LA County's final budget and San Jose's scaled-back parking package

A motion (file 261030), sent as a committee report after the Rules Committee heard it the day before, to suspend Commissioner William Palmer from the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board and approve charges of official misconduct against him under Charter Section 15.105. It directs the clerk to transmit the motion and charges to the Ethics Commission and the city attorney to serve them on the commissioner. The specific charges were not described at the meeting. The board voted twice: first 10-0 with Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) recorded absent, then, after public comment, it rescinded that vote at her request and voted again, 11-0. 00:24:31

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• Motion to suspend the commissioner and approve charges of official misconduct, on a roll call with Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) recorded absent. Result: passed, 10-0, one absent. 00:26:07
• Motion by Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) to rescind the earlier vote on item 43 so she could vote, with a second the transcript appears to give to Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1). Result: passed, without objection. 02:32:45
• Motion to suspend the commissioner and approve charges of official misconduct, on a second roll call after the rescission. Result: passed, 11-0. 02:33:03

• The clerk read the motion as suspending the commissioner from the oversight board and approving charges of official misconduct under the charter. 00:24:31
• A speaker called the situation unusual and said the action was not taken lightly. 00:25:10
• A speaker said the inspector general's office provided clear evidence of multiple incidents of official misconduct. 00:25:10
• A speaker argued the board has a duty to suspend the commissioner while an ethics investigation proceeds, and urged colleagues to vote yes. 00:25:10
• The chair thanked Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2) and that office for leading on the matter before calling for the roll. 00:25:58

A resolution (file 261061) proclaiming October 2026 as the first Walktober in San Francisco, celebrating walking and encouraging residents and visitors to explore the city's stairways, trails, parks and public spaces on foot. It was pulled from the group for remarks by its sponsor; cosponsors named were Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6), Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9), Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3), Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) and Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2). 02:35:00

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• Adoption of the Walktober resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 02:38:52

• The chair explained that the resolution declares October 2026 the first annual Walktober, inviting people to explore the city on foot. 02:35:28
• The chair said the city has more than 900 public stairways and more than 150 miles of trails, built up through years of work by neighborhood groups, artists and city staff. 02:35:28
• The chair said the festival is led this year by the SF Crosstown Trail group with SF Stairway Month and Glen Park Beautiful, with more than 30 events through the month hosted with partner organizations. 02:37:42

An informational presentation, with no vote, on a proposed amendment to the 2019 development agreement for the roughly 6.5-acre Flower Mart site on Brannan Street between 5th and 6th streets in Central SoMa (case 2025-008569PRJ, agenda). The project sponsor is Kilroy Realty, with Gensler as designer. City staff said the 2019 approval was mainly office with ground-floor retail and a maximum height of 270, and that the wholesale flower market has already been relocated to a new building that opened in January 2025. The amendment would let the site be built as housing, commercial, institutional or a mix: up to 3,532 homes if entirely residential, or about 2.6 million square feet of commercial space; height limits of up to 600 feet for residential and 300 feet for commercial buildings; above-grade parking with facade screening; a new set of design standards; and a new 15-year term with one possible five-year extension. Staff said an affordable housing land dedication, public art, parks, clean-streets and workforce commitments stay in the agreement. The commissioner who had been chairing recused herself as an employee of Gensler, and Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) chaired the item. The project is to return for approvals after environmental review. 00:09:43

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• Informational presentation only; no motion was made and no action was requested. Result: no action. 01:16:59

