The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new county department for regional homeless services, stripping hundreds of millions in funding from a joint city-county agency that's faced audits criticizing its handling of taxpayers' money.

The plan would move more than $300 million and hundreds of workers out of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority and into a new county department.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to defund the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and establish its own homeless services department. The decision, passed with a 4-0 vote and one abstention,

Los Angeles County adopted a $1 billion sales tax increase to use on homelessness spending just weeks after a court-ordered audit found the city of Los Angeles poorly tracked or did not properly track $2.

Customers in Los Angeles County could see their bills a bit higher starting Tuesday, as sales tax across the county will increase.

Voter-approved Measure A, which will fund homeless services and initiatives, is going to raise sales taxes across Los Angeles County.