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Fiscal Year 2026-27 / Second Homelessness Funding Report

Council File 23-1022-S40

Approved — the city allocated millions across its homelessness response system, including new interim housing sites, tiny home villages, and a foster youth move-in assistance program. Council passed it with amendments in mid-September and the Mayor signed off.

Introduced
2026-08-21
Last changed
2026-09-18
CFMS file status
File closed See note on file status
Expires
2028-09-15
Initiated by
City Administrative Officer
References
City Administrative Officer Report: 0220-05151-0852

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 City Administrative Officer submitted a second homelessness funding report for FY 2026-27 in August 2026. The report was reviewed by the Homelessness and Health Committee and Budget and Finance Committee, both of which approved it with amendments. Council adopted the report as amended on September 16, 2026, via a motion by Councilmembers Jurado and Blumenfield, with a final amending motion by Jurado and Yaroslavsky. The file is now closed and has been transmitted to the Mayor for his consideration.

Full summary

The City Administrative Officer's second homelessness funding report for FY 2026-27, submitted August 21, 2026, authorized a wide range of spending actions across the city's homelessness response infrastructure. Key allocations included funding for a new Tiny Home Village lease in Council District 15, interim housing support under Project Homekey 3.0 in Council Districts 12 and 4 (the latter serving Transitional Age Youth), leasing cost support for 11 existing interim housing sites, deconstruction of an A Bridge Home site in CD 15 and a Safe Sleep site in CD 9, and replacement of eight pallet structures at a Tiny Home Village in CD 14. The report also addressed reprogramming of state Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) grant funds, reimbursement of FY 2025-26 staffing costs for homelessness-related city work, transfers from the Homelessness Emergency Account to city departments, and increased appropriations reflecting County reimbursements for City-County Inside Safe encampment operations. The Bureau of Engineering submitted a companion report supporting a CEQA statutory exemption finding for the continued use of the Low Barrier Navigation Center at 600 East 116th Place in CD 15. Both the Homelessness and Health Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee approved the report with amendments. The Budget and Finance Committee added language to Recommendation 50 directing the CAO and General Services Department to work with a brokerage firm not only to renegotiate hotel contracts but also to explore alternative interim housing sites, including recently transitioned sites, Roadmap sites, and previous interim housing sites. That amendment was introduced by Councilmember Yaroslavsky and seconded by Councilmember Blumenfield. At the full Council meeting on September 16, 2026, Councilmember Jurado introduced an additional amending motion (34A), seconded by Councilmember Yaroslavsky, that restructured funding for foster youth. It struck one CAO recommendation and replaced two others to direct up to $1,513,350 in HHAP-4 funds to a new account called Youth Permanent Housing Solutions, covering move-in costs for 150 Foster Youth to Independence voucher holders through June 30, 2027. It also directed LAHSA to expand its contract with HOM Inc. by the same amount to cover move-in assistance, security deposits, furniture, utility deposits, and arrears. Council adopted the full package as amended 12-1-2. The file was transmitted to the Mayor on September 16, with a deadline of September 28 for mayoral action, and Council action became final on September 18, 2026.

Activity (14)

  • 2026-09-18 Council action final.
  • 2026-09-16 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is September 28, 2026.
  • 2026-09-16 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith. Council adopted Motion (Jurado - Blumenfield) to adopt the Budget and Finance Committee and the Homelessness and Health Reports as amended by Amending Motion 34A (Jurado - Yaroslavsky) forthwith.
  • 2026-09-15 Budget and Finance Committee approved as amended .
  • 2026-09-11 Budget and Finance Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 15, 2026.
  • 2026-09-11 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on September 16, 2026.
  • 2026-09-09 Homelessness and Health Committee approved as amended .
  • 2026-09-04 Homelessness and Health Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 9, 2026.
  • 2026-08-28 City Clerk rereferred item to Budget and Finance Committee; Homelessness and Health Committee, pursuant to Council File No. 26-2000.
  • 2026-08-25 Bureau of Engineering document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Housing and Homelessness Committee.
  • 2026-08-24 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Housing and Homelessness Committee.
  • 2026-08-24 Document submitted by Bureau of Engineering, dated August 24, 2026.
  • 2026-08-24 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Housing and Homelessness Committee.
  • 2026-08-21 Document submitted by City Administrative Officer, dated August 21, 2026.

Documents (11)

Council votes (1)

  • 2026-09-16 Adopted Forthwith — 12-1-2 · Regular

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