Los Angeles could spend nearly $6 million on lawyers while billions meant for homelessness remain unaccounted for.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is asking the City Council to approve a nearly sixfold increase in its contract with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, raising the deal from $900,000 to almost $6 million to cover mounting legal costs in a homelessness case that has already revealed billions in untracked spending.
City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto submitted the request Monday, with the item scheduled for Wednesday’s council agenda. If approved, the amendment would transfer $5 million from the city’s unappropriated balance for outside counsel into the City Attorney’s budget, bringing the contract’s total value to $5.9 million…