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Transformative Climate Communities Program / Implementation Grant / Rancho San Pedro Community / Mobility Wallets

Council File 17-0002-S137

Under review — the Transportation Committee approved this grant application, and it's now waiting for the full City Council to sign off on LADOT's bid for up to $5 million in state climate funding to support transit subsidies and bus service in San Pedro.

Introduced
2026-09-09
Last changed
2026-09-16
CFMS file status
File open See note on file status
Expires
2028-09-16
Committee
Transportation Committee
Initiated by
Department of Transportation

This is the City Clerk's status for the council file itself, not the outcome of the measure. A file often stays open after the Council has already adopted an item. The summary above reflects the latest recorded action.

Brief

The Department of Transportation introduced a proposal to implement the Transformative Climate Communities Program in the Rancho San Pedro community, utilizing an implementation grant to fund mobility wallet initiatives. The measure aims to advance climate and transportation equity goals in the neighborhood. The Transportation Committee approved the item as amended on September 16, 2026, and the file is now pending further council action.

Full summary

LADOT is seeking authorization to apply for up to $5,014,000 in state Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 grant funds, partnering with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles as a co-applicant. HACLA is leading a broader $27.5 million implementation grant application focused on redeveloping the Rancho San Pedro affordable housing complex in San Pedro, a low-income community where over 90 percent of residents earn at or below 30 percent of the Area Median Income and the majority are people of color. LADOT would serve as a subrecipient under HACLA, contributing two mobility-focused components to the larger collaborative application. The first component is a Mobility Wallet program that would give up to 707 Rancho San Pedro households $3,000 each over two years to spend on transportation of their choice — including public transit, bike-share, rideshare, or other modes. LADOT is already piloting a similar Universal Basic Mobility program in South LA, funded by a California Air Resources Board grant, and evaluations by UCLA and UC Davis found that flexible transportation subsidies improved residents' access to destinations and quality of life. The second component would use grant funds to partially subsidize four years of operations for Commuter Express Route 142, a LADOT-operated express bus between San Pedro and Long Beach that LADOT has already committed to rerouting to directly serve the One San Pedro Phase II affordable housing project. The remaining operating costs would be covered by Proposition A sales tax funds. The total LADOT funding package of $20.16 million combines $5,014,000 in requested TCC grant funds with $2,507,000 in leverage funding — $1,007,000 from Measure M and $1,500,000 from existing Proposition A allocations — satisfying the program's requirement that leverage funds cover at least 50 percent of the grant request. There is no impact to the General Fund. If the grant is awarded, LADOT would return to Council to execute a Collaborative Governance Agreement with the state and a Memorandum of Understanding with HACLA, with the implementation period expected to run from Summer 2027 through Summer 2033. The Transportation Committee approved the item as amended on September 16, 2026, one week after it was referred to committee. The file is now pending full City Council action.

Activity (4)

  • 2026-09-16 Transportation Committee approved as amended .
  • 2026-09-11 Transportation Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 16, 2026.
  • 2026-09-10 Department of Transportation document(s) referred to Transportation Committee.
  • 2026-09-09 Document submitted by Department of Transportation, dated September 4, 2026.

Documents (2)

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