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Los Angeles City Council agenda, October 16, 2026

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

On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Council's Oct. 16, 2026 agenda lists seven committee reports. Two from the Energy and Environment Committee would concur with Board of Water and Power Commissioners actions: a one-year extension, to Sept. 8, 2027, of LADWP's $495 million design-build agreement with Kiewit Infrastructure West Company for the San Fernando Groundwater Basin treatment plants, with no added money, and an extension through Jan. 28, 2030 of LADWP's part in the statewide Clean Fuel Rewards electric vehicle rebate program. Five Transportation Committee reports include a 30-day report on how the City will build First/Last Mile projects around rail stations to meet its $182.5 million Measure M obligation, a new preferential parking district in Mid-City Heights and a request that the City Attorney draft an ordinance narrowing the Board of Transportation Commissioners' advisory role over City parking lots approved for housing; both committees voted 5-0 on every item (Oct. 1 and Oct. 7).

Agenda only. As of October 10, 2026, the October 16, 2026 meeting of the Los Angeles City Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The seven items follow the numbered agenda the City Clerk posted on Oct. 9, 2026. All seven are listed as items for which public hearings have been held, so each needs eight votes to pass. Items 1 and 2 carry a Charter Section 373 time limit of Oct. 25, 2026, with Oct. 23 the last day for Council action (CF 26-1215, CF 24-1006). The Energy and Environment Committee took up items 1 and 2 on Oct. 1 and the Transportation Committee took up items 3 to 7 on Oct. 7; every committee vote was 5-0 (CF 26-1215 report, CF 23-1244-S1 report).

1. Concur with the LADWP board: extend LADWP’s part in the Clean Fuel Rewards electric vehicle rebate program through Jan. 28, 2030

• What it does: Concurs with the Board of Water and Power Commissioners’ Aug. 25, 2026 Resolution No. 027 028, which approves a Second Amendment to the Governance Agreement for the statewide Clean Fuel Rewards program and extends the agreement through Jan. 28, 2030 (committee report). The program, created by the California Air Resources Board, uses a share of utilities’ Low Carbon Fuel Standard credit proceeds to pay point-of-sale rebates on electric vehicles; LADWP’s five-year participation expired Jan. 28, 2025, so the amendment also ratifies its participation since then (LADWP board letter).
• What changed: CARB amendments that took effect July 1, 2025 moved the rebate from light-duty electric cars to medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles and electric motorcycles, and cut LADWP’s required contribution from 45 percent to 25 percent of its LCFS credits. LADWP remains the Designated Account Holder for the program’s funds; Southern California Edison is the program administrator (LADWP board letter).
• Who brought it: The Board of Water and Power Commissioners, which submitted the item Aug. 26, 2026 (CF 26-1215).
• Money: LADWP says it expects no added cost from its account holder role or the amendment, and that the First Amendment already entitles it to reimbursement of any incremental expenses. It says opting out would cost LADWP base LCFS credits that fund its electric transportation programs (LADWP board letter). The board submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (committee report).
• Committee vote: The Energy and Environment Committee moved to concur 5-0 on Oct. 1, 2026, with Adrin Nazarian, Katy Yaroslavsky, Ysabel Jurado, Nithya Raman and Imelda Padilla voting yes (committee report).

2. Concur with the LADWP board: extend the $495 million Kiewit design-build agreement for San Fernando Groundwater Basin treatment plants one year, to Sept. 8, 2027

• What it does: Concurs with the Board of Water and Power Commissioners’ Aug. 25, 2026 Resolution No. 027 031, which approves Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 47525 with Kiewit Infrastructure West Company for progressive design-build services for San Fernando Groundwater Basin remediation. The amendment extends the term one year, for a total of eight years ending Sept. 8, 2027 (committee report).
• Why: LADWP says it needs Kiewit through permitting, commissioning and startup of the Tujunga Well Fields treatment facility. PFAS contaminants found in the Tujunga wells have held up the state Division of Drinking Water’s permit to operate that plant, so commissioning has not begun; the North Hollywood Central facility’s commissioning was scheduled to finish in summer 2026 (LADWP board letter).
• Who brought it: The Board of Water and Power Commissioners, which submitted the item Aug. 26, 2026 (CF 24-1006).
• Money: No new money. The not-to-exceed amount stays at $495,000,000: the original $408,000,000 award in August 2019 plus $87,000,000 added by Amendment No. 1 in January 2021. Amendments 2 and 3 were time extensions. The project has received $257,817,737 in state Proposition 1 grants (LADWP board letter). The board submitted no fiscal impact statement, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (committee report).
• Who it affects: LADWP says the San Fernando Basin has supplied about 10 percent of the City’s water over the past five years and could supply up to 21 percent in an average year; contamination from past industrial activity has affected nearly half of LADWP’s groundwater wells (LADWP board letter).
• Committee vote: The Energy and Environment Committee moved to concur 5-0 on Oct. 1, 2026, with Nazarian, Yaroslavsky, Jurado, Raman and Padilla voting yes (committee report).
• Earlier Council actions: The Council approved Amendment No. 2 on Sept. 10, 2024, 13-0, and Amendment No. 3 on Sept. 3, 2025, 11-0 (CF 24-1006).

