LA dad seeking shelter for himself, daughter says agencies point fingers instead of helping

This is a young father who finds himself in need of help. He says he's been begging for assistance for months, but he's still on the streets. The county tells me to talk to the city. The city tells me to talk to the county. LASA tells me to talk to the mayor's office. The people in the city council mayor's office tell me to talk to LASA. Milagro Jones and his 12-year-old daughter are homeless. He says he's been consistently asking for help since February of this year, And all he gets is the runaround. I'm just asking for them to give me interim housing, which is another word for shelter, so that I can stabilize my situation and get back on my feet. Oh, this is crazy. This is coming down right now. Milagro has been documenting his journey on social media. I said, you bogus. Just going to leave us out here in the rain? He's been attending meetings to spread awareness about his situation and ask for help. When I go to the city, when I go to the county, when I go to the Family Source Center, St. Joseph, when I go to any place throughout the city to request services, I'm told there are no services, they don't exist, they're not available, and I call 2-1-1. Milagro says he's called that number and has been unable to get any assistance. And that's raising questions about how Los Angeles is spending the money allocated to fight homelessness. The money is there, it's just the willpower is not there to actually help us. According to the L.A. City Comptroller's Office, the city's homelessness budget for the current 2026-2027 fiscal year is about $750 million. And L.A. County has approved another $843 million for its homelessness services and housing department. I don't think it's right for me to be treated like this. I'm being treated like I'm not even a human being. I'm being treated like I don't even matter. There are 2,000 people that died on the streets of Los Angeles homeless last year. I don't want to be another one of the people that die out here on the streets. LASA issued the following statement. While privacy regulations prevent us from discussing the specifics of individual cases without written authorization, site assessments and bed admissions are administered directly by our contracted provider partners who are best position to speak to why placements do or do not occur after a referral. LASA actively coordinates across the provider network to resolve referral bottlenecks and transition unhoused families indoors as rapidly as possible. As for Milagro, he is actively looking for a job. He does have a college degree. I'm Gina Silva, Fox 11 News.