§ 4.73.060. Community Oversight and Accountability.

A.

The Citizen's Homelessness Initiative Oversight Advisory Board ("Advisory Board") is hereby created.

B.

The Advisory Board shall be comprised of five members appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Each Supervisorial District shall nominate one member for appointment by the Board of Supervisors. The Advisory Board shall include at least one member that meets each of the following criteria:

1.

A professional from the field of municipal/public finance and/or accounting and budgeting with a minimum of ten years of relevant experience in evaluating financial transactions and program cost-effectiveness; and

2.

An individual working in the homelessness services, research, or advocacy field in a management position with a minimum of ten years of relevant experience.

The Advisory Board members shall be governed by and comply with State conflict of interest laws (e.g., Government Code section 87000 et seq.; and section 1090 et seq.) and the County's conflict of interest policies. The members shall have no legal action pending against Los Angeles County and are prohibited from acting in any activity directly or indirectly involving funding provided through this ordinance during their tenure on the Advisory Board. Advisory Board members shall not have direct interest or employment with any public or private entity, which receives funding provided through this ordinance.

C.

The Advisory Board shall do all of the following:

1.

Semi-annual review of all expenditures from the retail transactions and use tax;

2.

Publish a complete accounting of all allocations each year, posting the information on the County's publicly accessible Internet Web site; in a downloadable spreadsheet format, including information about the location and footprint of each funded project, its objectives, status, and outcomes, any matching funds used, and the applicable program from the expenditure plan schedule;

3.

Submit periodic evaluations to the County of the retail transactions and use tax expenditures, which may at the Board of Supervisors' direction be undertaken by independent researchers, identifying any changes needed to meet the objectives of the Homeless Initiative.

D.

Members of the Advisory Board shall serve for a term of four years at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors, and no member may serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The Board of Supervisors may, by order, extend this length of service or waive this limit for individuals or the Advisory Board as a whole. A member's position shall become vacant upon his or her death, resignation, or removal by the Board of Supervisors. In the case of such a vacancy, the Supervisorial District from which the vacancy arose shall nominate a successor for appointment by the Board of Supervisors to fill the unexpired term.

E.

Members of the Advisory Board shall not be compensated for their service, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(Ord. 2017-0001 § 1, 2017.)