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Los Angeles City Council meeting, October 7, 2026

October 7, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

From official records: At its Oct. 7, 2026 meeting the Los Angeles City Council recorded votes on 22 of the 23 agenda items, no member voted no, and the council files record eight of those items as adopted, each 14-0 with Katy Yaroslavsky absent (Council Vote records). The adopted items include an ordinance to prohibit the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by tobacco and cannabis retailers, up to $20 million in revenue bonds to buy and rehabilitate a 61-unit rental building at 1800 E. 92nd St., $743,781 in state tobacco grant funds for LAPD, support for state rules to ban artificial stone with more than 1% crystalline silica and a resolution urging the County to move people with severe mental illness from City-funded shelters into County care. For the other 14 votes, including a motion to reactivate the expired community borough Charter amendment matter (14-0) and the Stanley Hills Drive CEQA appeal (10-0), the council files listed the roll call but no Council action as of Oct. 10, 2026, and the Council Journal for the meeting was not posted.

As of October 10, 2026, outcomes for the October 7, 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. The agenda lists items 1 to 5 as items for which public hearings have been held. It lists items 6 to 22 as items for which public hearings have not been held, so the Council needs 10 votes to take them up. Item 23 is a closed session. Under the agenda’s rules, the ordinance in item 6 passes on first consideration only with a unanimous vote of at least 12 members present; otherwise it is laid over a week.

Items 18 to 22 are resolutions that would add a position to the City’s state or federal legislative program; items 19 to 22 are subject to the Mayor’s concurrence. For each, the agenda says the Chief Legislative Analyst submitted no fiscal impact statement and the City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial analysis (agenda). In each of the four committee reports posted as of Oct. 3, the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee approved the item 2-0, with Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Hugo Soto-Martinez voting yes and John Lee absent (committee report, CF 25-0002-S109).

Attendance and votes

• Bob Blumenfield, Ysabel Jurado, Imelda Padilla, Curren D. Price Jr. and Katy Yaroslavsky are recorded absent on the roll calls for items 1 to 5, each 10-0. Yaroslavsky is recorded absent on items 6 to 22, each 14-0. No member voted no on any item. These are our counts from the Clerk’s Council Vote records.
• The Council Vote records give no action label for any of the 22 votes. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council files for eight items record that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51: items 6 (CF 24-1220), 7 (CF 26-0979), 11 (CF 26-0011-S18), 16 (CF 26-1385), 19 (CF 25-0002-S109), 20 (CF 26-0002-S26), 21 (CF 26-0002-S27) and 22 (CF 26-0002-S28).
• The council files for the other 14 items with votes (1 to 5, 8 to 10, 12 to 15, 17 and 18) show the Oct. 7 roll call but list no Council action as of Oct. 10, 2026; CF 26-1382 and CF 26-1033, for example, were last changed on Oct. 2, 2026. The Council Journal for the meeting was not posted as of Oct. 10, 2026.
• No vote is recorded for item 23, the closed session.

Routine items, from the agenda, each with a 14-0 roll call and Yaroslavsky absent (Council Vote records). The council file for item 11 records that the Council adopted it on Oct. 7; the files for items 8, 12, 14, 15 and 18 list the roll call but no Council action as of Oct. 10, 2026:

• 8: note and file the Board of Fire Commissioners’ annual report on the Fire Department’s Special Training Fund 40J for fiscal year 2025-26. The board reports that the fund pays for training the General Fund would otherwise cover, and that receipts over $1.5 million must go to the General Fund. The Public Safety Committee noted and filed it on Sept. 15 (CF 26-1158).
• 11: $14,504.10 from the Council District 9 share of the Street Furniture Fund for square dedication signs, a motion by Curren D. Price Jr. seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-0011-S18).
• 12: $75,000 from the Council’s Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line item for the West Adams Dia de los Muertos festival, a motion by Heather Hutt seconded by Eunisses Hernandez. The motion places the event in Council District 10; the agenda heading lists CD 9 (CF 26-1381).
• 14: adding Feria de los Moles ($10,000) and the Monterey Hill Jazz Festival ($5,000) to the Council District 14 list of citywide special events, a motion by Ysabel Jurado seconded by Heather Hutt (CF 26-1383).
• 15: a personal services contract with Granicus LLC for Council District 15, paid from the office’s Council Fund budget, a motion by Tim McOsker seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-1384).
• 18: a resolution by Tim McOsker, seconded by John Lee, to support the County Board of Supervisors’ $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the July 4, 2026 fatal shooting of Eric Washington at a block party in Compton. The committee approved it 2-0, Lee absent (committee report).

