LA Judge Compels City to ‘Cut the Check’ to Unpaid Monitor

US District Judge David Carter fumed at Gibson Dunn attorneys during a Wednesday hearing in a case on the city’s homelessness crisis and refused to end until Los Angeles officials paid a court-appointed watchdog.

Carter is considering whether to hold the city in civil contempt over a pattern of delays and denials of data identified by Special Master Michele Martinez, who has written critical reports of the city’s homeless services spending. She was appointed in 2022 to help Carter enforce a settlement that commits the city to providing beds for 60% of its homeless residents by 2027. The city’s counsel ...