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Hahn Statement on FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget 150 150 Hayley Munguia

Hahn Statement on FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget

Los Angeles, CA — Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn issued the following statement regarding the board’s passage of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 supplemental budget:

“This supplemental budget is unlike any we’ve faced in years. For the first time in a long time, we’ve had to make the painful choice to cut services, cut County positions, and lay off a number of dedicated County employees. These decisions have real consequences: public pools closed months early, parks with limited hours, fewer summer jobs and internships for young people, and reduced funding for arts organizations. I know these cuts affect our communities. But these difficult choices were necessary to protect the County’s most essential responsibilities—things like our hospitals, our first responders, and our ability to respond to public health emergencies. No one wants to make cuts, but we made them to uphold our commitment to protecting our residents and the County’s role as a safety net for people who have nowhere else to turn.”

Hahn Applauds Investments in Mental Health, Solutions to Homelessness in LA County Budget 150 150 Hayley Munguia

Hahn Applauds Investments in Mental Health, Solutions to Homelessness in LA County Budget

Los Angeles, CA– Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has released the following statement applauding investments included in the LA County’s Fiscal Year 2024-25 Recommended Budget which was advanced today by the Board of Supervisors:

“Four years ago, I made the decision to vote against a recommended budget because I did not think it met the moment. Today, I voted to advance a $45.4 billion budget that takes head-on the most serious crises we face: mental health and homelessness.

With 452 new positions in the Department of Mental Health, this budget includes the single biggest investment in our mental healthcare system since I joined the board eight years ago. It means we will be able to speed up response times to mental health crises calls, send more mental health experts into the field to work directly with people struggling on our streets and bring them inside, and perhaps most importantly, it will allow us to create more permanent supportive housing so that we can get people the treatment and support they need to stay housed.

At the same time, we are shifting our approach to the homelessness crisis by doubling down on the most effective strategies– like our Pathway Home operations where we master-lease local motels and bring entire encampment communities inside at once. These operations take time and planning, but they are the most successful approach I have seen yet.”