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North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council meeting, August 19, 2026

August 19, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council's board voted 6-0 on Aug. 19, 2026, one abstaining, to oppose CF 26-0906-S4 unless amended. It asked the Council to drop any CERT training requirement for neighborhood council board members, and it approved its funding list 6-0-1, including up to $200 to co-sponsor a community safety town hall with the Mayor's Office, according to draft minutes linked from the Sept. 16 board agenda. Seven of 13 members attended. The board took no action on an item to vacate a board seat, on a support letter for a cannabis storefront at 5041 Lankershim Blvd. or on its consent calendar, which held the July minutes and three more Community Impact Statements; it approved those three statements on Sept. 16.

Outcomes for the August 19, 2026 meeting of the North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes here come from the board’s draft minutes, which the Sept. 16 agenda listed for approval, and from the Community Impact Statements filed on each council file. The minutes record the meeting called to order at 6:34 p.m. and adjourned at 6:57 p.m., with seven members present and six excused. Votes are given as yes-no-abstain. On item 5, an item to vacate an appointed Community Based Organization seat, the minutes record “No Action Taken”. The funding list (item 9), including up to $200 for refreshments at a community safety town hall co-sponsored with the Mayor’s Office, passed 6-0-1.

6. CERT training for board members (CF 26-0906-S4)

• What it asks: “Against, unless amended” on CF 26-0906-S4, which the agenda describes as considering a requirement that all neighborhood council board members take the Fire Department’s 17.5-hour Community Emergency Response Team training (agenda). The statement asks the Council to remove any CERT requirement for neighborhood councils, encourage board members and all residents to take the training, and fund more LAFD CERT staffing and supplies (CIS).
• Council file: Motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Monica Rodriguez. The Council adopted it as amended on Aug. 19, 2026, 13-0 with two absent (council file).
• What happened: Passed 6-0-1, moved by Wendy Sotelo and seconded by SheRise Ford (draft minutes); the statement was filed Aug. 26 (CIS). On Sept. 16 the board voted 10-0-1 to support the motion as the Council amended it (CIS, Sept. 23).

7. Letter supporting a cannabis storefront at 5041 Lankershim Blvd.

• What it asks: A letter supporting Noho District 2 LLC’s application for an annual storefront retail cannabis license, open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily (agenda). The item was also on the July 13 joint board and Planning and Land Use Management Committee agenda, and the board took no action on it on July 15 (July 15 draft minutes).
• Sponsor listed: PLUM Chair Coleman (agenda).
• What happened: No action taken (draft minutes).

8.B. Caltrans land for parks (CF 26-0570)

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-0570, on acquiring about 9.71 acres of Caltrans property for park use (agenda).
• Council file: A Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners report. The Council adopted a motion (Jurado, McOsker) to note and file it on Aug. 14, 2026, 10-0 with five absent (council file).
• What happened: No action taken on the consent calendar on Aug. 19 (draft minutes). The council later filed a “For” statement recording a 10-0-1 board vote on Sept. 16 (CIS).

8.C. Tree spacing guidelines (CF 26-1050)

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1050, on modernizing the City’s internal tree spacing guidelines (agenda).
• Council file: Motion by John Lee, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez. The Council adopted it as amended on Sept. 15, 2026, 14-0 with one absent (council file).
• What happened: No action taken on the consent calendar on Aug. 19 (draft minutes). The council later filed a “For” statement recording a 10-0-1 board vote on Sept. 16 (CIS).

8.D. City Hall for the Congress of Neighborhoods (CF 26-1097)

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1097, on using City Hall for the Congress of Neighborhoods (agenda).
• Council file: Motion by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by John Lee. The Council adopted it on Aug. 18, 2026, 13-0 with two absent (council file).
• What happened: No action taken on the consent calendar on Aug. 19 (draft minutes). The council later filed a “For” statement recording a 10-0-1 board vote on Sept. 16 (CIS).

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