TITLE
Recommendation to receive and file Contract No. 36576 with Long Beach Rescue Mission Foundation, Inc., a California public benefit corporation (Lessor) and the City of Long Beach (Lessee) and Contract No. 36578, a Sublease between the City of Long Beach (Sublessor) and First to Serve Ministries, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation (Sublessee), or its assignee, for approximately 17,000 rentable square feet of space at 702 West Anaheim Street, for use as an emergency shelter, made pursuant to Chapter 2.85 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) and in response to the emergency proclaimed regarding homelessness. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
The County of Los Angeles (County) and the City of Los Angeles provide funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) through a Joint Powers Agreement to oversee countywide homeless services and to operate a Winter Shelter Program. The Winter Shelter Program is a coordinated effort to increase the number of temporary emergency shelter beds available in the County, in each of the five Supervisorial Districts, from December 1st through March 31st each year, when the region usually experiences its most inclement weather. On December 13, 2022, the City Council authorized a lease between the City of Long Beach (City) and MWN Community Hospital, allowing the Hatfield Building portion of Community Hospital at 1720 Termino Avenue to operate as the Winter Shelter for Los Angeles County Supervisorial District 4.
On January 10, 2023, the City Council adopted a Resolution proclaiming the existence of a local emergency caused by conditions or threatened conditions of homelessness within Long Beach, allowing the City to facilitate requests to other local, State, and/or Federal jurisdictions, request the Governor and State Legislature to declare a state of emergency and direct resources to support local jurisdictions, and allow the City Manager, or designee, to take preventative measures necessary to protect persons ...
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