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The City of Los Angeles

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report
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The City of Los Angeles

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

General Overview..................................................................................................................... 2

Executive Summary................................................................................................................ 2

Uses of Funds ........................................................................................................................ 4

Promoting equitable outcomes ............................................................................................... 6

Community Engagement ........................................................................................................ 9

Labor Practices .....................................................................................................................10

Use of Evidence ....................................................................................................................10

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category.........................................................................10

Project Inventory.....................................................................................................................13

Performance Report................................................................................................................30

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States And Territories Only) ............................31
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary 

The City of Los Angeles (City) intends to use its $1.28 billion award of American Rescue Plan 

Act, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to promote the goals of the program - to 

address the negative economic and health impacts of the pandemic, and to do so in a way that 

allows the City to act as an engine for equity, targeting and serving disadvantaged and traditionally 

underserved communities. While we strongly believe that we will demonstrate sufficient revenue 

loss over the period of the award to justify the use of all SLFRF funds within the Provision of 

Government Services expenditure category, at this time we also intend to provide additional 

reporting on specific projects to highlight uses of the funds within other expenditure categories. 

By doing so, we hope to increase the transparency of our use of these vital funds, and enhance 

the Treasury Department’s ability to compile specific examples of how the program has met the 

legislative mandate.

In March 2020, as with many local jurisdictions around the country, Los Angeles mobilized its 

entire government to address the health and economic impacts of the pandemic. We set up 

testing, and ultimately vaccination, sites and overflow hospital space even though we do not have 

a public health agency under our control. We assigned City employees to support the County of 

Los Angeles’s contract tracing work. We funded unprecedented levels of housing to get our 

vulnerable unhoused population to safer shelter. We purchased personal protective gear to make 

sure our City and private sector employees could access it at reasonable costs when it was most 

scarce. We quickly transitioned thousands of employees to remote work to ensure that our 

workforce was safe.

We front-funded the costs of these activities, using our reserves to do so in some cases and 

recognizing that using reserves would impact our financial flexibility and risk. Of course, our efforts 

did not occur in isolation and we received tremendous support and commitment of support, 

including financial support, from the State of California and the federal government to bolster our 

efforts in the early phases of the pandemic.

While this assistance was essential to our initial response, the City and its residents are in need 

of SLFRF to address the lingering public health and economic impacts of the pandemic. As the 

pandemic wore on, it became clear that the devastating health impacts would be matched by the 

impacts to our local economy. Like the rest of the nation, Angelenos faced dramatic 

unemployment, making it difficult to pay bills and rent. According to the US Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, the unemployment rate for Los Angeles County climbed to 18.8 percent in May 2020 

from the pre-pandemic rate of 4.7 percent in February 2020. Our most financially precarious 

communities felt these economic impacts most severely with their small local businesses suffering 

the most from closures, the costs of transitioning to safe workplace environments, and from the 

overall economic downturn.

The broad economic challenges also caused our City government to experience significant 

revenue loss. At the onset of the pandemic, the City was in the process of developing its budget 

for Fiscal Year 2020-21. The City based the 2020-21 Budget on assumptions formulated in and 

prior to April 2020, relying on data from prior recessions and the assumption that the City’s then 

applicable “Safer at Home” orders would be lifted by the end of May 2020. At the time of budget 

adoption, the City recognized that these assumptions were no longer realistic, and that the Mayor 
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and the Council would need to regularly revisit the revenue and expenditure projections and make 

adjustments throughout the year as the trends and potential shortfalls became clearer.

Throughout the first half of Fiscal Year 2020-21, the shortfall between budget assumptions and 

realized receipts grew monthly, and by February 2021 the City’s chief fiscal officer, the City 

Administrative Officer (CAO), reported that revenues could fall $600 million below budgeted 

levels. Combined with various expenditures that were in excess of budgeted amounts, this would 

lead to a projected 2020-21 budget gap of $750 million.

To address the projected budget shortfall, the City reached agreements with most of its employee 

organizations to defer previously scheduled wage increases that were set to take effect in 2020-

21 and 2021-22. In addition to these negotiated labor cost measures, the Mayor and Council also 

approved $158 million in spending reductions, certain of which were achieved through 

implementing a hiring moratorium and curtailing City services

These actions alone would have been insufficient to balance the 2020-21 Budget. Therefore, the 

Mayor and City Council authorized, but did not execute, the issuance of up to $150 million in 

commercial paper for working capital as well as the use of most of the City’s General Fund 

reserves, leaving the reserves at 2.75 percent of the General Fund to address unexpected 

emergencies and offset the remaining portion of the budget gap. These actions left the City with 

reduced service levels and in the most precarious fiscal condition since the Great Recession. 

The SLFRF has been and will continue to be essential to the City’s efforts to address the

pandemic’s ongoing health and economic impacts. The first tranche of SLFRF funding allowed 

for the City to balance its budget without drawing on reserves or deficit borrowing. Further, as the 

fiscal year closed, the use of SLFRF funds allowed the City to begin to hire again, the first step 

toward restoring the vital services that our communities and residents most needed during the 

economic downturn caused by the pandemic.

We cannot overstate how vital our City government is to promoting equity and supporting 

disadvantaged communities. The City of Los Angeles is ethnically and economically diverse and 

our government has been committed to serving all of our communities. Our firefighters spend 

most of their time responding to medical calls, and many of those calls are to individuals that lack 

good access to health care. We fund affordable housing, services for the unhoused, job programs 

and job training for youth and the under- or unemployed, afterschool, and gang intervention 

programs. We serve senior meals, run hundreds of libraries and parks, and offer art programs in 

all corners of our city. The City’s services promote equity in our communities. 

In addition, the City promotes equity as an employer. We employ over 30,000 local employees 

and offer them middle class jobs with a pension in a national economy that is increasingly losing 

its middle class and leaving retirees without adequate resources to live out their days with 

economic security. As is typically the case with the public sector, our employees are drawn from 

all of our communities and can often get entry level jobs without a college education that still give 

them an opportunity to build solid careers with promotional opportunities. 

When the City is faced with economic challenges, it diminishes our ability to offer services and 

employment that promote equity in the ways described above. The SLFRF received to date has 

allowed the City to continue to serve in this vital function. Based on the 2020 revenue loss that 

we have reported in our Interim Report, the City is confident that it could use all of the SLFRF 

funding for the provision of government services. We are further confident that doing so would 
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enable us to continue to promote equity and would comply with the SLFRF program in both letter 

and spirit.

As we will describe below, however, City leaders have also charged City departments to initiate 

several new programs to expand our support for our residents and businesses that the pandemic 

has adversely impacted. These programs include direct assistance to individuals and businesses, 

expansion of our childcare services, expanded services for the unhoused, and park improvements 

including those located in disadvantaged communities. Thus, in addition to allowing us to maintain 

vital City services, SLFRF will also allow us to provide additional services to directly address the 

health and economic impacts of the pandemic.

