Downey City Council Meeting - 6/23/2026

Downey City Council · June 23, 2026

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Public hearing and adoption: fireworks social-host/social spectator ordinances (Urgency Ordinance 26-1545)

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City prosecutor Jim Ekstrand presented two ordinances (one urgency, one regular) to impose strict liability on social hosts and spectators for unlawful fireworks, define exemptions for good-faith reporters and certain renters, and authorize recovery of emergency response costs; the council adopted urgency ordinance No. 26-1545 unanimously (four votes required for immediate effect).

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Downey City Council on June 23, 2026 adopted an urgency ordinance to hold property owners and spectators accountable for illegal fireworks, approved the citybudget for 2026-27, updated user fees, approved placing delinquent solid-waste charges on the county tax roll, approved several administrative items (including salary adjustments), and tabled a proposed hotel-tax ballot measure to a later meeting.

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