During a recent special meeting of the Los Angeles Homelessness and Poverty Committee, committee members approved a slew of motions granting more interim housing projects and allocating millions in funding for other taxpayer-backed homeless programs. “Although we understand that interim housing solutions are not the final destination, not the panacea, we must recognize it is needed,” Councilman Kevin de Leon—who is now the chairman of the committee after the dismissal of former Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas—said during the Nov. 15 meeting. The city will move forward with leasing a total of 347 new units of permanent supportive housing across the city. A new tiny home village will also be built with 109 beds village in Council District 13 at 2301 W. 3rd Street, and the city will enter into a sublease agreement with Urban Alchemy, a nonprofit homeless resource founded in San Francisco, to run the site. Several tiny home villages …