1. Citywide running club

• What it does: Asks the Department of Recreation and Parks to report on a process to create a citywide running club that uses open spaces across the City and brings the City’s running clubs together (agenda).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Curren D. Price Jr., in a Sept. 4, 2026 motion (CF 26-1279).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 3-0 on Sept. 16 (committee report).
• What happened: Roll call 10-0; Blumenfield, Jurado, Padilla, Price and Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 26-1279).

2. CARE+ cleanups during declared emergencies

• What it does: Tells the Bureau of Sanitation to write into its procedures that it will adjust, postpone or suspend CARE and CARE+ cleanups in an area under a local emergency declared by the Emergency Management Department, at each Council office’s discretion. Sanitation would also set a posting protocol for cancelled cleanups, including standard cancellation notices, and report back in 60 days (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, in a June 24, 2026 motion. On Aug. 26 the Council adopted the item 15-0, as amended by an amending motion from Jurado and Hernandez. The Bureau of Sanitation reported on Sept. 15 (CF 26-0936).
• Money: Sanitation submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery approved the recommendations 3-0 on Sept. 18 (committee report).
• What happened: Roll call 10-0; Blumenfield, Jurado, Padilla, Price and Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 26-0936).

3. Stanley Hills Drive CEQA appeal

• What it does: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee recommends granting the appeal filed by Concerned Citizens of Stanley Hills Drive. That would overturn the project’s California Environmental Quality Act clearance and send it back to the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, after City Planning obtains a study of compliance with state and local fire rules. The project is a new two-story house of about 2,338 square feet with a garage, pool, spa and rooftop deck, up to 28 feet tall, with 437 cubic yards of cut, 322 cubic yards of fill and two retaining walls up to 10 feet high (agenda).
• Who brought it: The appellant, Concerned Citizens of Stanley Hills Drive. The applicant is Stanley Family Residence, LLC (cases ZA-2025-1386-CU1-HCA-1A and ZA-2024-6711-CU1-HCA-1A). The committee acted on Sept. 22, 2026, and the applicant filed a new communication on Oct. 2 (agenda, CF 26-1033).
• Money: The Area Planning Commission reports no General Fund impact because fees cover the administrative costs (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 4 (CF 26-1033).
• What happened: Roll call 10-0; Blumenfield, Jurado, Padilla, Price and Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the file listed the roll call but no Council action, so it did not say whether the Council granted or denied the appeal. Communications from the applicant’s and appellant’s representatives and from the public were added to the file on Oct. 5 to 8 (CF 26-1033).

4. Port of Los Angeles legal agreement with Nossaman LLP

• What it does: Approves Port of Los Angeles Resolution No. 26-10754 and a Third Amendment to the Port’s agreement with Nossaman LLP for real estate matters. It raises the maximum compensation by $1,342,047, from $2,088,625 to $3,430,672, and extends the term two years to Dec. 5, 2030 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Board of Harbor Commissioners. The Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee approved it 4-0 on Sept. 11, Rodriguez absent (committee report, CF 25-1029-S1).
• Money: The Harbor Department budgeted $500,000 for fiscal year 2026-27 in its operating budget and reports no General Fund impact (agenda).
• What happened: Roll call 10-0; Blumenfield, Jurado, Padilla, Price and Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 25-1029-S1). The agenda gave Oct. 9, 2026 as the last day for Council action (agenda).

5. Speed safety cameras on Paseo Del Mar

• What it does: Asks LADOT to study relocating or adding speed safety cameras under the Speed Safety System Pilot Program on Paseo Del Mar between Gaffey Street and Barbara Street in San Pedro, and to report on other traffic-calming options there, such as speed tables and raised crosswalks, with costs and timelines (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt, in an Aug. 14, 2026 motion (CF 26-1135).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee approved it 3-0 on Sept. 16, Park and Padilla absent (committee report).
• What happened: Roll call 10-0; Blumenfield, Jurado, Padilla, Price and Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 26-1135).

