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Civil Rights

Mar. 27, 2020

US judge praises progress in Los Angeles homeless lawsuit

Judge David O. Carter has enlisted Judges André Birotte Jr. and Philip S. Gutierrez to help with his unusual approach

LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge David O. Carter on Thursday laid out an unusual goal for a lawsuit over homeless services in Los Angeles County: Involve him as little as possible.

"If I never have to make a decision, that's the highest praise," Carter told a small group of lawyers, politicians and bureaucrats gathered in a hotel ballroom in downtown Los Angeles. "If...

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