Votes at a glance: Council approves settlements, ordinances and community funding; recusal noted on item 8

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council recorded a series of votes on routine and substantive items during its April 2025 session, including settlement expenditures, community funding appropriations, one ordinance first reading requiring a 12‑vote threshold and several other items. Key outcomes below reflect council roll calls recorded in the public transcript.

• Item 7 (homelessness oversight report, amended) — Approved as amended; vote: 15 ayes. (See separate article for discussion.)

• Items 1 and 3–6; 15–19 — These items were taken together and approved by roll call with a recorded tally of 13 ayes. The transcript lists the items as including routine approvals and community appropriations; individual item descriptions are on the official agenda. (Vote recorded at transcript time ~4235.9 seconds.)

• Item 11 (ordinance requiring a 12‑vote threshold for first reading) — The ordinance vote required 12 ayes for first reading; the clerk recorded 12 ayes on the roll call. Further details on second reading or final adoption were not specified in the transcript excerpt. (Vote recorded at transcript time ~2242.765 seconds.)

• Item 8 — Councilmember Mike Price recused himself from item 8 because of an affiliation disclosed on the record; the roll call on the item recorded 12 ayes (Price absent for that vote). (Recusal announced at transcript time ~2002.04; roll call at ~4391.115 seconds.)

• Items 20–26 (settlements reported in closed session by the Budget and Finance Committee) — The council voted to approve the settlements read into the record, with a recorded tally of 13 ayes. The settlements ranged in recommended amounts (each item listed an amount read into the record), and the clerk recorded approval. (Vote recorded at transcript time ~4362.1646 seconds.)

• Item 19 was taken as urgent forthwith and approved separately with 13 ayes.

For items where the transcript did not provide fuller detail (for example, specific contract numbers or full ordinance text), the agenda and official minute entries on the city clerk’s website should be consulted. Where the transcript omitted a mover or seconder for a motion, the vote record lists the roll‑call tally as the official outcome.

Provenance: The transcript records roll calls and recusal statements at multiple points in the meeting; selected roll calls are cited below.