SB 79 Delay Tests City Hall Power in the 2026 Race
Friday, June 12, 2026 · 11 min
Los Angeles City Council’s SB 79 delay puts transit-adjacent housing squarely into the 2026 mayoral race, while LAHSA’s federal funding trouble sharpens the homelessness-governance question and election officials knock down a viral Spencer Pratt vote-count claim.
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Los Angeles City Council’s SB 79 delay puts transit-adjacent housing squarely into the 2026 mayoral race, while LAHSA’s federal funding trouble sharpens the homelessness-governance question and election officials knock down a viral Spencer Pratt vote-count claim.
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- New state housing law looms as Los Angeles delays SB 79 - Beverly Press & Park Labrea NewsBeverly Press & Park Labrea News — Beverly Press & Park Labrea News
New state housing law looms as Los Angeles delays SB 79 - Beverly Press & Park Labrea NewsBeverly Press & Park Labrea News - Mail Delivery - Manage Account - Mail Delivery - Manage Account Download Latest Issue (PDF) By Edwin Folven/ June 10, 2026 ## New state housing law looms as Los Angeles delays SB 79 Some residents in Larchmont Village, Hancock Park and the Miracle Mile are concerned…
- Step Back — If HUD is halting homeless-services dollars over alleged mismanagement, who is actually accountable in L.A.’s maze of city, county, and nonprofit agencies — and what could either Bass or Raman realistically do to fix it as mayor?
Background sources
- HUD halts federal homeless dollars to LA-area's lead agency, citing mismanagement | LAist — LAist
- LA homeless agency has ‘significant’ problem with inaccurate financial statements, auditors find | LAist — LAist
- LA city leaders weigh pulling homelessness funds from LAHSA. About $300 million is on the line | LAist — LAist
- LA officials and LAHSA trade blame as homeless service providers await millions in late payments | LAist — LAist
- Top LA officials spar over who should oversee city’s homelessness spending: ‘LAHSA twilight zone’ | LAist — LAist
- Key LA city leaders call for shifting homelessness spending away from LAHSA | LAist — LAist
- Amid ‘crisis’ at homelessness agency, LA city leaders to discuss pulling funding | LAist — LAist
- LA mayor's race kicks off amid homelessness, raids, fallout from 2025 wildfire — Ksby
- A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes - Poynter — Poynter
A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes - Poynter A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes - Poynter Spencer Pratt, a candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, fields interviews during an election night event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly) By: June 11, 2026 An election night…
- Los Angeles Times | L.A. Voters Stayed with the Status Quo in City Hall - Loyola Marymount University Newsroom — Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times | L.A. Voters Stayed with the Status Quo in City Hall - Loyola Marymount University Newsroom Fernando Guerra, director of LMU’s Center for the Study of Los Angeles, commented on the Los Angeles mayoral race, where Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman will compete in the Nov. 3 runoff. “When voters are frustrated, they often say: ‘The system’s not working, the…