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25-1475
CD 7
ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a review and report on
the interpretation and enforcement of Los Angeles Municipal Code
(LAMC) Article 3, Section 53.15.1, for equine licensing, boarding
permits, operations, and related activities.
Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Rodriguez
– Lee):
1. INSTRUCT the Department of Animal Services (DAS), with the
assistance of the Office of the City Attorney, to review LAMC
Article 3, Section 53.15.1 and report on:
a. The current interpretation and enforcement practices.
b. Any procedural or administrative changes undertaken
since January 1, 2024.
c. The basis for any expanded or newly-applied definitions,
including “livery,” “animal acts,” and equine identification
requirements.
d. Recommendations to establish due-process procedures
for equine-related citations and permit actions.
e. Steps necessary to align equine policies with consistent
and equitable enforcement standards.
2. DIRECT the DAS to suspend the issuance and collection of
equine-related fines, citations, and boarding permit revocations,
effective January 1, 2024, until LAMC Article 3, Section 53.15.1
is fully reviewed.
3. INSTRUCT the DAS to hold public hearings, in coordination
with the Los Angeles Equine Advisory Committee, to provide
outreach and education to equestrians and to solicit input
regarding necessary regulatory clarifications or updates.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor
the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this
report. |
February 04, 2026
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25-0030
RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the
Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025,
and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated
January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather
system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City),
pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.
Recommendation for Council action:
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated January 14, 2025,
to:
1. Resolve that a local emergency exists resulting from ongoing
windstorm and extreme fire weather system and the devastating
wildfires in the City within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et
seq., as set forth in the Mayor’s January 13, 2025 Updated
Declaration of Local Emergency, which incorporated the
declaration of emergency dated January 7, 2025, which the City
Council hereby ratifies.
2. Resolve that because the local emergency, which began on
January 7, 2025, continues to exist, there is a need to continue
the state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby
ratifies.
3. Instruct and request all appropriate City departments (including
proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel, in
accordance with LAAC Code Section 8.21 et seq., to continue
to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in
this matter to respond to and abate the emergency and prevent
further harm to the life, health, property, and safety, and receive,
process; and, coordinate all inquiries and requirements
necessary to obtain whatever State and Federal assistance that
may become available to the City and/or to the citizens of the
City who may be affected by the emergency.
4. Instruct the General Manager, Emergency Management
Department, to advise the Mayor and City Council on the need
to extend the state of local emergency, as appropriate.
5. Resolve that, to the extent the public interest and necessity
demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard
life, health, or property in response to the local emergency and
to support the emergency operations of the City and its
departments (including its proprietary departments), agencies,
and personnel (including mutual aid resources) in responding to
the declared local emergency, the competitive bidding
requirements enumerated in City Charter Section 371, and
further codified in the LAAC, including LAAC Section 10.15 be
suspended until termination of the state of emergency and
solely with respect to purchases and contracts needed to
respond to the declared state of emergency.
6. Direct and request City departments and agencies making
purchases pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph five
(5), above, to report every two weeks to the City Council
regarding the purchases and contracts made during the prior
two week period on the reasons justifying why such purchase or
contract was necessary to respond to the emergency, including
why the emergency did not permit a delay resulting from a
competitive solicitation for bids or proposals, and why
competitive proposals or bidding was not reasonably practicable
or compatible with the City’s interests.
7. Request all City departments and agencies who have the
authority to investigate and/or enforce any/all forms of price
gouging, fraud, and theft by deceit, as described in the
California Penal Code, to do so to the fullest extent permissible
under federal, state, and local law.
8. Instruct the City Clerk, unless and until Council directs
otherwise or discontinues the state of emergency, to timely
agendize this matter so that Council may consider whether to
continue the state of emergency.
9. Instruct the City Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to the Governor of the State of California, the Director of
the Office of Emergency Services of the State of California,
the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management,
and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Items Called Special
Motions for Posting and Referral
Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings
Adjourning Motions
Council Adjournment
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City
Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on
a matter will become a part of the administrative record.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code
of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which
the Council's action becomes final.
Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System,
at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000). |
February 03, 2026
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25-0006-S57
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the waiver
of plan check and permit fees associated with the reconstruction of
private property damaged or destroyed in the January 2025 Wildfires.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. NOTE AND FILE the following reports and Amending Motions,
attached to the Council file:
a. City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated May 7,
2025
b. CAO report dated October 2, 2025
c. City Attorney report and draft Ordinance dated June 20,
2025
d. Amending Motion 23C (Rodriguez – Yaroslavsky) dated
December 2, 2025
e. Amending Motion 23D (Park – Nazarian) dated December
2, 2025.
2. APPROVE Option 3 (A, B, and C) as detailed in the CAO report
dated January 16, 2026, attached to the Council file, for the
waiver of fees for all structures, regardless of rebuild/repair
scale, only up to the amount attributed to 110 percent of the
original footprint, with an aggregate cap of $90 million, for three
years. Property owners would be liable for fees in excess of 110
percent rebuild/repair scale.
3. FIND that the waiving of plan check and permit fees for
rebuilding properties that were damaged or destroyed as a
result of the January 2025 Wildfires represents a clear public
benefit inasmuch as the waivers would remove barriers to
reconstruction and benefit the economy of the City of Los
Angeles.
4. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present a new
Ordinance consistent with its recommendations and including
all previous provisions around eligibility subject to ownership at
the time of the January 2025 Wildfires, including relative
positions from previous draft Ordinances that align with this
report, with a timeline for eligibility retroactive to the date of the
fire and not longer than three years from the date that the
Council acts.
5. REQUEST the Controller to establish a new account, Wildfire
Emergency Permit Fee Subsidies, in the General City Purposes
(GCP); and, appropriate $10 million from a temporary revolving
loan from the Building and Safety Building Permit Enterprise
Fund (Enterprise Fund) to be repaid with interest.
6. INSTRUCT the Department of Building and Safety and other
relevant City departments to establish fee subsidy procedures,
including the process for obtaining reimbursements of
subsidized fees from the GCP to ensure full cost recovery for
the Enterprise Fund.
7. INSTRUCT the CAO to:
a. Identify unrestricted funds to repay the Enterprise Fund,
for any and all fees waived in connection with the January
2025 Wildfires, with interest calculated at the City Daily
Interest Pool Rate.
b. Recommend a funding strategy to the Mayor and Council,
for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget, that
would limit the General Fund obligation to a maximum of
$30 million per year over the next three fiscal years.
c. Report back to the Budget and Finance Committee, with
support from affected City departments, via the Financial
Status Report process with updates on the use of this
waiver program, including the types of properties for which
permits have been issued.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that should the Council
approve the recommendations contained in the CAO report dated
January 16, 2026, and waive fees for all structures (single family
dwelling, duplexes, accessory dwelling units, multi-family dwellings,
and commercial properties), regardless of rebuild/repair scale, up to
the amount attributable to 110 percent, the General Fund impact is
$98.30 million, not including the costs of borrowing. Should the
Council choose to limit the fee waivers to only single-family dwellings
and duplexes that are rebuilding only up to 110 percent of the original
footprint, the estimated General Fund impact is $80.4 million, not
including the costs of borrowing. Should the Council choose to extend
the fee waivers to all structures with no limit on the rebuild/repair
scale, the General Fund impact could be over $126.43 million, not
including the costs of borrowing.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that in order to comply
with the City Financial Policies, the City Council needs to make a
finding of public benefit to waive fees for services for individual users.
