All these acronyms makes it easy to get confused. Sometimes called “city” or “county” vouchers give us an idea of the key differences. HACLA is the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, meaning it covers everything within LA city limits. See the map below to get an idea of LA city limits or type in a ZIP code to find out.

So HACLA covers LA city limits so LACDA provides coverage for LA county. While the geographic area covered is larger LACDA coverage excludes cities within LA county with their own city level housing authority. Here is a map showing that