San Fernando City Council
September 21, 2026

3. On June 6, 2024, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was released for comprehensive homeless services to provide the following: 1) street outreach and engagement, 2) case management, 3) housing navigation, 4) emergency and interim housing options, 5) rapid rehousing and prevention programs; or 6) any of the combined services.

4. On October 21, 2024, the City Council approved Contract Services Agreement – Contract No. 2300 with Home Again Los Angeles to provide comprehensive homeless services until October 31, 2024.

5. On July 7, 2025, the City Council approved the First Amendment to Contract No. 2300(a) with Home Again LA, increasing the maximum compensation by $10,000 to support the administration of the San Fernando Together Financial Assistance Program.

6. On November 17, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 8418 amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 adopted budget to appropriate Measure A funds and approved a Second Amendment to Contract No. 2300(b) increasing the maximum compensation by $167,200 and extending the term for (1) year with the option to extend one (1) additional year to provide comprehensive homeless services expiring on October 21, 2026.

7. In July 2026, the City received notification of Measure A funding totaling $519,197 through the San Fernando Valley Council of Government’s for continuation of homeless services.

ANALYSIS:

Housing instability and homelessness continue to affect individuals and families throughout Los Angeles County, including residents of the City of San Fernando. Providing access to homelessness prevention, rental assistance, affordable housing opportunities, and related supportive services is essential to helping households maintain stable housing and reducing the number of residents who enter or remain in homelessness.

To address these needs, the City has developed partnerships and programs that provide housing assistance and supportive services to San Fernando residents. In 2024, the City partnered with HALA to provide comprehensive homeless services, including case management, emergency motel vouchers, security deposit assistance, and eviction prevention assistance. These services help households experiencing or at risk of homelessness address immediate housing needs and work toward long-term stability.

Measure A Funding
Measure A provides an ongoing funding source for local and regional housing and homelessness programs. The City receives Measure A funding through two separate funding streams: a direct allocation from Los Angeles County and an indirect allocation administered by the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) and received through the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments (SFVCOG).

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The direct Measure A allocation is received through the County’s Local Solutions Fund and is used to support North Valley Caring Services’ (NVCS) street outreach, engagement, and housing navigation services. The indirect Measure A allocation is divided among three LACAHSA funding categories and supports HALA’s homelessness prevention services, affordable housing activities, and technical assistance.

Indirect Measure A funding is administered by LACAHSA and provided to the City through SFVCOG, which serves as the Eligible Jurisdiction responsible for coordinating the allocation of funds to its member jurisdictions. LACAHSA requires the funding to be budgeted across three eligible categories, and the City receives a distinct allocation under each category.

For Fiscal Year 2026-2027, the City’s total indirect Measure A allocation is $519,197, distributed as follows:

Table 2: Indirect Measure A Funding
Production, Preservation, &
Ownership (PPO)
Renter Protection &
Homelessness Prevention
(RPHP)
Technical Assistance (TA)
FY 2026-27 amount: $348,938 FY 2026-27 amount: $145,936 FY 2026-27 amount:
$24,323
• Direct Project Investment
Rent & Operating Subsidies
• LACAHSA Mortgage
• Impact Fund
• Ownership Products
• Program Administration
• Legal Services & Renter
Education
• Emergency Rental &
Flexible Financial
Assistance
• Temporary Rental
Assistance
• Short-Term Income
Support
• Program Administration
• Local TA Grants
• Direct TA
Programming
• Program Design,
Administration,
Monitoring, and
Evaluation
• Professional Services
Support
Only the RPHP category applies to the homeless services provided by HALA. The PPO and TA allocations will be used for other eligible affordable housing and housing-related activities that will be brought forward to the City Council for future consideration.

The City will receive $145,936 in RPHP funding. The proposed use of these funds is:
• $116,748 for HALA services, including:
o $18,242 for program administration and case management. o $98,506 for emergency rental assistance, including security deposits and rental arrears.
• $29,188 will be reserved for legal services and renter education and will be brought to the City Council for consideration at a later date.

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Home Again LA Services Overview.

HALA is a 501(c)3 non-profit homeless service provider founded in 2010 by an association of pastors from various congregations in the East San Fernando Valley as a result of the 2008 recession and the growing population of families with children experiencing homelessness.

Since then, HALA has evolved its programing to focus on five (5) core programs: Shelter, Rapid Rehousing, Eviction Prevention, Transitional Housing, and Education/Outreach.

Under the current agreement, HALA has provided one (1) part-time case manager stationed at the Business and Community Resource Center (BCRC) two (2) days a week. The case manager assists households seeking supportive services and provides referrals related to housing stability, financial assistance, employment, health care, and food assistance. HALA also administers the City’s security deposit assistance, eviction prevention, and San Fernando Together Financial Assistance programs.

From November 2025 to August 2026, HALA has:
• Assisted 6 households with rental assistance and eviction prevention • Assisted 16 individuals with security deposits
• Assisted 28 households with financial assistance through the San Fernando Together initiative
Continuation of the partnership will allow HALA to continue providing case management and supportive service referrals in addition to assisting:
• A minimum of 10 families through the security deposit program, offering deposits of up to $3,000 per family.
• A minimum of 10 families through the eviction prevention program (rental assistance program), providing up to $2,000 per month for three (3) months to help prevent eviction and maintain housing stability.

The number of households ultimately served will depend on each household’s circumstances and the type and amount of assistance provided.

The proposed Third Amendment will provide $116,748 in funding for HALA’s services for the upcoming one-year contract term. The amendment will increase the agreement’s cumulative not-to-exceed amount from $298,184 to $414,932, which represents the total authorized over the life of the agreement, including the original agreement and all subsequent amendments. The amendment will also extend the agreement for one (1) year, with the option to extend for one (1) additional year.

The proposed amendment will be funded through the City’s indirect Measure A funding. HALA’s security deposit and eviction prevention assistance programs are consistent with the eligible uses of this funding category.

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BUDGET IMPACT:

The contract total for $116,748 for HALA will be funded entirely through Measure A allocation through an indirect allocation disbursed through LACAHSA and transferred to the City through the San Fernando Valley Council of Government’s (SFVCOG). The SFVCOG has already executed a Memorandum of Understanding with LACAHSA and will facilitate direct pass through of funds at the City’s request. Resolution No. 8485 will appropriate $519,197 in total indirect Measure A funds to support the proposed HALA contract extension for a term of one (1) calendar year.

Measure A homeless services allocations will continue to be provided to the City on an annual basis. Staff anticipates that the City will receive budget projections and funding allocations in a more timely manner from LACAHSA for Fiscal Year 2027-2028, allowing for a more seamless contract and budgeting process.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 8485 (Attachment “A”) amending the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Adopted Budget to appropriate Measure A funds; approve a third amendment to Contract No. 2300 with Home Again Los Angeles (Attachment “B”) to increase the maximum compensation by $116,748, to provide comprehensive homeless services; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make non-substantive edits and execute all related documents.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Resolution No. 8485
Exhibit A: Indirect Funding Allocation
B. Contract No. 2300(c)
Exhibit A: Contract No. 2300(b) (provided digitally through weblink) C. LACAHSA Program Guidelines (provided digitally through weblink) D. LACAHSA FY 2026-27 Expenditure Plan & Agency Strategy (provided digitally through weblink)
September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 181 of 329 RESOLUTION NO. 8485

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,

CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2026-2027, APPROVING BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF LOS ANGELES

COUNTY MEASURE A INDIRECT FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR ELIGIBLE

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and considered the proposed adjustment to the budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, commencing July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary to amend the revenues and expenditures of the current City budget to appropriate $519,197 in indirect Measure A funds administered by the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) and received through the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments (SFVCOG); and WHEREAS, an annual budget for the City of San Fernando for Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk’s Office, was adopted on June 29, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, FIND, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The following adjustments are made to the City Budget:

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSING & HOMELESS SERVICES Increase in Measure A Revenues $519,197
Account No. 028-3210-0826 (Indirect Allocation) 519,197 Increase in Measure A Expenditures $519,197
Account No. 028-107-0826-4260 (Indirect Allocation) 519,197

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 21st DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026.

Victoria Garcia, Mayor of the City of San
Fernando, California
ATTEST:

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
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2 CERTIFICATION
I, Julia Fritz, City Clerk of the City of San Fernando, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. 8485 which was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of San Fernando, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of September, 2026, by the following vote of the City Council:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSENT:

ABSTAINED:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Fernando, California, this _____ day of September, 2026.

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 183 of 329 Table 1. FY 2026-27 Total Funding Allocation by Jurisdiction Agency Total by Agency
1 LACAHSA $129,033,777
2 Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust $6,506,935 3 City of Glendale $5,102,985
4 City of Long Beach $10,698,220
5 City of Los Angeles $134,656,351
6 City of Santa Clarita $3,409,431
7 Gateway Cities Council of Governments/Gateway Cities
Affordable Housing Trust $18,586,163
8 Lancaster-Palmdale Regional Housing Trust7 $5,251,271 9 Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments $468,903
10 San Fernando Valley Council of Governments $519,197
11 San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments/San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust $25,920,799
12 South Bay Cities Council of Governments/South Bay
Regional Housing Trust $13,074,578
13 Unincorporated Los Angeles County $24,902,928
14 Westside Cities Council of Governments $7,043,918
TOTAL $385,175,455
7 The LACAHSA Act limits direct allocations to only certain cities; other cities may only receive funding through a COG or Regional Housing Trust. Because Lancaster and Palmdale are the only cities that are not part of a COG, their portion is allocated to the North Los Angeles County Transportation Coalition JPA. The JPA is in the process of establishing a regional housing trust that will be the final recipient of funds—exact agency name is tentative.

Image credit: Tyler Zhang via Unsplash
Executive Summary 01 Executive Summary FY 2025-26 Expenditure Plan and Agency Strategy | FY 2026-27 Expenditure Plan and Agency Strategy | 8 EXHIBIT "A"
RES. NO. 8485
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CONTRACT NO. 2300(c)
2026

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT SERVICES AGREEMENT
Comprehensive Homeless Services
Home Again Los Angeles and City of San Fernando
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT (“Third Amendment”) to that certain agreement entitled “2024 Contract Services Agreement – Home Again Los Angeles – Comprehensive Homeless Services”, Contract No. 2300 (“Master Agreement”) by and between the CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, a municipal corporation and general law city (“CITY”) and Home Again Los Angeles (“CONTRACTOR”) is made and entered into this 21st day of September, 2026 (“Effective Date”).

For purposes of this Second Amendment, the capitalized term “Parties” shall be a collective reference to both CITY and CONTRACTOR. The capitalized term “Party” may refer to either CITY or CONTRACTOR interchangeably as appropriate.

RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties executed the Master Agreement on October 21, 2024, for case management, interim and emergency housing options, and security deposit and eviction prevention services to support individuals and families experiencing homelessness (hereinafter Master Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Master Agreement was approved by the San Fernando City Council (“City Council”) at its Regular Meeting of October 21, 2024, under Agenda Item No. 10 and provided for a maximum compensation of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($157,200) for a term of one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, the Parties subsequently executed and entered into that certain First Amendment to the Agreement, Contract No. 2300(a) (which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”), to increase the maximum compensation by TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000), for a total not-to-exceed amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($167,200), as a result of the need for a financial assistance program for families and individuals; and
WHEREAS, the Parties subsequently executed and entered into that certain Second Amendment to the Agreement, Contract No. 2300(b) (which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”), to increase the maximum compensation by ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($130,984), for a total not-to-exceed amount of TWO HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($298,184), to continue to provide comprehensive homeless services; and WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to amend the Master Agreement to extend the term for one (1) additional year and provide for an optional additional one-year extension, and to increase the maximum compensation by ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 185 of 329 CONTRACT NO. 2300(c)
2 FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($116,748.00), for a total not-to-exceed amount of FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS ($414,932.00) to continue to provide comprehensive homeless services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. For purposes of the Master Agreement and this First Amendment, the Term of the Master Agreement as set forth under Section 1.1 is hereby extended for a period of one (1) year through September 20, 2027 (hereinafter, the “Extension Term”). The Parties further agree that the CITY shall have the option to extend the Master Agreement for one (1) additional one-year period upon written notice to CONTRACTOR prior to the expiration of the Extension Term.

The approval and implementation of the Extension Term notwithstanding, CONTRACTOR’s total compensation for all services performed may not exceed FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS ($414,932.00).

SECTION 2. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this First Amendment and the provisions of the Master Agreement, the provisions of this First Amendment shall govern and control, but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and no further.

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided under this First Amendment, the Master Agreement shall remain binding and enforceable. Section 6.20 of the Master Agreement notwithstanding, this First Amendment together with the Master Agreement constitute the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, or entered into between CITY and CONSULTANT prior to the execution of this First Amendment. No statements, representations, or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by any Party which are not embodied herein shall be valid or binding. No amendment, modification or supplement to the Master Agreement as amended by this First Amendment shall be valid or binding unless in writing and duly executed by the Parties in the form of a written contract amendment.

Signature page to follow
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3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to be executed on the day and year first appearing above.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO HOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES
By: By:

Kanika Kith, City Manager
Name:

Date:

Title:

APPROVED AS TO FORM Date:

By:

Richard Padilla, City Attorney
Date:

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AGENDA REPORT
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE 117 MACNEIL STREET, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340 (818) 898-1227 WWW.SFCITY.ORG REVIEW: ☒ City Clerk ☒ Director of Admin. Services ☒ City Manager To: Mayor Victoria Garcia and Councilmembers
From: Kanika Kith, City Manager
By: Anthony Miranda, Interim Chief of Police
Brian Woodward, Police Operations Commander
Jennifer Spatig, Management Analyst

Date: October 21, 2026
Subject: Consideration to Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Measure A Funds, and Approve a Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with North Valley Caring Services for Homeless Street Outreach and Engagement Services RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the City Council:
a. Adopt Resolution No. 8486 (Attachment “A”) amending the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Adopted Budget to appropriate Measure A Funds;
b. Approve Second Amendment with North Valley Caring Services (Attachment “B” - Contract No. 2299(b)) to increase the maximum compensation by $110,292, and extend the term of the agreement for one (1) additional year through October 21, 2027, for continued homeless street outreach and engagement services; and
c. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make non-substantive edits and execute all related documents.

BACKGROUND:

1. On September 6, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 8164 (Attachment “C”) approving the City of San Fernando Homelessness Action Plan, which provides a comprehensive strategy to address homelessness over a five-year period.

2. On April 17, 2023, the City Council authorized an appropriation of $300,000 using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to be used towards homeless outreach services and related programming. Additionally, the City Council approved Contract No. 2148 with North Valley Caring Services (NVCS) for an amount not to exceed $175,000 to provide street outreach for individuals experiencing homelessness for a term of one (1) year.

3. On June 6, 2024, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was released for comprehensive homeless services to provide the following: 1) street outreach and engagement, 2) case management, September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 191 of 329 Consideration to Approve Amendments to Professional Services Agreement with North Valley Caring Services and Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Measure A Funds

3) housing navigation, 4) emergency and interim housing options, 5) rapid rehousing and prevention programs; or 6) any of the combined services.

4. On October 21, 2024, the City Council approved Professional Service Agreements with Home Again Los Angeles (HALA) and North Valley Caring Services (NVCS) to provide comprehensive homeless services until October 21, 2025.

5. On November 17, 2025, the City Council approved Amendments to Professional Services Agreements with HALA and NVCS to provide comprehensive homeless services for an additional year, and adopted Resolution No. 8418, appropriating Measure A Fundsto support the City’s contracted homeless services. The amendment with NVCS extended the agreement through October 21, 2026, and provided the City with the option to extend the agreement for an additional one-year period.

6. In April 2026, under direction of the City Manager, staff began transitioning oversight of contracted homeless services. Under the new structure, the Police Department assumed responsibility for the agreement with NVCS for homeless street outreach and engagement services, while the Business and Community Resource Center (BCRC) continued to oversee the agreement with HALA for case management and homelessness prevention services.

7. On September 3, 2026, the City Manager signed Contract No. 2445(a) (Attachment “C”), amending the City’s Measure A Local Solutions Fund agreement with Los Angeles County, increasing the City’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 allocation by $122,292 to support homeless services, including street outreach and interim housing.

ANALYSIS:

Homelessness is a complex issue that presents ongoing challenges for communities, including the City of San Fernando. The 2026 Greater Los Angeles Point-in-Time Homeless Count identified an estimated 25 individuals experiencing homelessness in the City of San Fernando, compared with approximately 73,000 individuals across Los Angeles County. Addressing homelessness requires ongoing outreach and connections to services that address the immediate and long-term needs of individuals experiencing homelessness.

To address these needs within the community, the City partnered with HALA and NVCS in 2024 to provide comprehensive homeless services. Both agreements were initially overseen by the BCRC. In April 2026, the City transferred oversight of the NVCS agreement to the Police Department to improve coordination between NVCS’s street outreach team and Police Department personnel who regularly encounter individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. The BCRC continues to oversee the agreement with HALA.

NVCS is a nonprofit organization that has served the San Fernando Valley for more than 40 years.

Established in 1978, NVCS provides services that address homelessness, poverty and food insecurity. Through its agreement with the City, NVCS provides street outreach and engagement services to individuals experiencing homelessness in San Fernando. Services include proactive outreach to individuals and encampments, response to City referrals and community requests, September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 192 of 329 Consideration to Approve Amendments to Professional Services Agreement with North Valley Caring Services and Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Measure A Funds

distribution of food, hygiene items, clothing, and other essential supplies, and assistance connecting individuals with shelter, housing, and supportive services. NVCS also provides transportation to shelters, medical appointments and other critical services.

Since assuming oversight of the NVCS agreement, the Police Department has worked with NVCS outreach workers to more closely coordinate street outreach services. The Department has implemented targeted outreach operations focused on education, connecting people with services, responding to community concerns, and addressing quality-of-life issues. This coordination also allows for continued follow-up with individuals who may need additional outreach or assistance.

From October 1, 2025 to September 15, 2026, NVCS connected with 72 new individuals experiencing homelessness and successfully placed 20 into shelters. During interim placements, individuals were connected with supportive services and case management to assist with identifying longer-term housing options. During the reporting period, 48 individuals exited the program following successful placements or periods of non-communication. NVCS also provided 303 individual services and distributed 701 meals. Currently, two NVCS team members currently provide field outreach for two hours each day.

The current agreement with NVCS expires on October 21, 2026. Under the proposed Second Amendment to the agreement, NVCS will continue to provide street outreach and engagement services for one additional year through October 21, 2027, at a cost of $110,292. The proposed contract amount corresponds with the amount designated for street outreach in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 direct Measure A Local Solutions Fund (LSF) allocation.

Measure A Funding
Measure A is an ongoing 0.5-cent countywide sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in November 2024 to fund homelessness services, prevention, affordable housing, and related programs. Measure A replaced Measure H, a 0.25-cent countywide sales tax approved by voters in 2017 to fund homeless services and prevention programs.

After the City’s previous the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant and Measure H funding ended, the City began using Measure A funds to support contracted homeless services.

The City receives Measure A funding through two separate allocation streams:

1. Direct Measure A funding is received from Los Angeles County through the Local Solutions Fund and is used to support North Valley Caring Services’ street outreach services.

2. Indirect Measure A funding is administered by the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACASHA) and provided to the City through San Fernando Valley Council of Governments.

Direct Measure A allocations must be used in one (1) of three (3) eligible groups. These groups outline the types of activities that jurisdictions may fund; however, the County issues one allocation, and jurisdictions determine which eligible group(s) their proposed programs fall September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 193 of 329 Consideration to Approve Amendments to Professional Services Agreement with North Valley Caring Services and Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Measure A Funds

under. The City’s current homeless services offered through NVCS fall entirely under Group 1 eligible uses. The following is a breakdown of those groups:

Table 1: Direct Measure A Funding
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027, the County has allocated the City up to $122,292 in direct Measure A LSF funding. Of this amount $110,292 is designated for street outreach services, including partial salary and benefits for two full-time outreach staff. The remaining $12,000 is allocated for one shelter bed through Community Bridge Housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and is not included in the proposed NVCS agreement. The agreement with Community Bridge Housing will be brought forward to City Council for consideration at a future date.

The NVCS outreach program is intended to engage individuals experiencing homelessness and connect them with resources, including interim and permanent housing, employment, transportation, food, and medical and mental health services.

For Fiscal Year 2026-2027, the City’s performance target under the direct Measure A funding is to engage 31 unique individuals experiencing homelessness through the street outreach program. The proposed amendment with NVCS will continue these street outreach services and support the City in meeting this target. Alternatively, the City Council may direct staff to explore other options for using the available Measure A funding, including identifying an alternative service provider.

The proposed Second Amendment will provide $110,292 for the upcoming one-year contract term with NVCS. The amendment will increase the agreement’s cumulative not-to-exceed amount from $279,798 to $390,090 which represents the total authorized over the life of the agreement, including the original agreement and all subsequent amendments. The amendment will also extend the agreement for one (1) year, with the option to extend for one (1) additional year.

BUDGET IMPACT:

The contract total for $110,292 for NVCS will be funded entirely through the City’s FY 2026-2027 direct Measure A allocation from Los Angeles County. Resolution No. 8486 will appropriate $122,292 in total direct Measure A funds to support the proposed NVCS contract extension.

CONCLUSION:

Staff recommendsthat the City Council to adopt Resolution No. 8486 (Attachment “A”) amending the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Adopted Budget to appropriate Measure A Funds; approve Second Amendment with North Valley Caring Services (Attachment “B” - Contract No. 2299(b)) to increase the maximum compensation by $110,292, and extend the term of the agreement for one (1) additional year through October 21, 2027, for continued homeless street outreach and September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 194 of 329 Consideration to Approve Amendments to Professional Services Agreement with North Valley Caring Services and Adopt a Resolution Appropriating Measure A Funds

engagement services; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make non-substantive edits and execute all related documents.

ATTACHMENT:

A. Resolution No. 8486
B. Contract No. 2299(b)
Exhibit “A” – Contract No. 2299(a) (provided via digital link) C. Resolution No. 8164
D. Contract No. 2445(a)
September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 195 of 329 ATTACHMENT “A”
RESOLUTION NO. 8486

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN

FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2026-2027, APPROVING BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF LOS

ANGELES COUNTY MEASURE A DIRECT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and considered the proposed adjustment to the budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, commencing July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary to amend the revenues and expenditures of the current City budget to appropriate $122,292 in direct Measure A Local Solutions Funds (LSF) allocation funds received through Los Angeles County to support homeless services, including street outreach and interim housing for the City through its professional services agreement with North Valley Caring Service; and WHEREAS, an annual budget for the City of San Fernando for Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk’s Office, was adopted on June 30, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, FIND, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The following adjustments are made to the City Budget:

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSING & HOMELESS SERVICES Increase in Measure A Revenues $122,292
Account No. 028-3210-0828 (Direct Allocation) 122,292
Increase in Measure A Expenditures $122,292
Account No. 028-107-0828-4260 (Direct Allocation) 122,292

SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 21st day of SEPTEMBER 2026.

ATTEST:

Victoria Garcia, Mayor of the City of San
Fernando, California

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
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2 CERTIFICATION
I, Julia Fritz, City Clerk of the City of San Fernando, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. 8486 which was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of San Fernando, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of September 2026, by the following vote of the City Council:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSENT:

ABSTAINED:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Fernando, California, this _____ day of September, 2026.

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 197 of 329 ATTACHMENT “B”
CONTRACT NO. 2299(b)
2026

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT SERVICES AGREEMENT
Comprehensive Homeless Services
North Valley Caring Services and City of San Fernando
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (“Second Amendment”) to that certain agreement entitled “2024 Contract Services Agreement – North Valley Caring Services – Comprehensive Homeless Services”, Contract No. 2299 (“Master Agreement”) by and between the CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, a municipal corporation and general law city (“CITY”) and North Valley Caring Services (“CONTRACTOR”) is made and entered into this 21st day of September, 2026 (“Effective Date”).

For purposes of this Second Amendment, the capitalized term “Parties” shall be a collective reference to both CITY and CONTRACTOR. The capitalized term “Party” may refer to either CITY or CONTRACTOR interchangeably as appropriate.

RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties executed the Master Agreement on October 21, 2024, for street outreach and engagement for individuals experiencing homelessness. (A true and copy of the Master Agreement is attached incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”); and WHEREAS, the Master Agreement was approved by the San Fernando City Council (“City Council”) at its Regular Meeting of October 21, 2024, under Agenda Item No. 10 and provided for a maximum compensation of ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($175,000) for a term of one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, on November 17, 2025, the San Fernando City Council subsequently approved a First Amendment to the Master Agreement to extend the term for one (1) year, provide for an optional additional one-year extension, and increase the maximum compensation by ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($104,798), and; WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to amend the Master Agreement to extend the term for one (1) additional year and provide for an optional additional one-year extension, and to increase the maximum compensation by ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS ($110,292) to the not-to-exceed amount of THREE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND NINETY DOLLARS ($390,090)
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. For purposes of the Master Agreement and this Second Amendment, the Term of the Master Agreement as set forth under Section 1.1 is hereby extended for a period of one (1) year through October 21, 2027 (hereinafter, the “Extension Term”). The Parties further agree that the CITY shall have the option to extend the Master Agreement for one (1) additional one-year period upon written notice to CONTRACTOR prior to the expiration of the Extension Term.

