LA council adopts homelessness motion; San Jose steers housing study

Changes the Administrative Code's local procedures under the California Environmental Quality Act. As read by the clerk, it removes shadow analysis as a specific type of environmental impact, cuts the time to appeal CEQA determinations to the Board from 30 to 15 days, removes some procedures for environmental documents CEQA doesn't require, and implements recent state law changes on when CEQA compliance happens. This was final passage, and the only divided vote of the meeting. 00:12:18

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• Final passage of the ordinance by roll call. Result: passed, 8-1. No: Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1). 00:13:00

An ordinance from Zac Unger (Councilmember, District 1; Chair, Public Works and Transportation Committee) amending Municipal Code chapter 1.08 to raise the maximum civil penalty for nuisances. Per the agenda, the cap would be up to $2,500 a day for repeated or continuing violations and up to $10,000 a day for nuisances on real property left unabated after notice and a chance to fix them. The sponsor said the $1,000-a-day cap dates to 1968 and that some repeat offenders treat it as a cost of doing business. City attorney staff said the cap is a ceiling: the city administrator sets a schedule of fines under it, and it applies to every department that enforces nuisance rules. The council approved it on first reading. Final passage is set for November 10. 01:28:09

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• Motion by Zac Unger (Councilmember, District 1; Chair, Public Works and Transportation Committee), seconded by Rowena Brown (Councilmember, At Large; Chair, Community and Economic Development Committee; Chair, Education Partnership Committee), to open the public hearing. Result: passed, 8-0. 01:28:47
• Motion by Zac Unger (Councilmember, District 1; Chair, Public Works and Transportation Committee), seconded by Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee), to close the public hearing and approve the ordinance on introduction (first reading). Result: passed, 8-0. 01:55:02

• A councilmember said the city's maximum penalty of $1,000 a day was set in 1968 and no longer deters the worst offenders 01:29:52
• A councilmember said the ordinance raises the cap from $1,000 to $10,000 a day, aimed at chronic offenders such as owners of rotting buildings and unpermitted builders 01:29:52
• A councilmember said the ordinance still lets people fix problems in good faith, with escalating fines before the maximum 01:30:55
• A councilmember said the goal is compliance, not revenue 01:30:55
• Ken Houston (Councilmember, District 7) said he signed Measure RR, which he said changed the 1968 law, and has fought illegal dumping for years 01:32:14
• Ken Houston (Councilmember, District 7) said illegal dumpers should face jail, not just fines, and asked for trained staff to gather evidence for the district attorney 01:33:17
• Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee) asked whether the ordinance only sets an overall cap, and was told it raises the ceiling for anything now capped at $1,000 01:34:50
• A councilmember questioned who will enforce and collect higher fines when current fines are not enforced 01:36:00
• A councilmember said code enforcement imposes the fines, is short-staffed, and he wants more officers in the next budget 01:37:29
• A councilmember said the cap was raised to $5,000 in 2020 and that did not stop dumping 01:38:53
• A councilmember asked whether automatic inflation adjustments could legally be built into civil penalties 01:42:12
• An official explained for the City Attorney's Office that the city administrator sets a schedule of fines under the $10,000 maximum, and that it applies to all departments that enforce nuisance rules 01:42:54
• A councilmember added that higher fines make it easier for the city to put liens on properties 01:44:22
• An official advised that adding enforcement-staff requirements was outside the scope of the item as noticed and would need a separate item 01:53:36

Sets what the city's long-range planning staff will work on through December 2027. Staff say they are at about 130 percent of capacity, mostly because of state housing mandates. That means council-requested projects, such as the Coyote corridor study, keep getting pushed back. The central issue was 'missing middle' housing in single-family neighborhoods, which the city's state-certified housing element commits it to. In August the council directed study of 16, 24 and 32 units per acre. Two council memos sought changes. The memo from Matt Mahan (Mayor), Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor), Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2), Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) and Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6) asked staff to study tiered densities based on distance from transit and to add childcare policy work in place of the retail-in-residential-neighborhoods work. The memo from Domingo Candelas (Councilmember, District 8), George Casey (Councilmember, District 10), Peter Ortiz (Councilmember, District 5) and David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) sought to keep current densities in areas with limited transit. Staff warned that excluding high-resource areas could put the housing element at risk with the state housing department (HCD), and that losing certification would reopen the 'builder's remedy'. The council passed the first memo 9-2 after rejecting a substitute that would have added the second. 02:01:49

