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October 31LAPD camera pilot survives veto try; council passes ban on new oil drilling
A council veto of an LAPD license plate camera pilot fell one vote short, twice. The council also passed a citywide ban on new oil drilling and moved ahead on a fund for neighbors of the Boyle Heights warehouse fire.
City Council, Tuesday, October 27
Veto of the LAPD–Axon license plate camera pilot falls one vote short (02:45:01)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) asked to pull item 33 for comments and a separate vote (00:30:17)
A councilmember cited a news analysis finding federal homeland security agencies ran over a million searches in Washington state despite its law against immigration-related searches (02:46:29)
A councilmember said an inspector general audit of a two-month period found the cameras captured over 200 million scans (02:47:40)
A councilmember said LAPD has never done a comprehensive audit of officer use, and that more than 4,000 officers and civilians can search the network (02:49:59)
A councilmember named three conditions to meet before adopting the pilot: an independent third-party audit, board oversight of any external data sharing, and stricter role-based limits on who has access (02:51:02)
A councilmember said the mayor told them she supports these protections and is working to put them in place (02:51:02)
A councilmember urged a veto that would send the contract back to the Board of Police Commissioners (02:52:09)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) said the department had spent the past two weeks responding to council members' concerns (02:53:06)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) argued the technology helps investigators develop leads and solve cases (02:54:08)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) made a formal request that the Board of Police Commissioners require an independent third-party audit of the pilot (02:55:08)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) also asked for an enforceable role-based formula for which officers can access the data, with all searches logged and reviewed (02:55:08)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) asked that the board check safeguards against the audit findings before any expansion, and asked for a no vote (02:56:12)
A speaker argued the vote was an expansion without the protections being discussed (02:56:48)
A speaker warned that authoritarian governments can use surveillance systems that local governments build (02:57:54)
A speaker said the federal government can reach the data whether or not the city shares it (02:57:54)
A speaker said over 1,200 cameras have operated for five years with a dozen police departments having access (03:00:00)
Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) said residents in their district are uncertain how the new technology will work (03:01:23)
Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) said they were not comfortable authorizing what they called unchecked AI on city infrastructure, and backed the committee recommendation (03:02:24)
A councilmember said cameras in CD 11 helped intercept a homicide suspect and locate a missing child (03:03:04)
A councilmember said LAPD does not share the data with DHS or ICE or use it for immigration enforcement (03:04:06)
A councilmember said the cameras use no AI or facial recognition and only photograph license plates and the rear of cars (03:05:07)
A speaker said Charter Section 245 lets the council only veto or not veto, not add conditions (03:06:10)
A speaker said they have backed ALPRs before and might back this one later, but not today (03:06:10)
A speaker argued that approving now would give up the leverage to make sure the contract comes back improved (03:07:10)
Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) said the council had rejected efforts in charter reform to strengthen its oversight of LAPD (03:08:34)
Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) described the veto as the council's only point of leverage (03:08:34)
A speaker acknowledged it is a pilot in one region but said more work is needed first (03:12:33)
A speaker faulted the council for not applying the same scrutiny to similar technology used by other departments (03:14:23)
A speaker asked how quickly the contract could come back with the added protections (03:17:27)
A speaker said at that point that they were prepared to support the veto (03:18:37)
The presiding officer said cameras in their district have led to at least 120 rescues of minors involved in trafficking (03:20:29)
The presiding officer said the federal government can commandeer city equipment or put up its own (03:21:30)
The presiding officer backed the protections requested by John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) and called for them to be adopted by the police commission or by mayoral executive directive, whichever is faster (03:21:30)
A speaker said they would support the veto on condition that the added protections are put into the contract quickly (03:22:56)
A speaker said the dispute had brought Flock back to the table to negotiate (03:22:56)
A speaker argued the three-month pilot is not the point of leverage, and that the leverage comes at the decision on expansion (03:24:38)
A speaker said the council voted more than a year ago to approve their discretionary money for cameras, because neighboring districts already have them (03:25:40)
A speaker said the money covered over 60 cameras but the pilot would allow only about 10 (03:28:54)
A speaker argued the federal government can surveil residents regardless of what the city does (03:30:10)
A speaker drew on family experience of fleeing Iran to argue that police can protect minority communities (03:31:11)
A speaker said they would vote against the veto, even if in the minority (03:33:14)
The city clerk explained that an aye vote approves the veto, a no vote disapproves it, and 10 ayes are required (03:34:40)
A speaker said they would now support the member pushing the pilot, while expecting equal scrutiny of other camera programs (03:35:13)
A speaker said the Transportation Committee spent months building data protections for the Department of Transportation's speed cameras (03:36:04)
A speaker said LAPD needs a subpoena to get Department of Transportation camera data (03:38:12)
A councilmember said their office had reviewed and supported the Department of Transportation's camera programs (03:39:36)
A councilmember argued that letting the pilot proceed is the real inconsistency, and asked for a yes vote (03:40:37)
A speaker dismissed the consistency argument, noted that buses also take many pictures, and called the question (03:41:30)
A councilmember said the LADOT camera contract has no search-justification requirement and no misuse-discipline provisions (03:41:52)
A speaker asked who had moved reconsideration and which side had prevailed, noting reconsideration must come from the prevailing side (03:43:50)
The city clerk said only a member of the six-vote prevailing side could move to reconsider (03:44:15)
All-hours oversized vehicle parking ban on five CD 15 streets (02:44:01)
A speaker asked to pull items 11, 12 and 15 for a separate vote (00:31:17)
Overnight oversized vehicle parking ban on ten CD 2 street segments (02:44:01)
Overnight oversized vehicle parking ban on nine more CD 2 street segments (02:44:01)
Anti-camping (41.18) enforcement zones at six CD 11 parks and tunnels (02:44:23)
Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) asked to pull item 17 for a separate vote (00:30:09)
Study turning the NoHo DASH into a North Hollywood–Burbank Airport link (02:40:41)
A speaker said the airport opened its new terminal on October 13 (the transcript renders the cost and gate count as $1.3 billion and 14 gates) (02:40:55)
