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Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting summary

Los AngelesNov 20, 20242 min read

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The committee approved funding and financing actions for multiple housing projects (including Proposition HHH allocations and bonds for the Thatcher Yard supportive housing project), authorized the City to assume lease payments for the Highland Gardens Hotel shelter site, and approved motions to study a contingency management pilot and a Right to Counsel program. Several reports on homelessness spending and housing strategy were continued to future dates. Some items were discussion-only with no action taken.

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The committee approved funding and financing steps that advance several supportive housing projects and allowed the City to take over hotel lease payments to keep a shelter operating. It directed staff to study a pilot treatment approach (contingency management) for interim housing sites and approved a local Right to Counsel ordinance to provide legal help in housing matters. Several financial and program reports on homelessness were postponed for later review, and some topics were discussed without action.

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Approved Prop HHH funding commitment for three projects and added them to the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Proposition HHH Project Expenditure Plan (Item 3) — Motion approved as amended (4 Yes; 1 Absent: De Leon).
Approved request for authority to issue tax-exempt and taxable multifamily conduit revenue bonds/notes for Thatcher Yard Housing, a 98-unit supportive housing project at 3233 South Thatcher Avenue (Item 4) — City Administrative Officer report dated 11-14-24 and Resolution approved (4 Yes; 1 Absent: De Leon).
Approved Municipal Facilities Committee report authorizing the Department of General Services to negotiate and execute an agreement for the City to take over lease payments from PATH and make payments directly to the Highland Gardens Hotel owner, effective July 1, 2024 (Item 5) — approved (4 Yes; 1 Absent: De Leon).
Approved Motion directing the Chief Legislative Analyst, with assistance from the City Administrative Officer and Department on Disability, to report on models of contingency management treatment programs and resources needed to develop a voluntary pilot at City interim housing sites (Item 8) — approved (4 Yes; 1 Absent: De Leon).
Approved revised draft Ordinance adding Article 6 to Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to establish a Right to Counsel program (Item 9) — City Attorney report approved as amended (4 Yes; 1 Absent: De Leon).
Continued the Los Angeles Housing Department report on a strategy to create permanent and interim housing to reduce homelessness to a date to be determined (Item 2).
Continued the City Administrative Officer report on the Homelessness Emergency Declaration 2024-25 Second Quarterly Report (Item 6) to a date to be determined.
Continued the City Administrative Officer report on the Homelessness Emergency Account — General City Purposes Fund 21st Status Report as of October 31, 2024 and funding recommendations (Item 7) to a date to be determined.
No action taken on the City Administrative Officer verbal report regarding clarifying the source of funds for existing bed rate increases and identifying funds to potentially increase the nightly bed rate (Item 10) — discussion only.
Item 1 (verbal update from the California Community Foundation on County of Los Angeles Measure A) was heard as discussion-only with no action taken.

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