Homelessness and Poverty Committee

HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY COMMITTEE Thursday, October 13, 2022 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL ­ 10:00 AM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, VICE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO CA COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD (Luigi Verano ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1082 or Clerk.HomelessnessandPovertyCommittee@lacity.org) NC 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 EL 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. 160 453 9676 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. LE 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 D 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 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 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) CA (1) 20­0841­S23 CDs 1­4 & 6­15 Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease between the General Services Department and Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) for the development of a Tiny Home Village, at the BOS yard located at 850 North Mission Road (Mission) in Council District 14 (CD14); and the relocation of bins and operations currently located at the Mission site to a BOS yard NC located at 2212 Jesse Street in CD14; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Debt Impact Statement: Yes (2) 18­0510­S2 EL Community Impact Statement: None submitted LE CD 11 Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease amendment with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority and a subsequent Sublease with People Assisting the Homeless, for the A Bridge Home located at 100 Sunset Avenue in Council District 11. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted D (This item was heard by the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on October 6, 2022) (3) 20­1308 CD 14 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing supplemental tax­exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $1,909,817; and executing related financing documents for the La Guadalupe Supportive Housing Project located at 110 South Boyle Avenue (also known as 1800 East 1st Street) in Council District 14.  (This item was heard by the Information, Technology, and General Services Committee on October 6, 2022) (3) 20­1308 CD 14 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing supplemental tax­exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $1,909,817; and executing related financing documents for the La Guadalupe Supportive Housing Project located at 110 South Boyle Avenue (also known as 1800 East 1st Street) in Council District 14. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes CA Debt Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 20­0841 NC City Administrative Officer report relative to all interim housing solutions open within the City as of July 1, 2022; and all interim housing solutions and permanent supportive housing open within the City including City­funded and non­City­funded beds and units. EL Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes LE Community Impact Statement: None submitted (This item is referred to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Ad Hoc Committee on COVID­19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment) D (5) 22­0756­S2 CD 4 Bureau of Engineering report relative to the funding, lease, and operation of the Crisis and Bridge Housing project at 7047 W Franklin Avenue and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that the project is statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c); and under Public Resources Code Section 21080.27 (AB 1197) applicable to City of Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters; and City Administrative Officer report relative to transitioning the Highland Gardens Hotel located at 7047 West Franklin Avenue in Council District 4 from a Project Roomkey site to an interim housing site; and related matters.  CD 4 Bureau of Engineering report relative to the funding, lease, and operation of the Crisis and Bridge Housing project at 7047 W Franklin Avenue and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that the project is statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c); and under Public Resources Code Section 21080.27 (AB 1197) applicable to City of Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters; and City Administrative Officer report relative to transitioning the Highland Gardens Hotel located at 7047 West Franklin Avenue in Council District 4 from a Project Roomkey site to an interim housing site; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes (6) CA 20­1524 Community Impact Statement: None submitted Bureau of Engineering report relative to the lease extension for continued use of the Crisis and Bridge Housing at 1403 N. Gardner Street and NC California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that, consistent with the Notice of Exemption already in the Office of the City Administrative Officer and supported by the City Council's prior actions (C.F. No. 17­1288) and resolution approving the lease and use of the bridge housing, the project is statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) as specific action necessary to prevent or EL mitigate an emergency as also reflected in CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c); and under Public Resources Code Section 21080.27 (AB 1197) applicable to City of Los Angeles emergency homeless shelters.City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Round 2 funding recommendations; and related matters. LE Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted D (7) 20­0841­S26 Bureau of Engineering report relative to funding for 5455 W 111th Street Safe Parking and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that the project statutorily exempt from California Environmental Quality Act under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b) (4), as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c); and City Administrative Officer report relative to the 13th report regarding COVID­ 19 Homelessness Roadmap funding recommendations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes (7) 20­0841­S26 Bureau of Engineering report relative to funding for 5455 W 111th Street Safe Parking and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption determination that the project statutorily exempt from California Environmental Quality Act under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b) (4), as a specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency as also reflected in CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c); and City Administrative Officer report relative to the 13th report regarding COVID­ 19 Homelessness Roadmap funding recommendations. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CA (This item is referred to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Ad Hoc Committee on COVID­19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment) NC (8) 22­1099 Motion (Martinez – De León ­ et al.) relative to interim ,permanent, and affordable housing solutions between the 2020 and 2022 Point­in­Time (PIT) counts in each Council District (CD); and intervention strategies implemented by each CD in the past five years; and related matters. (9) 22­1101 EL Community Impact Statement: None submited Motion (Martinez – De León – Krekorian) relative to options on conducting LE a third­party Point­in­Time (PIT) count of the City's homeless population; and options to conduct a multi­year audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s past annual PIT counts, and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (10) 22­1157 D Motion (De León – Raman) relative to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Round 4 (HHAP­4) grant program application; and HHAP­4 grant funding categories. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority relative to the Project Roomkey demobilization plan.  and Prevention Round 4 (HHAP­4) grant program application; and HHAP­4 grant funding categories. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority relative to the Project Roomkey demobilization plan. 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. CA 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 NC 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. EL 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. LE For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website. D