Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE Tuesday, January 24, 2023 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 1050, CITY HALL ­ 12:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, VICE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­ DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Luigi Verano – Legislative Assistant – (213) 978­1082 or Clerk.HousingandHomelessness@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other channels. Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 807 0689 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 21­0042­S4 Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines and Article II, Section 1 of the City CEQA Guidelines; City Attorney Report No. 23­ 0016 and draft Ordinance, dated January 23, 2023, relative to amending Section 151.09 of Article 1, Chapter XV, and Section 165.03 of Article 5, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code in furtherance of the public interest to avoid forfeiture, limit displacement and homelessness, and restrict evictions for nonpayment of rent that is not material as specified. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(3) to confer with its legal counsel relative to the threat of litigation (one potential case). FAILED TO APPROVE the recommendations contained in the City Attorney report (R23­0016) dated January 23, 2023 and Ordinance dated January 23. 2023, AS AMENDED – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) No: Lee; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez; THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE REPORT TO COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 69. (2) 21­0042­S5 Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines and Article II, Section 1 of the City CEQA Guidelines; City Attorney Report No. 23­ 0017 and draft Ordinance, dated January 23, 2023, relative to adding Section 165.09 to Article 5, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to require payment of specified relocation assistance to certain tenants when the tenant elects to relinquish their rental unit due to the inability to pay rent increases as specified. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted  pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines and Article II, Section 1 of the City CEQA Guidelines; City Attorney Report No. 23­ 0017 and draft Ordinance, dated January 23, 2023, relative to adding Section 165.09 to Article 5, Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to require payment of specified relocation assistance to certain tenants when the tenant elects to relinquish their rental unit due to the inability to pay rent increases as specified. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted The City Council may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(3) to confer with its legal counsel relative to the threat of litigation (one potential case). FAILED TO APPROVE the recommendations contained in the City Attorney report (R23­0017) dated January 23, 2023 and Ordinance dated January 23. 2023, AS AMENDED – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) No: Lee; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez; THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE REPORT TO COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 69. If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website. available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.