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Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council agenda, October 13, 2026

October 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 11, 2026

On the agenda: The Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council's board meets in person on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Youth Arts Center. The agenda lists Community Impact Statements supporting five council files, including Council File 25-1083 on the effects of state Senate Bill 79 and Council File 26-1280 on a citywide vacant and nuisance property abatement program, both of which the Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee hears the same day. It also lists the appointment of Leanna N. Weir to a residential seat, nine spending motions totaling $2,537.34 (our sum), including a $337.34 final payment to a collection agency for missing Spectrum devices and $350 for tote bags at a Nov. 21 turkey giveaway, and an increase in the storage unit budget to $600 a month. The agenda has 36 items.

Agenda only. As of October 11, 2026, the October 13, 2026 meeting of the Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda sets the regular board meeting for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in person at the Sun Valley Youth Arts Center, 8642 Sunland Blvd. It was posted on Oct. 10 (City agenda index). The letterhead lists Norma O. Chávez as president, Cristina Cosgrove as vice president, Rosalío García as second vice president, Valerie Gonzalez as secretary and Cindy I. Valle as treasurer. Public comment is two minutes per speaker. Items 23 through 31 are event and outreach budgets that total $2,200, our sum; with the $337.34 collection agency payment in item 13, the agenda’s spending motions come to $2,537.34 (agenda). The board’s previous regular meeting was Sept. 8.

8. Appointment of Leanna N. Weir

• What it asks: Approve the appointment of Leanna N. Weir to an open residential seat with a term ending June 30, 2029. The agenda says the applicant gives a candidate statement, takes questions and, if appointed, is seated at once with full voting rights except on funding matters, and reads the council’s Code of Civility as the oath of office. The item is brought by President Chávez for the Elections committee (agenda).

13. $337.34 to a collection agency for missing Spectrum devices

• What it asks: Approve a $337.34 payment to the collection agency McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff as the final payment for Spectrum devices lost during the council’s time in its office on Sunland Boulevard. The agenda says the devices predate every current board member (agenda).
• Related items: Item 14 asks to use an affidavit in place of the missing receipt for a $93.19 Spectrum payment from March 2026, and item 15 asks the board to approve the March 2026 expenditure report again if the affidavit is approved. The agenda says the report had been approved before, a review found the wrong receipt was submitted, and the receipt is no longer retrievable because the Spectrum account was cancelled and deleted (agenda).

16. Storage unit budget of $600 a month

• What it asks: Raise the monthly budget for the council’s storage unit to $600. The agenda says the new rent is $538 and the rest is a cushion for increases during the year (agenda).

17. Statement supporting Council File 26-1280: vacant and nuisance property abatement

• What it asks: Approve a letter, resolution or Community Impact Statement supporting Council File 26-1280, titled “Citywide Vacant and Public Nuisance Property Abatement Program / Criteria for Prioritizing Properties / Potential Funding Sources” (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, Tim McOsker and Monica Rodriguez, dated Sept. 4, 2026. The Public Works Committee approved it on Sept. 22, and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled it for its Oct. 13, 2026 meeting, earlier the same day. The Clerk lists Council File 26-0600-S3 as related (CF 26-1280).
• Neighborhood council positions: North Hollywood Northeast (Sept. 23), Studio City (Oct. 7) and Empowerment Congress Central Area (Oct. 7) have filed Community Impact Statements; the file does not show their positions (CF 26-1280).

18. Statement supporting Council File 26-1238: Charter review procedures

• What it asks: Approve a statement supporting Council File 26-1238, titled “Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review / Amendments / Governing Provisions / Deadlines and Procedures / Public-Facing Matrix / Solicit Testimony” (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Tim McOsker, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, dated Sept. 1, 2026. The Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review took it up Sept. 30 and continued it to a date to be determined. North Hollywood Northeast Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 23 (CF 26-1238).

