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Oney Williams of the county Homeless Initiative said the Local Solutions Fund is projected at approximately $96,000,000 annually (15% of the comprehensive services portion of Measure A) and will be distributed to cities, councils of government or the county on behalf of unincorporated areas for eligible uses such as prevention, outreach, case management, behavioral health services, housing navigation and affordable housing. County staff said the Local Solutions Fund must use a measure of people experiencing homelessness — the ordinance specifies the point-in-time (PIT) count or a similar measure — and presented several formula options for jurisdictions to consider.

The county’s analysts and the City’s Chief Legislative Analyst’s office outlined formula choices that include: a multiyear average PIT (the CAO/County baseline recommendation), a single-year PIT (which creates more volatility), a PIT-plus-incentive model that sets aside an incentive pot for jurisdictions that meet agreed performance targets, and options that incorporate proxies for family impoverishment (as a stand-in for student homelessness data that is not yet available by city). The CLA emphasized that Measure A’s broader comprehensive-services pot is also shifting compared with Measure H, and city leaders urged careful review of those programmatic changes because they affect service capacity.

John Wickham of the CLA and county staff said calendar milestones are tight: the Executive Committee on Regional Homelessness Alignment (ECRA) must recommend baseline and target metrics by April 1; the county aims to finalize formula recommendations by late March so agreements can be executed in time for funding disbursements on or near a July 1 start date. County staff said they will supply technical assistance, and the county suggested a $25,000 floor per jurisdiction to ensure every city receives a meaningful minimum allocation.

City officials and committee members expressed concern about a projected drop in comprehensive-services revenue under Measure A compared with Measure H estimates and pressed county staff for transparent, line‑by‑line comparisons. The CLA and LAHD staff committed to working with the CAO and council offices to produce a city position for ECRA and other bodies that will influence how Measure A money is distributed and what standards of care will apply. County staff said program guidelines and contracts will follow once the formula is selected and funds must adhere to the measures and goals ECRA sets.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Housing and Homelessness Committee - Jan 29, 2025 02:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","County Homeless Initiative and the CLA briefed the committee on the Local Solutions Fund under Measure A, outlined several formula options (pit-based, multi-year averages, student-enrollment proxies and incentive pots) and asked for rapid city input ahead of an April 1 ECRA baseline deadline and July 1 contracting targets.","taxTitle","Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4025,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6363224,"CAO: City homelessness budget tops $1 billion this year but faces a funding gap next year",892,3169000,4061000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2166493-1fef1a777756b003e09c6d9372d17dde&start=3169&end=4061","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2166493-1fef1a777756b003e09c6d9372d17dde/thumbnail_3169000.jpg","/articles/6363224/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/CAO-City-homelessness-budget-tops-1-billion-this-year-but-faces-a-funding-gap-next-year","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6363224-e36761c50ab982531631843212e3cde7/orig.mp4?Expires=1773700679&Signature=MAUb9qt~qRI4H-B3RNg3xFBi0sSrOMjd3CLWyhwWcbFqyLjFXcFVtiB27C-Vm2UzjV8NhLrC~~CstG5Uk5cTJPSinvJdJ0uK0-hW3p12t57bmOHBkWm3PA1Srq1I0Y5gBes9pzceK~mCYi8nyVOWxITKexHGQHHOF38gJfPB1ZeuIPlgERk79eiZ6bKa~J16mp7w1b40eAKdjlS2VGFjlsKA58~9YWOjZ~7vssGD~aFjFOLpKbRssTJA~kmzpwSPvfRn6vOj1DaTl0QP8Rr886BdJv~TZbAH30UcnJUx9G2LsrqKv86QSSo7XaQA4ah8V2l6O1PAVSACIrgyoORYJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City Administrative Officer told the Housing and Homelessness Committee Jan. 29 that the city’s adopted budget and subsequent additions put Los Angeles’ homelessness spending at just over $1 billion for fiscal year 2024–25, while warning of a multi‑million‑dollar shortfall projected for 2025–26.

“Many of us have heard the $1,000,000,000 number that the city spends $1,000,000,000 on homelessness a year,” CAO staff member Matt Szabo said, and he later gave a consolidated figure: “The actual number for the 24,25 current fiscal year budget is just over a $1,040,000,000.” Szabo listed the main funding sources that feed the total: general fund dollars, state grants (including the HAP grant), county contributions related to the Roadmap agreement, HHH bond funds, and ULA dollars.

Szabo and CAO staff described three program buckets for those dollars: outreach, interim housing (shelter and motel-based programs), and permanent housing (including Prop HHH construction and time-limited rental subsidies). The CAO’s office provided a program-level inventory that includes 7,850 interim housing units (including motel rooms, bridge homes, tiny home villages and safe parking) and 2,574 time-limited subsidies.

The CAO also reviewed the Roadmap and Alliance legal arrangements. He said the Roadmap agreement required a multi-year county payment to support bed operations but noted the current year is the last year of that county Roadmap commitment: “This current fiscal year is the last year of that 5 year agreement.” On the Alliance settlement, he said the agreement “requires the city to establish 12,915 units of interim or permanent housing by June of 2027,” and the city had established 4,674 beds with another 4,000 in progress.

Looking ahead, Szabo said available interim-housing funding for the remainder of 24–25 totals about $234,600,000 against cost projections of about $244,000,000, a shortfall that is partially mitigated by anticipated reimbursements tied to Alliance‑eligible beds. For 2025–26 he projected a larger problem: higher nightly bed rates and the loss of roughly $60,000,000 in county Roadmap payments will widen the gap. If all current projects in progress come online, the CAO estimated a 25–26 interim housing obligation near $302,000,000 but said local solutions from Measure A were being projected at roughly $220,000,000 as a possible offset.

