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We're in for another warm Sunday as we head into another heatwave.
Today's forecast: It'll be sunny with highs in the 80s topping out in the mid-90s. And it should cool overnight to the upper 60s.
Heat advisories: Monday and Tuesday, the National Weather Service is warning of significant heat for parts of our region.
Keep reading... for a list of cooling centers and tips and resources.
We're in for another warm day Sunday as we head into another heat wave.
It'll be sunny with highs in the 80s topping out in the mid-90s. And it should cool overnight to the upper 60s.
But Monday and Tuesday, there are heat advisories from the National Weather Service for parts of our region. It'll be in the 90s and up to 100 in inland areas on Monday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will be 8 to 16 degrees above normal.
How long will that heat last? According to the National Weather Service forecast for L.A., there's some disagreement on that. Initially, meteorologists said Tuesday would be "the hottest day of the stretch and possibly extending the heat into Wednesday."
Now, some reads of the forecast are calling for cooling Tuesday.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass over the weekend cautioned Angelenos to get ready for a "a significant heatwave."
"I urge Angelenos to take note of the City resources we will have in place to help them stay cool as temperatures may soar into triple digits,” she said in a news release, that included the locations of six cooling centers in the city (see below). Bass said the focus was on the most vulnerable areas for excessive heat.
Open Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
In addition, city officials said all parks and libraries will be open during normal business hours.
For the unhoused people living in the densely populated Skid Row area of downtown, city officials said "climate stations" already are open and provide "a safe environment with cold beverages, seating and activities."
On this day in 2014, Hurricane Marie was creating big 15 to 18 foot waves from Newport Beach to Huntington Beach. The Wedge at Newport Beach saw waves as high as 25 to 30 feet.
Here's an excursion to consider for this Sunday:
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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Police forces at California’s K-12 schools have quietly been purchasing and using military equipment for decades — and some have yet to comply with a state law requiring them to disclose that to the public.
The backstory: In 2014, public records revealed the Pentagon had armed California public school police agencies with surplus military gear, including the Los Angeles Unified School District. But beyond the Pentagon’s surplus program, law enforcement agencies including school police have the option to purchase military-grade equipment on their own. A CalMatters investigation has found that the nine K-12 districts in California with these weapons have not been routinely reporting their inventories, renewing their policies, or holding public forums, as required by the law.
Which districts have lagged on reporting?: Five of the school police forces have not disclosed their inventory to the public this year, in spite of a 2021 state law requiring them to do so annually. Two of them, at San Diego Unified School District and Montebello Unified School District, published up-to-date inventory reports after CalMatters asked for them. The remaining two police departments, at Twin Rivers Unified and Santa Ana Unified, released reports for the first time in 2026 after owning the weapons for years.
Police forces at California’s K-12 schools have quietly been purchasing and using military equipment for decades — and some have yet to comply with a state law requiring them to disclose that to the public.
In 2014, public records revealed the Pentagon had armed California public school police agencies with surplus military gear. The Los Angeles School Police Department, supplied with grenade launchers, assault rifles and an armored vehicle, faced strong criticism from local civil rights groups and relinquished its federally-donated armory by 2016.
But beyond the Pentagon’s surplus program, law enforcement agencies including school police have the option to purchase military-grade equipment on their own. Nine of California’s 21 public school police forces have bought their own stashes of military-grade equipment, including semi-automatic rifles, less-lethal launchers and smoke grenades. Under the state’s Penal Code, less-lethal weapons are devices meant to incapacitate or stun someone without killing them, though some of these devices have maimed and killed in the past.
Five of the school police forces have not disclosed their inventory to the public this year, in spite of a 2021 state law requiring them to do so annually. Two of them, at San Diego Unified School District and Montebello Unified School District, published up-to-date inventory reports after CalMatters asked for them. The remaining two police departments, at Twin Rivers Unified and Santa Ana Unified, released reports for the first time in 2026 after owning the weapons for years.
School districts say these weapons improve police ability to respond to critical incidents and threats, apprehend violent suspects, and help with crowd control. In April, Twin Rivers school police in Sacramento County brought out its military-grade patrol rifles while responding to a shooting at an out-of-district high school where a teenager was killed. At that time, the police department did not have a military equipment policy in place.
