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Los Angeles City Council meeting, October 20, 2026

October 20, 2026, 10 a.m. · Updated October 21, 2026

From official records: At its Oct. 20, 2026 meeting the Los Angeles City Council adopted 48 of the 50 items on its agenda, council files show. It continued the appeal of the plan review approvals for an 814-unit mixed-use project at 12501-12665 W. Ventura Blvd. in Studio City to Oct. 21 by 12-0, and noted and filed the Branford Park hours item by 13-0. By 15-0 it asked for a 30-day Building and Safety report on a citywide program for vacant and nuisance properties, as amended, and asked the City Attorney to prepare an urgency ordinance requiring a conditional use permit for warehouses over 15,000 square feet in the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan area. No member voted no on any item.

As of October 21, 2026, outcomes for the October 20, 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 50 items follow the numbered agenda the City Clerk posted on Oct. 16, 2026. Item 1 is noticed for a public hearing. Items 2 to 28 are listed as items for which public hearings have been held. Items 29 to 50 are listed as items for which public hearings have not been held, and the Council needs 10 votes to consider them. Most items need eight votes to pass (agenda).

Attendance and votes

• No member voted no on any item. Bob Blumenfield, Adrin Nazarian and Imelda Padilla are recorded absent on the roll calls for items 2 to 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 25 to 28, which passed 12-0. Items 1, 18, 21 and 29 to 50 passed 15-0. Item 24 passed 14-0, with Curren D. Price Jr. absent. On item 15, the motion to note and file passed 13-0, with Blumenfield and Nazarian absent. These are our counts from the Clerk’s Council Vote records.
• As of Oct. 21, 2026 the council files record 48 items as adopted on Oct. 20. Items 21, 28 and 50 were adopted forthwith. Items 18, 21 and 40 were adopted as amended. Item 26 was continued to Oct. 21, and item 15 was noted and filed. The other adoptions are recorded subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51. Each substantive item’s file is linked in its section below, and each routine item’s file is linked in the list that follows.
• The meeting video is on YouTube.

Routine items, from the agenda and the council files linked below. The Council adopted all of them; the votes are in the section above:

