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Votes at a glance: committee actions on convention center, public bank study, referendum investigation, business centers, and workforce plan
Summary
Summary of roll-call outcomes from the Economic Development and Jobs Committee meeting covering the convention center report, public bank study funding, petition-circulator investigation, BusinessSource Centers contract extensions, and the workforce annual plan.
The committee recorded the following formal actions and outcomes during the meeting:
- Items 4, 5, 6 (consent): CRE bond projects in Council District 15 were taken on consent and approved by roll call.
- Item 1 — Los Angeles Convention Center expansion and modernization: Committee noted and filed the CAO report and instructed the CAO (with City Attorney and Cultural Affairs) to report on using 1% of the arts development fee for Gil Lindsay Plaza and directed the Bureau of Engineering (with CAO and tourism and others) to report on a stand-alone renovation of Gil Lindsay Plaza (cost, revenue, phased development). Outcome: approved (recorded roll call; yes votes recorded).
- Item 2 — Public bank feasibility study (phase 1): Motion as amended to transfer $60,000 from multiple AB1290 accounts to the CLA for phase 1 (initial phase budget estimated at $460,000) was approved. Outcome: approved as amended.
- Item 3 — Referendum petition circulation investigation: Motion to request a report on referendum-circulation allegations and an amendment instructing LAPD to fully investigate alleged fraud and a reported assault (and to coordinate with the City Attorney and City Clerk) was approved as amended. Outcome: approved as amended (one recorded no vote on narrow scope).
- Item 7 — BusinessSource Centers: EWDD’s request to extend existing contracts for one year and to release an RFP for future BusinessSource Center contracts was approved. Outcome: approved.
- Item 8 — Workforce Development Board annual plan (year '26): CAO and EWDD recommendations, including controller-instruction amendments to establish a new fund for a U.S. Department of Labor earmark for the YDD peer homeless navigation program, were approved as amended. Outcome: approved as amended.
Roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for each voted item; the committee recorded multiple unanimous or near-unanimous committee approvals with at least four "ayes" for the major items and at least one absence noted during the meeting.
