Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 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 BOB BLUMENFIELD (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 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) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547- CITY (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 in-person 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) 23-1200-S17  Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Michelle Coulter to the United to House LA Citizen Oversight Committee. Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending Background Check: Not applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE - SEPTEMBER 28, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - SEPTEMBER 26, 2025) CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (2) 17-1210 Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Cielo Castro to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Board of Commissioners. Financial Disclosure Statement: Not applicable Background Check: Not applicable Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Communication from the Mayor dated August 14, 2025 – (3) Yes (3) 24-1480 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to directly contracting with homelessness service providers. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (4) 25-0577 Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to the City’s efforts to address homelessness since the declaration of the Local State of Emergency  on Homelessness. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (5) 25-0812 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to enhancements to the Systematic Code Enforcement Program, complaint-based inspection processes and the Rent Escrow Account Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated July 23, 2025 AS AMENDED – (3) Yes (6) 25-0862 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to extending the term of Contract No. C-143351 between the City and the Coalition for Responsible Community Development to defray operating expenses related to the Lincoln Theater emergency homeless housing site located at 2300 South Central Avenue in Council District Nine (CD 9). Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Price – Blumenfield) – (3) Yes (7) 19-0126-S3 CD 4 Statutory Exemption, Bureau of Engineering report and Motion (Raman – Soto-Martinez) relative to the lease extension and change in service provider for the operation of the A Bridge Home site located at 3248 Riverside Drive in Council District Four; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Bureau of Engineering report dated August 21, 2025; APPROVED Motion (Raman – Soto-Martinez) – (3) Yes (8) 25-0847 Motion (Rodriguez – Padilla, et al.) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Housing Department in collaboration with Community Investment for Families Department, City Attorney, and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to facilitate a “Know Your Rights” training amongst all City-funded homelessness outreach engagement, interim housing or permanent housing service providers; and related matters. (Civil Right, Equity, Immigration, Aging and Disability Committee approved this item on August 19, 2025) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes For: Reseda Neighborhood Council CONCURRED with the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee action of August 19, 2025 – (3) Yes 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., 00-0000) 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 subject-matter 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 agenda-items 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. 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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 TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 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! 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