• 2 to 8: The Housing Committee reports ask the Council to remove seven properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP): 1804 S. Kingsley Drive (Council District 10), 1702 W. Exposition Blvd. (CD 8), 2125 N. Parkside Ave. (CD 14), 7323 N. Remmet Ave. (CD 3), 655 W. 113th St. (CD 8), 240 N. Robinson St. (CD 13) and 3000 W. Crestmoore Place (CD 13) (agenda). The Los Angeles Housing Department reports that each property has met the requirements of Municipal Code Section 162.08 (LAHD report, Sept. 28, 2026). On Oct. 7, 2026 the committee approved all seven, each 3-0, with Imelda Padilla, Ysabel Jurado and Traci Park voting yes (CF 14-0005-S316 report, CF 26-0005-S181 report).
• 11: exempt two Project Coordinator positions and one Chief Grants Coordinator position in the Community Investment Department from civil service under Charter Section 1001(d)(4) (agenda). The department says the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant funds the positions for no more than two years, and the Board of Civil Service Commissioners approved the re-exemptions Aug. 13, 2026 (CID memo). The Personnel and Hiring Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 14, with Hugo Soto-Martínez absent (committee report).
• 12: resolution authority for one Management Analyst and one Accounting Clerk in the Department of Animal Services, Oct. 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, to administer the $14.22 million grant agreement with the ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society. The nine-month cost of $249,630 is covered by holding three Animal Care Technician positions vacant, and the CAO reports no General Fund impact (CAO report). The Personnel and Hiring Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 14, with Soto-Martínez absent (committee report).
• 13: a resolution moving $500,000 from Recreation and Parks to the Information Technology Agency for the communication services ITA provides the department in 2026-27. The money comes from a Recreation and Parks special fund, with no impact on the department’s General Fund (agenda). The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, with Katy Yaroslavsky absent (committee report).
• 19: a right-of-entry license agreement for betterTogether Forever to provide animal intervention services at the North Central Animal Services Center, 3201 Lacy St., in Council District 1, from Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2028. The services may include help paying for veterinary care, spay and neuter, boarding, training, and license and redemption fees. Animal Services expects services worth $319,000 over the two years, and the CAO reports no General Fund impact. The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, with Yaroslavsky absent (committee report).
• 23: confirm the Mayor’s appointment of Antonio Gallo, who lives in Council District 14, to the Rent Adjustment Commission for a term ending May 20, 2030. The agenda lists his financial disclosure as filed and his background check as completed, and the commission’s current makeup as two men, four women and three vacancies. The last day for Council action is Nov. 4, 2026 (agenda). He would fill the seat left by Dash Stolarz (Mayor’s letter). The Housing Committee approved the appointment on Oct. 7 (committee report, CF 26-1200-S58).
• 29: direct the City Clerk to extend City Contract C-144852 with West Valley Homes, for its Recreational Vehicles (RV) Outreach to Home Program and services in Council District 7, to cover Nov. 1, 2023 through Nov. 1, 2027. The motion names no dollar amount. A motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Traci Park (motion, CF 26-1438).
• 31: $438 from the Council’s Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line to General Services to light City Hall on Nov. 19, 2026 for Council District 3’s recognition of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a motion by Bob Blumenfield seconded by John S. Lee (motion, CF 26-1439).
• 32: $240,000 from Council District 3’s share of the Council Discretionary Street Furniture Fund to the Bureau of Street Services for supplemental tree trimming in Council District 3: $192,000 for overtime salaries and $48,000 for contractual services. A motion by Blumenfield, seconded by Lee (motion, CF 26-0011-S21).
• 33: amend the Council’s Sept. 8, 2026 action on Council District 6’s El Grito recognition so that $876 comes from the CD 6 Council Projects account in the General City Purposes Fund to General Services, for lighting City Hall on Sept. 15, 2026. A motion by Imelda Padilla, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martínez (motion, CF 26-1223).
• 34: $4,000 from Council District 4’s AB 1290 redevelopment services account to Recreation and Parks for supplies, decorations and other materials for the Reseda Recreation Center’s Halloween Community Event on Oct. 31, 2026. A motion by Nithya Raman, seconded by Blumenfield (motion, CF 26-1440).
• 35: $23,161.09 from Council District 12’s General City Purposes line to the Police Department to buy a speed feedback and message trailer for use in Council District 12. A motion by John S. Lee, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (motion, CF 26-1441).
• 36: $438 from the Council’s Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line to General Services for Council District 12’s Italian American Heritage Month recognition, including lighting City Hall on Oct. 13, 2026. A motion by Lee, seconded by Tim McOsker (motion, CF 26-1442).
• 37: approve a City non-event street banner program promoting DineLA from Jan. 15 to Jan. 29, 2027, under Municipal Code Section 62.132, and the banner design attached to the motion. A motion by Rodriguez, seconded by Curren D. Price Jr. (motion, CF 26-1443).
• 38: amend the Council’s March 13, 2026 action so the intersection of 23rd Street and Central Avenue in Council District 9 is designated “Quincy Jones Lincoln Theater Square” instead of “Lincoln Theater Square.” A motion by Price, seconded by Heather Hutt (agenda, motion, CF 26-0159).
• 39: let General Services waive fees at City Parking Lot 7, 140 N. Judge John Aiso St. between Temple and First streets, for election workers and voters in the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. A motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hutt (motion, CF 26-1457).
• 40: $876 from the Council’s Heritage Month Celebration and Special Events line to General Services for Council District 3’s commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, including lighting City Hall on Oct. 7, 2026. A motion by Blumenfield, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (motion, CF 26-1458). The Council adopted it 15-0 as amended by a verbal motion by Blumenfield, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, which sets the $876 transfer to General Services’ Hiring Hall account (amending motion).
• 41: use $200,000 from Council District 10’s AB 1290 redevelopment services account for the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, provided by The Pan African Film Festival under City Contract C-201736, for July 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2027, with the City Clerk to process the documents and payments. A motion by Hutt, seconded by Price (motion, CF 26-1459).
• 43: reactivate and restore CF 14-1697-S4, which expired under Council policy (CF 05-0553). The file asks Building and Safety to update its 2018 progress report on the mandatory soft-story and non-ductile concrete retrofit programs. A motion by Yaroslavsky, seconded by Padilla (motion, CF 14-1697-S4). The council file also lists Paul Krekorian as a seconder; the agenda lists a Feb. 10, 2023 motion by Yaroslavsky and Krekorian on the file (CF 14-1697-S4, agenda).
• 45: accept a non-monetary donation from the Los Angeles Police Foundation, valued at $80,569, of two Bosch Event Data Recorders and supporting hardware for LAPD’s South Traffic Division (agenda). The Public Safety Committee approved it on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 26-1178).
• 46: note and file the Board of Police Commissioners’ April 11, 2025 report on the impacts of LAPD’s virtual reality training program (agenda). The Public Safety Committee approved it on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 24-1430).
• 48: confirm the Mayor’s appointment of Michael Chavez, who lives in Council District 15, to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for a term ending June 30, 2027. The agenda lists his financial disclosure statement and background check as pending, and says the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee waived consideration. The last day for Council action is Nov. 20, 2026 (agenda, Mayor’s letter, revised Mayor’s letter).
• 49: approve the final map of Parcel Map L.A. No. 2014-1367 at 12450 Mason Ave., south of Sesnon Boulevard, in Council District 12. The owner is the Los Angeles Unified School District. The City Engineer reports the subdivider paid a $9,064 processing fee and no other City funds are needed (agenda, Bureau of Engineering report).

