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CLA outlines hurdles to a city-only Continuum of Care; committee files report with equity instructions
Summary
The Chief Legislative Analyst told the Aging and Disability Committee that establishing a Los Angeles-only Continuum of Care would require complex HUD steps, potentially costly data transfers and stakeholder votes; the committee voted to file the report and instructed the CLA to analyze equity measures for any city alternatives.
The Aging and Disability Committee filed a Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report on the feasibility of creating a city-only Continuum of Care (CoC) and directed the CLA to return with analysis on how equity could be incorporated into any city-operated alternatives.
David Winstead, an analyst in the CLA office, told the committee the report — prepared after motions from councilmembers and consultation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) — identified five technical steps required for a city CoC, including a stakeholder vote to constitute membership, creation of a governance charter, evidence of a coordinated entry process, and operation of a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). "We did not identify immediate short-term benefits at this time," Winstead said, adding that the city would…
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