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HUD HOME Investment Partnership - American Rescue Grant Program funds

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HUD-ARP Homeless Fund revenue increase

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Repayment of unobligated CARES Act administrative fee funds to HUD

Repayment of unobligated CARES Act funds to HUD

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Budget amendment for HUD Annual Action Plan

Budget amendment for HUD Annual Action Plan implementation

LEAP grant from HUD for Housing and Land Use Element preparation

EHV administrative fees from HUD

Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) program funding from HUD American Rescue Plan Act 2021

Emergency Housing Voucher program funding from HUD American Rescue Plan Act

FY 2021-2022 appropriation for auditing services including CAP assistance, GASB implementation, and HUD procedures

FY 2020-2021 appropriation for auditing services including CAP assistance, GASB implementation, and HUD procedures

Jun 9, 2026

city council

The June 9, 2026 Compton City Council meeting was dominated by explosive public comments from multiple residents alleging the city violated its own Resolution 26363, which mandated an all-mail ballot election for June 2, but polling places were opened anyway. Speakers demanded the election be invalidated and reported contacting the FBI. The council also directed staff to place a permanent fireworks ban on the November 2026 ballot while maintaining the current suspension, approved a $1.8 million street sweeping package to transition services in-house, accepted a $350,000 state tobacco enforcement grant partnering with the Sheriff's Department, and held a public hearing on the 2026-2027 [CDBG](https://www.[hud](https://www.hud.gov).gov/program_offices/comm_planning/cdbg) and HOME annual action plan totaling approximately $1.76 million. Mayor Sharif was absent due to the death of her sister.

May 12, 2026

city council

At the May 12, 2026 meeting, the Compton City Council approved several key items including a $200,000 CalTrans grant to continue the city's Clean Team cleanup program, a $309,495 contract for asphalt pavement rehabilitation at various locations, a $67,500 contract for dirt removal and dumping cleanup on city-owned parcels near the 710 freeway, and an $874,908 cost-sharing agreement with the City of Carson for street improvements on Central Avenue. The council also adopted a schedule for upcoming community budget workshops across all four districts, with an additional Saturday session being explored, and scheduled a public hearing for the HUD 2026-27 Annual Action Plan on June 9. During public comment, residents raised concerns about street conditions, Republic Services trash pickup delays, transparency and financial accountability, the Compton Unified School District bond measure, and a credit card misuse investigation — with the city manager announcing that a full report and the investigator will be presented at next week's meeting.

Oct 14, 2025

city council

The council's two largest direct expenditures, both approved 5-0, were $233,589 drawn from the Equipment Rental Fund balance to pay outstanding invoices owed to Toyota Material Handling Solutions, Quinn Co., and Carson Trailer Inc. — the use of fund balance to cover past-due bills signals invoices that accumulated unpaid — and $100,000 to Roadline Products, Inc. for pavement marking equipment, a round-number figure at a common purchase-order approval threshold. All consent items passed 5-0 without discussion, including a $25,000 purchase from HASA Inc. for pool chemicals and a recurring $8,459 contract renewal with ESI Employee Assistance Group. The council approved 5-0 a budget amendment accepting $1,988,847 in federal HUD HOME-ARP grant funds and scheduled a public hearing for November 18, 2025 on reallocation of CDBG and HOME funds; both are federal grant actions, not city general fund spending. The evening's largest dollar figure was an informational presentation by Matrix Consulting Group on fire department overtime costs — no spending was approved on that item, and council direction on next steps was not taken.

May 27, 2025

city council

The single expenditure approved at the May 27, 2025 Compton City Council meeting was a $27,000 purchase order to Sherwin Williams for anti-graffiti paint, drawn from the Measure P Fund and passed 4-0 with Councilmember Duhart absent throughout the meeting. The council also approved first reading of an ordinance requiring labor violation disclosures from contractors on large construction projects, passed 4-0 (Duhart absent) after the full text reading was waived; three Western States Regional Council of Carpenters representatives spoke in favor before the vote and no members of the public opposed. Three scheduling items were approved without new spending: a public hearing on an AB 2561 vacancy rate review for June 3 (4-0, Duhart absent), a hearing on solid waste delinquencies for collection on the LA County tax roll for June 17 (passed — one public speaker and Councilmember Darton each stated opposition to placing trash bills on the property tax roll, but Darton voted yes after staff clarified the item applies only to multi-family and commercial accounts), and a HUD five-year consolidated plan hearing for June 24 (passed). The meeting also included informational-only presentations on coyote management, the ShotSpotter program (45 activations since going live in March 2025), and a new cellular-based citywide camera system intended to replace a 2007 system that staff stated is 95% inoperable; no spending was approved in connection with any of these presentations.

