https://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/en-usA weekly civic-accountability podcast covering Los Angeles City Council activity (Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday meetings bundled by ISO week). Generated from real agendas, staff reports, and Journal vote tallies.muni_notesA weekly civic-accountability podcast covering Los Angeles City Council activity (Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday meetings bundled by ISO week). Generated from real agendas, staff reports, and Journal vote tallies.falsemuni_notesnoreply@example.comhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-05-18_to_2026-05-24.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-05-18_to_2026-05-24.mp3Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes, your weekly recap of City Council actions through a good governance lens. This week, covering May eighteenth through May twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six, the council tackled its most critical annual task: the city budget. Other significant discussions included a major update to the affordable housing evaluation framework, contentious designations of prohibited public spaces under section forty-one point eighteen of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and… This episode covers: • [10/10] 2026-27 Annual Budget Resolution • [9/10] Revised Asset Evaluation Framework for Affordable Housing • [8/10] Designation of Prohibited Locations under LAMC 41.18 • [8/10] Whiteman Airport Public Safety and Resource Review • [7/10] Functional Consolidation of City Departments • [7/10] Fire Station Number Thirty-One General Plan Amendment and Zone Change • [7/10] Affordable Multifamily Housing Project Bonds for Hoffman Street • [6/10] Hotel Worker Wage Rate AdjustmentWelcome to Los Angeles Council Notes, your weekly recap of City Council actions through a good governance lens. This week, covering May eighteenth through May twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six, the council tackled its most critical annual task: the city budget. Other significant discussions included a major update to the affordable housing evaluation framework, contentious designations of prohibited public spaces under section forty-one point eighteen of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and… This episode covers: • [10/10] 2026-27 Annual Budget Resolution • [9/10] Revised Asset Evaluation Framework for Affordable Housing • [8/10] Designation of Prohibited Locations under LAMC 41.18 • [8/10] Whiteman Airport Public Safety and Resource Review • [7/10] Functional Consolidation of City Departments • [7/10] Fire Station Number Thirty-One General Plan Amendment and Zone Change • [7/10] Affordable Multifamily Housing Project Bonds for Hoffman Street • [6/10] Hotel Worker Wage Rate AdjustmentSun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +000015:50falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-05-11_to_2026-05-17.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-05-11_to_2026-05-17.mp3From the week of May 11th through May 17th, 2026, this is Los Angeles Council Notes. The council held three meetings this week, and the lead story is a single decision with the potential to reshape the city budget for years: what to do with a voter initiative that would repeal the business gross receipts tax. We'll also cover a major proposed minimum wage increase for hotel and airport workers, a citywide nitrous oxide ban, new wildfire protocols, the BuildLA permitting fee, and oversight of the… This episode covers: • [8/10] Business Gross Receipts Tax Repeal — Initiative Certified • [6/10] Hotel and Airport Worker Minimum Wage Increases • [8/10] Transfer of Floor Area Rights — Public Benefit Trust Fund • [6/10] BuildLA Permit Surcharge • [7/10] Nitrous Oxide Sales Ban • [6/10] Red Flag Warning Protocols and Wildfire Recovery • [6/10] Continued Ratification of the January 2025 Wildfire Emergency • [5/10] Homeless Access Centers — Oversight and Data • [6/10] Sale of City Land to the Bishop Paiute Tribe • [6/10] Vista del Mar Safety and Median Barriers • [5/10] Port of Los Angeles — Permit 970 TransferFrom the week of May 11th through May 17th, 2026, this is Los Angeles Council Notes. The council held three meetings this week, and the lead story is a single decision with the potential to reshape the city budget for years: what to do with a voter initiative that would repeal the business gross receipts tax. We'll also cover a major proposed minimum wage increase for hotel and airport workers, a citywide nitrous oxide ban, new wildfire protocols, the BuildLA permitting fee, and oversight of the… This episode covers: • [8/10] Business Gross Receipts Tax Repeal — Initiative Certified • [6/10] Hotel and Airport Worker Minimum Wage Increases • [8/10] Transfer of Floor Area Rights — Public Benefit Trust Fund • [6/10] BuildLA Permit Surcharge • [7/10] Nitrous Oxide Sales Ban • [6/10] Red Flag Warning Protocols and Wildfire Recovery • [6/10] Continued Ratification of the January 2025 Wildfire Emergency • [5/10] Homeless Access Centers — Oversight and Data • [6/10] Sale of City Land to the Bishop Paiute Tribe • [6/10] Vista del Mar Safety and Median Barriers • [5/10] Port of Los Angeles — Permit 970 TransferSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +000013:40falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-05-04_to_2026-05-10.