueroa Place, Wilmington

• What it does: Finds competitive bidding undesirable and impractical and lets General Services sign a ground lease with The Salvation Army to keep running the interim housing site (75 beds) (agenda).
• Money: About $2.4 million in Measure A Local Solutions money for operations; the City owns the site and the lease is no-cost (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 23-1022-S38).

17. No-cost lease for Weingart to run the 100-bed A Bridge Home site at 3210-3248 Riverside Drive

• What it does: Finds competitive bidding undesirable and impractical and lets General Services sign a ground lease with Weingart Center Association to keep running the interim housing site (100 beds) (agenda).
• Money: About $3.3 million in HHAP grants for operations; the City owns the site and the lease is no-cost (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Curren Price absent (CF 23-1022-S39).

18. Sanitation to report on pausing CARE+ encampment cleanups during declared environmental emergencies

• What it does: As committee-approved, the item told Sanitation to suspend CARE+ encampment cleanups in areas under declared environmental emergencies. Amending Motion 18A (Ysabel Jurado, Eunisses Hernandez) changed each instruction to a report back: on suspension options, on posting cancellation notices at least 12 hours ahead, and on Emergency Management including Sanitation in emergency activations.
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-0936).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 15-0 (CF 26-0936).
• What’s next: Sanitation reported on Sept. 15; the Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery approved the item Sept. 18, and the Clerk scheduled it for the Oct. 7, 2026 Council meeting (CF 26-0936).

19. Sanitation to prioritize bulky items, street sweeping and power washing in Boyle Heights, including near schools

• What it does: Tells Sanitation, with Council District 14, to prioritize bulky item pickup, street sweeping, power washing and dead animal removal in Boyle Heights for 60 days, targeting alleys and sidewalks near schools. The text says it does not authorize enforcement under Municipal Code 41.18 (agenda; Amending Motion 19A).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-0906-S14).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 15-0 (CF 26-0906-S14).

20. Sanitation to report on stormwater test results and the cleanup order after the Boyle Heights Lineage warehouse fire

• What it does: Asks Sanitation to report final water quality results for runoff from the June 17, 2026 Lineage warehouse fire and the status of the Regional Water Quality Control Board cleanup and abatement order (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0906-S7).

21. Civil Rights Department to study an Environmental Justice and Advocacy Advisory Commission

• What it does: Asks the Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department to report in 90 days on creating an Environmental Justice and Advocacy Advisory Commission appointed by the Mayor and Council (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0906-S9).

22. Deny appeal of variances for the historic cafe and new homes at 700 W. Paseo del Mar, San Pedro

• What it does: Denies the appeal by Noel Gould, June Smith, Robin Rudisill and Emma Rault and keeps the Harbor Area Planning Commission’s variances. They allow a 736-square-foot historic cafe in a single-family zone to reopen with 73 seats and beer and wine from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., plus a new 2,453-square-foot house and a 1,070-square-foot ADU (agenda).
• Who brought it: Applicant Vartan Achabahian, Masis Holdings, LLC. On Aug. 11 the Council asserted jurisdiction over the Commission’s related action on a motion by Tim McOsker and Heather Hutt; PLUM recommended filing that motion as moot (PLUM report).
• Who it affects: 700 W. Paseo del Mar, San Pedro, Council District 15. Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Aug. 25 (CF 26-0975-S1).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 15-0, after PLUM denied the appeal Aug. 25 (CF 26-0975-S1). Item 23, filing the jurisdiction motion, passed 15-0 (CF 26-0975).

28. Ordinance changing the fire and police pension health subsidy method under a settlement, and LACERS transfer costs

• What it does: Amends the Administrative Code to change how the Fire and Police Pensions health insurance subsidy is set, as a case settlement requires, to let LACERS amortize the cost of its Peace Officer Transfer Program, and to make technical changes (agenda).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0600-S109).
• What’s next: The ordinance takes effect Oct. 21, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S109).

29. Litigation Disclosure Ordinance: City contract bidders must disclose lawsuits against the City

• What it does: Adds Article 29 to the contracting rules in the Administrative Code, the Litigation Disclosure Ordinance. The motion behind it asked that firms bidding on or signing City contracts disclose whether they are suing the City; the ordinance exempts some contract types (agenda; motion).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by John Lee, Imelda Padilla and Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0215).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0215).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189038 takes effect Oct. 21, 2026 (ordinance).