September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 198 of 329 CONTRACT NO. 2299(b)
2 The approval and implementation of the Extension Term notwithstanding, CONTRACTOR’s total compensation for all services performed may not exceed THREE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND NINETY DOLLARS ($390,090).

SECTION 2. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Second Amendment and the provisions of the Master Agreement, the provisions of this Second Amendment shall govern and control, but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and no further.

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided under this Second Amendment, the Master Agreement shall remain binding and enforceable. Section 6.20 of the Master Agreement notwithstanding, this Second Amendment together with the Master Agreement constitute the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, or entered into between CITY and CONSULTANT prior to the execution of Second this Amendment. No statements, representations, or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by any Party which are not embodied herein shall be valid or binding. No amendment, modification or supplement to the Master Agreement as amended by this Second Amendment shall be valid or binding unless in writing and duly executed by the Parties in the form of a written contract amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to be executed on the day and year first appearing above.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES
By: By:

Kanika Kith, City Manager
Name:

Date:

Title:

APPROVED AS TO FORM Date:

By:

Richard Padilla, City Attorney
Date:

September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 199 of 329 RESOLUTION NO. 8164

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,

CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2020, the City Council received and filed an update on homelessness in San Fernando that led to proactive discussion and the need to develop a Homelessness Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2021, the City entered into an Agreement with the Los Angeles County to develop a Homelessness Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2021, the City Council established a Homelessness Ad Hoc Committee (Councilmembers Montañez and Rodriguez) to work with a City Homeless Task Force comprised of staff from Administration, Community Development, Police, Public Works and Recreation and Community Services departments to develop policy recommendations in addressing homelessness in San Fernando, including but not limited to, the review of consultants that would prepare a Homeless Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Homelessness Action Plan establishes the City’s priorities, goals, and strategies for reducing and eliminating homelessness in San Fernando, and makes the City competitive for grant applications to support ongoing services for people experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Homelessness Action Plan is considered a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; and WHEREAS, City staff determined that the Homelessness Action Plan (”Project”) is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), “Common Sense Exemption” and Public Resources Code Section 21080.20. Common Sense Exemption applies to projects where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possible significant effect on the environment.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, FIND, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The City Council finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals of this Resolution are true and correct.

SECTION 2. Environmental Review. The City Council hereby finds that the adoption of the City of San Fernando Homelessness Action Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), “Common Sense Exemption,” because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of this Plan, in and of itself, may have a significant effect on the environment. 







 



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SECTION 3. Findings. The City Council, as consideration of the Homelessness Action Plan, as recommended by City staff and reports thereof, makes the following findings:
a. The proposed Homelessness Action Plan will support the City of San Fernando’s current efforts to solve homelessness by addressing the needs of its residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness over the next five years. b. The proposed Homelessness Action Plan is consistent with the General Plan’s 2021-2029 Housing Element’s actions to: 1) Develop a Homelessness Plan by December 2024. 2) Provide outreach to people living in encampments and vehicles to connect them to housing and support services. 3) Establish a Housing Division to coordinate and implement the City’s housing and homelessness related services and programs.
c. The proposed Homelessness Action Plan is consistent with the citywide 2022-2027 Strategic Goal 3, Preserve Beautiful Homes and Neighborhoods, section 5:
“Develop a Homeless Plan and policies to support unsheltered and under housed individuals and families.”
SECTION 4. Adopt the Homelessness Action Plan (Exhibit “A”).

SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 6th day of September, 2022.

Mary Mendoza, Mayor of the City of
San Fernando, California
ATTEST:

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
I, City Clerk of the City of San Fernando, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No. 8164 which was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of San Fernando, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of September, 2022, by the following vote of the City Council:

AYES: Rodriguez, Montañez, Ballin, Pacheco, Mendoza - 5 NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Fernando, California, this _____ day of September, 2022.

Julia Fritz, City Clerk
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO

HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN
FINAL PLAN SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
Guiding Principles 5
Homelessness in the Region 6
Alignment with Regional Strategies/Frameworks 11
PRIORITIES, STRATEGIES, AND GOALS 12
Priority 1: Develop City’s Capacity to Better Prevent and End Homelessness 12
Strategies 12
Five Year Goal 15
Metrics 16
Priority 2: Support the Service Needs of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness 17
Strategies 17
Five Year Goal 18
Metrics 18
Priority 3: Focus on Root Causes to Prevent Homelessness 19 Strategies 19
Five Year Goal 21
Metrics 21
Funding Sources 22
APPENDICES 28
Looking Beyond the Homelessness Action Plan: A 5-10 Year Plan to Expand Equitable Access to Permanent Housing 28
Stakeholder List 29
Acronyms 30
Definitions 31
Acknowledgments 34

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
According to the 2020 Point in Time Count, there are
23 people experiencing homelessness in the City of
San Fernando and over 63,000 individuals across
Los Angeles County. The City understands the need
to take a more measured and strategic approach to
address the significant gaps in resources, services, and capacity in the current regional homelessness system.

To address this need, the City of San Fernando engaged
LeSar Development Consultants (LDC) to identify gaps
and assist in the homelessness planning process for the City’s first 5-year Homelessness Action Plan. As part of this process, the City of San Fernando and LDC engaged
with a diverse set of stakeholders, including city staff, regional entities, homeless service providers, healthcare providers, government entities, and community members.

Feedback from stakeholders highlighted various
strengths and challenges in the current homelessness
response system that can be addressed in San Fernando.

The City of San Fernando finds itself in a unique moment with a relatively small number of people experiencing
homelessness and momentum generated towards
person-centered homelessness solutions. The City
also recognizes that sufficient resources and regional
coordination are imperative to prevent the number of
families and individuals experiencing homelessnesss
from exceeding available support resources. The
Homelessness Action Plan lays out tangible steps
that the City of San Fernando and its partners can
take over the next five years to move toward a system
where homelessness is prevented whenever possible
and to ensure that, if it does occur, it is rare, brief, and nonrecurring. The Homelessness Action Plan is
strategically aligned with regional plans and frameworks, like the LA County Homeless Initiative strategies and
SFVCOG Homelessness Strategic Framework, to ensure
regional coordination and integration.

The Plan focuses on the following three areas of priority:
• Priority 1: Develop City’s Capacity to Better
Prevent and End Homelessness.
• Priority 2: Support the Service Needs
of People Experiencing Unsheltered
Homelessness.
• Priority 3: Focus on Root Causes to Prevent
Homelessness.

Each priority has corresponding strategies and metrics.

The plan highlights the following three key homelessness response goals that will create a more developed
homelessness response over the next 5 years. Each of
these goals will require establishing key benchmarks and metrics to measure success.
• Goal 1: Establish a Homelessness Response
Center led by identified departmental lead
and supported by established homelessdedicated staff and/or service agreements with homelessness-dedicated service
providers to implement a person-centered
approach.
• Goal 2: Strive to eliminate unsheltered
homelessness in San Fernando.
• Goal 3: Seek to increase the number of
individuals diverted from the homelessness
response system by leveraging strategic
partnerships with upstream services and
building in mechanisms to measure success.

While certain aspects of the plan will need to be
implemented in a linear fashion, the plan will be most
effective if each priority is addressed parallel to each other. The City of San Fernando is committed to these
priorities to meaningfully address homelessness in the
region.

Homelessness Status
+63,000

LOS ANGELES
COUNTY
+23

CITY OF

SAN FERNANDO

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Plan sets the course for the City to further address
the needs of its residents experiencing or at risk
of homelessness over the next five years. The
plan builds off current efforts and formalizes the
approach under three priorities. As this is the City of San Fernando’s first Homelessness Action Plan, the
City has the opportunity to address multiple facets
of the homelessness response — from the inflows
to the service delivery, to the outflows.

The City of San Fernando finds itself in a unique
moment to address homelessness, with momentum
from key community stakeholders, new funding
opportunities, and fewer than 30 individuals
experiencing homelessness. By applying a personcentered approach, and focusing on people’s individual needs, ending homelessness in the City
of San Fernando is possible.
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES

PERSON-CENTERED
The City believes that all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their housing status. This document uses person-centered language like “people experiencing homelessness” and “clients” interchangeably.

Demeaning language, like “the homeless” or “homeless people,” attaches an individual, family, or community to their situational housing status. The City will position people experiencing homelessness as individuals with agency, decision-making, and dignity within a system that provides services to them. The City believes in the strengths of people experiencing homelessness and will adopt person-centered approaches that account for past trauma, personal strengths, client confidentiality, and individual responsibility. In creating solutions, the City will apply this person-centered approach by knowing the names, stories, and strengths of those community members experiencing homelessness within the City of San Fernando.

EQUITY FOCUSED
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are significantly overrepresented among those experiencing homelessnesss, a legacy of historical and contemporary structural racism. Centering a homelessness response system on the needs of those most vulnerable and overrepresented for those experiencing homelessness develops the capacity of the system to better respond to the needs of all people experiencing homelessness. The City will continue to focus on equity in our homelessness response, to disaggregate data to better develop solutions, and to look upstream at the inflows and structural roots of homelessness.

STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM
A strong support system ensures that the availability of services and resources match or exceed the demand for them. The City will continue to provide support services so that the inflow, the number of persons experiencing homelessness, does not exceed the outflow, the number of persons who gain access to permanent housing. When a support system is strong, homelessness is rare, brief, and nonrecurring. A key component of building a strong support system is the development of a By-Name list that the City may use to know the names of those experiencing homelessness and deliver tailored, person-centered solutions, which can be done in a city like San Fernando given the small number of individuals experiencing homelessness.

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HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The City of San Fernando is located in Los Angeles
County. Los Angeles County is broken up into eight
Service Planning Areas (SPAs), with San Fernando
falling into SPA 2. According to the 20201 Point in Time (PIT) count2, Los Angeles County had a total of 63,706
individuals experiencing homelessness. This is slightly more than a 13% increase from the 2019 total of 56,257. Of those, more than 72% (46,090) were unsheltered, meaning they were sleeping in cars, outdoors, or other places
not suitable for human habitation. From 2019 to 2020,
there was approximately a 9% increase in unsheltered
homelessness (42,471 to 46,090) and an almost 28%
increase in sheltered homelessness (13,786 to 17,616).

There was also an approximate increase of 58% in chronic homelessness from 2019-2020 (15,538 to 24,482). Among
those experiencing chronic homelessess, there was more
than a 36% increase in sheltered homelessness (1,781
to 2,425) and more than a 60% increase in unsheltered
homelessness (13,757 to 22,057).

HOMELESSNESS IN SERVICE PLANNING AREA 2
When considering the City of San Fernando’s regional position, it is important to look at the homelessness rates of SPA 2. SPA 2 includes the City of Los Angeles, which drastically increases the rates for this region. According to the 2020 PIT for Service Planning Areas3
, SPA 2 had 9,108 individuals experiencing
homelessness, an almost 18% increase from the previous year.

According to Homeless Management Information System
(HMIS) data, a total of 12,612 individuals were enrolled in a homelessness or housing program (Transitional Housing, Safe Housing, Rapid Rehousing [RR], Permanent Supportive Housing [PSH], or Emergency Shelter) in 2021, an almost 8% increase from 2019 (11,599). Of those participating in one of the abovementioned programs, almost 26% identified as Black/African American (3,258) and more than 41% identified as Hispanic (5,204) in 2021; this is a decrease by more than 8% (3,596) and an increase of nearly 9% (4,754) respectively from 2019 to 2021. Homelessness has increased for individuals identifying as American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Indigenous by more than 76% from 2019 to 2021 (132 to 233), and it has increased for those identifying as Asian or Asian American by more than 33% (133 to 177). In 2021, more than 29% (3,713) were individuals from 0-24 years old, while nearly 26% (3,226) were ages 55 or older; this is a decrease of almost 18% (4,527) and an increase of over 31% (2,461) respectively from 2019. The total number of people experiencing homelessness who report a disability (mental health, chronic health, physical, developmental, substance use, and/or HIV/AIDS) in 2021 has increased by more than 45% since 2019 (9,911 to 14,356); similarly, substance use has increased by more than 205% from 2019 to 2021 (279 to 853). 1 The PIT Count did not occur in 2021 due to COVID-19 precautions; it is fully expected that the number of people experiencing homelessness has only risen from the 2020 numbers. The PIT Count resumed in 2022 and the data captured is expected to be released in September 2022.
2 HUD 2020 CoC Homeless Assistance Programs Homeless Populations & Subpopulations | CA-600 Los Angeles City & County CoC
3 2020 Homeless County by Service Planning Area | SPA 2 4 2020 Homeless County by Community/City | San Fernando (next page) 5 United States Census Bureau | American Community Survey (next page)

HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION

IN HOMELESSNESS
FROM 2019 TO 2020

IN UNSHELTERED
9%↑ HOMELESSNESS
+
28%IN SHELTERED
↑ HOMELESSNESS
13%↑

IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS
FROM 2019 TO 2020
60% IN UNSHELTERED↑ HOMELESSNESS
+
36%IN SHELTERED
↑ HOMELESSNESS
58%↑

IN HOMELESSNESS
FROM 2019 TO 2020
18%↑
LOS ANGELES COUNTY:

SERVICE PLANNING AREA 2:

BLACK/AFRICAN

AMERICAN
12,612 ENROLLED IN HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM
26%

HISPANIC
41%
% OF PEOPLE

EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN 2021
0-24 YEARS OLD
29% 26%
% OF PEOPLE

EXPERIENCING

HOMELESSNESS IN
2021 55+ YEARS OLD
76%↑ 33%↑ HOMELESSNESS ↑
OVER LAST 3 YEARS:

AMERICAN INDIAN,

ALASKAN NATIVE, OR

INDIGENOUS

HOMELESSNESS
↑ OVER LAST 3
YEARS: ASIAN OR

ASIAN AMERICAN
45%↑ HOMELESSNESS

IN THOSE WHO

REPORTED

A DISABILITY
205%↑ HOMELESSNESS

IN THOSE
WITH

SUBSTANCE USE

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the boundaries of San Fernando along Ilex St. and San
Fernando Rd. The Ad Hoc and full City Council also
demonstrated the City’s commitment to addressing the
homelessness epidemic by approving a new Housing
Coordinator position that will be dedicated to housing
affordability, housing loan programs, and homelessness
outreach services, as well as other housing related activities.

Additionally, the City of San Fernando’s City Manager’s Office and Police Department have worked to coordinate
efforts to provide necessary resources to those
experiencing homelessness in the community. The Police
Department adheres to community-oriented policing
principles and has been leading many of the outreach
efforts in the City using person-centered approaches. The Police Department works in tandem with the Homeless
Outreach Services Team (HOST) to couple their ongoing
outreach with multidisciplinary homeless outreach
staff. Funding for this partnership is provided through the San Gabriel Police Chiefs Association and comes
from Measure H funds. These efforts led to numerous
individuals being engaged and connected to resources
like hygiene, identification, transportation, and shelter.

The City Manager’s Office and Police Department staff
participate regularly in regional coordination meetings and events, like the San Fernando Valley Council
of Governments Homelessness Taskforce and the
Service Planning Area 2 Steering Committee. To begin
to address some of the gaps in regional coordination,
the City Manager created the Northeast San Fernando
Valley Interagency Homelessness Task Force, which
includes key stakeholders from regional governmental
and legislative entities like key City of San Fernando
Departments and staff, Los Angeles County, LAHSA,
Department of Public Health, Los Angeles Unified School District, the Office of Kelly Gonez School Board Member District 6, the Office of CA-Assemblymember Luz
Rivas (District 39), the Office of Councilwoman Monica
Rodriguez (City of L.A. District 7), the Office of LA County Board of Supervisors Sheila Kuehl (Third District), and the Office of State Senate Majority Leader Emeritus Bob Hertzberg. These efforts have begun to break down
some of the communication and resource silos in the
region and facilitate collaboration.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
To better understand the City of San Fernando and its
needs, LeSar Development Consultants (LDC) assessed
the strengths and gaps of the City’s homelessness
response using both qualitative and quantitative data.

Quantitative Data
LDC analyzed system-wide data alongside the
information collected in the qualitative stakeholder
engagements. Through quantitative methods, LDC was
able to explore data collected from the Point-in-Time (PIT) count and HMIS across Los Angeles County, SPA 2, and
the City of San Fernando. Due to a variety of capacity and data barriers at LAHSA, the City of San Fernando does
not have easily accessible city-specific data available to them, which is why all three levels were analyzed.

HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
During the 2020 PIT count for the City of San Fernando4 ,
a total of 23 individuals were counted as unsheltered, a decrease of more than 46% from the 43 total individuals counted in the 2019 PIT count. Most individuals
experienced vehicular homelessness, with 15 individuals sleeping in vans, 3 individuals sleeping in cars, and 2 individuals sleeping in RVs/campers. 3 individuals were sleeping on the street.
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Housing affordability impacts San Fernando residents.

According to the latest American Community Survey
from the United States Census Bureau, the median rent
for all rental units in San Fernando in 2019 (the most
recent data collected) is $1,342 a month, which is less than the median rent of $1,503 for California overall.

More than half (56%) of those renting in San Fernando
pay more than 35% of their income toward rent,
demonstrating a severe cost burden. The median annual
income for households in San Fernando is $58,425,
while the median income for households in California
is $75,235 (22% more). Over 72% of households in San
Fernando have at least one or more people under the
age of 18 years or one or more people 65 years and
older, reflecting the prevalence of multi-generational
households; this indicates the possible financial
constraints that require individuals to rely on family and/ or community supports to stay housed.5
The City of San Fernando is aware of the issues that may lead to homelessness. To that end, the City has completed the following tasks to address homelessness locally:
• The Homeless Task Force was established by the
City’s Ad Hoc Committee on homelessness.
• City Council approved a new Housing Coordinator
position to assist with housing related activities.
• The San Fernando Police Department partnered (and
continues to partner) with the Homeless Outreach
Services Team (HOST).
• The Northeast San Fernando Valley Interagency
Homelessness Task Force was created by the City
Manager.

The San Fernando City Council has been proactive
in prioritizing and establishing the City’s approach to homelessness; this is particularly true for the City’s Ad Hoc Committee on homelessness, which established
the Homeless Task Force. The Homeless Task Force
was influential in addressing encampments located on
The San Fernando City Council
has been proactive in prioritizing
and establishing the City’s
approach to homelessness.

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• Point-in-Time Count (PIT): A HUD required census
of persons experiencing unsheltered or sheltered
homelessness on a single night in January/February
(although disruptions to the schedule and process
occurred due to COVID-19).
• Homeless Management Information System (HMIS):

A local information technology system managed by
LAHSA used to collect client-level data and data on
the provision of housing and services to homeless
individuals and families and persons at risk of
homelessness.

Qualitative Data
LDC relied on the expertise of key community
stakeholders within San Fernando to collect qualitative data. LDC worked with the City to create the stakeholder list with key partners’ input to ensure a comprehensive understanding and approach. The stakeholders LDC
engaged with represented a continuum of sectors and
industries, from City and County staff to community
services, and participated in various methods (survey
and/or individual and group interviews). This array
of stakeholders demonstrates the importance of
collaboration, as many who are not typically thought of as homelessness services staff had significant and relevant feedback to give.

LDC had the following series of qualitative engagements:
• Stakeholder Feedback Survey
• Feedback Meetings
• Individual Interviews
• Community Meetings
Qualitative feedback included, but was not limited to, the following groups:

City/County/Regional/Legislative Entities
• City of San Fernando Departments (City Manager/
Administration, Community Development, Police,
Public Works, Recreation & Community Services)
• City of San Fernando Homeless Taskforce (Julie
Fernandez, Nick Kimball, Matthew Baumgardner,
Anthony Vairo, Irwin Rosenberg, Gerardo Marquez,
Juan Salas, Julian J. Venegas)
• Homeless Ad Hoc Committee (Councilmember Cindy
Montañez, Councilmember Celeste Rodriguez)
• San Fernando City Council/Mayor
• San Fernando Chamber of Commerce
Homelessness Sector
• LAHSA
• LA Family Housing
• Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission
• San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley Homeless
Coalition
• Salvation Army Aetna Bridge Home
• SPA 2 Steering Committee
• Northeast San Fernando Valley Interagency
Homelessness Task Force
Community Services/Supports
• Center for Living and Learning
• Child & Family Center
• Interfaith Solidarity Network
• Neighborhood Watch
• Business Watch
• Downtown San Fernando Mall Association
• Village Family Services
• Volunteers of America Los Angeles
Healthcare
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
• San Fernando Community Health Center
• San Fernando Recovery Center
• Tarzana Treatment Centers
• Vida Mobile Clinic
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation
The Stakeholder Feedback Survey included questions
focusing on perceived challenges and strengths, critical needs, overall effectiveness of existing services, and use of best practices. There were 24 responses to the survey from key leaders across the above list of stakeholders.

Some Stakeholders that did not provide written
responses to the survey participated in individual and/or group interviews facilitated by LDC.

Input received through the written survey responses and individual/group interviews is incorporated throughout
this Homelessness Action Plan.

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STRENGTHS & GAPS
LDC used the above strategies to assess the City of
San Fernando’s current homelessness response and
formulated an overview of its strengths and gaps. The
findings reflected below were collected from stakeholders and community members to inform the development of the
Homelessness Action Plan and future response.

Strengths
Throughout the engagement process, community
members, city officials, and stakeholders discussed the many strengths of City of San Fernando’s response. Two
strengths, in particular, were mentioned repeatedly and show how unique the City’s homelessness response truly is.

The first strength reiterated many times was the ability for the community to focus on the individuals experiencing
homelessness in a personalized and differentiated way.

This, of course, is partly because of the low number
of individuals experiencing homelessness in San
Fernando, but it also speaks to the community’s empathy and understanding as a whole. Recognizing that no
one should have to experience homelessness, many
interviewees stated their belief in the community to be able to personally identify these individuals and “know them by name”—an opportunity most communities do
not have. San Fernando is strategically poised to develop a “By-Name-list” that allows for better tracking, service coordination, and understanding overall.

The second frequently mentioned strength was
San Fernando’s law enforcement response to the
homelessness crisis. While many law enforcement
agencies across the country have struggled with
criminalization of homelessness and a lack of empathy,
those interviewed by LDC touted the San Fernando
Police Department. With a nuanced understanding
of homelessness, the City’s Police Department was
mentioned as having a balanced approach between
the safety of the general community and the individuals experiencing homelessness. Law enforcement was also
stated as being very intentional about not criminalizing these individuals, as they know that it truly does not help long-term. The Police Department’s professionalism and
responsiveness was said to be “second to none,” making
it so that everyone in the community feels comfortable
contacting them. Continuing to utilize the Police
Department and their understanding of this crisis will
only continue to make the City’s homelessness response
stronger.

The following strengths were also mentioned by various
stakeholders:
• Adherence to state rent control regulations
• Assistance from LAHSA in getting vital
documentation through typical methods
(IDs, lack of mailboxes, etc.)
• City undertaking and prioritizing this
Homelessness Action Plan
• Collaboration with the County to keep the
Pacoima Wash area clear
• Developers working throughout the region
to increase various housing options (tiny
home communities, emergency beds, etc.)
• Family and community members taking care
of each other to prevent homelessness in
the first place
• Having identified locations for potential
housing development
• Increase of resources made available to
people experiencing homelessness
• Lower median home costs than other
communities in Los Angeles County
• Shelter connections made for individuals
experiencing unsheltered homelessness
• Small number of individuals experiencing
homelessness means that the City already
knows who most individuals are and can
engage more easily with them
• Strong homeless coalition and network of
service providers
• Variety of food resources available
Stakeholders identified San
Fernando’s greatest strengths as:

1. The ability to create a
By-Name-list to provide
personalized and
differentiated interventions.

2. Law enforcement’s balanced
approach between general
community safety and
individuals experiencing
homelessness.

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Gaps
While many gaps were mentioned, there were two that
came up consistently throughout LCD’s conversations
with stakeholders and community members regarding
San Fernando’s current homelessness response. Some
of these detailed regional gaps must be addressed at a
systems level, while others highlighted specific areas of improvement for the City itself.

Ranked as the most critical need, the development of
affordable housing and Permanent Supportive Housing
(PSH) was often mentioned. Many discussed the overall
lack of affordability within the region; even though San Fernando has a lower median cost of housing than cities nearby, it is still not proportionate to the median income and leaves community members cost-burdened. Not only
was there a call for an increase in housing stock, but there was also a call for that housing stock to be affordable.

Related to lack of available affordable housing stock,
stakeholders also brought up other strategies when working in the homelessness system (e.g. outreach) and expressed concerns that, even if there is an increase in outreach connections and successes, there aren’t many options
available for those who are ready for long-term housing.

