In a major change for the team tasked with addressing rising homelessness in the region, Peter Lynn announced Monday that he is stepping down as head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Heidi Marston will be interim director of the homeless services agency. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)“Boy, these have felt like some long five years,” he said in an interview last week. Lynn took the job in December 2014, after serving as Section 8 administrator with the Los Angeles Housing Authority. In 2015, under Lynn’s leadership, the homeless services authority produced its first data analysis projecting how many housing units and shelter beds would be needed to serve the county’s homeless population — then about 44,000 people.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 02, 2019 18:02 UTC