Mental health and addiction treatment often are in short supply for unhoused people in L.A. But a major new lawsuit settlement is expected to change that in the coming years.

With a federal judge’s final sign-off on Thursday, L.A. County is now on the hook for adding 3,000 mental health treatment beds by the end of 2026 — 10 times as much as the county offered a year ago to try to end one of L.A.’s biggest homelessness lawsuits filed by a group of downtown business owners known as the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights.

<p>Mental health and addiction treatment often are in short supply for unhoused people in L.A. But a major new lawsuit settlement is expected to change that in the coming years.</p>
<p>With a federal judge’s final sign-off on Thursday, L.A. County is now on the hook for adding 3,000 mental health treatment beds by the end of 2026 — 10 times as much as <a href="https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/la-county-settles-long-running-homelessness-lawsuit">the county offered a year ago</a> to try to end one of L.A.’s biggest homelessness lawsuits filed by a group of downtown business owners known as the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights.</p>