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Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Sections Related to Vehicle Impoundment

This ordinance ensures that police vehicle seizures comply with your constitutional protections under the Fourth Amendment, preventing unreasonable vehicle impounds that could disrupt your transportation and livelihood.

Nov 9, 2021

Amend Local Housing Authority budget and authorize MOU with LAHSA for Emergency Housing Vouchers

These 53 emergency housing vouchers will help your neighbors who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless — getting them housed protects public health, increases neighborhood stability, and reduces the strain on emergency services.

Sep 7, 2021

Local Housing Authority FY 2020-2021 Budget Amendment for CARES Act Funds

This funding helps ensure housing assistance continues for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities in Compton during the pandemic.

Dec 1, 2020

Payment of Annual Workers Compensation Self-Insurance Fees

Jan 15, 2019

Transfer $113,000 between accounts in Local Housing Authority budget

This budget adjustment ensures the city can continue providing rental assistance to low-income families and seniors who need help affording safe housing.

Mar 6, 2018

Schedule Public Hearing for US Passport Acceptance Facility

You and your family will be able to apply for US passports at Compton City Hall instead of traveling to another location, saving you time and money.

Feb 7, 2017

Public Hearing for City Clerk Passport Acceptance Facility

You will be able to apply for or renew your U.S. passport at the City Clerk's Office instead of traveling to a federal facility, saving you time and travel costs.

Feb 7, 2017

Join California Public Finance Authority as Member

This action helps fund the rehabilitation of senior housing in your community, improving living conditions for elderly residents and creating approximately 50 construction and permanent jobs locally.

Nov 17, 2015

Authorize Agreement with Golden State Water Company for Sewer Surcharge

This agreement allows the city to collect sewer improvement surcharges through water bills, helping fund the $14.6 million sewer system upgrades that will improve service and reduce costly emergency maintenance for your neighborhood.

Dec 1, 2009

Resolution establishing fee schedule for weed and rubbish abatement

You will pay fees if your property has code violations for weeds and rubbish, but these fees help the City maintain clean neighborhoods and enforce property maintenance standards.

Jun 30, 2009

Resolution establishing schedule of fees for abandoned vehicle abatement

You will be charged fees if your vehicle is deemed abandoned, which creates incentive to remove abandoned vehicles from your neighborhood and improves community appearance and safety.

Jun 30, 2009

Establish Fee Schedule for Abandoned Vehicle Abatement

These fees help remove abandoned vehicles from your streets, improving neighborhood safety and aesthetics.

Jun 23, 2009

Administrative fee for 1% SB2-PLHA services from Gateway Cities Council of Governments

Repayment of unobligated CARES Act administrative fee funds to HUD

Monthly administrative fee collected by the City starting January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024

EHV preliminary administrative fees

May 21, 2024

city council

The council's largest spending approval was a contract amendment with Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. for Artesia Boulevard Bridge engineering services totaling $495,870, structured across four separate line items ($271,878, $124,824, and two payments of $49,584 each — one from state grants), with all amounts going to the same vendor under a single agenda item and both $49,584 figures falling just below the $50,000 individual approval threshold; the item passed 5-0 with no council discussion and no public comment. The council also voted 5-0 to release $99,974 in retention to Big Ben Engineering upon acceptance of the Pearl Avenue and Chester Avenue emergency sewer repairs — an amount $26 below the $100,000 approval threshold — after Councilmember Darden, who pulled the item from consent for discussion, confirmed that an independent inspection firm had been engaged to verify completion; a separate $20,000 purchase order to Secure A Door for fire station emergency door repairs was pulled from consent by the same councilmember and approved 5-0 following discussion about whether ARPA funds could be used for full door replacements rather than continued repairs. The council also authorized the county to collect two recurring revenue assessments — approximately $4.19 million for the Lighting and Landscape District and $913,506 in sewer service charges, both for fiscal year 2024-2025, placed on property tax bills — which are revenue collections, not new spending approvals; both passed 5-0. During the two accompanying public hearings, at least six residents questioned where the roughly $20 million collected over five years through the lighting and landscape assessment has gone given the condition of medians and landscaping citywide, and the city manager attributed the funds to recurring operational costs including approximately $1.5 million annually for street lighting electricity, over $700,000 for street sweeping, over $400,000 for tree trimming, staff salaries, and county administrative fees.