City Council Meeting

February 06, 2026
Meeting ID: 17711

Meeting Summary

What Happened

Ten to eleven members were present for the February 6, 2026 meeting, which took up a short four-item agenda. Council adopted, without dissent, the State Shelter Crisis Declaration status report for fiscal year 2024-25, a Ridesharing Trust Fund review, a Board of Water and Power Commissioners contract amendment, and a Rent Escrow Account Program removal for a property on East Chaucer Street.

Public comment featured Unite Here Local 11 organizers and workers from Flying Food Group, an LAX catering kitchen, describing a January 22 kitchen fire during which sprinklers failed to activate and two workers were briefly trapped inside a locked walk-in cooler; speakers said the company had ignored 45 prior requests to address safety conditions and called on the city to inspect and potentially shut down the facility until safety is verified. Students from Loyola Law School's Sunita Jain Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative again urged the council to require FIFA and LA28 to fund worker-trafficking prevention efforts ahead of the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics. A photographer who documents the city's response to ICE criticized Council Member Heather Hutt for attending a jazz concert on the City Hall lawn during a student walkout protesting ICE enforcement, and said he had photographed LAPD assisting a masked individual wearing an insignia associated with the far-right Boogaloo movement in an arrest.

Council Member Katy Yaroslavsky used her adjournment to address a crash the previous day on Westwood Boulevard in which a driver struck a cyclist and crashed into a market, killing three people. She said LA DOT's timeline for a previously funded Westwood Boulevard safety project would not begin construction until 2027 or 2028, called that unacceptable, and asked the department to return with an accelerated timeline including immediate "quick build" safety measures, plus a citywide accounting of what is slowing pedestrian and cyclist safety projects generally.

Completed hearings
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15-1138-S33

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the State Shelter Crisis Declaration Status Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25.

Official recommendation
NOTE and FILE the City Administrative Officer report dated December 23, 2025, attached to Council file No. 15-1138-S33, relative to the State Shelter Crisis Declaration Status Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted Speaker Card(s)_01-21-2026 Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee - 1-21-26 Communication(s) from Public_12-24-2025 Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-23-25 Council Action dated 3-04-25 Speaker Card(s)_02-28-2025 Speaker Card(s)_02-12-2025 Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee - 2-12-25 Speaker Card(s)_01-29-2025 Council Action dated 12-14-23 Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-06-24 Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee_12-6-2023 Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-01-23.pdf Council Action dated 5-17-23 Speaker Card(s)_05-16-2023 Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee 1-18-23 Report from Homeless Strategy Committee dated 1-05-23 Council Action dated 11-26-21 Report from the Homelessness and Poverty Committee_11-15-21 Report from Homeless Strategy Committee dated 11-05-21.pdf Council Action 10_29_2020 Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 10_08_2020 Report from City Administrative Officer 09_30_2020 Council Action 12_12_2019 Speaker Card(s) 12_11_2019 Speaker Card(s) 12_04_2019 Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 12_04_2019 Report from Homeless Strategy Committee 11_25_2019 Council Action 07_03_2019 Speaker Card(s) 06_28_2019 Speaker Card(s) 06_26_2019 Speaker Card(s) 06_19_2019 Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 06_19_2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by East Hollywood Neighborhood Council 06_1 Report from Homeless Strategy Committee 06_03_2019 Speaker Card(s) 04_17_2018 Council Action 04_17_2018 Motion 04_13_2018
Documents (38)
Speaker Card(s)_01-21-2026
Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee - 1-21-26
Communication(s) from Public_12-24-2025
Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-23-25
Council Action dated 3-04-25
Speaker Card(s)_02-28-2025
Speaker Card(s)_02-12-2025
Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee - 2-12-25
Speaker Card(s)_01-29-2025
Council Action dated 12-14-23
Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-06-24
Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee_12-6-2023
Report from City Administrative Officer dated 12-01-23.pdf
Council Action dated 5-17-23
Speaker Card(s)_05-16-2023
Report from Housing and Homelessness Committee 1-18-23
Report from Homeless Strategy Committee dated 1-05-23
Council Action dated 11-26-21
Report from the Homelessness and Poverty Committee_11-15-21
Report from Homeless Strategy Committee dated 11-05-21.pdf
Council Action 10_29_2020
Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 10_08_2020
Report from City Administrative Officer 09_30_2020
Council Action 12_12_2019
Speaker Card(s) 12_11_2019
Speaker Card(s) 12_04_2019
Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 12_04_2019
Report from Homeless Strategy Committee 11_25_2019
Council Action 07_03_2019
Speaker Card(s) 06_28_2019
Speaker Card(s) 06_26_2019
Speaker Card(s) 06_19_2019
Report from Homelessness and Poverty Committee 06_19_2019
Community Impact Statement submitted by East Hollywood Neighborhood Council 06_1
Report from Homeless Strategy Committee 06_03_2019
Speaker Card(s) 04_17_2018
Council Action 04_17_2018
Motion 04_13_2018
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26-0012

PERSONNEL AND HIRING COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Ridesharing Trust Fund review for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25.

Official recommendation
NOTE and FILE the September 28, 2025 Personnel Department report relative to the Ridesharing Trust Fund review for FY 2024-25. Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. Personnel and Hiring Committee Report 1-23-26 Speaker Card(s)_01-23-2026 Report from Personnel Department dated 12-28-25
Documents (3)
Personnel and Hiring Committee Report 1-23-26
Speaker Card(s)_01-23-2026
Report from Personnel Department dated 12-28-25
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15-0145-S1

COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF WATER AND POWER COMMISSIONERS relative to the Sixth Amendment to an agreement for proprietary computer software maintenance, support, and change services for the Electronic Request-Solicit-Procure system with OGMA Consulting Corporation.

Documents (5)
Report from Board of Water and Power Commissioners dated 1-14-26
Attachment to Report dated 1-14-26 - Board Letter
Attachment to Report dated 1-14-26 - Resolution
Attachment to Report dated 1-14-26 - Agreement
Attachment to Report dated 1-14-26 - Mayor Transmittal
No hearings held (requires 10 votes)
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25-0005-S161 CD 1

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 3034 East Chaucer Street (Case Nos. 855489; 882854), Assessor I.D. No. 5454-029-014, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP).

Official recommendation
APPROVE the LAHD report recommendation dated December 1, 2025, attached to the Council file, and ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION removing the property at 3034 East Chaucer Street (Case Nos. 855489; 882854), Assessor I.D. No. 5454-029-014, from the REAP. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LAHD. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Continued from Council meeting of January 9, 2026) Speaker Card(s)_01-09-2026 Speaker Card(s)_12-12-2025 Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 12-01-25 Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 12-01-25
Documents (4)
Speaker Card(s)_01-09-2026
Speaker Card(s)_12-12-2025
Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 12-01-25
Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 12-01-25