US EditionLA County supervisors create a new department for homeless services
- On April 1, the Los Angeles County Board approved a plan to form a new department for homeless services.
- The action follows audits highlighting fiscal deficiencies and a lack of accountability within LAHSA.
- The new department will consolidate programs and funding, managing approximately $1 billion and employing about 1,000 people.
- Lindsey Horvath stated, 'The status quo is not serving anyone,' signaling a need for systemic change.
- By July 2026, the county aims to shift over $300 million from LAHSA to the new department, pending transition plans.
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Supervisors vote to create new homeless department – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
Staff members of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority talk to a homeless person. The county Board of Supervisors voted April 1 to create a new department to coordinate regional homeless services.Courtesy photo Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — On the day a new local tax took effect to combat homelessness, the county Board of Supervisors voted to create its own department to coordinate regional homeless services, effectively de-funding a jo…
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Daily BulletinLA County supervisors create a new department for homeless services
In an effort to fix an embattled system critics have called fragmented, disorganized and unaccountable, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, April 1 to create its own homeless services department. The seismic move comes despite objections from several Los Angeles City Councilmembers who said the process of creating a county department that moves taxpayer funds from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), a j…
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