Page 521 - FY 2020-21 Blue Book Volume II

Homeless Budget

2019-20 Adopted 2020-21 Proposed
Budget Budget

● Midnight Stroll Transgender Café – Funding is provided to support a safe 100,000 100,000
haven for unsheltered transgender individuals in Hollywood between the hours of
9:00 pm and 7:00 am.
● Mobile Laundry Truck – Funding is provided to offer individuals and families 67,600 67,600
experiencing homelessness a place to wash clothes. Funding includes the Mobile
Laundry Truck.

● Proposition HHH Project Expenditures – Reflects proposed Proposition HHH 281,340,750 179,033,312
Permanent Supportive Housing Program costs in the 2020-21 Proposition HHH
Project Expenditure Plan (PEP), pending Council and Mayor approval. All project
costs are directly tied to project construction.

● Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) – HEAP is one-time State grant for 36,000,000 41,519,265
emergency homeless needs. These funds support the construction and
operations of a A Bridge Home sites, outreach teams, hygiene facilities, and other
services throughout the City. All interest proceeds from its HEAP allocation be
used for HEAP-eligible activities.

● Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) – HHAP is a - 59,964,970
one-time State grant to address immediate homeless needs. These funds will be
used to support A Bridge Home sites (interim housing) construction and
operations, prevention and diversion, rapid rehousing, outreach, hygiene
facilities, and other services. Funding is set aside for nine positions consisting of
● City Administartive Officer – one Administrative Analyst,
● City Attorney – one Deputy City Attorney III,
● General Services – one Senior Real Estate Officer,
● Mayor – one Director of Interim Housing Strategies, one Senior Project
Manager for A Bridge Home, one Senior Operations Manager for the United
Homelessness Response Center,
● Public Works, Bureau of Engineering – one Civil Engineer, one Civil
Engineer Associate III, and one Senior Management Analyst II
to provide administrative support for HHAP Program grant. Funding for these
positions will be provided through interim appropriations pending Mayor and
Council Approval.

Non-Departmental Subtotal $ 326,608,350 $ 290,785,147
Unappropriated Balance (UB)

● Police Department Sworn Overtime - Homelessness Initiatives – Funding for 5,000,000 -
the Police Department to provide patrol services surrounding 12 A Bridge Home
sites and the vicinity of the El Puente, Schrader, and Paloma Bridge Housing
sites were set aside in 2019-20 in the Unappropriated Balance. 2020-21 funding
is provided in the Police Department budget, above.

● Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement (CARE)/ CARE+ Team – 6,468,000 -
Funding for the Bureau of Sanitation to deploy 11 four-person crews and
associated expenses were set aside in 2019-20 in the Unappropriated Balance.
These crews’ duties include keeping the City sidewalks and other public areas
safe, clean, sanitary, and accessible, removing abandoned waste from the public
right-of-way, and cleaning homeless encampments. 2020-21 funding is provided
in the Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation budget, above. The CARE and CARE+
teams are previously known as Homeless Outreach Proactive Engagement
(HOPE) and Clean Streets LA teams respectively.

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