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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35122 with Interval House, of Long Beach, CA, to provide rapid rehousing services, increasing disbursements of Measure H funding by $650,000, for a revised total amount not to exceed $1,100,000, and to extend the term to June 30, 2020;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35124 with Interval House, of Long Beach, CA, to provide homeless prevention services, increasing disbursements of Measure H funding by $500,000, for a revised total amount not to exceed $780,000, and to extend the term to June 30, 2020, including an additional six-month post-operational period; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35150 with Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, of San Bernardino, CA, to provide rapid rehousing services, extending the term to June 30, 2020, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend the three contracts for providing rapid rehousing services and homeless prevention services.
The Measure H sales tax was passed by Los Angeles County (County) voters in 2017 and is intended to accelerate and expand the County’s strategies to combat homelessness. In May 2017, the Measure H Revenue Committee for the County completed its recommendations for the distribution of Measure H funds for FY 18. Measure H funds were aligned under 19 strategies to address homelessness. Six of the 19 strategies are to be managed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the Continuum of Care (CoC) for Los Angeles County, and the City of Los Angeles. The Revenue Committee recommendations were presented and approved by the County Board of Supervisors on June 13, 2017.
During this process, the Long Beach CoC negotiated for a direct carve-out of resources specific to CoC ...
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