Meeting

Homelessness and Poverty Committee

Thursday, November 10, 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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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)
21-0213
CD 10
City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue notes in an amount up to $1,000,000; and executing related financing documents for the McDaniel House Supportive Housing Project located at 1043 South Harvard Boulevard in Council District 10.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(2)
18-0849
CD 9
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 Broadway Apartments Supportive Housing Project (BA) located at 301 West 49th Street in Council District 9; and issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $2,220,000; and executing related financing documents for the BA.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(3)
20-0121
CD 2
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 $500,000; and executing related financing documents for the NoHo 5050 Supportive Housing Project located at 5050 Bakman Avenue in Council District 2.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 


 
   
(4)
17-1274-S1
CD 11
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 Missouri Place Apartments Supportive and Affordable Housing Project (MPA) located at 11950 Missouri Avenue in Council District 11; and re-issuing tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $23,437,500; and executing related financing documents for the MPA.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(5)
18-0515
CD 8
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 Western Avenue Apartments Supportive Housing Project (WAA) located at 5501South Western Avenue in Council District 8; and issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $1,150,000; and executing related financing documents for the WAA.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(6)
18-0525
CD 1
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 West Third Apartments Supportive Housing Project (WTA) located at 1900 West 3rd Street in Council District 1; and issuing supplemental tax-exempt multifamily conduit revenue bonds in an amount up to $2,730,000; and executing related financing documents for the WTA.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Debt Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(7)
22-1306
Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting the allocation of additional Emergency Solutions Grant – Cares Act funds; and amending the related Housing and Community Development Consolidated Action Plan.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(This items is referred to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee, Housing Committee, and Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment)
 
   
(8)
20-0841-S23
CD 14
Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a Tiny Home Village at the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) yard located at 850 North Mission Road (Mission) in Council District 14 (CD14); and use of a portion of the BOS yard located at 2212 Jesse Street in CD14 to relocate the bins and operations located at the Mission site; and related matters. 
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(9)
22-1313
Motion (Raman – Price – Harris-Dawson) relative to a comprehensive City-wide rehousing strategy for people experiencing Recreational Vehicle homelessness; and applying for an Encampment Resolution Funding grant through the State of California.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(10)
22-1311
Motion (Raman – Blumenfield) relative to creating and funding new liaison positions assigned to specific Council Districts that would provide Council Offices with strategic communication, data and metrics, programmatic analysis, regional coordination and district- level knowledge and support, to help maximize the City’s effectiveness in responding to the homelessness crisis.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
 

(This item is referred to the Homelessness and Poverty Committee and Budget and Finance Committee)
   
(11)
22-0928
CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 27, 2022
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
   
(12)
DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY

Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority relative to the Project Roomkey demobilization plan.
   
(13)
DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) relative to LAHSA's System Key Performance Indicators. 
   

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.