Meeting

Homelessness and Poverty Committee

Thursday, October 27, 2022

ROOM 1010, CITY HALL - 10:00 AM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS:   COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, VICE CHAIR
    COUNCILMEMBER JOE BUSCAINO
    COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
    COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD
     
     

(Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 or [email protected])

 

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference.

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Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 453 9676 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.

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) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)
18-0510-S2
CD 11
Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease amendment with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority and a subsequent sublease with People Assisting the Homeless, for the A Bridge Home located at 100 Sunset Avenue in Council District 11.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(Information, Technology, and General Services Committee heard this item on October 6, 2022)
   
(2)
18-0941-S2
Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease amendment to extend a lease with Los Angeles Mission; and a sublease extension with People Assisting the Homeless to operate an interim housing site located at 1920 West 3rd Street in Council District 1.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(3)
20-0841-S27
CD 1
Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease agreement with the John Wesley Center for Health, for the operation of a Tiny Home interim housing site located at 499-503 San Fernando Road in Council District 1.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(This item is referred to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment)
   
(4)
22-0755
City Administrative Officer report relative to the expansion of University of Southern California street medicine services in the City.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(5)
19-0324
CD 7
City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to considering the results of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 hearing for the Summit View Apartments Supportive Housing Project (Project) located at 11800 West Kagel Canyon Street (formerly known as 11681 Foothill Boulevard) in Council District 7; and re-issuing tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue notes in an amount up to $19,960,000 ; and issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue notes in an amount up to $2,220,000; and executing related financing documents for the Project.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(6)
20-1308
CD 14
City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $1,909,817; and executing related financing documents for the La Guadalupe Supportive Housing Project located at 110 South Boyle Avenue (also known as 1800 East 1st Street) in Council District 14.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(7)
20-0841
City Administrative Officer report relative to all interim housing solutions open within the City as of July 1, 2022; and all interim housing solutions and permanent supportive housing open within the City including City-funded and non-City-funded beds and units.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(8)
19-1020
Chief Legislative Analyst report relative to preparing an ordinance to establish a Commission on Lived Experience with Homelessness (Commission) under the Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department; and identifying the budgeting and staffing resources necessary for the establishment of the Commission; and related matters.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(9)
22-0928
Motion (Bonin – Raman – et al.) relative to requesting the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to release monthly reports for one year following any place-based intervention in the City involving more than ten unhoused individuals; and improving the City's policies regarding such interventions; and related matters.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: Yes

For:
Palms Neighborhood Council
Pico Union Neighborhood Council
   
(10)
22-1099
Motion (Martinez – De León – et al.) relative to interim ,permanent, and affordable housing solutions between the 2020 and 2022 Point-in-Time (PIT) counts in each Council District (CD); and intervention strategies implemented by each CD in the past five years; and related matters.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(11)
22-1101
Motion (Martinez – De León – Krekorian) relative to options on conducting a third-party Point-in-Time (PIT) count of the City's homeless population; and options to conduct a multi-year audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s past annual PIT counts, and related matters.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(12)
22-1157
Motion (De León – Raman) relative to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Round 4 (HHAP-4) grant program application; and HHAP-4 grant funding categories.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(13)
DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY

Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) relative to the Project Roomkey demobilization plan; and LAHSA’s System Key Performance Indicators; and related matters. 
   

If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. 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.

Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).

Telecommunication Relay Services

Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party 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 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 CA 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, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.