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Votes at a glance: reappointments, legislative support and a $295,000 settlement approved
Summary
At its May 23, 2001 meeting the Los Angeles City Council approved reappointments to the Housing Authority, voted to support state payday-loan reform, approved a $295,000 settlement, and recorded several continuances and ordinance-scheduling actions.
The Los Angeles City Council took several procedural and substantive votes at its May 23, 2001 meeting, recorded below.
Key roll-call outcomes
- Reappointment of Esther Tooney to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (agenda item 12): opened and closed roll; recorded as 10 ayes and approved forthwith.
- Reappointment of Michael Nara to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (agenda item 13): opened and closed roll; recorded as 10 ayes and approved forthwith.
- Support for Senate Bill 898 (deferred-deposit/payday loan oversight) (agenda item 29): council recorded 10 ayes; the sponsor urged unanimous support for the legislation that would cap interest practices and require bonding/oversight.
- Authorization for the city attorney to settle a lawsuit for $295,000 (closed-session item 34b): opened the roll and recorded 10 ayes; the settlement was approved forthwith.
- Item 9 (held earlier on the desk for quorum reasons) was later reconsidered and approved by roll call, 10 ayes.
Other procedural actions
- Multiple calendar continuances were recorded: Item 3 continued to Aug. 1; Items 5 and 6 continued to May 30; Item 2 continued to June 6; Item 30 continued to June 6. Several ordinances on the agenda were held over for second reading to May 30. Item 17 was amended and carried forward as amended.
The meeting minutes and department records contain the formal resolutions, roll-call records and any supporting documents for each action.