We are grateful for the support of the federal government through the SLFRF and enthusiastic 

about the opportunity it affords us to increase our ability to address the negative impacts of the 

pandemic and to expand our ability to promote equity and serve our disadvantaged communities. 

We look forward to working with the Treasury Department and reporting to you on our progress 

in achieving these goals.

Uses of Funds

The City’s initial response to the pandemic was to focus on preventing and mitigating the spread 

of COVID-19 through various safety measures including contact tracing, purchasing of personal 

protective equipment, testing, cleaning, ventilation improvements in congregate settings, and 

most recently vaccinations. We also focused heavily on protecting our most vulnerable unhoused 

population with unprecedented efforts to move them off the streets and into permanent or 

temporary housing with services and amenities that were consistent with federal guidelines to 

mitigate COVID-19 transmission. While we offered some early support to impacted households 

and businesses, relaxing some fees and fines and streamlining some permit processes such as 

for outdoor dining, with SLFRF support we can more fully launch efforts to address the negative 

economic impacts of the pandemic. We will initiate a number of grant programs, including for 

restaurants in low-income neighborhoods and Qualified Census Tracts to set up permanent 

parklets for outdoor dining to increase business and improve the dining experience, for small 

businesses impacted by COVID-19, and to support rental or lease costs for approximately 800 

small businesses located in these communities. We will lead a national marketing campaign to 

assist with the recovery of tourism, hospitality, and restaurant industries. Through these and other

programs the City will be able to provide much needed assistance to small businesses and

households in historically underserved communities, many of which within Qualified Census 

Tracts, along with the City’s homeless population.

a. Public Health (EC 1)

In addition to the City’s administering COVID-19 vaccines and providing free COVID-19 testing, 

the City is addressing public health by enlisting City staff to provide contact tracing services. The 

City has purchased personal protective equipment in order to help reduce the spread of COVID19. The City’s Sanitation Departments have provided mobile hygiene centers for homeless 

individuals. The City has launched the Art of Well-Being Campaign with the objective to stress 

physical distancing, hand washing, and use of masks as well as increasing awareness and 

importance of COVID-19 testing and vaccination, self-care, and other health and wellness 

campaigns that reflect the continued movement toward recovery from the pandemic.
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b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2)

To respond to the negative economic impacts of the pandemic the City anticipates launching 

several programs that provide grants for small business, restaurants, and households located in 

disadvantaged communities. These programs include, but are not limited to:

1. Bridge to Jobs and Targeted Local Hiring - Civilian hiring programs that recruit applicants 

from local underserved areas that have traditionally faced employment barriers.

2. L.A. Optimized Program - Provides technical assistance and grants to help businesses 

impacted by COVID-19 to upgrade technology needs, including website, point of sale, and 

internet access.

3. Small Business Rental Assistance Program - Grants of up to $15,000 to support 

rental/lease costs for about 800 small businesses in qualifying industries located in 

disadvantaged communities.

4. L.A. Al Fresco - Grant opportunity for restaurants in low-income neighborhoods to set up 

permanent parklets for outdoor dining to increase business and improve the dining 

experience.

c. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3)

The SLFRF will allow the City to continue and expand our already substantial focus on our 

unhoused population through outreach programs, temporary shelters, restroom and bathing 

facilities, and temporary storage. The City will establish a Harm Reduction Services Task Force 

to identify and address substance abuse, mental health, and overdose prevention services for 

people with disabilities experiencing homelessness. The City will also continue and expand 

childcare programs. We plan to refurbish and reopen licensed childcare centers within the City’s 

Recreation and Parks facilities especially in economically disadvantaged communities. We offer 

after school programs for children ages five to twelve located in the most economically challenged 

neighborhoods. We will continue to administer our sizable Gang Reduction and Youth 

Development Program, helping at-risk youth stay on a path to positive outcomes. We will also 

continue and expand our services for victims of domestic violence and trafficking. Funding will 

support a Domestic Abuse Response Team to provide effective intervention for victims of 

domestic violence and their families. We will initiate a pilot program to expand domestic violence 

and human trafficking services to address the increased need for shelters created by the social 

isolation due to COVID-19.

d. Premium Pay (EC 4)

At this time, the City has not initiated premium pay programs for City employees or non-City 

employees who are front-line workers and does not have plans to do so.

e. Water, Sewer, and Broadband Infrastructure (EC 5)

The City has stated its intent to use $10 million to initiate a universal broadband project to increase 

connectivity, access to devices, and digital literacy in historically underserved communities.
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f. Revenue Replacement (EC 6)

Based on our calculations, the City has close to $1.2 billion in revenue losses using the Treasury 

Department’s approved methodology through December 2020. We expect that when adding the 

revenue losses through the entire program period, the full loss will greatly exceed the City’s $1.28 

billion award of SLFRF funding. Therefore, the City could justify using all of this funding for the 

provision of government services. As discussed in the Executive Summary section, doing so 

would fully comply with the letter and the spirit of the American Rescue Plan Act. Further, the City 

promotes equity both as an employer and as a service provider in Los Angeles and thus using 

these funds for the provision of government services would advance the program’s equity-related 

goals as well.

The City’s 2021-22 Budget is close to $11.5 billion, with appropriations by the General Fund 

totaling over $7.5 billion. Through its budget process, the City treated the first tranche of SLFRF 

funding, and stated the intent to treat the second tranche, as General Fund revenue. Thus, we 

intend to report General Fund spending as eligible uses of the SLFRF funding within the provision 

of government services expenditure category. Our financial systems do not track specific 

expenditures by funding source during the fiscal year and thus while we can report estimated 

expenditures to date under this category, we cannot report actual costs backed by auditable 

financial records until we close the fiscal year, several months following the June 30 fiscal year 

end date. Therefore, we will delay reporting within this category until actual spending data is 

available.

The SLFRF funding is one component of the various sources of financial relief the City has and 

will continue to use as we lead our local recovery to the pandemic. In addition to funding from the 

State of California, primarily to expand housing opportunities for our unhoused population, the 

City has also received funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, and has received and continues 

to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. At this time, we have 

not requested funds other than through SLFRF from the American Rescue Plan Act, but we will 

continue to seek opportunities to do so as appropriate.

The City of Los Angeles received a direct allocation of $694,405,323.80 from the Coronavirus 

Relief Fund (CRF), awarded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 

(CARES) Act (March 27, 2020). The City set forth a recovery strategy to use the $694 million 

received in CRF funding, with priority investment targeting areas of disparate health, economic, 

and housing impacts in vulnerable communities and populations. The City allocated $250 million 

of the award to our direct emergency responses costs associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

The City also allocated funds to several specific programs including $200 million for homeless 

support and housing services associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic, $100 million for the 

Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and $50 million for Small Business Relief.