A speaker said the airport served a record number of passengers in 2024, about 6.55 million (02:40:55)
A speaker said the only transit link now is a weekday-only, one-way Burbank bus loop (02:40:55)
A speaker said ridership more than doubled within six months on a free shuttle that LAWA funded in 2011, before that service ended (02:41:57)
A speaker said the proposal would reuse existing DASH vehicles and service hours, at the standard 50-cent DASH fare (02:41:57)
A speaker argued the timing matters with the Olympic and Paralympic Games less than two years away (02:43:02)
Free Micro-Shoot film permit ordinance (02:40:11)
Documents: Agenda, Journal, Agenda
City Council, Wednesday, October 28
Ordinance banning new oil and gas drilling and phasing out existing extraction citywide (02:53:17)
Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) said land use decisions have long let polluting uses sit next to homes, schools and parks in working-class communities of color (03:22:53)
A councilmember said Council District 11 hosts much of the city's fossil fuel infrastructure, including refineries (03:24:34)
A councilmember said the city has already committed to a 100% clean energy platform by 2035, so stopping new drilling and phasing out existing operations makes sense (03:25:35)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) thanked Wilmington residents and the coalition for their perseverance and urged a yes vote (03:26:27)
A speaker warned that further fights and attempts to undo the work are still ahead and urged supporters to stay vigilant (03:26:56)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) said the City Attorney completed a review of the ordinance as to form and legality since the council last heard it (03:28:04)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) said the city expects to be sued and the strengthened environmental record shows the work was done (03:28:04)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) pointed to the credibility findings in Appendix E as rebutting industry challenges line by line (03:29:07)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) noted Culver City passed its own phase-out six years earlier and asked that the ordinance go forthwith (03:30:09)
Mitigation response fund for Boyle Heights Lineage cold-storage fire (02:48:20)
A councilmember said Boyle Heights families and businesses are still bearing the health and economic consequences of the June 17 warehouse fire (02:48:28)
A councilmember said the city's task now is to turn the funding into help people can actually access and to keep pressing for accountability (02:49:36)
A councilmember said from the Palisades experience that there is no ready pot of money for disaster victims and such disasters can happen anywhere (02:51:03)
Closed-session lawsuit settlements, including rejection of oil company settlement (02:44:36)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) said the Budget and Finance Committee considered Items 16 through 32 on October 20 and recommended approval (00:49:33)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $7,863,000 in the Angels Landing Partners cases (02:44:46)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $550,000 in the case arising from the ICE protest (02:45:47)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $17,500,000 in the Item 28 motorcycle-crash case (02:46:51)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $10,000,000 in the Item 31 police tort case (02:46:51)
The city clerk corrected the record later in the meeting to say Item 32 is the Nasco Petroleum case and the recommendation to reject the settlement stands (03:31:44)
Updated bed plan under the Alliance Settlement Agreement (00:49:57)
Conditional use permits for large warehouses in the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan area (02:53:17)
A speaker asked to confirm that Item 2 also went forthwith (03:31:36)
Documents: Agenda, Special Meeting Agenda, Agenda
City Council, Friday, October 30
$6 million state grant for Angeles National Forest fuel reduction and reforestation (CF 26-1286) (03:26:05)
$3.04 million payment to settle state sales and use tax audit (CF 26-1496) (03:26:52)
Documents: Agenda, Special Meeting Agenda
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October 26Council weighs county homelessness terms; Fire Department maps Measure FD
The council adopted a motion on its homelessness dispute with the county after the City Administrative Officer presented terms on data and housing matching. The Fire Department laid out how it would spend Measure FD money, and the council upheld approval of an 814-unit development on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City.
City Council, Tuesday, October 20
Longshore foreman confirmed to the Board of Harbor Commissioners (01:50:45)
The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners said he started as a longshoreman in 1998 and worked his way up to foreman in ILWU Local 94 (01:52:36)
The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners said he would bring the view of someone who works on the docks and lives in the affected community, including what he learned about supply-chain disruptions during COVID (01:52:36)
A speaker asked how the nominee would balance environmental and economic justice without cutting jobs in the name of efficiency as new port technology arrives (01:54:08)
The nominee to the Board of Harbor Commissioners answered that the port can cut emissions with human-operated zero-emission equipment rather than automation, pointing to EPA funding and equipment already in use at one terminal (01:55:17)
A councilmember praised the appointment as union leadership entering government and pledged his support (01:57:43)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the port area is unique and hard for people from elsewhere to understand, which makes a nominee from the community valuable (01:58:00)
A speaker stressed the port's long history of providing jobs and economic mobility, including for immigrant families (01:58:51)
A councilmember invited the nominee and union leaders to explain the port's work to people in other parts of the city (02:01:38)
A speaker said the Harbor Commission would be stronger with the nominee's voice on it (02:03:05)
A councilmember said the nominee could start right away with no learning curve (02:03:43)
A speaker thanked the mayor for appointing someone homegrown to serve at the port (02:04:32)
A councilmember said appointing people who live with the port's issues brings lived experience to the commission (02:05:06)
Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) praised the nominee's record of stepping up for labor and the community (02:06:42)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) said it is important to have a longshore union voice on the board (02:07:11)
A speaker closed by citing the nominee's roughly 25 years on the docks and his community service, and urged a yes vote (02:07:41)
A speaker welcomed the return of an ILWU member to the commission and credited the former commissioner who held that role (02:08:48)
Studio City Sports Center mixed-use project appeal continued (00:37:51)
Study of cutting city fees on small for-sale housing (02:12:56)
Curren Price (Councilmember, Ninth District) recused himself from the item as a precaution because he is a landlord (02:13:01)
The city clerk noted that the item came with an amending motion, 24A, from Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) and Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) (02:13:17)
A speaker asked why the same home should cost more to build because it will be owned rather than rented (02:14:11)
A speaker said the median LA home costs over $1 million and condo construction in Southern California has fallen about 90 percent from its 2005–2006 peak (02:14:11)
A speaker argued that city fees and processes make developers favor rental apartments over homes for sale (02:15:12)
