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Commission compiles homeless-program costs, votes to send summary to City Council
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a staff summary showing roughly $2.0 million in city spending on homelessness programs in 2024-25, including shelter operations and outreach; the commission voted to transmit the summary and request more outcome data from the city attorney's office.
The Budget and Finance Commission on Aug. 14 reviewed a new, consolidated accounting of Redondo Beach's homelessness spending and voted to forward the summary to the City Council with a request for additional program outcome data.
Finance staff presented a high-level table that consolidated personnel costs, contractual and program spending, utilities and capital projects tied to the city's homelessness response. Stephanie (finance) said the combined total for the prior fiscal year was roughly $2.0 million: about $600,000 of that charged to the general fund (personnel and some utilities) and the remainder covered by grants and restricted housing funds, including PLHA and county Measure H reimbursements.
The report pulled together several program components: the enhanced response program (staffed navigator and outreach), the city-managed pallet shelter and associated utilities and operations, short-term rental and motel placements, homeless court support managed by the city attorney's office, and outreach teams run by the police department (some positions reimbursed through county grants).
Commissioners asked for clarifications and asked staff to provide trend data and program outcomes: how many distinct individuals are being served or transitioned to housing and whether people served are Redondo Beach residents or transient. Staff said the city attorney's office collects program-level statistics (they had previously reported a functional-zero effort) and that the commission could request more detailed outcome data. The commission also noted that many of the staff roles listed would remain city positions even if grant funds expired, though grant cuts would reduce availability for shelter operations and contracted services.
A public commenter with procurement experience reiterated that his earlier concerns were about professional services contracting (sole-source consultants) rather than the construction or shelter contracts.
The commission voted to prepare a short transmittal and send the consolidated spending table to City Council for information, and commissioners asked staff to request outcome data from the city attorney's office (numbers housed, nights of shelter, inflows/outflows) to accompany the transmittal.
Ending: Staff agreed to add the council transmittal to commission follow-up items and to request program outcome data from the city attorney's office; the commission will review the responses when they are available.
