Mayor Bass Inside Safe WILL be audited: federal judge [Video]

Next month, L.A.’s costly citywide effort to house the homeless and mitigate encampments will be put under a financial microscope.

As KNX News’ Craig Fiegener reports, it all began with a lawsuit filed by the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights against the city.

The suit claims the mayor’s program has missed deadlines and fallen short of goals when it comes to managing encampments.

They want to know exactly how many people from the city have been housed under Inside Safe and other city programs that are designed to find beds for the homeless.

The group submitted 30 questions for an audit which has been approved by a federal judge.

The judge in the case, David Carter, found that homeless programs in Los Angeles have been submitting insufficient invoices for years.

He says that needs to end, and if a provider wishes to be paid, invoices must clearly state what work has been done.

That’s one change coming out of this …