* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:03:06] GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING. CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE RULES? COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SODI, VICE CHAIR SUPERMAN. CHAIR THRASH. INUK. HERE WE HAVE CORN. [REGULAR AGENDA] THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M [CALL TO ORDER] DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, FOR TODAY. UM, IF WE COULD START OFF WITH THE FIRST ITEM, CLERK, PLEASE READ, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE. [ROLL CALL] ITEM ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE HOUSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, CALL THE, UM, CALL FOR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [1. 26-54824 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Housing and Public Health Committee meeting of Tuesday, February 3, 2026.         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] UH, PLEASE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM TWO IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY REGARDING THE AGENCY'S FOUNDATIONAL WORK, THE UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR THE RECENT NOTICE OF FUNDING, AVAILABILITY, AND THE ROLLOUT OF MEASURE A FUND INITIATIVES. ALL RIGHT. UM, [2. 26-54825 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) regarding the agency's foundational work, the unprecedented demand for the recent Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), and the rollout of Measure A-funded initiatives.         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE VERY DELIGHTED TO HAVE WITH US THE LA CASA TEAM TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UH, TO US. THIS COMMITTEE IS HIGHLY INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING RESOURCES ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT CAN SUPPORT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS, UH, H THE HOUSING CRISIS, AS WELL AS HOMELESSNESS. UH, TODAY, SPEAKING BEFORE US, I KNOW WE HAVE SAY RON FU, UM, YOU'RE ALSO JOINED BY CLAUDIA [00:05:01] LIMA, AS WELL AS JULIE LEDBETTER. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, UM, SAY RON, WE WELCOME YOU TO TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE WILL HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M SAY RON FU WITH LA CASA. I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE CLAUDIA AND JULIE, AND WE'LL WALK WITH OUR PRESENT. WE'LL WALK THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LA CASA TODAY. UM, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANNA OFFER MY THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE TEAM HERE AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. REPRESENTED TODAY BY STEPHANIE HARPER AND ALVIN TANG. IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS BOTH, UM, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION SIDE OF OUR WORK, AS WELL AS OUR RENTAL PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. AND BOTH STEPHANIE AND ALVIN, AS WELL AS THEIR TEAM, UM, HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNERS TO LA CASA. SO THANK YOU. SO OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WILL COVER, WILL BE BRIEF. WE KNOW THERE MIGHT BE, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO FOCUS, UH, TO GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND HAVE ROOM FOR DISCUSSION. UM, WE'LL FOCUS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF LA CASA, AS WELL AS OUR TWO PROGRAM AREAS, OUR TWO MAIN PROGRAM AREAS, AND THEN TURN TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWER. SO WITH THAT, UM, LA CASA, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY WAS CREATED THROUGH, UH, SENATE BILL 6 79, AND THIS BILL CREATED LA CASA AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT SERVING THE ENTIRE REGION OF LOS ANGELES. UM, UNDER THIS MANDATE, WE HAVE THREE AREAS OF FOCUS. THE FIRST IS PRODUCTION, PRESERVATION, AND OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON THE, ON PERMANENT HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY PRESERVATION, PRODUCTION, AND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THE SECOND AREA IS OUR RENTER PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION WORK. UM, IT'S TO PROTECT LOWER, LOWER INCOME RENTER HOUSEHOLDS FROM HOUSING INSTABILITY DISPLACEMENT IN HOMELESSNESS. AND THE LAST PIECE OF OUR WORK IS OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS, UM, ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS ARE DEFINED BY OUR FOUNDING STATUTE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, IN THE STATE, UH, BILL THAT DEFINES OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS ONE OF OUR 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS, AND THEIR, UH, ONE OF FOUR DIRECT ALLOCATIONS, CITY CITIES. THE OTHER THREE DIRECT ALLOCATION CITIES ARE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, AND THE CITY OF GLENDALE. IT'S FAIRLY UNIQUE TO HAVE THESE FOUR CITIES AS DIRECT ALLOCATION CITIES. UH, THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE COUNCIL OF COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. WE ARE, UH, AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A SEPARATE BOARD. I LIKE TO DESCRIBE US, UH, AS COUSINS TO LA METRO IN TERMS OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED, UM, AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT. UM, CURRENTLY OUR CHAIR IS MAYOR RICHARDSON OF LONG BEACH, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP AND TO DEPUTY TO DEPUTY MAYOR LOCKE FOR HIS SUPPORT ON, UH, LA CASA STAFF AS WELL. UH, WE ARE REPRESENTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE, UH, INCLUDING ALL FOUR SECTORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SPANNING FROM THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DOWN TO THE SOUTH BAY CITIES FROM THE, UH, PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE INLAND COMMUNITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND ONE, ONE MORE UNIQUE THING ABOUT A LA CASA BOARD IS THAT WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS. SO THESE ARE EXPERTS FROM THE RENTAL PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SPACE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION SPACE. AND WE HAVE ALSO HAVE OUR LEGAL EXPERTS AS WELL. SO OUR WORK AT LA CASA IS GUIDED BY TWO MAIN GOALS. THESE ARE GOALS FOCUSED ON HOUSING PRODUCTION AND RENTER AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. AND SO THESE GOALS WERE CREATED, UH, AS A PART OF THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE A. SO, MEASURE A WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, WHICH PROVIDES LA CASA REVENUES DO, WHICH WE'LL COVER SHORTLY. AND AS A PART OF MEASURE A, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH GOALS SO THAT THE FUNDS THAT LA CASA WAS RECEIVING WERE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION AS WELL AS OUR, UH, UH, RENTER PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION GOALS. SO THESE TWO GOALS HERE, UH, GOAL FOUR FOCUSES ON PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM, UH, FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. THE LA CASA BOARD ADDED, UH, TWO FOCUS AREAS RELATED TO EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES FOR B AS WELL AS LEGAL SUPPORT FOR C. UM, AND OUR GOAL FIVE FOCUSES ON THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN LA COUNTY. I DID MENTION OUR 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT LA CASA AND THE AND MEASURE A REVENUES IS THAT OF THE REV, THE REVENUES THAT LA CASA RECEIVES, 70% OF THESE REVENUES DIRECTLY, UH, GET PASSED THROUGH THESE TO THESE 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS. SO LA CASA ACTUALLY ONLY KEEPS ABOUT 30% OF THE REVENUES THAT WE, UM, ARE ALLOCATED BY MEASURE A. AND THE REMAINING 70% GOES DIRECTLY TO THESE 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS FOR LONG BEACH. LONG BEACH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY $10.7 MILLION FOR THE THREE PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED. FINALLY, UM, AS I MENTIONED WITH REGARD [00:10:01] TO THE FUNDING STREAMS, LA CASA RECEIVES THAT 35.75% OF ALL MEASURE A REVENUE COLLECTED. THAT'S THE HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT VOTERS PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. AND OF THAT 35.75%, UM, 70%, AS I NOTED, GETS PASSED TO THE ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THESE SPENDING AREAS. THESE ARE HOW THE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED ACROSS, UH, THE, THE PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING AREAS. SO WITH THAT OVERVIEW OF LA CASA'S, UH, PROGRAM AND STRUCTURE, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CLAUDIA LIMA, OUR CHIEF STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS OFFICER AT LA CASA. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PPO WORK. THANK YOU, SARAH, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UM, HAPPY TO SHARE ALL OF, UH, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED WITH THE BIG PRODUCTION OF PRESERVATION NOFA, WHICH WE CALL NOFA NUMBER ONE. UM, AND IT'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY A $211 MILLION, UH, CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT. WE STARTED THE WORK BACK IN SEPTEMBER, 2025, UM, AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON APRIL 15TH. UM, JUST AS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT, UH, APPLICATIONS CAME IN, IN TOTAL, THERE WERE 245, UH, APPLICATIONS. UM, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, THE MAJORITY ARE IN LITECH PROJECTS. OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, APPROXIMATELY 66.5% OR 163 APPLICATIONS PAST THRESHOLD. UM, AND OF THAT 163, UM, 10 OF THEM ARE GOING ON THE FIRST ROUND ON APRIL 15TH. AND THEN, UM, THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 14 MORE GOING TO ROUND NUMBER TWO. OVERALL, WE RECEIVED $1.55 BILLION OF APPLICATIONS, A REALLY, REALLY LARGE AMOUNT, UH, FOR THE $210 MILLION ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND, UM, MS. CLAUDIA, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE, CAN YOU KINDLY SHARE WHAT LITECH STANDS FOR? YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. SO LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS WERE THE MAJORITY OF APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 70% OF THOSE, UM, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATIONS, UM, UH, PASSED. SO THAT'S 141 OUT OF THE 200. