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Votes at a glance: April 30 Los Angeles City Council — omnibus approvals, closed session and other recorded tallies
Summary
The council voted on a package of consent and lower‑profile items, advanced several separate votes, entered a closed session and returned with no reportable action; notable tallies included unanimous action on a Chinatown motion and a corrected vote on one item after the meeting.
The Los Angeles City Council on April 30 completed several roll‑call votes and handled a closed‑session item. Key results from the meeting record include:
- Omnibus/consent items: The council voted to approve a block of items (items 2–7, 9–16, 19, and 21–27 were called earlier) with a recorded tally of 13 in favor on one of the earlier roll calls. At a later omnibus vote the clerk recorded 15 votes in favor for a separate package of items (items 1, 29, 31–36, 38, 39, 41–44, and 46–49). The transcript records multiple roll calls with those vote tallies.
- Item 8 (Chinatown vacant construction site): Motion to address repeated fires and unsafe conditions passed 15–0 (see separate article).
- Item 17 and 20: These were called for separate votes at a councilmember’s request and the transcript records a vote of 7 in favor and 2 opposed for those two items when voted together.
- Item 28 and 30: Item 28 was called for a separate vote (result recorded as 2 in favor, 1 opposed in an early count). Item 30 was called for a closed session; the council recessed to closed session and returned to open session with the clerk stating there was no reportable action from closed session.
- Item 18 (speed‑hump funding): See separate article for the detailed roll calls and amendment results. Procedural and substantive votes were recorded, including a 12–3 procedural vote to bifurcate recommendations, a failed 7–8 vote on an equal per‑district allocation, and a 13–2 vote on an added recommendation to the transportation committee report.
- Item 40: A member asked to be recorded as voting no. After the meeting returned from closed session a councilmember changed a vote; the clerk recorded a revised tally of 11 in favor and 4 opposed, and the motion nonetheless passed.
The clerk and president’s announcements about which items were open for public comment and which items were called separately were read into the record, and the meeting proceeded with the votes and subsequent motions to refer and file reports as recorded.
