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San Dimas council approves PLHA allocation to expand supportive case management and outreach
Summary
After a public hearing, the council adopted Resolution 2025-11 to accept Year 5 PLHA funding ($77,995) for housing-for-homeless activities and reallocate Year 4 funds from rental assistance to supportive case management, enabling LA CADA outreach to expand from three to five days per week. Vote was 5-0.
The San Dimas City Council held a public hearing and approved the city’s Year 5 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funding allocation and a reallocation of prior-year funds to expand supportive case management services.
Housing Manager Lily Flores explained PLHA’s background (created by Senate Bill 2) and summarized the city’s prior PLHA activity: rental assistance and rapid rehousing programs that together assisted 32 households with rental aid and several rapid-rehousing placements. Flores said the Los Angeles County Development Authority announced a Year 5 allocation to San Dimas of $77,995 and staff recommended continuing PLHA funding for "housing for homeless" with a focus on supportive case management.
Staff recommended reallocating Year 4 PLHA funds previously designated for rental assistance to supportive case management and using PLHA funds to pay 33% of the monthly LA CADA (Los Angeles Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse) contract invoice, expanding LA CADA outreach and case-management services from three days per week to five days per week. Flores said the change aims to improve follow-up access and case continuity for people experiencing homelessness.
Council members asked whether rental-assistance demand remained and why staff was moving funds; Flores said the rental-assistance program had met its goals and that few new applicants had come forward since May. Council members also asked whether increasing outreach days would increase placements; staff and some council members said they expected better outcomes from daily contact and case continuity.
During public comment, residents and a business owner supported five-day coverage to better reach people who are transient through San Dimas, particularly ahead of the Foothill Gold Line station opening.
Councilmember Matakos moved to adopt Resolution 2025-11 approving the PLHA allocation and reallocation; a second was recorded and the motion carried 5-0.
What happens next: with council approval, staff will execute any necessary standard-agreement amendments with LACDA and amend the LA CADA contract to expand services to five days per week; the PLHA funds for Year 5 will be budgeted in FY26-27.
Speakers quoted or paraphrased in this article are identified from the meeting transcript.
