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Council adopted a motion to suspend CARE+ operations during environmental emergencies, now referred to the Boyle Heights Fire Recovery committee.
Approved — the City locked in rules to pause street cleanups for unhoused people during environmental emergencies and notify affected residents. The Bureau of Sanitation is now updating its procedures and posting system to make it happen.
Council investigates fire and environmental impacts at Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse; directs stormwater and water quality testing.
Approved — the city has ordered a full accounting of water contamination from the warehouse fire and remediation steps, and LASAN has already submitted its first report. The Ad Hoc Committee is now tracking progress through 2028.
Motion to increase penalties for noncompliance at a cold storage warehouse project on South Los Palos Street in Boyle Heights that experienced a fire.
Under review — the city is examining how to strengthen penalties for building violations and create a compensation fund for people harmed by the Lineage warehouse fire, but the proposal is still with the Planning Committee awaiting a hearing.
Councilmember Jurado seeks to block rebuilding permits for a cold storage warehouse at 1400 South Los Palos that caught fire in Boyle Heights.
Under review — the city is weighing permit restrictions and tougher land-use rules for large cold storage warehouses near homes and schools in Boyle Heights, following a major warehouse fire still under investigation.