LA County’s Pathway Home Operation in Unincorporated Willowbrook Brings 45 People Experiencing Homelessness Indoors and on a Path to Permanent HousingLos Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 45 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of unincorporated Willowbrook into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing.

“Every person brought indoors through LA County’s Pathway Home initiative represents a life moving toward stability and opportunity—and reflects months of outreach to build trust and secure the resources needed to make encampment resolutions like this one possible in our unincorporated Willowbrook community,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Second District. “I’m proud of the ongoing collaboration among County departments, community partners, and outreach teams. We must continue working urgently until every resident has a safe place to call home.”

“Collaboration is key to solving homelessness, and this Pathway Home operation in Willowbrook shows exactly what that looks like in practice,” said Sarah Mahin, Director of the LA County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH). “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our county staff and many community partners, 45 LA County residents are safely inside and on a pathway home.”

HSH collaborated with the Office of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to conduct the Pathway Home operation on April 1 and 2. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the LA County Sheriff Department’s Homeless Outreach Services Team, and nonprofit service provider HOPICS were essential in providing outreach and building trust with unsheltered residents who accepted offers of interim housing. HOPICS and the service provider PATH will continue to work with residents at the motels operating as their interim housing locations.

The LA County Chief Executive Office and the LA County Departments of Public Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Public Works, Fire Department, and Animal Care and Control were also critical partners. Caltrans and the County’s Emergency Centralized Response Center also played roles in this operation.

LA County conducts Pathway Home, its signature encampment resolution effort, in partnership with cities and unincorporated areas. The program provides a full-circle solution that brings people off the streets into immediately available interim housing accompanied by a comprehensive suite of supportive services, and, ultimately, into safe, permanent housing.

The unincorporated Willowbrook operation is part of the County’s multi-year initiative funded by a $51 million Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) grant providing resources and housing to people in encampments along state highways and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers. Past operations occurred in the cities of Inglewood, Downey, Norwalk, Bellflower, South Gate, Santa Fe Springs, and in unincorporated West Athens.

Pathway Home is partially funded by Measure A, a ½-cent sales tax approved by voters in November 2024 to repeal and replace Measure H. Funding also pays for removal of any non-operational recreational vehicles (RVs), trash, and other debris that accumulates at encampments. It also covers costs associated with securing interim housing sites, such as motels, and site security.

This latest operation is LA County’s 75th Pathway Home encampment resolution. Since the program’s launch in August 2023, nearly 2,100 LA County residents have moved off the streets, with more than 600 permanently housed. These operations have also contributed to the removal of more than 1,100 RVs from the streets.

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The Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH) consolidates LA County’s response to homelessness. The driving force behind HSH is increasing accountability and transparency, improving care for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and streamlining collaboration with partners including services providers, the County’s 88 cities, Councils of Government, and unincorporated areas to deliver high-quality, life-saving care. The department was formed following a motion passed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in April 2025 and officially launched January 1, 2026.