The Rise and Fall of LAHSA:
In 1993, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was established by a federally-enforced,
…Joint Powers Act is a measure to resolve the counter lawsuits between the County and City as to which
…is responsible for resolving homelessness.
From January 1985 to 1993, the “harassing”, heart-shaking activism in LA by Justiceville, homeless activists out
…of Skid Row, the “Ground-O”, and “Black Hole” of the National Capital of homelessness, including
…US military Veterans, with an intensity that also shook Washington, DC, hence, federal intervention.
It was those nine (9) years of intense Justiceville activism that forced LAHSA into existence.
The Back Story
In the seventh (7th) year, circa 1992, the Justiceville activism was primarily conducted
…in downtown Civic Center area, which entailed repetitive demonstrations and protests bringing
…embarrassment upon City and County officials.
As a result of amassing hundreds of homeless persons into the passenger tunnels of the
…Music Center-LA County Hall of Administration, county and city officials had to summon
…social workers, et al, to out in the middle of the night and process them with vouchers into hotels.
At the time, circa 1992, for years, the County and City were in locked in counter suits for which
..entity is responsible for homelessness resolution.
Noticing the persistent activism “noises” emanating out of LA, the National Capital of Homeless and
…that of US military Veterans, and comparably the world, i.e., drawing international attention,
…the federal government intervened in the matter.
The federal government ordered LA City and County to establish a Joint Powers entity to commissioningly
…lead and fund all qualifying social services-NGO’s, to “Break the Cycle of Homelessness”.
This commission came out of the United States Interagency Council On Homelessness (USICH),
…the White House-based entity, consisting of all 15 federal departments, the President’s Cabinet.
Established in 1987 by the Congressional McKinney, later, Vento Homelessness Assistant Act, HR #558
..the then 5-year-old USICH, led by HUD (Housing Urban Development), HHS (Health and Human Services)
…and Veterans Administration, in that order, was itself, under commission of the US Congress,
…” To Break the Cycle of Homelessness“.
Since USICH gave “birth” to LAHSA in 1993, neither has been able to account for the billions of wasted
…taxpayer dollars to the related homelessness, social services spent on, “Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness”.
Under the watch of both these government entities, from the 1987 establishment of USICH and 1993 of LAHSA,
…homelessness numbers have become far higher and more complex, manifested by encampments nationwide.
During these foundational, legendary years, Justiceville activism was the primary driving force that gave rise
…to USICH and LAHSA and the massive draw of billions of public and private dollars for NGOs.
Once again, demonstrating impeccable, futuristic foresight, Justiceville played, and still plays, the central role in
…homelessness resolution, as it was the initiating and driving force of Title V of the 1988 McKinney-Vento Act.
This Act authorizes the accessible use of federal properties and lands for homelessness resolution,
…of which Justiceville conceived and successfully lobbied Congress for, is today of central focus for such.
Timely, California’s governor, the Hon. Gavin Newsom, is offering access to State lands for the homeless,
…which he learned from the Hon. President, Donald J. Trump, the first to make accessable that which is federal,
…revealed to him by Justiceville in the autumn of 2019.
Therefore, the early years of activity, including those 13 years of Domevillage, 1993-2007, laid the foundational model
…for California State and Federal land use for new housing opportunities.
Interestingly, in the same year that It was born, on November 7, 1993, Justiceville successfully opened Dome Village,
…The only presented, innovative, futuristic model was presented to LAHSA as the “flagship” design to end homelessness
…and prevent it, by changing the policies “mainstream”, societal stress-causing occurrence.
Though Justiceville, via its Dome Village, provided all the elements to meet the summons of Congress
…”to break the cycle of homelessness”, but for some political, social-class status, religious, ethnic,
…and even anti-black racism, what was called for was rejected.