As a result of the March 22, 2020, Federal Major Disaster Declaration related to the COVID-19 

pandemic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance program will 

reimburse state and local governments for pandemic-related emergency protective measures. 

The City has applied for, and FEMA has approved, this assistance for the City. The City has been 

gathering expenditures from all City departments and offices throughout the pandemic and has 

submitted 12 projects totaling $189M to FEMA for various emergency protective measures taken 

in response to the pandemic. FEMA has obligated partial funding for four expedited projects. As 
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a result, the City was able to draw down a total of $30.7 million in funds from three of these four

projects. FEMA is currently reviewing the City’s submissions and has not yet obligated any 

additional funding. Through this review, FEMA may disallow some expenditures that the City has

submitted.

Among the projects that the City has submitted to FEMA are:

 Emergency Operation Center and Department Operation Center expenditures.

 COVID testing Sites.

 Food Purchase and Distribution. 

 Hospital Surge.

 COVID Vaccination Distribution Sites.

Promoting equitable outcomes 

The City is committed to promoting equitable outcomes evidenced by the various new and existing 

programs that expand public services to deliver critical assistance to disadvantaged communities. 

As we have stated above, the City has a long-standing commitment to serving as an engine for 

equity throughout our communities. As a recent manifestation of this commitment, prior to 

receiving the SLFRF funding, the Mayor issued an Executive Directive on Racial Equity in City 

Government that places equity and inclusion at the center of policymaking and directs each 

General Manager or Department Head to submit a Racial Equity Action Plan to promote diversity 

in and around the City. We also recently established a new City department, the Civil, Human 

Rights, and Equity Department, with the charge of developing rules, regulations, and outreach 

programs to promote diversity and proactively address discrimination and equity issues within the 

City. This Department’s work will support the already robust commitment from all of our 

departments to promote and advance equity. 

a. Goals 

Los Angeles is a large City characterized by its diversity across many criteria - economic, ethnic, 

immigration status, native language, age, and ability, to name a few. In addition, there are several 

historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected communities that are located within 

Qualified Census Tracts with 50 percent of households with incomes below 60 percent of the 

median income or have a poverty rate of 25 percent or more. The City is committed to providing 

equitable access for everyone to its full range of services, despite the many challenges to doing 

so. We recognize that the pandemic has had the greatest negative impact on those individuals 

and communities that were already most vulnerable. Therefore, many of the projects that the 

SLFRF allow us to continue, expand, and initiate target those populations. We touch on examples 

of these projects elsewhere in this report, and look forward to providing additional detail on the 

project level in our future reports.

b. Awareness

The City will implement extensive marketing and public outreach efforts in order to disseminate 

the information to the targeted residents and businesses. The outreach plans target hard to reach 

populations with language and technology barriers. Each project will develop its own outreach 

strategy, based on its distinct needs and goals, and with the intent to ensure it can reach those 
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most in need of the services. Generally, many of these projects will distribute information across 

diverse mediums such as digital and social media, direct email, and announcements from the 

Mayor and City Councilmembers. Additionally, the City has a network of 99 Neighborhood 

Councils, elected advisory bodies who advocate for their communities with the City on community 

and citywide issues, who serve as a direct line of information to community members on City 

services. We will also partner with a number of community-based media outlets and communitybased organizations that primarily serve vulnerable populations. We will also distribute 

multilingual flyers that target the underserved communities. We discuss these efforts further in 

the Community Engagement Section below.

c. Access and Distribution

The City is committed to both recognizing and breaking down the many barriers to services that 

our diverse population may face. Age, mobility, language, financial condition, education level, 

housed-status, comfort with government, and so many more elements can impact an individual’s 

ability or willingness to seek or access services. As with all of our services, our goal is to design 

the projects in such a way as to reach the target population and distribute all resources in an 

equitable manner. We, and our subrecipients, will hire bilingual staff to enhance our efforts to 

reach a broader population. We will also provide targeted outreach and focused technical 

assistance to ensure equitable access to services. For some projects, in order to ensure equitable 

access and distribution, we will select recipients of economic assistance through a weighted 

lottery system where we will weight businesses that meet income and other socioeconomic 

criteria more heavily in the random selection process. Some projects will offer a non-digital 

registration option and promote walk-ups strategically located in vulnerable communities.

d. Outcomes

The City’s intended outcomes for the projects and programs it has identified and will continue to 

develop are to close the gaps in regards to program participation and to reach universal levels of 

service. We understand the Treasury Department’s focus on our ability to evaluate these 

outcomes across various equity dimensions and the City is committed establishing performance 

indicators to measure success. At this early stage of our project development, we do not have 

enough information to know exactly what data we will collect, but we share the goal of serving all 

of our communities and understand the value of data in order to measure our success in achieving 

this outcome. In many of our projects, we do intend to review findings and feedback on an ongoing 

basis and to seek and review evaluations from a variety of County, City, and private partners.

The programs that fall under the Negative Economic Impacts category and Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities illustrate the City’s overall equity strategy since they 

target historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected groups that include people 

experiencing homelessness, specific ethnic groups, elderly or older adults, and people with 

disabilities. Several programs will provide economic opportunities for businesses impacted by the 

pandemic. We have implemented the Targeted Local Hire program and Bridge to Jobs program 

to help under-served and under-employed populations find an alternative pathway to Civil Service 

careers with the City of Los Angeles. The funding will support our ongoing food security programs 

for Los Angeles’ older adult community, along with paid training opportunities, assistance with 

transitioning to employment, and connecting unemployed homeless older adults to basic 

resources. We will provide economic assistance to approximately 3,000 households with low 

incomes that are medically and/or economically affected by the pandemic. Several programs the 
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City has already implemented target the homelessness population. It also became clear during 

the pandemic that there is a lack of licensed childcare facilities in the City of Los Angeles since 

many parents were unable and continue to be unable to return to work due to a lack of childcare. 

As such, the City plans to restore licensed childcare facilities within its Recreation and Parks 

locations focused mainly in the economically disadvantaged communities, as well as provide 

business assistance to childcare providers. We will report on challenges as they emerge, but at 

this point, it is too early to determine any constraints or challenges that impact project success 

with increasing equity.

Community Engagement 

The City is committed to conducting broad outreach, engaging, and seeking input from our diverse 

communities. We are further committed to incorporating feedback that we receive from our 

community partners as we continue to refine our new and ongoing programs. This has been our 

practice for decades. We have developed a network of neighborhood councils that stretch across 

almost the entire City and actively provide independent feedback on City policy matters. We work

extensively with community-based organizations to run programs in our disadvantaged 

communities to create jobs, train residents, support affordable housing, and seek in many other 

ways to improve the lives of our lowest income residents. We certainly intend to continue with this 

commitment in all of our projects that fall within the SLFRF eligible categories.

