A deepening rift between Los Angeles County and City leaders erupted last week over who bears responsibility for tens of millions of dollars in late payments to homeless service providers, as Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath accused Mayor Karen Bass of hypocrisy and the mayor warned that county actions were creating “more bureaucracy.”
The political clash centers on the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a joint city-county agency that has repeatedly failed to pay contractors on time despite administering hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds annually.
The exchange came after the Board of Supervisors voted March 3 to embed county staff at LAHSA to review financial operations and directly oversee a plan ensuring providers are paid through June 30…