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• Substitute motion by George Casey (Councilmember, District 10): approve the memo from Domingo Candelas (Councilmember, District 8), George Casey (Councilmember, District 10), Peter Ortiz (Councilmember, District 5) and David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4) together with the memo from Matt Mahan (Mayor), Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor), Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2), Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) and Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6), with the return timeline changed to as soon as possible, plus a friendly amendment from Bien Doan (Councilmember, District 7) directing city staff, including the City Manager's intergovernmental relations team and the City Attorney, to research local land-use control options for the January 2027 legislative program discussion. Result: failed. No: Rosemary Kamei (Councilmember, District 1), David Cohen (Councilmember, District 4), Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor), Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3), Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2), Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6). 04:02:22
• Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor) moved the memo from Matt Mahan (Mayor), Pam Foley (Councilmember, District 9; Vice Mayor), Pamela Campos (Councilmember, District 2), Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) and Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6), changing the return date from end of March to as soon as possible, adding consideration of current densities for sites in moderate to severe fire hazard zones, and adding Bien Doan (Councilmember, District 7)'s local-control research amendment. Result: passed, 9-2. No: Domingo Candelas (Councilmember, District 8), George Casey (Councilmember, District 10). 04:02:59

• City staff said the citywide planning team is at about 130 percent of capacity for the coming year 02:04:36
• City staff said meeting all current timelines would take 3.3 more full-time staff the division does not have 02:04:36
• City staff said the legislature considered 1,800 bills in 2026, 300 of them on planning and land use, after more than 450 such bills in seven years 02:05:36
• City staff said the next housing element is due in January 2031 and work must begin by January 2028 at the latest 02:12:02
• City staff used the ADU condominium ordinance as an example, saying even an accelerated, clearly directed change took about six months 02:16:15
• City staff said the next budget's planning fee update would aim to add at least two positions 02:17:20
• City staff warned that adding geography to a graduated density approach requires more analysis and complexity 02:19:23
• City staff said a March return with citywide outreach is unrealistic 02:20:29
• City staff warned that excluding high-opportunity areas, as the second memo proposes, risks the state housing department rejecting the program 02:20:29
• The chair said 90 percent of planning capacity goes to responding to state mandates 02:52:48
• The chair said the childcare work is not new city funding but removing barriers to opening and running childcare centers 02:53:55
• The chair described the group memo's intent as tiered density, higher closer to high-frequency transit 02:56:11
• The chair said council members are seeking a meeting with the state housing department to test what it actually requires 02:57:16
• A councilmember stressed that the council is approving an analysis of density, not any density 02:58:41
• City staff said reaching all 10 council districts for outreach in about a month and a half is unlikely 03:03:11
• A councilmember moved the group memo, changing the return date from end of March to as soon as possible 03:06:16
• A councilmember added consideration of current densities for sites in moderate to severe fire hazard zones, restating August direction 03:07:18
• A councilmember explained she did not include the second memo because she opposes carving high-resource areas out of possible upzoning 03:07:18
• A councilmember objected that smoke shop zoning work, directed by the council in May 2024, was deferred again in the staff-preferred option 03:10:09
• A councilmember argued East San Jose neighborhoods with more smoke shops and liquor stores also see disproportionate rates of cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure 03:13:02
• The chair said the council could choose in the next budget to fund more planners to speed up the backlog 03:14:02
• A councilmember said the department had previously told the council it did not need more planners, and urged staff to pursue outside grants 03:16:10
• The chair said he recently helped bring in $750,000 from Bloomberg to speed multifamily permitting 03:17:19
• George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) argued that if transit access justifies tiers, areas far from transit should stay at current density 03:17:52
• George Casey (Councilmember, District 10) urged first absorbing new state missing middle laws before upzoning, saying upzoning cannot be reversed 03:20:07
• Rosemary Kamei (Councilmember, District 1) said the current workload is not sustainable 03:22:05
• City staff said the tiered analysis would force deferral of other housing element work, including updates to the public outreach policy 03:24:59
• Rosemary Kamei (Councilmember, District 1) opposed the substitute, saying excluding areas would push density onto other districts 03:28:16
• A councilmember thanked colleagues for elevating the childcare policy work 03:29:45
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) opposed the substitute as adding risk with the state and being unfair to other districts 03:31:34
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) noted state law (SB 9) already allows four units on any single-family parcel 03:33:40
• Domingo Candelas (Councilmember, District 8) said his memo does not oppose the missing middle program but asks for judgment based on neighborhood conditions 03:34:34
• Michael Mulcahy (Councilmember, District 6) asked whether dropping the 32-units-per-acre study would free up capacity 03:36:13
• City staff said that before going that way, staff would want an early read from the state housing department 03:37:55
• A councilmember proposed directing the city attorney to prepare a local control protection strategy on charter authority and state preemption limits 03:39:41
• The chair suggested the city's intergovernmental relations team begin with research instead 03:41:49
• City staff said the administration could give an update on the local control work in January, as part of the 2027 legislative program 03:43:56
• A councilmember said she would vote against the substitute over fairness 03:46:28
• The chair said he would not back the substitute if it meant Districts 8 and 10 were removed from consideration 03:50:16
• City staff said transit access usually means within a half mile, so defining limited access beyond that is arbitrary 03:51:13
• City staff proposed seeking written feedback from the state housing department before investing heavily in the analysis 03:53:06
• The chair said the community has been told a final vote on the approach is expected by December next year 03:56:03
• A councilmember cautioned that a new state administration could change the state housing department's leadership and philosophy 03:56:40
• Anthony Tordillos (Councilmember, District 3) argued removing high-resource neighborhoods would push development into lower-resource areas 03:57:41

