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East 110th Street / Compton Avenue / Graham Avenue / East 111th Street / East 112th Street / Monitor Avenue / East 113th Street / 114th Street / Wilmington Avenue / Large Trucks Exceeding Maximum Gross Weight / Unlawful Use of Roadway

Council File 26-0964

Under review — the City Council is weighing a motion to ban heavy trucks from seven narrow Watts street segments to reduce collisions and air pollution. The Transportation Committee already approved it, but the full Council still needs to vote.

Introduced
2026-06-30
Last changed
2026-09-16
CFMS file status
File open See note on file status
Expires
2028-09-16
Committee
Transportation Committee
Mover
TIM MCOSKER
Second
JOHN S. LEE

This is the City Clerk's status for the council file itself, not the outcome of the measure. A file often stays open after the Council has already adopted an item. The summary above reflects the latest recorded action.

Brief

Councilmember Tim Osker moved to prohibit large trucks exceeding maximum gross weight from using East 110th, Compton, Graham, East 111th, East 112th, Monitor, East 113th, 114th, and Wilmington avenues. The measure targets unlawful use of these roadways by overweight commercial vehicles. The Transportation Committee approved the motion on September 16, 2026, after receiving a community impact statement from Watts Neighborhood Council in August. The file now awaits full Council action.

Full summary

Councilmember Tim McOsker introduced this motion on June 30, 2026, seconded by Councilmember John S. Lee, in response to growing complaints from Watts residents about large truck traffic cutting through narrow residential streets. The motion cites two main harms: physical damage and safety hazards from trucks colliding with parked vehicles on streets too narrow to accommodate them, and air quality harm to residents living along heavily trafficked routes. The proposed remedy is to add seven specific street segments and access points to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 80.36.1, which makes it unlawful to drive vehicles over 6,000 pounds gross weight on listed streets. The segments targeted are both sides of East 110th Street between Compton and Graham avenues, both sides of East 111th Street between Compton and Graham, both sides of East 112th Street between Compton and Monitor, both sides of East 113th Street between Compton and Monitor, both sides of East 114th Street between Compton and Wilmington, the Compton Avenue entrances onto East 111th Street, and the Wilmington Avenue entrance onto East 114th Street. Alongside the code amendment request, the motion directs the Department of Transportation to conduct a traffic study of the affected segments, examining incident data and recommending improvements to roadway design and striping. The study is specifically asked to look at the intersection of East 114th Street and Wilmington Avenue and to assess whether a full closure or one-way conversion of East 114th Street would be feasible to keep trucks out of that particularly narrow block. The motion was referred to the Transportation Committee on introduction. The Watts Neighborhood Council submitted a community impact statement in support in August 2026. On September 16, 2026, the Transportation Committee approved the motion 3-0, with members Hutt, Hernandez, and Nazarian voting yes and members Park and Padilla absent. The committee's report forwards both recommendations — the City Attorney ordinance request and the transportation study directive — to the full Council for final action. No fiscal analysis has been completed. The file now awaits a Council vote.

Activity (4)

  • 2026-09-16 Transportation Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-09-11 Transportation Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 16, 2026.
  • 2026-08-14 Community Impact Statement submitted by Watts Neighborhood Council.
  • 2026-06-30 Motion referred to Transportation Committee.

Documents (4)

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