City Council approves multiple items, sets BID ballot tabulation and rejects settlement offer

The Los Angeles City Council on June 25 voted on a broad set of items, approved the city’s first staffed public restroom in Hollywood and rejected a closed‑session settlement offer, while continuing several agenda items for later consideration.

Key outcomes recorded in the meeting record:

- The council voted to approve the staff proposal for item 6 (described by Councilmember So to Martinez as the first public bathroom in Hollywood and part of a visitor center); the roll call showed 13 ayes on that item.

- Items 1–3 (three business improvement‑district items) had their public hearings closed and the clerk scheduled tabulation of ballots to take place in Room 223, City Hall, with a public live stream; the clerk set public announcement of the tabulation for July 1, 2025.

- The council voted on a package of items (1–3, 30–33, 35–46) and the roll call returned 13 ayes for those items.

- Item 24 was held on the desk earlier for a council member’s questions and later taken up and approved (vote recorded as 12 ayes with Councilmember Price recused).

- The council approved a motion (moved by Councilmember McCosker, seconded by Councilmember Yaroslavsky) to reject a settlement offer on item 48; the motion carried on a recorded vote of 13 ayes.

- Several items were continued: item 11 and item 34 were continued one month to July 30, 2025; item 25 was continued to June 27, 2025; and item 47 was continued to August 6, 2025 (announced during the meeting).

- A recommendation read for item 49 noted a proposed settlement expenditure “up to $230,000” in the case captioned Jeffrey Fried et al v. City of Los Angeles; the clerk read the recommendation as part of the closed‑session materials and the item was on the closed‑session calendar. (The meeting minutes record the reading of the recommended figure; see actions array below for status captured in the public minutes.)

A handful of items were called special by council members for separate votes earlier in the meeting (items 8, 19, 20, and 29) and those were considered together; the clerk announced a tabulation of nine yes votes and three no votes on that group. The clerk also announced the items available for public comment and managed the public‑comment queue and the ballot tabulation schedule for the business‑improvement‑district hearings.

The meeting record shows the clerk and council president handled motions to adopt committee reports and other procedural steps; where a specific mover and seconder were recorded in the public roll calls, those names are included below in the actions array. The council took no new ordinance action at the meeting to alter sanctuary policy or similar citywide enforcement rules; public comment on enforcement matters was accepted and recorded.