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Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates meeting, August 3, 2026

August 3, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates voted 25-0 at their Aug. 3, 2026 meeting to move their Sept. 7 Labor Day meeting to Aug. 31, a date their meetings page now lists as cancelled, and heard that a budget-impact review of the eight City measures on the November ballot was drafted and going to review (draft minutes). Members also discussed a proposed Council motion requiring most neighborhood council board members to get CERT training (CF 26-0906-S4) and reported no fiscal 2026-27 contributions from neighborhood councils as of Aug. 2 (draft minutes).

Outcomes for the August 3, 2026 meeting of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates come from its posted minutes.

The minutes document for this meeting is headed “Draft Minutes” (minutes); the Budget Advocates’ meetings page lists it as approved minutes. Quorum was 14; 23 Budget Advocates were present at the start, three absent and five excused (minutes).

VI. Budget review of the November ballot measures

• What it does: Budget Advocates were asked to sign up to review the budget impact of the City measures on the November ballot, citing CF 26-1100-S19, the council file for Charter Amendment SC, and the Charter reform reports in CF 26-0489: Proposition TE (fire-victim transfer tax exemption), Charter Amendments LA, PL, EE, PRK, PRT and SC, and Ordinance FD (half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department) (minutes).
• What happened: Gabriel Avelar reported two versions of a ballot measures report were done and would go to Thomas Norman for review before being shared with members (minutes). No position was taken.

VIII. Budget representative vacancies and the Aug. 31 meeting

• What happened: Members were asked to have each neighborhood council fill vacant budget representative seats, two per council, by Sept. 30, 2026. The Advocates voted 25-0 to move the Sept. 7 meeting to Aug. 31, 2026 at 7 p.m. (minutes). The meetings page lists the Aug. 31 meeting as cancelled.

XII. Proposed CERT requirement for neighborhood council boards

• What it does: Glenn Bailey described a Council motion that would require a majority of neighborhood council board members to complete CERT training, which he said runs seven weeks in person at 2.5 hours a session (minutes; CF 26-0906-S4).
• What happened: Discussion only; Howard Katchen said the Sherman Oaks NC would review the motion on Aug. 10 (minutes).
• What happened at the Council: On Aug. 19 the Council adopted the item as amended by Motion 15A, which replaced the requirement with a report on making CERT certification more accessible; vote 13-0 (amending motion; Council action).

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