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-05-04_to_2026-05-10.mp3From Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your weekly civic-accountability briefing for the week of May fourth through May tenth, twenty twenty-six. A busy week at City Hall: the council took up the LA Alliance homelessness litigation, weighed cost-recovery for First Amendment events, moved a major rewrite of the police department's pretextual-stop policy, advanced an Olympic master agreement, and authorized staff to stand up a new zoning review program inside City Planning. We'll walk through eac… This episode covers: • [9/10] LA Alliance homelessness litigation • [8/10] Cost recovery for First Amendment permits • [8/10] Pretextual stops and traffic enforcement alternatives • [8/10] Olympics Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement • [8/10] Zoning Review Program moves to City Planning • [7/10] Extending council review of mayoral emergency declarations • [7/10] RAND organizational study of LAPD • [7/10] Interim housing bed rates and the Seasonal Shelter Program • [6/10] Roble Vista Drive haul route appeal • [7/10] DWP Load Dispatchers contractFrom Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your weekly civic-accountability briefing for the week of May fourth through May tenth, twenty twenty-six. A busy week at City Hall: the council took up the LA Alliance homelessness litigation, weighed cost-recovery for First Amendment events, moved a major rewrite of the police department's pretextual-stop policy, advanced an Olympic master agreement, and authorized staff to stand up a new zoning review program inside City Planning. We'll walk through eac… This episode covers: • [9/10] LA Alliance homelessness litigation • [8/10] Cost recovery for First Amendment permits • [8/10] Pretextual stops and traffic enforcement alternatives • [8/10] Olympics Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement • [8/10] Zoning Review Program moves to City Planning • [7/10] Extending council review of mayoral emergency declarations • [7/10] RAND organizational study of LAPD • [7/10] Interim housing bed rates and the Seasonal Shelter Program • [6/10] Roble Vista Drive haul route appeal • [7/10] DWP Load Dispatchers contractSun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +000013:40falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-04-27_to_2026-05-03.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-04-27_to_2026-05-03.mp3You're listening to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April 27th through May 3rd, 2026. A heavy week at City Hall: the council moved to adopt the Boyle Heights Community Plan Update, restructured how the city contracts with its homelessness agency, accepted a mid-year budget report flagging more than two hundred million dollars in over-expenditures, and took positions on a slate of state immigration bills. We'll work through it in order of governance weight. This episode covers: • [10/10] Boyle Heights Community Plan Update • [8/10] Homelessness funding and the LAHSA contract overhaul • [8/10] Expiring rental subsidies • [8/10] Mid-year financial status report • [8/10] Accessibility retrofit at Harmony Gates • [8/10] 700 East 27th Street — extending displacement housing • [7/10] State legislative positions on immigration enforcement • [7/10] Expanding the public nuisance definition • [6/10] Fifteen mile per hour school zones at 214 schoolsYou're listening to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April 27th through May 3rd, 2026. A heavy week at City Hall: the council moved to adopt the Boyle Heights Community Plan Update, restructured how the city contracts with its homelessness agency, accepted a mid-year budget report flagging more than two hundred million dollars in over-expenditures, and took positions on a slate of state immigration bills. We'll work through it in order of governance weight. This episode covers: • [10/10] Boyle Heights Community Plan Update • [8/10] Homelessness funding and the LAHSA contract overhaul • [8/10] Expiring rental subsidies • [8/10] Mid-year financial status report • [8/10] Accessibility retrofit at Harmony Gates • [8/10] 700 East 27th Street — extending displacement housing • [7/10] State legislative positions on immigration enforcement • [7/10] Expanding the public nuisance definition • [6/10] Fifteen mile per hour school zones at 214 schoolsSun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +000014:55falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-04-20_to_2026-04-26.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-04-20_to_2026-04-26.mp3This is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April twentieth, twenty twenty-six. The council met three times this week and took up an unusually dense slate of governance items: a new round of anti-encampment enforcement designations under Municipal Code Section forty-one point eighteen, the creation of an oversight committee for the so-called mansion tax, a two-year affordable housing expenditure plan, Olympic infrastructure decisions, and a federal counter-drone grant. We'll work through t… This episode covers: • [8/10] Section 41.18 prohibited locations in Council District 9 • [8/10] Ad Hoc Committee on Measure ULA • [8/10] Affordable Housing Linkage Fee expenditure plan • [8/10] 2028 Olympics mobility readiness and right-of-way • [7/10] Counter-drone grant from Department of Homeland Security • [8/10] Port Master Plan coastal permit framework • [6/10] Private foundation funding for Office of Strategic PartnershipsThis is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April twentieth, twenty twenty-six. The council met three times this week and took up an unusually dense slate of governance items: a new round of anti-encampment enforcement designations under Municipal Code Section forty-one point eighteen, the creation of an oversight committee for the so-called mansion tax, a two-year affordable housing expenditure plan, Olympic infrastructure decisions, and a federal counter-drone grant. We'll work through t… This episode covers: • [8/10] Section 41.18 prohibited locations in Council District 9 • [8/10] Ad Hoc Committee on Measure ULA • [8/10] Affordable Housing Linkage Fee expenditure plan • [8/10] 2028 Olympics mobility readiness and right-of-way • [7/10] Counter-drone grant from Department of Homeland Security • [8/10] Port Master Plan coastal permit framework • [6/10] Private foundation funding for Office of Strategic PartnershipsSun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +000015:00falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-04-13_to_2026-04-19.