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Los Angeles Lost Track of Billions in Homelessness Funding, Audit Finds
- The audit by Alvarez & Marsal found that Los Angeles homeless programs lack adequate oversight, risking waste and inefficiency.
- The audit concluded that the city could not accurately track spending or service effectiveness for homeless programs.
- Elizabeth Mitchell, an attorney for the plaintiffs, stated that the audit confirms urgent needs for systemic reform, labeling the findings as deadly.
- Alvarez & Marsal noted the emotional impact of visiting homeless encampments, stating that every day that goes by there are people on the street who are not receiving the services that the city is paying for.
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LAHSA CEO to Resign
Days after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to strip millions of dollars and move hundreds of workers away from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the agency’s CEO announced her resignation Friday. Va Lecia Adams Kellum is expected to remain on board for a transition period of 120 days or longer if needed, according to a letter she submitted to LAHSA’s board of commissioners Friday afternoon. “I am incredibly proud of …
San Bernardino Sun
The Press-EnterpriseHead of embattled homeless authority resigns days after LA County votes to create own agency
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority CEO Va Lecia Adams Kellum resigned Friday afternoon, just days after the troubled agency was told it would be losing most of its funding and employees to a new homeless services department within Los Angeles County government. L.A. County supervisors voted on Tuesday, April 1 to create the county’s own agency for homeless housing and services, which would be responsible for $1 billion in annual taxpayer fu…
Daily Breeze
LA Daily NewsCEO of embattled homeless authority LAHSA resigns days after LA County votes to create own agency
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority CEO Va Lecia Adams Kellum resigned Friday afternoon, just days after the troubled agency was told it would be losing most of its funding and employees to a new homeless services department within Los Angeles County government. L.A. County supervisors voted on Tuesday, April 1 to create the county’s own agency for homeless housing and services, which would be responsible for $1 billion in annual taxpayer fu…
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, following the county’s decision to create its own department and take back control of millions in homelessness funding. The decision to defund LAHSA came after an audit found a lack of transparency in tracking spending for the services provided. The LA...
City Council approves additional funding to keep unhoused in motel
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Peoria City Council unanimously approved giving a local non-profit more money to continue sheltering homeless people in a local motel during Tuesday's meeting. LULA NFP was provided with a grant of $39,000 that reimburses the non-profit for housing more than 80 people who were previously living in tent cities. This is the second time the council awarded money to help the non-profit as they previously awarded LULA $80,000 i…
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