The case of the $30 million motel in LA

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In Westlake, a renovation of an old motel into apartments for unhoused veterans has cost more than $30 million. It isn’t scheduled for completion until March. Photo by Brian Feinzimer for KCRW.

KCRW investigates an affordable housing development in the Westlake neighborhood. The project, a renovation of an old motel into apartments for unhoused veterans, has already soaked up more than $30 million, including $10.2 million from LA taxpayers, and isn’t scheduled for completion until March. Why so much? Where has the money gone? And who in city government is following it?