Housing and Homelessness

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. SPECIAL MEETING – JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 ­ 3:00 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 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. 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 ITEM(S) (1) 20­0841­S44 CD 14 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reports relative to an update on the L.A. Grand Hotel Demobilization Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Related Council file No. 20­0841­S40) (1) 20­0841­S44 CD 14 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reports relative to an update on the L.A. Grand Hotel Demobilization Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Related Council file No. 20­0841­S40) CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 23­1348 City Administrative Officer report relative to interim housing bed rates adjustment funding and contract amendments. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 03­19­24 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (3) 22­1545­S15 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account – General City Purposes Fund 12th Status Report for the week ending February 16, 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (4) 24­0314 Communication from the Mayor relative to accepting grant funds from the California Department of Healthcare Services Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program; establishing a new Special Fund entitled "Emergency Stabilization Beds Grant”; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the above matter)  Continuum Infrastructure Program; establishing a new Special Fund entitled "Emergency Stabilization Beds Grant”; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee waived consideration of the above matter) APPROVED Mayor’s reports dated 03­14­24 and revised 3­19­2024 AS AMENDED ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez; Amended as detailed in the Committee Report (5) 23­0172 CD 5 Department of City Planning report relative to developing a local zoning ordinance for affordable housing development on sites owned by religious institutions and properties owned by faith­based institutions located in Council District 5. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Department of City Planning report dated 03­08­24 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (6) 23­0792­S1 CD 1 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to canvassing the business community surrounding the Mayfair Hotel to inform and offer resources and business assistance; and determine if the area near Mayfair Hotel is eligible to be designated as a Jobs and Economic Development Incentive Zone. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness, Budget, Finance and Innovation, and Government Operations Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Government Operations Committee considered this item on March 15, 2024) NOTED and FILED Economic and Workforce Development Department report dated 11­21­23 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (7) 24­0245 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to the City of Los Angeles’ Assessment of Fair Housing Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No  (Government Operations Committee considered this item on March 15, 2024) NOTED and FILED Economic and Workforce Development Department report dated 11­21­23 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (7) 24­0245 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to the City of Los Angeles’ Assessment of Fair Housing Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated 02­06­24 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (8) 20­0841­S45 CD 10 Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease amendment between the City and The Salvation Army for the property located at 668 South Hoover Street (aka 625 La Fayette Place) in Council District 10 for the operation of A Bridge Home facility. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Municipal Facilities Committee report dated 03­15­24 ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (9) 12­1690­S20 Motion (Raman – Soto­Martinez) relative to improving the Augmented Winter Shelter Program and better managing weather­related emergencies. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Soto­Martinez) ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez (10) 23­1022­S2 Motion (Blumenfield – Price – McOsker – Rodriguez) relative to identifying Roadmap Agreement (Roadmap) sites in each Council District that are slated to end and potentially demobilize in 2025; and developing a plan for extending necessary leases and contracts to enable Roadmap beds to meet the milestones for the LA Alliance Settlement Agreement; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Price – McOsker – Rodriguez) AS AMENDED­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez; Amended as detailed in the Committee  Motion (Blumenfield – Price – McOsker – Rodriguez) relative to identifying Roadmap Agreement (Roadmap) sites in each Council District that are slated to end and potentially demobilize in 2025; and developing a plan for extending necessary leases and contracts to enable Roadmap beds to meet the milestones for the LA Alliance Settlement Agreement; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Price – McOsker – Rodriguez) AS AMENDED­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez; Amended as detailed in the Committee Report (11) 24­0124 Motion (Yaroslavsky – Raman – Harris­Dawson) relative to governing procedures for the marketing and tenant selection for newly constructed covenanted affordable housing units in unsubsidized, mixed income projects created through Transit Oriented Communities, Density Bonus and similar programs; and if changes will be necessitated by the roll out of the Comprehensive Online Affordable Housing Search System; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky – Raman – Harris­Dawson) ­ (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield, Rodriguez 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) 978­1082. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. 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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. 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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.