>Shifting control of L.A. city homelessness spending away from the agency long entrusted with it to a department in city government could take a year and a half, city officials said Wednesday. They’re also exploring shifting it to the county to manage.

**City Council discussion:** Bringing that spending in house was one of several options discussed by city councilmembers during a meeting of the housing and homelessness committee. The city directs roughly $300 million per year to the L.A. Homeless Services Authority. L.A. County supervisors voted last April to withdraw funding for the agency, citing ongoing problems with its oversight of homelessness funds. Now, 10 months later, city officials are debating what to do with the troubled agency.

**Mayor Bass weighs in:** Just after Wednesday’s discussion ended, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ office released a statement urging the council not to withdraw funding from LAHSA without a plan in place.

“Withdrawing from LAHSA too quickly, without a plan and without the capacity, will no doubt cause unintended consequences that will leave more Angelenos to die on our streets,” Bass said in her statement.

**Other options:**

A [staff report presented to the homelessness committee last April included several paths forward. Those options are:](https://lacity.primegov.com/api/compilemeetingattachmenthistory/historyattachment/?historyId=8cb3d44e-f3dd-4bec-9edb-064380abbe71&_gl=1*ioe90v*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NzI0OTY4NDguQ2p3S0NBaUFoNVhOQmhBQUVpd0FfQnU4RlQyUnkwOWl6QzFqTU0zMzdFeE1yeVlfNHhMMkNFNW5LUnh6ME5BWXZKVnd0UmRlUEpCcnlCb0NpeXNRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*NTcwODAzOC4xNzY2Nzk2NTY5)

* not changing anything major
* keeping the city money at LAHSA, but beefing up city oversight
* shifting the funding from LAHSA to direct city control
* shifting the city’s funding from LAHSA to the county homelessness department to administer it

**The context:** The L.A. Homeless Services Authority, which is overseen by the city and county, has been under fire for more than a year. County supervisors voted last spring to pull the county’s funding from LAHSA and shift it to a new county department for homeless services.

**What’s next:** Committee chair Nithya Raman told LAist she’s planning on one more meeting to go over the options before the committee decides how to move forward.

[LAist] LA city leaders weigh pulling homelessness funds from LAHSA. About $300 million is on the line