Metro - File #: 2023-0683

• File #: 2023-0683
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/20/2023
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 10/26/2023
• Final action: 10/26/2023
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Bass, Hahn, Horvath, Yaroslavsky, Dupont-Walker, and Solis that the Board direct the CEO to: A. Develop a comprehensive Social Resources and Homelessness Action Plan (Plan) to address homelessness within the Metro transit system and connect people with social services and resources. At a minimum, the Plan should include the following: * A data snapshot on the state of homelessness on the Metro system, including regional variations subject to confirmed Point-in-Time (PIT) count by LAHSA; * Key partnerships and/or enhancements to existing County and local jurisdictions programs to provide support services to people experiencing homelessness on the Metro system with funding recommendations; * Summarize the challenges and strategies for providing necessary services for people experiencing homelessness on the Metro system in the late evening and early morning hours; identify the necessary external partnerships needed to deliver services during these hours; * Pa...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved a Motion, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Hilda Solis, Housing, Hubs, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Janice Hahn, Karen Bass, Katy Yaroslavsky, Lindsey Horvath, Long Beach, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Partnerships, Plan, Policy, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Westside Cities subregion, Zev Yaroslavsky

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/26/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body

REVISED
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
OCTOBER 26, 2023

Preamble
Motion by:

BASS, HAHN, HORVATH, YAROSLAVSKY, DUPONT-WALKER, and SOLIS

October 26, 2023

Response to Homelessness Motion

Each night, tens of thousands of Angelenos go to sleep without a roof over their head, and five unhoused Angelenos die every day. Annually, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles continues to rise. The 2023 Los Angeles Homeless Count revealed an estimated 75,518 people are experiencing homelessness within Los Angeles County, a 10% increase from the previous year. In the City of Los Angeles alone, 46,260 people are experiencing homelessness, a 9% increase from the prior year.

Metro recognizes the crisis facing Los Angeles County in addressing the needs of people experiencing homelessness. There are many challenges related to people seeking shelter within the Metro system, including drug use, untreated mental health, and safety concerns.

In 2017, the Board directed Metro to partner with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to provide street-based outreach and engagement to unhoused individuals on the Metro system. Metro' s multi-disciplinary teams, which include its Ambassadors and the Street Teams, conduct intensive outreach and engagement across the bus and rail system and focus on providing housing placements to people experiencing homelessness.

In October 2022, the Board approved Motion 20, the "End of the Line and Unhoused Riders Motion," directing the CEO to evaluate Metro's End of the Line policy and make recommendations for serving the unhoused population exiting trains at night and boarding trains in the morning at the ends of rail lines. The response to this motion came in January 2023, where staff presented preliminary findings of the numbers of unhoused riders being removed from Metro A Line trains in Downtown Long Beach at the end of the night, with additional information on the other ends of Metro's rail lines still t...