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS WERE RECEIVED WERE PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, TAX CREDITS. UH, A MAJOR PART OF OUR NOFA IS, UH, WAS COST EFFICIENCY. THERE WERE THREE MAJOR ITEMS, READINESS, COST, EFFICIENCY, UM, AND, UH, HOW DO WE SIMPLIFY, UH, THE DELIVERY OF, UH, CAPITAL TO PROJECTS. BUT AS YOU WILL SEE HERE, WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, THE PROJECTED NEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT APPLIED. AND, UM, USING THE BASELINE OF, UH, THE TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE AND THE APPLICATIONS THEY RECEIVED, THAT WAS THE BASELINE THAT WE USED. YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN AND APPLIED UNDER THE SUBORDINATE BNOT, THEY CAME IN UNDER THAT APPROXIMATELY 11.5%. BELOW THAT, UH, BASELINE OF 644, UM, RENTAL SUBSIDY PROJECTS ALSO CAME IN UNDER THAT APPROXIMATELY 9.7% BELOW THAT. AND, UH, THOSE THAT APPLIED FOR PERMANENT, UM, LOANS UNDER THE LA CASA NOFA CAME IN APPROXIMATELY 7.5%, UH, LESS THAN, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED IN THE LAST ROUND, UM, IN WITH THE TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE. UM, THE OTHER MAJOR PROGRAM THAT WE ALSO JUST LAUNCHED AND, UM, WE STARTED IN JANUARY, IS OUR WORK RELATED TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS. UH, THIS WAS LAUNCHED TO EXPAND THE FINANCIAL, THE FINANCING TOOLKIT FOR, UM, COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, INTERESTED IN, UM, EITHER BUILDING OR ACQUIRING HOUSING, UM, AND CONVERTING IT TO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES SOME HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT WILL BE FOR SMALL PROJECTS, THOSE UNDER 40 UNITS. UM, AND WE EXPECT A LOT OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO, UM, BE BOUGHT BY NONPROFITS OR CLTS AND CONVERTING THEM TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES, UH, SOCIAL HOUSING. SO WE HAVE LIMITED EQUITY RESIDENT SHAREHOLDER OWNERSHIPS. WE HAVE, UH, COOPERATIVES, UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, THE LEASE TWO OWN PROJECTS OF, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE AFFORDABLE RENTAL TO HOME OWNERSHIP. SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A LOT OF INNOVATION IN THIS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM. AND WITH IT, ONCE WE MOVE INTO PHASE TWO, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TRAININGS, TRAININGS, NOT JUST TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, BUT ALSO FOR NONPROFITS INTERESTED [00:15:01] IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE SOCIAL HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF WHAT, UH, LA CASA BRINGS THE INNOVATION PART BEHIND, UH, THE DELIVERY OF CAPITAL. AND WITH, UM, WE'VE JUST FINISHED PHASE ONE. THERE'S A REPORT THAT IS UP IN OUR WEBSITE, UM, AND SOME OF THE GOALS THAT CAME OUT FROM THAT REPORT. UM, OF COURSE, VERY IMPORTANT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. UH, SO WORKING WITH NONPROFITS IN, IN A PLACE-BASED, UM, STRATEGY, UH, THE ASSET BUILDING AND WEALTH BUILDING. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT PURCHASED BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, AND THEREFORE LOSING THAT STOCK. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BIG GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY. LAND TRUST PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO THAT IS ALSO PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. AGAIN, UM, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS COMING IN AND PURCHASING HOMES, PURCHASING BUSINESSES. AND SO, UM, I SHOULD SAY, UH, BUILDINGS THAT, UH, HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE. SO PREVENTING DISPLACES DISPLACEMENT IS ALSO PART OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM HOPES TO ACHIEVE. UM, SO SOME OF THE, OUR, UH, FINDINGS, UM, IN THAT REPORT THAT WE, UM, THAT WE RELEASED IS THAT WE WILL BE THE SOLE SOURCE FUNDING. AND SO ALSO A LOT OF FLEXIBLE FINANCING PRODUCTS. UH, WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A BIG UNMET NEED OF CAPITAL FOR CLTS. AND, UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT CAPITAL TO BACK UP THIS PROGRAM. UM, THIS PRIORITIZES LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. SO THAT'S A, A, A BIG DRIVER. THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE EXTRA POINTS FOR THE LONGER TERM THAT, UH, UH, AN APPLICANT, UH, IS OKAY PROVIDING. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO THE THREE PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAILORED TO ACQUIRE AND RE REHABILITATE THESE SMALL SITES. UH, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER THE PROJECT, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE IT PENCIL OUT. AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE PRODUCTS INCLUDES A MATCHING GRANT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN HELP THESE PROJECTS PENCIL OUT. UM, AND IT BUILDS PATHWAYS TO WEALTH CREATION AND OWNERSHIP, AND THE REVITALIZATION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, WE WILL BE HAVING AN OVER THE COUNTER PROCESS, UH, FOR THESE APPLICATIONS. UM, BECAUSE THE COST IS A LOWER AMOUNT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WE FELT THAT IT DIDN'T NEED A FULL BLOWN NOFA. AND BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING TRAINING, NOT JUST FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT FOR ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE FELT THAT AN OVER THE COUNTER PROCESS WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR THIS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE OFFERING OFFICE HOURS AS PART OF THE TRAINING SO THAT, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO THE APPLICANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THIS LATEST, UH, RFP. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO JULIE. THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HAVING US. I'M JULIE LEDBETTER, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT LA CASA, DOING ALL THINGS RENTER PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. SO, UH, MEASURE A HAS A HUNDRED, $114 MILLION OF LA CASA'S DOLLARS ARE FOR RENTER PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. THAT'S 32 ADMINISTERED BY LA CASA. AND 82 MILLION ADMINISTERED BY 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS WE'RE COMING OFF OF A YEAR IN WHICH WE RAPIDLY DE DEPLOYED OUR FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING. SO WE DID A RAPID DEPLOYMENT RFP WITH $11.7 MILLION. THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT IMMEDIATELY HIT THE COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE ALL IN CONTRACT AT THIS POINT IN OUR STARTING SERVICES. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ONE HERE IN LONG BEACH INTERVAL HOUSE, WHO'S ADMINISTERING THOSE FUNDS. UM, WE ALSO FUNDED SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THE PRIOR YEARS, BUT REALLY WHAT WE DID OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR WAS PULLED TOGETHER A LARGE PLANNING PROCESS THAT INCLUDED ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS OVER 30 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND ASKED THE QUESTION OF HOW CAN WE DO THIS WORK TOGETHER? WE KNOW WE'RE ALL FUNDED INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE 13 JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS OUR AGENCY FUNDS, BUT WE THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THAT THAT COULD BRING MORE, RE MORE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY, CUT DOWN ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR. SO THIS PLANNING PROCESS STARTED A PROGRAM THAT WE LAUNCHED THAT'S CALLED RENTER AID. AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ACTUAL REAL LAUNCH WILL BE HERE IN LONG BEACH IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. I, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY, BUT, UM, LONG BEACH HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN THE RENT TRADE PROGRAM. AND THE PILLARS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE RENT AID PROGRAM IS [00:20:02] INTEGRATED COUNTYWIDE APPROACH, AND REALLY LOOKING AT OUR DUAL MANDATE OF BOTH PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS PROTECTING RENTERS. AND WE CAN DO THIS IN A WAY THAT HAS FULL GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE, THAT REALLY HAS THESE TWO TARGETED INTERVENTIONS THAT WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN CRISIS. AND MEETING THOSE NEEDS OF, OF THE RENTERS MEANS GETTING TIMELY ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS AND A CONNECTION TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEN THE CRISIS HAPPENS. SO MAKING SURE THAT RESOURCES ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH AN ONLINE PORTAL AND THROUGH EXTENSIVE RENTER OUTREACH. WE ALSO SAID THAT THIS PROGRAM, WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE THE GREATEST NEEDS. SO MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO FOCUS THE RESOURCES ON THE HOUSEHOLDS AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR EVICTION. AND REALLY AT THE CORE OF THIS IS THE IDEA THAT WE CAN SERVE MORE HOUSEHOLDS BY SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS SHARED OUTCOMES AND TRANSPARENCY ON REPORTING. WE KNOW IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS OF MEASURE. SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS, IS DESIGNED LIKE THIS, AND WE RELEASED AN RFP. SO ALL, ALL THE PIECES OF THIS PROGRAM DESIGNED ARE OUT FOR COMPETITIVE BID RIGHT NOW. UH, SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE ON APRIL 15TH. AND THE, THE MODEL IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION ON THE LEFT SIDE, USING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND EVICTION DEFENSE ON THE RIGHT WITH REALLY FOCUSING ON LEGAL SERVICES AND RENTER EDUCATION THAT SUPPORTS TENANTS AND COMBINING THAT INTO A UNIFIED PROGRAM THAT CAN, THEY CAN WORK DISTINCTLY AS INTERVENTIONS, BUT WORK TOGETHER AS, AS A UNIFIED PROGRAM. AND STARTING WITH EXTENSIVE RENTER OUTREACH, UM, WE ALREADY SEE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY IN PRETTY STRONG WAYS, UM, STAY HOUSED AS OUT THERE DOING, DOING THE RENTER'S RIGHTS, UM, THERE. AND SO THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA, AFTER THE RENTER OUTREACH, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GETTING OUTREACH TO AND THAT THEY CAN GET SUPPORT IN ACCESSING THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES. SO WE'LL STAND UP AN ONLINE PORTAL THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, THAT PORTAL WILL SCREEN AND PRIORITIZE ACCORDING TO THE GREATEST NEEDS OF THE HIGHEST VULNERABILITIES, AND LINK THE HOUSEHOLDS TO EMERGENCY RENTAL AND FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UH, HOLISTIC LEGAL SERVICES AND RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES FOR A SMALL SET OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT REALLY NEED THAT EXTRA ASSISTANCE. ALL OF THIS WILL BE SORT OF LINKED IN A SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE OF DATA SYSTEMS AND A CENTRAL FISCAL AGENT AND REPORTING. SO WE ARE ESTIMATING WITH, SO LA COSTA'S GONNA PUT THE FULL AMOUNT OF OUR 37 MILLION AGENCY FUNDS INTO RENT AID TO START A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GONNA ENSURE COUNTYWIDE COVERAGE, AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS INVITE ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS TO PARTICIPATE. AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT WITH OUR 37 MILLION, WE HOPE TO SERVE ABOUT 7,300 WITH EMERGENCY RENTAL, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND ABOUT 9,800 WITH LEGAL SERVICES. THESE ARE VERY PRE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES UNTIL WE SEE OUR DOLLARS AT WORK WILL GET BETTER AND BETTER AT UNDERSTANDING THE COST PER SERVICE. SO THE IDEA OF CO-INVESTMENT OR JOINING INTO RENTER RENTER AID IS AN INVITATION FOR ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS TO CO-INVEST ALL OR A PORTION OF THEIR DOLLARS INTO RENT TRADE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY LEAVE THEIR DOLLARS WITH LA CASA AND WE ADMINISTER IT IN THEIR JURISDICTION ON THEIR BEHALF. SO LA CASA STARTING THE BASELINE PROGRAM, LET'S SAY LONG BEACH JOINS IN THEIR SERVICE LEVELS WILL GO UP WITHIN LONG BEACH ACCORDING TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY MAKE. THERE'S ALSO AN A LA CARTE MENU FOR, FOR JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, BUT MAYBE HAVE LONGSTANDING PROGRAMS THAT THEY WANNA ADMINISTER IN, IN OTHER AREAS. SO THE THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN CO-INVEST A LA CARTE IS TO USE THE ONLINE PORTAL AND THE SHARED PRIORITIZATION TOOL. SO YOU COULD OPERATE YOUR OWN PROGRAM AND YOUR OWN JURISDICTION, BUT WE WOULD HELP YOU DO THE TARGETING AND MARKETING, AND WE'D GET YOU A LIST OF PRIORITIZED HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION. YOU CAN USE THE CENTRAL FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR, YOU COULD PARTICIPATE IN STREAMLINED CONTRACTING. SO AGAIN, STAY HOUSED IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. WE HAVE SEVERAL ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FUNDING STAY HOUSED, AND RATHER THAN HAVE SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, LA CASA COULD HOLD A SINGLE COUNTY-WIDE CONTRACT, AND THEN THEY COULD CO-INVEST ALL OUR PORTION OF THEIR EMERGENCY [00:25:01] RENTAL, FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL, OR ALL OF A PORTION OF THE LEGAL SERVICES FUNDING. SO THE EARLY ADOPTERS WITHIN RENT TRADE, UM, FULL PARTICIPATION IS GATEWAY CITIES, LAS ESE, THE CITY OF PALMDALE, BEVERLY HILLS, AND THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA. AND THEN A LA CARTE PARTICIPATION, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH, SOUTH BAY CITIES, WEST SIDE CITIES, AND UNINCORPORATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND I WOULD INVITE THE STAFF TO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY, IF YOU WANNA DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR A LA CARTE PARTICIPATION IS. UM, BUT WE HAD STARTED A PILOT PROGRAM LAST YEAR WITH GATEWAY SOUTH BAY AND LONG BEACH, WHICH WAS VERY CRITICAL IN HELPING US TO ESTABLISH THESE OPTIONS, UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES AND THE NEEDS OF THE ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY FIND MULTIPLE WAYS OF, OF JOINING FORCES. I THINK THAT'S IT, AND WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION REGARDING, UH, EACH OF YOUR THREE AREAS, HOW THE POLICY WORKS ACROSS THE COUNTY, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR AROUND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF HOUSING, UM, AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THOSE WHO NEED RENTER AID IN ORDER TO REMAIN HOUSED WITHIN OUR COUNTY. SO AT THIS TIME, UM, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF FOR BEING HERE AS WELL FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO START WITH QUESTIONS OR DO YOU HAVE SOME YOU READY TO START WITH? IS THE, UH, AT THE WISH OF THE CHAIR, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, SO, UH, LET'S, UH, PULL BACK UP THE SLIDE RELATED TO, UM, UH, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A SLIDE THAT SERON, UH, WENT THROUGH. OKAY. YES. UH, ONE MORE FORWARD TO EIGHT. UM, SO ON SLIDE EIGHT HERE, UH, WE HAVE THE, UM, UH, LA CASA, UH, PORTION. UM, AND YOU'VE NOTED HOW YOU'RE ALLOCATING THE RESOURCES THAT LA CASA IS USING. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M WONDERING IS, AS A JURISDICTION, ONE OF THE ELE 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR NEARLY 70%, IS THERE ALLOCATION USE, UH, IN A SIMILAR, UH, FORMAT AS WE SEE HERE THAT IS PRESENTED WHERE THE LA CASA USE IS? SO IS THAT, IS IT SIMILAR? IT'S LARGELY SIMILAR. UH, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT LA CASA HAS THE 5% ADMIN THAT WE'RE ABLE, THAT UNDER SB 6 79 THAT WE CAPTURE TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS. THAT'S OUR ONLY SOURCE OF REVENUE TO MAINTAIN. UM, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU JUST HEARD FROM BOTH, UH, CLAUD, CLAUDIA, AND JULIE. UM, AND HOWEVER, THE GUIDELINES THAT DICTATE HOW ELIGIBLE JURISDICTION LA CASA SPENDS ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS, SO WE HOLD OURSELVES TO THE SAME ROLES AS, UH, THE, AS THE ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS. SO, SAID IN ANOTHER WAY, AS WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES HERE, THOSE 13 ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS HAVE A SIMILAR PERCENTAGE OF RESOURCES. IS IT THE EXACT SAME OR FAIRLY SIMILAR? YES. I APOLOGIZE, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. THAT'S CORRECT. SO APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE FUNDS THAT ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS RECEIVE ARE FOR, UM, RENTAL PROTECTION HOMELESSNESS, FOR EXAMPLE. UH, 60% FOR, UM, PRODUCTION PRESERVATION OWNERSHIP, AND THEN THE 5% FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN CAN THEY ALSO USE ADMIN DOLLARS? SO THAT DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM AREAS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, BETWEEN RENTAL PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS. SO IN THIS CURRENT CYCLE, UM, FOR PROGRAM GUIDELINES, THERE WAS, UH, INCLUSION OF A 12.5% INDIRECT COST AS WELL AS ACTIVITY DELIVERY COSTS FOR, UH, RPHP. AND THEN FOR PPO, THERE WAS, UM, NO CAP ON SOMETHING CALLED SOFT COSTS, UH, WHICH WAS FAIRLY INCLUSIVE. UH, CLAUDIA AND JULIE CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE DETAILS OF THOSE TWO, UM, AREAS. UM, AND THEN THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SIDE IS FAIRLY FLEXIBLE. UM, SO IT CAN, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO HELP SUPPORT ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS WITH VARIOUS CAPACITY NEEDS. WE'VE SEEN JURISDICTIONS USE IT TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING REGISTRIES, DATA NEEDS, STAFF TIME, UM, THAT TA IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE ON THAT FRONT. MM-HMM . UM, AND DOES EACH JURISDICTION PROVIDE YOU WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THE PERCENTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE USING THE FUNDS WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? YES. SO EACH YEAR, UM, EACH ELIGIBLE JURISDICTION HAS TO SUBMIT A APPLICATION TO LA CASA THAT PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FOR HOW THEY WISH TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. UM, AND, AND THERE'S A, WE'RE MOVING TOWARD, DEPENDING ON THE ADOPTION OF THESE NEW PROGRAM GUIDELINES, [00:30:02] UM, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS AND, UH, TWICE A YEAR PROGRAMMATIC REPORTS, UH, RELATED TO THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE DOLLARS. AND WILL THOSE BE MADE PUBLIC? YES. OKAY. SO THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR OUR TEAM TO, UM, WE'D BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT OUR PERCENTAGES LOOK LIKE WITHIN THOSE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. SURE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CLEAR IN THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF THERE'S TIME, UM, ALVIN AND I BOTH HAVE A PRESENTATION TO WALK THROUGH HOW WE SPECIFICALLY ARE USING THE DOLLARS FOR YEAR ONE, IF THAT'S HELPFUL NOW OR AFTER QUESTIONS, WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOU. CHAIR, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE PROCEED TO THAT PRESENTATION? UM, I WANNA THANK CLAUDIA SERON AND JULIA FOR NOW. UM, AND WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION TO HEAR FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST GONNA GET OUR POWERPOINT QUEUED UP AND GRAB THE CLICKER. BUT I'M STEPHANIE HARPER. