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Committee endorses city comments on Measure A local-solutions funding formula; urges data and safeguards
Summary
The Homelessness Strategies Committee reviewed and endorsed city recommendations to the county on allocation methods for Measure A's local-solutions fund, urged stronger data collection and transparency, and recommended delaying incentive components until the county refines program details.
The Los Angeles City Council's Homelessness Strategies Committee reviewed the city's proposed response to the county's draft allocation methodologies for Measure A's ‘‘local solutions’’ fund and agreed to send formal comments asking for a methodology that prioritizes residents in need and stronger data reporting.
Committee members and city staff told the meeting the city's recommended approach favors the methodology they labeled as Alternative 1 (an average of recent years) rather than formulas that would shift funds to jurisdictions with larger fiscal bases. City Administrative staff said the two-year average avoids distortions introduced by the COVID era and that some offices prefer a…
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