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Pico Union Neighborhood Council meeting, August 3, 2026

August 3, 2026, 5:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Pico Union Neighborhood Council's board voted on Aug. 3, 2026 to file Community Impact Statements supporting CF 26-0925 on a citywide composting master plan (11-0), CF 26-0777, which opposes the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project (nine yes and two no, our count of the vote table) and CF 26-0757 on funding City Plants and native trees (10 yes), according to minutes on the council's Drive. No Pico Union statements appear on those files as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0925, CF 26-0777, CF 26-0757). The board also approved $500 for NC Budget Day 2027, 11-0.

Outcomes for the August 3, 2026 meeting of the Pico Union Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes below come from a file on the council’s Drive titled “2026.08.03 MINUTES,” which the Sept. 9 agenda links for approval (minutes). The document is still headed “Agenda” and no record of the board approving it was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026. It gives a vote table for each motion and does not state results in words; four tables have no total, and for those the counts below are our count of the marks. Eleven of 13 board members attended. Tallies are yes-no.

7.e. Composting master plan (CF 26-0925)

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0925, a motion by Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, on a composting master plan for Los Angeles and more local composting capacity (agenda).
• What happened: Approved 11-0 on a motion by Carrie Surtees, seconded by Maria Guadalupe Urena; the minutes assign Surtees to file it (minutes). No statement from Pico Union appears on the file as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0925).

7.f. Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project (CF 26-0777)

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0777, a motion by Ysabel Jurado that the agenda says opposes the Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project and the ceding of City parkland to neighboring cities (agenda).
• What happened: The vote table marks nine members yes and two no, Hector Flores and Nery Larios, and prints no total (minutes). No statement from Pico Union appears on the file as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0777).

7.g. City Plants and native trees (CF 26-0757)

• What it asks: A Community Impact Statement supporting CF 26-0757, which would fund City Plants and direct it to prioritize native tree species (agenda).
• What happened: The vote table marks 10 members yes and none no, and prints no total; one member’s row has marks under both “Absent” and “Abstain” (minutes). No statement from Pico Union appears on the file as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0757).

Other votes

• Minutes: The July 6 minutes were approved 11-0 (minutes).
• Meetings: The minutes note the September meeting moving from Labor Day to Wednesday, Sept. 9, and record an 11-0 vote for a special board meeting on Aug. 8, 1 to 3 p.m., at 1115 S. Alvarado St., on board strategy and planning for 2026-27 (minutes).
• 2027 election: Carrie Surtees was named chair of a temporary election committee, 11-0 (minutes).
• Financial officers: Phil Surtees was named second cardholder and alternate signer; the table marks 11 members yes and prints no total (minutes).
• Money: $500 for NC Budget Day 2027 passed 11-0. The July expenditure report was not available and was moved to the September meeting (minutes).
• 1512-1514 W. Pico Blvd.: The presentation on a conditional use permit filing for a Type 21 license drew no vote; the minutes say a report would go to the council’s Zoning, Planning and Land Use Committee (minutes).

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