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Council creates oversight function for homelessness spending, citing early gains in PSH placement
Summary
The council voted to house performance oversight of homelessness-funded programs within the Los Angeles Housing Department to improve outcomes for permanent supportive housing (PSH) and other funded services, after hearing data showing monthly PSH placements increased where performance tracking was piloted.
The Los Angeles City Council on March 19 approved a motion to establish a city-level oversight function within the Los Angeles Housing Department to track performance and outcomes for homelessness response spending, including outreach, shelter beds and permanent supportive housing (PSH) units.
Councilmember Raman presented the motion, saying the city lacks a single office charged with regularly monitoring whether homelessness dollars are producing expected…
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