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LA City Council Meeting - May 22, 2026

Everything we captured from this meeting — agenda items and public comment, with links into the recording.

May 22nd Three-minute briefing Recording Agenda
LA City Council meeting chamber on May 22, 2026
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Agenda items

  1. CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the extension of appointment of Abigail Marquez as the Interim General Manager of the Department of Aging Council File 26-0568
  2. PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2011-1965-EIR, ADDENDUM, AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS, and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed ordinance amending the Los Angeles International… Council File 13-0285-S2
  3. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to executing a second amended and restated contract with Impact Sciences, Inc Council File 19-1346-S2
  4. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to executing a third amended and restated contract with Architectural Resources Group, Inc Council File 19-1356-S1
  5. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to executing a First Amended and Restated Agreement with Gartner, Inc. for project management and IT consulting services Council File 26-0515
  6. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to reporting on the implementation of the recently adopted law, Assembly Bill (AB) 671 (Wicks, Chapter 47, Statutes of 2025) Council File 26-0214
  7. PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to initiating consideration of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) and accompanying Zone Change (ZC) for the property located at 16300 Foothill Boulevard Council File 26-0580
  8. .. ANNUAL BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. Items Called Special Motions for Posting and Referral Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings… Council File 26-0600

Public comment

4 comment segments captured. Transcribed from auto-generated captions and excerpted for publication.

Unverified speaker · General public comment

You'll have 1 minute. Hello. Good afternoon, City Council. I would like to thank and acknowledge all veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice and to wish all American families a happy Memorial Day weekend. Also, with all the tension in the air about elections, let's hope the votes are done peacefully and civic. Let's not forget all the veterans who lost their lives in the battlefield so we can enjoy the fruits of freedom. God bless America and goodwill to all. Mr. Bloomfield, I I would like you to help landscape One Generation so that we can get the veterans to help utilize the facilities. Thank you. Hold my time, sir. Hold my time. Speaker, you'll have 1 minute. how many items are there, …

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Pamela Robinson · General public comment

Good morning. You'll have 1 minute. Council members, I'm Pamela Robinson and this is Dr. Frank D'Gorville. We are both business owners in the Los Angeles area. Dr. D'Gorville is the founder of Why Are You Mad, which is a non-profit organization in the Los Angeles underserved community. We're here today to discuss a parking lot. Dr. D'Gorville is not only reserved officer retiree, but he also protects community as a teaching martial arts in the Los Angeles Jeopardy and PAL programs in the Los Angeles area. He is the ambassador of the Caribbean martial arts. He holds a supreme grand master's degree and 10th degree black belt. And currently we have Undersheriff Kids.

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Unverified speaker · General public comment

You'll have 1 minute. My name is Kenneth. I am a member of LA CAN. I have been in in the downtown resident for 15 years. I live in the Charles Cobb apartment in Skid Row. I have been for I have seen on firsthand how developers have come into the downtown area building housing, which is not affordable for long-time residents. They are basically trying to eliminate Skid Row. We need permanent, affordable, and dignified housing, not high-rise luxury lofts. We also need eviction defense, especially since we are dealing with slumlords. We We now We know that ULA is already delivering real housing stability. Measure ULA has generated over $1 billion in funds eviction for evic- eviction defense. …

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From the council floor

Councilmember Imelda Padilla · Council discussion

Um let me start off by the traditional Council Member Gil Martinez, thank you for bringing this presentation. I really like it. And for the record, you look great in a tie. Um wear that more often. But anyways, you know, I want to speak to to the youth. Congratulations. This is a big deal. The fact that you get to now brag about it and winning in such a a high level competition. It really to me, the fact that you've done something productive with yourselves means that you're taking your youth seriously, valuing your young age. And when you do that, we know for a fact that you are going to be the future leaders of our community. So, know that you are you're not just a future leader, you're …

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