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Colfax Avenue / Ventura Boulevard / Lighting District

Council File 26-0900-S7

Approved — Council initially passed the street lighting maintenance assessment for this Studio City intersection in May, and after completing the required property-owner ballot process with unanimous support, it's set for final adoption on September 15.

Introduced
2026-03-12
Last changed
2026-09-15
Status
open
Expires
2028-09-15
Initiated by
Bureau of Street Lighting

Brief

The Bureau of Street Lighting initiated an ordinance to establish a lighting district along Colfax Avenue and Ventura Boulevard. After initial Council adoption in May 2026 and subsequent reconsideration and continued hearings in August, the full Council readopted the ordinance on September 15, 2026, with strong support (14-0-1). The measure is now effective as of May 28, 2026.

Full summary

The Bureau of Street Lighting proposed establishing a street lighting maintenance assessment district at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. Under Proposition 218, the City is required to notify affected property owners and conduct a weighted ballot process before imposing such assessments, with each ballot weighted by the dollar amount of the owner's proposed assessment. The district is small and focused: only four parcels are included, all owned by MG at Studio City LLC. The City Clerk conducted the assessment ballot proceeding and tabulated the results by the final public hearing date of August 18, 2026. All four ballots were returned in favor of the assessment, representing 100 percent of the weighted vote with no opposition. The total annual assessment for the district is $7,374.20, split across the four parcels at amounts ranging from roughly $1,360 to $2,370 each. City Clerk Patrice Y. Lattimore certified the results and recommended that Council deny any protests and adopt the ordinance levying the assessments and ordering maintenance of the lighting system. Council had initially adopted an ordinance for this district on May 12, 2026, by a 13-0-2 vote, with the ordinance published and effective May 28. The file was subsequently reconsidered in August at the motion of Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and Nithya Raman, who moved reconsideration of this file along with a batch of similar lighting district files from the August 11, 2026 Council meeting. Council voted 13-0-2 on August 18 to continue the hearing, with the final ordinance presentation now set for September 15, 2026. The reconsideration appears to have been procedural, timed to allow the Proposition 218 ballot tabulation to be completed and certified before the ordinance levying assessments is formally adopted. With a unanimous property-owner vote in favor and the City Clerk's certification in hand, the district is expected to be finalized when the ordinance comes back to Council in September.

Activity (14)

  • 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.
  • 2026-05-13 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.
  • 2026-03-13 Bureau of Street Lighting document(s) referred to Council.
  • 2026-03-12 Document submitted by Bureau of Street Lighting, dated February 18, 2026.

Documents (10)

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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