WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.110 --> 00:00:25.830 On this week's episode: the county's Board of Supervisors moves to put the state's new Hug Act into practice in juvenile facilities, the Los Angeles City Council takes over review of an LAPD license-plate camera pilot, and Pasadena's City Council splits on a plan for getting around the Rose Bowl. 2 00:00:29.414 --> 00:00:35.134 Five minutes on this week's decisions from the local governments CivicFM covers in the LA area. 3 00:00:35.894 --> 00:00:38.534 Burbank's show had no episode this week. 4 00:00:38.534 --> 00:00:47.454 This episode is made with AI from each government's own show, which reports from the public recordings of its meetings. Sources are in the show notes. 5 00:00:50.877 --> 00:01:01.597 Our top story: on Tuesday, the county's Board of Supervisors voted to put California's new Hug Act into practice in juvenile facilities. It passed four to zero. 6 00:01:01.597 --> 00:01:03.942 What does the law actually do? 7 00:01:03.942 --> 00:01:24.417 Starting January first, 2027, incarcerated youth have a right to physical contact with visitors. Contact can't be restricted as discipline, and any restriction for a safety concern must be documented. The motion has Probation drop its rule that contact visits need the department head's prior approval, and allow more of them through the rest of this year. 8 00:01:24.417 --> 00:01:26.017 Who spoke up? 9 00:01:26.017 --> 00:01:36.597 About twenty-seven people spoke in support in person, including formerly incarcerated youth who said they helped write the bill. Probation reports back with a compliance plan in sixty days. 10 00:01:39.941 --> 00:01:53.336 Next up, the Los Angeles City Council. On Tuesday it voted ten to four to take jurisdiction over the Police Commission's approval of an LAPD pilot of Axon license-plate reader cameras, and sent it to committee. 11 00:01:53.336 --> 00:01:55.656 Why pull it back? 12 00:01:55.656 --> 00:02:17.516 Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said it was irresponsible to start the three-month pilot before there's a policy on auditing outside agencies. Council President Pro Tempore Bob Blumenfield, who voted no, argued the policy debate would take at least three months anyway, so the pilot should run in the meantime. About seven public speakers opposed the pilot, citing data sharing with federal immigration authorities. 13 00:02:17.516 --> 00:02:18.636 So what's next? 14 00:02:18.636 --> 00:02:23.421 The presiding councilmember said it must be back before the council by October twenty-third. 15 00:02:26.765 --> 00:02:44.070 Over in Pasadena, the City Council voted five to two on Tuesday to hire the firm Kimley-Horn to write a plan for getting around the Rose Bowl area and Brookside Park. The contract runs up to five hundred thousand dollars, paid for with a Caltrans grant plus a local match. 16 00:02:44.070 --> 00:02:47.270 Who voted no, and why? 17 00:02:47.270 --> 00:03:09.925 Councilmembers Rick Cole and Tyron Hampton. Cole objected to the city's continued spending on outside consultants. Three public speakers backed better access to the area but criticized the consultant spending. Staff said a finished plan is needed to go after grants for building projects, and that a plan to lower speed limits on safety corridors is headed to the city's Municipal Services Committee. 18 00:03:13.268 --> 00:03:31.123 Now a quick trip around the area. The county's Board of Supervisors gave the county thirty days instead of seven to analyze an outside report on the January 2025 fires, after Eaton fire survivors objected that seven days was too short. It passed four to zero. 19 00:03:31.123 --> 00:03:48.168 On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a ban on nitrous oxide sales by tobacco and cannabis retailers. It also asked the City Attorney for a further ordinance covering all retailers that sell it without a legitimate use. The ban still needs the Mayor's approval. 20 00:03:48.168 --> 00:03:57.593 The council also granted neighbors' appeal against a hillside home on Stanley Hills Drive, sending it back to a planning commission for a fire-safety study. 21 00:03:57.593 --> 00:04:05.348 And Pasadena's City Council gave first reading to an ordinance exempting qualifying Eaton Fire repairs from the city's construction tax. 22 00:04:08.692 --> 00:04:12.492 That's the week around the LA area. See you next Sunday.