1. Liquor license finding for Whole Foods Market, 5420 Sunset Blvd.

• What it does: The item is listed for a public hearing. The agenda asks the Council to find that a liquor license for off-site sales at Whole Foods Market, 5420 Sunset Blvd., “will serve the Public Convenience or Necessity and will not tend to create a law enforcement problem.” It also asks the Council to grant the application and have the City Clerk send the finding to the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control under Business and Professions Code Section 23958.4 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant is Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets, Inc., represented by Solomon and Saltsman & Jamieson. The application was submitted Sept. 8, 2026 with a City Planning letter of determination and a conditional use application package. The Deputy City Clerk sent notices to the LAPD and City Planning on Sept. 11 (agenda, application, CF 26-1304).
• Who it affects: Council District 13 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1304).

9. Pay and schedule change for Harbor Department boat crews (MOU 4)

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to approve Amendment No. 3 to the 2023-2028 memorandum of understanding for the Equipment Operation and Labor Employees Unit (MOU 04), and to let the Controller and the City Administrative Officer correct clerical or technical errors (agenda). The amendment raises pay for Boat Captains and Deck Hands and removes a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption. It also moves the Pilot Station crews from 84 hours every two weeks (seven 12-hour shifts) to 72 hours (six 12-hour shifts). The CAO says the change follows Executive Employee Relations Committee instructions from Jan. 27, 2026 and fixes overtime tracking that caused payroll errors in Workday (CAO report).
• Who brought it: The City Administrative Officer, in a Sept. 21, 2026 report. SEIU Local 721 represents the unit (CAO report).
• Money: The Harbor Department employs six Boat Captains and six Deck Hands. The Bureau of Sanitation employs two Boat Captains and one Deck Hand. The shorter schedule offsets the Harbor Department’s added pay cost, and the Harbor Department pays any remaining cost. The Sanitation raises cost about $48,000 from special funds. The CAO reports no General Fund impact (agenda, CAO report).
• Who it affects: Boat crews at the Harbor Department’s Pilot Station and the Bureau of Sanitation (CAO report).
• Committee vote: The Personnel and Hiring Committee recommended approval 2-0 on Oct. 14, 2026. Tim McOsker and Monica Rodriguez voted yes and Hugo Soto-Martínez was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 24-0427).

