City Council

(25) 23-0426 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to creating a comprehensive, multilingual online housing search and application system. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD), or designee, to negotiate and execute a sole source contract with Exygy, for an amount not to exceed $2,366,208 for a three-year term commencing on or about December 1, 2023, and ending November 30, 2026 for the purpose of developing a centralized, comprehensive, multilingual online search system for affordable housing, subject to the availability of funding and the approval of the City Attorney as to form. FIND that the contract to be executed with Exygy is 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 Charter Section 1022. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: Disencumber the amount of $345,072 from City Contract No. C-138612-3, 3Di, Inc., funded by Fund No. 10D/43 Accessible Housing Fund, Account No. 43Y900, Contract Programming - Systems Upgrades; then transfer funding and encumbrance to a new contract with Exygy for developing a centralized, comprehensive, multilingual online search system for affordable housing. Transfer and appropriate $345,072 within Fund No. 64R/43 SB 2 Permanent Local Housing Allocation, from Account No. 43W244, Administrative, to Account No. 43Y900 Contract Programming – Systems Upgrades, for a new contract with Exygy for developing a centralized, comprehensive, multilingual online search system for affordable housing. Expend funds not to exceed $690,144 upon proper written demand of the General Manager, LAHD, or designee. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, LAHD, or designee, to prepare Controller instructions and make any necessary technical adjustments consistent with the Mayor and City Council action on this matter, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer; and, request the Controller to implement the instructions. INSTRUCT the LAHD, with assistance from the Community Investment for Families Department, to ensure that the affordable housing database complies with the City’s Language Access Plan, when that plan is finalized. Fiscal Impact Statement: The LAHD reports that there is no impact to the General Fund. Funding to support this initiative will be provided by the Accessible Housing Fund and the SB 2 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Fund for Phase 1. Funding for the subsequent phases of the contract are subject to approval as part of the annual budget process, in accordance with the City’s Financial Policies.