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, WE AS STAFF HAVE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH LA CASA VERY CLOSELY OVER THIS PAST YEAR. UM, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY FROM THE THREE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FROM SAY RON AND CLAUDIA AND JULIE. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS NEW PERMANENT FUNDING SOURCE OFFERS OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH JUST BRIEFLY AT A HIGH LEVEL HOW WE'RE USING THE DOLLARS FROM YEAR ONE FROM LA CASA. THIS FUNDING IS JOINTLY MANAGED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, I MENTIONED I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SO I'LL START AND WALK THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE MANAGING AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE ALVIN IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MANAGED THROUGH CITY MANAGER AND THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. OH, THANK YOU. OOPS. SO, UM, AS THE LA CASA REPS MENTIONED, LONG BEACH RECEIVED NEARLY $11 MILLION FOR YEAR ONE. THAT'S, UM, 10.7 MILLION IN THE BASE ALLOCATION THAT WAS NOTED IN THEIR CHART. AND WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT 200,000, UM, INCENTIVE BONUS THAT WE RECEIVED BECAUSE OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN HELPING BUILD OUT THE RENTER AID SYSTEM THAT NEARLY $11 MILLION IS BROKEN ACROSS THESE THREE ACTIVITY CATEGORIES. AND I'LL START BY TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING OUR FUNDING FOR PPO. UH, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, AGAIN, THIS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION PRESERVATION AND OWNERSHIP. SORRY, THERE'S LOTS OF ACRONYMS HERE. UM, BUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WE ISSUED A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR $5 MILLION AS A LOAN TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO BUILD NEW RENTAL HOUSING. PROPOSALS FOR THAT NOFA ARE DUE TO US AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND WE EXPECT TO AWARD THE FUNDS IN EARLY SUMMER. UM, THE FUNDING WILL GO TO BUILD NEW HOUSING THAT'S RESTRICTED FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THAT'S 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR LA COUNTY. AND AT MINIMUM, 10% OF THE UNITS MUST BE FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THAT'S 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND ANOTHER 10% FOR VERY LOW OR 50% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME. AND OUR NOFA PRIORITIZES PROJECTS THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN HIGHER RESOURCE AREAS OF LONG BEACH, WHICH IS PART OF OUR GOALS TO FURTHER FAIR HOUSING WITHIN OUR CITY AND THE RENTER PROTECTION SIDE THAT'S MANAGING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE ARE INVESTING 1.4 MILLION IN LA CASA FUNDS INTO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LA COUNTY'S STAY HOUSED PROGRAM. UH, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES RIGHT TO COUNSEL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO HELP PREVENT EVICTIONS FOR LOWER INCOME RENTERS. AND THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES, UH, OUTREACH, TENANT NAVIGATION SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND OTHER WORKSHOPS ON TENANTS RIGHTS FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UH, FOR REAL ESTATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING. WE'RE ALSO USING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, ABOUT $50,000 IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WILL HELP FACILITATE THE LONG BEACH HOUSING PROMISE, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING AND INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALVIN TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE PROGRAMS MANAGED THROUGH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU STEPHANIE. UM, WHILE THAT'S GETTING QUEUED UP, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MY NAME IS ALVIN TANG. I AM THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, MY TEAM HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO LAUNCH, UH, SEVERAL, UH, EXCITING NEW PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, UM, ALL FUNDED THROUGH LA COUNTY MEASURE A ADMINISTERED BY LA CASA. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, A WELL-BALANCED HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM INVOLVES [00:35:01] FUNDING MORE THAN JUST INTERVENTION SYS UH, SERVICES. SO THE CITY, UM, DOES INVEST EXTENSIVELY IN THINGS LIKE, UM, STREET OUTREACH, SHELTER SPECIALIZED TEAMS, UM, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S, UH, MULTIPLE PIECES TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM, UM, THAT ARE ALSO EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SO THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WHICH STEPHANIE, UH, TOUCHED ON, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PREVENTION TO STOP PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. UM, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PREVENTS, UH, PRESENTS SOLUTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE, UM, AND SPARE PEOPLE THE TRAUMA AND IMPACTS OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO THESE, UH, SERVE AS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM. UM, AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR LA COSTA FUNDING, UM, THAT DOES FOCUS BOTH ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS RENTER PROTECTION AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S, UH, PREVENTION PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED LARGELY THROUGH, UM, RPHP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS. UH, THE FIRST PROGRAM, UH, WE WILL BE FUNDING IS CALLED LONG BEACH RENTER AID. SO, UH, JULIE TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. UM, WE ARE, UM, PILOTING A SCALED DOWN VERSION HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, SO THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF HOUSING LOSS. UM, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO PAY RENT, UM, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. UM, THE PROGRAM WILL MOSTLY, UH, BE FOCUSED ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE, PROVIDING PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS FOR ANY OVERDUE RENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS. UM, FUNDS CAN BE USED, UH, FOR UTILITY BILLS, SECURITY DEPOSITS, OR OTHER RELOCATION COSTS AS WELL. UM, AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE LINKED TO LEGAL SERVICES, UM, THROUGH THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM THAT STEPHANIE MENTIONED. UM, CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND BASIC NEEDS, UH, THROUGH REFERRALS TO OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, THE CITY WILL BE INVESTING ABOUT 2.2 MILLION IN, UH, LA CASA, RPHP FUNDS TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 152 HOUSEHOLDS. THE PROGRAM, UH, WILL EXCLUSIVELY SERVE RENTERS HERE IN LONG BEACH, UM, WHO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND HAVE EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY OR UNEXPECTED EVENT IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS THAT PLACES THEM AT RISK OF LOSING HOUSING. UM, WITHIN THIS POOL OF APPLICANTS, THE PROGRAM WILL PRIORITIZE OLDER ADULTS, UM, PEOPLE IMMINENTLY AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSING EMERGENCY STEM FROM FEDERAL POLICIES. UM, THE PROGRAM WILL LAUNCH, UH, TO THE PUBLIC ON APRIL 13TH, SO IT'S COMING UP VERY SOON. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. UM, APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SELFLY VIA AN ONLINE PORTAL, UM, AND THE CITY WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AWARE OF HOW TO CONNECT PEOPLE VIA THAT SAME PORTAL, ESPECIALLY FOR HARDER TO REACH POPULATIONS WHO MAY FACE BARRIERS, UH, TO UTILIZING THAT SELF-REFERRAL PROCESS. UM, THE SECOND PROGRAM WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, IS THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION UNIT. UM, SO, UM, OR HPU, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE, UH, UTILIZING LA CASA MEASURE A FUNDS TOWARDS AN EXPANSION OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, EXISTING HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION UNIT, UM, HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, SO THIS PROGRAM FIRST PILOTED IN 2021, UM, IS AN EFFECTIVE PROVEN INTERVENTION, UH, FOCUSED ON PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHLY AT RISK OF FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND PROVIDING CRUCIAL SERVICES TO STABILIZE THEM. UM, SO THE HPU MODEL REALLY RECOGNIZES THAT PEOPLE OFTEN, UH, DO NOT, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE AT RISK OF FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS UNTIL IT IS, UH, AN URGENT EMERGENCY AND OFTEN, UH, VERY LATE IN THE PROCESS. AND OFTENTIMES THOSE EMERGENCIES COME WITH COSTLY OR CHALLENGING SOLUTIONS. SO EARLY INTERVENTION CAN, UH, BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE, UH, AND COST EFFICIENT. SO AS A RESULT, THE HPU MODEL USES COUNTY DATA SETS TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY PEOPLE DISPLAYING INDICATORS OF RISKS OF HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH SPECIALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, THE COUNTY, UH, HPU TEAM HAS REPORTED A 90% HOUSING RED RETENTION RATE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN THEIR SERVICES. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO, UM, COME DOWN HERE TO LONG BEACH. