Los Angeles City Council adopts housing committee report, approves multiple legal settlements

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday adopted the Housing and Homelessness Committee report and approved several legal settlements and related motions during a lengthy session that included public comment and a closed-session verbal update.

The council voted to reconsider item 35 and then adopted the Housing and Homelessness Committee report on a recorded vote of 14 ayes, following a motion to reconsider. The council also voted 14-0 on item 37, a companion action brought up for consideration after the committee vote.

Why it matters: the housing and homelessness committee report had been earlier subject to committee consideration and public attention; the council’s reconsideration and subsequent adoption formalize the committee’s recommendations and direct city departments to the next steps identified in the committee report.

Council action and votes at a glance - Item 35 — Adopt Housing and Homelessness Committee report: Motion to reconsider offered and carried; motion to adopt the committee report then passed 14 ayes. (Outcome: approved.) - Item 37 — Related motion from the Housing & Homelessness Committee: Passed 14 ayes. (Outcome: approved.) - Item 51 — Council accepted a report on interim RV…