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COG presents scenarios for Los Angeles County ‘Measure A’ Local Solutions Fund; West Covina COG board favors scenario that includes poverty metric
Summary
A San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments briefing outlined six possible allocation scenarios for Los Angeles County’s Measure A Local Solutions Fund; the COG board recommended a scenario that combines point‑in‑time counts with a measure of deeply impoverished households.
Caitlin Sims, manager of local programs for the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, briefed the West Covina City Council on March 18 about allocation scenarios the County of Los Angeles will use for the Measure A Local Solutions Fund, a portion of the half‑cent Measure A sales tax approved by county voters.
Sims said Measure A takes effect April 1 and directs that 60 percent of its half‑cent sales tax proceeds be used for homelessness services; 15 percent of that homelessness allocation is designated as a Local Solutions Fund for cities and councils of governments to design locally tailored homelessness…
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