Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s top adviser on the city’s homeless crisis will resign and begin a position with the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonprofit organization.
Deputy Mayor Christina Miller’s departure, which the Los Angeles Times confirmed on Wednesday, comes as homelessness numbers in the city continue to rise despite more than a billion dollars being spent to solve the issue.
“It has been an incredible journey and unique privilege to serve under Mayor Garcetti who has been and continues to be deeply committed to solving homelessness in our region,” Miller wrote in an email. “From growing the homelessness budget for the City exponentially, to banner initiatives such as HHH and A Bridge Home, it has been a meaningful and exciting time to be part of the City’s work to address this crisis.”
Miller will continue to focus on homelessness in California in her new position at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Jose “Che” Ramirez, executive director of the St. Anthony Foundation, a homeless services agency in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, will take her place in the city government.
