CF 15-1138-S7 At City Council Action 04/01/2016 Vote Action: Adopted, Vote Given: (11 – 0 – 4)

Case No. CPC-2016-12-CA

An ordinance adding Section 12.82 to Article 2 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow the operation and establishment of temporary emergency shelters for the homeless throughout the City for the duration of the 2016 El Nino precipitation cycle. WHEREAS, the El Nino cycle of 1997-1998 brought tremendous rainfall to Los Angeles, during which there was significant loss of human life and property damage; WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has confirmed that the winter of 2015 ­ 2016 will present one of the most powerful El Nino cycles ever recorded; WHEREAS, as a result of this El Nino cycle the City of Los Angeles will likely experience heavy rainfall well into the early spring of 2016; WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles has declared a shelter crisis under California Government Code Section 8698 based on a finding that a significant number of homeless people in Los Angeles are without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety; WHEREAS, the threat to the health and safety of the homeless population in Los Angeles is further exacerbated by the torrential rain that is anticipated with the commencement of El Nino’ s precipitation cycle; and WHEREAS, in order to address the threat to the health and safety of the , homeless there must be an increase in the number of shelters available to the homeless j to find refuge from the rain.

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• 04/01/2016 Council Action.
• 03/31/2016 Mayor transmitted file to City Clerk. Ordinance effective date: April 5, 2016. Final Ordinance No. 184,168
• 03/30/2016 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is April 11, 2016.
• 03/30/2016 Council adopted item forthwith.
• 03/23/2016 Council adopted item (vote: 11-0); Ordinance over for second reading on March 30, 2016.
• 03/22/2016 Council Action.
• 03/22/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
• 03/18/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 22, 2016.
• 03/18/2016 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 23, 2016 .
• 03/16/2016 Council referred item to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; and, instructed City Clerk to schedule matter for Council consideration on March 23, 2016.
• 03/15/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
• 03/11/2016 Housing and Community Investment Department document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
• 03/11/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 15, 2016.
• 03/11/2016 Document(s) submitted by Housing and Community Investment Department, as follows:

Housing and Community Investment Department report, dated March 11, 2016, relative to draft Ordinances amending Municipal Code sections and adding a section to the Municipal Code section to provide for the establishment and operation of temporary homeless shelters during shelter crisis.

• 03/04/2016 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
• 03/03/2016 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows:

City Attorney report R16-0068, dated March 2, 2016, relative to draft ordinances to expand and correct the definition of Shelter for the Homeless and to align the Citys shelter crisis regulations with State Law and adding Section 12.82 to the Municipal Code to provide for the operation and establishment of temporary homeless shelters in any zone during the 2016 El Nino weather cycle.

• 02/17/2016 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
• 02/12/2016 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows:

Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated February 12, 2016, relative to the proposed Homelessness Emergency Ordinance and the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) for the purpose of establishing homeless shelters during the 2016 El Nino shelter crisis.