• A commissioner announced she was recusing herself from the item because she is an employee of Gensler, which is working on the project, and handed the chair to the vice president. 00:10:32
• City staff said the hearing was informational, with no commission action requested, and was meant to introduce the amendment and gather questions and feedback. 00:10:56
• City staff described the site as about 6.5 acres between 5th and 6th streets along Brannan, within the Central SoMa plan area and one of the plan's key sites. 00:11:58
• City staff said the 2019 approval was primarily commercial, with office and ground-floor retail and a maximum building height of 270, and included relocating and preserving the wholesale flower market as a public benefit. 00:11:58
• City staff said the flower market's relocation has happened, with the new market open since January 2025 and vendors operating there. 00:13:02
• City staff said the amended framework could allow up to 3,532 residential units if the site were entirely residential, or about 2.6 million square feet of commercial development, with institutional uses also possible. 00:13:02
• City staff said maximum heights could rise to 600 feet for residential projects only, or 300 feet for commercial development. 00:14:04
• City staff said the proposal would allow above-grade parking, but only with facade screening requirements. 00:14:04
• City staff said this was the first informational hearing on the amendment and that the project would return to the commission for approvals after environmental review is completed. 00:15:08
• A speaker speaking for the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, said the original 2019 agreement had a ten-year term with one five-year extension and the amendment would give the developer a new 15-year term with one possible five-year extension. 00:17:49
• A speaker said the community benefits still include an affordable housing land dedication, now with inclusionary units added if housing is built, and that public art, community space, parks, clean-streets and workforce commitments remain. 00:18:50
• A speaker said the notable change in the benefits is the obligation to retain and rebuild the flower market, since the sponsor has already built the new market. 00:18:50
• A guest presenter speaking for Kilroy Realty, argued that development is not feasible in Central SoMa today given construction costs, city requirements and the real estate market, and that the amendment is meant to create conditions for the project to be built. 00:20:02
• A guest presenter speaking for Gensler, described the design as a flexible framework: towers that can be built as the market allows, above a fixed public realm at ground level. 00:25:19
• A speaker speaking as Gensler's urban designer, said the plan adds new internal streets with a jog designed to reduce cut-through traffic, two connected open spaces and a set of alleys. 00:26:12
• A speaker said each parcel is designed to hold its own parking, placed above the active ground-floor uses. 00:30:39
• A commissioner recalled the Central SoMa plan's adoption and credited David Chiu (City Attorney) with helping form the housing sustainability district in the neighborhood. 00:37:33
• A commissioner voiced support for the revised project, including its mid-block alleys, screened above-ground parking and added housing. 00:38:35
• A speaker gave the project full support, saying too many approved projects in the area have sat idle and this one could get the neighborhood moving. 00:38:53
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) raised a concern that the draft design guidelines allow fences around the privately owned public open spaces without a limit on how long they could be up. 00:43:06
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) voiced concern about the above-grade parking, calling it a major change, and asked about the lower tier of screening along Brannan Street. 00:45:16
• A guest presenter answered that fencing of the open spaces is not required but is wanted as an option for closing them at night for safety, with the spaces open during the day. 00:46:58
• A speaker added that the conditions for operating any fences will be set out in the development agreement. 00:48:11
• A guest presenter explained the parking screening tiers: in the first the building's architecture continues down over the parking, while the second allows a different treatment for cost reasons but still screens the parking. 00:50:29
• A guest presenter said ground-floor residential is allowed by the design standards and that ground-floor townhomes could work on the site as they have in the Transbay and Rincon Hill area. 00:52:43
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) asked what is driving the 600-foot residential height limit and what inclusionary housing the agreement would require if housing is built. 00:54:03
• A guest presenter said the 600-foot limit matches what the project could have reached using the state density bonus program, which the sponsor agreed to waive in exchange for the city changing the height limit. 00:54:53
• A guest presenter said the sponsor agrees to meet citywide inclusionary housing requirements and to do so on-site for the 600-foot projects, giving up the off-site option for those. 00:55:55
• A speaker said an affordable housing parcel will be dedicated to the city whether or not housing is built on the site, and that the final benefits package is still being worked out. 00:56:16
• Lydia So (Commissioner) said the proposed heights are consistent with the city's future vision for that part of South of Market. 00:58:31
• Lydia So (Commissioner) asked that the towers vary in height rather than all match, as one diagram in the packet showed. 00:59:33
• Lydia So (Commissioner) said she preferred the first two parking screening options for the design standards and disliked the third. 01:00:34
• A guest presenter replied that the equal-height drawing is only a diagram and not prescriptive, and that the goal is varied heights. 01:03:02
• A guest presenter said the third screening type would be used only where parking faces loading areas and back alleys with little public view. 01:03:02
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) asked what engagement with the cultural district community is continuing and what the commitment to it now looks like. 01:05:02
• A speaker said the city is still working with the cultural district and that the earlier, specific public art commitment is being reworked into a more flexible one. 01:06:03
• A speaker said the developer leads community engagement, with the city guiding which stakeholders are reached. 01:06:47
• A guest presenter said the cultural district art commitment from the original agreement carries over into the amendment, with details still being worked out. 01:07:08
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) asked about a provision in the design standards allowing gates and fences at access points to the site's private streets. 01:07:40
• City staff said gates on the streets would not be automatic: they would need the planning director's approval and the sponsor would have to show a safety concern, with the process spelled out in the agreement. 01:08:23
• A guest presenter said the sponsor has bought the land for the affordable housing dedication but has not yet transferred it to the city. 01:09:49
• A speaker clarified that the timing of the land transfer would be at the choice of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development rather than tied to the first construction document. 01:10:32
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) raised concern that one stretch of a new street near 6th Street would have a sidewalk on only one side, and asked for sidewalks on both. 01:11:15
• City staff said the right of way there is too narrow for two sidewalks and that staff vetted the one-sidewalk design with a Public Works accessibility coordinator. 01:11:44
• City staff listed what will come back to the commission: a Planning Code amendment, a map amendment for height, the development agreement and the design standards. 01:13:08
• City staff said there will also be a joint hearing of the Planning and Recreation and Park commissions because the project casts a shadow. 01:13:20
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) said that if developers are given a choice between office and housing, policymakers should consider how to make housing as competitive to build as office. 01:13:38
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) suggested that above-grade parking with screening and design standards could be considered for other projects as a way to cut building costs. 01:15:46

A Planning Code amendment (case 2026-004766PCA, agenda) sponsored by a member of the Board of Supervisors, a supervisor, who presented it. As introduced, it would exempt housing projects on corner lots that use the HCSF program in the Family Zoning Plan area from development impact fees for childcare, transit sustainability and applicable area plans, while keeping inclusionary housing requirements. Planning staff recommended approval with two changes: extend the exemption to all HCSF-eligible parcels, not just corner lots, and add a 2032 sunset date. The commission's vote is a recommendation. After a long debate over the sunset date, it voted 7-0 to recommend approval with the exemption extended to all eligible parcels and without the sunset. Staff said the fees fund infrastructure, transit and childcare but that collections from these parcels have been low; projects using the state density bonus or other ministerial pathways would keep paying the fees in full. 01:16:59

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• Sean McGarry (Commissioner) moved to recommend approval; the commission secretary later described the motion as approval with both staff modifications (extend to all eligible parcels and add a 2032 sunset). Amy Campbell (Commissioner; President, Planning Commission) seconded and then withdrew her second; Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) later seconded. Sean McGarry (Commissioner) withdrew the motion before a vote. Result: withdrawn. 02:25:27
• Lydia So (Commissioner) moved to adopt a recommendation for approval with staff modification one only (extend the fee exemption to all HCSF-eligible parcels) and without the 2032 sunset date; seconded by Amy Campbell (Commissioner; President, Planning Commission). Result: passed, 7-0. 02:25:39

