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The city budget, Animal Services and Skid Row sweeps

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May 27th Three-minute briefing Recording Agenda
LA City Council meeting chamber on May 27, 2026
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Agenda items

  1. CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to the quitclaim of a Sanitary Sewer Easement for sewer purposes lying on 2250 and 2238 East 97th Street and 2269 East 99th Place - Right of Way No. 36000-2615 (Quitclaim) Council File 26-0709
  2. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to costs of necessary installation of software and equipment required for the Van Nuys Council Chambers in order to be in compliance with the Senate Bill 707 by July 1, 2026 Council File 25-1358
  3. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to funding from the Innovation Fund (IF) for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Medical Records Requests Tracking System pilot project Council File 26-0499
  4. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INNOVATION, AND AUDITS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to funding from the Innovation Fund (IF) for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Booking Innovation Team pilot project Council File 26-0500
  5. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Gabrielle Amster as the permanent General Manager, Department of Animal Services. Financial Disclosure Statement : Filed. (Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee report to be submitted in Council. If… Council File 26-0569
  6. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the appointment of Stewart Sebastian Lozano to the Board of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Authority Commissioners. Financial Disclosure Statement : Filed. Background Check : Pending (Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community… Council File 26-1200-S19
  7. PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDINGS, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to establishing a signage supplemental use district for The Bloc… Council File 25-0778-S1
  8. CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a California Environmental Quality Act appeal filed for the properties located at 23139 and 23141 West Collins Street Council File 26-0411
  9. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS and GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEES REPORT relative to the development of the Lanzit Industrial Site located at 10901 South Clovis Avenue Council File 24-0403
  10. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorization to release a Request for Proposals for development of 1636 West Manchester Avenue Council File 12-0049-S17
  11. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 1435 West 53rd Street (Case No. 907667), Assessor I.D. No. 5003-009-018, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 22-0005-S134
  12. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 12707 West Mitchell Avenue (Case No. 863482), Assessor I.D. No. 4236-019-034, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S79
  13. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 11021 West Hesby Street (Case No. 871932), Assessor I.D. No. 2353-008-024, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S80
  14. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 12621 West Debell Street (Case No. 857738), Assessor I.D. No. 2624-015-009, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S81
  15. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 5136 North Willow Crest Avenue (Case No. 883555), Assessor I.D. No. 2419-016-021, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S82
  16. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 10706 West Ohio Avenue (Case No. 836740), Assessor I.D. No. 4325-031-002, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S83
  17. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 127 North Bonnie Brae Street (Case No. 833046), Assessor I.D. No. 5157-027-013, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S84
  18. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 935 East Venezia Avenue (Case No. 869999), Assessor I.D. No. 4241-030-006, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S85
  19. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 1273 East 108th Street (Case Nos. 663042; 699057), Assessor I.D. No. 6065-011-011, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S86
  20. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 227 South Reno Street (Case No. 836602), Assessor I.D. No. 5155-006-005, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S87
  21. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 701 West 80th Street (Case No. 612306), Assessor I.D. No. 6032-027-009, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S88
  22. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 1342 South Ogden Drive (Case No. 826849), Assessor I.D. No. 5086-016-021, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S89
  23. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 1554 East 105th Street (Case No. 842665), Assessor I.D. No. 6065-016-004, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S90
  24. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 7421 West Oakwood Avenue (Case No. 871542), Assessor I.D. No. 5526-033-017, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) Council File 26-0005-S91
  25. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) relative to the Participant Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for Participation in the Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC8) Project to acquire updated aerial imagery and associated geospatial… Council File 26-0704
  26. CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (PRICE - PADILLA) relative to initiating the process to change the name of 39th Street from Main Street to Figueroa Street to "Paralympic Street." Council File 26-0428
  27. CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (PRICE - HUTT) relative to designating the intersection of 48th Street and Avalon Boulevard as " Senior Pastor, Dr. Carl A. McCorkle, Square." Council File 26-0712
  28. CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - NAZARIAN) relative to creating an Ad Hoc Committee on Film, Entertainment, and Creative Industry Council File 24-2000-S3
  29. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the exemption of one Assistant Chief Grants Administrator (Class Code 1577) position for the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b) Council File 26-0728
  30. COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR relative to the exemption of one Deputy City Engineer (Class Code 9490-2) position for the Burreau of Engineering (BOE) from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b) Council File 26-0729
  31. BUDGET AND FINANCE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to status updates on the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) Expansion and Modernization Project for February and March 2026 Council File 15-1207-S8
  32. BUDGET AND FINANCE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS COMMITTEES' REPORT relative to a verbal update request on the status of the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) Expansion and Modernization Project Council File 15-1207-S7
  33. CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS (BOAC) relative to the First Amendment to License Agreement LAA-8972 with Shell California Pipeline Company, LLC to extend the term for pipeline facilities at Los Angeles… Council File 26-0660
  34. ANNUAL BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. TIME LIMIT FILE - JUNE 1, 2026 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 29, 2026) Communication(s) from Public_05-21-2026 Final Budget… Council File 26-0600
  35. The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Dominick Deluca v. City of Los Angeles , Claim Nos. C26-13042 and C26-13645. (This matter arises from a flooding… Council File 26-0610
  36. The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel relative to the case entitled Nazeli Kiradzhyan, et al. v. City of Los Angeles , Claim Nos. C26-13219 and C26-13472. (This matter arises from a… Council File 26-0621

