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Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Convention Center

City Attorney sends Council draft ordinances for Convention Center expansion bonds

The city would borrow more money through lease revenue bonds to finance and refinance the expansion and modernization of the Los Angeles Convention Center, using city property leased to and from the city's financing corporation. The City Attorney has sent the two draft ordinances to the City Council for consideration.

City Council·
  1. Map of 4141 Whitsett Avenue
  2. Hall of Administration

Zoning, permits, rent, what gets built and where.

  1. Map of 701 East Vernon Avenue

    City Engineer asks Council to approve two-lot split at 701 East Vernon Avenue

    The final parcel map would divide the property into two small lots, with the owner guaranteeing required public improvements.

    City Council··$9K

Metro, streets, parking, LAX, Vision Zero.

  1. Map of 8888 West Venice Boulevard

    City Engineer recommends accepting traffic signal easement at 8888 West Venice Boulevard

    A property owner would give the city rights to maintain traffic loop equipment at the Venice Boulevard site, at no city cost.

    City Council··$3K
  2. Map of 8800 West Venice Boulevard

    City Engineer recommends accepting traffic signal easement at 8800 West Venice Boulevard

    A property owner offers land for traffic signal equipment maintenance tied to a planned signalized driveway in Council District 10.

    City Council··$3K

LAPD, Sheriff, fire, jails, probation, the DA.

  1. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council $7.86 million in LAFD Foundation donations for fire stations

    The nonprofit foundation would supply equipment and supplies to fire stations and administrative offices at no city cost.

    City Council··$7.9M
  2. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends City Council a $500,000 drone donation for LAFD first responder program

    The LA Fire Department Foundation would give drones and related equipment valued at $500,000 to start a Drone as a First Responder program.

    City Council··$500K
  3. Los Angeles City Hall

    LAPD seeks Council approval of $500,000 federal grant for crisis response training

    The money would train about 720 patrol officers in de-escalation using virtual reality scenarios, with no city match required.

    City Council··$500K

Water, power, sanitation, parks, beaches, climate.

  1. Echo Park Lake

    Mayor sends Council four landscaping contracts for Sanitation sites, up to $14.4 million

    Outside crews would trim trees and maintain ponds and irrigation at city water and waste facilities for up to nine years.

    City Council··$14M

Ethics, appointments, the Charter, how the machine runs.

  1. County fraud hotline report: 707 cases closed, 164 substantiated in second half of 2025

    Auditor-Controller says departments took 299 disciplinary or corrective actions, and 61 cases are pending with prosecutors.

  2. Official portrait of Hydee Feldstein Soto

    City Attorney asks Council for private meeting on lawsuit over city code section

    Federal suit challenges a Los Angeles Municipal Code provision; lawyers want to brief the Council behind closed doors.

    City Council·
  3. Hall of Administration

    County ends fiscal year with $5.347 billion in cash, down $1.072 billion

    The Auditor-Controller's final cash report for 2025-26 came in $1.304 billion above the June estimate.

    Board of Supervisors··$5.3B

What the city and county are sued for, and what they pay.

  1. Official portrait of Hydee Feldstein Soto

    City Attorney asks Council for private meeting on LAPD firing lawsuit

    A former employee says her 2021 termination was discrimination and retaliation; the city wants closed-session legal advice.

    City Council·
  2. Official portrait of Hydee Feldstein Soto

    City Attorney asks Council for private session on 4th Avenue trip-and-fall suit

    The case stems from a 2023 fall on a sidewalk near West Adams Boulevard; no settlement figure is listed yet.

    City Council·
  3. Highland Park

    City Attorney seeks closed session on Highland Park sidewalk fall lawsuit

    The case stems from a 2022 trip and fall on a residential sidewalk near Avenue 60 and Echo Street.

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