10. Three-year extension of the Standard Insurance disability contract

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to let the Personnel Department’s General Manager sign a Third Supplemental Agreement to Contract No. C-134116 with Standard Insurance Company. The agreement adds three years, for a 10-year term from Jan. 1, 2018 through Dec. 31, 2027 (agenda). Standard underwrites basic short-term and long-term disability insurance, supplemental disability insurance and related tax reporting for the City’s LAwell civilian benefits program. The agreement’s recitals say the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee voted Aug. 14, 2024 to cancel a request for proposals for a new carrier and extend the contract (CAO report).
• Who brought it: The City Administrative Officer. The Mayor transmitted the report Sept. 4, 2026 (CAO report).
• Money: The CAO reports no set minimum or maximum contract amount. Fees follow agreed premium rates and enrollment, and the rates stay the same as under the current agreement (CAO report). The Human Resources Benefits Budget, the Civilian FLEX Program Account and participant fees pay for it, with no added General Fund impact (agenda).
• Who it affects: Civilian City employees in LAwell. The Personnel Department says the program covers about 27,000 employees and 33,000 dependents (Personnel Department report, CF 26-1367).
• Committee vote: The Personnel and Hiring Committee recommended approval 2-0 on Oct. 14, 2026. McOsker and Rodriguez voted yes and Soto-Martínez was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 23-0972-S1).

14. Options for a permanent Park Gate Closure Program

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst, with Recreation and Parks, the LAPD and the City Administrative Officer, to report on options for a permanent Park Gate Closure Program. The report would cover whether moving gate closure duties elsewhere is feasible, its operating and fiscal effects, other alternatives, and the staff, resources and steps needed to keep City parks secured (agenda). The committee report says the number of parks that the LAPD Security Services Division closes depends on how many officers are assigned in each deployment period (committee report).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Tim McOsker, on Aug. 25, 2026 (motion, CF 26-1198).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Adrin Nazarian voted yes and Katy Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1198).

15. Sunrise-to-sunset hours at Branford Park

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct Recreation and Parks to set the hours at Branford Park, 13306 Branford St., from sunrise to sunset and post them prominently. It also asks the City Attorney to draft an ordinance adding the park to the list of parks with closing times in Municipal Code Section 63.44. The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners would be asked to agree and to have Park Rangers enforce the hours seven days a week (agenda). Asking the City Attorney to draft the ordinance does not adopt it.
• Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, on Oct. 11, 2024 (motion, CF 24-1255).
• Who it affects: Council District 6 (agenda).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Nazarian voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: The Council did not adopt the committee’s recommendations. It adopted a motion by Padilla, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, to note and file the item, 13-0, with Blumenfield and Nazarian absent (motion, CF 24-1255). The motion gives no reason.

16. Boys’ and girls’ sports in City parks

• What it does: The agenda asks Recreation and Parks to report on how much it invests in boys’ sports compared with girls’ sports and how many contracted sports organizations serve boys and how many serve girls. The report would also cover how groups apply for and get field space, “with a specific focus on addressing the ‘waitlist’ system” (agenda).
• Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by Heather Hutt, on March 10, 2026 (motion, CF 26-0337).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Nazarian voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0337).

17. Bicycles and e-bikes on park paths

• What it does: The agenda asks the City Attorney, with Recreation and Parks, to draft an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 86.04. The ordinance would allow bicycles and e-bikes on Class I bikeways and on other paths where the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners allows riding. Those paths could carry speed limits or rules to dismount and walk the bike (agenda). The motion says the current section only says where riding is banned (motion). A request to draft is not adoption of the ordinance.
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, on Aug. 4, 2026 (CF 26-1057).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Westside Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Oct. 2, 2026. The agenda lists it as “For” (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Nazarian voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0, so the Council asked the City Attorney to draft the ordinance; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1057).