Public comment

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

Brandon · Public comment

Good morning, Mr. City Attorney., just general comment today. I'm not prepared to speak on agendas. Thank you to the city of Los Angeles to the state of California. I just want to say thank you for coming in today. My name is Brandon Tilliano., but yeah, guys, I went to the transportation committee meeting. It's my first time going to one of those. It was very quick and brief, thank God. But,, yes, I pulled an all nighter last night on that behalf. So, yeah, I'm a little tired. But,, yeah, thank you guys. So, you guys ready for the Olympics? I know I am., have I done anything for the Olympics? Not yet, but there's some stuff on paper. And I do go to Los Angeles Film School, and we do have …

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Akquila Salam · General public comment

hi, my name is Akquila Salam from LA K. I'm speaking a public comment.

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Unverified speaker · General public comment

Yes. Hello everybody. I'm Armenia, a worker in McDonald's here in District 10. Here to do public comment. I'm urging you to to support all the fast food workers in Los Angeles. by approving the fast food fair work ordinance. Because when workers know our rights, everybody thrives. And in my case, [snorts] I fell down at work and was unconscious for some times for some time. It was about 30 minutes. Indicate how much time. And it took that long before management called an ambulance. And in during that time, I didn't know my rights and I didn't know that I could receive workers compos. But now after joining the union, I know my rights and I was able to speak up and use my voice. and go on …

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Unverified speaker · General public comment

General comment. Hi, I'm Jesse and I'm an LA Ken proud LA Ken member., Councilman, Council Member Gerardo. Good morning., we are here for the public comment. A woman from LA Ken came to us last week and told us that she didn't know that the sweeps were happening. including and she lost everything including her dead mother's pictures. That's everything that she had. the city put out paper signs on series two weeks ago and shows that the city is very aware of the metal signs and they don't do that they don't do that the metal signs don't do anything and the paper signs are recorded so people know that sweeps are actually coming. Every other part of CD14 gets paper signs warning residents of …

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Adam · Public comment

All right. Council member Herado, last week, LA KN went to the CCA board meeting and listened to your staff share how they work with the bid and LAPD to schedule sweeps in Skid Row. He also said that your office does outreach before every sweep, which is a wild thing to hear. We sent a letter to you two weeks ago about these sweeps following up from our meeting in February. Particularly, we talked about the insufficient notice Skidro residents are forced to contend with when sanitation and LAPD come daily to destroy people's property. The city showed that they know we get unsufficient notice when y'all put out paper notices that echoed the permanent metal signs on series that also said the …

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Unverified speaker · General public comment

yes, sir. I'll be doing general public comment., yes. My name is Tommy. I'm from Council District 14 and proud member of LA Can here to speak on Operation Healthy Streets. Why are houseless folks in Skid Row not offered the same warning about these violent sweeps as others across the district and city? Council member Herado, we know that you understand these concerns through your office. Though your office never does outreach in Skid Row, we've never seen your staff at sweeps before, during, or after. While we are 100% against sweeps happening at all, LA can is demanding that our members and our community get at the very least the same treatment as other communities in your district. Why do …

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Samson · Item 37

Hi, my name is Samson and I'm a member of Los Angeles Community Action Network. I'm here to speak on general comment. Council member Herado, at a recent Central City East Association meeting, your downtown deputy talked about working with the business improvement district and the LAPD on coordinating sweeps in Skid Row and that your office does outreach beforehand. The first two parts of that sentence are really troubling, and the last part just isn't true. At countless sweeps we go to weekly where people get no notice it's coming. LAN's community watch team has never seen anyone from your office in Skidro talking to people that live outside. These sweeps are violent and traumatic and LAN …

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Unverified speaker · Item 26

As indicated on the kiosk, all items and general public comment.

