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Monica Rodriguez

Councilmember, District 7, Los Angeles City Council

Raised homelessness and LAHSA at 10 meetings. Named Pacoima seven times, more than any other official.

65 of 85transcribed meetings with their voice identified
57 of 70present at opening roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 4 committees

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Five clips, newest first

Homelessness and LAHSA“Because it would— so just as it— just to frame it, when we have an interim housing location like what I have in Sylmar, we have on-site case management people that are assigned to helping to address the circumstances and needs of the individuals in those facilities.”Monica RodriguezCouncil member · City Council · Mar 13, 2026 · 3:59:00Play at 3:59:00
ICE and immigration enforcement“In fact, I was down in Tijuana about a year and a half ago meeting with several veterans that had been deported from East Los Angeles.”Monica RodriguezCouncil member · City Council · May 21, 2026 · 1:16:01Play at 1:16:01
ICE and immigration enforcement“The reality is, is they are. And as a result of all the ICE raids and some of the just overreaching policies from our federal government, you’ve seen testimony from small businesses that continue to share their struggles in making ends meet.”Monica RodriguezCouncil member · City Council · Mar 25, 2026 · 1:35:27Play at 1:35:27
Fire recovery and rebuilding“After major disasters, and especially wildfires, homeowners are often faced with the additional crisis when trying to access insurance benefits to help rebuild their lives.”Monica RodriguezCouncil member · City Council · Mar 11, 2026 · 1:33:11Play at 1:33:11
“What infuriates me is that when the housing service providers on homelessness came and said, hey, our insurance, our repairs All of these costs went up. Everybody was all too quick about saying, well, let’s allow them in some cases a 20% markup.”Monica RodriguezCouncil member · City Council · Nov 12, 2025 · 2:36:00Play at 2:36:00

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Rodriguez raised, by number of meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Where Rodriguez sits

District 7 on the current City Council map

Click a district to open its member’s page.

District 1: Eunisses HernandezDistrict 2: Adrin NazarianDistrict 3: Bob BlumenfieldDistrict 4: Nithya RamanDistrict 5: Katy Young YaroslavskyDistrict 6: Imelda PadillaDistrict 7: Monica RodriguezDistrict 8: Marqueece Harris-DawsonDistrict 9: Curren D. Price Jr.District 10: Heather HuttDistrict 11: Traci ParkDistrict 12: John LeeDistrict 13: Hugo Soto-MartinezDistrict 14: Ysabel J. JuradoDistrict 15: Tim McOskerCity HallEunisses Hernandez · District 1Adrin Nazarian · District 2Bob Blumenfield · District 3Nithya Raman · District 4Katy Young Yaroslavsky · District 5Imelda Padilla · District 6Monica Rodriguez · District 7Marqueece Harris-Dawson · District 8Curren D. Price Jr. · District 9Heather Hutt · District 10Traci Park · District 11John Lee · District 12Hugo Soto-Martinez · District 13Ysabel J. Jurado · District 14Tim McOsker · District 15
Monica Rodriguez sits for District 7. Click a district to open its member’s page.District lines: LA County GIS, LA City Council Districts (2021), Political_Boundaries/MapServer/33 (the city's adopted 2021 map), fetched 2026-10-30.
Every roll call, and Rodriguez’s other bodies

Present at 57 of 70 opening roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentAbsent at openingOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent at opening roll call 13 · voted later in 6 of those. Oct 24, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 72 of the 101 meetings we hold, through Sep 30, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →
What they talk about

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took the largest share of Rodriguez’s speech with a checked topic: 49%

By the topic two AI readers agree on for each stretch of their talk, at the City Council and its committees. 360 of 570 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials49%
Housing and tenants6.6%
Immigration2.4%
Taxes and fees1.7%
Streets, traffic and parking1.3%
Parks and recreation0.6%
Neighborhoods Rodriguez named

22 places Rodriguez named in meetings

Lines where Rodriguez named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

Los Angeles
  • Pacoima 7 times, the most of any official
  • Sylmar 7 times, the most of any official
  • Echo Park 2 times
  • Highland Park 2 times
  • San Pedro 2 times
  • Skid Row 2 times, the most of any official
  • South Los Angeles 2 times
  • Sunland-Tujunga 2 times, the most of any official
  • Van Nuys 2 times
  • Canoga Park 1 time
  • Chinatown 1 time
  • Downtown Los Angeles 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Neighborhood Councils (Certified) file (City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering (LA GeoHub)); a well-known area with no boundary of its own sits at its OpenStreetMap point. A dot says the place was named, not where Rodriguez was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Rodriguez’s voice

76, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Rodriguez’s first remark.