The next most common gap mentioned was the lack
of mental health and substance use services and the
integration of those services in the homelessness
response system. As mentioned previously, the
prevalence of individuals experiencing homelessness
while also dealing with mental health and/or substance
use has increased drastically throughout the region over the last few years. Anecdotally, community members
discussed their concerns over the rising mental health
and substance use crises based on their personal
interactions with homeless individuals in San Fernando.

When asked to rank concerns, the expansion of mental
health and substance use services came in second place.

The following gaps in the regional homelessness system, and present in San Fernando, were also mentioned by
various stakeholders:
• Absence of racial equity discussions and
considerations
• Bureaucracy and red tape
• Data collected not all encompassing
• Encampments throughout the region
• Inter-governmental/regional coordination
breakdown
• Lack of emergency shelter and/or interim
housing
• Lack of outreach services
• Lack of parking solutions for people
experiencing vehicular homelessness
• Lack of regional equity—locations of
homeless services are congregated instead
of being spread out
• Lack of shallow subsidies to prevent
homelessness
• Lack of upstream solutions being prioritized
• Lack of youth specific services
• Language barriers with people experiencing
homelessness
• Limitations for immigrant population
• NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard)
• Shortage of “real time data”

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ALIGNMENT WITH

REGIONAL STRATEGIES/

FRAMEWORKS
To ensure that the City of San Fernando’s Homelessness
Action Plan is integrated within a regional response and best practices to addressing homelessness, the plan
directly aligns with plans and initiatives at the state, regional, and local level.

CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

HOMELESSNESS
The California Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council’s Action Plan for Preventing and Ending
Homelessness in California outlines key principles and
practices that include race equity, lived experience,
Housing First, balancing crisis response, and permanent housing solutions. These action areas guide the State’s response to homelessness to ensure it is rare, brief, and only occurs once.

The state’s Action Plan is divided into five key action areas.

1. Strengthening Our System to Better Prevent and End
Homelessness in California The Action Plan focuses
on racial equity, lived experience integration, interjurisdictional coordination, and leveraged cross-sector partnerships.

2. Equitably Addressing the Health, Safety, and Services Needs of Californians Experiencing Unsheltered
Homelessness To address the needs of people
experiencing unsheltered homelessness, the Action
Plan focuses on addressing health and safety needs
and increasing access to State supported services and
supports.

3. Expanding Communities’ Capacity to Provide Safe
and Effective Shelter and Interim Housing The
Action Plan looks to expand the availability of housingplacement focused shelter and interim housing.

4. Expanding and Ensuring Equitable Access to
Permanent Housing in Our Communities Using
Housing First approaches, development strategies,
and rental assistance programs, the State will expand
permanent housing opportunities.

5. Preventing Californians from Experiencing the
Crisis of Homelessness The Action Plan will focus
on reducing entries into homelessness through
institutional alignment and providing targeted
homelessness prevention and diversion services.

LA COUNTY HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES
In 2017, the Board of Supervisors for the Los Angeles
County Chief Executive Office approved the “Los Angeles County Strategies to Combat Homelessness,” initiatives
that focus on homelessness prevention, housing, case
management, coordination, and other strategies. In 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved a new framework
developed by the Homeless Initiative that focuses on three key partners — Mainstream Government Systems, the
Rehousing System, and Partnerships with Cities — each
taking action to Coordinate, Prevent, Connect, House, and Stabilize people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The City of San Fernando has intentionally ensured that the strategies in this Homelessness Action Plan align with the new framework of the Los Angeles County’s Homeless
Initiative. The Los Angeles County’s Homeless Initiative strategies are as follows:

1. Coordinate

2. Prevent

3. Connect

4. House

5. Stabilize

LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY
(LAHSA)
LAHSA is the lead agency in the Los Angeles Continuum
of Care, which is the regional planning body that
coordinates housing and services for for families and
individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles
County. LAHSA coordinates and manages federal,
state, county, and city funds for programs that provide shelter, housing, and services to people experiencing
homelessness. The City of San Fernando will partner with LAHSA to coordinate housing and services to ensure
distribution in the City of San Fernando. This alignment and coordination will include areas like the Coordinated Entry System (CES), Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS), funding, the Point in Time Count (PIT), and homeless outreach. LA Family Housing (LAFH) serves as
the CES Regional Lead for Service Planning Area 2/San
Fernando Valley.

PLANS FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES
The San Fernando Valley Council of Governments
(SFVCOG) Homelessness Working Group adopted a
Strategic Framework in February 2019 with specific goals pertaining to Housing & Homelessness. The City of San
Fernando has considered these goals when developing
the City of San Fernando’s Homelessness Action Plan.

Those goals are as follows:

1. Increase partnership, funding, and flexibility for
Measure H funded cities/agencies.

2. Pro-actively collaborate with cities, the County, and nonprofit agencies to address individuals and families
living unsheltered and in encampments.

3. Support the creation of interim housing opportunities, emergency shelter, and other short-term interventions
to quickly move people off the streets.

4. Increase rental assistance resources and stabilization services to prevent homelessness and exit homeless
households rapidly.

5. Support the development of affordable and permanent
supportive housing.

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PRIORITIES, STRATEGIES,

AND GOALS
The City of San Fernando’s Homelessness Action Plan
focuses on three key priorities that, when addressed
in unison, provide the City with a practical roadmap to meaningfully address homelessness so that it is rare, brief, and nonrecurring. These three priorities are as follows:

Priority 1: Develop City’s Capacity to
Better Prevent and End Homelessness
Priority 2: Support the Service Needs
of People Experiencing Unsheltered
Homelessness
Priority 3: Focus on Root Causes to
Prevent Homelessness
These priorities and their actionable strategies will be used to work toward three specific goals, one goal per
priority. The object is to have all goals reached by the end of this 5-Year Homelessness Action Plan. These
goals were developed to be measurable and data driven.

The City of San Fernando will do its best to achieve
all three goals and build up a stronger homelessness
response. The three goals are as follows:

PRIORITY 1:

DEVELOP CITY’S CAPACITY

TO BETTER PREVENT AND

END HOMELESSNESS
To further develop the City’s capacity to prevent and
end homelessness, the City will need to build out
departmental leadership and capacity. Currently, the
City’s homelessness response is dispersed across
different departments or reliant on external partners,
resources, and systems. This fragmented approach
produces challenges for people experiencing and at-risk of homelessness in accessing services. By centralizing
leadership under a singular department, the City will
more effectively develop and coordinate resources. In
building out the system infrastructure, the City will look to provide ongoing trainings to staff and to enhance the City’s data tracking capabilities to better measure trends and progress. The City understands that homelessness
can’t be solved in isolation, so a key component of this strategy will be to strengthen coordination, partnerships, and linkages to the homelessness response system.

Similarly, the City will also support homeless service
providers’ capacity to adequately address the scale of the crisis. Furthermore, the City will expand communication and education efforts around homelessness to ensure
that the community and stakeholders are included in the City’s efforts.

STRATEGIES
Strategy 1: Strengthen Leadership and Departmental
Capacity
Developing the internal leadership and departmental
capacity within the City of San Fernando will be
important to achieving many of the goals outlined in
this plan. The City of San Fernando will further develop its own administrative capacity to support initiatives
by designating and consolidating homelessness
functions under a Homelessness Response Center.

This Homelessness Response Center will be led by key
designated departmental staff and will consist of various departments and entities, including but not limited to: City of San Fernando Homeless Task Force, City Manager,
Community Preservation, Community Development, Police
Department, Public Works, and Recreation and Community
Services, with the Homeless Ad Hoc Committee acting
as policy liaisons to the Task Force. This new Response Center will be responsible for addressing system capacity, data, evaluation, and advocacy. While law enforcement
plays a significant role in the City of San Fernando’s
homelessness response, the core functions of prevention, GOAL 1: Establish a Homelessness Response
Center led by identified departmental lead
and supported by established homelessnessdedicated staff positions.

GOAL 2: Strive to eliminate unsheltered
homelessness in San Fernando.

GOAL 3: Seek to increase the number of
individuals diverted from the homelessness
response system by leveraging strategic
partnerships with upstream services and
building in mechanisms to measure success.

The following details take a deeper look at the plans
the City will take to build strong support system. Every priority includes a number of strategies to meet all three goals. All priorities and strategies have various metrics that can be utilized to track momentum and growth. Each goal will require establishing key benchmarks with which to measure success.

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outreach, assistance, and regional coordination will be managed by the departmental lead of the Homelessness
Response Center.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Hire a Housing Coordinator to manage, lead, and
support homelessness services, initiatives, or
contracts. (Note: In April 2022, City Council approved
establishing this position and the recruitment is
currently underway).
• Establish a Homelessness Response Center that
coordinates the homelessness response across
multiple departments and entities and aligns actions
to goals outlined in Homelessness Action Plan.
• Develop systems for monitoring progress of the
Homelessness Action Plan.
• Support system mapping, regional coordination,
advocacy, and data initiatives.
• Collaborate in the development of new funding
opportunities with private, philanthropic, and public
sources, including cross-sector braiding of funding
with homelessness system resources.
• Refine and develop policies, procedures, and trainings to build up City and provider capacity.
• Explore opportunities to secure or allocate funds to
dedicated contractors for homelessness outreach and
support services.
• Increase public safety for all San Fernando residents. • Increase the San Fernando Police Department’s
training of homelessness services and best practices.

Strategy 2: Develop Regional Coordination,
Partnerships, and Linkages to Homelessness Response
System
The City of San Fernando recognizes that homelessness
response cannot be addressed alone. An effective
homelessness response will require coordination,
partnership, and linkages to external stakeholders in the homelessness response system. Internal resources will
be best applied when they are complimented by services
offered in the larger homelessness response. The City of San Fernando will coordinate with the following sectors:
healthcare, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, criminal justice, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, housing, immigration, employment,
land use, transportation, code enforcement, business,
faith-based, and community-based. This regional and
cross-sector alignment will increase access points
and resources for those experiencing homelessness
and will decrease the number of individuals entering
the homelessness system through focused upstream
partnerships.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Participate in various regional coordination
groups, including, but not limited to SPA 2 Steering
Committee, SPA 2 Outreach, SFVCOG Homelessness
Taskforce, NESFV Interagency Homelessness
TaskForce Meeting.
• Focus coordination efforts on connecting individuals
on the By-Name list to resources.
• Strengthen partnerships with regional and crosssector agencies with the goal of formalized partnerships/MOUs.
• Collaborate in the NESFV Interagency Homelessness
Task Force Meeting that includes elected officials,
service providers, cross-sector partners, and public/
private sector stakeholders.
• Involve upstream systems that operate within
the City of San Fernando and the Northeast San
Fernando Valley around homelessness prevention,
homelessness, and housing efforts.
• Develop standardized screening tools and related
protocols for identifying needs across systems and
connecting individuals to the right community-based
services and nonprofits.
• Develop an easy-to-use informational resource
on the different City services available to address
homelessness and distribute it through City
departments, schools, and other community forums;
include information on how San Fernando residents
can support local efforts.

The City of San Fernando will look to coordinate with the following regional agencies/departments:
• Homeless Service Providers, Social Service Providers, Local Nonprofits such as LA Family Housing
• The City of Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
• Los Angeles County (Homeless Initiatives, Board
of Supervisors, Health Services, Mental Health,
Public Health, Public Social Services, Workforce
Development, Aging & Community Services)
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• San Fernando Valley Council of Governments (Cities
of Burbank, Santa Clarita, and Glendale)
• LA Metro
• Offices of Elected Officials

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Strategy 3: Enhance the City’s Ability to Track and
Leverage Data
Building a comprehensive picture of a client’s progress within the homelessness response system will require
eliminating data silos. This necessitates greater usage of HMIS/CES across the City and its partners. Because
the City does not currently have access to specific and localized data from LAHSA, the City will have to increase engagement with LAHSA to discuss needs and usage
of their collected data. The City will coordinate with
other neighboring cities in the San Fernando Valley
that have obtained HMIS access for their programs to
better understand the processes the City can take to
streamline data access. The City will also ensure that the development of new homelessness programs includes
full utilization of CES.

The City of San Fernando will establish processes that
allow the City to improve data collection practices
and evaluation system wide. This data collection will
include information on people currently experiencing
homelessness, but it will also include those at-risk of homelessness. Data-driven decision-making and strategic use of resources will be essential for transforming the City’s homelessness services system. To build a strong
support system and incorporate a person-centered
approach, the City will develop a By-Name list that will focus the City on the individualized needs of community members.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Develop a By-Name list to understand the individuals
experiencing homelessness in the community at a
point in time (monthly), ensuring that the response is
tailored and moving towards zero. In managing the ByName-list, the City will leverage HMIS data to better understand the service history and current program
participation of those experiencing homelessness.
• Enhance the use of CES and HMIS within City
programs and local service providers.
• Expand the use of collected data from regional
partners and program level reporting to inform
decision-making, funding, and policy decisions.
- Work directly with LAHSA to adjust data collection
strategies to ensure it is specific and localized to
San Fernando.
• Develop City-specific data collection processes and
procedures alongside those already implemented at
the regional/county level.
• Ensure that new contracts/MOUs/programs that fund
services related to homelessness include the full use
of CES and HMIS when appropriate.
• Utilize CES and HMIS training for service staff on
a regular basis to ensure efficient and effective
practices.
• Collect data to better understand the impacts of
homelessness/housing instability as it relates to
marginalized subpopulations, including but not limited
to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC),
transitional age youth (TAY), seniors (55+), LGBTQAI+
community, people with disabilities, families, veterans, etc. • Partner with the school district, senior centers and
assisted living facilities, disability rights organizations, and housing providers to gather available data on
“hidden” homelessness.

Strategy 4: Support Service Provider Capacity and
System Infrastructure
Homeless service providers, social service providers,
and local nonprofits are key entities in the City of San Fernando’s homelessness response. Service providers,
however, have reported staffing, capacity, and funding
issues. The City of San Fernando will look to better
support service providers through capacity building,
increased coordination, and targeted advocacy
to improve the outcomes for people experiencing
homelessness. Furthermore, the City of San Fernando
will aim to lighten the burden of prevention and outreach services from service providers and regional entities by supporting with grant funding opportunities.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Develop capacity building strategies for homeless
service providers, social service providers, and local
nonprofits, ensuring that services are accessible
to people at-risk of homelessness or currently
experiencing homelessness.
• Develop regional and cross-sector coordination to
ensure an operational coordinated response with
homeless service providers.
• Support longer-term contracts for service providers to establish long-term partnerships and stability.
• Support other service provider capacity building
measures like increased pay, hiring, and retention
strategies.

Strategy 5: Expand Engagement, Communication, and
Education Efforts Around Homelessness
An important part of the homelessness response will be
to engage unsheltered street and vehicular homelessness to expand communication and education efforts around
homelessness and to get buy-in from community members
around efforts the City of San Fernando is making to
prevent and end homelessness. Due to the visibility
of unsheltered street and vehicular homelessness,
the City will proactively engage community members
around the challenges, activities, and implementation of homelessness programs and resources.

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GOAL 1: Establish a
Homelessness Response Center
led by identified departmental
lead and supported by established
homelessness-dedicated staff
positions to implement a personcentered approach.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Update the public on the progress and movement of
the Homelessness Action Plan, potential challenges,
solutions, and opportunities the community can
support.
• Develop more accessible public facing materials for
individuals and families searching for homelessness,
homelessness prevention, or rental assistance
resources.
• Identify the feasibility of developing reporting
structures or public facing dashboards based
on Homelessness Action Plan goals and System
Performance Measures to be shared with the public.
• Offer public trainings and education around best
practices for homelessness services, including, but
not limited to, person-centered care, trauma-informed
care, racial equity, nonviolent crisis intervention, etc. • Consider consistent engagement opportunities with
private sector: landlords, property management
companies, business leaders, faith-based, etc.
• Develop opportunities to include the voices of those
with lived experience.

Strategy 6: Train Staff on Homelessness Best Practices
To build the City’s internal capacity to effectively respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness,
the City will focus on training public facing staff on best practices for engaging people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. A special focus will be applied to trainings for first responders.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Identify external partners or resources to conduct
these trainings.
• Train staff who interact with the public on best practices for engaging people experiencing or at-risk of
homelessness; training could include person-centered
care, trauma-informed care, racial equity, nonviolent
crisis intervention, etc.
• Ensure all client-facing staff are able to direct
individuals experiencing homelessness or assist
in obtaining vital, personal documentation (photo
ID, social security cards, proof of income, birth
certificates, etc.).
• Support and implement processes related to
conservatorship when necessary and appropriate.

FIVE YEAR GOAL
The Five-Year Goals listed throughout this document will be tracked utilizing various existing and new reporting tools. These tools may include but are not limited to:

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
data, HUD Reporting Tools, Point in Time Count, System
Performance Measures, and other reporting tools. To
achieve these Five-Year Goals, the City will establish key benchmarks to measure progress.

Despite not yet establishing a Homelessness Response
Center, the City of San Fernando has successfully
responded to resident concerns of homeless
encampments near city boundaries.

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METRICS
The following metrics are intended to support the implementation of the various strategies of Goal 1. The City will establish mechanisms and reporting tools to track each of these metrics. Success will be measured over time.

STRATEGY METRICS
PRIORITY 1: DEVELOP CITY’S CAPACITY TO BETTER PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS Leadership and Departmental
Capacity
Established Homelessness Response Center
Identified departmental lead
Developed or identified staff positions related to homeless services Data
Developed By-Name List/ total active people experiencing homelessness each month Number of people entering homelessness each month
Total number of people exiting to housing each month
Developed data and reporting tools to understand homelessness and housing instability Number of Strategies advancing each month and reflected in reporting and public dashboards Number of data and reporting tools with disaggregated demographic data Number of City of San Fernando programs and contracts engaging with CES and HMIS Number of LAHSA and County reports obtained
Regional Coordination,
Partnerships, and Linkages
Number of regional coordination groups attended
Number of partners attending NESFV Interagency TaskForce Service Provider Capacity and
System Infrastructure
Number of capacity building opportunities provided to local nonprofits and service providers Developed internal prevention and outreach programs
Number of funding opportunities pursued
Communication and Education Developed public facing material for individuals and families searching for homelessness, homelessness prevention, or housing assistance
Training Number of trainings, like person-centered care, trauma-informed care, racial equity, nonviolent crisis intervention, etc.

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PRIORITY 2:

SUPPORT THE SERVICE

NEEDS OF PEOPLE

EXPERIENCING

UNSHELTERED

HOMELESSNESS
According to the 2020 Point in Time Count, 100% of
people experiencing homelessness in San Fernando
are unsheltered, with approximately 87% experiencing
vehicular homelessness. As part of building up the City’s leadership and capacity, the City will look to develop
internal resources to better support the access, shelter, and service needs of people experiencing unsheltered
homelessness. The City will develop street outreach
and access services, establishing a unified approach
focused on engagement and connection to services.

To reduce entries into chronic homelessness and
increase street to housing placements, the City will apply proactive, coordinated, and person-centered responses
to outreach and access. The City will also look to expand connections to crisis housing beds regionally to meet
the shelter needs of people experiencing unsheltered
homelessness.

STRATEGIES
Strategy 1: Increase Homeless Street Outreach Services
in the City
Outreach teams of homeless service providers and
regional entities are often overstretched and underresourced, with many calling for cities to fund their own outreach services. The City of San Fernando will strive to develop its internal capability to meet the homeless street outreach needs for the City. In alignment with
best practices, the City will expand the core functions of homeless street outreach from law enforcement
(SFPD) to also include multidisciplinary and homeless
service provider teams, managed or staffed internally.

The City will aim to strengthen engagement with
those experiencing chronic homelessness, taking into
consideration the mode of outreach, available access
points, and additional strategies/partnerships.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Develop internal homeless street outreach services
and partnerships to supplement law enforcement
efforts, with a focus on multidisciplinary street
outreach engagement teams.
• Coordinate homeless street outreach services and
encampment management protocols at a regional
level by attending SPA 2 outreach coordination
meetings and engaging with City of Los Angeles
partners.
• Employ HMIS and CES processes to track and manage
data around outreach and engagement interactions,
with a focus on tracking service connections and
housing outcomes.
• Ensure that all individuals outreached to are reflected on the By-Name list.
• Make sure staff or contracted staff for outreach and
first responders are trained in homeless outreach and
engagement strategies, including but not limited to
person-centered care, trauma-informed care, racial
equity, etc.
• Build real-time list of resources and supports for
programs and agencies working directly with people
experiencing unsheltered homelessness (shelter,
housing, transportation, nutrition, healthcare, mental
health, documentation, public benefits, legal services, protective services, employment, pets, and hygiene).
• Increase knowledge of available resources to those
working indirectly with individuals experiencing
unsheltered homelessness, including local and private
businesses, healthcare sector, schools, libraries, etc. • Continue to participate in regional HOST program and
Homeless Connect Days.

Strategy 2: Connect Individuals to Regional Safe
Parking and Safe Storage to Address Vehicular and
Unsheltered Homelessness
There is a significant number of people experiencing
homelessness in vehicles, cars, vans, and RVs across
the region and within the City of San Fernando. The City will identify measures to connect individuals and families to safe parking and safe storage when shelter, interim, or permanent housing cannot be obtained. Additionally,
access to storage can be a major barrier for people
experiencing unsheltered homelessness to move into
interim housing or emergency shelter, as many of these
facilities have limits on the number of personal items that can be brought. Both safe parking and storage facilities also serve the dual purpose of increasing access points to the homelessness response system.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Seek out funding to support and bolster safe parking
programs regionally.
• Partner with organizations, neighboring cities, etc. to support safe parking programs financially.
• Explore alternative solutions to safe parking, including the utilization of established programs nearby, etc.

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• Connect individuals experiencing homelessness to
storage facilities to increase accessibility to shelter and strengthen linkages to housing.
• Employ HMIS and CES processes to track and manage
data around access interactions with a focus on
tracking service connections and housing outcomes.

Strategy 3: Expand Connections to Crisis Housing Beds
Regionally
To continue to meet the needs of those experiencing
unsheltered homelessness, the City will need to expand
the partnerships and connections to crisis housing beds regionally (emergency shelter, interim housing, safe haven, motel vouchers). By strengthening shelter connections,
the City will make significant strides in reducing inflows into homelessness and increasing successful outflows into housing.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Develop real-time list of crisis housing resources.
• Leverage partnerships with crisis housing providers
within the San Fernando Valley to assist with shelter
connections, transportation, resource allocation, etc.
• Explore unique funding opportunities for shelter
and interim housing sites, like the Enhanced Care
Management and Community Supports programs
through CalAIM6.
• Seek out additional funding to support and bolster
crisis housing bed capacity regionally.
• Partner with organizations, neighboring cities, etc. to support crisis housing beds financially.

METRICS
The following metrics are intended to support the implementation of the various strategies and substrategies of Goal 2.

The City will establish mechanisms and reporting tools to track each of these metrics. Success will be measured over time.

STRATEGY METRICS
PRIORITY 2: ADDRESS THE SERVICE NEEDS

OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS
Homeless Street Outreach
Number of homeless street outreach staff/ contracted staff serving City of San Fernando Number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including key subpopulations reflected on By-Name list
Length of time a person remains homeless
Successful placement from street outreach to housing
Number of encampments, including vehicular
Number of individuals offered services (e.g. medical support) Number of individuals accepting offered services (e.g. mental health support) Safe Parking and Safe Storage
Number of people experiencing vehicular homelessness
Number of connections to coordinated entry/ access sites Number of encampments, including vehicular
Crisis Housing Beds
Number of crisis housing beds available for referrals (including emergency shelter, interim housing, medical respite, domestic violence shelter, faith-based shelter, family shelter, transitional housing, motel vouchers, winter shelters, detox beds, etc.) GOAL 2: Strive to eliminate
unsheltered homelessness in
San Fernando.

FIVE YEAR GOAL
The City will use the number of individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness from the 2022 Point In Time
count as the baseline to measure successful connections to regional crisis housing services.
6 California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a long-term commitment to transform and strengthen Medi-Cal, offering Californians a more equitable, coordinated , and person-centered approach to maximizing their health and life trajectory.

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PRIORITY 3:

FOCUS ON ROOT

CAUSES TO PREVENT

HOMELESSNESS
The City is committed to looking upstream at some of the root causes to better prevent homelessness and, when
homelessness does occur, ensure that the experience is
rare, brief, and nonrecurring. Preventative approaches to homelessness result in improved outcomes for individuals and families and reduce healthcare, correctional service, and emergency service costs. Integration with crosssector regional partners, like healthcare, behavioral/ mental health, substance use disorder, criminal justice, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, immigration, employment, land use, and code enforcement systems,
are required to reduce pathways into homelessness. This focus also includes centering racial equity in the response and addressing the needs of key subpopulations. Lastly, stabilization services are important to curtailing the inflows and ensuring successful outflows into housing, so the City will pursue opportunities to expand health, employment, financial empowerment, and income supports.

