Los Angeles County Monday invited residents to help shape how Measure A funding will be used to address homelessness through the launch of its new Department of Homeless Services and Housing starting next fiscal year.

Earlier this year, L.A. County officials enacted a plan to create a centralized homeless department and move more than $300 million dollars from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to this new entity. The decision came in response to scathing audits that faulted LAHSA with issues tracking its homeless service providers and not alleviating the homelessness crisis.

LAHSA has disputed the findings and said it has taken steps to improve data tracking, including the release of online tools.

The meetings will focus on a spending plan for Measure in the 2026-27 fiscal yea

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