Council reopens special item for public comment after kiosk error; residents accuse council of Brown Act violations

The Los Angeles City Council reopened a recently added special item for additional public comment after a kiosk registration error and a public complaint about notice and process. The council voted to reconsider the special item and then allowed a ten‑minute public‑comment window.

A councilmember asked the body to reconsider the special‑item determination to accommodate people who could not sign up because of a kiosk problem; the motion to reconsider the special item passed by a recorded tally of 13 in favor and 1 opposed. The council then opened a ten‑minute comment period for the special item until 11:15 a.m., at which point multiple speakers criticized the council’s handling of special meetings.

Commenters including George Bussetti and E.N. Jameson accused the council and city staff of repeatedly suspending the Brown Act and holding meetings or decision sessions without adequate public notice. One commenter said such practices were “fundamentally illegal” and urged that councilmembers be held accountable. Other speakers called for greater transparency and said leadership should not conduct deliberations “in a room hidden” from public view.

The council subsequently considered and voted on the special item. The transcript records a roll call on the special item with a final tally of 14 in favor; the meeting record then shows the agenda concluded and the session adjourned.

Speakers’ complaints at this meeting were procedural and political in nature; the transcript records public critique and council procedural votes (reconsideration and final roll call) but does not record any council finding of Brown Act violation or an instruction to staff to open an investigation during this session.