Some of the districts with police forces initially denied owning military equipment in response to CalMatters’ questions, but changed their answers when asked to double-check since they had policies listing the equipment.
Los Angeles School Police possess 112 semi-automatic rifles and 104 bean-bag shotguns, according to information provided by district spokesperson Christy Hagen. Hagen did not respond when asked if they plan to report that publicly as required by the 2021 law.
“This equipment is used only in limited, high-risk situations where it is necessary to help protect students, staff, community members, and officers,” Hagen wrote in an email to CalMatters. “It is deployed when needed to safely de-escalate dangerous incidents, reduce risk to everyone involved, and help bring critical situations to a safe resolution.”
The 2021 law does not require police to track or report non-military weapons, such as tasers and “standard issue” semi-automatic rifles. However, district governing boards overseeing school police can subject any additional items of their choosing to the same oversight. Some districts told CalMatters they don’t consider tasers and rifles military equipment despite listing those items as such in their policies.
The Twin Rivers Unified School District Police Department has owned military equipment for over 20 years. But the district’s board of trustees didn’t approve an equipment use policy until May.
District Police Chief David Lugo said at the board meeting that the policy simply brought the department into compliance with state law, rather than granting police newfound authority to be armed.
However, state law requires a governing body’s permission if police want to use or buy military equipment. Permission can only be granted if the desired equipment is cost-effective, the police agency has developed an equipment policy that safeguards civil liberties, and there is no other way to maintain civilian safety. The policy must be approved by the same governing board before the equipment is used, re-approved at least annually, and posted online as long as the equipment is usable.
These requirements, and many more, took effect when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481, which aimed to limit the “risks and impacts of police militarization,” especially in low-income and marginalized communities. The law took effect on Jan. 1, 2022, giving police a five-month grace period to comply.
The Twin Rivers district does not perceive a conflict between this law and what Lugo said at the meeting, district spokesperson Zenobia J. Gerald wrote in an email to CalMatters.
Military tools “are not used in the Department’s day-to-day support of District campuses,” Gerald wrote. “They are only used to respond to extraordinary situations such as the presence of firearms or other serious threats on school campuses and active shooter situations.”
Lugo did not respond to repeated interview requests.
At Twin Rivers’ board meeting in May, 14 people used their public comment time to speak about the school police’s equipment inventory. Six attendees, including parents and teachers, protested the adoption of the policy. The other eight commenters, all parents or local residents, spoke in strong support of the district’s military arsenals. Most proponents argued that student safety comes first and school police should take any means necessary to deflect a school shooter.
“The policy is not about militarizing our schools,” said Dianne Kieffer, a board member of a local neighborhood organization. “It’s about preparedness, accountability, transparency, and making sure that the people responsible for protecting our children and our staff and our schools have clear rules, training, oversight and the proper tools if the worst day imaginable ever comes to happen.”
Dean Broussard, the CEO of a security services company, said taking care of the district’s children is more important than people’s personal ideas about police equipment.
“If the time comes, and I hope and pray it never happens, that these officers need to go into a shooting incident, and they don’t have the tools, and they call for (local police) backup, and officers are 15, 20 minutes away … that’s not good,” he said at the meeting. “The immediate response is what we need.”
Parents Kevin and Tricia Hedahl opposed the proposed policy, citing the extensive preparation necessary to safely deploy less-lethal tools and assault rifles usually reserved for war. State law requires the military equipment policy to list necessary training, if there is any, for each weapon.
Kevin Hedahl served in the U.S. Army’s Second Ranger Battalion’s Special Ops unit from 1999 to 2003, and said in an interview that he used the same type of weapons used by Twin Rivers school police in Afghanistan and in the Middle East to breach doors and in combat.
“To be trained to utilize them in a way that we wouldn’t be just randomly killing people was a 24-7 amount of training. We were doing live fire drills on a weekly basis,” he said. “The idea that a police force has access and is able to use these weapons with just this tiny little bit of training just blew me away.”
