The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to create a new county homelessness department, reallocating more than $300 million from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) by 2026. The new department's budget will exceed $1 billion, aiming for improved oversight and accountability of homelessness funds. This decision, despite objections from Mayor Karen Bass, aligns with a commission's recommendations for restructuring LAHSA, criticized for its management of contracts. The move will impact over 700 county employees, who will be transferred to the new department beginning January 1.
On a 4-0 vote, the supervisors signed off on the strategy to form a new county homelessness department with a budget that would almost immediately exceed $1 billion.
This moment is about the county taking the dollars that taxpayers have entrusted to us and investing them in what works," said Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who spearheaded the plan.
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