Amid a 5% loss in overall funding this budget year, the top homeless services agency for the Los Angeles area announced Friday it would reassign or lay off employees within the next few months.
In a statement to LAist, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said it would need to cut some of its outreach staff positions because of funding cuts from the city of L.A. for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
But the agency, known as LAHSA, also said it is hoping to avoid those layoffs by moving some employees into similar vacant positions funded by other sources…