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Bryant Steet / Eton Avenue / Lighting District

Council File 26-0900-S4

Closed — property owners rejected the proposed street lighting assessment district through a weighted ballot vote, and the City Council formally abandoned the project in September 2026. No assessments will be levied.

Introduced
2026-02-18
Last changed
2026-09-15
Status
open
Expires
2028-09-15
Initiated by
Bureau of Street Lighting

Brief

The Bureau of Street Lighting initiated this file to establish a lighting district serving Bryant Street and Eton Avenue. Council adopted the ordinance on May 12, 2026, and the Mayor did not veto it. The measure became effective May 28, 2026. A subsequent reconsideration vote occurred on September 15, 2026, with Council voting 14-0-1 to readopt the ordinance subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51.

Full summary

The Bureau of Street Lighting proposed in early 2026 to create a new lighting maintenance assessment district covering Bryant Street and Eton Avenue. Under Proposition 218, property owners in any proposed assessment district must be notified and given the opportunity to cast weighted ballots — ballots weighted by the dollar amount of each parcel's proposed assessment — before the City can impose the charge. The City carried out that process and held a final public hearing on August 18, 2026. The ballot results doomed the proposal. Only one of the four affected property owners cast a ballot, voting no. That single no vote represented $177.84 of the $635.13 in total proposed assessments, and because no yes votes were cast, the no side captured 100 percent of the weighted vote among ballots returned. Under Proposition 218, a weighted majority of no votes constitutes a majority protest and legally bars the City from imposing the assessment. The City Clerk certified the results on August 20, 2026, and recommended that Council find a majority protest exists, adopt an abandoning ordinance, and direct the Bureau of Street Lighting to ensure that streetlights are not installed — or are removed if already in place. The file had previously moved on a separate track: Council initially adopted an ordinance on May 12, 2026, which became effective May 28, 2026, covering the formation process. After the Prop 218 ballot failed, Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and Nithya Raman moved to reconsider the item on August 12, 2026, triggering a series of continued hearings. On September 15, 2026, Council voted 14-0-1 to adopt the abandoning ordinance as recommended by the City Clerk, formally closing out the proposed district. The file remains open and subject to reconsideration through September 15, 2028, but the practical effect is that the Bryant Street and Eton Avenue lighting district will not be created and no assessments will be levied.

Activity (15)

  • 2026-09-15 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2026-08-21 City Clerk document(s) referred to Council.
  • 2026-08-20 Document submitted by City Clerk, dated August 20, 2026.
  • 2026-08-18 Council continued hearing and Ordinance to be presented on September 15, 2026.
  • 2026-08-14 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on August 18, 2026.
  • 2026-08-12 Council reconsidered the item, and continued the hearing to August 18, 2026 and Ordinance to be presented on September 15, 2026
  • 2026-08-11 Council continued hearing and Ordinance to be presented on September 15, 2026 .
  • 2026-08-07 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on August 11, 2026.
  • 2026-05-18 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: May 28, 2026.
  • 2026-05-15 Council action final.
  • 2026-05-13 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is May 26, 2026.
  • 2026-05-12 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2026-05-08 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 12, 2026.
  • 2026-02-18 Bureau of Street Lighting document(s) referred to Council.
  • 2026-02-18 Document submitted by Bureau of Street Lighting, dated January 28, 2026.

Documents (12)

Council votes (5)

  • 2026-09-15 Vote — 14-0-1 · Regular
  • 2026-08-18 Vote — 13-0-2 · Regular
  • 2026-08-12 Adopted to Continue — 14-0-1 · Regular
  • 2026-08-11 Adopted — 14-0-1 · Regular
  • 2026-05-12 Adopted — 14-0-1 · Regular

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