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Los Angeles City Council meeting, October 6, 2026

October 6, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 8, 2026

From official records: On Oct. 6, 2026 the Los Angeles City Council adopted all 20 items on its agenda. By a 10-4 vote it asserted jurisdiction over the Police Commission's Sept. 22 approval of a no-cost, three-month pilot of Axon license plate readers on City streetlights, with Bob Blumenfield, John Lee, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez voting no. It also adopted revisions to the Wilmington-Harbor City and Harbor Gateway community plan updates, 12-0, and extended the citywide ban on permits for RV parks as Public Benefit Projects to Oct. 30, 2027, 13-1, with Nithya Raman voting no. The outcomes and tallies match the Council Journal.

As of October 8, 2026, outcomes for the October 6, 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.

The items below follow the numbered agenda the City Clerk posted on Oct. 2, 2026. Item 1 is a public hearing. The agenda lists items 2 to 10 as items for which public hearings have been held, and items 11 to 20 as items for which they have not, which need 10 votes for the Council to take them up. Under the agenda’s rules, an ordinance on first consideration (items 5, 6 and 9) passes that day only with a unanimous vote of at least 12 members present; otherwise it is laid over a week.

Attendance and votes

• At the opening roll call 10 members were present; Bob Blumenfield, Imelda Padilla, Traci Park, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky were absent. At the ending roll call 14 were present and Yaroslavsky was absent (Council Journal).
• Katy Yaroslavsky is recorded absent on all 20 roll calls, and Traci Park and Curren D. Price Jr. on items 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10. These are our counts from the roll calls on each council file, and they match the Council Journal.
• Nithya Raman voted no on item 15. Bob Blumenfield, John Lee, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez voted no on item 20. No member voted no on any other item (CVVS).
• The three ordinances on first consideration passed with no votes against: items 5 and 6, 14-0, and item 9, 12-0 (CF 26-1128, CF 26-1237, CF 24-0041).

Routine items, all adopted 14-0 with Yaroslavsky absent: 11, $1,462 from the General City Purposes Fund to light City Hall on Oct. 24, 2026 for World End Polio Day, a motion by John Lee seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-1368); 13, a motion by Eunisses Hernandez seconded by Ysabel Jurado to move $24,500 to Street Services and $31,284 to General Services from the Council District 1 share of the Neighborhood Services Enhancement line item, to repair the Cypress Park Veteran Memorial plaque, newsstand and flagpole ($55,784 in all, our sum of the agenda amounts; CF 26-1370); and 16 to 19, final maps for 9363 N. Burnet Ave. (CF 22-0883-S1), 4612 E. Topaz St. (CF 26-1365), 17545 and 17559 W. Devonshire St. (CF 26-1379) and 2392 W. Dewey St. (CF 26-1390). For each map the City Engineer reports that the subdivider paid a $9,064 processing fee and no other City money is needed (agenda).

1. Alcohol sales at a Shell station, 10974 Ventura Blvd.

• What it does: A public hearing on an application for a finding of Public Convenience or Necessity, which would allow sales of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption at a Shell Service Station with Food Mart at 10974 Ventura Blvd. (10972 and 10980 Ventura Blvd.). The agenda says a motion is required for findings and Council recommendations (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant, RADC Enterprises, Inc., filed the application on Aug. 28, 2026. The council file lists Zoning Administrator case ZA-2024-5471-CU2-CUB-SPPC (CF 26-1234).
• Who it affects: Council District 4 (CF 26-1234).
• What happened: Adopted as amended, 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1234). Amending Motion 1A, filed as Raman - Blumenfield, determines that a liquor license at the station “will serve the Public Convenience or Necessity and will not tend to create a law enforcement problem,” and grants the application.
• What’s next: The motion instructs the City Clerk to send the determination to the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Amending Motion 1A).

2. Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan update: revisions

• What it does: The committee report asks the Council to adopt City Planning’s Sept. 1, 2026 “Summary of Transmittal Items” and revise recommendations 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 (CF 25-0775) and 12 (CF 25-0774), which the Council adopted on Sept. 9, 2025 (CF 25-0774). The City Attorney would draft the Chapter 1A zoning ordinance and zoning code maps with the changes in a Sept. 1, 2026 supplemental report. For one year, City Planning could prepare technical corrections (typos, citations, map errors) and send them to the Council without going back to the City Planning Commission. The Director of Planning would amend the Environmental Protection Measure handbook so the HM1-2 Environmental Site Assessment standard covers properties in the Border Zone Property dataset, and add a standard for temporary construction and hauling (agenda).
• Who brought it: City Planning, through the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, which reported on Sept. 22, 2026 (CF 25-0774).
• Money: City Planning submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 25-0774).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0774).

