The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new county department for regional homeless services, stripping hundreds of millions in funding from a joint city-county agency that's faced audits criticizing its handling of taxpayers' money.

The seismic move comes despite objections from several Los Angeles City Councilmembers who said the process of creating a county department that moves taxpayer funds from the Los Angeles Homeless

The new county agency is expected to be in place by Jan. 1, 2026, with all funding pulled from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and transferred to the new county department by July 1.