Local Jurisdictions

Homelessness is a regional crisis, and the Los Angeles County has always considered it a top priority to strengthen its collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including the 88 cities that fall within its boundaries, as well as Councils of Governments (COGs), which are Joint Powers Authorities that provide cooperative planning, coordination, and technical assistance on issues of mutual concern that cross jurisdictional lines.

Under the State of Emergency, LA County is expanding co-investment opportunities with Cities, COGs, and the Board of Supervisors on behalf of its unincorporated areas to create more housing solutions, reduce the number of encampments, and advance innovative solutions.

Measure A and the Local Solutions Fund

LA County voters recently approved Measure A, which repeals and replaces Measure H and replaces it with an ongoing funding source that allows for continued progress on ending homelessness with housing and services while greatly expanding efforts to address the drivers of homelessness through affordable housing construction, homelessness prevention, and support for vulnerable renters.

Measure A requires at least 15% of the Comprehensive Homelessness Services funds to be allocated to the Local Solutions Fund (LSF). Measure A states that the County will allocate the LSF to cities, COGs, and/or the County on behalf of its unincorporated areas. The Measure A ordinance states that the LSF will use a formula based on the point-in-time count required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and/or similar measures of people experiencing homelessness, as the Board of Supervisors determines in consultation with cities within the County.

On March 25th, 2025, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the Homeless Initiatives Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The budget included an allocation of $96,363,000 for the Local Solutions Fund, enabling jurisdictions to enhance homeless programming and service delivery within their region. To support this endeavor, the CEO-Homeless Initiative has developed comprehensive guidance materials and fiscal briefing sheets for local jurisdictions (Cities, COGs, UA) to reference and use as a guide as they develop their Statements of Work (SOWs). This robust support is designed to provide stakeholders with the confidence and reassurance of Eligible Uses for the Local Solutions Fund and a common set of definitions to track comparable data toward achieving Measure A goals and metrics. The following documents can be utilized as a guide and for reference:

Measure A LSF Formula Development Process

CEO-HI has supported the Board and city partners by researching, evaluating, and developing two videos that cover:

  • Measure A LSF – Broad Picture & Criteria
  • Measures of People Experiencing Homelessness
  • Six Draft Formula Recommendations
  • Disbursement, Considerations, and Process

CLICK HERE for Measure A Draft LSF briefing slides.

(Subject to change based on a final formula and Measure A revenues)

Los Angeles County Encampment Resolution Guidance for Local Jurisdictions

This guide summarizes how LA County tracks and responds to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in encampments. Through county-wide investments in the outreach and rehousing systems, along with tiered protocols for conducting encampment resolutions, cleanups, and closures, LA County has multiple methods to respond to the housing and humanitarian crisis on public property. This resource includes guidance for local jurisdictions interested in resolving homelessness for people living in encampments, based on lessons learned from LA County’s methods.

Learn More

CO-INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS

Pathway Home

Pathway Home is an LA County Homeless Initiative-led encampment resolution program that is a critical component of the County’s comprehensive response to the local emergency on homelessness adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2023.

By leveraging emergency powers and partnerships with local jurisdictions, Pathway Home is a full-circle solution that brings people off the streets into immediately available interim housing accompanied by a comprehensive suite of supportive services and, ultimately, into safe, permanent homes.

Homekey

LA County partnered with cities and COGs to be awarded Homekey grants from the State of California. 

LA County, in partnership with cities and COGs, have been awarded Homekey grants from the State of California to acquire dozens of properties, mostly hotels and motels, for conversion into interim and permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness. 

Local Solutions Fund

Created at the recommendation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness and Los Angeles County’s New Framework to End Homelessness, Los Angeles County’s Local Solutions Fund supports the most impactful evidence-based regional and local co-investment solutions to create effective pathways to housing and services.

Cities and COGs Interim Housing Fund (CCOGIHS)

Los Angeles County’s Cities and COGs Interim Housing Fund, or CCOGIHS, deepens relationships and co-investments in advocacy, housing and services to address homelessness. It provides supportive services at interim housing projects where people experiencing homelessness have a pathway to permanent housing.

City Planning Grants

Soon after voter approval of Measure H, the County began awarding planning grants to facilitate the development of city-specific plans to address and prevent homelessness.  Click here to see the Cities Homeless Plans.

The County is also funding cities and COGs’ implementation of local and regional homelessness plans that include, but are not limited to, homelessness prevention, street-based outreach, case management, employment services, legal services, housing navigation, interim and permanent housing, and the establishment of a Regional Housing Trust and legislative advocacy.

Pathway Home Signal Hill

Pathway Home Pomona

Homekey El Monte

CCOGIHS-funded Esperanza Villa in City of Baldwin Park