Briefing
Housing and Homelessness Committee summary
The Committee (Chair Nithya Raman, Ysabel Jurado; Bob Blumenfield absent) met and approved a range of items on homelessness and housing programs. Actions included confirmation of two appointments to the United to House LA Citizen Oversight Committee; approval of a Chief Legislative Analyst report on an opioid remediation program; approval of a Los Angeles Housing Department contract with Liberty Hill Foundation for the United to House LA outreach program; an additional Prop HHH commitment of up to $1,552,139.57 for the PATH Villas Hollywood supportive housing project; and motions to pursue a city Continuum of Care, create an updated bed plan, identify funding for permanent supportive housing, require fire sprinkler systems in residential high-rises, produce monthly reports on rental price-gouging complaints, and request a sole-source contract with Weingart for services at Hilda Solis Care First Village. Most votes recorded were 2 Yes, 1 Absent (Blumenfield).
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