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-04-13_to_2026-04-19.mp3From the Los Angeles City Council, this is your week in review for April thirteenth through April nineteenth, twenty twenty-six. A heavy governance week: the council set the public hearing for the Mayor's proposed twenty twenty-six to twenty-seven budget, certified a citizen petition that could repeal the city's gross receipts tax, designated a new anti-camping zone under Municipal Code section forty-one point one eight, reopened the design of Measure ULA, and advanced bond financing for nearly… This episode covers: • [10/10] FY 2026-27 budget public hearing scheduled • [10/10] Gross receipts tax repeal initiative certified • [8/10] New 41.18 anti-camping zone in Council District 11 • [6/10] Measure ULA — comprehensive review, exemptions, and consultant • [6/10] Affordable housing bonds — 476 units across two projects • [8/10] SB 707 — Brown Act compliance update • [8/10] Transportation Communication Network revenue — digital signs • [8/10] Revenue forecast — FY 2025-26 and 2026-27 • [6/10] LAPD Drone as First Responder — $2.1 million donation • [7/10] Vermont Transit Corridor — bike lane versus parking • [6/10] Oversized vehicle parking restrictions — Council District 11 • [6/10] Cannabis tax relief and refiling rules • [6/10] LADWP — Utah Solar 1 power sales agreementFrom the Los Angeles City Council, this is your week in review for April thirteenth through April nineteenth, twenty twenty-six. A heavy governance week: the council set the public hearing for the Mayor's proposed twenty twenty-six to twenty-seven budget, certified a citizen petition that could repeal the city's gross receipts tax, designated a new anti-camping zone under Municipal Code section forty-one point one eight, reopened the design of Measure ULA, and advanced bond financing for nearly… This episode covers: • [10/10] FY 2026-27 budget public hearing scheduled • [10/10] Gross receipts tax repeal initiative certified • [8/10] New 41.18 anti-camping zone in Council District 11 • [6/10] Measure ULA — comprehensive review, exemptions, and consultant • [6/10] Affordable housing bonds — 476 units across two projects • [8/10] SB 707 — Brown Act compliance update • [8/10] Transportation Communication Network revenue — digital signs • [8/10] Revenue forecast — FY 2025-26 and 2026-27 • [6/10] LAPD Drone as First Responder — $2.1 million donation • [7/10] Vermont Transit Corridor — bike lane versus parking • [6/10] Oversized vehicle parking restrictions — Council District 11 • [6/10] Cannabis tax relief and refiling rules • [6/10] LADWP — Utah Solar 1 power sales agreementSun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +000014:40falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-04-06_to_2026-04-12.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-04-06_to_2026-04-12.mp3Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April sixth through April twelfth, twenty twenty-six. This was an exceptionally quiet week at City Hall. The council convened three sessions, but the only items on the public record were procedural recess notices. There were no policy votes, no public hearings, and no substantive motions taken up during this reporting period. This episode covers: • Procedural itemsWelcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of April sixth through April twelfth, twenty twenty-six. This was an exceptionally quiet week at City Hall. The council convened three sessions, but the only items on the public record were procedural recess notices. There were no policy votes, no public hearings, and no substantive motions taken up during this reporting period. This episode covers: • Procedural itemsSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +00002:00falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-03-30_to_2026-04-05.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-03-30_to_2026-04-05.mp3Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March thirtieth through April fifth, twenty twenty-six. This was an unusually quiet stretch at City Hall. The council's scheduled sessions on March thirty-first, April first, and April third produced no substantive policy actions — only recess notices on the public record. Here's the short version. This episode covers: • Three recess notices, no policy actionsWelcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March thirtieth through April fifth, twenty twenty-six. This was an unusually quiet stretch at City Hall. The council's scheduled sessions on March thirty-first, April first, and April third produced no substantive policy actions — only recess notices on the public record. Here's the short version. This episode covers: • Three recess notices, no policy actionsSun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +00002:00falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-03-23_to_2026-03-29.