A speaker said the motion eliminates no fees now and only asks the CAO for options to reduce, defer, or restructure them (02:16:16)
Documents: Agenda
City Council, Wednesday, October 21
Riverwalk project in Studio City: tract map appeals denied (00:33:14)
City staff told a caller that the Riverwalk item was not open for agenda public comment but could be addressed during general comment. (01:10:54)
Riverwalk project: Project Review and Project Compliance appeal denied (00:33:14)
The city clerk noted a journal correction for item 22, said its last day for council action was Oct. 23, and said it needed 10 votes for consideration. (00:29:02)
Possible litigation over the homelessness Continuum of Care: closed session, continued (01:59:08)
A councilmember said the closed session continued last week's discussion of negotiations with the County, the Alliance lawsuit and possible litigation over the Continuum of Care. (01:59:10)
The city clerk after the closed session, called the roll and reported a request to continue the item to Oct. 23. (03:00:56)
Funding search for a public bank feasibility study approved, 11-3 (01:54:53)
A speaker asked that the separate vote on item 17 be on adopting the Budget and Finance Committee's report; the transcript renders it as 'removing' that report (00:37:12)
A speaker said several council offices had already pooled money for the study and this motion identifies the remaining funding to finish it. (01:55:08)
A speaker argued the city pays millions a year in fees to private banks that a public bank could keep in Los Angeles. (01:55:08)
A speaker said she would accept council office or philanthropic money but opposed looking for general fund dollars for the study. (01:56:25)
A speaker argued the city lacks the billions in startup capital a bank would need and has not earned the public's trust to run one. (01:56:25)
A speaker supported the study and asked that it examine how a public bank could reduce predatory and high-interest lending to low-income people. (01:57:39)
A councilmember asked that the study include earlier city work on letting libraries serve as alternatives to check-cashing businesses. (01:58:14)
Bus lane camera enforcement on DASH routes and LADOT plate-reader policy (01:49:27)
A speaker pointed out that the LADOT policy lists contractors helping LADOT as authorized users. (01:49:37)
A speaker raised serious concerns about the contractor, Hayden AI, having access to city data, citing recent accusations among its founders of fraud and espionage. (01:49:37)
A speaker said the policy lets LADOT and its contractors aggregate history data on specific vehicles and registered individuals for enforcement. (01:51:38)
A speaker argued the council's objection to plate readers depends on which department uses them, not on the technology itself. (01:51:38)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) said she had introduced a motion calling for the same data guardrails across all city departments and contracts. (01:52:29)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) argued law enforcement and DOT need these tools, supported the item, and called the inconsistent treatment hypocrisy. (01:53:34)
Axon license-plate-reader pilot agreement with LAPD continued to Oct. 27 (00:31:08)
A councilmember asked that item 20 be continued until Friday. (00:31:08)
The city clerk reported a request to continue item 20 to Tuesday, Oct. 27, instead of Friday. (00:59:30)
Documents: Agenda, Journal, Continuation Agenda
City Council, Friday, October 23
City-county homelessness data and housing-matching terms (Continuum of Care) (04:22:18)
A speaker said the city had already agreed the county should be the collaborative applicant and run the point-in-time count, leaving data and matching as the open issues (04:23:47)
A speaker said the agreement does not rule out continuing to research a city-only Continuum of Care (04:24:54)
The city administrative officer said the Continuum of Care board had already given the county the lead roles for the collaborative applicant and the point-in-time count (04:26:23)
The city administrative officer said the general membership is set to vote on Monday on the HMIS and coordinated entry roles (04:27:26)
The city administrative officer said city and county staff agreed on the terms as joint recommendations, and the county CEO will present them to the Board of Supervisors (04:28:26)
The city administrative officer said the terms set out markers, with binding agreements to be negotiated in more detail and brought back to the council (04:29:26)
The city administrative officer said the city would get access to all data on people experiencing homelessness who have any documented link to the city (04:29:26)
The city administrative officer said the meaning of proportional representation is still to be set in the data use agreement or MOU (04:31:31)
The city administrative officer said the county would contract with the city to handle housing matching for all city-funded resources in the city (04:33:31)
The city administrative officer said that within 60 days of the county taking the coordinated entry lead, the two would jointly recommend priority for city residents experiencing homelessness (04:34:36)
The city administrative officer said the county would recommend dedicated city seats on the CES Policy Council for the housing authority, the housing department, the CAO and the community investment department (04:35:39)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked whether the agreement is enforceable and what happens if the county does not comply (04:37:34)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) asked to add input on agendas and work plans to the HMIS system-improvements terms (04:39:36)
Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) argued the county is not giving the city its fair share of Measure A money, given the city's much larger housing portfolio (04:41:57)
Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) stressed that service providers, who start the placement process, need access to data across both jurisdictions (04:44:41)
City staff said frontline service providers face no limits on the HMIS data they can see (04:46:09)
The city administrative officer said the agreement covers only data and matching, not funding for service providers, which belongs in a broader conversation about the system's future (04:50:32)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) credited the negotiators, saying the city had been heading toward the county running coordinated entry with none of these terms (04:51:39)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) noted proportional representation could be based on share of population, share of the homeless population or other formulas, with very different results (04:56:08)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) flagged that new supportive housing built without city money, such as an ED1 project in his district, would stay outside city matching (04:59:44)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said he would not hold up the deal over that concern, and asked about access to county mental health (DMH) data (05:00:49)
City staff said the city does not have direct access to the county mental health systems, but talks on access will continue (05:01:24)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) said he was more skeptical, noting the city was effectively negotiating settlement-like terms in open session amid existing and threatened litigation (05:02:34)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) argued proportional representation should not reward parts of the county that push homeless people into the city without providing alternatives (05:03:39)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) pointed out that on charter changes the county only commits to recommending them to an independent Continuum of Care body (05:04:47)
