Affordable Housing, Homelessness
Solutions & Prevention Now
A L.A. County Citizens’ Initiative
proposed by the
Our Future L.A. County Coalition
1 Ballot Measure Proponents
These 5 leaders formally filed the measure as ballot measure proponents:
● Elise Buik
○ President & CEO, United Way of Greater L.A.
● Edgar Campos
○ Executive Director, T.R.U.S.T. South LA
● Andrew Kerr
○ Chief Financial Officer, Crew Inc.
● Veronica Lewis
○ Executive Director, HOPICS
● Miguel Santana
○ President & CEO, California Community Foundation
2 Despite Heroic Work, Homelessness Keeps Climbing
● 30,000+ people are currently
receiving services funded by the
existing countywide tax for
homeelessness & 100,000+ people
have ended their homelessness
over the last 5 years
● The average rent is $2,349 for a
two bedroom apartment in L.A.
County, which requires a wage of
$45 an hour to afford
● Only 1 in 4 people who are eligible
for federal rental subsidies can use
them
● We do not have a dedicated
countywide revenue stream for
affordable housing production &
preservation or technical
assistance to small cities to update
their land use/housing policies
3 Housing Production in L.A. County is at an All-Time Low ● Less housing is being built
now than at any point in the
last 80 years
● Cities are being asked to do a
lot- without adequate
resources to support
● And we’re losing the
affordable housing we havebetween 2009 and 2019 we
lost nearly 200,000 units
that rent for less than $1k a
month in the L.A. Metro Area
4 We won’t make progress ending homelessness unless we do a better job of preventing it in the first place
● We’ve never had a
coordinated, well resourced
countywide strategy to
produce more affordable
housing, protect the affordable
housing we have, and support
renters at risk of homelessness
● Until Now! LACAHSA exists
for this purpose.
5 A Bold, New
Approach
The purpose of this citizens initiative is to
use goals-based accountability to fund
L.A. County’s comprehensive
homelessness response system as well
as invest in new strategies to address
street encampments, prevent
homelessness and create affordable
housing.
This measure would terminate and
replace the existing ¼ cent sales tax
that currently funds the homelessness
response system and expires in 2027 with
a ½ cent countywide sales tax.
6 Core Citizens Initiative Ballot
Measure Components
Outcome Goals
Focus the measure’s intent
and impact.
Accountability, Governance and
Oversight
A new approach to accountability & oversight
Local Solutions Fund, Technical
Assistance & Innovation Fund
Shared responsibility, experimentation
and implementation support for cities
Revenue Source
Replace existing ¼ cent sales
tax with ½ cent sales tax
Revenue Allocation & Accountability
A flexible allocation plan with
clear guardrails
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8 OUTCOME GOALS- Accountability in Action
1. Increase the number of people moving from encampments into permanent housing in order to reduce unsheltered homelessness.
2. Reduce the number of people with a mental illness and/or substance use disorder who are experiencing homelessness.
3. Increase the number of people permanently leaving homelessness.
4. Reduce the number of people falling into homelessness.
5. Increase the number of affordable housing units in L.A. County.
The goals shall be determined by the Executive Committee informed by the L.A. County Leadership Table and relevant Agencies/Departments, no later than April 1, 2025.
Each goal will have specific metrics as well as short, medium, and long term time bound deadlines, at minimum 5 and 10 years.
Accountability,
Governance and
Oversight
Mirroring and connecting to the ongoing
implementation of L.A. County’s Blue Ribbon
Commission on Homelessness.
● Needs Assessment +
Regional Plan
● Real Time Evaluation &
Accountability
● Transparency &
Communication
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A Balanced Approach
Core Programs:
● Homeless Services: 50%
● Flexible: Services or Housing- 10%
○ Local Solutions Fund
○ Innovation Fund
● Housing Production: 24%
● Homelessness Prevention, Renter Supports: 11%
● Accountability, Data, Evaluation- 1.25%
*LACAHSA’s allocation can never be reduced below 33% of total funds, and services funding may be shifted to LACAHSA in future years as the landscape changes- this will support the bonding capacity of the agency.
