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Los Angeles City Council meeting, September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 8, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council adopted all 21 items. It voted 10-2, with John Lee and Traci Park opposed, to have the City Attorney draft an expansion of the Fair Work Week Ordinance to fast food workers with paid in-person rights training, after rejecting a virtual-training amendment 5-7. It also passed an urgency ban on demolishing rent-controlled homes in part of Valley Glen, 12-0, and accepted $150,000 from the Oceanwide Plaza buyers for a hotel incentive study. Outcomes come from council files and the Clerk's Council Vote records; the Council Journal could not be read from this server as of Oct. 10, 2026.

As of October 10, 2026, outcomes for the September 8, 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

• Bob Blumenfield (CD 3), Curren D. Price (CD 9) and Monica Rodriguez (CD 7) are recorded absent on all 26 roll calls posted for this meeting, our count of the Clerk’s Council Vote records.
• The only no votes came on item 1. John Lee and Traci Park voted no on final adoption, and seven members voted down Amending Motion 1B (CF 19-0229-S2).
• Item 7 carried an urgency clause that needed 12 votes; it got exactly 12 (CF 25-0970).

1. Draft law extending Fair Work Week scheduling rules to fast food workers, plus paid in-person rights training

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney to draft amendments to the Fair Work Week Ordinance covering fast food businesses with 60 or more establishments nationally, with a collective bargaining exemption and a private right of action for workers. It also tells the Bureau of Contract Administration to report within 180 days on a six-hour, in-person, biennial “Know Your Rights” training paid for by employers (agenda).
• Who brought it: Motion by Hugo Soto-Martinez and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Curren D. Price, Jr., in July 2024; the Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved it as amended on Aug. 18 (CF 19-0229-S2).
• Amendments: Motion 1A (Soto-Martinez, Jurado) sets effective dates of April 1, 2027 for franchisees with more than one location and Oct. 1, 2027 for single-location owners, and requires accessible training, virtual if an employee asks. Motion 1C (Nazarian, Padilla) adds an assessment of legal liabilities from requiring in-person training. Motion 1B, which would have allowed virtual or in-person training, failed 5-7.
• Money: No fiscal analysis was completed; the Bureau, CAO and City Attorney are to report on enforcement staffing and cost (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Eagle Rock, Echo Park.
• Coverage: The Los Angeles Times reported that Starbucks Workers United and the California Fast Food Workers Union sponsored the change and that franchise owners testified it would add costs (Los Angeles Times via Yahoo News, Sept. 8, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 10-2; Lee and Park voted no; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent. On Motion 1B, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, Raman, Soto-Martinez and Yaroslavsky voted no (CF 19-0229-S2).
• What’s next: Council action became final Sept. 9; the City Attorney drafts the ordinance and the reports follow (CF 19-0229-S2).

3. Accept $150,000 from the Oceanwide Plaza developer to study hotel incentives for the downtown towers

• What it does: Lets the Chief Legislative Analyst hire consultants to evaluate the Oceanwide Plaza project and recommend incentives, possibly a hotel development incentive agreement, to finish its hotel. The developer pays $150,000 for the consultant and must reimburse the City’s full evaluation costs (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-1105).
• Who it affects: Council District 14, downtown (agenda).
• Coverage: The Real Deal reported that a bankruptcy judge approved a $517 million purchase of the unfinished towers at 1101 S. Flower St. by a KPC Group and Lendlease venture, and that the original plan included a 184-room hotel (The Real Deal, Sept. 9, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 26-1105).
• What’s next: Action became final Sept. 21 after the Mayor’s review period (CF 26-1105).

4. Rezone part of 12910 W. Culver Blvd. from public facilities to light industrial for an existing parking lot

• What it does: Changes the southern part of the site from PF-1XL to (T)M2-1 and waives street dedication on Culver Boulevard. The site is a surface parking lot and no construction is proposed (Case CPC-2025-5749-VZC-HD) (agenda).
• Who brought it: Applicant Westbrook Marina Office, LLC, through the City Planning Commission and PLUM Committee (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 26-0898).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189040 takes effect Nov. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0898).

5. Ordinance to lengthen building permit life to three years for low-rise homes and four years after disasters

• What it does: Tells Building and Safety and City Planning to draft an ordinance raising permit life for low-rise residential construction from two to three years, and to four years for high-rise and other construction after a natural disaster, and letting LADBS extend permits on its own (agenda).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 25-0173).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Sunland-Tujunga. Against unless amended: Westside, Bel Air-Beverly Crest.
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 25-0173).
• What’s next: The departments draft the ordinance (agenda).

7. Urgency ordinance barring demolition of occupied rent-controlled homes in part of Valley Glen

• What it does: An interim control ordinance bars demolition permits for occupied units that are or were under any form of rent or price control in the past five years, in part of Valley Glen in the Van Nuys-North Sherman Oaks Community Plan area (agenda).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 25-0970).
• Who it affects: Council District 2 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0, meeting the 12-vote urgency requirement; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 25-0970).
• What’s next: Ordinance No. 189035 took effect Sept. 14, 2026 (CF 25-0970).

8. Four Sanitation landscaping contracts up to $14.4 million over nine years

• What it does: Authorizes Public Works to sign agreements with Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman, Inc., The Pond Co., Yunsoo Kim Design and FarEast Landscape and Maintenance for tree trimming, water features, irrigation and other site work, five years plus two two-year options. It also reopens the qualifications process (agenda).
• Money: Up to $14.4 million across all four over nine years, from sewer, solid waste and stormwater funds; the CAO reports no General Fund impact (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 26-0999).
• What’s next: Sanitation reports annually on task orders (agenda).

14. $2.03 million for Healthcare in Action street medicine for homeless patients in CD 13

• What it does: Extends medical care and social services by Healthcare in Action under Contract C-200712 from Aug. 6, 2025 to Aug. 4, 2027 (agenda).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-1225).
• Money: $1,425,000 from CD 13’s AB 1290 redevelopment fund and $600,000 from the General City Purposes Fund; $2,025,000 in all (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 26-1225).

15. Council takes over and sends back the private street approval for 5000 S. Beethoven St. near Ballona Wetlands

• What it does: Asserts jurisdiction over the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission’s Aug. 5 denial of an appeal by Defend Ballona Wetlands (Case PS-1464-1A), vetoes it and remands the case to ask whether the site’s planned use is still the industrial building the Council approved in 1997 (agenda).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-1226).
• Who it affects: Council District 11 (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Del Rey, filed Sept. 13, after the vote.
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent. Sept. 8 was the last day for Council action (CF 26-1226).
• What’s next: The case returns to the Area Planning Commission (agenda).

21. Reports on impounds, fines and road changes to stop street takeovers in Harbor Gateway

• What it does: Asks LAPD, LADOT, Street Services, the CAO and the City Attorney to report on impounding vehicles up to 30 days, fines, investigative technology, road changes at Figueroa Street and Alondra Boulevard, coordination with the Sheriff and CHP, and recovering repair costs from participants (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Bob Blumenfield; the Public Safety and Public Works committees waived consideration (CF 26-1150).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement in support on Oct. 7, 2026, after the meeting. Its board voted 12-0 for the position on Sept. 8, 2026 and wrote that the Figueroa Street and Alondra Boulevard intersection is in its area (CIS, CF 26-1150).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 12-0; Blumenfield, Price and Rodriguez absent (CF 26-1150).

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