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South Los Angeles

SPA6 Homeless Coalition

South Los Angeles

SPA6 Homeless Coalition

South Los Angeles

SPA6 Homeless Coalition

South Los Angeles

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Latest Updates from the SPA6 Homeless Coalition

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on 14 July 2021
Thank you all for joining us on Friday for another information packed meeting!

We appreciate the participation, collaboration and interest in our fight of addressing homelessness in SPA 6 (and in all of LA).

Below are some of the links and resources promised. More to come.

Have a great week.

The SPA 6 Homeless Coalition Steering Committee
 
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California State Budget Reports

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on 23 June 2021

Here are links to 2 documents from Sacramento on the California State budget. Both are downloadable PDFs. The first is the State Assembly Budget Committee's recommended budget for the coming fiscal year. The second is the State government’s summary of the requested budget for the state’s Home and Community Based Services.

Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are types of person-centered care delivered in the home and community. A variety of health and human services can be provided in this way. HCBS programs address the needs of people with functional limitations who need assistance with everyday activities.

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Measure J Spending Recommendations

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on 22 June 2021

On November 3, 2020, the voters of Los Angeles County approved Measure J which dedicated no less than ten percent of the County’s locally generated unrestricted funding to address the disproportionate impact of racial injustice through community investments such as youth development, job training, small business development, supportive housing services and alternatives to incarceration.
Measure J Year One Spend Plan (pdf)
Since these spending recommendations were issued a Los Angeles court has rule Measure J unconstitutional on the grounds that it preempts the budget authority of the County Board of Supervisors and the decision is being appealed:

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/judge-rules-l-a-countys-voter-approved-effort-to-divert-funds-to-social-justice-is-unconstitutional/

LAHSA: Opportunities for Advancing Racial Equity

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on 15 May 2021

The 2019 Report and Recommendations of The Ad Hoc Committee on Black People Experiencing Homelessness detailed the necessary actions to advance equity and eliminate racial disparities impacting Black people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles County. Included in the report was a call to action for Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA) to thoughtfully examine the drivers of inequitable outcomes (including practices and policies) within the homeless system and to set a course as an agency in advancing racial equity.

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Judge Carter’s Decision and Order in LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City of LA

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on 15 May 2021

On April 20, 2021, Judge David Carter issued a Decision and Order in LA Alliance for Human Rights et al. v. City of Los Angeles, LA County, et al.[1], the case challenging the city and county’s failure to adequately address homelessness in LA.  The judge issued a preliminary injunction, ordering the city and county of LA to both report back to the Court on numerous financial issues and to take a range of actions, especially to offer either shelter or housing to currently unhoused individuals living in Skid Row.

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LA Times Editorial Deplores Failure of City and County Governments to Cover Costs or Pay Sufficient Wages for Homeless Service Providers

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on 13 May 2021

Editorial: Service providers get homeless people off the streets and into housing. Pay them what they need

By The Times Editorial Board, May 10, 2021

In the struggle to help homeless people move off the street, service providers — the entities that supply them food, guidance and other crucial forms of support — are the ones on the front lines. Their staff are the outreach workers who go to encampments and underpasses, and who seek out people slumped on sidewalks in plain view, huddled in the brush out of sight or living in cars. It can take days, weeks, even months to earn the trust of homeless individuals inured to street life and suspicious of anyone who wants to move them to an unfamiliar locale. Even as the pandemic raged in the past year, outreach workers were the ones who never stopped toiling in the streets.

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City and County Homeless Policy

LAHSA, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles

 

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles are having community input sessions on the how the State's Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Grant Program funds can be utilized.

This program, now in its third round of funding, is designed to provide resources to: (1) each Continuum of Care; (2) each of the 55 counties; and (3) the State's 13 largest cities. Locally, the $1 billion allocation includes:

LA CoC: $84.2 million
LA County: $82.3 million
LA City: $143.6 million

Uses of the funding are quite broad. Please see pages 15-16 of the NOFA for more details.



Learn more about HHAP

View the HHAP Round 3 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

RSVP for the Tuesday, March 15th Feedback Session from 9:00-10:30 am

RSVP for the Wednesday, March 23rd Feedback Session from 5:30-7:00 pm

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Measure H Strategies

There is still time to give input on the future of Measure H strategies. At the direction of the Board of Supervisors, the County Homeless Initiative is reassessing its strategies for addressing and preventing homelessness. It is also inviting public input on the updated strategies.

  • Online written comment portal

Updates on the strategy reassessment process may be found at https://homeless.lacounty.gov/community-strategies/ .

Los Angeles County Approved Strategies to Combat Homelessness (February 2016)

Both the city and county of Los Angeles in January 2016 produced extensive plans for long-term dealing with homelessness. This is the county's final plan, issued in February 2016. Click on the link below to view the document, a 130-page PDF.

Click here to read LA County's Approved Strategies to Combat Homelessness

 

City of Los Angeles Comprehensive Homeless Strategy, January 2016

The link below is to the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy plan completed in January 2016, on Mayor Eric Garcetti's website. The link goes to the Mayor's brief summary page. The link on that page goes to the full 237 page document. The download for that can be slow and not practical for a smartphone.

Click here for LA's Comprehensive Homeless Strategy document.

Homelessness in South Los Angeles - Marqueece Harris-Dawson (2)

 Following is a position paper on homelessness in South Los Angeles issued in February 2016 by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Los Angeles City Council member for District 8 in South Los Angeles. He is co-chair of the City Council's Homelessness and Poverty Committee.  We have retained the source notes at the end but they do not hotlink to the main text. A downloadable PDF of this document is available HERE.

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Homelessness in South Los Angeles

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough understanding of homelessness in Los Angeles as it pertains to the Eighth City Council District and South Los Angeles more broadly. On January 13, 2016, the City of Los Angeles released a Comprehensive Homeless Strategy detailing over 60 strategies to combat homelessness. The citywide view is sweeping, expansive, and comprehensive, but falls short when detailing the geographic and demographic particularities of South Los Angeles. While I support implementation of all strategies within the Comprehensive Homeless

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