Revenue Allocation- Assumes $1.25B
Allocation Amount (*rounding) % Share of Total Revenue 02 Core Homeless Services (Substance Use Treatment, Mental Health Services, Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Supportive Housing Services, Short Term Rental Assistance) ( 86.6% of services allocation) $612,000,000 Local Housing & Services Solutions Fund for Cities (15% of services allocation) $110,000,000 Innovation Fund (3.3% of services allocation) $12,000,000 Services & Emergency Housing (County & Cities) Subtotal $735,000,000 60% L.A County Development Authority Housing Production Fund $36,000,000 3% Accountability, Data & Evaluation Fund $15,000,000 1.25% LACAHSA - Production, Preservation & Affordable Ownership (minimum 40%) (assumes 61.5%) $262,000,000 LACAHSA- Renter Supports & Homelessness Prevention (minimum 30%) (assumes 30%) $131,000,000 LACAHSA- Flexible (any eligible agency use (minimum 15%) (assumes 100% allocation to Production) LACAHSA- Cities Technical Assistance (minimum 5%) $21,000,000 LACAHSA Admin & Operations (maximum 10%; assumes 5%) $21,000,000 LACAHSA (County & Cities) Subtotal $438,000,000 35.75%
11 Key Facts & Outputs
Affordable Housing &
Homelessness Prevention:
● $3 Billion+ for Affordable Housing
Production & Preservation over the
next 10 years
○ Triple the current local funding
investment
● $1 Bilion+ for homelessness
prevention & at-risk renter
supports
○ Current Measure H investment in
prevention is $20M in current budget-
$200M over 10 years
Homeless Services System
● Ensures 30,000+ people continue
to receive housing and services
(possible 25% in homelessness) :
● 22,000 people in supportive
housing continue to receive
services
● 8,700 emergency/interim
housing beds continue
operating
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Allocation Analysis- Cities
Cities- 36% of total annual revenue raised is earmarked for cities directly ($444M out of $1.25B)
● $110M in guaranteed annual services funding through Local Solutions Fund ○ 15% of services category
○ 4X the current Measure H Local Solutions Fund ($25M in FY23-24 budget) ● $312M in guaranteed annual housing production / renter supports funding ○ 5 largest cities can self administer, others through COGs ○ 70% of production & preservation categories allocated to cities/unincorporated/COGs by Low Income RHNA goal
○ 70% of renter protections & supports categories allocated to cities/unincorporated/COGs by per capita low income renter
● $21M in guaranteed annual LACAHSA funding for cities under 50k ○ Technical assistance for program design, policy creation, land use updates Funding AdjustmentsAccountability & Innovation
● If Outcome Goals are not achieved, that County and LACAHSA shall each move at least 2.5% of funding from existing programs to different programs that have demonstrated higher effectiveness. ● Funding to LACDA shall be contingent upon LACDA continuing to receive $100M in annual funding from the County annual budget.
● Any reduction in this annual appropriation results in a dollar for dollar reduction in the 3% allocation, with those funds instead going to LACAHSA
14 Revenue Source
½ Cent Sales Tax, replacing
existing ¼ cent increment
● A net increase of ¼ cent for most cities
in L.A. County
○ 5 cities are currently not paying
Measure H would increase by ½ cent
■ Compton, Lynwood, Pico
Rivera, Santa Monica, South
Gate
● Sales Tax does not apply to:
○ Rent
○ Groceries
○ Medicine
○ Gas
○ Items purchased with EBT
15 Next Steps
● The Measure was filed on
Monday, November 6
● 400,000 submittable
signatures are required to
achieve 260,000 valid
signatures
● Signature collection began in
early December and will take
approx. 5 months
16 THANK YOU!
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