• A supervisor said he introduced the legislation to eliminate non-inclusionary impact fees on corner lots under the Family Zoning Plan in order to cut construction costs. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said the median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment now exceeds $4,200. 01:19:20
• A supervisor argued impact fees bring the city little money but can cost developers an extra $27,000 per unit in some cases. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said corner lots account for more than half of the new-unit capacity under the Family Zoning Plan. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said he is also interested in using the legislation to consider a modest increase in the allowable average floor plate size on corner lots. 01:21:31
• A supervisor said he wants to explore similar fee reductions for housing created by adaptive reuse of historic buildings, probably in separate legislation. 01:21:31
• A speaker presenting for planning staff, said the ordinance would waive childcare, transit sustainability and applicable area plan fees in the Family Zoning Plan area while keeping inclusionary requirements. 01:23:26
• A speaker gave a figure for impact fees generated by HCSF-eligible parcels since September 2023, nearly all from childcare and transit fees and roughly $15,000 from area plan fees; the total is garbled in the recording. 01:23:26
• A speaker said studies from the 2025 rezoning found feasibility gaps of $80,000 to more than $400,000 per unit, against total development costs of about $1 million per unit. 01:24:30
• A speaker estimated the fee savings at $6,000 to $7,000 per unit for larger projects and about $530 for smaller ones, calling the relief modest but meaningful for projects on the edge of feasibility. 01:24:30
• A speaker said corner lots are about 10 percent of parcels but hold nearly half the rezoning capacity, and that so far seven HCSF applications have been mid-block and four on corner lots. 01:25:31
• A speaker acknowledged the exemptions reduce revenue for infrastructure, transit and childcare but said collections from these parcels have been low. 01:26:32
• A speaker noted that projects using the state density bonus or other ministerial pathways would still pay the fees in full. 01:26:32
• A speaker gave staff's first recommended change: extend the exemption to all HCSF parcels, since constraints are similar on corner and interior sites. 01:27:37
• A speaker gave staff's second recommended change: a 2032 sunset date so the exemption can be reassessed. 01:27:37
• A speaker backed the proposal as a five-year program that can be reassessed, and moved to approve. 01:30:35
• A commissioner argued against a sunset date, citing interest rates, labor and material costs, and made a second motion to approve with only staff's first recommended change. 01:34:54
• A commissioner withdrew her second of the first motion and seconded the motion without the sunset. 01:35:33
• A speaker answering for planning staff, said the fee rules are complex enough that staff sometimes have to double-check and have had to revise calculations. 01:36:31
• City staff said parcel-by-parcel differences in overlapping rules add complexity and time to reviews the department is trying to speed up. 01:38:06
• A speaker said planning staff will begin including analysis of administrative complexity in staff reports on legislation. 01:38:42
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) supported extending the exemption to all Family Zoning Plan sites, partly to ease the administrative burden. 01:40:32
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) argued the default should be that the fees stay off unless the city acts to restore them, and backed the motion without a sunset. 01:41:35
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) described the question as a balance between funding transit, childcare and neighborhood needs and encouraging housing, and said the balance tips toward housing. 01:43:56
• City staff explained that staff proposed the sunset as a regular check-in, as with the inclusionary reductions' three-year review, and that it would not necessarily mean reverting to today's fees. 01:46:13
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) seconded the motion to approve with both staff changes, including the sunset. 01:47:08
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) voiced concern about transportation funding and favored the sunset as a chance to check on the impact and any unintended consequences. 01:49:00
• A commissioner said, speaking as chair, that 2032 is too close given how long development takes, and asked for a broader conversation about impact fees. 01:51:14
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) floated a longer sunset, such as ten years, as a possible compromise. 01:52:06
• City staff said the commission can expect a broad discussion of impact fees and other housing cost constraints in early 2027. 01:53:00
• City staff said the housing element has a circuit-breaker trigger in January 2027, when the city looks at whether more strategies or rezoning are needed to meet its housing goals. 01:53:00
• Lydia So (Commissioner) argued a sunset date would undermine the confidence of people deciding whether to invest in building housing in the city. 01:57:33
• Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) noted the ordinance has a second supervisor as co-author and asked the sponsor for his view on the two staff changes. 02:00:57
• A supervisor endorsed staff's first change, extending the exemption to all eligible parcels. 02:01:27
• A supervisor said that on the sunset he leaned toward the reasoning of the commissioners who opposed it, and that housing should not be pitted against transit and childcare for money. 02:01:27
• A speaker said he was conflicted: dropping the fees with no end date removes the option to reassess, and the money for transit and childcare would have to come from somewhere. 02:03:51
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) maintained that a sunset carries little risk and would let the city learn whether removing the fees increases applications. 02:06:30
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) summed up three reasons against a sunset: the city can still act later either way, a sunset adds administrative burden, and dropping it signals the city is open to housing. 02:09:16
• A commissioner said she did not want to return to burdening housing projects with these fees in the near future and that there will be other chances to revisit how transit and childcare are funded. 02:09:53
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) came around to supporting approval without a sunset as a gesture of support for the Family Zoning Plan, while saying she still slightly preferred the other approach. 02:24:00
• A speaker withdrew his motion after the commissioner who had seconded it shifted her position. 02:25:27

Staff proposed changing the city's Master Parking Rate Schedule over five years. In year one, garage special-event flat rates would rise to a $13–$35 range (later $15–$35) and garage daily rates would become $1.25 per 15 minutes. Downtown meters would then rise to $3 an hour and later $4. In July 2028, meter hours in the downtown, South First/University and Arena/Diridon districts would extend from ending at 6 p.m. to 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Neighborhood districts (East Santa Clara, Japantown, First and Younger) would go to $3 in 2030. The proposal also widens the discounted downtown employee parking permit and continues 90 minutes of free parking at the Convention Center Garage on non-event days (agenda). Staff said meter rates were last changed in 2014. The adopted 2026-27 budget already counts on an ongoing $1.2 million a year from the parking fund to the general fund. The item had been deferred three times (June 23, August 11 and September 15), first after heavy public opposition in June. Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) brought a memo proposing a shorter two-year plan without the longer meter hours or downtown-only meter increases. That memo failed 5-5, a motion for a joint meeting with the Downtown Parking Board failed 5-5, and a reduced version of the memo passed 7-3. It raises garage event and hourly rates, expands the employee permit discount, keeps the Convention Center free-parking pilot, and directs follow-up studies. Meter rates and meter hours were not changed. 00:53:24

