This is L.A.'s New Solution to Homelessness. Will it Help?

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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There are more than 75,000 homeless people in L.A., costing the city more than $1.3 billion per year, with minimal improvement over the last decade. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to overhaul homeless spending by redirecting the vast majority of county funding from the troubled L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). This was a proposal from Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, so we sit down with her for a 1-on-1 to find out if this is indeed a new solution to the issue, or more of the same.

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0:00.0	Yo, welcome to another episode of In A Minute with Evan Lovett,
0:12.2	coming to you live from the IM studios in the heart of L.A.
0:16.0	And today we have an issue that we are going to be discussing that is right in the heart of Los Angeles.
0:22.6	Some say it is the most important issue on people's minds.
0:26.3	And I am honored to be here with L.A. County supervisor Lindsay Horvath, who represents the
0:33.5	third district, mostly northwest Los Angeles. Is that fair to say? It's like West
0:39.5	L.A. It's the west side in the valley mostly. More than two million people though. And for
0:44.4	those that don't know and I haven't delved into this enough, the L.A. County supervisors currently are
0:49.9	referred to as the five queens. Previously they've been known as the five kings because they were all
0:55.2	male. They happen to be all female. But the only reason I bring that up is because they may be the
1:00.7	most powerful decision makers in Los Angeles. Is that a fair assessment? There's a lot of power in
1:06.5	these seats, but I don't love that term because I think our job is to bring more people in and not rule
1:11.7	on high.
1:12.4	Right, right.
1:13.3	Okay.
1:13.8	Either way, thank you, Supervisor Horvath for being here.
1:17.2	And we are going to be discussing a new motion that was passed by the board of supervisors
1:23.4	that will sort of reinvent the way that Los Angeles deals with homelessness, which is an ongoing issue.
1:31.3	So first of all, I do want to say thank you to our sponsor, Ardo Brick.
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