City Council

(6)\n23-0670-S2\nHOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND\nCOMMUNITY ENRICHMENT and BUDGET AND FINANCE\nCOMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to Opioid Settlement Fund\nreimbursements; the proposed Westlake Area Harm Reduction Drop-In\nCenter; and a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the delivery of\ncommunity-based opioid remediation services.\nA. HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE\nAPPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:\n1. NOTE and FILE the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report\ndated February 21, 2025, attached to Council file No. 230670-S2.\n2. REQUEST the Mayor's Office of Community Safety; and,\nINSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD)\nand the Department on Disability (DOD), in coordination\nwith the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to complete the\nnecessary invoices and reporting requirements to ensure\nthat substance use disorder services administered by\nthese respective entities receive Opioid Settlement Fund\nreimbursement.\n3. INSTRUCT the CLA to provide a progress report to\nCouncil in 90 days on the City/County partnership to\nestablish the proposed Westlake Area Harm Reduction\nDrop-In Center.\n4. APPROVE the following recommendations outlined in\nOption B contained in the CLA report dated June 20,\n2025, attached to Council file No. 23-0670-S2:\na. Instruct the DOD to draft a RFP for the delivery of\ncommunity-based opioid remediation in the following\nseven regions of the City: East Valley, West Valley,\nEast, Central, Harbor, West and South Los Angeles.\nb. Instruct the CAO to allocate $2,100,000 in Opioid\nSettlement Funds to a new line item entitled "Opioid\nRemediation Program – Department of Disability" to\nsupport the delivery of opioid remediation services\nby community-based health organizations through a\ncompetitive bidding process, with a contract value of\n$300,000 for each area.\nc. Instruct the CAO, with the assistance of the DOD, to\nreport on a staffing plan utilizing Opioid Settlement\nFunds for temporary As-Needed staff and/or\ncontractual services to support the accounting,\ncontract monitoring, data collection and reporting\nrequirements associated with the program.\n5. INSTRUCT the CLA to work with the Mayor's Office to\nreport to Council on the outcomes/metrics from the\nMayor's Opioid Program.\nB. ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT\n(APLCE) COMMITTEE REPORT\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE\nAPPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:\n1. CONCUR with the Housing and\nCommittee action of July 30, 2025.\nHomelessness\n2. AMEND Recommendation No. 4 of the Housing and\nHomelessness Committee action, Option “b” as follows:\nb. Instruct the CAO to allocate $3,500,000 in Opioid\nSettlement Funds to a new line item entitled "Opioid\nRemediation Program – Department of Disability" to\nsupport the delivery of opioid remediation services by\ncommunity-based health organizations through a\ncompetitive bidding process, with a contract value of\n$500,000 for each area.\n3. AMEND Recommendation No. 5 of the Housing and\nHomelessness Committee action as follows:\nINSTRUCT the CLA to work with the Mayor's Office and\nthe Information Technology Agency to report to Council on\nthe outcomes/metrics from the Mayor's Opioid Program.\n4. INSTRUCT the CLA to report in 90 days with a criteria\nevaluation matrix for proposals submitted in Fiscal Year\n2025-26 and moving forward by the Council and Mayor’s\nOffices that are provided to the CLA and CAO, inclusive of\nthe Measure of Access, Disparity, and Equity, Los Angeles\nEquity Index and Tool, overall need areas across the City,\nthe measured impact that the money will have in the\nproposal areas, as well as number of fentanyl overdoses\nand fentanyl overdose deaths as provided by the Los\nAngeles County Department of Public Health, Substance\nAbuse Prevention and Control Bureau census tract data.\n5. AMEND Recommendation No. 2 of the Housing and\nHomelessness Committee action as follows:\nInclude the Unarmed Crisis Response program to also\ncomplete the necessary invoices and reporting\nrequirements to ensure Opioid Settlement Fund\nreimbursement.\n6. LIMIT the amount of Opioid Settlement Funds that can be\nused to conduct program assessments, inasmuch as the\nfunds should be focused on service delivery.\nC. BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE\nAPPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:\n1. CONCUR with the\nSeptember 9, 2025.\nAPLCE\nCommittee\naction\nof\n2. ADD Recommendation 7 to the APLCE Committee\nReport:\nINSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to also\ncomplete the necessary invoices and reporting\nrequirements to ensure Opioid Settlement Fund\nreimbursement.\n3. ADD Recommendation 8 to the APLCE Committee\nReport:\nINSTRUCT the DOD to consult with each interested\ncouncil office to determine District needs prior to release\nof the RFP.\n4. ADD Recommendation 9 to the APLCE Committee\nReport:\nINSTRUCT the CLA to report within 30 days with options\nfor adding two positions in DOD and CAO to administer all\nprograms funded by the Opioid Settlement.\n5. ADD Recommendation 10 to the APLCE Committee\nReport:\n6. INSTRUCT the CLA, with the assistance of the CAO,\nLAHD and the DOD, to engage with the County to explore\ncomplimentary funding for services for people\nexperiencing homelessness in need of opioid remediation\nservices.\nFiscal Impact Statement: The CLA reports that there is no impact to\nthe General Fund. The recommendations in the report pertain to\nOpioid Settlement funds. The Opioid Trust Fund cu1Tently has an\nappropriated balance of approximately $22 million, of which $7.9\nmillion is encumbered for inpatient substance use disorder services\nfor people experiencing homelessness (Council file No. 23-0670).\nCouncil also set-aside $3 million for the Westlake Area Harm\nReduction Services Drop In Center, which is currently in development,\nleaving an available balance of approximately $11,100,000. The City\nwill continue to receive an estimated $4 to $5 million annually for the\nremainder of the Opioid Settlement payout period, which is\napproximately 18 years.