STRATEGIES
Strategy 1: Increase Homelessness Prevention
Programs or Services through Collaboration
Increasing homelessness prevention is vital to decreasing the inflows of new people experiencing homelessness
within the City of San Fernando. The City’s focus on
homelessness prevention will strengthen provider and
regional capacity to address the housing and service
needs of people already experiencing homelessness.

Prevention strategies will be aimed at those facing
housing instability and those at-risk of homelessness
without any additional supports.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Review use of current spending/ future funding and
the potential for reallocation of a percentage of
funding to homelessness prevention services.
• Consider the creation of housing stabilization
programs, targeting high-risk populations to ensure
those most marginalized are being served.
• Develop mechanisms to track individuals who reach
out for homelessness prevention support, including
reason, outcome, etc. Establish data tracking systems
to follow eviction submissions and provide necessary
mediation and supports.
• Develop interventions or programs for individuals
at risk of eviction, including but not limited to legal counsel, flexible funding (to be used for back rent,
arrears, etc.), landlord/tenant mediation, etc.
• Consider landlord/tenant mediation programs to
prevent evictions.
• Consider incentives for landlords/property managers
to refer tenants to prevention services rather than
filing for an eviction.
• Support region-wide strategies and funding to develop expanded homelessness prevention programs.
• Encourage service providers, nonprofits, and crosssector partners to be trained in housing problem solving strategies, including but not limited to
strengths-based case management, conflict resolution,
landlord-tenant mediation, family mediation, credit
repair, housing search, tenant legal services, etc.; this will include those entities that are not typical homeless service providers but serve a broader population.
• Explore untapped strategies to support housing
problem solving with a special focus on workforce
development programs. Explore additional strategies
such as providing financial assistance for the following, including but not limited to rental application fees,
security/ utility deposits, utility/ rental arrears, moving costs, transportation to help facilitate return to family, food assistance, job-related transportation (car repairs, bus passes, gas, etc.), costs associated with obtaining identification documents, employment supplies,
employment related training, etc.

Strategy 2: Address Inflows into Homelessness through
Cross-Sector Collaboration, Discharge Planning, and
Early Identification
To further prevent inflows into the homelessness
response system, the City will need to focus on crosssector collaboration, discharge planning, and early identification of individuals at-risk for homelessness.

Cross-sector collaboration with mainstream system
providers, such as healthcare, behavioral/mental health, substance use disorder, criminal justice, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, immigration, employment,
land use, and code enforcement, are necessary to create aligned strategies and policies centered on preventing
people from falling into homelessness.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Establish data-sharing agreements that allow all
sectors to have a thorough understanding of an
individual’s involvement in mainstream services prior
to experiencing homelessness.
• Encourage all collaborators to utilize CES and HMIS
when applicable and appropriate.
• Begin measuring diversion usage and outcomes
through strategic partnerships with sectors already
engaged (e.g. Law Enforcement and Northridge
Hospital Medical Center).

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• Provide guidance to sectors outside of housing/
homelessness to develop appropriate strategies,
communication, etc. for them to address housing early on. • Consider potential funding sources to bolster crosssector collaboration methods and infrastructure. • Develop early identification markers and tools that
can be implemented city-wide (e.g. a screening tool,
using data to identify those that are behind on utility payments, or persons renting a unit and facing an
eviction for nonpayment of rent/utilities).

Strategy 3: Address the Housing Needs of Key
Subpopulations
As highlighted in the stakeholder engagement, there
are key subpopulations of people experiencing
homelessness that have insufficient resources and
housing support available to them across the City:

Seniors, Families (including multi-generational), Survivors of Domestic Violence, Transition Age Youth, and
Individuals with Mental Illness and/or Substance Use
Disorders. The City of San Fernando will work to increase service and housing supports to meet the unique needs
of these subpopulations.

The City of San Fernando will focus on:
• Seniors (e.g. connection to benefits, housing specific to seniors/older adults, etc.)
• Families (e.g. size of affordable units, connection to public benefits, childcare, etc.)
• Survivors of Domestic Violence (e.g. legal services,
relocation, etc.)
• Transition Age Youth (e.g. education, training and
employment, etc.)
• Individuals with Mental Illness (e.g. healthcare, mental health, behavioral health services, etc.)
• Individuals with Substance Use Disorders (e.g.
substance treatment services, employment
stabilization, etc.)
Strategy 4: Center Racial Equity in the Homelessness
Response
The City of San Fernando will continue to strengthen a
race equity focused response. As data demonstrates,
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) are
significantly overrepresented among those experiencing
homelessness when compared to general demographics,
a legacy of historical and contemporary structural racism.

The homelessness response system also plays a role
in perpetuating inequities in service provision, access, and mobility. The City will center race equity in the
homelessness response, will disaggregate data to better develop solutions, and will look upstream at the inflows and structural roots of homelessness.

The City of San Fernando will work to:
• Identify resources to provide Task Force staff with
race equity training.
• Implant a racial equity lens into all homelessness and housing decisions.
• Incorporate a focus on racial equity data, analysis,
and planned activities when submitting and reviewing
applications for funding.
• Utilize data to assess racial inequities in experiences of homelessness, provision of services, and outcomes.
• Adapt program guidelines, policies, and procedures to focus on racial equity.
• Ensure that the homelessness response is culturally
competent to promote maximum participation from
non-English speaking populations.

Strategy 5: Address Stabilization Needs of People
Experiencing Homelessness
As average rental rates continue to rise across Los
Angeles County and the City of San Fernando, the City
will renew its emphasis on employment support for
individuals and families, supporting them in achieving
long term stability. HMIS data suggest significant
increases in mental health and substance use disorder
among individuals experiencing homelessness over the
past 3 years, with inadequate services and supports
related to the need. To address the stabilization needs, the City will look to expand cross-sector partnerships to meet these challenges in physical, mental, and behavioral health, substance use disorder, and employment support.

The City of San Fernando will work to:

Physical Health, Mental Health, Behavioral Health
• Develop regional partnerships to connect individuals
experiencing homelessness to existing mental/
behavioral health services.
• Pinpoint strategies to increase access to mental/
behavioral health services (evaluation, counseling,
medication, etc.) for individuals experiencing
homelessness.
• Support the expansion of mental health and
behavioral health resources provided in the City of
San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley.
• Expand strategies for mental/ behavioral health
professionals to serve as first responders instead of,
or alongside, law enforcement.
• Utilize current healthcare establishments to address
mental/ behavioral health disparities, leveraging new
resources like CalAIM.

Substance Use Disorder Treatment
• Leverage regional partnerships to connect individuals experiencing homelessness to existing substance use
treatment services.

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• Pinpoint strategies to increase access to substance use treatment services (evaluation, counseling, medication, etc.) for individuals experiencing homelessness.
• Support the expansion of substance use disorder
treatment resources provided in the City of San
Fernando and the San Fernando Valley.
• Utilize current healthcare establishments to address
substance use.
• Explore how to make both mental/ behavioral health
and substance use services available together.

Employment & Income Supports
• Discover ways to expand employment resources and
support throughout the City of San Fernando.
• Develop the reach of workforce and employment
supports to connect with RRH, PSH, Voucher
participation, etc.
• Partner with Los Angeles County to employ CalWORKS
participants in City jobs.
• Consider contracts/MOUs with local businesses to
ensure employment opportunities.
• Consider other barriers to employment (e.g. childcare, transportation, clothing, etc.) and develop strategies to address them.

GOAL 3: Seek to increase the
number of individuals diverted
from the homelessness response
system by leveraging strategic
partnerships with upstream
services and building in
mechanisms to measure success.

FIVE YEAR GOAL
To measure success, the City will establish mechanisms
to measure the number of individuals diverted from the
homelessness response system. As the City establishes
programs that will provide homelessness prevention
assistance, more reliable data tracking will be available to track progress.

METRICS
The following metrics are intended to support the implementation of the various strategies and substrategies of Goal 3.

The City will establish mechanisms and reporting tools to track each of these metrics. Success will be measured over time.

STRATEGY METRICS
PRIORITY 3: FOCUS ON ROOT CAUSES TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS Homelessness
Prevention Services
Number of connections to homelessness prevention programs Number of successful outcomes for homelessness prevention programs Number of individuals diverted from homelessness response system Developed By-Name List/ total active people experiencing homelessness each month Number of people entering homelessness each month
Total number of people exiting to housing each month
Number of successful housing placements
Cross-Sector
Collaboration,
Discharge
Planning, and Early
Identification
Number of providers, nonprofits, and cross-sector partners that utilize housing problem solving strategies Number of individuals diverted from homelessness response system Number of early identification tools utilized by the City and regional partners Number of cross-sector partners that conduct homelessness prevention, housing problem solving, early identification, and discharge planning
Developed By-Name List/ total active people experiencing homelessness each month Number of people entering homelessness each month
Total number of people exiting to housing each month
Number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness discharged from mainstream institutions or re-entering from homelessness response system
Subpopulations Number of key subpopulations reflected in data Number of unique services targeted at key subpopulations Racial Equity
Demographic breakdown across all components of homelessness response data Number of programs/ projects that address racial equity Number of staff hired with lived experience
Number of staff engaged in race equity training
Stabilization
Number of successful referrals to physical health, mental health, behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, employment & income support partners
Number of clients that successfully exit housing programs

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FUNDING SOURCES
URGENT: Items requiring immediate consideration and response within the next 30 - 120 days

CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Affordable
Housing
CalHome $57M this round.

Last round awards
announced in April
2022: $67M in funding
to 33 projects
Local public agencies and
nonprofit developers
Loans to individuals
for down payment
assistance, acquisition and
rehabilitation, homebuyer
counseling. Direct,
forgivable loans to assist
development projects
involving multiple ownership
units, including single-family
subdivisions.

Loans for real property
acquisition, site
development, construction
period expenses of
homeownership projects,
or permanent financing
for mutual housing and
cooperative developments.”
2022 NOFA released
August 2022 with
applications due October
2022.

Project loans to
developers may
be forgiven as the
loans convert into
deferred payment
loans to individual
homeowners.

Affordable
Housing
HOMEAmerican
Rescue Plan
Act
Developers interested
in working in San
Fernando will have
to access LA County
funds of $32.6M, likely
through a NOFA from
LACDA.

Direct allocation:
“Participating Jurisdictions
(PJs)” that qualified for an
annual FY 2021 HOME
Program allocation.

Tenant-based Rental
Assistance; Development
and support of affordable
housing; Supportive housing
services; Acquisition
and development noncongregate shelter
HUD implementation notice
released Sept 2021; PJs
can receive 5% of their
allocation for planning and
administration currently. For
PJs to receive the remainder
of HOME-ARP funds, they
need to develop a HOMEARP allocation plan and
submit it as a substantial
amendment to the FY 2021
annual action plan.

Non-entitlement
jurisdictions: NOFA for $131M
to be released in 2022.

In March, HCD is holding
community engagement
sessions determine the
HOME-ARP eligible activities
HCD should undertake.

Summer 2022: draft
allocation plan submitted to
HUD (required before NOFA
release).

HOME allocation
is annual, but
ARPA funds must
be obligated
by 12/31/24 and
expended by
12/31/26, after
which funds
are subject to
recapture by
the Federal
Government.

NEW: Updated information on funding awards, potential opportunities and pending announcements to look into/out for within the next 6 months NOT NEW: Do not require immediate response
The following table is provided to offer guidance around potential funding opportunities that can be coupled with strategies and substrategies. This is a living document, meaning that information will need to be updated on a regular basis to ensure all possible funding sources are accurate.

LEGEND

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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Affordable
Housing
Infill
Infrastructure
Grant (IIG)
Program
$200M (SuperNOFA);
$70M (qualifying infill
areas); $90M (small
jurisdictions)

1. A nonprofit or for profit
Developer of a Qualifying
Infill Project and/or

2. Cities, counties, cities
and counties, public
housing authority,
redevelopment agency,
or other governing body
that has jurisdiction over a
Qualifying Infill Area
A Capital Improvement
Project must be an integral
part of, or necessary for
the development of either
a Qualifying Infill Project or
housing designated within
a Qualifying Infill Area.

Eligible costs include the
construction, rehabilitation,
demolition, relocation,
preservation, and acquisition
of infrastructure.

HCD SuperNOFA: NOFA
released as part of HCD
SuperNOFA in April 22;
webinars/ workshops held in
May 22; application closing
date June 28, 22; awards
announced Nov 22.

Single family program:

NOFA released Aug 22;
applications due Oct 22.

Qualifying infill areas:

NOFA released April 22;
applications due June 22;
awards announced Dec 22.

Small jurisdictions:

NOFA released April 22;
applications accepted over
the counter with rolling
awards.
-
Affordable
Housing
Mobilehome
Park
Rehabilitation
and Resident
Ownership
Program
$36M Mobilehome park resident
organizations, nonprofit
entities, and local public
agencies. Low-income
residents of converted
parks apply for individual
loans to the entity that has
purchased the park.

Purchase (conversion) of
a mobilehome park by
a resident organization,
nonprofit entity, or local
public agency; rehabilitation
or relocation of a purchased
park; purchase by a lowincome resident of a share
or space in a converted
park or to pay for the cost to
repair low-income residents’
mobilehomes.

NOFA likely scheduled to
be released summer 2022;
applications accepted over
the counter with rolling
awards until fall 2022.
-
Affordable
Housing
Permanent
Local
Housing
Allocation
Formula: $135M;
Competitive: $24M
Entitlement formula:
metropolitan cities and
urban counties allocated a
grant for the federal fiscal
year 17 pursuant to the
federal CDBG formula.

Non-entitlement formula
and competitive grant
program: non-entitlement
jurisdiction.

Predevelopment,
development, acquisition,
rehabilitation, and
preservation of affordable
multifamily, residential
live-work, rental housing
(including Accessory
Dwelling Units), including
necessary operating
subsidies.

Rapid re-housing, rental
assistance, supportive/
case management services,
operating and capital costs
for navigation centers
and emergency shelters,
and the new construction,
rehabilitation, and
preservation of permanent
and transitional housing
Formula: NOFA released
May 2022; applications
accepted over the counter
with rolling awards.

Competitive: NOFA released
June 2022; applications
due Aug 2022; awards
announced Dec 2022.

Developers in
San Fernando
will likely have to
get funding from
County, which
obtains a formula
allocation.

Community
and Economic
Development
Community
Care
Expansion
Program
First round: $570M;
$805M over 3 years
Counties, tribes, nonprofits,
or for profits
Acquisition, construction,
and rehabilitation of adult
and senior care facilities
that serve applicants and
recipients of Social Security
Income (SSI) including
individuals who are at
risk of or experiencing
homelessness and those
who have behavioral health
conditions.

Request for Applications
(RFA) released in Jan 2022;
applications accepted on a
rolling basis.

Hotel to Housing
Case Studies
from the National
Alliance to End
Homelessness
(NAEH)

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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Community
and Economic
Development
Community
Development
Block Grant
(CDBG)
San Fernando likely
obtained some
funding from the
County’s $13.6M
allocation.

Direct allocation:
“Participating Jurisdictions
(PJs) ‘that qualified for an
annual FY 2021 CDBG
program allocation.’”
State funding: Cities /
counties that did not
receive CDBG funds
from HUD; non-federally
recognized Native
American tribes; colonias
The 2022 CDBG NOFA
provides funding for the
following activities:
- Housing assistance
- Housing rehabilitation
- Public services
- Facility and infrastructure
improvements related to
economic development
- Planning and technical
assistance
- Economic development
In Jan 2022, HCD awarded
$900K to tribes from CDBGCV Rounds 2 and 3.

Non entitlement
jurisdictions: NOFA released
April 2022.

Community development
activities: due June 20,
2022, by 3:00 PM
Grantees may also
be able to provide
rental assistance
to rent incurred
starting April 1,
22, and guidance
and requirements
for this use is laid
out in HC’s CDBG
Management
Memo #22-02
and related
documents.

Flexible Use Coronavirus
State and
Local Fiscal
Recover /
American
Rescue Plan
Act FundsLA
$975M to Counties;
$400M in housing for
PEH in partnerships
with Cities; $40M
to create more
affordable housing;
$19.8M to address
intergenerational
poverty; $18.5M
to eviction and
foreclosure prevention
Check with Counties to
identify opportunities to
allocate funding locally
Capacity-building for
specific CBOs, conversion
of interim housing units
to permanent housing,
domestic violence shelterbased program, employment
of justice-involved
individuals, affordable
housing development,
food assistance, financial
wellbeing and wealth
building, homelessness
prevention, case
management services,
interim housing, mortgage
relief, landlord-tenant
mediations, sanitation,
modular and prefab PSH
construction, permanent
rental subsidies, eviction
defense. See report for
more details.

Few of the projects
identified in the Spending
Plan have been
implemented, and a list
of ARPA projects and
anticipated timelines was
published in Feb 2022.

More updates available as
part of the next Performance
Report to the Treasury due
July 31, 2022.

LA County Plan
Permanent
Housing (PSH
& RRH)
Homekey
Rounds 2 & 3
HK 2.0: $1.45B
HK 3.0: $1.3B
Cities, counties, and all
other state, regional,
and local public entities,
including COGs, MPOs,
and regional transportation
planning agencies.

Acquisition and/or
rehabilitation of motels,
hotels, or other sites to be
converted to permanent
or interim housing; master
leasing of properties for
non-congregate housing;
conversion of units from
non-residential to residential;
new construction; the
purchase of affordability
covenants and restrictions
for units; relocation costs for
individuals being displaced
as a result of this program;
and capitalized operating
subsidies for units using
funds awarded under HK 2.0
NOFA for FY 2021-22.

Amended round 2
NOFA released Jan 14,
2022 (clarified program
requirement); application
period for statewide pool
opened February 1, 2022;
final application due date is
May 2, 2022 or until funds
are exhausted, whichever
occurs first.

Award announcements are
continuous. Last round of
funding (round 3) NOFA
expected October 2022.

Hotel to Housing
Case Studies
from National
Alliance to End
Homelessness;
Homekey 1.0
Awards;

CDBG-CV
Homekey setaside awards (to
fully convert to
perm)
Vulnerable
Populations
Emergency
Housing
Voucher
LACDA received 1,964
vouchers and has
leased 363 as of May
2022
Individuals and families
who are homeless,
at-risk of homelessness,
fleeing, or attempting to
flee, domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual
assault, stalking, or human
trafficking, or were recently
homeless or have a high
risk of housing instability.

Subsidizing tenants’ rent
such that they only pay 30%
of their income towards rent.

Funding can be used for
landlord incentives, housing
search assistance, and
security deposits.

PHAs are incentivized to
lease up EHVs by summer
2022 or risk reallocation.

EHVs provided rental
assistance for families until
late 2030.

Round 3 NOFA

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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Affordable
Housing
Affordable
Housing
Sustainable
Communities
(AHSC)
Round 7 NOFA
Awards: $400M;
Max program grant:
$30M;
Max amount to one
developer: $60M
Local governments,
transportation and transit
agencies, nonprofit and for
profit housing developers,
joint powers authorities,
K-12 school, college
and university districts,
federally recognized
Native American tribes
Affordable housing
developments (new
construction or renovation)
and transportation
infrastructure.

Some funding for workforce
development.

All projects applying for
funding are required to
be all-Electric with no
connections to natural gas
infrastructure.

Round 7 applications are
due February 2023; awards
will be adopted by Council in
June/July 2023. Stakeholder
listening sessions are
currently in process. Round
7 draft guidelines will be
released for public comment
in May - August 2022. Final
guidelines and NOFA will be
released in October 2022.
-
Flexible Use Homeless
Housing,
Assistance
and
Prevention
(HHAP) Grant
Program
HHAP 3: $1B total
HHAP 4: $1B total
CoC, counties, cities Rapid rehousing, operating
subsidies and reserves,
street outreach, services
coordination, systems
support to create regional
partnerships, delivery
of permanent housing,
innovative solutions
including motel/hotel
conversion, prevention
and shelter diversion to
permanent housing, new
navigation centers and
emergency shelters, with
requirement to demonstrate
need. For HHAP round 3
(HHAP-3), at least 10% must
be for programs serving
youth.

HHAP 3 NOFA was released
December 17, 2021 with
the application opening in
Feb 2022 and due June
2022. Initial disbursement in
Winter/Spring 2022.

HHAP 4 NOFA will be
released Sept 30, 2022.

Initial disbursement in
Winter/Spring 2023.
2021 NOFA
Health
(Physical and
Behavioral) &
Services
Enhanced
Care
Management
(ECM)
- CalAIM program will
eventually expand to all
Medi-Cal members in the
state.

Replaces Whole Person
Care pilots and Health
Homes Program.

Services: Outreach
and Engagement;
Comprehensive Assessment
and Care Management Plan;
Enhanced Coordination of
Care; Health Promotion;
Comprehensive Transitional
Care; Member and
Family Supports; and
Coordination of and Referral
to Community and Social
Support Services.

Phased in by county and
Population of Focus from
January 2022, through July
2023.

Enhanced Care
Management and
In Lieu of Services

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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Affordable
Housing
AUD Grant
Program
$100M / Max $25K per
homeowner
Homeowners with low
or moderate income, low
equity, or who live in socially
disadvantaged communities
Predevelopment costs
include site prep, architectural
designs, permits, soil tests,
impact fees, property survey,
and energy reports.

Ongoing -
Affordable
Housing
Community
Loan Fund
Predevelopment loans:
up to $2M/loan;
Acquisition/
Preservation loans: up
to $7.5M;
Construction/ Bridge
loans: up to $7.5M;
Mini-Permanent Loans:
up to $7.5M
Various community partners
and developers
Predevelopment: Third party
expenses related to design
and development activities
prior to construction.

Term: up to 24 months; Loan
Amount: up to $2 million;
Interest Rate: 5–7% based
on project, sponsor risk and
other variables
Acquisition and/or
Preservation Loans: Available
for land and building
acquisition and critical repairs.

Term: up to 48 months; Loan
Amount: up to $7.5 million;
Interest Rate: 5–7.5%, LIBOR
+ 4.5%
Construction and Bridge
Loans: Available to pay
for new construction or
rehabilitation with expected
repayments typically from
a permanent loan, LIHTC
equity, and/or Historic Tax
Credit Equity. May also be
used to bridge other financing
sources.

Term: up to 60 months; Loan
Amount: up to $7.5 million;
Interest Rate: 5–7%, LIBOR
+ 4.5%
Mini-Permanent Loans:

Available for acquisition/
refinance of operating
housing and community
facility properties. May also
be paired with a construction
loan for the development of a
new property.

Term: up to 120 months; Loan
Amount: up to $7.5 million;
Interest Rate: 6– 7%
Ongoing -
Affordable
Housing
Golden State
Acquisition
Fund (GSAF)
$93M; maximum loan
amount $13,950,000
Nonprofits or for profits,
cities, counties, and other
public agencies within
California, and joint ventures
comprised of such entities,
with a track record of
developing affordable
housing.

Loan proceeds may be used
for the acquisition of vacant
land or improved property.

Contact originating CDFIs for
application.

Latest Project
Loan Term Sheet
Affordable
Housing
Local Housing
Trust Fund
Program (LHTF)
$57M A Local or Regional Housing
Trust Fund that receives
Ongoing Revenues from
Dedicated Sources of
funding sufficient to
permit the Local Housing
Trust Fund to comply with
the requirements of the
Program.

Acquisition and repositioning
of existing multifamily
buildings; New construction
of multifamily and scattered
site housing; Implementation
of community land trusts;
Development of communitybased projects that
strengthen housing systems;
Design and implementation
of policy solutions to increase
housing supply.

NOFA released April 2022;
applications accepted April
26, 2022, through May 25,
2022; awards announced in
October 2022.

The City of San
Fernando will
have to rely on LA
County to access
these funds.

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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Affordable
Housing
Mixed-Income
Program
$65M Available to for profit,
nonprofit, and public agency
sponsors. Development
teams must meet CalHFA
experience requirements,
as defined in the CalHFA
Development Team
Qualifications section below.

Projects must have site
control and be prepared to
submit for a bond and tax
credit allocation and will only
receive funds if bonds are
issued within the issuance
timeframes specified in
the California Debt Limit
Allocation Committee’s
(CDLAC) Regulations Section
5100.

Long-term subordinate
financing for new construction
of affordable multifamily
developments that provide
housing for Californians
earning between 30% and
120% of the Area Median
Income.
2022 MIP application
deadline: Feb 11, 2022
-
Affordable
Housing
Multifamily
Programs
Perm Loans minimum
amount: $5M
Available to for profit,
nonprofit, and public agency
sponsors
New construction or
acquisition/ rehabilitation
developments that provide
affordable housing
opportunities for individuals,
families, seniors, veterans,
and tenants with disabilities.

For 10/19/2022 CDLAC
Round:

Permanent Loan
Application due
5/27/2022;
Conduit Issuance
Application due 6/9/2022;
CDLAC Performance
Deposit due 11/2/2022
Program-specific
term sheets available
on program page.

Includes application
fees.

Health
(Physical and
Behavioral) &
Services
Pet Assistance
and Support
(PAS) Program
$10M; grants will be
between $100 - $600K
Cities or counties, or
nonprofits that is a “qualified
homeless shelter” that
commits to meeting a
number of conditions
relating to provision of
services to clients and their
pets.