3. Harbor Gateway Community Plan update: revisions

• What it does: The same revisions as item 2, for the Harbor Gateway plan (agenda).
• Who brought it: City Planning, through the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, which reported on Sept. 22, 2026 (CF 25-0775).
• Neighborhood council positions: The file holds a Community Impact Statement from the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council dated Aug. 25, 2025. The agenda’s own line for the item reads “Community Impact Statement: None submitted” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 25-0775).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0775).

4. Size limit option for attached accessory dwelling units

• What it does: Tells City Planning to present the proposed Missing Middle Ordinance “as soon as possible,” with an option under which an attached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) may not exceed 50% of the floor area of the existing main house and never more than 1,200 square feet. Planning would also report within 60 days on how Senate Bills 9 and 1211 affect attached ADUs in the City, report on other local options allowed under state law, and analyze whether “attachment” can be defined to address what the recommendation calls “the breezeway loophole” (agenda).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez, in an Aug. 11, 2026 motion. Council District 12 filed an amendment on Sept. 22, the day the Planning and Land Use Management Committee reported (CF 16-1468-S5).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 16-1468-S5).

5. Pier 500 Marine Container Terminal: how contracts are awarded

• What it does: Approves Harbor Department Resolution No. 26-10769 and adopts an ordinance dated Aug. 6, 2026 that lets the Board of Harbor Commissioners use alternative project delivery systems and a competitive sealed proposal method for capital projects for the proposed Pier 500 Marine Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles. It also finds the action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. The item is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Board of Harbor Commissioners. The Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee reported on Sept. 11, 2026 (CF 26-1128).
• Money: The Harbor Department reports no impact on the General Fund (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-1128).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent (Council Journal, CF 26-1128).

6. Paid time off for intermittent City employees

• What it does: Adopts an ordinance dated July 9, 2026 amending Administrative Code Sections 4.110.1 and 4.119. It clarifies that the 500 hours an intermittent employee must work to qualify for paid personal time off and holidays may fall within or beyond the six-month City service requirement, and in Section 4.119(m) adds a reference to Subdivision 5 in Subdivision 2 (agenda).
• Who brought it: A City Administrative Officer report, sent on by the chair of the Personnel and Hiring Committee on Sept. 9, 2026 (CF 26-1237).
• Money: The City Administrative Officer reports no costs (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1237).

7. Affordable Housing Linkage Fee refunds for unfinished homes

• What it does: Tells City Planning and Building and Safety, with the City Administrative Officer and the City Attorney, to prepare an ordinance amending Municipal Code Sections 19.18 and 16.02. It would allow a refund of the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee, up to $35,000, for single-family projects where construction started but was never finished and no certificate of occupancy was issued. The refund would apply to projects whose permits expired in the last three years. If the property is built on later, the fee would be charged again with the new permit. The City Administrative Officer would report how many projects would qualify, how much fee revenue would be refunded and the effect on affordable housing funding (agenda).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Heather Hutt, in an April 11, 2025 motion. Council District 6 filed an amendment on Sept. 8, 2026. The Housing Committee approved the motion as amended that day, and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee concurred on Sept. 22 (CF 17-0274-S3).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Palms Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Oct. 9, 2025, listed on the agenda as “For if Amended” (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 17-0274-S3).

8. Equestrian uses in the zoning code

• What it does: Tells City Planning, with Building and Safety, Animal Services and the City Attorney, to prepare an ordinance amending Chapters 1 and 1A of the Municipal Code to: reconcile housing and horse-keeping policies and protect horse-keeping properties; define an Equestrian Equipment Storage Container allowed in horse-keeping districts, with development standards; remove equestrian licensing requirements from land use permit rules; and consider changing the rule in Section 12.21 C.5(a) that horse-keeping structures in A and R zones sit on the rear half of the lot (agenda).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by John Lee, in a Jan. 31, 2025 motion. Council District 7 filed an amendment on Sept. 22, 2026, the day the Planning and Land Use Management Committee reported (CF 25-0096).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Feb. 28, 2025.
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0096).

9. Rapid micro-trenching

• What it does: Adopts an ordinance dated Sept. 8, 2026 amending Municipal Code Sections 62.00 and 62.03 to allow Rapid Micro-trenching for utility installations under rules set by the City Engineer, with a Street Damage Restoration Fee equal to the fee for regular micro-trenching. The item is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Imelda Padilla, in a Jan. 10, 2024 motion. The Public Works Committee reported on Sept. 22, 2026 (CF 24-0041).
• Money: The City Attorney submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 24-0041).