18. Surplus land beneath Industrial Street

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to declare the City’s fee interest beneath Industrial Street, between Central Avenue and Alameda Street, surplus property under Article 7 of the Administrative Code. It would direct the General Services Department, with the Bureau of Engineering and the City Attorney, to process the declaration (agenda). The committee report says the Bureau of Engineering confirmed the City does not rely on the land for any existing or planned infrastructure, utility or transportation use (committee report).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez, on Aug. 12, 2026 (motion, CF 26-1120).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Nazarian voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0 as amended by Amending Motion 18A, by Jurado. The amendment declares the land “Exempt Surplus Land” under the California Surplus Land Act, citing Government Code Section 54221(f)(1)(B) for land under half an acre. It also directs General Services, with the Bureau of Engineering, the City Attorney and the City Administrative Officer, to prepare the documents to sell the parcel (Amending Motion 18A, CF 26-1120).

20. Public art on park property with no signed artist waiver

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to note and file the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners’ Feb. 19, 2026 report. It would authorize Recreation and Parks to find and contact the artists of park artwork that has no Artist Waiver on record and ask them to sign one. It also asks the department to report with a list of all art in its facilities, each piece’s condition, and whether it is in the City’s art collections (agenda). The committee added the contact and listing steps through an amendment by Rodriguez, seconded by Nazarian (committee report).
• Who brought it: The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners (CF 26-0248).
• Money: The Board reports a cost to the Recreation and Parks General Fund for staff time to contact artists and possibly remove artwork. It says the amount is unknown (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee approved it as amended 2-0 on Oct. 7, 2026. Rodriguez and Nazarian voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0248).

21. Citywide program for vacant and nuisance properties

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Department of Building and Safety, with Public Works, the Fire Department, the LAPD, the Housing Department, the City Attorney and the Mayor’s Office, to report within 30 days on a Citywide Vacant and Public Nuisance Property Abatement Program to identify, prioritize, secure, clean, repair, demolish or otherwise abate vacant and nuisance properties. Building and Safety would also report within 30 days on the number, location and status of priority properties, sorted by Council district, with criteria for ranking them and the steps and timelines for opening a vacant building abatement case. It would report on enforcement tools, including cases before the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners, and, with the City Administrative Officer, on funding such as the Demolition and Repair Fund and the money proposed in CF 26-0600-S3, and on recovering costs from owners through liens and penalties (agenda). The motion says Building and Safety counts more than 100 priority vacant nuisance buildings and that the Mayor asked the Council to restore $2 million to clean and secure them (motion).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, Tim McOsker and Monica Rodriguez, on Sept. 4, 2026 (CF 26-1280).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda lists four neighborhood councils as For: North Hollywood Northeast (filed Sept. 23), Studio City and Empowerment Congress Central Area (both Oct. 7), and Greater Wilshire (Oct. 15, 2026) (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Public Works Committee approved the motion on Sept. 22, 2026. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved it 5-0 on Oct. 13 (CF 26-1280, PLUM Journal, joint committee report).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 15-0, as amended by Amending Motion 21A, presented by Curren D. Price Jr. The council file lists it as Price - Harris-Dawson. The amendment adds an instruction for City Planning and its Office of Historic Resources to report on grant programs or other funding for nuisance abatement at Historic-Cultural Monuments, with eligibility criteria that put owners who cannot afford historic preservation work first (Amending Motion 21A, CF 26-1280).

22. Release of pending reports on nuisance abatement

• What it does: The agenda asks the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Attorney to release right away all pending reports on CF 24-0196, including policy options and code amendments to streamline how nuisance abatement is run, enforced and overseen under the Municipal and Administrative Codes. The reports would also cover a process for abatement orders when owners are willing but unable to do the work, whether to raise fines, fees or penalties for not complying with a Notice to Comply, and possible changes to state law (agenda).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, on Sept. 4, 2026 (motion, CF 24-0196-S1).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council filed a statement in favor on Oct. 15, 2026 (Community Impact Statement).
• Committee vote: The Public Works Committee approved the motion on Sept. 22, 2026, and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved it 5-0 on Oct. 13 (joint committee report, PLUM Journal).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 24-0196-S1).

