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Los Angeles City Council meeting, October 21, 2026

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

On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Council's Oct. 21, 2026 agenda lists 21 items. It asks the Council to deny two appeals and sustain the tract map for an 814-unit mixed-use project at 12501-12665 W. Ventura Blvd. in Studio City, and it schedules the Police Commission's memorandum of understanding with Axon for a three-month streetlight license plate reader pilot, which the Council asserted jurisdiction over on Oct. 6. On Oct. 20 the Public Safety Committee voted 3-2 to recommend that the Council veto the agreement. The Council also continued to this meeting the companion appeal of the Studio City project's plan review approvals, which is not on the posted agenda. A motion asks the City Attorney to report on litigation options over the Los Angeles Continuum of Care bidding process, and the agenda also lists bus lane camera enforcement on six DASH routes.

Agenda only. As of October 21, 2026, minutes for the October 21, 2026 meeting of the Los Angeles City Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The City Clerk posted the 21-item agenda on Oct. 16, 2026. Items 1 and 2 are noticed for public hearing and are ordinances on first consideration, which under the agenda’s rules pass only with a unanimous vote of at least 12 members present and otherwise are laid over a week. Items 3 to 14 are items for which public hearings have been held. Items 15 to 21 had no public hearing, so the Council needs 10 votes to take them up (agenda). Item 14 has Oct. 23, 2026 as its last day for Council action, and item 20 has Oct. 27 (agenda). The companion appeal for the item 14 project was item 26 on the Council’s Oct. 20 agenda. On Oct. 20 the Council continued it to Oct. 21, 12-0, and the City Clerk scheduled it for this meeting (CF 26-1081-S1).

Routine items:

• 1: find exempt from CEQA, approve and adopt on first consideration an Oct. 5, 2026 ordinance to quitclaim a 10-foot sanitary sewer easement at 6501 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Council District 11 (Right of Way No. 36000-2418). The petitioner would arrange payment of the recording fee. The City Engineer reports a $7,075.91 processing fee was paid (agenda, CF 25-0597-S1).
• 2: the same action for a 10-foot sanitary sewer easement at 1950 S. Avenue of the Stars in Council District 5 (Right of Way No. 36000-2432). The ordinance is dated Oct. 5, 2026, and a $7,075.91 processing fee was paid (agenda, CF 26-1416).
• 5: find that the San Pedro Historic Waterfront 2018-2027 BID’s 2026 annual planning report complies with state law, and that its 2026 budget increase fits the district’s management plan and does not hurt the benefits assessed owners receive, then adopt the report. The City Clerk reports no General Fund impact. The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved it on Oct. 2, 2026 (agenda, City Clerk report, CF 15-0417-S4).
• 6: the same findings and adoption for the Hollywood Media District 2025-2034 BID’s 2026 annual planning report, in Council Districts 5 and 13. The City Clerk reports no General Fund impact. The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved it on Oct. 2, 2026 (agenda, City Clerk report, CF 24-0429-S2).
• 9: direct the Department of Transportation to make and install three Official City community signs recognizing Reynier Village, at South Robertson and Cadillac, South Robertson and Cattaraugus, and Holt and Cadillac, after the City Clerk confirms the spots are inside the community’s boundaries. The motion is by Heather Hutt, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky (agenda, CF 26-1281). The Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee approved it as amended on Oct. 9, with Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez voting yes and Ysabel Jurado absent (committee report).
• 19: transfer $356,372 from Council District 7’s General City Purposes account (CD-7 Council Projects) to the Board of Public Works for small litter cleanup, corridor cleanups and weed abatement in Council District 7 by Northeast Graffiti Busters. The Office of Community Beautification would execute the documents, subject to the Mayor’s approval. The motion is by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Heather Hutt, dated Oct. 14, 2026 (agenda, CF 26-1470).

