LA County Board

4-D. Fiscal Year 2026-27 Action Plan for the Allocation of Federal Funds\nRecommendation: Accept the Los Angeles County Development Authority’s\n(LACDA’s) designation to serve as the agent of the County for the\nadministration of the Action Plan (Action Plan); and accept from the County a\n$36,905,751 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 funding comprised of the following:\n$19,213,090 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the\nCounty and the City of Cerritos, which is a joint applicant; $3,734,865 in\nestimated CDBG program income; $7,263,809 in HOME Investment\nPartnerships (HOME) Program funds; $5,000,000 in estimated HOME program\nincome; and $1,693,987 in Federal Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funds,\nwhich will be included in LACDA’s FY 2026-27 budget through the annual\nbudget approval process; all subject to final notification of approval by the\nUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Find that\nthe acceptance of FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, and ESG Program funds from\nthe County is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental\nQuality Act. Authorize the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County\nDevelopment Authority to take the following actions: APPROVE (Relates to\nAgenda No. 51)\nDesignate the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County\nDevelopment Authority as the official responsible for completing all\nrequired actions to be taken by LACDA for administration of the Action\nPlan, and the distribution of the allocated funds described within, and\nauthorize the Executive Director to do the following:\nExecute CDBG Reimbursable and advance contracts to provide a\ntotal of $1,224,735 in CDBG funds for 17 projects with 15\ncommunity-based organizations described in the Action Plan, to\nbe effective from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027;\nApprove an additional $250,000 of CDBG funds from the Fifth\nSupervisorial District to Antelope Valley Partners for Health, a\nnonprofit organization, to complete the improvements for their\nProgram Access & Storage Support Space project;\nExecute CDBG Reimbursable contracts with 47 participating cities\nto provide a total of $6,689,504 in CDBG funding for eligible\nactivities, to be effective from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027;\nExecute CDBG Reimbursable contract with the City of Covina for\nthe purpose of repaying a Section 108 Loan previously approved\nby the Board; and authorize the Executive Director to set aside\napproximately $172,187.60 of the City of Covina’s FY 2026-27\nCDBG allocation for repayment of the Section 108 loan;\nExecute ESG contracts in the amount of approximately $1,693,987\nwith the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to\nfund programs that assist persons who are experiencing\nhomelessness, as described in the Action Plan;\nAccept and incorporate additional FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, or\nESG funding, into the Action Plan and LACDA budget, in the event\nthat HUD makes changes to the allocations that result in additional\nfunding for the Los Angeles Urban County Program; and, if\nnecessary, reprogram such funds, whether unexpended,\ndisallowed, or recovered, in order to fully expend the grants for the\npurposes described in the Action Plan, within the limits prescribed\nby HUD;\nModify funding at the project level as needed to incorporate and\nutilize all FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds allocated by\nHUD;\nAmend the Action Plan from time to time, as necessary to address\nthe cancellation and/or inclusion of off-cycle projects, as well as\nexecute any necessary non-monetary amendments and any\nmonetary amendments up to $200,000 to projects being\nundertaken by the LACDA, County, participating cities, and\nrecipient agencies during FY 2026-27, and to include Federal\nregulatory changes and new HUD directives for the activities\ndescribed in the Action Plan;\nTerminate CDBG and ESG Reimbursable and Advance Contracts\nutilizing FY 2026-27 or prior year funds when the operating\nagencies fail to address administrative deficiencies, CDBG and\nESG Program compliance issues, or other contract obligations;\nExecute agreements with Los Angeles Urban County participating\ncities or other entitlement cities to provide administrative and\nconstruction management and oversight of their CDBG and HOME\nPrograms, including procurement, contracting for, and carrying\nout construction projects within these jurisdictions;\nAdminister and execute agreements with participating cities for the\nCDBG Revolving Grant Fund, comprised of funding reallocated by\nparticipating cities, to sign agreements with cities that would utilize\nsuch funds up to $200,000, for specific CDBG-eligible activities\nupon application by jurisdictions that participate in the Los Angeles\nUrban County Program; and\nExecute a CDBG Reimbursable Amendment to a contract between\nthe County and the City of Santa Fe Springs, on behalf of the\nCounty, to transfer $495,992 from the City’s unallocated CDBG\nfunds to the CDBG Revolving Grant Fund and execution by all\nparties.\nProvide a $2,330,000 loan leveraging $285,000 of CDBG funds to\nAltadena Vistas Apartments LP to rehabilitate and remediate 22\naffordable senior units;\nExecute a loan agreement, promissory note secured by a deed of\ntrust, and all related documents; and\nExecute any future amendments to the loan documents and related\ndocuments, including taking all required actions to modify loan\nconditions and terms that are consistent with conditions and terms\nidentified in this letter. (26-3234)