LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles city officials are pushing to expand affordable housing projects amid a homelessness crisis gripping the state’s neighborhoods and coastal towns, but some of them are being countered with lawsuits and outcries from residents who say affordable housing will only attract more homeless. A handful of Venice Beach residents called into a special Los Angeles City Council meeting on Feb. 2 in opposition to a massive affordable housing unit project that is back up for a vote after a filing mishap, despite it being approved in December. “The changes outlined in the motion are significant errors that should have been caught in the process prior to final approval,” one resident who called into the meeting said. “The so-called correct set of exhibits to the benefit land use plan haven’t been seen by you or us the public. This is yet another fundamental flaw in this process.” The …