Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council · Held
Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council meeting, July 27, 2026
From the minutes: The Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council's board on July 27, 2026 approved a $2,500 neighborhood purpose grant for Friends of the Los Angeles River's Aug. 9 Riverfest, down from the $3,500 on the agenda, and voted 14-1 with one abstention to send the County Department of Public Health a request for equal health code enforcement for restaurants and street food vendors, according to draft minutes. It tabled support for Metro file 2024-0132, a Metro Board motion on the Dodger Stadium gondola, took no action on a letter to LAPD about Victor Heights, and put off officer elections after an 8-8 tie for chair.
Outcomes for the July 27, 2026 meeting of the Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Chinatown Branch Library, 639 N Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 1, Council District 14 |
Outcomes below come from draft minutes in the supporting documents folder for the council’s Aug. 24 meeting, whose agenda listed them for approval. No approved minutes were on the council’s agendas and minutes page as of Oct. 1, 2026. Fourteen of 17 board members were present at roll call and 16 by 5:35 p.m.; Lindsey Louie was absent (draft minutes).
6.1. Grant for Friends of the Los Angeles River’s Riverfest
- What it asks: A neighborhood purpose grant of up to $3,500 for FOLAR’s annual Riverfest on Aug. 9, 2026, at Los Angeles State Historic Park (agenda).
- What happened: The board cut the amount to $2,500 on a motion by Miho Murai, seconded by Valerie Hanley, then approved the $2,500 grant on a motion by Taery Anglin, seconded by Wing Ho. The draft minutes record each vote as 14 yes, 1 ineligible (Katelyn Kim) and 1 recusal (Xiayi Zhang) (draft minutes).
7. Letter on police protection in Victor Heights
- What it asks: A possible letter to LAPD asking for more police protection in Victor Heights, listed as a follow-up item (agenda).
- What happened: No formal action was taken. Council District 1 staff announced an Aug. 12 community meeting on Victor Heights at Everett Triangle Park (draft minutes).
- What’s next: The Sept. 28 agenda listed a request for action letter to Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, the City Council, the Mayor, the City Attorney and the District Attorney on public safety, traffic, infrastructure and quality of life conditions in Victor Heights.
10. Support for Metro file 2024-0132
- What it asks: Support for Metro file 2024-0132, a Feb. 22, 2024 Metro Board motion by Directors Solis, Bass, Dupont-Walker, Horvath and Sandoval on a community benefits agreement for the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit gondola between Union Station and Dodger Stadium (agenda).
- What happened: Chair Wilson Gee announced the item was tabled until the August meeting after consultation with the City Attorney. Speakers for and against the gondola were heard during general public comment (draft minutes).
11. Request for action on health code enforcement
- What it asks: Support for a request for action asking the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to apply health code enforcement the same way to storefront restaurants and street food vendors and to clarify its enforcement policy on street food vendors (agenda).
- Who brought it: Jason Fujimoto moved it and Valerie Hanley seconded (draft minutes).
- What happened: The board voted 14 yes, 1 no and 1 abstention to adopt the request and send it to the County Department of Public Health, with a copy to the restaurant association. The draft minutes do not name the no vote or the abstention (draft minutes).
- What’s next: The council’s Sept. 28 agenda lists a County Public Health presentation responding to a July 27, 2026 letter from Chair Wilson Gee on equitable enforcement of health code rules for restaurants and street food vendors, and a Sept. 8, 2026 letter from Liza Frias, the County’s director of environmental health.
Other votes
- Officer elections (item 8): Valerie Hanley and Wilson Gee were nominated for chair. A show of hands and a roll call each ended 8-8, and the board tabled the officer elections to the next meeting (draft minutes).
- Bank card holders and signers (item 9): The board kept Miho Murai and Daniel Reza as card holders, Murai as second signer and Reza as alternate signer, each on a 16-0 roll call (draft minutes).
- Minutes and expenditure reports (item 4): The June 22 minutes were approved with two abstentions. The May expenditure report was approved with 15 yes votes and one member ineligible. The June report was tabled because two credit card receipts were outstanding (draft minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Up to $3,500 neighborhood purpose grant to Friends of the Los Angeles River for Riverfest, Aug. 9, 2026, at Los Angeles State Historic Park | Approved at $2,500: 14 yes, 1 ineligible, 1 recusal |
| 7 | Letter asking LAPD for more police protection in Victor Heights | No action taken |
| 10 | Support Metro file 2024-0132, a Metro Board motion on a community benefits agreement for the Dodger Stadium gondola | Tabled to August |
| 11 | Request for action on equal health code enforcement for restaurants and street food vendors | Adopted: 14 yes, 1 no, 1 abstention |
| 1 | Call to order and roll call | |
| 2 | General public comment | |
| 3 | Public safety, City, other government and DONE reports | |
| 4.1 | Approve June 22, 2026 minutes | Approved, two abstentions |
| 4.2 | Approve May 2026 monthly expenditure report | Approved, 15 yes, 1 ineligible |
| 4.3 | Approve June 2026 monthly expenditure report | Tabled |
| 5 | LADOT presentation and deadline extension for the Dodger Stadium transportation study | |
| 8 | Elect executive officers | Tabled after an 8-8 tie for chair |
| 9 | Designate bank card holders and signers | Current card holders and signers kept, 16-0 |
| 12 | Officer reports | |
| 13 | Committee reports | |
| 14 | Liaison reports | |
| 15 | Area representative reports | |
| 16 | Adjournment |