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Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council meeting, September 14, 2026

September 14, 2026, 6 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

On the agenda: The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council's Sept. 14, 2026 board agenda had 10 numbered items, including six Community Impact Statements on the consent calendar: support for fireworks enforcement (CF 25-0065), the Animal Services shelter transition (CF 26-0582), street takeover enforcement in Harbor Gateway (CF 26-1150), a composting master plan (CF 26-0925) and limits on the Rancho LPG and JCI Jones Chemicals facilities (CF 26-0794), and opposition to a CERT motion after the Boyle Heights cold storage fire (CF 26-0906-S4). It also had $900 for a Halloween movie night. Minutes were not posted in the ENS agenda index or the council's meeting files as of Oct. 1, 2026, and none of the six statements appears on its council file as of that date. The City Council had adopted all six items before Sept. 14.

Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the September 14, 2026 meeting of the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

No Northwest San Pedro Community Impact Statement appears on any of the six council files as of Oct. 1, 2026. The six statements were on the consent calendar, which is enacted by one motion unless a member removes an item (agenda). Drafts of the statements are in the council’s Sept. 14 meeting files.

3.a.2. Support for CF 25-0065 on fireworks

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 25-0065, on state fireworks laws, fireworks fires and illegal fireworks (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Public Safety Committee (agenda). Council members John Lee and Tim McOsker moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Heather Hutt and Adrin Nazarian (CF 25-0065).
• Draft statement: The draft supports stronger City and state fireworks provisions, higher fines for possessing or setting off fireworks and civil fines for owners of property where fireworks are used, sold or stored.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item as amended on Aug. 25, 2026, before this meeting, 13-1 with one member absent. Hugo Soto-Martinez voted no (CF 25-0065).

3.a.3. Support for CF 26-0582 on animal shelters

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting, with a recommendation, CF 26-0582, on transitioning City-operated animal shelters to a contractor (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Public Safety Committee (agenda). Council members Bob Blumenfield and Monica Rodriguez moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez and Ysabel Jurado (CF 26-0582).
• Draft statement: The draft recommends that the motion include a budget for a spay and neuter program, that a contractor provide animal behavior training or rehabilitation, and that the department seek input from shelter employees, volunteers, rescue organizations and neighborhood councils.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item on Aug. 21, 2026, before this meeting, 12-0 with three members absent (CF 26-0582).

3.a.4. Opposition to CF 26-0906-S4 on the CERT program

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement against CF 26-0906-S4, on the Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team program after the cold storage warehouse fire at 1400 S. Los Palos St. in Boyle Heights (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Public Safety Committee (agenda). Council member Ysabel Jurado moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0906-S4).
• Draft statement: The draft opposes requiring neighborhood council board members to maintain CERT training.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item as amended on Aug. 19, 2026, before this meeting, 13-0 with two members absent (CF 26-0906-S4).

3.a.5. Support for CF 26-1150 on street takeovers

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-1150, on enforcement tools against street takeovers on Figueroa Street and Alondra Boulevard in Harbor Gateway (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Public Safety Committee (agenda). Council member Tim McOsker moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-1150).
• Draft statement: The draft supports coordination among LAPD, the Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol, and recovering repair costs from people held legally responsible.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item on Sept. 8, 2026, before this meeting, 12-0 with three members absent (CF 26-1150).

3.a.6. Support for CF 26-0925 on composting

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting, with a recommendation, CF 26-0925, on a master plan to increase local organics processing and composting capacity with Recycla service providers (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Environment and Sustainability Committee (agenda). Council members Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0925).
• Draft statement: The draft asks the Bureau of Sanitation and the Energy and Environment Committee to consider added services for Northwest San Pedro and Council District 15, and says residents could benefit from regular compost deliveries to the Gaffey Street SAFE center at 1400 N. Gaffey St.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item on Aug. 25, 2026, before this meeting, 14-0 with one member absent (CF 26-0925).

3.a.7. Support for CF 26-0794 on the Rancho LPG and JCI Jones Chemicals facilities

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0794, titled “Rancho LPG Holdings, LLC (Rancho LPG) / JCI Jones Chemicals, Int. (JCI) / Hazardous Materials Facilities / Limit, Discontinue, Phase Out, Revoke or Withhold Permits / Curtail Operations / Protect Public Health, Safety, and Land Use / Harbor Gateway” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Environment and Sustainability Committee (agenda). Council member Tim McOsker moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-0794).
• Draft statement: The draft supports a joint investigation and report on the City’s ability to influence the operations of Rancho LPG and JCI. It gives the address of the facility of concern to the council as 2110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
• City Hall status: The City Council adopted the item on June 30, 2026, before this meeting, 13-0 with two members absent (CF 26-0794).

4.b.1. $900 for a Halloween movie night

• What it asks: Pay for a council Halloween movie night on Oct. 31, 2026 (agenda).
• Amount: $900 (agenda). The budget in the meeting files lists $425 for the movie rental from Swank, $335 for popcorn and $140 for printing, which add up to $900 (our sum).

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