According to Mayor Karen Bass, the L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was just starting to show signs of significant progress. Then, on Tuesday, the County Supervisors voted to pull its funding from the city-county collaboration.
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“First of all, I believe for the second year in a row, we were going to see that street homelessness has decreased,” Bass told KNX News’ Craig Fiegener . “This is the first time there’s been a decrease in homelessness in years.”
The mayor emailed the County Board of Supervisors asking them to reject the proposal to start its own homeless services program, but the initiative passed .
Under the approved plan, the county-run agency is expected to launch by Jan. 1, and all funding will be pulled from the LAHSA by July 1, 2026…