The Los Angeles City Council voted on multiple items during the Jan. 24 meeting, recording 14 ayes on several measures advanced under Rule 23 urgency procedures. The council processed items on the continuation and special agendas and approved motions to advance emergency relief measures.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 (street‑lighting district improvement/maintenance): Approved, 14 ayes. The council opened and closed the roll; no substantive debate was recorded on the floor during the final vote. The transcript does not specify the ordinance language or assessment rates under this item.

- Item 2 (housing and homelessness committee report; council file 23‑1443‑S3): Approved as amended, 14 ayes. The meeting record notes that the housing and homelessness committee report was filed under council file 23‑1443‑S3; the transcript does not include the substantive amendment text beyond a later-recorded technical amendment by Councilmember Hernandez and a second by Rodriguez.

- Special Motion 1 (Rule 23 urgency): Approved, 14 ayes. A council member introduced a motion asking the City Attorney and Office of Finance to prepare and present an ordinance, with an urgency clause, to waive payment of what the motion described in the record as "grocery seats, grocery seats tax" for all businesses that have been impacted for 60 or more days as a result of the fires. The council voted to advance the motion for preparation of ordinance language and return to council.

- Special Motion 2 (Rule 23 urgency): Approved, 14 ayes. The motion was introduced and seconded by members of the councilled sponsors list; the transcript records sponsors but does not include full ordinance text in the minutes. The council ordered the special motions "forthwith" for posting and referred them as appropriate.

Why it matters: Several of the emergency procedures and motions are tied to wildfire recovery. The waiver motion, in particular, was presented as a first‑step relief measure for small businesses that lost operations due to the fires.

What’s next: The City Attorney is to prepare ordinance language for the tax‑waiver motion and return it to council for consideration; departments will implement directives associated with adopted items once posted and referred.