LOS ANGELES—A coalition of civic leaders called May 19 for the city and county of Los Angeles to create an independent entity to address the homelessness crisis through data, measurable outcomes and greater accountability. The “Homelessness Governance in Los Angeles: Centering the System” report was commissioned by the Committee for Greater L.A. in partnership with the University of California–Los Angeles Luskin School for Public Affairs and the University of Southern California Equity Research Institute. It asserts that Los Angeles’ governance problem stems from the lack of a central entity to address the problem of homelessness, and calls for officials to create one. The report notes that while the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is a shared city-county agency, it “was never designed nor has it evolved into the kind of entity that can knit together the fragmented threads of L.A. governance in homeless policy.” “We actually have too much …