Housing and Homelessness — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2025-06-04
Time: 14:30

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025 - 2:30 PM

 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
 ROOM 340, CITY HALL

 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD


 (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082
 or Clerk.HousingandHomelessness@lacity.org)
 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional
languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as
soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.




 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT



 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT



ITEM(S)

 (1) -----
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
 relative to the Coordinated Entry System.

(2) 23-1348-S1
 City Administrative Officer report relative to the interim housing bed
 rate adjustment for Transitional Aged Youth.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(3) 19-0334
 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department
 reports relative to entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with
 the California Housing Finance Agency to issue conduit bonds in the
 City and issuing a Request for Proposals to conduct a fee study for the
 Affordable Housing Bond Program and related programs.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(4) 24-1225
 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department
 reports relative to amending the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance
 pertaining to substantial remodels; resolution authority for two (2)
 positions to implement and perform the substantial remodeling support
 functions for the non-Rent Stabilization Ordinance residential housing
 rental units; and related matters. (This item is referred to Housing
 and Homelessness and Personnel and Hiring Committees)

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
(5) 18-0610-S3
 Exemption, City Attorney report and Revised Ordinance relative to
 adding Article 6 to Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to
 establish a Right to Counsel Program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(6) 17-0274-S4
 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to pausing future
 expenditures of Affordable Housing Linkage Fee (AHLF) Program
 receipts collected in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24; scheduling a meeting of
 the AHLF Oversight Committee; requesting an AHLF FY 2023-24
 expenditure plan and possible alternative tier allocation structures; and
 related matters.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(7) 25-0576
 Motion (Raman – McOsker) relative to requesting the Los Angeles
 Housing Department to report on performance measures the new
 Bureau of Homelessness Oversight will use to assess impact related
 to the City's investments in citywide outreach, interim housing,
 permanent supportive housing and time-limited subsidies; and related
 matters.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


(8) 25-0577
 Motion (McOsker, Raman – Jurado, Lee) relative to requesting a report
 on the legislative, budgetary and legal efforts in the revised Fiscal Year
 2025-26 Budget that the City has deployed to address homelessness
 since the start of the local State of Emergency on Homelessness
 (SEH); a plan that addresses the operational, legal and fiscal impacts
 of terminating the local SEH; and related matters.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 (9) 17-0090-S29
 Motion (Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky) relative to the appropriation of
 funds from the Proposition HHH Permanent Supportive Housing Loan
 Program Revenue Fund for staff positions to expedite the approval
 process for 100 percent affordable housing projects and temporary
 shelters, under Executive Directive 1.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted



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

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure

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) 978-1082. 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
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

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.

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE

 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025 - 2:30 PM

 JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
 ROOM 340, CITY HALL

 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO
 COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD


 (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082
 or Clerk.HousingandHomelessness@lacity.org)
 Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com

The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio
can also be accessed at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-
CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are
encouraged to use one of the other channels.

The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional
languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as
soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available.




 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT



 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT



ITEM(S)

 (1) -----
 DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY
 Verbal update from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
 relative to the Coordinated Entry System.


 NO ACTION TAKEN
(2) 23-1348-S1
 City Administrative Officer report relative to the interim housing bed
 rate adjustment for Transitional Aged Youth.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED CIty Administrative Officer report dated May 23, 2025 – (3) Yes
(3) 19-0334
 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department
 reports relative to entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with
 the California Housing Finance Agency to issue conduit bonds in the
 City and issuing a Request for Proposals to conduct a fee study for the
 Affordable Housing Bond Program and related programs.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED CIty Administrative Officer report dated May 29, 2025 AS AMENDED
 and Los Angeles Housing Department report dated April 17, 2025 – (3) Yes
(4) 24-1225
 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department
 reports relative to amending the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance
 pertaining to substantial remodels; resolution authority for two
 positions to implement and perform the substantial remodeling support
 functions for the non-Rent Stabilization Ordinance residential housing
 rental units; and related matters.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Financial Policies Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted

 (Referred to Housing and Homelessness and Personnel and
 Hiring Committees)


 APPROVED Recommendation Nos. 2, 4 and 5 of the City Administrative Officer
 (CAO) report dated May 28, 2025 and Recommendation Nos. 2.A , 2.A.i and 5 of the
 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) report dated May 20, 2025; APPROVED
 additional instructions introduced by Councilmember Blumenfield and seconded
 by Councilmember Raman; NOTED AND FILED CAO report dated May 28, 2025
 and LAHD report dated May 20, 2025 – (3) Yes
(5) 18-0610-S3
 Exemption, City Attorney reports and Revised Ordinances relative to
 adding Article 6 to Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to
 establish a Right to Counsel Program.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED
(6) 17-0274-S4
 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to pausing future
 expenditures of Affordable Housing Linkage Fee (AHLF) Program
 receipts collected in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24; scheduling a meeting of
 the AHLF Oversight Committee; requesting an AHLF FY 2023-24
 expenditure plan and possible alternative tier allocation structures; and
 related matters.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted
 APPROVED Los Angeles Housing Department report dated May 22, 2025 – (2) Yes;
 (1) Absent: Blumenfield
 (7) 25-0576
 Motion (Raman – McOsker) relative to requesting the Los Angeles
 Housing Department to report on performance measures the new
 Bureau of Homelessness Oversight will use to assess impact related
 to the City's investments in citywide outreach, interim housing,
 permanent supportive housing and time-limited subsidies; and related
 matters.
 Community Impact Statement: None submitted



 APPROVED Motion (Raman – McOsker) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes
 (8) 25-0577
 Motion (McOsker, Raman – Jurado, Lee) relative to requesting a report
 on the legislative, budgetary and legal efforts in the revised Fiscal Year
 2025-26 Budget that the City has deployed to address homelessness
 since the start of the local State of Emergency on Homelessness
 (SEH); a plan that addresses the operational, legal and fiscal impacts
 of terminating the local SEH; and related matters.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (McOsker, Raman – Jurado, Lee) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes
 (9) 17-0090-S29
 Motion (Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky) relative to the appropriation of
 funds from the Proposition HHH Permanent Supportive Housing Loan
 Program Revenue Fund for staff positions to expedite the approval
 process for 100 percent affordable housing projects and temporary
 shelters, under Executive Directive 1.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted


 APPROVED Motion (Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky) – (3) Yes

SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00-0000) associated with the agenda item.

PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up
to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to
speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The
Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda-items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the
anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members
and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any
general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE

https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure

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) 978-1082. 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
ethics.commission@lacity.org.

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.