The CAO staff described office capacity: 17 dedicated staff members work on homelessness policy, contracting, outreach coordination and litigation reporting. Committee members raised whether other city departments’ homelessness-related costs — notably Fire and Police medical and response costs — are captured in the calculation; the CAO said some data are available but there is not a comprehensive cross-department accounting in the current presentation.

Committee members asked for follow-up. Chair Raman and others said the city must develop stronger performance oversight and shared data so the council can assess whether investments are yielding results (for example, whether shelter openings translate to rules for prioritizing residents in city-funded units). The CAO said the office will return with additional detail as requested and that coordination with LAHSA and county partners remains critical to managing the funding and meeting Alliance targets.","City Administrative Officer and staff briefed the committee on the city’s homelessness spending, breaking down sources and programs and warning of a projected gap in 2025–26 when county roadmap funding ends and service rates rise.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6363229,"City launches 311 portal, sends cease-and-desist letters as rent-gouging complaints rise after wildfires",235,1813000,2048000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2166493-1fef1a777756b003e09c6d9372d17dde&start=1813&end=2048","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2166493-1fef1a777756b003e09c6d9372d17dde/thumbnail_1813000.jpg","/articles/6363229/Los-Angeles-City/Los-Angeles-County/California/City-launches-311-portal-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-as-rent-gouging-complaints-rise-after-wildfires","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6363229-15e307e70f46d785209bb4e663e0f9d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1773700679&Signature=B1oWyVxHTP~xCeUiyAG0rk6HONBrVXR1uWUHc5CyGjZBuve0jxZIUDuCGiwH-9kGnxMHmm41QaEMK8oFksJbleqUF6cfll7XeQRp0SwJyvIbp8NIHE-CnkdSV7s9onpOv11RYst16gCL3BxQMQUahlUrFTc67lDPLENVxboZMcPZwTcXoMDMZGyL7pGlIVkdk6ORYSKT9sUyQ6fIgCLCPmu3lYz2SmXKFdn8qI4SNY~JBdzxezMNNOB9muYS5dbnYfMrXvDd2oIX1xgWQZvsu1mu4JTdDAg-8iJH5C6N9DpVBxR1LtXw5fi-kHCGTVL~Sy6Ov009y3LSfogKDDqY6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Los Angeles Housing and Homelessness Committee heard a verbal update Jan. 29 on city efforts to address rent gouging following recent wildfires, including a plan to open a 311 web portal for reporting price gouging and ongoing enforcement activity by the City Attorney’s Office.

City Attorney spokesperson Peter Wofford told the committee “most of our referrals do involve high end single family homes” and said the office had received “over 1,250 complaints of price gouging” and had confirmed the accuracy of “approximately 850 of those referrals.” He said the office had “sent approximately 400 cease and desist letters,” split roughly between alleged perpetrators and current occupants of affected properties. Wofford also said the office uploaded “a draft ordinance and report with requested updates to Los Angeles Municipal Code section 47.12, which is the local price gouging statute.”

Wofford said the city will replace the attorney’s dedicated phone and email channels with a 311 user portal for reporting rent gouging; “that should launch tomorrow on lacity.gov,” he told the committee.

Staff from the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and the Department of Community Investment for Families (CIFD) described parallel outreach. LAHD Assistant General Manager Anna Ortega said the department has distributed information at disaster assistance centers, put bulletins on its website and social media, and that staff “have assisted about 500 residents” at centers. Ortega said LAHD sent “an email blast on January 14th to about 88,000 landlords citywide” and planned an additional mailing “this week” to roughly 172,000 landlords and tenants describing allowable rents and price-gouging protections. Ortega also reminded the committee that LAHD’s rent registry “registers rental properties” and does not capture tenant names, which limits options for direct mail to affected households.

Greg Good of LAHD reviewed funding that could support tenant outreach and assistance. He said some federal, state and local pots may be available, including tenant outreach and education funds in the city’s ULA expenditure plan and a $14,600,000 allocation for an “income support” category tied to seniors and persons with disabilities. Good also noted “$3,300,000 of SB2 money” that could be eligible for tenant support.

Committee members pressed staff on how success is measured. Chair Council Member Raman asked how the City Attorney’s cease-and-desist letters translate into compliance; Wofford said the office would follow up with additional detail. Council Member Blumenfield asked whether criminal referrals to the state attorney general had been made; Wofford said criminal prosecution was possible but he could not yet confirm referrals.

The committee requested follow-up reports showing how the city is measuring outcomes for enforcement (for example, whether listings were delisted or rents reduced) and how outreach is being targeted to tenants displaced by the fires. LAHD staff said they are coordinating with the U.S. Postal Service to reach residents in the burn area whose local post office is closed and mail is being held at Brentwood.

The update combined enforcement, communications and funding discussion; committee members asked staff to return with metrics and with a plan to use available outreach dollars to reach displaced and vulnerable households.","City attorney, Housing Department and Community Investment for Families described outreach and enforcement steps after wildfire-related displacement: a new 311 portal, hundreds of complaints vetted, about 400 cease-and-desist letters and targeted email outreach to landlords and tenants.","actionData","errors"]

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County seeks city input on Measure A Local Solutions Fund formulas; timeline aims for July agreements

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City launches 311 portal, sends cease-and-desist letters as rent-gouging complaints rise after wildfires