Data Con LA 2020 Description Permanent supportive housing is an often misunderstood but vital solution to homelessness. It offers a combination of permanent housing and wraparound services for individuals who are considered chronically homeless and who are most at risk at falling right back into homelessness without supportive services. The passing of Prop HHH in 2016 enabled a $1.2 billion bond to build approximately 10,000 units for homeless Angelenos over 10 years. Was this goal too ambitious? How many units have been built? In which neighborhoods are these units being built in? Is any district in Los Angeles not taking part?Using Tableau to import data from ControlPanel LA and CalEnviroScreen, we visualize the progress of permanent supportive housing sites in Los Angeles. A geographic view matched with Census data shows us demographic information where PSH sites are being built. Information including poverty level, education, pollution and other health risks reveal where construction has been approved and in which neighborhoods they are lacking. If we are to solve this homeless crisis, all neighborhoods need to take on the load of providing housing. This research will show what to expect with homelessness in Los Angeles in the coming years and what can be done to help. Speaker Andres Ocon, LA Family Housing, Data Coordinator

1. COMBINING DATASETS TO FIND
SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS
ANDRES OCON

2. ABOUT ME
• Data Coordinator
• LA Family Housing
• Volunteer
• LAHSA Annual Homeless Count Deployment Site Coordinator
• Census Goodwill Ambassador
• The Shower of Hope
• The Monday Night Mission
• School on Wheels
• Researcher
• MBA Candidate

3. PRESENTATION
• Overview of Homelessness
• Research
• Housing and Health Effects
• Census Tracking
• Mapping Encampments
• Public Data
• Programs
• Tableau
• Excel

4. HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES
66,436 people in Los Angeles
County experiencing homelessness
41,290 in city of LA
16% increase from 2019
Multiple types of homelessness
Requires multiple solutions
CES matches people to needs
Measure H and Proposition HHH
provide funding for housing
Measure H uses a .25% sales tax to combat
homelessness
HHH funds 10,000 units of permanent
supportive housing
Passed in 2016, funding takes time
Source: LAHSA

5. WHAT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING?

6. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
• Permanent Supportive Housing ≠ Homeless Shelter
• Shelters offer temporary housing and services
• PSH is designed for permanent living
• Built specifically for the chronically homeless
• Supportive services like counseling included on site
• Prevents individuals with disabling conditions to fall back into homelessness
• Follows the Housing First model recommended by HUD
• Evidence-based to be the best solution
• Not unique to California
Source: LAHSA, HUD

7. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
• Residents must be qualified to live in PSH buildings
(income, disability, etc.)
• Residents sign a one-year lease
• Residents pay monthly rent and must follow
normal tenant rules of the building
• Case managers work on site
Source Photo: LA Family Housing website

8. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
• Buildings designed to fit within community
• LEED certified (green, sustainable)
• Buildings typically include 40-60 studio apartments
• Confusion with shelters is what leads to
misinformation, protests
Source Photo: LA Family Housing website

9. TRACKING PROGRESS OF PSH SITES

10. CONTROLPANEL LA
WEBSITE
• Search keywords
• Download Excel file
• Analyze Data
• Upload to Tableau
Source: https://lacontroller.org/controlpanel-la/

11. HHH PROJECTS 2020
• “HHH Projects 2020” dataset
• Updated Yearly
• Upload to Tableau
• Includes location address, funding
details, number of units information
Source: https://lacontroller.org/controlpanel-la/

12. MAP OF CURRENT AND
PLANNED PSH SITES
• Most are near downtown Los Angeles
• Fewer in the San Fernando Valley

13. LIST OF SITES
• List of all Pending/Completed PSH sites
• Number of PSH Units expected at each site
• Sub Stages
1. Predevelopment
2. Loan Closed
3. In Construction
4. Completed

14. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
• 111 PSH HHH Sites
• 3 Completed (Green)
• 30 In Construction (Blue)
• 3 Loan Closed (Yellow)
• 75 Predevelopment (Red)

