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Which Way, L.A.?

Was City Controller Wendy Greuel Slow to Check Out a Scandal?

SoCal Connected on KCET has added a third report to its ongoing series on HACLA . That's the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, which spends a billion dollars in mostly federal money each year, supposedly to help find homes for people who need them.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    SoCal Connected on KCET has added a third report to its ongoing series on HACLA. That's the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, which spends a billion dollars in mostly federal money each year, supposedly to help find homes for people who need them. The first report was last March, and the story has finally caught the attention of elected officials.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Laurel Erickson

      KCET

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      Wendy Greuel

      former Los Angeles City Controller

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      Laura Chick

      Office of the Los Angeles City Controller (formerly)

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