The town of Los Angeles will obtain $160 million and the county $94 million. The rest will go to the Los Angeles Homeless Companies Authority and the separate homeless providers businesses of Glendale, Lengthy Seashore and Pasadena.
He was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, county supervisors Hilda Solis and Kathryn Barger, and Va Lecia Adams Kellum, chief govt of the Los Angeles Homeless Companies Authority.
Bass mentioned she, the supervisors and the homelessness authority have moved past the bickering and finger pointing that hampered regional efforts prior to now to work on a unified entrance.
“This is an example of work that we have been doing for the last couple of years which is bringing every level of government together,” she mentioned.
However, in mild of a current report by the State Auditor’s Workplace concluding that the state has did not adequately monitor the outcomes of its huge spending on homelessness applications, Niello remained skeptical.
“He used the word accountable and accountability so many times that if I had a nickel for every time he used it, I would have enough to pay for the lunch I’m going to,” Niello mentioned. “If past is prologue, those are just words.”
Homelessness spending ought to finally be directed at getting individuals to self-sufficiency, Niello mentioned.
“Tell us how much you are spending and tell us what the actual results are with respect to self-sufficiency.”
