Los Angeles city Controller Kenneth Mejia reported that the city failed to spend nearly half of the $1.3 billion budgeted for homelessness in 2023-24.
Nearly half of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' record $1.3-billion homelessness budget for fiscal 2023-24 went unspent, an analysis by the city controller found. Controller Kenneth Mejia found that only $599 million had actually been spent. An additional $195 million was encumbered, leaving at least $513 million unspent.
It said $100 million of the 'unspent' Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention funds included multiyear grants not intended to be spent in one budget year. The analysis of the unspent Inside Safe funds did not account for more than $42 million used to expedite purchase of the Mayfair Hotel to get people off the street and later reimbursed to Inside Safe. A spokesman for Bass issued a statement defending her record on spending.
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