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LA officials push back deadline on report to study exiting top homeless agency
A homeless encampment on first street across from city hall in downtown Los Angeles.
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Topline:
A report to the Los Angeles City Council on what it would take for the city to pull its funding from the region's top homelessness services agency likely won't land until early to mid-August after originally being slated for April.
Why it matters: The City Council voted to explore leaving the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, also known as LAHSA, after L.A. County voted to withdraw future funding for the agency and launch its own homelessness department. LAHSA has been under heavy scrutiny over the past year. Audits and reports found the agency lacked insight into whether homeless services that were paid for were actually provided and regularly made late payments to service providers, among other problems.
The backstory: City officials told LAist earlier this month that the report would be ready before the end of the City Council's recess, which ended today. Just before that recess ended, Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso said the report would arrive in "another week or two," which would mean in August.
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What's next: City Council members continue to wait on this report to help determine whether the city will continue to work with LAHSA, which just got a new leader.
Go deeper: Is LA still considering a break from the region's homelessness agency?
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