LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles may soon repurpose more than 25 existing city properties into interim housing for the homeless, according to a report initially released on Jan. 12 by the city’s controller. The Los Angeles City Council voted on March 1 to have the city’s administrative office report back within 30 days on how the city would go…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin released on Jan. 12 a list of 26 properties owned by the city that his team has identified as being suitable to house people experiencing homelessness. The locations were selected with criteria that included their size and current use. “Homelessness is an existential crisis for Los Angeles, and things…

Commentary Los Angeles city controller Ron Galperin is demanding answers from Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment (LASAN), which waited nearly 24 hours to notify the public of a 17 million gallon sewage leak. The city’s Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant on July 11 discharged raw sewage into Santa Monica Bay, which Galperin called in his letter…