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L.A. homeless agency posted solid numbers last year. Now it's under fire from all sides

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Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is on the verge of being pulled apart from the city-county homeless agency.

A federal judge has been savaging LAHSA for years , criticizing its numbers and financial controls.

On Tuesday , the L.A. County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on a plan to move more than $300 million and hundreds of workers out of the agency and into a new county homelessness department.

Some at City Hall are expressing fresh concerns about the looming breakup.

LAHSA was formed in 1993 as a joint powers authority serving both the city and the county.

The county provides 40% of the agency's $875-million budget, with 35% coming from the city, state and federal governments.

The new agency would absorb an estimated 76 workers from the county's chief executive office, which oversees Pathway Home .

L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman said she doesn't see how a new county agency will fix the problems plaguing the homeless services system.

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez , who has been calling for the city to create its own homelessness department, had no qualms.

Barger, the county supervisor, said she has no intention of changing course.

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