Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council · Held

Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council meeting, July 13, 2026

July 13, 2026, 5:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council's board on July 13, 2026, approved grants and funding of up to $4,000 each to the Bangladeshi Association of California and the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation, up to $3,000 to the Poco Foundation and up to $1,000 to the Olympic Boosters Association for National Night Out, according to the council's approved minutes; the minutes record a motion but no vote on a $4,000 grant to the YMCA. The board also approved a letter asking CD 10 to oppose zoning case ZA-2026-2662-CUB-CUX and a voluntary "Good Neighbor Program" for sidewalk cleaning. The agenda had four Roman-numeral sections and 23 numbered items.

Outcomes for the July 13, 2026 meeting of the Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes are from the approved minutes on the council’s minutes page. The minutes list 18 of 24 members present in their table and 17 in their roll call, and record the meeting as running from 5:30 p.m. to 7:27 p.m. (minutes).

12. Grant to the YMCA for the Koreatown Changemakers Leadership Program

• What it asks: A neighborhood purpose grant to launch a free leadership program for middle and high school students (agenda).
• Amount: $4,000 (agenda).
• What happened: The minutes record a motion and a second and no vote (minutes).

13. Grant to the Bangladeshi Association of California

• What it asks: A neighborhood purpose grant for the 40th FOBANA 2026 LA Convention (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $4,000 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved 16-0-1 (minutes).

14. Grant for the Koreatown Festival and Parade

• What it asks: A neighborhood purpose grant to the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation for its fall 2026 festival and parade (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $4,000 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved 17-0-0 (minutes).

15. Funding for the Poco Foundation

• What it asks: Funding for outreach campaigns and seminars for young adults on anti-substance abuse, crime prevention, leadership and community service (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $3,000 (agenda).
• What happened: Approved 17-0-0 (minutes).

16. Funding for National Night Out

• What it asks: Funding to the Olympic Boosters Association for the August 2026 National Night Out (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $1,000. Items 12 to 16 total up to $16,000, our sum (agenda).
• What happened: Approved 16-0-1 (minutes). The four items with a recorded vote, 13 to 16, total up to $12,000, our sum.

20. Zone change at 3251 W. 6th St.

• What it asks: Discussion of a zone change and general plan amendment from RA-2 to C2-2 for the property. The agenda lists it as discussion only and gives no case number (agenda).
• What happened: The minutes record a motion “to zone change” with a second and no abstentions, and no vote count. A board member said the site is an existing building used by a nonprofit that provides medical and other services (minutes).

22. Opposition letter on zoning case ZA-2026-2662-CUB-CUX

• What it asks: A status report on a letter to CD 10 Council member Heather Hutt opposing approval of the case at the City Council. The agenda says the Zoning Administrator approved the case over opposition from nearby residents and the council (agenda).
• What happened: The secretary presented a draft letter opposing a banquet hall and moved it; the minutes record “One opposition. 16.0.1.” (minutes).

Other votes

• “Good Neighbor Program” for businesses and apartment buildings: approved 17-0-0. Social media accounts for the program: approved 17-0-0 (minutes).
• Up to $2,400 for website maintenance: approved 17-0-0. The $255.61 Zoom license: a motion and second with no abstentions; no count recorded. The teleconferencing update was tabled 17-0-0 (minutes).
• Item 10, removal of at-large representative Sarah Hwang: the minutes say she was dismissed and the seat is open, with one abstention and no vote count (minutes).
• Item 11, removal of the subdistrict 1 representative: the minutes show eight “yes” and seven “no” marks and say the president would ask the City Attorney about the motion and that the member stays on the board until then (minutes).
• The June minutes, the June expenditure report and approval of the agenda were postponed (minutes).

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