Measure G changes county government by creating an elected County Executive, who discussion indicated takes office in December 2028, and by separating executive and legislative functions. The Governance Reform Task Force brought its first recommendations. Some were to be received and filed: the executive's management role, intergovernmental affairs, constituent services, which CEO functions move to a new Director of Budget and Management, and an independent County Legislative Analyst (CLA). Others needed action: dropping the "Mayor" title for the Board Chair, a public education campaign, County Code changes giving the executive the evaluation of department heads, several CEO transition reports within 90 to 120 days, and a CLA office operational no later than October 1, 2027, with a national search for its leader (agenda). Board members raised concerns about costs, constituent services, unincorporated areas, the CLA timeline, the executive's pay, and a legal demand letter. The Board added an amendment by Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) on unincorporated area services, then continued the whole item to January 26, 2027 so the incoming First District supervisor can weigh in. 01:23:35

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• Amendment by Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair), seconded by Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District), directing the CEO to deliver a public transition report within 120 days on the Office of Unincorporated Area Services and on past and current approaches to constituent services, including how the executive office and Board will coordinate so departments stay responsive to residents' needs identified by Board offices. Result: passed, 5-0. 04:33:17
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) moved, seconded by Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District), to continue item 18 as amended to Tuesday, January 26, 2027. Result: continued, 4-0-1. Abstained: Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District). 04:34:15

