Measure A empowers new leadership to hold the system accountable as new homeless and affordable housing programs come online.
LOS ANGELES [March 7, 2025] – The new Leadership Table for Regional Homeless Alignment voted yesterday to adopt ambitious goals to reduce homelessness, address mental health and substance use disorders, and create more affordable housing.
Under these goals, by 2030, the Los Angeles region would need to reduce unsheltered homelessness by 30% and the number of people falling into homelessness by 20%, with strict provisions to track progress.
The new goals chart a course for improving homeless services and housing production funded by Measure A, a sales tax approved in November that is expected to generate more than $1 billion a year. They also signal an effort to achieve Measure A’s mandate of increased oversight and accountability in LA County’s homeless response. The vote comes amid the release of a draft audit report alleging past inadequate oversight and renewed calls for accountability.
Measure A names two entities to drive its results: the Executive Committee for Regional Homeless Alignment, which is made up of elected officials, and the Leadership Table, which represents public and community-led organizations. These oversight bodies are tasked with creating a Responsive Regional Plan, complete with ambitious goals, stronger role clarity, and transparent ways to measure progress for the region’s response to homelessness.
The Leadership Table’s goals must be approved by the Executive Committee before being voted on by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
“This moment is unprecedented, and today we are one step closer to the first ever unified plan to confront homelessness in LA County,” said Miguel Santana, co-chair of the Leadership Table and CEO of the California Community Foundation. “With strong oversight through the Leadership Table, we are bringing needed focus to our collective work and ensuring results,” he said.
Prior to the passage of Measure A, the greater Los Angeles region, which includes the 88 cities and many more unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, did not have an aligned strategy on homelessness or a unified way to track progress.
Among other goals voted on yesterday, the Leadership Table recommends by 2030 a:
To ensure that progress is made across all populations experiencing homelessness, especially for those most disparately impacted, the Leadership Table included specific equity metrics and targets for each goal.
The recommendations voted on were created by subcommittees of the Leadership Table, specializing in areas including homeless and health services, prevention, data and equity. These groups spent months poring over available data, examining existing and potential programs, and considering potential cuts to federal and state funding.
“Supported by Measure A, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn the tide on homelessness in LA County,” said Peter Laugharn, co-chair of the Leadership Table and President and CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. “We must meet this moment with a renewed commitment to accountability, purpose, and efficient implementation.”
Measure A requires the Executive Committee, the Board of Supervisors, and the new LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) to make a determination about these goals and metrics by April 1, when the law goes into effect.