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Long Beach plans Measure A funding for homelessness prevention, affordable housing and immigrant protections
Summary
A city speaker said Long Beach will be the first LA County city to submit a Measure A plan focused on permanent affordable housing and upstream prevention, and outlined targeted programs including a $1,000,000 shallow rental subsidy for older adults and other crisis-response and pathway investments.
Speaker 1, Speaker, said Long Beach will be the first city in Los Angeles County to submit a Measure A plan focused on permanent affordable housing and homelessness prevention, and that the city expects to receive more than $16,000,000 annually from the countywide measure.
"As a proponent of this measure and as chair of the newly formed LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, I'm proud that measure a is expected, and we've secured more than $16,000,000 annually to bring home to the city," Speaker 1 said.
Speaker 1 said the Measure A plan targets three priority populations: transition-age and at-risk youth; vulnerable seniors; and communities affected by recent federal policy actions, including cuts to health care and increases in immigration enforcement that the speaker said have increased economic hardship.
Specific program amounts mentioned by the speaker included a $1,000,000 shallow rental subsidy program for older adults; what the speaker referred to as "point 5,000,000" allocated to the tenant right-to-counsel program (that phrase was unclear in the remarks and is transcribed here as spoken); more than $2,500,000 for crisis-response supports including community crisis response teams, interim housing operations, coordinated outreach and mental-health support; and nearly $8,000,000 under "pathways out of homelessness" for affordable housing production, youth housing subsidies and technical assistance.
Speaker 1 also described a "Defending Our Long Beach Values" plan and said it represents $5,000,000 to support immigrant communities and prevent economic catastrophe; during delivery the speaker corrected an earlier verbal slip, saying "$5,000,000." The speaker framed Measure A funding as timely assistance given state-level budget challenges and federal policy impacts on vulnerable residents.
The remarks did not record a formal vote or ordinance; they were presented as part of the speaker’s summary of the city’s budget and program priorities.
