Meeting Summary
What Happened
Council Member Price recused himself from Items 21, 26, and 29 due to landlord and business-connection conflicts; Council Member Raman was recused from Item 25 as an AQMD board member (that item had already been continued to March 4). The council adopted, without recorded opposition, Item 27, a resolution supporting expansion of California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program's annual incentive cap to $750 million, with Council Member Raman noting Los Angeles productions increasingly relocate to other states and countries offering more competitive incentives despite the city's unmatched production crews.
Contested Votes
Item 26 (Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee report and resolution establishing the city's position supporting AB 246 (Bryan), which would prohibit residential landlords in LA County from raising rents above their January 7, 2025 rate during the windstorm/wildfire state of emergency and for 12 months after its end) received 7 yes votes to 6 no votes — with Blumenfield, Lee, McOsker, Park, Rodriguez, and Yaroslavsky voting no — but fell short of the votes needed to pass, and the council president declared the item failed. Later in the meeting, Council Member Lee's motion to receive and file Item 26 — formally closing the matter without further action — passed unanimously 14-0.
Item 32 (Yaroslavsky-Park resolution designating locations in CD5 for LAMC Section 41.18 enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing property in the public right-of-way) passed 11-4, with Hernandez, Jurado, Raman, and Soto-Martinez voting no. No floor debate accompanied the vote.
Public Comment
Council Member Jurado highlighted Item 29 as connected to a project by New Economics for Women, a longtime affordable-housing developer, to build multifamily housing in Eagle Rock/El Sereno that would benefit renters, including women who have experienced domestic violence.
Contested Votes
Tallies and member votes are the official record (LA City Clerk CVVS). Descriptions are drawn from the meeting transcript.
Item 26 — CF 25-0002-S3 (Adopted): Resolution supporting AB 246 (Bryan), which would prohibit LA County residential landlords from raising rents above their January 7, 2025 rate during the windstorm/wildfire state of emergency and for 12 months after its termination.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (7) | Adrin Nazarian, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (6) | Bob Blumenfield, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Monica Rodriguez, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| Absent (2) | Curren D. Price, Imelda Padilla |
Item 32 — CF 25-4118-S1 (Adopted): Yaroslavsky-Park resolution designating locations in CD5 for LAMC Section 41.18 enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing property in the public right-of-way.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (11) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| No (4) | Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado |