LA’s New Bureau to Oversee Homelessness Spending: What’s Next

LA’s new bureau to oversee homelessness spending: What’s next

Los Angeles is moving forward with a new Bureau of Homelessness Oversight in an attempt to track how billions of dollars are spent amid mounting pressure to fix its fragmented and costly homelessness response. The bureau, included in the City Council’s newly approved budget, will be housed within the Housing Department and serve as a centralized body to monitor homelessness spending and program performance. Its creation comes in the wake of a co…

Councilwoman Traci Park Blasts Homeless Spending in Fiery 'No' Vote on LA’s $13.9 Billion Budget

LOS ANGELES — In a heated rebuke on the City Council floor Thursday, Councilwoman Traci Park voted against Los Angeles’ revised $13.9 billion city budget Thursday, denouncing what she called unchecked and ineffective homelessness spending and warning of growing public…