LA County Approves More Than $500 Million in Homeless Spending

LA County Approves More Than $500 Million in Homeless Spending
A man sleeps outside the Homeless Help Desk kiosk in the Skid Row community of Los Angeles, Calif., on April 26, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 13 approved $527.1 million in funding for strategies to battle homelessness in fiscal year 2021-22, while expressing frustration over the rising numbers of people living on the street.

Despite the massive inflow of cash from Measure H and dozens of carefully crafted initiatives that make up the county’s homeless initiative, visible encampments continue to grow and the situation on the street remains dire.