Meeting Summary
What Happened
Twelve council members were present at the start of the meeting, rising to fourteen later in the session. Council Member Eunisses Hernandez led a presentation marking Indigenous People's Day, welcoming the Wild Horse Native American male drummers, Chief Anthony Morales and youth leader Ellie Morales Recalde of the Gabrieleno Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, tribal vice president Mark Villaseñor of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, and Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission members, and adopted a resolution recognizing October 13, 2025 as Indigenous People's Day.
Council adopted a large bloc of items with limited discussion, including four street lighting district protest hearings (Items 2-4); an Interim Control Ordinance regarding Recreational Vehicle Parks (Item 14, CF 25-0843); an extension of the grandfathering period for existing medical marijuana dispensaries (Item 8, CF 20-1125-S1, Padilla-Hernandez); acceptance of Cal OES swift-water/flood and urban search-and-rescue training agreements (Items 10-11); the Olympic/Paralympic Zoning Exemption (Item 23, CF 15-0989-S47); a resolution ratifying the Mayor's January 2025 wildfire emergency declarations (Item 26, CF 25-0030); revenue bonds for multifamily housing projects at 11218-11222 Califa Street and 10953 Whipple Street in Council District 2, 1021 North Vermont Avenue in Council District 13, and 2106-2112 South Central Avenue (Items 34, 36, 38, 39); a second-consideration amendment to Council Rule 7 increasing consequences for meeting disruptions (Item 48, CF 16-1104-S2, Harris-Dawson-Soto-Martinez); and roughly a dozen additional district spending motions (Items 49-55), including funding for the Public Bank Feasibility Study Phase I (Item 54, CF 19-1235-S1, Padilla-Jurado).
Contested Votes
Item 5 (CF 23-0600-S9) — refuse and bulky-item fee ordinances, adopted 12-2. Ordinances amending the Multi-Family Bulky Item Fee, Solid Waste Collection fee, and Low Income Customer Assistance Program passed 12-2, with Council Member Adrin Nazarian and Council Member Monica Rodriguez opposed. The city clerk confirmed that written protests submitted by the September 30 deadline fell short of the majority-protest threshold needed to block the fee adjustments under Proposition 218.
Item 16 (CF 25-0002-S85) — city support for SB 34 (Richardson), adopted 12-2. A resolution establishing the city's support for a state bill emphasizing voluntary agreements among the ports, cities, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) over new cargo caps or automation restrictions passed 12-2, with Council Member Nithya Raman and Council Member Katy Yaroslavsky opposed. Council Member Tim McOsker argued the bill would prevent a cargo-cap enforcement mechanism he said would push shipping to less-regulated ports elsewhere and would bar public investment in automated equipment that displaces port jobs, citing SCAQMD's own stated objections to the bill. Council Member Nithya Raman disputed his characterization of SCAQMD's position, saying the agency's opposition to SB 34 was not primarily about job protection as described. A Los Angeles County Federation of Labor representative spoke in support during public comment; a Coalition for Clean Air representative spoke in opposition, citing an estimated 1,500 premature deaths annually in Southern California linked to failure to meet clean-air standards.
Item 22 (CF 15-1207-S3) — Los Angeles Convention Center MICLA bond ordinance, second consideration, adopted 11-3. An ordinance authorizing Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles lease revenue bonds for the Convention Center expansion passed 11-3 on second consideration, with Council Member Bob Blumenfield, Council Member Monica Rodriguez, and Council Member Nithya Raman opposed. [Note: on the floor, Council Member Katy Yaroslavsky asked to be recorded as a fourth no vote, and the clerk announced a final tally of 10-4; the city's official CVVS vote database does not reflect Yaroslavsky among the No votes and lists the tally as 11-3.] Blumenfield questioned CAO staff at length about whether the project agreement, executed September 30, contained stronger cost-overrun and dispute-resolution protections than those in the LAX Automated People Mover project, which a recent grand jury report found had ballooned in cost by $880 million under a similar design-build structure; CAO staff said the agreement includes monthly schedule updates, contingency-plan triggers, and a project-neutral dispute resolution process, but Blumenfield said he remained unconvinced the protections were meaningfully different and voted no.
Item 24 (CF 15-1138-S42) — DOT Parking Lots 701/731 affordable housing and mobility hub, adopted 11-3. A Housing and Homelessness and Transportation Committees report advancing affordable housing on DOT's Parking Lot 701 and a mobility hub on Parking Lot 731 in Venice passed 11-3, with Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, Council Member Ysabel Jurado, and Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez opposed. Council Member Traci Park delivered an extended statement supporting the item as a replacement for the defunct "Venice Dell" project (formerly "Reese Davidson"), which she said the Board of Transportation Commissioners had unanimously found infeasible for Lot 731 in December 2024; she said the earlier project would have evicted existing rent-stabilized tenants, built 430-square-foot units at nearly $2,500 per square foot, and proceeded without required Transportation Commission review until a court intervened, and that the developer's descendant-of-founder namesake family had demanded its name be removed from the project. Park said the new plan instead relocates housing to the underused Lot 701 and converts Lot 731 into a mobility hub serving coastal access, tourism, and Olympic-related transportation needs.
