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Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council meeting, October 19, 2026

October 19, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 21, 2026

On the agenda: The Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council's board was scheduled to meet at the Sherman Oaks East Valley Adult Center on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda listed a letter asking the City Council to reject higher fees for non-applicant planning appeals under Council File 09-0969-S4, a Community Impact Statement supporting a City composting master plan under Council File 26-0925 and a motion to endorse the Plant Based Treaty. County Assessor Jeff Prang was scheduled to present. The agenda had 13 items.

Agenda only. As of October 21, 2026, minutes for the October 19, 2026 meeting of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda set an in-person meeting at the Sherman Oaks East Valley Adult Center, 5056 Van Nuys Blvd. Public comment was set at one minute per speaker. In the president’s report, the agenda listed an “immediate need” for a council secretary and eight vacant board seats: residential seats in Areas 2 and 5, four at-large business seats and two at-large community interest seats. It set the council’s 2027 election for Thursday, May 6, 2027, at the adult center, with candidate filing beginning Dec. 22 (agenda).

10. Letter opposing higher appeal fees (CF 09-0969-S4)

• What it asks: A letter urging the City Council to “reconsider and oppose the proposed increases in non-applicant appeal fees” under CF 09-0969-S4. The letter says the fee would rise from $229 to $1,145 for residents inside a project’s noticing or mailing radius and to $2,289 for those outside it, and it refers to “approximately $4 million in subsidies reportedly required.” It asks the Council to assess the effect on public participation, explore less burdensome alternatives and set safeguards so that the ability to appeal “does not depend on a resident’s financial circumstances” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda listed the letter after the report of the Planning and Land Use and Vision committees, chaired by Jeff Kalban, and marked it as a floor motion that “requires a second” (agenda).
• The council file: The file, “Planning Land Use Fees Update / Annual Inflation Adjustment,” comes from the Department of City Planning. The Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved the item on Aug. 25, 2026, and the Budget and Finance Committee concurred on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 09-0969-S4).
• Neighborhood council positions: The file lists no Community Impact Statements as of Oct. 17, 2026 (CF 09-0969-S4).
• What’s next: The file lists no Council vote scheduled as of Oct. 17, 2026 (CF 09-0969-S4).

11.a. Endorsing the Plant Based Treaty

• What it asks: A resolution that the council “supports the principles and goals of the Plant Based Treaty,” encourages voluntary, plant-forward food efforts in the community and forwards the motion to elected officials, other neighborhood councils and stakeholders. The motion describes the treaty as “an international grassroots initiative designed to complement the Paris Agreement” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Green & Sustainability Committee, chaired by Elizabeth Meshes. The agenda said committee motions need no second (agenda).

11.b. Supporting a City composting master plan (CF 26-0925)

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-0925, which the motion says directs the Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) to develop a Modern Organics Processing and Composting Master Plan, and a Community Impact Statement in support. The motion says Los Angeles produces about 350,000 tons of compost and mulch a year, with only a small share used locally, and cites the Mayor’s Climate Action Plan goal of using at least 50% locally produced compost and mulch by 2030. It asks LASAN to prioritize neighborhood-serving composting and to involve neighborhood councils in the planning (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Green & Sustainability Committee (agenda). Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian moved the council file’s motion, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky (CF 26-0925).
• The council file: The City Council adopted the item on Aug. 25, 2026, 14-0 with Councilmember Traci Park absent, and the action became final on Aug. 26, 2026. The Sherman Oaks motion “urges the Los Angeles City Council to adopt the proposed” plan (CF 26-0925; agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The file lists Community Impact Statements from the Palms (Sept. 6), Del Rey (Sept. 13), Westside (Oct. 2), Northwest San Pedro (Oct. 14) and Greater Wilshire (Oct. 15) neighborhood councils, and none from Sherman Oaks, as of Oct. 17, 2026 (CF 26-0925).

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