• A task force member described the recommendations as foundational, setting an initial governance framework so detailed transition work can follow. 01:25:25
• A task force member said the current Chief Executive Office will not exist in the new structure, and its functions must be realigned among new offices. 01:29:22
• A task force member recommended an independent, nonpartisan County Legislative Analyst serving the Board, set up in phases before the elected executive takes office. 01:34:44
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) supported moving department head evaluations to the County Executive, saying five bosses can mean no boss. 01:39:04
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) worried that executive-run constituent services could leave out the supervisor who represents the resident. 01:40:14
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) opposed a national search for the CLA office, preferring to hire from within county staff. 01:41:15
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) asked to delay a vote on the CLA until the CEO reports on its scope, size and budget. 01:42:16
• Janice Hahn (Supervisor, Fourth District) proposed holding off on votes until the incoming First District supervisor is seated, weeks away. 01:43:23
• County Counsel explained that receiving and filing means the Board hears the information without adopting or acting on it. 01:44:55
• The Chief Executive Officer said there is no cost estimate yet for the executive's office and gave as a comparison a roughly $720,000 transition stipend for an incoming supervisor's office. 01:47:43
• A task force member said the CLA would analyze Board-approved motions moving toward implementation, and some requests could be shared with the executive office. 01:54:37
• A task force member cited the state Legislative Analyst's office, which she recalled has about 50 staff, as a reference point. 01:57:11
• The Chief Executive Officer said it is unclear how many staff could move to a CLA without their current jobs needing to be backfilled. 02:02:56
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) said the recommendations say little about unincorporated areas, noting her district has about 350,000 unincorporated residents. 02:03:45
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) urged the task force to let getting details right, not candidates or election timing, drive its timeline. 02:16:36
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) argued that the new structure will add costs despite Measure G's promise of no new taxes, and asked where the money will come from. 02:18:48
• A task force member said the Board would keep setting state and federal legislative policy, and the executive would advocate the Board's positions. 02:20:37
• The Chief Executive Officer suggested the Board codify its budget policies in ordinance now, such as a rainy day fund requirement, to guard fiscal stability under an elected executive. 02:23:32
• A task force member said a continuance to January would force the task force to rework its 2027 plans and likely put the October 2027 CLA date out of reach. 03:01:12
• A task force member said the task force added two months of special meetings to meet its deadline, and a pause would be a challenge. 03:04:30
• The Chief Executive Officer listed the reports his office would owe: a 90-day CLA staffing inventory and 120-day reports on legislative affairs, unincorporated constituent services, the executive and budget office split, and the CLA. 03:09:41
• Lindsey Horvath (Supervisor, Third District) asked that some of the report-back work be allowed to begin during the continuance, saying the incoming supervisor would benefit from it. 03:11:24
• County Counsel said continuing the whole item also continues the report directives, unless the Board splits the item. 03:11:47
• A supervisor confirmed that she intended to continue the entire item, including the report backs. 03:14:26
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said items for the next fiscal year's recommended budget must be in by year's end, but a delay is not fatal because money can be set aside. 03:19:23
• County Counsel said the county must still meet the deadlines written into Measure G. 03:21:29
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) asked about task force consultant spending, saying she was told $1.1 million has been spent and a $2.9 million work order remains open. 03:29:01
• The clerk said the open work order is budgeted for consultants and other services and supplies, and agreed to provide a breakdown. 03:29:25
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) warned against rushing changes to meet an arbitrary deadline, citing problems she attributed to how Measure G was drafted. 03:29:46
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) argued that the elected executive structure will reduce supervisors' ability to solve local problems, especially in unincorporated areas. 03:31:54
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) agreed the CLA needs some capacity before December 2028, but objected to moving CEO and County Counsel staff out by October 1, 2027. 03:38:24
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) questioned why state and federal legislative advocacy would move to the executive rather than stay with the legislative body. 03:43:50
• A task force member said the task force placed advocacy with the executive for accountability, after the Board sets the county's legislative agenda. 03:44:59
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) noted that the elected executive must be paid at least $1 more than any other county elected officer. 03:47:34
• The Chief Executive Officer said the District Attorney is the highest-paid county elected officer, at $443,540 plus a 19% MegaFlex benefit. 03:48:28
• Joseph Nicchitta (Chief Executive Officer) said the Board will set the executive's salary under the charter, with a floor of $1 above the highest-paid countywide elected official. 03:49:42
• A supervisor compared the governor's salary, about $245,000, with her projection that total pay for the executive could reach about $558,000 by 2028. 03:50:28
• A supervisor raised a demand letter received the night before that questions the legality of parts of the county executive provisions. 03:52:31
• Dawyn Harrison (County Counsel) said the letter's authors do not demand that the county stop work on the recommendations, so it alone does not require a continuance. 03:54:19
• Dawyn Harrison (County Counsel) said her office reviewed the legality of an elected County Executive and its powers before the measure went to the voters and, at a board office's request, consulted outside counsel again after it passed; it still holds that courts would likely uphold them, though she never called it a slam dunk. 03:55:04
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) asked County Counsel and the new ethics commission to opine on conflicts of interest for supervisors who might run for the executive office. 03:57:36
• Kathryn Barger (Supervisor, Fifth District) pledged not to run for County Executive and asked colleagues to make the same pledge. 03:58:37
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) estimated roughly $12 million in projected three-year costs for the task force and ethics commission, and said she would describe costs as within existing budget rather than budget neutral. 04:16:05
• Holly Mitchell (Supervisor, Second District; Chair Pro Tem) said she has never been clear why the elected executive had to start in 2028. 04:18:07
• Hilda Solis (Supervisor, First District; Chair) stated for the record that she is not interested in running for the County Executive post. 04:24:47

