At-a-glance: key City Council actions on Nov. 14, 2001

Below are the principal roll-call actions taken by the Los Angeles City Council on Nov. 14, 2001, as reflected in the meeting record.

- Item 4 (PLUM-related project, East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission findings adopted): Approved as modified to adopt the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission findings over the zoning administrator (vote recorded: 12 ayes). - Item 9 (Ordinance restricting sale of glass-etching cream to adults): Approved (13 ayes). Detailed coverage in separate article. - Item 14 (Transfer of existing pipeline franchise -- administrative transfer): Approved (13 ayes). - Item 15 (Second pipeline franchise transfer): Approved (13 ayes). - Items 18–35 (balance of regular items without public hearing): multiple consent approvals recorded at various points; see minutes for item-by-item record. - Item 21 (MOU for fire command officers): Approved (13 ayes); police command MOU remains pending and under negotiation. - Item 25 (Update/implementation of bicycle plan/multimodal transportation motion): Approved (13 ayes). - Item 27 (Motion instructing city attorney on appellate truck-route decision — request for appeal, amici brief, League outreach): Approved (13 ayes). See separate coverage. - Item 29 (Request to schedule closed-session briefing and follow-up on litigation/contract agenda item): Approved (13 ayes); closed session briefing slated for Friday. - Item 32 (Supplemental agreement and payment for Venice Beach consultant invoices): Approved (12 ayes). - Item 34 (Instructions to city attorney to draft term-limit ballot measures): Council instructed drafting of three separate measures — 3-term (10 ayes, 2 noes), 4-term (8 ayes, 4 noes), and no-term-limit (8 ayes, 4 noes after reconsideration). Drafts to return next week for final vote on ballot placement. - Item 36B (Settlement offer in Jose Lara v. City of Los Angeles): Approved (10 ayes) authorizing a compromise payment of $120,000, as recommended by the city attorney.

Many other items on the agenda were approved on consent or passed through routine roll calls (the clerk’s minutes list full roll-call votes). This summary reports the primary substantive votes and directs readers to the official minutes and departmental files for full text of ordinances, MOUs, contracts and settlement documents.