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Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council meeting, October 6, 2026

October 6, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 7, 2026

On the agenda: The Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council's board met Oct. 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at 7166 Manchester Ave. Its consent calendar asked the board to approve a letter about off-campus housing occupied by Loyola Marymount University students in residential neighborhoods and a voting model for the 2027 board election, with 14 of 31 seats up. The 11-item agenda also asked whether the board should meet in November. No minutes were on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 7, 2026.

Agenda only. As of October 7, 2026, minutes for the October 6, 2026 meeting of the Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda put the letter and the election model on the consent calendar, which is taken up as one item with one vote unless a board member or a stakeholder asks to move an item to the discussion calendar. It gave the next meeting date as Dec. 1, 2026.

4.2. Voting model for the 2027 board election

• What it asked: Approve ballot voting model Group 5 for the council’s 2027 election. Stakeholders get one ballot type. The board has 31 seats, 29 of them elected, and 14 are up for election. Terms are four years and staggered. Voters must be 18 and live, work or own real property within the council’s boundaries, and stakeholders verify with documentation. Candidates may run for one seat only (agenda).
• Seats up: Residential Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15; At-Large Seats 2 and 3; the Business Director seat for ZIP code 90094; and the Income Real Property, Religious and Senior Citizens seats (ballot voting model).
• What’s next: The agenda gave a vote-by-mail period of April 7 to May 18, 2027 (agenda).

4.3. Letter on off-campus housing for LMU students

• What it asked: Approve a letter, addressed to Fred Puza, that the agenda says “requests coordinated assistance with a long-standing problem: off-campus housing occupied by Loyola Marymount University students in residential neighborhoods.” The motion would let the president make non-substantive edits for format or date, sign the letter and send it by email and, if appropriate, by mail. The approved letter would be attached to the minutes (agenda).

8.5. $36.44 reimbursement to the City

• What it asked: Approve a personal reimbursement to the City of Los Angeles from Paula Gerez, the board president, for a purchase the agenda calls “accidental.” It was made on the council’s bank card on Dec. 5, 2025, at Amazon Marketplace (agenda).
• Money: $36.44 (agenda).

Previous meeting: September 1, 2026 · All meetings