Arts District Little Tokyo Neighborhood Council · Held
Arts District Little Tokyo Neighborhood Council meeting, July 21, 2026
From the minutes: The Arts District Little Tokyo Neighborhood Council's board on July 21, 2026, approved a letter to Council District 14 on the Sixth Street PARC by acclamation and, on roll-call votes, re-elected Adam Turner president, elected Michael Guzman vice president, Miho Asada secretary and Eliot Kiang treasurer, and approved the 2026-27 budget, according to the council's minutes. It tabled a request for CD 14's "3 Touch System" encampment policies to the next month. The minutes record no separate vote on the agenda's letter asking for a Council resolution to designate the park perimeter under LAMC 41.18. The agenda had 12 numbered items.
Outcomes for the July 21, 2026 meeting of the Arts District Little Tokyo Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Los Angeles Public Library, Little Tokyo Branch, 203 S. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and by phone |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted July 17, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 14 |
Outcomes are from the minutes in the council’s meeting files, where the file is labeled “Approved.” The council’s agenda and minutes page still showed July’s minutes as “Coming soon” on Oct. 2, 2026. The meeting ran from 6:03 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. Each roll call in the minutes shows 12 members voting yes and no vote next to the names of the other three (minutes).
10.1.1. Sixth Street Viaduct PARC and LAMC 41.18
- What it asks: Support protections for the Sixth Street PARC before its expected opening in late 2026 or early 2027, including a letter to CD 14 encouraging a full Council resolution to designate the park’s perimeter under LAMC 41.18 (agenda).
- What happened: The minutes take items 10.1.1 and 10.2.1 together and record one motion, on the letter described under 10.2.1 below. They record no separate motion or vote on a letter about LAMC 41.18 (minutes).
- What’s next: The board’s Sept. 15 agenda listed a letter to Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, the Mayor’s Office and Recreation and Parks in support of the designation.
10.2.1. Community input on the PARC operating agreement
- What it asks: Ask Recreation and Parks, the Mayor’s Office, CD 14, the Bureau of Engineering and others to engage the community while the memorandum of agreement with Recreation and Parks is developed (agenda).
- What the board heard: President Adam Turner told the board the Bureau of Engineering manages the park now and that Recreation and Parks is to take over its management after a notice of substantial completion expected in December. He said he had drafted a letter on points the agreement should cover (minutes).
- What happened: David Ikegami moved “to pass this letter” and Jeffrey Chop seconded. The minutes record a vote by acclamation in which “no one voted No” and state, “Vote passes, letter to CD-14 will be sent” (minutes).
- Letter on file: The council’s letters page lists a letter titled “Sixth St PARC MOA Community Engagement Request” with a July 26 date. The letter itself is dated July 27, 2026.
11.1.1. CD 14’s “3 Touch System” for encampments
- What it asks: Request from CD 14 the policies, procedures and protocols for its proposed approach to homeless encampments (agenda).
- What happened: “Item tabled to next month” (minutes).
Other votes
- Officers, each with 12 yes votes on the roll call: Adam Turner, president; Michael Guzman, vice president; Miho Asada, secretary; Eliot Kiang, treasurer. The board took no vote on a parliamentarian; the minutes say the position “does not exist in ADLT bylaws and was added to agenda in error” (minutes).
- Financial officers, each with 12 yes votes: Eliot Kiang as bank card holder, Adam Turner as second card holder and second signer, and Kathy Pham as alternate signer (minutes).
- Committees, each with 12 yes votes: Action (Michael Guzman, chair, with Matthew Frohwein, Jane Lee and Miho Asada); Planning and Land Use (Joshua Kayn, chair, Anton Sanko, secretary, with Howard Chiao and David Ikegami); Environmental and Sustainability (Kathy Pham and Jeffrey Chop, co-chairs); Engagement (Michael Guzman, chair, with David Ikegami, Jane Lee and Miho Asada) (minutes).
- June 2026 minutes: approved by acclamation. June 2026 expenditure report: approved with 12 yes votes; the minutes note that $14,416.85 rolls over to the new fiscal year. 2026-27 budget: approved with 12 yes votes (minutes).
- Up to $500 to Jon Endow photography for website photographs: approved with 12 yes votes. Up to $150 a month for Google Workspace email: 12 yes votes on the roll call (minutes).
- The minutes record no motion or vote on the 2026-27 administrative packet (minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1.1 | Letter asking CD 14 to seek a Council resolution designating the Sixth Street Viaduct PARC perimeter under LAMC 41.18 | No separate vote recorded |
| 10.2.1 | Ask Recreation and Parks, the Mayor's Office, CD 14 and Engineering to engage the community on the PARC operating agreement | Letter to CD 14 approved by acclamation |
| 11.1.1 | Ask CD 14 for the policies and protocols behind its "3 Touch System" for homeless encampments | Tabled to the next month |
| 1 | Call to order and roll call | |
| 2.a-b | General public comment and reports from CD 14 and LAPD | |
| 2.c | Metro presentation on the Link US project | |
| 3 | Public comment on agenda items | |
| 4.a | Elect officers | Adam Turner president, Michael Guzman vice president, Miho Asada secretary, Eliot Kiang treasurer; 12 yes on each roll call (12-0) |
| 4.b | Appoint bank card holders and signers | Eliot Kiang card holder, Adam Turner second card holder and second signer, Kathy Pham alternate signer; 12 yes on each roll call (12-0) |
| 4.c | Appoint standing committee chairs and members | Four committees appointed; 12 yes on each roll call (12-0) |
| 5.a-c | Officer reports and June 2026 minutes | June minutes approved by acclamation |
| 5.d | Approve the June 2026 expenditure report and the 2026-27 budget | Both approved, 12 yes on each roll call (12-0) |
| 6 | Approve the 2026-27 administrative packet | No vote recorded |
| 7 | Committee reports | |
| 8 | Homeless liaison and budget advocacy reports | |
| 9.1.1 | Up to $150 a month for Google Workspace email | 12 yes on the roll call (12-0) |
| 9.2.1 | Up to $500 to Jon Endow photography for website photographs | Approved, 12 yes on the roll call (12-0) |
| 12 | Adjournment |