Congresswoman Lucile Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alarcón and Beatriz Stotzer, Chairwoman of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, to discuss the formula used to calculate the Federal Poverty Guidelines. The councilmember is the Chair of the City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Ending Poverty in Los Angeles. The councilmember and the commissioner said the current guidelines, created in the 1960s, are widely regarded as outdated.
 

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