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Underground Utility District No. 1 Formation and Installation

This project will improve the appearance and reliability of your neighborhood's utility infrastructure by moving overhead power lines underground, reducing outages and enhancing safety.

May 13, 2025

Formation of Underground Utility District No. 1

This creates a district to bury power lines on Myrrh Street and Acacia Avenue, eliminating overhead wires that can fall during storms and improving the appearance of your neighborhood.

May 13, 2025

Schedule Public Hearing on Underground Utility District

Underground utilities improve your neighborhood's appearance by removing overhead power lines and can reduce outages during storms and emergencies.

Apr 8, 2025

Underground Utility District Establishment Intent

Underground utilities improve neighborhood aesthetics, reduce outages and hazards from overhead lines, and make your streets safer and cleaner.

Mar 11, 2025

Underground Utility District Declaration

This would move overhead power lines underground in certain areas, improving safety and aesthetics in your neighborhood.

Mar 11, 2025

May 13, 2025

city council

The council's sole spending action was a unanimous 5-0 vote approving Formation of Underground Utility District No. 1, authorizing underground installation of utility lines along Muroc Street (Oleander to Acacia) and Acacia Avenue (Muroc to Alondra) near Compton High School, with Southern California Edison serving as both the grant source ($5.67M Rule 20A allocation) and the sole contractor; total project expenditures are listed at $3.3M, broken across line items including $1.32M for mainline trenching and conduit (40%), $495,000 for crossings and vaults (15%), and $330,000 for street restoration (10%), with the public works director stating the project could run up to 84 months. One speaker at the public hearing questioned whether the city charter's requirement for a state-licensed civil engineer had been satisfied and whether affected property owners received legally required advance notice; the public works director stated notifications were sent per municipal code and that licensed engineering firms are consulted for work requiring a PE signature, though the speaker was not satisfied with that response. The budget workshop was an informational item with no spending approved; the city manager stated a recommended balanced budget would be delivered within days, described an approximate $275M all-funds city budget, and noted the annual Los Angeles County Sheriff's contract is approaching $29M — the city manager attributed this trajectory to escalating liability, personnel, and equipment costs built into the county's rate structure. A developer told the council that city delays in processing HUD project-based vouchers are threatening a 75-unit affordable housing project at 1434 West Compton Boulevard, which the developer stated has already received a rare 90-day extension from the state tax credit committee expiring July 11.

Apr 8, 2025

city council

The largest spending approvals came through the consent calendar, passed 5-0: $448,508 to Municipal Emergency Services for 112 sets of firefighting personal protective equipment (Item 6), and a Recreation Department budget amendment (Item 8) that appropriates a $35,640 LA Dodgers Foundation grant alongside a separate $27,000 expenditure to a named individual, Harold Johnson, both listed under the same agenda item. Item 13—suspension of fireworks permits—was pulled from the agenda before any vote; Councilmember Spicer stated on the record that Compton voters approved fireworks 57% to 43% through Measure F in 2009 and that a legal opinion is needed before permits can be restricted. Item 10 (board and commission appointments) generated extended council debate but no vote; members agreed to table it and hold a workshop to develop a standardized interview process before making further appointments, with at least one applicant already identified as ineligible for residing outside city limits. All remaining action items passed 5-0 without dissent: removal of a Parks and Recreation board member (Item 9), scheduling a public hearing on an underground utility district (Item 11), scheduling public hearings on lighting/landscape and sewer assessments (Item 12), initiating the assessment levy for Lighting and Landscape District No. 1 (Item 14), initiating sewer service charge assessment proceedings (Item 15), and—in a separate UCDC session convened immediately after adjournment—approving the five-year PHA administrative and 2025 annual plans as the Housing Authority board (5-0).