Los Angeles City Council Meeting – October 28, 2026

The Los Angeles City Council met on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, for a regular meeting followed by a special meeting. No agenda or minutes were included in the source material, and the transcript does not record the meeting's start or end time. The raw transcript also includes LA City TV-style feature segments; this summary covers only the formal council proceedings. The council approved routine items, authorized litigation settlements, created a Boyle Heights mitigation response fund after the Lineage warehouse fire, passed a citywide oil-drilling phaseout ordinance, mourned Dolores Huerta, and received a delegation from Gwangju, South Korea.

Consent Calendar

• The minutes of October 27, 2026, were approved on a motion by Councilmember Hutt, seconded by Councilmember Yaroslavsky. Commendatory resolutions were approved on a motion by Councilmember McCosker, seconded by Councilmember Blumenfield.
• Items 1 through 6, for which public hearings had been held, were approved. Item 6 was later reconsidered, amended, and approved again by 14 ayes.
• Item 7 was held, then amended and approved by 14 ayes.
• Items 8 and 11 through 14 were approved by 14 ayes. Items 9 and 10 were approved by 13 ayes after Councilmember Park recused herself over a potential conflict involving an economic interest in Beam Global, an EV charging company.

Public Comments & Testimony

• The council expected more than 80 in-person speakers and allotted 45 minutes for regular-meeting public comment; callers also testified by telephone and Zoom.
• Many Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles residents, workers, and community organizations spoke in support of item 15, asking for a mitigation response fund after the Lineage warehouse fire. They described smoke, foul odors, pest infestations, higher electricity bills, missed work, and lasting health problems. Speakers identified Proyecto Pastoral, Inner City Struggle, Union de Vecinos, the LA Tenants Union, Community Power Collective, and other groups. One unincorporated East LA resident asked that aid not be restricted to Boyle Heights or an arbitrary one-mile radius.
• During the special meeting, numerous speakers supported the oil-drilling phaseout, including members of the Stand LA coalition, NRDC, Food and Water Watch, the Center for Biological Diversity, Black Women for Wellness, and clergy. They called for protecting frontline communities, revoking permits at the Warren E&P and Murphy drill sites, and shortening the 20-year phaseout period. A few callers opposed the phaseout, arguing that gas prices should be lowered and that drilling was not the cause of allergies.
• Union representatives from the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters raised concerns about Executive Directive 1 projects, alleging wage theft and inadequate labor standards, and asked the city to conduct independent payroll audits.
• Several public comments were disruptive or off-topic. Council leaders issued warnings, expelled at least one caller, and apologized to the chamber for profanity and hate speech.

Discussion Items

• Councilmember Lee introduced Mayor Kim Pyungne of Namgu District, Gwangju, South Korea, who was serving a historic third term and had recently become chair of an association representing 229 Korean local governments. The council presented a certificate to his delegation, which included the Jongzia Arts Ensemble, six young professional musicians with developmental disabilities who were scheduled to perform at the United Nations on November 2.
• The council marked the death of Dolores Huerta. Councilmembers delivered tributes to the labor and civil-rights leader, and the council observed a moment of silence. The council and Mayor Bass arranged to light City Hall in her honor.
• Item 15 established a mitigation response fund for Boyle Heights communities affected by the Lineage warehouse fire, which Councilmember Jurado said had continued to affect families and businesses since June 17. The motion was approved by 14 ayes.
• Special item 1, the citywide oil drilling phaseout ordinance, prohibits new oil and gas drilling and phases out existing extraction in Los Angeles. Councilmember Yaroslavsky described 14 years of organizing, the city attorney's legal review, additional CEQA documents, Appendix E credibility findings, state authority under AB 3233, and Culver City's earlier model. Councilmembers Park, McCosker, Nazarian, and Jurado supported the ordinance. It passed with 13 ayes.
• Special item 2, an amendment to the Cornfield/Royal Cycle specific plan as described by the clerk, was also approved and, like item 1, directed to go forthwith.

Closed Session Litigation Settlements

The council approved settlement recommendations by 14 ayes for 17 closed-session items, authorizing expenditures of $7,863,000; $115,000; $165,000; $190,000; $200,000; $225,000; $362,500; $127,500; $490,000; $700,000; $550,000; $4,100,000; $17,500,000; $1,000,000; $9,000,000; and $10,000,000. One item recommended rejecting a settlement. The clerk initially read the final case name as Janice Marie Horta but later clarified item 32 as NASCO Petroleum LLC v. City of Los Angeles.

Key Outcomes

• Item 6 as amended: 14 ayes. Item 7 as amended: 14 ayes. Items 8 and 11 through 14: 14 ayes. Items 9 and 10: 13 ayes with Councilmember Park recused.
• Item 15, Boyle Heights Lineage fire mitigation response fund: 14 ayes.
• Closed-session litigation package, including rejection of the item 32 settlement: 14 ayes.
• Special item 1, oil drilling phaseout, and special item 2, Cornfield/Royal Cycle specific plan amendment: 13 ayes; both were sent forthwith.
• The council honored Dolores Huerta by lighting City Hall, and adjourned in memory of Annette Shapiro and Oshin Keshishian.