L'Hospitalet's first planned funding package for the Samontà regeneration plan was rejected at the full council meeting on Monday 30 June, delaying the city council's proposed initial €21 million contribution for 2026–2029. For residents in the northern neighbourhoods covered by the plan, the immediate effect is that this first municipal funding approval did not pass, although the broader Samontà project itself has not been cancelled.

The proposal was brought by the PSC-led city government, which governs alone and in a minority, through a management assignment linked to the Consorci per a la Reforma de la Granvia i del Samontà, the joint body shared by L'Hospitalet City Council and the Generalitat. According to the official plenary results published by the city council, ERC-EUiA, PP, Vox and Comuns voted against.

The city council said before the vote that the €21 million package was intended to "start the execution of the Pla del Samontà" between 2026 and 2029.

The vote was recorded in the official plenary agenda and records and in the council's 30 June 2026 results notice. Residents who want to follow the formal process can also check the municipal motions register for that date. BARNA's standards for handling official records are set out in our Source Transparency page.

The package that failed on 30 June

Before the meeting, the city council said the measure would channel the local authority's first major economic contribution to the consortium responsible for advancing the Samontà and Granvia reform. In its own statement, the council described the injection as €21 million over four years.

  • €21 million in proposed municipal funding
  • Period covered: 2026–2029
  • Vote date: Monday 30 June 2026
  • Institution involved: Consorci per a la Reforma de la Granvia i del Samontà

The consortium's statutes, published through CIDO, show that it is the formal body created to coordinate work between the city council and the Catalan government. The Generalitat has said the Pla del Samontà is intended to transform five historic neighbourhoods in L'Hospitalet through an "integral" approach that combines urban and social measures.

A technical criteria document prepared for Barcelona Regional covers regeneration planning for the Samontà area for 2026 to 2035. That document sets out the planning framework, but Monday's vote concerned a specific municipal funding step, not the entire long-term policy framework.

Why opposition parties voted against

According to the positions aired during the debate and reflected in reporting from the official plenary session, opposition groups argued that the proposal lacked prior negotiation and sufficient consensus with neighbourhood groups and residents affected by the plan. They also criticised the package as electoral in nature, saying it repeated promises made in earlier campaigns.

The city council's published result confirms the defeat of the item, but the longer political arguments were made during the session itself, which the council broadcast on its official YouTube channel. People who want to contact the council or neighbourhood participation services can do so through L'Hospitalet's Participació Ciutadana service or via BARNA's Contact Us page if you want us to follow a response.

What is confirmed now is narrow but important: the first proposed €21 million municipal package did not win approval on 30 June. Any revised funding plan, new negotiation, or future vote would require a new formal step through the council's procedures.

Primary sources: Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet, Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia), DIBA (Delegació d'Institucions i Administració Local), Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Reported by Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet, Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (City Council), Barcelona Regional (Public Agency), El Periódico Barcelona.