Others argued that arming campus cops could signal to families that the district sees their kids as dangerous. Diane Roberts, an English teacher at Grant Union High School, said the board should consider how families of Black and Latino students — who comprise over half of the district — feel about assault weapons on campus.
“I think really, really well-trained teachers and school counselors who can do interventions ahead of time is going to be more impactful and help students so much more than (military weapons),” Tricia Hedahl said in an interview. “Conflict resolution and focusing on de-escalation is going to keep so many more people safe and keep it from happening in the first place.”
In July, CalMatters uncovered a massive inventory of military-grade weapons and tools owned by police at the state’s public colleges and universities, and determined that many of the campuses had failed to abide by the state’s strict transparency rules. CalMatters’ continued investigation shows similar failures among K-12 district police forces.
Once military-grade equipment — like less-lethal shotguns, flashbang grenades and drones — is in police hands, that department is required to compile an annual report containing an updated inventory, a summary of equipment uses and filed complaints, the year’s maintenance costs, and an index of planned equipment purchases. The report, filed with the governing body, must also be posted online. Within 30 days of publication, the department must hold a forum where the public can discuss the report and ask questions.
Before CalMatters asked for these reports, five K-12 school police forces — Apple Valley, Fontana, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego — had not published them in the past year.
Stockton and Montebello published reports in 2025. But even though Montebello held a meeting in April this year, it only published its 2026 report online for public viewing after several inquiries from CalMatters in July. The Stockton Unified School District communications office declined to comment on whether its police department held an equipment forum in 2025.
Twin Rivers police held the mandated forum this year. The Santa Ana school police department, which released its first equipment report this year, did not respond to repeated phone and email inquiries into whether its district held the required meeting. This district’s report also did not list the currently-owned quantities of rifle and bean bag munitions or quantities of less-lethal launchers the department plans to buy.
Santa Ana, Twin Rivers and Montebello’s equipment policies also do not state how civilians can submit feedback and complaints, which the law requires.
Dan Garcia, Montebello’s Administration Services director, told CalMatters the public can express concerns at police town halls and district board meetings. Gerald at Twin Rivers said complaint forms can be mailed or delivered in-person at school. Santa Ana school police did not respond to repeated inquiries about their policy’s missing details.
State law requires military equipment documents to be available online, but the Fontana and Apple Valley school districts both said CalMatters would have to get the documents through public record requests.
Initially, on Aug. 4, Fontana’s public records department stated campus police do not own any military equipment. When CalMatters asked if they were certain, the district responded on Aug. 10 that they would update their 2024 equipment report and submit it to their district board of education this September.
San Bernardino school police also said at first that they have no military equipment. When CalMatters asked again, the district sent an equipment report a few days later.
Under the law, all pieces of military equipment need to be listed in a use policy, along with manufacturer descriptions, necessary training, costs and rules for using the items. The policy must also spell out possible penalties for policy violations.
Campus cops do not have to reveal their taser inventory to the public under the military equipment law. For example, the El Rancho Unified School District told CalMatters that campus police carry Axon TASER 7 devices, which they say provide a less-lethal option if force is necessary, but this information is not required to be disclosed.
However, a 2025 policy from Apple Valley Unified categorizes its tasers, semi-automatic rifles, sponge launchers and munitions as military equipment, but lists no other information about those devices. The district told CalMatters its police department has never produced an inventory report, adding that its tasers and rifles are exempt from the state law, which only requires police to report non-standard semi-automatic rifles and Taser Shockwave devices.
Along with the aforementioned districts, 11 other California public school districts — plus Victor Valley Union High School — operate their own police departments. Several of them, including Victor Valley and the Clovis and Hesperia districts, have published military equipment policies but told CalMatters they don’t own such equipment nor plan to purchase it. Compton Unified attracted criticism from local residents in 2014 when it authorized campus police to carry AR-15s, though district spokesperson John Stouffer said the department never bought them.
Fontana and San Bernardino both told CalMatters they would make and publicize the necessary reports as the school year begins. So did San Diego school police, which submitted a new report to its district’s board of education in August after two years without one.
Phoebe Huss is a contributor with the College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. CalMatters higher education coverage is supported by a grant from the College Futures Foundation.
