Los Angeles County’s Aging and Disabilities Analysis of
California’s Intrastate Funding Formula Modernization
70-B.
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn:
Suspend Section 22.1 of the Rules of the Board for the limited purpose
of considering this motion. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, through
the Legislative Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations (CEO-LAIR)
Branch, to send a five-signature letter to the California Department of
Aging (CDA), with copies to the Los Angeles County State Legislative
Delegation, the Director of the California Department of Finance, the
Senate President pro Tempore, and the Assembly Speaker, opposing
the proposed changes to the Intrastate Funding Formula (IFF);
expressing the significant harm that it would cause to the County, the
region, and its residents; requesting a temporary pause in the adoption
of the proposed IFF, prior to submission to the Administration for
Community Living (ACL), to allow for targeted refinement and validation
of the model. The letter should advocate for an IFF weighting
methodology of 25% 60+ population, 25% 60+ low income, 20% 60+
racial/ethnic minority, 20% 60+ disability, and 10% 60+ geographic
isolation, and request that CDA publish the fiscal impact of this
alternative for all 33 Planning and Service Areas (PSAs) together with
reasonable alternative scenarios before final adoption;
Instruct the Director of Aging and Disabilities to include in the County's
formal public comments a request that CDA evaluate demographic
change using both percentage growth and absolute numerical growth in
adults age 60 and older and demonstrate how the selected factor
weights align with actual service demand and the Older Americans Act
(OAA) requirement to target populations with the greatest economic
and social need;
Direct CEO-LAIR to advocate for proposals that secure the strongest
possible outcome for the County, work to minimize any potential
funding reductions for high-need regions, and support a balanced and
sustainable Statewide funding approach;
Instruct the Director of Aging and Disabilities to request that CDA
evaluate whether reducing the current formula from seven factors to