Los Angeles City Council · Held

Los Angeles City Council meeting, September 16, 2026

September 16, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 16, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council adopted 38 of 39 items and continued one appointment to Sept. 22. It voted unanimously to hold rebuild permits for the burned Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights and seek a cold storage ICO, approved a $102.3 million House LA Fund contract with Genesis LA to buy and preserve small apartment buildings, and split 9-5 on LAPD's Regional Threat Assessment Center agreement. The Council Journal records the same outcomes and tallies as the council files and the Clerk's Council Vote records.

As of October 10, 2026, outcomes for the September 16, 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

• Council members voted against three items. Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado and Hugo Soto-Martinez voted no on item 16, the LAPD curriculum grant (CF 26-1012), and on item 35, the Regional Threat Assessment Center agreement, where Curren Price and Nithya Raman also voted no (CF 21-0460-S5). Monica Rodriguez cast the only no vote on item 34, the homelessness funding report (CF 23-1022-S40).
• Heather Hutt (CD 10) is recorded absent on 33 of 39 roll calls. Jurado, Adrin Nazarian and Traci Park were absent for items 10, 38 and 39, the El Nino items (CF 26-1169). Counts are our tally of the Clerk’s Council Vote (CVVS) records for Sept. 16, 2026.
• At the opening roll call 11 members were present; Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Adrin Nazarian and Traci Park were absent. At the ending roll call Hutt, Jurado, Nazarian and Park were absent. The Journal’s outcomes and tallies match the CVVS records (Council Journal).

1. Zoo admission fees rise $2

• What it does: Amends Administrative Code Section 22.715 to raise every Los Angeles Zoo admission fee by $2 (committee report).
• Money: No fiscal analysis was submitted with the ordinance (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted on second reading, 15-0 (CF 26-0600-S22).
• What’s next: The ordinance takes effect Nov. 2, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S22).

3. In-person LAHD and REAP hearings

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney for an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 162.06 so all LAHD administrative hearings, including Rent Escrow Account Program and General Manager hearings, are held in person with a virtual option, posted in one place in English and Spanish, with Spanish interpretation at every hearing (committee report).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 25-0924).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: NoHo.
• What happened: Adopted, 13-0; Hutt and Price absent (CF 25-0924).

5. $102.3 million Small NOAH contract with Genesis LA

• What it does: Lets LAHD sign a five-year contract, with one five-year option, for Genesis LA Economic Growth Corporation to market, underwrite and lend for the Small Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing program, and moves $14,624,757 into a new Small NOAH account (committee report).
• Money: Up to $102,270,320 from the House LA Fund; no General Fund impact (committee report).
• Amendment: Amending Motion 5A by Imelda Padilla and John Lee requires LAHD to report underwriting standards and funding terms before soliciting applicants, and to report proposed awards on a quarterly basis.
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-1179).

6. SB 4 and the City’s housing incentive program: motion noted and filed

• What it does: Notes and files an October 2024 motion that asked City Planning to make SB 4 the only law governing by-right housing on faith-based and nonprofit college land, with its labor and affordability rules, instead of the City’s own program (committee report).
• Who brought it: The Housing Committee recommended filing, 3-0 (committee report); Bob Blumenfield and Tim McOsker moved its adoption on the floor (CF 21-1230-S7).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 21-1230-S7).

7. Zoning code changes to carry out Measure PL

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney and City Planning for an ordinance conforming the zoning code to the planning Charter amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot, contingent on voter approval. If Measure PL passes, references to Area Planning Commissions would be replaced with a Neighborhood Appeals Commission keeping the seven-area representation, and second-level appeals would go to the Council (PLUM report).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-1247).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-1247).

8. Hold rebuild permits for the Lineage warehouse and draft a Boyle Heights cold storage ICO

• What it does: Tells Building and Safety to issue no rebuild permits for 1400 S. Los Palos St. until LAFD confirms its fire investigation is complete. It asks for reports on discretionary review of future projects there and for an urgency Interim Control Ordinance barring permits for large cold storage warehouses near homes, parks, schools, day care and libraries in Boyle Heights, for 45 days with extensions (committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0906-S10).
• Coverage: LAist reported the vote as unanimous and quoted Jurado: “A facility should not be able to request a like-for-like rebuild while the fire investigation remains active” (LAist, Sept. 18, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted, 15-0 (CF 26-0906-S10).