15. COMPLETION
STATUS
• Year of expected completion
• 13 expected in 2020
• Percent to completion

16. NUMBER OF UNITS
EXPECTED
• Number of units per site
• 862 Units by 2020
• 7,428 Total Units planned through
2024

17. COMBINING DATASETS
1. HHH Dataset from Los Angeles City
Controller Ron Galperin
2. The California Office of
Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment

18. CALENVIROSCREEN
• California Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment
• Mapping tool that identifies
communities affected by pollution
• Uses environmental, health, and
socioeconomic information
Source: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen

19. CALENVIROSCREEN
DATASET
• Includes CalEnviroScreen (CES) score
details
• evaluates the burden of pollution
• Ranks pollution level by percentile
• Higher percentile = higher pollution
• Plots census tracts for all of California
• Pacific Palisades = 11.4th Percentile
• Los Angeles Avg = 74.9th Percentile
• Includes poverty and education
scores as well

20. HHH SITES AND
CALENVIROSCREEN
DATA
• HHH Sites layered with CES Score
• Darker red means higher CES Score
• Higher CES score = More pollution
• Less pollution burden near the coast

21. EDUCATIONVS.
POVERTY
• Educational Attainment
• The percent of people over 25
with less than a high school
education
• Higher percentile means higher
rank in California
• More PSH sites are found in high
poverty, low education areas
• Marina del Rey, Venice, and
Chatsworth are exceptions
Source: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/indicators

22. SHELTERED VS UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS

23. LOS ANGELES CITY
DATA
• Lacity.org data
• Downloadable Dataset from Annual
Homeless Count
• From 2019 Homeless Count, Not
2020 Count as previously referenced
• Includes Sheltered and Unsheltered
homeless individuals data
Source: https://geohub.lacity.org/search?q=homeless%20count

24. TOTAL NUMBER OF
HOMELESS BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
• Total = 31,556
• Boundaries are neighborhood
council districts
• Darker red means higher number of
homeless
• Any neighborhood with 200+ in red

25. TOTAL UNSHELTERED
HOMELESS BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
• Total Unsheltered = 25,701
• Unsheltered = street
homelessness, living in car, etc.

26. TOTAL SHELTERED
HOMELESS BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
• Total Sheltered = 5,855
• Sheltered = Interim Housing or
permanent supportive housing
• 53 out of 95 Neighborhood
Council Districts sheltering 0
homeless

27. THE CENSUS AND HOMELESSNESS
• California is at risk of losing 2 Congressional seats and billions of dollars of funding
• Census officials counted the homeless population in September
• The homeless are a difficult group to count
• LAHSA homeless count uses thousands of volunteers to count the entire county
• Unclear how much of Los Angeles’ homeless population was counted by Census officials
• Counting the homeless in the Census means more revenue and resources for the neighborhoods they
stay in
• More housing would make it easier to count homeless individuals
Source: AP News

28. MAPPING HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS

29. MYLA311 APP USAGE
• Dataset in Lacity.org
• Free smartphone app allows users to
pinpoint where they see a homeless
encampment
• All user generated data
Source: https://data.lacity.org/A-Well-Run-City/311-Homeless-Encampments-Requests/az43-p47q

30. HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS
• Each pinpoint is an instance of a
encampment in 2018
• 32,793 different user generated
marks
• More representative of how the
homeless situation feels in Los
Angeles

31. HOUSING MATTERS
• All neighborhoods need to participate
• Homeless encampments have increased to every Neighborhood Council district in the city
• Many areas with high street homelessness do not offer housing options
• Permanent Supportive Housing is underutilized
• Funding is there, resident support is lacking
• The next few years are critical for approving projects
• Potential losses in Census revenue, lack of affordable housing, and economic uncertainty are all factors
we could be facing this next year

32. YOU HAVE THE TOOLS
• Public data is yours to analyze
• Share your thoughts online and with friends
• Get Involved
• Attend Neighborhood Council meetings
• Attend City Council Meetings
• Volunteer
• Have discussions with your neighbors

33. THANK YOU
Andres Ocon
aaocon@gmail.com