Votes at a glance: confirmations, appointments and land-use actions — Aug. 9, 2000 Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council recorded votes on several confirmations, land-use items and appointments during its Aug. 9 meeting. Below are the formal outcomes recorded in the transcript. Where a specific mover or second was not recorded in the public transcript, the item lists the motion text, the tally reported by the clerk and any next steps recorded on the floor.

Key votes and formal actions

- Item 1 (nuisance conditions, Skid Row property): Council adopted the Planning/Zoning recommendation to impose corrective conditions and denied the appeal. Vote: 13 ayes. (Public speakers and the United Coalition East Prevention Project supported the conditions.)

- Item 3a/3 (settlement of CEQA litigation and approval of Conditional Use Permit): Council rescinded the earlier action (3a) and then approved the mitigated negative declaration and CUP consistent with a settlement. Vote: 3a — 10 ayes; 3 — 10 ayes. (Clerk tabulation reflects quorum at time of vote.)

- Item 4 (eminent-domain authorization for North Valley police station site, Mission Hills): Council authorized condemnation proceedings for the property at 11121 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Vote: 12 ayes. (See separate article.)

- Item 5 (Powerhouse Gym, Venice — CUP corrective conditions): Council adopted the PLUM committee recommendation denying the gym’s appeal and imposing corrective conditions (see article). Vote: 10 ayes.

- Item 7 (reappointment to Industrial Development Authority, Rose Sloan): Approved. Clerk recorded 12 ayes, 1 no. (Reappointment was approved; roll recorded in minutes.)

- Item 8 (reappointment to Industrial Development Authority, Lisa G. Quitman): Approved. Vote: 13 ayes.

- Item 11 (confirmation of Michael Banner to the Housing Authority Commission): Approved. Vote: 13 ayes. (Council members raised expectations about responsiveness to resident complaints.)

- Item 12 (appointment to Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Patrick M. Kelly): Continued to provide time to collect attendance and availability information; concerns were raised about the appointee’s attendance record and representation balance on the commission.

- Item 13 (reappointment of Theodore Warren Jackson to the Board of Police Commissioners): Reappointment approved after extended questioning about civilian oversight and agenda-setting; vote recorded: 11 ayes, 2 nos.

- Item 14 (confirmation of John McCree as General Manager, Department of General Services; salary and appointment): Both parts approved. Vote: 13 ayes.

- Item 15 (extension of temporary appointment for Lillian Kawasaki, interim General Manager): Council approved a 90-day extension of the interim appointment rather than the initially proposed 180 days. Vote: 13 ayes.

- Item 28 (confirmation of Jennifer Taggart to the Environmental Affairs Commission): Approved. Vote: 13 ayes.

Consent and omnibus blocks

- Items 16–27 (public hearings previously held) and items 30–63 (public hearings not held) were approved as a block where indicated on the agenda; clerk recorded the roll outcomes for those package votes (typical recording: 13 ayes for non-controversial consent items at the time quorum was present).

Procedural notes

- Several items were continued on the record: 6 and others as announced in the opening portion of the meeting; items 9 and 10 were continued to Aug. 11; item 29 continued to Aug. 15; item 20 continued to Aug. 16; item 37 to Sept. 12. Item 12 (LAHSA appointment) was explicitly continued to the following Friday so the appointee could be contacted and attendance clarified.

- The clerk’s roll tallies changed during the afternoon as members left the chamber; some late-afternoon votes (for example the CUP settlement item) recorded 10 ayes because the meeting’s quorum had fallen. Several council members noted that absences during the recess period can affect roll-call tallies for late items.

Full text and next steps

Each action that required follow-up (acquisition, compliance monitoring, staffing confirmations) was accompanied by direction to the relevant department or committee to return with implementation details, budgets or compliance reports. Items that require further council action will return on a future agenda with staff reports and any required contractual instruments.