6. Nitrous oxide sales ban for tobacco and cannabis retailers

• What it does: Adopts an ordinance dated July 29, 2026 adding Section 56.34 to the Municipal Code to prohibit the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide by tobacco and cannabis retailers (City Attorney report, agenda).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez and Imelda Padilla, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 24-1220).
• Committee vote: The Public Safety Committee approved the draft ordinance 4-0 on Sept. 15, Park absent (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 9, listed as “For” (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 24-1220). The agenda requires a unanimous vote of at least 12 members present for passage on first consideration (agenda). As of Oct. 10, 2026 the file listed no ordinance number.

7. Tobacco grant appropriations for LAPD

• What it does: Authorizes the Controller to move California Department of Justice 2025 Tobacco Grant Program funds to the Police Department: $585,728 for sworn overtime and $158,053 for related costs ($743,781 in all, our sum). The agenda says the item is scheduled under the Council’s action of Sept. 4, 2026, and it is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Board of Police Commissioners. The council file records Council adoption on Sept. 4, 2026 and a Mayor concurrence document (CF 26-0979).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0979).

9. Street racing and intersection takeovers

• What it does: Asks City departments to report within 30 days on Council File 22-1019: an updated list of the top 50 locations by LAPD bureau using 2024 to 2026 data, the City’s capacity to treat them, which past locations were treated and the costs so far, possible City, state, federal and grant funding, and a plan for priorities and funding. It also notes and files an Oct. 29, 2025 LADOT report and a Feb. 28, 2024 LAPD report (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 22-1019).
• Committee vote: The Public Safety Committee approved the recommendations 4-0 on Sept. 15, Park absent (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda lists the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council as “For” (Community Impact Statement). Earlier statements on the file came from the North Hills West, Downtown Los Angeles, Rampart Village and Westside neighborhood councils (CF 22-1019).
• What happened: Roll call 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 22-1019).

10. Drones near City infrastructure

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney, with LAPD, the Fire Department, DWP, Emergency Management and the Port, to draft an ordinance repealing the unenforceable sections of Municipal Code Section 56.31 and letting LAPD respond to dangerous drone uses and protect City critical infrastructure, consistent with Federal Aviation Administration rules (agenda).
• Who brought it: John Lee, seconded by Curren D. Price Jr., in an Aug. 12, 2026 motion (CF 26-1119).
• Committee vote: The Public Safety Committee approved it 4-0 on Sept. 15, Park absent (committee report).
• What happened: Roll call 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action (CF 26-1119).

13. Community borough system

• What it does: Reactivates Council File 02-1011, a proposed Charter amendment to set up a Community Borough System that expired under Council policy, and restores it to its last legislative status (motion).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Bob Blumenfield and Heather Hutt, on Sept. 30, 2026 (CF 26-1382).
• What happened: Roll call 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action; it was last changed on Oct. 2, 2026 (CF 26-1382).

16. Revenue bonds for 1800 E. 92nd St.

• What it does: Asks the Council to consider the results of a Sept. 21, 2026 public hearing under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) and adopt a resolution approving up to $20 million in revenue bonds or notes to buy and rehabilitate a 61-unit multifamily rental housing project at 1800 E. 92nd St. The item is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, in a Sept. 30, 2026 motion (CF 26-1385).
• Who it affects: Council District 15 (CF 26-1385).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1385).

17. SA Recycling contract extension

• What it does: Approves the Board of Police Commissioners’ recommendations for an amendment and one-year extension of Contract No. C-144631 with SA Recycling for auto dismantling services. The extension runs the contract through Nov. 21, 2027 (Public Safety Committee report).
• Who brought it: The Board of Police Commissioners, in a Sept. 29, 2026 report. The Homelessness and Health Committee waived consideration on Oct. 2 (CF 26-1377).
• Money: LAPD has $3,000,000 in its fiscal year 2026-27 budget for the program, so the report says no added appropriation is needed. Spending after June 30, 2027 depends on future budgets (Public Safety Committee report).
• Committee vote: The Public Safety Committee approved it 5-0 on Oct. 6, with Lee, Price, Park, Raman and Soto-Martinez voting yes (Public Safety Committee report).
• What happened: Roll call 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed the roll call but no Council action; it gives Nov. 20, 2026 as the last day for Council action (CF 26-1377).

