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Jun 23, 2026

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The Compton City Council adopted the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget, which includes approximately $30 million for the sheriff's contract, new street sweepers, a vacuum truck, and a community services manager position for homeless outreach that has gone unfilled for two years despite being budgeted. The council approved $600,000 in federal HOME ARP funds to formally partner with [HOPICS](https://www.hopics.org) for homeless supportive services for the first time and authorized $2.03 million to purchase four ambulances and one paramedic squad for the fire department. The council voted to pause its membership in the California Cities for Self Reliance Joint Powers Authority after discovering the JPA had not actually joined a critical lawsuit challenging the state's ban on blackjack-style card games, potentially jeopardizing casino revenue. During discussion of extending contracts with eight outside law firms, Councilmember Bowers raised conflict-of-interest concerns about council members voting on a firm's contract after accepting holiday gifts from that firm, prompting a public exchange with the city's special legal counsel about [Form 700](https://www.fppc.ca.gov/Form700.html) reporting requirements.

Jun 9, 2026

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The June 9, 2026 Compton City Council meeting was dominated by explosive public comments from multiple residents alleging the city violated its own Resolution 26363, which mandated an all-mail ballot election for June 2, but polling places were opened anyway. Speakers demanded the election be invalidated and reported contacting the FBI. The council also directed staff to place a permanent fireworks ban on the November 2026 ballot while maintaining the current suspension, approved a $1.8 million street sweeping package to transition services in-house, accepted a $350,000 state tobacco enforcement grant partnering with the Sheriff's Department, and held a public hearing on the 2026-2027 [CDBG](https://www.[hud](https://www.hud.gov).gov/program_offices/comm_planning/cdbg) and HOME annual action plan totaling approximately $1.76 million. Mayor Sharif was absent due to the death of her sister.

Apr 28, 2026

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The Compton City Council met on April 28, 2026, and took several significant actions. The council approved five-year labor agreements (2024–2029) with three employee groups—management (CMEA/[AFSCME](https://www.afscme.org)), general employees ([AFSCME](https://www.afscme.org) Local 3947), and firefighters (Local 2216)—bringing wages to more competitive levels. The FY 2023–2024 audit by EDN Payne was received with a clean financial opinion but flagged 21 findings including 12 material weaknesses, primarily related to reporting delays and internal controls; the council also authorized EDN Payne for the FY 2025 audit at $232,885. The Community Improvement Services department was renamed the Public Safety department with restructured supervisory positions, a zero-emission bus rollout plan for nine electric buses was approved for state submission, and $268,285 was allocated to AP Triton to help the fire department pursue regaining ambulance transport rights from LA County. The council heard presentations on the June 2 primary election voting procedures, a legislative update highlighting new Brown Act requirements (SB 707) taking effect July 1, 2026, and potential federal funding from Congresswoman Waters for water and sewer projects totaling $5.4 million. The proposed budget hearing was postponed from June 2 due to its conflict with election day, and two items were tabled—a $200,000 [Caltrans](https://dot.ca.gov) grant appropriation due to insufficient votes and a $79,554 HOME ARP nonprofit capacity-building contract pending more information.

Feb 24, 2026

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The council approved the following spending items, all by 5-0 vote: $834,365 to Sweeping Corp of America for citywide street sweeping (Measure P funds, recurring contract); $500,000 to General Pump Company for water well and booster pump services, which the water department stated covers outstanding invoices and accrued late fees the vendor agreed to defer; $495,664 to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. (Measure A) for the Tucker Park playground project; $237,900 to Angeles Contractor, Inc. to close out the Council Chambers remodeling; $95,740 to Cooperative Personnel Services DBA CPS HR Consulting for training and consulting; $50,000 to Mars Environmental for disposal services; and a three-year uniform rental contract with Cintas Corporation not to exceed $120,000 (consent, 5-0). The CPS HR Consulting approval carries a structural flag: the single agenda item lists three sub-threshold line items — $95,740, $95,470, and $45,470 — each sitting just below the $100,000 or $50,000 approval thresholds and together totaling $190,940. Two HOME-ARP grants totaling $1.51 million — $870,446 to Empowering Reach Foundation and $641,078 to Fair Housing Foundation — were pulled from the agenda and received no vote. Approximately a dozen residents addressed the council against the active preferential permit parking enforcement in Richland Farms, citing improper ordinance rollout, ticketing errors on handicap-permitted vehicles, and inadequate community notice; the discussion was tabled for a future workshop without a vote, and Councilmember Spicer confirmed enforcement remained in effect through adjournment.

