Los Angeles City Council meeting, September 2, 2026

September 2, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 2, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council, with 10 members present at the opening roll call and 11 voting on 12 of the 13 items, adopted all 13 items without a no vote, including a framework to electrify City buildings by 2045, a first-reading repeal of Municipal Code Section 55.14, which is the subject of a federal suit and reports on the Channel 35 contract with Squadron. It also confirmed six planning and preservation commissioners (Council Journal).

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 2, 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.

Where	John Ferraro Council Chamber Room 340, City Hall 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Agenda	Official agenda (posted August 28, 2026)
Council Journal	Official Journal
Video	Recording
City Council districts	Council District 9

Attendance and votes

Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla and Curren Price were absent all day; Hugo Soto-Martinez was also absent for item 1 (Council Journal).
No member voted no on any of the 13 items (CVVS).

1. Framework to electrify City buildings and add solar and batteries by 2045; Engineering to revise the Year-1 workbook

What it does: Approves a framework for decarbonizing existing City buildings through electrification, solar and battery storage, with a target completion of 2045. It tells Engineering to revise the Year-1 workbook and report yearly to the Municipal Facilities Committee, tells departments to help replace gas-powered equipment, and creates a “Decarbonization Rebates” account (Council Journal).
Money: The Municipal Facilities Committee reports no General Fund impact from approving the framework (Council Journal).
Neighborhood council positions: For: Westside (Council Journal).
What happened: Adopted, 10-0; Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla, Curren Price and Hugo Soto-Martinez absent (Council Journal).

8. New contract template for future official police tow garage agreements

What it does: Lets the Police Commission use a new contract template for future official police garage towing and storage agreements, with minor staff edits. It was continued from Aug. 25 (Council Journal).
Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (Council Journal).
What happened: Adopted, 11-0 (Council Journal).

12. Repeal Municipal Code Section 55.14, which is challenged in a federal lawsuit, Lopez v. City

What it does: Adopts on first reading an ordinance repealing Municipal Code Section 55.14 in full. The City Attorney’s reports say the section is challenged in Thomas Lopez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, a federal case, and do not describe its contents (City Attorney report; draft ordinance).
What happened: Adopted, 11-0; the ordinance was held for a second reading Sept. 9 (Council Journal).
What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 9; Ordinance No. 189039 takes effect Nov. 1, 2026 (CF 26-1014).

13. ITA to report on the Channel 35 contract with Squadron and the 41 prior contractor workers

What it does: Asks ITA for an update on the Channel 35 request for proposals and contracts. As amended, ITA and the City Attorney must report to the Arts, Parks and City Facilities Committee on the 41 former contractor workers and how many moved to Squadron, the City Attorney must report on the Council’s options on the new Squadron contract, and the City Attorney and Contract Administration must report on compliance with the Worker Retention Ordinance (Council Journal).
Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, Tim McOsker, Adrin Nazarian, Imelda Padilla and Traci Park (CF 26-1228); Amending Motion 13A by Rodriguez and Hernandez, further amended by McOsker (Council Journal).
What happened: Adopted as amended, 11-0 (Council Journal).

Every item

#	Item	Outcome
1	Framework to electrify City buildings and add solar and batteries by 2045; Engineering to revise the Year-1 workbook (CF 21-1039-S4) Also on CityHallPass: Energy and Environment Committee, Aug. 18	Adopted, 10-0 (10-0-5) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Absent Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
8	New contract template for future official police tow garage agreements (CF 26-0838) Also on CityHallPass: Public Safety Committee, Aug. 12 · Los Angeles City Council, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
12	Repeal Municipal Code Section 55.14, which is challenged in a federal lawsuit, Lopez v. City (CF 26-1014) Also on CityHallPass: Los Angeles City Council, Sept. 9	Adopted, 11-0; ordinance held for second reading (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
13	ITA to report on the Channel 35 contract with Squadron and the 41 prior contractor workers (CF 26-1228)	Adopted as amended, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
2	Confirm reappointment of David Phelps to the North Valley Area Planning Commission (CF 24-1200-S26) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
3	Confirm Victor Jones to the Cultural Heritage Commission (CF 26-1200-S39) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
4	Confirm Nick Gaines to the South Valley Area Planning Commission (CF 26-1200-S51) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
5	Confirm reappointment of Mona Sutton to the Harbor Area Planning Commission (CF 26-1200-S44) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
6	Confirm reappointment of Lisa Waltz Morocco to the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (CF 26-1200-S43) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
7	Confirm reappointment of Caroline Choe to the City Planning Commission (CF 26-1200-S46) Also on CityHallPass: Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Aug. 25	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
9	$438 for lighting City Hall for World Tuberculosis Day (CF 26-1208)	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
10	Funding to light City Hall for "LA is For Everyone" on Sept. 25, 2026 (CF 26-1209)	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes
11	Three-year no-cost lease for a soil bioremediation study by the Centre for Applied Ecological Remediation in CD 9 (CF 26-1211)	Adopted, 11-0 (11-0-4) Votes Bob Blumenfield (CD3): Yes Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CD8): Absent Eunisses Hernandez (CD1): Yes Heather Hutt (CD10): Absent Ysabel Jurado (CD14): Yes John Lee (CD12): Yes Tim McOsker (CD15): Yes Adrin Nazarian (CD2): Yes Imelda Padilla (CD6): Absent Traci Park (CD11): Yes Curren D. Price (CD9): Absent Nithya Raman (CD4): Yes Monica Rodriguez (CD7): Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD13): Yes Katy Yaroslavsky (CD5): Yes

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