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City Controller Audit: L.A. Housing Authority 'Plagued with Loose Management Controls'
Last year, we spent months looking into the questionable practices at the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Our investigation uncovered mismanagement at the highest levels and misappropriation of thousands of dollars in public funds. Now, with a new CEO in place and a promise to change their old ways, HACLA has found itself the subject of an audit by City Controller Wendy Greuel. She sat down with us and gave us an update on the agency "plagued with loose management controls."
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A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?

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Public street disrepair is costing Los Angeles millions in costly personal injury claims.

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They’re tiny, weaponized, and carry a potentially deadly payload. They’re called “Assassin Bugs” and they can be as common as the backyard mosquito or as exotic as the so-called “kissing bug"--and they're here in Southern California, spreading some of the

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SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.

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Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.

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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.

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As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'