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  1. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council a five-year extension of city billing and mailing contract

    The Office of Finance wants Electronic Output Solutions to keep printing and mailing tax and permit notices through May 2032.

    City Council··$312K
  2. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LAPD seeks Council approval of $119,255 state forensic grant for lab overtime

    The grant would pay overtime for firearm, latent print and digital evidence analysts through June 30, 2027, with no city match.

    City Council··$119K
  3. Official portrait of Kenneth Mejia

    Controller sends City Council the 2025-26 outside audit agreement

    Outside firm MGO will perform the city's annual financial and federal grant audits for fiscal year 2025-26.

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  4. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council a $250,500 increase for scooter data monitoring contract

    LADOT wants to pay Blue Systems for 18 more months of tracking dockless scooters and bikes, raising the total to $1,100,428.

    City Council··$251K
  5. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LAHD seeks $1.81 million contract for temporary rent enforcement staff

    Housing Department would hire temporary paralegals through Partners in Diversity to cover 12 vacant housing investigator jobs.

    City Council··$1.8M
  6. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    City Planning seeks $6.5 million more for 19 on-call tech consultants through 2028

    The spending cap would rise from $7 million to $13.5 million for work on permit systems and wildfire mapping tools.

    City Council··$6.5M
  7. 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
  8. Official portrait of Adrin Nazarian

    Motion seeks citywide program to clean up vacant and nuisance properties

    Building and Safety would report in 30 days on more than 100 priority vacant buildings and how to pay for cleanup.

    City Council··$2.0M
  9. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    City seeks to accept $415,000 in state traffic safety grants for car seats, bike gear

    Community Investment Department would run free child car seat and pedestrian safety programs from October 2026 through September 2027.

    City Council··$415K
  10. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor Bass appoints Adelina Camilla McCloud to city housing authority board

    The Watts-area foster care trainer and former Section 8 inspector would fill a vacancy on the board through June 30, 2031.

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  11. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Animal Services seeks Council approval for donated $20,000 horse mannequin

    The Lange Foundation gave a life-size articulating horse mannequin for large animal rescue training by city crews.

    City Council··$20K
  12. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Police Commission approves LAPD plan to accept state tobacco enforcement grant

    The grant would pay police overtime for undercover operations against stores selling tobacco to minors through June 2029.

    City Council··$2.2M
  13. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Controller asks Council to pay $3,043,863 to state over unpaid city use taxes

    A state audit of 2013-2019 city purchases found underreported use tax; departments would repay their shares.

    City Council··$3.0M
  14. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Housing Department seeks $1.9M loan for accessibility retrofits at Bartlett Hill Manor

    The no-interest, deferred loan would fix 12 units and all common areas at a 64-unit affordable complex in Council District 1.

    City Council··$1.9M
  15. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends LAFD fee increases to City Council for approval

    Fire inspection, permit, brush clearance and hazardous materials fees would rise, with the package projected to bring in $57.4 million.

    City Council··$57M
  16. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Council approves Measure W funding agreement for street sweeping study

    The city will receive annual Safe, Clean Water funds from the county flood control district for a Round 6 street sweeping study.

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  17. 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
  18. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor seeks Council approval of $31.97 million federal homeland security grant

    Los Angeles would accept and distribute 2025 UASI anti terrorism funds for the LA/Long Beach region through May 2028.

    City Council··$32M
  19. South Los Angeles

    LADOT seeks one-year extension of South LA transit subsidy pilot contracts

    Deals with a grant manager and Metro would run to March 31, 2027, with the consultant's ceiling cut by $43,389.38.

    City Council··$764K
  20. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    City Council asked to extend Infosys contract for LA tax system support by one year

    A fourth amendment would add $1,223,891 to keep the 20-year-old LATAX billing system running through September 2027.

    City Council··$1.2M
  21. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LAPD seeks approval to accept $6 million state grant for illegal cannabis enforcement

    The five-year award from the state corrections board would pay mostly officer overtime to shut down unlicensed shops and grows.

    City Council··$6.0M
  22. Official portrait of Kenneth Mejia

    Controller audit finds LA animal shelters operating over capacity with too few staff

    City shelters took in 48,132 animals in FY 2025 and had 75 day-shift care staff where the audit says at least 90 are needed.

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  23. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council a $412,506 extension of city employee health records software

    The Personnel Department's occupational health records system would run two more years, through September 2028, at a total of $1,344,734.

    City Council··$413K
  24. Chatsworth

    Council approves action in sidewalk trip-and-fall lawsuit over Chatsworth walkway

    The case stems from a 2021 fall on an uneven sidewalk on Bothwell Road in Chatsworth; the vote was 12 yes, 3 absent.

  25. 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
  26. Watts Towers

    Mayor sends Council $1.1 million increase for Watts Towers restoration contract

    LACMA would be paid for conservation work on the gazebo, fountain, South Wall and B Tower already finished in June 2025.

    City Council··$1.1M
  27. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    LADWP would give up unused water easement at Watts housing site

    The utility says a 2.44-acre water line easement near 99th Place and Grape Street is no longer needed.