10. Cannabis license renewals and tax delinquency

• What it does: Tells the Department of Cannabis Regulation to renew 2027 licenses for businesses that would have been eligible for the City’s Cannabis Tax Amnesty Program, file complete applications on time and pay all renewal fees, whatever their current tax delinquency status. It also asks the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance removing Municipal Code Section 104.12(c)(1), the tax requirement for the September to November 2026 renewal period (agenda).
• Who brought it: A Sept. 15, 2026 motion listed as “Hernandez for Padilla - Price”: Eunisses Hernandez for Imelda Padilla, seconded by Curren D. Price Jr. The Public Works Committee reported on Sept. 22 (agenda, CF 26-1321).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted, 12-0; Park, Price and Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1321).

12. SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards contract

• What it does: Tells the City Administrative Officer and the Chief Legislative Analyst to negotiate a long-term contract with SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards LLC for City services for the annual Actor Awards ceremony and future events at venues including the Shrine Auditorium. It authorizes extra police services, fully reimbursed under Government Code Section 53069.8, and waives reimbursement for other City services under Municipal Code Section 41.20.1(c), the rule for events at major sports and entertainment venues. The City Administrative Officer could sign the contract and extend it to five years in all (agenda).
• Who brought it: Curren D. Price Jr., seconded by Traci Park, in a Sept. 29, 2026 motion sent straight to the Council (CF 26-1369).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent (CF 26-1369).

14. Sixth Street Viaduct Maintenance Trust Fund

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance creating a Sixth Street Viaduct Maintenance Trust Fund to take gifts and donations for upkeep of the viaduct, including trash and bulky item pickup and graffiti removal. The Controller would set up the fund and the City Clerk would run it (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Curren D. Price Jr., in an April 14, 2026 motion. The Public Works Committee approved it as amended on Sept. 8, and the Budget and Finance Committee concurred on Sept. 15 (CF 22-0708-S3).
• Money: The City Administrative Officer reports that to the extent donations offset the City’s maintenance costs, the fund will help the General Fund (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 14 (CF 22-0708-S3).
• What happened: Adopted, 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent (CF 22-0708-S3).

15. RV park permit ban extended to Oct. 30, 2027

• What it does: Extends the RV Parks Interim Control Ordinance (Ordinance No. 188753) by one year, to Oct. 30, 2027. The ordinance bars demolition, building, grading and other permits related to approving an RV park as a Public Benefit Project under Municipal Code Section 14.00(A)(7). The resolution calls this “a second and last extension period of 1 year” and says City agencies are working toward permanent rules (agenda).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, in a Sept. 1, 2026 resolution. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee reported on Sept. 22 (CF 25-0843).
• Money: City Planning submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Arleta Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Jan. 23, 2026.
• What happened: Adopted, 13-1; Raman voted no, Yaroslavsky absent (CF 25-0843).

20. Council review of the Axon streetlight license plate reader pilot

• What it does: Asserts Council jurisdiction, under Charter Section 245, over the Board of Police Commissioners’ Sept. 22, 2026 approval of a memorandum of understanding with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the Lightpost Test Pilot Program (BPC File No. 26-258), then refers the matter to committee. The motion says the Commission’s action does not need Council approval to take effect, and that the aim is “not necessarily to veto the action, but primarily to provide the public with an additional opportunity to learn about these proposed additional guardrails” (motion).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martinez, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, on Oct. 2, 2026 (CF 26-1394).
• The pilot: The LAPD report describes a “no-cost, three-month pilot evaluation” of streetlight-mounted automated license plate recognition hardware and software at locations LAPD approves. Under the agreement the City and LAPD own all data, the data stays in the continental United States, and Axon may not sell or share it or use it to train artificial intelligence models (LAPD report, BPC #26-258). The motion says LAPD told the Commission the agreement would be the template for all license plate reader vendors (motion).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported that the Commission approved the pilot 3-0 and, in a separate 3-0 vote, sent a new 10-year, $235 million Axon contract to the City Council (Daily News, Sept. 22, 2026).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 10-4. Blumenfield, Lee, Park and Rodriguez voted no; Yaroslavsky was absent. The file lists the Council action as final on Oct. 6, 2026 (Council Action, CF 26-1394).
• What’s next: The motion says that once the Council asserts jurisdiction, the matter goes “to Committee for further review” (motion). As of Oct. 8, 2026 the file lists the matter as pending in the Public Safety Committee, with Oct. 27, 2026 as the last day to act under Charter Section 245 (CF 26-1394).

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