Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council · Held
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council meeting, July 2, 2026
From the minutes: The Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council's board on July 2, 2026 approved, without objection, a Community Impact Statement on $1,000 in CD 14 funds to buy air purifiers for Highland Park residents after the Boyle Heights fire, according to Historic Highland Park's minutes. It tabled the appointment of Daniel Segraves to the vacant At-Large seat and created ad hoc Elections and Veterans Memorial committees. The minutes are linked from the Sept. 3 agenda, which lists them for approval.
Outcomes for the July 2, 2026 meeting of the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Highland Park Senior Center, 6152 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042, and by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted June 29, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 1, Council District 14 |
The council’s minutes are linked from the consent calendar of the Sept. 3 board agenda, which lists them for approval. They do not record who was present and give no vote counts.
9. Community Impact Statement on $1,000 in CD 14 funds for air purifiers
- What it asks: A Community Impact Statement on $1,000 in Council District 14 funds for an emergency response to the Boyle Heights fire: air purifiers for Highland Park residents, handed out through the Highland Park Senior Center. The agenda names no council file (agenda).
- Amount: $1,000 (agenda).
- What happened: “No objections or abstentions and thus motion passes,” moved by Jens Jonason and seconded by Catherine Round (minutes).
Other votes
- At-Large seat: A motion to vote on appointing Daniel Segraves as the agenda was written did not pass. The board then tabled the appointment to the next meeting without objection (minutes).
- President’s authority: The motion letting President Darren Gold or a designee present the council’s adopted positions to public bodies passed on a vote; the minutes give no count (minutes).
- Committees: The board created an ad hoc Elections Committee and appointed Connie Martinez and Jens Jonason to it. It created an ad hoc Veterans Memorial Committee after amending the motion so that the committee picks its own chair. The agenda had named Rick Marquez as chair (minutes; agenda).
- Appointments: Alex Romero to the Arts and Culture Committee and Ruby Perez to the Land Use Committee, each without objection (minutes).
- Consent calendar: The June 4, June 17 and June 24 minutes were approved without objection, with revisions to the June 4 minutes to be added (minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Community Impact Statement on $1,000 in CD 14 funds for air purifiers for Highland Park residents after the Boyle Heights fire | Approved without objection |
| 1 | Call to order | |
| 2 | Roll call | |
| 3 | Approve the agenda | Approved without objection |
| 4 | Reports from LAFD, LAPD, the library, Recreation and Parks, CD 1, CD 14, the Mayor's Office, EmpowerLA and County, state and federal offices | |
| 5 | General public comment | |
| 6 | Committee, liaison and alliance reports | |
| 7 | Consent calendar: minutes of the June 4, June 17 and June 24, 2026 board meetings | Approved without objection, June 4 minutes as amended |
| 8 | Appoint Daniel Segraves to the vacant At-Large board seat | Tabled to the next meeting |
| 10 | Let President Darren Gold or a designee present the council's adopted positions to public bodies | Passed on a vote; no count in the minutes |
| 11 | Appoint Alex Romero to the Arts and Culture Committee | Approved without objection |
| 12 | Appoint Ruby Perez to the Land Use Committee | Approved without objection |
| 13 | Create an ad hoc Elections Committee | Approved without objection |
| 14 | Create an ad hoc Veterans Memorial Committee chaired by Rick Marquez | Approved as amended: the committee picks its own chair |
| 15 | Appoint board members to the ad hoc Elections Committee | Connie Martinez and Jens Jonason appointed without objection |
| 16 | Presentation on the Santa Monica Mountains Resource Conservation District's free home wildfire evaluations | |
| 17 | New business | |
| 18 | Adjourn |