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Votes at a glance: Council approves multiple routine items including psychologists, rewards and census grant action
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting the Los Angeles City Council approved a series of routine and committee‑referenced items: hiring exemptions for six police psychologists, rewards for reporting alley dumping and graffiti, and a Census grant application aiming to address an undercount; several ordinances and consent calendar items were also approved.
The Los Angeles City Council recorded final actions on several items with brief discussion or public comment during its Feb. 19 session. Tallies and key details follow.
• Item 31 — Hiring exemptions for six police psychologists: The council approved a motion to exempt six psychologist positions from civil‑service hiring rules; the clerk announced the vote as 15 ayes. Public comment asked whether the psychologists would be on call to assist patrol officers with encounters involving people with mental illness; the council did not specify deployment details in the motion.
• Item 35 — Rewards for reporting illegal dumping and graffiti removal volunteer support: The council approved a motion authorizing rewards for information leading to apprehension for alley dumping and encouraging better publicity for reward notices; the clerk recorded 15 ayes. Public commenters urged broader publicity for rewards and better coordination with volunteer graffiti removal programs.
• Item 36 — Census outreach and grant application: The council approved accepting a grant application and related steps intended to reduce an estimated undercount; the clerk recorded 15 ayes. Public comment cited a prior undercount that officials said cost the city about $150,000,000 and mentioned an estimated 135,000 people missed in the previous count; the motion urged coordination with the city’s Census Outreach office.
• Items 9 and 10 — Ordinances: The council considered ordinances 9 and 10 and, after no discussion, the clerk recorded 12 ayes and approved both ordinances.
• Item 1 — Consent item called special for discussion (ADA curb cuts): Council Member Padilla noted a citywide curb‑cut program for ADA compliance and urged a comprehensive approach to ensure curb cuts are connected by sidewalks; the clerk recorded an 11‑aye vote when the roll was called earlier in the meeting on related consent items.
Each action was approved on the council floor; specific budgetary or staffing details were not specified on the record for several items and will appear in committee or department follow‑up reports as applicable.