24. City fees on small for-sale housing

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the City Administrative Officer, with City Planning, Recreation and Parks, the Housing Department, Building and Safety, the Bureau of Engineering, the Office of Finance and other departments, to report within 90 days on City fees and exactions for small-scale for-sale housing, including park fees, the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee and subdivision and mapping fees. The report would list options such as exemptions, reductions, credits, deferrals and proportional fees, with the fiscal effect of each, and look at fees charged only because homes are subdivided or built as condominiums. The CAO and the Office of Finance would also evaluate the long-term property-tax effects of turning one property into several separately sold lots or units. The report would recommend excluding projects that demolish or alter units under an affordability covenant or the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, or units occupied by tenants in the past five years, and parcels with an Ellis Act withdrawal within 15 years of the application (agenda). The motion says the City should look at letting developers pay impact fees later, such as at the certificate of occupancy, instead of when the building permit is issued (motion).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, in a Sept. 18, 2026 motion (CF 26-1341).
• Money: No fee amounts are set. Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda). The motion says the fees add tens of thousands of dollars per unit in upfront costs (motion).
• Committee vote: The Housing Committee approved the motion as amended on Oct. 7, 2026 (committee report, CF 26-1341).
• What happened: Adopted 14-0, with Price absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 and attaches Amending Motion 24A by Ysabel Jurado to that action (CF 26-1341). The amending motion would replace Recommendation 4. The report would then weigh the feasibility and effects of excluding from fee exemptions, reductions, credits and deferrals any project that demolishes or alters units under an affordability covenant or the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, or other affordable housing-restricted units occupied by tenants in the past five years, and projects with an Ellis Act withdrawal within 5, 10 or 15 years of the application (Amending Motion 24A). The file’s action line does not say “as amended.”

25. Fire emergency declarations and City workforce rules

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to receive and file the Chief Legislative Analyst’s Jan. 8, 2026 report (agenda). The report answers a Council request for an analysis of how the local, state and federal fire emergency declarations affect City workforce rules when public money pays for the work (CLA report, joint committee report). The motion said the declarations could suspend policies such as local hire and apprenticeship training for Palisades rebuilding, and named the Targeted Local Hire Program and the Public Infrastructure Stabilization Ordinance (motion).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Traci Park, on March 28, 2025. The Council adopted the request on July 30, 2025 (CF 25-0342).
• Committee vote: The Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery voted 2-0 on Oct. 9, 2026 to receive and file the report, with Park and Tim McOsker voting yes and Rodriguez absent. The committee report says no further Council action is required at this time (committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0, receiving and filing the report; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 25-0342).

