Meeting

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In-Person Only.
 

Housing and Homelessness Committee

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - 2:00 PM

JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

MEMBERS:   COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR
    COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, VICE CHAIR
    COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON
    COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ
    COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE
     

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

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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.

MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

ITEM(S)

(1)
22-1545-S5
City Administrative Officer report relative to the Homelessness Emergency Account fund status report for the week ending July 14, 2023.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: No
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(2)
17-0090-S21
Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) Administrative Oversight Committee report relative to the Third Quarter Prop HHH Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23, January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: No
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(3)
17-0090-S8
CD 1
Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) Administrative Oversight Committee report relative to the Prop HHH Permanent Supportive Housing Loan Program commitment extension for the Grandview Apartments located at 714 Grandview Street in Council District 1.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(4)
17-0090-S15
CDs 1, 7,
10, & 15
Proposition HHH (Prop HHH) Administrative Oversight Committee report relative to issuing the final loan commitments for two Prop HHH Housing Challenge Projects, Safe Harbor I located at 828 West Anaheim Street and Safe Harbor II located at 728 North Lagoon Avenue, both in Council District 15; and to add the two projects to the Prop HHH Fiscal Year 2020-21 Project Expenditure Plan; and related matters.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: No
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(5)
23-0038
City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports relative to the United to House LA  (Measure ULA) Fiscal Year 2023-24 Interim Program Guidelines and Expenditure Plan; and authority for related actions.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Financial Policies Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None Submitted
   
 

(This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and Budget, Finance, and Innovation Committees)
   
(6)
18-0315
Department of City Planning report relative to the reappropriation of funds to conduct a Phase II of the Citywide Inclusionary Zoning Study.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: No
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(7)
20-1524-S1
CD 8
Municipal Facilities Committee report relative to a lease extension between the City and Special Service for Groups, Inc. dba HOPICS, for the A Bridge Home interim housing site located at 5965, 5971 and 5975 South Saint Andrews Place in Council District 8.
   
 

Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(8)
23-0738
Motion (Hutt – et al. – Hernandez – Soto-Martinez) relative to lead and mold inspections as part of the Systematic Code Enforcement Program (SCEP); and preparing a draft ordinance that would require lead and mold inspections as part of the SCEP; and related matters.
   
 

Community Impact Statement: None submitted
   
(9)
DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY

Verbal presentation from the Los Angeles Business Council relative to their recently released report, Tackling the Housing Crisis: Streamlining to Increase Housing  Production in Los Angeles.
   
(10)
DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY

Verbal presentation from the Hub for Urban Initiatives and Downtown Women's Center relative to the Los Angeles County Women's Needs Assessment.
   

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.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

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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) 978-1133. 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) 978-1960 or [email protected].

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 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 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, 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.