City Council

(2) 19-1204-S4 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to contracts with Alliance for Housing and Healing to extend the Short-term Rental, Mortgage and Utility Program; and with APLA Health and Wellness to reimburse the agency for providing transportation services to eligible Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) Program clients. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Soto-Martínez - Raman): AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department, or designee, to: Execute a contract with Alliance for Housing and Healing for the amount of up to $2,300,000, commencing on or about February 1, 2023 for a term of 10 months, to extend the Short-term Rental, Mortgage, and Utility Program. Execute a contract with APLA Health and Wellness for the amount of up to $55,000, commencing on or about February 1, 2023 for a term of 10 months, to reimburse the agency for providing transportation services to eligible HOPWA clients. FIND that the services to be performed by Alliance for Housing and Healing and APLA Health and Wellness are for the performance of professional, scientific, expert, technical, or other special services of a temporary and occasional character for which competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous and that the work can be performed more economically or feasibly by independent contractors than by City employees in accordance with City Charter Section 1022.