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Committee approves consent items on environmental services contract, data gaps and corporate ownership report
Summary
The committee took items 1, 6 and 7 on consent with friendly amendments: an authorization for LAHD to execute an environmental services contract, direction to study data gaps and anonymized data recommendations, and a report on corporate ownership of single-family housing and potential legislative options.
The Los Angeles City Council Homelessness and Housing Committee approved consent items 1, 6 and 7 on May 14 with friendly amendments and a unanimous 3-0 vote.
Item 1 authorized the Los Angeles Housing Department to enter an agreement with a vendor (referred to in the report as JALA) for professional environmental services to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal requirements for vouchers and publicly financed housing. The committee approved the authorization as presented.
Item 6 was a council office motion instructing the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to identify citywide data gaps and propose improvements to anonymize and analyze data so communities can participate in building solutions. The committee accepted a friendly amendment directing the CLA to present recommendations for anonymized datasets and community-accessible analyses.
Item 7 directed a report on the number of properties owned by limited liability companies and corporations in the city and requested options for legislative interventions that could impose taxes or other measures on corporate owners of single-family homes, modeled after similar programs in other municipalities. A friendly amendment asked the CLA to confirm whether the City Attorney and the City Administrative Officer supported the amendment before a final vote; members confirmed and the items were approved as amended.
Councilmembers Rahman, Jurado and Bloomfield voted yes on the consent approvals.