Item 40 (CF 20-0190) — motion to reactivate and restore Council File 20-0190, ultimately failed 6-8. A motion by Council Member John Lee and Council Member Bob Blumenfield to reactivate and restore Council File 20-0190 to its most recent legislative status passed on an initial vote 9-5, with Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez, Council Member Katy Yaroslavsky, Council Member Nithya Raman, and Council Member Ysabel Jurado opposed. After Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson requested reconsideration to change his vote, the council voted 12-2 to reconsider, but the item then failed on final reconsideration, 6-8, with Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, Council Member Heather Hutt, Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez, Council Member Katy Yaroslavsky, Council Member Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Council Member Monica Rodriguez, Council Member Nithya Raman, and Council Member Ysabel Jurado opposed. The underlying substance of the file was not described on the floor at either vote.
Item 43 (CF 24-0512-S1) — Clean Harbors hazardous waste contract amendment, adopted 13-1. A First Amendment to the city's contract with Clean Harbors Environmental Services for routine and emergency hazardous waste management services passed 13-1, with Council Member Tim McOsker opposed; he asked to be recorded as a no vote without further floor comment.
Item 56 (CF 25-4118-S12) — LAMC 41.18 enforcement zone in Council District 10, adopted 10-4. A resolution by Council Member Heather Hutt and Council Member Tim McOsker designating a location in Council District 10 for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property in the public right-of-way under Municipal Code Section 41.18 passed 10-4, with Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, Council Member Ysabel Jurado, Council Member Nithya Raman, and Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez opposed. The item was not extensively debated on the floor.
Public Comment
Representatives of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) described deteriorating habitability and security conditions in roughly two dozen former Skid Row Housing Trust buildings since their sale to investor Leo Pilnikov, including the Produce Hotel, alleging that security staffing and mail access had been eliminated after the sale and asking what responsibility the city bears for tenant safety in buildings whose sale it approved. Public comment on Item 16 (SB 34) drew both labor and environmental-justice speakers, described above under that item.
Contested Votes
Tallies and member votes are the official record (LA City Clerk CVVS). Descriptions are drawn from the meeting transcript.
Item 5 — CF 23-0600-S9 (Adopted): Ordinances amending the Multi-Family Bulky Item Fee, the Solid Waste Collection/Transfer/Recycling/Disposal Fee, and the Low Income Customer Assistance Program for the Bureau of Sanitation's Solid Resources program.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (12) | Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (2) | Adrin Nazarian, Monica Rodriguez |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 16 — CF 25-0002-S85 (Adopted): A resolution and motion establishing the city's support for SB 34 (Richardson), which would limit new cargo caps or equipment-automation mandates as ports, cities, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District pursue voluntary emissions-reduction agreements.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (12) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (2) | Katy Yaroslavsky, Nithya Raman |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 22 — CF 15-1207-S3 (Adopted): An ordinance on second consideration authorizing Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los Angeles lease revenue bonds for the Los Angeles Convention Center expansion and modernization project.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (11) | Adrin Nazarian, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (3) | Bob Blumenfield, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 24 — CF 15-1138-S42 (Adopted): A Housing and Homelessness Committee and Transportation Committee report on developing affordable housing on DOT Parking Lot 701 and creating a mobility hub on DOT Parking Lot 731 in Venice.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (11) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| No (3) | Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Ysabel Jurado |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 40 — CF 20-0190 (vote 1 of 3) (Adopted): MOTION (LEE - BLUMENFIELD) relative to reactivating and restoring Council file No. 20-0190 to its most recent legislative status.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (9) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| No (5) | Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Katy Yaroslavsky, Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 40 — CF 20-0190 (vote 2 of 3) (Adopted): MOTION (LEE - BLUMENFIELD) relative to reactivating and restoring Council file No. 20-0190 to its most recent legislative status.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (12) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (2) | Heather Hutt, Katy Yaroslavsky |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 40 — CF 20-0190 (vote 3 of 3) (Failed): MOTION (LEE - BLUMENFIELD) relative to reactivating and restoring Council file No. 20-0190 to its most recent legislative status.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (6) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| No (8) | Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 43 — CF 24-0512-S1 (Adopted): A First Amendment to the contract with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. for routine and emergency hazardous waste management services.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (13) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Katy Yaroslavsky, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez, Nithya Raman, Traci Park, Ysabel Jurado |
| No (1) | Tim Mcosker |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |
Item 56 — CF 25-4118-S12 (Adopted): A resolution (Hutt-McOsker) designating a location in Council District 10 for enforcement against sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property in the public right-of-way under LAMC Section 41.18.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (10) | Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, 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 |
| Absent (1) | Curren D. Price |