    City Council··$7K
  28. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends City Council plan to offer $466.6 million for affordable housing

    LA Housing Department would open a second round of Homes for LA funding on Oct. 13, 2026, with applications due Dec. 4.

    City Council··$467M
  29. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Council approves 2025-26 staffing costs for CRA/LA excess bond programs, 14-0

    The city will use leftover redevelopment bond money to pay staff who administer non-housing projects funded by those bonds.

  30. Port of Los Angeles

    Controller, Mayor and Council release 2026 review of the Port of Los Angeles

    The KPMG-prepared survey makes 24 recommendations on port finances, emissions, technology and workforce training.

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  31. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Parks board seeks $500,000 transfer to pay for city tech services at parks

    The money would cover internet, security cameras, alarms, public address systems and radios at Recreation and Parks sites in 2026-27.

    City Council··$500K
  32. Official portrait of Bob Blumenfield

    Council adopts motion to fund water seepage fix and road repairs on Vanalden Avenue

    The motion directs funding for repairs along Vanalden Avenue in Council District 3, in the west San Fernando Valley.

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  33. Official portrait of Bob Blumenfield

    Council approves neighborhood funds for Reseda Skate Facility upkeep and youth programs

    The money comes from a council district fund tied to former redevelopment areas and covers maintenance, repair and youth activities.

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  34. Official portrait of Imelda Padilla

    Council approves funding plan for Shading Panorama tree and shade project

    The Shading Panorama project would run from January 2027 through March 2030 using state urban greening money.

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  35. Official portrait of Eunisses Hernandez

    Council approves funding motion for Spring/Alameda street and transit upgrades

    The motion directs funding to build curb ramps, bus pads and bus boarding islands and repair sidewalks along the corridor.

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  36. MacArthur Park

    Council approves funds for MacArthur Park arts and culture programming

    Enhanced arts and culture programming at the park would run from September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.

  37. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor Bass approves civil service exemption for LAWA airport finance chief post

    The job overseeing airport budgets, debt and airline fees would be filled outside normal civil service hiring rules.

  38. Boyle Heights

    Motion seeks study of donation-funded fund to help pay LADWP bills in emergencies

    Councilmember Ysabel Jurado asks city lawyers and LADWP to study a utility bill relief fund paid for by donations, not ratepayers.

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  39. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor's office seeks approval to accept $2.4 million county grant for youth gang re-entry

    Five community organizations would get $1,637,889 to work with youth leaving county probation camps through June 2027.

    City Council··$2.4M
  40. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council $1.39 million FEMA grant for LAFD search and rescue task force

    Federal money would pay three staff positions, training, equipment and specialist contracts for California Task Force 1 through August 2028.

    City Council··$1.4M
  41. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council $78.2 million CGI contract for city financial software

    The city's accounting, budgeting and procurement system would stay with CGI under a sole source cloud deal running through 2031.

    City Council··$78M
  42. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Fire Commission approves urban search and rescue agreement, sends it to Council

    The LAFD's California Task Force 1 would be able to deploy and train under a state and federal disaster response agreement.

  43. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor approves civil service exemption for LASAN plant chief post

    The Chief Plant Officer overseeing the city's four wastewater plants could be hired outside civil service rules.

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  44. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    City Clerk sends Council 2021-22 spending reports for council district discretionary funds

    The reports list every payment each council office made from its community services and fee subsidy accounts.

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  45. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council a $122,000 extension of city housing property data contract

    The Housing Department wants six more months of property ownership and foreclosure data while it bids out a new contract.

    City Council··$122K
  46. Official portrait of Ysabel Jurado

    Council adopts FY 2026-27 spending plan for county housing agency funds

    Los Angeles will direct its share of regional affordable housing money under a plan approved 13-0, with an amendment.

  47. Official portrait of John Lee

    Council approves funding motion for added police outreach in Devonshire Division

    The motion by Councilmembers Lee and Padilla directs General City Purposes funds toward extra patrol outreach services.

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  48. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor asks Council to accept $17.9 million state grant for LA Youth Service Corps

    The state money would pay 976 young people for work in city cleanup, tutoring, child care and park programs through 2027.

    City Council··$18M
  49. Lincoln Heights

    Animal Services would let nonprofit offer pet owner aid at North Central shelter

    A two-year access agreement would let betterTogether Forever staff a table at the Lincoln Heights shelter at no city cost.

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  50. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor sends Council three-year extension of city disability insurance contract

    Standard Insurance would keep covering civilian city workers through December 31, 2027, at unchanged rates.

  51. Official portrait of Traci Park

    Council approves funds for extra CARE+ cleanups and police overtime in CD 11

    The city shifts money to the Bureau of Sanitation and LAPD to cover overtime for homeless encampment cleanups on the Westside.

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  52. Official portrait of Karen Bass

    Mayor asks Council to accept $1.3 million county grant for emergency rent help

    City would give up to $18,000 per household to about 175 renters facing eviction, through 14 nonprofit providers.

    City Council··$1.3M
  53. Official portrait of Eunisses Hernandez

    Council votes 14-0 to continue emergency aid program for crime victims

    The City Attorney's Office keeps running the state-funded program that provides emergency help to crime victims and witnesses.

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