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Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council agenda, October 14, 2026

October 14, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 12, 2026

On the agenda: The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council's board meets online on Oct. 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Its agenda has 17 numbered sections. The agenda asks the board to oppose Charter Amendment PL on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot with a letter and Community Impact Statement, to support a 147-unit, 100% affordable housing project at 975 S. Manhattan Pl., and to file a Community Impact Statement supporting a citywide vacant and nuisance property program in Council File 26-1280. Five spending motions total up to $1,580, our sum.

Agenda only. As of October 12, 2026, the October 14, 2026 meeting of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda sets the meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom, held online under state Senate Bill 707 and Council File 23-1114. It lists Jennifer DeVore as president, John Gresham as vice president, Erika Stuart as secretary and Patricia Carroll as treasurer. It says supporting documents are posted on the council’s website at greaterwilshire.org/BDdocs. The next board meeting is set for Nov. 11, 2026.

V.B.b. No-confidence vote on the Area 4 director

• What it asks: The agenda lists the Area 4 Fremont Place director as absent on July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9, 2026. Under the council’s bylaws (Article V, Section 7), a director who misses three straight board meetings is suspended and the board votes at its next regular meeting. The motion would declare no confidence and remove the director from the board, effective on passage (agenda).
• Vote needed: Removal requires 14 of 21 votes. If the motion fails, the agenda says the suspension ends and the director is restored as a voting member (agenda).

VI.C. September 2026 expenditure report

• What it asks: Approve the September 2026 monthly expenditure report and each expense in it (agenda).
• Money: The agenda lists a $281.21 Public Storage charge, $367.08 and $732.83 checks to At Work for minutes and administrative work, and an outstanding $250 check to the Congress of Neighborhoods. It also lists past expenses that may appear on the report: $460 to the Ebell for September and three At Work items of $555.94, $481.80 and $530.67. It says the council received its full $10,000 in rollover funds plus $2,462.03 in other unspent funds, $12,462.03 in all (agenda).

VIII.B. $400 for council t-shirts

• What it asks: Buy council-branded t-shirts for the Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Fair on Nov. 8, 2026 and other outreach events (agenda).
• Money: Up to $400 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Outreach Committee (agenda).

VIII.C. $350 for a Larchmont Family Fair booth

• What it asks: Pay for a council booth at the 2026 Larchmont Family Fair. The agenda says the application deadline was Oct. 10 and the booth fee is $325 if the council supplies its own tent (agenda).
• Money: Up to $350 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Outreach Committee (agenda).

IX.B. Cobi’s restaurant at 5750 Melrose Ave.

• What it asks: Support the restaurant Cobi’s at 5750 Melrose Ave. as long as it operates in full compliance with the City’s Restaurant Beverage Program and City standards on tables and chairs, including the California Building Code, and as long as its valet does not park employee or patron cars on residential streets. The motion says any later application for a conditional use permit should include noise mitigation measures (agenda).
• Background: The agenda says the applicant told the council by email that it will use the by-right Restaurant Beverage Program instead of a discretionary conditional use permit for alcohol, and that City Planning has issued a hold letter asking for more information (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Land Use Committee (agenda).

IX.C. 147 affordable units at 975 S. Manhattan Pl.

• What it asks: Support a new seven-story, 107,482-square-foot, 100% affordable housing development at 975 S. Manhattan Pl., near Olympic Boulevard. It would have 147 units: 73 one-bedroom, 51 two-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom. Of those, 116 would be low income, 30 moderate income and one a market-rate manager’s unit. It would have 99 parking spaces (agenda).
• Case: EAR-2026-3979-AH-HCA, filed July 30, 2026. The site is zoned R4-1 and C2-1 (agenda).
• Who it affects: Area 3, Country Club Heights, in Council District 5 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Land Use Committee (agenda).

IX.D. Vacant and nuisance properties

• What it asks: Send a letter to Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13) and Katy Yaroslavsky (CD 5) recommending more accountability and enforcement for owners who do not secure vacant land or buildings. It names two measures: automatic permission for law enforcement to enter such property once set public safety conditions are met, and penalties for owners who do not secure it. The board would also file a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-1280 and Council File 24-0196-S1, citing a vacant site on North St. Andrews Place as a local example (agenda).
• Background: The agenda says the Land Use Committee discussed the St. Andrews Place site on Aug. 25, 2026, after a fire there spread to the property next door (agenda).
• The council files: Council File 26-1280 is titled “Citywide Vacant and Public Nuisance Property Abatement Program / Criteria for Prioritizing Properties / Potential Funding Sources.” Adrin Nazarian moved it on Sept. 4, 2026, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, Tim McOsker and Monica Rodriguez (motion). Council File 24-0196-S1, “Nuisance Abatement Proceedings and Oversight / Request for Reports on Policy Options and Code Amendments,” was moved by Tim McOsker and seconded by Adrin Nazarian the same day (motion). The agenda says the 26-1280 motion cites more than 100 priority vacant nuisance buildings identified by LADBS. A related budget motion, Council File 26-0600-S3 (Nazarian - Lee), on restoring funding for the LADBS Demolition and Repair Fund, was referred to the Budget and Finance Committee on May 21, 2026.
• Neighborhood council positions: The North Hollywood Northeast, Studio City and Empowerment Congress Central Area neighborhood councils have filed Community Impact Statements on Council File 26-1280.
• What’s next: The Public Works Committee approved both files on Sept. 22, 2026, and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled both for its Oct. 13, 2026 meeting (Council File 26-1280, Council File 24-0196-S1).
• Who brought it: The Land Use Committee (agenda).

