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Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia used a budget hearing to outline what he described—through audits and data already released by his office—as widespread waste, inefficiency, and deep structural failures in the city’s homelessness and affordable‑housing systems. While the hearing itself is not yet documented in publicly available sources, Mejia’s recent audits and analyses provide a clear picture of the issues he has been raising. A City Controller Sounding the Alarm

CALIFORNIA — California’s homelessness crisis—already the largest in the nation—has collided with a growing federal investigation into how the state managed billions of dollars intended to address the emergency. Federal auditors and prosecutors say the state’s homelessness programs were left vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse during a period when spending surged to unprecedented levels. Homeless encampment in Lancaster, California. A Crisis of Confidence in California’s Ho