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Committee approves FY 2025-26 homelessness funding report totaling $236.2 million with multiple amendments
Summary
The Homelessness Committee voted 3-0 on June 25 to approve the fiscal year 2025–26 annual homelessness funding report, which recommends $236.2 million from HAP, Measure A and general fund sources to support interim housing, master leasing, hygiene services and time-limited subsidies.
The Homelessness Committee voted 3-0 on June 25 to approve the fiscal year 2025–26 annual homelessness funding report, a package of funding measures the City Administrative Officer and Chief Executive Officer presented to support the city’s interim housing, master leasing, hygiene, outreach and time-limited subsidy programs.
What the report approves: Annabelle Gonzalez of the CEO's office said the report includes $236,200,000 from multiple sources — including $167,400,000 in Housing Authority Program (HAP) funds, $54,900,000 in Measure A Local Solutions funds and $13,900,000 in general fund dollars — to supplement the fiscal-year budget and anticipated county reimbursements for Alliance settlement-related services. The report also fully obligates HAP Round 5 funds, recommends $16,300,000 for time-limited subsidies (TLS) — estimated to fund about 672 slots through June 30, 2026 — and proposes reserves for contract extensions and monitoring of Alliance settlement obligations.
Leasing, operations and attachments: Committee members asked detailed questions about whether specific recommendations covered lease costs only or also included operations for interim housing sites such as 850 North Mission Road (tiny home village) and 1904 Bailey Street. CAO and LAHD staff answered that the report separates leasing recommendations from operating-budget funding categories; attachment 1 breaks down operations by site and attachment 2 lists funding categories. Members pressed for clearer, site-level cost breakdowns and were told the attachments provide the disaggregation but staff agreed to follow up with additional clarity for council offices.
Other amendments and approvals: The committee accepted a series of technical corrections and amendments read into the record by the city clerk and CAO staff. Those included lease and sublease authorities, contract extensions for existing providers, appropriation adjustments across HAP funds and new accounts to support Measure A allocations for interim housing operations. The report also added a reserve (about $1 million) for an independent contract to monitor Alliance settlement progress and recommended six months of funding (about $1.2 million) from unappropriated balances to support an initially proposed homelessness bureau while other funding is identified.
Master leasing and TLS oversight: Council members requested additional LAHSA and CAO report-backs on master lease unit addresses, how LAHSA prioritizes access to master-lease units, and TLS provider slot allocations and occupancy. Committee member remarks sought more transparency in how underspends and savings would be reported so council offices could redirect funds rapidly when possible.
Vote and next steps: The committee approved the report and its amendments by roll call (Council members Grama, Gerardo and Blumenfield voted yes). The CAO and LAHD staff committed to follow-up briefings and data reports to clarify site-level operations and to respond to multiple member requests for additional detail. Several committee amendments asked LAHSA, CAO and the City Attorney to provide specific report-backs on underspends, TLS occupancy, master-lease access and hygiene deployment.
Ending: Committee members described the report as dense and asked staff to provide user-friendly budget translations. Staff said they would work on additional presentations and back-up material and return with the requested clarifications after the summer recess.
