Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: END OF LINE POLICY MOTION RESPONSE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the report back on:
A. Metro's End of Line Policy and strategies to better serve unhoused riders at end of line stations and regional coordination efforts;
B. Potential benefits to Metro resulting from an emergency declaration; and
C. Strategies to increase interim housing on Metro property.
Issue
ISSUE
In October 2022, the Metro Board adopted Motion 20 by Directors Hahn, Najarian, Solis, Barger, Dutra, and Krekorian (Attachment A) that directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to evaluate Metro's End of Line policy and its impacts on communities that have a station at the end of a Metro rail line. The motion also directed staff to work with the regional social service leads, the County, and LAHSA on strategies to address homelessness on the transit system. In February 2023, the Metro Board adopted Motion 28 by Directors Bass, Hahn, Najarian, Mitchell, Solis, and Krekorian that directed a report back on strategies to streamline the production of temporary housing. This report provides a status update on the progress of the end of line evaluation, regional coordination efforts, potential benefits of an emergency declaration, and strategies to increase interim housing on Metro property.
Background
BACKGROUND
The most recent available data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) 2022 Point in Time Count estimates that 69,144 people are experiencing homelessness throughout LA County, an increase of 4.1% since 2020 (Attachment B). In 2022, Metro estimated that there are 800 people experiencing homelessness sheltering on the system on any given night. The City of Long Beach, which conducts a separate annual point-in-time count, identified 3,296 people experiencing homelessness in their local jurisdiction in 2022. In January 2023, LAH...
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