LOS ANGELES – When the City of Los Angeles faced litigation due to purported inactions and policies that allegedly created a hazardous environment in the Skid Row area, what actions did it take? Of course, it hired the best attorneys money could buy-powerful and well connected-to defend itself.All of this at a time when the city faces a $1 billion deficit, leading to layoffs, service cuts, reduced LAPD staffing, and less funding for affordable housing. A breath of fresh air was the city`s genuine fiscal watchdog, Councilmember Monica Rodriquez, who was the only one to oppose this squandering of taxpayers ‘money.So startling was that action, the evidentiary hearing in the court case last week focused not on testimony, but on the new legal representation of the city……