9. Higher fines for high-impact code violations after the Lineage fire

• What it does: Asks Building and Safety to report within 7 days on fines, with a structure from $25,000 to $1,000,000 per fine. It asks CID to propose using fines from the Lineage site for a support program, including guaranteed income for affected businesses, residents and workers, and asks the CAO how to recover the City’s response costs (Ad Hoc Committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by John Lee (CF 26-0906-S11).
• What happened: Adopted on a Jurado and McOsker motion to adopt the Ad Hoc Committee report, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-0906-S11).

10. Public Works report on El Nino storm response

• What it does: Instructs Street Services, Sanitation, Engineering, Contract Administration and Street Lighting to report verbally on crews, overtime, catch basin clearing, sandbags, hillside inspections and 311 intake for heavy storms, and to prepare post-storm reports (Public Works report).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-1248).
• Neighborhood council positions: A North Hollywood Northeast CIS was filed Sept. 23, after the vote.
• What happened: Adopted, 11-0; Hutt, Jurado, Nazarian and Park absent (CF 26-1248).

12. Up to $20 million in bonds for the St. George Hotel

• What it does: Approves, as federal tax law requires, the California Municipal Finance Authority issuing up to $20,000,000 in bonds for 115 E 3rd LP to buy and rehabilitate the St. George Hotel, with 69 affordable units and a manager’s unit (motion).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Curren Price (CF 26-1196).
• Money: No City money is pledged and the City is not liable for repayment (motion).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-1196).

16. $320,000 federal grant for LAPD academy de-escalation curriculum

• What it does: Accepts a U.S. Justice Department COPS Office grant for Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2027 and allows a contract of up to $150,000 for software and services to build an AI chatbot (committee report).
• Money: $320,000 in federal grant money (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 11-3; Hernandez, Jurado and Soto-Martinez voted no and Hutt was absent (CF 26-1012). The companion $500,000 training grant, item 15, passed 14-0 (CF 26-1011).

18. $1.04 million for the Internet Crimes Against Children task force

• What it does: Accepts a supplemental federal grant of $1,042,765 for LAPD’s ICAC Task Force for the period beginning Oct. 1, 2025 (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 25-0015).

20. $1.62 million federal grant to reduce the DNA testing backlog

• What it does: Applies for and accepts a 2025 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction grant of $1,619,184 for LAPD (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-0834).

21. Street Services permit fees rise to cover full cost

• What it does: Adopts higher and new Investigation and Enforcement Division permit fees, with yearly inflation increases, and asks the City Attorney for the code amendments (Budget and Finance report).
• Money: Fees for building materials, overloads, special events, haul routes and water discharge, over 95% of the division’s permit revenue, would rise from about $2.3 million to about $5.0 million a year; the 2026-27 budget assumes $2.8 million in new General Fund revenue (Budget and Finance report).
• Who it affects: The Board of Public Works says the fees fall mainly on commercial activity in the public right-of-way (Budget and Finance report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-0467).

27. Report on City whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections

• What it does: Instructs Personnel, with the City Attorney, to report on how employees report misconduct, protections against retaliation, independent review of adverse actions, training, and lawful options to record evidence, with recommendations to strengthen protections (Personnel and Hiring chair communication).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 26-1199).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-1199).

28. Monthly reports on City vacancies, hiring and attrition

• What it does: Directs the CAO and Personnel to report monthly on vacancies by department and class, hiring activity including Targeted Local Hire and Bridge-to-Jobs, attrition, transfers and retention (chair communication).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-1229).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-1229).

32. CD 4 street medicine contract extended with $1.19 million more

• What it does: Amends the Council’s Oct. 7, 2025 action to extend Healthcare in Action’s street medicine contract in Council District 4 to Aug. 31, 2027, for a total of $1,357,990 (motion).
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 25-1135).
• Money: $1,190,511.52 from CD 4’s General City Purposes additional homeless services account (motion).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 25-1135).