IX.E. Oppose Charter Amendment PL

• What it asks: Oppose Measure PL, the planning Charter amendment on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot, and send a letter and a Community Impact Statement stating that position. The motion’s stated reason is that the measure “would consolidate planning power in too few hands with too much discretion” (agenda). The agenda says the letter and a summary of the Charter changes are in the board documents.
• Background: Charter Amendment PL was placed on the ballot by the City Council (Council File 26-1100-S12). The Council adopted the motion (Harris-Dawson - Blumenfield) on June 30, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Curren D. Price absent (Council File 26-1100-S12). Its ballot question asks whether to amend the Charter to establish a Neighborhood Appeals Commission to replace the Area Planning Commissions, set a process for City Council review of that commission’s and the City Planning Commission’s decisions, change the timing and process for City Council action on certain planning decisions, give the Planning Department authority to hear and decide applications for quasi-judicial review, and allow changes to floor area rules by ordinance (Council File 26-1100-S12).
• Who brought it: The Land Use Committee (agenda).

X.B. Right-turn-only signs at Plymouth Boulevard and Third Street

• What it asks: Send a letter to Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13), copied to LADOT and the LAPD West Traffic Division, asking the council office to work with LADOT, LAPD, the Windsor Square Association and nearby neighbors on better traffic control at S. Plymouth Boulevard and W. Third Street. At a minimum it asks that the “Right Turn Only” signs at the northwest and southeast corners apply at all times (agenda).
• Background: The motion says the signs now apply 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. on weekdays, and that neighbors have photographed more than 10 accidents there in the last 18 months (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Transportation Committee (agenda).

XI.C. Median conversion program and the Highland Avenue median

• What it asks: File a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-1332, on converting non-functional turf medians and complying with state Assembly Bill 1572. It asks that any conversion of the Highland Avenue median, Historic-Cultural Monument No. 94, keep the historic palms and their irrigation, be reviewed by the Office of Historic Resources and the Cultural Heritage Commission, and include community input, including from the Hancock Park Homeowners Association (agenda).
• The council file: Imelda Padilla moved it on Sept. 16, 2026, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (motion). It was referred to the Energy and Environment and Public Works committees (Council File 26-1332).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Sylmar Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 26, 2026 (Council File 26-1332).
• What’s next: The Public Works Committee scheduled it for Oct. 13, 2026 (Council File 26-1332).
• Who brought it: The Environmental & Sustainability Committee (agenda).

XI.D. Letter on cosmetic pesticide use

• What it asks: Send a letter to Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky (CD 5) and Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD 13) recommending that the City keep non-essential pesticide use on City property, including parks, medians and parkways, to a minimum in favor of integrated pest management, and publish where and when City departments and contractors apply pesticides, with advance notice (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Environmental & Sustainability Committee (agenda).

XI.E. Handout on gas-powered garden equipment

• What it asks: Approve a handout on City and State rules for gas-powered garden equipment and South Coast AQMD rebate programs, for the council’s email, website and event tables (agenda).
• Money: Up to $30 for printing (agenda).

XI.F. Compost and mulch for street trees

• What it asks: Send a letter to Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Hugo Soto-Martinez, copied to StreetsLA, asking the City to apply and maintain compost and mulch around City street trees, tree wells, medians and bare parkway planting sites in the council’s area, from a list of locations in the board documents (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Environmental & Sustainability Committee (agenda).

XI.G. Organics processing and composting master plan

• What it asks: File a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-0925, on a Modern Organics Processing and Composting Master Plan, and support local use of City-made compost and mulch around street trees and medians (agenda).
• The council file: Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian moved it, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky. The Council adopted the Energy and Environment Committee report on Aug. 25, 2026, 14-0, with Traci Park absent, and the file shows “Council action final” on Aug. 26, 2026 (Council File 26-0925).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Palms, Del Rey and Westside neighborhood councils filed Community Impact Statements in September and October 2026 (Council File 26-0925).

XII.C. Election Committee items

• What it asks: Approve an amended Election Information Worksheet and an Election Ballot Voting Model, and money for election outreach (agenda).
• Money: Up to $300 for printing and other costs of bus bench and bus stop ads, and up to $500 more for election advertising, including flyers, postcards, door hangers and digital ads. That is up to $800, our sum (agenda).
• Who brought it: The NC Election Committee, chaired by Conrad Starr (agenda).

XIV.A. Ad Hoc ADA Digital Accessibility Committee

• What it asks: Create an ad hoc committee of board members to review the federal WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements that take effect April 26, 2027, check the council’s website and social media against them and recommend fixes. It would dissolve when done or by May 31, 2027. The motion names Conrad Starr as chair and leaves the members blank (agenda).
• Background: The agenda says Department of Neighborhood Empowerment guidance and a funding decision are expected by the end of 2026 (agenda).

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