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County reports LAHSA staff transitions and HSH rollout; supervisors press for placements and outreach capacity
Summary
County officials said most county-funded LAHSA staff facing layoffs have been offered county positions and described HSH's first quarterly implementation report on encampment responses, interim and permanent housing placements, and invoice/contract transitions; supervisors and union speakers pressed for completion of placements for remaining staff and better outreach triage.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors heard two linked reports June 30 on workforce transitions and the new Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH) as the county consolidates homelessness funding and programs.
The chief executive's office and the Department of Human Resources described placements for LAHSA employees: DHR reported that as of June 25 roughly 170 county-funded LAHSA workers had accepted county positions and were onboarded, with a small number still considering offers and a subset who declined or pursued other jobs. "We were able to find county job opportunities for every single represented LAHSA employee who had even a tiny bit of county funding," Johan Yulin of DHR said, adding that the numbers remain fluid as LAHSA rescissions and crosswalks continue.
Kelly Lobianco, director of the Department of Economic Opportunity, described rapid-response employment and benefits services for remaining impacted workers, including virtual orientations, a July job fair, and no-cost training and subsidized transitional employment.
In a combined discussion, HSH Director Sarah Mahon presented Q3 (Jan'Mar 2026) performance metrics for homelessness response citywide. HSH reported 214 county-managed encampment operations in the quarter, with an average protocol response time of about 45 days; Pathway Home interim-housing placements numbered in the thousands, with 141 new participants entering interim housing in Q3 and 107 exiting to permanent housing. Mahon said HSH had transitioned hundreds of agreements and work orders from DHS and CEO and processed invoices with a 97% on-time rate, and acknowledged outstanding hiring needs (216 vacancies at quarter end, with subsequent hires made).
Supervisors pressed HSH on outreach triage and the LAHOP/ ECRC system for routing calls and assigning teams. Mahon and staff explained that 2-1-1 referrals are entered into LAHOP and routed to the Emergency Centralized Response Center which assigns outreach teams; HSH said it is reviewing outreach maps by Supervisorial District and clustering smaller encampments to increase operational efficiency. Supervisors also asked about invoice timing and nonprofit cash-flow; HSH said it would issue quarterly advances and allow providers to request a full-quarter advance to mitigate payment timing issues under a cost-reimbursement contracting model.
Labor and impacted LAHSA workers called for direct placement of remaining 20'30 non-county-funded employees into county positions and urged that funding-code distinctions not determine who receives transition assistance. Union speakers said 25 workers were notified of layoffs and pleaded for immediate placement or other supports.
The board received both reports and asked staff to continue crosswalking vacancies with remaining LAHSA employees and to provide follow-up updates to supervisors on placements, outreach assignments and monitoring data.
