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CC - Consideration of a City Council Position on Measure H, the Los Angeles County Plan to Prevent and Combat Homelessness, a Sales Tax Ballot Measure which appears on the March 7, 2017 Ballot.
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Meeting Date: February 13, 2017
Contact Person/Dept: Tevis Barnes/Community Development Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-5782
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: LA County Homeless Initiative Director; Culver City Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer; Culver City Downtown Business Association Executive Director; Westside Cities Council of Governments Executive Director; and (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (02/07/17); Committee on Homelessness (02/07/17); and Landlord Tenant Mediation Board.
Department Approval: John M. Nachbar (02/07/17)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council consider a position on Measure H, the Los Angeles County Plan to Prevent and Combat Homelessness, a sales tax ballot measure which appears on the March 7, 2017 Ballot.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On August 17, 2015, the Los Angeles County (County) Board of Supervisors (BOS) launched the Homeless Initiative to combat the homelessness crisis that pervades its communities. The County Homeless Initiative conducted a planning process, including 18 policy summits on nine topics from October 1 to December 3, 2015, which brought together 25 County departments, cities and other public agencies, and over 100 community partners and stakeholders. The Homeless Initiative generated a set of 47 strategies divided into the following six areas, which the County feels are components to combating homelessness and which would be eligible for funding from Measure H:
1. Prevent Homelessness
2. Subs...
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