The second West Hollywood City Council meeting of February will be held on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 at the City Council Chambers located at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood at 6 p.m.
Members of the public can view the entire agenda here.
Highlights from the Consent Calendar:
B.6. City of West Hollywood Annual Financial Report. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the City ended the fiscal year fiscally strong with a total General Fund reserve balance of $206.2 million. Of this amount, $6.5 million is unassigned and the rest is set aside for specific areas (e.g., costs for pensions, self-insurance, capital projects, working capital, and emergency contingencies). The General Fund Committed Fund Balance is $85.4 million; this portion of the fund balance includes $62 million in the Emergency Reserves category and reflects the change in the policy adopted by the City Council that increased the required total from 25% to a minimum of 35% based on the total General Fund expenditure budget to ensure that there are enough funds for future emergencies. STAFF REPORT
B.10. Provides for a multi-year agreement with Emergency-1 Response for on-site medical care services during Pride and Halloween. Total cost of the 5-year commitment: $651,000. STAFF REPORT
B.11. Allocates almost $600,000 for bollards to be installed on Hammond and Alta Loma. The staff report notes that this replaces 20-year-old hydraulic bollards that come up out of the ground at night to prevent traffic flow from Sunset (allows bicycles). The system needs replacement. STAFF REPORT
Public Hearings:
C.1. C.2. This item implements the last City Council decision in November to increase the rate from 3% to 4% on hotel room stays to ensure a stable source of revenue to fund tourism efforts. STAFF REPORT ITEM C.1. – ATTACHMENT A ITEM C.1. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM C.1. – ATTACHMENT C ITEM C.1. – ATTACHMENT D
C.2. STAFF REPORT ITEM C.2. – ATTACHMENT A ITEM C.2. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM C.2. – ATTACHMENT C ITEM C.2
E. Unfinished Business:
E.1. Semi-Annual Community Safety Update: This update details crime statistics for the City of West Hollywood with year-over-year data. The report highlights 20,252 calls for service to the West Hollywood Sheriff, and 7,348 calls for service to the security ambassador program. Total Part 1 Crimes in West Hollywood declined in 2025 from 2024 in all three WeHo districts: eastside, westside, and mid-city. The reports below detail each of WeHo’s community safety initiatives. STAFF REPORT ITEM E.1. – ATTACHMENT A ITEM E.1. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM E.1
– ATTACHMENT C ITEM E.1. – ATTACHMENT D ITEM E.1
E.2. 2024-2025 Year-End Budget, and Progress on Work Plan Priorities and Organizational Changes. The report shows total audited year-end revenues for the City of West Hollywood to be up 2% year over year in 2025 to just over $167 million, up from just shy of $165 million in 2024. Property taxes are the city’s number one source of revenue at $39,994,368. Property taxes accounted for almost 25% of the entire budget for the City of West Hollywood, funded by landlords and property owners. Sales taxes are the number two source of revenue for the city at $34,477,815. Together, property taxes and sales taxes equal half of West Hollywood’s total revenue from all sources. Hotel taxes were the city’s 3rd largest source of revenue at $31,942,398 despite the lower-than-normal occupancy rates among WeHo’s hotels. The 4th largest source of revenue for the city was “use of money and property” totaling $26,051,215. This revenue was driven by a $300,000 rise in interest earnings due to higher interest rates and unrealized gains from changes to the fair market value of the City’s investments. All details and breakdowns can be found in the staff report and attachments below. STAFF REPORT ITEM E.2. – ATTACHMENT AITEM E.2. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM E.2. – ATTACHMENT C ITEM E.2
E.3. This item terminates a contract with Estate Design and Construction and seeks authorization to award a new contract for FY2025, CIP No. 2506 for Concrete Rehabilitation to Gentry General Engineering. The staff report states, “This project is the City of West Hollywood (City) annual concrete repair program which replaces broken/damaged concrete roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, driveway aprons, and access ramps on street corners, to meet requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The repairs reduce the City’s accident liability exposure and improve pedestrian safety.”