19. Statement supporting Council File 25-1484: sober living facilities

• What it asks: Approve a statement supporting Council File 25-1484, titled “Sober Living Facilities / Reducing Overconcentration / Residential Neighborhoods / Legal and Policy Options” (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Traci Park, seconded by John Lee, dated Dec. 10, 2025. The Council adopted it on Aug. 11, 2026, as amended by Amending Motions 14A (Park - Lee), 14B (Padilla - Park) and 14C (Lee - Padilla), and the action became final Aug. 12. Nine neighborhood councils have filed Community Impact Statements, most recently Palms on Sept. 7, 2026 (CF 25-1484).

20. Statement supporting Council File 25-1083: effects of SB 79

• What it asks: Approve a statement supporting Council File 25-1083, titled “Impacts of SB 79 (Wiener) / Comprehensive Report / City Infrastructure and Utility Systems / Code Amendment (CA); Environmental Clearance (SE).” The agenda also links City Planning’s SB 79 page (agenda).
• The council file: A motion by Traci Park, seconded by John Lee and Monica Rodriguez, dated Sept. 16, 2025. On Oct. 6, 2026, a Department of City Planning document was added and referred to the Budget and Finance and Planning and Land Use Management committees, and the latter scheduled the file for its Oct. 13, 2026 meeting. Neighborhood councils have filed more than 25 Community Impact Statements on the file since October 2025 (CF 25-1083).

21. Statement supporting Council File 20-0190: armed park rangers

• What it asks: Approve a statement supporting Council File 20-0190, titled “Armed While On Duty / Park Rangers / Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) / Section 63.41 / Amendment” (agenda).
• The council file: The file opened with a motion by Joe Buscaino dated Feb. 11, 2020. A motion by John Lee and Bob Blumenfield dated Sept. 26, 2025 failed of adoption on Oct. 7, 2025. A further motion by Lee dated Jan. 21, 2026 asks the City Attorney to draft an ordinance amending Section 63.41 so park rangers may carry a firearm on duty; the Clerk’s file lists Lee as mover and Tim McOsker as seconder. The Public Safety Committee approved the item on June 10, 2026, and the City Clerk referred the file on Aug. 28, 2026 to the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee and the Public Safety Committee under the Council’s new committee structure, where it is pending. The file carries Community Impact Statements from 18 filings since 2020, the latest from Central San Pedro (Aug. 7, 2026) and Encino (March 19, 2026) (CF 20-0190).

22. Letter supporting a Breathe SoCal extreme heat proposal

• What it asks: Approve a letter of support for Breathe SoCal’s proposal to the state’s ICARP Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, which the agenda says aims to address extreme heat in the northeast San Fernando Valley through community planning and cooling infrastructure such as shade and cooling stations. The agenda says more than $400,000 is allocated for community heat mitigation pilots (agenda).

23. Turkey giveaway and eight other event and outreach budgets

• What it asks: Items 23 through 31 ask the board to approve events and budgets: $350 for 250 tote bags and a list of board volunteers for a Nov. 21 turkey giveaway with Council District 6 and the Sun Valley Recreation Center (item 23); $200 for food and drinks at a Nov. 14 cleanup along Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Jerome Street, Rincon Avenue and Sheldon Street (24); $50 for snacks at a December cleanup and tree watering along the San Fernando bike path between Tuxford Street and Penrose Avenue (25); up to $350 for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service cleanup on Jan. 23 or 30, 2027, around San Fernando Road, Art Street, Haddon Avenue and Sheldon Street, with local schools and the Hope Fellowship Church (26); $200 for coffee and pastries at a seven-week Community Emergency Response Team class at 9081 Tujunga Ave. in January and February 2027 (27); an emergency preparedness resources fair with the Sun Valley Branch Library, local businesses, City departments and the North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council in late March or early April 2027, with a $300 budget (28 and 29); $250 for branded pens, stickers and promotional items (30); and $500 for branded T-shirts for board members (31) (agenda).
• Money: $2,200 in all, our sum (agenda).
• Who it affects: The agenda says the January cleanup covers the streets around Fernangeles Elementary, V.O.C.E.S. Magnet and Alliance MIT and includes red curb and crosswalk painting, graffiti and bulky item removal, tree planting and MyLA311 outreach (agenda).

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