Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council · Held
Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council meeting, September 14, 2026
On the agenda: The Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council's Sept. 14, 2026 board agenda had seven numbered items. Five of the 10 new-business items concern North Van Ness Avenue parking near Paramount, among them following up the public records request on who authorized the curb restrictions, asking CD 13 Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez to address what the agenda calls his staff's "denial and failure to schedule" an LADOT meeting on a preferential parking district application, and rules routing all outside communication on the issue through the PLUM Committee. Minutes were not posted on the City agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, so outcomes are not known.
Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the September 14, 2026 meeting of the Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.
| Where | Lemon Grove Recreation Center, 4959 Lemon Grove Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029 |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 10, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 13 |
No minutes or outcomes for this meeting were posted on the City agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026. The agenda refers to the council’s “Exhaustive Efforts status” and lists a plan to add minutes approval as a standing item starting with the November meeting (agenda).
6.a. Records request on North Van Ness Avenue parking
- What it asks: Clarify the status of the public records request, which the agenda calls “the July 13 Board-approved action”, and name a person to finish it. The request seeks records showing who authorized the parking restrictions on North Van Ness Avenue, under what authority and when, from LADOT, the City Clerk, the Bureau of Engineering and CD 13, then City Archives if needed (agenda).
6.b. Preferential parking district application
- What it asks: A formal request that Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez address what the agenda calls CD 13 staff’s “denial and failure to schedule” the Phase 1 LADOT introductory meeting for a stalled North Van Ness Avenue preferential parking district application (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6.a | Follow up the public records request to LADOT, the City Clerk, Engineering and CD 13 on North Van Ness Avenue parking restrictions, and assign a person to complete it | Not posted yet |
| 6.b | Formal request to Council member Soto-Martinez on CD 13 staff's "denial and failure to schedule" an LADOT meeting on the North Van Ness Avenue preferential parking district application | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Call to order and roll call | Not posted yet |
| 2 | Officer and committee reports | Not posted yet |
| 3 | Reports from DONE (board retreat, committee meeting rules), CD 13 (Paramount curb parking), LAPD, LAFD and other offices | Not posted yet |
| 4 | General public comment | Not posted yet |
| 5.a | Approve June ($0) and July ($1,250) 2026 expenditure reports | Not posted yet |
| 5.b | Pay a $175.20 past-due storage invoice | Not posted yet |
| 6.c | Route all outside communication on North Van Ness parking through the PLUM Committee and reaffirm that no member may speak for the council without board action | Not posted yet |
| 6.d | DONE's Aug. 24 email on external communications about Van Ness parking | Not posted yet |
| 6.e | CD 13's options for parking on the Paramount-facing red curbs | Not posted yet |
| 6.f | Designate an official Zoom account | Not posted yet |
| 6.g | Evaluate meeting locations, including Lemon Grove Recreation Center and Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School | Not posted yet |
| 6.h | Audit that all board minutes are finalized and posted | Not posted yet |
| 6.i | Commit to a board retreat and training to leave "Exhaustive Efforts" status | Not posted yet |
| 6.j | Committee chair appointments | Not posted yet |
| 7 | Adjournment | Not posted yet |