Shelter, food, and basic
veterinary services for
pets owned by individuals
experiencing homelessness,
along with staffing and liability
insurance related to providing
those services.

NOFA released Feb 2022;
applications due 8 April
2022; awards announced
June 2022.
2022 NOFA
Homeless
Initiatives
Measure H Est $3.5B over 10 years Various community partners in LA County
Homelessness prevention,
housing subsidies, income
supports, case management
and services, enhancing
Coordinated Entry System,
affordable housing production
Ongoing FY 21 - 22
Draft Funding
Recommendations for
LA County Homeless
Initiative (combined
with other funds)
Permanent
Housing (PSH
& RRH)
Housing for
a Healthy
California (HHC)
Program
$160M Organization, agency, or
other entity (including public
housing agencies, for profits,
or nonprofits) that is an
Owner or Developer
Permanent loans for
acquisition, rehab, and/or
new construction for existing
and new supportive housing
opportunities. Grants for
Capitalized Operating Subsidy
Reserves (COSRs).

Target population: people
who are chronically homeless
or homeless and a high-cost
health user.
2021 NOFA application
was released Jan 17,
2022. OTC Application
due date: Feb 15, 2022.

New Applicants
(Competitive) Application
due date: Mar 1, 2022.
-
Permanent
Housing (PSH
& RRH
Project-Based
Voucher (PBV)
Section 8
Varies by City and
County
Property owners of eligible
housing units, including
affordable housing
developers and owners/
operators.

Rental subsidies for eligible
affordable housing units.

Varies by the PHA
administering the PBV
Section 8 program.
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CATEGORY PROGRAM AVAILABLE FUNDS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE USES TIMELINE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION
Permanent
Housing (PSH
& RRH
Veterans Affairs
Supportive
Housing (VASH)
$40M additional VASH
vouchers nationally
in 2021
Vouchers allocated to each
jurisdiction’s Public Housing
Agency.

Project Based Vouchers
(PBVs): PBVs exists under
the Section 8 program. HUD
subsidizes the units in the
form of a rental subsidy and
the developer commits the
units to their affordability for a
predetermined, contractually
obligated number of years.

HUD-VASH vouchers are
renewed based on actual
PHA leasing along with
all other housing choice
vouchers (HCV). Additional
funding for VASH vouchers
approved through the Federal
appropriations process.
-
Vulnerable
Populations
Veterans
Housing and
Homelessness
Prevention
Program
(VHHP)
$95M Sponsors and Borrowers
may be for profits or
nonprofits. Any public
agency or private entity
capable of entering into a
contract is eligible to apply,
provided they meet the
threshold requirements in
Guidelines, Section 102.

Acquisition, construction,
rehabilitation, and
preservation of affordable
multifamily housing for
veterans and their families to
allow veterans to access and
maintain housing stability.

HCD SuperNOFA. Application
released April 2022; webinars
and workshops held May
2022; application closing
date June 28, 2022; awards
announced Nov 2022.
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APPENDICES

LOOKING BEYOND THE HOMELESSNESS
ACTION PLAN: A 5 – 10 YEAR PLAN TO EXPAND

EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
The lack of affordable housing is a fundamental driver of the City of San Fernando and Los Angeles County’s homelessness crisis. Low vacancy rates, soaring rents, stagnant incomes, precarious employment, and a lack of effective social safety nets are all significant contributors to increases in homelessness. The impact of this housing shortage is reflected by the challenges people experiencing homelessness face in obtaining and retaining housing.

Due to the shortage of housing, people experiencing homelessness sometimes spend months or longer on waitlists searching for suitable units, which exacerbates not only their social and economic instability but also their physical and mental health.

After meeting the priorities set forth in this Homelessness Action Plan, the City will explore additional possible strategies to create and preserve affordable housing by looking to innovate approaches that will expand the existing housing stock, increase the availability of flexible housing funds, and increase housing access. These strategies will complement the City’s ongoing housing development and preservation efforts set forth in the City’s Housing Element to meet the regional housing needs. The City’s commitment to meeting the availability, adequacy, and affordability of housing will have a net positive effect on addressing the housing and stabilization needs of those experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness. Strengthening housing in the community will make additional strides in reducing inflows into homelessness and increasing successful outflows into long-term stable housing.

The goal for this long-term plan will be to promote affordable housing units through various methods such as new development, flexible housing, and education/advocacy to the community.

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STAKEHOLDER LIST

STRATEGIES
• City Departments (City Manager,
Community Development, Police,
Public Works, Recreation &
Community Services)
• City of San Fernando Homeless
Taskforce (Julie Fernandez, Nick
Kimball, Matthew Baumgardner,
Anthony Vairo, Irwin Rosenberg,
Gerardo Marquez, Juan Salas,
Julian J. Venegas)
• San Fernando Chamber of
Commerce
• Homeless Ad Hoc Committee
(Councilmember Cindy Montanez,
Councilmember Celeste
Rodriguez)
• San Fernando City Council/Mayor
• County of Los Angeles
- Department of Health Services
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Public Social
Services
- LA County Library
• City of Burbank
• City of Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Unified School
District, Office of Kelly Gonez
School Board Member District 6
• Office of CA-Assemblymember
Luz Rivas (District 39)
• Office of Councilwoman Monica
Rodriguez District 7
• Office of LA County Board of
Supervisors Sheila Kuehl (Third
District)
• Office of Senate Majority Leader
Emeritus Robert Hertzberg
• San Fernando Valley Council of
Governments
• Caltrans

HOMELESSNESS SECTOR
• LAHSA
• LA Family Housing
• Hope of the Valley Rescue
Mission
• San Fernando and Santa Clarita
Valley Homeless Coalition
• Salvation Army Aetna Bridge
Home
• SPA 2 Steering Committee
• Northeast San Fernando Valley
Interagency Homelessness Task
Force

COMMUNITY SERVICES/

SUPPORTS
• Center for Living and Learning
• Child & Family Center
• Interfaith Solidarity Network
• Neighborhood Watch
• Business Watch
• Downtown San Fernando Mall
Association
• Village Family Services
• Volunteers of America Los
Angeles

HEALTHCARE
• Providence Holy Cross Medical
Center
• San Fernando Community Health
Center
• San Fernando Recovery Center
• Tarzana Treatment Centers
• Vida Mobile Clinic
• Northridge Hospital Medical
Center
- Northeast Valley Health
Corporation

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ACRONYMS
AHAR: Annual Homeless Assessment Report
APR: Annual Performance Report (for HUD homelessness programs) CALAIM: California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal
CDBG: Community Development Block Grant (CPD program – federal) CES: Coordinated Entry System
CSBG: Community Services Block Grant
COC: Continuum of Care
CPD: Community Planning and Development (HUD Office)
ES: Emergency Shelter
ESG: Emergency Solutions Grant (CPD – federal program)
FMR: Fair Market Rent (maximum rent for Section 8 rental assistance/CoC grants) HCD: Housing and Community Development (State office)
HIC: Housing Inventory Count
HMIS: Homeless Management Information System
HOME: Home Investment Partnerships (CPD program)
HUD: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (federal) NOFA: Notice of Funding Availability
NIMBYISM: Not In My Back Yard
PHA: Public Housing Authority
PIT COUNT: Point in Time Count
PH: Permanent Housing
PSH: Permanent Supportive Housing
RRH: Rapid Rehousing
SH: Supportive Housing
SMI: Severe Mental Illness
SO: Street Outreach
SOAR: SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SSI/SSDI Application program) SRO: Single-Room Occupancy housing units
SSI: Supplemental Security Income
SUD: Substance Use Disorder
TA: Technical Assistance
TH: Transitional Housing
VA: Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of)

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DEFINITIONS
At risk of homelessness: Individual
or family who will imminently lose
their primary nighttime residence.

The Department of Housing and
Urban Development has a formal
definition of this. Please see page
42 of the Emergency Solutions Grant
Program Interim Regulations for the
full definition. https://www.govinfo.
gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-05/
pdf/2011-30938.pdf
Bed Utilization: Bed utilization
rates—or bed occupancy rates—
represent the percentage of beds or
units that are occupied on a given
night or on an average night over
a period of time. The average daily
utilization rate is calculated by taking
the average number of people
served over a given time period
divided by the total number of beds.

Bridge Housing: Provides a
safe, low-barrier and supportive
twenty-four (24) hour residence
to participants experiencing
homelessness, while they are
assisted as quickly as possible into
safe and supportive housing which
includes permanent housing for all
populations and transitional housing
for youth and families fleeing
domestic violence and intimate
partner violence. Bridge Housing
programs must work in collaboration
with LAHSA and the Coordinated
Entry System in Los Angeles County.

CES Bridge Housing should fit
seamlessly with the other CES
Program components.

Case Management: Case
management is defined by the Case
Management Society of America
as “a collaborative process of
assessment, planning, facilitation,
care coordination, evaluation, and
advocacy for options and services”
to meet individual needs. Case
Management in the contact of CES
should be voluntary and client
centered, with the goal of identifying
strengths and client directed goals,
while promoting “health, recognition,
and well-being” (USICH, 2016). Case
Managers in CES should ultimately
focus on safety first, linking the client
to a permanent housing resource
and providing the necessary
services needed to promote housing
stability.

Chronically Homeless: People
who are chronically homeless
have experienced homelessness
for at least a year – or repeatedly
– while struggling with a disabling
condition such as a serious mental
illness, substance use disorder, or
physical disability. The Department
of Housing and Urban Development
has a formal definition of this. Please
see page 11 of the Emergency
Solutions Grant Program Interim
Regulations for the full definition.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/
pkg/FR-2011-12-05/pdf/2011-30938.
pdf
Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
[HUD]: The Continuum of Care (CoC)
Program is designed to promote
communitywide commitment to
the goal of ending homelessness;
provide funding for efforts by
nonprofit providers, and State
and local governments to quickly
rehouse homeless individuals
and families while minimizing the
trauma and dislocation caused to
homeless individuals, families, and
communities by homelessness;
promote access to and effect
utilization of mainstream programs
by homeless individuals and families;
and optimize self-sufficiency among
individuals and families experiencing
homelessness.

Coordinated Entry System: The
Coordinated Entry System (CES)
is a HUD mandated activity for all
communities across the country
that seeks to ensure that any
individual or family who is at-risk
of homelessness or is currently
experiencing homelessness has
efficient access to the homeless
crisis response system. CES also
ensures that the community has an
agreed upon assessment process
to determine the needs of each
household, that there is an approved
prioritization process for resource
allocation based on need, and that
there is a streamlined process and
method for referring people to those
resources
Diversion or Housing Problem
Solving: Diversion, also known
as Housing Problem Solving
assists households to identify their
strengths, support networks, and
link to community resources to
find housing. It is not necessarily a
program but rather an approach or
technique that uses a conversation
between skilled staff members to
explore options that the household
may not have been able to identify
or felt comfortable enough to
explore on their own.

Domestic Violence: Domestic
Violence (also called intimate partner
violence [IPV], domestic abuse or
relationship abuse) is a pattern of
behaviors used by one partner to
maintain power and control over
another partner in an intimate
relationship. Domestic violence
includes behaviors that cause or
threaten physical harm, arouse fear,
prevent a partner from doing what
they wish or force them to behave
in ways they do not want. It includes
the use of or a threat of the use of
physical and sexual violence, threats
and intimidation, emotional abuse,
and economic deprivation. Many of
these different forms of domestic
violence/abuse can be occurring
at any one time within the same
intimate relationship and/or may
occur with varied frequency within
a relationship (National DV Hotline
definition).

Domestic Violence Program:

Domestic Violence Programs
provide shelter, assistance, and
specialized resources to domestic
violence survivors.

Emergency Housing Vouchers
(EHVs): EHVs are tenant-based
rental assistance under the Housing
Choice Voucher Program. Access
will be facilitated through the
Coordinated Entry System (CES) for
Los Angeles County.

Emergency Shelter: Emergency
Shelter programs generally provide
a low-barrier safe place for people
to stay while awaiting housing
placement.

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Family: Households consisting
of one more minor children (17
or under) in the legal custody of
one or two adults who are living
together and working collaboratively
to care for the children. This
includes 2-parent and 1-parent
families, including those with
same sex partners, families with
intergenerational or extended family
members, unmarried couples with
children, families that contain adults
who are not minor children, in which
mother is in her second trimester
of pregnancy, or mothers who have
been medically diagnosed as having
a “high risk” pregnancy shall qualify
as a family.

Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS): A
Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS) is a local information
technology system used to collect
client-level data and data on the
provision of housing and services
to homeless individuals and families
and persons at risk of homelessness
Homeless: Individual or family who
lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence
Homeless Prevention:

Homelessness Prevention programs
are targeted to individuals and
families who are in their own
home but who are at-risk of
losing that home and who have
no other housing options and are
facing homelessness. The goal of
homelessness prevention is to help
the individual or family remain in
their current housing or move to
another permanent housing setting
while avoiding homelessness.

Household (HUD definition): A
household includes all the people
who occupy a housing unit. The
household includes the related
family members as well as the
unrelated people, if any, such as
lodgers, foster children, wards, or
employees who share the housing
unit. A person living alone in a
housing unit, or a group of unrelated
people sharing a housing unit
such as partner or roomers, is also
counted as a household.

HUD VA Supportive Housing
(VASH) Vouchers: The HUDVeterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program combines
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
rental assistance for homeless
Veterans with case management
and clinical services provided by
the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA). VA provides these services for
participating Veterans at VA medical
centers (VAMCs) and communitybased outreach clinics.

Interim Housing: Interim housing
is a housing situation where a
chronically homeless person has:
applied for permanent housing,
has been accepted, a unit/voucher
for permanent housing has been
reserved for them, but for which
there is some other situation
that prevents them from moving
immediately into housing (e.g.
apartment getting painted, old
tenant moving out, has a voucher
but is looking for the unit, etc.).

Los Angeles Homeless Services
Authority: In December of 1993,
the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors and the Los Angeles
Mayor and City Council created
the Los Angeles Homeless
Services Authority (LAHSA) as
an independent, Joint Powers
Authority. LAHSA’s primary role
is to coordinate the effective and
efficient utilization of Federal and
local funding in providing services
to homeless people throughout
Los Angeles City and County.

LAHSA is the lead agency in the Los
Angeles Continuum of Care, which
is the regional planning body that
coordinates housing and services
for homeless families and individuals
in Los Angeles County. LAHSA
coordinates and manages over $243
million annually in Federal, State,
County and City funds for programs
that provide shelter, housing and
services to homeless persons in Los
Angeles City and County.

Low Barrier: Low barrier shelters
remove the most common obstacles
to homeless individuals seeking
housing, like the “no pets rule”,
drug tests, curfews, etc. Low barrier
shelters accept individuals that high
barrier shelters would reject.

Measure H: In March 2017, voters
resoundingly approved Measure H,
the landmark ¼ percent increase
to the County’s sales tax to provide
an ongoing revenue stream—an
estimated $355 million per year
for ten years—to fund services,
rental subsidies, and housing. It is
designed to fund a comprehensive
regional approach, encompassing
21 interconnected strategies in six
areas to combat homelessness:
• Prevent homelessness
• Subsidize housing
• Increase income
• Provide case management and
services
• Create a coordinated system
• Increase affordable housing/
homeless housing
NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard):

NIMBYism is opposition to the
locating of something considered
undesirable (such as a prison or
incinerator) in one’s neighborhood.

Proposition HHH: A $1.2 billion
bond to more than triple Los
Angeles’ annual production of
supportive housing and help build
approximately 10,000 units for
homeless Angelenos across the city.

Permanent Housing: Permanent
housing (PH) is defined as
community-based housing without
a designated length of stay in which
formerly homeless individuals and
families live as independently as
possible.

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Permanent Supportive Housing:

Permanent Supportive Housing is
a permanent housing program that
provides subsidized housing either
in a designated PSH unit within a
single location or in a scattered
site model within the existing rental
market. In addition to the housing,
PSH provides voluntary intensive
wrap-around supportive services
including case management, mental
health, and substance use disorder
services.

Point-In-Time Count: A point-intime count is an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a
community who are experiencing
homelessness that includes
both sheltered and unsheltered
populations.

Rapid Rehousing: Rapid Re-Housing
programs are a permanent housing
program that provides housing
search assistance, time-limited rental
assistance for units in the private
rental market, and wraparound case
management to promote housing
stability and increasing income for
taking over of the rent.

Safe Parking: Safe Parking Programs
allow organizations and businesses
to open their parking lots to
homeless individuals at night who
normally sleep in their car or RV.

Service Planning Areas: Los
Angeles County is divided into eight
“Service Planning Areas” (SPA’s) for
health care planning purposes.

Sheltered: The Department of
Housing and Urban Development
defines (HUD) defines sheltered
homeless persons as adults,
children, and unaccompanied
children who, on the night of the
count, are living in shelters for the
homeless.

Street Outreach programs: Street
outreach is a homeless services
intervention that focuses primarily
on supporting individuals with
accessing permanent or temporary
housing by building trusting
relationships and ongoing rapport.

The primary and ultimate goal of
street outreach is to find affordable
housing for each individual, with
access to voluntary wraparound
services needed to stay healthy;
including employment, substance
use treatment and mental health
care.

Subsidized Housing: Subsidized
housing is government sponsored
economic assistance aimed towards
alleviating housing costs and
expenses for impoverished people
with low to moderate incomes.

Transition Age Youth (TAY): An
individual between the ages of 18
and 24 years. Please note that while
the Youth Coordinated Entry System
serves youth and young adults, ages
16-24, for the purposes for Rapid
Rehousing, youth must be at least 18
years old to sign a lease. Therefore,
for the program area of Rapid
Rehousing, TAY are defined as youth
ages 18-24.

Trauma-Informed Care: TraumaInformed Care requires that every part of the program’s design and
operation be approached with an
understanding of trauma and the
impact it has on those receiving
services. Traumatic experiences can
impact how clients receive services
provided and the environment in
which those services are delivered.

Temporary Shelter: Temporary
Housing is a housing situation is
intended to be very short-term or
temporary (30, 60, or 90 days or
less). Examples of this are bridge
housing and emergency shelter.

Transitional Housing: Transitional
Housing programs provide
temporary shelter with more
support services and a longer
length of stay that may be up to two
years. Programs are focused on
addressing barriers that individuals
and families may have that could
include employment, mental health,
substance use, and other barriers
prior to accessing permanent
housing.

Unsheltered or unhoused: An
unsheltered homeless person
resides in a place not meant for
human habitation, such as cars,
parks, sidewalks, or abandoned
buildings.

Volunteer and Faith-Based
Partners: Volunteer and FaithBased Partners are communitybased or religious groups that offer their resources to the effort
to end homelessness, including
volunteering at shelters, raising
money, offering their buildings as
shelters, providing rehabilitative
services, etc.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This Homelessness Action Plan represents the road map for the City of San Fernando and its partners. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people and organizations that have helped to create this Homelessness Action Plan, including:
• City of San Fernando
• Los Angeles County
• Non-profit partners and stakeholders
• San Fernando’s business community
• San Fernando’s faith-based organizations
• Key community stakeholders in the health, criminal justice, and workforce development fields
• Landlords and property owners
• Residents and community members, including those currently or formerly experiencing homelessness
Woven throughout the Homelessness Action Plan is the idea that ending homelessness can only be carried out when we all come together toward a common vision. We could not have created such a robust and tailored plan without the knowledge, experience, and input of each person involved. These individuals and organizations (see Stakeholder List) are already out in the community providing services and meeting the needs of our most vulnerable, and we are deeply grateful for their commitment.

The Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
approved the Innovation
Framework that allocated
funds to local governments
to support activities that
align with the County’s
framework. The City of
San Fernando received
$21,247 in funding from the
Innovation Fund to develop
a homelessness plan.

We thank the County for
its support of City of San
Fernando’s homelessness
planning process.
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FUNDING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO

FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND
CONTRACT NUMBER: HI-25-025

AMENDMENT ONE
THIS AMENDMENT ONE is made and entered into this by and between

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
(hereinafter referred to as “County”),
and

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
(hereinafter referred to as "City"
or “Local Jurisdiction”)
The County and Local Jurisdiction shall collectively be referred to as "Parties".

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain document entitled "FUNDING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND CITY OF SAN FERNANDO FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND," dated October 28, 2025, and identified as County Contract No. HI-25-025, together with any amendments thereto (collectively, the "Contract" or "Agreement"), which was entered into by the Chief Executive Office, on behalf of the County, and Local Jurisdiction; WHEREAS, on November 4, 2024, the voters of Los Angeles County approved the Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions, and Prevention Now Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance ("Measure A" or the "Ordinance"), a one-half cent sales tax countywide, to fund critical programs designed to reduce and prevent homelessness within the County; WHEREAS, the County has received a portion of the proceeds from the tax imposed by Measure A for Comprehensive Homelessness Services, the Local Solutions Fund, and Homelessness Solutions Innovations which it distributes to eligible programs and services in accordance with Measure A;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Measure A, the County shall allocate funds from the Local Solutions Fund to cities, councils of governments, and/or the County on behalf of its unincorporated areas; WHEREAS, on March 25, 2025, the County Board of Supervisors ("Board"), in consultation with cities within the County, determined that Formula 4, based on 90% of the multi-year average pointin-time count and 10% of the American Community Survey proxy data, is the appropriate method for distributing Local Solutions Fund to cities, councils of governments, and to the County on behalf of its unincorporated areas;
WHEREAS, services and programs funded by the Local Solutions Fund shall support a variety of services and programs aimed at addressing homelessness, including but not limited to physical and mental health care, emergency housing, permanent housing, job counseling, substance use 1 KEdZdEK͘Ϯϰϰϱ;ĂͿ










 
  




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disorder treatment, short-term rental subsidies, and other related services, as well as the collection and analysis of data to assess the effectiveness of such services and programs;

WHEREAS, services and programs funded by Local Solutions Fund shall contribute to achieving the five outcome goals outlined in Measure A by demonstrating measurable progress from baseline metrics toward target metrics ("Metrics") as adopted by the Board on March 25, 2025;

WHEREAS, services and programs funded by the Local Solutions Fund must align with the purposes enumerated in Measure A and the Regional Plan adopted by the Board on March 25, 2025, which sets goals and objectives to reduce homelessness and expand affordable housing in accordance with Measure A;
WHEREAS, services and programs funded by the Local Solutions Fund shall adhere to best practices for the standardization of care, including but not limited to facilitating connections to behavioral and mental health services, medical care, and other services, and create connections to mainstream safety net programs supported by County, State, and federal funds, including connections to medical and mental health care and other entitlement programs; WHEREAS, the Local Jurisdiction agrees to perform its obligations under this Agreement in a manner consistent with and supportive of the goals and purposes outlined in Measure A, and the Metrics, Regional Plan, and best practices for the standardization of care;

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into this Agreement to formalize the allocation of Measure A funds, which is approved by the Board annually, establish accountability measures, and ensure the effective use of Measure A funds to achieve the stated goals in Measure A to prevent and reduce homelessness and increase access to affordable housing, subject to all the conditions required by Measure A;
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2025, the Board directed the implementation of a new department, the Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH), dedicated to serving people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness; effective January 1, 2026; WHEREAS, on November 18, 2025 the Board authorized the Director of HSH, or designee, in consultation with County Counsel, to enter into, execute, amend, or terminate any and all agreements and documents including new or existing agreements, required or deemed necessary or appropriate for the administration, allocation, and distribution of the County’s portion of the Measure A funds, including the allocation of Local Solutions Funds to cities, councils of governments, and the County on behalf of its unincorporated areas, with such authority effective January 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the County and Local Jurisdiction desire to amend the Agreement to: (1) reflect the transfer of administrative responsibility from CEO to HSH including revising Section XV(A). Notices, Reports, Invoices, and Approvals; (2) increase the maximum amount of the Agreement by $122,292 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $252,650; (3) revise the date specified in Section VII(B). Recruitment and Retention of Homelessness Service And Prevention Workers; and (4) replace Exhibit A, Project Description and Budget, in its entirety with Exhibit A-1, Project Description and Budget, which sets forth revised program descriptions, key performance indicators, and budget allocations under the Agreement; and
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FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND
CONTRACT NO. HI-25-025, AMENDMENT ONE
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits derived therefrom, it is agreed between the parties that County Contract No. HI-25-025 shall be amended as follows:

1. This Amendment One will become effective on the date it is executed by the Director of the Department of Homeless Services and Housing ("HSH") or designee.

2. Effective January 1, 2026, this Agreement is administered by HSH. All references in the Agreement to Chief Executive Office ("CEO") shall henceforth be deemed to refer to HSH.

3. Section III(A). Funding Allocation, shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:

A. Amount of Funds: Local Jurisdiction shall receive a portion of County's Measure A allocation in an amount not to exceed the total budget listed in Exhibit A-1, Project Description and Budget, as adjusted by the County contingent upon the County’s receipt of allocated Measure A funds and annual approval by the Board. Funds are to implement programs and services aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness and increasing access to affordable housing (the "Project"), subject to Measure A, and as further described in this Agreement and Exhibit A-1, Project Description and Budget, which is attached and incorporated herein by reference.

