City Council Meeting
Regular MeetingLos Angeles, CA · October 24, 2025
Minutes
Los Angeles City Council, Journal/Council Proceeding
Friday, October 24, 2025
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET,
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM
(For further details see Official Council Files)
(For communications referred by the President see Referral Memorandum)
Roll Call
Members Present: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker,
Nazarian, Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr., Raman,
Yaroslavsky (5)
Approval of the Minutes
Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations - SEE ATTACHED
Multiple Agenda Item Comment
Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
(1) 24-0082
CD 15 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to
factors that led to the Wilmington oil spill incident on January 20, 2024.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the Los Angeles Fire Department report dated
August 15, 2025, attached to the Council file, relative to factors that
led to the Wilmington oil spill incident on January 20, 2024.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
Adopted Item Forthwith
Ayes: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker, Nazarian,
Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Nays: (0); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr.,
Raman, Yaroslavsky (5)
(2) 15-0085-S11
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the
Senate Bill (SB) 165 Annual Report requirements for Fiscal Year 2021-
22 Proposition O Program.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the City Administrative Officer report dated March 20,
2024, attached to the Council file, relative to the SB 165 Annual
Report requirements for Fiscal Year 2021-22 Proposition O Program.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
Adopted Item Forthwith
Ayes: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker, Nazarian,
Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Nays: (0); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr.,
Raman, Yaroslavsky (5)
(3) 24-0585
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the
closure and remediation of orphaned oil and gas wells in the City.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the Board of Public Works report dated April 16,
2025, attached to the Council file, relative to closing and remediating
orphaned oil and gas wells in the City, including plans to proactively
seek out federal funding and requirements or steps that need to be
taken to receive federal funding.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted
Adopted Item Forthwith
Ayes: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker, Nazarian,
Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Nays: (0); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr.,
Raman, Yaroslavsky (5)
(4) 25-1111
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
relative to the 2025-26 First Transportation-Related Construction
Projects Report.
(Transportation Committee and Budget and Finance Committee
report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in
Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
(Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE and BUDGET AND FINANCE
COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to the 2025-26 First Transportation-
Related Construction Projects Report.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. Transfer $9,491,961 between departments and funds as
specified in Attachment 1 of the City Administrative Officer
(CAO) report dated September 24, 2025, attached to the
Council file.
b. Transfer $1,892,690 between accounts within
departments and funds as specified in Attachment 2 of the
CAO report dated September 24, 2025, attached to the
Council file.
c. Appropriate $384,818 between accounts within
Departments and Funds as specified in Attachment 3 of
the CAO report dated September 24, 2025, attached to
the Council file.
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d. Transfer and appropriate up to $16,133,150 between
accounts, departments and funds as specified in
Attachment 1 of the CAO report dated October 17, 2025,
attached to the Council file.
e. Reduce 2023-24 appropriations to the Reimbursement of
General Fund Costs within the Measure R Local Return
Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, Account No. 94Y299 by
$9,833,579.
f. Reduce 2021-22 appropriations for Curb Ramps with
Signal Construction & Citywide Curb Projects within the
Capital and Technology Improvement Expenditure
Program (CTIEP) Fund No. 100, Dept. 54, Account No.
00V815 by $2,833,579.
g. Appropriate $2,833,579 from the Cash Balance within the
Measure R Local Return Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, to a
new account entitled Curb Ramps with Signal
Construction and Citywide Curb Projects within the same
fund.
h. Reduce 2025-26 appropriation for Los Angeles River Way
San Fernando Valley Completion within the CTIEP Fund
No. 100, Dept. 54, Account No. 00CABA by $7,000,000.
i. Appropriate $7,000,000 from the Cash Balance within the
Measure R Local Return Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, to a
new account entitled Los Angeles River Way San
Fernando Valley Completion within the same fund.
2. AUTHORIZE the approval of project scope changes of two
Metro Call for Projects consisting of the Last Mile Folding Bike
Incentive Program (C.F. 12-1866) and Building Connectivity with
Bicycle Friendly Business Districts (C.F. 14-1680), such that the
two projects will be combined into a single e-bike voucher
program that will provide approximately 900 income-qualifying
participants with at least $1,500 toward the purchase of a pedal-
assisted e-bike.
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3. AUTHORIZE the Board of Public Works to execute the
necessary documentation as required to implement the intent of
the transactions.