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• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) moved approval of his memo: a two-year phase-in of the garage event and daily rate increases, then $3 an hour at meters in all districts; no meter-hour extension and no extra downtown meter increase; plus directions on a long-term parking revenue framework, return-to-source options, and annual data reports to the Downtown Parking Board (seconder not identified). Result: failed, 5-5. No: Peter Ortiz (Councilmember, District 5), Bien Doan (Councilmember, District 7), Domingo Candelas (Councilmember, District 8), Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2), George Casey (Councilmember, District 10). 02:32:17
• Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2) moved to request a joint meeting of the City Council and the Downtown Parking Board to discuss the item (seconder not identified; a requested amendment adding several memo items was not accepted). Result: failed, 5-5. No: Rosemary Kamei (Councilmember, District 1), David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4), Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor), Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3), Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6). 02:38:59
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) moved items 1a, 1b, 1c and 1f and all of item 2 of his memo: the garage special-event and hourly garage rate increases, the expanded downtown employee discount permit (eligibility up to 50% above minimum wage, tips excluded), continuing the 90-minute free parking pilot at the Convention Center Garage, and the directions to the City Manager's office on future analysis, return-to-source options, and data sharing with the Downtown Parking Board. No meter rate or meter hour changes (seconder not identified). Result: passed, 7-3. No: Peter Ortiz (Councilmember, District 5), Bien Doan (Councilmember, District 7), George Casey (Councilmember, District 10). 02:41:55

• A speaker gave the budget background: the council closed a $50 million ongoing general fund shortfall in the 2026-27 budget. 00:54:10
• A speaker noted the adopted budget includes an ongoing transfer from the parking fund to the general fund, supported by the proposed meter rate and hour changes. 00:55:18
• A speaker acknowledged staff fell short on outreach before the June 23 meeting and were told to do more. 00:56:26
• A speaker said downtown meter rates were last updated in 2014 and most meter operating hours have not changed in more than twenty years. 00:57:37
• A speaker said the city runs about 2,500 on-street metered spaces and that meter revenue has been roughly flat at about $3 million to $3.2 million a year. 00:57:37
• A speaker compared rates: Santana Row charges $3 an hour on the street against San José's current $2. 00:58:41
• A speaker said staff held eight stakeholder meetings between July 17 and September 2, including with the Downtown Association, business districts and the Downtown Parking Board. 01:00:45
• A speaker said the employee permit discount would be open to workers earning up to 50% above minimum wage, up from 30%, with tips no longer counted. 01:01:48
• A speaker laid out the five-year phasing, with downtown meter hours extending from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in year three. 01:03:55
• A speaker said the plan keeps the $1.2 million annual general fund transfer and would produce about $5 million in new money for the parking system over five years. 01:03:55
• A speaker listed upcoming capital needs, including adding an elevator at the Second and San Carlos garage, estimated at $11 million to $15 million. 01:05:08
• A speaker said the administration supports the memo from Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3), with suggested wording on its item 2A. 01:08:23
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) proposed a two-year plan instead: year one raises garage special-event and daily rates ($1.25 per 15 minutes), and year two sets $3 an hour at meters in all meter districts. 01:28:15
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) said the memo drops the 6-to-9 p.m. meter extension and the extra downtown-only meter increases, based on feedback from downtown residents, businesses and workers. 01:29:22
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) said the memo would cover the $1.2 million general fund contribution and still leave about $800,000 a year for the parking fund, and moved approval of the memo. 01:30:24
• A speaker confirmed the memo would replenish the parking fund over several years. 01:32:11
• David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) said it was frustrating that rates had not risen in years, and suggested the city consider regular CPI-style adjustments. 01:32:20
• David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) said he had found downtown Oakland and Sacramento parking to cost about twice as much as San José's. 01:33:21
• A speaker said meter data comes from payment transactions, so staff cannot tell exactly how long cars stay or how many spaces are open at a given time. 01:34:45
• A speaker said staff add manual counts and are working on a curb management program that uses cameras to track curb use. 01:35:51
• David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) suggested staff eventually report the utilization data to the Transportation and Environment committee. 01:36:33
• A speaker said the smart meters are nearing the end of their useful life and staff are looking at replacing them with virtual, pay-by-plate payment, which would need an RFP. 01:37:49
• A speaker told George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) the Downtown Parking Board has three vacancies and five applications on file with the clerk. 01:40:03
• George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) asked whether staff had analyzed the effect on downtown businesses, which he said run on thin margins. 01:40:31
• A speaker said staff had not done a detailed business impact analysis, and suggested the future parking plan could include one. 01:42:08
• George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) said he would not support the memo and wanted more time to avoid harming businesses. 01:42:44
• A speaker said that without the deficit, the general fund transfer probably would not be proposed, but staff would still seek rate increases to pay for capital needs. 01:43:56
• A councilmember said the process began disingenuously, because the revenue was built into the budget without the council fully understanding it. 01:45:02
• A speaker said that under the staff plan, money for extra garage security and cleaning would come in years four and five. 01:46:42
• A speaker said the memo would leave about $800,000 a year in ongoing revenue beyond the general fund transfer, available for maintenance and capital work. 01:47:42
• A speaker said the old garage bonds were refunded years ago and the parking fund now carries no debt obligations. 01:49:42
• A speaker said staff review parking budgets with the Downtown Parking Board three times a year. 01:50:46
• A councilmember asked the city to reconsider requiring parking board members to file Form 700 disclosures, and to present information to the board even when meetings lack a quorum. 01:51:03
• A speaker said the city does not coordinate event pricing with private parking operators but reviews their rates once a year. 01:54:38
• A councilmember asked what new meter technology would cost and whether there is a reserve for it. 01:56:40
• A speaker said there is no cost estimate yet and no reserve for replacing the meters. 01:56:56
• A speaker asked whether staff had studied how longer meter hours affected foot traffic in other cities' downtowns. 01:57:40
• A speaker said staff compared only peer cities' rates and did not do an impact analysis. 01:58:57
• A speaker argued that service workers who now park free after 6 p.m. would in effect pay to go to work, even with a discount. 01:59:59
• A speaker questioned why the budget gap was being closed on downtown in particular, citing the hotel tax as well. 02:01:02
• A speaker said he wished staff had brought information on other cities that made similar changes. 02:03:10
• A councilmember pointed to aging meters and garages, including a garage between Second and Third Streets so old it is not ADA compliant, and urged earlier investment. 02:03:41
• A councilmember urged filling the parking board vacancies quickly. 02:05:42
• A speaker clarified that the memo's two main differences from staff are no 6-to-9 p.m. meter extension and no extra $1 downtown-only meter increase. 02:07:20
• A speaker said that if nothing passed, the parking fund would spend more than it takes in, and the gap would have to be dealt with in the 2027-28 budget. 02:09:07
• A speaker noted other budget trade-offs the council had already made, such as not opening a fire station or the police training center. 02:09:07
• City staff added that the longer action on the fund is delayed, the deeper its structural imbalance becomes. 02:12:34
• The meeting chair said she had heard from event ushers worried about parking costs, supported keeping meter hours ending at 6 p.m., and was unsure about the rest of the memo. 02:13:00
• The meeting chair said she worries about her safety walking through the San Pedro garage at night. 02:14:01
• Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2) asked whether the item could go to a joint meeting of the council and the Downtown Parking Board, since the board has been unable to meet for lack of a quorum. 02:15:24
• City staff said a joint meeting is possible but the board would still need a quorum. 02:16:20
• A speaker said four members are seated on the board, so all four must attend for a quorum, and the clerk's office is pressing for the three appointments. 02:16:35
• A speaker said the formal five-year budget forecast is not available until March 1. 02:19:02
• David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) said the council could approve parts of the memo, since the meter-rate increases in items 1D and 1E seemed to be what concerned members. 02:19:58
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) preferred his full memo, warning that approving only the event and garage increases would not break even. 02:22:24
• A councilmember called a joint meeting with an advisory board unusual and preferred filling its vacancies so it can advise the council. 02:23:05
• A speaker said the city should not create barriers to coming downtown, while recognizing the budget urgency, and that he liked parts of the memo's phased approach. 02:25:07
• A councilmember asked how much the downtown employee parking discount is used. 02:28:04
• A speaker said fewer than about 70 permits are in use; the program offers garage parking for $50 a month to qualifying workers. 02:28:53
• A councilmember urged better promotion of the employee discount through the downtown and Japantown business associations. 02:29:47
• A speaker said the memo's $800,000 a year would be available for reinvestment starting in the first year. 02:31:15
• George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) backed the joint-meeting motion, calling it unusual but warranted by the circumstances. 02:33:00
• David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) asked the maker of the joint-meeting motion to add some memo items, including the event rates, the employee permit expansion and the Convention Center free parking. 02:33:35
• A councilmember declined the amendment, saying those items were exactly what the joint meeting should discuss. 02:34:22
• A councilmember confirmed that no action could be taken at the joint meeting; the item would come back to the council afterward. 02:35:53
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) opposed the joint meeting, noting the parking board had already met twice and made its objections clear. 02:37:08
• The meeting chair opposed the joint meeting, saying it would set a precedent for other advisory boards. 02:37:55
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) moved the reduced package, acknowledging the parking fund would still lose some money each year under the $1.2 million transfer. 02:39:36
• A councilmember said the dais clearly wants the parking board fully staffed and its appointments expedited, though that was not written into the motion. 02:41:01