Local Jurisdiction agrees to use Funds as described in Exhibit A-1, Project Description and Budget. The County reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to adjust the Local Solutions Fund allocation based on actual Measure A tax revenues received by the County. The Local Jurisdiction shall have no claim against the County for payment of any money or reimbursement, of any kind whatsoever, for any Project approved by the Local Jurisdiction after the expiration or other termination of this Agreement. Should the Local Jurisdiction receive any payment of Funds for such Projects, it shall immediately notify the County and shall immediately repay all such Funds to the County. Payment by the County for Project rendered after the expiration and/or termination of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of the County’s right to recover such payment from the Local Jurisdiction. This provision shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.

4. Section VII(B). Recruitment and Retention of Homelessness Service And Prevention Workers, shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with:

B. The requirements under Section VII.A. shall be fully implemented and enforced by July 1, 2027, to allow for necessary administrative, budgetary, and contractual adjustments while ensuring compliance with Measure A. During the transition period, Local Jurisdiction shall coordinate with the County to align all Measure Afunded social services positions with the requirements set forth in this Section to the maximum extent feasible.

5. Section XV(A). Notices, Reports, Invoices, and Approvals, is updated to reflect new email addresses for County Representative as follows:

Name: Marco Santana, County Project Manager
Email: [email protected]
And copy
[email protected]
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6. Exhibit A, Project Description and Budget, shall be replaced in its entirety by Exhibit A-1, Project Description and Budget, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. All references to Exhibit A shall hereafter be replaced by Exhibit A-1.

Except for the changes set forth herein above, the Agreement shall not be changed in any respect by the Amendment One.
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FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS FUND
CONTRACT NO. HI-25-025, AMENDMENT ONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment One:

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
By for
SARAH MAHIN Date
Director, Department of Homeless Services and Housing
APPROVED AS TO FORM FOR THE COUNTY:

DAWYN R. HARRISON
County Counsel
By
Ana Lai
Senior Deputy County Counsel

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
By___________________________
Print Name ___________________
Title_________________________
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EXHIBIT A-1

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND BUDGET

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
HI-25-025
I. OVERVIEW
This Agreement between the County of Los Angeles ("County") and the City of San Fernando (“City” or "Local Jurisdiction") allocates funds from the County's Local Solutions Fund ("LSF"), which are authorized under Measure A to support local homelessness solutions, including prevention efforts, services, and affordable housing. The funds will support the Local Jurisdiction's projects and associated administrative oversight as outlined herein.

II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
a. Project Statuses
The following reflects all projects/programs ("Projects") under the Agreement. Each Project, including any Project added through this Amendment, is designated as one of the following:
i. Ongoing – Eligible for continued expenditures
ii. New – Eligible for new expenditures
iii. Terminated – No longer eligible for any expenditures iv. Close-Out – Not eligible for additional funding allocations but may continue to expend previously allocated funds
b. Eligible Use Grouping 1
The following project(s) falls under the eligible uses of LSF, specifically, Eligible Use, Group 1, as outlined in the County's Measure A Local Solutions Fund Eligible Uses, Section 1.2. Activities under Eligible Use Group 1 must directly contribute to achieving Measure A Goal 1 (reducing unsheltered homelessness) or Goal 3 (increasing permanent housing placements) and may include the following: homeless prevention; permanent housing for PEH; interim housing for PEH; expedited placements in permanent housing for PEH; employment services for PEH; or enhanced services for Transition-Age Youth and children experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. 6 CONTRACT NO. 2445(a)










 
  




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Amendment One: Ongoing – Updates the Target Outcomes and Budget 1A: Eligible Use Interim Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH)
Project Congregate Shelter Site
Project Description
The funds will be used to reserve one bed per month at a congregate shelter site operated by Community Bridge
Housing for PEH. The shelter has a total capacity of 30- beds. The funds will support 12 unique PEH by covering a fixed rate of $1,000 per bed, per month, as established by Community Bridge Housing. Ultimately, Community Bridge
Housing will be engaging with PEH referred to shelter site and connect to services with the goal of exiting them into permanent housing.

Project Specific Key
Performance Indicators (PSKPI) and Target Outcomes
(PS-TO)
PS-KPI: Number of PEH placed in shelter site
x Year One PS-TO: 12 unique PEH
x Year Two PS-TO: 12 unique PEH
Total PS-TO: 24 unique PEH
Measure A Goals and Target
Metric
Alignment with Measure A Goal #1: Increase the number
of people moving from encampments into permanent
housing to reduce unsheltered homelessness.

Target Metric 1a: Decrease by 30 percent the number of
people experiencing unsheltered homelessness from a
baseline of 52,365 in 2024 to a target of 36,656 in 2030.

Amendment One: Terminated
1B: Eligible Use Interim Housing for PEH
Project Motel Vouchers
Project Description
The funds will support City's motel voucher program,
operated by Home Again LA, to provide temporary housing for families with minor children. Each family may stay in the motel for up to twenty-nine (29) days and will be connected to case management and a Housing Navigator to assist
with searching for permanent housing.

Amendment One: Terminated
1C: Eligible Use Expedited Placements in Permanent Housing for PEH Project Move-In Assistance
Project Description The funds will support Home Again LA in administering a security deposit program that provides move-in assistance for families with minor children.
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c. Eligible Use Grouping 2
The following project(s) falls under eligible uses of Measure A LSF, specifically, Eligible Use Group 2. Activities under Eligible Use Group 2 must demonstrate a maximized partnership with organizations that create connections to mainstream safety net programs supported by other funds from the County, State, and Federal Governments, including connections to medical and mental health care supported by state and federal programs as well as other entitlement programs.

Amendment One: Ongoing – Updates the Target Outcomes and Budget 2A: Eligible Use Case Management and Outreach Services
Project Street Outreach
Project Description
The funds will support partial salary and benefits of two fulltime staff (FTE) from a local organization (to be identified) to conduct street outreach throughout the City. The
outreach team will engage with unhoused individuals and connect them to resources, including interim and
permanent housing, document services provided to the
participants, employment, transportation, food, and
medical and mental health referrals.

Project Specific Key
Performance Indicators (PSKPI) and Target Outcomes
(PS-TO)
PS-KPI: Number of individuals engaged by outreach team
x Year One PS-TO: 31 unique PEH
x Year Two PS-TO: 31 unique PEH
Total PS-TO: 62 unique PEH
Group 2 Connection
Outreach staff engage with unhoused individuals and
connect them to critical local resources, including direct referrals to Community Bridge Housing for emergency
shelter, and connections to motel voucher and rental
assistance programs for families through Home Again LA.

Projects being funded through City or Local Solutions
Funds dollars. Outreach staff will also make direct referrals to mental health clinicians embedded within the San
Fernando Police Department through a SAMHSA-funded
program. This partnership provides access to two case
managers who connect individuals to mental health and
social services, as well as offering crisis intervention, deescalation, and access to mental health care.

The City and Outreach team will continue to also
collaborate with the MDT to ensure that proper care
coordination occurs. They will also participate in the daily huddles and trainings MDT provides, and will establish
regular case conferencing with the HET.

Measure A Goals and Target
Metric
Alignment with Measure A Goal #1: Increase the number of people moving from encampments into permanent housing
to reduce unsheltered homelessness.

Target Metric 1a: Decrease by 30 percent the number of
people experiencing unsheltered homelessness from a
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d. Eligible Use Grouping 3
The following project(s) falls under Eligible Uses of Measure A LSF (LSF Funds) with Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) Funding. Local Jurisdiction must braid or pair LSF Funds with eligible LACAHSA funding to support prevention efforts under this program/project. If LACAHSA funding is not yet available, Local Jurisdiction shall coordinate with the County during the transition period to align timelines, funding strategies, and program deliverables; and submit a written plan within six months of this Agreement’s execution detailing steps to secure LACAHSA funding.

The Local Jurisdiction shall make good faith efforts to secure and utilize such funding when it becomes available. LSF Funds may only be used after LACAHSA funding is exhausted; or during the transition period with prior written approval from the County.

Amendment One: Terminated
3A: Eligible Use Homeless Prevention
Project Rental Assistance
Project Description
The funds will support Home Again LA in overseeing the
eviction prevention program (Program) for families with minor children. Eligible families may receive up to three months of rental assistance (up to $2,000 per month). In addition to financial assistance, eligible participating households will receive case management to help them
maintain housing stability and stay on track with rent
moving forward.
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Total Agreement Sum: Not to Exceed $252,650
The budget below reflects the maximum amount of Measure A funding from County that Local Jurisdiction may receive for the applicable Fiscal Year (FY), subject to the County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") annual approval. Any increase in funding for a given fiscal year is at the sole discretion of the County and must be formally implemented through a written amendment to this Agreement. All funds approved and allocated by the County Board are made available throughout the term of the Agreement, in accordance with the budget set forth in this exhibit. x Year One (FY 2025 – 26 Allocation): Up to $130,358
x Year Two (FY 2026 – 27 Allocation): Up to $122,292
BUDGET

PROJECT YEAR
ONE
YEAR
TWO
TOTAL
BUDGET
1A Congregate Shelter Site (1 bed x $1,000/month x
12 months) $12,000 $12,000 $24,000
1B Motel Vouchers (estimated at approximately 4
households enrolled x $4,589.50 per household) $0 $0 $0 1C Move-In Assistance (estimated at approximately
$3,000 per household x 4 households) $0 $0 $0
2A Street Outreach (partial salary and benefits for 2.0 FTE) $118,358 $110,292 $228,650
3A Rental Assistance (estimated at approximately
$6,000 per households x 2 households) $0 $0 $0
TOTAL AMOUNT $130,358 $122,292 $252,650
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AGENDA REPORT
REVIEW: ☒ City Clerk ☒ Director of Admin. Services ☒ City Manager CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE 117 MACNEIL STREET, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340 (818) 898-1202 WWW.SFCITY.ORG To: Mayor Victoria Garcia and Councilmembers
From: Kanika Kith, City Manager

Date: September 21, 2026
Subject: Consideration to Approve a Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group for On-Call Public Works Services RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the City Council:
a. Approve a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group (Attachment “A” - Contract No. 2429(b)) for On-Call Public Works Services, to expand the scope of work, extend the agreement term through July 31, 2026 and increase the contract amount by $149,790 for a revised not-to-exceed total of $499,790; and b. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to make non-substantive changes and execute the amendment and all related documents.

BACKGROUND:

1. On August 15, 2025, staff requested proposals from Interwest, Transtech, and 4Leaf to provide Public Works support services.

2. On August 27, 2025, Interwest Consulting Group submitted a proposal to provide Public Works support services to the City of San Fernando, including in-office staffing two to three days per week.

3. On September 18, 2025, Contract No. 2429 was administratively executed with Interwest Consulting Group to initiate on-call Public Works services.

4. On September 22, 2025, Director of Public Works Wendell Johnson formally announced his resignation, effective November 7, 2025.

5. On September 23, 2025, Interim City Manager requested Interwest Consulting Group to expand its scope of services to provide Interim Public Works Director, Project Manager, and Grant Administration support. This expansion ensures continuity of operations, oversight of September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 251 of 329 Consideration to Approve a Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group for On-Call Public Works Services

capital improvement projects, and compliance with water grant reporting requirements until a permanent Director is appointed.

6. On October 6, 2025, the City Council approved the First amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Interwest Consulting Group, Contract No. 2429(a) for On-Call Public Works Services to provide Interim Public Works Director, Project Manager, and Grant Administration support, increasing the contract amount by $325,000 for a revised not-toexceed total of $350,000.

7. In November 2025, the Public Works Technician retired, creating an additional staffing vacancy within the department and increasing the need for continued administrative and operational support.

ANALYSIS:

The City of San Fernando Public Works Department plays a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the City’s infrastructure, facilities, and essential services that directly impact residents’ quality of life. The department is responsible for the construction, operation, and maintenance of streets, sidewalks, traffic signals, parks, water systems, and storm drains, while also managing capital improvement projects that support long-term sustainability and growth. In addition, Public Works oversees environmental programs, fleet services, and solid waste compliance, ensuring that the City meets state and federal regulations. The department also manages a portfolio of critical infrastructure and capital improvement projects funded through various federal, state, and regional grants. These projects require consistent oversight, technical expertise, and timely reporting to maintain compliance and avoid funding delays or penalties.

Interwest Consulting Group is a well-established municipal services provider serving over 300 agencies statewide. Their team includes licensed engineers, certified project managers, and experienced grant administrators. The City entered into an agreement with Interwest Consulting Group on September 18, 2025 through an informal procurement process, allowable under the City Manager’s administrative authority pursuant to Article II, Division 6, Section 2-840(c)3 of the San Fernando Municipal Code (SFMC), for on-call contract services not to exceed $25,000.

Interwest is familiar with the City's internal workflows, staffing challenges, and operational priorities.

Given the urgency to maintain momentum on capital improvement projects and meet grant deadlines, the City previously expanded the existing on-call support services with Interwest Consulting Group to deploy a multidisciplinary team that could provide interim Public Works Director leadership, project management for active and upcoming capital improvement projects.

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The team also provides grant management support for the City's current $7 million and $3 million state-funded nitrate treatment system projects.

This proposed second amendment isintended to extend the duration of Interwest support, which was needed through July 2026. Additionally, the amendment provides for interim administrative support through the addition of a Senior Administrative Assistant during a period when the department experienced the retirement of its Public Works Technician position. The Senior Administrative Assistant provided administrative and operational support to the Public Works Department and helped address the increased workload associated with this vacancy through July 2026. The position provided critical administrative support and helped maintain continuity of departmental operations, coordination, communications, and other administrative functions.

Staff recommends approval of the second amendment to the agreement with Interwest Consulting Group to expand the scope of work to include Senior Administrative Assistant services that provided continued administrative support to the Public Works Department during the Public Works transitional period; extend the duration of the agreement through July 2026; and increase the not-to-exceed amount of $149,790.

BUDGET IMPACT:

The cost of the proposed contract increase will be offset by savings from the vacant Public Works Administrative Analyst position and existing state water grants. Sufficient funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Adopted Budgets to fund the professional expenses associated with this request.

CONCLUSION:

It is recommended that the City Council approve a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement for On Call Public Works Services (Contract No. 2429(b) - Attachment “A”) with Interwest Consulting Group, expanding the scope of work, extending the agreement term and increasing the contract amount by $149,790 for a revised not-to-exceed total of $499,790; and authorize the City Manager to execute all related documents necessary to effectuate the amendment.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Contract No. 2429(b), including:

Exhibit “A”: Contract No. 2429(a)
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SECOND AMENDMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Parties: Interwest a SAFEbuilt Company and City of San Fernando) (Engagement: On-Call Public Works Services)
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (hereinafter, “Second Amendment”) to that certain agreement entitled “2025 Professional Services Agreement” Contract No. 2429 dated September 2, 2025 (hereinafter, the “Master Agreement”), is hereby made and entered into this 21st day of September 2026 (hereinafter, “Effective Date”) by and between CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, “CITY”) and INTERWEST A SAFEBUILT COMPANY (hereinafter, “CONSULTANT”). For purposes of this Second Amendment, the capitalized term “Parties” shall be a collective reference to both CITY and CONSULTANT. The capitalized term “Party” may refer to either CITY or CONSULTANT, interchangeably.

RECITALS
This Second Amendment is made and entered into with respect to the following facts:

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2026, the Parties executed the Master Agreement for the performance of the following professional services by CONSULTANT subject to an expenditure cap of $25,000: CIP Project Plan Review and Oversight Services; Construction Management and Inspection Support; Project Scheduling and Cost Control; Stakeholder and Developer coordination services and regulatory and environmental compliance review services (A true and correct copy of the Master Agreement is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit A); and WHEREAS, on October 6, 2025, the Master Agreement was further amended by way of a first amendment (“First Amendment”) which expanded the scope of services to include Interim Public Works Director Services and Project Manager for CIP and water projects ( A true and correct copy of the First Amendment is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit B); and WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to (i) modify the term of the agreement from June 30, 2026 to July 31, 2026; (ii) amend the scope of services to retroactively include interim administrative public works services for operations, Water and Sewer Division assistance; and (iii) increase the authorized compensation amount by ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS ($149,790), as a result of expanded duration and scope of services; and
WHEREAS, the capitalized term “Contract” shall refer to the Master Agreement as amended by way of this Second Amendment and the First Amendment; and WHEREAS, that the execution of this Second Amendment was approved by the San Fernando City Council at its Regular Meeting of September 21, 2026, under Agenda Item No. 9.

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. The Term set forth under Section 1.1 of the Master Agreement engagement terms shall be effective through July 31, 2026.

SECTION 2. The Scope set forth under Section 1.2 of the Master Agreement scope of services shall be expanded to retroactively include interim administrative public works services for operations, Water and Sewer Division assistance;
SECTION 3. The Not-To-Exceed Sum set forth under Section 1.4 of the Master Agreement shall not exceed an aggregate sum of up to FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS ($497,790).

SECTION 4. Except as otherwise set forth in this Second Amendment, the Master Agreement and previously amended by way of the First Amendment shall remain binding, controlling, and in full force and effect. Section 1.4 of the Master Agreement notwithstanding, this Second Amendment, together with the Master Agreement and the First Amendment, shall constitute the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed in both documents (Entire Agreement). In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Second Amendment, and the provisions of the Master Agreement or the First Amendment, the provisions of the Second Amendment shall govern and control to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and no further.

Signature page to follow
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed on the day and year first appearing above.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO: INTERWEST, A SAFEBUILT COMPANY:

By: By:

Kanika Kith, City Manager
Name:

Date:

Title:

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Date:

By:

Richard Padilla, City Attorney
Date:

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FIRST AMENDMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Parties: Interwest a SAFEbuilt Company and City of San Fernando) (Engagement: On-Call Public Works Services)
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (hereinafter, “First Amendment”) to that certain agreement entitled “On-Call Public Works Services” Contract No. 2429 dated September 2, 2025, (hereinafter, “Master Agreement”), is hereby made and entered into this 6th day of October 2025 (hereinafter, “Effective Date”) by and between CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, “CITY”) and INTERWEST A SAFEBUILT COMPANY (hereinafter, “CONSULTANT”). For purposes of this First Amendment, the capitalized term “Parties” shall be a collective reference to both CITY and CONSULTANT. The capitalized term “Party” may refer to either CITY or CONSULTANT, interchangeably.

RECITALS
This First Amendment is made and entered into with respect to the following facts:

WHEREAS, exaction of the Master Agreement was executed by the Parties on September 2, 2025 (A true and correct copy of the Master Agreement is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to modify the Master Agreement by amending the scope of services to include interim Public Works Director leadership, project management for active and upcoming capital improvement projects, and water projects grant management; WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to modify the Master Agreement by amending the compensation amount by THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($325,000), as a result of expanded scope of services; and
WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge that during the term of the Agreement the COMPENSATION RATE may require adjustments; and
WHEREAS, approval authority is given to the City Manager to administratively approve such rate adjustments, provided that any adjustment does not exceed the compensation allocated within a fiscal year, without City Council approval, and that written notice of such adjustment is provided to the City at least 30 days prior to the effective date; and WHEREAS, the capitalized term “Contract” shall refer to the Master Agreement as amended by way of this First Amendment; and
WHEREAS, that the execution of this First Amendment was approved by the San Fernando City Council at its Regular Meeting of October 6, 2025, under Agenda Item No. 8. 






 



 
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. The Scope set forth under Section 1.2 of the Master Agreement scope of services shall be expanded to include interim Public Works Director leadership, project management for active and upcoming capital improvement projects, and water projects grant management, as attached and incorporated here to as Exhibit “B”.

SECTION 2. The Not-To-Exceed Sum set forth under Section 1.4 of the Master Agreement shall not exceed an aggregate sum of up to THREE HUNDRED FIFTHY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($350,000).

SECTION 3. Section 1.4 of the Master Agreement is hereby amended to authorize the City Manager to approve COMPENSATION RATE adjustments administratively, provided that any adjustment does not exceed the compensation allocated within a fiscal year, without City Council approval, and that written notice of such adjustment is provided to the City at least 30 days prior to the effective date.

SECTION 4. Except as otherwise set forth in this First Amendment, the Master Agreement shall remain binding, controlling, and in full force and effect. Section 1.4 of the Master Agreement notwithstanding, this First Amendment, together with the Master Agreement, shall constitute the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed in both documents (Entire Agreement). In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this First Amendment, including any and all attachments to this First Amendment and the provisions of the Master Agreement, including all exhibits attached to the Master Agreement, the provisions of the First Amendment and its attachments shall govern and control but only to the extent of the conflict and no further.

SECTION 5. The provisions of this First Amendment shall be deemed a part of the Master Agreement and except, as otherwise provided under this First Amendment, the Master Agreement and all provisions contained therein shall remain binding and enforceable.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed on the day and year first appearing above.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO: INTERWEST, A SAFEBUILT COMPANY:

By: By:

Kanika Kith, Interim City Manager
Name:

Date:

Title:

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Date:

By:

Richard Padilla, City Attorney

Date:







 



 
 
10/14/2025 | 9:05 AM PDT
Chief Operating Officer
Matt Causley
10/15/2025 | 9:52 AM PDT
10/15/2025 | 9:54 AM PDT
September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 259 of 329 CONTRACT NO. 2429
2025

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Parties: Interwest a SAFEbuilt Company and City of San Fernando) (Engagement: On-Call Public Works Services)
THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (hereinafter, “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 2nd day of September 2025 (hereinafter, the “Effective Date”) by and between the CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, “CITY”) and INTERWEST A SAFEBUILT COMPANY (hereinafter, “CONSULTANT”). For the purposes of this Agreement, CITY and CONSULTANT may be referred to collectively by the capitalized term “Parties.” The capitalized term “Party” may refer to CITY or CONSULTANT interchangeably, as appropriate.

RECITALS
WHEREAS, CITY requires Public Works Services; and
WHEREAS, CITY staff has determined that CONSULTANT possesses the experience, skills and training necessary to competently provide such services to CITY; and WHEREAS, approval authority for this Agreement is by the City Manager pursuant to a specific provision of the San Fernando Municipal Code; and NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, CITY and CONSULTANT agree as follows:

I.

ENGAGEMENT TERMS

1.1 TERM: This Agreement shall have a term commencing from the Effective Date through June 30, 2026 (hereinafter, the “Term”). Nothing in this Section shall operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict the CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience or for cause as provided under Article V (Termination), below. The Term may be extended for one-year periods at the option of the CITY, provided that CITY provides CONSULTANT with written notice of CITY’s intent to exercise CITY’s option to extend the term of the Agreement no less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the Term or any prior extension term. In the event CITY exercises its option to extend this Agreement, all terms, conditions, and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect and govern the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the parties hereto. 

















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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1.2 SCOPE OF SERVICES:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CONSULTANT agrees to provide the services and tasks described in that certain proposal of CONSULTANT entitled “PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES” dated August 27, 2025 (hereinafter, the “CONSULTANT Proposal”) which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A”. CONSULTANT further agrees to furnish to CITY all labor, materials, tools, supplies, equipment, services, tasks, and incidental and customary work necessary to competently perform and timely complete the services and tasks set forth in the Scope of Services. For the purposes of this Agreement the aforementioned services and tasks set forth in the Scope of Services shall hereinafter be referred to generally by the capitalized term “Services.”

1.3 PROSECUTION OF SERVICES:

A. CONSULTANT shall perform the Services contemplated under this Agreement on an on-call, as-needed basis. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to grant CONSULTANT the exclusive right to perform any of the types of services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement nor shall anything in this Agreement be construed to entitle CONSULTANT to the receipt of any sums under this Agreement, except to the extent CITY requests the performance of any Services in the manner described below and such Services is in fact performed and completed by CONSULTANT and accepted by CITY. CITY requests for the performance of specific services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement shall be made in the form of a written work order(s) issued by the City Representative (each such written request hereinafter referred to as a “Work Order”). Each Work Order shall include the following information:

1. A detailed description of the specific services or tasks requested;

2. The location of where the particular services or tasks are to be performed, if applicable;

3. A not-to-exceed budget for performing the services or tasks;

4. A timeline for completing the requested services or tasks;

5. Any other information CITY deems necessary and relevant to the requested services or tasks; and

6. The signature of the City Representative, confirming that the services or tasks have been authorized by the City Representative.

B. CONSULTANT shall not perform any of the Services contemplated under this Agreement without a written Work Order request from the City Representative, containing the information set forth in Section 1.3(A), above; 

















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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C. CONSULTANT shall perform all assigned Services continuously and with due diligence so as to complete all assigned Services by the completion date indicated in each Work Order. CONSULTANT shall cooperate with CITY and in no manner interfere with the work of CITY, its employees or other consultants, contractors, or agents;
D. CONSULTANT shall not claim or be entitled to receive any compensation or damage because of the failure of CONSULTANT, or its subconsultants, to have related services or tasks completed in a timely manner; E. CONSULTANT shall at all times enforce strict discipline and good order among CONSULTANT’s employees; and
F. CONSULTANT, at its sole expense, shall pay all sales, consumer, use or other similar taxes required by law.

