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Los Feliz Neighborhood Council meeting, July 21, 2026

July 21, 2026, 7:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council's board voted 15-1-2 on July 21, 2026 for a Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0803, a Council motion on Flock Safety license plate readers, which was filed Aug. 26. It approved a $1,500 grant for the Los Feliz Writers Festival (20-0-0) and letters on Charter reform (16-2-0), SB 569 bikeways (15-3-0) and the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge (16-0-0), according to its minutes. The motion for a $5,000 grant for the Los Feliz Mural Festival was withdrawn.

Outcomes for the July 21, 2026 meeting of the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes below come from the board’s minutes, which the board approved on its Aug. 18 consent calendar. Tallies are yes, no, abstain. Twenty of 23 board members attended; four left before adjournment. Items and committee votes are from the agenda.

9.B. $1,500 for the Los Feliz Writers Festival

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purpose Grant to Twenty-First Century Writers for the Los Feliz Writers Festival 2026 (agenda).
• Amount: $1,500 (agenda).
• Committee vote: Cultural Affairs Committee, 11-0-0 (agenda).
• What happened: Passed 20-0-0 (minutes).

9.C. $300 for a homelessness education event

• What it asks: Pays for a community education event held by the council’s Homelessness Committee. The agenda lists it as a Fall 2025 event; the board changed the year to 2026 by friendly amendment (agenda; minutes).
• Amount: $300 (agenda).
• Committee vote: Homelessness Committee, 6-0-0 (agenda).
• What happened: Passed 20-0-0 as amended (minutes).

9.D. $5,000 for the Los Feliz Mural Festival

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purpose Grant to The Local Collective, through its fiscal sponsor The 99 Neighborhood Network, for the Los Feliz Mural Festival (agenda).
• Amount: $5,000 (agenda).
• Committee vote: Public Works and Beautification Committee, 5-0-0 (agenda).
• What happened: No vote. Erica Vilardi-Espinosa, who made the motion, withdrew it “based on discussion and feedback” (minutes).

9.F. Letter on Charter reform decisions

• What it asks: A letter to the Council’s Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee about its recent Charter reform decisions. The agenda text does not include the letter (agenda).
• Committee vote: Ad Hoc Charter Reform Committee, 5-0-0; listed on the non-funding consent calendar (agenda).
• What happened: Pulled from the consent calendar and passed 16-2-0, with a friendly amendment adding a copy to the Council’s new ad hoc committee. Terry Hughes and Melody King voted no (minutes).

9.H.i. Letter on SB 569 bikeways

• What it asks: A letter to CD 4 and CD 13 about SB 569 (Blakespear), “Bikeways: Reversions and Modifications” (agenda).
• Committee vote: Transportation and Mobility Committee, 5-2-0 (agenda).
• What happened: Passed 15-3-0. Terry Hughes, Melody King and Caroline Armitage voted no (minutes).

9.H.ii. Letter on Glendale-Hyperion Bridge youth concerns

• What it asks: A letter to the Bureau of Engineering, CD 4 and CD 13 about youth concerns with the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge (agenda).
• Committee vote: Transportation and Mobility Committee, 10-0-0; listed on the non-funding consent calendar (agenda).
• What happened: Pulled from the consent calendar and passed 16-0-0 (minutes).

10.A. Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0803 on Flock Safety

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-0803, Ysabel Jurado’s motion, seconded by Imelda Padilla, on Flock Safety license plate readers, removal of Flock devices and refraining from new agreements. It is pending in the Public Safety Committee (CF 26-0803).
• What happened: Passed 15-1-2. Terry Hughes voted no; Devin Homsey and Melody King abstained (minutes). The statement, marked “Passed 15-1-2,” was filed on the council file Aug. 26, 2026 (CIS).

Other votes

• The 2026-27 budget and administrative packet each passed 20-0-0. Misty LeGrande, Chase Puskar and Devin Homsey were appointed bank signers and Chase Puskar and Katie Barsotti card holders, without objection (minutes).
• A rule that board members must step down from their seat before running for a vacant one passed 19-1-0. A rule change on the funding consent calendar was sent back to committee without objection (minutes).
• The ad hoc Community Defense Committee was opened to the public (19-0-0) and renamed “Community Defense & Empowerment,” with a scope “beyond ICE defense focus” (18-0-1) (minutes).
• The June expenditure report passed, and the June minutes were approved on the consent calendar, 16-0-0 (minutes).

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