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2026 Commendatory Resolutions

Council File 26-0004

In progress — the city continues issuing ceremonial commendations throughout 2026, honoring community members, cultural observances, and local institutions through formal resolutions. This routine file stays active until December 2027.

Introduced
2025-12-22
Last changed
2026-09-15
Status
open
Expires
2027-12-22

Brief

Council File 26-0004 is the 2026 commendatory resolutions file, a standing vehicle for ceremonial recognition. Councilmembers introduce resolutions honoring public servants, community leaders, cultural observances, and organizations throughout the year. The file remains open and active, with Council taking action on multiple resolutions at nearly every session. Recent activity (September 2026) includes recognitions for Ivy Queen, Indigenous Peoples' Day organizations, El Rescate, and various cultural weeks and observances.

Full summary

Commendatory resolutions are a routine but important part of City Council business, allowing elected officials to formally recognize and honor individuals, groups, and observances that have contributed to Los Angeles. Council File 26-0004 serves as the 2026 repository for these resolutions, introduced on December 22, 2025, and set to expire December 22, 2027. The file has been continuously active throughout 2026, with Council taking action on dozens of resolutions across virtually every session documented in the activity log. Resolutions are typically co-sponsored by two or more councilmembers and honor subjects ranging from individual public servants and community leaders to cultural heritage months, sports teams, nonprofits, and international observances. Recent examples from September 2026 include recognitions for artist Ivy Queen, Indigenous Peoples' Day programming, El Rescate (an immigrant rights organization), and observances like Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Earlier in the year, the file carried resolutions for Korean Independence Day, Dolly Parton Day, Ukrainian Independence Day, Jewish American Heritage Month participants, and numerous LAPD and fire department personnel commendations. Resolutions are generally non-binding ceremonial acts. The file shows no evidence of controversy or opposition. Activity follows a predictable pattern: councilmembers jointly introduce resolutions, typically capturing them in batches at regular Council sessions. The volume of resolutions—dozens per month—reflects both the breadth of Los Angeles's communities and the ceremonial nature of this legislative tool. The file remains open and operational with no indication of closure or expiration before its stated deadline in December 2027.

Activity (63)

