Los Angeles City Council · Held · Special
Los Angeles City Council special meeting, October 28, 2026
From official records: The Los Angeles City Council's special meeting at 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 28, 2026 had two items on its special agenda. The Clerk's meeting record shows the Council adopted an ordinance to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction a nonconforming use in all zones forthwith, 13-0, and the file lists Nov. 3, 2026 as its effective date. The meeting record also shows the Council adopted a Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan ordinance requiring conditional use permits for warehouses over 15,000 square feet forthwith, 13-0. The Clerk sent that ordinance to the Mayor on Nov. 2, with Nov. 13, 2026 as the last day to act.
As of November 4, 2026, outcomes for the October 28, 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.
| Where | John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles |
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| Agenda | Official agenda |
| City Council districts | Council District 1 |
The Clerk’s special agenda set the meeting for 10:45 a.m. in the John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340, City Hall, the same day as the Council’s regular meeting. Both items came from the Planning and Land Use Management Committee’s Oct. 27 meetings (special and regular), whose reports the agenda said would be submitted in Council. Imelda Padilla and Curren D. Price were recorded absent. The Council Journal was not posted as of Nov. 2, 2026.
1. Citywide ban on new oil and gas extraction
- What it does: The agenda asked the Council to adopt City Planning’s revised findings and “credibility findings,” accept a substitute noise mitigation measure, adopt the mitigated negative declaration (ENV-2025-2885-MND) and its monitoring program, and adopt an ordinance dated Oct. 23, 2026. The ordinance amends Chapters 1 and 1A of the Municipal Code to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction a nonconforming use in all zones (special agenda, draft ordinance).
- Who brought it: The file began with the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved it 3-0 on Oct. 27, and the Energy and Environment Committee waived consideration (committee report, CF 17-0447-S2).
- Who it affects: The file is citywide (special agenda). Mayor Karen Bass’s office says existing wells must stop operating within 20 years of the effective date unless an earlier deadline applies (Mayor’s office).
- What happened: Adopted forthwith, 13-0. Padilla and Price were absent (meeting record).
- What’s next: The Mayor’s concurrence was returned Oct. 29 (Mayor concurrence). The file lists the ordinance as published Oct. 30, with an effective date of Nov. 3, 2026 (CF 17-0447-S2).
2. Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan: warehouse permits
- What it does: The agenda asked the Council to find that the draft ordinance was assessed in the plan’s environmental impact report (ENV-2021-2643-EIR), adopt findings dated Sept. 25, 2024, and adopt an ordinance dated Oct. 20, 2026 amending the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 182,617) to require conditional use permits for warehousing, distribution and storage uses over 15,000 square feet (special agenda, draft ordinance).
- Who brought it: Eunisses Hernandez, seconded by Tim McOsker. The Council adopted their Oct. 16 motion asking for the ordinance on Oct. 20, 15-0 (CF 13-0078-S2). The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved it 3-0 on Oct. 27 (committee report).
- Who it affects: Council District 1 (CF 13-0078-S2).
- Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (special agenda).
- What happened: Adopted forthwith, 13-0. Padilla and Price were absent (meeting record). The Council Vote records show the same 13-0 roll call. The council file lists a Council action on Oct. 28 (CF 13-0078-S2).
- What’s next: The City Clerk sent the file to the Mayor on Nov. 2, 2026, and lists Nov. 13 as the last day for the Mayor to act (CF 13-0078-S2).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
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| 1 | Ordinance to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction a nonconforming use in all zones, with its environmental findings | Adopted, Forthwith (13-0-2)Votes
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| 2 | Ordinance requiring a conditional use permit for warehouses and storage over 15,000 square feet in the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan area | Adopted, Forthwith (13-0-2)Votes
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