Fires, Rising Rents, and Homelessness: LA Is in Crisis. How Do We Fix It?

Homeless Unfiltered by Invisible People

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath joins us to break down the perfect storm hitting LA: devastating fires, rising rents, and a worsening homelessness crisis. In this unfiltered conversation, we dig into the systemic failures, political roadblocks, and policy gaps that are fueling displacement across the region.

We talk about how the county is responding to disaster displacement, why prevention is key, and the broken bureaucracies that leave beds sitting empty while people sleep on the streets. Horvath shares why she led the push to declare a state of emergency in LA County—and how it’s helping cut red tape to speed up real solutions. She also talks candidly about her time on the LAHSA commission, calling the agency “fundamentally broken” and describing how it’s grown into something “almost unmanageable.”

To understand what’s really happening in Los Angeles—and what we must do next to fix it—listen now.