Dec 16, 2025

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The council's only spending approval was Item 5: $1,487.96 in General Fund expenditures for travel to the League of California Cities Mayor and Council Members Academy in Sacramento (January 21–23, 2026), structured as four separate line items — $675.00 payable to League of California Cities and three additional amounts of $508.96, $229.00, and $75.00 with no named vendors — approved 4-0, with Spicer absent. The city attorney publicly described a $200,000 settlement with former city official Eric Perrodin resolving two cross-litigation matters, but those agenda items were classified as informational and no open-session vote was recorded. Approximately 30 residents signed up for public comment; the dominant issue was opposition to the Richland Farms preferential parking ordinance, with multiple speakers citing the city's own code provision requiring 50% resident permit uptake before enforcement signs may be installed and stating that only roughly 40 of more than 400 homes had applied. Two speakers read California Penal Code 424 — covering misappropriation of public funds — into the record and formally noticed the city manager and all four council members regarding credit card charges attributed to Councilman Spicer; the mayor stated the investigation is ongoing and that the council has no control over its timeline.

Nov 18, 2025

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The council voted 5-0 to approve the consent agenda, which included a $50,000 contract with TV Pro Gear, Inc. for council meeting video services; before the vote, Councilmember Darden questioned costs and the city manager confirmed approximately $49,875 had already been expended at roughly $5,800 per meeting, meaning the contract amount was nearly exhausted at the moment of approval — three additional recurring personnel items passed on the same 5-0 consent vote without further discussion: a Grants Director position (up to $132,457 annually), an amended Maintenance Worker Trainee classification ($41,912), and a new Receptionist Clerk position ($38,003). On action items, the council voted 5-0 to authorize $214,730 in CDBG funds for the Clean Team employment training program, covering approximately ten temporary positions at $20.15 per hour, and voted 5-0 to accept $192,729 in state tobacco enforcement grant funds with $173,621 in authorized expenditures. No new spending was approved during the public hearing on potential reallocation of approximately $7.5 million in unspent federal CDBG and HOME funds dating back to 2018 — six residents spoke, raising questions about delayed fund deployment, park conditions, and toxic site remediation, and staff was directed to return with revised proposals. During general public comment, multiple speakers raised concerns about a city credit card charge linked to Councilmember Spicer; Spicer stated the charge was for a June event featuring a performer named Jason Martin, not a medical provider.

Oct 14, 2025

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The council's two largest direct expenditures, both approved 5-0, were $233,589 drawn from the Equipment Rental Fund balance to pay outstanding invoices owed to Toyota Material Handling Solutions, Quinn Co., and Carson Trailer Inc. — the use of fund balance to cover past-due bills signals invoices that accumulated unpaid — and $100,000 to Roadline Products, Inc. for pavement marking equipment, a round-number figure at a common purchase-order approval threshold. All consent items passed 5-0 without discussion, including a $25,000 purchase from HASA Inc. for pool chemicals and a recurring $8,459 contract renewal with ESI Employee Assistance Group. The council approved 5-0 a budget amendment accepting $1,988,847 in federal HUD HOME-ARP grant funds and scheduled a public hearing for November 18, 2025 on reallocation of CDBG and HOME funds; both are federal grant actions, not city general fund spending. The evening's largest dollar figure was an informational presentation by Matrix Consulting Group on fire department overtime costs — no spending was approved on that item, and council direction on next steps was not taken.

Sep 29, 2025

town hall

The Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org) and City of Compton hosted a town hall with LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who outlined major policy reversals from his predecessor, including removing blanket non-prosecution directives for homeless encampment crimes and juvenile misdemeanors. Hochman detailed his office's priorities on fentanyl enforcement, human trafficking prosecution, wrongful conviction reviews, and retail theft deterrence, while emphasizing a 'hard middle' approach that rejects both mass incarceration and decarceration. The DA disclosed that his office has reduced a backlog of over 10,000 unfiled cases to under 6,000 and revealed that a single apartment raid in Downey seized 50 pounds of fentanyl—enough for 11 million lethal doses. Hochman stated his office does not coordinate with ICE and expressed concern that federal immigration enforcement is deterring victims and witnesses from appearing in court. He committed to an open-door policy with the Compton [NAACP](https://www.naacp.org)'s Court Watch program and pledged to return for future community engagement.

Sep 23, 2025

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The council's only approved spending was a fire protection engineering services contract with KJ Consultants totaling $220,000 — structured as a $165,000 new contract plus a $55,000 recurring component — passed 3-0 on the consent agenda with council members Duhart and Spicer absent and no discussion before the vote; Council Member Bowers raised a question afterward about whether the city should explore in-house hiring rather than continued outside contracting, but the vote had already closed. Historical records show KJ Consultants has received fire engineering contracts from Compton across at least five prior agenda items dating to 2018 ($55,000), 2019 ($50,000), and two separate agreements in 2022 ($40,000 each), making this a long-running sole-source vendor relationship with no competitive procurement visible in the record. A second consent item — an agreement with Vantaggio for the 'Compton Connect Civic Innovation Initiative,' split across three line items ($348,200 contract plus budget allocations of $187,000 and $161,200) totaling $696,400 — was tabled before a vote and is expected to return at the first October council meeting; one public speaker specifically questioned who was preventing the item from advancing. Approximately twelve residents addressed the council during general public comment, raising concerns about charter enforcement, the city manager's authority to retain outside legal counsel without council approval, air quality near an industrial facility, homelessness encampments, and street maintenance — none spoke to the KJ Consultants contract before the vote was taken.