33. CAO to study bringing City Plants tree work in-house or other ways to fund it

• What it does: Tells the CAO, with City Planning’s Office of Forest Management, Street Services and the City Attorney, to report on bringing City Plants’ tree work in-house, contracting it out or funding it another way (agenda).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, with Katy Yaroslavsky and John Lee (CF 26-0757).
• Neighborhood council positions: Palms filed Community Impact Statements on Sept. 6 and 7, after the vote (CF 26-0757).
• What happened: Adopted (Budget and Finance Committee version), 15-0 (CF 26-0757).

35. Revive the expired council file on the citywide sign ordinance rewrite

• What it does: Reactivates council file 11-1705, which expired in 2023, and restores the City Planning Commission’s May 25, 2021 proposed ordinance consolidating on-site and off-site sign rules to its last legislative status (agenda).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 11-1705).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 11-1705).

36. Extend the ULA interim inspector general contract with Estolano Advisors to March 31, 2027, adding $180,000

• What it does: Extends LAHD’s contract with Estolano Advisors for interim inspector general services to the ULA Citizen Oversight Committee by six months, to March 31, 2027 (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 23-0038-S12).
• Money: Adds $180,000, for a total of up to $1,249,032 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 23-0038-S12).

40. LAHD to fast-track Boyle Heights tenant complaints for 60 days and report on higher fines

• What it does: For 60 days LAHD must contact Boyle Heights tenants who file code, anti-harassment or rent stabilization complaints within 72 hours, schedule inspections within 10 days and issue notices within 15 days, and report in 10 days on raising fines during the emergency. Amending Motion 40A asks the Housing Authority to prioritize maintenance at Estrada Courts, Pico Gardens-Las Casitas and its other Boyle Heights sites.
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla; the Housing and Homelessness Committee waived consideration (CF 26-0906-S15).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0; Curren Price absent (CVVS; CF 26-0906-S15).

44. LAHD and Contract Administration plan to move prevailing wage monitoring to Contract Administration

• What it does: Notes and files the LAHD and Bureau of Contract Administration plan that began a pilot on July 1, 2026 moving prevailing wage monitoring on LAHD affordable housing projects to Contract Administration (LAHD and BCA report).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 15-0. Amending Motion 44A (Blumenfield, McOsker) adds a Chief Legislative Analyst report in 90 days on the staff needed to run labor compliance for HHH, ULA and other projects, and a transition plan in 60 days that includes loaning staff (CF 24-0069-S3).

45. LAHSA to investigate 2026 homeless count errors, widened from CD 8 to every council district

• What it does: Asks LAHSA to investigate sheltered and unsheltered 2026 point-in-time count data, explain the errors and correct the published findings. Amending Motion 45A (Bob Blumenfield, Marqueece Harris-Dawson) widened the review from CD 8 to every council district.
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-1121).
• Coverage: LAist reported that LAHSA’s unsheltered count for one South LA census tract was more than 10 times higher than in prior years, that Blumenfield said Homekey shelter residents in his district were left out, and that LAHSA said it would review the data through its Risk Management Department (LAist, Aug. 26, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 15-0 (CF 26-1121).

46. LAHD to buy 8224 S. Broadway for $1 for affordable housing

• What it does: Authorizes LAHD to buy 8224 S. Broadway for $1, subject to free and clear title, for affordable housing (agenda).
• Who brought it: Traci Park for Curren Price, seconded by Nithya Raman; the Housing and Homelessness Committee waived consideration (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 9 (CF 26-1052).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-1052).

47. Up to $5 million tax-exempt refunding note for Montesquieu Manor, 318 N. Juanita Ave.

• What it does: Adopts the TEFRA minutes and a resolution letting the City issue up to $5,000,000 in tax-exempt multifamily refunding notes for Montesquieu Manor, 318 N. Juanita Ave. (agenda).
• Money: The City is a conduit issuer; the CAO reports no General Fund impact and no City debt, with repayment only from project revenues (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 21-0697).

48. Up to $7 million tax-exempt refunding note for Rousseau Residences, 316 N. Juanita Ave.

• What it does: The same action for up to $7,000,000 in refunding notes for Rousseau Residences, 316 N. Juanita Ave. (agenda).
• Money: Conduit issue; no General Fund impact, per the CAO (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 21-0693).

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