HOMELESSNESS

SUBREGIONAL HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC WORK PLAN

The WSCCOG Board adopted the 2022 WSCCOG Subregional Homelessness Strategic Work Plan (Strategic Plan), which builds from the Westside subregion’s local efforts and 2018 City Homelessness Plans to create a blueprint to address homelessness from a subregional perspective through high-impact solutions. The WSCCOG intends to use this plan as a guiding document to conduct a series of activities and convenings with members of the WSCCOG Homelessness Working Group to collaborate in achieving the goals and implementing the following actions as outlined below for this plan. This plan will be an evolving document that the WSCCOG staff and WSCCOG Homelessness Working Group can amend to reflect priorities that may change over time.

2025 STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

The 2025 Strategic Plan Update reflects the collective efforts and initiatives led by WSCCOG, its member jurisdictions, and regional partners to address homelessness across the region since 2022. Building on this foundation, the plan outlines the next phase of strategic priorities, with a focused shift toward:

• Homelessness Prevention – WSCCOG to serve as the fiscal agent for the County Measure A’s Local Solution Fund and the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) fund for Renter Protection and Homelessness Prevention (RPHP). This effort includes regional collaboration with member cities and other Regional COGs to identify regional programs and budget under the Measure A funds.

• Regional Behavioral Healthcare Services – WSCCOG will procure a consultant and work with the WSCCOG Board and Advisory Group to develop the Westside Subregional Behavioral Healthcare Services Strategic Roadmap that aims to:

  • Enhance the behavioral healthcare service delivery system across the Westside subregion

  • Identify and close the critical services gaps through targeted short-term and long-term solutions, tailored to the Westside subregion and specific to the cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood

  • Improve the coordination of intensive behavioral healthcare services among the WSCCOG member cities and regional stakeholders, including service providers, County agencies, and other key partners

  • Ensure the long-term sustainability and viability of proposed behavioral health services across the subregion, including ongoing funding opportunities and regional collaboration 

  • Establish the foundation for the development of a future centralized campus-based safe landing model serving the Westside subregion that includes intensive outpatient treatment services, substance use disorder (SUD) residential treatment services, and crisis services

• Affordable Housing Production and Preservation – WSCCOG to work closely with the member cities to establish a Regional Housing Trust in collaboration with a consultant in FY 2025-26. This includes developing a governance structure, needs assessment, and programming for the Regional Housing Trust. Potential programs may include creation of and gap financing for affordable housing development; acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing, and preservation of existing naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). This work also aligns with ongoing regional discussions around emerging funding streams, including the LACAHSA funding from Measure A for Production, Preservation, and Ownership (PPO).

 WSCCOG will continue to work with member jurisdictions to pursue funding and partnerships with County departments, regional COGs, philanthropic organizations, and service providers to prevent homelessness and support long-term sustainable solutions.  

For more information, please contact Ana Cuevas-Flores at ana@estolanoadvisors.com.