Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council · Held
Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council meeting, July 21, 2026
From the minutes: The Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council's board on July 21, 2026 approved Community Impact Statements supporting crisis and bridge housing at 515 N. Beacon St. and opposing a Charter amendment that would cut required Council meetings from three days a week to at least weekly on a consent vote of 5-2 with one abstention, and approved a letter supporting alcohol sales at a Grocery Outlet 6-1 with one abstention, according to the draft minutes. Motions to appoint a Budget Advocates representative and a Bylaws Committee chair failed. Both statements were filed on CF 18-0651-S3 and CF 26-1100-S13 on Aug. 7.
Outcomes for the July 21, 2026 meeting of the Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Anderson Memorial Senior Citizen Center, 828 S. Mesa St., San Pedro, CA 90731 |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted July 17, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 15 |
The council posted draft minutes of this meeting in its meeting files. The board approved them on Aug. 18 on a consent vote of 10-0 with one abstention (draft Aug. 18 minutes).
- Attendance: 11 of 17 board members were present at the start. Barbara St. John left at 7:10 p.m., before the votes, and Charles Henry and Guillermo Verdin are recorded as ineligible to vote on every motion. The roll-call table marks Matthew Quiocho absent, but the motion entries record him moving and voting (draft minutes).
- Consent vote: Adrian Fernandez moved and Matthew Zaney seconded taking items 7.a, 8.a, 8.b and 9.a.iii together. Victoria Browder, Fernandez, Adele Healy, Ash Morgan and Zaney voted yes, Thomas Hyatt and Quiocho voted no, and LaMar Lyons abstained. The draft prints the yes count as 7 in two places and 5 in three, and names the same five members each time (draft minutes).
- Appointments: The motion to appoint Guillermo Verdin as Budget Advocates representative failed with 4 yes, 3 no and 1 abstention. The motion to appoint Charles Henry as Bylaws Committee chair failed with 1 yes, 5 no and 2 abstentions (draft minutes).
- Other votes: The board accepted Maeve Makenna’s resignation, approved the May and June 2026 expenditure reports and referred the question of Outreach Committee access to social media to that committee, each 7-0 with one abstention (draft minutes).
- Minutes item: The agenda listed approval of the May 19, 2026 minutes under 8.a. The draft minutes record the item as the June 16, 2026 minutes.
- Not taken up: The Phillips 66 refinery update and the Outreach Committee report, for lack of time (draft minutes).
7.a. Community Impact Statement supporting bridge housing at 515 N. Beacon St.
- What it asks: A statement in support of CF 18-0651-S3, titled “515 North Beacon Street / San Pedro / Crisis and Bridge Housing / Harbor Interfaith Services.” The statement supports the funding, lease and continued use of the 100-bed shelter for about three more years, and says the current leases expire Dec. 31, 2026 (statement).
- Who brought it: The item was listed under the report of homelessness liaison Laurie Jacobs (agenda).
- Who it affects: The council file lists Council District 15 (CF 18-0651-S3).
- What happened: Approved on the consent vote, 5 yes, 2 no and 1 abstention (draft minutes). The statement, dated July 21, was filed on the council file on Aug. 7, 2026. It does not print a vote count.
- Council action: The City Council adopted the item on Aug. 5, 2026, 12-0 with three members absent, two days before the statement was filed (CF 18-0651-S3).
8.b. Community Impact Statement opposing the Charter amendment on Council meetings
- What it asks: A statement opposing CF 26-1100-S13. The statement objects to changing Charter Section 242(a) so that the Council must meet at least weekly instead of at least three days each week (statement).
- The measure: The council file is titled “City General Election / November 3, 2026 State General Election / Ethics, Elections, and Governance / Charter Amendment,” and its record calls the measure Charter Amendment EE. The Council adopted it as amended on June 30, 2026, 12-0 with three members absent (CF 26-1100-S13).
- What happened: Approved on the consent vote, 5 yes, 2 no and 1 abstention (draft minutes). The statement, dated July 21, was filed on the council file on Aug. 7, 2026. It does not print a vote count.
10.a.v. Letter supporting alcohol sales at Grocery Outlet
- What it asks: A letter supporting alcohol sales and a conditional use permit for a Grocery Outlet (agenda). The draft letter in the meeting files is addressed to the Office of Zoning Administration. It supports daily sales of a full line of alcoholic beverages for off-site use, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., at 501 S. Gaffey St., and cites the case as “EVN-2026-1144-EAF.”
- Who brought it: The Planning and Land Use Committee, chaired by LaMar Lyons (agenda).
- What happened: Approved with 6 yes (Browder, Fernandez, Healy, Hyatt, Morgan and Quiocho), 1 no (Zaney) and 1 abstention (Lyons) (draft minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 7.a | Community Impact Statement supporting CF 18-0651-S3, crisis and bridge housing at 515 N. Beacon St., San Pedro | Approved on consent 5-2-1 |
| 8.b | Community Impact Statement opposing CF 26-1100-S13, a Charter amendment that would cut required Council meetings from three days a week to at least weekly | Approved on consent 5-2-1 |
| 10.a.v | Letter supporting alcohol sales and a conditional use permit for Grocery Outlet | Approved 6-1-1 |
| 1 | Call to order and roll call | |
| 2 | Public comment | |
| 3 | Board member comments | |
| 4.a | Appoint Guillermo Verdin as Budget Advocates representative | Failed 4-3-1 |
| 4.b | Appoint Charles Henry as Bylaws Committee chair | Failed 1-5-2 |
| 4.c | Discussion of bylaws | No action |
| 4.d | Discussion of qualifications for board service | No action |
| 4.e | Accept the resignation of board member Maeve Makenna | Approved 7-0-1 |
| 4.f | Announce one vacant seat | |
| 4.g | Discussion of the social media policy | No action |
| 4.h | Discussion of Outreach Committee access to social media | Referred to the Outreach Committee 7-0-1 |
| 5 | Public officials' reports | |
| 6 | Public safety reports | |
| 8.a | Approve prior meeting minutes (the agenda lists May 19, 2026; the minutes record June 16, 2026) | Approved on consent 5-2-1 |
| 9.a.i | Approve the May 2026 monthly expenditure report | Approved 7-0-1 |
| 9.a.ii | Approve the June 2026 monthly expenditure report | Approved 7-0-1 |
| 9.a.iii | Approve the scope of work for The Mailroom | Approved on consent 5-2-1 |
| 10.a.i | Report on the courthouse property | |
| 10.a.ii | Discussion of a conversion of the Little Sisters of the Poor site in Coastal San Pedro | No action |
| 10.a.iii | Discussion of the John Gibson 400 truck and chassis parking lot project | No action |
| 10.a.iv | Update on the Phillips 66 refinery | Not taken up |
| 11 | Outreach Committee report | Not taken up |
| 12 | Sustainability Committee report on a refinery site remediation plan | No report; chair absent |
| 13 | Adjournment |