LA County’s new homeless services department facing 25% funding cuts that providers call ‘devastating’

A brand new Los Angeles County homeless services department, paired with new, voter-approved sales tax dollars, were billed as a one-two punch that would dent the homeless crisis by taking more people off the streets and placing them into shelters and housing.

Instead, the double feature has been saddled with less than expected revenues, from a downtrend in consumer spending decreasing Measure A outflow, deep cuts in state and federal funds, and higher housing costs, forcing reductions...