Sep 2, 2025

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The council's largest approved spending commitments were a $9.69M street rehabilitation contract with Palp, Inc. dba Excel Paving funded by MTA Bond Funds (5-0) and a $5.07M citywide road repair contract with Hardy & Harper, Inc. funded across Measure P, Measure M, and Measure R (5-0); Palp, Inc. dba Excel Paving is a flagged repeat vendor appearing in two agenda items totaling $20.34M on this agenda. The council also approved a $2.32M contract amendment with R2Build (dba R2B Engineering) for Tank Farm Reservoir upgrades from the Water Enterprise Fund (5-0), a $1.08M annual supply contract with Ferguson Waterworks (5-0), a $100,000 purchase order with Roadline Products, Inc. for pavement marking equipment with no council discussion (5-0), a health insurance contribution rate fix directing $2,520 and $2,409 per employee and annuitant respectively to CalPERS (5-0), and a $73,160 JAG grant budget amendment — with the city manager stating primary use will be license-plate-reader cameras — (5-0). Three items were not approved: the FY 2025-26 salary schedule budget amendment — which contains a $96,324 line item sitting just below the $100,000 approval threshold — was tabled at Council Member Duhart's request for more detail; a six-year lease with Fathers and Mothers Who Care covering $175,000 in building renovations at a city-owned property and $2,332 per month in rent was tabled after council members said the staff report lacked cost justification; and a budget amendment to direct approximately $141.82M to CalPERS for pension liability — making CalPERS a repeat vendor across four line items totaling $141.83M on this agenda — was pulled by the city manager, who said he wants to present it at a public workshop first. Nineteen residents addressed the council during public comment, with multiple speakers citing homelessness, a 6.8% property tax reassessment, deteriorating streets and missing street signs, and inconsistent street sweeping; one speaker alleged the city manager has been spending beyond the $50,000 limit set by Resolution 26100 for the past year.

Jun 24, 2025

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The council approved the FY 2025-2026 budget totaling $262.32 million across all funds — including $89.71 million from the General Fund — 4-1 with Councilmember Darden dissenting, and authorized a right-of-way agreement for the Gateway Cities regional fiber optic network associated with a $103 million contract with the California Department of Technology and an incoming $46.1 million CPUC grant, approved 4-0 with Spicer absent. Angeles Contractor, Inc. — a repeat vendor appearing across three line items totaling approximately $1.97 million — received council chambers remodeling contracts under two separate agenda items (both 5-0); Alliant Insurance Services was authorized for a $4.5 million annual insurance portfolio renewal (5-0); and The Titan Group, also flagged as a repeat vendor in two line items on the same agenda totaling $335,716, received a $300,000-per-year Human Resources investigative services contract plus $35,716 for prior outstanding invoices (5-0). Further approvals included $199,790 to St. Nick's Christmas Lighting and Decor for holiday decorations (pulled for brief discussion then approved without changes, 5-0), $164,550 to Weaver and Tidwell LLP for ERP implementation project management (4-0, Spicer absent), $200,000 in CDBG funds for a senior Meals on Wheels program divided between Cuernavaca's Grill ($185,000) and Everytable ($15,000), a $202,456 subsequent-need payment to DUDIC for groundwater remediation (5-0), and $96,000 to Townsend Public Affairs — $4,000 below the $100,000 council approval threshold, passed through the consent agenda with no council discussion (5-0); the planned appointment of Councilman Spicer as Mayor Pro Tem was tabled after Councilmember Bowers requested legal advice before voting. Approximately nine members of the public spoke at the CDBG and HOME public hearing, raising concerns about the city's self-imposed matching funds requirement, a staff decision to redirect $15,000 originally recommended for Restoration Diversion into a council discretionary program, and whether CHIRLA should receive federal grant funding given public allegations of an ongoing federal investigation; the FY 2025-2026 Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan were approved with Spicer absent and Bowers' vote not recorded in the transcript.

