Housing and Homelessness

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 ­ 2:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM , CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN DE LEÓN COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ (Jason Lopez – Legislative Assistant – (213) 925­2208 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 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23­0652­S5 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Declaration 2024­25 First Quarterly Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted  GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23­0652­S5 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Declaration 2024­25 First Quarterly Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9­12­24 ­ (3) Yes; (1) No: Rodriguez; (1) Absent: De Leon (2) 22­1545­S22 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account ­ General City Purposes Fund 19th Status report as of August 31, 2024. (Referred to Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance and Innovation Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: No submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9­12­24 ­ (3) Yes; (1) No: Rodriguez; (1) Absent: De Leon (3) 12­1549­S20 CD 6 Motion (Padilla – Raman) relative to initiating a review of City­owned parking lots located in the Van Nuys area to determine the suitability for development of affordable and/or supportive housing and replacement parking in conformance with the City's Asset Management Evaluation Framework and Affordable Housing Opportunity Site Review Process. (This item is referred to Government Operations Committee, Housing and Homelessness Committee, and Transportation Committee.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Padilla – Raman) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (4) 24­0536 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department relative to streamlining contracting and invoicing  Housing and Homelessness Committee, and Transportation Committee.) Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Padilla – Raman) ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (4) 24­0536 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department relative to streamlining contracting and invoicing processes for homeless services providers. (Scheduled pursuant to Council action of May 14, 2024) Community Impact Statement: None submitted NO ACTION TAKEN (5) 22­1578 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the City Administrative Officer relative to creating a standardized Request for Proposal and/or other process, for privately owned parcels and buildings to be considered for development or acquisition as interim housing sites, along with funding options of the recommended process. Community Impact Statement: None submitted NO ACTION TAKEN (6) 23­0804 Community Investment and Families Department report relative to the current identified needs and projected impact of anticipated funding cuts to the Survivor Services System, and identification of resources to support survivor services, and related matters. (This item is referred to Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee and Housing and Homelessness Committee.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee approved this item on May 17, 2024) APPROVED Community Investment for Familes Department report dated 4­26­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (7) 24­0069­S1  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee approved this item on May 17, 2024) APPROVED Community Investment for Familes Department report dated 4­26­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (7) 24­0069­S1 City Administrative Officer report relative to a proposed first amendment to contract C­143134 with GCAP Services, Inc., for prevailing Wage Compliance Services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 3, 2024 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 1, 2024) APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9­4­24 ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (8) 23­0038 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) reports relative to proposed revisions and Interim Guidelines for the Fiscal Year 2023­24 United to House Los Angeles (ULA) Expenditure Plan Income Support for Rent­ Burdened At­Risk Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Housing and Homelessness Committee approved the revised LAHD report dated September 10, 2024 as amended on September 18, 2024) APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department reports dated 9­10­24 and 5­23­24 AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (9) 21­0042­S8 Los Angeles Housing Department and City Administrative Officer reports relative to a fee study and recommendations to administer Just Cause Eviction and expanded tenant protections for tenants citywide.  (Housing and Homelessness Committee approved the revised LAHD report dated September 10, 2024 as amended on September 18, 2024) APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department reports dated 9­10­24 and 5­23­24 AS AMENDED ­ (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (9) 21­0042­S8 Los Angeles Housing Department and City Administrative Officer reports relative to a fee study and recommendations to administer Just Cause Eviction and expanded tenant protections for tenants citywide. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee and Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committee.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 9­12­24 and NOTED and FILED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated 7­22­24 ­ (3) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (10) 20­0841­S44 CD 14 CONTINUED FROM JUNE 5, 2024 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) NOTED and FILED Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reports dated 6­19­24, 6­26­24, 7­11­24 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (11) 20­0841­S48 CD 14 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority report relative to financial projections associated with the demobilization of the LA Grand Hotel and the opening of the Mayfair Hotel. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted  (11) 20­0841­S48 CD 14 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority report relative to financial projections associated with the demobilization of the LA Grand Hotel and the opening of the Mayfair Hotel. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED and FILED Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority report 4­11­24 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (12) 24­0996 Motion (Raman ­ Hernandez) relative to the City of Los Angeles funds Time Limited Subsidies (TLS) for individuals experiencing homelessness to lease market­rate housing units, providing low­barrier subsidies that allow individuals to move into permanent housing while receiving case management services to further stabilize them. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Hernandez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (13) 12­1690­S20 Emergency Management Department report relative to using the Emergency Response Program shelters during extreme heat events during the summer. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (14) 24­1010 Motion (Blumenfield, Padilla ­ Hernandez) relative to requesting the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst, to report on Housing Navigation, Document Readiness, and Housing Case Management. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, Padilla – Hernandez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon 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.  Management. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield, Padilla – Hernandez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon 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. 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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. 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. 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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 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. 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. 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 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.