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Council amends Watershed Council authorization to add city council liaison

Los Angeles City Council · November 14, 2025

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Summary

After questions about representation and local planning oversight, the council amended item 11 to request an official council liaison be included among Watershed Council members and approved the item by roll call.

The City Council on Nov. 3 amended a recommendation regarding the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council to request that the president of the city council appoint an official liaison to the Watershed Council.

Councilmember Hernandez raised concerns that the measure, as written, authorized the president of the Board of Public Works or a designee to sit on the Watershed Council and could exclude council members from direct participation. He said the large projects near the LA River in his district — including an 80‑acre development at Taylor Yard and a state designation that directed $40 million for a state park acquisition — warranted policymaker involvement.

Committee and city staff said the Watershed Council is a consortium of academia, business, community, environmental groups and government agencies and that its composition could be revisited. The council agreed to amend the report so that a council liaison would be part of the official liaisons to the Watershed Council; the amended item passed by roll call (11 ayes).

Why it matters: Councilmembers framed the amendment as preserving the council’s ability to bring local land‑use and planning concerns to regional watershed planning and ensuring elected officials have a formal channel into the Watershed Council.