Housing Committee

JOURNAL – HOUSING COMMITTEE Wednesday, June 22, 2022 ROOM 1050, CITY HALL - 3:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE Armando Bencomo - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1080 or Armando.Bencomo@lacity.org Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, 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) 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 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. 160 871 1866 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) 978-1133. 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. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 14-1631 Mayor’s report relative to the reappointment of Ms. Dash Stolarz to the Rent Adjustment Commission for the term ending May 20, 2026. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Not Applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - JULY 4, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JULY 1, 2022) APPROVED Report from Mayor dated 05/18/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (2) 14-0612 Mayor’s report relative to the reappointment of Ms. Carole Brogdon to the Rent Adjustment Commission for the term ending May 20, 2026. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Not Applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - JULY 4, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - JULY 1, 2022) APPROVED Report from Mayor dated 05/18/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (3) 12-1549-S20 CD 6 Motion (Martinez – Blumenfield) relative to initiating a review of the City- owned parking lots located at 14401 Friar Street (Lot 601), 14521 Friar Street (Lot 609), 14532 Gilmore Street (Lot 610), 14607 Sylvan Street (Lot 620), 14517 Erwin Street (Lot 630), and 14402 Gilmore Street (Lot 631), in the Van Nuys area; to determine the suitability for development of affordable and/or supportive housing and replacement parking, as well as commercial and retail space and open space, in conformance with the City's Asset Management Evaluation Framework and Affordable Housing Opportunity Site Review Process. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Martinez – Blumenfield) dated 05/13/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (4) 16-0714 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to a request for authority to convert eligible loans for LAHD and former Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles projects into Service Payback Loans, and to require years of service credits to be verified and completed in full. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 06/16/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (5) 22-0655 Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD) and CAO reports relative to authorizing the CIFD to accept the 2022 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) award from the State of California, Department of  Community Services and Development (CSD) on behalf of the City, to execute the CSBG Contract No. 22F-5022 and any subsequent amendments with the CSD for the term of January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022; and related actions to provide funding for the FamilySource Center System. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 06/082022, and RECEIVED AND FILED the Report from Community Investment for Families Department dated 05/23/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (6) 22-0664 CDs 11, 13, 14 Corrected LAHD report, CAO report, and Resolution relative to authorizing the LAHD to issue funding awards and support letters to existing Affordable Housing Managed Pipeline (AHMP) projects applying to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee in 2022 Round 2, and various actions related to other existing AHMP projects. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 06/14/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson (7) 22-0038 LAHD report relative to a report back on the LAHD first-time homebuyer programs, and recommendations to implement program activities related to the Low Income Purchase Assistance and Moderate Income Purchase  Assistance first-time homebuyer programs to expand homeownership opportunities for residents in the City. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council APPROVED Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 06/02/2022 – (3) Yes; (0) No; Absent: Cedillo, Harris-Dawson 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., 00-0000). 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 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 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, 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 theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.