Gita O’Neill, an assistant Los Angeles City attorney who handles homelessness policy, was appointed Friday as the new interim chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The LAHSA Commission voted 7-1 to confirm O’Neill’s nomination.

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Commissioners for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority are set to appoint a career attorney in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office to lead the agency for the next year as it adjusts to the loss of more than $300 million in county funding.

The agency has come under fire for its lack of transparency in addition to spending millions and not alleviating the homelessness crisis. Such criticisms have only intensified following scathing

The number of people living on the streets in the county decreased by 10%, according to the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, and it has dropped 14% over the last two years.

A key survey of homelessness in Los Angeles determined that the number of people sleeping without shelter fell again. More than 72,000 people remain homeless in Los Angeles County.

Data from LAHSA in 2025 shows that homelessness in the county stands at 72,308 people, with about 43,669 of them in the city of LA.

Homelessness in Los Angeles has declined for the second year in a row, according to the city and county’s 2025 Homeless Count.

The Housing Is A Human Right organization is questioning the accuracy of the 2025 Los Angeles Homeless Count, citing discrepancies in the data and concerns about the methodology used, and is calling for transparency and clarity on how the count was conducted.