Meeting Summary
KEY DECISIONS
- Council approved RV park Conditional Use Permit (CUP) requirement in Harbor City (passed 13-1), overriding court ruling and planning department recommendation
- Approved $35 million police overtime expansion for homelessness response (passed 11-3), despite opposition citing criminalization concerns
- Sent ambulance rate increase proposal back to committee after industry pushback over proposed maximum rate caps
NOTABLE DISCUSSIONS
- Heated debate over RV park decision, with McOsker arguing city must defend zoning authority while Blumenfield warned of costly litigation ahead
- Jurado opposed police overtime expansion, arguing resources should go to housing and services rather than enforcement that "criminalizes poverty"
- Public comment featured fast food workers urging approval of workplace rights ordinance and ambulance industry representatives debating rate structures
BOTTOM LINE
LA residents should watch for the ambulance rate decision to return from committee, as it will affect emergency transport costs. The RV park ruling sets up a potential expensive legal battle, while the police overtime approval signals continued enforcement-focused homelessness response despite budget constraints.
Scheduled hearings
Completed hearings
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS, and TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES REPORT relative to a comprehensive analysis of the resources needed to bring core programs that maintain and repair the City’s public right-of-way infrastructure, up to industry standards or best practices set by the City.
Official recommendation
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, NEGATIVE DECLARATION, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 105.03 regarding the location and zoning restrictions for Existing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries engaged in licensed Commercial Cannabis Activity.
Official recommendation
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT, relative to amending Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Sections 104.03 and 104.06 to regulate Commercial Cannabis Activity.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II Regulations, as amended by the Title II Web and Mobile Accessibility Final Rule and including Subpart H requirements.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill (AB) 867 (Lee), which would prohibit the declawing of cats, unless medically necessary.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill (AB) 255 (Haney) to authorize State programs to fund abstinence-based recovery housing and expand the housing options for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill (SB) 610 (Perez), which would clarify landlord and tenant obligations and responsibilities regarding post-disaster remediation and rental obligations, alter court timelines to respond to eviction proceedings, and expand regulation of mobile homes.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing a position on Assembly Bill (AB) 648 (Zbur), which would exempt the construction of faculty and staff housing projects, student housing projects, and university housing development projects, from local zoning regulations of any city and/or county when constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly Bill (AB) 564 (Haney), which would delay an increase in the Cannabis Excise Tax to be effective in Fiscal Year 2030-31.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the City’s position on Senate Bill (SB) 682 (Allen) which would require the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to identify consumer products containing perfluoralkyl and polyflouralkyl (PFAS), to evaluate and regulate their use.
Official recommendation
RULES, ELECTIONS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Dennis P. Zine to the Charter Reform Commission.
Official recommendation
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT and TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to implementing a local air quality program.
Official recommendation
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the status of S&W Atlas Iron & Metal Co., Inc.’s legal requirement to upgrade its stormwater treatment system.
Official recommendation
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the proposed Sixth Amendment to Contract C-128057 with AAMCOM, LLC for operation and management of the Cityride Paratransit Program and Transit Technology Service Program.
Official recommendation
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a list of ten eligible street segments for speed hump installation and funding sources to install a minimum of two.
Official recommendation
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to establishing the 2024-25 private ambulance service rates in the City of Los Angeles and a new methodology for future rate adjustments.
Official recommendation
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to restrict the use of vehicles weighing over 6,000 pounds on Del Amo Boulevard, between South Western Avenue and Denker Avenue.
Official recommendation
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to implementing a Smart Loading Zone or similar curb management program.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the reappointment of Erich Minoru Nakano to the Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) Citizen Oversight Committee (COC).
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to executing an Agreement between the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and the Inner City Law Center to provide legal representation services for the United to House LA (ULA) Protections from Tenant Harassment Program.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting an overview and analysis of programs currently supported by Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Program funding.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to executing the First Amended and Restated Agreement (Contract No. C-138301) between the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and Evan Terry Associates CA for Neutral Accessibility Consultant Services.
Official recommendation
ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to an economic overview of comparable wages and benefits for the City’s Park Activity Monitors (PAMs) and FilmLA, Inc.’s Film Monitors in comparison to the film industry.
