It’s 10 times as many beds as the county promised a year ago to end the civil rights case.
As he has multiple times in the case, the judge pointed to a 2019 county report finding 3,000 new mental health beds were needed to keep up with demand — a number that’s only grown since then, he said.
When Carter rejected the second settlement in April, he noted the case would move to a traditional lawsuit — where top county officials would have to turn over their text messages and emails about homelessness.“We hope the new settlement, which is set for hearing Thursday, will end this three-year old case and allow us to focus our funding and efforts on alleviating the homelessness crisis,” said Mira Hashmall, an attorney at the Miller Barondess law firm that represents L.A. County in the case.
The deal represents months of work with the county to address the homelessness crisis “at a meaningful scale,” the plaintiffs said in a statement. “We appreciate that the court has given us additional time to reach an agreement that includes over 3,000 new mental health beds and an ongoing role for the court in implementing these agreements,” the statement added.Carter has set a court hearing for 9 a.m. Thursday on the settlement. He could approve the deal or reject it yet again.
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