  1. Sep 22, 2026City Council13.8 min2:28:50
  2. Sep 4, 2026City Council11.3 min1:06:37
  3. Aug 28, 2026City Council10.3 min1:09:29
  4. Aug 21, 2026City Council6.9 min1:04:26
  5. Aug 18, 2026City Council3.1 min2:11:36
  6. Aug 12, 2026City Council5.2 min50:26
  7. Jul 1, 2026City Council4.2 min43:55
  8. Jun 30, 2026City Council4.1 min4:33:32
  9. Jun 30, 2026Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games17.1 min56:42
  10. Jun 26, 2026City Council8.9 min1:58:14
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  1. Jun 23, 2026City Council2.6 min4:58:51
  2. Jun 17, 2026City Council9.9 min5:15:28
  3. Jun 16, 2026City Council3.9 min1:50:04
  4. Jun 12, 2026City Council14.0 min43:56
  5. Jun 10, 2026City Council3.5 min1:28:29
  6. Jun 9, 2026City Council0.3 min41:30
  7. Jun 5, 2026City Council5.8 min1:05:03
  8. May 26, 2026City Council3.8 min2:08:48
  9. May 22, 2026City Council5.9 min1:00:03
  10. May 21, 2026City Council7.5 min1:00:35
  11. May 20, 2026City Council0.1 min45:08
  12. May 19, 2026City Council5.7 min2:00:56
  13. May 18, 2026Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games12.5 min59:06
  14. May 15, 2026City Council5.3 min1:27:57
  15. May 13, 2026City Council11.1 min4:00:23
  16. May 8, 2026City Council3.6 min1:48:45
  17. May 5, 2026City Council3.9 min1:02:11
  18. May 1, 2026City Council15.7 min2:12:39
  19. Apr 29, 2026City Council15.4 min46:00
  20. Apr 17, 2026City Council2.7 min1:24:40
  21. Apr 15, 2026City Council3.7 min1:39:51
  22. Apr 14, 2026Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games12.9 min1:02:07
  23. Apr 8, 2026Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery19.2 min6:08
  24. Mar 27, 2026City Council2.6 min1:26:48
  25. Mar 25, 2026City Council4.6 min1:35:09
  26. Mar 24, 2026City Council8.1 min51:35
  27. Mar 13, 2026City Council32.7 min1:09:27
  28. Mar 11, 2026City Council5.4 min1:23:40
  29. Mar 10, 2026City Council3.7 min3:40:46
  30. Mar 6, 2026City Council5.3 min1:58:26
  31. Mar 6, 2026Personnel and Hiring Committee10.8 min47:47
  32. Mar 4, 2026City Council19.3 min2:14:00
  33. Mar 3, 2026City Council0.2 min50:49
  34. Feb 24, 2026City Council0.2 min54:37
  35. Feb 20, 2026City Council11.5 min55:05
  36. Feb 13, 2026City Council8.5 min1:36:51
  37. Feb 10, 2026City Council6.6 min6:32
  38. Feb 10, 2026Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee0.9 min32:35
  39. Feb 6, 2026City Council0.8 min1:13:00
  40. Feb 3, 2026City Council5.4 min1:53:56
  41. Jan 28, 2026City Council3.2 min2:04:20
  42. Jan 27, 2026City Council10.5 min1:07:02
  43. Jan 23, 2026City Council1.7 min59:24
  44. Jan 21, 2026City Council8.4 min2:19:45
  45. Jan 14, 2026City Council1.2 min1:39:49
  46. Jan 13, 2026City Council2.8 min1:47:35
  47. Jan 9, 2026City Council10.2 min2:55:30
  48. Dec 12, 2025City Council15.6 min1:09:06
  49. Dec 12, 2025Personnel and Hiring Committee6.1 min10:51
  50. Dec 10, 2025City Council11.3 min52:11
  51. Dec 9, 2025City Council3.7 min32:15
  52. Dec 9, 2025Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee2.6 min52:55
  53. Dec 5, 2025City Council16.9 min53:27
  54. Dec 3, 2025City Council0.1 min45:23
  55. Dec 2, 2025City Council0.1 min49:22
  56. Nov 17, 2025Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery12.3 min21:41
  57. Nov 14, 2025City Council3.0 min2:07:22
  58. Nov 12, 2025City Council13.0 min21:56
  59. Nov 7, 2025City Council16.8 min44:20
  60. Nov 5, 2025Personnel and Hiring Committee2.9 min13:03
  61. Nov 4, 2025City Council4.6 min6:45
  62. Oct 31, 2025City Council7.2 min1:29:28
  63. Oct 29, 2025City Council0.8 min38:14
  64. Oct 29, 2025Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games15.4 min25:00
  65. Oct 28, 2025City Council7.8 min1:20:23
  66. Oct 24, 2025City Council12.1 min40:47
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

We identified Rodriguez’s voice at 76 meetings across five bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Rodriguez was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Monica Rodriguez’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Rodriguez said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Rodriguez or of Los Angeles alone.