19. Support for a National Infrastructure Bank (HR 5356)

• What it does: Adds support for HR 5356 (Davis) to the City’s 2025-26 federal legislative program. The committee report quotes the resolution as saying the bill would set up a mixed-ownership government corporation to finance infrastructure projects, business growth and job creation over the long term (committee report).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, in an April 24, 2026 resolution. The Chief Legislative Analyst filed a report on Sept. 25, 2026 (CF 25-0002-S109).
• Committee vote: Approved 2-0 on Oct. 2, Lee absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 25-0002-S109).

20. Support for a state ban on high-silica artificial stone

• What it does: Adds to the City’s 2026-27 state legislative program support for the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s emergency and permanent rulemaking to ban fabricating and installing artificial stone products with more than 1% crystalline silica. It also urges Cal/OSHA to move quickly through the emergency process (committee report).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, Bob Blumenfield, Imelda Padilla and Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Heather Hutt, on June 23, 2026 (CF 26-0002-S26).
• Who it affects: The resolution says about 98% of California workers diagnosed with silicosis tied to artificial stone fabrication are Latino men. It says the Standards Board voted unanimously on May 21, 2026 to grant a petition starting the ban, and that Cal/OSHA’s Silica Special Emphasis Program has issued more than 900 citations with about $1.9 million in proposed penalties (resolution).
• Committee vote: Approved 2-0 on Oct. 2, Lee absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0002-S26).

21. Support for continued state wildfire recovery

• What it does: Adds to the City’s 2026-27 state and federal legislative programs support for any legislative or administrative action to continue the response and recovery the State of California started after the January 2025 wildfires in the Los Angeles area (resolution).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Tim McOsker, on June 26, 2026 (CF 26-0002-S27).
• Who it affects: The resolution says the Palisades Fire burned more than 23,000 acres and destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, and that the Department of Water and Power is seeking physical infrastructure, faster permitting and environmental regulatory relief (resolution).
• Committee vote: The council file records committee approval on Oct. 2, and the agenda lists a committee report dated Oct. 2 (CF 26-0002-S27, agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0002-S27).

22. LA Alliance agreement and people with severe mental illness in City shelters

• What it does: Adds to the City’s 2026-27 legislative agenda a position that the County of Los Angeles follow the part of the LA Alliance memorandum of understanding requiring it to help people with severe mental illness move from City-funded interim housing into County-run systems of care, including bed placements (committee report).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, on Aug. 4, 2026 (CF 26-0002-S28).
• Who it affects: The resolution says people waiting for County placement stay in City-funded interim housing beds for long periods, which slows bed turnover and “directly impedes the City’s ability to meet its obligations under the settlement agreement.” It says no regular County report shows how many such residents have moved into County care (resolution).
• Committee vote: Approved 2-0 on Oct. 2, Lee absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, Yaroslavsky absent. The council file records that the Council adopted the item on Oct. 7, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0002-S28).

23. Closed session: Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles

• What it does: The Council may meet in closed session with its lawyers on Jesus Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles, et al., U.S. District Court Case No. CV14-01371-FMO. The agenda says the case “concerns a constitutional challenge to the City’s $63 late fee following the nonpayment of a parking citation” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The City Attorney, in reports dated Oct. 6, 2025 and Aug. 12, 2026. The Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration on Oct. 1, 2026. The Council last discussed the case in closed session on Nov. 12, 2025 and instructed counsel (CF 25-1161).
• What happened: The Council Vote records list no vote on this item for Oct. 7, 2026 (Council Vote records). As of Oct. 10, 2026 the council file listed no Oct. 7 action; its latest entry is the Oct. 2 scheduling (CF 25-1161).

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