Sylmar Neighborhood Council · Held

Sylmar Neighborhood Council meeting, August 27, 2026

August 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: The Sylmar Neighborhood Council's board voted 12-0 on Aug. 27, 2026, to support the amended Council motion on CERT training for neighborhood council board members (CF 26-0906-S4), according to the Community Impact Statement it filed on Sept. 2. Its agenda also listed letters supporting two funding requests by Assembly member Celeste Rodriguez: $5 million in Proposition 4 funds for Sylmar wildfire mitigation and firebreak improvements and a $40 million capital investment in a Sylmar fire station. Minutes were not on the City's agenda index or attached to the Sept. 24 board agenda, which lists them for approval, as of Oct. 1, 2026, so the other votes are not known.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 27, 2026 meeting of the Sylmar Neighborhood Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

12. $5 million for Sylmar wildfire mitigation

• What it asks: A letter to Assembly Budget Committee Chair Jesse Gabriel and Budget Subcommittee No. 4 Chair Steve Bennett supporting a “Proposition 4 Investment” of $5 million for Sylmar wildfire mitigation and firebreak improvements. The agenda says the funding request was made by Assemblywoman Celeste Rodriguez (agenda).

13. $40 million for a Sylmar fire station

• What it asks: A letter to the same two Assembly budget chairs supporting a budget request for a $40 million capital investment in a Sylmar fire station, also listed as a funding request by Rodriguez (agenda).
• Related: The council’s July 23 agenda listed a requested City update on a new Fire Station 31 planned for 13600 Foothill Blvd. The Aug. 27 agenda does not say whether the $40 million request is for that station.

14. CERT training for neighborhood council boards

• What it asks: Form an opinion and submit a Community Impact Statement on CF 26-0906-S4. The agenda says the original motion had the Council instruct the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Fire Department to report on requiring neighborhood council members to be CERT certified, and that the motion as amended on Aug. 19, 2026 “subtracts ‘requires’ and inserts ‘increase accessibility’” (agenda).
• Who brought it: The motion is by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (motion). The City Council adopted it as amended on Aug. 19, 2026, 13-0 with John Lee and Hugo Soto-Martinez absent (Council action).
• What happened: Sylmar filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 2, 2026. It records a board vote on Aug. 27, 2026 of 12 yes, 0 no and 0 abstaining, position “For”, to endorse the amended council file. The statement says the council “wholly” supports training neighborhood council volunteers to assist emergency personnel in disasters, and that requiring members to take the 17.5-hour training “was not being received as essential” when board members already must take other trainings (CIS).

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