The week in local government Saturday, October 31, 2026
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The 6-2 vote follows a court ruling under Proposition 218 and shifts costs starting January 1: staff estimated low-volume single-family customers will pay about $5.62 more a month and high-volume ones about $19.52 less.
Passed 6–2ReadListen 2:35Clip 0:52
California in Depth · Oct 30 · One story across seven governments
San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego have paused new data centers. Los Angeles County's supervisors referred a motion to have planners draft a ban on large-scale data centers back to its sponsor with no action, San Jose and Burbank have rules or reports in the works, and Pasadena's Planning Commission has a public hearing on data centers set for November 18.
Los Angeles · Oct 28
Passed with 13 votes and sent straight to Mayor Karen Bass, the ordinance would also phase out existing extraction, and the same day the council rejected a settlement in an oil company's lawsuit over the city's earlier ban.
Passed without objectionReadListen 3:33Clip 0:28
San Francisco · Oct 27
Both passed 11-0 on the Board's final vote: rental listings and leases will have to show the total estimated monthly cost, including required fees, and landlords won't be able to evict for unpaid rent totaling less than the local fair market rent for a unit that size.
Passed, same house, same call (11-0)ReadListen 1:50
Los Angeles · Oct 27
Failed 9–6ReadListen 0:38
LA County · Oct 27
PassedReadListen 0:38
San Jose · Oct 27
Passed unanimouslyReadListen 2:11Watch 0:46
Oakland · Oct 27
Passed 4–0ReadListen 4:02Clip 0:50
Oakland · Oct 27
Passed 3–1ReadListen 0:38Clip 0:55
Moments from the meetings themselves, each under a minute.
Burbank
Week of Oct 26 · 2 meetingsLA County
Week of Oct 26 · 2 meetingsLos Angeles
Week of Oct 26 · 3 meetingsPasadena
Week of Oct 26 · 3 meetingsSan Diego
Week of Oct 26 · 3 meetingsOakland
Week of Oct 26 · 6 meetingsSan Francisco
Week of Oct 26 · 1 meetingSan Jose
Week of Oct 26 · 2 meetings