Because the fees to be waived are for services funded through a
source of funds generated by the collection of those fees, a General
Fund appropriation would be required to prevent other service users
from improperly subsidizing such fees. |
February 03, 2026
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| 20260128 |
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25-1535
CD 5
HOUSING ELEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)
STATE CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) AND RELATED ENVIROMENTAL
FINDINGS, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM)
COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION
relative to a Zone and Height District Change for the properties located
in the neighborhoods of Century Glen and Beverly Angeles, both of
which are in the West Los Angeles Community Plan Area in Council
District 5.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. FIND, based on the whole of the record, in the
independent judgment of the decisionmaker, the Project
was analyzed in the Housing Element EIR No. ENV-2020-
6762-EIR, SCH No. 2021010130 certified on November
29, 2021, and Addendum ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1
approved June 14, 2022; and Addendum ENV-2020-6762-
EIR-ADD2 approved February 7, 2025, and that no
subsequent or supplemental EIR is required pursuant to
California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section
15162 and 15164 to adopt the draft Ordinance.
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning
Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council.
3. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE,
dated December 11, 2025, to effectuate a Zone and
Height District Change from R1-1-O to R1V2-O, for the
update in zoning to the R1V2 zone will convey most of the
same development standards and use allowances as the
R1-1 zone, depending upon the size of a lot, the R1V2
zone may allow slightly more residential floor area than
the current R1-1 zone; for the properties located in the
neighborhoods of Century Glen and Beverly Angeles, both
of which are in the West Los Angeles Community Plan
Area in Council District 5, the Century Glen Project Area is
generally bounded by Santa Monica Boulevard to the
north, Pico Boulevard to the south, Beverly Glen
Boulevard to the west, and Century Park West and Fox
Hills Drive to the east, the Beverly Angeles Project Area is
generally bounded by Roxbury Drive to the north and
east, Vidor Drive to the south, and Beverly Green Drive to
the west, including four parcels and three irregular shaped
lots on the western side of Beverly Green Drive along the
southwest boundary of the City of Beverly Hills.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2025-5011-ZC-HD
Environmental Nos. ENV-2020-6762-EIR; ENV-2020-6762- EIR-
ADD1; and ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General
Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. |
January 28, 2026
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17-1071-S1
CDs 3, 4
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION , PLANNING AND LAND USE
MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE
FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the Ventura-Cahuenga
Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan to streamline the review process for
signs, interior tenant improvements, and a change of use, and update
the appointment process and composition of the Ventura-Cahuenga
Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan Review Board.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. FIND, that the draft Ordinance is categorically exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources
Code sections 21000, et seq.) under CEQA Guidelines, Section
15301; Section 15303; Section 15311; and Section 15320;
based on the whole of the administrative record, substantial
evidence supports the project falls within the categorical
exemption and there is no substantial evidence supporting an
exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines, Section 15300.2.
2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning
Commission (LACPC), as the Findings of Council.
3. PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE, dated
November 17, 2025, amending the Ventura-Cahuenga
Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan to streamline the review
process for signs, interior tenant improvements, and a change
of use, and update the appointment process and composition of
the Ventura-Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan Review
Board.
4. REQUEST the City Attorney and the Department of City
Planning to clarify, before the matter is scheduled for Council,
whether modifications to the Ventura Specific Plan regarding
the conversion of existing mural signs can be accommodated
now, or whether these modifications would require the matter to
return to the LACPC for further review.
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither
the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has
completed a financial analysis of this report. |
January 28, 2026
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23-1022-S18
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to
proposed change to the services provided by the Time-Limited Subsidy
(TLS) Program in relation to the Alliance Settlement Agreement
(Alliance) Program; and associated increase in the annual TLS bed
rate; and related matters.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. APPROVE the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s
(LAHSA) proposed TLS annual slot rate of $29,560 for the
Alliance TLS Program, which reflects the following proportionate
costs:
a. $6,767 annual service costs per TLS slot
b. $22,793 annual rental assistance costs per TLS slot
2. APPROPRIATE up to $8,316,666 from the following accounts to
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Round
4 (HHAP-4) Fund No. 66C/10, Account No. 1 0Y783, FC - 3
Rapid Rehousing and Housing Navigation:
a. $1,447,700 from Fund No. 66C/10, Account No. 10Y782,
FC - 2 Skid Row
b. $2,040,745.05 from Fund No. 66C/10, Account No.