The city administrative officer said a recommendation was the most the county could commit to, since the Continuum of Care general membership decides charter changes (05:05:44)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asked why city matching shouldn't cover all housing resources in the city regardless of who funded them (05:06:23)
Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) asked what impasse procedure would keep the county from stonewalling on the commitments still to be worked out (05:08:25)
The city administrative officer said the city subsidizes about 94 percent of the subsidized supportive housing beds, and currently manages matching for none of them (05:10:07)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called the change from current conditions night and day (05:12:48)
The council president asked that the city attorney's representations in an upcoming court hearing reflect the council's discussion, and recommended forgoing the day's special meeting (05:13:49)
A speaker said the agreement gives the city the raw HMIS data for its own reports and dashboards, plus matching for city-funded housing, and urged a yes vote on amendment 10A (05:14:56)
Fire Department plan for Measure FD money (03:16:56)
A speaker argued the department is half the size it should be, with many stations falling apart and dozens more needed (03:17:18)
A speaker said that if voters are asked to put hundreds of millions of dollars into the department, City Hall owes them a concrete plan for spending it (03:18:21)
The fire chief said the department has about as many firefighters as in the 1960s, with six fewer stations and roughly ten times the emergency call volume (03:19:52)
The fire chief said the department wants to enlarge its next two recruit classes from 120 recruits in total to 180 (03:21:56)
The fire chief said the preliminary estimate to repair the supply and maintenance facility is more than $9 million (03:23:00)
The fire chief said the academy's single drill tower limits how much classes can grow (03:25:17)
The fire chief said a first engine or ambulance can reach about 49.2 percent of city roads within the recommended four minutes, less than half (03:27:26)
The fire chief said 56 of the department's 106 stations are between 50 and 85 years old (03:27:26)
The fire chief cited a prior study finding the city needs 32 more peak-hour ambulance companies (03:28:29)
The fire chief said six of the 22 hoists at the Lincoln Heights maintenance yard are out of service and the first phase would replace three failed ones (03:31:32)
The fire chief listed technology plans: a drone program, better command software, video 911 calls and finishing the Workday integration (03:31:32)
The fire chief said Measure FD money is meant to add to the department's general fund support, not replace it (03:33:34)
The fire chief committed to quarterly reports to the council and a public dashboard, and said a citizens oversight committee would review spending (03:34:37)
The fire chief said that if the measure fails, improvements would be delayed, scaled back or not happen unless future budgets prioritize them (03:37:08)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) asked how the department would decide which services cut over the last twenty years, such as engine companies, get restored first (03:39:40)
The fire chief said Sylmar has a single fire station serving an area the size of Burbank, which has six stations (03:41:28)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) stressed prevention and grant-seeking, noting she secured $2.5 million from Prop 4 for fire breaks in Foothills communities in her district (03:42:46)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) warned the department and the whole city will be closely watched on what the money delivers, and called for guardrails (03:43:47)
A speaker asked the department to confirm the measure adds to its current budget rather than replacing it (03:48:56)
The fire chief said the measure keeps general fund support at about 16 percent, based on the past ten years, with measure money added on top (03:49:26)
The fire chief said an unusual number of firefighter paramedics are leaving for other agencies amid a national shortage and heavy workloads (03:50:13)
The fire chief said the oversight committee would include the public safety committee chair, a mayor's office representative, the controller, the city administrative officer and the fire chief (03:52:56)
The fire chief said the measure keeps its money out of the city's general fund and away from other uses (03:54:07)
The fire chief said a new fire engine takes about three years to get, and called for fast response vehicles in every battalion (03:56:01)
The fire chief said the goal is a fully staffed hazmat unit and a fully staffed urban search and rescue unit in each of the four bureaus (03:58:03)
The fire chief said a mayoral executive directive had the department review low-acuity calls, and changes would roll out in the near future (03:59:31)
A speaker asked whether Measure FD has any connection to pensions or pension spiking (04:01:36)
The fire chief said no Measure FD money would go to pensions or bonuses, and that it would cut overtime (04:02:16)
A speaker raised the criticism that the measure is a regressive tax (04:03:04)
The fire chief described the measure as a half-cent sales tax and said it would benefit everyone, not hurt any one group (04:03:41)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) asked how the hiring plan would use a state program for certifying and hiring formerly incarcerated firefighters (04:06:07)
The fire chief said the plan does not yet include that program but he is willing to look at it (04:07:23)
The fire chief said the department started a concierge program to support pregnant firefighters, part of recruiting more women (04:11:42)
The fire chief said a second, parallel dispatch center is a priority, with a goal of having it before the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics (04:16:11)
City staff said the dispatch center often gets 3,000 calls a day and needs more staff (04:17:19)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) asked that the report have a section on local hiring, on how council districts can help, and on hiring formerly incarcerated firefighters (04:18:25)
The council president urged that communities paying for their own safety, including South LA, get a clear path to fire department jobs (04:20:07)
Patty Giggins Day for retiring Peace Over Violence leader (01:56:54)
A councilmember declared the day Patty Giggins Day in Los Angeles, citing four decades leading violence prevention work (01:58:44)
A councilmember said Peace Over Violence started Denim Day in Los Angeles in April 1999 in response to a court ruling that blamed a survivor (02:00:48)
A speaker said she is retiring from Peace Over Violence and introduced the agency's interim executive director (02:09:09)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) thanked the agency for training her office staff in self-defense and pledged continued support for Denim Day (02:13:03)
The council president noted the council now has a majority of women and credited the honoree's generation of women with building the conditions for that (02:23:23)
Documents: Agenda, Continuation Agenda, Special Agenda
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October 25City weighs legal fight with county over homelessness systems
After a closed session, the council president asks the City Attorney, for the council, to develop legal options in a dispute with Los Angeles County over who runs the region's homelessness data and housing-matching systems. Also this week: a push for domestic violence training for city workers, and twenty million dollars moved to cover Fire Department overtime.
