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Votes at a glance: Council approves multiple consent items, several modifications; Item 36 passes 12-1
Summary
At the May 20, 2025 Los Angeles City Council meeting the council approved a series of consent items and modifications (listed below). Several items passed unanimously or by large margins; Item 36 (homelessness emergency/modification) passed 12-1 after extended discussion.
At its May 20, 2025 meeting in the John Ferraro Council Chamber, the Los Angeles City Council approved a batch of consent and specially-called items and several modifications. Most consent items were approved unanimously or by large margins; a small number of items were called for separate votes.
Key tallies and outcomes taken from the meeting record:
- Item 2 — Approved (14-0). - Items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 — Approved as a group (14-0). - Item 11–13, 15–25, 28–32, 34, 35, 37 — Items identified as open for vote earlier in the meeting; many were adopted in bundled and separate votes (tallies as recorded below where specified). - Item 27 (called special for separate vote) — Approved (11-3). - Item 35 (called special) — Approved (14-0). - Item 4 (modification and petition) — Approved (14-0). - Item 5 (modification and petition) — Approved (14-0). - Item 14 (modification) — Approved (13-0) (modification vote recorded as 13 in favor). - Item 38 — Approved (13-0). - Item 33 (modification) — Approved (14-0). - Item 36 (homelessness emergency modification) — Approved (12-1) (see separate article for full discussion). - Item 43 (closed-session item; modification) — Modified and approved (final recorded vote 11-1 after earlier procedural tally of 2 in favor on a substep).
Where the transcript recorded only aggregate tallies, the council vote counts above are given as announced at the meeting. Where motions or ordinance/resolution numbers were not read aloud or were not specified on the record, the motion text is noted as “not specified.”
The council also recorded multiple procedural continuances and reassignments: Item 3 was continued for four weeks to June 18, 2025; Item 40 was continued two weeks (moved later in the meeting to a one-week continuance to May 27, 2025); Item 1 was continued to June 3, 2025. The council announced additional committee and budget meetings related to the items on the agenda.
The actions below summarize formal votes and outcomes that were explicitly recorded in public remarks and roll calls during the meeting.
A separate article covers Item 36 in detail because that item prompted detailed council questioning and public comment.
