Tag Archives: HUD

Where’s Rudy? LA’s Half-Million Dollar Official and the Public Housing Scandal

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

City Hall can run but it can’t hide from its responsibility for the scandal they have ignored for so long in the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), the agency that runs public housing programs. Long before … Continue reading →

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The CRA Scandal: A Worst-Case Scenario That Demands an Investigation

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

For the seventh time in two months, the City Council on Tuesday put of public debate on an outrageous giveaway of $4.6 million in public money to developer Hal Katersky, best known for lawsuits, bankruptcies and profiteering from runaway film … Continue reading →

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Troubled L.A. Housing Authority cooked the books — again; this time by $27 million

Posted on September 9, 2008 by

Hard as it may be to believe, it was just six months ago that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated his managerial triumph by getting the long troubled L.A. Housing Authority (HACLA) back in the good graces of the federal government. The … Continue reading →

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