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Board of Public Works and OCB warn cuts have shrunk CleanLA and graffiti teams; HHEP funds sustain hygiene services one more year
Summary
Board of Public Works and Office of Community Beautification officials said CleanLA workforce funding has fallen to about $1.3M citywide from roughly $6M previously, graffiti abatement funding is about $12.4M and a $2M gap would restore roughly 20 crews; HHEP grants totaling $7.9M currently sustain mobile restrooms, showers and a Skid Row clean team for one more fiscal year.
Board President Steve King and Office of Community Beautification staff told the committee that CleanLA workforce-development funding has dwindled from roughly $6 million several years ago to about $1.3 million citywide, while graffiti-abatement support currently stands at about $12.4 million.
"CleanLA is a 12 month, workforce development program..." King said, describing the program's role in training Angelenos for city work. Paul Rache of OCB acknowledged crew reductions citywide and said that an additional $2 million in funding would restore approximately 20 graffiti-abatement crews that were cut in recent fiscal years.
OCB representatives said they are deploying strike-force crews to hot-spot areas and attempting to reconfigure coverage to match demand, but contractors and council members flagged ongoing problems with MyLA311: contractors cannot directly enter proactive work into the system and currently use spreadsheets to upload proactive activities via ITA.
The board also described HHEP-funded homelessness services: mobile pit stops (~$4.8M, 16 restrooms), a mobile shower program (~$1.5M) and a Skid Row Clean Team (~$1.6M), totaling about $7.9M that the board said funds roughly 104 full‑time employees and sustains the programs for about one more fiscal year.
