Los Angeles Politics and Urbanism Daily
Housing Money, Bus Lanes, and Who Watches LAHSA
Friday, June 26, 2026 · 7 min
Gavin Newsom backed an $11.25 billion California housing bond, while Metro’s Vermont Avenue bus project cleared an early court hurdle without bike lanes and LAHSA’s financial controls face sharper scrutiny over homelessness dollars.
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Gavin Newsom backed an $11.25 billion California housing bond, while Metro’s Vermont Avenue bus project cleared an early court hurdle without bike lanes and LAHSA’s financial controls face sharper scrutiny over homelessness dollars.
In this episode
- Newsom Backs $11.25B Bond To Boost CA Homebuilding — The Real Deal
Newsom Backs $11.25B Bond To Boost CA Homebuilding Skip to contentSkip to site index search Politics Los Angeles A # Newsom, legislators back $11.25B bond to boost homebuilding November ballot measure aims to spur home construction and ownership By - TRD Staff A proposed state ballot measure for an $11.5 billion bond to pay for affordable housing now has a key backer: Gov. Gavin…
- Judge rules Vermont Avenue bus project will move ahead, for now, without bike lanes — LAist
This rendering shows a concept for Metro's bus rapid transit project on Vermont Avenue. (Courtesy L.A. Metro) A judge has ruled that a Metro bus project in a congested area of Los Angeles can go forward, for now, without incorporating bike lanes that street safety advocates argue are required by city law. The $400 million project will add dedicated bus lanes along a more than 12-mile-long stretch…
- Step Back — When LAHSA sends public homelessness money to nonprofit contractors, who is actually supposed to catch financial red flags before the checks go out — LAHSA, the city, the county, auditors, or nobody until something blows up?
Background sources
- HUD Cuts Off Fraud-Filled Los Angeles Homelessness Funding | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) — HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- LA homeless agency has ‘significant’ problem with inaccurate financial statements, auditors find | LAist — LAist
- LA’s lead homelessness agency owes at least $69M to service providers in overdue payments | LAist — LAist
- LA’s regional homelessness agency hits pause on plans to reform internal audit unit | LAist — LAist
- Feds suspend LAHSA from receiving federal money, citing financial mismanagement - AOL — AOL
- LA officials and LAHSA trade blame as homeless service providers await millions in late payments | LAist — LAist