The Los Angeles City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on September 15, 2026. The meeting included approval of consent calendar items, extensive public testimony on traffic violence and other issues, and discussion and votes on several items including tree spacing standards, illegal dumping penalties, fireworks regulation, and a resolution opposing federal forest rule changes. The council also continued an appointment to the Ethics Commission.
About the prospects of coming to the workshops in the coming weeks. Um, first thing after I leave here is I'm gonna go look up the calendar and see what they have on offer. We're offering small business counseling sessions for our patrons. We partner with the organization called PACE, which is the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment. They come by on the second Thursday of each month to offer one-on-one small business counseling sessions for our patrons. Each patron gets 30 minutes of a free consultation where they can talk about starting or growing their small business idea. We serve everyone from startup to business in operation because the business in operation, as you mentioned, they have different types of challenges. They may have they may need financing, they may need, you know, assistance with the permit, licensing, marketing. Our patrons who come to these sessions may be starting their business or trying to grow it. And that is really in today it's really hard to find these services for free. They tend to be very expensive. Our counselors are able to talk to them uh one-on-one, uh as you know, see what is like what is the situation, uh, give them the guidance, and if they need additional help, we can continue working with them based on their needs, you know. We will continue one-on-one. So it's not one time here, we will continue working with them. I was just talking with you know, talking with the staff, and they were telling me me about all the different things that can be done here, and I can't believe it. It's like and the equipment's up to date. It's modern. I first hand witnessed a lot of patrons arrive. Um, not only excited by the service, but when they enter the media lab, they're shocked to find out they can work on posters for their small business here with our poster printer. They can make 3D prints. Uh we just got a laser cutter, so they can use that to make their business logo and print it out on anything they like. So uh I think a lot of patrons express gratitude for this service. Anyone can walk in our doors, uh, they can have a conversation with us and they can have a one-on-one counseling. And again, depending on the like what is it, what the need is. Is it like an idea they want to develop or they are in business, they need other type of services. We um we first want to understand what is the need and then work with them one-on-one. Yeah, it was like it's a free program. How good can it be? It how good can it be was excellent. It really got me charged up, it was inspiring, encouraging, but we really actually got really good ideas and we just were given such great advice. And I don't know if I would have gotten to where I am right now without PACE. While exploring El Pueblo, you can see the history of the city by visiting the Pico House, which was the first three-story building and grand hotel in Los Angeles, and the old plaza firehouse, which housed the city's first firefighting crews. You can also enjoy an array of food that showcases local culture. It's not just us upright walkers that can enjoy the sights of El Pueblo either. Our four-legged friends can also experience El Pueblo at places like La Placita de Dolores. Pet parents know a healthy pet is a happy companion. Recently, Emil de Padilla, council member for District 6 and Potty with Love brought free and low-cost pet care to Woodley Park in the San Fernando Valley. Today, me and my team from the 6th District are here in uh Lake Balboa at Woodley Park where we are celebrating our second annual Haughty with Love. This is our annual animal health care pet resource fair where families can come and get low-cost vaccines. They can get access to microchipping, grooming, adoption and fostering and giveaways, just a lot of different resources for our friendly pets at home. We brought our three kittens that we're fostering right now. Um they all need vaccines. Uh so when we heard about this event, we were very excited, and so that's why we're here today. We came to get the dogs microchipped and vaccinated, you know. Thank you, support the community. See what's about what's going on, you know. We came to vaccinate our dog today. Um we know that it was something that we really needed to do for her, so that's why we came out to this event. Oh, it's very important because you know you spend so much on kitty litter and food and all the things that you need to take care of the kittens, and the fact that we have something here that's uh free, you know, the first hundred people is really a big help for families like us that are you know looking to take care of these little kittens. Especially fostering, especially fostering.