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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Aug. 1 Los Angeles City Council meeting
Summary
A roundup of the meeting's formal actions, including passage of street-lighting ordinances, building-and-safety assessments, support for AB 942 (as amended), approval of the Grand Canal project, and adoption of motions on the trash TMDL and stormwater permit.
The Los Angeles City Council took votes on several agenda items during its Aug. 1 meeting. Key outcomes:
- Items 1 and 2 (street lighting district ordinances): Council confirmed assessments and adopted the abandoning ordinance where a majority protest existed; vote recorded as 14 ayes. (Items 1's proceedings recorded on the agenda.)
- Items 4 and 7'10 (building and safety assessments and appeals): Staff presentations were on the desk and the council confirmed assessments; the roll for these items was recorded with 11 ayes at one point in the discussion and subsequent tabulations recorded passage as reflected in the minutes.
- Item 15 (consent-decree community meetings and training status): Council adopted staff recommendations and instructed departments to schedule multilingual community meetings required under the consent decree; vote recorded 14 ayes.
- Item 20 (support for AB 942, freeway decking study): Council supported the bill as amended to require it not to bump approved MTA projects and directed staff to submit the project to the next MTA call for projects; vote recorded 14 ayes.
- Item 22 (SB 307, Japantown preservation / Little Tokyo): Council supported the motion and the item passed 14 ayes.
- Item 23 (eviction-notice pilot / no-fault notice increase from 30 to 60 days): Council held discussion and continued the item until Friday for clarification on potential preemption and compatibility with the city's rent-stabilization rules; the continuation vote was 14 ayes.
- Item 24 was continued to Aug. 8 upon request from the member representing the district with the matter.
- Item 27 (referred as called special) and multiple other consent items: Item 27 approved, 14 ayes.
- Item 37 (Playa Vista assessment-district authority for certain street lighting): Council approved the item after public comment; roll recorded 13 ayes.
- Item 39 (Grand Canal negative declaration and project authorization): Council adopted the mitigated negative declaration and approved the project, 14 ayes. Public testimony both opposed and supported the project; city staff said regulatory agencies had reviewed the document during the public review period.
- Items 40 and 41 (trash TMDL and municipal stormwater permit): After public testimony and an amending motion, the council adopted positions and directed staff to negotiate implementation; the council adopted a verbal amendment setting an internal 60 percent early-attainment target (verbal amendment vote 12 ayes, 2 noes) and approved the final package 14-0.
- Item 25 (housing task-force recommendations and policy direction): Item passed by the council, 14 ayes.
- Item 44 (closed-session settlements): 44(a) Randy Walker workers' compensation settlement: approved (roll recorded 12 ayes); 44(c) Phyllis Govans settlement $125,000: approved (roll recorded 12 ayes).
The meeting also included continuances and multiple items held for closed session pursuant to Government Code 54956.98.
For full texts of motions, amendments and the staff reports referenced by the council, see the official agenda packet and the city clerk's minutes for Aug. 1, 2001.