Official recommendation
CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to transfer of funds for construction of street lights in the North Hollywood-Morella Street Lighting District.
Official recommendation
CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a contract with Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc. to implement improvements at Augustus Hawkins Nature Park.
Official recommendation
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to designating the intersection of North Spring Street and West Ann Street as “Bruce Saito Square."
Official recommendation
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to issuing a Revocable Permit for the construction of permanent improvements within the public right-of-way at Moss Avenue from Fletcher Drive to its southeasterly terminus joining Roswell Street to the intersection of Estara Avenue prior to the adoption of the Street Vacation.
Official recommendation
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the status and improvements to the Special Events Permit.
Official recommendation
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the acceptance of smartpole equipment, software, and services as part of the Cisco's Country Digitization – City of Los Angeles, Public Safety & Mobility Project.
Official recommendation
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the inclusion of Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church, located at 11064 – 11084 North Norris Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Official recommendation
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the inclusion of Hardin House, located at 10224 - 10226 North Marcus Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Official recommendation
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the execution of a contract amendment with Rincon Consultants, Inc. for environmental consulting services.
Official recommendation
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to preparing an Ordinance to amend Chapter 1A, Section 13B.9.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), to allow for ministerial review of applications for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) within the Coastal Zone.
Official recommendation
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the number and status of boarded-up, abandoned, unsecured, or vacant properties in Council District 15.
Official recommendation
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to truck gardening on-site sales.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Request for Proposal released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the list of approved service providers, and the scope of required service that outlines the Recreational Vehicle (RV)-to-Home Program model.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to agreements between the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and multiple contractors to provide the required services to operate the Handyworker Program.
Official recommendation
STATUTORY EXEMPTION and HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a lease agreement between the City and Hope the Mission to operate the A Bridge Home (ABH) site located at 310 North Main Street in Council District (CD) 14.
Official recommendation
STATUTORY EXEMPTION and HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a lease agreement between the City and Holliday’s Helping Hands to operate the A Bridge Home site located at 826-828 Eubank Avenue in Council District (CD) 15.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a report from the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) on how to improve the LAHD’s administration of Cost Recovery Programs.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting a report from the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) on the fair return petitions procedures from other jurisdictions that are less burdensome on landlords; and related matters.
Official recommendation
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to a transition plan to assist workers affected by the Phillips 66 refinery closure.
Official recommendation
PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to the transfer of funds from the Unappropriated Balance Fund to the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Interim Homeless Housing Site Overtime Fund.
Official recommendation
CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (NAZARIAN – BLUMENFIELD) relative to amending Council action of August 30, 2019 regarding the Elmer Avenue Project and amending Council actions of August 30, 2019 and October 8, 2024 regarding the Chandler Bikeway Development Project.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Benny Tran to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to a collaboration with ShadeLA on shade expansion, tracking tree-planting efforts, Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program impacts, and related matters.
Official recommendation
No hearings held (requires 10 votes)
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating Central Avenue (portion of easterly side) from 42nd Street to approximately 100 Feet northerly thereof, VAC-E1401381.
Official recommendation
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and RESOLUTION TO VACATE relative to vacating Calada Street from South of Union Pacific Avenue to its southerly terminus, VAC-E1401423.
Official recommendation
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Homelessness Emergency Declaration 10th Quarterly Report - July through September 2025.
Official recommendation
CONVENTION AND EVENT CENTER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR), ADDENDUM AND JOINT ANALYSIS, SECOND ADDENDUM, AND COMMUNICATION FROM LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RELATIVE TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ARENA SIGN DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1201 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET (1111–1301 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, 1206 WEST PICO BOULEVARD, 1211 WEST PICO BOULEVARD, 1260 SOUTH LA LIVE WAY, 740–1110 CHICK HEARN COURT, 751 WEST 12TH STREET, ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER [APN] 5138016908, AND APN 5138016909)
Official recommendation
The Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee is recommending that the Los Angeles City Council approve a new ordinance that would update the city's building codes. Specifically, the ordinance would incorporate the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code into Chapter IX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) and allow for local adjustments based on Los Angeles' unique administrative, climatic, geological, topographical, and environmental conditions.