Update on Homelessness
City Council Meeting - May 9, 2023
Introduction
Message from the
City Manager
2 What does it take to get someone off the street?
3 4
15% Increase in People Experiencing Homelessness
5 Greater Increase in Shelter Count than in Street Count 6 Increase in
Downtown
but Decrease
in Beach
Areas
7 Four Pillar Approach
8 9
Pillar 1 – Key Activities
10 Pillar 1 - Next Steps / Investments
• Las Flores – 73 units
• 1819 Pico – 48 units
• The Laurel – 57 units
• Little Berkeley – 13 units
• 1318 4th Street – at least 100 units
• 20 affordable units in market rate buildings
• Continue LAFLA Right to Counsel and
Eviction Prevention with HOME-ARP dollars
11 12
Pillar 2 – Key Activities
13 Pillar 2 - Next Steps / Investments
14 • Third C3 Outreach Team
• Continue MDTs
• Therapeutic Transport Van
• EMS Battalion Chief and CRU case
manager
• SAMOSHEL 24/7 capacity
• Initium Phase 1 Community Engagement
Process
15 Pillar 3 – Key Activities
16 Pillar 3 - Next Steps / Investments
• Shelter, Treatment, & Empowerment
Program (STEP)
• Homeless Support Team (HoST)
• HLP Team expansion
• 3-1-1 Responsive Outreach Team
17 18
Pillar 4 - Key Activities
19 Review of Metro’s
End of Line Policy
Requests for
Additional Services
from Metro
Ongoing
Discussions
Pillar 4 - Next Steps / Investments
• Requests of Metro
• Los Angeles County
Homeless Initiative
Local Solutions Fund
20 Declaration of Local Emergency
21 Expedited Grant Applications
Expedited MOUs to Pilot New
Programs
Continued & Expanded Programs
Fast Tracked Funding
Made Affordable Housing Loan
Commitments
Rebalanced Workloads
Where we go from here:
22 Next Steps
23 • New affordable and PSH developments
• Continue Right to Counsel Program
• Continue Eviction Prevention Assistance
• Additional C3 Outreach Team
• Continue Multidisciplinary Street Teams
• Implement Therapeutic Transport Program
• New CRU Case Manager and EMS Battalion Chief
• Redesign SAMOSHEL for 24/7 intakes
• Behavioral Health Feasibility Study Community Engagement • Create Shelter, Treatment, and Empowerment Program (STEP) • Pilot Homeless Support Team (HoST)
• Expand HLP Team
• Launch 3-1-1 Responsive Outreach Team
• Requests of Metro
• Increase in County Local Solutions Fund
Next Steps – Moss Adams Recommendations
24 Create Homelessness
Strategic Plan
Expand HLP Team
Expand C3 Outreach Team
Redesign SAMOSHEL
for 24/7 Intakes
Pilot Homelessness
Support Team
Invest in Affordable Housing
For Council
Consideration:
Recommended
Actions
25 Staff Recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
2. Review and comment on the 2023 Annual Interdepartmental Homelessness Report and provide staff with guidance on implementing next steps.
3. Extend the Proclamation of Local Emergency on Homelessness through May 31, 2024, unless repealed or extended by Council, due to the ongoing crisis of homelessness as evidenced by the 2023 increase in the Point-In-Time Count.
4. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with the County of Los Angeles for operation of the City + County + Community (C3) Homeless Outreach Teams. This award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to Sections 2.24.250 (i) and 2.24.240 (a) of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (“SMMC”) and is for a term of four years at a total amount not-to-exceed $5,040,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval. 26 Staff Recommends that the City Council:
5. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with The People Concern for operation of the Homeless Multidisciplinary Street Team (HMST). This award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to SMMC Sections 2.24.250 (i) and 2.24.240 (a) and is for a term of four years at a total amount not to exceed $2,400,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.
6. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Exodus Recovery for the Services, Treatment & Empowerment Program (STEP). This award is made as an exception to the competitive bidding process pursuant to SMMC Sections 2.24.250 (i) and 2.24.240 (a) and is for a term of 4 years at a total amount not-to-exceed $400,000, with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.
7. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a first modification to agreement #11265 (CCS) in the amount of $2,100,000 with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles for the Eviction Prevention and Right to Counsel programs. This proposed modification would also extend the term through June 30, 2027, resulting in a five-year amended agreement with a new total amount not-to-exceed $2,300,000, with future year funding contingent upon Council budget approval.
27 Staff Recommends that the City Council:
8. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a first modification to agreement #10705 (CCS) in the amount not to exceed $200,000 with Dorothy Berndt, a California-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, to connect at-risk voucher program tenants with local support services to maintain housing stability. This proposed modification would extend the term through June 30, 2025, resulting in a seven-year amended agreement with a new total amount not-to-exceed $465,000, with future year funding contingent upon Council budget approval.
9. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions section of this report. 28 Success Story: Joseph
Generated multiple
911 calls
Served by C3 Team,
Clare Matrix, HLP Team,
and HMST
Has a history of physical
and substance use
issues
Moved from Palisades
Park into housing with an
Emergency Housing
Voucher
29 Questions