Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council · Held
Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council meeting, July 22, 2026
From the minutes: The Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council's board on July 22, 2026 elected Ellen Evans president and Aaron Lawrence vice president for legislative affairs by acclamation. It voted to file Community Impact Statements supporting higher fines on repeat party houses, a stronger private right of action against illegal short-term rentals and a Council floor vote on short-term rental platform data, opposing the Vacation Rental Ordinance and a temporary vacation rental program through the Olympics, and backing the City Council's opposition to the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project. The minutes record each of the six votes as 21-0 with two members ineligible; three of the filed statements report 23-0. The board did not vote on the Flock camera motion.
Outcomes for the July 22, 2026 meeting of the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | TreePeople Conference Room, Coldwater Canyon Park, 12601 Mulholland Dr. (in person only) |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted July 19, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes (approved August 26, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 4, Council District 5 |
The outcomes below come from the minutes, which the board approved with one correction on Aug. 26, and from the Community Impact Statements filed on the council files. The minutes list 23 members present and 12 absent. They give each vote on items 11 through 16 as 21-0 with two members ineligible; the statements filed on CF 12-1824-S3, CF 18-1246 and CF 26-0777 report 23-0.
7. Election of officers
- What happened: The board elected its officers by acclamation: Ellen Evans, president; Aaron Lawrence, vice president for legislative affairs; Robin Greenberg, vice president for operations; Vadim Levotman, treasurer; Timothy Steele, secretary. Travis Longcore’s term as president ended at this meeting (minutes). The agenda listed Longcore as president and Evans as vice president for legislative affairs.
11. Higher fines for repeat party houses
- What it asks: Supports CF 12-1824-S3 and urges the City to set fines that exceed party house revenue, hold property owners liable in every violation, require owners to repay the full cost of City responses, collect through liens, and weight fines for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (agenda).
- What happened: The board moved the motion’s sixth point, on tying fines to property value, up to second place and approved the motion by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible (minutes). The council filed the statement on Aug. 17 with the position “For.” It reports a 23-0 vote on July 22 (CIS).
12. Stronger private right of action against illegal short-term rentals
- What it asks: Asks the Council to send the City Attorney’s draft ordinance on CF 14-1635-S10 back for revision so that any interested person, including neighborhood groups, can sue; waiting periods are cut; injunctions are available right away; and platforms that book unlawful listings are liable (agenda).
- What happened: Approved by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible, after a proposed amendment on attorney fees was withdrawn (minutes). Filed Aug. 20 with the position “For if Amended” and the same vote (CIS).
13. Opposing the Vacation Rental Ordinance
- What it asks: Reaffirms the board’s opposition to the ordinance on CF 18-1246, which would allow short-term rental of non-primary homes, and asks the Council to reject it. It cites the housing shortage, fire risk in the council’s area and the January 2025 fires (agenda).
- What happened: Approved by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible (minutes). The filing holds two submissions made on Aug. 17, both reporting a 23-0 vote on July 22: the first lists the position as “For” and the second, sent three minutes later as an update, lists “Against” (CIS).
13(a). Added item: Council vote on short-term rental platform data
- What it asks: A Community Impact Statement asking that CF 25-1473 go to the full Council for a vote. The file is a motion by Council members Bob Blumenfield and Nithya Raman, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, titled “SB 346 / Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) / Short-Term Rental Facilitators / Audit / Examine Hosting Platforms.” The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved it on March 24, 2026 (CF 25-1473). The item was not on the posted agenda; the minutes record it as “Additional Item #13 (a).”
- What happened: Approved by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible (minutes). Filed Aug. 20 with the position “For” and the same vote (CIS).
14. Opposing a temporary vacation rental program through the Olympics
- What it asks: Opposes the temporary program on CF 25-0029-S1. The motion says City Planning’s analysis gives Bel Air-Beverly Crest the lowest short-term rental “tipping point” in the City, 16 days (agenda).
- What happened: Approved by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible (minutes). Filed Aug. 20 with the position “Against” and the same vote (CIS).
15. Opposing removal of Flock cameras unless amended
- What it asks: Opposes CF 26-0803, a motion to remove Flock Safety license plate cameras, unless it is amended to let the City fix contract, privacy and data-sharing problems before removal (agenda).
- What happened: The board discussed the item and did not vote. President Evans suggested the board look into the matter and bring it back (minutes). No statement from the council was on CF 26-0803 as of Oct. 1, 2026.
16. Opposing the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project
- What it asks: Supports a letter from the Community Forest Advisory Committee opposing the project in its current form. The agenda says the comment deadline on the project’s environmental impact report was extended to Aug. 1. The agenda links CF 26-0777 (agenda).
- What happened: The board approved a motion to support the motion in CF 26-0777 by unanimous consent, recorded as 21-0 with two members ineligible (minutes). The council filed a statement on July 31 with the position “For,” supporting the City Council’s opposition to the project as currently proposed. It reports a 23-0 vote (CIS).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Community Impact Statement supporting higher fines and cost recovery for repeat party house violations | Approved as amended 21-0, two ineligible (minutes); the filed statement reports 23-0 |
| 12 | Community Impact Statement asking for a stronger private right of action to enforce the Home-Sharing Ordinance | Approved 21-0, two ineligible |
| 13 | Community Impact Statement opposing the Vacation Rental Ordinance for non-primary homes | Approved 21-0, two ineligible (minutes); the filed statement reports 23-0 |
| 13(a) | Added item: Community Impact Statement asking for a Council vote on short-term rental platform data reporting | Approved 21-0, two ineligible |
| 14 | Community Impact Statement opposing a temporary vacation rental program through the 2028 Olympics | Approved 21-0, two ineligible |
| 15 | Community Impact Statement opposing the motion to remove Flock license plate cameras unless amended | No vote; to be brought back |
| 16 | Support the Community Forest Advisory Committee's letter opposing the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project in its current form | Approved 21-0, two ineligible (minutes); the filed statement reports 23-0 |
| - | Call to order, flag salute and roll call | |
| 1 | Adopt the agenda | Adopted unanimously |
| 2 | Approve minutes of the June 24, 2026 board meeting | Deferred to the next meeting |
| 3 | General public comment | |
| 4 | Updates from elected officials, EmpowerLA, LAPD and LAFD | |
| 5 | President's report | |
| 6 | Vice president of legislative affairs report | |
| 7 | Election of officers | Elected by acclamation: Ellen Evans president, Aaron Lawrence vice president for legislative affairs, Robin Greenberg vice president for operations, Vadim Levotman treasurer, Timothy Steele secretary |
| 8 | Election of standing committee members and chairs | Members of seven standing committees elected by acclamation |
| 9 | Appoint WRAC representatives | Elected by acclamation: Robin Greenberg primary, Nickie Miner alternate, Maureen Levinson WRAC Homeless Committee representative |
| 10 | Approve the June 2026 monthly expenditure report | Approved 22-0, one ineligible |
| - | Good of the order and adjournment |