A task force of entertainment industry figures, set up at the council's direction in June 2025, delivered three recommendations: make filming easier (including making film permits free for a year and waiving city facility rental fees), create a physical creative hub for creators and companies, and hire a specialized marketing firm to pitch Burbank to creative companies. Staff said several permitting changes are already in place and recommended keeping current fees for now, saying waiving permit and facility fees would cost about $408,000 a year on top of a $2.7 million recurring budget deficit. Council members were split on how fast to act on fees. The council voted 5-0 to have staff return in December, with the first-quarter budget report, with fee waiver options for a vote. Work on the hub and the marketing plan continues. No fees were changed at this meeting. 03:01:37

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• A council member moved that staff bring back in December, for a vote, a discussion of film permit fee waivers for the one-year pilot program the task force recommended, with options for the different permit lengths, looking to a January 1 start; a council member seconded. Result: passed, 5-0. 05:06:30

• City staff recounted that the council directed staff in June 2025 to set up the task force to understand changes in the entertainment and creative industries and keep Burbank competitive 03:02:41
• City staff said the entertainment industry generates more than 66,000 jobs in Burbank's economy and supports thousands of local businesses 03:02:41
• City staff said staff, working with consultant Stratascope, interviewed more than 30 industry professionals and chose 21 for the task force, which produced 23 initial recommendations 03:03:43
• City staff listed the three final recommendations: enhance film permitting, establish a creative hub, and retain a marketing firm to position Burbank as the creator capital 03:04:43
• City staff said the city has already put in place a dedicated film permit concierge offering a one-stop service five days a week 03:05:47
• City staff said the city re-established agreements with neighboring jurisdictions to supply police personnel for shoots when Burbank's are unavailable 03:05:47
• City staff said the council approved $15,000 in the 2026-27 budget for independent film and media production through the community arts grant program 03:06:49
• City staff said film permit fees brought in about $333,000 and facility rental fees about $75,000 in 2025, so waiving both would cost the city about $408,000 03:07:52
• City staff said some neighboring cities recently cut or waived fees but there is not yet data showing that increased filming 03:07:52
• City staff said Burbank's film permit fees are the most competitive in the region and have not been raised since 2020 03:08:54
• City staff gave the staff recommendation: keep the existing fee structure, continue the moratorium on fee increases, and keep monitoring other cities 03:08:54
• City staff described the proposed creative hub as a physical place bringing creators, entrepreneurs, businesses, schools and industry partners together 03:08:54
• City staff said the city would not necessarily own or run the hub; its role would be to convene partners and identify locations and resources 03:10:56
• City staff said the task force wants a more specialized marketing strategy aimed at creative companies and decision makers outside Los Angeles County and California 03:11:56
• City staff laid out the timeline: a film permitting update to the council in early 2027, a hub implementation plan possibly in the first quarter of 2027, and a marketing scope and cost estimate by the end of this year 03:12:58
• Konstantine Anthony (Council Member) asked whether a newly signed state tax credit for post-production, which a commenter had raised, had been factored into the work, given how much post-production happens in Burbank 03:19:00
• The city manager said the bill had not been factored in yet, does not take effect until January, and staff can look into what the city might need to do 03:20:28
• Christopher Rizzotti (Council Member) supported looking at the permitting process to draw more post-production houses to Burbank to use the tax credit 03:21:40
• City staff explained the city handles film permits in-house rather than through Film LA, which she said adds more than $900 on top of a jurisdiction's own fees 03:25:47
• Konstantine Anthony (Council Member) suggested marketing directly to film schools and industry training programs, whose graduates move quickly into production jobs 03:32:12
• A council member asked that any marketing firm hired be one that knows the industry from the inside 03:34:06
• The city manager said no firm has been chosen and the city would issue a request for proposals with a specific scope 03:35:13
• City staff said task force members could stay involved through the hub and as advisers on marketing, and that healthcare would probably be the next sector to get a similar task force 03:37:17
• City staff said Irvine's recently launched innovation hub is city-run and mostly grant-funded, and Burbank will look for grants and approach its legislators 03:41:51
• City staff gave the current fees: $398 for a one-to-two-day film permit, with student permits at $25 for one to two days and $100 for three to seven days, and $40 for nonprofits 03:43:45
• City staff confirmed the city charges the same permit fee regardless of a production's size 03:44:45
• Konstantine Anthony (Council Member) objected to a flat permit fee that is the same for a one-day shoot in a park corner as for a large shoot taking over parking lots 03:46:21
• A speaker reminded the council, as community development director, that city fees are set to recover the cost of the service, not by the scale of the activity 03:47:21
• A speaker clarified that the film permit fee does not cover parking or facility rental, which productions pay for separately 03:50:24
• A council member argued for keeping one flat fee so staff do not have to sort productions by size, saying tiers would make the process cumbersome again 03:51:00