26. Studio City 814-unit project: plan review and specific plan appeal

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to find the project exempt from CEQA under Public Resources Code Section 21080.66, adopt the City Planning Commission’s findings, and deny the appeal filed by Amy C. Minteer for the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space. That would sustain the commission’s approval of a project review and a project compliance finding under the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan for a 744,906-square-foot mixed-use development at 12501-12665 W. Ventura Blvd.: 814 homes, 46 of them for very low income households, and 75,968 square feet of restaurant space, in a seven-story, 84-foot building (agenda).
• Project details: The agenda lists 1,040 residential and 766 commercial parking spaces, 89,937 square feet of open space, removal of 240 non-protected trees on the site and three street trees, and grading and export of up to 521,000 cubic yards of earth (agenda). The density bonus is final and not before the Council (Planning transmittal).
• Conditions the committee added: Before the final map is recorded, the applicant would have to show compliance with Public Resources Code Section 4290 (State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations) and Chapter 7 of the California Building Code, as City Planning recommended on Oct. 5, 2026. The conditions in Council District 4’s Oct. 13, 2026 letter would also be added (agenda). On the companion tract map file, that letter asks for $375,000 from the applicant to the Bureau of Engineering for LA RiverWay Segment 8 design and left-turn phasing at Whitsett Avenue and Moorpark Street, and $300,000 to Recreation and Parks for upkeep of the LA RiverWay along the project’s river frontage (CD 4 letter).
• Who brought it: The applicant is Studio City Sports Center, LLC, represented by Psomas (case CPC-2025-5697-DB-PR-SPPC-MCUP-VHCA-1A) (agenda).
• Money: The commission reports no General Fund impact because fees recover administrative costs (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 4 (CF 26-1081-S1).
• Committee vote: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee denied the appeals and sustained the commission 5-0 on Oct. 13, 2026, and further modified the conditions (PLUM Journal, committee report).
• What happened: The Council continued the item to Oct. 21, 2026, by 12-0, with Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The City Clerk then scheduled it for the Oct. 21 meeting (CF 26-1081-S1, Council Vote records). The council file lists a City Planning supplemental transmittal and modified conditions of approval under Oct. 19 (supplemental transmittal, modified conditions).
• What’s next: The time limit and the last day for Council action are both Oct. 23, 2026 (CF 26-1081-S1). The appeals of the project’s tract map (CF 26-1081) are item 14 on the Council’s Oct. 21 meeting.

27. Emerson College appeal at 6007 W. Sunset Blvd.

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to find the project exempt from CEQA (Class 1), adopt City Planning’s findings, and deny the appeal filed by Emerson College (Los Angeles). That would sustain City Planning’s approval of a modification of Conditions of Approval Nos. 1 and 7.e for a seven-story, 86-foot mixed-use building with 109 homes, 14 of them for very low income households, 14,657 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, 196 parking spaces and 148 bicycle spaces (agenda). The Planning decision lets the developer lower the minimum floor-to-floor height of the above-grade parking levels from 11 feet to 10 feet (Planning transmittal, Planning determination).
• Who brought it: The appellant is Emerson College (Los Angeles); the applicant is 6007 Sunset (LA) OZ, LLC, represented by Gonzales Law Group (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 13, on Sunset Boulevard between Gordon Street and La Baig Avenue (Planning transmittal).
• Money: City Planning submitted no fiscal impact statement (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee denied the appeal 4-0 on Oct. 13, 2026, with Nithya Raman absent (PLUM Journal, committee report).
• What happened: Adopted 12-0, denying the appeal; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1193).

28. More Measure W money for Wilmington and Lincoln Park green streets

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to approve two Bureau of Sanitation requests to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for more Safe, Clean Water Program regional money: $10 million for the Wilmington Neighborhood Greening Project (Council District 15) and $7 million for the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Green Street Project (Council Districts 1 and 14). It would note and file three schedule and payment changes that leave award totals unchanged, for the Imperial Highway, Baldwin Vista and Lankershim Boulevard projects, and let Sanitation’s general manager accept future program funds and sign related documents. The action is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Measure W Safe, Clean Water Program Administrative Oversight Committee approved Sanitation’s recommendations on Sept. 29, 2026 (transmittal).
• Money: Wilmington’s regional funding would rise from $16,683,000 to $26,683,000, and Lincoln Park’s from $18,634,580 to $25,634,580. Sanitation says both projects face construction shortfalls even after it added local funds. The oversight committee reports no General Fund impact (Sanitation report, agenda).
• Committee vote: The council file records the Energy and Environment Committee’s Oct. 9, 2026 action as “noted and filed item(s),” and the committee’s report carries the recommendations listed on the agenda (CF 18-0384-S21, agenda).
• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 12-0; Blumenfield, Nazarian and Padilla absent (CF 18-0384-S21).
• What’s next: Sanitation says the District must receive the requests by Oct. 31 for them to count in the Round 8 (2027-28) funding cycle (Sanitation report).

