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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD  
HILDA L. SOLIS  
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
HOLLY J. MITCHELL  
LINDSEY P. HORVATH  
JANICE HAHN  
KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION  
500 WEST TEMPLE STREET  
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012  
(213) 974-1411 - FAX (213) 620-0636  
EDWARD YEN  
EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
KATHRYN BARGER  
January 30, 2026  
TO:  
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Chair  
Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell  
Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath  
Supervisor Janice Hahn  
Supervisor Kathryn Barger  
Joseph M. Nicchitta, Acting Chief Executive Officer  
Dawyn Harrison, County Counsel  
Press Room  
FROM:  
Edward Yen  
Executive Officer  
POSTED:  
RE:  
January 30, 2026  
Corrections and/or additions to the agenda for the Board meeting of  
Tuesday, February 3, 2026.  
REQUEST:  
Set Matter-2.  
The Acting Chief Executive Officer requests that the following  
item be continued to March 3, 2026:  
Report on the Plan Developed to Support Represented Los  
Angeles Housing Services Authority Workers  
Report by the Acting Chief Executive Officer and the Director of  
Personnel on the plan developed to support represented Los Angeles  
Housing Services Authority workers to access employment  
opportunities at County Departments, as requested at the Board  
Meeting of November 18, 2025. RECEIVE AND FILE (26-0101)  
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REVISE:  
10.  
Evaluation and Preparation of Winter Shelter Program in Los  
Angeles County  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Hahn and Solis:  
Instruct the Director of Homeless Services and Housing, in consultation  
with County Counsel, the Acting Chief Executive Officer, relevant  
County Departments, and implementing partners to take immediate and  
ongoing actions to strengthen the County’s Winter Shelter Program  
and Emergency Response Program as responsibilities transition from  
the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to the Department of  
Homeless Services Housing, and to take the following actions:  
Assuming operational leadership and accountability for the  
planning, coordination, contracting, and oversight of winter  
shelter and inclement weather emergency response operations,  
including activations during extreme cold, storms, heavy rain,  
heat events, wildfires, and other climate-related emergencies, to  
ensure vulnerable unsheltered residents are rapidly and safely  
brought indoors when hazardous conditions arise storm  
response operations…. (26-0895)  
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CORRECTION:  
15.  
Supporting Urgency to Rebuild Los Angeles County Parks  
Following the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events  
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Barger: Authorize the  
Director of Parks and Recreation to execute a Donation and  
Partnership agreement with the Los Angeles County Parks Foundation  
(Foundation) to accept from the Foundation donated improvements and  
coordinate the scope and design of projects to re-open parks damaged  
by fires to meet funding deadlines. Find that the proposed actions are  
not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Further  
find that the actions herein are within the scope of the Board's findings  
with respect to CEQA in Board Order No. 10 13-C of January 28, 2025  
which addressed response to the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical  
Fire Events. Authorize the Director to take the following actions…  
(26-0742)  
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REVISE:  
18.  
Reimagining the Distribution of Opioid Settlement Funds in Los  
Angeles County  
Revised recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Direct  
the Acting Chief Executive Officer, in collaboration with the Director of  
Public Health, to determine the total amount of existing unallocated  
opioid settlement funding available, and to develop a proposed  
approach for estimating future funding that accounts for the variability  
associated with this funding source. Prospectively, the Departments  
should meet no less than quarterly to review available opioid settlement  
funds and anticipated future allocations, including carryover funds, that  
may be available for future programming. Instruct the Director of Public  
Health, in consultation with the Directors of Health Services, Justice  
Care and Opportunities, Youth Development, Mental Health and other  
relevant County Department Heads, to convene community  
stakeholders, including individuals with lived experience and subject  
matter experts in addiction and substance use, to provide guidance and  
recommendations to inform the development of proposed spending  
plans. These recommendations shall be submitted to the Acting Chief  
Executive Officer to inform their recommendations to the Board related  
to the use of unallocated and future opioid settlement funding…  
(26-0153)  
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SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA  
Protecting Public Trust: Accountability in Homeless Services  
Contracts  
45-A.  
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Barger:  
Instruct the Director of Homeless Services and Housing to partner with  
the Auditor-Controller to confirm robust, yet efficient, contract  
issuance, implementation, and monitoring protocols and procedures,  
including a contract monitoring function, which should include, but not  
be limited to a contract template for the department reviewed by County  
Counsel, high standards of accountability, including clearly defined  
performance measures, and timely contractor communication, strong  
provisions for contract termination, the development of active  
monitoring, to include random, in-person site visits, field based  
compliance protocols, corrective action plans, and tools such as  
customer satisfaction surveys, accounting protocols to ensure  
verification of services performed and timely payment, and a process  
for ongoing risk assessment of new and existing contractors. Explore  
contracting with the Auditor-Controller to perform certain oversight  
functions, including monitoring of high-risk contractors. In coordination  
with the Auditor-Controller, report back to the Board in writing in 60  
days with the Department’s internal contract issuance, implementation,  
and monitoring protocols and procedures, plans for ensuing a robust  
contract monitoring function, to include consideration of direct  
contracting with the Auditor Controller, and how these oversight  
functions will be implemented. Provide a verbal presentation at the  
Board Meeting of April 14, 2026, on the report back. (26-0969)  
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Report on Alternative Housing for Pregnant, Justice-Involved  
Youth  
45-B.  
Written report by the Chief Probation Officer, in collaboration with the  
Directors of Mental Health, Health Services, and Children and Family  
Services, the Public Defender, the Alternate Public Defender, the  
District Attorney and other relevant County stakeholders as  
appropriate, on the specific steps taken to secure alternative housing  
for pregnant youth in the Probation Department’s care, as requested at  
the Board meeting of November 4, 2025. RECEIVE AND FILE  
(25-6204)