The Los Angeles City Council on May 30, 2025, spent the morning on ceremonial recognitions — honoring the Sun Valley Polytechnic boys basketball team, the nonprofit Change Reaction for wildfire and emergency relief, Africa Day partners and businesses, North Hollywood High School’s science competitors, the Canoga Park Memorial Day parade organizers and a university brain-tumor center — and then approved the council’s annual budget resolution for fiscal year 2025–26 (item 0.4) after an amendment.

Councilmember Emelda Padilla introduced the Sun Valley Polytechnic boys basketball team, which she said finished the season 12–0 and won the Division 1 city championship. “Este es un equipo que simplemente no jugó al a los juegos, sino escribió la historia,” Councilmember Emelda Padilla said, noting the team’s on-court and academic work. Coach Joa (identified in the meeting as the team coach) and several players accepted the council’s applause and a signed basketball from members of the council.

Councilmember Lee led recognition of Change Reaction, a private relief organization that members said has provided direct cash assistance to residents affected by fires and other crises. According to remarks presented to the council, Change Reaction distributed more than $16,000,000 to about 70,500 families last year and, since 2019, has delivered roughly $45,000,000 to 37,000 people. Founders Greg Holman and Choly Holman and others described small direct grants—typically $3,000–$5,000 in individual cases—to help families stabilize after disasters; beneficiary speakers gave personal testimony about receiving help.

Councilmember Price led a recognition for Africa Day and introduced representatives from Global LA and the U.S. African Institute. Terry Batch of Global LA and Turkthus Sales Palais of the US African Institute described efforts to strengthen trade, cultural ties and economic opportunity between Los Angeles and African countries ahead of international events such as the 2028 Olympics. Jack (surname as spoken at the meeting) introduced a coffee company that sources beans from African producers and said the business donates to local schools and nonprofits.

Councilmember Nazarian and representatives from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and North Hollywood High School presented certificates to the North Hollywood High science team for their third-place finish at a national science competition and second place in regionals. Principal Ricardo Rosales, coach Main (as introduced in the meeting) and student co-captains spoke about the program and the utility’s long-term sponsorship.

The council also heard a presentation about a long-running, community-organized Canoga Park Memorial Day parade and gave certificates to organizers and veteran participants. Separately, the council recognized a local brain-tumor center and its multidisciplinary team, with speakers describing personalized vaccine and tumor-based therapies and calling out the center’s outreach and research.

Public comment included multiple speakers who raised concerns about the council’s budget and other city operations; some speakers were warned for exceeding decorum rules during their remarks. After public comment the council moved to item 0.4, described in the agenda as the annual resolution for fiscal year 2025–26. The council recorded an initial roll call on item 0.4 with a vote of 11 in favor and 2 opposed, then considered a circulated amendment. After the amendment was added the council voted again on the amended version and the motion passed with 13 votes in favor. Earlier in the meeting, the council also voted to adopt other consent items identified as item 1 and item 3; those passed on voice vote with “10 votos a favor” as recorded during the meeting.

No new ordinances or regulatory changes were presented for final reading during the public presentations portion of the meeting. Several recognitions and resolutions of appreciation were introduced on the floor; where formal roll-call outcomes were recorded (for example, the annual budget resolution, item 0.4), those tallies are listed below.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 and Item 3 (consent items): approved on the consent calendar; recorded during the meeting as 10 votes in favor (voice vote as read during the session). Motion and movers/second not specified in the transcript.

- Item 0.4 — "Annual resolution for fiscal year 2025–26" (as listed on the council agenda): The council recorded an initial vote of 11 in favor, 2 opposed; a circulated amendment to the item was considered and the amended item was adopted in a subsequent vote recorded as 13 in favor. The transcript does not include mover/second names or individual roll-call names for the tally.

Meeting context and next steps

The meeting’s substantive items for the day were largely ceremonial presentations and recognitions; the only recorded formal legislative action in the transcript provided was adoption of the annual fiscal resolution (item 0.4) as amended. Councilmembers who sponsored recognitions said they would continue outreach with the groups honored (youth sports programs, disaster relief partners, Africa Day partners, STEM programs and community parade organizers). Staff follow-up and implementation tasks for the budget will be handled through the city’s administrative process as the approved fiscal-year resolution is transmitted to relevant departments, according to remarks on the dais.

(End of report.)