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David · Public comment

Good morning. My name is David and I'm a member of LAN. Here to speak. Here to speak on general comment.

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Charles · Item 27

council president. Those are all the names for public comment. Apologies. There is one more. [screaming and groaning] for the record. ab Look at 96th Street for the right of way. Look lady, say all the words or don't speak right because my words are very important. So your mother on number one dick. There's another place session. There's one thing in closed session. The water. What item are you on, Mr. Herman? Uncle Tom. I'm on number 35. Uncle Tom. Gracias. Now I don't know which item are you speaking to. 33 Right. Smoke and scan. I look number 33. You've already had a minute on 33. Never mind. I don't want 25. I want to speak on number 26 with but also she can go to her mother. This is …

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From the council floor

Councilmember Imelda Padilla · Item 34

Council member Lee second. Can we run through our agenda? Thank you, Mr. President. Item one is an item notice for public hearing. Items 2 through 10 are items for which public hearings have been held. For items five and six, the arts, parks, libraries, and community enrichment committee reports have been circulated and posted online to council file numbers 26-0569 and 26-1200-19. Items 11 through 34, items for which public hearings have not been held. Please note, no action is necessary for item 34. Action related to the annual budget resolution for fiscal year 2627 will be taken under item 38. Items 35 and 36 are close session items for which public hearings have not been held. Items 37 …

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Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez · Item 7

Thank you, Council President. Calling item number four uh special for a separate vote. All right. Council member Yosovski like to call 35 and 36 for questions in close session. We're going to try and get those resolved before then, but Okay. Just in case we need it. Thank you. All right. Possible close session for 35 and 36. Uh stay tuned on that. Uh Seeing no other specials, Council Member Park, 34 for a separate vote, please. All right. 34 for a separate vote. And Mr. President, so for 34, we're actually going to be taking action on 38. So it'll be 38 for a separate vote. All right. Um, what items are available for votes uh at this time, Mr. Clerk? Uh, Mr. President, there is a request to …

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Councilmember Ysabel Jurado · Item 37

at a recent uh Central City East Association meeting, your downtown deputy talked about working with the business improvement district and the LAPD on coordinating sweeps in Skid Row and that your office does outreach beforehand. The first two parts of that sentence are really troubling, and the last part just isn't true. At countless sweeps we go to weekly where people get no notice it's coming. LAN's community watch team has never seen anyone from your office in Skidro talking to people that live outside. These sweeps are violent and traumatic and LAN members are demanding that at the very least your office provides the same notice to Skidro residents that a sweep is happening as you do …

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Councilmember Bob Blumenfield · Item 26

Great. I called this one for comments and so we could also hear from our our nominee for general manager. So, I would ask for her to come forward. Yes, please. But, uh, today I'm I'm proud to support Gabrielle Amster's nomination to become the next general manager of animal services. It's not a secret that animal services has been faced with serious issues for way too long. And it's been years since this department has had permanent leadership. I'm proud that in this year's budget, we were able to reverse potentially devastating cuts by fulfilling um fully funding the successful dogs playing for life program, increasing the spayneuter budget by almost 20% and helping alleviate the impact to …

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Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky · Item 38

All right, we can vote on these items. All right, let's open the rose items. Close the ro. Mr. President, one one moment. I just need to check with the uh city attorney about procedure for these two items. So, I understand that we're not going into close on this, but is there a motion then to approve the recommendations in the confidential report? So moved. Second. Now, we may vote, Mr. President. All right. Uh let's take the vote and then we're going to uh we'll go to you, Mr. Price. All right. Let's open the role. Close the role. Tabulate the vote. Tap eyes. All right. And uh for the good of the record, Mr. Price, uh regarding our previous item. Yes, Mr. President. Thank you. I had to …

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