Housing and Homelessness Committee

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 Verbal update from the City Attorney, the Los Angeles Housing Department, the Community Investment for Families Department and the Mayor's Office on the City's efforts to combat rent gouging.
2. 2 Emergency Management Department report relative to using Emergency Response Program shelters during extreme weather events.
3. 3 Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed
4. 4 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
5. 5 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) report relative to a transfer and encumbrance of funds to City Contract No. C-143134 with GCAP Services, Inc. from City Contract No. C-143497 with Ellana, Inc., for services assisting the LAHD Prevailing Wage Compliance Unit.
6. 6 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting and expending the 2024 Community Development Grant (CDG) from First Citizens Bank for the Low Income Purchase Assistance Homeownership Program; and applying for the 2025 CDG. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees.)
7. 7 City Administrative Officer and Los Angeles Housing Department reports and Resolutions relative to issuing a second supplemental tax-exempt multifamily mortgage revenue note in an amount up to $2,500,000; and executing related financing documents for the Brine Residential Supportive Housing Project located at 3016 North Main Street in Council District 14.
8. 8 Los Angeles Housing Department and Department of General Services reports relative to the overview and development timeline, and Notice of Transfer of Jurisdiction and Control for the project located at 12901 West Venice Boulevard in Council District 11. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Government Operations Committees)
9. 9 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to accepting the Prohousing Incentive State Grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development's Prohousing Incentive Program to fund the City's Micro Operational Reserve Replenishment Program. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees.)
10. 10 Los Angeles Housing Department report relative to amending Contract No. C-144769 between the City and Estolano Advisors for providing Interim Inspector General Services to the Measure ULA Citizen Oversight Committee.
11. 11 Motion (Soto-Martinez – Hernandez) relative to negotiating a sole source agreement with Dignity Moves to provide services and project management for the purpose of delivering interim housing at the property located at 5310 Sierra Vista in Council District 13.
12. 12 Motion (Hernandez – Blumenfield) relative to transferring and appropriating $4,124,400 from the Special Fund Account entitled "Encampment Resolution Fund Grant - Arroyo Seco" to the Los Angeles Housing Department; and executing a new contract with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to provide outreach and housing services to those experiencing homelessness for the Encampment Resolution Grant Project in Council District One; and related matters.
13. 13 Motion (Hutt – Rodriguez) relative to the number of ownership and management entities that are using algorithm-based software to establish rents and the feasibility of instituting a ban on the use of this software to set rents in the City.
14. 14 Motion (Hernandez, Hutt – Soto-Martinez) relative to drafting an ordinance that would require notices to terminate a tenancy for rental units subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, or other applicable laws in the City to be filed with the City prior to the service on the tenant; and an outreach plan for tenants and property owners that would notify the affected parties of the change.
15. 15 Motion (Hutt – Raman) relative to the viability of leasing, with an option to buy, the property located at 1540-44 St. Andrews Place in Council District 10 for use as interim housing and/or permanent supportive housing purposes.
16. 16 Categorical Exemption, City Attorney report and Ordinance relative to authorizing and providing the sale of City-owned real property located at 2949 Edgehill Drive in Council District 10 to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.