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LA homeless agency refuses to release records on $800,000 in payouts for wrongful termination claims
The government agency known as LAHSA settled wrongful termination claims with two former executives of the agency last month ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass expected to talk about fire recovery, $1B deficit in State of the City speech
The mayor could also address homelessness and the city’s response to a federal crackdown on immigration and “sanctuary cities ...
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LA County is walking away from LAHSA. Housing for Health is the model for what's next
As Los Angeles County shifts millions in homeless services spending from LAHSA, officials are placing a big bet on Housing ...
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LA homeless services CEO resigns days after County votes to effectively defund agency
LOS ANGELES - Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, announced her resignation on Friday. The announcement comes just days after LA County voted to establish ...
County supervisors consider taking over LAHSA after scathing audit
Supervisors will vote on the seismic change after a recent audit found that LAHSA could not account for millions of dollars of homeless funding.
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COLUMN: LAHSA'S CEO is Gone. Now What?
LOS ANGELES - Last Friday afternoon, news broke that Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum was resigning after two years as CEO, the ...
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LAHSA CEO resigns after LA County moves to defund the agency
Va Lecia Adams Kellum resigned from her position as CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Friday, ...
County supervisors create new homeless agency, despite warnings from L.A. mayor
The plan would move more than $300 million and hundreds of workers out of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority and into ...
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Change at the Top: City officials, advocates react to LAHSA CEO’s resignation
The Los Angeles Homelessness Service Authority (LAHSA) was dealt a second blow on April 4 as embattled CEO Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum announced her resignation in a letter to ...
The business of suffering: Los Angeles politicians aim to turn homelessness into a source of profits
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a budget containing tens of millions in cuts to homelessness ...
Debate over homeless funding leaves L.A. city and county at odds yet again
The debate over the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has brought the city and county back to a familiar place: divided ...
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LA County defunds LA Homeless Services Authority, creates its own department
The new county agency is expected to be in place by Jan. 1, 2026, with all funding pulled from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and transferred to the new county department by July 1.