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23-0670-S2
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT and BUDGET AND FINANCE
COMMITTEES’ REPORTS relative to Opioid Settlement Fund
reimbursements; the proposed Westlake Area Harm Reduction Drop-In
Center; and a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the delivery of
community-based opioid remediation services.
A. HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
1. NOTE and FILE the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) report
dated February 21, 2025, attached to Council file No. 230670-S2.
2. REQUEST the Mayor's Office of Community Safety; and,
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD)
and the Department on Disability (DOD), in coordination
with the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to complete the
necessary invoices and reporting requirements to ensure
that substance use disorder services administered by
these respective entities receive Opioid Settlement Fund
reimbursement.
3. INSTRUCT the CLA to provide a progress report to
Council in 90 days on the City/County partnership to
establish the proposed Westlake Area Harm Reduction
Drop-In Center.
4. APPROVE the following recommendations outlined in
Option B contained in the CLA report dated June 20,
2025, attached to Council file No. 23-0670-S2:
a. Instruct the DOD to draft a RFP for the delivery of
community-based opioid remediation in the following
seven regions of the City: East Valley, West Valley,
East, Central, Harbor, West and South Los Angeles.
b. Instruct the CAO to allocate $2,100,000 in Opioid
Settlement Funds to a new line item entitled "Opioid
Remediation Program – Department of Disability" to
support the delivery of opioid remediation services
by community-based health organizations through a
competitive bidding process, with a contract value of
$300,000 for each area.
c. Instruct the CAO, with the assistance of the DOD, to
report on a staffing plan utilizing Opioid Settlement
Funds for temporary As-Needed staff and/or
contractual services to support the accounting,
contract monitoring, data collection and reporting
requirements associated with the program.
5. INSTRUCT the CLA to work with the Mayor's Office to
report to Council on the outcomes/metrics from the
Mayor's Opioid Program.
B. ARTS, PARKS, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
(APLCE) COMMITTEE REPORT
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
1. CONCUR with the Housing and
Committee action of July 30, 2025.
Homelessness
2. AMEND Recommendation No. 4 of the Housing and
Homelessness Committee action, Option “b” as follows:
b. Instruct the CAO to allocate $3,500,000 in Opioid
Settlement Funds to a new line item entitled "Opioid
Remediation Program – Department of Disability" to
support the delivery of opioid remediation services by
community-based health organizations through a
competitive bidding process, with a contract value of
$500,000 for each area.
3. AMEND Recommendation No. 5 of the Housing and
Homelessness Committee action as follows:
INSTRUCT the CLA to work with the Mayor's Office and
the Information Technology Agency to report to Council on
the outcomes/metrics from the Mayor's Opioid Program.
4. INSTRUCT the CLA to report in 90 days with a criteria
evaluation matrix for proposals submitted in Fiscal Year
2025-26 and moving forward by the Council and Mayor’s
Offices that are provided to the CLA and CAO, inclusive of
the Measure of Access, Disparity, and Equity, Los Angeles
Equity Index and Tool, overall need areas across the City,
the measured impact that the money will have in the
proposal areas, as well as number of fentanyl overdoses
and fentanyl overdose deaths as provided by the Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance
Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau census tract data.
5. AMEND Recommendation No. 2 of the Housing and
Homelessness Committee action as follows:
Include the Unarmed Crisis Response program to also
complete the necessary invoices and reporting
requirements to ensure Opioid Settlement Fund
reimbursement.
6. LIMIT the amount of Opioid Settlement Funds that can be
used to conduct program assessments, inasmuch as the
funds should be focused on service delivery.
C. BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE
APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
1. CONCUR with the
September 9, 2025.
APLCE
Committee
action
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2. ADD Recommendation 7 to the APLCE Committee
Report:
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to also
complete the necessary invoices and reporting
requirements to ensure Opioid Settlement Fund
reimbursement.
3. ADD Recommendation 8 to the APLCE Committee
Report:
INSTRUCT the DOD to consult with each interested
council office to determine District needs prior to release
of the RFP.
4. ADD Recommendation 9 to the APLCE Committee
Report:
INSTRUCT the CLA to report within 30 days with options
for adding two positions in DOD and CAO to administer all
programs funded by the Opioid Settlement.
5. ADD Recommendation 10 to the APLCE Committee
Report:
6. INSTRUCT the CLA, with the assistance of the CAO,
LAHD and the DOD, to engage with the County to explore
complimentary funding for services for people
experiencing homelessness in need of opioid remediation
services.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CLA reports that there is no impact to
the General Fund. The recommendations in the report pertain to
Opioid Settlement funds. The Opioid Trust Fund cu1Tently has an
appropriated balance of approximately $22 million, of which $7.9
million is encumbered for inpatient substance use disorder services
for people experiencing homelessness (Council file No. 23-0670).
Council also set-aside $3 million for the Westlake Area Harm
Reduction Services Drop In Center, which is currently in development,
leaving an available balance of approximately $11,100,000. The City
will continue to receive an estimated $4 to $5 million annually for the
remainder of the Opioid Settlement payout period, which is
approximately 18 years. |
November 04, 2025
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