Community engagement begins with outreach. Through these efforts, we strive to make sure that 

all eligible residents can take advantage of the programs that we administer. Generally, we will 

take advantage of our existing outreach networks, including City Council offices, neighborhood 

councils, community based organizations and partners, and department contacts. We will also 

distribute information about our programs on multiple platforms, including traditional media, social 

media, the internet, emails, through community-based outlets and networks, our Notify LA 

emergency altering system, and even paper flyers. Finally, with close to 200 languages spoken 

in the homes of our metropolitan area, we conduct outreach in multiple languages.

These outreach methods are in evidence for our public health programs, including our vaccination 

and COVID testing programs. They will also be prominent in our multiple business and household 

assistance programs, for which we plan robust marketing campaigns. We will use this approach 

to advertise the “Play Streets” program, through which we close streets and offer safe outdoor 

spaces for families and individuals to get out and get healthy. We list our housing and shelter 

programs through the County referrals systems to ensure that we can reach all those in need 

once they enter the system seeking assistance. For our new programs to expand recreation and 

parks facilities and programs, we intend to hold community meetings to direct resources where 

they are most needed.

While outreach is an important first step toward engagement, we also will make efforts to 

incorporate participant and community feedback as we continue to refine our programs. In our 

housing and shelter programs, we ask participants to take surveys to help us to improve the 

programs. For our new assistance to household programs, we intend to hire an independent 

evaluator to assess the program. For our new violence intervention programs, we intend to 

develop the program the use of pilots, which we will evaluate.
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Labor Practices 

At this time, we have not planned significant eligible infrastructure projects that fall within the clean 

or drinking water categories The City plans to pursue projects to expand broadband access but 

at this time, we do not know how extensively those broadband projects will rely on contractors.

The City of Los Angeles has existing policies, however, that hold all of its contractors, including 

construction contractors, to high labor standards. We have affirmative action reporting and 

subcontractor outreach requirements. We encourage and promote local contractors to participate 

in our procurement processes. We require that contractors pay a living wage, which contractors 

must adjust upward if they also do not offer benefits. We have an equal benefits requirement to 

extend benefits to domestic partners. Finally, our Bureau of Contract Administration actively 

inspects construction work sites to ensure that contracts are actually following these and other 

requirements. These policies will extend to any contracts that we engage in for work within the 

SLFRF expenditure categories.

Use of Evidence 

Pursuant to the City’s financial policies and practice, the City incorporates performance 

considerations throughout its budget process. The City develops strategic plans and measures 

progress on these plans against published metrics. Thus, measuring results and, when results do 

not match goals, evaluating alternative approaches that could lead to better outcomes are 

widespread practice across all of the City’s many programs.

Therefore, the City is committed to measuring outcomes and evaluating programs, as envisioned 

by the SLFRF. As many of the new projects that SLFRF has enabled us to initiate are in their 

early stages, we are not prepared to describe specific measures that we are likely to track and 

evaluate. Nonetheless, several of these programs are working toward robust evaluation 

components, including our violence intervention programs, our vaccination and testing programs, 

and our business and household assistance programs.

While at this time we cannot determine whether these programs meet the criteria for formal 

“evidence-based interventions,” we fully expect to build our new projects to, at the very least, meet 

the City’s current standards for strategic planning and performance evaluation.

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

Category Cumulative

expenditures to date ($)

Amount spent since 

last Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health $10,503,880.63 $10,503,880.63

1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination $1,094,668.00 $1,094,668.00

1.2 COVID-19 Testing $1,268,386.00 $1,268,386.00

1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing $473,818.75 $473,818.75

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings 

(Nursing Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense 

Work Sites, Schools, etc.)

$2,251.79 $2,251.79
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to date ($)

Amount spent since 

last Recovery Plan

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment $26,128.94 $26,128.94

1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative 

Care Facilities)

$0 $0

1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant 

Changes to Public Facilities that 

respond to the COVID-19 public health 

emergency

$0 $0

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health 

Expenses (including Communications, 

Enforcement, Isolation/Quarantine)

$320,683.88 $320,683.88

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, 

and Other Public Sector Staff 

Responding to COVID-19

$6,417,313.27 $6,417,313.27

1.10 Mental Health Services $0 $0

1.11 Substance Use Services $0 $0

1.12 Other Public Health Services $900,630.00 $900,630.00

2 Expenditure Category: Negative 

Economic Impacts

$5,000,000.00 $5,000,000.00

2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs $0 $0

2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, 

and Utility Aid 

$0 $0

2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers $0 $0

2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 

Programs

$0 $0

2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction 

Prevention

$0 $0

2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash 

Assistance to Unemployed Workers

$0 $0

2.7 Job Training Assistance (e.g., Sectoral 

job-training, Subsidized Employment, 

Employment Supports or Incentives)

$0 $0

2.8 Contributions to UI Trust Funds* $0 $0

2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance 

(General)

$0 $0

2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations $0 $0

2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality $5,000,000.00 $5,000,000.00

2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries $0 $0

2.13 Other Economic Support $0 $0

2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff $0 $0

3 Expenditure Category: Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted 

Communities

$8,822,747.05 $8,822,747.05

3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning $0 $0

3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to HighPoverty Districts$0 $0
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to date ($)

Amount spent since 

last Recovery Plan

3.3 Education Assistance: Academic 

Services 

$0 $0

3.4 Education Assistance: Social, 

Emotional, and Mental Health Services 

$0 $0

3.5 Education Assistance: Other $0 $0

3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child 

Care 

$0 $0

3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: 

Home Visiting 

$0 $0

3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: 

Services to Foster Youth or Families 

Involved in Child Welfare System 

$0 $0

3.9 Healthy Childhood Environments: Other $239,240.00 $239,240.00

3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing $0 $0

3.11 Housing Support: Services for 

Unhoused persons 

$8,192,592.04 $8,192,592.04

3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing 

Assistance 

$0 $0

3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other $390,915.47 $390,915.47

3.14 Social Determinants of Health: 

Community Health Workers or Benefits 

Navigators 

$0 $0

3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 

Remediation

$0 $0

3.16 Social Determinants of Health: 

Community Violence Interventions 

$0 $0

4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay $0 $0

4.1 Public Sector Employees $0 $0

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other 

employers 

$0 $0

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure $0 $0

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater 

treatment

$0 $0

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater 

collection and conveyance

$0 $0

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater $0 $0

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer 

overflows

$0 $0

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure $0 $0

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater $0 $0

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation $0 $0

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation $0 $0

5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source $0 $0

5.10 Drinking water: Treatment $0 $0
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to date ($)

Amount spent since 

last Recovery Plan

5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & 

distribution

$0 $0

5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & 

distribution: lead remediation

$0 $0

5.13 Drinking water: Source $0 $0

5.14 Drinking water: Storage $0 $0

5.15 Drinking water: Other water 

infrastructure

$0 $0

5.16 Broadband: “Last Mile” projects $0 $0

5.17 Broadband: Other projects $0 $0

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue 

Replacement

TBD* TBD*

6.1 Provision of Government Services TBD* TBD*

7 Administrative and Other $0 $0

7.1 Administrative Expenses $0 $0

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis $0 $0

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government $0 $0

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

$0 $0

*See the discussion above. While we expect the “Provision of Government Services” category to include 

significant levels of spending, we intend to wait to close each fiscal year before reporting. 

