Housing and Homelessness

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only. JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 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) ­­­­­ DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the California Community Foundation relative to the recent passage of County of Los Angeles Measure A and its implications for City and County initiatives. NO ACTION TAKEN, DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY  GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) ­­­­­ DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the California Community Foundation relative to the recent passage of County of Los Angeles Measure A and its implications for City and County initiatives. NO ACTION TAKEN, DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY (2) 23­0429 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to a strategy to create permanent and interim housing to reduce homelessness; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (3) 17­0090­S26 CD 10, CD 11, CD 15Motion (Hutt ­ McOsker) relative to approving the Prop HHH funding commitment for three projects and adding them to the Fiscal Year 2020­21 Proposition HHH Project Expenditure Plan. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt ­ McOsker) AS AMENDED– (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (4) 20­1186 CD 11 City Administrative Officer and the Los Angeles Housing Department reports and revised Resolution relative to a request for authority to issue tax­exempt and taxable multifamily conduit revenue bonds or notes for the Thatcher Yard Housing, a 98­unit supportive housing project located at 3233 South Thatcher Avenue in Council District 11. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Debt Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Debt Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated 11­14­24 and Resolution – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (5) 22­0756­S3 CD 4 Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to authorizing the Department of General Services to negotiate and execute an agreement between the City, the Highland Gardens Hotel owner, Baklayan and Baklayan Family 2000 Trust, and People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), for the purpose of taking over lease payments from PATH and making payments directly to the Hotel owner, effective July 1, 2024. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Municipal Facilities Committee report dated 11­14­24 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (6) 23­0652­S6 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Declaration 2024­25 Second Quarterly Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (7) 22­1545­S24 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account ­ General City Purposes Fund 21st Status Report as of October 31, 2024 and Funding Recommendations. (This item was referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes (7) 22­1545­S24 City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account ­ General City Purposes Fund 21st Status Report as of October 31, 2024 and Funding Recommendations. (This item was referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED (8) 24­1268 CD 3 Motion (Blumenfield ­ Hernandez) relative to directing the Chief Legislative Analyst with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer and Department on Disability, to report on models of Contingency Management treatment programs and provide recommendations on the resources necessary to develop a voluntary Contingency Management pilot program at City interim housing sites. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield­ Hernandez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (9) 18­0610­S3 Exemption, City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to a revised draft Ordinance adding Article 6 to Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to establish Right to Counsel program. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated 10­31­24 AS AMENDED– (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (10) 23­1348 City Administrative Officer verbal report relative to Housing and Homelessness recommendation from its meeting on November 6, 2024 regarding clarifying the source of funds for the existing bed rate increases, and identifying funds to potentially increase the nightly bed rate. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  APPROVED City Attorney report dated 10­31­24 AS AMENDED– (4) Yes; (1) Absent: De Leon (10) 23­1348 City Administrative Officer verbal report relative to Housing and Homelessness recommendation from its meeting on November 6, 2024 regarding clarifying the source of funds for the existing bed rate increases, and identifying funds to potentially increase the nightly bed rate. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted NO ACTION TAKEN, DISCUSSION ONLY 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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.