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.

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

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