10Y784, FC - 4 Outreach, Hygiene, Prevention and
Supportive Services
c. $4,690,168.09 from Fund No. 66C/10, Account No.
10Y786, FC - 6 Administrative Costs and Systems
Support
d. $138,052.86 from Fund No. 66C/43, Account No. 43AC94,
Shelter Program
3. APPROPRIATE up to $8,316,666 from Homeless Housing,
Assistance, and Prevention Program Round 3 (HHAP-3) Fund
No. 65S/10, Account No. 10A780, Master Leasing to Fund No.
65S/10, Account No. 10W741, FC-1 Interim Housing Operations
and Capital Costs.
4. APPROPRIATE up to $8,316,666 from HHAP-4 Fund No.
66C/10, Account No. 10Y781, FC - 3 Rapid Rehousing and
Housing Navigation to HHAP-4 Fund No. 66C/10, Account No.
10A780, Master Leasing.
5. APPROVE and APPROPRIATE up to $16,287,030 from HHAP-
4 Fund No. 66C/10, Account No. 10A780, Master Leasing to the
Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) Fund No. 66C/43, in
a new account entitled, "Alliance Time-Limited Subsidies" for
the following expenses:
a. $13,606,515 for the annual cost for 450 Alliance TLS
Program slots:
i. $3,045,150 for service costs
ii. $10,256,850 for rental assistance
iii. $304,515 for LAHSA Administration
b. $2,680,515 for approximately 89 additional TLS slot costs,
pending allocation
6. AMEND and APPROVE Recommendation No. 6 contained in
the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated January 16,
2026, attached to Council file No. 23-1022-S18, respectively, to
read as follows:
INSTRUCT the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
execute a new contract with Housing Operations and
Management, Inc. ("HOM, Inc.), based on LAHSA's
competitively bid, "Time Limited Subsidy Financial Assistance
Program Agreement," with HOM, Inc. ("LAHSA/HOM
Agreement") for the purpose of providing fiscal support for the
Alliance TLS Program. The new contract will be for an amount
up to $45,586,000 and will be for a term of commencing on
March 1, 2026 and ending on June 30, 2026, however, said
term may be extended and the scope of work may be amended
in accordance with extensions and amendments to the
underlying LAHSA/HOM Agreement.
7. INSTRUCT the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to
amend the Alliance Program contract (Contract No. C-141840)
with LAHSA to reflect increases for the following:
a. Up to $13,534,000 for up to 2,000 Alliance TLS Program
slots beginning March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027
b. Up to $1,354,000 for LAHSA administration at 10 percent
of the service provider Alliance TLS Program allocated
slots beginning March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027
8. AMEND and APPROVE Recommendation No. 8 contained in
the CAO report dated January 16, 2026, attached to the Council
file, respectively, to read as follows:
INSTRUCT the CAO, in coordination with the LAHD, the Chief
Legislative Analyst, and HR&A Associates to create a pool of
rent reasonable units, bulk landlord negotiation, and housing
navigation services to speed up lease up.
9. AUTHORIZE the CAO to:
a. Prepare Controller instructions or make necessary
technical adjustments, including to the names of the
Special Fund accounts recommended for this report, to
implement the intent of these transactions; and,
REQUEST the Controller to implement these instructions.
b. Prepare any additional Controller instructions to reimburse
City Departments for their accrued labor, material or
permit costs related to projects in this report, to implement
the intent of these transactions; and, REQUEST the
Controller to implement these instructions.
