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Silver Lake Neighborhood Council meeting, October 7, 2026

October 7, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 8, 2026

On the agenda: The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council's governing board met online on Oct. 7, 2026, at 7 p.m. Its revised agenda listed 22 motions and discussion items, among them a Community Impact Statement supporting four council files on oil and gas drilling, a letter supporting what it calls a "CD13 41.18 rollback" and a Community Impact Statement asking the City to publish interim housing site data each month. Four motions with dollar amounts totaled $5,950, our sum, most of it up to $5,000 for branded marketing materials. No minutes were on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 8, 2026.

Agenda only. As of October 8, 2026, minutes for the October 7, 2026 meeting of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda set the meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, from 7 to 10 p.m. on Zoom. The City’s agenda index has two versions: the first agenda, posted Oct. 4, and a revised agenda posted Oct. 6. The revised version listed the same items and added a notice that the meeting would be held online under state Senate Bill 707. The agenda says its attachments are also on the council’s website.

VI.h. Rollover funds in the 2026-27 budget

• What it asked: Approve moving 2025-26 rollover funds into the 2026-27 budget administrative packet (agenda). The agenda text did not give the amount.
• Who brought it: The Budget & Finance Committee recommended it (agenda).

VI.i. Digital timer for public comment

• What it asked: Buy a digital timer for public comment, to be kept by the co-chairs (agenda).
• Money: Up to $100 from the printed material and office supplies budget line (agenda).
• Who brought it: Co-chair Maebe A. Girl (agenda).

VII.a. Community Impact Statement on oil and gas drilling

• What it asked: Approve one Community Impact Statement “in collective support” of four council files and file it on each of them (agenda). The files are 17-0447 (oil and gas development and resident health and safety), 17-0447-S2 (prohibiting new oil and gas drilling), 23-0002-S141 (SB 1137 overturning and the modified oil and gas wells prohibition) and 25-0600-S105 (pipeline franchise agreements and amortization of oil wells), as the agenda titles them.
• Who brought it: Co-chair Maebe A. Girl. It was listed under old business (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda links an earlier Community Impact Statement filed on 25-0600-S105 under the item.

VII.b. Letter supporting a “CD13 41.18 rollback”

• What it asked: Approve a resolution and send a letter of support for what the agenda calls a “CD13 41.18 rollback” to every Councilmember and the Mayor’s Office. The agenda said it would be filed as a Community Impact Statement once a council file number existed (agenda). The agenda text did not name a council file or describe the rollback.
• Who brought it: The Advocates for People Experiencing Homelessness and Reimagining Public Safety committees (agenda).

VII.c. “A Walkable Silver Lake” proposal

• What it asked: Approve a proposal on mobility, commerce and culture by stakeholder CJ Polkinghorne. It asked LADOT to add two DASH routes in Silver Lake, a Silver Lake Neighborhood Loop and a route called Connecting the Parks. If approved, it would go to Council Districts 4 and 13 and LADOT (agenda).
• Who brought it: Co-chair Maebe A. Girl and CJ Polkinghorne (agenda).

VII.d. Letter on election safety plans

• What it asked: Send an information request letter to the City Council, the Mayor and the LAPD Chief about safety plans for the November 2026 general election “in regards to potential federal law enforcement intimidation, disruption, and/or interference” (agenda).
• Who brought it: Board member Alex Medina and co-chair Maebe A. Girl (agenda).

VII.e. Hyperion and Fountain traffic signal project

• What it asked: Discussion and possible action on the traffic signal modification project at the Hyperion Avenue and Fountain Avenue intersection. The agenda text did not say what action is proposed (agenda).
• Who brought it: Co-chair Maebe A. Girl and Burke, as the agenda lists them (agenda).

VII.f. Tenant protections at 969 N. Manzanita St.

• What it asked: Approve a draft letter requesting public information about tenant protections at 969 N. Manzanita St. (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Urban Design and Preservation Committee (agenda).

VII.g. Alcohol sales restrictions at 3828 W. Sunset Blvd.

• What it asked: Approve a draft letter telling the owner and managers of 3828 W. Sunset Blvd. about the restrictions tied to their site under an RBP approval, which the agenda says they obtained “in lieu of obtaining a traditional CUP for alcohol sales” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Urban Design and Preservation Committee (agenda).

VIII.a. $450 grant for a utility box at Rowena and West Silver Lake

• What it asked: Approve a Neighborhood Purposes Grant to Girl Scouts Troop 11865 to beautify a utility box at Rowena Avenue and West Silver Lake Boulevard (agenda).
• Money: $450 (agenda).

VIII.b. Halloween treats at two recreation centers

• What it asked: Buy Halloween treats with the council’s logo for the Safe Halloween programs at Bellevue and Silver Lake recreation centers on Oct. 30 and 31, 2026 (agenda).
• Money: Up to $400 (agenda).

VIII.c. Adopt-A-Median at Sunset and Santa Monica

• What it asked: Support the Silver Lake Reservoirs Conservancy’s application for an Adopt-A-Median project on the southwest corner of Sunset and Santa Monica boulevards. The agenda said a letter was attached (agenda).

VIII.d. Community Impact Statement on interim housing data

• What it asked: Approve a resolution asking the City, in carrying out Council File 25-0207, to publish each month and in machine-readable form the interim housing site information it already receives: site identifier, total beds, beds offline and entry criteria, with no personal information and no address for any confidential site. It would also authorize a Community Impact Statement on the file with the position “For if Amended” and name up to five people to file it (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Advocates for People Experiencing Homelessness Committee recommended it. The agenda said no council funds were requested (agenda).
• Related council file: Council file 25-0207 is titled “Bureau Creation / Los Angeles Housing Department / Homeless Services System Oversight / Resources / Staffing Plan.” Nithya Raman moved it, seconded by Bob Blumenfield and Katy Yaroslavsky. The Council adopted an amended Budget and Finance Committee report on it on Aug. 12, 2026, and the file shows “Council action final” on Aug. 17, 2026.
• Neighborhood council positions: The Encino, Rampart Village, NoHo and North Hollywood Northeast neighborhood councils filed Community Impact Statements on council file 25-0207 in 2025.

VIII.e. $5,000 for branded marketing materials

• What it asked: Approve money to create marketing materials with the council’s brand (agenda).
• Money: Up to $5,000, the largest amount on the agenda (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Outreach Committee recommended it (agenda).

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