Los Angeles caught covering up huge rights violations

With the billions of dollars the State and City invest in homeless services, it'd be nice if some could be used to help folks, rather than embezzled.

The City of Los Angeles lost a court case over the improper seizure and disposal of property from unhoused people without it ever going to trial. Forensic analysis showed the city had “modified or fabricated” 90% of the reports filed over 144 “cleanups.”

“This means that the court has accepted all of the facts alleged in the case as true without a trial,…