3. TAP-to-Exit and modernized faregates at Metro stations

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Fire Department to support Metro’s authority to install and enforce TAP-to-Exit and modernized faregates at Metro rail and bus rapid transit stations in the City. The department would work with Metro to develop and promptly put in place permitting and fire and life safety standards that allow these systems to expand, drawing on standards other transit agencies and fire departments use. The Fire and Police Departments and other agencies would help install and enforce the systems at stations with high crime, fare evasion, vandalism, trespassing or quality-of-life problems. The Police and Fire Departments would report every quarter, including the number of service calls at Metro stations in the City (agenda).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, in a Sept. 4, 2026 motion (CF 26-1278, motion).
• What changed in committee: The Transportation Committee approved the motion as amended on Oct. 7, 2026 (CF 26-1278). The amended motion adds “modernized faregates” alongside TAP-to-Exit. It also asks the Fire Department to draw on fire and life safety standards used by other transit agencies.
• Who it affects: Metro riders and transit workers at stations in the City. The motion says Metro reported less crime and fare evasion at North Hollywood Station after it began enforcing TAP-to-Exit in late 2025. It also says permitting and safety concerns about station exits have slowed expansion (motion).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: 5-0, with Heather Hutt, Traci Park, Eunisses Hernandez, Imelda Padilla and Adrin Nazarian voting yes (committee report).

4. ADA compliance help for small businesses

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the Department of Disability, to report on how many City businesses are not ADA compliant and why; on the most common reasons for ADA lawsuits against small businesses and what the required fixes cost, separating what is usually the property owner’s job from the business operator’s; on whether an outreach and education plan is feasible, with the Mayor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; and on whether a micro-grant program is feasible, with the Community Investment Department. It also asks the City Attorney to report the total the City has paid in ADA settlements over sidewalks in or next to non-residential areas since the Willits settlement (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, in a June 10, 2026 motion (CF 26-0865, motion).
• 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 in favor on Sept. 7, 2026, after a 9-0 board vote on July 1 (CIS).
• Committee vote: The Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee approved the motion on Aug. 21, 2026, and the Economic Development and Jobs Committee concurred on Oct. 2, 2026, 4-0, with Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 26-0865, joint committee report).

7. “LA Vacant to Vibrant” storefront program

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Community Investment Department, with the Chief Legislative Analyst, to report on whether an “LA Vacant to Vibrant” Storefront Activation Program is feasible. The program would be modeled on San Francisco’s Vacant to Vibrant program, and the report would cover its structure, funding opportunities, how to carry it out and use of existing City business assistance resources (agenda). The motion describes a program that pairs owners of vacant commercial space with businesses for temporary uses (motion).
• Who brought it: John S. Lee, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martínez, in an Aug. 25, 2026 motion (CF 26-1202).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Westside Neighborhood Council filed in favor on Oct. 2, 2026, after a 14-0 board vote on Sept. 10 (CIS).
• Committee vote: The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved it on Oct. 2, 2026, 4-0, with Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 26-1202, committee report).

8. Pacific Avenue JEDI zone in San Pedro

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to create a new Jobs and Economic Development Incentive (JEDI) Zone on Pacific Boulevard between the 110 Freeway on the north and 22nd Street on the south. It says the area qualifies under the JEDI Establishment Policy adopted March 6, 2020 and revised Nov. 2, 2021 (CF 13-0934-S2), and that funds from the earlier JEDI Zone designation would be budgeted to run the program in the extended area (agenda). The Community Investment Department found the area partly inside a federal Opportunity Zone and inside a Citywide Economic Development Strategy focus area (CID report, July 30, 2026).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Heather Hutt. The Council adopted their Oct. 7, 2025 motion asking for the zone 12-0 on Oct. 22, 2025 (CF 23-0957-S1, Council action).
• Money: The Community Investment Department reports no fiscal impact (agenda).
• Who it affects: Businesses along Pacific Avenue in San Pedro, Council District 15 (CF 23-0957-S1).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council filed in favor on Nov. 18, 2025 (CIS).
• Committee vote: The Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved it on Oct. 2, 2026, 4-0, with Monica Rodriguez absent (CF 23-0957-S1, committee report).

10. Executive Order 14224 and residents with limited English

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Community Investment Department, the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, the City Administrative Officer, the Chief Legislative Analyst and other departments to report on how Executive Order 14224 affects the City and how the City can use its resources “to help fill in a gap that Angelenos need.” The report would include whether City departments can add translations of the now English-only federal resources to their websites (agenda).
• Background: Executive Order 14224, signed March 1, 2025, designates English as the official language of the United States and revokes Executive Order 13166 on services for people with limited English proficiency (Federal Register).
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, in a Sept. 30, 2026 motion (CF 26-1386).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee approved it as amended on Oct. 9, 2026, with Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez voting yes and Ysabel Jurado absent (committee report).

