Votes at a glance: council advances consent items, approves encampment and arts measures

The Los Angeles City Council on Feb. 17 handled a large consent package and several standalone items during a meeting with extended public comment. The clerk reported the bundled consent vote (items including 1, 3 and 13–37 among others) passed with 14 in favor.

Separately: the council instructed the Department of Infrastructure and Safety to report on the feasibility and costs of cooling equipment for capital-improvement programs (item 6); the clerk reported that vote as 11 in favor and 3 opposed. On item 46 — a modification concerning encampments and added notification for potential removals in high-fire-risk areas — the council considered competing amendments; the clerk recorded 11 in favor and 3 opposed for the item as presented.

Item 58 produced a split vote recorded as 2 in favor and 2 opposed in the clerk’s tally during the meeting record. Item 62, a report related to arts programming, was adopted with the clerk reporting 14 in favor.

Other procedural actions included circulation and passage of a special modification to item 38. The meeting also included a motion from Councilmember Rodríguez requesting a conversation with Police Chief McDonald about communications during protests; councilmembers noted the Police Commission would forward its report for committee review.

What this means: A number of operational and reporting tasks were approved that will require departmental follow-up — particularly the cooling-equipment study and code/implementation reporting tied to the indoor-temperature policy adopted separately. Vote tallies reported in the meeting transcript were used as the authoritative record in this summary.