Homekey Long Beach
Summary
SCH Number
2025070428
Public Agency
Los Angeles County
Document Title
Homekey Long Beach
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/10/2025
Document Description
In July 2020, the Governor announced fthe Homekey Program (Homekey), which made $550 million in grant funding available for local jurisdictions to purchase hotels and other properties to be used as interim and permanent supportive housing for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and an additional $50 million in grant funding for operating subsidies. Properties proposed to be purchased will be used to provide individuals (or, in some cases, couples) with non-congregate shelter, which will help to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19. On August 4, 2020, the Board authorized the Chief Executive Officer, or her designee, to apply for and accept Homekey grant funding to acquire properties in Los Angeles County for use as interim or permanent supportive housing for PEH. The State has reserved Homekey grant funds in the amount of $90,058,640 for Los Angeles County to be used for acquisition costs related to the purchase of these properties. The Property being purchased is currently improved. The Property acquisition will include all furniture, fixtures and equipment to either continue interim housing operations or for new interim housing. On September 29, 2020, the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors authorized a resolution of notice of intention to purchase the above-referenced Property and consummated the acquisition on October 27, 2020.
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Freedman
Agency Name
Linc Housing
Job Title
Senior Project Manager
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Tanya Ortiz
Agency Name
County of Los Angeles Homeless Initiative
Job Title
Analyst
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Long Beach
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Countywide
Zip
90804
Other Location Info
5665 East 7th St, Long Beach, CA 90804
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
California Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.2
Reasons for Exemption
The Project utilizes Homekey grant funds and other public funds, will provide housing units for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness, and those units will be in decent, safe, and sanitary condition at the time of their occupancy. Further, the Project will meet all of the following conditions, as applicable, and as required under Cal. Health and Safety Code Sec. 50675.1.2.: (1) no units will be acquired by eminent domain; (2) the acquisitions will be paid for exclusively by public funds; (3) the County will obtain an enforceable commitment that all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the Project will use a skilled · and trained workforce for any rehabilitation, construction, or alterations in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code; (4) letters of support will be obtained for any rehabilitation, constmction, or alteration work; (5) long-term covenants and restrictions will be imposed that require the units to be restricted. to persons experiencing homelessness or whp are at risk of homelessness, which may include lower income, and very low income households, as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 50079.5, for no fewer than 55 years; and (6) no footprint of any Project structure will increase by more than 10 percent of the original footprint. . Califoniia Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to any project, including a phased project, funded pursuant to Section 50675.1.1 if all of the following requirements, if applicable, are ' satisfied: (b) (c) (d) (1-) No units were acquired by eminent domc1in. (2) The units will be in decent, safe, and sanitary condition at the time of their occupancy. (3) The project proponent shall requires all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project to pay prevailing wages for any rehabilitation, cmnstruction, or alterations in accordance with Chapter 1 ( commencing .with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. (4) The project proponent obtains an enforceable commitment that all contractors and subcontractor performing work on the project will use a skilled and trained workforce for any rehabilitation, construction, or alterations in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600),of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (5) The project proponent submits to the lead agency a letter of support from a county, city, or other local· public entity for any rehabilitation, construction, or alteration work. (6) Any ac,quisition is paid for exclusively by public funds. (7) The project provides housing units for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. (8) Long-tern, covenants and restrictions require the _units to be restricted to persons experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness, which may include lower income, and very low i_ncome households, as defined by Section 500_79.5, for no fewer than 55 years. (9) The project does not increase the original footprint of the project structure or structures by more than 10 percent Any increase to the footprint of the original project structure or structures shall be exclusively to support the conversion to housing for the designated population, including, but not limited to, both of the following: -· (A) Achieving compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. (B) Providing sufficient space for the provision of services and amenities. If the lead agency determines that a project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to this section,. and the lead agency detemiines to. approve or to carry out that project, the lead agency shall file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk of the county in which the project is located in the manner specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 21152 of the Public Resources Code. This section shall only apply to a project for which the initial application to the city, county, or city and county where the project is located was submitted on or before April 30, 2021 . This section shall be repealed on July 1, 2021 .
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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