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City Council continues key fire-relief item, reconsiders and adopts two ordinances; three legal settlements authorized
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Los Angeles City Council voted to continue item 33 addressing fire impacts to March 4, reconsidered and then adopted ordinances 23 and 25, and authorized settlement payments in three litigation matters.
The Los Angeles City Council on Feb. 18 continued a major agenda item addressing impacts from recent fires to March 4, 2025, reconsidered and adopted two ordinances after a subsequent vote, and authorized three settlement payments in pending lawsuits.
Council President Marcus Herrs Tosen opened the session and the council handled a series of procedural votes before turning to continuances and settlements. Councilmembers approved a motion to continue agenda item 33 — described in the meeting as related to impacts on workers, providers and residents affected by the fires — to a special meeting on March 4, 2025. The motion to continue item 33 passed with 11 votes in favor when first taken; the council later took a separate reconsideration vote and again recorded 11 in favor when the continuation was affirmed.
The council also considered ordinances numbered 23 and 25. Early in the meeting staff announced those ordinances would be continued to the Feb. 25, 2025 meeting. Later in the session the council voted to reconsider both ordinances; the reconsideration passed with 12 votes in favor, and the ordinances were adopted with the posted vote tally recorded as in favor.
On claims and settlements, the council considered three closed-session recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee. The committee recommended and the council authorized settlement payments in three matters: Stop LAPD v. City of Los Angeles (recommended settlement amount $112,000), a claim by Police Department Sgt. Joel Cedama (recommended settlement $94,999.99), and Nicole Jennifer Pasitas v. City of Los Angeles (recommended settlement $105,000). The committee presentation indicated those sums were recommended as settlement amounts; the council moved the items without public debate recorded on the transcript and then took the vote to authorize the payments.
Other procedural votes recorded in the meeting: approval of minutes from the Feb. 14, 2025 meeting (mover recorded as “Jurado,” second recorded as “Makouskir” in the transcript), and several items called special by councilmembers for individual votes. At one point a pair of items called by Councilmember Hernández for separate votes produced a recorded result of two in favor and two opposed; the transcript does not list a final adoption tally for that pair.
What the votes mean
- Item 33 (fire-relief/impacts): Continued to March 4, 2025; continuation motions recorded as passing (11–0 when first recorded). - Ordinances 23 and 25: Initially continued to Feb. 25, 2025; later reconsidered and adopted on Feb. 18 (reconsideration passed 12–0; the ordinances were recorded as adopted). - Settlements (items 38–40 as presented to Budget & Finance): Authorized for the amounts presented: $112,000 (Stop LAPD v. City), $94,999.99 (Sgt. Joel Cedama claim), and $105,000 (Nicole Jennifer Pasitas claim).
The transcript does not provide roll-call vote-by-name records for most actions; vote results are provided as tallies in the public record portions read into the minutes. Where a mover or seconder is named in the transcript, that information is noted; where the transcript does not specify a mover, second, or individual yes/no votes, this article records the outcome only as given in the meeting.