10. INSTRUCT the CAO to report to the Housing and
Homelessness Committee with an update on service
reimbursements when available.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no immediate
General Fund impact as a result of the recommendations in this report
as it recommends using Homeless Housing, Assistance, and
Prevention funding. There may be a potential future General Fund
impact of up to $21.6 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 and $13.5
million in FY 2027-28, if alternative funding sources are not identified.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the above
recommendations in this report comply with the City’s Financial
Policies in that budgeted funds are being used to fund recommended
actions. |
January 28, 2026
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| 20260127 |
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25-0029
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to potential
ballot measures, options and proposals for the June and November
2026 elections to increase General Fund Tax revenue.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. APPROVE the following general revenue tax options to
Strengthen Fiscal Stability and Preserve Core Services for
placement on the June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election
Ballot:
a. Tax Measure: Transient Occupancy Tax; Current
Rate: General Fund – 13 percent, Total – 14 percent; Rate
Increase: 4.0 percent, 2.0 percent; Duration: 4 percent
until December 2028, 2 percent thereafter and permanent;
Annual Estimated Revenue Impact: $89 million, $45
million
b. Tax Measure: Parking Occupancy Tax; Current Rate: 10
percent; Rate Increase: 5.0 percent; Duration: Permanent;
Annual Estimated Revenue Impact: $67 million
c. Tax Measure: Cannabis Business Tax Parity; Current
Rate: Various; Rate Increase: N/A; Duration: Permanent;
Annual Estimated Revenue Impact: Approximately $70
million
2. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the City
Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Legislative Analyst
(CLA), to prepare and present the necessary Resolutions and
Ordinances for the proposed ballot measures stated above for
the June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election Ballot, on or
before January 28, 2026, for Council adoption by no later than
February 11, 2026; and, to include a separate ballot measure to
close the TOT loophole regardless of the amount, as follows:
a. Revise the definitions of tax applicability to explicitly
include Online Travel Company (OTC) charges and
markups as taxable charges.
b. Add a requirement that operators disclose all OTCs
providing payments.
c. Add language clarifying the applicability of TOT to certain
common fees and charges.
d. Add language requiring any organized platform or
marketplace facilitating short-term rental of property within
the City to collect applicable TOT at the time of payment
and remit the money collected to the City.
e. How the City can address enforcement with OTCs, not
just with the home-sharing platforms, as many of whom
are working with the City in good-faith.
3. INSTRUCT the CAO to engage on-call consultants to study the
following four general revenue tax options for consideration as a
measure on the November 3, 2026 Ballot, or future ballots:
a. Major Event Tax
b. Shared Ride Tax
c. Vacancy Tax
d. Retail Delivery Fee
4. INSTRUCT the CAO to identify funding up to $100,000 per
study for each of the tax and fee revenue options selected by
the Council for further consideration, excluding any options
selected for the June 2, 2026 Ballot.
5. INSTRUCT the CLA and Office of Finance, with assistance from
the Department of City Planning (DCP), to provide an update to
the next scheduled Budget and Finance Committee and
Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee on
the status of the pending Vacation Rental Ordinance [Council
file No. (CF) 18-1246], including options to increase the citywide
cap on vacation rentals, changing the geographic unit subject to
concentration caps from Census tracts to community plan areas
and increase said cap, increasing the maximum number of days
per calendar year a vacation rental may be rented, and
implementing a vacation rental application fee to fund
enforcement activities.
6. STRIKE Recommendation No. 7 contained in said CAO report
relative to rescinding the Council action of July 30, 2025, CF 22-
0392-S1, which requests the City Attorney to prepare and
present an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 188699 relative
to the establishment of a Transportation Communications
Network (TCN) Revenue Fund, that would allocated 75 percent
of TCN Revenue by Council District based on the percentage of
total area (square feet) of operational digital displays located
within each Council District, and 25 percent for citywide
purposes.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that there is no immediate
fiscal impact on the General Fund as a result of the recommendations
in the report; however, recommendations identify potential future
actions that may require additional appropriations through interim
budget actions subject to Mayor and Council approval.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the
recommendations in the report comply with the City’s Financial
Policies in that the report is for informational purposes only and does
not commit the City to any future expenditure of funds without further
legislative action. |
January 27, 2026
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