Meeting Summary
What Happened
Item 10 was continued to February 25, with Council Member Price recused. Item 8, a Budget and Finance Committee report and ordinance first consideration providing local business tax relief for businesses impacted by the January 2025 wildfires, was referred back to the Budget and Finance Committee at Council Member Yaroslavsky's request for further hearing rather than voted on at this meeting. Item 9, an Economic Development and Jobs Committee report on a Memorandum of Understanding with LA County's Department of Economic Opportunity to implement the LA Region Small Business Relief Fund and Worker Relief Fund using philanthropic donations from Southern California Grantmakers, was adopted and sent forward "forthwith." Item 13, a Rodriguez-Price motion funding a temporary relief program for CD7 constituents who work in Pacific Palisades and other wildfire-impacted communities and suffered income losses, was also adopted without recorded opposition.
The council adopted, without debate, Items 14 through 16 — the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP), the Housing Element Sites and Minimum Density (HESMD) Ordinance, and the Resident Protections Ordinance (RPO) — all part of the city's Housing Element implementation package, passing 14-0 and sent forward "forthwith."
Public Comment
Public comment included an extended disruptive, offensive tirade from a recurring speaker targeting the City Attorney and referencing Items 15 and 16; the council president noted the speaker had exhausted his allotted three minutes of public comment time.