Los Angeles Politics and Urbanism Daily
LA’s Reform Machine Hits Homelessness, Housing, Wages and Metro
Thursday, May 28, 2026 · 9 min
Los Angeles homelessness governance takes center stage as private housing efforts collide with LAHSA’s fragmented authority, while City Hall delays tourism-worker wage hikes, LIHTC affordability clocks threaten tenants, and Metro’s cyber breach gets tied to Iran.
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Los Angeles homelessness governance takes center stage as private housing efforts collide with LAHSA’s fragmented authority, while City Hall delays tourism-worker wage hikes, LIHTC affordability clocks threaten tenants, and Metro’s cyber breach gets tied to Iran.
In this episode
- Step Back — When a private group says it can house people faster than LA’s official homelessness system, who in that system actually has the power to approve, block, or pay for a placement — LAHSA, the city, the county, nonprofits, landlords, or someone else?
Background sources
- LA officials and LAHSA trade blame as homeless service providers await millions in late payments | LAist — LAist
- LA city leaders weigh pulling homelessness funds from LAHSA. About $300 million is on the line | LAist — LAist
- LA County launches new homelessness department: ‘The buck is going to stop with us’ | LAist — LAist
- System Planning & Coordination - LA County Homeless Services & Housing — Lacounty
- Key LA city leaders call for shifting homelessness spending away from LAHSA | LAist — LAist
- LA City Council delays minimum wage increases for tourism workers — LAist
Members with Unite Here Local 11 attended an L.A. City Council meeting on May 14, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images) The Los Angeles City Council has officially delayed minimum wage increases for tourism workers. The council made the final vote Tuesday, pushing back a boost to $30 an hour for airport and hotel workers from 2028 to 2030. The controversial move comes after L.A. faced major…
- Putting the Public Back in Housing - Knock LA — Knock LA
Putting the Public Back in Housing - Knock LA Local Journalism Happens With YouSupport Seems like a pretty good deal, right? A federal low-income housing program — actually the federal program — uses a section of the US tax code to the tune of roughly $13 billion annually to bypass the congressional appropriations and oversight processes and fund affordable housing. In doing so, it produces…
- LA Metro Cyberattack Linked to Iranian State-Sponsored Hackers - SecurityWeek — SecurityWeek
LA Metro Cyberattack Linked to Iranian State-Sponsored Hackers - SecurityWeek ### SECURITYWEEK NETWORK: ### ICS: Connect with us Hi, what are you looking for? The recent disruptive cyberattack that targeted the Los Angeles public transportation system has been linked to the Iranian government. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), widely known as LA Metro,…