This article was originally published on CalMatters and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.
In this edition:
World’s Largest Beach Cleanup, O.C. Burger Week, Other Places Art Fair and more of the best things to do this week.
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I have heard about so many people starting new things this week — new jobs, new schools, new projects. It’s also the start of the Jewish New Year, so a fortuitous time for new beginnings. I hope you’re having a sweet one.
Elsewhere on LAist, you can meet the Glendale singer who made the finals of a Mexican singing contest, check out an exhibit of neurodivergent artists on Abbot Kinney in Venice, and visit the Jewish bakery where recovery and challah are braided together.
This week, Licorice Pizza has your sweet, sweet music recs, including:
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Saturday, Sept. 19, 4 p.m.
Lifeguard Tower 18
Venice Beach
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Leave it to Venice to have a beach cleanup with an afterparty. Join the attempt to make this weekend’s event the world’s largest beach cleanup (a worthy cause!) and like Rio, keep on dancing on the sand for hours after.
Through Saturday, Oct. 3
Jeffrey Deitch
925 N. Orange Drive, Hollywood
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
You have a couple weeks left to catch Swiss artist Urs Fischer’s show at Jeffrey Deitch, where he uses the vast space to its fullest, creating installations of unexpected everyday objects (desk chairs, rotting fruit, melted wax) in some unique (and sometimes compromising) configurations.
Sept. 17, 22, 24
The Limit at Sierra Madre Dance Center
154 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre
COST: $40; MORE INFO
I'm too nervous and uncoordinated to show up to this class, but if you go, please report back and tell me how amazing it was to dance with the queen of Broadway herself, Sutton Foster. The tap-tastic star is coming to teach a dance workout class with The Limit, so whether you’re looking for a workout or your next starring role, this is the spot.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Angels Gate
3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Angels Gate hosts a fair of underrepresented artists and craftspeople for the Other Places Art Fair. The decommissioned Battery Leary-Merriam Army battery makes for a unique backdrop to explore work from artists of all backgrounds. Plus, there will be hands-on weaving, voice and rhythm meditation, embroidery, printmaking, and mixed-media sculpture workshops.
Sunday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CRASH Space
10526 Venice Blvd., Culver City
COST: $55.20; MORE INFO
You don’t have to be a kid — just a kid at heart — to get your creative juices flowing and make a light-up rocket ship out of hand-inked paper. Run by Ink and Paper Apothecary, no experience is necessary, and the fee includes all materials; you’ll leave with your own unique piece to take home and display. Up, up and away!
Through Sunday, Sept. 27
Pantages Theatre
6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
COST: FROM $69; MORE INFO
The seven-time Tony-nominated musical Water for Elephants makes the circus come alive onstage through incredible acrobatics and performance magic. It’s only here through Sept. 27, so catch the Broadway tour while you can.
Through Saturday, Sept. 26
Multiple locations
COST: VARIES; MORE INFO
Head to Orange County for the best burgers across the area all week long. The menus are up, and the deals are in, so check out a burger a day from Anaheim to Newport. Burgers are priced at $10, $15, $20, $25, $30 and $35. New this year are Luxury Burger Pairings, where premium burgers meet curated wine pairings and handcrafted cocktails, plus dedicated specialty and vegetarian/vegan menus. All participating restaurants, menus and pairings are updated at BurgerWeek.com.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wende Museum
10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City
COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Curious about where art and transport intersect in L.A.? A panel of art experts will discuss the future of public art, accessibility and policy in L.A. at this Arts Council of Los Angeles session. A reception will precede (and follow) the panel discussion, and if you haven’t spent any time in the Wende’s lovely courtyard, this is a great chance to hang in one of the city’s best-kept-secret gardens.
Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 17–19, 8 p.m.
REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
631 W. 2nd St., Downtown L.A.
COST: $35; MORE INFO
Using real Congressional audio testimony from Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford, this new docu-play explores what happened in the time in between the two testified and how far (or not) we’ve come. The powerful piece is only here Sept. 17 to 19 after an explosive premiere at BAM in New York last week.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The Wallis
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills
COST: $65; MORE INFO
We have a debate in our house about whether it’s “chicken tenders” or “chicken tendies” (a word that, frankly, gives me the ick). But no matter what you call them — nuggets, strips, whatever — they're all delicious, and they can all be yours at TenderFest, an all-you-can-eat celebration of the mighty chicken tender. It returns to The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills this Saturday. There will be big-name chefs taking part, a sauce squad walking around with a selection of dips, and maybe even some low-key celeb sightings because, you know, it’s Beverly Hills.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Evolve LA
1921 Blake Ave., Frogtown
COST: FREE with RSVP; MORE INFO
Maybe you still have World Cup fever, or maybe you want to relive the excitement of the U.S.A.'s exciting run as hosts of the 1994 World Cup, as documented in the film Summer of '94. You can join in a conversation with 1994 US Men’s National Team member and soccer legend Cobi Jones, plus Olympian and former Angel City FC captain Ali Riley at Evolve LA on Saturday. There will also be a skills clinic and a light lunch.
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NBC4's news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood tonight and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a city bus, officials said.
What we know: Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles anchor, confirmed during a live broadcast that the station’s chopper went down just before 7 p.m. “We are going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, process it,” she said, her voice shaking with emotion. Moments later their coverage abruptly cut off.
This is a developing story
A news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing at least three people near the scene of where an SUV had slammed into a city bus, officials said.
The helicopter crashed around 7 p.m. near a one-story commercial building in the neighborhood of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering the bus crash that left at least two people dead and six others injured, according the Los Angeles Fire Department.
An NBC4 Los Angeles anchor at the station confirmed during a live broadcast that its chopper went down just before 7 p.m.
At least one person killed in the helicopter crash was outside in the parking lot next to the commercial building, Capt. Branden Silverman, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, said during a news conference. It was unclear if the other two who were killed were on the ground or inside the aircraft.
NBC4 has confirmed the two people killed aboard the NewsChopper4 helicopter Tuesday night were reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. Both, the news outlet said, were employees of Angel City Air. In a story on NBC4's website, Moreno is described as "a familiar voice for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 during the station's aerial coverage."
Prior to confirming it was a helicopter reporting for NBC4, NBC reporters acknowledged the newsroom had lost contact with their team. The news helicopter was among several in the area covering a fatal bus crash.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said, in a statement on social media: "I’m absolutely devastated by the loss of life in Chatsworth tonight. My heart is with the families and loved ones of those we lost in the tragic bus collision and helicopter crash."
One person was taken to the hospital, but their condition was not immediately clear.
“We’re trying to determine how many patients were inside the helicopter,” said Silverman, who described the helicopter as “pretty well destroyed” and adding that officials would be sorting through the rubble to see how many victims were on board.
At least four cars and two storage containers on the ground burned after the helicopter caught fire, which was quickly put out, according to officials. More than 50 firefighters responded to the helicopter crash, according to the fire department.null
About two hours before the crash, an SUV slammed into the middle of a city bus, killing at least two people and injuring six others. Photos and videos online showed half of the SUV lodged into the side of an MTA bus.
The helicopter crashed about a mile and a half from the bus crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration said it will be investigating the cause of the helicopter crash.
This is a developing story.
The Los Angeles region’s lead homelessness agency is effectively forfeiting the federal administrative roles it has held for decades, including applying for millions of dollars in funding for the region and leading the annual homeless count, the agency announced Tuesday.
Other applicants: L.A. County's Department of Homeless Services and Housing is applying to take over all four roles — the homeless count, the federal funding application, and two HUD-mandated systems that track unhoused residents and match them to housing. The city of L.A. is applying for at least two of those roles, setting up a competition between the region's two largest homelessness funders.
What’s next?: Applicants have until Sept. 25 to file, and any pick by the region's Continuum of Care Board will be reviewed by HUD and the federal judge overseeing the case. LAHSA says it will keep performing the roles until they officially transition to a new entity.
The Los Angeles region’s lead homelessness agency is effectively forfeiting the federal administrative roles it has held for decades, including applying for millions of dollars in funding for the region and leading the annual homeless count, the agency announced Tuesday.
