Time Is Running Out: Have Your Say on LA Charter Reform

The Charter Reform Commission hopes you’re having a great holiday season.

In early 2026, the Commission will pick up speed as it works toward developing recommendations.

Your Voice Matters – Online survey closes January 31st

If you haven’t taken the survey yet, please do! Your feedback will inform how leaders approach potential reforms. Please share the survey below with family and friends—your input will help shape Los Angeles future! As a thank you, you may enter an optional $50 opportunity drawing.

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Interested in helping shape what Los Angeles stands for and where it is headed? Rewrite LA’s first lottery-selected Mini-Assembly brought together a representative group of Angelenos to tackle how land use decisions are made and to develop recommendations for the Charter Reform Commission. The next Mini-Assembly takes place January 11 and will focus on the City Charter’s preamble, which defines the city’s shared values and priorities. Want to be in the room? Applications to enter the pool are open through December 31st, register here.  

LA Council Advances Plan to Require Fire Sprinklers in Residential High-Rises

The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-0 to begin writing a law that would require fire sprinkler suppression systems in all residential high-rise buildings. Staff will return with draft regulations and a plan to keep existing tenancies intact during installation, either by completing work in place or by providing comparable temporary housing. Tenants could choose relocation assistance, but the goal is to avoid permanent displacement and to keep any pass-through costs as low as possible for current residents.

The motion was introduced in December 2024 by Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez and John Lee and seconded by Eunisses Hernandez and Imelda Padilla. City officials report 53 residential high-rises in Los Angeles currently lack sprinklers. Council members pointed to earlier safety efforts such as the Non-Ductile Concrete Retrofit program and the sprinkler retrofit for commercial high-rises adopted after the 1988 First Interstate Bank Building fire as models the city could follow. Five members were absent for the vote, including Adrin Nazarian, Traci Park, Curren Price, Nithya Raman, and Hugo Soto-Martinez.

City leaders framed the move as part of the city’s responsibility to provide a safe living environment and to strengthen building and fire codes so risk is minimized when emergencies occur.