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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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