3. First/Last Mile projects near rail stations: four departments to report in 30 days on a delivery framework, staffing and funding for the City’s Measure M obligation

• What it does: Instructs the Bureaus of Street Services, Street Lighting and Engineering and LADOT, with the City Administrative Officer, to report in 30 days with a multiyear capital delivery framework for First/Last Mile projects around eligible rail stations, priority projects chosen with the Council districts, a staffing plan that runs past the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a blended funding strategy (grants, Measure M subregion allocations and the 3 percent Measure M local return), and a list of completed or in-progress projects meant to count toward the City’s obligation (committee report).
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, in a Sept. 16, 2026 motion (CF 23-1244-S1).
• Money: The motion says Measure M requires cities where rail lines are built to contribute 3 percent of project cost to Metro, and that Metro told the City in November 2022 the requirement for the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail, the D Line Extension (Segments 2 and 3) and the LAX/Metro Transit Center totals $182.5 million. A Letter of No Prejudice lets the City meet the obligation by building First/Last Mile projects instead of paying cash (committee report). Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council filed “For, if amended” on Oct. 5, 2026, after a 12-2 board vote on Oct. 1. It supports the motion and asks the City to add the First/Last Mile projects the Metro Board approved in 2021 for the Expo/Crenshaw stations, including a green alley at Exposition Place and tree planting and sidewalk repairs on Jefferson Boulevard, which it says have not moved forward (CIS).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee recommended approval 5-0 on Oct. 7, 2026, with Heather Hutt, Traci Park, Eunisses Hernandez, Imelda Padilla and Adrin Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

4. Establish Preferential Parking District No. 338 in Mid-City Heights, Council District 10

• What it does: Adopts a resolution creating PPD No. 338 in the residential area bounded by Washington Boulevard, West Boulevard, the 10 Freeway and La Brea Avenue, finds the district exempt from CEQA, and authorizes four sign options, including “2 HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 6 PM” and “NO PARKING 6 PM TO 8 AM” with district permits exempt. LADOT would post signs on blocks where at least 75 percent of dwelling units petition, without further Council action (committee report).
• Who brought it: The Council adopted Heather Hutt’s motion, seconded by Traci Park, to start the district on May 24, 2024. The Board of Transportation Commissioners held its hearing and approved LADOT’s report on Sept. 10, 2026 (CF 24-0472, board report).
• What LADOT found: Residents of 12 blocks on 20th Street, 21st Street, Highland Avenue, Longwood Avenue and West View Street submitted petitions. An Oct. 18, 2024 parking study found five blocks with at least 85 percent of legal spaces occupied. The report attributes the shortage to patrons and employees of nearby businesses and an assisted living facility, Metro commuters and an auto repair shop parking customers’ cars on residential streets (board report).
• Money: The board reports that permit sales will cover the cost of setting up, administering and enforcing the district, and that citation fines go to the General Fund (committee report).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee recommended approval 5-0 on Oct. 7, 2026, with Hutt, Park, Hernandez, Padilla and Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

5. LADOT and three Public Works bureaus to list active transportation projects and grant deadlines; CAO to evaluate staffing and funding

• What it does: Instructs LADOT and the Bureaus of Engineering, Street Services and Street Lighting to provide a current list of the City’s active transportation projects and their grant deadlines, including protected bike lanes, pedestrian safety work, neighborhood greenways and sidewalk work tied to corridor upgrades, with priority for the High Injury Network, transit and venue access, disadvantaged communities and the Festival Trail. It also instructs the City Administrative Officer to identify staffing levels and funding options, including Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles lease revenue bonds, to deliver the projects (committee report).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Ysabel Jurado, in a Sept. 29, 2026 motion (CF 26-1376). The motion says staffing has stayed flat or fallen while the project portfolio grew, and cites Federal Highway Administration data that construction costs have risen about 70 percent since 2020 (motion).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (committee report).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee recommended approval 5-0 on Oct. 7, 2026, with Hutt, Park, Hernandez, Padilla and Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

6. LADOT to report in 14 days on traffic safety and traffic calming options at 60th Street and 10th Avenue in Hyde Park

• What it does: Instructs LADOT, with the City Administrative Officer, to report within 14 days with a traffic safety assessment of the intersection and the residential stretch of 60th Street next to it, options for permanent or temporary traffic calming (signs, striping, speed humps) and possible funding sources (committee report).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Heather Hutt, in a Sept. 29, 2026 motion (CF 26-1374). The motion says a hit-and-run crash near the intersection on Sept. 22, 2026 killed a 16-year-old and critically injured his 14-year-old sister (committee report).
• Who it affects: Council District 8 (CF 26-1374).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee recommended approval 5-0 on Oct. 7, 2026, with Hutt, Park, Hernandez, Padilla and Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

7. Ask the City Attorney to draft an ordinance narrowing the Board of Transportation Commissioners’ advisory role over City parking lots approved for housing

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney to draft an ordinance amending Administrative Code Section 22.484g(A)7 so the Transportation Commission’s advisory duties over City off-street parking exclude facilities the Council and Mayor have approved for temporary or permanent housing or homeless programs, and so the Los Angeles Housing Department controls City-owned property approved for affordable housing, with LADOT keeping maintenance until a ground lease is signed and 30 days’ notice is given. It also instructs the City Administrative Officer to update the Asset Evaluation Framework (CF 12-1549-S3) to remove the board from the relevant approvals. A request to draft is not adoption of the ordinance (committee report).
• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Ysabel Jurado, in a Sept. 22, 2026 motion (CF 26-1354). The motion says the section’s advisory language has let the appointed board overturn or delay Exclusive Negotiation Agreements and Disposition and Development Agreements for affordable housing on City land that the Council and Mayor had approved (motion).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (committee report).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee recommended approval 5-0 on Oct. 7, 2026, with Hutt, Park, Hernandez, Padilla and Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

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