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Allocation of funds · approved April 29, 2026

LAHSA administration of the City's Measure A Local Solutions Fund contracts

City of Los Angeles · City of LA homelessness accounts (CAO report)

Amount$5,492,964maximum
Awarded toLos Angeles Homeless Services Authority
How longNot stated
Money fromMeasure A Local Solutions FundAbout Measure A →
Size of that fund$54,929,640 for FY 2025-26 (City of LA share); admin capped at 10%
Approved byCity CouncilThe meeting and vote →

What it pays for and how it works

This approval lets the City pay LAHSA up to $5,492,964 from the Measure A Local Solutions Fund for contract administration costs through June 30, 2026. LAHSA administers the City's Measure A contract and the sites it funds. Administration covers work such as contracting with operators, processing invoices, monitoring and reporting.

Recommendation 30.c of the CAO report moves the money from the Measure A Homelessness Program account in the General City Purposes Fund (Fund 100/56, Account 000A30) to the LAHD account for LAHSA Administration (Fund 10A/43, Account 43C355). LAHD amends the LAHSA Measure A contract (C-202658) under Recommendation 53.

The CAO report states that up to 10% of the LSF can be used for administration. This amount equals exactly 10% of the City's $54,929,640 FY 2025-26 LSF allocation, so it uses the full administrative share. The report does not break down which LAHSA positions or functions the money covers.

Where the money comes from

Measure A is a countywide half-cent sales tax for homelessness services and affordable housing. Los Angeles County voters approved it in November 2024. It took effect April 1, 2025, and replaced the Measure H quarter-cent tax. The County describes it as generating over $1 billion a year. Sixty percent goes to Comprehensive Homelessness Services, and 15% of that share is set aside as the Local Solutions Fund (LSF) for cities, Councils of Governments and unincorporated areas (County Measure A page).

The countywide LSF is $96,363,000 for FY 2025-26, approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 25, 2025 (County Local Jurisdictions page; the April 2025 County info session lists $96,363,637 as the projection). The CAO report states the City of Los Angeles expects $54,929,640 of the LSF for FY 2025-26. The allocation formula weights 90% on a multi-year average of the Point-in-Time homeless count and 10% on Census data on families with income under $10,000 (County Local Jurisdictions page; FY 2026-27 LSF Guidelines).

For FY 2026-27 the countywide LSF is $96,967,000 and the City of Los Angeles allocation is $54,725,738 (FY 2026-27 LSF Guidelines, Table 3). The CAO report states LSF is paid on a reimbursement basis and up to 10% may be used for administration. The County Department of Homeless Services and Housing administers the LSF agreements.

Records

Approved amounts are the most that can be spent, not money already paid. Payments show up later in the City's Checkbook L.A. or the County's expenditure data.

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