Mar 25, 2025

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No new spending was approved at this meeting; both consent-agenda spending items were tabled without a vote. The city manager stated that a $272,305 expenditure to Creative Bus Sales for two Dial-A-Ride buses (FY2020 CDBG funds) and a $697,517 contract to Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Lueders Park playground equipment replacement (FY2022 CDBG funds) each require a 4/5 council vote, and only three members were present at the dais — no vote tally was recorded on either item because neither came to a vote. One public commenter noted that the Innovative Playgrounds contract amount had been reduced from a figure closer to $700,000, placing the final amount $2,483 below that mark; no explanation for the reduction appears in the agenda materials or transcript. Approximately eleven residents addressed the council during public comment on topics including street conditions, senior Dial-A-Ride bus service, homeless abatement, and a digital signage permit dispute — no council votes were taken on any of those matters. The remainder of the meeting consisted of an informational Women's History Month certificate ceremony with no spending attached.

Mar 18, 2025

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The council approved a $419,883 construction contract with Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for the Cesar Chavez Playground Improvement Project (CDBG FY2018 funds) as an action item, passed 5-0 after the city clerk noted a correction to account codes in the fiscal impact section; the same meeting's consent agenda, also passed 5-0, included a $46,639 purchase order for touchless bottle filling stations to HD Supply Facilities Maintenance—formerly The Home Depot Pro—from CDBG-CV funds, a figure that sits $10,361 below the $50,000 council approval threshold. The largest dollar item on the agenda was a proposed citywide illegal dumping cleanup contract structured as two separate line items to the same vendor, Valley Vista Services, Inc.—a $367,270 annual service agreement and a $122,423 purchase order for the remainder of fiscal year 2024-2025, totaling $489,693—but no vote was taken and the item was continued to the following week's meeting. At least four members of the public spoke in favor of prior incumbent vendor Screaming Eagles Services, including the company's owner, and Councilmembers Spicer and Darden expressed support for Screaming Eagles on the record; the city manager stated Valley Vista was the lowest responsive bidder at $367,270 annually versus Screaming Eagles' $450,000 bid, a difference of $82,730. A motion by Councilmember Spicer to award the contract to Screaming Eagles, seconded by Councilmember Bowers, was withdrawn before any vote when Bowers requested that both vendors be placed on the following week's agenda for formal consideration.

Apr 2, 2024

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The council's largest spending approvals were $328,900 to Risher Sutherland, Inc. dba United Contractors, Inc. for a roof replacement at Fire Station 1 and $108,905 to TechCoat Contractors, Inc. for a pedestrian coating system at Fire Stations 1 and 3, both approved 4-0 with no council discussion. The council also approved $45,000 to Future Buildings for a fire department metal storage structure — $5,000 below the council's $50,000 approval threshold — and $20,000 to Eadie and Payne, LLP across two line items ($15,000 multi-year contract plus $5,000 purchase order), both 4-0 with no discussion; Eadie and Payne is a recurring vendor appearing in two entries on this agenda. The council accepted a $37,800 grant from the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and separately approved $27,000 to Harold Johnson as a youth program coordinator, 4-0; a $254.95 payment to Staples Advantage for office supplies from prior fiscal years was also approved 4-0, with the city manager stating it required council approval because the original purchase order had been exceeded. The development agreement authorizing City Ventures Home Building LLC to develop a 60-unit for-sale housing project at 930 W. Compton Blvd. passed 3-0-1 (Darden abstaining) after an extended procedural dispute between Councilmember Bowers and the city attorney over whether the vote constituted the first or second reading of the ordinance. Approximately eleven members of the public addressed the council during the general comment period, with multiple speakers raising concerns about the City Ventures project, HOA enforcement in existing developments, infrastructure conditions citywide, and park access.

Mar 19, 2024

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The council approved $200,846 in water system annual fees to the State Water Resources Control Board in a single 5-0 vote covering three line items — $100,423, $52,090, and $48,333 — with the $48,333 amount falling just below the $50,000 individual approval threshold and the city manager stating the payments were slightly late. The council also approved a $131,550 contract with W. Frank Newton, Inc. DBA WFN Consulting for grant administration services (5-0), following Councilmember Darden's questions about past grant compliance failures, and a $25,000 purchase order with Blue Diamond Company for asphalt stock material (5-0), with the city manager stating the funds are for on-hand supply for daily pothole repair crews, not street repaving. Two grant budget amendments were approved 5-0: $550,455 from the DOJ for tobacco enforcement (with only $5,400 of that allocated to youth outreach), where the council noted grant acceptance originally dated to 2021 and the city manager described the multi-year delay as 'a significant management oversight'; and $129,212 from CalRecycle for SB 1383 organics compliance. The council approved on first reading a development agreement with City Ventures Homebuilding, LLC for a 60-unit market-rate housing project at 930 W. Compton Boulevard (4-0-1, Spicer abstaining); the $400,000 due from the developer at close of escrow is revenue to the city, not a spending decision.