LOS ANGELES – For months, Los Angeles officials have faced mounting criticism over homelessness spending, weak oversight and questions about where taxpayer dollars are actually going. Much of the attention has centered on recent budgets-but the real story stretches back years, to when city and county leaders first began asking residents to fund ambitious plans to end homelessness.
In Los Angeles, much of the work is carried out not just by government agencies, but largely by a vast network of nonprofits funded with public money.
Over the past decade, those organizations have seen their revenues soar…