1.4 COMPENSATION: CONSULTANT shall perform the Services in accordance with the “PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES” which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A” (hereinafter, the “COMPENSATION RATE”). The foregoing notwithstanding, CONSULTANT’s total compensation for the performance of all Services contemplated under this Agreement, may not exceed aggregate sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) (hereinafter, the “Not-to-Exceed Sum”) during the Term of this Agreement, unless such added expenditure is first approved by the City Council. In the event CONSULTANT’s charges are projected to exceed the Aggregate Not-to-Exceed Sum prior to the expiration of this Agreement, CITY may suspend CONSULTANT’s performance pending CITY approval of any anticipated expenditures in excess of the Aggregate Not-toExceed Sum or any other CITY approved amendment to the compensation terms of this Agreement.

1.5 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION: Following the conclusion of each calendar month, CONSULTANT will submit to CITY an itemized invoice indicating the services performed and tasks completed during the recently concluded calendar month, including services and tasks performed and any reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses incurred. If the amount of CONSULTANT’s monthly compensation is a function of hours worked by CONSULTANT’s personnel, the invoice should indicate the number of hours worked in the recently concluded calendar month, the person(s) responsible for performing the Services, the rate of compensation at which such services and tasks were performed, the subtotal for each task and service performed and a grand total for all services performed.

Within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will notify CONSULTANT in writing of any disputed amounts included in the invoice. Within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will pay all undisputed amounts included on the invoice. CITY will not withhold applicable taxes or other authorized deductions from payments made to CONSULTANT.


















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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1.6 ACCOUNTING RECORDS: CONSULTANT will maintain complete and accurate records with respect to all matters covered under this Agreement for a period of three (3) years after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. CITY will have the right to access and examine such records, without charge, during normal business hours. CITY will further have the right to audit such records, to make transcripts therefrom and to inspect all program data, documents, proceedings, and activities.

1.7 ABANDONMENT BY CONSULTANT: In the event CONSULTANT ceases to perform the Services agreed to under this Agreement or otherwise abandons the undertaking contemplated herein prior to the expiration of this Agreement or prior to completion of any or all tasks set forth in the Scope of Services, CONSULTANT will deliver to CITY immediately and without delay, all materials, records, and other work product prepared or obtained by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Furthermore, CONSULTANT will only be compensated for the reasonable value of the Services performed up to the time of cessation or abandonment, less a deduction for any damages, costs, or additional expenses which CITY may incur as a result of CONSULTANT’s cessation or abandonment.

II.

PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT

2.1 CITY’S REPRESENTATIVE: The CITY hereby designates the Public Works Director (hereinafter, the “City Representative”) to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement. The City Representative or the City Representative’s designee will act on behalf of the CITY for all purposes under this Agreement. CONSULTANT will not accept directions or orders from any person other than the City Representative or the City Representative’s designee.

2.2 CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIVE: CONSULTANT hereby designates Bill Evans, Senior Director of Operations to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement (hereinafter, “Consultant Representative”). Consultant Representative will have full authority to represent and act on behalf of the CONSULTANT for all purposes under this Agreement. Consultant Representative or the Consultant Representative’s designee will supervise and direct the performance of the Services, using his/her best skill and attention, and will be responsible for all means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures and for the satisfactory coordination of all Services under this Agreement.

Notice to the Consultant Representative will constitute notice to CONSULTANT.

2.3 COORDINATION OF SERVICE; CONFORMANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS: CONSULTANT agrees to work closely with CITY staff in the performance of the Services and this Agreement and will be available to CITY staff and the CITY Representative at all reasonable times. All work prepared by CONSULTANT will be subject to inspection and approval by City Representative or his or her designees.


















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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2.4 STANDARD OF CARE; PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES: CONSULTANT represents, acknowledges, and agrees to the following:

A. CONSULTANT will perform all Services skillfully, consistent with and adhering to its professional standard of care, that is, the degree of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession currently practicing at the same time and in the same or similar locality;
B. CONSULTANT shall at all times employ such force, plant, materials, and tools as will be sufficient in the opinion of the CITY to perform the Services within the time limits established, and as provided herein. It is understood and agreed that said tools, equipment, apparatus, facilities, labor, and material shall be furnished and said Services performed and completed as required by the Agreement, and subject to the approval of the CITY’s authorized representative; C. CONSULTANT will perform all Services in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the CITY;
D. CONSULTANT will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including the conflict of interest provisions of Government Code §1090 and the Political Reform Act (Government Code §§81000 et seq.) CONSULTANT shall be liable for all violations of such laws and regulations in connection with CONSULTANT’s performance of the Services. If CONSULTANT performs any work knowing it to be contrary to such laws, rules and regulations, CONSULTANT shall be solely responsible for all costs arising therefrom; E. CONSULTANT understands the nature and scope of the Services to be performed under this Agreement as well as any and all schedules of performance; F. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents possess sufficient skill, knowledge, training, and experience to perform those services and tasks assigned to them by CONSULTANT; and
G. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents (including, but not limited to, subcontractors and subconsultants) possess all licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the tasks and services contemplated under this Agreement and all such licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals will be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement and made available to CITY for copying and inspection.

The Parties acknowledge and agree that CONSULTANT will perform, at CONSULTANT’s own cost and expense and without any reimbursement from CITY, any services necessary to correct any errors or omissions caused by CONSULTANT’s failure to comply with the standard of care set forth under this Section or by any like failure on the part of 

















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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CONSULTANT’s employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants.

Such effort by CONSULTANT to correct any errors or omissions will be commenced immediately upon their discovery by either Party and, notwithstanding Section 5.2(B), will be completed within seven (7) calendars days from the date of discovery or such other extended period of time authorized by the City Representative in writing and in her sole and absolute discretion. The Parties acknowledge and agree that CITY’s acceptance of any work performed by CONSULTANT or on CONSULTANT’s behalf will not constitute a release of any deficiency or delay in performance. The Parties further acknowledge, understand, and agree that CITY has relied upon the foregoing representations of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to the representation that CONSULTANT possesses the skills, training, knowledge, and experience necessary to perform the Services under the standard of care as articulated under section 2.4(A).

2.5 ASSIGNMENT: The skills, training, knowledge, and experience of CONSULTANT are material to CITY’s willingness to enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, CITY has an interest in the qualifications and capabilities of the person(s) who will perform the services and tasks to be undertaken by CONSULTANT or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In recognition of this interest, CONSULTANT agrees that it will not assign or transfer, either directly or indirectly or by operation of law, this Agreement, or the performance of any of CONSULTANT’s duties or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the CITY, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld. In the absence of CITY’s prior written consent, any attempted assignment or transfer will be ineffective, null and void and will constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

2.6 SUBSTITUTION OF KEY PERSONNEL: CONSULTANT has represented to CITY that certain key personnel will perform and coordinate the Services under this Agreement. Should one or more of such personnel become unavailable, CONSULTANT may substitute other personnel of at least equal competence upon written approval of CITY. In the event that CITY and CONSULTANT cannot agree as to the substitution of key personnel, CITY shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for cause. As discussed below, any personnel who fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, or who are determined by the CITY to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely completion of the Project or a threat to the safety of persons or property, shall be promptly removed from the Project by the CONSULTANT at the request of the CITY. The key personnel for performance of this Agreement are as follows: Public Works Analyst I and Public Works Analyst II.

2.7 CONTROL AND PAYMENT OF SUBORDINATES; INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: The Services will be performed by CONSULTANT or under CONSULTANT’s strict supervision.

CONSULTANT will determine the means, methods, and details of performing the Services subject to the requirements of this Agreement. CITY retains CONSULTANT on an independent contractor basis and not as an employee. CONSULTANT reserves the right to perform similar or different services for other principals during the term of this Agreement, provided such work does not unduly interfere with CONSULTANT’s 

















 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
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competent and timely performance of the Services contemplated under this Agreement and provided the performance of such services does not result in the unauthorized disclosure of CITY’s confidential or proprietary information. Any additional personnel performing the Services under this Agreement on behalf of CONSULTANT are not employees of CITY and will at all times be under CONSULTANT’s exclusive direction and control. CONSULTANT will pay all wages, salaries and other amounts due such personnel and will assume responsibility for all benefits, payroll taxes, Social Security and Medicare payments and the like. CONSULTANT will be responsible for all reports and obligations respecting such additional personnel, including, but not limited to: Social Security taxes, income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and the like. Notwithstanding any other CITY, state, or federal policy, rule, regulation, law, or ordinance to the contrary, CONSULTANT and any of its employees, agents, and subcontractors performing the Services under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any and all claims to, any compensation, benefit, or any incident of employment by CITY, including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) as an employee of CITY and entitlement to any contribution to be paid by CITY for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

2.8 REMOVAL OF EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS: If any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants is determined by the City Representative to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely performance of the tasks assigned to CONSULTANT, a threat to persons or property, or if any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, such officer, employee, agent, contractor, subcontractor or subconsultant will be promptly removed by CONSULTANT and will not be reassigned to perform any of the Services.

2.9 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS: CONSULTANT will keep itself informed of and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, or local laws to the extent such laws control or otherwise govern the performance of the Services. CONSULTANT’s compliance with applicable laws will include, without limitation, compliance with all applicable Cal/OSHA requirements and applicable regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urbanization.

2.10 NON-DISCRIMINATION: CONSULTANT represents that it is an equal opportunity employer, and it shall not discriminate against any subconsultant, employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex, or age. Such non-discrimination shall include, but not be limited to, all activities related to initial employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff, or termination.

2.11 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: The Parties acknowledge, understand, and agree that CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT are, and will at all times remain, wholly independent contractors and are not officials, officers, 

















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employees, departments, or subdivisions of CITY. CONSULTANT will be solely responsible for the negligent acts and/or omissions of its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants. CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT will have no authority, express or implied, to bind CITY in any manner, nor to incur any obligation, debt, or liability of any kind on behalf of, or against, CITY, whether by contract or otherwise, unless such authority is expressly conferred to CONSULTANT under this Agreement or is otherwise expressly conferred by CITY in writing.

III.

INSURANCE

3.1 DUTY TO PROCURE AND MAINTAIN INSURANCE: Before performing any Services contemplated under this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain policies of insurance that meet the requirements and specifications set forth under this Article.

CONSULTANT will procure and maintain the following insurance coverage, at its own expense:

A. Commercial General Liability Insurance: CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance (“CGL Coverage”) as broad as Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence Form CG 0001) or its equivalent. Such CGL Coverage will have minimum limits of no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the general aggregate for bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, operations, products and completed operations, and contractual liability.

B. Automobile Liability Insurance: For any owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles used in connection with the performance of this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Automobile Liability Insurance as broad as Insurance Services Office Form Number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, Code 1 (any auto). Such Automobile Liability Insurance will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

C. Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance: A policy of workers’ compensation insurance in such amount as will fully comply with the laws of the State of California and which will indemnify, insure and provide legal defense for both CONSULTANT and CITY against any loss, claim or damage arising from any injuries or occupational diseases occurring to any worker employed by or any persons retained by CONSULTANT in the course of carrying out the Services contemplated in this Agreement.

D. Errors & Omissions Insurance: For the full term of this Agreement and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance appropriate to CONSULTANT’s profession. Such coverage will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per claim.


















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E. Cyber Security: Cyber Security coverage to include technology/professional liability insurance, intellectual property infringement, and data protection liability insurance. CONSULTANT shall procure and maintain coverage for cyber liabilities and financial loss resulting or arising from acts, errors, or omissions, in connection with data maintenance, hosting, software development and other information technology services provided under this agreement. Coverage shall include protection for liability arising from: intellectual property infringement arising out of software and/or content (excluding patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets); breaches of security; violation or infringement of any right, privacy, breach of federal, state, or foreign security and/or privacy laws or regulations including; data theft, damage, destruction, or corruption, including without limitation, unauthorized access, unauthorized use, identity theft, theft of personally identifiable information or confidential corporate information, transmission of a computer virus or other type of malicious code; and participation in a denial of service attack on a third party. The minimum limits shall be three million dollars ($3,000,000) for each and every claim and in the aggregate.

3.2 ADDITIONAL INSURED REQUIREMENTS: The CGL Coverage and the Automobile Liability Insurance will contain an endorsement naming the CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers as additional insureds.

3.3 REQUIRED CARRIER RATING: All varieties of insurance required under this Agreement will be procured from insurers admitted in the State of California and authorized to issue policies directly to California insureds. Except as otherwise provided elsewhere under this Article, all required insurance will be procured from insurers who, according to the latest edition of the Best’s Insurance Guide, have an A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII. CITY may also accept policies procured by insurance carriers with a Standard & Poor’s rating of no less than BBB according to the latest published edition the Standard & Poor’s rating guide. As to Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance, the CITY Representative is authorized to authorize lower ratings than those set forth in this Section.

3.4 PRIMACY OF CONSULTANT’S INSURANCE: Except with respect to Workers’ Compensation coverage, all policies of insurance provided by CONSULTANT will be primary to any coverage available to CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers will be in excess of CONSULTANT’s insurance and will not contribute with it.

3.5 WAIVER OF SUBROGATION: All insurance coverage provided pursuant to this Agreement will not prohibit CONSULTANT or CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, subcontractors or subconsultants from waiving the right of subrogation prior to a loss.

CONSULTANT hereby waives all rights of subrogation against CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.


















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3.6 VERIFICATION OF COVERAGE: CONSULTANT acknowledges, understands, and agrees, that CITY’s ability to verify the procurement and maintenance of the insurance required under this Article is a material consideration of this Agreement. Accordingly, CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and agrees that it will furnish CITY with certificates of insurance and endorsements evidencing the coverage required under this Article on ACORD-25 or forms satisfactory to CITY in its sole and absolute discretion. The certificates of insurance and endorsements for each insurance policy will be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf and will be on forms provided by the CITY if requested. Before performing any Services, CONSULTANT shall provide CITY with all certificates of insurance and endorsements referenced herein. Upon CITY’s written request, CONSULTANT will also provide CITY with copies of all required insurance policies and endorsements.

3.7 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE: In the event any policy of insurance required under this Agreement does not comply with these specifications or is canceled and not replaced immediately so as to avoid a lapse in the required coverage, CITY has the right but not the duty to obtain the insurance it deems necessary, and any premium paid by CITY will be promptly reimbursed by CONTRACTOR or CITY will withhold amounts sufficient to pay premium from Consultant payments. In the alternative, CITY may cancel this Agreement effective upon notice.

3.8 SPECIAL RISKS OR CIRCUMSTANCES: City reserves the right to modify these requirements, including limits, based on the nature of the risk, prior experience, insurer, coverage, or other special circumstances. Any amendment to the insurance requirements of this Article shall be memorialized and approved in the form of a written amendment to this Agreement, signed by the Parties. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void or invalid.

IV.

INDEMNIFICATION

4.1 CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers (hereinafter, the “City Indemnitees”) should, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be protected from any and all third party loss, injury, damage, claim, lawsuit, cost, expense, attorneys’ fees, litigation costs, or any other cost to the extent arising out of or related to the CONSULTANT’s intentionally wrongful or negligent performance of this Agreement. Accordingly, the provisions of this indemnity provision are intended by the Parties to be interpreted and construed to provide the City Indemnitees with the fullest protection possible under the law. CONSULTANT acknowledges that CITY would not enter into this Agreement in the absence of CONSULTANT’s commitment to indemnify, defend and protect CITY as set forth herein Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent CONSULTANT’s services are subject to Civil Code Section 2782.8, the above indemnity shall be limited, to the extent required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, to Claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the 

















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CONSULTANT. CONSULTANT’s obligation to indemnify shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by the CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers.

4.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, CONSULTANT shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the CITY Indemnitees from and against all third party liability, loss, damage, expense, cost (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert fees and all other costs, and fees of litigation) of every nature to the extent arising out of or in connection with CONSULTANT’s intentionally wrongful or negligent performance of work hereunder or its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such loss or damage which is caused by the sole or active negligence or willful misconduct of the CITY.

4.3 CITY shall have the right to offset against the amount of any compensation due to CONSULTANT under this Agreement, any amount due to CITY from CONSULTANT as a result of CONSULTANT’s failure to either pay CITY promptly for any costs associated with CONSULTANT’s obligations to indemnify the CITY Indemnitees under this Article or related to CONSULTANT’s failure to either (i) pay taxes on amounts received pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) comply with applicable workers’ compensation laws.

4.4 The obligations of CONSULTANT under this Article will not be limited by the provisions of any workers’ compensation act or similar act. CONSULTANT expressly waives its statutory immunity under such statutes or laws as to CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.

4.5 CONSULTANT agrees to obtain executed indemnity agreements with provisions identical to those set forth herein this Article from each and every subcontractor or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In the event CONSULTANT fails to obtain such indemnity obligations from others as required herein, CONSULTANT agrees to be fully responsible and indemnify, hold harmless and defend CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from and against any and all third party claims and losses, costs or expenses for any damage due to death or injury to any person and injury to any property to the extent resulting from any alleged intentional, reckless, negligent, or otherwise wrongful acts, errors or omissions of CONSULTANT’s subcontractors or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Such costs and expenses shall include reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by counsel of CITY’s choice, and selected from CONSULTANT's insurance carrier's panel counsel .

4.6 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, CONSULTANT shall have the right to control the defense and settlement of any action for which indemnification is sought, provided that it shall not enter into any settlement that requires an admission of wrongdoing by any City Indemnitees without that City Indemnitees' approval.

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notice of the claim for which indemnification is sought, such that defense of the claim is not prejudiced, and the reasonable assistance of the City Indemnitees in connection with the defense of the claim.

4.7 CITY does not and shall not waive any rights that it may possess against CONSULTANT because of the acceptance by CITY, or the deposit with CITY, of any insurance policy or certificate required pursuant to this Agreement. This hold harmless and indemnification provision shall apply regardless of whether or not any insurance policies are determined to be applicable to the claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost, or expense.

4.8 This Article and all provisions contained herein (including but not limited to the duty to indemnify, defend, and hold free and harmless) shall survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement and is in addition to any other rights or remedies which the CITY may have at law or in equity.

V.

TERMINATION

5.1 TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE: CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience and without cause by giving prior written notice of CITY’s intent to terminate this Agreement, which notice shall specify the effective date of such termination and provide CONSULTANT a reasonable period of time to complete the performance of any ongoing Services. Upon such termination for convenience, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been performed by CONSULTANT up to the effective date of the termination. CONSULTANT may not terminate this Agreement except for cause as provided under Section 5.2, below.

If this Agreement is terminated as provided herein, CITY may require CONSULTANT to provide all finished or unfinished Documents and Data, as defined in section 6.1 below, and other information of any kind prepared by CONSULTANT in connection with the performance of the Services. CONSULTANT will be required to provide such Documents and Data within fifteen (15) calendar days of CITY’s written request. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY pursuant to Section 5.2, below, will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement for convenience as provided under this Section.

5.2 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; BREACH OF AGREEMENT:

A. In the event either Party fails to perform any duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement (or fails to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement), an event of default (hereinafter, “Event of Default”) will occur. For all Events of Default, the Party alleging an Event of Default will give written notice to the defaulting Party (hereinafter referred to as a “Default Notice”) which will specify: (i) the nature of the Event of Default; (ii) the action required to cure the Event of Default; (iii) a date by which the Event of Default will be cured, which will not be less than the applicable cure period set forth under Sections 5.2B and 5.2C below or if a cure is 

















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not reasonably possible within the applicable cure period, to begin such cure and diligently prosecute such cure to completion. The Event of Default will constitute a breach of this Agreement if the defaulting Party fails to cure the Event of Default within the applicable cure period or any extended cure period allowed under this Agreement.

B. CONSULTANT will cure the following Events of Defaults within the following time periods:
i. Within ten (10) business days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any failure of CONSULTANT to timely provide CITY or CITY’s employees or agents with any information and/or written reports, documentation, or work product which CONSULTANT is obligated to provide to CITY or CITY’s employees or agents under this Agreement. Prior to the expiration of the 10-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 10-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.i. that exceeds seven (7) calendar days from the end of the initial 10-day cure period; or ii. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any other Event of Default under this Agreement. Prior to the expiration of the 14-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 14-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.ii that exceeds thirty (30) calendar days from the end of the initial 14-day cure period.

In addition to any other failure on the part of CONSULTANT to perform any duty, obligation, service or task set forth under this Agreement (or the failure to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service or task), an Event of Default on the part of CONSULTANT will include, but will not be limited to the following: (i) CONSULTANT’s refusal or failure to perform any of the services or tasks called for under the Scope of Services; (ii) CONSULTANT’s failure to fulfill or perform its obligations under this Agreement within the specified time or if no time is specified, within a reasonable time; (iii) CONSULTANT’s and/or its employees’ disregard or violation of any federal, state, local law, rule, procedure or regulation; (iv) the initiation of proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, or similar legislation as relates to CONSULTANT, whether voluntary of involuntary; and/or (v) CITY’s discovery that a statement representation or warranty by CONSULTANT relating to this Agreement is false, misleading or erroneous in any material respect.


















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C. CITY will cure any Event of Default asserted by CONSULTANT within forty-five (45) calendar days of CONSULTANT’s issuance of a Default Notice unless the Event of Default cannot reasonably be cured within the 45-day cure period. Prior to the expiration of the 45-day cure period, CITY may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CITY has commenced its efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 45-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, an Event of Default dealing with CITY’s failure to timely pay any undisputed sums to CONSULTANT as provided under Section 1.5, above, will be cured by CITY within five (5) calendar days from the date of CONSULTANT’s Default Notice to CITY.

D. CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also immediately suspend CONSULTANT’s performance under this Agreement pending CONSULTANT’s cure of any Event of Default by giving CONSULTANT written notice of CITY’s intent to suspend CONSULTANT’s performance (hereinafter, a “Suspension Notice”). CITY may issue the Suspension Notice at any time upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. Upon such suspension, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been rendered by CONSULTANT to the reasonable satisfaction of CITY up to the effective date of the suspension. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to suspend this Agreement as provided herein.

E. No waiver of any Event of Default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent Event of Default or breach. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

F. The duties and obligations imposed under this Agreement and the rights and remedies available hereunder will be in addition to and not a limitation of any duties, obligations, rights, and remedies otherwise imposed or available by law. In addition to any other remedies available to CITY at law or under this Agreement in the event of any breach of this Agreement, CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also pursue any one or more of the following remedies:
i. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement in whole or in part;
ii. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may extend the time of performance;
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iv. The CITY may exercise any other available and lawful right or remedy.

CONSULTANT will be liable for all legal fees plus other costs and expenses that CITY incurs upon a breach of this Agreement or in the CITY’s exercise of its remedies under this Agreement.

G. In the event CITY is in breach of this Agreement, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy will be the suspension or termination of this Agreement and/or the recovery of any unpaid sums lawfully owed to CONSULTANT under this Agreement for completed services and tasks.

5.3 SCOPE OF WAIVER: No waiver of any default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant, warranty, agreement, term, condition, duty, or requirement contained in this Agreement. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

5.4 SURVIVING ARTICLES, SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS: The termination of this Agreement pursuant to any provision of this Article or by normal expiration of its term or any extension thereto will not operate to terminate any Article, Section or provision contained herein which provides that it will survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement.

VI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6.1 DOCUMENTS & DATA; LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: All Documents and Data will be and remain the property of CITY without restriction or limitation upon their use or dissemination by CITY. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Documents and Data” means and includes all reports, analyses, correspondence, plans, designs, notes, summaries, strategies, charts, schedules, spreadsheets, calculations, lists, data compilations, documents or other materials developed and/or assembled by or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement and fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to Documents and Data stored digitally, magnetically and/or electronically. This Agreement creates, at no cost to CITY, a perpetual license for CITY to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and/or retain any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in all Documents and Data.

CONSULTANT will require all subcontractors and subconsultants working on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement to agree in writing that CITY will be granted the same right to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and retain Documents and Data prepared or assembled by any subcontractor or subconsultant as applies to Documents and Data prepared by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement.

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Data or (ii) the use of Documents and Data for any project other than that for which they were prepared or (iii) the use of Documents and Data after a change in applicable codes or law. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be understood to grant CITY rights to pre-existing intellectual property of CONSULTANT, including CONSULTANT software and licensed software, or to any improvements thereto.

6.2 CONFIDENTIALITY: All data, documents, discussion, or other information developed or received by CONSULTANT or provided for performance of this Agreement are deemed confidential and will not be disclosed by CONSULTANT without prior written consent by CITY. CITY will grant such consent of disclosure as legally required. Upon request, all CITY data will be returned to CITY upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

CONSULTANT will not use CITY’s name or insignia, photographs, or any publicity pertaining to the Services in any magazine, trade paper, newspaper, television or radio production or other similar medium without the prior written consent of CITY.

