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Council approves consent items, advances housing items and approves smart-meter software contract
Summary
The council approved multiple consent items (3–9), adopted housing-related items (14–16) after public comment, continued item 1 to March 11, and took action on a software contract for smart meters introduced by a council energy committee member.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a slate of consent items and acted on several housing-related agenda items after public comment, the record shows.
Council members voted to adopt consent items 3 through 9, recording 14 votes in favor on final tally. A motion to continue item 1 was granted and the record shows item 1 was continued to March 11, 2025. At the start of discussion, Councilmember Price announced a recusal on item 10 and left the chamber when that item was later reached.
During the meeting the Council considered a motion from Councilmember Yoroslovski (committee on energy and environment) to approve a contract for software to deploy “tasímetros inteligentes” — described in the record as smart meters that would provide automated outage and system information for water and energy systems. The transcript records Councilmember Yoroslovski asking colleagues to vote yes on the contract and the motion passed with 14 votes in favor.
Public comment focused heavily on housing items 14–16. Several speakers raised concerns and at least one speaker alleged violations of the Brown Act during earlier scheduling; that claim was made during public comment and was not resolved on the record during the meeting. After the public comment period the council reopened consideration and adopted items 14, 15 and 16; the clerk announced they were adopted with 14 votes in favor and ordered the items to be transmitted or referred as required by the agenda.
Other procedural actions recorded in the transcript: item 9 was remitted (referred) immediately at the clerk’s request; a motion to remand or transmit several items carried with 14 votes; item 10 was set aside for a later date and, where noted, Councilmember Price was recused when that item was considered. Where movers or seconders were not recorded in the spoken record, the transcript does not specify them.
No ordinance numbers, resolution numbers or detailed contract amounts were read into the public record in the portions of the transcript that discuss the votes and items; the transcript identifies the contract only by description (software for smart/meters) and identifies the housing items by agenda number only.
