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Committee asks for analysis of county’s proposed homelessness department and potential impacts on LASA contracts and city services
Summary
Council members debated and approved a motion seeking an analysis of a county-level plan to create a homelessness department and what that would mean for LASA funding, staffing and the city’s capacity to assume programs if county funding is withdrawn.
The Homelessness Committee voted to request a report analyzing how a pending county action to create a new Department of Homelessness and related changes could affect the city’s programs and contracts, particularly funding and staffing tied to LASA.
Councilmember Bloomenfield introduced the motion, noting public and departmental concerns about accounting and the intermingling of city and county funds for contracted services. John Wick of the committee’s legislative-analyst office told the panel the county appears poised to create a new…
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