6.3 FALSE CLAIMS ACT: CONSULTANT warrants and represents that neither CONSULTANT nor any person who is an officer of, in a managing position with, or has an ownership interest in CONSULTANT has been determined by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to have violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C., §§3789 et seq. and the California False Claims Act, Government Code §§12650 et seq.

6.4 NOTICES: All notices permitted or required under this Agreement will be given to the respective Parties at the following addresses, or at such other address as the respective Parties may provide in writing for this purpose:

CONSULTANT: CITY:

Interwest a SAFEbuilt Company
1 Jenner, Suite 160
Attn: Bill Evans
Phone: 786-350-8190
City of San Fernando
City Manager’s Office
117 Macneil Street
Attn: Kanika Kith
Phone: 818-898-7316
Such notices will be deemed effective when personally delivered or successfully transmitted by facsimile as evidenced by a fax confirmation slip or when mailed, fortyeight (48) hours after deposit with the United States Postal Service, first class postage prepaid and addressed to the Party at its applicable address.

6.5 COOPERATION; FURTHER ACTS: The Parties will fully cooperate with one another and will take any additional acts or sign any additional documents as are reasonably necessary, appropriate, or convenient to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

6.6 SUBCONTRACTING: CONSULTANT will not subcontract any of the Services contemplated under this Agreement, except as expressly stated herein, without the prior written approval of CITY. Subcontracts (including without limitation subcontracts with 

















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subconsultants), if any, will contain a provision making them subject to all provisions stipulated in this Agreement, including provisions relating to insurance requirements and indemnification.

6.7 CITY’S RIGHT TO EMPLOY OTHER CONSULTANTS: CITY reserves the right to employ other independent contractors in connection with the various projects worked upon by CONSULTANT.

6.8 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

A. CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and maintains that it has not employed nor retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, to solicit or secure this Agreement. Further, CONSULTANT warrants and represents that it has not paid, nor has it agreed to pay, any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift, or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, CITY will have the right to rescind this Agreement without liability. For the term of this Agreement, no member, officer, or employee of CITY, during the term of his or her service with CITY, will have any direct interest in this Agreement, or obtain any present or anticipated material benefit arising therefrom.

B. CONSULTANT may serve other clients, but none whose activities within the corporate limits of CITY or whose business, regardless of location, would place CONSULTANT in a “conflict of interest,” as that term is defined in the Political Reform Act, codified at California Government Code §81000 et seq.

C. CONSULTANT shall not employ any official or employee of the CITY during the Term of this Agreement or any extension term. No officer or employee of CITY shall have any financial interest in this Agreement that would violate Government Code §§1090 et seq. CONSULTANT warrants and represents that no owner, principal, partner, officer, or employee of CONSULTANT is or has been an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period of time immediately preceding the Effective Date. If an owner, principal, partner, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of CONSULTANT was an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date, CONSULTANT warrants that any such individuals did not participate in any manner in the forming of this Agreement. CONTRACTOR understands that, if this Agreement is made in violation of Government Code §1090 et seq., the entire Agreement is void and CONSULTANT will not be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant to this Agreement, including reimbursement of expenses, and CONSULTANT will be required to reimburse the CITY for any sums paid to CONSULTANT.

CONSULTANT understands that, in addition to the foregoing, it may be subject to criminal prosecution for a violation of Government Code §1090. 

















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6.9 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE: Time is of the essence for each and every provision of this Agreement.

6.10 GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE: This Agreement shall be interpreted and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue, without exception, will be in the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the State of California. If, and only if, applicable law requires that all or part of any such litigation be tried exclusively in federal court, venue, without exception, will be in the Central District of California located in the City of Los Angeles, California.

6.11 ATTORNEYS’ FEES: If either Party commences an action against the other Party, legal, administrative, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such litigation will be entitled to have and recover from the losing Party reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs of such action.

6.12 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This Agreement will be binding on the successors and assigns of the Parties.

6.13 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFIT: There are no intended third-party beneficiaries of any right or obligation assumed by the Parties. All rights and benefits under this Agreement inure exclusively to the Parties.

6.14 CONSTRUCTION OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement will not be construed in favor of, or against, either Party but will be construed as if the Parties prepared this Agreement together through a process of negotiation and with the advice of their respective attorneys.

6.15 SEVERABILITY: If any portion of this Agreement is declared invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

6.16 AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION: No amendment, modification or supplement of this Agreement will be valid or binding unless executed in writing and signed by both Parties, subject to CITY approval. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void and invalid.

6.17 CAPTIONS: The captions of the various articles, sections and paragraphs are for convenience and ease of reference only, and do not define, limit, augment, or describe the scope, content, or intent of this Agreement.

6.18 INCONSISTENCIES OR CONFLICTS: In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any of the exhibits attached hereto, the provisions of this Agreement will control.



















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6.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement, including all attached exhibits, constitutes the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, which may have been entered into between CITY and CONSULTANT prior to the execution of this Agreement. Any statements, representations, or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by either Party that is not embodied herein will not be valid or binding on the Parties. No amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement will be valid and binding unless in writing and duly executed by the Parties pursuant to Section 6.16, above.

6.20 FORCE MAJEURE: The completion deadline for any Services assigned to CONSULTANT may be extended in the event of any delays due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control of CONSULTANT and without the fault or negligence of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to severe weather, fires, earthquakes, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, riots, strikes, freight embargoes, wars, litigation, and/or acts of any governmental agency, including the CITY. CONSULTANT shall within three (3) calendar days of the commencement of such delay notify the City Representative in writing of the causes of the delay. The CITY Representative shall ascertain the facts and the extent of delay and extend the time for performing the services for the period of the enforced delay when and if in the judgment of the CITY Representative such delay is justified. The City Representative’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement. In no event shall CONSULTANT be entitled to recover damages against the CITY for any delay in the performance of this Agreement, however caused, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy being extension of the Agreement pursuant to this Section.

6.21 COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement will be executed in three (3) original counterparts each of which will be of equal force and effect. No handwritten or typewritten amendment, modification, or supplement to any one counterpart will be valid or binding unless made to all three counterparts in conformity with Section 6.16, above. One fully executed original counterpart will be delivered to CONSULTANT and the remaining two original counterparts will be retained by CITY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first appearing in this Agreement, above.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO: INTERWEST, A SAFEBUILT COMPANY:

By: By:

Kanika Kith, Interim City Manager
Name:

Date:

Title:

APPROVED AS TO FORM Date:

By:

Richard Padilla, City Attorney

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Matt Causley
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dŚĂŶŬLJŽƵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽĐŽŶƚŝŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƚLJŽĨ^ĂŶ&ĞƌŶĂŶĚŽ͘WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞǀŝŶ >ŽĐŬĞĂƚĚůŽĐŬĞΛŝŶƚĞƌǁĞƐƚŐƌƉ͘ĐŽŵŽƌϵϰϵͲϴϴϵͲϱϮϳϬ͘/ĐĂŶďĞƌĞĂĐŚĞĚĂƚǁĞǀĂŶƐΛŝŶƚĞƌǁĞƐƚŐƌƉ͘ĐŽŵ ŽƌϳϴϲͲϯϱϬͲϴϭϵϬƐŚŽƵůĚLJŽƵŚĂǀĞĂŶLJƋƵĞƐƚŝŽŶƐ͘
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 CONTRACT NO. 2429(a)
Exhibit "A"







 



 
 
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EXHIBIT “B”
Expanded Scope of Services – /ŶƚĞƌǁĞƐƚŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ'ƌŽƵƉ
ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůWŽƐŝƟŽŶĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶƐ
WŽƐŝƟŽŶƐĂĚĚĞĚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞĂŵĞŶĚĞĚĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐĨŽůůŽǁƐ͗ /ŶƚĞƌŝŵWƵďůŝĐtŽƌŬƐŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ–ƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJϮϬ-ϯϬŚŽƵƌƐƉĞƌǁĞĞŬ dŚĞ/ŶƚĞƌŝŵWƵďůŝĐtŽƌŬƐŝƌĞĐƚŽƌǁŝůůďĞƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞĨŽƌŽǀĞƌƐĞĞŝŶŐƚŚĞŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WƵďůŝĐtŽƌŬƐ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŝŵ ďĂƐŝƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉĂŶĚĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶƚŽƐƚĂīĂĐƌŽƐƐĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶƐƐƵĐŚĂƐĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ͕ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͕ ƵƟůŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͖ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚĂů ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͖ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌLJ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ͖ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŝŵ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĞŶƐƵƌĞƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ŽŶŐŽŝŶŐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝĐLJ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƵŶƟůĂƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘
WƌŽũĞĐƚDĂŶĂŐĞƌ–ƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJϮϬŚŽƵƌƐƉĞƌǁĞĞŬ
dŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů/ŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ WƌŽũĞĐƚDĂŶĂŐĞƌǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŶŐ͕ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞĞdžĞĐƵƟŽŶŽĨĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͕ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƐ͕ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚŽŶƟŵĞ͕ǁŝƚŚŝŶƐĐŽƉĞ͕ĂŶĚŽŶďƵĚŐĞƚ͘dŚĞWƌŽũĞĐƚDĂŶĂŐĞƌǁŝůůĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞǁŝƚŚŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ͕ĞdžƚĞƌŶĂůĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚƐ͕ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ͕ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌLJĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ ƚŽĞŶƐƵƌĞĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚĂůůĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞĐŽĚĞƐ͕ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͕ĂŶĚƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘<ĞLJƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƐĐŽƉŝŶŐ͕ŽǀĞƌƐŝŐŚƚŽĨĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ĐŽƐƚĞƐƟŵĂƟŽŶ͕ƉƌŽĐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ ƌŝƐŬŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶŽǀĞƌƐŝŐŚƚ͕ĂŶĚƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐƚŽƐĞŶŝŽƌůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŽŶƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐƚĂƚƵƐĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘ 'ƌĂŶƚƐDĂŶĂŐĞƌ–ƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJϱŚŽƵƌƐƉĞƌǁĞĞŬ
dŚĞ'ƌĂŶƚƐDĂŶĂŐĞƌǁŝůůŚĂǀĞĂƉƌŝŵĂƌLJĨŽĐƵƐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚǁĂƚĞƌŐƌĂŶƚƐƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐŝŶƚŚĞŝƚLJ͘dŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů/ŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ'ƌĂŶƚƐDĂŶĂŐĞƌǁŝůůďĞƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞĨŽƌŝĚĞŶƟĨLJŝŶŐ͕ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ͕ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐŽŶŐƌĂŶƚĨƵŶĚŝŶŐƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘dŚŝƐƌŽůĞŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ŐƌĂŶƚ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂŶƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƐĂŶĚ ĮŶĂŶĐĞ ƚĞĂŵƐ͕ĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĨŽƌĂůůĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ĨƵŶĚƐ͘dŚĞ'ƌĂŶƚƐDĂŶĂŐĞƌǁŝůůƐĞƌǀĞĂƐƚŚĞƉƌŝŵĂƌLJůŝĂŝƐŽŶďĞƚǁĞĞŶĨƵŶĚŝŶŐĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƟŵĞůLJĂŶĚƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůƉƌŽũĞĐƚĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ͘ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů&ƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬĨŽƌZŽůĞƐĂŶĚZĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ
/ŶƚĞƌǁĞƐƚǁŝůůƵƟůŝnjĞƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐƌŽůĞƐĂŶĚƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐƚŽŐƵŝĚĞƚŚĞŝƌƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚƚŚĞĚƵƌĂƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ͗







 



 
 
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EXHIBIT “B”
x ƐƐĞƐƐĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚKƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐYƵŝĐŬůLJ
ZĞǀŝĞǁĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ƐƚĂĸŶŐ͕ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞŵĞƚƌŝĐƐƚŽĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂ ďĂƐĞůŝŶĞƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐŽĨŽŶŐŽŝŶŐǁŽƌŬĂŶĚŬĞLJĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ͘ x
ŶƐƵƌĞŽŶƟŶƵŝƚLJŽĨ
ƐƐĞŶƟĂů^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ
DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƌĞůŝĂďůĞĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJŽĨĐŽƌĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ƐĞǁĞƌ͕ƐƚƌĞĞƚŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͕ƐŽůŝĚ ǁĂƐƚĞͿǁŝƚŚŵŝŶŝŵĂůĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ͘ x
ŶŐĂŐĞǁŝƚŚ<ĞLJ^ƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ
ƵŝůĚŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞƌĂƉƉŽƌƚǁŝƚŚŝŶƚĞƌŶĂůƚĞĂŵƐ͕ĐŝƚLJůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ĞůĞĐƚĞĚŽĸĐŝĂůƐ͕ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞƉƵďůŝĐƚŽĨŽƐƚĞƌƚƌƵƐƚĂŶĚƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶĐLJ͘ x
ǀĂůƵĂƚĞĂŶĚWƌŝŽƌŝƟnjĞĂƉŝƚĂůWƌŽũĞĐƚƐ
ZĞǀŝĞǁĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƉůĂŶƐ;/WͿĂŶĚĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƉƌŽũĞĐƚƟŵĞůŝŶĞƐƚŽŝĚĞŶƟĨLJĐƌŝƟĐĂů ƉƌŝŽƌŝƟĞƐ͕ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐŶĞĞĚƐ͕ĂŶĚƌŝƐŬĂƌĞĂƐ͘
x ^ƚĂďŝůŝnjĞĂŶĚ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ^ƚĂī
ĚĚƌĞƐƐŵŽƌĂůĞ͕ƐƚĂĸŶŐŐĂƉƐ͕ŽƌůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉǀĂĐƵƵŵƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͖ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚĞĂŵƐĨĞĞůƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚĂŶĚĂůŝŐŶĞĚǁŝƚŚƐŚŽƌƚ-ƚĞƌŵŐŽĂůƐ͘ x ZĞǀŝĞǁZĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌLJŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ
ŽŶĮƌŵĂĚŚĞƌĞŶĐĞƚŽĂůůůŽĐĂů͕ƐƚĂƚĞ͕ĂŶĚĨĞĚĞƌĂůƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů͕ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͕ ƉƌŽĐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚͿƚŽĂǀŽŝĚůŝĂďŝůŝƚLJŽƌĚĞůĂLJƐ͘
x WƌŽŵŽƚĞ^ĂĨĞƚLJĂŶĚZŝƐŬDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ
ZĞŝŶĨŽƌĐĞƐĂĨĞƚLJƉƌŽƚŽĐŽůƐĂĐƌŽƐƐĂůůĮĞůĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚƉƵďůŝĐŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞǁŽƌŬ njŽŶĞƐƚŽƉƌĞǀĞŶƚĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚůŝĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘
x
ŶŚĂŶĐĞŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚdƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶĐLJ
/ŵƉƌŽǀĞŝŶƚĞƌŶĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚƉƵďůŝĐŽƵƚƌĞĂĐŚ͕ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJĂƌŽƵŶĚĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ƵƉĚĂƚĞƐ͕ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶƐ͕ĂŶĚŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ͘ x /ĚĞŶƟĨLJYƵŝĐŬtŝŶƐ
ĞůŝǀĞƌĂĨĞǁǀŝƐŝďůĞŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐĞĂƌůLJŽŶ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐŝĚĞǁĂůŬƌĞƉĂŝƌƐ͕ĞŶƚƌLJǁĂLJƐŝŐŶƌĞƉĂŝƌ͕ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐͿƚŽďƵŝůĚĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞĂŶĚŵŽŵĞŶƚƵŵ͘ x ĞǀĞůŽƉĂ^ƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐdƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶWůĂŶ
KƵƚůŝŶĞĂĐůĞĂƌƌŽĂĚŵĂƉĨŽƌƚŚĞĂĐƟŶŐƌŽůĞ—ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŐŽĂůƐ͕ƟŵĞůŝŶĞƐ͕ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůLJƐŽŽŶ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚĂŶŝŶĐŽŵŝŶŐƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͘







 



 
 
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AGENDA REPORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT 910 FIRST STREET, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340 (818) 898-1250 WWW.SANFERNANDO.GOV REVIEW: ☒ City Clerk ☒ Director of Admin Services ☒ City Manager To: Mayor Victoria Garcia and Councilmembers
From: Kanika Kith, City Manager
By: Anthony Miranda, Interim Police Chief
CJ Chiasson, Commander

Date: September 21, 2026
Subject: Discussion and Consideration Regarding Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader Usage Data, Policy Amendments and Potential Contract Termination RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the City Council:
a. Receive and file an informational presentation regarding Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) usage data, policy amendments and contract termination considerations; and
b. Provide direction, as applicable.

BACKGROUND:

1. On September 14, 2023, the City received a grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Organized Retail Theft (ORT) Program in the amount of $494,964 for the installation of Automated License Plate Readers and implementation of a Catalytic Converter Etching Program.

2. On February 5, 2024, the City Council awarded a three-year Master Services Agreement to Flock Safety (Contract No. 2213) for the installation and maintenance of 37 Fixed Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) through Insight/OMNIA Partners, a cooperative purchasing program.

3. In May 2024, installation of the ALPRs cameras was completed.

4. On March 13, 2026, the City received notification that BSCC had approved a no-cost extension of the grant. The extension provides additional time to complete approved grant activities, extending the project activity period through December 31, 2027, and the grant agreement through June 1, 2028. The extension did not increase the City’s original $494,964 grant award and does not extend the term of the City’s existing Flock Safety contract.

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On March 16, 2026, the City Council received a 2025 Safety Insight Report from the Police Department and directed staff to invite Flock Safety Representatives to present information on Flock Safety’s data access and information sharing at a future meeting.

5. On August 3, 2026, Councilmembers agendized two separate items (Items No. 17 and 20) related to the City’s use of Flock Safety ALPR cameras. Following discussion, the City Council directed staff to return with ALPR data from 2025 to the present; information regarding the implications of early termination of the City’s contract with Flock Safety; and a proposed policy addressing the sharing and future use of ALPR data and technology.

ANALYSIS:

The report addresses potential amendments to the Police Department’s ALPR policy, data regarding the system’s use as an investigative tool, and the potential consequences of early termination of the Flock Safety agreement, including any impacts associated with the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) grant.

Thirty-seven (37) Flock Safety ALPR cameras were installed in 2024 as part of the City’s BSCC Organized Retail Theft (ORT) Grant Program to support crime prevention and investigative efforts. The system assists San Fernando Police Department personnel by identifying vehicles associated with reported crimes and providing information that may support timely investigative follow-up. Flock Safety is only one component of the BSCC ORT Grant, which also included catalytic converter etching equipment and events.

Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras designed to capture still images of vehicles traveling on public roadways. The system records the license plate and certain vehicle characteristics, such as make, color, body type, and other visible features, along with the date, time, and camera location. Authorized personnel can search this information using full or partial license plates or vehicle characteristics to develop investigative leads. The system can also generate alerts when a detected vehicle matches information contained in an authorized law enforcement hot list.

Flock Safety Camera Usage Data.

Since implementation, Flock Safety has served as an additional investigative resource for officers and detectives by assisting with the identification of vehicles associated with criminal activity and the development of investigative leads. The system has contributed to investigations involving an attempted kidnapping by a sexual predator, a homicide, retail theft incidents, vehicle thefts, a carjacking, an embezzlement, and several burglaries.

To date, the Flock system has assisted in 105 cases. Of those cases, 74 were cleared by arrest, 32 leads were generated, and six (6) cases are currently in progress. The 74 cases which were cleared by arrest resulted in the arrest of approximately 95 individuals. Overall, Flock-assisted September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 286 of 329 Discussion and Consideration Regarding Flock Safety Automatic License Plate Reader Usage Data, Policy Amendments and Potential Contract Termination

investigations have resulted in the recovery of approximately $2.06 million worth of property, including $1.7 million from a recent cargo theft investigation.

Policy Amendments.

The current San Fernando Policy 426 does not differentiate between mobile ALPR systems and stationary ALPR systems. Under subsection 426.2, the following paragraph could be added:

For purposes of this policy, Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems are categorized as either mobile or stationary. Mobile ALPR systems are mounted on or temporarily deployed from Department vehicles or other movable platforms and capture license plate information as the equipment travels through different locations. Stationary ALPR systems are permanently or semi-permanently installed at fixed locations, such as intersections, roadways, parking facilities, or other designated areas, and capture license plate information from vehicles that pass within the system's field of view. Both mobile and stationary ALPR systems are subject to the same legal, privacy, access, retention, and information-sharing requirements established by law and Department policy.

The first paragraph of subsection 426.7 states that ALPR data can only be shared with public agencies and then goes on to define what a public agency is in paragraph two. A more concise and legally prohibitive version of this would be:

The Department shall not voluntarily provide, share, transfer, disseminate, or otherwise make ALPR information available to any federal agency, federal law enforcement agency, out-of-state law enforcement agency, out-of-state governmental entity, private entity, or other person or organization that does not qualify as a California public agency under Civil Code § 1798.90.5.

Subsection 426.5(c) states that the ALPR system should be audited on a regular basis without any specific timeline or guidance on frequency or content. To improve accountability and public trust, this section could be changed to the following:

The Chief of Police, or authorized designee, shall conduct and document quarterly audits of ALPR system access, searches, data sharing, and agency-sharing permissions to ensure compliance with applicable law and Department policy.

The Chief of Police is responsible for the development, approval, and publication of Department policies and procedures, consistent with applicable law, City rules, and any required labor obligations. The policy amendments discussed above are presented for Council input and consideration, with final policy language and implementation remain within the administrative authority of the Chief of Police.

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Contract Termination Considerations.

Flock Safety ALPR system is an approved component of the grant project, whose primary focus is curbing vehicle theft and organized retail theft. The current Flock Safety contract expires on February 5, 2027, while the BSCC ORT Grant project activity period continues through December 31, 2027. If the City discontinues the Flock system before the end of the grant project activity period, BSCC would require the Police Department to demonstrate how it will continue to meet the goals and objectives of the approved grant project without the use of Flock cameras. To address this, the Police Department has explored redirecting available grant funds toward additional retail theft blitz operations with the BSCC. If approved, these operations would provide an alternative strategy to support the grant project’s organized retail theft prevention and enforcement objectives to ensure meeting the grants requirements.

BUDGET IMPACT:

If the City choosesto conclude the Flock Safety agreement prior to February 5, 2027, any financial impact related to the existing BSCC grant, including the potential repayment of previously reimbursed expenditures, would depend on BSCC’s written determination of the City’s grant obligations. Notice of non-renewal must be provided to Flock Safety at least thirty (30) days before the end of the current contract term to avoid automatic renewal.

CONCLUSION:

It is recommended that the City Council receive and file an informational presentation regarding Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) usage data, policy amendments and contract termination considerations; and provide direction, as applicable.

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AGENDA REPORT
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT 117 MACNEIL ST, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340 (818) 898-1204 WWW.SANFERNANDO.GOV REVIEW: ☒ City Clerk ☒ Director of Admin. Services ☒ City Manager To: Mayor Victoria Garcia and Councilmembers
From: Kanika Kith, City Manager
By: Will Pettener, Assistant to the City Manager
Julia Fritz, City Clerk

Date: September 21, 2026
Subject: Discussion and Consideration to Adopt a Resolution Approving an Anti-Nepotism Policy and Conflict of Interest Restriction Prohibiting Immediate Family Members of City Elected and Appointed Officials from Participating in City-Administered Assistance Programs
RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the City Council consider adopting Resolution No. 8487 (Attachment “A”) establishing an Anti-Nepotism Policy and Conflict of Interest Restriction prohibiting immediate family members of City Elected and Appointed Officials from Participating in city-administered assistance programs.

BACKGROUND:

On April 20, 2026, the City Council directed staff to bring back a draft resolution that restricts Councilmembers' 1st degree relatives (child, parent, spouse, sibling) from receiving City funded grant program funds.

ANALYSIS:

Local municipalities often use general fund revenue and external grant funds to create programs that support residents through initiatives like small business assistance, home improvement grants for low-income households, and community beautification projects. By reinvesting public dollars into these local grants, cities expand access to resources residents might not otherwise afford, strengthening neighborhoods and stimulating economic activity. These investments have meaningful community impact: they help stabilize housing, support local entrepreneurs, improve public spaces, promote equity, and ultimately foster a more vibrant, resilient community where people feel supported and connected.

On April 20, 2026, the City Council began discussions regarding a list of Council priorities and timelines for items the Council would like completed by approximately June 30, 2026, which was brought forward from former Mayor Joel Fajardo. One of the items for discussion is that the City September 21, 2026 Special & Regular CC Mtg Page 291 of 329 Discussion and Consideration to Adopt a Resolution Approving an Anti-Nepotism Policy and Conflict of Interest Restriction Prohibiting Immediate Family Members of City Elected and Appointed Officials from Participating in City-Administered Assistance Programs