Votes at a glance: Los Angeles City Council actions, Sept. 30, 2025

The Los Angeles City Council recorded multiple votes and procedural actions on Sept. 30, 2025. Below is a concise summary of items, outcomes and key details announced on the record during the session.

Summary of recorded outcomes

- Items 3–9, 11–26, 29–32, 34, 35, 37–44 and 46: Approved on the consent calendar (clerk announced these items were open for vote and the roll showed 14 ayes). Motion details and individual amendments, if any, were not specified on the floor for each item.

- Item 48 (Citizens for a Better Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles; confidential city attorney report R25-0423): Council approved recommendation number 1 in the confidential city attorney report; roll called and announced 14 ayes.

- Items 49–56 (settlement items): Approved in aggregate after committee recommendation. Recorded items and amounts included: • Item 49 (Hazelwood Patients Collective): payment to city of $498,665.46 (inclusive of interest) to effectuate settlement. • Item 50 (AECOM Technical Services, Inc.): refund of overpaid business taxes of $105,691.92 plus accrued interest. • Item 51 (Sylvia Elizabeth Hornquist v. City of Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $725,000 in settlement. • Item 52 (Inez Cabezas v. City of Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $125,000 in settlement. • Item 53 (Martha Romero v. City of Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $175,000 in settlement. • Item 54 (Alexandra Gutierrez et al. v. City of Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $195,000 in settlement. • Item 55 (Sylvia Perez v. Sidewell Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $235,000 in settlement. • Item 56 (Sylvia Ann Naulton v. County of Los Angeles et al.): expend up to $250,000 in settlement. The clerk announced approval and recorded 14 ayes.

- Item 47 (ordinance called special by Councilmember Yaroslavsky): the roll call produced 11 ayes and 3 nos; the item was held over for second consideration on Oct. 7, 2025 due to lack of unanimous vote.

- Item 46 (ordinance): Held over to Oct. 31, 2025 for second consideration pursuant to Charter Section 1168(a); the clerk recorded this continuation on the floor.

- Item 5 (called special by Councilmember Yaroslavsky with an amending motion 5a): Approved by roll call (14 ayes).

- Item 28 (called special by Councilmember Park; amending motion 28a Park Rodriguez): Approved by roll call (14 ayes).

- Item 33 (called special by Councilmember Hutt; amending motions 33a Hutt/Jurado and 33b Harris Dawson/Hernandez later introduced): Reconsideration and amending motions were recorded and the council announced approval of the amending motions (14 ayes recorded on reconsideration and adoption of amendments). The clerk’s on-the-record actions described amending motions introduced, circulated, and posted to the bulletin board.

- Item 10 (called special; Councilmember Price recused): Recorded vote 12 ayes, 1 no.

- Item 45 (called special; Councilmember Price recused): Recorded vote 13 ayes. A separate “urgent forthwith” motion to send item 45 forward passed 13 ayes.

Procedure and conduct notes

- The clerk and city attorney read procedural guidance about public comment time limits and interpreter accommodations before the public comment period. - Several speakers were warned and one attendee was ordered removed from the council chamber for repeated disruptions pursuant to council rules 7 and 12.

What to watch for next

- Items continued for second reading (for example items 46 and 47) will return on the dates specified in the clerk’s announcements. - Settlement items approved on Sept. 30 require administrative follow-through to effectuate payments or refunds as described on the record.

If readers need the exact motion language for any specific item, the council clerk’s office posts full agenda materials, amending motions and the official roll call results to the council bulletin board and the city’s online records.