City Council, Tuesday, October 13
Expanding the Legacy Business Program and a citywide restaurant protection ordinance (00:50:03)
Adjourning motions: a slain Culver City bus operator and a Harbor-area educator (02:13:38)
A speaker asked to adjourn in memory of a Culver City bus operator who was killed on October 1 on Centinela in Mar Vista. (02:14:05)
A speaker said the county district attorney had filed murder charges against the accused man, including a special circumstance for killing a public transit operator. (02:15:09)
A speaker listed safety steps the city has taken on its own DASH buses: emergency buttons, upgraded surveillance and more roadway supervisors. (02:16:10)
A speaker called on transit agencies to work with operators and unions on enforceable safety plans. (02:17:11)
A councilmember asked to adjourn in memory of a man who taught business and economics on the Palos Verdes peninsula for 37 years. (02:18:29)
A councilmember credited him with helping pass California's teen driver safety law, which set nighttime and passenger limits for young drivers. (02:19:30)
Documents: Agenda, Journal
City Council, Wednesday, October 14
Who will run the region's homelessness data and housing-matching systems (02:48:07)
A councilmember explained that the 2027 Continuum of Care application is the federal grant that funds the homelessness service system (02:49:17)
A councilmember said the board has already decided the county will be collaborative applicant and run the point-in-time count (02:49:17)
A councilmember said the CAO and CLA have been negotiating with the county over who manages HMIS and who stewards CES (02:49:17)
City staff reported that the HMIS and CES leads are still undecided (02:50:24)
City staff said the board recommended that the county lead those programs as well (02:50:24)
City staff said the membership vote on that recommendation has no date yet because of technical issues (02:51:32)
City staff listed seeking co-leadership agreements with the county for each federal program as one option (02:51:32)
City staff listed fully separating from the county by forming a city-only Continuum of Care as another option (02:51:32)
City staff said the options also include litigation over the Continuum of Care board's ongoing process (02:52:32)
The council president asked how likely the day's discussion was to come up in the Alliance lawsuit before Judge Carter (02:52:47)
City staff answered that in his estimation it was guaranteed (02:53:19)
The council president cited that lawsuit and a separate one between HUD and parties in Los Angeles in putting the item into closed session (02:53:22)
City staff reported there was nothing to announce from closed session (04:26:37)
The council president said the council is formally asking the City Attorney to develop litigation options to protect the city and its housed and homeless constituents (04:26:50)
The council president said that work should be done before the hearing in Judge Carter's court on the 27th (04:26:50)
The council president said the CAO was asked to keep negotiating with the county under specific instructions from Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District) (04:26:50)
The council president said the CAO and CLA should quickly revisit past motions on standing up a Continuum of Care and/or a health department (04:27:50)
City staff restated the instruction: as an alternative to litigation, the CAO, CLA, and housing department would negotiate co-management terms with the county, possibly including city leadership of HMIS and/or CES (04:28:06)
$20 million shifted to cover Fire Department sworn overtime deficit (02:06:04)
Lawsuit settlements, a $3.67 million judgment, and business tax cases (02:06:54)
Katy Yaroslavsky (Councilmember, Fifth District) recommended approval of items 21 through 29, which the Budget and Finance Committee considered on October 6 (02:07:09)
The city clerk read the recommendation to waive penalties in the EssenceMediacom matter (02:07:22)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to $1.6 million to settle item 28 (02:08:25)
The city clerk read the recommendation to pay up to about $3.67 million plus interest on the judgment in item 29 (02:08:25)
Moving a regional threat assessment grant into police overtime (01:15:17)
A speaker called item 5 special for a separate vote (00:36:35)
Appeal for information on a fatal hit-and-run in Council District 4 (04:29:34)
A speaker described the crash, saying the motorcyclist was struck by a minivan making a left turn and the driver did not stop (04:29:39)
A speaker said the family and LAPD are asking the public to help identify the driver (04:29:39)
A councilmember asked whether the remarks were an announcement or an adjourning motion (04:31:12)
Documents: Agenda, Special Agenda
City Council, Friday, October 16
Presentation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month and city employee training motion (02:24:21)
Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) described introducing a motion for the personnel department and other departments to strengthen domestic violence training for city employees (02:26:49)
Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) said the training's target launch is the start of fiscal year 2027-28 (02:27:56)
City staff said the Survivors First program keeps 97 percent of survivors housed after they leave shelter (02:31:01)
City staff said the city funds close to 70 percent of survivor beds countywide, and fewer than 1,500 such beds exist across the county (02:32:06)
Heather Hutt (Councilmember, Tenth District) shared a personal experience of domestic violence that was financial and controlling rather than physical, and urged survivors to seek help (02:34:20)
Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) recalled volunteering at a San Fernando Valley domestic violence clinic helping people seek restraining orders, which led him to public service (02:37:39)
A councilmember argued that the city is filling gaps left when federal and state governments withhold funds for these services, at the cost of other city services (02:40:24)
Nithya Raman (Councilmember, Fourth District) praised the Survivors First program and said she hopes to expand resources for survivors (02:42:03)
A councilmember called budget allocation a political choice and urged providers to push for more beds and services at budget time (02:43:12)
Presentation: 90th anniversary of Hoover Dam power reaching Los Angeles (00:43:18)
Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) said the first Hoover Dam power reached Los Angeles on the evening of October 9, 1936 (00:45:04)
Adrin Nazarian (Councilmember, Second District) said that in the 1940s Hoover Dam supplied up to 97 percent of the city's power at peak demand (00:46:05)
City staff described the Boulder transmission system as a 266-mile line ending at a receiving station in what is now Council District 8 (00:49:51)
A speaker said the cheap power let the department go thirty-six years without a rate increase, with twelve rate decreases in that time (00:53:51)
City staff said LADWP will keep defending its ownership of its own generation and transmission as it works toward full decarbonization by 2035 (00:54:26)
A speaker credited the city's ability to bring in water and power for its existence and spoke well of public ownership of the power system (00:56:42)
A councilmember praised the city's history of building big public infrastructure itself when the private sector would not (00:59:02)
A councilmember noted that wartime manufacturing with little regulation polluted the San Fernando Valley aquifers, which LADWP is now working to clean up (01:00:40)
Removing the Transportation Commission's advisory role over city parking lots slated for housing (CF 26-1354), as amended (02:51:47)
Bond approval for 97-unit affordable housing at 1624 South Hope Street, Council District 14 (CF 26-1456) (03:17:54)
Documents: Agenda, Special Agenda
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October 24Council takes up LAPD camera pilot; adopts nitrous oxide sales ban
The Los Angeles City Council voted 10 to 4 to take jurisdiction over an LAPD license-plate camera pilot and send it to committee, and it adopted a ban on nitrous oxide sales by tobacco and cannabis retailers. It also granted neighbors' appeal against a hillside home on Stanley Hills Drive, sending it back for a fire-safety study.