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-03-23_to_2026-03-29.mp3From the Los Angeles City Council, this is Council Notes for the week of March twenty-third through March twenty-ninth. A heavy governance week: the council took up how Los Angeles will implement Senate Bill seventy-nine — the state's transit-oriented upzoning law — moved to bar city employees from moonlighting in civil immigration enforcement, restructured police oversight inside the Controller's office, authorized sixty-five million dollars for solar streetlights, and laid out a citywide speed… This episode covers: • [8/10] SB 79 implementation: where Los Angeles will upzone, and where it will delay • [7/10] Barring city employees from moonlighting in civil immigration enforcement • [7/10] Moving LAPD auditing out of LAPD • [7/10] Sixty-five million dollars for solar streetlights citywide • [7/10] Approving the fifty-million-dollar Alameda Street widening • [6/10] Launching the city's speed-camera pilot • [6/10] A new bond mechanism for middle-income rental housing • [6/10] Urgency update to the rent stabilization formula • [6/10] Denying the appeal on a 350-unit Hollywood development • [6/10] Codifying Executive Directive 17, and small-business aid after ICE actions • [6/10] Investigating discrimination claims against a federal official • [6/10] Illegal signage penalties — and a seven-hundred-thirty-two-million-dollar DWP procurementFrom the Los Angeles City Council, this is Council Notes for the week of March twenty-third through March twenty-ninth. A heavy governance week: the council took up how Los Angeles will implement Senate Bill seventy-nine — the state's transit-oriented upzoning law — moved to bar city employees from moonlighting in civil immigration enforcement, restructured police oversight inside the Controller's office, authorized sixty-five million dollars for solar streetlights, and laid out a citywide speed… This episode covers: • [8/10] SB 79 implementation: where Los Angeles will upzone, and where it will delay • [7/10] Barring city employees from moonlighting in civil immigration enforcement • [7/10] Moving LAPD auditing out of LAPD • [7/10] Sixty-five million dollars for solar streetlights citywide • [7/10] Approving the fifty-million-dollar Alameda Street widening • [6/10] Launching the city's speed-camera pilot • [6/10] A new bond mechanism for middle-income rental housing • [6/10] Urgency update to the rent stabilization formula • [6/10] Denying the appeal on a 350-unit Hollywood development • [6/10] Codifying Executive Directive 17, and small-business aid after ICE actions • [6/10] Investigating discrimination claims against a federal official • [6/10] Illegal signage penalties — and a seven-hundred-thirty-two-million-dollar DWP procurementSun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +000013:40falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-03-16_to_2026-03-22.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-03-16_to_2026-03-22.mp3Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March sixteenth through March twenty-second, twenty twenty-six. This was, in effect, a dark week at City Hall. Three council meetings were noticed on the calendar, but each one consisted only of a recess notice, with no substantive business taken up. Here's the short version. This episode covers: • Three recess notices, no substantive businessWelcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March sixteenth through March twenty-second, twenty twenty-six. This was, in effect, a dark week at City Hall. Three council meetings were noticed on the calendar, but each one consisted only of a recess notice, with no substantive business taken up. Here's the short version. This episode covers: • Three recess notices, no substantive businessSun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +00002:10falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-03-09_to_2026-03-15.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-03-09_to_2026-03-15.mp3This is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March ninth, 2026. Three council meetings — Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday — moved several major governance items. Up front today: a fifteen-hundred-unit redevelopment of public housing in San Pedro, a new policy lens on corporate ownership of the city's rental stock, the creation of an ad hoc committee to oversee Measure U-L-A spending, and outside counsel hired for charter reform. We'll also cover the city's eviction-defense recontracting, the… This episode covers: • [7/10] One San Pedro Specific Plan — First Consideration • [8/10] Corporate Ownership of Rental Housing • [8/10] Ad Hoc Committee on Measure ULA • [8/10] Outside Counsel for Charter Reform • [6/10] Eviction Defense and Homelessness Prevention Contracts • [9/10] Third Homelessness Funding Report • [7/10] Willits Sidewalk Accessibility Settlement • [7/10] City Asset Monetization PilotThis is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of March ninth, 2026. Three council meetings — Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday — moved several major governance items. Up front today: a fifteen-hundred-unit redevelopment of public housing in San Pedro, a new policy lens on corporate ownership of the city's rental stock, the creation of an ad hoc committee to oversee Measure U-L-A spending, and outside counsel hired for charter reform. We'll also cover the city's eviction-defense recontracting, the… This episode covers: • [7/10] One San Pedro Specific Plan — First Consideration • [8/10] Corporate Ownership of Rental Housing • [8/10] Ad Hoc Committee on Measure ULA • [8/10] Outside Counsel for Charter Reform • [6/10] Eviction Defense and Homelessness Prevention Contracts • [9/10] Third Homelessness Funding Report • [7/10] Willits Sidewalk Accessibility Settlement • [7/10] City Asset Monetization PilotSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +000015:00falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-03-02_to_2026-03-08.