Housing and Homelessness

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 ­ 2:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, VICE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE (Luigi Verano – Legislative Assistant – (213) 978­1082 or Clerk.HousingandHomelessness@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed 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 are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22­1200­S26 Mayor’s report relative to the appointment of Belinda Allen to the Affordable Housing Commission for the term ending June 30, 2023, to fill the vacancy created by Gerard Garcia’s withdrawal from consideration. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted (1) 22­1200­S26 Mayor’s report relative to the appointment of Belinda Allen to the Affordable Housing Commission for the term ending June 30, 2023, to fill the vacancy created by Gerard Garcia’s withdrawal from consideration. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ SEPTEMBER 27, 2023) APPROVED Mayor report dated 08­14­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (2) 23­1200­S140 Mayor report relative to the appointment of Jerod Gunsberg to the Rent Adjustment Commission, for the term ending May 20, 2026, to fill the vacancy created by the departure of April Brodie Financial Disclosure Statement: Completed Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 13, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 13, 2023) APPROVED Mayor report dated 08­28­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (3) 20­0841­S36 CDs2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to the nineteenth report regarding COVID­19 Homelessness Roadmap funding recommendations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 09­01­23 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 20­0461 CDs 1, 14 CAO and Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) reports relative to amending loan agreements for supportive housing developments owned and managed by Single Room Occupancy Housing Corporation, and related actions. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Financial Policies Statement: Yes APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 09­01­23 ­ (5) Yes; (0) No (4) 20­0461 CDs 1, 14 CAO and Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) reports relative to amending loan agreements for supportive housing developments owned and managed by Single Room Occupancy Housing Corporation, and related actions. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated 07­24­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (5) 16­0600­S145 CD 1 CAO and LAHD reports relative to executing a disposition and development agreement for the development of affordable housing on the city­owned property located at 216­ 224 South Avenue 24 in Council District 1; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 09­01­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (6) 21­0541 CAO and LAHD reports relative to the feasibility of creating a pilot program to house formerly homeless Angelenos in Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) and creating an ADU financing pilot program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 23­0894 Motion (Blumenfield – Krekorian – Raman – Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the CAO, to report with details on how the County’s Executive Committee would function and with recommendations to establish a process that enables the Executive Committee to be informed by the policies set by the Los Angeles City Council, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted  CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 23­0894 Motion (Blumenfield – Krekorian – Raman – Yaroslavsky) relative to instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the CAO, to report with details on how the County’s Executive Committee would function and with recommendations to establish a process that enables the Executive Committee to be informed by the policies set by the Los Angeles City Council, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Krekorian – Raman) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (8) 23­0882 Motion (McOsker – et al. – Park) relative to a report from the CLA, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), City Attorney, Bureau of Engineering, Department of General Services (GSD), and any other relevant departments, regarding a framework for a citywide policy to guide the process, criteria, and timelines for formalizing property transactions and binding agreements related to site acquisition, rehabilitation, and renovations, as well as operations and maintenance, for city­owned interim housing, and related matters. (At its meeting held on September 6, 2023, the Housing and Homelessness Committee approved as amended.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (McOsker – et al. – Park) AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee; Amended as detailed in Committee Report (9) 23­0479 CD 11 Verbal update from the LAHD relative to Motion (Park – Krekorian) regarding the status of the Ellis Act process and relocation of tenants at the Barrington Plaza Apartments located at 11740 Wilshire Boulevard in Council District 11. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (10) 23­0930 Motion (Yaroslavsky for Raman ­ Hernandez) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with the LAHD and any other relevant departments, to report on the adequacy of the City's mechanisms to ensure that the protections set forth in state law for first right of refusal, right of return at original rents, relocation payment, and payment of damages are enforced and communicated to tenants and property owners throughout the ten year compliance period. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky for Raman – Hernandez) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee  Motion (Yaroslavsky for Raman ­ Hernandez) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with the LAHD and any other relevant departments, to report on the adequacy of the City's mechanisms to ensure that the protections set forth in state law for first right of refusal, right of return at original rents, relocation payment, and payment of damages are enforced and communicated to tenants and property owners throughout the ten year compliance period. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky for Raman – Hernandez) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (11) 23­0931 Motion (Soto­Martinez for Raman ­ Blumenfield) relative to instruct the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), with the assistance of the CLA, CAO, and the LAHD, to report regarding exits from interim housing sites due to a break of participant agreements; and, related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Soto­Martinez for Raman – Blumenfield) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (12) 23­0879 CD 1 CAO and LAHD reports relative to adopting the TEFRA Resolution and minutes for Grandview Apartments, a supportive housing project, and a request for authority to issue tax­exempt and taxable multifamily conduit revenue notes. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 08­31­23 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Lee (13) ­­­ Verbal update from the LAHSA regarding its new data dashboards. CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (14) 22­1545­S7 CAO report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account status for the week ending August 18, 2023. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (15) 22­1545­S8 CAO report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account year­end status report for Fiscal Year 2022­23.  (14) 22­1545­S7 CAO report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account status for the week ending August 18, 2023. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (15) 22­1545­S8 CAO report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account year­end status report for Fiscal Year 2022­23. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION 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 Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. 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. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of 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 caller 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.