City Council, Tuesday, October 6
Council takes review of LAPD's Axon license-plate-reader pilot (02:15:24)
A councilmember asked to pull the item for a separate vote and to bring LAPD up for questions (02:06:04)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said his motion over a year ago, with funding the council approved, was meant to get cameras up in his district (02:15:29)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) stressed that what is before the council is a three-month MOU to test the cameras, not the privacy policy (02:16:35)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) offered to support a separate motion to examine the policy in committee instead of slowing the pilot (02:16:35)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said the commission did what the council asked by dropping the Flock contract over privacy concerns (02:17:41)
City staff said the plate readers capture vehicle images and plate data but no facial recognition, biometrics or audio (02:18:38)
City staff described the three-month pilot as a test of whether the technology meets the department's and communities' needs (02:19:39)
City staff said the MOU sets minimum standards any vendor would have to meet to do business with the city (02:20:42)
A councilmember argued the MOU and the department's policy go hand in hand and can't be separated (02:22:19)
City staff said only a limited, trained pool of officers has access, and the proposed policy would limit searches to ninety days, up to twelve months with command approval (02:23:01)
A councilmember noted the Inspector General recommended this summer that LAPD suspend new ALPR cameras and contracts pending public input (02:24:46)
City staff said the policy changes would be put in place during the pilot and presented to the commission for final approval at its end (02:25:46)
A speaker said the vendor is reworking its back end so LAPD can run inspections and audits, which requires the pilot to proceed (02:27:53)
A councilmember argued the policy should come first and the vendor should then be told what to do (02:28:40)
City staff said the Inspector General recently completed a full audit and that the last internal audit was roughly a year and a half to two years ago (02:29:03)
City staff said LAPD shares with about 15 agencies and proposes limiting access to adjacent counties within a set radius (02:29:33)
A speaker read a list of outside agencies with access, including Torrance, Huntington Park, Hayward, Signal Hill and Madera County (02:31:42)
A speaker said LAPD runs monthly inspections of system use and analyzed 23,000 data points for September (02:32:22)
A councilmember said LAPD staffing has fallen to about 8,500 officers and the chief has asked for technology to make up for it (02:33:43)
A councilmember said the city has spent millions, including $15 million in state funding, on license plate readers (02:34:46)
A councilmember argued any 245 action should have come in July and noted Axon has been a city vendor since 2016 (02:35:46)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) cited more than 200 documented cases of officers and deputies using plate-reader data to stalk people (02:37:17)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) warned that LAPD pilots have become permanent programs without returning to council, citing the robot dog (02:38:28)
A councilmember objected that the MOU moves forward without new internal safeguards or an independent third-party audit (02:41:28)
A councilmember asked colleagues to bring the issue to the Public Safety Committee for a fuller public discussion (02:41:28)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said LAPD spent a year and a half and produced a 98-page report with strict limits (02:42:48)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) argued the policy debate would take at least three months anyway, so the pilot should run in the meantime (02:43:50)
City staff said agencies outside the local counties would lose access entirely under the new policy (02:44:38)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called it irresponsible to start the pilot before there is a policy on auditing outside agencies (02:44:58)
The presiding councilmember said cameras on part of Figueroa helped rescue 125 trafficking victims this year but admitted he doesn't know what else the cameras do (02:45:44)
The presiding councilmember committed to bring the matter back to council by October 23 if the 245 passed, and said he would support it (02:47:48)
Bob Blumenfield (Councilmember, Third District; President Pro Tempore) said the Figueroa cameras were probably taken down as Flock cameras and can't go back up until the MOU passes (02:48:29)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) pointed to the speed-camera program, where strong data protections were set first, as the model (02:48:49)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) called for a universal citywide data and privacy policy for all departments' technology instead of singling out LAPD (02:49:33)
A councilmember said she was conflicted, noted her own motion that day on data sharing and street furniture, and challenged the Rules Committee to lead on a citywide approach (02:51:22)
One-year extension of the citywide pause on RV parks as public benefit projects (02:08:42)
A councilmember said this is a second year-long extension for what seems a fairly straightforward reconciliation of state and city rules (02:08:50)
A councilmember said she was voting no only out of frustration with the planning department's timeline (02:08:50)
A speaker disputed that the issue is straightforward and argued for the two-year moratorium process other California cities use (02:09:29)
A speaker said RV parks should require a conditional use permit that protects the people living in them (02:09:29)
A speaker described two RV parks permitted in Wilmington as places where residents live in squalor, inaccessible to police, fire and paramedics (02:10:35)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) called the use of the public benefit code an exploitation to the detriment of residents (02:12:02)
Monica Rodriguez (Councilmember, Seventh District) agreed RV parks should require a conditional use permit (02:13:03)
A councilmember said she does not disagree on the issues and is fine with a conditional use permit, but wants the work to move faster (02:13:44)
A speaker argued a two-year moratorium is authorized by state law and is serving its purpose (02:14:28)
Harbor community plans, ADU size limits, linkage-fee refunds, equestrian rules, micro-trenching and cannabis license renewals, approved in one vote (00:49:02)
Documents: Agenda, Journal
City Council, Wednesday, October 7
Nitrous oxide sales ban for tobacco and cannabis retailers, plus a push to cover all retailers (02:01:54)
A councilmember said she had spent two years working with community partners, students, and the City Attorney to move the policy through council (02:02:04)
A councilmember said a new state law bars smoke shops, tobacco retailers, and convenience stores from selling nitrous oxide altogether (02:02:04)
A councilmember said the new state laws also let cities adopt stronger local restrictions (02:03:05)
A councilmember explained that her amendment asks the City Attorney to widen the ordinance to all retailers selling nitrous oxide without a legitimate use (02:03:05)