  • 2026-09-15 Council action: Price and Hernandez for Ivy Queen; Hernandez and Jurado for Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo; Hernandez and Jurado for Indigenous Peoples' Day United American Indian Involvement; Hernandez and Harris-Dawson for El Rescate; Hernandez and Jurado for Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission; Hernandez and Jurado for Gil Birmingham; Blumenfield and Lee for Adult Education and Family Literacy Week; Raman and Price for Good Food Day; Blumenfield and Jurado for Brahma Bodega.
  • 2026-09-09 Council action: McOsker and Nazarian for Willie Naulls; McOsker and Hutt for Gary Herrera.
  • 2026-09-04 Council action: Nazarian and Lee for Conan Nolan; Nazarian and Hutt for Colleen Williams; Lee and Nazarian for Sandra S. Inao; Lee and Rodriguez for Ed Roes.
  • 2026-09-02 Council action: Lee and Jurado for World Polio Day; McOsker for Harris-Dawson and Park for Lieutenant II Eldred Day.
  • 2026-09-01 Council action: Hernandez and McOsker for Minyeong Chen outstanding City service and extent the best wishes for his retirement; McOsker and Hernandez for Jaime "Rarebreed" Gregory recognition of his dedication and service.
  • 2026-08-26 Council action: Lee and Hutt for Korean Independence Day; Lee and Raman for National Service Dog Month; Lee, Hutt and Yaroslavsky for BTS Week; Raman, et al. and Padilla for Dolly Parton Day.
  • 2026-08-21 Council action: Nazarian and Blumenfield for Erin G. Rank extraordinary leadership, and lifelong commitment to affordable housing.
  • 2026-08-14 Council action: Jurado and McOsker for 2026 Nisei Week Japanese Festival; Jurado and Soto-Martinez for Dr. Patricia Hughes; Rodriguez and Harris-Dawson for Lalo Garcia; Jurado and Padilla for Comite Mexicano Civico Patriotico-95th Anniversary; Jurado and Hutt for Grand Performances; Jurado and Price for Hotel Figueroa; Blumenfield, Soto-Martinez and Harris-Dawson for Liberty Hill; Hutt and Lee for Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation's 53rd Anniversary; etc.
  • 2026-08-12 Council action: Soto-Martinez and Price for August 4, 2026 as Ukraine Independence day.
  • 2026-08-11 Council action: Blumfield and Lee for Daniel Rodriguez; Blumenfield and Hernandez for Richard Quinteros.
  • 2026-08-06 Council action: Nazarian and Lee for Darius Eghbali achievements as humanitarian leader; Blumenfield and Nazarian for Martin Cooper and the "Reel" Hollywood" publication.
  • 2026-08-05 Council action: Nazarian and Lee for Darius Eghbali achievements as humanitarian leader; Blumenfield and Nazarian for Martin Cooper and the "Reel" Hollywood" publication.
  • 2026-08-04 Council action: Harris-Dawson, Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield for William Joo and Jennifer So.
  • 2026-07-01 Council action: Blumenfield and Lee for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
  • 2026-06-30 Council action: Hutt and Jurado for Ana Mae Yutan.
  • 2026-06-26 Council action: Padilla and Blumenfield for Dr. Elvira G. Annas.
  • 2026-06-24 Council action: Nazarian and McOsker for Thom Davis.
  • 2026-06-23 Council action: Rodriguez and Hutt for Global Beatles Day; Hernandez and Hutt for Paul Racs.
  • 2026-06-17 Council action: Yaroslavsky and Park for Wallis Annenberg Day; Yaroslavsky and Park for Wallis Annenberg Day; Rodriguez and Padilla for Verdugo Hills High School Baseball Team.
  • 2026-06-12 Council action: Lee and Rodriguez for Criminalist Daniel Rubin; Lee and Park for Officer Ryan White; Hernandez and Hutt for Shailesh "Sunny" Patel; Hernandez and Hutt for Essam Amarragy.
  • 2026-06-09 Council action: Hutt and Rodriguez for "Play Day"; Rodriguez and Price for "Diljit Dosanjh Day".
  • 2026-06-05 Council action: Blumenfield and Lee for Ricardo Villacorta; Rodriguez and McOsker for Blair Miller.
  • 2026-06-03 Council action: Rodriguez and Price for Diljit Dosanjh Day; Harris-Dawson and Price for Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland, Sr.
  • 2026-06-02 Council action: Jurado and Blumenfield for Carlos Rios exceptional City service ; Jurado and Soto-Martinez for Betty Wilson Humanitarian Award of Excellence; Blumenfield and Jurado for Sylvia Jauregui exceptional City service.
  • 2026-05-22 Council action: Harris-dawson and Hutt for Police Officer III Teri Gonzalez service.
  • 2026-05-20 Council action: Lee and Rodriguez for Sierra Canyon Boys and Girls Basketball Teams; Lee and Blumenfield for Detective Sharon Kim; Blumenfield and Lee for September 2026 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month; Park and Padilla Jonathan Laguna.
  • 2026-05-19 Council action: McOsker and Soto-Martinez for Irene Huerta; Nazarian and Blumenfield for Amir Tabakh.
  • 2026-05-13 Council action: Lee and Blumenfield for Paula Boland; Blumenfield, Rodriguez and Hernandez for LA Conservation Corps.
  • 2026-05-12 Council action: McOsker and Hutt for Brenton Wood.
  • 2026-05-08 Council action: Lee and Blumenfield for Granada Hills Charter High School Decathlon Team; Jurado and Hernandez for Calfresh Awareness Month; Park, McOsker and Blumenfield for World Trade Week 2026; McOsker, Park and Hutt for Fleet Week 2026.
  • 2026-05-05 Council action: Lee and Jurado for 2026 K-EXPO USA contributions; Blumenfield and Yaroslavsky for Abraham Cohen, Eli Marmur, Benny Binstock; Pini Ben-Zaken, Chaim Gonshor, Moshe Hoftman and Eric Braeden for their dedication and contribution during Jewish American Heritage Month.
  • 2026-05-01 Council action: Jurado and Padilla for Proyecto Pastoral 40th Anniversary; Hutt and Padilla for Bicentennial of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America; Blumenfield and Yaroslavsky for Los Angeles Rams; Chelsey Goldberg, Mitch Gaylord and Jonathan Bornstein contributions.
  • 2026-04-29 Council action: McOsker and Nazarian for Cathy T. Tanaka; Park and Rodriguez for World Health Day; Soto-Martinez and Price for Metta World Peace Day.