11. DWP electrical service for new housing

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to request three DWP reports: one on its Energization Process Improvement under Executive Directive No. 19, with inspection changes, proactive review workflows, an internal communication plan and a rollout timeline; one on every multifamily and mixed-use request for new or upgraded electrical service from Aug. 1, 2021 to now, including whether each project is 100% affordable or market rate, whether it is an ED-1 project, service size, status and how long it took to bring each building online; and one on current vacancies, ways to reduce turnover and how DWP keeps staff changes from delaying projects (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla, in an Aug. 26, 2026 motion (CF 26-1213).
• Who it affects: Housing developers and future tenants. The motion says developers report waits of 12 to 18 months for electrical service (motion).
• Money: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has done a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Westside Neighborhood Council filed in favor on Oct. 2, 2026, after a 14-0 board vote on Sept. 10 (CIS).
• Committee vote: The Energy and Environment Committee approved it on Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-1213, committee report).

12. Ordinance letting DWP award one negotiated design-build contract to renovate the John Ferraro Building

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to find the renovation and modernization of the John Ferraro Building categorically exempt from CEQA under Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1. It also asks the Council to present and adopt an ordinance dated Sept. 1, 2026. The ordinance would let the Board of Water and Power Commissioners award one agreement through a competitive sealed proposal method that permits negotiations, for design and construction of the project (agenda). The City Attorney’s report says the contract could run up to five years (City Attorney report).
• Who brought it: The Board of Water and Power Commissioners, through Resolution No. 026 233 (Energy and Environment Committee report, Aug. 4, 2026). The Council asked the City Attorney for the ordinance on Aug. 21, 2026, by 11-0, with Hernandez, Lee, Nazarian and Soto-Martínez absent. The City Attorney filed the draft on Sept. 8 (CF 26-0868).
• Money: The City Attorney submitted no fiscal impact statement. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis (agenda).
• Who it affects: About 3,500 DWP employees work in the building. A 2023 survey found asbestos in fireproofing throughout the return-air ceiling space, and the work includes seismic strengthening (City Attorney report).
• Committee vote: The Energy and Environment Committee approved the item on Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0868, committee report).
• What’s next: The agenda lists the ordinance for first consideration (agenda). The City Attorney says Charter Section 371(b) requires a two-thirds Council vote to adopt it (City Attorney report). The action is subject to the Mayor’s approval (agenda).

13. Fats, oil and grease program: raise the grease-interceptor threshold for restaurant remodels

• What it does: The agenda asks the City Attorney, with LA Sanitation, to draft an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 64.30.C.1. The ordinance would make all new food service establishments, and existing buildings converting to one, install gravity grease interceptors, with no conditional waiver unless otherwise exempt. It would raise the tenant-improvement value that triggers an interceptor in existing food service establishments from $100,000 to $180,000. The threshold would then adjust every three years by the CPI-U, rounded to the nearest $10,000, with later adjustments starting July 1, 2029. The agenda also directs Sanitation to expand media and educational outreach (agenda). Sanitation reports the $100,000 threshold was set in 2001 (Sanitation report, July 7, 2026). A request to draft is not adoption of the ordinance.
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, in an April 9, 2025 motion. The Council adopted the motion in June 2025 (CF 25-0380).
• Money: Sanitation submitted no fiscal impact statement. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis (agenda).
• Who it affects: Sanitation says the grease program regulates more than 8,000 food service businesses (Sanitation report).
• Committee vote: The Energy and Environment Committee approved the item as amended on Oct. 1, 2026 (committee report, CF 25-0380).

