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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    L.A. Redistricting: Eric Garcetti's District 13 Looks Like an Evil Squirrel

    Simone Wilson​While gazing at the recently proposed boundaries for L.A.'s 15 voting districts -- which is clearly what we like to do in our spare time -- we realized that the gerrymandered City Council District 13 is the spitting image of an evil squirrel. And so begins our (badly Photoshoppe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel Finally Gets to Grit of Housing Authority Probe: Its Profitable 'Non-Profits'

    Through the end of 2011, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) received a thorough spanking from press and politicians alike. L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel scrambled to play catchup with an Earth-shaking investigation by local news station KCET -- revealing swanky dinners, li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Ken Simmons, L.A. Housing Authority CEO, Tries to Justify Years of Outlandish Spending

    KCETSimmons did his best to brush off reporter Laurel Erickson for months.​The reporters and producers at SoCal Connected, a weekly investigatory segment on local TV station KCET, have achieved the impossible. Their ongoing expose of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) -- ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    From Marina del Rey to Skid Row

    KCETSimmons did his best to brush off reporter Laurel Erickson for months.​The reporters and producers at SoCal Connected, a weekly investigatory segment on local TV station KCET, have achieved the impossible. Their ongoing expose of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) -- ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Skid Row vs. Gensler

    Who should get $1 million in poverty funds, the rich or the poor?

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    L.A. City Hall Offers Gensler, Wealthy SaMo Architect, $1 Million in Community Grants to Move East

    Funny how L.A. City Councilmembers are acting all sympathetic toward the 99 percent camping on their front lawn -- then making sweet deals with millionaire companies so the well-off don't have to pay a dime. When as far as we can tell, that's pretty much exactly the type of behavior Occupy is spitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Soul Daddy: Why It Failed

    Guzzle & NoshSoul Daddy in Los Angeles at the Hollywood & Highland mall.​ Soul Daddy arrived on the American fast casual dining scene the same way the reality show responsible for its existence arrived on television: haltingly, half-heartedly, with no panache and no clear vision. Soul Daddy, ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2011

    Huge Subsidy for Stadium Architect

    Villaraigosa quietly plans to hand Gensler $1 million meant for the poor

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    New Housing Development Plotted At Intersection Of Three Major Freeways, Despite 'Black Lung' Health Risks

    PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThe Avenue 26 project from the original story, which Mayor Villaraigosa called a model for family housing​The Weekly's cover story for March 6 -- "Black Lung Lofts," by Patrick Range McDonald -- revealed that the City of Los Angeles was allowing developers to build family hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    California Getting $149 Million From U.S. For Distressed Properties: City Of L.A.'s Cut Is Nearly $10 Million

    TheTruthAbout ... via Flickr​It was really nice of the Obama administration to dedicate another $149 million to California communities torn by housing foreclosure. But we wonder if the money could be better spent. In announcing the cash influx Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urba ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    CIM Group: Hollywood's Richest Slumlord

    Two fed up YouTubians embarrass a City Hall insider into demolishing a shocking hovel

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Strange & Ugly Times for Villaraigosa

    Something strange and ugly is happening in Los Angeles, although you don't hear Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaking much about it. On Tuesday, the National Fair Housing Commission visits Los Angeles to hold a hearing on the foreclosure crisis. According to the commission's press release, "Forty yea ... More >>

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    Do As We Say, Not As We Do

    Smart growth’s biggest boosters still love suburban living

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Serving Two Masters

    City pension boards plan to pour a king’s ransom into urban real estate pushed by insiders like Henry Cisneros

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Seeking Refuge

    An accountant’s case sheds light on a troubled L.A. center

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Navahoax

    Did a struggling white writer of gay erotica become one of multicultural literature’s most celebrated memoirists — by passing himself off as Native American?

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Tenants’ Rights

    Did a struggling white writer of gay erotica become one of multicultural literature’s most celebrated memoirists — by passing himself off as Native American?

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Down on Main Street

    A guide to living among the crack addicts, mentally ill, homeless and young-pros-on-the-go in a changing downtown

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Badge of Anger

    Jan Perry goes after LAPD Officer Torres

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Home With the Homeless

    Spending a night with the L.A. count

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Renaissance in the Barrio

    Will mixed-income housing revitalize Boyle Heights? Or just chase out the poor?

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Black Power(less)

    The decline of black politics in America

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    Is the Saint of South L.A. for Real?

    Jeffrey Anderson investigates the turbulent world of L.A.'s flagship refugee agency and its mysterious director, Nikki Tesfai

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    United They Sit

    Why don’t Hollywood Democrats run for public office?

  • Columns

    February 6, 2003

    Home Improvement: King Kukulele's Tiki Paradise

    Why don’t Hollywood Democrats run for public office?

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Endorsements

    The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Project Turmoil

    Feds are auditing Housing Authority for possible fraud

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Letters

    Feds are auditing Housing Authority for possible fraud

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Costly Venture, Nothing Gained

    Cardenas and Greuel must square off again in City Council race

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    The Battle for Tujunga

    Wendy and Tony battle to fill the shoes of Wachs

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    Wendy Greuel for City Council

    The Weekly’s recommendation in the December 11 special election in the 2nd District

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Who She Took With Her

    . . . The husband, the son, the boyfriend . . . a drunk's tale

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Downtown

    From the Narrows to South L.A.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters

    From the Narrows to South L.A.

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    King Chimp

    Collected sayings of a presidential thief, Part 3

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Uneasy Rests the Crown

    Collected sayings of a presidential thief, Part 3

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Money Fields

    End of the line for L.A. River park

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Amnesty!

    Labor leads the battle to grant legal status to millions of America’s — and L.A.’s — undocumented immigrants

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Gay Shame

    The threat of a Bush victory

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2000

    The Lady From Where?

    Meet Fran Pavley: Westside winner

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Home, Sweet Dump

    Some 1,400 low-income tenants live atop an old refinery and toxic dump

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    River Affront

    L.A. River boosters try to stop federal money for industrial project

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Screen Test

    Seven months ago, the American Cinematheque triumphantly completed its renovation of Hollywood's Egyptian Theater. Now the organization is $2 million in debt. Can it survive?

  • Film+TV

    March 11, 1999

    Public Jocks, Private Dicks

    Plus, Eddie Murphy's The PJ's and Scott Adams' Dilbert

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    AIDS housing agency can't spend fast enough

    Plus, Eddie Murphy's The PJ's and Scott Adams' Dilbert

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Is This Any Way To Run a Country?

    Loony prosecutors! Rabid media! Oval Office obsessions!

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