A councilmember told smoke shops selling the product to stop and warned that violators would be held accountable (02:04:07)
A councilmember asked residents who see the tanks for sale to report them to the City Attorney's office (02:04:07)
A speaker thanked the lead councilmember and the student advocates and urged a yes vote (02:05:18)
The chair said it was a shame that children must ask government to keep poison away from their schools (02:05:42)
The chair called that situation an indictment of society and the economic system (02:05:42)
Stanley Hills Drive hillside home: CEQA appeal granted, project sent back for fire-safety study (00:48:09)
City supports state ban on high-silica artificial stone (02:07:08)
A councilmember said 98 percent of California workers diagnosed with silicosis are Latino men in their twenties to forties (02:07:21)
A councilmember said Los Angeles County accounts for 60 of the 83 countertop silicosis cases the state has identified (02:07:21)
A councilmember said Cal/OSHA's silica enforcement program has issued more than 900 citations (02:07:21)
A councilmember argued that the citations show workplace safety rules alone cannot make the product safe (02:08:24)
A councilmember said workplace controls are interim protection and only an outright ban will save lives (02:08:24)
City presses County to meet LA Alliance mental-health obligations (02:09:41)
A speaker said the settlement directs the County to identify people at city-funded sites who need higher levels of care (02:09:41)
A speaker pointed out that the city has no public health or mental health department and relies on the County for those services (02:09:41)
A speaker said the judge in the case helped secure 3,000 beds the County is supposed to make available, and that they have not materialized (02:10:42)
A speaker said she sent the court a letter, now posted publicly, asking the judge to help hold the County accountable (02:10:42)
A speaker argued the city cannot keep duplicating services the County is funded to provide (02:11:44)
Documents: Agenda
City Council, Friday, October 9
Opening announcements: Hangul Day and the Venice Chamber of Commerce (00:39:35)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) said this year marks the 580th anniversary of the alphabet's proclamation and the 100th anniversary of Hangul Day (00:39:50)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) explained that the alphabet was designed so that ordinary people could easily learn to read and write (00:39:50)
A councilmember welcomed a delegation from the Venice Chamber of Commerce and called it a vital partner in Council District 11 (00:43:02)
A councilmember said the chamber is working to make sure local small businesses benefit from upcoming major world events (00:43:02)
Presentation: Indigenous Peoples' Day (00:49:15)
A councilmember said the council marks the day every year so the body remembers the land's first caretakers and acts accordingly (00:49:31)
A speaker asked how the city can make sure Native peoples are included in the decisions that shape their communities, not just acknowledged at ceremonies (00:52:32)
A speaker asked the city to make Indigenous Peoples' Day more than a commemoration (00:53:35)
A councilmember said Los Angeles is home to more than 327,000 people who identify as Native American or California Indian (00:54:12)
A councilmember said the city is also home to 30 distinct Indigenous communities from Mexico and Central America (00:54:12)
A councilmember said the Native American Indian Commission was set up in 1976 and helped establish Indigenous Peoples' Day in Los Angeles (00:55:14)
A speaker said UAII has been fighting, on its own, the trafficking of Native people by fraudulent drug treatment programs, and asked councilmembers to stand with it (01:02:50)
A speaker asked the council to fund language access in the budget, calling it a matter of rights (01:06:03)
A speaker said 36 Indigenous languages are spoken in the city by displaced communities, many from Guatemala and Mexico (01:07:08)
A speaker hoped the recognition would not be a once-a-year event and that the city would work with these groups through its budget and its work (01:09:26)
A councilmember thanked the honorees for making a home in the city despite displacement and oppression (01:10:27)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) formally recognized October 12, 2026 as Indigenous Peoples' Day and presented certificates (01:11:14)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said she wants the city to become more supportive through policy and the budget (01:11:53)
Closing announcements, including an update on the county takeover of LAHSA (02:57:52)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) invited the public, on behalf of Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District), to the free Festa Italiana on Saturday, October 10 (02:58:05)
John Lee (Councilmember, Twelfth District; Assistant President Pro Tempore) said the festival takes place in San Pedro's Little Italy district on 6th Street and runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (02:58:05)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) announced the district's fourth annual festival that Saturday, closing Figueroa between Avenues 55 and 58 (02:59:29)
Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said she drove by MacArthur Park the day before and found the change night and day (03:00:03)
A councilmember said the Continuum of Care General Board was set to vote that morning on the county taking over from LAHSA (03:00:21)
A councilmember said the board shut the meeting down because about 1,500 people tried to log on and capacity was 1,000 (03:00:21)
A councilmember said city offices and the mayor's office mobilized people to attend, forcing the board to reschedule the decision (03:01:24)
Councilmember's remarks on the previous day's law enforcement operation in Skid Row (00:44:43)
A councilmember said her constituents were still reeling from what happened in Skid Row the day before, even as others treated it as a victory lap (00:44:43)
A councilmember described dozens of officers knocking down doors and people being kept from going home, even when home was a tent (00:44:43)
A councilmember said a federal investigation set off renewed fears of an immigration raid nearby (00:44:43)
A councilmember said her office brought in county homelessness, housing, mental health and public health services and gave providers a safety protocol for their clients (00:45:43)
A councilmember said the city deliberately created Skid Row in 1976 by drawing a containment zone around poverty and homelessness downtown, then disinvested in it (00:45:43)
A councilmember said basic services take a fight, citing a push for 12 trash cans and a yearly fight for five public bathrooms (00:45:43)
A councilmember said Skid Row has the city's densest populations of seniors, disabled people and Black residents (00:46:44)
A councilmember argued that Skid Row is the whole city's responsibility, not just her district's (00:47:44)
Documents: Agenda
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October 04Immigration ordinance passes; lawyers for possible LAPD TV deal to committee
The Los Angeles City Council voted to write parts of the Mayor's Executive Directive 17 on immigration enforcement into city law, and sent a proposed outside-lawyer contract for a possible LAPD television deal to three committees. It also asked for options on easing the small business tax.
