LA City Council

ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to amending the Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) to increase Los Angeles Zoo admission fees.

Council file 26-0600-S22 on the Clerk's site

ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Joana Reyes to the Board of Library Commissioners.

Council file 26-1200-S38 on the Clerk's site

ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the retention of a consultant to conduct a feasibility study that evaluates zoo governance models for the City of Los Angeles (City) and Los Angeles Zoo, with a roadmap for implementation of a governance change.

Council file 26-1140 on the Clerk's site

CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING, AND DISABILITY REPORT relative to the appointment of Hector Ochoa to the Commission on Disability.

Council file 26-1200-S41 on the Clerk's site

CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING, AND DISABILITY REPORT relative to improving transportation access for older adults; assessment of existing transportation gaps and City-supported senior transportation services; funding opportunities; and access to other essential destinations; and related matters.

Council file 26-1104 on the Clerk's site

ORDINANCE SECOND CONSIDERATION relative to repealing Section 55.14 of Article 5, Chapter V of the Los Angeles Municipal Code; and the case entitled Thomas Lopez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case No. 2:26-cv-06003.

Council file 26-1014 on the Clerk's site

RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025, and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City), pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.

Council file 25-0030 on the Clerk's site

RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - JURADO – HERNANDEZ) relative to the Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated June 20, 2026 due to a major fire erupting at a cold-storage warehouse facility in the Boyle Heights Neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.

Council file 26-0906 on the Clerk's site

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) vehicle procurement for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Games).

Council file 26-0600-S111 on the Clerk's site

PUBLIC SAFETY and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to the acceptance of the 2026 Regional Hazardous Materials Response (RHMR) Training Agreement No. A261016460.

Council file 26-0819 on the Clerk's site

PUBLIC SAFETY AND BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to the acceptance of the 2024 Federal Emergency Management Agency Cooperative Agreement Supplemental Grant for the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, California Task Force 1.

Council file 25-0594 on the Clerk's site

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a conflict of interest waiver request to allow Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP to assist in the litigation entitled Kristin Crowley v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) Case No. 26STCV05669, and Kristin Crowley v. Karen Bass, LASC Case No. 26STCV19765.

Council file 26-0625 on the Clerk's site

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a request for Closed Session for a report on the City Attorney’s assessment of the legal basis and recommended strategy to pursue civil action and other matters related to the June 17, 2026 Lineage Logistics warehouse fire in Boyle Heights.

Council file 26-0906-S8 on the Clerk's site

ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to a Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 2025-2026 grant application and award for the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) Summer Lunch Program.

Council file 14-0455-S10 on the Clerk's site

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 First Construction Projects Report. A. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

Council file 26-1124 on the Clerk's site

MOTION (SOTO-MARTINEZ - RAMAN) relative to funding for a dedicated streetlight repair crew in Council District Thirteen (CD 13).

Council file 26-1243 on the Clerk's site

MOTION (LEE - MCOSKER) relative to funding for conducting additional dead wood and brush removal from Limekiln Canyon, Wilbur-Tampa and Aliso Canyon Parks in Council District Twelve (CD 12).

Council file 26-1244 on the Clerk's site

MOTION (PARK - RODRIGUEZ) relative to issuing the appropriate Right of Entry permit, and any other necessary documents, to organizers / sponsors of the upcoming skateboarding event, JSG Athletics LLC.

Council file 26-1245 on the Clerk's site

MOTION (HERNANDEZ - YAROSLAVSKY) relative to funding for construction of access ramps Citywide.

Council file 26-1246 on the Clerk's site

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS and COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS relative to Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Resolution No. 26-10767 approving the Fifth Amendment to Permit No. 881 with TraPac, LLC.

Council file 13-1501-S4 on the Clerk's site

ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS relative to Port of Los Angeles (POLA) Resolution No. 26-10761 approving the Fifth Amendment to Agreement No. 26-3112-E with Ports America Cruise, Inc.

Council file 26-1127 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Darling Ingredients Inc. (This matter arises from a business tax payment.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1031 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Audio Marco Inc. (This matter arises from a business tax payment.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1027 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Nelli Shekoyan v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 25STCV05623. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on April 1, 2024, on the sidewalk located at 1154 North Edgemont Street, Los Angeles, California.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1183 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Karine Peshtmaljian v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 25STCV03065. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident on July 19, 2024, on the sidewalk near 728 South Hill Street, in the City of Los Angeles.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1184 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Farmers Insurance aso Lucie Moas v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Claim No. C25-07666. (This matter arises from a motor vehicle collision that occurred on December 11, 2024, near the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Hortense Street, in Los Angeles.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1204 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Mark Eugene Ferrell v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24STCV06866. (This matter arises from a fall incident on April 6, 2023, on the roadway at 76th Street and Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1192 on the Clerk's site

The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Samanthi Addarapathiranage v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 24VECV03850. (This matter arises from a trip and fall incident that occurred on July 22, 2023, near 7343 Oso Avenue, in the City of Los Angeles.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1190 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Bruce McKinley Woods v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV07847. (This matter arises from a January 15, 2018 trip and fall accident that occurred on the sidewalk in front of 4724 Saturn Street in Los Angeles, California.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Open Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1189 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Judy Griffin, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, United States District Court Case No. 2:24-cv-06312 (This case concerns the accessibility of City park facilities.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1188 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Vianca Martinez, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 25STCV07628. (This matter arises from a traffic collision due to a police pursuit on May 16, 2024 located at Wilshire Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue where the incident occurred.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1191 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Geraldyne Lorna Harriston v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV15259. (This matter arises from the June 30, 2021, incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad detonated explosive material.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1187 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled entitled Noe Espino Perez v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV21689 (This matter arises from a traffic collision that occurred on October 7, 2021, on the off-ramp of the eastbound Interstate 10 Freeway at City Terrace Drive.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1186 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Andrew Mahoney v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case Nos. 19STCV16452 and 24STCV17891. (This matter arises from claims against the Los Angeles Police Department for failure to accommodate and discrimination.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1180 on the Clerk's site

The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled entitled Nicole Juarez Zelaya v. City of Los Angeles, et al., United States District Court Case No. 2:20- cv-08382-ODW-MAA, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 23- 4186. (This matter arises from an April 8, 2019 incident in Van Nuys involving Plaintiff Nicole Juarez Zelaya’s father Jacobo Cedillo and various Los Angeles Police Department Officers.) (The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.)

Council file 26-1181 on the Clerk's site

Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Article 19, Section 15301 Existing Facilities, and Class 3 New Construction of Small Structures; and, pursuant to Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines Article III, Section 1, Class 1 Existing Facilities, Class 3 New Construction of Small Structures, and Class 5 Alterations in Land Use Limitations. The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the Merrywood Drive Claims, Claim Nos. C24-00030, C24-03172, C24-03069, C24-07008, C24-03071, C24-03072, C24-03004, C24- 03073, C24-03076, and C24-03047. (This matter relates to inverse condemnation claims arising from the closure of Merrywood Drive to vehicular access and the claims’ potential settlement through the acquisition of certain parcels along Merrywood Drive.) (Public Works Committee waived consideration of the above matter. The Budget and Finance Committee considered the above matter in Closed Session on September 1, 2026.) Council Adjournment EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which the Council's action becomes final. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).

Council file 23-0782 on the Clerk's site