Los Angeles City Council approves multiple routine items, bifurcates a $370,000 contract for later consideration

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday advanced multiple agenda items, approved a substitute motion on one file and set aside one contract for separate consideration later this month.

Procedural votes and continuances - Council approved items 2–4, 6–14 and 18–21 during an early vote (recorded as "10 ayes" by the clerk). - Council approved items 15–17 in a separate special vote (8 ayes, 2 noes recorded). - Council continued item 1 to March 18, 2025, and Councilmember Hutt called items 5 and 29 for continuance; item 5 was rescheduled to April 22, 2025 (council recess conflict), and item 29 was continued to March 25, 2025 as requested from the floor. - Item 35 was continued at Councilmember Padilla’s request to March 19, 2025.

Item 22 and bifurcation of a contract - The council voted to approve item 22 with the exception of recommendation 3. The record shows the council approved the remaining recommendations for council file 25-0169 while holding recommendation 3 for separate consideration (vote recorded as 11 ayes). - Councilmember Bob Blumenfield (on the motion recorded by the clerk) moved to bifurcate recommendation 3, which references a Nossman LLP contract (contract number 146250) in the amount of $370,000; the council voted to continue that specific contract for consideration on March 25, 2025 (vote recorded as 11 ayes on the continuance).

Other recorded actions - The personnel and hiring committee report for item 23 was approved (11 ayes). - A large block of items (24–28, 30, 32–34, 36 and 38) were approved later in the meeting (vote recorded as 12 ayes). - Item 37 was approved in a separate vote, recorded as 10 ayes and 2 noes. - A substitute motion for item 39 was approved (12 ayes) and the item passed as substituted (12 ayes). - Councilmember Park’s amendment to item 31 was circulated and approved (12 ayes).

Public comment and presentations - Dozens of public commenters spoke during the meeting. Speakers raised a range of topics including concerns about police recruitment culture, criticism of local development and street vacations, requests for better neighborhood beautification and community programming, and calls to address violence against Black women and girls. Several speakers urged additional resources and city action; speakers included Jessica Robinson (Standing for Black Girls Coalition) and Sekibu Hutchinson (Women's Leadership Project), who asked the council to allocate funding and office space for services addressing violence against Black women.

Administrative notes - Council President Marquee Harris-Dawson presided and the clerk recorded attendance; at one point 11 members were present for specific votes and elsewhere 12 members are recorded for other items, reflecting shifts in attendance during the meeting. - With the desk clear at the close of votes, councilmembers offered ceremonial adjournments in memory of community members and recognized staff departures.

The council did not adopt new citywide policy on the floor during the votes summarized here; the meeting combined routine approvals, ceremonial presentations and several continuances and bifurcations for later consideration.