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-03-02_to_2026-03-08.mp3From Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your week in city governance for March second through March eighth, twenty twenty-six. It was a heavy week at City Hall: a contested expansion of the city's homelessness enforcement law, a quiet but consequential move that could open golf courses to affordable housing, the clearance to demolish a designated historic monument over preservationists' objections, a six-motion package of film-industry reforms, and roughly one hundred fifty million dollars in ho… This episode covers: • [8/10] Three new 41.18 enforcement sites in Council District 10 • [8/10] Redefining 'vacant site' to include golf courses in fire zones • [6/10] Barry Building CEQA appeal denied; demolition cleared • [6/10] Three-year eviction defense contracts authorized • [6/10] Speed camera pilot adopted with equity carve-out • [6/10] 'Keep Hollywood Home' — a six-motion film-industry package • [7/10] $80 million in revenue bonds for 395-unit housing on Vanowen • [6/10] $70 million in bonds for Gateways mental-health facilities • [6/10] $32 million pavement preservation contract expansion • [5/10] Cannabis business tax amnesty program • [5/10] Small Lots, Big Impacts moves toward an RFQ • [6/10] Study of an environmental overlay zone around LAX • [5/10] Woodman Corridor safety action planFrom Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your week in city governance for March second through March eighth, twenty twenty-six. It was a heavy week at City Hall: a contested expansion of the city's homelessness enforcement law, a quiet but consequential move that could open golf courses to affordable housing, the clearance to demolish a designated historic monument over preservationists' objections, a six-motion package of film-industry reforms, and roughly one hundred fifty million dollars in ho… This episode covers: • [8/10] Three new 41.18 enforcement sites in Council District 10 • [8/10] Redefining 'vacant site' to include golf courses in fire zones • [6/10] Barry Building CEQA appeal denied; demolition cleared • [6/10] Three-year eviction defense contracts authorized • [6/10] Speed camera pilot adopted with equity carve-out • [6/10] 'Keep Hollywood Home' — a six-motion film-industry package • [7/10] $80 million in revenue bonds for 395-unit housing on Vanowen • [6/10] $70 million in bonds for Gateways mental-health facilities • [6/10] $32 million pavement preservation contract expansion • [5/10] Cannabis business tax amnesty program • [5/10] Small Lots, Big Impacts moves toward an RFQ • [6/10] Study of an environmental overlay zone around LAX • [5/10] Woodman Corridor safety action planSun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +000020:20falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-02-23_to_2026-03-01.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-02-23_to_2026-03-01.mp3This is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of February twenty-third, twenty twenty-six. The City Council met three times this week, and the headline governance questions were these: whether to keep the city's wildfire local emergency — and its suspension of competitive bidding — in force more than a year after the January twenty twenty-five firestorm; whether to make the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response a permanent, citywide program; a three-year, multi-million-dollar eviction-defense contra… This episode covers: • [7/10] Continuation of the January 2025 wildfire local emergency • [6/10] Making the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response permanent • [6/10] Consolidating CIRCLE and UMCR into one citywide program • [6/10] Three-year eviction defense and homelessness prevention contracts • [5/10] Eighty-five million dollars in conduit bonds for a downtown hotel • [5/10] Interim housing lease at 3248 Riverside Drive • [5/10] Hope the Mission sublease at 2301 West Third Street • [5/10] Council oversight of the Alliance Time-Limited Subsidies contract • [5/10] Restaurant Beverage Program zone in Council District 7 • [5/10] El Pueblo Master Plan fund transfers ahead of World Cup and Olympics • [5/10] Closed-session litigation: Combs v. City of Los AngelesThis is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of February twenty-third, twenty twenty-six. The City Council met three times this week, and the headline governance questions were these: whether to keep the city's wildfire local emergency — and its suspension of competitive bidding — in force more than a year after the January twenty twenty-five firestorm; whether to make the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response a permanent, citywide program; a three-year, multi-million-dollar eviction-defense contra… This episode covers: • [7/10] Continuation of the January 2025 wildfire local emergency • [6/10] Making the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response permanent • [6/10] Consolidating CIRCLE and UMCR into one citywide program • [6/10] Three-year eviction defense and homelessness prevention contracts • [5/10] Eighty-five million dollars in conduit bonds for a downtown hotel • [5/10] Interim housing lease at 3248 Riverside Drive • [5/10] Hope the Mission sublease at 2301 West Third Street • [5/10] Council oversight of the Alliance Time-Limited Subsidies contract • [5/10] Restaurant Beverage Program zone in Council District 7 • [5/10] El Pueblo Master Plan fund transfers ahead of World Cup and Olympics • [5/10] Closed-session litigation: Combs v. City of Los AngelesSun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +000012:00falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-02-16_to_2026-02-22.