• City staff said facility charges for filming are set separately in the fee schedule, giving the example of $200 an hour with a two-hour minimum for a city pool 03:53:11
• City staff said the task force did not see permit fees as a main reason production leaves California, pointing to other states' incentives and lower labor costs 03:57:31
• A speaker said, as financial services director, that all film-related revenue including permits, locations and staff services is about $1.4 million, most of it reimbursing city costs 04:00:00
• A speaker said Proposition 26 bars the city from charging more than a service costs and that, with fees frozen for years, the city is probably already subsidizing film permitting 04:00:00
• The city manager said the city has a $2.7 million recurring deficit and that adding $408,000 would be significant 04:01:19
• The city manager said staff was not saying no to a waiver but wanted to see property tax, sales tax and the Measure C result first and take it up within the wider budget discussion 04:02:27
• Konstantine Anthony (Council Member) argued the concern is low-budget pilots and independent films, which shop for the cheapest location, and proposed a discounted tier for small productions that show a low budget and no stunts, night shoots or similar needs 04:03:03
• A council member said he could accept a lower fee for simpler permits as long as the city still covers its costs 04:05:20
• A council member called the creative hub the most exciting recommendation and the one he most wanted to move ahead on 04:05:41
• A council member said she had put the task force idea forward and passed on three requests from industry contacts: an online list of local businesses that serve productions, a city-hosted gathering for location managers, and a timeline for the hub 04:09:11
• A council member supported trying the free-permit pilot, calling it an investment in the industry where she said one in five residents work 04:11:16
• A council member argued Burbank should lead on this rather than wait to see what other cities do 04:11:16
• A council member agreed the hub should happen as soon as possible and urged keeping the task force conversation going 04:15:57
• A council member asked staff to come back with the budget impact of pausing permit fees for one year 04:17:04
• City staff said the film permit office works to cut costs for small productions, and that Burbank's permit review is the fastest and cheapest in the region 04:22:14
• The mayor said cost is the barrier she hears about most from small and independent productions and proposed waiving or sharply cutting fees for one-day shoots as a first step 04:27:28
• A council member said that, given the budget, she would settle for waiving permit fees only and not facility fees, arguing a no-permit-fee message would help Burbank compete with Culver City 04:29:02
• City staff said Burbank issued 753 film permits in 2025 against 200 in Culver City and 335 in Santa Clarita 04:31:51
• City staff noted the city had a balanced budget when the task force began and asked for time to see whether waivers make a difference 04:31:51
• Konstantine Anthony (Council Member) argued cities are not fighting over a fixed number of productions, and that lower costs lead small productions to film at larger scale rather than avoid permits 04:34:01
• A council member urged waiting for tax and ballot measure results, warning that a deeper deficit could mean layoffs or cuts to other programs 04:38:49
• The city manager said a permit would still be required even if the fee were fully waived, so the city can manage filming 04:41:53
• City staff relayed the film permit office's concern that with no charge productions might not apply at all, costing the city insurance coverage and enforcement leverage, and floated a refund or repeat-customer bonus instead 04:42:50
• City staff said permits ran about 1,600 a year before COVID, about 750 last year and more than 600 so far this year 04:43:56
• A speaker asked for time to check facts, noting Culver City waived its own fee but uses Film LA, which charges $931, and he did not know whether that was waived 04:45:35
• Zizette Mullins (Council Member; Vice Mayor) suggested productions could pay the fee up front and be reimbursed after filming, so the city still knows who is filming 04:46:37
• The city manager said a fee change would come back as a fee resolution and could take effect almost immediately after a vote 04:50:17
• A speaker advised that a council majority could probably waive the fee temporarily without rewriting the whole fee schedule 04:50:34
• A council member noted the Measure C result should be known by mid-December, so a December return could allow a change by January 1 04:50:48
• The city manager recommended bringing fee options back with the first-quarter budget report in early December, when tax revenues will be clearer 04:53:42
• A council member asked that the options include waiving only the short-duration permit, and a schedule that heavily subsidizes city properties and the first police officer on a shoot 04:55:39
• The mayor said she would prefer an immediate cut but wanted production companies' input on the fee options first 04:57:49
• Christopher Rizzotti (Council Member) floated a repeat-customer incentive, with the third shoot in two years free 04:59:32
• City staff noted the roughly 750 permit count excludes filming on studio lots and at pre-approved production facilities 05:01:17
• The mayor said the cost of subsidizing permits does not alarm her because it is an investment in the city's main industry, so long as it is done thoughtfully 05:02:40
• A council member agreed to wait until December given where the council was heading, and asked staff to consult the advocacy group Stay in LA 05:03:46
• The city manager asked for a specific motion on fees because council members had raised many separate ideas, and said work on the hub and marketing would continue 05:04:16
• A council member moved that staff return in December with a discussion of fee waivers for the task force's one-year pilot, for a vote 05:05:39

