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Council voting summary: selected items approved May 7, 2025
Summary
A summary of key City Council votes taken May 7, 2025: motions on unarmed crisis workforce workshops, school safety zones (15 mph), port tariffs report request, and adoption/ordinance drafting for CAL FIRE wildfire maps were among items approved unanimously.
The Los Angeles City Council took a number of votes during its May 7 meeting. Below are key items recorded on the floor with the outcomes as announced during the session.
- Item 18 — Motion directing departments to develop workshops and career pathways for the unarmed mobile crisis response pilot: adopted, 15 ayes.
- Item 34 — Motion authorizing LADOT to implement 15 mph speed limits in newly designated school safety zones: adopted, 15 ayes.
- Item 27 — Motion requesting a report from the Port of Los Angeles general manager on the effects of recently imposed tariffs and blank sailings: adopted, 15 ayes.
- Item 22 — Amendment directing the city attorney, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Fire Department and CAL FIRE, to draft an ordinance to adopt state wildfire map changes and incorporate them into Los Angeles Municipal Code Chapter 5, Article 7: adopted, 15 ayes.
- Item 32 — Separately called for a vote and recorded as 12 ayes, 3 noes (item content not specified in the portions of the transcript provided).
- Items 19, 21, 203, 205, 206, 208 through 231 (bundled items and liens from the Department of Building and Safety) were announced as available for vote and later recorded as approved in bulk (votes recorded on the floor: 15 ayes for those bundles as announced).
- Motion amendments and recusals: Councilmember Curran Price recused himself from item 20 and item 24 (stated on record). Item 36 was held for an amendment and later an amending motion (36a) was introduced, seconded and circulated; the transcript records roll calls for that amending motion.
This summary lists outcomes the council announced on the floor. Where item descriptions were not provided in the available transcript excerpt, the description is marked "not specified." For full details, the council's official agenda and file numbers should be consulted.
Speakers recorded for these items included Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Marquise Harris‑Dawson, Mike McOsker and others who introduced and seconded motions. Recorded vote totals above are those read into the record during the meeting.
