Meeting Summary
What Happened
Twelve members were present for the January 16, 2026 meeting. Council Member Ysabel Jurado led a testimonial on ICE activity near Santee Alley, joined by a vendor with Somos La Alianza, a fashion-district worker organization, who described sales dropping 60-70% since ICE raids began and said he made $8 in sales the day before. Council Member Monica Rodriguez separately recognized Juan Naula, founder of "Clean LA With Me," for organizing more than 300 volunteer neighborhood cleanups removing over 4,000 bags of trash since arriving in Los Angeles roughly a year earlier.
Council adopted a large slate of committee reports without debate, 12-0, including the Public Works Committee's Five-Year Capital and Technology Improvement Plan, a Personnel Committee report extending Board of Deferred Compensation Administration member terms from three to five years, and a report on ocean water quality following Palisades Fire debris. Council confirmed the mayor's appointment of Daniel Tabor to the Board of Police Commissioners and the Council President Pro Tempore's appointment of Jason Levin to the Charter Reform Commission. A motion from Council Member Eunisses Hernandez directing exploration of converting streetlights to solar-battery power and repurposing vacated electrical conduit for leased fiber and EV-charging infrastructure — intended to reduce copper-wire theft and generate new city revenue — passed unanimously.
A Transportation Committee report establishing oversize-vehicle parking restrictions on several streets in Council District 2 (CF 25-0008-S27) passed 9-3, with Council Members Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, and Ysabel Jurado voting no. Hernandez called the item for a separate vote but no floor debate preceded the roll call.
Public comment included repeated calls from several speakers for the council to remove Police Chief Jim McDonald over LAPD's cooperation with ICE enforcement, alongside sustained disruptive commentary from a small number of repeat speakers.
Contested Votes
Tallies and member votes are the official record (LA City Clerk CVVS). Descriptions are drawn from the meeting transcript.
Item 9 — CF 25-0008-S27 (Adopted): A Transportation Committee report establishing oversize-vehicle parking restrictions on several street segments in Council District 2.
| Vote | Members |
|---|---|
| Yes (9) | Adrin Nazarian, Curren D. Price, Heather Hutt, Imelda Padilla, John Lee, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Tim Mcosker, Traci Park |
| No (3) | Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Ysabel Jurado |
| Absent (3) | Bob Blumenfield, Katy Yaroslavsky, Monica Rodriguez |