TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Patricia Matson, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of an Update on the City's Homelessness Initiatives (No Budget Impact) (City Manager Mirzakhanian).
RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the report detailing various efforts and initiatives staff is undertaking regarding homelessness.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The City has taken an active role in addressing homelessness both strategically and regionally. In doing so, the City is doing everything possible to assist homeless individuals in obtaining the services needed, while simultaneously ensuring public safety.
On a periodic basis, the City provides an update to the City Council and community on homelessness initiatives that staff has undertaken as well as regional developments. For the purposes of this report, efforts will focus on those relevant and notable since the last update on September 3, 2024.
DISCUSSION:
2025 Homeless Count
The annual Homeless Count was conducted on February 20, 2025, after being postponed due to the Los Angeles County wildfire crisis. Approximately 30 volunteers gathered at the Joslyn Community Center (Deployment Site) and were deployed in teams to one of City's 12 census tracts in order to conduct the count.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) reported that 96% of all tracts within our region's Service Planning Area (SPA 8) were counted on the night of. This is largely due to the fact that LAHSA continues to improve the software applications utilized by volunteers and staff. The software allows staff to submit real time results once the volunteers return to the deployment site to report their findings.
While the 2025 official count data has ...
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