30. $437,000 for a signal project at Sunland Blvd. and Johanna Ave.

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to transfer $437,000 from Council District 7’s share of the Street Furniture Revenue Fund to a Department of Transportation account for the Sunland Blvd. at Johanna Ave. improvement, the “Sunland Blvd and Johanna Signal Project,” and let LADOT correct the transfer instructions. The action is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martínez, in an Oct. 9, 2026 motion (motion, CF 26-0011-S20).
• Who it affects: Council District 7 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0011-S20).

42. $250,000 for homeless outreach in Council District 10

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to use $250,000 from the General City Purposes Fund’s Additional Homeless Services - Council District 10 account to supplement homeless outreach and intervention programs in Council District 10 run by Special Service for Groups, Inc. under City Contract C-145195, extended from July 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2027. The City Clerk would prepare and pay the contract documents, subject to the City Attorney’s approval as to form (agenda).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, in an Oct. 13, 2026 motion (motion, CF 26-1462).
• Who it affects: Council District 10 (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-1462).

44. Official police garage for towing in Service Area 2

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to approve the selection of Fleet Works Corporation, doing business as Hollywood Car Carrier Service, as the Official Police Garage for Service Area 2, and to let the Police Commission president or a designee negotiate and sign the towing and storage agreement (agenda). The selection comes from a Board of Police Commissioners report dated June 10, 2026.
• Who brought it: The Board of Police Commissioners (CF 26-0873).
• Money: The Police Commission 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 Public Safety Committee approved the item on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 26-0873).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0873).

47. Continue the Boyle Heights warehouse fire emergency

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to adopt again the June 26, 2026 resolution (Harris-Dawson - Jurado - Hernandez). It would ratify the Mayor’s June 20, 2026 Declaration of Local Emergency over a major fire at a cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, find that the emergency, which began June 17, still exists, and continue it. While the emergency lasts, competitive bidding under Charter Section 371 stays suspended for purchases and contracts needed for the response. Departments using that authority would report every two weeks and track all response costs, and the Emergency Management Department would advise on whether to extend the emergency (agenda).
• History: The Council adopted Resolution 1A on June 26, 2026, and renewed the emergency on July 1, Aug. 19, Sept. 9 and Sept. 30, 2026. The Sept. 30 vote was 14-0 (CF 26-0906, Council action).
• Who it affects: The Boyle Heights neighborhood (agenda).
• What happened: Adopted 15-0, continuing the emergency. The council file records the adoption subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51 (CF 26-0906).

50. Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan: revised ordinance requests

• What it does: The motion asks the Council to replace Recommendation 4 of its Oct. 29, 2024 action on the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan (CASP) update. The new Recommendation 4 asks the City Attorney to prepare four ordinances, with the first sent ahead of the others:

  • an ordinance with an urgency clause amending the CASP so that “Warehousing, Distribution, and Storage” uses over 15,000 square feet need a Conditional Use Permit;
  • an ordinance replacing the existing CASP with the proposed plan dated Dec. 14, 2023, letting City Planning make technical corrections (typographical, formatting, consistency, map and graphics fixes) for one year, sent to the Council for approval by ordinance without going back to the City Planning Commission;
  • an ordinance repealing the CASP Floor Area Payment Trust Fund;
  • a Chapter 1A Zoning Code ordinance and maps for Division 8.3 (Special Districts).

  The drafts would include the changes in the Planning Director’s Sept. 25, 2024 technical memo (agenda). A request to prepare ordinances is not adoption of them.

• Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Tim McOsker, in an Oct. 16, 2026 motion referred straight to the Council (motion, CF 13-0078-S2).

• Earlier actions: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved the CASP update on Oct. 15, 2024, and the Council adopted it on Oct. 29, 2024 (CF 13-0078-S2).

• Who it affects: Council District 1 (agenda).

• What happened: Adopted forthwith, 15-0, so the Council asked the City Attorney to prepare the four ordinances, with the urgency warehouse ordinance first (CF 13-0078-S2).

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