14. Studio City 814-unit project: tract map appeals

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to find the project exempt from CEQA under Public Resources Code Section 21080.66 and adopt the City Planning Commission’s findings. It would deny two appeals and sustain the commission’s approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 84453 and a haul route. The map is a two-phased merger and re-subdivision into two ground lots, three residential airspace lots, five commercial airspace lots and eight parking airspace lots. The project is 814 residential units and 75,968 square feet of restaurant uses at 12501-12665 W. Ventura Blvd. (agenda). Planning documents describe seven-story, 84-foot buildings with 46 units for very low income households and export of about 521,000 cubic yards of earth (Planning transmittal, findings).
• Conditions the committee added: The committee changed Condition S-3(i)(3) to require a new 10-foot sidewalk with a landscaped parkway on the dedicated part of Valleyheart Drive. It added a condition that, before the final map is recorded, the applicant show compliance with Public Resources Code Section 4290 (State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations) and Chapter 7 of the California Building Code. It also added the conditions in Council District 4’s Oct. 13, 2026 letter (agenda). That letter asks for $375,000 from Studio City Sports Center, LLC to the Bureau of Engineering, for LA RiverWay Segment 8 design and left-turn phasing at Whitsett Avenue and Moorpark Street. It also asks for $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. One appeal was filed by Amy C. Minteer for the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space; the second was filed by an individual (agenda).
• Money: The commission reports no General Fund impact because fees recover administrative costs (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 4. The project replaces all existing uses on the 261,485-square-foot site (findings).
• Committee vote: On Oct. 13, 2026 the Planning and Land Use Management Committee denied the appeals and sustained the commission, 5-0. Bob Blumenfield, Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado, John Lee and Adrin Nazarian were the members (Journal, committee report).
• What’s next: The time limit and the last day for Council action are both Oct. 23, 2026. The companion appeal of the project review and specific plan approvals (CF 26-1081-S1) was item 26 on the Council’s Oct. 20 agenda (agenda, CF 26-1081). The Council continued that appeal to Oct. 21. Its file lists a City Planning supplemental transmittal and modified conditions of approval under Oct. 19 (CF 26-1081-S1, supplemental transmittal, modified conditions).

15. Continue the January 2025 wildfire emergency

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to adopt again the Jan. 14, 2025 resolution (Harris-Dawson - Blumenfield). It would ratify the Mayor’s Jan. 7 and Jan. 13, 2025 declarations and continue the local emergency for the windstorm, extreme fire weather and wildfires. While the emergency lasts, it keeps competitive bidding under Charter Section 371 suspended for purchases needed for the response, and departments report those purchases every two weeks. It also asks departments to enforce price gouging and fraud laws (agenda).
• History: The file shows Council renewals about monthly since January 2025. The most recent one listed is Sept. 30, 2026, 14-0, final Oct. 2, 2026 (CF 25-0030, Council action).

16. Bus lane cameras on six DASH routes

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to adopt a resolution designating specific street segments as transit-only lanes (Attachment A to LADOT’s Aug. 31, 2026 report) and to adopt LADOT’s updated Automated License Plate Recognition Use Policy. LADOT would report in one year on citations issued and collected, payment compliance and revenue. LADOT’s April 7, 2026 report would be noted and filed (agenda). LADOT’s report covers the Automated Bus Lane Enforcement program on six DASH routes with up to 50 cameras (LADOT report).
• Who brought it: The file began with a 2021 motion by Mike Bonin and Paul Krekorian, seconded by Kevin de León (CF 21-1224). The current item comes from LADOT’s April 7 and Aug. 31, 2026 reports (agenda).
• Money: LADOT says citation revenue goes to the General Fund and should cover the program’s estimated yearly contract costs. It says it will request more contract and program money in later budgets if the state authorizes the program beyond Jan. 1, 2027 (agenda). LADOT reports that Metro’s bus camera program in the City sent 281,000 potential violations and produced more than $21 million in gross revenue from November 2024 through January 2026 (LADOT report).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda lists North Westwood Neighborhood Council as For (Community Impact Statement).
• Committee vote: The Transportation Committee approved LADOT’s Aug. 31 report and resolution on Sept. 16, 2026, 4-0, with Imelda Padilla absent (committee transmittal). The Budget and Finance Committee concurred on Oct. 6, 2026, 4-0. Blumenfield, Hutt, McOsker and Hernandez voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (Journal).
• Coverage: Streetsblog Los Angeles reported that a 60-day pilot on two downtown DASH routes logged about 3,400 potential violations. It reported that a first phase would cover 20 downtown and 10 Pico Union buses, tentatively starting in November 2026, and that automated citations would be $293 (Streetsblog Los Angeles, Sept. 23, 2026).