PROJECT INVENTORY

The City has conducted an initial assessment to identify projects that it is currently pursuing that 

fall within the eligible expenditure categories for SLFRF funds. The Mayor and City Council 

approved each of these projects as part of a General Fund appropriation in the City’s 2021-22 

Budget. As stated above, while we are confident that the City will demonstrate sufficient revenue 

loss and spending on the provision of government services to account for its entire $1.28 billion 

award, the City intends to make every effort to highlight eligible projects under other expenditure 

categories as well. 

The list that follows is preliminary. We will continue to gather information about them, work with 

their sponsors to make sure that they fit within the expenditure categories and that project 

administrators intend to generate the data necessary to meet the Treasury Department’s 

evidentiary standards. They include both new projects and ongoing projects. 

The City’s General Fund is the immediate funding source for each of these projects. Since, in 

recognition of the City’s significant revenue loss, the City decided to move the SLFRF award to 

the City’s General Fund, it is extremely unlikely that the City would have been able to initiate the 

programs below that are new or continue the ongoing programs at the budgeted level absent that 

award. 
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1. COVID-19 Test Kits for Vaccination Sites [GSD-11]: COVID-19 Test Kits for Vaccination Sites

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.1, COVID-19 Vaccination

Project overview

 GSD will purchase COVID-19 test kits for various vaccination sites.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

2. COVID-19 Vaccination [CTY-02]: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Funding amount: $1,094,668

Project Expenditure Category: 1.1, COVID-19 Vaccination

Project overview

 The State of California Disaster Service Worker (DSW) Program includes all public 

employees impressed into service by a person having authority to command the aid of 

citizens in the execution of his or her duties during a state of war, a state of emergency, 

or a local emergency. Support of vaccination efforts as DSW duties by staff at the Fire 

Department, Housing Department, and the General Services Department.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

3. COVID-19 Testing [CTY-03]: COVID-19 Testing

Funding amount: $1,268,386

Project Expenditure Category: 1.2, COVID-19 Testing

Project overview

 Support of testing efforts by staff at the Fire Department and the General Services 

Department.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

4. Contact Tracing [CTY-04]: Contact Tracing and Support

Funding amount: $473,819

Project Expenditure Category: 1.3, COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Project overview

 The State of California Disaster Service Worker (DSW) Program includes all public 

employees impressed into service by a person having authority to command the aid of 

citizens in the execution of his or her duties during a state of war, a state of emergency, 

or a local emergency. Support of contract tracing as DSW duties by staff at the Library 

Department, General Services Department, and Housing Department.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

5. Housing Accessibility [DOD-03]: Housing Accessibility for Unsheltered

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.4, Prevention in Congregate Settings
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Project overview

 Design review, construction consultation, and post-construction accessibility evaluations 

for temporary shelters, including the interim homelessness program facilities that include 

A Bridge Home, temporary mobile trailer complexes, local supportive housing villages, 

and other temporary residential housing solutions throughout the city.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

6. Ventilation Improvements [GSD-12]: Ventilation Improvements in Congregate Settings

Funding amount: $26,271

Project Expenditure Category: 1.4, Prevention in Congregate Settings

Project overview

 Purchase and installation of MERV-13 filters at City facilities.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

7. PPE Purchasing [BPW-01]: Personal Protective Equipment Purchasing 

Funding amount: $26,129

Project Expenditure Category: 1.5, Personal Protective Equipment

Project overview

 The Board of Public Works purchased personal protective equipment.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

8. Hygiene Facilities [CTY-06]: Mobile Hygiene Facilities

Funding amount: $223,076

Project Expenditure Category: 1.8, Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses

Project overview

 The Bureau of Sanitation provides Mobile Hygiene Centers that provide sanitary 

restrooms and showers for unsheltered Angelenos. The General Services Department 

manages toilet and hand wash station expenditures, which include rental, maintenance, 

delivery and other fees.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

9. COVID-19 Cleaning and Disinfection [GSD-10]: COVID-19 Cleaning Crews

Funding amount: $47,395

Project Expenditure Category: 1.8, Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses

Project overview

 GSD provides COVID-19 related disinfections, which include high touch point cleanings 

and responses to emergency service requests to decontaminate LAPD and other City 

facilities that have confirmed COVID-19 instances.

Use of Evidence

 N/A
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10. Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement (CARE) [LASAN-003]: CARE Team

Funding amount: $264,216

Project Expenditure Category: 1.9, Public Health, Safety, Other Staff Payroll

Project overview

 Each CARE team is made up of four Livability Services Division staff members; two 

Environmental Compliance inspectors, one Refuse Collection Truck Operator, and one 

Maintenance Laborer. These teams handle receptacle collection, small scale homeless 

encampments, and illegal dumping collection.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

11. Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement Plus (CARE+) [LASAN-004]: CARE+ Team

Funding amount: $4,749,521

Project Expenditure Category: 1.9, Public Health, Safety, Other Staff Payroll

Project overview

 Each CARE+ Team is made up of nine Livability Services Division staff members; two 

Environmental Compliance inspectors (ECIs), three Refuse Collection Truck Operators 

(RCTOs), and four Maintenance Laborers (MLs). These teams are staffed with the ability 

to respond to the largest and most complex encampment and illegal dumping locations 

across the City.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

12. Storage Facilities used by Unhoused Persons [LASAN-006]: Regional Storage Facilities

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.9, Public Health, Safety, Other Staff Payroll

Project overview

 Store collected items from homeless encampments, log them, and have them in locations 

where the owners can readily access them. 

Use of Evidence

 N/A

13. Emergency Management Coordination [EMD-01]: Emergency Management Coordination

Funding amount: $597,412

Project Expenditure Category: 1.9, Public Health, Safety, Other Staff Payroll

Project overview

 This program provides for preparation for and recovery from citywide emergencies by 

coordinating with other departments, disseminating information, and promoting 

emergency preparedness services that are devoted to mitigating or responding to the 

COVID-19 public health emergency. This program also includes ensuring the readiness 

of the City's Emergency Operations Center for other emergencies that ultimately affect the 

City. This project excludes the expenditures used to prepare the City’s Emergency 

Operations Center for COVID-19 response.

