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City Council approves amendment to homelessness emergency instructions and moves to continue emergency status
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve an amendment (22A) adding deadlines and reporting requirements tied to the city's homelessness emergency and voted to continue the emergency declaration; the debate focused on what changes, if any, would be required if the emergency expired.
The Los Angeles City Council on May 27 approved an amendment to a motion tied to the city's homelessness emergency and voted to continue the emergency declaration, with the council recording a 13-1 vote in favor of the amended motion.
Councilmember Bob Bloomenfield presided over a long discussion about whether the council should end the emergency status or instead adopt changes to ensure services and payments would continue if the declaration expired. Councilmember McCusker led calls for a fuller review of the budget memoranda describing what would change if the emergency ended and pressed staff to explain the operational implications for city departments.
The amendment approved as "22A" (introduced during debate) instructs the Chief…
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