Transfer into the Homelessness Emergency Account

City of Los Angeles · City of LA homelessness accounts (CAO report)

Amount$36,179,658maximum

Awarded toNot named in the record

How longNot stated

Money fromUnappropriated Balance

Size of that fundNot found (UB line balance not stated)

Approved byCity CouncilThe meeting and vote →

What it pays for and how it works

This approval transfers $36,179,658 from the City's Unappropriated Balance into the Homelessness Emergency Account so that Inside Safe can finish FY 2025-26 without running out of money. The CAO report projects FY 2025-26 Inside Safe costs of $131.9 million against $88.9 million in available funding after prior-year obligations, a gap of about $36.7 million.

Recommendation 43 moves the money from the Unappropriated Balance line item named Interim Housing (Fund 100/58, Account 580441) to the Homelessness Emergency Account (General City Purposes Fund 100/56, Account 000959). The report describes the transfer as supported by $24.9 million in General Fund and $11.25 million in Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) money. The ERF portion can pay only ERF-eligible costs. The report says about $11.8 million of the gap is expected to be absorbed within available funding by year-end and will be monitored.

The transfer is one of several related actions. Recommendation 45 releases $8,149,678.71 in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 Inside Safe motel contract encumbrances and returns it to the HEA for ongoing motel leasing. The report also moves $482,436 from the Inside Safe Reserve for reimbursable County-joint operations. Recommendation 40 reduces the HEA by $3,159,903.82 because those staff costs move to the ERF-4-L grant. The report says 18 Inside Safe motels will serve only ERF-eligible participants from about April 1, 2026, which offsets about $5.7 million in local costs this fiscal year.

Where the money comes from

The Unappropriated Balance (UB) is a part of the City budget that holds money set aside without a final spending assignment. Council moves it to departments or accounts later by vote. The source here is the UB line item named Interim Housing (Fund 100/58, Account 580441). The CAO report does not state how much the Interim Housing line held before this transfer or the total size of the FY 2025-26 Unappropriated Balance. The report states the $36,179,658 is supported by $24.9 million General Fund and $11.25 million ERF.

Records

The official record with this amount
Council Action Form, Council File 23-1022-S29 (adopted April 29, 2026; Mayor approved May 8, 2026) City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Clerk · official record
Mayor's signature homeless program runs short on cash as city moves money to cover Westside Current

Approved amounts are the most that can be spent, not money already paid. Payments show up later in the City's Checkbook L.A. or the County's expenditure data.

Approved the same day

Tiny-home village operations $42,979,510
Interim housing operations, July to December 2026 (A Bridge Home, Homekey and other sites) $34,595,350
Inside Safe service providers through LAHSA, January to June 2026, moved to the Housing Department $24,035,798
Interim housing operations, July to December 2026 $6,842,738
Project Homekey operations $6,457,166
Youth (TAY) interim housing operations, July 2026 to June 2027 $5,498,439
LAHSA administration of the City's Measure A Local Solutions Fund contracts $5,492,964
Interim housing operations, July to September 2026 $4,157,740
Third-party administrator contract $250,000

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