Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025 - 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 YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 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) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547- CITY (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 in-person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-1545-S27  City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account – General City Purposes Fund 24th Status Report as of January 31, 2025 and funding recommendations. (This item is referred to Housing and Homelessness and Budget and Finance Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated February 28, 2025 – (3) Yes (2) 22-1545-S28 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account – General City Purposes Fund 25th Status Report as of February 28, 2025 and funding recommendations. (This item is referred to Housing and Homelessness and Budget and Finance Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 2, 2025 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes (3) 23-1348 City Administrative Officer report relative to the interim housing bed rates adjustment for families. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated April 2, 2025 – (3) Yes (4) 18-0941-S3 CD 1 Motion (Hernandez - Jurado) relative to authorizing a new, or amend an existing, Lease Agreement with Los Angeles Mission, Inc., for the A Bridge Home site located at 1920 West 3rd Street, also known as Casa Azul, in Council District One. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Jurado) – (3) Yes (5) 25-0400 Motion (Raman - Harris-Dawson) relative to policies the City has adopted that can enable successful implementation of Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency funded programs that meet current and emerging challenges in the housing sector. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Harris-Dawson) – (3) Yes (6) 23-0670-S2 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to an opioid remediation program. (This item is referred to the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment, Budget and Finance, and Housing and Homelessness Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. HELD ON THE DESK (7) 20-1084-S4  Motion (Raman - Yaroslavsky) relative to negotiating and executing a new sole-source contract with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and encumbering funds from the House LA Fund for continued eviction defense, homelessness prevention, and tenant outreach and education services. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky) – (3) Yes (8) 25-0006-S75 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to requesting authority to accept the allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant-Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing Federal Grant Funds and execute a contract with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. (This item is referred to Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and Housing and Homelessness Committee.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated April 7, 2025 – (3) Yes (9) 25-0347 Motion (Yaroslavsky, Raman - McOsker) relative to a strategy to identify impacts on current Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher holders who may be most at risk of homelessness in the event of significant funding shortages, potential rehousing options, and expediting Requests for Tenancy Approvals. Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (10) 24-1573 Motion (Raman, McOsker - Harris-Dawson) relative to adopting the "Good Neighbor Pledge" to demonstrate a commitment to a regional response to homelessness.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman, McOsker - Harris-Dawson) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes 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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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. 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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 peer-to-peer and third-party 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 TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 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! 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