The decision comes as the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority faces mounting criticism from both the Trump administration and local leaders who accuse the agency of mismanaging homeless services.
It reverses a monthslong legal battle LAHSA had been waging with the federal government to continue in these duties.
The city of Los Angeles, L.A. County and other entities and organizations are now applying to take them over.
At a county meeting Tuesday, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath called it “a fundamental change that reflects the significant performance, contracting and financial concerns that have plagued LAHSA for too long.”
“ Officials avoiding accountability will no longer have LAHSA to hide behind, and the county and city must be accountable to each other and to our entire Los Angeles region,” Horvath continued.
In June, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development suspended LAHSA from conducting its federal duties, including applying for or receiving grants, putting $241 million in anticipated funding and LAHSA’s future in limbo.
LAHSA sued.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter paused LAHSA’s suspension on Aug. 13, but also instructed a regional planning body known as the L.A. Continuum of Care Board to solicit applications from other entities to replace LAHSA in those key roles.
The Continuum of Care Board opened its application process online last week, inviting qualified organizations to take on one or more of LAHSA’s current administrative roles.
LAHSA’s governing commission voted unanimously Tuesday to not apply, effectively forfeiting the federal roles that comprise most of its remaining responsibilities.
The city of L.A. and L.A. County are both applying, according to LAHSA.
“With both the City and County preparing their own applications, competing against our founding partners would only fracture regional collaboration during an already complex time,” the LAHSA Commission and the agency's leadership said in a statement.
“This decision reflects the shared judgment of LAHSA’s Commission and executive leadership,” the statement continued.
LAHSA will forfeit the following federal homelessness roles:
1. Coordinating and submitting annual federal homeless assistance funding applications to HUD on behalf of the entire L.A. region — about $240 million in the coming year.
2. Planning, executing and reporting the region’s annual point-in-time homeless count.
3. Operating and administering a HUD-mandated database that tracks who's being served and whether they're moving into housing.
4. Managing and operating a HUD-mandated system to match unhoused people to available housing and services based on need.
After Carter paused LAHSA’s suspension, the federal housing agency appealed the decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Last week, the appeals court issued a temporary stay on Carter's order.
LAHSA said that ruling created more uncertainty about whether the agency was eligible to apply for the federal roles it has held for the past three decades.
“Stepping aside now supports alignment with the direction the City and County are heading with their applications, and focuses public resources where they belong: on the people who depend on the rehousing system every day,” the LAHSA statement said.
LAHSA is a joint powers authority between the city and county, created three decades ago to manage the region’s response to homelessness.
City and county officials are collectively responsible for LAHSA, which has administered federal, state, county and city homelessness funding across the region.
Citing LAHSA’s management problems, L.A. County pulled more than $300 million annual homelessness funding from the agency starting this year, choosing instead to administer the funds through a new county homelessness department.
The city of L.A. is considering a similar move away from LAHSA. Mayor Karen Bass and her election rival Councilmember Nithya Raman both say the city needs its own independent homeless system.
In the current budget year, 73% of LAHSA’s nearly $500 million budget comes from the city of L.A., 20% from the federal government and 4% from L.A. County.
LAHSA said it will continue to fulfill its ongoing federal responsibilities “until those duties transition to a new entity or entities.”
The agency has agreements with the city of L.A. to manage programs and contracts through June 30, 2027.
The county’s Department of Homeless Services and Housing is applying to take over all four of LAHSA’s federal responsibilities, according to county officials. The city of L.A. is currently applying for at least two of those roles, putting the city and county in competition with each other.
“Moving forward, another entity will be leading the [Continuum of Care], which I believe should be the county, given our ability to most effectively administer contracts for our region,” Horvath said Tuesday.
Other organizations have also expressed interest. Better Angels, a homelessness nonprofit led by former L.A. mayoral candidate Adam Miller, contacted the court seeking to apply.
Applicants looking to take over LAHSA’s federal roles have until Sept. 25 to submit applications, but had to communicate their intent to apply by Sept. 15.
The applicants selected by L.A.’s regional Continuum of Care Board will have to be reviewed by HUD and the federal court.
