Brief

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez moved to expand the Recreational Vehicle (RV) to Home Program, a housing initiative that converts RVs into permanent supportive housing for unhoused residents. The motion directs allocation of additional funding to scale the program. The Homelessness and Health Committee approved the item on September 9, and Council adopted it unanimously (11-0, with 4 abstentions) on September 18, 2026, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51.

Full summary

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky, introduced this motion on August 4, 2026, to expand the RV to Home program citywide and clarify how newly budgeted funds will flow to individual Council offices. The program originated in Council District 7 as a pilot and, by the time of this motion, had helped 400 people — moving 198 into permanent supportive housing and 202 into interim housing — while removing 192 RVs from city streets. Rodriguez cites that track record as the basis for scaling the model across the city. The core directive is narrow but consequential: Council instructs the City Administrative Officer to report on how funding approved in the 2026-27 Fiscal Year Budget under the General City Purposes allocation, Line 19, titled Citywide Recreational Vehicle (RV) to Home Program, will be distributed to Council offices to run their own iterations of the program. That budget line covers outreach, service referral linkages, and interim housing resources for people living in RVs. The motion ties directly to the framework established in related Council File 22-1324, which set out a uniform citywide approach to responsibly removing RVs from streets while guaranteeing a path to housing for participants. The file moved quickly through the legislative process. It was initially referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee on August 4, then rereferenced to the Homelessness and Health Committee on August 28. At the September 9 committee hearing, staff from the City Administrative Officer and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority answered committee questions before the panel voted unanimously to recommend the motion to the full Council. Council adopted the motion on September 18, 2026, by a vote of 11-0 with 4 members absent or not voting, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51. The CAO has not yet completed a financial analysis of the funding distribution, and no community impact statements were submitted during the process. The next concrete step is the CAO's report detailing how the budget allocation will be apportioned among Council offices to operationalize the citywide expansion.

Activity (6)

• 2026-09-18 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
• 2026-09-15 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on September 18, 2026.
• 2026-09-09 Homelessness and Health Committee approved item(s) .
• 2026-09-04 Homelessness and Health Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 9, 2026.
• 2026-08-28 City Clerk rereferred item to Homelessness and Health Committee, pursuant to Council File No. 26-2000.
• 2026-08-04 Motion referred to Housing and Homelessness Committee.

Documents (5)

• 2026-09-18 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-09-16 Communication(s) from Public · communication
• 2026-09-09 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-09-09 Report from Homelessness and Health Committee · report
• 2026-08-04 Motion · motion

Council votes (1)

• 2026-09-18 Adopted — 11-0-4 · Regular