City Council, Tuesday, September 29
City supports AB 2465, barring state subsidies to immigration detention contractors (01:02:26)
A councilmember cited the city's sanctuary ordinance and a million-dollar investment in Represent LA as ways the city protects immigrants (01:02:35)
A councilmember said private prison companies reported a 13% profit increase to 2 billion in 2025 while paying almost no state taxes (01:02:35)
A councilmember said the bill disqualifies immigration enforcement contractors and private immigration prison operators from state benefits (01:02:35)
A councilmember said the bill would also collect tax revenue from these companies for a fund paying for legal defense for immigrant families (01:02:35)
A councilmember said the vote lets the city join others in urging the governor to sign the bill (01:03:47)
City supports SB 1093, protections for mobilehome residents after disasters (01:04:15)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) asked to take items 64 and 67 together (01:04:21)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the Palisades had about 500 mobile homes, all under rent stabilization, that were destroyed in the fire (01:04:21)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said insurance often covers the lost structure but not the value of the leasehold (01:05:23)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the Palisades Bowl owners did not clear toxic debris until the city declared the property a public nuisance (01:05:23)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the owners put the park up for sale as a redevelopment site, affecting 170 families (01:05:23)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the bill requires owner communication, assessments and a viable rebuilding plan (01:06:24)
City supports SB 1301, explanations and time to fix before insurance non-renewals (01:04:15)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said non-renewal notices often lack adequate explanation and include questionable photos and inaccurate information (01:06:24)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said many Palisades homeowners were dropped before the fire (01:06:24)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said underinsured residents moved to the California FAIR Plan lacked adequate coverage and many cannot afford to rebuild (01:07:30)
Traci Park (Councilmember, Eleventh District) said the bill would not fix the crisis overnight but would give homeowners transparency and due process (01:07:30)
Interim housing for homeless young adults at 7033 Owensmouth Avenue, Canoga Park (00:58:42)
City strategies on PFAS 'forever chemicals' in water (01:01:26)
A councilmember called the item special for an amendment that was being prepared (00:10:41)
Documents: Agenda, Supplemental Agenda
City Council, Wednesday, September 30
Ordinance codifying parts of Executive Directive 17 on immigration enforcement adopted and sent forthwith (01:20:45)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) argued that no city land should be used as a staging area or launch point for federal immigration raids. (01:23:03)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) argued that city tax dollars should not pay for surveillance of residents. (01:23:03)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called for enforcing city law and holding accountable contractors who profit from family separation. (01:23:03)
Reports ordered on raising the small business tax exemption (01:19:24)
Report ordered on reviving a Business Tax Advisory Committee (01:26:41)
Street sweeping and parking enforcement: reports ordered on restoring weekly sweeping and refunding wrong tickets (00:43:43)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) urged support for having the two departments report on the gap between sweeping and ticketing, update notifications, and refund citations proactively. (01:20:58)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said sweeping service was cut after pandemic budget cuts but the posted street signs were never updated, so working families are being penalized. (01:20:58)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the motion aims at new rules to stop tickets on routes where sweeping is canceled or the sweeper has already passed. (01:22:00)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the Transportation Department would be required to audit ticket errors on missed routes and reimburse drivers within fifteen days. (01:22:00)
Oversize-vehicle parking bans in CD 12 and CD 15 pass on a split vote (01:26:21)
Next step toward a Department of Community Safety and citywide unarmed crisis response (01:20:45)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the directive has city analysts inventory existing safety and diversion programs and sort them into three categories. (01:24:04)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said it also asks for a citywide unarmed crisis response model that applies lessons from the UMCR and CIRCLE programs. (01:25:06)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) said the committee has already examined barriers such as emergency dispatch and obstacles keeping qualified clinicians out of these jobs. (01:24:04)
January 2025 wildfire emergency declaration continued (01:19:24)
Documents: Agenda
City Council, Friday, October 2
Outside lawyers for a possible LAPD television production deal, sent to three committees (03:03:46)
Eunisses Hernandez (Councilmember, First District) called the item special so she could ask questions about it (00:48:37)
A councilmember moved to send the item to three committees: Public Safety, Budget and Finance, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film and Television (03:04:00)
Presentation: fifth cohort of the Olivia Mitchell Youth Council (01:26:44)
A speaker introduced the fifth cohort of the youth council and said she had served on it herself in ninth grade (01:26:44)
A speaker said the cohort has 30 members representing all 15 council districts (01:32:11)
A speaker said the members will serve ten months learning local government (01:33:13)
A speaker read a message from the council's namesake, saying the youth council tradition began in 1974 (01:35:40)
A councilmember recognized her district's two youth council representatives for their focus on environmental issues (01:37:41)
Presentation: Anne Rice Day (01:45:16)
A speaker honored the author's legacy and her influence on modern supernatural fiction (01:45:16)
A speaker said all proceeds from a special anniversary ticket package go to the Library Foundation of Los Angeles (01:49:20)
A speaker said the author lived in Southern California for the last decade of her life (01:51:18)
A speaker presented a resolution naming the day Anne Rice Day (01:54:38)
Presentation: ComplexCon returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center (01:10:31)
A councilmember said the convention will bring 70,000 people and 300 streetwear brands to the convention center and arena that weekend (01:10:31)
A speaker projected 70,000 downtown visitors and 25 million dollars in economic impact, and said that revenue helps fund city services (01:12:43)
A speaker said the organizers hope to spread to more downtown venues and draw over 100,000 people per weekend in future years (01:16:29)
A speaker argued that government's role is to create the tools for events like this to grow on their own and then get out of the way (01:19:50)
Imelda Padilla (Councilmember, Sixth District) said the event is the kind of return she wanted from her vote to invest in the convention center (01:22:04)
A councilmember declared October 2 ComplexCon Day in Los Angeles (01:25:02)
$12.98 million fire department payment into the state ambulance transport program (03:04:16)
Documents: Agenda, Special Agenda
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