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County seeks city input on Measure A Local Solutions Fund formulas; timeline aims for July agreements
Summary
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.
County and city staff briefed the Housing and Homelessness Committee Jan. 29 on the Local Solutions Fund component of Measure A and asked Los Angeles to provide near-term input on allocation formulas and administrative choices.
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.
