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Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council meeting, August 11, 2026

August 11, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council's board, at its regular 6:30 p.m. meeting on Aug. 11, 2026, approved a letter asking the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners to declare three vacant properties on South Hope Street public nuisances and a letter on the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire, three outreach expenditures totaling up to $3,800 and a motion to remove a director for absences, according to the council's draft minutes. The agenda had 13 numbered items. A special meeting was set for 8 p.m. the same evening.

Outcomes for the August 11, 2026 meeting of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes are from the council’s draft minutes. The Sept. 8 agenda listed them for approval, and that meeting was cancelled; no record of the board approving them was posted as of Oct. 2, 2026. The meeting was called to order at 6:34 p.m. with 21 directors present, one absent and two seats vacant. It recessed at 8:50 p.m. for the special meeting and adjourned at 9:23 p.m. (draft minutes). The special meeting had its own agenda.

9.a.i. Statement on the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire

• What it asks: “Discussion and possible action to submit CIS for Lineage Log Warehouse Fire.” The agenda names no council file and no proposed position (agenda).
• What happened: The minutes record the item as a motion “to submit a letter for the Lineage Logistics Warehouse Fire.” It was approved with 19 yes votes, none opposed and one director ineligible (draft minutes). The minutes do not print the letter’s text, and the council’s letters page did not list a letter on the fire as of Oct. 2, 2026.

9.b.i. Public nuisance declaration for vacant buildings on Hope Street

• What it asks: A letter to the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners “regarding a public nuisance declaration for vacant buildings on Hope Street” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Livability Committee (agenda).
• What happened: Approved. The draft minutes give the tally as 20 yes, none opposed and one ineligible; the roll call printed under it shows 19 yes votes by our count, so the two parts of the record differ by one (draft minutes).
• The letter: The letter, dated Aug. 11, 2026, urges the commissioners to approve the Department of Building and Safety’s findings and recommendations to declare three properties on South Hope Street public nuisances. It also recommends that the department consider a work order for City abatement “to secure and gate the properties.” Copies went to Council District 14, the Mayor’s Office, the department and the South Park Business Improvement District.

Other votes

• Removal of Israel Batiz, who held the homeless director seat, “due to attendance, 7 absences in 12 months” under bylaws Article V, Section 7: approved. The draft minutes give the tally as 19 yes, two abstaining and one ineligible; the roll call printed under it shows 18 yes votes by our count (draft minutes).
• Consent calendar, 20-0 with one ineligible: the July 2026 board minutes and the appointment of Payas Parab as budget representative (draft minutes).
• Approved 19-0 with one ineligible: the June 2026 monthly expenditure report; up to $500 for social media promotion; up to $1,800 for a D Line bus bench promotion (draft minutes).
• Approved 18-0 with one ineligible: up to $1,500 to reprint and update the Skid Row Resource Map; an amendment to the 2026-27 administrative packet moving $1,000 from the outreach events line ($8,000 to $7,000) to communications and materials ($3,500 to $4,500) (draft minutes). The three outreach expenditures total up to $3,800 (our sum).
• Elections worksheet: approved 14-0 with four abstaining and one ineligible. The motion approved the “first options” listed, including the Central Library as the primary location (draft minutes).
• The minutes record no vote on the July 2026 monthly expenditure report (draft minutes).

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