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Votes at a glance — Los Angeles City Council meeting, Sept. 20, 2000
Summary
Roll‑call results and brief outcomes for formal actions taken at the Sept. 20, 2000 Los Angeles City Council meeting, including confirmations, appropriations, enforcement actions and settlements.
This summary lists the council's formal votes and outcomes recorded during the Sept. 20, 2000 Los Angeles City Council meeting. Where the roll call recorded only counts, the transcript lists totals rather than individual yes/no votes.
- Item 12 — Confirmation of Alvin Rosenblum to the Board of Animal Regulation Commission: confirmed; roll call recorded as "9 ayes, 2 nos." Councilmember Hernandez recorded a public statement that his "no" vote was based on geographic representation concerns rather than the nominee's qualifications.
- Item 22 — Housing Department referral to place a property into REAP/REIT: approved, 11 ayes. Councilmembers pressed Housing Department staff for better advance notification to council offices.
- Item 26 — Harbor Study Foundation matter (special): approved forthwith, 10 ayes. Public comment included a representative of the Harbor Study Foundation describing delays in obtaining harbor maps and data.
- Item 37 — Motion seeking moratorium on spending certain block grant special projects: referred to Councilman Hernandez's committee for further consideration (no final vote recorded at this meeting).
- Item 61 — City Attorney outside‑counsel appropriation (Tipton/Whittingham litigation): approved, 9 ayes, 1 no. The City Attorney's Office provided figures for amounts paid and unpaid to outside counsel and said the appropriation would be drawn from the city's outside counsel budget.
- Item 62bb (special event substitute motion): approved forthwith, 10 ayes (substitute amendment accepted). The amendment added compensation for street sweeping tied to a parade.
- Item 67 — Funding for LAPD nonemergency/911 outreach campaign: approved forthwith, 10 ayes. LAPD described billboards, bus posters, radio and other outreach; staff said about $200,000 in contracted work had been delivered to date.
- Item 1 (nuisance abatement appeal, Hoover & Century recycling center): appeal denied; council adopted the Planning and Land Use Management Committee recommendation to proceed toward revocation and to have Building and Safety assist in relocation; roll call 11 ayes.
- Item 69 — Law Enforcement Block Grant motion (allocation to domestic violence and related programs): approved, 11 ayes. Councilmembers asked committees to explore targeted uses of block grant dollars for domestic violence services and other interagency programs.
- Closed session public roll calls (settlements and judgments): - Item 40b — Settlement accept payment of $145,000 (Samuel Bauchner, Martin Levine et al.): approved, 10 ayes. - Item 40c — Settlement $210,000 (Marie T. Young v. City): approved, 10 ayes. - Item 40d — Settlement $152,500 (Rachel Benjamin v. City): approved, 10 ayes. - Item 73a — Settlement $222,500 (Ivan Gervitz v. City): approved, 10 ayes. - Item 73b — Judgment payment $127,567.30 (Richard Joris v. City): approved, roll call recorded "9 ayes, 1 no."
Where the transcript recorded counts but not individual names, the roll‑call totals above are taken from the public record in the meeting transcript. Items continued (e.g., items continued to Oct. 3/4/11/20/27 as announced at the start of the meeting) are noted on the agenda but are not listed here as votes.
If readers require the text of individual motions, committee reports, or the full roll‑call sheets, those are available in the city clerk's official minutes for Sept. 20, 2000.
