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Los Angeles City Council meeting, September 15, 2026

September 15, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 4, 2026

From official records: The Los Angeles City Council adopted 32 of 33 items on Sept. 15, 2026. It banned sitting and sleeping near 3773 Crenshaw Blvd. under Section 41.18, 10-4, asked the City Attorney to delete the vehicle impound rule for illegal dumping instead of expanding it, 13-1, and approved a three-year LAFD ambulance billing contract with about $29.5 million in fees. The Ethics Commission appointment of Dena Bloom was continued and filed Sept. 22 after she withdrew. Imelda Padilla was absent all day. Outcomes come from council files and the Clerk's Council Vote (CVVS) records; the Council Journal was posted by Oct. 4, 2026.

As of October 4, 2026, outcomes for the September 15, 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

• The Clerk’s Council Vote (CVVS) records list 35 roll calls on 33 items. Imelda Padilla (CD 6) is recorded absent on all 35. Eunisses Hernandez (CD 1) and John Lee (CD 12) are recorded absent on item 12 (CF 15-0989-S62). Counts are our tally of the CVVS records for Sept. 15, 2026.
• Two items drew votes against. Item 23, the Crenshaw Boulevard 41.18 zone, passed 10-4 with Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado (CD 14), Nithya Raman (CD 4) and Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13) voting no (CF 26-4118-S8). Jurado cast the only no vote on item 14, the illegal dumping impound item (CF 26-0645).
• Item 19, the special events list, has three roll calls, each 14-0 (CF 26-1272).

12. Quarterly reports on Olympic contract opportunities posted on the City’s RAMP LA procurement site

• What it does: Asks the Board of Public Works, with the Bureau of Contract Management and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, to report quarterly on Olympic procurement opportunities on the City’s Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP LA). It also asks the organizing committee to load RAMP LA registered businesses into its Supplier.io database so they do not register twice (agenda).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 15-0989-S62).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood.
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Hernandez, Lee and Padilla absent (CF 15-0989-S62).

13. Departments to report in 90 days on updating street tree spacing rules to allow more and larger trees

• What it does: Tells the Urban Forestry Division, LADOT, Street Lighting, Engineering, DWP and City Planning to report in 90 days on modernizing the City’s internal Tree Spacing Guidelines (agenda). Amending Motion 13A (Yaroslavsky, Lee) folds in the open instructions from Council File 24-1228: which tree limits come from state or federal law and which from City policy, spacing and pruning changes, and larger tree wells. A Harris-Dawson and Lee amendment adds the purpose of expanding the urban forest.
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-1050).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Palms. North Hollywood Northeast filed a statement on Sept. 23, 2026, after the vote.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 26-1050).
• What’s next: The report is due in 90 days (agenda).

14. City Attorney to draft an ordinance deleting the vehicle impound rule for illegal dumping

• What it does: The committee report asked for an ordinance letting the City impound for 30 days any vehicle used in illegal dumping (agenda). Amending Motion 14A (Lee, Rodriguez) replaced both recommendations. The Council now asks the City Attorney for an ordinance deleting Municipal Code Section 41.70.3 and the impound references in Section 61.07, and for a report on other legal authority over illegal dumpers and their vehicles.
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Traci Park (CF 26-0645).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was completed (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 13-1; Jurado voted no, Padilla absent (CF 26-0645).

15. City Attorney to report on suing fireworks makers, shippers and sellers over illegal fireworks

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney whether the City can bring civil or criminal cases against manufacturers, importers, shippers, distributors, retailers and others whose conduct contributes to illegal fireworks in the City, including how to trace supply chains and what damages are available. The City Attorney and Chief Legislative Analyst also report on next steps and any law changes needed (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by John Lee (CF 25-0065-S1).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 25-0065-S1).

16. Three-year Digitech contract for LAFD ambulance billing, about $29.5 million in fees

• What it does: Lets the Fire Chief sign the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement to Contract No. C-118005 with Digitech Computer, LLC for emergency medical billing and collection, Oct. 22, 2025 through Oct. 21, 2028 (agenda).
• Money: Digitech keeps a base fee of 5.1% of net collections, estimated at $9.84 million a year or $29.53 million over three years, paid from LAFD’s contractual services account. The CAO reports no added General Fund impact (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 10-1078-S3).

20. $1,396,855 in CD 15 redevelopment money for beautification crews

• What it does: Moves $1,396,855 from the Council District 15 AB 1290 redevelopment account to the Board of Public Works for more beautification services by the Coalition for Responsible Community Development under City Contract No. C-146157 (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-1273).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 26-1273).
• What’s next: The Clerk sent the file to the Mayor Sept. 16; Council action was final Sept. 28 (CF 26-1273).

23. Ban on sitting, sleeping and storing property near 3773 Crenshaw Blvd. under Municipal Code Section 41.18

• What it does: Designates 3773 Crenshaw Blvd. as a location where sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping personal property in the public right-of-way is prohibited, on public safety grounds, to the maximum distance and time the code allows. City departments post notices and enforcement starts after the posting period (resolution).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-4118-S8).
• Who it affects: Council District 10 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 10-4; Hernandez, Jurado, Raman and Soto-Martinez voted no, Padilla absent (CF 26-4118-S8).

31. City Clerk to report on staffing an Office of Compliance to screen Councilmembers’ conflicts of interest

• What it does: Tells the City Clerk and CAO to report an updated staffing plan, resources and General Fund cost for an Office of Compliance inside the Clerk’s office, and tells the Information Technology Agency and City Attorney to report on an automated system to flag conflicts of interest and required recusals (Rules Committee report).
• Who brought it: A 2023 motion by Nithya Raman and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Paul Krekorian and Traci Park (agenda). The Rules Committee approved it 3-0 the same day, as amended by Council District 8 (Rules Committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: Elysian Valley Riverside, Greater Toluca Lake, Harbor Gateway North. For if amended: North Westwood.
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 23-1097).

32. City Attorney’s appointment of Dena Bloom to the City Ethics Commission

• What it does: Would confirm City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto’s appointment of Dena Bloom to the City Ethics Commission for a term from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031 (City Attorney letter).
• Who brought it: The City Attorney, under Charter Section 700(b). The Rules Committee recommended approval 3-0 on Sept. 15, with the background review listed as pending (Rules Committee report).
• What happened: Continued to Sept. 22, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 26-1200-S50).
• What’s next: On Sept. 22 the Council received and filed the committee report on a Harris-Dawson and Rodriguez motion, which says the appointee withdrew from consideration.

33. City opposes the U.S. Forest Service plan to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule

• What it does: Adds opposition to the Forest Service’s proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to the City’s 2025-26 federal legislative program (resolution).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Traci Park; the Rules Committee approved it 3-0 the same day (Rules Committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Imelda Padilla absent (CF 25-0002-S137).
• What’s next: The Clerk sent the file to the Mayor Sept. 16; Council action was final Sept. 28 (CF 25-0002-S137).

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