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CC - Authorization to Conduct a Census Count (Internal Count) of Homeless Persons Within the Boundaries of Culver City Due to a Suspension of the 2021 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
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Meeting Date: January 11, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: Tevis Barnes, Christina Stoffers Housing Division, CDD
Helen Chin, Assistant to the City Manager on Homelessness
Phone Number: 310-253-5780
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: Committee on Homelessness (12/08/2020); Landlord Tenant Mediation Board (01/06/2021); Saint Joseph Center (12/01/2020); Upward Bound House (12/08/2020); Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (12/01/2020) (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (01/06/2021)
Department Approval: John Nachbar, City Manager (01/06/2021)
Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (01/04/2021)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Culver City Council (Council) authorize staff to conduct an internal count of homeless persons within the boundaries of Culver City due to a suspension of the 2021 Greater Los Angeles homeless count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
BACKGROUND:
Annually the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) conducts a census of the unhoused community throughout Los Angeles County referred to as the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count (Count). This process incorporates a street count, shelter/institution count, youth count, and homeless demographic survey. The street count is a Point-in-Time (PIT) census that is conducted in late January between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines homelessness as not having ...
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