4. AUTHORIZE the CAO to make technical corrections, as
necessary, to the transactions authorized through this report, as
required to implement the intent of those transactions.
Fiscal Impact Statement:
The CAO reports that the recommendations stated in this report
include transfers, appropriations, and authority for expenditures
totaling $11.77 million. This consists of $9.18 million from various
special funds, and $2.59 million in General Fund within the Capital
and Technology Improvement Expenditure Program. All transfers and
appropriations are based on existing funds, reimbursements, or
revenues. There is a potential impact on the General Fund for
operations and maintenance costs, with the amount yet to be
determined. These costs will be addressed through the City budget
process as projects are completed.
Financial Policies Statement:
The CAO also reports that the recommendations stated in this report
comply with the City Financial Policies in that appropriations for funds
are limited to available cash balances needed to fund ongoing
maintenance, programming, project shortfalls, and critical operational
needs in the current budget year.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
Adopted Transportation Committee and Budget and Finance Committee Reports
Forthwith - SEE ATTACHED
Ayes: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker, Nazarian,
Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Nays: (0); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr.,
Raman, Yaroslavsky (5)
Items Called Special
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 5
Motions for Posting and Referral
Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings
Adjourning Motions
Council Adjournment
CONTINUED FROM COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 22, 2025
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
(5) 25-0006-S85
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE
CITY ATTORNEY and AMENDING MOTION 22A (HARRIS-DAWSON
– LEE) relative to a proposed legal services agreement with Munger,
Tolles & Olson LLP for legal services related to the January 2025
wildfire litigation and related federal investiagions; proposed grant of
informed written consent, Grigsby, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al.,
Case No. 25STCV00832, and significant exposure to litigation.
A. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
Recommendations for Council action:
1. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to enter into a new contract
with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for assistance in the
litigation matter described above related to the
Palisades Fire in January 2025 and related federal
investigations, for an initial term of three years and an
initial amount of $750,000.
2. APPROVE of the granting of informed written consent for
Munger, Tolles & Olson regarding its continued
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representation of Edison International and Southern
California Edison Company (and their related entities).
B. AMENDING MOTION 22A (HARRIS-DAWSON - LEE)
Recommendation for Council action:
3. REQUEST the City Administrative Officer to identify
funding in the amount of $750,000 and transfer that
amount to Fund No. 100/12, Account No. 009301 –
Outside Counsel, by way of the First Financial Status
Report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
[The City Council shall recess to Closed Session, pursuant to
Government Code Section No. 54956.9(d)(1), (d)(2), and (e)(2), to
confer with its legal counsel relative to a proposed legal services
agreement with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for legal services
related to the January 2025 wildfire litigation and related federal
investiagions; proposed grant of informed written consent,
Grigsby, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case No.
25STCV00832, and significant exposure to litigation. (The
pending litigation involves the above listed complaint regarding
the City’s alleged liability regarding damage relating to the
Palisades Fire, which began on January 7, 2025.)]
(Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the
above matter.)
(Continued from Council meeting of October 24, 2025. Pursuant
to Council Rule 53, if the City Council has not lost jurisdiction
over an item voted upon at the meeting, or caused it to be
continued beyond the next regular meeting or placed in the
archives, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for
the purpose of permitting reconsideration of the vote.)
Adopted Item to Continue to October 29, 2025
Ayes: Blumenfield, Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Jurado, McOsker, Nazarian,
Park, Rodriguez, Soto-Martínez (10); Nays: (0); Absent: Lee, Padilla, Price Jr.,
Raman, Yaroslavsky (5)
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 7
COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS
MOVED BY SECONDED BY NAME
NAZARIAN RODRIGUEZ HIS HOLINESS ARAM I,
CATHOLICOS OF THE
ARMENIAN CHURCH,
HOLY SEE OF CILICIA
Item No. 4
File No. 25-1111
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the 2025-26 First
Transportation-Related Construction Projects Report.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
1. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. Transfer $9,491,961 between departments and funds as specified in Attachment
1 of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report dated September 24, 2025,
attached to the Council file.
b. Transfer $1,892,690 between accounts within departments and funds as specified
in Attachment 2 of the CAO report dated September 24, 2025, attached to the
Council file.
