SUPERVISOR HORVATH SOUNDS THE ALARM AFTER TODAY’S LAHSA FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
LOS ANGELES, CA February 20, 2026– Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath released the following statement after this morning’s Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Finance Committee meeting.
“After today’s LAHSA Finance Committee meeting, it is clearer than ever why the County of Los Angeles must remove our taxpayer funds from LAHSA. Accountability and transparency are long overdue and will finally be delivered through the reforms we’ve ushered in.
County dollars are still at LAHSA until July 1, which is why I am sounding the alarm.
If LAHSA were a publicly traded company, regulators would shut them down.
The following was shared at the meeting:
- LAHSA does not have the staffing or expertise to pay its bills.
- LAHSA has advanced funding from the County, yet it cannot pay service providers for services already rendered many months ago.
- LAHSA needs help, yet they have refused 24 qualified County staff to assist with day-to-day operations, at no-cost to the agency.
- LAHSA balance sheets don’t balance, and they fail to provide real-time financial information to their very own commissioners.
Undoubtedly there is more to uncover that will disappoint us all. We must stop this madness. I am calling for:
- A public hearing at the Board of Supervisors.
- A forensic audit with County auditors embedding immediately.
- Immediate payment of outstanding invoices for services rendered by providers contracted on behalf of the County.
Since I was elected to the Board of Supervisors, I have been tenaciously pursuing the truth. Three years later and the truth is this: the old system is broken — and that is why we are building a new one that actually works.”