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE UTILIZING BOTH LA CASA FUNDS AS WELL AS THE HOMELESSNESS SIDE OF MEASURE, A LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND, UM, TO FUND THIS EXPANSION. AND IT WILL BE FOCUSED, UH, ON TRANSITION AGE YOUTH HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS A HIGH PRIORITY, UH, POPULATION. SO IN TERMS OF, UH, ELIGIBILITY TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, INDIVIDUALS, UH, MUST BE RENTERS IN LONG BEACH, UM, HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW 50% A MI, UM, BE TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, SO THAT'S AGE 18 TO 25. UM, BE IDENTIFIED VIA THAT, UH, THAT ALGORITHM, UH, AS, UH, AT HIGHLY AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY OR UNEXPECTED EVENT IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS THAT PLACES THEM AT RISK OF LOSING HOUSING. UM, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE, UH, LAUNCHING IN JUNE, 2026. AND FINALLY, WITHIN THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS ALSO UTILIZING FUNDS TO, UH, ENSURE OUR OVERALL, UH, YOU KNOW, VISIONING AND STRATEGY AROUND HOMELESSNESS. UM, SO 275,000 WILL BE SUPPORTING THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS, MY TEAM, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ONE TIME SUPPORT FOR THE HIS CITY'S, UH, HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN. [00:40:02] THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION OF THE USAGE OF THE MEASURE A FUNDS FOR, UM, FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS. MOST. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND BACKGROUND ON HOW THE NEARLY $11 MILLION THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH RECEIVES AND HOW WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS. UM, LET'S SEE. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GO BACK OVER A COUPLE OF ITEMS RELATED TO LA CASA IF THE TEAM WOULDN'T MIND. UM, THERE WAS, UM, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO, UH, CASE STUDIES, UM, I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT'LL BE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S OFFICE HOURS OVER THE COUNTER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AS WELL AS THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, LEARN IN TERMS OF, UM, HAVING SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. UM, I WAS HOPING AND WONDERING IF THAT MIGHT ALSO, THOSE CASE STUDIES MIGHT ALSO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE MORE TRADITIONAL, UH, PPO AREA, UM, THAT OF, OF THE WORK AND BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND HOW, UM, LA CASA FUNDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD. OH, YES. WE'RE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CHOOSING SOME OF THE PRETTIEST PICTURES OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA FUND , AND THERE WILL BE, UH, SO WE PLAN TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL SUPPORT. UM, AND WE HAVE A RI A REALLY NICE VARIETY. THERE'S NEW CONSTRUCTION, LARGE PROJECTS, PRESERVATION, LARGE PROJECTS, WE HAVE PRESERVATION. UM, SO WE HAD, WE HAVE A VERY NICE WIDE, UM, CHOICE OF OF PROJECTS. UM, AND YEAH, THOSE, THOSE WILL BE COMING ONLINE SOON. WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRETTY PICTURES, BUT CERTAINLY WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE CAPITAL STACK. YES. UM, SO THAT DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY REPLICATE THAT AND DO MORE HOUSING ACCORDINGLY. YES. AND WE WILL BE DOING A, A, UM, UM, A LISTENING SESSION AFTER THE NOFA IS FINISHED, JUST SO THAT BOTH THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AND LA CASA CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME. I THINK MOVING FORWARD, UM, THERE WAS SLIDE 14 I BELIEVE, WHERE, UH, YOU PRESENTED, UM, MS. CLAUDIA, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, A SPECIFIC SET OF PRODUCTS AND THE TERM PRODUCTS WAS JUST USED AND WE DIDN'T DEFINE WHAT THOSE WERE. AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE A, A BEAUTIFUL SLIDE THAT HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE TERMS OR THE NAMES OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, LENDING TOOLS OR PRODUCTS THAT LA CASA WILL USE. I THINK I WOULD LOVE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DEFINITION FOR EACH OF THOSE PRODUCTS SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR CAPITAL STACK, THOSE PRODUCTS CAN BE PLACED INTO THAT CAPITAL STACK. SO NOW I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE, ALL THE DEFINITIONS HERE, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, GOING FORWARD IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT, UM, HER PRESENTATION IS NOT UP. NO, NO, THERE GOES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK WE CAN GO FORWARD, FORWARD, FORWARD HERE. UH, SLIDE 12. OKAY. SLIDE 12. THIS IS 1301 BEFORE, THERE WE GO. SO HERE, I THINK HELPING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND AND DECIPHER WHAT A SUBORDINATE BNOT IS, WHAT A RENTAL SUBSIDY IS, WHAT A PERMANENT LOAN MATCHING GRANT, RESIDUAL LOAN RECEIPT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO THAT AS DEVELOPERS ARE, UM, PUTTING THEIR PROJECTS TOGETHER, THEY CAN HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THESE MIGHT FALL. YEAH, HAPPY TO. SO OVERALL, UM, NO PHONE NUMBER ONE OFFERED NINE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. THE ONES YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE FIVE THAT RECEIVE THE MOST APPLICATIONS. UM, AND SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE USE TO ESTIMATE, UM, THE COST EFFICIENCY BASED ON THE BASELINE. BUT THE SUBORDINATE BE NOTE IS, UM, WAS CREATED AND A LOT OF THE PROJECTS HERE THAT YOU SEE WERE REALLY CREATED BY DOING A SWEEPING READ OF THE LANDSCAPE. WE LOOKED AT THE LANDSCAPE OF ALL OF LA COUNTY TO TRY TO ASSESS WHAT GAPS WE WERE SEEING, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY ALL OF THESE NINE PRODUCTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ON THE SCREEN, WERE CREATED. THE SUBORDINATE BE NOTE IS A, UM, SECOND LIEN PRODUCT BEHIND A SENIOR LOAN THAT, UH, WE CREATED MOSTLY FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT UTILIZING TAX CREDITS. SO THIS IS, UH, LA CASA'S INNOVATIVE PRODUCT, PUTTING CAPITAL BEHIND PROJECTS THAT ARE LOSING AL THAT USING ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF BUILDING HOUSING THAT ARE NOT USING TAX CREDITS. SO THE SUBORDINATE BE NOTE CREATES THAT LEVERAGE FOR A DEVELOPER TO BRING IN THIS CAPITAL THAT ACTS VERY SIMILAR TO A MEZZANINE LOAN, BUT IT'S VERY LOW COST. AND SO THAT CREATES LEVERAGE FOR THEM SO THAT THEIR PROJECTS CAN MOVE FORWARD. ANOTHER GAP WE SAW BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHANGES HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, IS [00:45:01] THE NEED FOR RENTAL SUBSIDY. UM, I THINK YOU HEARD FROM STEPHANIE'S PRESENTATION EARLIER THAT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE UNITS BE AT 30% A MI AND AN ADDITIONAL 10% AT 50% A MI. SO THE RENTAL SUBSIDY PRODUCT COVERS THOSE UNITS THAT ARE AT 30% A MI AND THE RENTAL SUBSIDY IS SIZE TO THE SMALL AREA OF FAIR MARKET RENTS. SO IT CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE ZIP CODE AND PROVIDES THAT MUCH NEEDED, UM, RENTAL INCOME FOR A PROJECT TO BE VIABLE IN THE LONG TERM. THESE ARE, UH, CONTRACTS THAT LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO A SECTION EIGHT, UH, PROJECT BASED CONTRACT AND ARE UP TO 20 YEARS. THE THIRD PRODUCT IS THE PERMANENT LOAN. WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF PERMANENT LENDERS OUT THERE THAT ARE WILLING TO LEND TO SOME OF THE LARGER NONPROFITS AND THE VERY, VERY LARGE DEVELOPERS, WE STILL SAW A GAP IN THE SMALLER NONPROFITS CLTS, UH, THOSE INTERESTED IN NOAA CONVERSIONS WHERE THERE REALLY WAS A GAP IN PROVIDING PERMANENT LENDING. SO THIS PERMANENT LOAN WAS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THOSE, UM, PROJECTS THAT COULDN'T GET A PERMANENT LOAN. UM, AND UM, THE, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME IN DIDN'T FULLY FIT THE SMALL, UM, DEVELOPER THAT WE CREATED THIS FOR, BUT IT NEVERTHELESS ENDED UP BEING A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO FILL THE GAPS THAT THEY HAD BECAUSE THE PERMANENT LOAN IS ALSO SUBSIDIZED, UH, WITH A MUCH LOWER INTEREST RATE THAT, UM, BY ITSELF CLOSE SOME OF THE GAPS THAT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAD. THEN THE MATCHING CAPITAL GRANT IS, UH, FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A SENIOR PERMANENT LOAN, YOU MAX THAT OUT. THEN YOU BRING IN EITHER A SUBORDINATE BE NOTE OR A RESIDUAL RECEIPTS LOAN, BOTH OF WHICH ARE SUBORDINATE, YOU MAX THAT OUT AND IF YOU STILL HAVE A GAP IN YOUR STACK, THEN THE MATCHING GRANT COMES IN. IT REQUIRES A MATCH FROM THE DEVELOPER, BUT THE MATCH CAN BE PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING INCLUDING TAX CREDITS AS LONG AS IT IS NOT A LOAN. SO THERE IT, SO SUBORDINATE DEBT FROM, UH, THE CITY OR TAX CREDITS, ALL OF THAT CAN ACT AS THE MATCH AND THAT USUALLY BRINGS THE CAPITAL STACK TO A, A WAY THAT PUSHES THE PROJECT FORWARD. AND LASTLY, THE RESIDUAL, UH, LOAN, UH, RESIDUAL RECEIPTS LOAN IS UM, A SUBORDINATE NOTE THAT WAS CREATED ONLY FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE APPLYING FOR TAX CREDITS OR ALREADY HAVE, UH, TAX CREDITS. AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS TO SOLVE FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE FACING DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME OF UM, PRICE PER CREDIT COMING DOWN, INTEREST RATES GOING UP, THE COST OF BUILDING GOING UP, AND SO DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP FILL THOSE GAPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. UM, AND ALL THE HARD WORK OF LA CASA OF PUTTING OUT THOSE NINE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, UM, THAT SHARING FIVE HERE. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL GO TO SEE IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN I ADD A COUPLE QUESTIONS? OH, YOU DO. OH, WANT NO PROBLEM. COUNCILWOMAN RICK SODI. THANK YOU. UM, I, I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR OUR, OUR FRIENDS FROM LA CASA. SO SORRY YOU HAVE TO STAND BACK UP. . UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 10? I JUST HAD A, THIS IS JUST, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TABLE. SO I SEE THERE'S, THERE'S A BUDGET APPROVED, THERE'S THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET, THERE'S A PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION NOFA, AND THEN THERE'S THE TOTAL. CAN YOU JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN TO ME, 'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW ALL THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS YEAH. THE, LIKE, HOW THE AMOUNTS GO. 