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-02-16_to_2026-02-22.mp3From Los Angeles Council Notes, I'm covering the week of February sixteenth through twenty-second, twenty twenty-six. The council met twice this week, with a recess in between. On the table: a hotel-tax measure headed for the June ballot, new restrictions on hillside encampments in fire-severity zones, a contested zoning appeal in Council District Fourteen, crowd-control protocols for protests, and a pair of resolutions positioning the city against a federal housing rule targeting immigrants. He… This episode covers: • [7/10] Hotel tax on the June ballot • [6/10] Hillside encampments and fire-severity zones • [6/10] Coil Avenue and Alameda Street zoning appeal • [7/10] Crowd-control and de-escalation protocols • [6/10] Resolution opposing the federal HUD immigration rule • [6/10] Tenant Know-Your-Rights campaign • [6/10] Sepulveda Transit Corridor phasing • [6/10] Illegal-dumping enforcement • [5/10] Cannabis tax measure for the June ballotFrom Los Angeles Council Notes, I'm covering the week of February sixteenth through twenty-second, twenty twenty-six. The council met twice this week, with a recess in between. On the table: a hotel-tax measure headed for the June ballot, new restrictions on hillside encampments in fire-severity zones, a contested zoning appeal in Council District Fourteen, crowd-control protocols for protests, and a pair of resolutions positioning the city against a federal housing rule targeting immigrants. He… This episode covers: • [7/10] Hotel tax on the June ballot • [6/10] Hillside encampments and fire-severity zones • [6/10] Coil Avenue and Alameda Street zoning appeal • [7/10] Crowd-control and de-escalation protocols • [6/10] Resolution opposing the federal HUD immigration rule • [6/10] Tenant Know-Your-Rights campaign • [6/10] Sepulveda Transit Corridor phasing • [6/10] Illegal-dumping enforcement • [5/10] Cannabis tax measure for the June ballotSun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +000015:30falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-02-09_to_2026-02-15.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-02-09_to_2026-02-15.mp3From Los Angeles City Hall, this is Council Notes for the week of February ninth, twenty twenty-six. A heavy governance week: a zoning ordinance on private detention centers, a multi-pronged homelessness funding package, the city's response to federal grant cuts under H.R. One, and three separate tax measures the council is moving toward the June second ballot. We'll also cover an L-A-X Del Rey general-plan amendment, a wildfire after-action report, and an air-quality framework. This episode covers: • [6/10] Zoning amendment on private detention centers • [6/10] Safe Parking, interim housing, and rental assistance package • [6/10] City response to federal grant cuts under H.R. One • [6/10] Transient occupancy tax measure headed for the June ballot • [5/10] Online travel company tax — companion measure • [5/10] Cannabis business tax and unlicensed operator measure • [6/10] Del Rey general plan amendment on Jefferson Boulevard • [5/10] After-action report on the 2025 windstorm and wildfire response • [5/10] A-B 1290 funds for homeless services in Council District 13 • [5/10] Nonprofit leasing policy for city-owned facilities • [5/10] Air quality protections framework • [5/10] Measure M funds for the Lomita grade separation projectFrom Los Angeles City Hall, this is Council Notes for the week of February ninth, twenty twenty-six. A heavy governance week: a zoning ordinance on private detention centers, a multi-pronged homelessness funding package, the city's response to federal grant cuts under H.R. One, and three separate tax measures the council is moving toward the June second ballot. We'll also cover an L-A-X Del Rey general-plan amendment, a wildfire after-action report, and an air-quality framework. This episode covers: • [6/10] Zoning amendment on private detention centers • [6/10] Safe Parking, interim housing, and rental assistance package • [6/10] City response to federal grant cuts under H.R. One • [6/10] Transient occupancy tax measure headed for the June ballot • [5/10] Online travel company tax — companion measure • [5/10] Cannabis business tax and unlicensed operator measure • [6/10] Del Rey general plan amendment on Jefferson Boulevard • [5/10] After-action report on the 2025 windstorm and wildfire response • [5/10] A-B 1290 funds for homeless services in Council District 13 • [5/10] Nonprofit leasing policy for city-owned facilities • [5/10] Air quality protections framework • [5/10] Measure M funds for the Lomita grade separation projectSun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +000014:55falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-02-02_to_2026-02-08.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-02-02_to_2026-02-08.mp3This is Council Notes for the week of February second, twenty twenty-six. It was a quiet week at City Hall, with one regular Tuesday meeting on February sixth and no substantive items on the two special meetings earlier in the week. The lead item is a tenant-protection question — the removal of a single property from the city's Rent Escrow Account Program — followed by a state-mandated report on the city's homeless shelter crisis response, and two routine administrative filings. This episode covers: • [4/10] REAP removal at 3034 East Chaucer Street • plus 1 routine itemThis is Council Notes for the week of February second, twenty twenty-six. It was a quiet week at City Hall, with one regular Tuesday meeting on February sixth and no substantive items on the two special meetings earlier in the week. The lead item is a tenant-protection question — the removal of a single property from the city's Rent Escrow Account Program — followed by a state-mandated report on the city's homeless shelter crisis response, and two routine administrative filings. This episode covers: • [4/10] REAP removal at 3034 East Chaucer Street • plus 1 routine itemSun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +00006:30falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-01-26_to_2026-02-01.