Use of Evidence

 N/A
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14. Accessibility for Public Health and Safety Facilities [DOD-04]: Accessibility for Public Health 

and Safety Facilities

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.9, Public Health, Safety, Other Staff Payroll

Project overview

 Design, configuration, development of interaction methodologies and etiquette 

advisement, and overall accessibility guidance for temporary services locations including 

pandemic testing sites, vaccination centers, mobility units including “pop up” service 

complexes that use support vehicles and other mobile modalities, and in-home health 

services such as testing, vaccination, and meal delivery for those who are transportation 

constrained.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

15. Purposeful Aging [LADOA-01]: Purposeful Aging Los Angeles

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.12, Other Public Health Services

Project overview

 Collaboration with LA County to make LA Region age-friendly.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

16. Emergency Operations Center [CTY-07]: COVID-19 Emergency Operations 

Center/Department Operations Center

Funding amount: $113,449

Project Expenditure Category: 1.12, Other Public Health Services

Project overview

 Support of the Emergency Operations center by staff at the Fire Department and General 

Services Department.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

17. COVID-19 Awareness Campaign [CAD-1]: The Art of Well-being Campaign

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 1.12, Other Public Health Services

Project overview

 This marketing campaign's initial objective was to stress physical distancing, hand 

washing, and use of masks. The current objective of the initiative is to increase 

awareness and importance of COVID-19 testing and vaccination, self-care, and other 

health and wellness campaigns that reflect the continued movement toward recovery 

from the current pandemic. 

Use of Evidence

 N/A

18. Crisis Response Team [MYR-02]: Crisis Response Team (CRT)

Funding amount: $23,301

Project Expenditure Category: 1.12, Other Public Health Services
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Project overview

 The CRT program recruits and trains volunteers to provide immediate on-scene crisis 

intervention, emotional support, and referrals to victims and families involved in a 

traumatic incident.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

19. Continuity of City Operations [CTY-09]: Continuity of Operations (Various Services)

Funding amount: $763,880

Project Expenditure Category: 1.12, Other Public Health Services

Project overview

 GSD provides emergency protective measures for all City departments such as continuity 

of operations plans, additional cleaning of facilities, establishing social distancing features 

in City offices, enforcement of COVID-19 orders and providing safety training and info 

related to COVID-19. The Fire Department staff also supports the continuity of operations.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

20. Congregate Meals [LADOA-02]: Senior Center Congregate Meals

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.1, Household: Food Programs

Project overview

 Provides food security for Los Angeles's older adult community. Provides healthy, 

nutritious, congregate meals to seniors.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

21. Delivered Meals [LADOA-05]: Senior Home Delivered Meals

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.1, Household: Food Programs

Project overview

 Provides food security for Los Angeles's older adult community. Provides healthy, 

nutritious, home delivered meals to seniors.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

22. Entry Level Classifications Civilian Hiring [Pers-01]: Targeted Local Hiring

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.7, Job Training Assistance

Project overview

 Civilian hiring program recruiting applicants from local, underserved areas that have 

traditionally faced employment barriers. Work with community agencies, organizations, 

local colleges, and LAUSD to develop entry-level training, apprenticeship programs, and 

City-specific training programs. Seeks to hire individuals to entry-level positions.
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Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

23. Semi-Skilled Classifications Civilian Hiring [Pers-02]: Bridge to Jobs

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.7, Job Training Assistance

Project overview

 Civilian hiring program recruiting applicants from local, underserved areas that have 

traditionally faced employment barriers. Work with community agencies, organizations, 

local colleges, and LAUSD to develop entry-level training, apprenticeship programs, and 

City-specific training programs. Seeks to hire individuals to semi-skilled classifications.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

24. Older Worker Employment Program [LADOA-03]: Older Worker Employment Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.7, Job Training Assistance

Project overview

 Provides paid training opportunities to unemployed homeless older adults and help them 

transition to employment and connect to basic resources.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

25. Outdoor Dining [LADOT-01]: LA Al Fresco

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 To create grant opportunities for restaurants in low-income neighborhoods to set up 

permanent parklets for outdoor dining to increase business and improve the dining 

experience. Project will include establishing grant programming procedures, creating 

grant application, reviewing submitted grants, entering into agreements with grant 

recipients, and distributing funding. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

26. Restaurant and Small Business Recovery [EWDD-01]: Restaurant and Small Business 

Recovery Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Deployment of $5,000 grants to 5,000 small businesses impacted by COVID-19 including 

restaurants and other vulnerable industries needing assistance in their economic recovery 

efforts.
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Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

27. Small Business Recovery [EWDD-02]: Small Business Rental Assistance Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Grants of up to $15,000 (or six months’ rent, whichever is less) to support rental/lease 

costs for about 800 small businesses in qualifying industries located in disadvantaged 

areas, for both current and arrears rent payments, and to eligible new businesses that 

need assistance with first and last month rent.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

28. Jobs and Economic Development [EWDD-03]: Jobs and Economic Development Incentives 

(JEDI) Zones Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Program will provide economic opportunities for businesses in designated JEDI Zones 

that are generally underserved and underinvested, and that have been impacted by the 

pandemic.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

29. Business Assistance [EWDD-04]: Good Food Zones Business Assistance Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Program will provide economic opportunities for food-industry businesses in areas that 

generally lack access to healthy food options. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

30. Business Assistance [EWDD-05]: Legacy Business Recovery Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Program will provide technical assistance and grants of up to $25,000 to support and 

preserve qualified legacy businesses that were impacted by the pandemic. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to

support this program.
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31. Business Assistance [EWDD-06]: L.A. Optimized Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 Program will provide technical assistance and grants to help businesses impacted by 

COVID-19 to upgrade technology needs, including website, point if sale, and internet 

access.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

32. Business Assistance [EWDD-07]: Rent Waiving

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.9, Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

Project overview

 El Pueblo waived the rent of Olvera Street Merchants located in a City-managed tourist 

area due to a lack of sales.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

33. Tourism [CTD-01]: Marketing for Tourism and Hospitality

Funding amount: $0 million

Project Expenditure Category: 2.11, Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality

Project overview

 The Convention and Tourism Department will initiate a national marketing campaign to 

assist with the recovery of the tourism, hospitality, and restaurant industries. As the City’s 

official, non-profit Destination Marketing Organization, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention 

Board (“LA Tourism”) has developed a comprehensive promotional strategy to drive travel 

demand. Combined with LA Tourism’s funds, the City’s investment of $5 million enables 

LA to have a total of $9.75MM for a national advertising buy of U.S. advertising markets 

for a summer campaign – a critical time for the industry’s recovery.