An information-only report. The Pasadena Police Department plans to acquire a surplus military armored personnel carrier, a 2008 International MaxxPro of the MRAP type, at no purchase cost through the federal Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO, or 1033) program. State law AB 481 requires the department to report military equipment acquisitions. The chief estimated painting and radio installation at about $15,000 to $20,000, paid from existing fleet funds. Staff said the council did not have to act: unless the council directed otherwise, the department would go ahead with the acquisition. No motion was made, so the acquisition proceeds. 00:15:27

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• No motion was made. Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) offered to second a motion if one was made, but none was, so under staff's explanation the acquisition proceeds without council action. Result: no action. 01:06:10

• City staff presented the department's plan to acquire an armored personnel carrier through the LESO surplus program 00:17:20
• City staff said the department had posted its notice of intent to acquire such a vehicle on its military equipment web page since May 2024 00:18:25
• City staff said the department learned on October 7, 2026 that a Northern California agency had the vehicle available, after the annual military equipment report was already done 00:19:27
• City staff said waiting for the police oversight commission's next meeting in December could delay the transfer and put the acquisition at risk 00:21:37
• City staff estimated upfitting at about $15,000 to $20,000 for paint and a police radio, with no new funding requested 00:22:41
• City staff said the department has one armored vehicle now and borrows from other agencies when it needs more, and cited upcoming major events including LA28 00:23:42
• City staff explained that the council is not required to act on the item but that staff is required to bring it forward 00:26:19
• A councilmember argued the vehicle is purely military and would damage the department's community reputation, noting the city already has a Bearcat 00:27:41
• A councilmember stated opposition to acquiring the vehicle even at no cost 00:28:41
• A councilmember asked about the $20,000 upfit cost despite the vehicle being described as no cost 00:29:02
• City staff said annual registration would also come from the existing budget, and that the vehicle would be stored out of sight, as the Bearcat is 00:29:26
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) shared concerns about the militarization of policing and asked what the 11 incidents involving a borrowed vehicle were 00:30:16
• City staff described uses such as multi-agency warrant service on armed suspects, evacuations and armed-robbery responses, and said the department is moving to a full-time SWAT team 00:31:14
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) said they were not persuaded the city can't keep borrowing a second vehicle when needed, and leaned toward opposing 00:33:02
• City staff warned that 2028 will bring three of the highest-security events within 360 days, and that federal help will focus on logistics rather than equipment 00:33:37
• A councilmember questioned the process, saying the item felt like a decision rather than information and could go to the Public Safety Committee 00:35:11
• City staff explained that the council could direct staff to abandon the acquisition or send it to committee, and that without action the department would proceed 00:35:58
• City staff said the police oversight commission has approved the department's policy covering armored vehicles 00:36:58
• A councilmember referred to a recent school shooting in Oregon and said such tools might be needed in situations like that 00:37:07
• City staff said buying a comparable vehicle would otherwise cost the general fund $250,000 to $350,000 00:39:06
• The mayor explained that Pasadena hosts a SEAR-1 event, the federal government's highest event-safety category, every year 00:40:54
• The mayor called the acquisition regrettable but necessary to protect officers, other first responders and the public 00:41:58
• The mayor said they could not recall any misuse of the Bearcat, which the department has had since 2011, and praised the department's conduct at recent demonstrations 00:42:50
• City staff said the goal is to show preparedness, not might, and that armored vehicles are kept hidden until needed 00:44:25
• A councilmember called the Bearcat's incident-free record the most compelling argument for the vehicle 00:47:43
• A councilmember said use at demonstrations causes them the most anxiety, and asked how the vehicle has been deployed at protests 00:47:43
• City staff said that at recent demonstrations, including No Kings, the armored vehicle was staged out of sight in an underground garage at the convention center 00:48:12
• A councilmember noted that the military equipment policy has been reviewed every year without becoming a point of contention 00:49:51
• The mayor said officers are asked to run toward danger and should be able to do so as safely as possible 01:02:00
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) expressed trust in the police department but worried about a slippery slope toward ever-bigger equipment 01:02:50
• Rick Cole (Councilmember, District 2) said a line should be drawn at some point and that reasonable people can disagree where 01:04:53
• A councilmember asked that the record show their opposition, while acknowledging it was an informational item 01:05:11

