ARPA Grant Closeout Reallocation

At a glance

What: a Budget and Finance Committee report (Council File 23-0211) authorizing the closeout and reallocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.
Where it stands: adopted as amended by Amending Motion 10A (Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield) by the City Council on 2026-10-14 by 13 ayes, 0 noes (Padilla and Park absent). The amendment is attached to the journal and its text was not in the record read.
Next: final grant closeout; the City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports no General Fund impact.

Reallocation of 130,219.42 dollars between ARPA projects, per the CAO's October 6, 2026 revised table.
Transfer of 93,138.92 dollars within the ARPA Business Assistance Programs Fund (from Contract Ready LA, the LA Optimized Program and JEDI Zone business assistance) to a new Community Investment account, and a matching increase in Community Investment Department salaries for ARPA administration.
Up to 28,622.86 dollars of fiscal year 2021-22 encumbrances for six contracts disencumbered and returned early to the Reserve Fund.
37,080.53 dollars from the Digital Inclusion Fund to the Bureau of Street Lighting for administrative costs of ARPA-funded programs.
Discrepancy: the video-based page records a 12 to 1 vote, with McOsker saying afterward that his no vote was meant as a yes; the journal records 13 ayes and no noes.

Item 10. Adopted as amended, 13 ayes, 0 noes (the journal shows no no vote).