Use of Evidence

 N/A

34. Mobility [LADOT-03]: Universal Basic Mobility

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 2.13, Other Economic Support

Project overview

 To support a community- and metric-based program to implement transportation solutions 

to eliminate immobility due to racism or other forms of exclusion. Expenditures may 

include community engagement, safety projects, microtransit, electric vehicle 

infrastructure and programs, and bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and other public right-of-way 

improvements.
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Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

35. After School Programs [MYR-05]: L.A.’s Best

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.3, Education Assistance: Academic Services

Project overview

 $2.5 million annually for after school programs to children, ages 5 to 12, from Los Angeles’ 

most economically challenged neighborhoods.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

36. Childcare Centers [RAP-Childcare]: Licensed Pre School Centers

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.6, Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care

Project overview

 $20 million to refurbish and reopen licensed childcare centers in mostly economically 

disadvantaged communities for three years.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

37. Childcare Business Assistance [CTY-05]: Assistance for Childcare Businesses

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.6, Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care

Project overview

 A Citywide commitment of up to $10 million to provide assistance to childcare businesses 

as they seek to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

38. Recreation and Park Improvements in Disadvantaged Communities [RAP-Deferred 

Maintenance]: Deferred Maintenance

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.9, Healthy Childhood Environments: Other

Project overview

 $75 million in capital improvements for 71 park projects the majority of which are located 

in disadvantaged communities.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.
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39. Gang Prevention [MYR-01]: Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD)

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.9, Healthy Childhood Environments: Other

Project overview

 $30.2 million annually for Gang prevention, intervention, and re-entry services focused on 

the areas most impacted by crime and violence and provide innovative services designed 

to increase family and neighborhood resilience.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

40. Health Services [LAHD-01]: Clinica Romero

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 $100,000 annually for a service provider in Pico Union area provides health services: 

medical, dental, mental health, and substance abuse disorder services.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

41. Temporary/Transitional Shelters [CTY-01]: A Bridge Home Operations

Funding amount: $286,794

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority service providers deliver 24-hour emergency 

shelter to eligible homeless individuals and transition-aged youth who are engaged 

through outreach in the vicinity of these sites. The Police Department patrols areas 

surrounding these facilities. The General Services Department manages the leases and 

provides maintenance at these facilities.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

42. Emergency Shelter [LAHD-03]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Coordinated Entry 

System

Funding amount: $3,218,322

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 This program funds basic emergency shelter and case management services to offer a 

safe and secure shelter to families, men, women, and transition-age youth (18-24) who 

need shelter and access to showers and meals for a brief period before resolving the 

issues that caused their homeless episode.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.
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43. Homeless Services Coordination [LAHD-04]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Continuum of Care

Funding amount: $39,613

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Administrative oversight, operation, and ongoing improvements to coordinated entry 

systems.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

44. Training and Education [LAHD-05]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Centralized 

Training Academy

Funding amount: $25,000

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 A countywide training and education resource providing consistent access to training 

opportunities through different learning tracks relevant to staff working in roles that provide 

direct and indirect services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

45. Homeless Engagement [LAHD-06]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Homeless 

Engagement Teams

Funding amount: $1,299,727

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Direct outreach to unsheltered homeless individuals, and it facilitates better access to City 

and County homeless resources, including the Coordinated Entry System. These teams 

support the Bureau of Sanitation's Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement 

(CARE and CARE+) Teams.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

46. Homeless Management [LAHD-07]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Homeless 

Management Information System

Funding amount: $195,698

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Tracks homeless population demographics, services, and outcomes for all homeless 

service providers in the Continuum of Care. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.
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47. Homeless Count [LAHD-08]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Annual Homeless 

Count

Funding amount: $243,006

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 An annual census of those experiencing homelessness during the last 10 days of January. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

48. Healthy Streets [LAHD-09]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Operation Healthy 

Streets

Funding amount: $863,453

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority service providers deliver outreach services, 

restroom and bathing facilities, temporary storage, and mandatory 90-day storage for 

homeless individuals to meet public health requirements for clean streets.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

49. Storage Program [LAHD-10]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Public Right of Way 

Storage Program

Funding amount: $173,973

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 This program ensures the availability and adequacy of regional storage capacity for 

personal property collected during public right-of-way cleanups; support the Clean Streets 

LA operations and expand the regional storage capacity.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

50. Safe Parking for Unhoused Persons [LAHD-11]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Safe Parking

Funding amount: $303,075

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Provides five Safe Parking Programs for families and individuals experiencing 

homelessness who are reliant on their vehicles for shelter, provide a safe parking location 

and related services.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.
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51. Skid Row Engagement [LAHD-12]: LAHSA C3 Partnership Skid Row

Funding amount: $76,643

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 City+County+Community partnership designed to systematically engage people and help 

them regain health and housing stability.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

52. Shelter Services [LAHD-13]: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Winter Shelter 

Program

Funding amount: $1,227,799

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 This safety net program assists unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness 

during cold winter months. During a typical period of operation, over 80,000 emergency 

shelter bed nights are provided within the city limits of Los Angeles.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

53. Non-Congregate Shelter [CTY-08]: Project Room Key Non-Congregate Sheltering

Funding amount: $38,800

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Project Room Key is a collaborative effort by the State, County, Los Angeles Homeless 

Services, and City Authority to secure hotel and motel rooms, and RV trailers for 

vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. It provides a way for people who do not 

have a home to stay inside to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Project will include leasing 

costs, labor costs of General Services Department employees managing the leases, and 

other City employees assisting as disaster service workers.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

54. Homeless Support [MYR-03]: Homeless Support

Funding amount: $860,000

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Mayor's Office to support initiatives to address homelessness within the City of Los 

Angeles. Supports the implementation of the City's Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. 

Oversees the development and execution of street level coordination around homeless 

encampments, A Bridge Housing projects, Skid Row interventions, and affordable and 

permanent supportive housing production.
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Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

55. Domestic Abuse Response [MYR-04]: Domestic Abuse Response Team

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 $2.7 million for domestic violence crisis response with case management to provide

effective intervention for victims of domestic violence and their families.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

56. Homelessness Services and Outreach [DOD-05]: Harm Reduction Services Task Force

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.11, Housing Support: Services for Unhoused Persons 

Project overview

 Establish a Harm Reduction Services Task Force to identify and address Substance 

Abuse/Mental Health/Overdose prevention service barriers related to outreach services 

for people with disabilities experiencing homelessness. Collaborate with Bureau of 

Sanitation to expand availability of syringe collection bins in key areas of the City. Support 

the development of a training program for outreach workers who interact with people with 

disabilities who are experiencing homelessness that includes topics such as addiction, 

disability, mental health, narcan/overdose prevention, syringe collection and disposal.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

57. Evidence Based Aging Programs [LADOA-04]: Evidence Based Programs

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.13, Social Determinants of Health: Other 

Project overview

 Promotes health and prevents disease among older adults.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

58. Safe Streets [LADOT-02]: People Streets and Play Streets

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.13, Social Determinants of Health: Other 

Project overview

 To support bicycle-friendly and pedestrian-friendly improvements, including temporary 

street closures, to support these programs in order to create public outdoor recreation 

spaces that are responsive to the needs of disproportionately impacted communities by 

promoting healthier living environments and outdoor recreation and socialization to 

mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

59. Accessible Communications [DOD-02]: Accessible Communications

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.13, Social Determinants of Health: Other 

Project overview

 Upon request, provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its 

programs, services, and activities. These services include Oral Interpreting Services, 

Audio Listening Device Systems, Communication Access Real-Time Translation Services 

(CART), Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) 

Service, Remediation of Documents, Digitally Accessible Information, and requests for 

alternative format (braille, large print).

