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LA Council Splits Homeless Committee; Count Rises, $62M Subsidy Fails

8/12/2026

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Summary

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Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson will remove Councilmember Nithya Raman as chair and split the Housing and Homelessness Committee into separate housing and homelessness panels.
The Los Angeles Homeless Count recorded 45,194 homeless people (3.4% rise) and a 7.9% increase to 29,115.
Councilmember Stack called the $62.6 million Time-Limited Subsidy for ~2,000 households a failure after it housed only three households by June 25.

History

Historical Context

In 1993 Los Angeles formed LAHSA to centralize homelessness services; the effort followed earlier community organizing sparked by the 1965 Watts riots and the founding of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee that same year. Today Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Mayor Karen Bass are reshaping oversight, echoing those historic attempts to coordinate aid for the city’s growing homeless population of 66,000 served in 2022.

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Story summary

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson will remove Councilmember Nithya Raman as chair and split the Housing and Homelessness Committee into separate housing and homelessness panels.
The Los Angeles Homeless Count recorded 45,194 homeless people (3.4% rise) and a 7.9% increase to 29,115.
Councilmember Stack called the $62.6 million Time-Limited Subsidy for ~2,000 households a failure after it housed only three households by June 25.

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