Metro - File #: 2021-0444

• File #: 2021-0444
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 6/15/2021
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/15/2021
• Final action: 7/15/2021
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Update on Metro's Homeless Outreach Efforts.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Customer Experience Plan, Homeless Outreach, Homeless persons, Housing, Informational Report, Law enforcement, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Rail A Line, Operation LA Metro Homeless Outreach, Outreach, Partnerships, Safety, Safety and security, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Westside Cities subregion

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/15/2021	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 15, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON METRO'S HOMELESS OUTREACH EFFORTS

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Update on Metro's Homeless Outreach Efforts.

Issue
ISSUE
In spring 2016, Metro created the Metro Homeless Task Force to address displaced persons that have turned to Metro's system and property for alternative shelter. Since then, Metro has made significant progress in addressing the homelessness issue by expanding its resources and partnering with community-based organizations.

Background
BACKGROUND
The homelessness crisis has significantly grown in the last couple of years. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results of the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which showed 66,436 people in Los Angeles County experiencing homelessness. This represents a 12.7% rise from last year's Point-in-Time count of 58,936 homeless persons. The city of Los Angeles saw a 16.1% rise to 41,290 from last year's point-in-time count of 36,300 homeless persons.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
P.A.T.H.
PATH outreach teams remain agile in using a crises deployment model to continue providing outreach and support to homeless persons. The outreach teams work hand in hand with law enforcement and work closely with the Departments of Health Services, Public Health, and Mental Health to provide services and housing. PATH teams collaborate on a daily basis with law enforcement in Operation "Shelter the Unsheltered," as well as engage in system-wide outreach and encampment clean-ups identified as a safety concern within Metro's system.

In June 2021, Metro and the Department of Health Services issued a third amendment in its Letter of Agreement for Multidisciplinary Street-Based Engagement Services. The term of this agreement began July 1, 2018 and remains in place through June 30, 2023. The parties, by mutual consent...