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CC:HA - Approval of the Updated Plan to Prevent and Combat Homelessness
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Meeting Date: July 9, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Tevis Barnes/ CDD Housing
Phone Number: (310) 253-5782
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (07/03/18); Committee on Homelessness (6/26/2018); Upward Bound House (6/26/18); St. Joseph Center (6/26/18); County of Los Angeles Julian Dixon Library (6/27/18); and Culver City Chamber of Commerce (6/22/18)
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (06/29/18)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council and Culver City Housing Authority (Authority) Board approve the updated Plan to Prevent and Combat Homelessness.
BACKGROUND:
On February 9, 2016, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan to combat homelessness which included the 47 strategies divided into 6 focus area which include: 1) Prevent Homelessness, 2) Subsidize Housing, 3) Increase Income, 4) Provide Case Management and Services, 5) Create a Coordinated System, 6) Increase Affordable/Homeless Housing.
In support of the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2016-R113 on November 28, 2017. In accordance with this Resolution, Culver City partnered with Los Angeles County to combat homelessness. At its regular meeting of February 13, 2017, the City Council also took a position in support of Measure H, the Los Angeles County quarter cent sales tax increase to fund homeless services and prevention.
On July 28, 2017, the Home for Good Funders Collaborative released a Request for Proposals (RFP) in partnership with the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative making a...
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