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-01-26_to_2026-02-01.mp3This is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of January twenty-sixth through February first, twenty twenty-six. The City Council met three times this week, and the docket was heavy: a major scaling of permanent housing tied to the LA Alliance settlement, a fast-turnaround state-housing-law analysis aimed at the Woodland Hills Country Club site, a forty-million-dollar Metro grant, a two-hundred-fifty-five-million-dollar bond authorization, and the opening moves on a cashless-retail ban. Here is… This episode covers: • [6/10] Alliance Time-Limited Subsidy program scales to 2,000 slots • [6/10] Planning to analyze AB 2011, 2243, and 893 in 30 days • [6/10] Metro MAT Cycle 2 grant: $40.85 million plus ten new Public Works positions • [5/10] MICLA Series 2026-A: up to $255 million in lease revenue bonds • [6/10] Measure A homelessness coordination with LACAHSA • [6/10] Century Glen and Beverly Angeles zone change in CD 5 • [5/10] Cashless retail ban framework heads out for 60-day business consultation • [6/10] Land use reform and high-value-projects transparency • [6/10] Reserve fund and revenue planning for major international events • [5/10] Gibson Dunn outside counsel costs climb to $7.49 million • [6/10] Measure ULA ballot language and severabilityThis is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of January twenty-sixth through February first, twenty twenty-six. The City Council met three times this week, and the docket was heavy: a major scaling of permanent housing tied to the LA Alliance settlement, a fast-turnaround state-housing-law analysis aimed at the Woodland Hills Country Club site, a forty-million-dollar Metro grant, a two-hundred-fifty-five-million-dollar bond authorization, and the opening moves on a cashless-retail ban. Here is… This episode covers: • [6/10] Alliance Time-Limited Subsidy program scales to 2,000 slots • [6/10] Planning to analyze AB 2011, 2243, and 893 in 30 days • [6/10] Metro MAT Cycle 2 grant: $40.85 million plus ten new Public Works positions • [5/10] MICLA Series 2026-A: up to $255 million in lease revenue bonds • [6/10] Measure A homelessness coordination with LACAHSA • [6/10] Century Glen and Beverly Angeles zone change in CD 5 • [5/10] Cashless retail ban framework heads out for 60-day business consultation • [6/10] Land use reform and high-value-projects transparency • [6/10] Reserve fund and revenue planning for major international events • [5/10] Gibson Dunn outside counsel costs climb to $7.49 million • [6/10] Measure ULA ballot language and severabilitySun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +000014:05falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-01-19_to_2026-01-25.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-01-19_to_2026-01-25.mp3From the week of January nineteenth through January twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. This is Los Angeles Council Notes. The council moved on a major waste-contract fiscal decision worth up to thirty million dollars a year, set the framework for the city's twenty twenty-eight Olympic cultural program without a fiscal analysis in hand, took up a long-delayed street vacation in Boyle Heights, and set the table for a Charter Reform ethics rule. Housing, transportation, and a thick stack of lighting… This episode covers: • [6/10] Council moves to end the RecycLA Removing Barriers to Recycling program • [5/10] Olympic Arts Festival framework approved without a fiscal analysis • [5/10] Calada Street vacation returns after two and a half years • [5/10] Evening art and Know Your Rights pilot study in Council District 14 • [5/10] Two hundred ten thousand dollars for Western Avenue Vision Zero design • [5/10] Los Feliz Boulevard cycletrack moves into planning and design • [5/10] Commercial cannabis license refiling window expanded • [4/10] Annual allowable rent increase under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance • [4/10] Ex parte communications rule for Charter Reform Commission • [4/10] Second Financial Status Report and police staffingFrom the week of January nineteenth through January twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. This is Los Angeles Council Notes. The council moved on a major waste-contract fiscal decision worth up to thirty million dollars a year, set the framework for the city's twenty twenty-eight Olympic cultural program without a fiscal analysis in hand, took up a long-delayed street vacation in Boyle Heights, and set the table for a Charter Reform ethics rule. Housing, transportation, and a thick stack of lighting… This episode covers: • [6/10] Council moves to end the RecycLA Removing Barriers to Recycling program • [5/10] Olympic Arts Festival framework approved without a fiscal analysis • [5/10] Calada Street vacation returns after two and a half years • [5/10] Evening art and Know Your Rights pilot study in Council District 14 • [5/10] Two hundred ten thousand dollars for Western Avenue Vision Zero design • [5/10] Los Feliz Boulevard cycletrack moves into planning and design • [5/10] Commercial cannabis license refiling window expanded • [4/10] Annual allowable rent increase under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance • [4/10] Ex parte communications rule for Charter Reform Commission • [4/10] Second Financial Status Report and police staffingSun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +000015:05falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-01-12_to_2026-01-18.