Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 ­ 2:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER CURREN D. PRICE, JR. COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN (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 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) ­­­­­ DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the City Attorney, the Los Angeles Housing Department, the Community Investment for Families Department and the Mayor's Office on the City’s efforts to combat rent gouging. NO ACTION TAKEN ITEM(S) (1) ­­­­­ DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY Verbal update from the City Attorney, the Los Angeles Housing Department, the Community Investment for Families Department and the Mayor's Office on the City’s efforts to combat rent gouging. NO ACTION TAKEN (2) 12­1690­S20 CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 2, 2024 Emergency Management Department report relative to using Emergency Response Program shelters during extreme weather events. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED Emergency Management Department report dated September 5, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (3) 24­1200­S75 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Nancy Lewis to the United to House LA Citizen Oversight Committee. Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed Background Check: Completed Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 2, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ JANUARY 31, 2025) APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated December 19, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (4) 25­1200­S1 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Walter Garcia to the Affordable Housing Commission. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 28, 2025 (4) 25­1200­S1 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Walter Garcia to the Affordable Housing Commission. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Pending Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 28, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 28, 2025) NOTED AND FILED Communication from the Mayor dated January 13, 2025 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (5) 24­0069­S2 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) report relative to a transfer and encumbrance of funds to City Contract No. C­143134 with GCAP Services, Inc. from City Contract No. C­143497 with Ellana, Inc., for services assisting the LAHD Prevailing Wage Compliance Unit. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated November 27, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (6) 17­1352­S2 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting and expending the 2024 Community Development Grant (CDG) from First Citizens Bank for the Low Income Purchase Assistance Homeownership Program; and applying for the 2025 CDG. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated December 12, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (7) 21­0215 CD 14 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing a second supplemental tax­exempt multifamily mortgage revenue note in an amount up to $2,500,000; and executing related financing documents for the Brine Residential Supportive Housing Project located at 3016 North Main Street in Council District 14.  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated December 12, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (7) 21­0215 CD 14 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing a second supplemental tax­exempt multifamily mortgage revenue note in an amount up to $2,500,000; and executing related financing documents for the Brine Residential Supportive Housing Project located at 3016 North Main Street in Council District 14. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Debt Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Administrative Officer report dated January 16, 2025; NOTED AND FILED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated November 27, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (8) 22­1328 CD 11 Los Angeles Housing Department and Department of General Services reports relative to the overview and development timeline, and Notice of Transfer of Jurisdiction and Control for the project located at 12901 West Venice Boulevard in Council District 11. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Government Operations Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (9) 23­0330 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting the Prohousing Incentive State Grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Prohousing Incentive Program to fund the City’s Micro Operational Reserve Replenishment Program. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  Prohousing Incentive State Grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Prohousing Incentive Program to fund the City’s Micro Operational Reserve Replenishment Program. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees.) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (10) 23­0038­S9 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to amending Contract No. C­144769 between the City and Estolano Advisors for providing Interim Inspector General Services to the Measure ULA Citizen Oversight Committee. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated January 15, 2025 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (11) 24­1568 CD 13 Motion (Soto­Martinez – Hernandez) relative to negotiating a sole source agreement with Dignity Moves to provide services and project management for the purpose of delivering interim housing at the property located at 5310 Sierra Vista in Council District 13. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Soto­Martinez – Hernandez) AS AMENDED – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (12) 23­1443­S3 CD 1 Motion (Hernandez – Blumenfield) relative to transferring and appropriating $4,124,400 from the Special Fund Account entitled “Encampment Resolution Fund Grant ­ Arroyo Seco” to the Los Angeles Housing Department; and executing a new contract with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to provide outreach and housing services to those experiencing homelessness for the Encampment Resolution Grant Project in Council District One; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Blumenfield) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (13) 24­1031  Resolution Fund Grant ­ Arroyo Seco” to the Los Angeles Housing Department; and executing a new contract with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to provide outreach and housing services to those experiencing homelessness for the Encampment Resolution Grant Project in Council District One; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Blumenfield) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (13) 24­1031 Motion (Hutt – Rodriguez) relative to the number of ownership and management entities that are using algorithm­based software to establish rents and the feasibility of instituting a ban on the use of this software to set rents in the City. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt – Rodriguez) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (14) 23­0731 Motion (Hernandez, Hutt – Soto­Martinez) relative to drafting an ordinance that would require notices to terminate a tenancy for rental units subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, or other applicable laws in the City to be filed with the City prior to the service on the tenant; and an outreach plan for tenants and property owners that would notify the affected parties of the change. Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Rampart Village Neighborhood Council CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (15) 23­1123 CD 10 Motion (Hutt – Raman) relative to the viability of leasing, with an option to buy, the property located at 1540­44 St. Andrews Place in Council District 10 for use as interim housing and/or permanent supportive housing purposes. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt – Raman) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (16) 21­1328 CD 10 Categorical Exemption, City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to authorizing and providing the sale of City­owned real property located at 2949 Edgehill Drive in Council District 10 to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Fiscal Impact Statement: No  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hutt – Raman) – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price (16) 21­1328 CD 10 Categorical Exemption, City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to authorizing and providing the sale of City­owned real property located at 2949 Edgehill Drive in Council District 10 to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Attorney report dated September 19, 2024 and Ordinance dated September 16, 2024 – (4) Yes; (1) Absent: Price 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 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.