City Council adopts land acknowledgment, finalizes pause on new RV‑park permits and advances study of a residential construction wage

The Los Angeles City Council adopted a formal land acknowledgment, approved an interim control ordinance (ICO) pausing issuance of new permits for RV parks under section 14 of the city—s public benefit code, and voted to study a residential construction worker minimum wage at its Oct. 28 meeting at City Hall.

Council member Rodriguez said the land acknowledgment was intended to "root this moment in truth, recognition, and respect for the first peoples of this land," and asked colleagues to vote aye. The council recorded the measure as adopted with an affirmative vote recorded on the floor (ayes recorded at the vote tally cited in the meeting).

Council member Rodriguez introduced the interim control ordinance, saying the measure would "temporarily pause the issuance of new permits for RV parks under section 14 of the public benefit code" while the Planning Department and City Attorney revise code language, performance standards, and related procedures. Rodriguez told colleagues the pause was needed because current language allowed overlapping or inconsistent interpretations that had produced failures in sanitation, circulation, utilities, and safety oversight in some project proposals.

The ordinance went through a complex same‑day sequence. The council first voted and recorded an affirmative tally (the clerk announced the ayes on the initial vote). A subsequent motion to make the ordinance "urgent forthwith" produced a…