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-01-12_to_2026-01-18.mp3From Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your civic-accountability rundown for the week of January twelfth through January eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. It was a substantive week. The council ratified a citywide emergency declaration that suspends competitive bidding rules, directed transportation staff to redirect bus-lane camera revenue toward services cut in last year's budget, ordered a citywide audit of zoning overlays that limit housing capacity, accepted a private donation to expand autom… This episode covers: • [7/10] Ratification of the January 2025 windstorm and wildfire emergency • [6/10] Bus lane camera revenue earmarked for cut safety services • [6/10] License plate readers expand in Wilshire via private donation • [6/10] A citywide audit of zoning overlays that limit housing • [6/10] Zone Zero fire-safe landscaping rules adopted citywide • [5/10] A study of expanded private helipad access for the Olympics • [5/10] Defining ghost kitchens for zoning purposes • [5/10] A five-million-dollar grant concept for micro-drama producers • [5/10] Asking LA28 for procurement transparency • [5/10] Eighteen-month walkway closure in Council District FiveFrom Los Angeles Council Notes, this is your civic-accountability rundown for the week of January twelfth through January eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. It was a substantive week. The council ratified a citywide emergency declaration that suspends competitive bidding rules, directed transportation staff to redirect bus-lane camera revenue toward services cut in last year's budget, ordered a citywide audit of zoning overlays that limit housing capacity, accepted a private donation to expand autom… This episode covers: • [7/10] Ratification of the January 2025 windstorm and wildfire emergency • [6/10] Bus lane camera revenue earmarked for cut safety services • [6/10] License plate readers expand in Wilshire via private donation • [6/10] A citywide audit of zoning overlays that limit housing • [6/10] Zone Zero fire-safe landscaping rules adopted citywide • [5/10] A study of expanded private helipad access for the Olympics • [5/10] Defining ghost kitchens for zoning purposes • [5/10] A five-million-dollar grant concept for micro-drama producers • [5/10] Asking LA28 for procurement transparency • [5/10] Eighteen-month walkway closure in Council District FiveSun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +000013:40falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2026-01-05_to_2026-01-11.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2026-01-05_to_2026-01-11.mp3This is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of January fifth, twenty twenty-six. The council's lone substantive meeting fell on Friday, January ninth. On the agenda: a new framework for how the city polices protests, a directive to stiffen penalties for law enforcement impersonation, twenty-two new locations added to the city's street-camping enforcement map, a single-property exit from the tenant rent-escrow program, and a study of charging non-residents more for parks programs. We'll also c… This episode covers: • [6/10] A new framework for policing protests • [6/10] Penalties for impersonating law enforcement • [6/10] Seventeen new 41.18 enforcement locations in the East Valley • [5/10] Five more 41.18 designations on the Westside • [5/10] A property leaves the rent escrow program • [5/10] Should non-residents pay more for parks programs? • [5/10] A dedicated streetlight crew for Council District 13 • [5/10] Nine hundred thousand dollars for Venice restroom ambassadors • [5/10] K-rail protection for the Jefferson Boulevard bike lane • [5/10] An affordable-housing bond waiver in South Los AngelesThis is Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of January fifth, twenty twenty-six. The council's lone substantive meeting fell on Friday, January ninth. On the agenda: a new framework for how the city polices protests, a directive to stiffen penalties for law enforcement impersonation, twenty-two new locations added to the city's street-camping enforcement map, a single-property exit from the tenant rent-escrow program, and a study of charging non-residents more for parks programs. We'll also c… This episode covers: • [6/10] A new framework for policing protests • [6/10] Penalties for impersonating law enforcement • [6/10] Seventeen new 41.18 enforcement locations in the East Valley • [5/10] Five more 41.18 designations on the Westside • [5/10] A property leaves the rent escrow program • [5/10] Should non-residents pay more for parks programs? • [5/10] A dedicated streetlight crew for Council District 13 • [5/10] Nine hundred thousand dollars for Venice restroom ambassadors • [5/10] K-rail protection for the Jefferson Boulevard bike lane • [5/10] An affordable-housing bond waiver in South Los AngelesSun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +000015:15falsehttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/la_week_2025-12-29_to_2026-01-04.htmlhttps://champqmmr.com/muni_notes/los_angeles/audio/la_week_2025-12-29_to_2026-01-04.mp3Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of December twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-five through January fourth, twenty twenty-six. This is a holiday week, and there is essentially nothing to report. The council's only scheduled action was a procedural recess notice tied to the January second meeting. We'll keep this episode short, note what little happened, and look ahead to the next regular meeting.Welcome to Los Angeles Council Notes for the week of December twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-five through January fourth, twenty twenty-six. This is a holiday week, and there is essentially nothing to report. The council's only scheduled action was a procedural recess notice tied to the January second meeting. We'll keep this episode short, note what little happened, and look ahead to the next regular meeting.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +00002:00false