LA County Board

4-D. Fiscal Year 2026-27 Action Plan for the Allocation of Federal Funds Recommendation: Accept the Los Angeles County Development Authority’s (LACDA’s) designation to serve as the agent of the County for the administration of the Action Plan (Action Plan); and accept from the County a $36,905,751 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 funding comprised of the following: $19,213,090 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the County and the City of Cerritos, which is a joint applicant; $3,734,865 in estimated CDBG program income; $7,263,809 in HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program funds; $5,000,000 in estimated HOME program income; and $1,693,987 in Federal Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funds, which will be included in LACDA’s FY 2026-27 budget through the annual budget approval process; all subject to final notification of approval by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Find that the acceptance of FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, and ESG Program funds from the County is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Authorize the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Development Authority to take the following actions: APPROVE (Relates to Agenda No. 51) Designate the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Development Authority as the official responsible for completing all required actions to be taken by LACDA for administration of the Action Plan, and the distribution of the allocated funds described within, and authorize the Executive Director to do the following: Execute CDBG Reimbursable and advance contracts to provide a total of $1,224,735 in CDBG funds for 17 projects with 15 community-based organizations described in the Action Plan, to be effective from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027; Approve an additional $250,000 of CDBG funds from the Fifth Supervisorial District to Antelope Valley Partners for Health, a nonprofit organization, to complete the improvements for their Program Access & Storage Support Space project; Execute CDBG Reimbursable contracts with 47 participating cities to provide a total of $6,689,504 in CDBG funding for eligible activities, to be effective from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027; Execute CDBG Reimbursable contract with the City of Covina for the purpose of repaying a Section 108 Loan previously approved by the Board; and authorize the Executive Director to set aside approximately $172,187.60 of the City of Covina’s FY 2026-27 CDBG allocation for repayment of the Section 108 loan; Execute ESG contracts in the amount of approximately $1,693,987 with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to fund programs that assist persons who are experiencing homelessness, as described in the Action Plan; Accept and incorporate additional FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, or ESG funding, into the Action Plan and LACDA budget, in the event that HUD makes changes to the allocations that result in additional funding for the Los Angeles Urban County Program; and, if necessary, reprogram such funds, whether unexpended, disallowed, or recovered, in order to fully expend the grants for the purposes described in the Action Plan, within the limits prescribed by HUD; Modify funding at the project level as needed to incorporate and utilize all FY 2026-27 CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds allocated by HUD; Amend the Action Plan from time to time, as necessary to address the cancellation and/or inclusion of off-cycle projects, as well as execute any necessary non-monetary amendments and any monetary amendments up to $200,000 to projects being undertaken by the LACDA, County, participating cities, and recipient agencies during FY 2026-27, and to include Federal regulatory changes and new HUD directives for the activities described in the Action Plan; Terminate CDBG and ESG Reimbursable and Advance Contracts utilizing FY 2026-27 or prior year funds when the operating agencies fail to address administrative deficiencies, CDBG and ESG Program compliance issues, or other contract obligations; Execute agreements with Los Angeles Urban County participating cities or other entitlement cities to provide administrative and construction management and oversight of their CDBG and HOME Programs, including procurement, contracting for, and carrying out construction projects within these jurisdictions; Administer and execute agreements with participating cities for the CDBG Revolving Grant Fund, comprised of funding reallocated by participating cities, to sign agreements with cities that would utilize such funds up to $200,000, for specific CDBG-eligible activities upon application by jurisdictions that participate in the Los Angeles Urban County Program; and Execute a CDBG Reimbursable Amendment to a contract between the County and the City of Santa Fe Springs, on behalf of the County, to transfer $495,992 from the City’s unallocated CDBG funds to the CDBG Revolving Grant Fund and execution by all parties. Provide a $2,330,000 loan leveraging $285,000 of CDBG funds to Altadena Vistas Apartments LP to rehabilitate and remediate 22 affordable senior units; Execute a loan agreement, promissory note secured by a deed of trust, and all related documents; and Execute any future amendments to the loan documents and related documents, including taking all required actions to modify loan conditions and terms that are consistent with conditions and terms identified in this letter. (26-3234)