The last step of the annual budget: the Board adopted supplemental changes that make the county's 2026-27 budget final. The CEO put the total at $54.2 billion, $3.9 billion more than the June budget, mostly from one-time money. The budget funds the county's second annual $1.2 billion payment on childhood sexual assault settlements under AB 218, reallocates $391.1 million from lower-priority accounts, and cuts budgeted positions by a net 250 (to 115,433), including a net 195 vacant Public Health positions. Item 94 also reaffirms the hiring freeze and authorizes funding agreements. Item 89 received a homeless services department report on the Affordable Housing Programs budget unit. Items 90 and 93 are year-end and fund-balance adjustments from the auditor-controller. Item 91 covers Health Services' year-end adjustments; the CEO said Health Services had about $1.44 billion in fund balance at the end of 2025-26. Item 92 closes out Public Health's books. Item 95 confirms the final budget. 00:51:37

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• Receive and file item 89, the homeless services department's report on the Affordable Housing Programs budget unit, without objection. Result: passed. 03:38:28
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) moved, Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) seconded, approval of item 90, the auditor-controller's final 2025-26 budget adjustment. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:39:24
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) moved, Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) seconded, approval of item 91, Health Services year-end 2025-26 adjustments. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:40:51
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) moved, Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) seconded, approval of item 92, Public Health year-end 2025-26 adjustments. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:41:55
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) moved, Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) seconded, approval of item 93, the resolution supplementing the 2026-27 budget. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:42:51
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) moved, Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) seconded, approval of item 94, the CEO's supplemental budget changes, hiring freeze reaffirmation, and funding agreements. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:44:22
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) moved, Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) seconded, approval of item 95, the final budget resolution confirming supplemental changes. Result: passed, 5-0. 03:45:08

• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the total budget is $54.2 billion, a $3.9 billion increase from the June budget 00:53:24
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said budgeted positions fall by a net 250 to 115,433 00:54:26
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said Public Health has the biggest reduction, a net 195 positions, all of them vacant 00:54:26
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the budget stabilization process found $391.1 million to reallocate to higher priorities 00:55:27
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said no public services or programs were affected by the reallocations 00:56:29
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the budget fully funds the second annual $1.2 billion AB 218 settlement payment for childhood sexual assault claims 00:56:29
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said roughly 6,000 new claims remain unsettled 00:57:36
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) stressed that only $45.2 million of the new spending is ongoing local money the board can use freely 00:58:42
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the county has received no federal money for community recovery 19 months after the January 2025 fires 01:00:48
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) recommended a $20 million startup loan for the new disaster recovery rebuild authority, to be repaid from federal or other revenue 01:00:48
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said $15.5 million is set aside for closing Men's Central Jail, with another $11 million recommended by the CFCI committee coming next month 01:01:50
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) highlighted $24.2 million to expand the Office of Emergency Management 01:02:51
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) listed $32.4 million in one-time funding for the election system 01:04:59
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) recommended continuing the hiring freeze, with existing exemptions including one for the homeless services department 01:06:05
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the homeless services department reported 119 vacancies out of 573 budgeted positions 01:07:06
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) said more than $2 billion in public infrastructure was damaged or destroyed in the Eaton fire alone 01:13:38
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) urged funding to design a septic-to-sewer project serving 671 residents in unincorporated Altadena 01:14:41
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) warned of an estimated decline of more than $660 million in federal revenue to the public hospital system under HR 1 01:16:49
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) asked how long Health Services' reserves can absorb its $297.4 million operating deficit 01:19:55
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) answered that Health Services has about $1.44 billion in fund balance and projects running out during fiscal year 2028-29 01:20:46
• A supervisor complained that encampment cleanups in high fire zones happen one encampment at a time and asked about ongoing funding 01:22:42
• A speaker said this year's money is one-time and talks continue on folding the work into the homeless department's ongoing budget 01:23:42
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) noted this is the fourth straight year of slowing growth in locally generated revenue 01:25:35
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) said the board itself must show discipline, including in motions that cost money 01:26:36
• A speaker confirmed the reallocations cut only internal costs, not programs facing the public 01:27:26
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) said nearly 380,000 county residents have already lost Medi-Cal 01:31:37
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) cited a Health Services projection that new HR 1 mandates will push more than 700,000 residents off Medi-Cal 01:31:37
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) questioned whether the District Attorney's office should lead restorative justice programs that received more funding 01:33:43
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) asked the CEO what is being done to make the Sheriff's Department more efficient 01:39:42
• A speaker said the Sheriff's year-end deficit is $106 million, citing delayed federal reimbursement, overtime, workers' compensation, and lawsuits 01:40:47
• A speaker said sheriff academy classes were expanded from four to eight because more recruits are interested 01:43:01
• A speaker said the Sheriff is ending many contracted security assignments to move sworn staff back to core duties and cut overtime 01:44:06
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) asked whether money is set aside for a replacement facility for Men's Central Jail 01:45:04
• A speaker said the budget includes an ongoing $1.5 million line item for jail-closure facility needs and that planning starts from population needs 01:46:50
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) totaled emergency preparedness and response investments in this phase at $77 million 01:51:11
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) listed prevention funding, including $11.5 million for Stay Housed LA and $10 million for emergency rental assistance 01:52:12
• A speaker broke down $162.9 million in one-time homeless funding, led by $90.7 million for supportive and interim housing tied to the Alliance lawsuit 01:54:14
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) said the budget approves nearly $10 million and 17 positions to set up the Ethics Commission and Office of Ethics Compliance under Measure G 01:54:56
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) asked when the $12 million set aside for public defense will reach the public defender and alternate public defender 02:01:56
• A speaker said the money should be allocated at mid-year, following the RAND workload study rather than a set split between offices 02:03:36
• A speaker said deleting more vacant probation positions could free some money, but less than people expect, since many positions bring in revenue 02:06:39
• A speaker said $8.3 million in juvenile justice realignment grant money goes to the Department of Youth Development for 14 new positions 02:09:27
• A speaker laid out phased transfer of juvenile programming from probation to Youth Development starting at Campus Kilpatrick in November 02:09:27
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) asked how the county will protect prevention funding, which is often cut first in tight years 02:10:55
• A speaker said prevention programs were maintained in this budget 02:13:01
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) said she remains worried the elderly nutrition waitlist could grow without more money 02:13:34
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) noted this is her last budget on the board 02:14:43
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) pointed to a $1.8 million request for Represent LA immigrant legal representation 02:20:59
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) welcomed $1.1 million for County Counsel's affirmative litigation effort 02:22:04
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) urged the sheriff and CEO to expand the Sheriff's homeless outreach team 02:24:13
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) cited money for encampments in very high fire hazard zones as $4.6 million 02:26:17

