Los Angeles County and the city are now competing to take over the responsibilities.
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LA's homeless authority loses its chair to federal pressure, then loses itself to two rival governments.
“Two governments show up begging to take over the same agency they just admitted was broken, eight days after the woman running it walked out the door under federal heat — nobody fights that hard over a mess, they're fighting over the checkbook. The tents don't move because the letterhead changes. The money always finds a home; it's the people who don't.”
“Look, two governments stepping up to take responsibility — that's accountability working exactly as designed, that's a success story, not a scandal. The chair didn't flee anything, she recused herself proactively, which, I grant you, she did eight days before the whole agency admitted defeat, but — okay, I hear how that sounds.”
The receipts
· LA Mayor Karen Bass suddenly quits embattled homeless authority as feds turn the screws from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026
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