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Public hearing closes on Little Tokyo BID conversion; ballot tabulation to be livestreamed July 1
Summary
After more than two hours of public testimony for and against converting Little Tokyo's merchant-based business improvement district to a property-based assessment, the council closed the hearing and the City Clerk scheduled a public tabulation of ballots in Room 223 on July 1, 2025.
The Los Angeles City Council exhausted public comment on item 6, a proposal to convert the Little Tokyo Business Improvement District (LTBID) from a merchant-based to a property-based assessment. Stakeholders for and against the change gave one-minute statements during an extended public-comment period.
Supporters—including David Ikigami, president of the Little Tokyo Business Association (LTBA), and property and business owners—said the current, merchant-funded BID is underfunded and cannot sustainably provide security, cleanup…
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