Nov. 21, 2025 7 AM PT
To the editor: City Alchemy, a homeless providers supplier for the town of L.A., acquired $2.3 million for offering 88 beds, however on an inspection in June, the particular grasp noticed solely 44 in use (“L.A. city told the court there were 88 beds at a homeless shelter, but 44 of them were missing,” Nov. 14). But the supplier was paid in full as a result of whereas the town checks invoices towards contracts (what accountants name a “two-way match”), it doesn’t hassle to confirm the bill towards the precise providers offered (a obligatory “three-way match”).
Worse, an lawyer for the town from Gibson Dunn insisted to U.S. District Decide David O. Carter that the appointed particular grasp “has no authority” to assessment the town’s compliance with the regulation.
Each little bit of this course of has to vary. The place are Mayor Karen Bass and our Metropolis Council on this?
Denis Cagna, Los Angeles