17. Public bank study: identify $460,000

• What it does: The two committees sent slightly different versions, and the agenda lists both. The Government Operations version would amend the Budget and Finance Committee’s report on the Mayor’s 2025-26 Proposed Budget, so the City Administrative Officer, with the Chief Legislative Analyst, identifies $460,000 for a Public Bank Study, working with Council offices on possible use of discretionary funds. The Budget and Finance version subtracts funding already approved or pending for this purpose under CF 19-1235-S1. It also instructs the CAO to list unfunded spending requests, including this study, in each Financial Status Report so the committee can prioritize them if money becomes available (agenda).
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martínez, in a May 22, 2025 motion (motion, CF 25-0600-S16).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis (agenda).
• Committee vote: The Government Operations Committee approved the motion on Sept. 5, 2025 (committee report). The Budget and Finance Committee approved it as amended on Oct. 7, 2025 (committee report). On Oct. 16, 2026 the City Clerk scheduled it for the Oct. 21 Council meeting (CF 25-0600-S16).

18. Effects of the Mayor’s proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan on Council capital projects

• What it does: The agenda asks the Council to instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst to report on how the Mayor’s proposed Capital Infrastructure Plan (CF 26-0758) and the Bureau of Engineering’s proposed capital project intake process (CF 25-0752) would affect the Council’s ability to start, prioritize and fund capital projects. The City Administrative Officer would report on effects on the budget process, including the annual Capital and Technology Improvement Expenditure Plan, funding sources, oversight of capital projects and facility maintenance, and possible delays to or elimination of current and pending projects (agenda).
• Who brought it: Imelda Padilla, seconded by Traci Park, in an Aug. 21, 2026 motion (motion, CF 26-1170).
• Money: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council filed For on Sept. 23, 2026, after a 10-0 board vote with one abstention (Community Impact Statement).
• Committee vote: The Public Works Committee approved the motion on Aug. 26, 2026. The Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee concurred on Sept. 16 (committee transmittal). The Budget and Finance Committee concurred on Oct. 6, 2026, 4-0. Blumenfield, Hutt, McOsker and Hernandez voted yes and Yaroslavsky was absent (Journal).

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

• What it does: The item is the Board of Police Commissioners’ Sept. 22, 2026 approval of a memorandum of understanding with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the Lightpost Test Pilot Program. The Council asserted jurisdiction over that approval on Oct. 6, 2026, under Charter Section 245. The agenda says a Public Safety Committee report will be submitted in Council, and that if the committee holds no public hearing, the public may comment at the Council meeting. The file now includes a Board of Police Commissioners report dated Oct. 16, 2026, with an attachment titled “Lightpost Test Pilot” (agenda).
• The pilot: LAPD’s report describes a “no-cost, three-month pilot evaluation” of streetlight-mounted hardware and automated license plate recognition software at locations LAPD approves. 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).
• Who brought it: Hugo Soto-Martínez, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, in an Oct. 2, 2026 motion to assert jurisdiction (motion). The Council adopted that motion forthwith on Oct. 6, 10-4. Blumenfield, Lee, Park and Rodriguez voted no and Yaroslavsky was absent (Council action, CF 26-1394).
• Committee vote: At a special meeting on Oct. 20, 2026, the Public Safety Committee voted 3-2 to recommend that the Council veto, under Charter Section 245, the Police Commission’s Sept. 22, 2026 approval of the agreement. Curren D. Price Jr., Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martínez voted yes. John Lee and Traci Park voted no (committee report, CF 26-1394). The report says the recommendation is not official until the Council acts.
• What’s next: Oct. 27, 2026 is the time limit and the last day for Council action under Charter Section 245 (agenda, CF 26-1394).

21. Continuum of Care bidding: litigation options and a City-only Continuum of Care

• What it does: The motion asks the City Attorney to report on possible litigation options over the Los Angeles Continuum of Care bidding process and related matters in the regional homelessness response system. It instructs the City Administrative Officer, the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Los Angeles Housing Department to report on negotiations with the County for “meaningful City leadership and fair share of resources” in the homelessness response system, and on steps to start forming a City-only Continuum of Care (agenda).
• Closed session: The agenda says the Council may recess to closed session under Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) to confer with its lawyers on possibly starting litigation. The agenda describes it as “One potential case relative to the City’s applications to the Continuum of Care Board to be the Homeless Management Information System lead and Coordinated Entry System manager” (agenda).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, seconded by Tim McOsker, in an Oct. 16, 2026 motion referred straight to the Council (motion, CF 26-1485).
• Related file: An earlier file on an independent City Continuum of Care began with a motion by John S. Lee, seconded by Ysabel Jurado (CF 25-0689).

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