A Los Angeles City committee voted to approve a CAO report recommending $7.4 million in transfers and appropriations for previously authorized construction projects, approving the report as amended after members pressed staff for future operations and maintenance (O&M) cost estimates.

Chrissy Huang of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer introduced the fiscal year 2025‑26 third construction projects report and read an amendment that would authorize the controller to transfer $6,336,827 among departments and funds as specified in an attachment to the report. Huang said the report "recommends a total of 7,400,000.0 in transfers and appropriations for previously authorized construction projects," and described components of that total: $2,300,000 from various special funds, $4,200,000 from MICLA funds, and $860,000 in capital and technology improvement program funds. She also flagged an anticipated general fund impact for operations and maintenance on two facilities that are not yet in operation; Huang said the amount was "not yet determined" and offered to obtain project‑level estimates from project managers.

A councilmember who questioned the report urged staff to provide projected annual O&M ranges for projects such as Engine Company 23 (a youth arts center) so the council can assess whether capital decisions are fiscally sustainable over a facility's lifetime. The councilmember noted that Proposition K is sunsetting and said existing Prop K monies may be insufficient to complete the city's portfolio of projects, warning that unfunded O&M obligations across projects could require future general fund growth.

Huang said she did not have the O&M estimates at the meeting and would follow up with project managers to provide those figures. She also described one of the projects as a Proposition K project that the city is legally mandated to complete and said costs for two facilities will be addressed through the city budget process when the facilities are scheduled for completion.

The committee approved the matter as amended. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from Council member Padilla, Council member Lee, and the councilmember who raised questions; the report was approved as amended.

The committee directed staff to provide the requested O&M projections and related screening criteria for how O&M needs are determined and funded. No dollar figure for the anticipated ongoing general fund impact was provided at the meeting and remains to be supplied by staff.