What Happened
All 15 council members were present for this meeting. Council Member Curren D. Price Jr. recused himself from Item 4 (CF 24-0590, Project Homekey status report) due to a conflict related to his wife's previous employer, and from Item 59 (CF 26-0880, HUD resolution) due to uncertainty about which organizations were implicated. Items 1 (oversize vehicle parking restrictions, CD15), 16 (Measure ULA nonprofit refund amendment), 57 (Palisades fire ULA tax exemption ballot measure), and 58 (Measure ULA amendment removing findings requirement) were continued — Item 1 to June 30, Item 16 to June 26, and Items 57 and 58 to June 17, 2026. Council Member Park moved to disapprove Item 11 (CF 26-0760, LAX concession agreements) at the request of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) so the airport authority could correct issues and resubmit to the Board of Airport Commissioners; the motion was seconded by Council Member McOsker and passed as part of the consent package.
The bulk of the agenda passed unanimously in consent packages. Items 2–3, 7–12, 14–15, and 17 passed 15-0 in the first block. Items 6 and 18–54 passed 15-0 in a second block. These included: reappointment of Adam Bierman to the Cannabis Regulation Commission (CF 25-1200-S14); a three-year lease extension for the A Bridge Housing/Low Barrier Navigation Center at 3061 West Riverside Drive in CD4 (CF 19-1397-S1); a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) resolution authorizing tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds for Queen Apartments, a scattered-site project in Council Districts 1, 9, and 13 (CF 26-0755); appointments to the Board of Airport Commissioners and Board of Harbor Commissioners (CF 26-1200-S23, CF 26-1200-S22); amendments to 10 Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) for planning and design services at LAX, Van Nuys Airport, and Palmdale (CF 26-0748); reappointment of Juan Solorio Jr. to the Board of Transportation Commissioners through June 2031 (CF 25-1200-S5); a report on reducing signal delay for light rail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines (CF 24-1222, amended before vote); a fourth amendment to the Hensel Phelps contract for the Central Terminal Area curbside improvement program at LAX (CF 23-0550-S4); a seventh amendment to Permit No. 999 with China Shipping Holding Company at the Port of Los Angeles (CF 09-1872-S4); a ceremonial sign at 3511 Central Avenue recognizing the historic Florence Mills Theatre in CD9 (CF 21-0862); an arts development fee update amendment (CF 13-0933-S10); two multifamily housing revenue bond resolutions not to exceed $20 million each for 49-unit and 41-unit projects in CD11 (CF 26-0858, CF 26-0859); state and federal legislative position resolutions including support for SB 922 on street maintenance fee recovery, AB 1837 on transit lane camera enforcement, and H.R. 6204/S.3693 on water recycling grants; resolutions opposing HUD proposed rulemakings on immigration status verification and the Equal Access Rule; a report on the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais redistricting decision; multiple Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) removals; board appointments and reappointments; park equipment contracts with Landscape Structures Inc. and PlayPower Inc.; a child care center contract extension at 111 East First Street; a license agreement with Southern California Edison for the Eagle Rock Tiny Home Village; and publishing agreements between LACMA and Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL).
Item 5 (CF 23-1022-S30), the Alliance Settlement Agreement progress report, was held for comments by Council Member Monica Rodriguez. Rodriguez used the floor to announce she had sent a letter to federal Judge Carter urging him to hold Los Angeles County accountable for its obligations under the Alliance settlement, specifically the county's failure to identify individuals in city-funded interim and permanent housing sites who require higher-level mental health care and connect them to appropriate services and beds. Rodriguez argued that the county continues to collect hundreds of millions in tax revenue while failing to deliver on its commitments, and called on colleagues to send their own letters to Judge Carter. The item passed 15-0.
Item 55 — CF 17-0714-S1: Extending Emergency Declaration Review Period (11-4)
The Council voted 11-4 to adopt an ordinance on first consideration that extends the timeframe for the City Council's review of local emergency declarations from 30 to 60 days. Council Members Eunisses Hernandez, Monica Rodriguez, Tim McOsker, and Ysabel Jurado voted no. Because the vote was not unanimous, the ordinance will be held for second consideration on June 23, 2026, as required for ordinances. Council Member Rodriguez called the item for a separate vote but did not speak on it before the roll was called.
Item 56 — CF 26-0609: LAPD Security Systems Contract (12-3)
The Council voted 12-3 to approve the First Amendment and Restated Agreement with ASSI Security, Inc. for continued installation and maintenance of security management systems at various Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) facilities. Council Members Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, and Ysabel Jurado voted no. Council Member Hernandez called the item for a separate vote. No floor debate was recorded in the transcript.
Item 59 — CF 26-0880: Resolution Opposing HUD Action Against LAHSA (14-0, with Price recused)
Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson opened extended floor discussion before the vote on a resolution opposing the Trump administration's decision to pull federal funding from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Harris-Dawson framed the resolution as a commitment to housed and unhoused Angelenos rather than a defense of LAHSA's management, acknowledging documented problems with fraud, mismanagement, and poor governance, but arguing those issues should be addressed through targeted accountability rather than by cutting housing for the most vulnerable residents. He drew a parallel to immigration enforcement, saying "you don't deal with that by knocking over car washes and day laborer centers."
Council Member Imelda Padilla used the discussion to connect the federal funding cut to the pending Measure ULA ballot measure debate scheduled for the following day, warning colleagues that the ULA tax generates a local funding stream for homelessness that they should think carefully about before voting to reduce it. Council Member Rodriguez reiterated her longstanding position that the city should move to separate from LAHSA, noting the conversation has been ongoing for two years without decisive action and that the county retains legislative input in LAHSA's governance despite having withdrawn its funding. Council Member Bob Blumenfield noted that he and Council Member Hernandez had a motion pending in the Budget and Finance Committee that day to begin the process of separating the city from LAHSA. Council Member Hernandez echoed the call for decisive action, citing the Friday announcement as alarming for unhoused residents in her district. The resolution passed 14-0 with Price recused.
Public Comment
Public comment was dominated by two overlapping coalitions. A large contingent of speakers affiliated with Strategic Action for a Just Economy (SAJE), LA CAN (Los Angeles Community Action Network), KIWA (Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance), and the StayHoused LA coalition spoke in opposition to any ballot measure that would amend or weaken Measure ULA, the Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax. Multiple speakers noted that ULA has generated $1 billion since passage and argued the voters' 2022 decision should not be revisited. Several speakers also urgently called on the Council to release a pending April 2026 allocation under the StayHoused LA contract, which they said has gone unsigned for 15 months due to delays attributed to the outgoing City Attorney. Elena Pop, Executive Director of the Eviction Defense Network (EDN), spoke directly, stating that EDN had narrowly avoided laying off 66% of its staff the previous Friday and that the organization had closed 1,511 eviction cases in nine months of fiscal year 2026 with a 97% success rate. Multiple EDN students and clients testified about the organization's role in preventing their evictions and described the inadequacy of videos and classes as a substitute for full legal representation. A separate group of speakers from the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice called for divestment of city employee pension funds — the Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (LACERS) and the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) — from Israeli companies and weapons manufacturers, citing the ongoing conflict in Gaza and Lebanon.