Two appeals of the vesting tentative tract map (VTT No. 84453) for a mixed-use development at 12501-12665 West Ventura Boulevard in Council District 4: 814 residential units and 75,968 square feet of restaurant uses, plus a haul route. One appeal was filed on behalf of the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space, the other by an individual. The council denied both appeals and upheld the City Planning Commission's approval, with conditions added by the PLUM Committee: a new 10-foot sidewalk with landscaped parkway on Valleyheart Drive, proof of compliance with state fire-safe regulations before the final map is recorded, and conditions in a Council District 4 letter dated Oct. 13, 2026. The project is exempt from CEQA under Public Resources Code Section 21080.66 (agenda). The last day for council action was Oct. 23. There was no council debate; most public commenters supported the project, and one opposed it over fire safety and evacuation. 00:33:14

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• Adopt the PLUM Committee report, denying the appeals and sustaining the Planning Commission's approval (group vote with items 3-6, 8, 10-12 and 22). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34

• 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

The companion appeal for the same Riverwalk development at 12501-12665 West Ventura Boulevard, carried over from the Oct. 20 meeting. Filed on behalf of the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space, it challenged the project review and specific-plan compliance approvals. The council denied it, upholding approval of a seven-story (84-foot), 744,906-square-foot development: 814 residential units, 46 of them reserved for Very Low Income households, and 75,968 square feet of restaurant space. It also includes 1,040 residential and 766 commercial parking spaces, removal of 240 non-protected trees on site and three street trees, and export of up to 521,000 cubic yards of earth (continuation agenda). Conditions added by PLUM require compliance with state fire-safe regulations and the Council District 4 conditions. The clerk said the item needed 10 votes and had a last day for action of Oct. 23. 00:33:14

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• Adopt the PLUM Committee report, denying the appeal and sustaining the Planning Commission's approval (group vote with items 3-6, 8, 10-12 and 14). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:33:34

• 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

A motion by Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council) and Tim McOsker (Councilmember, Fifteenth District) (Council File 26-1485), continued from October 21. It asks the City Attorney for a report on possible litigation over the Los Angeles Continuum of Care bidding process. It also instructs the City Administrative Officer's and Chief Legislative Analyst's offices and the Los Angeles Housing Department to report on negotiations with the county for City leadership and a fair share of resources, and on steps to form a city-only Continuum of Care (agenda). The council adopted it with amending motion 10A, presented by Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District). Staff presented a term sheet reached with county staff covering two federally required programs now run by LAHSA, whose new lead agency is being chosen. Under the homeless data system (HMIS), the city would get access to data on everyone experiencing homelessness with any link to the city, and proportional representation on reporting bodies. Under coordinated entry (CES), the county would contract with the city to match people to housing in all city-funded projects, and the two would jointly recommend a local preference for city residents experiencing homelessness. Staff said binding agreements would come back to the council and to the Board of Supervisors. 04:22:18

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• Adopt item 10 as amended by amending motion 10A (Ysabel Jurado (Councilmember, Fourteenth District), with Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Councilmember, Eighth District; President, City Council), as the council president said it). Result: passed, 10 ayes. 05:16:26

• 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