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Oversight panels for the Measure A half-cent homelessness sales tax have set specific targets to track progress on five goals for increasing housing production and reducing the number of people on the street.
New taxes will soon dwarf the billions spent on homelessness in last decade. Who’s watching over it?
As more than a billion dollars pours in annually from two new homelessness taxes, a raft of new oversight agencies has been set up to set goals and keep an eye on the money. For the public, it’s a lot to keep up with.
A federal appeals panel appeared sympathetic toward a claim that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has failed in its duty to veterans but also raised concerns that a trial judge may have overreached.
Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, announced her resignation Friday.
A federal judge berated Los Angeles elected officials over the lack of accountability and transparency in how they have spent billions on homelessness, but he was skeptical when pressed to place the city’s homelessness programs under receivership.
Homeless officials said a preview of this year’s homeless count results shows there will be a decrease of between five and ten percent in the number of people living on the streets across most of L.A. County.
The status of Chuckwalla National Monument, near Joshua Tree National Park, and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in Northern California remain unclear.
An audit of homeless services provided by Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found them disjointed and lacking adequate data systems and financial controls.
Just under seven homeless people died on average every day in Los Angeles County through 2023, as the mortality rate leveled off but remained 4.5 times that of the whole population.
Four top military retirees are castigating the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying its neglect of homeless veterans in L.A. hurts national security.
