Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 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) 25-1200-S29  Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Fernando Abarca to the United to House LA Citizen Oversight Committee. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - AUGUST 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - AUGUST 13, 2025) APPROVED Communication from Mayor dated 6-30-25 – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (2) 25-1200-S30 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Antonia Routt to the United to House LA Citizen Oversight Committee. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - AUGUST 28, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - AUGUST 27, 2025) APPROVED Communication from Mayor dated 7-14-25 – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (3) 23-0670-S2 Chief Legislative Analyst reports 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 APPROVED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 6-20-25 AS AMENDED and NOTED and FILED Chief Legislative Analyst report dated 2-21-2025 – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (4) 23-0038-S10 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to executing a contract with the Liberty Hill Foundation to administer the United to House LA (ULA) Capacity-Building and Outreach Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated 7-22-25 – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (5) 17-0090-S30 CD 6 Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) Administrative Oversight Committee report relative to an additional commitment of up to $1,552,139.57 from the Prop HHH uncommitted balance for the PATH Villas Hollywood Supportive Housing Project located at 5627 West Fernwood Avenue in Council District Six and amending the Prop HHH Fiscal Year 2018-19 Project Expenditure Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Proposition HHH Administrative Oversight Committee report dated 7- 23-25 – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (6) 24-1549 Motion (Soto-Martínez, Lee – Hernandez, Padilla) relative to developing recommendations requiring all residential high-rise buildings in the City to install a Fire Sprinkler Suppression System. (Public Safety Committee approved this item on April 2, 2025. This item is referred to the Public Safety, Housing and Homelessness and Planning and Land Use Management  Committees) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez – Hernandez, Padilla) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (7) 25-0006-S77 Motion (Soto-Martinez – Yaroslavsky) relative to producing monthly reports on the City’s response to complaints of price gouging in the rental housing market. (Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery approved this item on June 23, 2025. This item is referred to Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery and Housing and Homelessness Committee) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Soto-Martínez – Yaroslavsky) AS AMENDED – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (8) 20-1350-S2 CD 14 Motion (Jurado – Hernandez) relative to requesting the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to enter into a sole source contract with Weingart to continue providing homeless services at the Hilda Solis Care First Village located at 1060 North Vignes Avenue in Council District 14. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Jurado – Hernandez) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (9) 25-0699 Motion (Jurado – Lee) relative to the City forming a Continuum of Care. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Jurado – Lee) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (10) 25-0689  Motion (Lee – Jurado) relative to the feasibility of the City forming a Continuum of Care; and securing federal grant funding. (This item is referred to Housing and Homelessness and Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committees.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Lee – Jurado) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (11) 23-1022-S18 Motion (Raman – Price) relative to creating an updated bed plan in response to the Alliance Settlement Agreement. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Price) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield (12) 25-0721 Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky) relative to identifying funding to continue Permanent Supportive Housing development in the City. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky) – (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Blumenfield 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. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure 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) 978-1082. 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) 978-1960 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 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! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, 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.