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Mid City West Neighborhood Council agenda, October 13, 2026

October 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 11, 2026

On the agenda: The Mid City West Neighborhood Council's board meets online on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda asks the board to adopt a 2026-27 budget of $29,038.37, including $4,038.37 in rollover funds and $8,500 for Neighborhood Purpose Grants, and four grants that total up to $5,250 (our sum) for SheroCon 2027, a youth leadership program, a Thanksgiving dinner and a playwrights' festival. It lists Community Impact Statements on five council files, including one opposing Council File 26-0803, a motion on removing Flock Safety license plate readers, and one supporting Council File 26-1330, on carrying out Measure FD. The agenda also lists nominations for the vacant homeowner and renter seats and up to $200 for the Great Pumpkin Bash at Pan Pacific Park, among 12 new business items.

Agenda only. As of October 11, 2026, the October 13, 2026 meeting of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda sets the General Board meeting for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. on a Zoom webinar, and says the meeting is held virtually under Senate Bill 707 and Council File 23-1114. It was posted on Oct. 10 (City agenda index). The agenda lists Brent Kidwell as chairperson, Hunter Burgarella and Shelby Blecker as vice chairpersons, Joseph Percal as secretary and Valerie Washburn as treasurer. Public comment is two minutes per speaker. Most new business items came through the council’s Executive Committee on Oct. 7 or one of its committees, and the agenda gives each committee’s vote (agenda).

VI.1. Vacant homeowner and renter seats

• What it asks: Nominations for the open homeowner seat (item VI.1) and the open renter seat (item VI.2). Candidates get up to two minutes to address the board (agenda).
• Background: The board’s Sept. 8 agenda listed the resignations of two board members.

VI.3. 2026-27 budget of $29,038.37

• What it asks: Approve a new budget and the first amended administrative packet for 2026-27, including the council’s final rollover of $4,038.37 (agenda).
• Money: The treasurer proposes $15,500 for office costs, $500 for elections, $8,500 for Neighborhood Purpose Grants and $4,538.37 for outreach, for a total of $29,038.37 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The treasurer. The agenda says the Executive Committee approved the budget unanimously on Oct. 7 (Oct. 7 meeting page).

VI.6. Four Neighborhood Purpose Grants

• What it asks: Up to $500 to Creative Visions Foundation (Shero Comics) for SheroCon 2027; up to $1,250 to No Easy Props Inc. for the Break the Cycle youth leadership initiative; up to $2,000 to Hollywood Food Coalition for its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner; and up to $1,500 to Jabberwocky Theatre Company (Rogue Machine Theatre) for the Playwright’s Roundtable Festival (agenda).
• Money: Up to $5,250 in all, our sum, from the $8,500 grant line in the proposed budget (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda says the Executive Committee approved the SheroCon and Thanksgiving dinner grants unanimously and the other two 4-1 on Oct. 7. The committee’s Oct. 7 agenda had listed each grant at up to $2,500 (Oct. 7 meeting page).

VI.7. Up to $200 for the Great Pumpkin Bash

• What it asks: Contribute up to $200 to the fourth annual Great Pumpkin Bash at Pan Pacific Park on Nov. 1, 2026. If enough board members staff a table, the money buys refreshments for visitors to the table; if not, it goes to Pan Pacific Park through the LA City Parks Foundation (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda says the Executive Committee approved it on Oct. 7. It gives the vote as unanimous in one line and as 4-1 in another (agenda).

VI.8. Statement on Council File 26-1278: TAP-to-exit gates at Metro stations

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement on Council File 26-1278, presented by board member Shelby Blecker. The agenda does not state the position. It says the council’s Economic Development/Transportation & Sustainability committee passed the statement 6-1 on Oct. 8 (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, dated Sept. 4, 2026, titled “Installation and Enforcement / TAP-to-Exit Infrastructure and Policies / Metro Rail and Bus Rapid Transit Stations / Public Safety.” The Transportation Committee approved it as amended on Oct. 7, 2026. No Community Impact Statements were on the file as of Oct. 11, 2026 (CF 26-1278).

VI.9. Statement supporting Council File 26-0817: nuisance complaints at homelessness service centers

• What it asks: Recommend a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-0817, which the agenda calls “LAFD & LAPD Homelessness Costs.” The agenda says the council’s Public Safety committee passed it 4-0 (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by John Lee and Imelda Padilla, dated June 2, 2026, titled “Homelessness Service Centers / Publicly Funded / Nuisance Complaints / Calls for Service.” The Ad Hoc Committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Community Services approved it as amended on Aug. 28, 2026, and the Public Safety Committee concurred on Sept. 15, as amended by Council District 13. The file is also referred to the Homelessness and Health Committee. No Community Impact Statements were on the file as of Oct. 11, 2026 (CF 26-0817).

VI.10. Statement opposing Council File 26-0803: removal of Flock Safety license plate readers

• What it asks: Recommend a Community Impact Statement opposing Council File 26-0803, which the agenda calls “FLOCK Camera removal.” The agenda says the council’s Public Safety committee passed it 4-0 (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla, dated May 29, 2026, titled “Flock Safety / License Plate Reader / Public Safety Considerations / Removal of Flock Devices / Refrain / New Memoranda of Understanding.” It was referred to the Public Safety Committee, which had not scheduled it as of Oct. 11, 2026 (CF 26-0803).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Echo Park Neighborhood Council (June 19, 2026) and the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council (Aug. 26, 2026) have filed Community Impact Statements. The file does not show their positions (CF 26-0803).

VI.11. Statement supporting Council File 26-1125: the Police Commission’s after-action report on the 2025 federal immigration protests

• What it asks: Recommend a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-1125. The agenda says the council’s Public Safety committee passed it 4-0 (agenda).
• The council file: It holds the Board of Police Commissioners’ report titled “2025 Federal ICE Protest After-Action Report,” Board report 26-213, dated Aug. 12, 2026. The file is referred to the Public Safety Committee and, by a corrected referral on Sept. 1, 2026, to the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee. Neither committee had scheduled it, and no Community Impact Statements were on the file, as of Oct. 11, 2026 (CF 26-1125).

VI.12. Statement supporting Council File 26-1330: Measure FD and a Fire Department expansion plan

• What it asks: Recommend a Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-1330. The agenda says the council’s Public Safety committee passed it 6-0 with one member absent. The Executive Committee’s Oct. 7 agenda also listed this statement (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Traci Park, seconded by Imelda Padilla, dated Sept. 16, 2026, titled “Measure FD Implementation / LAFD Expansion Plan / Recommendations.” It was referred to the Budget and Finance and Public Safety committees, neither of which had scheduled it as of Oct. 11, 2026. The Sylmar Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 26, 2026. The Clerk lists Council File 26-1100-S8 as related (CF 26-1330).

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