33. Contract Financing Program expanded to LA28-related work

• What it does: Lets CID’s Contract Financing Program help Los Angeles businesses holding contracts from other government agencies, and businesses with contracts tied to major sports and entertainment events including LA28, and approves a contract with Merriwether and Williams Insurance Services (CID report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 24-0710).

34. Second 2026-27 homelessness funding report

• What it does: Approves the CAO’s second funding report of the year: a lease for a tiny home village and a CEQA exemption for a low-barrier navigation center at 600 E. 116th Place (CD 15), money for Homekey 3 interim housing in CDs 12 and 4, leasing costs for 11 interim housing sites, teardown of an A Bridge Home site in CD 15 and a Safe Sleep site in CD 9, and youth programs (Budget and Finance report).
• Money: Uses General Fund money already budgeted for homelessness and state HHAP grants; the CAO reports no new General Fund impact (Budget and Finance report).
• Amendment: Amending Motion 34A by Ysabel Jurado and Katy Yaroslavsky struck one CAO recommendation and directed up to $1,513,350 in HHAP youth money to move-in costs for 150 Foster Youth to Independence vouchers, through an increase to LAHSA’s contract with HOM Inc.
• What happened: Adopted as amended forthwith, 12-1; Rodriguez voted no and Hutt and Price were absent (CF 23-1022-S40).

35. Regional Threat Assessment Center agreement, 9-5

• What it does: Approves LAPD’s 2026-27 subaward and funding agreement with the County for the Regional Threat Assessment Center program, and asks LAPD to report by the end of 2026 on what it spends on the program and the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), and how many JRIC requests for LAPD database information were approved or denied (Budget and Finance report).
• Money: Grant reimbursements with no City match and no added General Fund impact, per the CAO (Budget and Finance report).
• What happened: Adopted, 9-5. Hernandez, Jurado, Price, Raman and Soto-Martinez voted no; Hutt was absent (CF 21-0460-S5).

36. Up to $10 million Mitigation Response Fund for Boyle Heights

• What it does: Asks the CAO and CLA to report immediately on a fund of up to $10 million from the Unappropriated Balance or other sources for odor, vermin and pest control, Family Resource Center help and direct aid to small businesses after the June 17 Lineage fire, and asks the City Attorney to report on recovering costs from Lineage Logistics and others (committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0906-S12).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-0906-S12).

37. $940,000 to the Boyle Heights WorkSource Center for Lineage fire recovery

• What it does: Lets CID move up to $940,000 in Los Angeles County Fire Additional Assistance Grant money to the Boyle Heights WorkSource Center for affected workers and businesses, through March 31, 2027 (committee report).
• Money: No General Fund impact, per CID (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0; Hutt absent (CF 26-0906-S13).

38. Super El Nino preparations, including the Palisades burn scar

• What it does: Instructs Emergency Management, with Engineering, Sanitation, Recreation and Parks, DWP, LAPD and LAFD, to present plans for coastal flooding and the fishing piers, evacuations and shelter, clearing catch basins and storm drains, and stabilizing hillsides in the Palisades burn scar (Public Safety report).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-1169).
• Neighborhood council positions: Bel Air-Beverly Crest filed a CIS before the vote; North Hollywood Northeast filed one after.
• What happened: Adopted, 11-0; Hutt, Jurado, Nazarian and Park absent (CF 26-1169).

39. Updated El Nino plans and hillside guidance within 30 days

• What it does: Instructs Emergency Management, with Public Works, LAFD, LAPD, LADOT and DWP, to present updated El Nino plans within 30 days, with guidance for hillside property owners on flooding and mud and debris flows (Public Safety report).
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 26-1169-S1).
• What happened: Adopted, 11-0; Hutt, Jurado, Nazarian and Park absent (CF 26-1169-S1).

Previous meeting: September 15, 2026 · Next meeting: September 18, 2026 · All meetings