c. Appropriate $384,818 between accounts within Departments and Funds as
specified in Attachment 3 of the CAO report dated September 24, 2025, attached
to the Council file.
d. Transfer and appropriate up to $16,133,150 between accounts, departments and
funds as specified in Attachment 1 of the CAO report dated October 17, 2025,
attached to the Council file.
e. Reduce 2023-24 appropriations to the Reimbursement of General Fund Costs
within the Measure R Local Return Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, Account No. 94Y299
by $9,833,579.
f. Reduce 2021-22 appropriations for Curb Ramps with Signal Construction &
Citywide Curb Projects within the Capital and Technology Improvement
Expenditure Program (CTIEP) Fund No. 100, Dept. 54, Account No. 00V815 by
$2,833,579.
g. Appropriate $2,833,579 from the Cash Balance within the Measure R Local Return
Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, to a new account entitled Curb Ramps with Signal
Construction and Citywide Curb Projects within the same fund.
h. Reduce 2025-26 appropriation for Los Angeles River Way San Fernando Valley
Completion within the CTIEP Fund No. 100, Dept. 54, Account No. 00CABA by
$7,000,000.
i. Appropriate $7,000,000 from the Cash Balance within the Measure R Local Return
Fund No. 51Q, Dept. 94, to a new account entitled Los Angeles River Way San
Fernando Valley Completion within the same fund.
2. AUTHORIZE the approval of project scope changes of two Metro Call for Projects
consisting of the Last Mile Folding Bike Incentive Program (C.F. 12-1866) and Building
Connectivity with Bicycle Friendly Business Districts (C.F. 14-1680), such that the two
projects will be combined into a single e-bike voucher program that will provide
approximately 900 income-qualifying participants with at least $1,500 toward the
purchase of a pedal-assisted e-bike.
3. AUTHORIZE the Board of Public Works to execute the necessary documentation as
required to implement the intent of the transactions.
4. AUTHORIZE the CAO to make technical corrections, as necessary, to the transactions
authorized through this report, as required to implement the intent of those transactions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations stated in this report
include transfers, appropriations, and authority for expenditures totaling $11.77 million. This
consists of $9.18 million from various special funds, and $2.59 million in General Fund within
the CTIEP. All transfers and appropriations are based on existing funds, reimbursements, or
revenues. There is a potential impact on the General Fund for operations and maintenance
costs, with the amount yet to be determined. These costs will be addressed through the City
budget process as projects are completed.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO also reports that the recommendations stated in this
report comply with the City Financial Policies in that appropriations for funds are limited to
available cash balances needed to fund ongoing maintenance, programming, project
shortfalls, and critical operational needs in the current budget year.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
Summary:
On October 21, 2025, your Budget and Finance Committee considered September 24, 2025
CAO report and October 17, 2025 CAO addendum relative to the 2025-26 First
Transportation-Related Construction Projects Report. According to the CAO, the report
includes transfers totaling $38.8 million. The recommendations provide sufficient cash flow
for construction activities in the Public Right of Way, offset funding shortfalls, and authorities
needed to complete authorized projects utilizing various capital funds that include, CTIEP
funds, special fund monies, grant awards, and Municipal Improvement Corporation of Los
Angeles financing.
After consideration and having provided an opportunity for public comment, the Committee
moved to recommend approval of the recommendations contained in the CAO report and
addendum. This matter is now submitted to Council for its consideration.
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
COUNCILMEMBER VOTE
YAROSLAVSKY: YES
BLUMENFIELD: YES
HUTT: YES
MCOSKER: YES
HERNANDEZ: YES
MM 10/21/25
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ITEM NO. 4
File No. 25-1111
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the 2025-26 First Transportation-
Related Construction Projects Report.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
CONCUR with the action taken by the Budget and Finance Committee on October 21, 2025,
attached to the Council file.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports that the
recommendations stated in this report include transfers, appropriations, and authority for
expenditures totaling $11.77 million. This consists of $9.18 million from various special funds,
and $2.59 million in General Fund within the CTIEP. All transfers and appropriations are based
on existing funds, reimbursements, or revenues. There is a potential impact on the General
Fund for operations and maintenance costs, with the amount yet to be determined. These costs
will be addressed through the City budget process as projects are completed.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO also reports that the recommendations stated in this
report comply with the City Financial Policies in that appropriations for funds are limited to
available cash balances needed to fund ongoing maintenance, programming, project shortfalls,
and critical operational needs in the current budget year.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
Summary:
On October 22, 2025, your Transportation Committee considered September 24, 2025 CAO
report relative to the 2025-26 First Transportation-Related Construction Projects Report. After
consideration and having provided an opportunity for public comment, the Committee
concurred with the actions of the Budget and Finance Committee on October 21, 2025. This
matter is now submitted to Council for its consideration.
