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Votes at a glance: council approves appointments, transportation review motion, settlement and several ordinances
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council approved a package of routine and contested items including a commission appointment, a motion to verify state transportation funding use, a settlement authorization and ordinances; a closed-session interim agreement on a Pershing Square protest case was also approved.
The Los Angeles City Council took votes on several items during its meeting, approving appointments, ordinances, a settlement authorization and actions directing staff to review state transportation funding allocations.
Key outcomes
- Jacqueline McCroskey confirmed to the Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families (Item 17): Approved (roll call announced "10 ayes").
- Item 1 (public hearing outcome): Approved (roll call announced "10 ayes").
- Items 2 through 16 and related consent items: Multiple items on the regular agenda were approved as a block; specific block votes were announced as "10 ayes" and later "11 ayes" in different groupings per the clerk's roll calls. Ordinances 4, 18 and 19 were reconsidered later and passed on a subsequent roll call of "13 ayes."
- Item 28 (motion to verify state transportation dollars and report back): Approved (roll call announced "11 ayes"). Councilmember Janice Chik introduced the motion asking city staff to confirm that state and federal transportation funds allocated to the city have been spent or committed and to report back.
- Special meeting / closed-session item 1 (interim agreement and proposed order in lieu of a temporary restraining order related to Pershing Square food distribution arrests): The clerk announced the special meeting result as approval of the interim agreement and proposed order in lieu of a temporary restraining order (vote result announced as approved; no detailed roll call provided in open session). Public speakers (Dan De Pasquale and David E. Bush) urged the council to include language protecting lawful expressive activities such as leafleting and serving food in parks.
- Item 32 (authorize City Attorney to expend $1,500,000 to settle a case): Approved (roll call announced "12 ayes").
What was continued/deferred
- Several items were continued by request (e.g., item 2 was continued two weeks, item 7 to January 18, other items to later dates) as announced from the dais.
Votes and records: The clerk announced roll-call tallies at multiple points. When the transcript did not list individual member votes, the action is recorded here with the roll-call totals that were announced on the record. Where no tally was read into the public minutes (special closed-session approvals), the result is recorded as "approved" as announced by the clerk.
