Fwd: Urgent Call to attend Board of Supervisor's meeting

[Kandee Lewis]

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Kandee Lewis

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From: "Guevara, Mayra" <MGue...@bos.lacounty.gov>
Date: May 6, 2016 at 4:01:44 PM PDT
Subject: Urgent Call to attend Board of Supervisor's meeting

Urgent : Please attend the LA County Board of Supervisors Meeting Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Support Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Motion to establish on-going funding to end and prevent homelessness.

                                                                                                                                                                       Tuesday, May 10, 2016
9:30 A.M.
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90012

The declines in veterans and homeless families demonstrate that targeted investments are working. A couple of weeks ago, LAHSA announced it has housed 1,500 families in just over the last year and a half. Similarly, while Skid Row (SPA 4) saw an increase, the Supervisor's efforts to create homeless health and mental health teams kept that increase to a modest 1.5%.  We know what works, but we need more ongoing funds to do it.  The Supervisor filed the attached motion for next week's Board meeting.  Its approval establishes ongoing funding that is desperately needed to end and prevent homelessness. See Dhakshike' s short summary of the homeless count below.
From: Wickrema, Dhakshike
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:50 PM
Subject: 2016 Homeless Count Results


*         The Los Angeles Homeless Count is the largest census of its kind in the nation, and this January, thanks to 7,500 volunteers, all census tracts in Los Angeles were counted.


*         6% increase in the total number of homeless persons on any given night in Los Angeles County (up from 44,359 in January 2015 to 46,874 homeless persons in January 2016).


*         11% increase in the number of homeless persons living outside on the streets, in tents, encampments and vehicles (up from 31,025 in January 2015 to 34,527 in January 2016).



*         Special "Youth Count" conducted this year resulted in identification of 2,388 homeless youth aged 18-24.


*         30% decrease in the number of homeless veterans (down from 4,362 in January 2015 to 3,071 in January 2016).

o   44% decrease in the number of unsheltered homeless veterans.


*         18% decrease in the number of homeless persons living in families with children under the age of 18 (down from 8,103 persons in January 2015 to 6,611 persons in January 2016).

o   35% decrease in the number of unsheltered homeless family members.


*         A disproportionate number of African-Americans experience homelessness (see Slide 22 of LAHSA PPT) - even though only 9% of general population, African-Americans comprised almost 39% of LA County's homeless population.



*         SD 2 continues to have the largest share (33%) of the overall homeless population and the number of homeless persons in our District increased from 14,116 in January 2015 to 15,322 in January 2016 (8.5% increase).



*         Among Service Planning Areas (SPAs) in our District, SPA 4 (Metro LA) saw a 1.5% increase, SPA 5 (West LA) saw a 9% increase, SPA 6 (South LA) saw a 0.7% decrease and SPA 8 (South Bay) saw a 10.5% increase.


Dhakshike Wickrema
Deputy for Homelessness and Mental Health
Office of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
(213) 974-2222