Hawaiian Gardens Public Housing Authority approves agenda and consent calendar in brief Jan. 28 meeting; no public comment

The Hawaiian Gardens City Public Housing Authority convened its meeting on Jan. 28, 2026, at 5:46 PM and approved the agenda and the consent calendar by unanimous roll-call votes, with no members of the public participating on Zoom or in person.

The meeting opened with a clerk-conducted roll call that recorded Directors Hernandez, Jones, DePaula, Farfin, Vargas and Chair Del Rio as present and a quorum established. The clerk outlined public-comment options — written correspondence, e-comment via the city website, Zoom and in-person testimony — and then stated, “There are no members of the public on Zoom.” The chair moved to close public comment when none appeared.

After confirming no proposed changes to the agenda, the board voted to approve the agenda as presented. The clerk recorded a roll-call vote in which Directors Hernandez, Jones, DePaula, Farfin, Vargas and Chair Del Rio each registered “Yes,” and the clerk announced the motion carried.

The meeting then moved to the consent calendar. The chair asked whether any director wished to pull items for separate discussion; no requests were made. The board voted unanimously to approve the consent calendar; the clerk again recorded each director’s vote as “Yes” and announced that the motion carried.

There were no oral staff reports or member reports. The meeting was adjourned at 5:49 PM; the board set its next meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at 5:45 PM.

Notes on names and transcript spellings: the transcript contains inconsistent spellings for some directors and the chair (for example, the chair is spelled both “Bridal Rio” and “Del Rio” in different segments; Director DePaula/DePaola and Director Farfin/Farfan appear with variant spellings). The article uses the titles and the spellings that appear in the transcript; the transcript inconsistencies are noted here rather than altering attributions.