Details indicate that the former contractor failed to complete their contract which included the following locations/streets: Alfred Street from Rosewood Avenue to Clinton Avenue; Croft Avenue from Rosewood Avenue to Melrose Avenue; Orlando Avenue from Rosewood Avenue to Northern City Limit; Kings Road from Rosewood Avenue to Northern City Limit; Flores Street from Rosewood Avenue to Northern City Limit; Clinton Avenue from Melrose Avenue to Sweetzer Avenue; Doheny Drive from Beverly Drive to Melrose Avenue; Robertson Boulevard from Beverly Drive to Santa Monica Boulevard; San Vicente Boulevard from Beverly Boulevard to Melrose Avenue; Rosewood Avenue from Norwich Drive to Westmount Drive. STAFF REPORT ITEM E.3. –
ATTACHMENT A ITEM E.3. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM E.3. – ATTACHMENT C ITEM E.3
F. New Business:
F.1. Construction Agreement for Sunset/Santa Monica Fiber Loop. This item is brought forward by the Director of Public Works Helen Collins and allocates $5.412 million for the construction and allows the city engineer to approve change orders up to a total of $1.353 million. The fiber loop is part of a grant received by Caltrans for the installation of a traffic signal fiber loop.
STAFF REPORT ITEM F.1. – ATTACHMENT A ITEM F.1. – ATTACHMENT B ITEM F.1
F.2. Request for commitment letter to issue a loan from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the amount of $4,245,000 for acquisition and financing at 1006 and 1010 N. Edinburgh Ave. The development will create between 45 and 55 affordable housing units under the management of the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation. This item is brought forward by Assistant City Manager Steve Campbell and staff. STAFF REPORT ITEM F.2. – ATTACHMENT A ITEM F.2
F.3. Co-Sponsorship of Plant Based Treaty’s 2026 Food Day in WeHo Event. This item is being brought forward by Councilmember Byers. The event would take place on Sunday, April 12th, 2026 at Plummer Park. The fiscal impact includes $10,000 from the city general reserve fund and $7,136 in waived fees.
STAFF REPORT ITEM F.3. ATTACHMENT A ITEM F.3
F.4. Russian Language Public Library Enhancements. This item is brought forward by Mayor Heilman and Councilmember Byers. This item evaluates possible enhancements to the Russian Language Public Library located at 7362 Santa Monica Blvd. There is no fiscal impact at this time.
STAFF REPORT
F.5. Kings Road Park Facility Availability. This item is brought forward by Councilmember Erickson. This item increases the number of days the facility is available to the public for community reservations from once a month to every Saturday. There is no fiscal impact at this time. STAFF REPORT
F.6. Amends the City Councilmember list of pre-approved organizations and events to add the Sociable City Summit hosted by the Responsible Hospitality Institute. This item is brought forward by Vice Mayor Hang. There is no fiscal impact at this time. STAFF REPORT ITEM F.6 ATTACHMENT A ITEM F.6
F.7. Billboard Saturation Study. This item directs city staff to evaluate the value and revenue impacts associated with the installation of new billboards, beyond those currently under construction, approved, or in review. There are an average of 97 billboards per West Hollywood zip code, and 46 per zip code square mile. One takeaway from the report shows West Hollywood as #5 for the total number of billboards per hotspot zip code square mile out of all other major advertising cities — and that West Hollywood has some room to grow the number of billboards within the 90069 zip code, but indicates that the quantity of billboards should not be the goal. This is a fascinating report and worth reading. The item is brought forward by Councilmember Meister. There is no fiscal impact at this time. STAFF REPORT ITEM F.7. – ATTACHMENT A
Members of the public may submit a general public comment to the City Clerk for publication on the agenda at publiccomment@weho.org. Your comment must be sent to the City Clerk prior to 12 noon on the day of the City Council meeting.
There was one public comment submitted as of the time of this writing. You can check it out here.
I submitted a public comment before the deadline, but would you look at that, the city clerk never got back to me; #Fraud
Thanks for the heads-up & useful synopsis!