  • 2026-04-24 Council action: McOsker and Jurado for Europe Day; McOsker and Jurado for Croatian Americans Heritage; McOsker and Lee for April Marie Hood; Blumenfield and McOsker for Carl Barack; Soto-Martinez and Hernandez for International Workers' Day; Price, McOsker and Harris-Dawson for 1992 Truce Day.
  • 2026-04-22 Council action: Lee and Soto-Martinez for Son Heuing-Min contributions and success to Los Angeles Football Club; Hernandez and Soto-Martinez for the National Public Works Week; Yaroslavsky, Nazarian and Padilla for Deputy Mayor Sutley City service.
  • 2026-04-21 Council action: Price - Soto-Martinez for Genevieve Arce Service to Council District 9; Blumenfeld and Lee for William "Bill" Ratner and his contributions to Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade.
  • 2026-04-17 Council action: Rodriguez for Hernandez and Hutt for Patricia Delgado; Nazarian and Padilla for a Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Armenian Genocide; McOsker and Lee for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; Nazarian, Jurado and Soto-Martinez, Park for Commission on the Status of Women; Soto-Martinez and Price for safe or unlawful working conditions in public purchasing.
  • 2026-04-15 Council action: Rodriguez and Yaroslavsky for Denim Day; Price and Hutt for Professor Derek Asiedu Akrofi appointment as Honorary Consul of Ghana; Price and Rodriguez for Valentine Schieneman contributions to City of Los Angeles; Hernandez and Soto-Martinez for UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center re-opening; Price and Hernandez for LA Promise Fund 20 year of service;.
  • 2026-04-14 Council action: McOsker and Blumenfield for Detective II Robert Armando Guevara; Price and Hutt for Sam Watson Day; Rodriguez and Padilla for Rodolfo Francisco "Rudy" Acuna; McOsker and Hutt for Elton Blake; Lee and Rodriguez for Captain Kathleen J. Burns; Padilla and Hernandez for Los Angeles Azules Day.
  • 2026-03-27 Council action: Blumenfield and Lee for ALS Awareness Month;Price and Rodriguez for USC Joint Educational/young Scientist Project;Jurado and Hernandez for First Annual Invincible Day; Jurado and Blumenfield for James Conlon-Music Director of The Los Angeles Opera; Jurado and Soto-Martinez for LAFCU 90th Anniversary; Raman and Soto-Martinez for LA Astronomical Society Anniversary; Harris-Dawson for McOsker and Blumenfield for Felise Cohen-Kalpakian and Julie San Juan Service and Career and Service.
  • 2026-03-25 Council action: Rodriguez and Lee for the 2025-2026 Sylmar High School boys' basketball team.
  • 2026-03-24 Council action: Nazarian and McOsker for Pastor Jerrell Walls; Jurado and Hernandez for Mark Nestlehutt; Hutt and Lee for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day; Blumenfield and Lee for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day.
  • 2026-03-13 Council action: Padilla for Nazarian and Hutt for Janisse Quinones; Lee and Rodriguez for David Hartmire; Soto-Martinez for Price and Hutt for Ted Chen.
  • 2026-03-06 Council action: Price and Hutt for Dedee Verdin; Hernandez, Soto-Martinez and Price for United Teachers Los Angeles and SEIU 99.
  • 2026-03-04 Council action: Park and Blumenfield for March 2016 as the Bulgarian Cultural Heritage Month; Hernandez and Lee for Jorge Ramos 39 years of City Service.
  • 2026-03-03 Council action: Lee and Blumenfield for Tracy Hernandez; Lee and Jurado, et al. for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day.
  • 2026-02-27 Council action: McOsker and Hutt, Padilla for ADWA DAY; Blumenfield and Hutt for Geovanny Ragsdale.
  • 2026-02-25 Council action: Jurado and McOsker, Raman and Blumenfield for Krista Kline City service; Hernandez and Jurado for Senator Richard G. Polanco distinguished legislative career.
  • 2026-02-24 Council action: Blumenfield and Hernandez for National Kidney Month; Soto-Martinez and Padilla for International Long COVID Awareness Day; Blumenfield for Lee, Nazarian, Rodriguez and Padilla for Metropolitan Division B Platoon .
  • 2026-02-20 Council action: Price and Soto-Martinez for Thomas Jefferson High School years of excellence.
  • 2026-02-13 Council action: Price and Hutt for Brittney A. Johnson; Nazarian and Soto-Martinez for Sossie Mahseredjian.
  • 2026-02-11 Council action: Price and Harris-Dawson for Melanie Comarcho; Luenell Cambbell and Darryl Lynn Hughley; Price and Blumenfield for Deon Cole and Nathaniel Stroman; Price and Soto-Martinez for Martin Lawrence.
  • 2026-02-10 Council action: Nazarian and Lee for International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.
  • 2026-02-06 Council action: Rodriguez and Blumenfield for the 2025 San Fernando High School Football Team City Section Division II Championship; Hernandez and Hutt for the Child Abuse Prevention Month.
  • 2026-02-04 Council action: Yaroslavsky and Park for Los Angeles Marathon Day; McOsker and Lee for Candice Arnold.
  • 2026-02-03 Council action: Blumenfield and Hutt for Jeannie L. Shen; Nazarian and Hernandez for Daniel Meyers .
  • 2026-01-28 Council action Harris-Dawson and McOsker for Sandra Fisher.
  • 2026-01-27 Council action: Nazarian and Padilla for Burbank Islamic Center; Nazarian and Raman for Islamic Center of North Hollywood; Nazarian and Hutt for Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month.
  • 2026-01-20 Council action: Soto-Martinez and Hernandez for Charles Chang.
  • 2026-01-16 Council action: Park and McOsker for Calvin Joe; McOsker and Lee for Sargeant II Jerretta Sandoz.
  • 2026-01-14 Council action: Nazarian and McOsker for Carlos M. Lauchu .
  • 2026-01-13 Council action: McOsker and Lee for Lieutenant Rosa Reynoso; Harris-Dawson and Lee for Sergeant Paul Rodriguez.
  • 2026-01-09 Council action: Lee and Jurado for Pamela Rhodes; Rodriguez and Hernandez for Clean LA With Me; Rodriguez and Lee for Officer Sara Faden Outstanding Career; McOsker and Hutt for Mario Cordero; McOsker and Hutt for Eric J. Caris; Hernandez, Park and Hutt for Mount Saint Mary's University.

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