2026-10-28 - City Council Meeting
Summary
Built from the City Council Journal for October 28, 2026 (32 items, no debate or public comment recorded) and the posted agenda. Approval of the journal by the Council is not confirmed. There is no video or transcript on file, so what members said is not recorded here.
- Meeting opened at 10:00 AM on a Wednesday. The opening roll call recorded 11 present and Padilla, Park, Raman and Rodriguez absent; Rodriguez, Park and Raman voted on later items, and the ending roll call lists 13 present with Padilla and Price absent, although Price voted on every item. The journal's attendance lines are therefore not fully consistent with its vote lists.
- Approved the updated Bed Plan for the Alliance Settlement Agreement, 12-0. See Alliance Settlement Bed Plan and LA Alliance for Human Rights litigation (CF 23-1068, CF 20-0263).
- Ordered City Planning to draft a condominium and accessory dwelling unit condominium streamlining ordinance within 30 days, 12-0. See Condominium Streamlining Ordinance.
- Adopted the $7,849,362 Clean Corridors Program strategy, 14-1. See Clean Corridors Program.
- Adopted a downtown Entertainment Zone study, then reconsidered it and adopted it as amended, 14-0. See Downtown Entertainment Zone program.
- Adopted the report on a Boyle Heights fire Mitigation Response Fund, 14-0. See Boyle Heights Fire Emergency Declaration.
- Approved the first transportation construction projects report, including $59.7 million of financing authority for the Glendale-Hyperion bridges, 13-0. See Glendale-Hyperion Bridges Funding.
- Council District 10 homeless outreach funding extended to December 31, 2027, 14-1. See Council District 10 Encampment Outreach Contract.
- Confirmed the Mayor's reappointment of Wendy Greuel to the Homeless Services Authority Commission, 12-0. See LAHSA Commission Reappointment of Wendy Greuel.
- Went through 17 closed-session litigation items, each recorded as adopted 14-0 on a motion by Yaroslavsky seconded by McOsker. Padilla was absent for those. Budget and Finance had considered the matters on October 20.
Votes by item
Items 1 to 6 had public hearings held; items 7 to 15 had not and needed 10 votes to be considered.
- Item 1, Alliance Settlement Agreement Bed Plan (CF 23-1022-S18): adopted 12-0, 3 absent. Alliance Settlement Bed Plan.
- Item 2, Wendy Greuel reappointment to the Homeless Services Authority Commission, term ending June 30, 2029 (CF 26-1200-S59): adopted 12-0. LAHSA Commission Reappointment of Wendy Greuel.
- Item 3, homelessness contracting advance payment model (CF 24-0536-S1): report noted and filed, 12-0. Homelessness Contracting Advance Payment Model.
- Item 4, condominium and ADU condominium streamlining (CF 26-1329): adopted 12-0. Condominium Streamlining Ordinance.
- Item 5 (CF 26-1371, Council District 10): adopted 12-0. Waives all current fees, charges and accumulated interest for one property; the Department of Building and Safety carries it out. The property address is not repeated here.
- Item 6, Entertainment Zone report (CF 26-0756): adopted 12-0, reconsidered 14-0, adopted as amended 14-0 under Amending Motion 6A (Soto-Martinez seconded by Jurado). Downtown Entertainment Zone program.
- Item 7, Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act fee categories (CF 26-1093): adopted as amended, 14-0, under Amending Motion 7A (Harris-Dawson seconded by Lee). Aboveground Petroleum Storage Fee Restructuring.
- Item 8, Clean Corridors Program (CF 26-1334): adopted 14-1 (Padilla opposed). Clean Corridors Program.
- Item 9, first transportation-related construction projects report (CF 26-1392): adopted 13-0, 2 absent. Glendale-Hyperion Bridges Funding.
- Item 10, State of Good Repair grant of $922,191 for bus charging infrastructure at the Sylmar Bus Maintenance Yard (CF 17-0739-S4): adopted 13-0. Glendale-Hyperion Bridges Funding (same report topic area).
- Items 11 and 12, state preschool grants of $2,531,358 and $950,743 for Recreation and Parks preschools (CF 25-1536, CF 25-1210): each adopted 14-1 (Padilla opposed). Recreation and Parks Preschool Grants.
- Item 13 (CF 26-1472): adopted 14-1 (Padilla opposed). Approves a $85,488.41 linkage fee refund to a developer for one project.
- Item 14 (CF 26-1512): adopted 14-1 (Padilla opposed). Council District 10 Encampment Outreach Contract.
- Item 15 (CF 26-0906-S12): Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery report adopted 14-0, Padilla absent. Boyle Heights Fire Emergency Declaration.
- Items 16 to 32, closed session on pending litigation under Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): each recorded as adopted 14-0, Padilla absent, on a motion by Yaroslavsky seconded by McOsker. Item 16 is Angels Landing Partners Lawsuit and item 32 is Nasco Petroleum Oil Drilling Ban Lawsuit. The other fifteen are personal injury, traffic collision and police tort cases (including sidewalk trip and fall claims, an e-scooter fall, freeway collisions and a claim from a June 2025 protest in Downtown Los Angeles); plaintiffs are not named here. The journal does not record the outcome of any closed-session item. Item 28 says the Council "shall" recess where the others say "may", and item 30 says "the Committee".
No commendatory resolutions, motions for posting and referral, excuse requests or adjourning motions were recorded.
Agenda
Agenda as posted: https://lacity.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=165139
Sources
- Agenda: https://lacity.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=165139
- City Council Journal, October 28, 2026 (attested by City Clerk Patrice Y. Lattimore): https://d22tgksh1zpp6f.cloudfront.net/OnlineDocs/agendas/2026/2026-10-28-council-journal-e73ed488-a1ec-4c0a-8eb7-7b6bcc6f6fe8.pdf
- Approval of this journal by the Council is not confirmed.