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Homeless Health Care Los Angeles files layoff notices as county restructures homeless services

Took over homeless services from LAHSA

Los Angeles County ended its contract with Homeless Health Care Los Angeles on Nov. 3, and the nonprofit laid off 134 workers, including 117 at the county's Skid Row Care Campus. The county had already paused syringe and pipe distribution at the campus in August, as an HIV cluster grew in Skid Row.

Updated Yesterday

Judge keeps LAHSA suspension on hold as L.A. County assumes key homelessness roles

Rule Changes

Selected to take over all four federal roles from LAHSA, subject to the court-ordered transition plan.

A federal judge on Tuesday kept the Trump administration's suspension of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) on hold. The joint city-county agency can keep running key homelessness systems while it hands its federal roles to L.A. County. Roughly $240 million in federal homelessness money keeps flowing through LAHSA while its lawsuit plays out.

Updated Nov 1