Respectfully Submitted,
Transportation Committee
COUNCILMEMBER VOTE
HUTT: YES
PARK: ABSENT
HERNANDEZ: YES
PADILLA: ABSENT
NAZARIAN: YES
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AGENDA
LOS ANGELES CITY
COUNCIL
Friday, October 24, 2025
10:00 AM
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL
CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS
ANGELES, CA 90012
Submit written comment at
LACouncilComment.com
President EUNISSES HERNANDEZ, First District
MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, Eighth
ADRIN NAZARIAN, Second District
District
KATY YAROSLAVSKY, Fifth District
President Pro Tempore IMELDA PADILLA, Sixth District
BOB BLUMENFIELD, Third District MONICA RODRIGUEZ, Seventh District
CURREN D. PRICE, JR., Ninth District
Assistant President Pro Tempore HEATHER HUTT, Tenth District
NITHYA RAMAN, Fourth District TRACI PARK, Eleventh District
JOHN S. LEE, Twelfth District
HUGO SOTO-MARTÍNEZ,
Thirteenth District
YSABEL JURADO, Fourteenth District
TIM McOSKER, Fifteenth District
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Written public comment may be submitted at LACouncilComment.com.
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COMITÉ MUNICIPAL.
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contact clerk.interpretation@lacity.org or call (213) 978-1133 and provide the language desired, specific meeting,
meeting date, and the number of people in the group.
All requests should be submitted with as much advance notice as possible, preferably two business days prior to the
meeting you wish to attend for additional language interpretation and five business days for Sign Language
Interpretation. We will do our best to accommodate requests with shorter notice, but securing last-minute interpreters
or captioners may not always be feasible.
Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the
Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1133. For
Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information below.
Telecommunication Relay Services
Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to
advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are
deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating
to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay
service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with
hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone
companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to
the TRS user.
What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and
the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-
English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video
Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-
relay-service-trs.
Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello.
This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS
provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with
disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 2
BASIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
AGENDAS - The City Council meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 A.M. The agendas for City Council
meetings contain a brief general description of those items to be considered at the meetings. Council Agendas are
available in the Office of the City Clerk, Council and Public Services Division, Room 395, City Hall, 200 North Spring
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, and on the City's website at lacity.gov or lacouncilcalendar.com.
Ten (10) members of the Council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Council may consider an
item not listed on the agenda only if it is determined by a two-thirds (10) vote that the need for action arose after the
posting of an Agenda. Some items on the agenda may be approved without any discussion, however, any item may
be called "special" by a Councilmember. If an item is called "special" it will be "held" until the remainder of the items on
the Council agenda have been acted on by the Council. An item may also be called "special" if a member of the public
has requested to speak on the item and a public hearing was not previously held.
The City Clerk will announce the items to be considered by the Council, however items will be grouped. For example,
all items for which required public hearings have not previously been held are listed in one section on the printed
agenda. The Council President will ask if any Councilmember or member or the public wishes to speak on one or
more of these items. If anyone wishes to speak on an item, it will be called "special". The remaining items in this
section will be voted on by Council with one roll call vote.
PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - An opportunity for the public to address the Council on agenda
items for which public hearings have not been held will be provided at the time the item is considered or during the
Multiple Agenda Item Comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on items shall be allowed to speak
for up to one minute per item up to a total of three minutes per meeting. The Council has determined that a cumulative
total of 20 minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda Item segment of each regular
meeting.
The Council will also provide an opportunity for the public to speak on public interest items. Each speaker shall be
limited to one minute of general public comment each regular meeting for a cumulative total of ten (10) minutes. The
Council shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment.
If you wish to provide documents to the full Council for consideration on an item, please present the Sergeant-At-Arms
with 35 copies. Otherwise, your materials will simply be added to the official record.
NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES - If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City
law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq.
