Meeting Summary
What Happened
Attendance ran at 13 of 15 for most of the session, with two members absent from each of the day's contested votes. Most of the 31-item calendar cleared in groups without dissent.
Item 19 (CF 23-4118-S3) — new 41.18 enforcement zones in Council District 12. The Lee–Park resolution designating locations for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping or storing personal property in the public right-of-way was adopted 8-5, the closest vote of the day, with Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman, Hugo Soto-Martinez and Katy Yaroslavsky opposed. It drew sustained opposition in public comment, where speakers linked the ordinance to policing outcomes — one telling the Council the measure "pushes cops into the community which causes more harm especially to Black and Brown people" and asking members to "abolish 41.18 completely." Another speaker paired it with Item 20 as "more 41.18 despite the so-called emergency," arguing the city was funding enforcement and survey work "rather than investing in community needs."
Item 18 (CF 23-0422) was called special for a separate vote by Hernandez and adopted 12-1 over her objection. The Price–Blumenfield motion transfers $100,000 out of the Police Fund into Council District 9 community services for a community assessment and public safety survey to be conducted by the Urban Peace Institute, gathering community input toward establishing a new LAPD Community Safety Partnership program at Gilbert Lindsay Recreation Center.
Item 13 (CF 23-0002-S30) was adopted 11-2, with John Lee and Monica Rodriguez opposed. The Yaroslavsky–Raman resolution puts the city on record in its 2023-24 State Legislative Program supporting Senate Bill 4 (Wiener), which states an intent to streamline the creation of affordable low and moderate income housing on faith-based lands. Debate on the city's posture toward state housing legislation turned on local control, with one member urging colleagues not to "let Sacramento take this power away from the people who can make the best decisions about our communities."
Item 5 (CF 22-1154) was adopted 12-1 over Yaroslavsky. Three committees — Trade, Travel and Tourism; Public Works; and Budget, Finance and Innovation — reported on a Request for Proposals process for interactive kiosks in the public right-of-way, and the item asks the City Attorney to prepare an agreement with IKE Smart City, LLC within 30 days on the competitive process the city had already conducted.
Contested Votes
Tallies and member votes are the official record (LA City Clerk CVVS). Descriptions are drawn from the meeting transcript.
Item 5 — CF 22-1154 (Adopted): (CF 22-1154) — Trade, Travel and Tourism; Public Works; and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee reports on a Request for Proposals process for installing and maintaining interactive kiosks in the city's public right-of-way, asking the City Attorney to prepare an agreement with IKE Smart City, LLC within 30 days using the competitive RFP process the city had already run.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (12) | Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, John Lee, Kevin Deleon, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Paul Krekorian, Traci Park |
| No (1) | Katy Yaroslavsky |
| Absent (2) | (Vacant) (Vacant), Tim Mcosker |
Item 13 — CF 23-0002-S30 (Adopted): (CF 23-0002-S30) — Resolution (Yaroslavsky – Raman) placing the city in support of Senate Bill 4 (Wiener) in its 2023-24 State Legislative Program. The bill states an intent to streamline the creation of affordable low and moderate income housing on faith-based lands.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (11) | Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Katy Yaroslavsky, Kevin Deleon, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Paul Krekorian, Traci Park |
| No (2) | John Lee, Monica Rodriguez |
| Absent (2) | (Vacant) (Vacant), Tim Mcosker |
Item 18 — CF 23-0422 (Adopted): (CF 23-0422) — Motion (Price – Blumenfield) transferring $100,000 from the Police Fund to Council District 9 community services for a community assessment and public safety survey by the Urban Peace Institute, gathering community input toward a new LAPD Community Safety Partnership program at Gilbert Lindsay Recreation Center. Called special for a separate vote by Councilmember Hernandez.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (12) | Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Kevin Deleon, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Paul Krekorian, Traci Park |
| No (1) | Eunisses Hernandez |
| Absent (2) | (Vacant) (Vacant), Tim Mcosker |
Item 19 — CF 23-4118-S3 (Adopted): (CF 23-4118-S3) — Resolution (Lee – Park) designating locations in Council District 12 for enforcement under Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 41.18 against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining or placing personal property, or otherwise obstructing the public right-of-way. LA Left Tracker Key Vote
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (8) | Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Heather Hutt, John Lee, Kevin Deleon, Monica Rodriguez, Paul Krekorian, Traci Park |
| No (5) | Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman |
| Absent (2) | (Vacant) (Vacant), Tim Mcosker |