The Six Prototypes: What SPA 4 Designed from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund

Over two days in September 2025, approximately 100 of us from Service Planning Area 4 gathered to reimagine LA County's homelessness response. We didn't know it then, but we were designing a lifeboat while watching the Titanic sink.

Paul AsplundFebruary 2, 2026LA County Homelessness, Department of Homelessness Services and Housing, HSH, Community Co-Design, Housing First, HHAP Funding Cuts, Measure A, SPA 4, LAHSA, SystemicChange, Community ActionComment

Part 2: Day 2 - The Energy of Creation from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA

Day 2 of LA County's design lab: 100 participants prototype solutions for HSH. Data ownership, breaking silos, and power-sharing with lived experience emerge as central themes.

Homelessness, Letters to the Housed, Radical HopePaul AsplundOctober 6, 2025HSH, LACounty, DesignLab, DataOwnership, LivedExperience, SystemicChange, CommunityCoDesign, RadicalHope, HomelessServices, ServiceCoordinationComment

Part 1: Building Solutions from the Ground Up: Inside LA's Homelessness Design Lab from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of Second Grace LA

Inside LA County's groundbreaking design lab where 100+ participants are rebuilding homeless services from scratch. A firsthand account of human-centered design reshaping HSH to replace LAHSA.