T0 CITY CLERK FOR PLACEMENT ON NEXT #53 MOTI GULAR COUNCIL AGEN DA TO BE The Tenant Protections Act of 2019, which established statewide rent control, was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2019 with an effective date of January 1, 2020. The legislation made it illegal for residential landlords to raise rent more than 5 percent, plus the local rate of inflation, in one year. However, the gap between the signing of the bill and effective date meant that in that three month period landlords could raise rents significantly. In October 2019, immediately following the signing, City Council apprOved Motion Martinez-Koretz?Krekorian establishing the Emergency Renters Relief Program. The program was created to assist renters facing exorbitant rent increases before the Tenant Protections Act of 2019 t00k effect on January 1, 2020 by providing a temporary rent subsidy to renters. The subsidy was available to tenants and families with incomes at or below 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) and was a grant paid directly to the tenants for up to three months? rent payments through December 31, 2019. In the three months the. program was operational, the City was able to save approximately 40 families from homelessness. The current COVID-19 global pandemic is not only a health crisis but for many families living paycheck to paycheck, it is an economic crisis as well. The City Council took action last week to establish an eviction moratorium and to provide tenants with up to 12 months after the emergency declaration to pay back owed rent. Fifty-eight percent of renters are rent-burdened, paying over 30% of their income for rent, while about one-third are severely rent-burdened, paying over 50% of their income for rent. Since this pandemic began, many workers in Los Angeles have been laid off or had their hours significantly reduced. Since March 13, California has seen over 1 million unemployment claims. TheSe families, who were already rent?burdened, will have difficulty paying rent after this crisis is over. This City Council has previously stepped up to establish an Emergency Renter?s Relief Program. That program provided residents with the assistance they needed until the statewide rent control bill took effect in January 1, 2020. The City Council should reestablish that fund as the Emergency Renter?s Relief Program to assist residents and families in the City of Los Angeles with repayment of rent. Prior to this global health pandemic, the City had a homelessness crisis that it was grappling with. While it may have seemed unimaginable that that crisis could get worse overnight, this pandemic has the potential to result in thousands of families becoming homeless in the aftermath of the pandemic. The establishment of the COVID-19 Emergency Renter?s Relief Program will help prevent hemelessness after the pandemic. I THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council instruct the Housing and Community Investment Department to establish the Emergency Renters Relief Program (COVID-19 ERRP) similar to the former Emergency Renters Relief program established to assist renters facing financial dif?culties with rent subsidies as a program component APR 72029 of the City?s Eviction Defense Program; report on sources of funds to supplement the CD 6 and CD 10 AB 1290 funds and how program funds will be distributed; and prepare key amendments to the City?s Eviction Defense Program, as necessary, in response to emergency orders. I FURTHER MOVE that $1 million in the AB 1290 Fund No. 53 P, Account No 281206 (CD 6 Redevelopment Projects Services) be transferred/appropriated to the Housing Community Investment Department for the newly established Emergency Renters Relief Program (account numbers to be determined) to provide assistance to tenants facing economic hardship. FURTHER MOVE that $150,000 in the AB1290 Fund No. 53P, Account No. 281210 (CD 10 Redevelopment Projects - Services) be transferred/appropriated to the Housing Community 8. Investment Department for the newly established Emergency Renters Relief Program (account numbers to be determined) to provide assistance to tenants facing economic hardship. FURTHER MOVE that the HCID, with the assistance of the City Clerk, be authorized to prepare the necessary Controller instructions, identify the appropriate fund and account numbers, and make any corrections, clari?cations or revisions to the above instructions, including any corrections and changes to fund or account numbers to effectuate the intent of this motion; said corrections/clari?cations and may be made orally, electronically or by any other means PRESENTED BY Councilme er, 6th Distric SECONDED BY: HERB WES Councilmember, 10th District ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MOTION The 2019?20 coronavirus pandemic threatens the health and wellbeing of millions of Angelenos by causing severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 The outbreak was ?rst identi?ed in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020 and recognized it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. i? As of April 1, 2020, more than 932,000 cases of have been reported in over 200 countries and territories, resulting in approximately 46,800 deaths. In the United States, there are currently over 211,000 cases, 4,670 deaths and are now averaging nearly 1,000 deaths per day. The coronavirus outbreak has forced government at all levels to take swift action to enact shutdowns of non-essential business in order to stop the spread. More than 95% of 'America is under ?Stay at Home? orders and most epidemiological models shew California will still be extremely susceptible as late as August 2020 for a second round of cases. TheSe actions have sent shockwaves throughout the economy, the ?ill effects of which are still largely unknown. Workers across the country and across industries are now faced with the potential of months of lost wages. Baristas, ?lm crews, musicians, movie theater employees, stadium concessions staff, instructors, hotel workers, waitstaff, and retail workers, all face economic uncertainty. As the coronavirus outbreak depresses sales, income and other sources of revenue, Congress has recently passed a $2 trillion economic relief bill and the bill apportions $150 billion in aid for states and local governments under a new coronavirus relief fund. The Los Angeles region could bene?t greatly from these additional dollars. Federal stimulus dollars could be utilized to create jobs for unemployed individuals in the communities where they live instead of offering public relief to large businesses and corporations. The City of Los Angeles should ?nd ways to take advantage of the economic stimulus package to offer aid directly to workers in ways that create for them quality jobs and access to healthcare while at the same time working to ?nd ways to stimulate small businesses, in particular, efforts to assist micro-businesses in low-income communities of color that have been historically left behind when such aid is delivered to the City. Los Angeles, as the second largest city in America, has over the decades, suffered and bounced back from signi?cant human and natural disasters. By now we have ample information about how to intelligently respond to these disasters both in terms of what to do and what not to do. Whether it be the ?65 riots, ?92 uprising, ?94 earthquake, ?07 economic crisis, or believe it or not the 1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak, where 30 Angelenos were killed in two weeks, we have acquired an abundance of knowledge and once again, are being called to rise to the occasion. We need to move quickly, decisively, nimbly and above all, focused on those living at the economic bottom ?rst. To dig out from this hole, which will be felt for years, the city needs to take the lead on working with frontline communities to create an immediate pool of thousands of ?Lifeline? jobs with health coverage. By putting wages in workers' hands, we help stimulate the local economy from the bottom up. APR 7 202a WE THERF ORE MOVE, that the CLA with the assistance of the CAO and EWDD, be instructed to report back on coordinating an effort by the City of Los Angeles to utilize the federal economic stimulus to develop a job creation program that prioritizes giving economic aid to frontline communities where the principle objectives and priorities of the program would be as follows, as established by the #PeoplesBailout movement: Health is the top priority, for all people, with no exceptions. Provide economic relief directly to the people. Rescue workers and communities, not corporate executives. Make a down payment on a regenerative economy, while preventing future crises. Protect our democratic process while protecting each other. WE FURTHER MOVE, that $100,000 in the ABI290 Fund No. 53P, Account No. 281206 (CD 6 Redevelopment Projects - Services) be allocated to a non?pro?t in the northeast San Fernando Valley for the purpose of community outreach regarding employment needs. WE FURTHER MOVE that $100,000 in the Fund No. 53P, Account No. 281210 (CD 10 Redevelopment Projects Services) be allocated to Community Build for the purpose of community outreach regarding employment needs. PRESENTED BY: HERB J. Jr. Councilmember, 10th District er; SECONDED 13v.