May 13, 2025

city council

The council's sole spending action was a unanimous 5-0 vote approving Formation of Underground Utility District No. 1, authorizing underground installation of utility lines along Muroc Street (Oleander to Acacia) and Acacia Avenue (Muroc to Alondra) near Compton High School, with Southern California Edison serving as both the grant source ($5.67M Rule 20A allocation) and the sole contractor; total project expenditures are listed at $3.3M, broken across line items including $1.32M for mainline trenching and conduit (40%), $495,000 for crossings and vaults (15%), and $330,000 for street restoration (10%), with the public works director stating the project could run up to 84 months. One speaker at the public hearing questioned whether the city charter's requirement for a state-licensed civil engineer had been satisfied and whether affected property owners received legally required advance notice; the public works director stated notifications were sent per municipal code and that licensed engineering firms are consulted for work requiring a PE signature, though the speaker was not satisfied with that response. The budget workshop was an informational item with no spending approved; the city manager stated a recommended balanced budget would be delivered within days, described an approximate $275M all-funds city budget, and noted the annual Los Angeles County Sheriff's contract is approaching $29M — the city manager attributed this trajectory to escalating liability, personnel, and equipment costs built into the county's rate structure. A developer told the council that city delays in processing HUD project-based vouchers are threatening a 75-unit affordable housing project at 1434 West Compton Boulevard, which the developer stated has already received a rare 90-day extension from the state tax credit committee expiring July 11.

Mar 11, 2025

city council

The council declared its intent to establish an underground utility district with a $5.67M budget allocation to Southern California Edison, approved 5-0 with no discussion, and ratified a contract amendment with MIG Inc. for $462,208 for the General Plan 2045 update — one of five line items paid to MIG Inc. within this single agenda item, cumulatively totaling approximately $2.18M — also approved 5-0 with no discussion. The council authorized a $684,705 contract with Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Tucker Park playground work, funded through CDBG, CDBG-CV, and Measure A, approved 5-0 with no discussion; Innovative Playgrounds appears in three line items across two related agenda items with a combined line-item total of approximately $1.93M. Notices of completion released $244,441 to Beador Construction Company for the Artesia Boulevard Bridge and $88,971 to Horizons Construction Company International for fire station driveways, both approved 5-0 after Councilmember Darden raised questions about document corrections and unfinished scope items on the bridge project. A public hearing on safe-and-sane fireworks drew approximately twenty-two speakers — the mayor tallied eleven opposed and nine in favor — and closed 5-0 with no spending approved; a separate public hearing on reallocation of approximately $2.7M in unspent CDBG funds from 2018–2022 also closed 5-0, with the city manager stating those funds must be encumbered before a May 2 HUD compliance deadline to avoid loss of the city's annual federal allocation.

Jan 28, 2025

city council

No new spending was approved at the January 28, 2025 Compton City Council meeting; the consent agenda carried no items, and the closed session covering the City Manager performance evaluation (Item 1) was cancelled and tabled after an initial quorum failure — the transcript does not record a complete vote tally for either procedural motion, with only three of five council members' votes captured on the recess motion and two of five on adjournment. The city manager delivered an informational ARPA spending report showing $29 million disbursed to date, with individual line items including nearly $5 million for fire apparatus replacement, approximately $1.5 million for tree trimming, and $199,910 paid to California Labor Solutions for HR services against a $200,000 council authorization — a figure $90 below the full approved ceiling, which represents a threshold-adjacent pattern worth noting. The Measure A report disclosed over $1 million directed to pool maintenance at Gonzales and Luders parks, and the city manager stated he intends to return to council to shift a previously approved $450,000 Cesar Chavez park playground allocation from Measure A to CDBG funding; separately, approximately $3.3 million in prior-year CDBG funds remains unallocated and the city manager stated it is at risk of federal reduction or clawback under current HUD rules. Eleven residents spoke during public comment, including one speaker who cited a $1,253,279 animal control contract with LA Animal Care — approved September 24, 2024 — and stated the vendor had not responded to a dead animal pickup request placed days earlier, and another who raised questions about undisclosed spending totals for the recent election and Christmas parade.

Sep 3, 2024

city council

The council's largest approved expenditure was $150,000 split among three recurring fire apparatus vendors — Bit Pros Fire Services, William Kalvikov DBA Fire Apparatus Solutions, and Performance Truck Repair Inc. — passed 4-0 on a consent block (Spicer absent throughout the meeting) that also included a $70,000 recurring purchase order to Waxie Sanitary Supply; a standalone $125,000 recurring purchase order to Life Assist Medical Supplies was approved separately 4-0. A $120,000 fuel purchase order split among Jankovich, SC Fuels, and Wood Oil (item 18, also recurring) was pulled by the city manager before the vote with no reason stated on the record. The council held a public hearing on reallocating $743,175.67 in unspent CDBG funds dating back to 2017 — the city manager stated HUD had physically visited city hall and warned of penalties if the funds were not expended — drawing approximately five public speakers who raised questions about vagueness in the proposed program categories; the hearing closed 4-0, but no separate approval vote on the reallocation itself is documented in the transcript. Two identically-described resolutions — items 16 and 17 — ratifying what is listed as the same AFSCME Local 3947 Article 19 side letter were each approved 4-0 with no council discussion of the duplication.