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(213) 978-1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS - Councilmembers requesting to address the Council will be recognized
by the Council President in the order requested. For any item, the Chairperson of the Committee, or the maker of the
original motion, or the member calling a matter "special" shall have up to six (6) minutes to discuss the item. All other
Councilmembers may speak up to three (3) minutes each on the matter. After all members desiring to speak on a
question have had an opportunity to be heard once, the time for each Member desiring to speak again shall be limited
to a maximum of three (3) minutes.
A motion calling the "previous question" may be introduced by any member during a Council debate. If adopted, this
motion will terminate debate on a matter and the Chair will instruct the Clerk to call the roll on the matter.
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 3
VOTING AND DISPOSITION OF ITEMS - Most items require a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council
(8 members). Items which have not been discussed in a Council Committee and have been placed directly on the
agenda will require 10 votes to consider. Once considered, these items will normally require eight (8) affirmative votes
to be adopted. Ordinances require a unanimous vote (at least 12 members must be present) in order to be adopted on
first consideration. If an ordinance does not receive the necessary unanimous vote, it is laid over one calendar week.
The votes required for approval on second consideration vary and depend upon the type of ordinance, but a typical
ordinance requires eight (8) affirmative votes upon second consideration.
When debate on an item is completed, the Chair will instruct the Clerk to "call the roll". Every member present must
vote for or against each item; abstentions are not permitted. The Clerk will announce the votes on each item. Any
member of Council may move to "reconsider" any vote on any item on the agenda, except to adjourn, suspend the
Rules, or where an intervening event has deprived the Council of jurisdiction, providing that said member originally
voted on the prevailing side of the item. The motion to "reconsider" shall only be in order once during the meeting, and
once during the next regular meeting. The member requesting reconsideration shall identify for all members present
the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not
debatable and shall require an affirmative vote of eight (8) members of the Council.
When the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject an item, and has not lost jurisdiction over the
matter, or has not caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting, the item is continued to the next regular
meeting for the purpose of allowing the Council to again vote on the matter.
The City Council rules provide that all items adopted by the Council will not be presented to the Mayor, or other
designated officer by the City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the
Council action. A motion to send an item "forthwith" if adopted by ten (10) votes, suspends these rules and requires
the City Clerk to forward the matter to the Mayor, or other officer, without delay.
RULE 16 MOTIONS - Council Rule No. 16, in part, allows a member to send an item directly to the Council without it
having to go to a Council Committee first, by giving the City Clerk a motion (seconded by an additional member)
during a Council session to be placed on the next regular available Council agenda.
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 4
Los Angeles City Council Agenda
Friday, October 24, 2025
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET,
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 - 10:00 AM
Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes
Commendatory Resolutions, Introductions and Presentations
Multiple Agenda Item Comment
Public Testimony of Non-agenda Items Within Jurisdiction of Council
Items for which Public Hearings Have Been Held
(1) 24-0082
CD 15 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to
factors that led to the Wilmington oil spill incident on January 20, 2024.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the Los Angeles Fire Department report dated
August 15, 2025, attached to the Council file, relative to factors that
led to the Wilmington oil spill incident on January 20, 2024.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(2) 15-0085-S11
Friday - October 24, 2025 - PAGE 5
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the
Senate Bill (SB) 165 Annual Report requirements for Fiscal Year 2021-
22 Proposition O Program.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the City Administrative Officer report dated March 20,
2024, attached to the Council file, relative to the SB 165 Annual
Report requirements for Fiscal Year 2021-22 Proposition O Program.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(3) 24-0585
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the
closure and remediation of orphaned oil and gas wells in the City.
Recommendation for Council action:
NOTE and FILE the Board of Public Works report dated April 16,
2025, attached to the Council file, relative to closing and remediating
orphaned oil and gas wells in the City, including plans to proactively
seek out federal funding and requirements or steps that need to be
taken to receive federal funding.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Not applicable
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(4) 25-1111
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
relative to the 2025-26 First Transportation-Related Construction
Projects Report.
(Transportation Committee and Budget and Finance Committee
report to be submitted in Council. If public hearing is not held in
Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided.)
(Please visit www.lacouncilfile.com for background documents.)
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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Items Called Special
Motions for Posting and Referral
Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings
Adjourning Motions
Council Adjournment
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City
Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on
a matter will become a part of the administrative record.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code
of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which
the Council's action becomes final.
Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System,
at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).
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