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

60. Neighborhood Lighting and Safety [BSL-02]: Copper Wire and Power Theft

Funding amount: $390,915

Project Expenditure Category: 3.13, Social Determinants of Health: Other

Project overview

 To improve neighborhood safety measures by repairing street lighting systems when 

copper wire theft, power theft and other vandalism occurs. Each one of these incidents 

results in streetlight outages that require extensive repair response time which may leave 

neighborhoods without prospering street lighting for weeks to months at a time. Typically, 

these outages include entire circuits so there may be blocks of streetlights out at one time. 

This has left the City vulnerable to large areas of lights out and exposure to liability in 

addition to a less secure environment for community members.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

61. Service Information and Referrals [DOD-01]: Information and Referrals

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.14, Social Determinants of Health: Community Health 

Workers / Benefits Navigators

Project overview

 The Department on Disability provides information on services and referrals to unsheltered 

and unstably housed individuals with disabilities through a combination of phone and website 

intakes and referrals from others in the City’s homelessness services network. 

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.
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62. Domestic Violence Intervention Shelters [CIFD-01]: Domestic Violence Shelter Expansion and 

Human Trafficking Shelter Pilot

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.16, Social Determinants of Health: Community Violence 

Interventions

Project overview

 Pilot program to expand the domestic violence and human trafficking services to address 

the increased need for shelters created by the social isolation due to COVID-19.

Use of Evidence

 At this early stage of development, we cannot determine how we will use evidence to 

support this program.

63. Unarmed Crisis Response Program [CAO-01]: Unarmed Crisis Response Program

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 3.16, Social Determinants of Health: Community Violence 

Interventions

Project overview

 Through the program, the City intends to contract with local service providers to respond 

immediately to non-violent calls that may have a social services impact, including but not 

limited to (a) mental health, (b) substance abuse, (c) suicide threats, (d) behavioral 

distress, (e) conflict resolution, and (f) welfare checks. Service providers should also 

provide follow-through care to resolve crises.

Use of Evidence

 Furnish and report on detailed records of dispatch calls received, both number and type, 

and the outcome of dispatch and any potential follow-up. Contractor must also 

demonstrate effectiveness of services provided and reduction of workload on other 

emergency services as a result of Contractor’s provision of services.

64. Digital Programs [BSL-03]: Digital Inclusion

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 5.16, Broadband: “Last Mile” Projects

Project overview

 Expansion of existing digital divide programs and build out partnerships models that will 

support new or existing programs in LA that increase connectivity, access to devices, or 

digital literacy. 

Use of Evidence

 N/A

65. Broadband [BSL-04]: Universal Broadband Services

Funding amount: $0

Project Expenditure Category: 5.16, Broadband: “Last Mile” Projects

Project overview

 Universal Broadband Services in Disadvantaged Communities. Expand buildout of 

municipal broadband infrastructure in underconnected communities. Increase the number 

of Angelenos able to access online services. 

Use of Evidence

 N/A
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PERFORMANCE REPORT

The City of Los Angeles has a long-standing commitment to the use of data for evidence-based 

decision making. We have achieved global recognition for this work with Platinum Certification 

with Bloomberg's What Works Cities. With a strong history of performance management that 

tracks the outcomes and benefits of each project in the City, that data is displayed on the City's 

open data portal (http://data.lacity.org) and analyzed through data-driven stories. Examples are 

identifying L.A.'s black-owned businesses (https://bit.ly/3gOHGIk), the use of force by police 

officers, and challenges in closing the digital divide (https://bit.ly/3kKj1pF). This data is combined 

with geospatial data (https://geohub.lacity.org) to help provide insights to project and department 

managers in the equitable delivery of City services and programs. We have also developed a new 

Racial Equity Hub (following the Mayor's Executive Direction on Racial Equity) that will be a key 

way to display the data around many of these planned projects to transparently display to the 

public the performance of the City. We also provide neighborhood training 

(https://know-your-community-lahub.hub.arcgis.com) for those who want to use this data to 

advocate for their issues, and that training will be available for the communities involved in these 

projects as well.

Many of the new projects are in the early stages of development and at this time, we are not yet 

able to provide performance indicators. Many of the performance indicators that the City uses for 

its ongoing projects may fall short of the Treasury Department’s evidentiary standard as they track 

important output measures rather than outcome measures. As we continue to work with the 

project sponsors, the City will move toward identifying, tracking, and reporting measures that more 

fully illustrate the impacts of the projects. We would note, however, that the City incorporates 

performance measures throughout its budget process by developing strategic plans and 

measuring those plans against metrics. In fact, the City’s Financial Policies require these 

performance components. At this time, however, we track these formal performance measures 

on a broader program level, and in some cases, the projects within those broad program areas 

may not have a robust performance component. 

The majority of the City’s projects and programs related to the Treasury’s eligible expenditure 

categories include business assistance programs, programs that target the homeless population, 

and childcare center projects. All of these projects target historically underserved, marginalized, 

or adversely affected communities that are located within a Qualified Census Tract. As such, the 

Treasury Department expects a higher level of evidentiary reporting. 

As part of our work to compile an initial project inventory, we asked project sponsors to identify 

both the output and outcome measures that they track. Most that reported tracking data, identified 

output measures. In a handful of cases, we were able to identify both output and outcome 

measures. For example, the Housing Department administers a contract for temporary homeless 

shelter operations (through our A Bridge Home project). For this project, we measure the number 

of households placed in permanent housing as an output measure and the overall reduction of 

homelessness as an outcome measure. For one of our Small Business Rental Assistance 

Program, we intend to track the number of businesses assisted as an output measure and the 

continued operation of businesses as an outcome measure. Finally, for our project to refurbish 

and reopen childcare centers, we will track the number of centers that we refurbish and reopen 
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as an output measure and the change in the number of participants in our childcare programming 

as an outcome measure. 

We look forward, through the SLFRF program, to working closely with all City departments to 

improve our use of evidence in each of the vital projects that we ultimately include in our reports. 

Through this process, we hope to improve our ability to evaluate the impacts of our services to 

our communities. 

INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: TAX OFFSET PROVISION (STATES AND TERRITORIES ONLY)

This section is not applicable to the City of Los Angeles since it only applies to states and 

territories, related to the prohibition on using ARPA funds to replace revenue lost due to tax cuts.