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LA Accountability Test: Donor Cases, Homelessness, School Cuts
Monday, May 25, 2026 · 9 min
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto faces career-prosecutor accusations over donor-linked case dismissals, as Karen Bass defends slow homelessness progress and LAUSD locks in hundreds of job cuts amid fiscal strain.
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Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto faces career-prosecutor accusations over donor-linked case dismissals, as Karen Bass defends slow homelessness progress and LAUSD locks in hundreds of job cuts amid fiscal strain.
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- Career prosecutors accuse LA city attorney of dropping cases to help donors | LAist — LAist
# Career prosecutors accuse LA city attorney of dropping cases to help donors | LAist Published: 2026-05-22T19:28:18.611000+00:00 Source: laist.com (laist.com) Language: en ## Story Career prosecutors accuse LA city attorney of dropping cases to help donors | LAist Sponsored message Audience-funded nonprofit news Listen Next Up: 0:00 0:00 — See All Episodes Subscribe LAist Daily…
- CNN Host to LA Mayor Karen Bass: You Promised To End Homelessness, It's Only Gone Down 17.6% | Video | RealClearPolitics — RealClearPolitics
CNN Host to LA Mayor Karen Bass: You Promised To End Homelessness, It's Only Gone Down 17.6% | Video | RealClearPolitics Sign In| SUBSCRIBE RCP+ # CNN Host to LA Mayor Karen Bass: You Promised To End Homelessness, It's Only Gone Down 17.6% | Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass acknowledged LA is "not close" to meeting her 2026 promise to end homelessness in an interview with CNN's Elex Michaelson.…
“Zero chance I consider voting for Bass. She's been an utter failure.” — r/LosAngeles (14 upvotes)
Our take: We get why patience is gone: Bass made a huge end-street-homelessness promise and is now explaining why the system fought her. But a 17.6% decline is not nothing; the voter question is whether that reads as measurable progress or a broken promise.
“Counterpoint: the Mayor runs all of those services you describe as broken in your area. Council is a legislature, not an executive position.” — r/LosAngeles (74 upvotes)
Our take: Mostly agree: the mayor is the executive, and blaming bureaucracy only goes so far when you’re the person elected to move it. The caveat is that homelessness in L.A. is split across city, county, courts, providers, and funding streams — but that’s exactly why voters expect a mayor to show command of the maze.
- LAUSD board finalizes hundreds of job cuts, previews future reductions | LA Local — LA Local
LAUSD board finalizes hundreds of job cuts, previews future reductions | LA Local ### News for your neighborhood, our LA. Sign up to learn more about The LA Local and get stories worth telling delivered to your inbox. - The LA Local - Boyle Heights Beat - Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake - Inglewood and South LA Sign up The LAUSD board voted Thursday to eliminate hundreds of central office…
- Ground broken for tiny home village in Hollywood – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group — Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
Ground broken for tiny home village in Hollywood – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez took part in a ground-breaking ceremony May 14 for a new tiny home village that is expected to open 51 beds, of which 10 will be dedicated for youth. The project on Sierra Vista Avenue is expected to open next year. Courtesy photo Wave Wire…
- The Struggle to Build a Home in LA: One Man's Kafkaesque Journey (2026) — Northdraft Media
The Struggle to Build a Home in LA: One Man's Kafkaesque Journey (2026) { style = event.detail.style; message = event.detail.message; show = true; }); "> # The Struggle to Build a Home in LA: One Man's Kafkaesque Journey (2026) Andri Luescher's journey to build a modest home in the hills of Mount Washington, Los Angeles, is a testament to the complexities and inefficiencies of the city's…