The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday advanced a proposal to waive towing and impound fees for vehicles belonging to people detained by federal immigration enforcement agencies.

The council voted 11-0 to direct the Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Transportation to return within 15 days with recommendations to implement the plan. City staff will also draft an initiative allowing family members, friends or neighbors to retrieve impounded vehicles at no cost on behalf of a person in federal custody.

Council members Bob Blumenfield, Monica Rodriguez, Katy Yaroslavsky and Marqueece Harris-Dawson were absent during the vote.

The city will also study procedures for collecting, storing, disposing and releasing personal property abandoned as a result of immigration enforcement a

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