The council proclaimed October 2026 as Walktober and Pedestrian Safety Month in Pasadena, and the American Heart Association presented the Pasadena Fire Department with its Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold award for heart attack and stroke care. 00:01:24

More on Pasadena's episode

• A councilmember asked the council to take up lowering speed limits in school zones from 25 to 15 miles per hour, as other cities have 00:05:30
• A councilmember noted the fire department now carries blood for transfusions in the field, one of five cities that do, and credited the policy with saving two lives recently 00:06:54
• City staff said a cardiac arrest patient in Pasadena is nearly two and a half times as likely to survive to discharge with good neurological function as anywhere else in LA County 00:10:58

The council adopted the Fair Oaks Orange Grove Specific Plan, which sets what can be built, and how, around North Fair Oaks Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard, and named the stretch of North Fair Oaks from Washington Boulevard to the city's northern edge the Black Legacy District. Among the Planning Commission changes it includes, the allowed density at the southeast corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Washington Boulevard rises from 32 to 48 homes per acre (agenda). The motion adds work to find money for banners, decorative crosswalks, and utility box wraps; sends proposed street medians back for transportation review; moves a placemaking program and a business improvement district up to the near term; and asks staff to look into waiving permit fees for small-scale industrial businesses in the plan area. Victor Gordo (Mayor) recused, citing a home near the plan area, and the vote was 7 to 0. 02:15:17

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• A motion to close the public hearing was made and seconded. Result: passed. 03:20:04
• Tyron Hampton (Councilmember, District 1) moved the staff recommendation, including the Planning Commission's recommendations and the Black Legacy District, with directions to find funding for banners, decorative crosswalks, and utility box wraps, to refer street medians for transportation review, and to work with the North Fair Oaks Empowerment Group; Justin Jones (Councilmember, District 3) seconded. Friendly amendments from a councilmember moved the placemaking action and a business improvement district to the near term and asked staff to look into waiving minor conditional use permit fees in the plan area. Result: passed, 7-0. Recused: Victor Gordo (Mayor). 03:58:18

• A councilmember said a home they own sits close to the plan area and recused out of caution 02:15:26
• The city clerk reported letters received: six asking to name the area the Black Legacy District, five in support, two opposed or concerned, and 16 about license plate cameras in the corridor 02:16:34
• A councilmember asked about the split between the Planning Commission, which wanted small-scale industrial uses allowed by right throughout the plan area, and staff, who wanted a minor permit where homes are allowed 02:17:53
• City staff said a minor conditional use permit goes to a hearing officer, with a smaller notice radius and a much lower fee than a full permit 02:19:47
• A councilmember moved the staff recommendation with work to fund banners, decorative crosswalks, and utility box wraps, and asked that medians get another look in transportation review 03:20:09
• A speaker said the new enhanced infrastructure financing district can help pay for infrastructure and improvements in the plan area 03:23:11
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) said the plan's implementation steps are mostly words like explore and evaluate, and wanted someone clearly in charge of carrying it out 03:30:39
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) said a minor conditional use permit costs about $3,000 and takes three or four months, which can sink a small business 03:34:07
• City staff said planning is separately studying making these permits an administrative process, which would cut the fee citywide 03:36:10
• A councilmember supported the plan but cautioned against budget commitments that weren't on the agenda, noting the infrastructure district has no money yet 03:48:15
• A councilmember urged keeping room for small craft and industrial businesses in all of the city's planning decisions 03:55:22

This ordinance writes certain provisions of Executive Directive 17, issued by Karen Bass (Mayor), into city law. The ordinance text is not in the packet. Speaking for it, a councilmember said city land should not be used as a staging area for federal immigration enforcement, city tax dollars should not fund surveillance of residents, and contractors profiting from family separation should be held accountable. The committee waived consideration, and no fiscal impact statement was submitted (agenda). On first consideration an ordinance needs a unanimous vote, and it got 14 ayes. It was sent forthwith and is subject to the approval of Karen Bass (Mayor). 01:20:45

More on Los Angeles's episode

• Adopt the ordinance (first consideration), voted together with items 34 and 72. Result: passed, 14 ayes. 01:26:13
• Send item 67 forthwith. Result: passed. 01:27:06

• 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