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME AS THE NOFA FOR THE TOTAL. SOME OF ARE DIFFERENT, THE NUMBERS FOR THE NOFA ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET. SO I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD. YEAH, SO THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET INCLUDES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GONNA RUN. THIS WAS APPROVED BACK IN AUGUST. MM-HMM . OUT OF THAT 252 MILLION, THE, THE BIG UM, NOFA ONE IS MAKES UP $210.9 MILLION OF THAT ALLOCATION. AND THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE'RE TAKING ROUND ONE PROJECTS IN APRIL AND ROUND TWO PROJECTS IN MAY THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER. THEN WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM. THAT'S, UH, THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE COVERED AND UM, THAT UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE OFFICE HOURS AND A LOT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SO THAT'S THE MIDDLE ONE. WE ARE ALSO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET FOR SMALL CITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS BEING LED BY, BY CRON. I'M WORKING WITH SERON, UM, TO SECURE CONSULTANTS FOR VARIOUS, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO CREATE CAPACITY WITHIN THE SECTOR, UM, FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO PRESERVATION, PRODUCTION AND OWNERSHIP. THEN WE ARE ALSO, UH, WE HAVE ALLOCATED $10 MILLION FOR TWO DIFFERENT IMPACT FUNDS. UM, WE DIDN'T [00:50:01] COVER THAT HERE, BUT HAPPY TO DO, UH, AND JUST GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK, UM, OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE ARE. SO WE PLAN TO DO A PRESERVATION FUND AND A HOME OWNERSHIP FUND WHERE LA CASA WILL BE PROVIDING THE SEED FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS IMPACT FUND. THAT WILL MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 10% OVER OF THE OVERALL FUND. WE WILL THEN WORK WITH PHILANTHROPY TO BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL 20% AND THEN THE REST OF THE CAPITAL COMING INTO THESE IMPACT FUNDS WILL BE FROM BANKS, UH, AND OTHER CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS. SO THAT'S THE WAY WE PLAN TO FUND THE IMPACT FUNDS. AND THEN LASTLY IS WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE FEEDBACK STAKEHOLDER, THE, THE LANDSCAPE REVIEW, UH, RESEARCH OF NATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE SIMILAR PHASE ONE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING, UM, UH, AN RFP SOLELY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP EVERYTHING. THESE ARE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDER THE VERTICAL CALLED, UH, PRODUCTION PRESERVATION AND OWNERSHIP. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK I WAS CONFUSED 'CAUSE I WAS READING THE, THE, THE SLOT OR THE TABLE AS THOUGH THE, THE, THE SUMMATION SHOULD GO BY ROW, BUT I SEE THAT SOME OF THEM DON'T, SOME OF THEM ADD ACROSS, SOME OF THEM DON'T. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL FLEX SMALL PROJECTS, IT'S 19 MILLION. RIGHT. UM, BUT YOU HAVE THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, NO, IT THAT'S LIKE 17 MILLION IN ADDITION THE IMPACT FEES IS 5 MILLION, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE, THE BOTTOM ROW, THE TOTAL PPO ALL SUMS, BUT SOME OF THE AMOUNTS VARY DEPENDING ON THE, THE INDIVIDUAL NOFA AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE A PART OF. YEAH. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN AND MORE, MORE OF THIS WAS JUST KIND OF JUST CLARIFICATION ON SLIDE 13. YOU SAID YOU TALKED ABOUT SMALL NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS. I JUST HOPE THAT YOU COULD BRIEFLY JUST DESCRIBE THAT. YEAH, SO, UM, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS NATIONWIDE, BUT IN, IN LOS ANGELES THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, PROPERTIES, SMALL, LARGE THAT UM, HAVE RENTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE. SO THE RENTERS THAT OCCUPY THESE PROJECTS WILL MEET THE DEFINITION OF 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CALL THEM THE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE, UH, RENTAL RESTRICTIONS RECORDED AND ARE OTHERWISE WOULD BE CALLED MARKET, EXCEPT THAT IT IS ALREADY HOUSING TENANTS THAT MEET THE A MI REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT'S WHY WE CALL THEM THAT THIS IS A BIG, UM, THERE'S A, A BIG STOCK OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALL OVER LA COUNTY THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON. UM, PUTTING AFFORDABILITY, PUTTING A RESTRICTIONS ON IT SO THAT THESE ARE NOT LOST TO THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY'RE COMING IN AND PURCHASING A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, EVICTING TENANTS, MAKING THEM, MAKING THE RENTS GO UP. AND SO WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THAT HOUSING STOCK THAT IS JUST NATURALLY AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE AT 80% DAY MI BELOW. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN JUST LAST TWO QUESTIONS. ONE WAS ON SLIDE 19, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE RENTER AID DESIGN, WHICH IS GONNA BE LIKE KIND OF THAT ONLINE PORTAL, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE OFFERING THE SERVICES. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS GONNA BE BE A RELEASE OF A COMPETITIVE RFP IS THE RFP FOR THE PORTAL SYSTEM ITSELF TO, FOR THE BUILDING OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO WE CALL THIS A PEOPLE CENTERED, PEOPLE POWERED TECH ENABLED PROGRAM. SO THE PORTAL HELPS BY PROVIDING AN APPLICATION, BUT THERE'S A TEAM OF HUMANS THAT'S, THAT'S BEHIND THE PORTAL THAT'S REALLY DOING THE SERVICES. SO THAT'S THE, THE LINKAGE TEAM ON BOTH SIDES. UM, BUT THE RFP INCLUDES EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE PORTAL ACTUALLY. AH, OKAY. THAT'S THE PART THAT I WASN'T CLEAR ON. YEAH. OKAY, FANTASTIC. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON FIGURING OUT THE, THE PROPER DATA SYSTEM. OH, NO WORRIES. UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS KIND OF A MIX OF A QUESTION FOR YOU AND FOR CITY STAFF, JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON THE CO-INVESTMENT. SO YOU HAVE THE FULL PARTICIPATION OPTION AND THEN YOU HAVE THE A LA CAR OPTION. WE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DO THE A LA CARTE OPTION AND THAT A LA CAR OPTION IS THEN ALL OF THE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT THE STAFF FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ALL JUST OUTLINED FOR US IN THOSE TWO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS. CORRECT. UH, YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THAT IS, UM, SO I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT HERE IS, UM, GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR'S ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN OUR PRESENTATION ARE HOW WE ARE USING OUR YEAR ONE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. SO THIS, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT HERE WOULD, WILL BE FUNDED BY THAT FIRST YEAR. UM, I THINK THERE'S STILL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT YEAR TWO WILL LOOK LIKE. UM, AS JULIE MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN OPTING INTO A LARGER, UH, COUNTY-WIDE REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT CAN MAYBE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE A LA CARTE [00:55:01] CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEST USING OUR FUNDS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER, UM, IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW, UH, REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT IS COMING ONLINE. UNDERSTOOD. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, UM, WE'RE DOING FIRST YEAR ALLOCATION, WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET HOW WE WANNA USE IT, BUT NOW THAT LA CASA'S UP AND RUNNING THE IDEAS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME PRODUCTS, PUTTING TOGETHER AN ONLINE PORTAL SYSTEM. SO THERE MAY BE THE POTENTIAL AS A CITY FOR US TO OPT IN INTO SOME OF THESE, UM, KIND OF, UH, LIKE LARGER SOFTWARES, LARGER SYSTEMS LIKE YOU SAID, FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH JUST YET. CORRECT. UNDERSTOOD. UH, AND THAT WAS MY FINAL QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN RICK SODI AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, LEMME SEE. AND CHAIR, CAN WE HAVE EVERYONE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, CAN WE HAVE EVERYONE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON TODAY'S ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM, THAT WAY WE CAN GET A COUNT OR A SENSE OF HOW MANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I SEE ONE WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTER. YEAH. AND THEN DID YOU WANNA REDUCE THE TIME? IT LOOKS LIKE? UH, OH, NEVERMIND. I THINK WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE UNDER 10. YES. OKAY. HELLO EVERYONE. ROGELIO MARTINEZ, LONG BEACH MAYORAL CANDIDATE. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE REGARDING, UM, STEPHANIE AND ALVIN'S PRESENTATIONS, WHICH I THINK YOU JUST MENTIONED IS FOR YEAR ONE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND I'M GONNA CALL IT THE SENIOR PROGRAM 'CAUSE THE, THE PRIORITY WAS 55 AND OLDER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALLOCATION IS ABOUT ALMOST JUST UNDER 15,000 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IS THIS A BACK AND FORTH OR JUST PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN I GUESS I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH, THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SO JUST UNDER $15,000 IS GONNA BE ALLOCATED TO ABOUT, UH, 152 PEOPLE, UM, WITH PRIORITY TO THE SENIOR PROGRAM. UM, THE WORDS THAT WERE USED WERE IMMEDIATE EMINENT EVICTIONS, BUT WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR WAS HOW IT PERTAINS TO THE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR RENTERS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, SO WITH THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN LANDLORDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LEGALLY EVICTING RENTERS BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS. NOT JUST THE OLYMPICS, BUT WITH THINGS LIKE THE WORLD CUP AND THE SUPER BOWL NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF BIG EVENTS AND PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING EVICTED LEFT AND RIGHT LEGALLY. SO I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO HOW THE OLYMPICS ARE TIED TO THOSE PEOPLE BEING EVICTED. UH, NEXT IS WITH THE YOUTH. WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS ALARMING TO ME IS THAT UH, FOR THEM IT'S ALMOST $19,000. SO 50 YOUTHS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT WHO DID THE MATH? 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE FUZZY MATH, RIGHT? SO FOR 55 AND OLDER, UM, DARRELL, PLEASE, DARRELL, IT'S VERY ANNOYING. YOU KEEP DOING THAT. WALK AWAY, CONTINUE. THE NEXT THING IS, UM, MEASURE A. SO WHAT WAS A LITTLE ODD WAS WHEN MEASURE A WAS MENTIONED, UM, THE WORDS LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND CAME OUT AND IT WAS AN ALGORITHM THAT WAS TIED TO THE UCLA POLICY LAB. THAT'S A LITTLE ODD THAT AN ALGORITHM IS BEING USED IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY OR QUALIFY, UM, AT RISK YOUTHS. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, LET'S SEE, THE WORDS MUST BE, WERE USED A LOT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING. THERE SHOULD BE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO SEE HOW WE HAVE PERFORMED. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, HOW HAVE THEY PERFORMED? BECAUSE I BET YOU THEY PERFORMED VERY, VERY, THANK YOU. POOR TIME ELAPSED. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, I'M KAREN RE SIDE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION FOR AGING AND DISABILITIES [01:00:02] FOR LA COUNTY. I AM THRILLED TO SEE HOW THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT, UM, THE GREAT PANTHERS WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO JOIN INTO THIS AND A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE HA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND IDENTIFYING THE OLDER ADULTS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME IS I DON'T SEE DISABLED COMMUNITIES MENTIONED ANYWHERE. AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, THEY HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS. AND LA CASA CAME ABOUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT THE COSTS WERE TO BUILD A UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS WAS DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY UNUSUAL, UNIFIED EFFORT, CHAIRED BY UNITED WAY. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THE FIRST MEETING AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU, I'VE SEEN YOU IN MEETINGS, I SAT IN A LOT OF FOCUS GROUPS. I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCIES. THANK YOU ALAN. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO THE DISABLED ARE THE COMMUNITY, THE OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE INCREASINGLY BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOUSING. AND UM, ALIA, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING I AGREE WITH HIM ON THAT. UM, THE OLYMPICS IN WORLD CUP, THE LANDLORDS ARE PUSHING OLDER ADULTS OUT OF THEIR HOUSING AND THEY'RE DOING THIS BY GIVING THEM ILLEGAL RENT INCREASES. THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT GOING ON THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND THE VOUCHER SITUATION. OLDER ADULTS ARE STARTING TO GET LETTERS THAT THEIR VOUCHERS ARE GONNA BE ENDING IN OCTOBER. AND I'VE HAD SIX PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE JUST IN THE LAST DAY PANICKED BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. AND I KNOW, PAUL, YOU'RE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. UM, UM, BUT WE'RE IN A VERY DANGEROUS HOUSING POSITION RIGHT NOW FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE THAT ARE DISABLED. UH, THE PORTAL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY PUSHED FOR WAS HAVING ONE PORTAL SO PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO GO APPLY AT EVERY BUILDING. UM, IT'S RIDICULOUS THE WAY THEY'RE MADE TO GET INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE'S A HUGE NEED. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENS IN THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALL DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB ON IT. AND, UM, WE'RE MAKING SO MUCH PROGRESS. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN FOR HOUSING FOR 35 YEARS. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS LAST. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I FELT HOPEFUL, SO THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, MY NAME IS JILL. I AM WITH LIBRE AND WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO FOLLOW THE LEAD THAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE ESTABLISHED. THIS IS ENSURING HOUSING STABILITY FOR ITS RESIDENTS BY STRENGTHENING THE JUST CAUSE ORDINANCES. UM, RENO REMOVING SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL AS A REASON FOR EVICTION SETTING A REASONABLE NON-PAYMENT THRESHOLD, ALSO MAKING JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS UNIVERSAL AND MATCHING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE LA COUNTY STANDARDS. UM, I WAS GENTRIFIED 10 YEARS AGO DUE TO RAISING MY RENT, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE FIXING OF THINGS THAT WERE WRONG IN MY UNIT. I GREW UP IN THE CITY AND I LOVE IT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I ALSO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE IN THIS PLACE THAT I CALL HOME. UM, IT IS MY DREAM TO RESIDE AND GROW OLD HERE, BUT I FEAR THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING IS SLIM TO NONE. ACROSS THE CITY, 52% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE RENT BURDEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS. LONG BEACH RECORDED THE HIGHEST RATES OF HOMELESSNESS IN 20 25, 40 2% DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND 16% REPORTED EVICTIONS, WHICH LEFT THEM HOMELESS. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, MY NAME IS REVEREND JEN TOFL, AND I'M A MINISTER IN COMMUNITY AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. LOCATED IN DISTRICT ONE, WE'RE THE MAJOR MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS. I'M ALSO REPRESENTING CLUE CLERGY AND LAITY, UNITED [01:05:01] FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE. AND WE'RE CALLING ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, HAVING ESTABLISHED AND ENSURING HOUSING STABILITY FOR RESIDENTS BY STRENGTHENING THE JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE OF REMOVING SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL AS A REASON FOR EVICTION SETTING A REASONABLE NON-PAYMENT THRESHOLD MAKING JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS UNIVERSAL AND MATCHING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO LA COUNTY STANDARDS. MY FAITH COMPELS ME TO SUPPORT JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS. BECAUSE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO CONTINUALLY PROVE THEIR WORTH FOR HOUSING, CAUSING FAMILY TENSIONS AND STRESS. IN MATTHEW 25, WE HEAR HOW TO CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND THIS IS A WAY OF LIVING AND WHY I AM FOR ME, AND WHY I AM ADVOCATING FOR MY NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET AND BEAR WITNESS AS THEY THRIVE. WE ARE CALLED TO BE IMAGE BEARERS OF THE DIVINE AND SEE THE HUMANITY AND DIVINITY IN OUR NEIGHBORS. IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS CALLING. I'M HERE TODAY TO MAKE SURE MY NEIGHBORS THRIVE IN A CITY I LOVE AND HAVE DEEP CONNECTIONS TO. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA TORRES AND I AM HERE WITH LIBRE TO URGE THE CITY TO STRENGTHEN. ITS JUST CAUSE ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW. TOO MANY TENANTS REMAIN VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT. NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE NEED STRONGER PROTECTIONS THAT TRULY REFLECT THE REALITIES AND THE STRUGGLES THAT LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ARE FACING. THIS MEANS REMOVING THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL LOOPHOLE THAT LANDLORDS LOVE, VERY OFTEN USED TO JUSTIFY UNNECESSARY EVICTIONS. IT MEANS SETTING A REASONABLE THRESHOLD FOR NONPAYMENT SO THAT TEMPORARY HARDSHIPS DON'T LEAD TO PERMANENT UPROOTING. AND IT ALSO MEANS MAKING JUST COST PROTECTIONS UNIVERSAL SO THAT EVERY RENTER HAS THE SAME BASIC RIGHTS NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE OR WHO THEY ARE RENTING FROM. FINALLY, THE, THE CITY SHOULD ALIGN ITS POLICIES WITH LA COUNTY'S REALLOCATION ASSISTANCE STANDARDS. THIS ENSURES THAT IF DISPLACEMENT DOES OCCUR, TENANTS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER SUCH A LIFE AL ALTERING EVENT. HOUSING IS NOT JUST A COMMODITY OR A LUXURY, IT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMMUNITY. IF 60% OF LONG BEACH CONSISTS OF RENTERS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT 60% CONTINUES TO FEEL THE LONG BEACH PRIDE WE ARE KNOWN FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, MY NAME IS RORY HERRERA. UH, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. UH, I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN SHORT TERM TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ON ENOUGH THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE LIVED HERE IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE I HA CANNOT AFFORD RE REGULAR RENT HERE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, A JOB THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE WORKED HERE. UH, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE, THE CONDITIONS THAT I'VE SEEN THERE ARE VERY TERRIBLE IN SOME OF THESE PLA SHORT TERM RENTAL PLACES. IF WE HAD REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF WE HAD GENUINE, UH, RENTER PROTECTIONS SUCH AS STRENGTHENING THE DOOR, THE JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE, LIKE THE FOLKS BEFORE ME HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AND PROBABLY FOLKS AFTER ME, UH, THEN THE PROPERTIES THAT, UH, WHERE LANDLORDS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RENTERS OVER AND OVER UNTIL THEY ARE DISPLACED ONTO THE STREETS WOULD NOT BE EXIST. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODELS TO BE REMOVED AS A REASON FOR EVICTION SO THAT NO MORE RE EVICTIONS HAPPEN IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS HA 164 HAVE HAPPENED SINCE APRIL OF 2023. WE ARE ASKING FOR A REASONABLE NONPAYMENT THRESHOLD SO THAT FAMILIES AND RENTERS AREN'T KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, THEIR HOUSING FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR ONE MONTH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, LIBRE CASEWORKERS HAVE HEARD REAL STORIES. AND WE ARE ASKING THAT THE JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS BE MADE UNIVERSAL, THAT THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT EXCEPTIONS IF THE BUILDING IS MAY BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. THEY'RE NOT EXCEPTIONS FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ON A LEASE OR WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ON A LEASE FOR A FULL YEAR. AND FINALLY, WE ARE ASKING FOR LA COUNTY TO, FOR FOR LONG BEACH TO MATCH THEIR [01:10:01] RELOCATION STANDARDS TO THE REST OF LA COUNTY SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THE REST OF LA COUNTY, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY LEADING THE PROGRESSION. UH, WE AS RENTERS HERE IN LONG BEACH ARE THE MAJORITY AND WE DESERVE TO BE HEARD. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UH, TO THE CLERK IS THE, THE, UH, THE YOUNG LADY IN PURPLE IS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S ALEJANDRA. I'M A RECENT GRAD FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO STRENGTHEN THE JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE BY REMOVING THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL AS A CAUSE FOR EVICTION SETTING, A REASONABLE NONPAYMENT THRESHOLD, MAKING PROTECTIONS UNIVERSAL AND MATCHING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO LA COUNTY STANDARDS. HOUSING IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AND THESE CHANGES WILL HELP ENSURE STABILITY FOR RESIDENT RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCE. MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS WHO FACED HOUSING INSECURITY FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARRIVED TO AFFORD THE COST OF HOUSING. MY PARENTS SPLIT RENT WITH SOME AUNTS AND UNCLES. UM, AT ONE POINT WERE, WE WERE 11 LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF, UM, IN A SMALL TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT. WE WERE EVENTUALLY FORCED TO LEAVE BECAUSE, UM, THERE WERE TOO MANY ADULTS LIVING THERE WITH LIMITED OPTIONS. MY FAMILY AND EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR SOME TIME BEFORE FINDING A, A SMALL STUDIO APARTMENT WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS, UM, LIKE MOLD AND RODENTS. UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF YOUNG RENTERS IN LONG BEACH. AND I'M HERE TODAY ADVOCATING FOR THIS JUST CAUSE HOUSING INITIATIVE, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES A SAFE, HEALTHY HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M ANGELICA FRANCO. I'M A RESIDENT AND DISTRICT TWO I I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND, UM, VOLUNTEER IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPACES, INCLUDING THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD TENANT COUNCIL. I'M A LEADER ON THE BEST START LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR CENTRAL LONG BEACH AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES TONIGHT. I WANNA ECHO A LOT OF THE VOICES THAT YOU HEARD TODAY ADVOCATING FOR STRENGTHENING THE JUST CAUSE, UM, ACTIONS, BUT THEN ALSO TO UPLIFT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALSO HEARD FROM LAA TEAM TODAY. HAVING, UM, SOMETHING IN PLACE TO PROTECT FAMILIES, TO KEEP THEM HOUSED IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN ON THE, UM, THE THRESHOLD OF DISPLACEMENT AND EXPERIENCING RENT BURDEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. EVEN IN THE WORK THAT I DO AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND BEING CONNECTED TO ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THAT FEELS VERY SCARY FOR MYSELF TO KNOW THAT I'M ONE PAYCHECK OR ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM MY FAMILY BEING DISPLACED. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO ECHO IN THE JUST CAUSE UM, ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE REALLY UPLIFTING IS THE RENOVATION EVICTIONS IN 2018. MYSELF AND MY FAMILY, I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN LIVING AT HOME AT THE TIME, WERE DISPLACED FROM OUR HOME BECAUSE OUR LANDLORD WANTED TO FIX UP THE APARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO RENT IT AT A HIGHER PRICE. RIGHT? AND AT THE TIME THERE WASN'T VERY MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP ME ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF. I WENT TO COURT. HE WAS FRIENDS WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE. HE VERY MUCH HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT ON HIS SIDE AS A LANDLORD. AND IT WAS VERY DISCOURAGING AT THE TIME. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER UNITS AND OR, UM, A RESIDENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE ALSO BEING DISPLACED. AT THAT TIME, WHAT RESULTED FROM MY FAMILY WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOME FOR CLOSE TO NINE MONTHS. WE SLEPT IN OUR VAN AND OR WE SLEPT IN DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS' HOMES. UM, IT RESULTED IN MY BUSINESS CLOSING AT THAT TIME. IT RESULTED US IN LOSING MOST OF OUR, UH, PERSONAL POSSESSIONS. 'CAUSE I COULD NOT UPKEEP THE COST OF STORAGE. AND IT TOOK US QUITE SOME TIME IT TO START MY CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN, UM, THEIR PRESENCE AND THEIR ACADEMIC LEARNING. AND I'M JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I'VE SEEN IT WITH MANY FAMILIES THAT ONCE YOU'RE DISPLACED, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET RESOURCES TO GET BACK IN. RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT IN SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT TODAY IS HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG FOLK. I'M VERY DISHEARTENED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST A HUNDRED COLLEGE STUDENTS AT LBCC THAT SLEEP IN THEIR CARS JUST TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. AND I DO THINK THAT MAKING, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, THE JUST CAUSE OUR PARAMETERS MUCH STRONGER FOR OUR FAMILIES IN GENERAL, WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM. BUT THEN ALSO UPLIFTING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HEARD TODAY WITH LA CASA. THANK YOU, [01:15:01] MS. LAPSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CLOSES. PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, CLERK OPEN THE ROLL. I'M SORRY. WE'RE GONNA CANCEL VOTES NOW. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL, UH, RECEIVE AND FINAL DISCUSSION, POTENTIAL ACTIONS REGARDING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. [3. 26-54826 Recommendation to receive and file a discussion and potential action regarding future agenda items for the Housing and Public Health Committee.         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ALL RIGHT. FOR TODAY'S MEETING, I WANNA THANK, UH, OUR GUESTS FROM LA CASA FOR COMING OUT TODAY. UH, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY TEAM FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, FOR SHARING SOME UPDATES ACCORDINGLY, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO JUST SHOW THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND CHAIR. DID YOU WANNA TAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM? OH, I WAS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF MY COMMENT. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. MM-HMM . UM, AS SOON AS I'M DONE WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PERFECT THE VOTE. SO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IN MAY, UH, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC THAT WAS HERE TODAY, UH, TO KNOW THAT WE HEAR YOU AND I WILL BE, UH, REQUESTING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT COME BACK AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE, UH, HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR CONCERNS AND PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE MIGHT STRENGTHEN THIS POLICY TO SUPPORT RENTERS WITHIN OUR CITY. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL CHECK TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE WE CLOSE. NO, I, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD TODAY, UM, AND THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING MORE ABOUT THE TYPES OF FUNDING MODELS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING AND USED IN OUR CITY TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR RENTERS, OUR, UH, FOR, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP. UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN RICKS OTI AT THIS TIME WILL CAST OUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME WE CAN ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU. NICE JOB. YES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.