UMK Calls Out City of LA for Failing to Meet Homelessness Agreement Obligations

"'This is yet another example of the city reneging on its commitments on homelessness. The city agreed to a data monitor years ago and is now appealing an order implementing a data monitor,' Umhofer said.

'One of the key pieces to this is that the city agreed to nearly 10,000 total encampment reductions, and it is now clear that it has not come anywhere near that and will not be able to meet that commitment. What's really happening here is the city struck a bargain, regrets it and is now trying to wriggle its way out of it by any means necessary.'

'It's now clear the city has no intentions of meeting its obligations under the agreement they signed,' Umhofer said. 'And I think it's particularly noteworthy that we keep hammering the city for this, they're declaring a fiscal crisis but spending millions on outside lawyers taking multiple appeals ... and doing a lot of things that are inconsistent with its stated goal of reducing encampment and getting people inside.'"