MOTION-- The City of Los Angeles received $85,013,607 from the State of California
Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP), the State's first homeless grant allocation.
The grant provided three (3) years to expend 1 00 percent of these funds, June 30, 2021.
Any funds that are unexpended will be recaptured by the State of California. The City has
used these funds to finance the construction and services for interim housing sites
through A Bridge Home (ABH) Program and the COVID-19 Homelessness Roadmap, as
well as homeless prevention, hygiene services and other crucial services for people
experiencing homelessness.
The City Administrative Officer (CAO) has confirmed that $1,502,311.22 in HEAP
savings must be reprogrammed and expended by June 30, 2021, to avoid losing these
funds to recapture. These savings are derived from operations/services allocations made
to A Bridge Home sites, one Roadmap project, the Saticoy Tiny Village site, in Council
District 2, which will not be in a construction contract in time to expend its allocation, and
allocations to other programs that will have balances on June 30, 2021. It is
recommended that these savings be allocated to the Tiny Home Village under
construction at 6073 Reseda Blvd., in Council District 3, which is scheduled to complete
construction in May 2021. The Bureau of Engineering (BOE) has confirmed that this
project can expend these funds by the State's deadline. The Coronavirus Relief Fund
(CRF) dollars that had been allocated to this project will be reprogrammed to fund Saticoy
and the balance reserved to fund the next Road map project. This motion also reprograms
between BOE accounts to ensure final costs are covered for two (2) ABH sites in Council
District 10.
I THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council APPROVE the following State of
California Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) reprogramming actions to ensure
that the full amount of the City's HEAP allocation is expended by the statutory June 30,
2021 deadline:
1. REPROGRAM $660,173 allocated to the Los Angeles Homeless Services
Authority for the cost of operations for of A Bridge Home sites located at 2817
Hope Street in Council District 9 ($347,661), and 515 North Beacon in Council
District 15 ($312,512), to HEAP Activity Category 1;
2. REPROGRAM $41,107 allocated from HEAP Activity Category 3 - Capital,
Operating, Services - Citywide (Activity Category 3) to the Los Angeles Homeless
Services Authority for Diversion Services for Families at Risk of Homelessness
($40,707), and the Office of the City Attorney for Measure H Strategy D6 Criminal
Record Clearing Project ($400), to HEAP Activity Category 1, Capital and
Operating Support - A Bridge Home (Activity Category 1 );
3. REPROGRAM $770,450 allocated to the Bureau of Engineering for construction
of a Tiny Home Village at 12600 Saticoy, in Council District 2, to HEAP Activity
Category 1 , Capital and Operating support - A Bridge Home (Activity Category 1 );
4. APPROVE $1,471,730 from HEAP Activity Category 1 to the Bureau of
Engineering for the construction of a Tiny Home Village at 6073 Reseda Blvd., in
Council District 3;
5. REPROGRAM $1,471,730 allocated to Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 63M, Account
No. 10T610 for the construction of a Tiny Home Village at 6073 Reseda Blvd., in
Council District 3, as follows:
a. APPROVE and TRANSFER $770,450 to the Coronavirus Relief Fund No.
63M, account number to be determined, for construction of a Tiny Home
Village at 12600 Saticoy in Council District 2; and
b. RESERVE $701 ,280 in Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 63M, Account No.
1OT695 for construction costs for future COVID-19 Homelessness
Roadmap sites;
6. REPROGRAM $30,581.22 allocated to the Engineering Special Services Fund No.
682/50, Account No. 50RVDZ for construction of A Bridge Home site located at
1819 Western in Council District 10, to Capital Improvement Expenditure Program
Fund No. 100/54, Account No. OOS705 for construction and project contingencies
associated with A Bridge Home sites located at 1819 Western and 625 La Fayette
in Council District 10;
I FURTHER MOVE that the Council INSTRUCT the General Manager, Housing
and Community Investment Department, or designee, to amend Contract no. C-133135
with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to decrease the following programs by
$700,880: A Bridge Home- 2817 Hope Street ($347,661), A Bridge Home- 515 North
Beacon ($312,512), and Diversion Services for Families at Risk of Homelessness
($40,707); and
I FURTHER MOVE that the City Administrative Officer be AUTHORIZED to
prepare Controller instructions or make any necessary technical adjustments consistent
with the intent of these transactions, and AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these
instructions.