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Public Engagement Mayors Office of Legislative and External Affairs September 16, 2019 Mayor Garcettis Eight Area Representatives Tanaz Golshan Senior Area Rep. Caroline Menjivar West Valley Area Rep East Valley Area Rep. Edna
Mayor’s Office of Legislative and External Affairs
September 16, 2019
Mayor Garcetti’s Eight Area Representatives
Caroline Menjivar East Valley Area Rep. Edna Degollado East Area Rep. Edith Vega Southeast Area Rep. Johanna Rodriguez Harbor & Watts Area Rep Tanaz Golshan Senior Area Rep. West Valley Area Rep Ami Fields-Meyer West Area Rep David Price Southwest Area Rep Angie Aramayo Central Area Rep
Focus Points for the Year
Census 2020 Green New Deal Homelessness Solutions
Census 2020 -- Why Should It Be a Campaign
MONEY
training, education, healthcare, social services;
POWER
Congressional Representation & Reapportionment
Challenges
What Is Our Office Doing ❖ Presenting to Neighborhood Councils and Communities ❖ Working to get more Goodwill Ambassadors Our Ask ❖ Recruit Ambassadors so Census and DONE can train them ❖ Need assistance with hard to count areas ❖ Promote the importance of the Census ❖ Encourage all communities to be counted ❖ Encourage NC’s to use funds to do events with the Census plan
The Green New Deal
Key Principles
Green New Deal
❖ Increase the percentage of all trips made by walking, biking, micro-mobility / matched rides or transit to at least 35% by 2025; 50% by 2035; and maintain at least 50% by 2050 ❖ Electrify 100% of LA Metro and LADOT buses by 2030 ❖ Open green career pathways and develop pipelines for employment
Our Ask:
❖ Ask Neighborhood Councils to support a legislative package with a CIS ❖ Encourage Neighborhood Councils to do a sustainability event Example: plant trees
LA’s Homelessness Strategy
Supportive & Affordable Housing
Paid for by Prop HHH, the City is building long-term homes connected to social services over the next ten years.
Bridge Housing
Mayor Garcetti declared an emergency shelter crisis in April 2018. As new units come online, we are working to bring more and more Angelenos inside.
Outreach & Street Strategies
We’re making the streets healthier and safer by deploying housing & health services to the homeless population. (Measure H & HEAP funds)
Transforming Homeless Outreach
❖ In 2015 there were 9 homeless service workers in the City ❖ In 2019 there are over 500 in the City (over 800 in the County) ❖ Unprecedented, cross-agency coordination of outreach and services maximizes effectiveness of each interaction ❖ When temporary or supportive housing facilities opens, they are full within a few days
We are housing people at an unprecedented rate ❖ 92% of people housed, remain housed.
The Coming Year: Record Investments
❖ Record budget investment in homelessness:
❖ HHH projects opening doors:
❖ A Bridge Home:
❖ State Funding:
Completed ABH Sites
El Puente (CD 14) 45 beds YWCA (CD 13) 64 beds Schrader (CD 13) 72 beds
40 beds Downtown Women’s Center (CD 14) 25 beds
(CD 8) 100 beds Gardner Ave. (CD 4) 30 beds
14 ABH sites in progress
What is our office doing: ❖ Building support for housing sites ❖ Working with the Neighborhood Council to do a workshop at the Congress of Neighborhoods Our Ask: ❖ Neighborhoods Councils to support proposed sites in their area ❖ Listen to a presentation by Everyone In ❖ Tour a supportive housing site ❖ Highlight NC’s that have homeless committees and are part of the Homeless liaison
Contact Information: Angie Aramayo Central Area Representative Email: angie.aramayo@lacity.org Phone Number: 323-793-5150